Wed 02 September 2026: Hollywood keeps a low profile as independent films and politically charged stories take centre stage at the world’s oldest film festival The Venice Film Festival opened on Wednesday on the Lido, Venice’s famed beachfront island, with veteran actor George Clooney receiving a lifetime achievement award on the festival’s opening night. The […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: A programme focusing on Turkish television series’ contribution to Türkiye’s global brand began in Istanbul on Friday, bringing together senior officials and representatives of the industry. The event, The Global Narrative of the Türkiye Brand: Turkish TV Series, was organised by Türkiye’s Communications Directorate. Türkiye’s Head of Communications Burhanettin Duran said […]
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Mon 24 August 2026: Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has said that the nation should stick to only the first two stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’. The actress spoke with IANS on Thursday, and said that the entire song may not comply with the religious beliefs of many communities in India as they are […]
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Mon 03 August 2026: “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” earned $927 million worldwide during its opening weekend, delivering the second-biggest global and North American box-office debuts in cinema history. Updated figures published Monday by box-office tracking services Box Office Mojo and The Numbers showed the Sony Pictures release earned $355 million in the US and Canada […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Satluj, based on the life and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the government ban. Indian authorities are investigating whether a film based on a separatist insurgency in India’s Punjab state in the 1980s and early 1990s is fit for viewers. Satluj, as […]
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Tue 14 July 2026: Applications have opened for a short film competition in which participants will produce films using generative artificial intelligence, with this year’s edition centered on the theme “The Human Factor in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The competition aims to expand the use of generative AI in the creative industries while encouraging […]
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Mon 13 July 2026: New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for “Jurassic Park” and “The Piano,” died Monday at 78, his family said. His death in Sydney was “sudden and unexpected,” according to a statement posted to the actor’s social media page. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a […]
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Sun 07 June 2026: As he spoke at a gathering on Saturday to protest Paramount Skydance‘s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, stand-up comedian Adam Conover framed the ongoing media consolidation as an existential threat to an industry that made the United States a cultural power. “It’s about to die, and that’s why I feel so passionately […]
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Wed 29 April 2026: Roger Sweet, a toy designer who created the He-Man action figure that spawned Masters of the Universe cartoons and an upcoming feature film, has died. The news comes from TMZ, which reported details shared by his wife, Marlene. According to her, Sweet passed away peacefully at a care facility. He had been dealing […]
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Sat 11 April 2026: My earliest memories are of Methodist Mission quarters in the diocese of Dilkusha, Fiji. Dilkusha, the name of a minor Indian principality, was mentioned in E.M. Forster’s classic novel A Passage to India: its name literally means “Heart’s Delight” in Hindi–Urdu. Dilkusha was the Indian wing of the much larger Fijian diocese […]
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