December 31, 2025 4:20 pm
SriLankan Airlines announced that it had the honour of welcoming the renowned Indian film director, actor, dancer, and choreographer, Prabhu Deva, on board a flight from Chennai to Colombo. MORE..
US singer Beyonce is now a billionaire, Forbes magazine said Monday (Dec 29), becoming only the fifth musician to achieve such a milestone. MORE..
Actor-politician Vijay’s “Thalapathy Thiruvizha” in Malaysia was far more than a standard movie promotional event; it felt like a monumental farewell, marking the end of one era and the loud, unmistakable beginning of another. MORE..
French film legend Brigitte Bardot has died at 91, her foundation said Sunday. MORE..
The grand audio launch of Vijay’s upcoming film Jana Nayagan will be held at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil in Malaysia today. MORE..
Ariana Grande, the singer became the No.1 artist in the world, in terms of Spotify monthly listeners, surpassing The Weeknd for the coveted spot, on Wednesday (Dec.24). MORE..
A Powerball player in Arkansas won a whopping $1.817bn (£1.34bn) jackpot in a Christmas Eve drawing, making it the second-largest lottery prize ever claimed. MORE..
Santa Claus drove his reindeer-powered sleigh over rooftops around the world on Wednesday, delivering gifts to millions of children in a magic Christmas Eve ritual that North American air defense officials say they began tracking 70 years ago. MORE..
US actor Pat Finn, who appeared in popular TV shows including Friends, Seinfeld and The Middle, has died aged 60. MORE..
Vince Zampella, who co-created the widely popular video game series Call of Duty, has died in a car crash in California, aged 55. MORE..
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has stepped in to personally guarantee $40.4 billion in Paramount Skydance’s latest effort to pry Warner Bros Discovery away from selling its prized Hollywood assets to streaming giant Netflix. MORE..
“Fire and Ash,” the third installment in Disney’s sci-fi saga, grossed $36.5 million from 3,800 North American theaters on Friday. MORE..
David Walliams, a bestselling British children’s author, was dropped by HarperCollins UK on Friday after the Daily Telegraph reported the publisher had investigated claims that he had harassed some of its junior female employees. MORE..
Content creators across dance, music, sports, fashion, entertainment and education gathered in Hollywood on Thursday for the first U.S. TikTok Awards, featuring Labubu dolls launched from a T-shirt cannon, a giant selfie challenge, skits, and viral moment reenactments. MORE..
A Romanian court has sentenced Wiz Khalifa to nine months in prison for smoking cannabis on stage. MORE..
Warner Bros Discovery has told its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $108.4bn (£80.75bn) takeover bid. MORE..
Peter Arnett, the renowned journalist who reported from the front lines of some of the most dangerous wars of the modern era, has died at the age of 91. MORE..
The Academy Awards will begin streaming exclusively on YouTube in 2029, the latest big change in Hollywood. MORE..
The Indian movie ‘Homebound’, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, has been shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. MORE..
Paris’ Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, remained closed at 0800 GMT on Wednesday, as its staff continued discussions on whether to extend a strike over pay and working conditions that started on Monday. MORE..
Miss Finland has been stripped of her crown after she made a ‘racist’ slanted eye gesture in a social media post saying she was ‘eating with a Chinese person’. MORE..
Prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed murder charges against Nick Reiner over the deaths of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. MORE..
The son of Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner has been jailed as a suspect in the killing of his parents after they were found dead in their home over the weekend, Los Angeles police said on Monday. MORE..
Legendary Hollywood film-maker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home. MORE..
“Zootopia 2” regained the No. 1 spot at the domestic box office with $26.3 million in its third weekend of release, according to studio estimates Sunday, as The Walt Disney Co. animated sequel became the year’s second film to gross $1 billion worldwide. MORE..