- Tuesday, February 25, 2025
It will be a couple of hours of letting your hair down, enjoying a night out, and reliving the special memories of teenage years, says Westlife member Nicky Byrne about the Irish band’s upcoming three-city tour to India. The global best-selling pop band, comprising Byrne, Kian Egan, Shane Filan, and…
MONTHLY stand-up comedy night Brown Sauce is a spicy mix of tasty new talent, established names and raising money for good causes. The laughter-filled shows in central London, founded, hosted and curated by Sharlin Jahan, regularly light up the Bill Murray comedy club in Angel. The Bangladeshi, Canadian comedian based…
Resul Pookutty, film sound designer, sound editor, and audio mixer who won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Dev Patel and Freida Pinto-starrer Slumdog Millionaire, is presently in the news for his directorial debut film Otta, which opened in cinemas today. In an interview with Film Companion, Pookutty talked about…
Veteran actor Kamal Haasan and celebrated filmmaker Mani Ratnam have joined forces after a long gap of 36 years. The duo last collaborated on the 1987 cult gangster drama Nayakan, which turned out to be an instant blockbuster at the box office. The two are now coming together for a film tentatively titled KH234. The…
Filmmaker Veena Sud has joined Amazon MGM Studios’ series The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo as showrunner. The series is based on the Steig Larsson books and revolves around the Lisbeth Salander character. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, the show is a co-production between Amazon MGM Studios and Left Bank Pictures,…
Singer-actor Harrdy Sandhu on Friday announced his first ever all-India tour titled In My Feelings. The musical tour, which will kickstart on November 18 and conclude in December, will travel to cities such as Delhi, Indore, Mumbai, Kolkata, Jaipur, Pune, and Bhubaneswar. Sandhu, known for songs such as “Bijlee Bijlee”, “Kya…
Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh and Australian singer Sia on Friday released their maiden musical collaboration “Hass Hass”, an upbeat fusion of Indian pop and international beats. Diljit and Sia worked with music producer Greg Kurstin for the song. For Sia, known for global chartbusters such as “Cheap Thrills” and “Unstoppable”,…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Race and Community is investigating the disproportionate impact of environmental emergency on Black people, indigenous peoples, and people of colour. A joint Inquiry by the APPG on Race and Community and the APPG on the Green New Deal is underway, to examine the links…
In a tragic incident in Mumbai, India, a mother, and her young son from Aberdeen lost their lives in a fire on Monday (23). Dr Glory Valthaty, 43, and her eight-year-old son, Joshua, were visiting relatives when the building they were staying in (Veena Santoor) became enveloped in fire and…
A record number of teenagers from the UK’s most economically challenged regions have sought admission to most exclusive university programmes in the country, according to latest data. These students have applied to Oxford and Cambridge, and for degrees in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science. For the first time in history,…
