O Yeong-su, of 'Squid Game,' wins South Korea's first Golden Globe Award.

South Korean actor O Yeong-su claimed the country’s first Golden Globe Award on Sunday for his role in the hit Netflix drama “Squid Game,” drawing cheers at home and abroad despite criticism for ceremony organizers over a lack of diversity. O, 77, won for his portrayal of Oh…

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Award-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman dies.

Award-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman died Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, according to her daughter Julie Bergman. She was 93. Along with her husband and collaborator Alan, Bergman was nominated for 16 Academy Awards over the course of her career and won three…

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First black man to win Best Actor Oscar, Sidney Poitier passes away.

Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier, who won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964, has died at the age of 94. In 1963, Poitier had made a film in Arizona, Lilies of the Field. The performance led to a huge milestone making him the first black winner of a lead-acting O…

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Betty White, beloved and trailblazing actress, dies at 99.

Betty White, the self-described "lucky old broad" whose sweetly sarcastic senior citizen characters were a beloved fixture on TV shows and movies such as "The Golden Girls," "Boston Legal" and "Hot in Cleveland," died Friday 31 Decemb…

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Canadian Filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée dies.

Jean-Marc Vallée, the director of the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club and HBO hit show Big Little Lies, died at his home in Quebec City, Canada at the age of 58.  Vallée helmed numerous short films before his critically-acclaimed 1995 debut feature Liste Noir (Black List). …

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Cate Blanchett to receive lifetime cesar award from French Film Academy.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett will receive French cinema’s top honor, the César d’Honneur, a lifetime achievement award, from the French Film Academy. The French academy on Friday 17 December 2021 said it had picked the two-time Oscar winner to be the 2022 César d’Honneu…

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Grammy-winning Mexican singer Vicente Fernández passess away.

Grammy-winning singer Vicente Fernández, the prolific and beloved Mexican artist who sold more than 50 million records in his career, died Sunday 12 December 2021 at age 81 in Mexico. A cause of death was not released for Fernández, who was injured in a fall in August. Born i…

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06th BRICS Film Festival Awards 2021 announced.

The 06th edition of the BRICS Film Festival awards was announced at the 52nd International Film Festival of India in Goa. For the first time, BRICS Film Festival was held alongside IFFI from November 20 to November 28, 2021. The Jury for this competitive festival had 5 memb…

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Japanese film 'Ring Wandering' get Golden Peacock at 52nd IFFI.

Masakazu Kaneko’s Ring Wandering, which explores Japan’s wartime past, won the top award at the 52nd International Film Festival of India that concluded on Sunday (28).  The Golden Peacock winner in the International Competition section was selected for being a “beautifully …

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Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim dies.

Legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, widely credited with transforning musical theatre, died on Friday at the age of 91, his publicist said. Sondheim – renowned for musicals including West Side Story and Sweeney Todd – died at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, s…

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International Emmy Awards 2021.

The 2021 International Emmy Awards was the 49th edition of the annual ceremony held in New York City. The award recognised excellence in television programs produced and aired originally outside the U.S., and non-English language US primetime programs between the dates of J…

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Venezuelan musicians set world's largest orchestra record.

Venezuela's National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras has set the Guinness record for the world's largest orchestra, the country's government announced. The performers were brought together by the country's publicly funded "El Sistema" …

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Martin Scorsese & Istvan Szabo honoured with Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award was conferred upon two living legends of modern cinema — Hollywood director Martin Scorsese and Hungarian auteur Istvan Szabo — at the inaugural event of the 52nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on Saturday 20 November…

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Sarah Taylor becomes first woman coach in men's professional franchise cricket.

Former England wicket-keeper batter Sarah Taylor has become the first woman coach in men's professional franchise cricket after she was named assistant coach of Team Abu Dhabi for the Abu Dhabi T10 league beginning November 19. Widely regarded as one of the best ever wic…

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Popular Brazil singer Marilia Mendonca dies in plane crash.

Marília Mendonça, one of Brazil’s most popular contemporary singers, has been killed in a plane crash at the age of 26, officials say. Four other people - her uncle, her producer and two crew members - also died in the accident in a rural area in south-eastern Minas Gerais s…

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James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on 'Friends,' has died.

James Michael Tyler, best known as the coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit show "Friends," died peacefully at his home, according to his representative Toni Benson. He was 59. Tyler passed away at his Los Angeles home after a battle with prostate cancer, which w…

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Martin Scorsese, Szabo to get Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award.

Hollywood veteran Martin Scorsese and celebrated Hungarian filmmaker Istevan Szabo will be honoured with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The 52nd edition of the film festival will be held from November …

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Four Sri Lankan artists make promotional song for Rajinikanth’s upcoming movie.

Four Sri Lankan artists have created a promotional song for the upcoming Tamil movie ‘Annaatthe’ starring South Indian cinema’s megastar Rajinikanth and Nayanathara. The song titled ‘Vararu Vararu Annaatha’ is written by award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist Pottuvil Asmin. …

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Sri Lankan student filmmaker wins big at Turkey short film festival.

A short film “Mutton” produced by Sri Lankan student filmmaker Hasantha Prabhoothi Dissanayake has been chosen for the final jury selection of the 7th Sakarya International Short Film Festival. The event, organized by the Sakarya University in Turkey, was held from October 1…

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Arvind Trivedi, best known for his role as ‘Raavan’ in Ramayan, passes away.

Veteran television actor Arvind Trivedi, who is famously known for his iconic role of demon-king Raavan in Ramanand Sagar’s TV serial Ramayan, has passed away. He was 82.  He was also part of the political field, as an MP from Sabarkatha constituency in Gujarat, and had serv…

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