May 9, 2025 1:40 pm
Walt Disney has announced plans to open its first theme park in the Middle East. MORE..
‘Gehenu Lamai’, directed by the late Dr. Sumitra Peries, will be screened next week in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 13 to May 24 in Cannes, France, under the Cannes Classics category. MORE..
Auction house Sotheby’s said on Wednesday that it had postponed the auction of a collection of hundreds of jewels linked to Buddha’s corporeal relics after India’s government threatened legal action and demanded the jewels be returned. MORE..
India’s government has slammed the proposed sale of a dazzling cache of jewels linked to the remains of the Buddha and called for their return to India, where they were dug up more than a century ago by a British colonial official. MORE..
Shah Rukh Khan, the Bollywood superstar known as SRK, made a historic debut at the 2025 Met Gala, becoming the first male actor from India to grace the prestigious event. MORE..
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday announced a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the country, saying the American movie industry was dying a “very fast death” due to the incentives that other countries were offering to lure filmmakers. MORE..
The Sri Lankan musical group ‘Knights’, which represented the country at the “Battle of the Bands – International” competition held in India, has secured the runner-up position. MORE..
US President Donald Trump says he will hit movies made in foreign countries with 100% tariffs, as he ramps up trade disputes with nations around the world. MORE..
Brazilian police said they thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga’s concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. MORE..
More than two million people have attended a free Lady Gaga concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, city officials say. MORE..
On Wednesday, a cache of dazzling jewels linked to the Buddha’s mortal remains, which have been hailed as one of the most astonishing archaeological finds of the modern era, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong. MORE..
Anudi Gunasekara, a Sri Lankan model and social activist, is set to represent Sri Lanka at the 72nd edition of the Miss World pageant, scheduled to take place in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on 31 May 2025. MORE..
Indian music, especially from Bollywood, has long dominated the Pakistani airwaves. MORE..
The Met Gala returns to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday, May 5, drawing a bevy of A-list celebrities to the storied New York City museum for a night of exhibition-viewing, dinner and drinks. But first, they’ll walk the steps in what has become one of the biggest red-carpet moments of the year. MORE..
Renowned Hollywood filmmaker Martin Scorsese is set to produce a new documentary that will feature the late Pope Francis’ last on-camera interview. MORE..
Nepal is set to pass a law to grant permits to climb Mount Everest only to those who have previously scaled at least one 7,000-metre peak within the country, marking a major shift for the tourism-dependent country amid concerns over overcrowding and ecological imbalance on the world’s highest mountain. MORE..
The Locarno Film Festival will honor Jackie Chan with a lifetime career award honoring the martial arts master who helped define Hong Kong action cinema before becoming a Hollywood mainstay. MORE..
Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. MORE..
Ten suspects go on trial in Paris on Monday over the 2016 robbery of the US celebrity Kim Kardashian, which saw some $10 million worth of jewellery stolen from the reality TV star and influencer. MORE..
A lettercard penned by one of the Titanic’s most well-known survivors from onboard the ship, days before it sank, has sold for 300,000 pounds ($399,000) at auction. MORE..
Globally renowned American rock band ‘Boyce Avenue’ arrived in Sri Lanka on the night of April 24 ahead of their much-anticipated concert in the country. MORE..
India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Telugu actor Mahesh Babu in connection with a money laundering probe into Hyderabad-based real estate firms, news agency PTI reported on Tuesday. MORE..
At the top of the world amid pristine white glaciers and towering rock, silence reigns. Suddenly it is broken by a ladder falling from the sky. MORE..
A major fire broke out on the set of ‘Idly Kadai,’ the upcoming film directed by and starring Dhanush. MORE..
Ryan Gosling is to star in a new Star Wars film, which is set to be released in two years’ time. MORE..