Imran Abbas hosts Big STAR Awards
KARACHI: Pakistani television and film actor Imran Abbas can add another feather to his cap after recently hosting the Big STAR Entertainment Awards in Mumbai. The actor hosted the awards alongside...
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KARACHI: 2014 was a marquee year for the Pakistani entertainment industry. Not only did we see Pakistani filmmakers venture into newer territories with Tamanna, Operation 021 and Dukhtar but the...
View ArticleLuise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, passes away
LONDON / BERLIN: Luise Rainer, the German-born actor who made cinema history by winning back-to-back Oscars as best actress for the 1936 musical The Great Ziegfeld and the 1937 drama The Good Earth...
View ArticleWe respect all faiths: Rakjumar Hirani
NEW DELHI: Rajkumar Hirani’s latest offering PK is going strong at the box office, but some of the film’s content has not gone down well with activists who misunderstood the idea of the movie....
View ArticleLeading celeb fashion trends
KARACHI: From crop tops to monochromes, the beauty trends that shaped 2014 may have originated on the runways, but it was trendy celebs who took them for a street-ready spin. We saw stars being more...
View ArticleYay or nay?: Facepalm moments of 2014
KARACHI: With each passing year, Pakistan brings countless surprises, and revelations which not only impact upcoming trends but cause a stir to questioning the sanity and logic of people within the...
View ArticleGame changers of 2014
KARACHI: With each passing year, Pakistan brings countless surprises, and revelations which not only impact upcoming trends but cause a stir to questioning the sanity and logic of people within the...
View ArticleBeauty trend alerts for 2015
The year 2014 was big for beauty. We saw multihued hair colours, minimal make-up, bleached brows and bangs. As for what is to come in 2015, we’ve made some predictions after poring over and taking...
View ArticleBye, bye, ‘bae’
SAN FRANCISCO: ‘Bae,’ ‘cra-cra’ and ‘takeaway’ are all on Lake Superior State University’s 40th Annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness,...
View ArticleActivist to air drop ‘The Interview’ in North Korea
A South Korean activist stated that he will launch balloons carrying DVDs of Sony’s The Interview toward North Korea to try to break down a cult of personality built around dictator Kim Jong Un,...
View ArticleNicole Kidman in talks for Ajay Devgn’s Shivay?
Actor Nicole Kidman may star in Shivay, a Bollywood film starring Ajay Devgn, reported Zee News. Ajay, who was last seen in Prabhudeva’s Action Jackson, has started working on his next project....
View ArticleModels and the big bucks
Models are among those fashion fraternity stakeholders who bask in the big bucks of the lucrative global industry. The Forbes magazine’s recent list of 2014’s highest-paid models is testament to this....
View ArticleAli Zafar calls off New Year’s concert in South Africa
In light on the harrowing Peshawar school attack, which claimed the lives of 141 people, including 132 children, singer-actor Ali Zafar cancelled his New Year’s Eve concert in Durban, South Africa....
View ArticleFlying in the face of all precedent
KARACHI: There is no gainsaying that choreographer Joshinder Chaggar is one of the most distinct and unique artistes to hail from Pakistan. Chaggar has proven her mettle with her stints across the...
View ArticleKanye West and Paul McCartney team up on lullaby
NEW YORK: Kanye West and Paul McCartney, two legendary performers from different musical traditions, have teamed up in an unlikely collaboration on a new single released Thursday called “Only One“....
View ArticleUnexpected uses for toothpaste
Thought it was just for maintaining a healthy smile? Guess again. We all use toothpaste, but it has some amazing properties that make it great for a lot more than just whitening teeth. It has a ton of...
View ArticlePK beats Chennai Express and Kick
Aamir Khan’s PK opened to a half-hearted response, cashing in about INR260 million on its opening day. While most Aamir critics thought his star power was overhauled by contemporaries Salman Khan and...
View ArticleTapping into a different market
LAHORE: Consumers have recently been on track appreciating the value of natural skin care. Be it a face wash, moisturiser, mask or shampoo, there is plenty of awareness in regards to natural skin...
View ArticleFrom model to militant?
As the Islamic State’s (IS) global recruitment drive reaches an unprecedented scale, the professional background of its inductees becomes growingly interesting. Among the latest IS recruits is a male...
View Article2014 in splitsville
As is the case with every passing year, 2014 also saw the crumbling of some power couples. Breakups are hard to deal with as there are tears, heartbreaks and in some cases partners moving on quickly....
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