Entertainment

March 16, 2026 10:38 AM

Norway’s ‘Sentimental Value’ wins best international film Oscar

"Sentimental Value," directed by Joachim Trier, won the Oscar for best international feature film on Sunday, the first Norwegian film to win in this category after six previous nominations. “I’m just a film nerd from Norway,” director Joachim Trier said onstage during his acceptance speech, s...

March 16, 2026 10:28 AM

‘One Battle After Another’ takes best picture prize at the Oscars

The darkly comic thriller “One Battle After Another” won best picture at the Academy Awards, leading a haul of six trophies on a Sunday night when Hollywood handed its top movie honors to unconventional stories. The offbeat tale of political resistance traded wins with the vampire story “Sinn...

March 3, 2026 12:51 PM

Assam celebrates vibrant Vaishnavite festival Dol Jatra

Assam on Tuesday marked Dol Jatra, one of the State’s most vibrant Vaishnavite festivals, with colour, music and devotional fervour, as Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma extended greetings on the occasion and highlighted its deep cultural significance. In a post on social media platform X, the C...

February 24, 2026 6:48 PM

Warner Bros weighing revised bid from Paramount as bidding war escalates

Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday it was considering a sweetened bid from Paramount Skydance without disclosing the value of the deal, as the CBS owner races with Netflix in a heated Hollywood takeover battle. The latest offer followed a week of talks between Warner Bros and Paramount to addres...

February 2, 2026 1:42 PM

Bad Bunny wins top Grammy prize in a first for a Spanish-language album

Bad Bunny, the Latino rap star whose forthcoming Super Bowl gig has ignited a culture wars controversy, won the top Grammy prize on Sunday, a first for a Spanish-language album, with "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," a celebration of his Puerto Rican roots. The 31-year-old performer-producer edged out fel...

January 23, 2026 10:18 AM

TikTok seals deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban

TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, on Thursday said it has finalized a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure U.S. data, to avoid a U.S. ban on the short video app used by over 200 million Americans. The deal is a milestone for the social media firm after years o...

January 23, 2026 9:10 AM

Paramount extends deadline on hostile Warner Bros bid to February 20

Paramount Skydance on Thursday extended the deadline on its hostile tender offer for Warner Bros Discovery by about a month to February 20, buying more time to persuade investors that its bid for the Hollywood studio trumps a rival deal with Netflix. The company did not raise its bid on Thursday. O...

January 12, 2026 1:04 PM

Tunisian filmmaker wins $1 million for AI-generated film at Dubai summit

Tunisian filmmaker Zoubeir Jlassi has won the world’s largest AI Film Award for his film Lily, receiving a one-million-dollar prize from Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum during the 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai. The award is organised in collaboration with Google Gemini an...