Raindance festival

From 26th September to 7th October, the Raindance Film Festival is on in London.  Google www.RaindanceFestival.com. Raindance Film festival is the largest independent film festival in the UK founded in 1992 by Elliot Grove to be the voice of British filmmaking. Raindance showcases features and shorts by filmmakers from around the world to an audience of…

Brut Reynolds dies aged 82

Burt Reynolds, one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the 1970s dies aged 82, in the Jupiter Medical Centre, Florida from a heart attack with his family by his side and is survived by his son Quinton. The mega moustachioed star had undergone heart bypass surgery in 2010. Reynolds shot into fame in 1972’s Deliverance…

MADONNA IS SIXTY TODAY! – A MILESTONE BIRTHDAY! 16th August 2018

With initial songs starting with Holiday and closely followed by Like a Virgin, Madonna has been known to have said “Losing my virginity was a career move”. Brandishing as a sales weapon overt and unblushing sexuality and sassy outfits displaying a well-honed figure and with a face expertly made up by top makeup artists, Madonna…

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra are engaged

Bollywood actress and Qunatico star, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are said to have been dating for around two months and have confirmed that they are engaged. Nick 25, and Priyanka 36, made their first public appearance on a friend date to the Met Gala in May 2017. Rumours of their romantic involvement swirled in…

Plucked from obscurity to Bollywood star

Banita Sandhu, a 20-year-old  from South Wales studying English literature student at Kings College London, is all set to make her Bollywood debut in Shoojit Sircar’s upcoming project October. This is the first time that a mainstream actress from Wales will feature in a Bollywood film. She will be co-starring Varun Dhawan, in a Bollywood…

The Shape of Water wins four Oscars

James Ivory wins Oscar   At the 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony which took place on Sunday 4th March 2018, evening, The Shape of Water emerged victorious winning a total of four Academy Awards, including, Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo del Toro, original score and product design.  Gary Oldman wins best actor Oscar…

BIBLE STORIES TOLD AND RETOLD GATHER INCREASED UNDERSTANDING

  “Mary Magdalene” directed by Garth Davis, Produced by Iain Canning, with a screenplay written by  Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett, stars Denis Menochet as Daniel, Joaquin Phoenix as Jesus, Rooney Mara as Mary Magdalene and Chiwetel Ejiofar as Peter. Breathaking scenery, baptisms in the sea, huge efforts to gather an ever increasing crowd of…

Bollywood superstar Sridevi dies aged 54

Bollywood superstar Sridevi has died of a heart attack at around 11:00 pm on 24th February 2018, aged 54 in Dubai, attending her nephew’s wedding. Sridevi Kapoor featured over five decades in 300 films in five languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. She was one of the few Indian female superstars capable of…

Priya Varrier deadly wink

Malayalam actress  from India, Priya Prakash Varrie, whose clip in the song “Manikya Malaraya Poovi” turned viral said: “ I would like to be known as a good actor rather than being known as the wink queen. This is a new feeling. But I am happy.. I never expected that the wink clip would become…

BAFTA 2018:Three Billboards wins five BAFTAs

Although Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water went into London’s Royal Albert Hall with 12 nominations, it was Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri emerged as the biggest victor, claiming 5 awards, including the best film, best actress and best supporting actor.Del Toro won the best actor among The Shape of Water’s three awards. Coco…