Showbiz | The Daily Star
Published September 14, 2013
JON KABIR LIVING IN THE MOMENT

JON KABIR LIVING IN THE MOMENT

Usually while interviewing the celebrities, I find them choosing their words carefully in order to discover what he/she may be getting into. Not only that but also they bag up a collection of their attire before a photo shoot. But for the first time, STAR SHOWBIZ brings you a story of one, popularly known as Jon Kabir, exactly opposite to what defines a celebrity, who hates giving autographs, unwillingly draws into photographs, loves being a simple person yet again he ...

King’s Godfather

King’s Godfather

“Guy Pelly is thrilled to bits about being picked. He's been told informally by the prince. Guy's been very discreet about the whole announcement.” The future King of England, Prince George, finally has his first godfather. Prince William has chosen his party-loving pal, Guy Pelly, to be the first of six godfathers! Yes, with royal tradition and customs to maintain, Prince George is to have six godfathers. Guy Pelly, a 31-year-old businessman, who organized William's stag party, could prove to be a ...

Timur Bekmambetov Beacon of Russian Cinema

Commonly regarded as one of the most commercially successful directors of early 21th century Russia, Timur Bekmambetov began his career in the advertising arena also guiding a series of popular television advertisements through to fruition. Bekmambetov made his debut with the little-seen-abroad Russian picture Peshavarsky Vals (1994), but his science fiction franchise that began in 2004 with Night Watch and continued two years later with a sequel, Day Watch (2006), ...

Parineeti beats Priyanka

Parineeti beats Priyanka

Shuddh Desi Romance has been received well by audiences and is getting a lot of rave reviews especially from the younger cities. Zanjeer and Shuddh Desi Romance both were released together. Shuddh Desi Romance is having ...

Tasher Desh

Tasher Desh

Plot: 'Tasher Desh' ('Land of Cards') is a dance drama written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1933. Dedicated to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, it takes a satirical look at tyranny and regimentation and celebrates freedom of ...

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Plot: The story of a boy Bunny (Ranbhir) who falls in love with a girl Naina (Deepika) over a trekking trip after college but cannot pursue any further due to their own ambitions and dreams. Review: Boy meets girl; they fall in love but complications arises which forces them to lose contact, oh and throw in a grand wedding in between for good measures. This is the story of 'Yeh Jawaani ...

Aamir dubbed to break all records

Aamir dubbed to break all records

Dhoom 3 has become one of the most anticipated movies from YRF (Yash Raj Film) banner in 2013. After John and Hrithik set records at the box office, speculations are that Aamir will be breaking ...

ONE DIRECTION APARTMENT CATCHES FIRE

ONE  DIRECTION APARTMENT CATCHES FIRE

Liam Payne's apartment caught fire during a party held by himself, this week. Three of his friends were burned and hospitalized. The 20-year-old British singer was hosting a gathering on his balcony when an outdoor ...

Megan Fox Pregnant Again!

Megan Fox  Pregnant  Again!

“She is doing great” Megan Fox and husband Brian Austin Green are prepared for double baby duty! They are already parents to son Noah Shannon, 11 months, and are expecting another addition. "I do whatever she asks ...

Momo’s Labyrinth

Photo: Rafiqul Islam Raf

Actress/model Jakia Bari Momo is passing troubled times with a failed suicide attempt and an alleged separation from husband, director Ejaz Munna, on her plate at the moment. It is rumoured that her 'friendship' with ...

Anurag Kashyap invited by Martin Scorsese

Anurag Kashyap invited by Martin Scorsese

What is interesting is that Anurag Kashyap, who has always been a huge fan of Scorsese, will be the jury member on Marrakech International Film Festival from India this year with seven others being from ...

Before Midnight

Before Midnight

Plot: Eighteen years after their first meeting, Jesse and Celine face the complications of a full-blown long term relationship. Review: While Midnight is stylistically similar to its predecessors, 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset', the third film ...

Television of a lifetime

Television of a lifetime

Continued from Vol 01 Issue 05 It was decided that all equipment for the DIT studio would come from NEC, Japan. But, how to bring the large antenna from Japan and install  it on the 7th ...

SAMANTA ISLAM

SAMANTA ISLAM

She's blazed the trail of news-casting while she was at it. Now she's in Australia finishing her Master's from UTS (University of Technology, Sydney). Will she make a comeback? Star Showbiz catches up with this ...

Ananta Jalil Casualties of Publicity

Ananta Jalil Casualties  of Publicity

“I have taken Bangladeshi films to the International film arena through my films. It has all been possible for the love and support of my fans.” First the pizza throwing incident, then the 'alleged' divorce and ...

STAR MARRIAGES

STAR MARRIAGES

Back in the latter part of the 1960s, those of us inclined to watching movies thought Waheed Murad would marry Zeba. Or Nadeem would marry Shabana. There was the naïve belief in us that since ...

Shormy Mala

Shormy Mala

Born: 23rd August, 1986 Height: 5'4” Skills: Acting in films, dramas and theatre Credentials: films- 'Moner Manush' by Goutam Ghosh, 'Jalaler Pitagon' by Abu Syeed Imon, 'Mrittika Maya' by Gazi Rakat (premiered in Jamuna Future Park Cineplex on ...

Living with the stars

Living with the stars

After the independence of Bangladesh in1971, the western driven self-taught musicians earned the identity as 'Band' along with the mainstream music of that era. The pioneers behind all these were Azam Khan (Spondhon & Uchharon), ...