Cannes Film Festival Titane – an outlandish film packed full of sex and violence – has won the top award at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Director Julie Ducournau is only the second woman to receive the Palme d’Or and the first female to win it alone. The film, which is Ducournau’s second feature, […]
Indian screen and stage star Surekha Sikri has been described as a “top-class actor” and a “force of nature” following her death at the age of 75. The veteran, known for such films as Badhaai Ho, TV shows like Balika Vadhu and many Hindi theatre productions, suffered a cardiac arrest in Mumbai. Sikri won three […]
Dilip Kumar, one of India’s earliest and most famous film actors, has died in Mumbai at the age of 98. A veritable legend, Kumar acted in more than 65 films over nearly five decades, playing roles that ranged from the iconic to the endearing. He was admitted to hospital on 30 June after he complained […]
India’s top filmmakers have protested against proposed rules that they say will give the government sweeping censorship powers. The changes, if passed, allow the government to “re-examine” a film already cleared by the censor board. Filmmakers say the proposals are an attack on their freedom of expression. Films cannot be publicly exhibited in India unless […]
A TikTok star has been detained in Egypt, two days after she and another influencer were convicted of human trafficking and given long jail terms. Haneen Hossam, 20, posted a video on Monday in which she asked for clemency, saying she had never harmed anyone. On Sunday, a court in Cairo sentenced her in absentia […]
Censors in Hong Kong have been given the power to vet films that authorities say may endanger national security, as a clampdown on dissent continues. The order also instructs censors to prevent and suppress acts that do not uphold the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China. Hong Kong’s thriving film industry had previously enjoyed freedoms […]
By Mark Savage BBC music reporter Sony Music has cancelled the debts of thousands of artists who signed to the record label before the year 2000. It means that many will now, for the first time, earn money when their songs are streamed on services like Spotify and Amazon Music. Sony said it could not […]
President Joe Biden has revoked an executive order from his predecessor Donald Trump banning Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat in the US. The ban faced a series of legal challenges and never came into force. Instead, the US Department of Commerce will now review apps designed and developed by those in “the jurisdiction of a […]
By Michael Sheils McNamee BBC News NI Many people have seen a television programme about people from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller background. But the likelihood is that it was a documentary, rather than a drama or comedy. On 8 April, actor’s union Equity, which represents nearly 50,000 performers across the UK, is aiming to […]
By Wael Hussein BBC News, Cairo Crowds of Egyptians are witnessing a historic procession of their country’s ancient rulers through the capital, Cairo. The lavish, multimillion-dollar spectacle sees 22 mummies – 18 kings and four queens – transported from the peach-coloured, neo-classical Egyptian Museum to their new resting place 5km (three miles) away. With tight […]
