“There is only one true King”, tweeted Zack Snyder, as he posted a photo of “Game of Thrones” alum Jason Momoa in costume as the character he'll first play in next year's “Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice”.

Jimmy Page once asked Terry Reid to be the singer for his New Yardbirds project. Reid, thinking his solo career was about to take off,

The first Shaheed Minar to commemorate the Language martyrs of February 21, 1952, was built immediately after the events of that day. According to Dr. Sayeed Haider, a main planner and the designer of the first Shaheed Minar, the decision to build it was first made by the students of Dhaka Medical College.

Although the most iconic song of our Language Movement is Abdul Gaffer Chowdhury's “Amar Bhai'er Rokte Rangano Ekushey February”, it was not the first song written on the historic incident. The first song was written and composed by Mosharraf Uddin Ahmed on February 24, 1952, and was titled “Mrrityu Ke Jara Tuchcho Korilo Bhasha Bachabar Torey”.

Professor Syed Abdullah Khalid was born in an aristocratic Syed family in Kazi-Ilias, Sylhet town. Though his father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a clergy, Khalid ended up a painter and eventually a sculptor, one of the greatest the country has produced.

Bangladeshi photographer Sarker Protick won an award at the 58th World Press Photo Contest for the year 2014, announced earlier this week.

One of the rare artistes to be nominated for Grammys, Golden Globe and Emmy awards, Zooey Deschanel is the daughter of Academy Award–nominated cinematographer-director Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Deschanel. Deschanel attended Crossroads, a private preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, where she befriended future co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Kate Hudson. Many people don't know this, but the role of Dr. Temperance Brennan on popular TV series “Bones” is played by her elder sister, Emily Deschanel.

Oscar winning actress Marion Cotillard has signed on to star with Michael Fassbender in the Justin Kurzel-directed “Assassin's Creed”, the live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft video game.

Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz has donated money and time to charity. She has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent a week working for

A special TV play on the month of Language Movement, “Chapakhana'r Gondho”, will air on ntv tonight at 9pm. Written by Anisul Hoque and directed by

Braving the ongoing political turmoil, the Spring Festival 1421 was observed in Sylhet with much enthusiasm on Friday.

Vikramjit Singh's directorial debut “Roy” has started off on an impressive note on the ticket windows, collecting Rupees 10.4 crore on the day of its release.

Nowshin and Hillol are both familiar faces on the small screen. They became good friends while working together. At one stage, they fell in love which later culminated in wedding. The Daily Star recently spoke to the actor couple about Valentine's Day.

Popular actress Suborna Mostafa will pass busy days during the ICC Cricket World Cup. The actress is coordinating a seven-member team of commentators who will do live commentary on Radio Bhoomi 92.8 FM, on 49 matches of the tournament.

Eric Clapton received an acoustic Hoyer guitar, made in Germany, for his thirteenth birthday, but the inexpensive steel-stringed instrument was difficult to play and he briefly lost interest.

The third episode of Bengal Foundation's monthly series of lecture and demonstration programmes on 'Understanding Classical Dance' took place at Daily Star-Bengal Arts Precinct on February 10.

Padatik Natya Sangsad Bangladesh will stage their play “Poramati” at the Mukta Mancha at Suhrawardy Udyan on Febryary 11. The play, written by Babul

Music enthusiasts of Chittagong enjoyed a special evening on Saturday with a performance by renowned Indian qawwal and Sufi singer Yousuf Khan Nizami and his troupe at Chittagong Club.

Kareena will play a schizophrenic woman in Raj Kumar Gupta's yet-untitled film. Bebo, the lead character in the thriller finds herself at the centre of a crime.

“In the exciting, turbulent, sad and happy days of 1971, I read “Chacha Kahini” in my village home and instantly fell in love with Syed Mujtaba Ali's books. His erudition, brilliant wit and humor, skillful satire and wonderfully lucid prose simply bowled me over.” -- Junaidul Haque.