Movie

Los Angeles, September 4 (Reuters) - British actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for COVID-19, news media reported on Thursday, halting production of “The Batman” and highlighting the industry’s struggles to get back to business after months of a pandemic-induced shutdown. Movie studio Warner Bros. said in a statement that “a member of ‘The Batman’ production” in Britain had tested...

August 31 (Variety) - The final tweet posted to Chadwick Boseman’s Twitter account is now the most-liked post in Twitter history. The social media company made the announcement on Saturday afternoon, following the shocking death of Boseman on Friday night due to colon cancer. “Fans are coming together on Twitter to celebrate the life of Chadwick Boseman, and the tweet sent from his account...

Muthuswamy Master, who invested Sinhala film music with a new sound on par with Indian films, came to Sinhala films with Sri Lanka;’s first feature film Kadawanu Poronduwa (Broken Promise) as a member of Music director R.Naranaya Iyer’s orchestra and stayed on to make a mark.

August 29 (AP) - Actor Chadwick Boseman, who played Black icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown before finding fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in the Los Angeles area with his wife and family by his side, his publicist Nicki...

As the former Miss Universe Sri Lanka turns 35, we trace the career of the divisive screen star of Race 3, Drive and Kick – opposite Salman Khan

Celebrated actresses and artistes have the capability to succeed in politics and prove the naysayers and sexists wrong, writes Gitanjali Marcelline.

July 24 (AFP) - Disney announced on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic had forced it to indefinitely postpone the release of big-budget film "Mulan," while pushing back upcoming installments of "Star Wars" and "Avatar" by a year. The live-action "Mulan" had already been postponed twice, with its release most recently delayed to August 21. Following the postponement of "Tenet," a...

The film is the story of two men from rural Sri Lanka wading their way into the city to request a correction be printed on a newspaper which falsely accuses one of them to be a terrorist and the turbulent passage they endure along the way.

New Delhi, July 6 (The Indian Express) -The trailer of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film Dil Bechara will be released today. Set to premiere on Disney Plus Hotstar on July 24, the film, helmed by casting director Mukesh Chhabra, is based on John Green’s 2012 bestseller The Fault In Our Stars. It was slated to release in theatres on...

June 10 (Reuters) - AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (AMC.N) said on Tuesday it was expecting to reopen its theaters globally in July after shutting them down in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sending its shares up about 4% in extended trading. The world’s largest movie theater operator said it was planning to reopen almost all its U.S. and UK...