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Los Angeles: Less than a third of the characters in top-grossing Hollywood films are female, and women directors are much rarer still, according to a study Thursday that bemoaned Tinseltown´s lack of diversity. Researchers at the University of Southern California´s...

Los Angeles: Reality TV diva Kim Kardashian had better things to do Thursday than tune in to the Republican presidential debate -- like snaring a selfie with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. "Excited to be meeting our next President tonight!! Maybe...

Karachi: Deaf and mute, Geeta has been stuck in Pakistan for 13 years, unable to return to her native India because she cannot remember or explain exactly where she is from. But after repeated false dawns, Geeta has new reason...

Karachi: It was a gathering of literary minds, assembled to witness the first look of Manto the Film, a biopic made on one of South Asia’s most controversial and brilliant writers, Saadat Hassan Manto. Held at the Neuplex Cinemas in Karachi,...

Actor-producer John Abraham usually stays out of the limelight unless a film is releasing, which is why it’s not surprising to see John Abraham back in the headlines. The film that’s bringing the hunky actor back to the big screen...

The darling of the Pakistani film industry, Mahira Khan, has been making waves both locally and across the border with her recent and upcoming releases. And while the talented actress has stressed her desire to embrace edgier roles, it seems...

Salman Khan’s Eid release, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, may have set the cash counters ringing across the border, but the Riteish Deshmukh-Pulkit Samrat satire, Bangistan, has been banned in Pakistan. “Basing their judgment on the trailer alone, they have decided that the...

The young generation has revived the dying film industry of Pakistan and their efforts in recent and upcoming movies will go long way in keeping the Lolly wood on the path of revival said popular film director Syed Noor. The...

Bollywood films have always remained a subject of scrutiny in neighbouring countries. Even now, when a number of Pakistani actors have crossed over to B-town to establish themselves in the world’s second biggest film industry and when artistic collaborations between...

Set in the pre-independence era, Pakistani actor Imran Abbas’ upcoming film Jaanisaar, directed by Muzaffar Ali of Umrao Jaan fame, has been given a tax-free status in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The director had earlier informed the Indian...

There have been countless occasions when Pakistani actors and actresses and even designers failed to travel to India to promote or showcase their own work. Be it Javed Sheikh, Sonya Jehan or Humaima Malick, all of them have either lost...

It’s true that the Hindi channel, Zee Zindagi, which features the best of Pakistani dramas and airs in India (among other places) has managed to help boost the television industry of Pakistan. And one actor who understands this fact well...

Films: a USD 100 million opportunity to project our perspective, that Pakistan should simply not decline Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure – Abraham Lincoln To honor heroes, you need to create them first....

LOS ANGELES: Rachel McAdams carved a career in Hollywood’s romantic comedies with her lively girl-next-door persona, but recently, she’s developed a penchant for the darker side. McAdams, 36, has shifted gears in grittier films and roles, playing Maureen Hope, a...

MUMBAI: Muzaffar Ali, whose upcoming film Jaanisar features Imran Abbas and Pernia Qureshi, said one of the reasons for choosing Imran as the protagonist was because he seemed like a reincarnation of actor Farooque Sheikh. “The story is about a...