Los Angeles : Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has been signed on to direct biopic of legendary choreographer Alvin Ailey. According to Variety, Julian Breece is writing the script for the project which was announced by Fox Searchlight in March 2018. Ailey, who was raised in rural Texas by a single […]
Los Angeles : Hollywood star Charlize Theron will receive the 2019 American Cinematheque Award. According to Deadline, the award is bestowed annually by the nonprofit arts organisation to honour an “extraordinary filmmaker in the entertainment industry who is fully engaged in his or her work and is committed to […]
Bengaluru : Karnataka JDS chief H Vishwanath resigned from his post Tuesday, accepting “moral” responsibility for the party’s dismal show in the recent Lok Sabha polls. Vishwanath, an MLA, told reporters here, “I take moral responsibility for the (party’s) defeat.” The JDS chief was reportedly unhappy over being sidelined […]
Mumbai : Bajaj Auto Monday reported 3 per cent increase in total sales in May at 4,19, 235 units as against 4,07,044 units in the same month previous year. Motorcycle sales increased 7 per cent to 3,65,068 units in the previous month as against 3,42,595 units in May 2018, […]
Mumbai : The rupee appreciated by 26 paise to 69.00 against the US dollar in early trade Tuesday driven by weakening of the greenback in overseas markets and sustained foreign fund inflows. Forex dealers said, selling of the American currency by exporters, fresh foreign fund inflows and easing crude […]
San Jose : Apple, beset by falling iPhone sales, announced upcoming changes to its phone and computer software intended to highlight its increasing emphasis on digital services and to further position it as a fierce guardian of personal privacy. The revisions previewed Monday during a conference in San Jose, […]
New York : The majority owner of a former Trump-branded hotel in Panama alleged in a court filing on Monday that the U.S. president’s company misrepresented finances of the building to evade taxes in the country. A filing in New York federal court by property owner Orestes Fintiklis alleges […]
Mumbai : Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty opened on a cautious note Tuesday as investors await RBI’s monetary policy decision, amid weak cues from global markets. After scaling lifetime highs in the previous session, the 30-share index was trading 15.27 points, or 0.04 per cent, lower […]
Seoul : The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, casting further doubt on media speculation he had ordered her to lay low over the failed nuclear summit with Washington. North […]
New York ; An Indian-origin woman in the US has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for strangling her nine-year-old stepdaughter to death in a bathtub, a crime described as “unimaginable” by the court. Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York was convicted last month of […]
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