Grammy-winning Pakistani-American singer Arooj Aftab is set to make her BBC Proms debut this summer in a performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The concert, scheduled for July 29, will feature orchestral arrangements of music from across Aftab’s discography, including selections from her albums Bird Under Water (2015), Vulture Prince (2021), and Night Reign (2024)….
George Wendt, the American actor best known for his role as the curmudgeonly Norm Peterson in Cheers, has died, a representative said Tuesday, as per AFP. Wendt, who was 76, was nominated for six successive Emmy awards for his role as the perennial barfly opposite Ted Danson in one of television’s most successful ever sitcoms….
In a satirical blog post published in Times of India, Indian author and former actor Twinkle Khanna questions the reign of fake news at a time when the political climate between Pakistan and India is rife with tension. Twinkle recalls listening to songs from Sanam Teri Kasam, before noticing that Mawra Hocane has been removed…
Following four years of a legal battle in the Noor Mukadam case, the Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld Zahir Jaffer’s death sentence on Tuesday. Led by Justice Hashim Kakar, three members including Justices Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Ali Baqar Najafi presided over the bench for the third hearing of Zahir’s appeal against his death sentence, which…
KARACHI: The sound of Japanese drums Taiko echoes in a rhythm during the opening credits. The madness of the rhythm builds up not unlike that of a pre-war buildup as we see a Kurosawa-esque montage of a broken city — damaged walls, doors, empty alleyways – until we come to what looks like a homeless man…
Scarlett Johansson won praise from veteran filmmaker Wes Anderson as she nervously prepared to unveil her debut feature as a director at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday, reported AFP. Actors behind the camera are something of a trend in Cannes this year, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and British actor Harris Dickinson both unveiling…
LONDON: Lilo & Stitch is the latest Disney animation to get a live-action remake, with the medium allowing a closer look at the main characters’ relationships, its makers say. Like its predecessor, the new film, which begins its cinema rollout on Wednesday, tells the story of a young Hawaiian girl called Lilo, played by newcomer…
KARACHI: For too long, the literary gaze on South Asia’s summers, especially through diaspora pens writing for white audiences, has leaned on sepia tropes: mangoes and melas, the year-long appeal of chai, ceiling fans whirring above midday siestas, and monsoon promises murmured by young lovers over sticks of kulfi. That version of summer still lives…
Javed Akhtar is once again under fire for a controversial take. In a video uploaded by ABP on YouTube, the Indian screenwriter and lyricist said in a speech, “I receive hostility from extremists on both sides. But this is the right way, since if even one side stopped hating me, I would be worried that…
PARIS: French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of the American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from a Paris cemetery. The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by…
