The Supreme Court says Muslim men detained after the September 11 attacks can’t sue top US law enforcement officials. The justices by a 4-2 vote today ended a long-running lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft, former FBI Director Robert Mueller and other top Bush administration officials. The suit was filed by Muslim men who were detained for months in harsh conditions in a Brooklyn jail after the 2001 attacks […]

James Bond is about to get criminal for Logan brothers. The trailer of the much-awaited heist comedy Logan Lucky was recently unveiled on the movie’s official Twitter handle. The trailer opens with Jimmy (Channing Tatum) getting fired from his construction job and Clyde (Adam Driver), his one-armed brother working behind the bar. They both plan to rob the Coca-Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina over Memorial […]

Britain was in anguish on Tuesday after 22 people were killed and nearly 60 injured when a suicide bomber targeted a concert hall in Manchester, described as the worst terrorist attack in the country for more than a decade. Victims included children – the youngest an 8-year-old girl – and teenagers who had gathered for a sell-out concert in the Manchester Arena (capacity: 21,000) by popular US singer Ariana Grande. […]

Fox Searchlight has unveiled the first trailer for its upcoming dramedy Battle of the Sexes. The film, helmed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine), sees Emma Stone and Steve Carell star as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and recreates the scenario surrounding the duo’s famous 1973 tennis match. The match became one of the most-watched televised sporting events of all time, and saw No 2-ranked King […]

The highly-anticipated sequel to the 2014 film Kingsman: The Secret Service finally has a full trailer. This time, the spy parody is gong to play host to a line-up of A-list American stars like Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Pedro Pascal who, as members of the stateside version of the Kingsman (called the Statesman) square up against the heroes of 2014’s British blockbuster. Returning from Kingsman is […]

Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck star in the romantic drama A Ghost Story, in which Affleck’s character dies and comes back as a ghost to help his former partner get over the loss. The thing is that when she does move on, he’s stuck with nothing to do. In 2016, Rooney Mara was Academy Award nominated for her supporting role in Carol and Casey Affleck won Best Actor for his […]

A Pakistani-born woman has won a 17-year legal battle over a university error that triggered damaging gossip that changed the course of her life, reports the BBC’s Umer Nangiana in Lahore. “The university crushed my dreams and it never apologised,” said Wajiha Arooj. “No money could compensate for the damage their act did to my honour and reputation in society.” It began with a seemingly minor error, when Ms Arooj, […]

To rephrase a popular proverb, ‘Movies maketh the man.’ Cinema does indeed have the power to drive, inspire, and influence its audience to a great degree. The characters become one with the audience and the plot, a parallel journey depicting their lives through a screen. While it is true that certain kinds of cinema are directed at entertainment, entertainment, and more entertainment, the ones that end up making a difference […]

At a time when the Indian-American community in the US is seeking answers over the sudden spike in attacks on its members, Hindu Americans were left shocked by the extremely stereotypical portrayal of them in a latest CNN television series titled “Believer”. The influential community has alleged that Reza Aslan’s six-episode Spiritual adventures series portray Hinduism in a negative light. The first episode of the series featured the mystical sect […]

Some 110 people have died in southern Somalia in the last two days from famine and diarrhoea resulting from a drought, the prime minister said on Saturday, as the area braces itself for widespread shortages of food. In February, United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said the drought in Somalia could lead to up to 270,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition this year. “It is a difficult situation for the […]