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30 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016 DT Showtime Bangladeshi short film awarded in Mumbai PHOTO: COURTESY When daddy Shakti does not approve • Showtime Desk Bangladeshi short film Kobi Swamir Mrityur Por Amar Jobanbondi, won the Special Jury Award at the 15th Third Eye Asian Film Festival which took place from December 15 to 22, 2016 in Mumbai, India. The award was handed over by renowned film director Shyam Bengal in a closing ceremony that was held yesterday at the Rabindra Natya Mandir. Also known as, The Statement After My Poet Husband’s Death, the story has been written and directed by Tasmiah Afrin Mou and produced by Rubaiyat Hossain. The short film had its world premiere held last month at the Festival Tous Courts in France. The film has also won the Tareque Shahriar Best Short Film Award at the Dhaka International Short and Independent Film Festival. Last week, the film was also screened at Festival Zubroffka, a reputed short film festival in Poland. The 15 th Third Eye Film festival was inaugurated with the screening of internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi director Rubaiyat Hossain’s Under Construction. Organised by the Asian Film Foundation, the festival this year honoured veteran filmmaker, Govind Nihalani with the prestigious Film Culture Award. • Carrie Fisher is one with the Force • Niloy Alam SOURCE: INTERNET Two days ago, I watched Star Wars – A New Hope Revisited, a highlyedited special fan edition. It could have been the 20th or 30th viewing, still soaked in every frame, every blaster fire, every explosion. Last night, a colleague said Carrie Fisher died. Dismissing his claims, citing her cardiac arrest a few days back, I said she was fine. Googled. The results were a staggering blow. Facebook. The News Feed was flooded with Carrie Fisher’s iconic poses from the Star Wars films. In the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, played by the late Sir Alec Guinness: “There is no death, there is the Force. Carrie Fisher was not an actor who only played the character of Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan. She was Princess Leia for all intents and purposes. Every SW novel and comic base their depiction of Leia as that of Carrie. An avid reader, and a college dropout, Carrie Fisher was as much royalty in real life as she was in the Star Wars franchise. The moniker “Princess” in the films was initially a tongue-in-cheek reference to her status as a royalty of a planet destroyed, but her quiet resolve and unwavering aura of effervescent grace (in a white gown or bodysuit) earned her every ounce of respect. In her life outside the films, she was as humane as anyone could be. She was frank about her demons - her bipolar disorder, substance abuse, celebrity marriages – and was all the cooler for surviving them all. Carrie Fisher was more than an actress. She penned Postcards from the Edge, a semi-autobiographical work which she turned into a film to discuss her drug abuse. She performed Wishful Drinking on Broadway - a seminal showcase of her sharp, poignant wit – also available as a book. Carrie is not just survived by her daughter Billie Lourd and she is survived by her co-workers, her fans, and every 80s and 90s adolescent whose hearts unanimously skipped a beat when she appeared in Return of the Jedi in a sensual-looking but highly uncomfortable plastic bikini. Carrie always wanted the following line in her obituary. It is the one service I can do her. “Carrie Fisher, 60, died in moonlight, strangled by her own bra.”• • Showtime Desk Children having a relationship is usually something that most parents disapprove of. However, when it comes to celebrities, most think that they are free from “common people” problems. As it happens, they are not too different from us. Word about Shraddha Kapoor secretly livingin with her Rock-On 2 co-star and rumoured lover, Farhan Akhtar were already making rounds in the fraternity. All was good until Sunday, when father Shakti Kapoor and masi (aunt) Padmini Kolhapure paid a shocking visit to Shraddha and Farhan’s love nest, which stirred up quite the controversy. Their agenda was clear, they wanted Shraddha to quit the live-in relationship with the “almost divorced” and “father of two,” Farhan Akhter and move back to their Juhu home. We don’t know whether she put up a fight or not but the episode ended with Shakti forcibly taking Shraddha back home. This was reported by SpotBoye. Fathers will always be possessive of their daughter, even if you are a celebrity or not and Shakti definitely proved that. • SOURCES: INTERNET
Showtime Hollywood starlet Debbie Reynolds dies • Showtime Desk Debbie Reynolds, mother of Carrie Fisher, who just lost her daughter on Tuesday, has died after being rushed to the hospital early on Wednesday, her son confirmed. She was 84. Reynolds’ son, Todd Fisher said, “She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken.” He said the stress of his sister’s death “was too much” for Reynolds. “She said, ‘I want to be with Carrie,’” said Fisher. “And then she was gone.” Earlier, it was reported that Reynolds was at Fisher’s home in Beverly Hills on Wednesday morning planning her daughter’s funeral when she suffered a stroke. Several sources revealed that Reynolds had been distraught since Fisher’s health declined last week. “She held it together beautifully, obviously, for the last couple of days but she was under a lot of emotion and stress from the loss (of Fisher) and it’s pretty much what triggered this event,” Todd Fisher added. Reynolds’ illustrious career in Hollywood lasted for more than 65 years. The Oscar-nominated actress starred in memorable films including 1952’s Singin’ in the Rain, 1962’s How the West Was Won and 1956’s Bundle of Joy. The outspoken Reynolds was well-known for playing offbeat mothers on-screen, alongside Albert Brooks in 1996’s Mother and on the sitcom Will & Grace (1999 to 2006) as Debra Messing’s screen mom. But the most famous is her true-life role as Carrie Fisher’s mother, the subject of Fisher’s semiautobiographical novel and 1990 film Postcards From the Edge. Reynolds’ favourite role was playing Molly Brown in the musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown, for which she earned an Academy Award nomination. “I loved playing her. She was sort of like me,” said Reynolds, who titled her updated 2013 autobiography, Unsinkable: A Memoir. Among Reynolds’ biggest contributions to the public were her massive movie memorabilia collection, which she was later forced to auction, and her Debbie Reynolds Dance Studios, which she opened in Los Angeles in the 1970s. Everyone from Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears to Bette Midler, Madonna, Usher and Mariah Carey has trained or rehearsed at the studio. Reynolds is survived by her son, Todd Fisher, and her granddaughter, Carrie’s Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd.• Nadim Iqbal’s ‘Mother Tongue’ wins Hollywood In’t Independent Award 31 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2016 WHAT TO WATCH Mad Max: Fury Road HBO 7:10pm A woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in postapocalyptic Australia in search for her home-land with the help of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter named Max. Cast: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough Godzilla (1998) Star Movies 11:51pm A giant, reptilian monster surfaces, leaving destruction in its wake. To stop the monster (and its babies), an earthworm scientist, his reporter ex-girlfriend, and other unlikely heroes team up to save their city. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn Superman Returns WB 2:23pm DT • Showtime Desk Bangladeshi born Canadian film-maker Nadim Iqbal’s documentary Mother Tongue scooped an “Award of Recognition” at the Hollywood International Independent Awards. The 11-minute documentary of Nadim Iqbal was introduced in the film festival which garnered an audience more than 50 thousand and hundreds of filmmakers from around the world. This is a story about a man who risked his life to save his culture, his heritage and his language—only to discover that the sacrifices he has made are neither appreciated nor understood by the younger generation. The documentary has been produced, edited and filmed by Nadim Iqbal himself, while it also casts poet Asad Chowdhury and his granddaughter Raidah Fairooz. Untill now, the film has garnered a platinum award, four best film awards and 24 other accolades from screenings held in USA, Canada, Denmark, Spain Germany, Italy, Belgium, Rumania, Mexico and Portugal. The film has been selected for another film festival to be held in Arizona from January 17 to 19. • Superman reappears after a long absence, but is challenged by an old foe who uses Kryptonian technology for world domination. Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey Knight and Day Movies Now 2 4:30pm A young woman gets mixed up with a disgraced spy who is trying to clear his name. Cast: Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Jordi Mollà, Viola Davis
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