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A still from ‘Black Phone 2’. | Photo Credit: Universal Pictures/YouTube Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone (2021), based on a Joe Hill short story, about a boy Finney (Mason Thames) who escapes a serial killer, Grabber (Ethan Hawke), with the help of an old rotary phone, was a critical and commercial success. It used its…
FILE: Sebastian, from NY, wearing a Chainsaw Man costume, attends the New York Comic Con, at the Jacob Javits Convention Centre in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., October 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Eduardo Munoz A big-screen adaptation of the popular anime Chainsaw Man has beaten out a biopic about the Boss and…
Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty, growling voice — and drug-and-alcohol ravaged id — of heavy metal, died on Tuesday (July 22, 2025), just weeks after his farewell show. He was 76. Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target…
Ozzy Osbourne, centre, before his final live show with some of the stars who also performed | Photo Credit: X/@AVFCOfficial Hard-rock royalty and some 40,000 fans gathered for an ear-splitting tribute to Ozzy Osbourne at what the heavy metal icon says was his last-ever live performance. The original lineup of Osbourne’s band Black Sabbath performed…
Your Friends & Neighbors begins in medias res with Coop (Jon Hamm), a hedge fund manager, waking up in a mansion next to a body. We go back four months, when Coop’s evil, greedy boss, Jack Bailey (Corbin Bernsen), fires him as a means to acquire his clients. We see a collage of Coop’s life…
Stars from film, music, and fashion converged at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, United States, on Tuesday (May 6), to attend a star-studded edition of fashion’s biggest annual night out. Pop star Rihanna brought the curtains down to this rainy Met Gala. Rihanna donned a pinstripe look and a huge hat, her…
What happens when Ajith Kumar aka AK makes a comeback with a banger at the box office — well, more like a remix? But is it any good, bad, or just plain ugly? What happens when your consciousness gets digitised? Meanwhile, Black Mirror returns to remind us that the scariest thing about technology is that…
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows, from left, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks and Jason Momoa in a scene from ‘A Minecraft Movie’ | Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Jason Momoa was quite funny in Fast X with his colour-coordinated purple nails and car, and he is the goofy heart of A…
Chay Reds, Ferrous Black: The Untold Stories of Indian Trade Textiles in Sri Lanka There’s a culture of fraternity at textile exhibitions across India. A culture of support and championing of a common passion, and sharing knowledge. Perhaps I am sensitive to this as someone with a voracious appetite for learning through historical textiles. Nevertheless, I…
A photograph from ‘Un/Framed Lives’ | Photo Credit: Varun Jinka/Special Arrangement The cover of photographer and aspiring cinematographer Varun Jinka’s coffee table book, Un/Framed Lives (Anvikshiki Publishers), features a stark black-and-white image framed by a vibrant turmeric yellow border. The cover photograph has its own story, and the turmeric yellow is Varun’s homage to Kolkata….
