Who votes for the Oscars, and how does it work?
HOLLYWOOD: The ballots are all in! Millions of television viewers around the globe will tune in Sunday to watch the Oscars, the glitziest night in showbiz, but most don't know…
Music
Zhao ‘excited’ for Oscars as ‘Nomadland’ wins at Spirit Awards
LOS ANGELES: Chloe Zhao voiced her excitement about the looming Oscars as her road movie "Nomadland" topped the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Thursday, winning best feature and showing no signs…
Oscar-nominated songs to be performed from LA museum roof
LOS ANGELES: The five songs nominated at this year's Oscars will be performed from the top of the Academy's gleaming new film museum -- and a tiny fishing town in…
Sorkin’s ‘Chicago 7’ rallies Oscar bid with key SAG award
LOS ANGELES: "The Trial Of The Chicago 7" was judged the year's best performance at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday -- a verdict that strengthens the film's…
Nazia Hassan
Nazia Hassan remembered on her 56th birthday
ISLAMABAD: Music enthusiasts on Saturday remembered 'Iconic Pop Music Queen,' Nazia Hassan on her 56th birth anniversary to pay tributes to her unforgettable services in Pakistan's entertainment music industry. She…
Pride of Performance singer Shaukat Ali passes away
LAHORE: The 78-year-old Punjabi folk singer Shaukat Ali passed away here Friday (2nd of April) at the age of 78. According to details, on the directives of COAS he was…
Paris
Singing opera in a surgical mask
PARIS: No one loves wearing a mask at work, but spare a thought for the chorus of the Paris Opera, having to project through multiple layers of cotton and polyester.…
Lifetime achievement award for Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
KARACHI: Legendary Musician and Iconic Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP) –Karachi in recognition of his outstanding and great…
Music world set for pandemic-era Grammys after devastating year
NEW YORK: Nearly a year to the day after Covid-19 grounded tours and forced performance venues to close, the music world will celebrate its stars at the Grammys on Sunday,…
After a dark year, Broadway sees light at the end of the summer
NEW YORK: "We will be back!" a dozen singers proclaimed in the middle of New York's Times Square, in a pop-up event commemorating the one-year anniversary of Broadway going dim.…
Asadullayev Togrul, an exceptional Azerbaijani musician
Contributed by Tabassum Saleem in Paris Asadullayev Togrul was born on March 11, 1982 in Baku in a family of musicians. https://youtu.be/OeFKERozZ3M In 1991-1996 he graduated from UMM No. 12…
New York City movie theaters to reopen
NEW YORK: Movie theaters in New York City will partially reopen next month, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday, the latest easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Big Apple. Cuomo said…
France building cinemas despite Covid-19
PARIS: The coronavirus pandemic might not seem like the obvious time to build new movie theaters, but in cine-mad France, it will take more than a virus to dampen passions…
Netflix tops 200M paid subscribers globally
SAN FRANCISCO: Netflix has reported on 19th of Jan that it topped 200 million paid subscribers globally in the recently ended quarter as annual revenues topped $25 billion for the…
Alhamra releases 300 tutorials
LAHORE: Lahore Arts Council (LAC) on Monday released another 300 tutorials of fine arts while the second phase of on-air flute tutorial has also been launched. According to LAC spokesperson,…
Opera to return to Sydney after virus hiatus
SYDNEY: The finishing touches were being put on a glitzy show at the Sydney Opera House Saturday, as the venue prepared to host a crowd for the first time since…
PNCA
PNCA to launch Seen Studio to remix old songs
ISLAMABAD: PNCA will launch a mega musical series titled "Seen Studio" to remix old songs by emerging singers on Friday 1st of January. The series named "Sur Surgam Sangeet" aimed …
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 11: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Charley Pride performs onstage during the The 54th Annual CMA Awards at Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for CMA)
Country music singer Charley Pride dead at 86
LOS ANGELES: US country music star Charley Pride, a pioneering Black singer who racked up 29 number one hits, died Saturday of Covid-19 complications. He was 86. Pride's family confirmed…
Turkish musician hopes to play darbuka for Joe Biden
ISTANBUL: Turkish musician Bilal Goregen wants to play the darbuka for US President-elect Joe Biden and congratulate him on his win. "I would like to congratulate Biden and play the…
‘Que pasa, New York?’: John Lennon and the city that set him free
NEW YORK: On December 8, 1980 the filigree gates of New York's Dakota residence across from Central Park went down in history as the spot John Lennon was shot dead.…
Famous playback singer ‘Mala Begum’ remembered
ISLAMABAD: The 81st birth anniversary of popular Urdu and Punjabi playback singer of 1960s and ’70s, Naseem Nazli Begum, popularly known as Mala Begum was observed across the country on…
“Punjab Musical Night” pulls huge crowd in “Annual Lok Mela”
ISLAMABAD: The "Punjab Musical Night" pulled big crowd featuring Punjabi songs in ongoing Lok Mela at Lok Virsa Open air theater on Sunday. Eminent Punjabi artists and musicians including Sain…
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan released new song ‘Nasha’
ISLAMABAD: Renowned artist and globally acclaimed singer and qawwal Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan has released his new song named ‘Nasha’. Fans from all around the world have been eagerly…
Eminent folk singer Reshma remembered
ISLAMABAD: Prominent folk singer Reshma was remembered on her 7th death anniversary on today. Born in Rajasthan, India in a nomadic Banjara household in 1947, Reshma was discovered by a…