CANNES - A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival on Friday after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover.French TV station Canal+ was interviewing Austria’s Oscar-winning Waltz ...

  HIGASHIYAMA      In the shadow of a giant Chinese character for "tea" written in live cypress trees, enthusiasts gather once every three years in Japan to talk about one of the world's favourite drinks. The World Tea Festival this month celebrated the liquid in all its forms, ...

A statistical snapshot of the May 15-26 Cannes Film Festival:80: The number of feature-length films, comprising 52 in the festival’s official selection (of which 20 are in the competition for the Palme d’Or); 18 in the category of Directors’ Fortnight; and 10 in the Critics’ ...

ISLAMABAD The two-day 6th Children's Literature Festival (CLF) in Pakistan will be held on May 24-25, 2013 at Pak- China Friendship Centre.Ameena Saiyid of Oxford University Press (OUP), Bela Raza Jamil of Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and Nargis Sultana of Foundation Open Society Institute (FOSI) ...

ISLAMABAD - The first Islamabad Literature Festival proved a huge success with big names of the literary intelligentsia and packed sessions, as thousands of people of all ages and from all walks of life thronged the festival.The festival, organised by Oxford University Press, opened Tuesday and ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Literature Festival will kick off at a local hotel on April 30 (Tuesday) with participation of a number of literary celebrities to acknowledge the role of writers community and literary works.The two-day festival will be organized by Oxford University Press (OUP) in ...

  NEW YORK   South Korean rapper and Internet sensation Psy was honored as a transcultural phenomenon by the Tribeca Film Festival along with a host of other luminaries ranging from choreographer Twyla Tharp to controversial media host Glenn Beck. “Who knew, right?” Psy said ...

Three-day Jashan-e-Baharan at Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) gained momentum with participation of thousands of locals on Saturday.The festival will continue till today (Sunday). Local as well as the artisans from remote cities attracted the attention of the visitors by their unique artwork. Besides ...

PARIS - Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and director Ang Lee will join Steven Spielberg next month on the Cannes film festival jury, organisers said on Wednesday.Australian Kidman won the best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of author Virginia Woolf in “The Hours” while ...

Rawalpindi : A large number of food lovers thronged the regional food festival, which was inaugurated here at the PC Rawalpindi Friday evening. High Commissioner of Malaysia to Pakistan Dr. Hasrul Sani Bin Mujtabar, inaugurated the three-day festival in the presence of General Manager of the hotel ...

GENEVAAFPMusic fans can expect a host of big names at this year's edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, with 3 concerts by Prince as well as shows by Leonard Cohen, Sting and Joe Cocker, organisers announced. The July event on the shores of Lake Geneva is the 47th edition of the festival.

LAHORE A two-day festival ‘Colours of Pakistan’ organised by Kinnaird Media Club concluded on Thursday at Kinnaird College. During the festival an Inter-Collegiate Short Films and Print advertisement making competition were held.  Teams from Punjab University, Government College ...

PESHAWAR- The colourful four-day Peace Festival at Lower Dir got under way at Football ground amidst fun and joys with thousands of spectators turned up.The Peace Festival was formally inaugurated by two youngsters Farman Ullah and Hashmat Ali, who were disabled as result of bomb blast and ...

OSCAR-winner Forest Whitaker and Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom's thriller Zulu has been selected to close this year's Cannes Festival.The film, set during South Africa's apartheid era, is adapted from a novel of the same name by Caryl Fere. Directed by writer of The Tourist Jerome ...

ISLAMABAD - National Book Foundation (NBF) has planned a three-day book festival in order to celebrate the National Book Day on April 22 and promote reading habits among people. The celebrations will kick off on April 20 and culminate on April 22. Well-known writers, poets, intellectuals, ...

TAIPEI (AFP) - Around 8,000 members of the same family travelled from across the globe to gather in Taiwan Thursday for the traditional "tomb-sweeping festival" paying tribute to their ancestors, a report said.Descendants of the Yeh family massed in Miaoli county in northern Taiwan where they ...

At least 14 people were killed and many more were injured in a stampede during Chhath festival in Patna, police said.Among the casualties were many children and women, who had come to the banks of the River Ganges in Bihar to enjoy Chhath, the biggest Hindu festival in the state.Several people were ...

LAHORE - The position holders of the Punjab Youth Festival in sports, essay writing and debate were given a reception by Mrs Farhat Mashhood, wife of Deputy Speaker Punjab Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan, on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Farhat said: “The youth is the future of the country and ...

LAHORE - Mela Chiraghan, the festival of lights that marks the birth of the sufi saint Hazrat Shah Hussain, began with its traditional fervor at Baghbanpura today. Punjab Auqaf Minister Ehsanuddin Qureshi inaugurated the festival. The provincial minister while talking on the occasion urged ...

 KARACHI (PPI) - Head of ‘Hamara Karachi foundation’ Senator Nasreen Jalil said on Sunday that ‘Hamara Karachi Festival’ will be celebrated from March 13 to April 7, 2012 like past 5 years during which different activities will be organised at various places in the ...

ISLAMABAD – A number of visitors thronged the national women festival at Lok Virsa on Sunday to enjoy a theatre evening with prominent artists.The festival, opened at Shakarparian on March 8 by Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) and DEVCOM Pakistan to mark the ...

PARIS (AFP) - American director Wes Anderson’s new film “Moonrise Kingdom” will open the 65th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, the organisers announced Friday.The film, also co-produced by Anderson, will be released the same day in French cinemas prior to its US release on May ...

LAHORE – Sports Journalists Association of Lahore (SJAL) outpaced Sports Writers Association of Punjab (SWAP) by 65 runs to reach the final of the Punjab Sports Festival cricket hardball event here at Faisal Town ground on Wednesday. SJAL will take on Multan Press Club in the final who ...

LAHORE – Lahore won the Special Persons Athletics final with two gold and one silver medal here in the Punjab Sports Festival on Tuesday. In 100m one-arm persons’ race, Asghar Ali of Faisalabad clinched the title after grabbing first position while M Shafique of Lahore was second. In ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Sports Festival marathon races of 17 kilometres and three kilometres will be held here on March 4 with thousands of people participating in it, organising committee chairman Rana Mashood said this in a news conference on Thursday. Talking to the reporters here,  Rana ...

The Punjab Tourism Development Corporation organised a festival of marching bands at Punjab Stadium on Sunday.  It was the first ever festival of its kind in Lahore, where a number of bands from private schools and armed forces participated. A large number of people attended the ...

WARBURTON - Punjab Sports Festival initiated by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is good step but timing of the event is unsuitable as the students are preparing for their exams these days. Reportedtly, parents of the students, who are participating in games and not paying heed to their studies, ...

KHANEWAL - Extracurricular activities including sports are must for learning, said PMLN-N leader and former MPA Haji Irfan Ahmad Khan Daha while addressing a prize distribution ceremony of Punjab Sports Festival held at Jinnah Library Hall on Saturday.He said that Punjab Chief Minister takes a keen ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The usually frigid Canadian city of Winnipeg - often nicknamed Winterpeg - has been so mild and dry this winter that a popular snow-sculpting competition has been forced to truck in 200 loads of fake flakes for this year’s annual event.While Europe shivers ...

QUETTA - Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani has announced holding of a festival on a massive level next month in Balochistan’s winter capital Gwadar, said an official handout issued here on Friday. Hr directed Inspector General Police and Secretaries of Sports and Education ...