CANNESA Coen brothers comedy and a divorce drama by an Iranian Oscar winner emerged as the breakout favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark Tuesday.Although incessant rain and chilly winds put a damper on the champagne-fuelled soirees in this French Riviera town, audiences have ...

  TAIPEI   Hollywood star Will Smith said Friday that he will probably shoot a comedy with his son Jaden when they team up for the third time in film-making. Smith, who arrived in Taiwan on Thursday on a promotional tour, said it was “fantastic” to work with the 15-year-old in ...

The 37th death anniversary of versatile actor and comedian Munawar Zarif was observed on April 29 (Monday).Munawar Zarif was a famous Pakistani comedian and film actor. He was a versatile actor and comedian best known for his work in the Pakistani cinema of the 70s. He is widely regarded as one of ...

The media reports reveal that the conduct of returning officers assigned with the task of scrutinising the nomination papers of prospective candidates are taking on a comic overtone. Most of the questions being asked by them on the basis of Articles 62 and 63 are not only ridiculous, but also ...

ACCLAIMED US comedy Arrested Development is to go back into production, TV on demand service Netflix has announced. The series, about a dysfunctional Californian family, was cancelled by the Fox network five years ago despite winning several Emmy awards. Last month, creator Mitchell Hurwitz said a ...

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former federal law minister Dr. Babar Awan on Friday termed the PML-N rally against the government in Lahore as comedy show. Talking to journalists in Islamabad soon after the PML-N rally, Awan termed the rally as action replay of General Musharrafs public ...

MEL Brooks is to make a comedy-horror film about an insane pizza delivery man. The film centres on a man wrongfully sent to prison who decides to take revenge by getting a job as a pizza deliverer and committing murders. Brookss regular collaborator Steve Haberman will be directing from a script by ...

Our Staff Reporter PESHAWAR Criticising MQM Chief Altaf Hussain on his statements, the provincial leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Saturday said it was a failed comedy show on the part of the former. They urged the MQM chief to come back to country and face ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Days after the death of legendary stage artist Mastana, another trend-setter artist of Punjabi stage dramas Babbu Baraal, who breathed his last on Friday night, was laid to rest at Shah Fareed Graveyard here on Saturday amidst thousands of his fans rolling tears on their ...

VETERAN chat show host David Letterman has picked up the highest honour at the first annual US Comedy Awards. Letterman, 63, was presented with the Johnny Carson award for comedic excellence at the event in New York. Modern Family was named best series while 30 Rock's Alec Baldwin and Saturday ...

MIRANDA HART won three prizes at the British comedy awards Saturday night, including the peoples choice award voted for by viewers. She scooped Best New TV Comedy Show, Best Female Comedy Actress and the Peoples Choice Award. She said she was genuinely thrilled by her success and hinted that her ...

ISLAMABAD- "Dinner with an Idiot" a comedy play is going to be staged at the National Library Auditorium from March 28. Director Fahim Azam announced this here on Wednesday in a press conference at a local hotel. The comedy play would continue till April 7. The one hour and thirty-minute long play ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Mexican actress Salma Hayek will return to movie screens in a comedy alongside Adam Sandler, after a break in which she was producing and acting for television, Hollywood media reported Wednesday. Hayek joins funnyman Sandler and his fellow former "Saturday Night Live" stars ...

HOLLYWOOD - Will Ferrell is attached to star in 2-Face, a comedy from Hancock writer Vince Gilligan"and not be confused with the Dark Knight character of the same name. The concept comedy involves a character with a split personality: One part racist, one part bleeding-heart liberal. The ...