Alleged Australia killer on the run wins film role
A man wanted over a beheading murder who was eventually captured in the Australian Outback auditioned to be a film extra while on the run -- winning the role of a policeman in a homicide thriller.
Mission Impossible? Tom Cruise under fire at 50
Tom Cruise was named the highest paid actor in Hollywood on Tuesday, on his 50th birthday -- but the "Mission Impossible" star has little to celebrate.
Raunchy teddy bear 'Ted' tops N. America box office
"Ted," starring Mark Wahlberg and his raunchy teddy bear pal, topped the North American box office this weekend, besting the male strippers of "Magic Mike," industry figures showed Monday.
A joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton opens Astana Film Festival
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a joint project of Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton, has been selected the opening film of the festival in Kazakhstan.
Scientologists deny tailing Cruise wife, eyeing daughter
The Church of Scientology denied Monday sending anyone to follow Katie Holmes after she filed for divorce from Tom Cruise, amid reports she feared her husband's plans for their daughter.
Bekmambetov’s “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” won’t be a moneymaking movie
The movie is extremely controversial, nobody has filmed the U.S. presidents chasing vampires with an axe before: Kazakhstan-born director Timur Bekmambetov.
British singer Adele pregnant with first child
Grammy Award-winning British soul diva Adele announced on Friday that she is pregnant with her first child.
Bekmambetov wants to make Astana new Asian cinema hub
The organizers of the Festival have invited young filmmakers from the most famous Asian film schools to find a new Astana super-hero.
George Clooney might be starring in Kazakhstan director’s movie
Kazakhstan film director and athlete Peter Berman has written a script for Hard Loop movie and got Hollywood interested in it.
Kazakhstan-made Student movie recommended by Cannes Festival
Student movie directed by Kazakhstan Darezhan Omirbayev was named the most recommended film of the Cannes Film Festival.
Israeli Film Festival to be held in Almaty
A festival of Israeli films will be held in Almaty on July 1-4.
New James Bond movie to be dubbed in Kazakh
The Ministry of Culture and Information of Kazakhstan has approved state funding of translation and dubbing the James Bond movie into Kazakh.
Kazakhstan movie Sunny Days showed in Valencia Film Festival
Sunny Days movie directed by Nariman Turebayev from Kazakhstan took part in 27th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove.
Cartoons are ahead of Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: box office
The filmmakers hoped that the $68 million movie would draw at least $20 million in its first weekend.
Kurmangazy Сonservatory Choir awarded in Vienna Choir Competition
Almaty-based Kurmangazy Сonservatory Student Choir has been awarded with two Gold Diplomas of the 28th International Franz Schubert Choir Competition.
Rare guitars were exhibited in Almaty
Meeting of guitarists from all over Kazakhstan was held in Almaty.
Zhauzhurek Myn Bala drew tears from Cannes Festival audience
Yermek Amanshayev, KazakhFilm president, commented on the audience’s reaction after Zhauzhurek Myn Bala screening in Cannes.
The Dictator banned 2 weeks after premiere in Kazakhstan
The Dictator, a new movie starring scandalous Sacha Baron Cohen, known as Borat, has been banned from screens two weeks after its premiere in Kazakhstan.
Slumdog Millionaire to come to Shaken Stars Film Festival
Dev Patel who was starring in Slumdog Millionaire movie will come to Kazakhstan for Shaken Stars Film Festival.
Joint Russian-Kazakhstan Cinema Commission presented in Cannes
Joint Russian-Kazakhstan Cinema Commission that started working in Los Angeles was presented at the Cannes Festival.