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'Too old' Gyllenhaal, 37, sparks Hollywood sexism debate Oscar-nominated US actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was told she was too old at 37 to play the lover of a 55-year-old man.

22 мая 2015

Depp 'storming off Pirates set' played down A publicist for the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie denied reports that Johnny Depp stormed off the Australian set to be with his wife in the United States.

21 мая 2015

Greece's last film poster painter soldiers on Far from the limelight of Cannes, Greece's last painter of film posters toils away in a little garden studio to deliver his latest commission.

20 мая 2015

B.B. King service in Vegas before Mississippi return Fans will pay last respects to B.B. King in Las Vegas before the blues legend returns to be buried in his native Mississippi.

19 мая 2015

Blanchett lesbian love tale, Holocaust shocker lead Cannes race A powerful lesbian love story starring Cate Blanchett and a groundbreaking Holocaust drama emerged as favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark.

18 мая 2015

Taylor Swift goes rap and action hero in new video Pop superstar Taylor Swift offered a new personal transformation as she debuted a video of herself as a feminist action hero in collaboration with rapper Kendrick Lamar.

18 мая 2015

Clooney goes back to future in 'Tomorrowland' Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney straps on a jet pack again for Disney's new movie "Tomorrowland."

17 мая 2015

Janet Jackson announces album after absence Janet Jackson announced that she would release a new album this year in a first since the death of her brother Michael.

17 мая 2015

Kazakh director Sanzhar Sultanov producers Canadian film A 26-year-old Kazakhstan-born director and screenwriter Sanzhar Sultanov will be producing The Death and Life of Martin Quick directed by Canadian Nick Wernham.

16 мая 2015

James Kirby to perform with Galiya Bisengalieva at Astana Opera on May 17 Famous British pianist James Kirby and talented Kazakhstani violin player Galiya Bisengalieva will perform on the Astana Opera stage

16 мая 2015

Cannes kicks into high gear with 'Mad Max' film The Cannes Film Festival slipped into high gear on its second day by screening the new "Mad Max" blockbuster and starting the competition for its Palme d'Or.

15 мая 2015

Carmen falls in love with biker in new Kazakh production of Bizet's masterpiece Enjoy the promo video for Kazakhstani premiere of Bizet's Carmen in Almaty's Abay State Opera House.

13 мая 2015

Hollywood excludes women film directors: rights group The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called for government action to confront "widespread exclusion of women directors" in the US film and television industries.

13 мая 2015

Padron's The Circles of Hell translated into Kazakh Spanish poet Justo Jorge Padron’s poignant The Circles of Hell has been translated into the Kazakh language.

13 мая 2015

'Star Wars VIII' to be filmed in Britain The eighth episode of "Star Wars" is to be filmed in Britain, the government announced, perhaps hoping the good news of jobs and investment might offer a pre-election boost.

05 мая 2015

'Pretty Girls': Britney Spears teams up with Iggy Azalea Britney Spears, whose career has been full of both commercial success and criticism, has recorded a song with a younger kindred spirit, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea.

05 мая 2015

DJ legend van Dyk unites Middle East with dance music He is unlikely to be named a Middle East peace negotiator, but DJ superstar Paul van Dyk says that his music in a way has succeeded where politics has failed.

05 мая 2015

Almaty born writer Serebryanskiy wins Russian Award Writer Yuriy Serebryanskiy has become the winner of the Russian Award for the second time.

28 апреля 2015

Amy Winehouse's family condemn documentary about singer The family of British singer Amy Winehouse, who died aged 27 from alcohol poisoning, condemned a forthcoming documentary about her life as "misleading".

27 апреля 2015

Politician, poet and cultural ambassador: Giancarlo del Monaco presents cinematic Abay Opera In September, Italian stage director Giancarlo del Monaco will be presenting a new version of the famous Kazakh opera Abay written by Akhmet Zhubanov and Latif Khamidi at Astana Opera.

27 апреля 2015

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