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

17 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 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 May 2015

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

28 April 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 April 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 April 2015

Valentines dates set for '50 Shades' film sequels The two sequels to racy bondage flick "Fifty Shades of Grey" will be released just in time for Valentine's Day in 2017 and 2018, like this year's first movie.

24 April 2015

'Fast and Furious 8' set for 2017 release The "Fast and Furious" franchise is set to roar into its next phase with an eighth installment due in 2017, the first without Paul Walker.

24 April 2015

Galya Bisengalieva brings Notes from London to Almaty World famous violinist from Kazakhstan Galya Bisengalieva brings Notes from London concert to Almaty on May 13.

22 April 2015

French music concert to be held in Almaty in April's end The concert of French music will take place at Zhas Sakhna theatre in Almaty on April 22 and 25.

22 April 2015

Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra to perform in Astana Opera Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Valeriy Gergiev and a world-renowned Russian pianist Denis Matsuev will perform in Astana Opera on April 24.

22 April 2015

Chicano Batman spreads wings with genre-merging sound The Los Angeles musicians Chicano Batman sport a retro look that evokes decades past of performers in the working-class Latino neighborhoods of their hometown.

21 April 2015

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