Tag: Drama

9/11 drama staged to wage war against Muslims: JI protesters

Members of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) on Sunday held a protest demonstration against the US on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The 9/11 attacks...

Marriage to Shoaib wasn’t a drama, says Sania Mirza

Tennis player Sania Mirza does have close friends in Bollywood and keeps busy socialising with them. But she wouldn’t appreciate anyone making a film...

Nadal in US Open health drama, Murray eases on

Defending champion Rafael Nadal shocked the US Open on Sunday when he collapsed with cramps during a bizarre news conference while Andy Murray stayed...

Madonna royal drama to screen at Venice Film Festival

Madonna’s film about King Edward VIII’s romance with American divorcee Wallis Simpson will have its world premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival. “W.E”,...

High drama as monkeys wed in India

The tale, set in the forests of northwestern India, had all the ingredients of a perfect Bollywood love story: emotion, celebration, star-crossed lovers and...

High drama as accused policemen abduct, threaten key witness

It looks as the family of Tahir Naveed, who was tortured to death by ex-Lower Mall Police Station House Officer (SHO) and eight subordinates,...

“Bold and Beautiful” top drama at Daytime Emmy awards

US soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful has won the top Daytime Emmy award, clinching the prize for best drama series. "It's over...

Drama Festival kicks off

The ten-day drama festival started here Tuesday at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) with the play `Tom and Jerry’ by Royal Theater. The...

Osama and the drama

The one defining feature about the operation that led President Barack Obama to triumphantly declare “we got him” is the uncertainty surrounding if —...

Penalty drama dents Arsenal’s title bid

LONDON - Arsene Wenger's hopes of guiding Arsenal to the Premier League title are in tatters after Dirk Kuyt's last-gasp penalty earned a dramatic 1-1 draw for Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. With new majority shareholder Stan Kroenke watching from the directors' box, Wenger's side appeared to have snatched a stoppage-time victory when Cesc Fabregas was tripped by Jay Spearing in the penalty area.
Robin van Persie scored from the spot but Arsenal couldn't keep their

Toss provides unexpected drama

MUMBAI - The toss, usually a mundane affair, caused confusion all around on Saturday and had to be performed twice before the start of the World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka. The boisterous crowd at the Wankhede Stadium gave a rousing welcome to Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his Sri Lankan counterpart Kumar Sangakkara when they walked out for toss, with both eager to bat first and avoid a potentially tricky chase under the lights.
Flanked by former Indian

Russian Chernobyl drama echoes Japan fears

MOSCOW - A new drama film set in Chernobyl opens in Russian cinemas this week, recalling the trauma of the world's worst nuclear accident just ahead of the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe. The Russian film's release comes after the quake-damage to a nuclear power plant in Japan brought fears of a nuclear explosion on the scale of Chernobyl and suspicions of another Soviet-style cover-up by officials. The film, 'Innocent Saturday,' shows a junior party worker, Valera, learning of

BAFTAS 2011: A right royal drama

LONDON - For the second year running, it was a character called George who brought BAFTA glory for Colin Firth. Last year it was grieving college professor George Falconer, in Tom Ford's American drama 'A Single Man.' This year it was stammering King George VI in Tom Hooper's 'The King's Speech.'
The film won seven of its 14 nominations, and achieved the double whammy of winning both best film and outstanding British film. It also marked the triumph of old media over new. The

‘Like Crazy’ wins top drama film award at Sundance

PARK CITY - Love story "Like Crazy" and assisted suicide documentary "How to Die in Oregon" won the top awards at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, putting both on the list of must-see independent movies for 2011. "Like Crazy," directed by Drake Doremus, picked up the jury prize for best drama with its tale of an American woman and British man who fall in love for the first time but move away from each other, testing their relationship.
Doremus, accepting his award, said it

In-laws kill woman, stage suicide drama in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD - A woman, allegedly murdered by her husband and in-laws, was found hanging with a ceiling fan, in Mohalla Razaabad under trhe jurisdiction of Ghulam Muhammadabad Police Station. Fauzia's husband and in-laws allegedly killed her and then hanged her body with a ceiling fan to stage a suicide drama.
The police registered a murder case against the husband and his family after the deceased's parents rejected the suicide version. According to details, a housewife, Fauzia,

Ben Affleck to direct FBI drama

LONDON - Hollywood actor Ben Affleck, who wowed critics with his directing skills in 'The Town', is in talks to helm a FBI drama based on an Eric Warren Singer script.
The 38-year-old actor is favourite to helm the project, which was number eight on the 2010 Black List, an annual listing of the best unproduced screenplays of the year. According to the Black List description, the drama, titled 'American Bullshit', is "the true story of Abscam, the FBI's 1980 undercover sting

Pakistan army hails anti-Taliban ‘heroes’ in TV drama

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Taliban-fighting soldiers are set for celebrity status with the launch of a multi-million-dollar glossy television drama hailing army victories over militants. Emotive tales of 11 "brave Pakistanis" battling an Islamist insurgency that is plaguing Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan, will air on the small screen in an army-funded drama that casts the anti-terror fight in a positive light.
Focused on the heroism of soldiers fighting a key air and ground