A casting coup is in the making as Tamil superstars Kamal Haasan, 70, and Rajinikanth, 74, are all set to reunite on the big screen 46 years after their last film together, IV Sasi’s 1979 fantasy film Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum, which was based on Aladdin’s story One Thousand and One Nights. MORE..

Pop singer Ariana Grande claimed the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards, and Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter scored major honors, at a star-studded celebration of fan favorites in New York on Sunday. MORE..

American singer Mark Volman died on Friday (Sep 5) at the age of 78 following a “brief, unexpected illness”, his representative has confirmed. MORE..

A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films has sold for $3.6m (£2.7m) at auction. MORE..

Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, king of a high-end lifestyle empire, has died at the age of 91 “surrounded by his loved ones”, his company said Thursday. MORE..

Paramount, the Hollywood studio recently acquired by the software billionaire Ellison family, will make a movie based on the wildly popular Call of Duty video games, it announced Tuesday (Sep 2). MORE..

Wildlife photographer Lakshitha Karunarathna has once again brought pride to Sri Lanka by being awarded at the world-renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition, organized by the Natural History Museum, London. MORE..

Graham Greene, the Canadian First Nations actor who starred in films including Dances With Wolves, has died aged 73, his manager says. MORE..

With the much-awaited Harry Potter TV series already in production, expectations have also swirled around a potential reunion of the original cast, including the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint. MORE..

The Bayeux Tapestry, which documents the Norman invasion of England in 1066, will be closed to the public in France from Monday as opposition mounts ahead of its move to London. MORE..

International Booker Prize winning-author Banu Mushtaq has found herself in the midst of a controversy after she was invited to inaugurate a prominent festival in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. MORE..

Authorities in Argentina are searching for an 18th-century Italian portrait believed to have been looted by a fugitive Nazi officer 80 years ago. MORE..

The animated musical KPop Demon Hunters has climbed “up, up, up” Netflix’s charts to become its most viewed movie ever, the streaming platform says. MORE..

Pop superstar Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce are engaged to be married, the couple announced on social media on Tuesday. MORE..

Actor Jerry Adler, best known for playing consigliere Herman ‘Hesh’ Rabkin in The Sopranos, has died aged 96. MORE..

Several bands have pulled out from the Victorious music festival just hours before their scheduled performances, following claims by Irish folk group The Mary Wallopers that they were “cut off” for displaying a Palestinian flag. MORE..

Award-winning rapper Lil Nas X has been arrested after an altercation with police in Los Angeles, authorities have confirmed. MORE..

Actor-politician Vijay says he will contest next year’s Tamil Nadu elections from the Madurai East constituency. MORE..