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(BBC): The latest instalment of the Spider-Man franchise has become the first pandemic-era movie to make more than $1bn (£750m) at the global box office. Spider-Man: No Way Home also took the title of highest-grossing film of 2021. It beat out Chinese-made Korean War epic The Battle of Lake Changjin, which has grossed more than… Continue reading Spider-Man: No Way Home becomes first pandemic-era film to top $1bn

(AP): “Spider-Man: No Way Home” now holds the title for the second-biggest opening weekend ever, behind only “Avengers: Endgame.” Weekend grosses for the third Tom Holland Spider-Man came in even higher than expected, netting out with $260 million from ticket sales in North America, Sony Pictures said Monday. It’s also the best opening weekend ever… Continue reading ‘Spider-Man’ swings even higher at North American box office

(BBC): India Harnaaz Sandhu don win Miss Universe 2021. While Paraguay Nadia Ferreira be runner up and South Africa contestant Lalela Mswane place third as second runner up. Di 70th edition of di pageant, hapun on December 12, 2021 for di Universe Dome for Eilat, Israel. Di outgoing queen, Andrea Meza of Mexico crown Harnaaz… Continue reading India’s Harnaaz Sandhu crowned Miss Universe 2021

Kathmandu: This year’s Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) has started in Kathmandu urging to be serious about the climate crisis. The 19th edition of KIMFF started today in the auditorium of the Film Development Board. The inaugural session of the festival was specially addressed by Sonam Wangchuck, a renowned environmental engineer and Rolex Award… Continue reading Kathmandu International Mountain Festival kicks off

Kathmandu: A postage stamp with the face of national poet Madhav Prasad Ghimire has been issued in appreciation of his contribution in the field of Nepali literature. Highly appreciating the incomparable contribution made by the national poet Ghimire to elevate Nepal’s national pride, Minister for Information, Communication and Technology Gyanendra Bahadur Karki on Wednesday affixed… Continue reading Govt publishes postage stamp with national poet Ghimire

Kathmandu: The 19th edition of the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF) is scheduled to take place in the second week of December. The organizers informed at a press conference in Kathmandu on Sunday that the festival will take place from December 9 to 13 The festival will be held in the hall of the… Continue reading 19th edition of KIMFF to be held from Dec 9 to 13

Kathmandu: Mayor of Lalitpur Metropolitan City Chiribabu Maharjan reached in France to attend the conference of mayors has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to place the statue of the famous French poet somewhere in the Lalitpur Metropolitan City and to place the statue of Satya Mohan Joshi, a 102-year-old literary man in a city… Continue reading Statue of Satya Mohan Joshi to be placed in France

HOUSTON (AP): Investigators Sunday worked to determine how eight people died in a crush of fans at a Houston music festival, as families mourned the dead and concertgoers recounted the horror and confusion of being trapped in the crowd. Authorities planned to use videos, witness interviews and a review of concert procedures to figure out… Continue reading Mourning starts as Houston officials probe concert deaths

(BBC): Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has he was “surprised and humbled” to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism”. The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.14m / £840,000). Gurnah,… Continue reading Nobel Literature Prize 2021: Abdulrazak Gurnah named winner

Manang (Rashtriya Samachar Samiti): A Bollywood film will be shot in the Himalayan district of Manang, which has been closed due to floods and landslides for the last few months. The film ‘Uchai’, which is being made under the banner of Bollywood’s famous Rajshree Productions, is being shot in Manang. Producer-director Suraj Badajatya’s team has… Continue reading Bollywood team in Manang to shoot a movie