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The hard rock band the Rolling Stones, is performing once more in London and United States this year to celebrate the 50^th anniversary. The band was formed   in London in 1962. The earliest settled line-up consisted of Brian Jones, Ian Stewart, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts. They’re something intangible—a renegade spirit that turns up in nearly a century of music.

James Bond in Skyfall must break many of the commandments, what with his serial womanising and killing of others, but The Vatican have issued a full endorsement of the new Bond movie, saying it's the best ever. 

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk's “Pieta” won the top prize at the Venice film festival, while Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology-inspired “The Master” walked off with two major awards.

Returning to his community after defeat in the Sri Lankan civil war, a former Tamil rebel known only as "Him" faces hostility, suspicion and bitter recriminations in Asoka Handagama's beautifully elegiac meditation on the aftermath of war. 

The Iranian director Mohammadreza Arab is on the jury of the SAARC Film Festival, which is currently underway in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The festival is organized by the SAARC Cultural Centre which is a part of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

(Reuters) - Soul, gospel and pop music greats from the past and present are set to mourn Whitney Houston on Saturday, one week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice and best-selling albums made her one of biggest pop stars of her era.
Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel room last week, recorded stirring love songs and vibrant, dance tunes during a 30-year career that peaked with her 1992 signature hit “I Will Always Love You.” She was due to be honored by family and friends at a funeral service in her native Newark, New Jersey.

Leading Indian singer Sonu Nigam arrived in Sri Lanka in the early hours of this morning (Feb. 17) for a performance in Colombo.

A large gathering was present at the airport to welcome him.

10 Signis awards bagged by “bambara walalla “ directed by Atula Liyanage.

It’s a special occation that this was awarded by these important awards.