Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee passes away at 95

Stan Lee, the man credited with bringing in a new renaissance in comic books with his many flawed, relatable superheroes such as Spider-Man and Iron Man, has died after a lifetime spent in......

An emotional climax to Dharun Ravi's trial

Rediff.com's P Rajendran was at the Middlesex court in New Jersey as the parents of Dharun Ravi, convicted for webcam spying of his roommate Tyler Clementi, who committed suicide, and the......

Box Office boost for Oscar-winning movies?

Arthur J Pais analyses Oscar 2014 big wins and losses.  For months now, audiences have been watching the riveting 12 Years a Slave with palpitating hearts and seething emotions at......

Review: 12 Years A Slave is a tough, important film

12 Years A Slave is Django Unchained served up Shyam Benegal style, says Raja Sen.Strange Fruit will never quite sound the same again. The old poem -- immortalised in song first by Billie......

Terrific films at the Toronto Film Festival

Gems from Toronto: Gender conflict in India, revisiting American slavery, and the fount of the Arab spring. A freed slave, who is also a gifted violinist living in a New York city with his wife and......

The Best of Telluride Film Festival

This year’s Telluride Film Festival was full of surprises -- rich, thrilling, amazing new films from Hollywood as well as abroad. Since this was the 40th anniversary of the......

EPL PIX: Big wins for City, Spurs; Forest stun Chelsea

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.Haaland 'tricks' Man City to big win IMAGE: Erling Haaland's hat-trick powered Manchester City to victory against Fulham, in the......

Jayawardene, Afridi will be most experienced players at 2015 World Cup

Australia and Ireland submit provisional squad for the tournament Down Under, but do not release names. The UAE's Khurram Khan, at 43, will be the oldest player (born 21 June 1971) while Yodhin......

Steffensen banned after racial allegations dismissed

Controversial 400 metre runner John Steffensen has been given a six-month suspension by Athletics Australia (AA) for bringing the sport into disrepute after an independent investigation dismissed......

Aus athlete Steffensen to be probed over racism claim

Controversial 400 metres runner John Steffensen will be investigated for bringing the sport into disrepute after having his claim of racial vilification against Athletics Australia (AA) thrown out......

Smeltz gives NZ important World Cup win over Tahiti

Shane Smeltz moved into outright second as New Zealand's highest scorer as the All Whites completed a comfortable 2-0 victory over Tahiti in their Oceania World Cup qualifying clash in Papeete on......