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An eight-day selection round of Closeup 1, a musical talent hunt competition, begins today at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in Dhaka.
   A total of 540 contestants will appear before the jury comprising Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Partha Barua and Fahmida Nabi, said the organisers. The selection round will end on May 19.
   Earlier, the organisers selected 184 contestants from all over the country to compete in this round.
   The selected contestants from this round will perform in the next round of the competition.
   Unilever Bangladesh Limited and private satellite television NTV organised the competition for the third time to find out the musical talents from all over the country.

Hollywood legends and obscure arthouse directors descend on Cannes from Wednesday for the world’s biggest film festival that combines edgy cinema with A-list celebrities, glitzy parties and frenetic deal-making.
   Clint Eastwood is in the main competition with ‘Changeling,’ starring Angelina Jolie, pitting him against, among others, Kornel Mundruczo of Hungary in the kind of David-and-Goliath contest on which Cannes thrives.
   Out of competition, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas will be on the famed red carpet in the palm-lined seafront town with the latest Indiana Jones adventure featuring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett.
   Woody Allen also presents ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ starring Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson and Javier Bardem.
   The 61st edition of the super-charged 12-day movie marathon has a strong South American flavor, with two Argentinian and two Brazilian films in the main competition lineup.

Young theatre director Jaglul Alam on Sunday passed away at 10:30am in the city after suffering from cancer. He was 34.
   His Namz-e-janaza was held at the Siddeshwari mosque in the city in the afternoon.
   He began his career with the Dhaka Padathik, a popular theatre group in the country. He was associated with the Theatre before his death and directed Chhay Beharar Palki of the group. He also performed different roles in many plays aired on television.
   He was awarded with the Zakaria Padak, Tanushri Padak, Solaiman Mela Padak for his contribution to the field of theatre.
   Theatre activists including Nasir Uddin Yousuff, Mamunur Rashid, M Hamid, Ferdosuy Majumder, Keramat Mowla, Asaduzzaman Noor and others rushed to his home to pay tribute to him for the last time.
   Different theatre organisations expressed deep shock at the death of Jaglul and prayed for the salvation of the departed soul.

An exhibition showing singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s artistic talent will open in London in June.
   The show will feature drawings and sketches from Dylan’s time on the road between 1989 and 1992.
   Dylan fans will also be able to see a number of paintings in the exhibition called The Drawn Blank Series at the Halcyon Gallery in Mayfair.
   The gallery said the art expressed a sense of loneliness and displacement as Dylan constantly moved about.