Page 1101 - Entertainment Culture
Fear of losing it all made me appreciate life: Manisha Koirala
Manisha Koirala has found poetry in everyday mundaneness of the world - the sunrise, the grass, the shining stars - and feels more appreciative of life today with every breath she takes. She was diagnosed with the ovarian cancer in 2012 which she successfully overcame. Though difficult, Manisha says the phase, where the fear of losing everything loomed large, left her completely changed. "When I was at the brink of losing it all - with my health crisis - that made me appreciate life. For me, everyday is a blessing. I look at things which I ignored earlier. I enjoy sunrise, being barefoot on the grass, the stars in the sky, the breeze on your face or the ruffle of the leaves. I feel blessed to be alive," Manisha told PTI. The actor says she is "at a relaxed and excited space" in her career and life, with her heart being more "compassionate, understanding and focused". While she feels grateful and blessed to still get good work, she is also thrilled to get feedback for her ...
Kristen Wiig exits Apple comedy amid 'Wonder Woman' scheduling conflict
Kristen Wiig's return to television is not happening any time soon as the actor has opted out of the untitled comedy by Apple due to conflict in the filming schedule for "Wonder Woman 1984". Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that the planned production schedule for the show overlapped with the actor's shooting schedule for the Patty Jenkins-directed film, in which she plays the villain, Cheetah. The 10-episode comedy inspired by Curtis Sittenfeld's upcoming short-story collection "You Think It, I'll Say It", is currently on hold. This was Apple's first scripted comedy order. Wiig, 44, was last seen on the small screen in "Saturday Night Live", where she was a regular from 2005-2012 and earned three supporting actress in a comedy Emmy nominations.
First look poster of 'AndhaDhun' will get you thinking
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana shared the first look poster of his upcoming film 'AndhaDhun' on his Twitter, and it looks fresh and unusual, to say the least.While many makers are resorting to quirky posters with significant captions or the main actors' faces splashed on the posters, makers of 'AndhaDhun' chose the unusual way.The clean poster features a broken pair of goggles as the main object, with other elements like piano, musical notes, cat, revolver, a cup of tea, knife, and suitcase.While sharing the poster, the 'Vicky Donor' actor wrote, "Viacom18 Motion Pictures presents the first look of #AndhaDhun. Produced by @Viacom18Movies & @MatchboxPix. In cinemas on 31st August 2018. #Tabu @radhika_apte #SriramRaghavan @zeemusiccompany @AndhadhunFilm."On Tuesday, Khurrana took to Twitter to announce the title of the film. He also revealed the star cast of the film, which includes actresses Tabu and Radhika Apte.Prior to that, the star had teased the audience with a pair of emojis in a .
Films not the next big shift for TV actors: Ravi Dubey
Ravi Dubey believes television and films can coexist peacefully and contrary to popular perception, small screen actors are not always looking at Bollywood as the next big thing. The 34-year-old actor, who was recently seen in a film titled "3 Dev", says rather than looking for a break into movies, he prefers to improve his performance on the television. "The canvas that television offers is great and films are may be best or equal to that. They are co-existing peacefully and no one is lesser than the other. It is a popular belief that you work tirelessly on television for years so that one day you can do films. This is incorrect," he told PTI. "I think one should just keep evolving as a creative person and if films happen in your journey, so be it, and if they don't, then evolve as someone who is respectable." Dubey says he is not doing television so that one day he gets into films but if "filmmakers think I am a good choice, they will approach me and if I like it, I will do ...
Alia's 'Raazi' mints over Rs 200 cr worldwide
Alia Bhatt-starrer "Raazi" has minted over Rs 200 crore worldwide, announced filmmaker Karan Johar, who has co-produced the film.
I'll move to India to watch desi version of 'Superstore': Canadian actor
Canadian comedian and actor Mark McKinney hopes to see an Indian adaptation of his American show "Superstore" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation move making way for a story infused with Bollywood's formulaic fare of elaborate song and dance sequences.
Pitbull announces collaboration with Britney Spears, Marc Anthony
Pitbull is teaming up with Britney Spears and Marc Anthony for a new track. The Grammy-winning artiste termed the upcoming collaboration "volcanic", Billboard reported. "We've got a record coming with Britney Spears, Marc Anthony and this guy named Pitbull, I don't know how it worked out. I call that volcanic," Pitbull said in an interview with KTU 103.5 at the KTUphoria festival. The "Por Favor" rapper, who is scheduled to travel to the UK with Spears for 'Piece of Me' world tour in mid-August, said the idea cropped up when the duo came together for their Vegas show. "They (the makers) happened to reach out and she said she was a fan of the 'Fireball' record. We were trying to find a way to perform it together," he said. Pitbull earlier worked with Anthony on the 2011 hit "Rain Over Me". A release date has not been announced for the song.
DSport to livecast Tour De France 2018
Discovery Communications' premium sports TV channel -- DSport will broadcast live the upcoming season of 'Tour De France' -- a prestigious annual cycling event.
Benicio Del Toro calls for more representation of Puerto Ricans in US govt
"Sicario: Day of the Soldado" star Benicio Del Toro says if Puerto Rico citizens will not have a right to vote in the US, the situation in the disaster-prone country will not change. The 51-year-old actor said Puerto Rico, which is an unincorporated US territory was slowly recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Maria last September but he wanted to see the government take more initiative, USA Today reported. "They're getting back to normal. I was there about two weeks ago. Everything is getting back to normal, it's taking a while. "The bottom line is, every American citizen that lives in Puerto Rico, if they don't get a right to vote or to have representation in Congress, nothing is really going to change," Del Toro said on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert". Puerto Ricans are American citizens and may traverse freely between the island and the mainland, the territory does not have a vote in the US Congress. They have one non-voting member of the House of Representatives ...
Reality show contestant arrested for raping minor girl
The city police has arrested a 20-year-old reality TV show contestant for allegedly raping a minor girl, a senior official said today. Aditya Gupta, a dancer who had earlier participated in a reality show on television, was arrested by the Crime Branch unit IX yesterday in connection with the offence, he said. The accused recently approached the 17-year-old girl, a resident of suburban Andheri, on social media. The two subsequently met in Andheri on Sunday, he said. Gupta then took the girl to his home at Nalasopara in the adjoining Palghar district and allegedly raped her after spiking her food and drink, the police official said. The girl was abandoned near an eatery in Andheri in a semi-conscious state on Monday. She later called her parents and informed them about the incident. Based on the CCTV footage of the area and her call data records, the police arrested the accused from his residence last evening, the official said. The man was handed over to officials at the D
Omung Kumar merges Indian, Thai elements for IIFA stage
National Award-winning filmmaker Omung Kumar, who clocks a decade of designing the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards stage this year, says he has tried to merge Thai elements of the Siam Niramit theatre in Bangkok with an Indian touch and enhance the experience with technology.
Varun Dhawan salutes security guard on TV show (TV Snippets)
Actor Varun Dhawan saluted a security guard on a television show as a mark of respect for the man's bravery, dedication to duty and family.
Rahman's song 'Ruby Ruby' for 'Sanju' out (Movie Snippets)
Oscar-winning musician A.R. Rahman's track "Ruby Ruby" for Sanjay Dutt's upcoming biopic "Sanju" is out with a zingy twist.
Rakul's film with Ajay Devgn is 50 per cent complete
Actress Rakul Preet, who last featured in Neeraj Pandey's "Aiyaary", says 50 per cent of the shoot of her forthcoming urban romantic comedy film with Ajay Devgn, is complete.
Michael Jackson Broadway musical in works
A stage musical based on late King of Pop Michael Jackson's life is heading to Broadway.
'Race 3' wouldn't have worked if it was so bad: Bobby Deol
His latest comeback film "Race 3" may have faired badly with critics but Bobby Deol is not worried as feels the movie has connected with the audiences. Despite being panned by the critics, the Salman Khan-starrer film crossed Rs 100-crore mark at the box office in its opening weekend. When asked about the criticism, Deol said, "I am very happy that people have appreciated my work and appreciated everyone's work. We keep getting criticism. It matters when the film is really bad and if this was so bad, it wouldn't have worked commercially." The actor was speaking at the grand finale of Miss India 2018 last night. Deol said the team is really happy with the film's performance at the ticket window. "People have given so much love to the film and accepted it wholeheartedly. Touchwood! I just want to keep doing more such films and people keep liking my work. "Everybody is happy. The film is doing good business. What else do we want?" he said. Deol will be next seen in the third installment .
Thandie Newton says she felt resentful after learning about pay disparity at 'Westworld'
Actor Thandie Newton has revealed that she received equal pay for the hit HBO show "Westworld", thanks to Time's Up movement. The 45-year-old actor said at the Cannes Lions that she had to "have a big swallow of resentment" when she found out how much more her male co-stars earned on the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "When I first discovered how much they were offering it made me realise 'oh my God, men have been paid so much more.' I had to have a big swallow of resentment," Newton said. "I gave it half an hour and then felt grateful. Every year I go into a new production or a new season of 'Westworld' and I don't think to ask for more, I just feel so grateful to be working. But we need to expect more for ourselves," she added. Newton, who has often criticised the Time's Up movement in the past, said such campaigns advocating gender equality in the industries are starting to make a difference. "HBO, to a degree, they were pressured into it. But we need pressure, we need .
'Jalebi - The Everlasting Taste Of Love' to release on August 31
"Jalebi- The Everlasting Taste Of Love", backed by Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatts production house Vishesh Films, is scheduled to release on August 31.
If 'Race 3' was bad, wouldn't have worked at box office: Bobby Deol
Actor Bobby Deol, who has returned on the big screen after a while with "Race 3" -- which has not got encouraging reviews -- has defended the movie saying if it was that bad, it wouldn't have fetched box office results.
Orlando Bloom had 'biggest crush' on Cate Blanchett
'Lord of the Rings' star Orlando Bloom opened about his 'biggest' crush on co-star Cate Blanchett during a late night show.People magazine quoted Bloom's comment to Blanchett, saying, "I had such a crush, I had the biggest crush on you."Blanchett said that she filmed for only three weeks and she didn't recognise Bloom without his character's long locks.Bloom also revealed that he had a secret longing for Blanchett when the two originated their characters in 2001 in the movie.The actor was 23 when the first movie was released while Blanchett, who was 30 at that time.The stars joined host James Corden and fellow guest Niall Horanreunited at the show after working together in 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' in 2003.