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Anupam Kher turns 64, parties with De Niro
Veteran actor Anupam Kher, who turned 64 on Thursday, celebrated his birthday with Hollywood star Robert De Niro.
'Leaving Neverland' scores more viewers in UK than US
"Leaving Neverland", the controversial two-part documentary featuring two men accusing late King of Pop Michael Jackson of sexually abusing them as children, got more eyeballs in the UK than in the US.
Gurinder Chadha to make animated musical for Netflix
Online streaming platform Netflix has teamed up with filmmaker Gurinder Chadha to convert Nidhi Chananis best-selling graphic novel "Pashmina" into an original CG animated musical.
Singapore axes controversial Swedish metal band's gig
Singapore on Thursday axed a gig by a Swedish metal band with Satanic beliefs -- whose performances have involved throwing pig's blood onto revellers -- just hours before it was due to go ahead. Regulators had initially granted permission for the concert by Watain, a group of black-clad, tattooed rockers, as long as they removed songs deemed religiously offensive from their performance. But they decided to cancel the show shortly before its scheduled start after advice from the conservative city-state's home affairs ministry. The ministry "expressed serious concerns about the concert, given the band's history of denigrating religions and promoting violence, which has potential to cause enmity and disrupt Singapore's social harmony," said the Infocomm Media Development Authority, which regulates public entertainment. "Watain is known for its Satanist views and some of their previous controversial performances involved animal carcasses and throwing pig's blood on its audience," the ...
Zoya, Reema, Alankrita and Nitya discuss if Bollywood is inclusive of women today
There is a surge in women-led stories in Bollywood but while the female gaze has started to get a space, equal representation is still a distant dream, believe filmmakers Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, Alankrita Shrivastava and Nitya Mehra. The filmmakers, who worked on Amazon Prime Video's India original "Made in Heaven", a show created, written and even directed by a team of women with the expection of Prashant Nair, who directed two episodes, believe the there is change but the odds are still stacked against women in the industry. "There may have been a time when women weren't taken seriously but I haven't experienced that," Zoya, who has been receiving rave reviews for "Gully Boy", told PTI. She believes more than the gender of the maker, it's the kind of film one wants to make that matters. "Notionally, as many people are not buying the tickets for a film with female protagonist, making that is difficult. But every decade has had films which have been women-led and have broken the ...
68% of most trending artists in India are international: Spotify
Swedish music streaming giant Spotify crossed the one million unique users mark with international artists and music trending in the country.
Rishi Kapoor denies returning home this month
Actor Rishi Kapoor has denied any plans to return to India this month.
Idris Elba to replace Will Smith in 'Suicide Squad' sequel
Actor Idris Elba is in talks to replace Will Smith in the "Suicide Squad" sequel.
Ready to serve people of Madhya, says actor Nikhil, son of H D Kumaraswamy
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy, a popular actor, said Thursday that he was ready to serve the people of Mandya from where he is expected to contest the coming Lok Sabha elections. Nikhil, the third generation of the mighty Deve Gowda clan, said he would go by the decision of the party on fielding him from Mandya, a Vokkaliga community bastion of JD(S). "Senior leaders took a decision after discussing with party workers and the MLAs. Most importantly, the party has come forward to give (me) a ticket after understanding the sentiments of the people of Mandya. So, I am ready to serve the people of Mandya," Gowda told reporters in Sringeri. The Congress and the JD(S) have decided to go to polls together and are in the last phase of finalising the seat-sharing arrangement. The list has not yet been made public but insiders said the JD(S) is all set to field Nikhil, who made his acting debut in 2016 with Kannada-Telugu bilingual film 'Jaguar'. Presently, L
Danny Boyle wanted to kill off Craig's 007 in Bond 25
Filmmaker Danny Boyle quit as director of the new James Bond film because top officials did not let him kill off the British Secret Service agent.
I have an opinion, but I like to keep it to myself: Alia Bhatt
Actress Alia Bhatt has responded to Kangana Ranaut's criticism regarding celebrities who don't take a stand on political and social issues by saying that she has an opinion on matters, but she likes to keep it to herself.
Assamese film 'Aamis' to compete at Tribeca film fest
National Award-winning director Bhaskar Hazarika's second film "Aamis", in Assamese, has been officially selected at the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in the US.
'KGF' success has boosted morale of Kannada film industry: Yash
Actor Yash believes the phenomenal success of "KGF: Chapter 1", which struck gold at the box office and won over audiences across languages, has given the Kannada movie industry a platform to dream big and make films without inhibitions.
'The Sinner' renewed for season three, Matt Bomer joins cast
"The Sinner" has officially been renewed for a third season and Matt Bomer is set to join the show in a major part. According to Variety, the actor has bagged a starring role opposite series lead Bill Pullman. The new season follows Detective Harry Ambrose (Pullman) as he begins a routine investigation of a car accident on the outskirts of upstate New York in Dorchester. Ambrose uncovers a crime that pulls him into the most dangerous and disturbing case of his career. Bomer will play Jamie, an upstanding Dorchester resident and expectant father who looks to Ambrose for support in the wake of an accident. The role marks Bomer's return to USA Network, who starred in one of his career's breakout roles as charming con-artist and thief, Neal Caffery in "White Collar", which ran for six seasons beginning in 2009. Other acting credits include shows like American Horror Story, The Last Tycoon, and Doom Patrol". Bomer has also appeared in films like the Magic Mike franchise, The Nice Guys, and
Idris Elba in talks to replace Will Smith in 'Suicide Squad 2'
Idris Elba is reportedly in negotiations to replace Will Smith in the "Suicide Squad" sequel. The follow-up, which is being branded as a relaunch, will be directed by "Guardians of the Galaxy" helmer James Gunn. Gunn has also written the script. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter, Elba met Gunn on Friday and since things went well the talks began with Warner Bros studio. The "Luther" star was the first and only choice for Gunn and the studio, the insiders said. The move comes a week after Smith left the project due to scheduling issues, who, along with Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, led the ensemble of the 2016 movie and played assassin anti-hero Deadshot. The film would mark Gunn's return to the director's chair after Disney sacked him from "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3" last July when his old offensive tweets resurfaced on social media. "Suicide Squad 2" is slated to be released on August 6, 2021.
Diversity is not a trend: Awkwafina
Rapper-actor Awkwafina says it would be unfair to dismiss diversity as a mere "trend". The term has both Hollywood and social media abuzz and the 29-year-old artiste believes inclusion is here to stay. "I think that there's a progressive shift in Hollywood right now. People's diversity is not a trend. Diversity is something that's just here to stay. "The projects that I have been in were very reflective of that and I'm very lucky to have been on those sets," Awkwafina told The Hollywood Reporter. She is currently working on the show "Awkwafina" that tracks her days as a young millennial in her real-life turf Queens, New York. She said the Comedy Central show is equipped with an all-female writers room. Awkwafina also starred in 2018's hit "Crazy Rich Asians", which was an all-Asian cast ensemble.
Knew I had to portray Albert Pinto with respect, heart: Manav Kaul
Actor Manav Kaul, who has portrayed a character played by Naseeruddin Shah in the original "Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyun Aata Hai", says he knew it was a role he had to handle with care in the film's remake.
Of books, female narratives and feminism!
Contemporary Indian writers are chalking out stronger female narratives and the interpretation of feminism too is being redefined. While women writers are taking bolder steps across genres, male authors too are defining their female characters with more earnestness. Ahead of International Women's Day, here's what some writers, both women and men, have to say about what feminism means to them, the impact of women on their writing and their portrayal and sketching of female characters. Reshma K Barshikar, author of The Hidden Children (Two Ravens) and Fade Into Red (Penguin Random House) feels there seems to be a new war afoot, a constant struggle to define feminism - lipstick feminism, second generation feminism, eco feminism, all of which only seem to undermine our singular goal - equal rights for both sexes. Rashmi Joshi, the author of Here and Beyond (Bloomsbury India) says feminism is about battling injustice, breaking out of punishing patriarchal mindsets and the right to a ...
Netflix acquires Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' for new series
Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel Garca Mrquez's literary masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude" is coming to the screen for the first time with Netflix adapting the story for a Spanish language original series. "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was first published in 1967 and since that time has sold an estimated 50 million copies around the world and has been translated into 46 languages. Marquez's sons Rodrigo Garcia and Gonzalo Garcia Barcha will serve as executive producers on the series, which will be filmed mainly in Colombia. "For decades our father was reluctant to sell the film rights to Cien Anos de Soledad because he believed that it could not be made under the time constraints of a feature film, or that producing it in a language other than Spanish would not do it justice," said Garcia. He said it was the right time for the book to be brought to the screen format as there is a worldwide acceptance of content in foreign languages in the golden age of series. "We are ...
Working with Ajay, Tabu made Rakul push the envelope
Actress Rakul Preet Singh says teaming with veterans like Ajay Devgn and Tabu in Luv Ranjan's "De De Pyaar De" made her work harder.