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'Luka Chuppi': Strong performances elevates this light-hearted entertainer (IANS Review, Rating: **1/2)

Film: "Luka Chuppi"; Director: Laxman Utekar; Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kriti Sanon, Vinay Pathak, Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana; Rating: **1/2

Of Sobhraj's heart, putting your foot down, and an immigrant's daughter in America (IANS Books This Weekend)

This week, find out whether the notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj has a heart, from the mouth of his cardiac surgeon; learn how to stop being nicer and calmer and ask for what you need; and finally, read a second-generation American woman's novel on life in a land that always feels foreign.

Kartik teams up with Imtiaz Ali for 'Love Aaj Kal' sequel

Actor Kartik Aaryan has collaborated with one of his "favourite" filmmakers Imtiaz Ali for the sequel to "Love Aaj Kal".

Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage to star in comedy 'Brothers'

Actors Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage are all set to reunite for the comedy film, "Brothers". The two actors most recently featured together in Marvel tentpole "Avengers: Infinity War". The comedy film's script has been penned by Etan Cohen, who is best known for co-writing Ben Stiller's "Tropic Thunder". According to the Hollywood Reporter, the plot details are being kept under wraps but Brolin and Dinklage are expected to play siblings in the film. The tone of the comedy is said to be similar to "Twins", the 1988 comedy starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. Brolin, 51, is currently gearing up for the release of Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame", in which he reprises his role of Thanos. Dinklage, 49, will be next seen in the eighth and final season of his hit HBO series "Game of Thrones".

Kelly Clarkson to return as host for 2019 Billboard Music Awards

Kelly Clarkson has announced that she will once again emcee the Billboard Music Awards. The 36-year-old singer took to Twitter to share the news about her return as the host. She had previously emceed the 2018 edition of the awards ceremony. "I had so much fun hosting the @BBMAs last year, I'm doing it again! This year, we're going to turn it up a notch," she wrote on the microblogging site. Clarkson has sold more than 25 million albums and 36 million singles worldwide. She has placed 10 singles in the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and is the recipient of three Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards and two Academy of Country Music Awards. The three hour event will once again air on NBC in the US on May 1. The 2019 edition will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Colin Farrell to star in Kogonada's next 'After Yang'

Actor Colin Farrell is all set to collaborate with director Kogonada for his next project "After Yang". Kogonada, the South Korean-born American filmmaker, is best known for his 2017 directorial debut "Columbus", starring John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson, which was immensely praised by the critics. "After Yang" is based on Alexander Weinstein's short story "Saying Goodbye to Yang" and follows a father and daughter as they try to save the life of their robotic family member. The project, which hails from A24, will be produced by Theresa Park and her Per Capita Productions alongside Cinereach, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Farrell, who most recently starred in Steve McQueen's "Widows", will be next seen in Disney film "Dumbo". He also has Guy Ritchie's action crime movie "Bush" and Jessica Chastain-starrer "Eve".

'Rambo: Last Blood' to hit theatres in US on September 20

Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo: Last Blood", which will mark the actor's fifth and final outing as the action character, John Rambo, will release in the US on September 20 this year. The film, directed by Adrian Grunberg from a script by Stallone and Matt Cirulnick, will see Rambo living on a ranch in Arizona, deeply troubled and wrestling with PTSD as he picks up casual work wherever he can. When longtime family friend and estate manager Maria informs the former soldier that her granddaughter has gone missing after crossing into Mexico for a party, he sets off with her to find the youngster. In pursuit, Rambo uncovers a sex-trafficking ring and teams up with a journalist whose half-sister has also been kidnapped. He must deploy all his skills to save the girls and bring down a vicious crime lord. The film will also feature Paz Vega, Sergio Peris-Mencheta and Yvette Monreal in pivotal roles. Stallone first the played the character in "First Blood" (1982) and later followed it up with ...

'Avengers: Endgame' title spoiler tease was 'blown out of proportion': Kevin Feige

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has said that the hoopla surrounding the spoiler tease of the title of "Avengers: Endgame" was "blown out of proportion". Last year, a cinematographer, who worked on "Infinity War", had inadvertently leaked the official title of the film's 2019 follow-up. The studio president said the "leak" was actually a spoiler. Feige, however, justified the studio's decision to keep the name under wraps. "Well, I think I'd said that it all had gotten blown out of proportion to some extent. But it was a spoiler, because if you knew before 'Infinity War' came out that the next movie was called 'Endgame', then you know that there wasn't an ending to 'Infinity War'," he told Collider.com. The Marvel honcho, however, said that the studio had somewhat hinted at a future film title in "Avengers: Age of Ultron". "But that had been the title of the movie from the moment we conceived of doing the two films. In large part, because... it's seeded right there. I mean, it's ...

Jacqueline Grace Lopez to lead 'Jane the Virgin' spinoff

"East Los High" actor Jacqueline Grace Lopez has been cast as the lead in "Jane the Novela", the spinoff pilot of "Jane the Virgin". According to Variety, the new CW show will be a telenovela-inspired anthology series, which comes from "Jane the Virgin" creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman and will be penned by original series writer Valentina Garza. Garza and Gina Rodriguez, the star of "Jane the Virgin", will executive produce alongside Ben Silverman and Brad Silberling. Silberling will also take on the directing duties. Each season will be based on a fictional novel written by Jane Villanueva (Rodriguez), with Rodriguez attached to narrate. The first season takes place at a vineyard in Napa Valley, where family secrets (and family members) don't stay buried for long. It centres on Estela (Lopez), a budding art curator who has spent years playing it safe. But a shocking secret changes everything and forces her to live a double life. Since the series is line with the parent

I never assume success or crave it: DJ Snake

He has given one hit after another, but Grammy-nominated producer DJ Snake says he never assumes success or craves it.

Jubilant Life Sciences's subsidiary Jubiliant Pharma issues unsecured bonds for USD 200 mn

S&P Global Ratings ('S&P') has affirmed BB-/positive rating and Fitch Ratings ('Fitch') has affirmed BB-/Stable rating for JPL (the issuer of the Notes). The Notes have been rated BB- by S&P and BB by Fitch.

Selena Gomez drops new song 'I Can't Get Enough'

All the Selena Gomez fans have a reason to rejoice as the singer has finally dropped a new song titled 'I Can't Get Enough'.The 26-year-old singer has collaborated with Benny Blanco, Tainy and J Balvin for the track that released on Thursday night.Selena took to her Instagram account to share a picture of herself and announced the new song.She wrote, "I Can't Get Enough is out now! Link in bio @itsbennyblanco @tainy @jbalvin."The group of artists had been teasing the collaboration on their social media handles, sharing the cover art for the track with their fans.In the few days before the song's release, cameras spotted Selena hitting the recording studio, fueling rumours that there's more new music coming."Selena has been in the studio working hard. She's putting in long hours and spending all day working on new material. On Tuesday and Wednesday she was in the studio for eight hours without a break. She looked very refreshed and energetic. She's seems very into what she's working on

Comedian Trevor Noah thinks Indo-Pak war is funny, Twitter disagrees strongly

South African comedian Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, during an episode, tried to find humour in the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.In a video that is being shared widely on social media Noah can be seen saying that while he hopes India and Pakistan do not go to war, it would be the "most entertaining" war if they did.Mocking army personnel, the comedian likened their war cry to Punjabi songs and it has not been liked by social media.Twitter user 'sage' questioned how someone could find the situation funny.Trevor Noah, however, is not new to controversy. 'The Daily Show' host recently introduced the best picture nominee 'Black Panther' at the Oscars and had some fun with the idea that people think the fictional setting of the country of Wakanda is real, reported CNN.Noah joked about knowing the movie's main character, T'Challa, played by Chadwick Boseman, and said, that growing up as a young boy in Wakanda, he would see T'Challa flying over their village, ..

Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas announce the comeback of Jonas Brothers!

The Jonas Brothers are back! Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas surprised their fans with the announcement of the comeback of the popular boy band.Welcoming the boy band back to the music scene, Priyanka took to her Instagram account to share the news along with a picture of the three brothers--Nick, Kevin Jonas and Joe Jonas.She wrote, "And yes they're back…and may I say… hotter than ever. So proud of the family #Sucker #JonasBrothers #MidnightET."The trio can be seen posing together in colourful and casual outfits.Nick too shared the same picture as well as a video on his Instagram account which consisted of the message of their comeback.The video shared by Nick is from their appearance on 'The Late Late Show'. The promo video shows host James Corden driving his car through Los Angeles and picking up Joe on the way. The two are later joined by Nick and then Kevin and that's when Corden asks if this means something. The Jonas Brothers finally announce the happy news of their ...

Kriti Sanon opens up about working with Laxman Utekar

Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon, who is all geared up for the release of 'Luka Chuppi', has opened up on her experience of working with the director of the film Laxman Utekar.Having worked with renowned filmmakers like Sabbir Khan, Rohit Shetty, Dinesh Vijan and Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, amongst others, Kriti reflected upon on her bond with Laxman.Kriti said, "It was fabulous working with him as he knows exactly what he wants. I think he is very calm and patient I have never seen him angry on the set, in fact, he is one of the calmest directors I have met.""Always smiling, he is very good with humour like he knows exactly how to crack a situational comedy which is what 'Lukka Chuppi' is but at the same time he is someone who is very approachable and he likes discussing stuff, he likes taking inputs from the actors he would know if something is working or not working but he would also give you the liberty of trying what you want," she added.Kriti is known to portray characters which have ...

Amitabh Bachchan raps 'Aukaat' from 'Badla'

Amitabh Bachchan who has lent his baritone voice to many songs, including rap has churned out a new rap number 'Aukaat', which is the opening credit in Sujoy Ghosh's upcoming murder mystery film 'Badla'.The peppy track has been sung by Amitabh, Amit Mishra and Clinton Cerejo. The intense music has been composed by Clinton Cerejo and the hard-hitting lyrics have been penned by Siddhant Kaushal.The Big B had previously rapped in the 2018 release '102 Not Out'. 'Aukaat' is here to give some competition to 'Apna Time Aayega' rap hit by Ranveer Singh in recent release Zoya Akthar's 'Gully Boy'.If you loved Ranveer's rapping skills, make way for a new rap song 'Aukaat' in your playlist by the Big B.Taapsee Pannu who is reuniting with Big B, after having previously worked in 'Pink' with him, shared the song on her Twitter handle.She wrote, "Tera agla pichhla, tu badal leke Badla! #Aukaat from #Badla out now."In 'Aukaat', the veteran actor can be seen rapping and grooving to the music ...

Tabu to be honoured at LA Indian Film Festival

National Award winning actress Tabu will be honoured at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles in April.

Patriotic films on a new 'high' in Bollywood

The 'josh' for patriotic films is 'high' in Bollywood. After the success of "Uri: The Surgical Strike", Hindi movie buffs can gear up to watch "Kesari", "Major", "RAW", "Batla House", "Panipat", "Saare Jahaan Se Accha", "Mission Mangal", "'83" and a biopic on Kargil war hero Vikram Batra, among others.

Mumbai hip hop group wows US dance reality show, JLo shows appreciation by throwing her shoe!

Mumbai-based dance troupe 'The Kings' who performed at the American dance reality show 'World of Dance' on February 26 impressed celebrity judge Jennifer Lopez so much that she picked up her shoe and threw it at them as a mark of respect and appreciation.Fellow judges Ne-Yo and Derek Hough also threw their shoes at the troupe who are representing India in the third season of the reality show. The troupe kick-started the show with a jaw-dropping hip-hop performance on 'Dhakka Laga Bukka' from 2004 Bollywood film titled 'Yuva'.Music director A.R. Rahman who has composed the music and sung Dhakka Laga Bukka for Yuva was amazed by The Kings. He took to Twitter to praise the dance troupe. He wrote, "It's nice to relive "Dhakka Laga Bukka" through such a powerful performance. All the best @kingsunitedcrew and #WorldofDance.".[{798e100e-3025-4bca-b60f-835def51e21f:intradmin/ar_twitterfeb28.jpg}]'The Kings' performance was a blend of vigorous dance moves and dangerous flips.JLo shared the ..

Pepe Jeans London announces Dua Lipa as Global Brand Ambassador

Pepe Jeans, the legendary British denim brand is delighted to announce a new partnership with Dua Lipa, one of the most successful musical artists and style icons of her generation. Following in the footsteps of fashion icons and Hollywood stars, Dua Lipa begins her new role by starring in the Spring/Summer 2019 campaign for Pepe Jeans, photographed by David Sims.The campaign itself is a celebration of the heritage of Pepe Jeans, which was one of the first British brands to bring a distinct fashion perspective to the world of denim in 1973. Fresh-faced and effortlessly poised, Dua Lipa is photographed in black and white wearing a range of classic denim pieces. Emphasis on strength, natural beauty and the timeless appeal of denim takes precedent in both the campaign and the collection itself.#DuaforPepe - Pepe Jeans Spring Summer 2019 CampaignAt 23, Dua Lipa has taken the music world by storm and become a fashion icon for her millions of fans. After releasing her self-titled debut ...