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Trevor Noah likens Donald Trump to cancer

In a searing address against Donald Trump, late-night talk show host Trevor Noah has compared the US President to "cancer". "The Daily Show" presenter gave a surprise performance at the inaugural Barbara Berlanti Heroes Gala honouring "Arrow" star Stephen Amell and F- Cancer co-founder Yael Cohen Braun. Noah narrated an incident involving one of his close friends who beat cancer. "He said, 'Trevor, cancer is like, it's a scary thing because they first tell you about it, you don't believe it is happening. You know that it exists and you don't ever believe it's something that can happen to you. "It's something that's scary and you think it's only affected you but it's affected everyone around you and it seems like it's the end and for some people it is, but for others, it isn't. All you know is that you hate it every single day.' I was like, So, wow, cancer is Donald Trump," the host, who is a vocal Trump critic, said. "It's pretty wild. He generally is. He's a cancer," he added.

'Tu Meri, Main Tera' traces the journey of love

A new track from Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra starrer 'Namaste England' is out and it is dedicated to everyone who has been in love.Titled as 'Tu Meri, Main Tera', the song features the journey of Param (Arjun) from Punjab to London to find Jasmeet (Parineeti) after she goes to the UK capital to fulfill her dreams.The video of the song showcases the struggles faced by him in his attempt to meet his ladylove, prompting one to wonder, 'How far can one go for love?'The movie has been creating immense buzz owing to the crackling chemistry between the leading duo. This will be Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra's second collaboration after starring together in their debut film 'Ishaqzaade'.The film, which has been shot in Punjab and London, traces the journey of two individuals who travel across the landscapes of India and Europe. The movie is a sequel of the 2007 film 'Namaste London', which starred Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif.Directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, the flick will hit the .

Sham Kaushal accused of sexual misconduct, stunt director issues apology

Veteran action director Sham Kaushal, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, Monday issued an apology, saying he has always tried to be a good person in his personal and professional life. Writer Mahima Kukreja Sunday shared an account by an assistant director, named Nameeta Parekh, who has alleged that Kaushal invited her to his room for drinks when they were on an outdoor shoot in 2006 and when she declined, he began persuading her and even showed pornographic video on his phone. Kaushal, who has films such as "Gangs of Wasseypur" and "Dangal" to his credit, took to Twitter to share his statement. The action director said he had read the allegations made against him by some crew member. "Ever since I have been working in this industry I have tried my best to be a good human being professionally and personally, never wishing to hurt or disrespect anyone. I have read the allegations made against me by some crew members. "If I have unintentionally caused any hurt or anguish, I ...

Not my battle to fight: Mallika Dua on allegations against father Vinod Dua

Addressing allegations of sexual harassment against her father, senior journalist Vinod Dua, actor-comic star Mallika Dua has pledged solidarity with the #MeToo movement and says she will let him take up the fight. "If at all my father is truly guilty of what you described, it is unacceptable, traumatic and painful," Mallika said on Sunday in response to documentary filmmaker Nishtha Jain's allegation that Vinod Dua had harassed and stalked her almost three decades ago. Referencing Akshay Kumar's off-colour remark at Mallika on a comedy reality TV show that had enraged Vinod Dua, Jain put out a lengthy Facebook post on Saturday, calling out the media personality for his sexism from years ago. She also named Mallika in her allegations. Mallika issued a statement on Instagram in response, asserting that Jain dragging her name into the controversy was "in terrible taste". "I am in solidarity with the movement and in support of the voices but your dragging my name into this was in ...

Ariana Grande, Pete Davidson split

Singer Ariana Grande and "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson have called off their engagement.

Hodor spin-off will be quite boring: GoT star Kristian Nairn

Hodor's death in "Game of Thrones" was quite heart-breaking for fans of the fantasy series across the world, but Kristian Nairn feels it summed up the character's journey perfectly. The actor is tight-lipped about making an appearance in the show's final season, but dismissed the idea of a spin-off around the life of the gentle giant.

Sonakshi thanks Hrithik for motivating her

Actress Sonakshi Sinha has praised actor Hrithik Roshan and thanked him for always motivating her to be fit.

Paul Schrader joins Macau film festival jury

"First Reformed" director Paul Schrader has joined the jury of the third edition of Macau Film Festival jury.

I don't miss acting: Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow has said she does not miss anything about acting. The 46-year-old actor, who was last seen in "Avengers: Infinity War" in a cameo, is currently busy focusing on her lifestyle brand Goop. Asked what she misses about acting full time, Paltrow told Marie Claire magazine, "Nothing. It's so weird. I actually didn't hate it. But I just don't miss it." "The level and breadth of creativity that I have in this job (at Goop) is so bananas, and I'm very fulfilled," she added. The actor previously revealed she has become more selective about her movie choices. "I don't do a lot of acting right now, so when I do I look for what's going to have the best return on investment in terms of time and impact. It's fun to do something like 'The Avengers'. I get to go to Atlanta for two days, see my friends, do a scene with Robert (Downey Jr), come home," she had said. Paltrow's last full-fledged acting role was in 2015's comedy "Mortdecai" alongside Johnny Depp.

Bryan Adams enthralls audiences with classics

Legendary singer Bryan Adams managed to put Delhi-NCR on 'Cloud No. 9' as he crooned his classic hits to an overflowing audience at Gurugram's Leisure Valley Park.The 58-year-old sang cult numbers like 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started', 'Summer of '69', 'Everything I Do I Do It For You' and many others, to a frenzied audience.Adams took stage late in the evening, by then the crowd had swelled to a packed house. He spoke less and sang more, however, he did appreciate the weather in Delhi, complimented the audiences' singing skills, thanked those who were waving Canadian flags and said, "Yes! For those who don't know, I am Canadian!"Dressed in a plain black polo-t-shirt and dark blue denims, Adams was brimming with energy as he jumped around the stage and kept fans engaged. Keeping him company were guitarist Keith Scott and other band members, who, apart from the songs, treated the concert attendees with some electrifying guitar strums. "This is the biggest party in India," exclaimed ..

Alok Nath responds to CINTAA, denies allegations

In response to the notice issued by Cine and TV Artistes' Association (CINTAA), actor Alok Nath's lawyer Ashok Saraogi has denied all the allegations of sexual harassment made against his client.Earlier, Alok and his wife Ashu Alok Nath had filed a defamation case in Andheri court against accuser Vinta Nanda, seeking directions for Amboli police to take cognisance of their complaint filed on October 12. It also sought an investigation into the matter under the Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) section 155 and sections 499, 500, 34 and 114 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).This comes less than a week after Nanda narrated her ordeal on Facebook amidst the ongoing #MeToo movement."I hadn't just been raped, I was taken to my own house and had been brutalised," she had written in reference to the 'most sanskari person in the industry'.Nanda was the writer and producer of teleserial 'Tara' in the 90s, in which Nath played a lead role. In her post, Nanda also alleged that Alok Nath harassed her

Johnny Depp confirms return in 'Fantastic Beasts 3'

Johnny Depp has confirmed that he will reprise his role as the scheming wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the third installment of the "Fantastic Beasts" series. The 55-year-old actor, who will next be seen in the second film "The Crimes of Grindelwald" from JK Rowling's "Harry Potter" universe, said the team starts filming the next part in mid 2019, Collider reported. "The possibilities in that world are wide open, so you can really try anything. So it was a gas and I look forward to the next installment, which I think we start the middle of next year," Depp said while addressing an audience at Zurich Film Festival. The actor said he enjoyed playing the character as it gave him the space to try different things. "I loved it, because that's really an arena where you can fly around and try different things and approach a character with a lot more... To take someone who is teetering on being a fascist, yeah, he's a fascist, he's one of those, but to play him as a sensitive, concerned yet ...

'Transparent' to end final season with musical episode

Amazon series "Transparent" will be ending on a musical note, creator of the show Jill Soloway has said. The upcoming fifth season will be the last for the series and the musical finale will be shot later this year to debut next autumn, Soloway told The New York Times. "This idea of music rescuing our family was all there. So we're like, Let's just keep blowing on the flame. The Pfeffermans will live on, and that's what kept us going. "It will hopefully feel like 'Jesus Christ Superstar' mixed with 'La La Land' mixed with 'Flight of the Conchords' with something more Jewish thrown in a little 'Yentl'," she added. Soloway has been working with sister Faith Soloway and transgender performer Shakina Nayfack on the music for the episode. Other details were sparse. The story of the series revolves around a family and their lives following the discovery that the person they knew as their father Mort Pfefferman (Jeffrey Tambor) is a trans woman, who later takes Maura as their ...

'Padmaavat' returns as Durga puja theme in two pandals

The Chittorgarh fort as seen in the period film 'Padmaavat' was recreated by two crowd-pulling Durga Puja pandals here. Both the Sribhumi Sporting Club and the Md Ali Park puja committees modelled their pandals on the famous fort of Rajasthan, but the idea behind it was different, officials of the two organisations said. When anti-Padmaavat protesters threatened to stall the film's release all over the country in January, the film maker was assured of security by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the film had a smooth run across Bengal, Sribhumi Sporting Club president and MLA Sujit Bose said. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali film created controversy during its making as well as before its release with several Rajput organisations claiming that the film distorted history. The film sets were damaged more than once and the director was assaulted. "The theme was chosen to deliver the message that Bengal stands for tolerance and peace," Bose said. The setting of a song

'A Star Is Born' soundtrack debuts at No. 1 on Billboard Chart

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga starrer 'A Star Is Born' soundtrack has hit the numero-uno spot in Billboard's 200 album chart.The soundtrack, which was released on October 5, kicked off at the top of the tally with 231,000 equivalent units, out of which 162,000 were in album sales.While Lady Gaga has bagged the position five times before, it is even more special for actor Bradley Cooper as he has achieved his first No. 1. The Oscar-nominated actor, who recently made his directorial debut, had never ventured into the music world before this film.According to a report by Billboard, the chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the United States. The ranking is based on the multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units.Praising Cooper's singing skills, in one of the promotional interviews, the "Bad Romance" singer had earlier told E News that when she heard him sing for the first time, she stopped dead in her tracks, playing the piano, looked over to him and said,

Stringent password can prevent fraud: Study

Is it exhausting for you to come up with a new password every time you make a new account somewhere? Well, it turns out that the all-too-common practice of using the same email address/password combination to log into multiple websites can be damaging.According to a recent study, the practice can cause more harm to the employers with many users and valuable assets protected by passwords, like in universities."If someone uses their university email address and passphrase to sign up for, say, LinkedIn, and LinkedIn is breached by cybercriminals, that would mean their university password is sitting on the web for everyone to see," said Indiana University's Dan Calarco, co-author of the study."We found that requiring longer and more complicated passwords resulted in a lower likelihood of password reuse," the authors write in the paper, Factors Influencing Password Reuse: A Case Study. The authors are Jacob Abbott, an IU Bloomington Ph.D. student; Daniel Calarco, chief of staff for the IU .

Kevin Hart hits back at Dwayne Johnson

Comedian Kevin Hart has slammed actor Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock for mocking at his weight.

Bryan Adams wraps up biggest party in India

From playing his rock anthems and love songs to crooning "Kiki do you love me" to expressing his "Ultimate love" for India, Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Bryan Adams took the Indian music lovers on a rock and roll joyride with his music while playing in the Delhi-NCR region for the first time.

Ariana Grande breaks up with Pete Davidson?

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have reportedly broken up and called off their engagement.A source close to the duo told TMZ that Grande and Davidson decided to split since it wasn't the right time for their relationship to take off.The source further claimed that while they are they still in love with each other, the relationship is not romantic anymore.The couple, after dating for a while, announced their engagement in May this year. In September, the comedian added another one to his ever-growing collection of tattoos, by copying one of Ariana Grande's.However, it's no secret that the 'No Tears Left To Cry' singer hasn't been doing good emotionally, ever since her ex-boyfriend rapper Mac Miller passed away on September 7.The singer has constantly been trying to stay away from the public appearance. She recently pulled out of her scheduled performance at the F--k Cancer Gala at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles.Earlier this month, the singer skipped the 2018 Emmy awards besides ...

Joaquin Phoenix dons goofy clown costume, make-up

After revealing his first look as Batmans iconic nemesis, The Joker, actor Joaquin Phoenix sported goofy costume and make-up for the character.