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At Rs 600 cr Chandrayaan-3 costs less than some Hollywood films: Minister

Union Science and Technology Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Friday said the estimated cost of the Chandrayaan-3 project at Rs 600 crore was lower than the budget of some Hollywood films made on the themes of space and moon. He also said scientific research connected with the project to check availability of hydrogen and oxygen on the surface of the moon is what makes the country's initiative "quite different" from lunar missions of other nations. "The cost of Chandrayaan-3 is merely Rs 600 crore, whereas a Hollywood film on space and moon costs more than Rs 600 crore. I don't see movies often nowadays but I was told by someone that one or two big actors now charge Rs 100 crore per film (in Bollywood), much above the Rs 5-6 lakh a star like Dilip Kumar charged for Devdas," he said. Experiments of Chandrayaan-3 started on Thursday on the surface of the moon and will last for 14 days, the Union minister added. "These experiments would pave way for new scientific research about the moon

Michael Jackson sexual abuse lawsuits revived by Calinfornia appeals court

A California appeals court on Friday revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them for years when they were boys. A three-judge panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal found that the lawsuits of Wade Robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a lower court, and that the men can validly claim that the two Jackson-owned corporations that were named as defendants in the cases had a responsibility to protect them. It's the second time the lawsuits brought by Robson in 2013 and Safechuck the following year have been brought back after dismissal. The two men became more widely known for telling their stories in the 2019 HBO documentary Leaving Neverland. A judge who dismissed the suits in 2021 found that that the corporations, MJJ Productions Inc. and MJJ Ventures Inc., could not be expected to function like the Boy Scouts or a church where a child in their care could expect their protection. Jackson, who died in 2009, was

A new snake species named after Harrison Ford, and it's not his first

The new snake was found in the Otishi National Park (ONP) of the Avireri-Vraem Biosphere Reserve in Peru, South America

Hollywood strikes pose credit risk for $113 million municipal bond deal

Seller of debt, group affiliated with Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is familiar to muni-market participants because it has issued bonds several times for its LA museum

Daniel Weber in 10 looks in his upcoming single, 'Stay with me'

Daniel Weber has teamed up with Battle Star Wars make-up artiste Moroni in his upcoming single 'Stay with me', in which he sports 10 different looks

Kuwait bans Barbie movie, under fire in Lebanon for promoting homosexuality

Interestingly, 'Barbie' and director Greta made history the past weekend, flying past over $1 bn in worldwide box office gross, becoming the first movie directed solely by a woman to do so

Disney rises over 6% as cost cuts, Hollywood strikes save $3 billion

Disney expects content spending this year to total about $27 billion, Kevin Lansberry, acting chief financial officer, said Wednesday on a call with investors after the Burbank

The Little Mermaid is set to release on OTT, check when and where to watch

The Little Mermaid was released on May 26 in theatres and garnered mixed reviews from the audience. The movie is set to release on OTT, check where and when you can watch the movie

"Barbie'' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors

Greta Gerwig should be feeling closer to fine these days. In just three weeks in theatres, Barbie is set to sail past USD 1 billion in global ticket sales, breaking a record for female directors that was previously held by Patty Jenkins, who helmed Wonder Woman. Barbie, which Gerwig directed and co-wrote, added another USD 53 million from 4,178 North American locations this weekend according to studio estimates on Sunday. The Margot Robbie-led and produced film has been comfortably seated in first place for three weeks and it's hardly finished yet. Warner Bros. said the film will cross USD 1 billion before the end of the day. In modern box office history, just 53 movies have made over USD 1 billion, not accounting for inflation, and Barbie is now the biggest to be directed by one woman, supplanting Wonder Woman's USD 821.8 million global total. Three movies that were co-directed by women are still ahead of Barbie, including Frozen (USD 1.3 billion) and Frozen 2 (USD 1.45 billion) bo

Hollywood writers, studios trade barbs ahead of renewed negotiations

The parties traded barbs earlier in the week, three months into a strike that has largely shut down film and TV production across the country

Frames per second: Exploding heads in the time of Oppenheimer

Western and Japanese artists found inspiration for post-humanist visions in the years following Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Loki season 2 trailer: Ke Huy Quan joins Tom Hiddleston in navigating TVA

On July 31, the much-anticipated trailer for "Loki Season 2" was released. Ke Huay Quan, Owen Wilson, Tom Hiddleston, and Sophia Dimartino get together to give the viewers an exhilarating experience

Hollywood saves India's PVR Inox as Bollywood bombs at box office

International cinema helped India's biggest movie operator PVR Inox post a rise in first-quarter revenue as Hindi films failed to bring moviegoers to theatres

Hollywood writers' strike could dent the prospects of Indian box office

Hollywood strikes may hamper the business of the Indian box office as many Hollywood movies have postponed their releases by six to nine months

Euphoria star Angus Cloud, 25, found dead at Oakland home after 911 call

Angus Cloud's family in a statement said for his death, "It is with the heaviest heart that we must say goodbye to an incredible human today". Cloud's father had passed away just a week ago

Hollywood star Kevin Spacey cleared of sexual assault charges in UK

The jury rejected the prosecution's claims that Spacey had "aggressively" grabbed three men by the crotch and had performed a sex act on another man while he was asleep in his flat

'There is only one Robert'

Oppenheimer covers the peak period of Oppie's life, from his student days in the 1920s until a kangaroo-court hearing that denied him a security clearance in 1951

Magic of 'pink' publicity campaign? Barbie creates history at box office

Barbie has outperformed Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight, which earned $24.5 million on its opening day in 2008

Barbie's Giant 3D ad in front of Burj Khalifa has social media awestruck

A huge Barbie doll standing close to the Burj Khalifa has turned into a web sensation via social media. The video has gone viral with 3.5 million views on Instagram

As scammers target movie buffs, Barbie fans asked not to download film

Software security firm McAfee claims to have documented 100 new instances of malware with Barbie-related filenames in the last three weeks alone