Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan penned a heartfelt note reminiscing the moments spent with veteran actor Rishi Kapoor right from his childhood to his leukemia diagnosis.   Kapoor died at the age of 67 on Thursday morning after a two year long battle with leukemia at H N Reliance hospital here. Bachchan had broke the news on Twitter, saying, He’s GONE .. ! Rishi Kapoor .. gone .. just passed away .. I am destroyed!” But he soon deleted the tweet. Later in the night, on his blog, Bachchan recalled the time…

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Actor Irrfan Khan’s last rites took place in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon, soon after he died in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. Mr Khan, 53, was being treated for an colon infection and just hours before he died, his spokesperson said he “was still fighting the battle.” A statement released by his family said, “Irrfan was buried at the Versova kabrastan in Mumbai at 3 pm this afternoon soon after the news of his passing away was announced. In presence were his family, close relatives and friends. Everyone paid their…

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Having started her career at a time when complex and layered characters for women were a rarity, actor Lisa Ray is happy to be a part of the shift in the cultural conversation and storytelling. Ray plays a superstar reluctant to come out of the closet in Amazon Prime Video’s Four More Shots Please , a story revolves around four urban women. Lisa said the creator of the series, Rangita Nandy had offered her roles in the past as well but she found Four More Shots Please compelling. Everything about…

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Actor Lara Dutta says she is in her “most fun” professional phase right now, courtesy the ever-evolving digital content which offers exciting characters to women of all ages. Lara said with the arrival of the streaming platforms, quality content has found its way. “Age is liberating. Now that I’m in my 40s, I think you tend to care a lot less about in life. You stop taking yourself too seriously. Right now it’s a fantastic time to be an actor in the medium right now. There are so many opportunities.…

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Filmmaker Karan Johar on Sunday said he is apologetic for his social media posts, many of which may have come off as “insensitive”, at a time when the world is fighting the coronavirus outbreak.   Johar’s post came as a reaction to Australian comedian Greta Lee Jackson’s parody video of “normal” people — two round-the-clock working doctors, an unemployed person to a man who was rendered homeless after his landlord refused to decrease the rent — taking a jibe at celebrities posting videos from the comfort of their homes about…

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Actor Vidya Balan has decided to donate 1000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to the frontline healthcare staff across India.   In a video message posted on her Facebook page, the actor announced that she is also collaborating with celebrity shout-out platform Tring to raise money for additional 1000 PPE kits. In the war against COVID-19 our health care professionals are like our soldiers at the border fighting for our health and freedom. Just like we equip our soldiers for the battle we must do the same with our medical…

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Pankaj Kapur says his show Office Office , a satirical look at the corruption in government offices, will stay evergreen as the issues it addressed still exist everywhere. Kapur played common man Mussaddi Lal Tripathi in the show that aired in 2001 and was lauded for its projection of people’s woes in government offices. It is now among the classic shows that have made a comeback on television, which is falling back on older hits to fill the spot as shooting stays suspended on new ones due to the coronavirus…

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Bon Jovi has announced that it has decided to cancel its 2020 summer tour with Bryan Adams due to the coronavirus pandemic.   The popular rock band said it has decided to call off the tour rather than postponing it so that the ticketholders can get their money back and can use it to pay their bills or buy groceries . Due to the ongoing global pandemic, it is no longer feasible for Bon Jovi to tour this summer. Given these difficult times, we have made the decision to cancel…

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Veteran singer-actor Rita Wilson has said that it was easier for her to cope with the coronavirus as she was accompanied by her husband, Hollywood star Tom Hanks.   The couple were among the first Hollywood celebrities to be tested positive for COVID-19, which has claimed over 150,000 lives globally. Hanks and Wilson were in Australia when they were diagnosed with the coronavirus. They have now recovered from it. Talking with The Guardian, Wilson, 63, said the ordeal was a lot easier since they both had symptoms at the same…

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Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali, whose in-house staff was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier this week, has revealed that she and her family has tested negative for the virus.   On Tuesday, Farah had tweeted that a member of her in-house staff has been tested positive for the novel virus. In a series of tweets on Thursday night, Farah, daughter of veteran actor-filmmaker Sanjay Khan, revealed that she, her family members and rest of the in-house staff have been tested negative All negative Yay yay yay . #covidtesting,” Farah posted on…

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