Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Mumbai, Feb 26 (DIN NEWS) Lata Mangeshkar, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are some of the Indian film personalities who hailed the Indian armed forces for carrying out air strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan on Tuesday. The strike comes amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the February 14 suicide attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror group in Kashmir’s Pulwama district that killed 40 CRPF soldiers. The celebrities took to social media to share their reactions. “I have been watching since morning and I’m very happy that our…

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Rami Malek rocked his way to Best Actor Oscar glory for his exuberant portrayal of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the 91st Academy Awards. In a tightly-fought race, the actor was pitted against industry veterans — Christian Bale for “Vice”, Bradley Cooper for “A Star is Born”, Viggo Mortensen for “Green Book” and Willem Dafoe for “At Eternity’s Gate”. But he had already cemented his position as the frontrunner by scooping up the precursor awards — Golden Globe, BAFTA and the Screen Actors Guild. Academy members love…

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Los Angeles, Feb 21 (DIN NEWS) Actor Chris Hemsworth is all set to portray wrestling legend Hulk Hogan in a biographical drama for Netflix. The film will be directed by “Hangover” maker Todd Phillips, who is currently shooting for Joaquin Phoenix-starrer DC project “Joker”. The script will be written by “8 Mile” scribe Scott Silver alongside John Pollono, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film is expected to look into Hogan’s rise from the Florida wrestling circuit to becoming the face of the World Wrestling Federation in the 1980s where…

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Actor Gwyneth Paltrow, who is considered a popular figure amongst the superhero film nerds for playing Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, says she plans to retire after “Avengers: Endgame”. The 46-year-old actor has played the character, who is the personal assistant turned lover of Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark, since “Iron Man”, the film that marked the beginning of the MCU in 2008. The upcoming Marvel tentpole, “Avengers: Endgame”, will mark her seventh appearance as Potts and Paltrow, in an interview with Variety, said she believes it is…

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Socialite and reality TV star Paris Hilton has revealed that she is working on new music and it will be out soon. The track will mark her first in 12 years. In 2006 the hotel heiress released her debut album “Paris” . The album peaked at Number. 6 on the Billboard 200, and the debut single, “Stars are Blind,” reached 18 on the Hot 100. “Back in the studio. New music coming soon ” Hilton posted on Twitter. In 2008, Hilton announced that she had finished a second album, but…

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Murad in Zoya Akhtar’s “Gully Boy” could not be more different from the flamboyant persona of Ranveer Singh but director Zoya Akhtar says it was not difficult for the actor to play the sensitive rapper character of the film. Zoya, who first worked with Ranveer in “Dil Dhadakane Do”, says his flamboyant side often hides his depth and gravitas. “Of course, we only see the flamboyant side but Ranveer is also very sensitive, extremely perceptive and nuanced. He is nuanced as a person and as an actor. I have a…

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Singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves has been added to the list of people who will be presenting the trophies to the winners at the upcoming 91st Academy Awards. The 30-year-old musician recently won the 2019 Grammy Album of the Year award for her critically acclaimed, genre-bending record “Golden Hour”. Apart from this, she also won awards for best country album, best country song and best country solo performance. According to Variety, the Academy is yet to announce which award Musgraves will present at the awards ceremony but it is expected to be…

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Mumbai, Feb 16 (DIN NEWS) Actor Manoj Bajpayee has condemned the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 40 soldiers, saying one will fall short of words to express his anger over the dastardly act. “What has happened in Pulwama is very sad. My prayers are with the families of soldiers who have lost their dear ones. Their loss is irreparable. “Words will fall short to express our anger for this kind of heinous act. As far as the anger…

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Mumbai, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS) Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday said she and her husband, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, have decided not to attend Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary celebrations in Karachi in the wake of Pulwama terror attack. The couple was invited to Pakistan by the Karachi Arts Council for a two-day event. “@Javedakhtarjadu and I were invited for a 2 day event celebrating Kaifi’s Centenary and were truly looking forward to it. I appreciate that our hosts the Karachi Arts Council mutually agreed to cancel the event at the…

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Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson says Stan Lee has been “one of the greatest influences” on his life as the late Marvel comic legend was instrumental in helping him understand the world of superheroes intimately. Lee, who revolutionised pop culture as the co-creator of iconic superheroes like Spider-Man and The Hulk, died in November last year, at the age of 95.”We generally ran into work, at premiers, occasionally he might show up on sets. I’ve been reading comic books all the time and so Stan has been one of the greatest…

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