Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the surprise winner in the Best Motion Picture Drama category at the Golden Globes, besting front-runners “A Star Is Born”, “Black Panther”, “If Beale Street Could Talk” and”BlacKkKlansman”.The film had garnered mixed reviews by critics despite being named the highest earning music biopic of all time.The film’s lead star Rami Malek, who has been widely hailed for his career-best turn as Freddie Mercury, won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama over Bradley Cooper, Willem Defoe, Lucas Hedges and…

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Nicole Kidman’s honesty towards her craft made things easy for Karyn Kusama while directing “Destroyer”, says the filmmaker.The crime drama features the 51-year-old actor as an undercover LAPD officer who must take out members of a gang, years after her case was blown.In an interview with IndieWire Filmmaker Toolkit, Kusama said her collaboration with the Oscar winner was the “most intense”, an experience that she last witnessed while working with Michelle Rodriquez on sports drama “Girlfight”. “I think the irony of comparing those two things is that part of Nicole’s gift…

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“Call Me By Your Name” star Timothee Chalamet has revealed that before he started acting, he thought he could be an athlete.The 23-year-old actor was speaking at the 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival, where he received the Spotlight Award for his performance in the film “Beautiful Boy”.According to Variety, Chalamet said during his teenage years, he wanted to follow the footsteps of basketball star LeBron James and Argentina’s footballer Lionel Messi. “There’s a moment when you’re growing up where you realize the adults around you, your parents, they’re all…

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Shelly Chopra, who managed to get father-daughter duo of Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor for her directorial debut “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga”, says their off-screen chemistry played an important part during the film’s making. The director says she is fortunate they agreed to feature in the project together, their first on-screen collaboration, as she believes they were perfect for the film. “Being a father and daughter as they are, it was a perfect combination for me and fortunately they agreed on the script. It’s their first film…

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Los Angeles, Jan 2 (DIN NEWS) French actor Vincent Cassel and his wife, model Tina Kunakey are pregnant with their first child. The couple made the announcement Tuesday on Instagram. Cassel, 52, shared a short clip from a beach in Bahia, Brazil in which he could be seen holding and kissing Kunakey’s growing baby bump. “Bonne annee Feliz ano novo Happy new year #tellementdechance #danslavieriennestdu #lifeismagicneverforget #goal,” he captioned the video, which translates to “Happy New Year” in French and Portuguese. The model, 21, also shared a smiling photo of…

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Toronto, Jan 1 (DIN NEWS) Kader Khan, best known for penning some of the most powerful dialogues and comic timing as an actor, passed away on December 31 due to prolonged illness. He was 81. Khan was admitted to a hospital in Canada and his son Sarfaraz confirmed that the actor died Monday. “My dad has left us. He passed away on December 31 at 6 pm as per Canadian time due to prolonged illness. He slipped into coma in the afternoon. He was in the hospital for 16-17 weeks,”…

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Veteran actor Kader Khan’s son Sarfaraz has said that his father has been admitted to a hospital in Canada, dismissing media reports of his demise. “It is all a lie. It (is) just a rumour. My father is in the hospital,” Sarfaraz told DIN.The 81-year-old actor has developed breathing issues and the doctors have reportedly transferred him from regular ventilator to BiPAP ventilator. Reportedly, Khan is suffering from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a degenerative disease that causes loss of balance, difficulty in walking and dementia. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has worked with…

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Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning film director Mrinal Sen, the last of the triumvirate of directing icons, including Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, passed away on Sunday. He was 95. Sen took his last breath at his residence at 10.30 am after a prolonged battle with age-related ailments, family source said. “Sen passed away today around 10.30 am due to age-related ailments,” a family member said. At around 2:45pm Sen’s mortal remains were taken from his residence at Padmapukur in Bhawanipore area to Peace World mortuary. According to a family member, the…

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Katrina Kaif, who was all set to team up for the first time with Varun Dhawan for a dance film, to be directed by Remo D’Souza, Saturday announced that she has decided to opt out of the project due to date issues. The film to be produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, is touted to be India’s biggest dance film. The yet-to-be-titled film also features actor-choreographer-director Prabhudeva, Dharmesh Yelande, Raghav Juyal and Punit Pathak. The project was scheduled to release in November, 2019.”Katrina Kaif had to opt out of Remo D’Souza’s…

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It’s all about art — when M F Husain took brush to canvas, when Satyajit Ray got behind the camera and even when a clever somebody logs in to inscribe astute comment on image to produce what has come to be known as a meme. And when India’s twin obsessions cinema and politics combine, you get a meme that is not just just humour but a biting comment on contemporary times and also a tool of empowerment and expression.According to Ramit Verma, creator of social media account ‘Official PeeingHuman’, memes…

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