Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Stand-up comedy’s newest star Hasan Minhaj believes his Indian-American-Muslim identity gives him a certain edge, becoming “superpowers” in his “utility box” to help him take on all the “crazy stuff happening in politics and culture”. Minhaj, whose parents migrated to the US from Aligarh, began his comedy career on American late-night talk program, “The Daily Show”, and rose to prominence after hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner last year where he roasted US President Donald Trump. Trump, in a departure from tradition, skipped the event. Minhaj, 33, followed that high…

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Thirty five years and several blockbusters later, actor Sunny Deol says his process of working in a film is purely “instinctive” where he is more interested in listening to the storyteller than reading scripts.For Sunny, it is a matter of choice that he avoids reading scripts as he believes he might look at them with a “certain mindset” and hence prefers to hear them straight from the writers.”I am a very instinctive person. I hear an idea, a thought and if it is good and I like it, I just…

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Actor Jude Law believes it is a worrisome fact for an actor to get typecast as a handsome person. In an interview with New York Times, the 45-year-old actor said growing old is actually a “good news” for him as it helps him to experiment with the roles he take up. “Getting pigeonholed as an actor is terrifying because you want to keep people guessing. So being the golden boy or the beautiful young thing clearly worries me because you think, ‘What happens when my hair falls out, like it…

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Mumbai, Nov 19 (DIN NEWS) Showrunner Eric Newman says the story of “Narcos” can be set anywhere in the world because drug business connects people beyond geographical or political boundaries. After following Colombia’s Medellin and Cali Cartels for three seasons, Newman is exploring the rise of Guadalajara Cartel in “Narcos: Mexico”. Newman, who was recently in India to promote the latest season of the Netflix show with actors Diego Luna and Michael Pena, says drug business is driven by demand. “We can definitely and sadly go anywhere (with the show).…

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Mumbai, Nov 19 (DIN NEWS) Preity Zinta says if female actors devote as much time as their male counterparts to the film career, it would be possible for heroines to have a longer shelf-life. The 43-years-old actor said the fact that the society is still patriarchal makes it tough for women to pursue their careers and same is the case with movie stars. “If a female actor dedicates that many years then she would also (get that kind of stardom). Lot of actresses get married, have children, take a break.…

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Kolkata, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) The disparity between films in the mainstream genre and those meant for screenings in the festival circuit is coming down, feels director Shoojit Sircar. To a question, Sircar told reporters at the just-concluded 24th Kolkata International Film Festival that there was inconsistency between films meant for the two genres, but it is reducing as the song and dance routine in Bollywood films is now a “thing of the past”. “I think going by my recent experiences, the disparity (between the two genres) has come down…

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New Delhi, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) Veteran film and theatre actor Nafisa Ali revealed she has been recently diagnosed with stage three cancer. She made the revelation Saturday via Instagram on which she shared a picture of her with good friend and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, who paid her a visit post the diagnosis. “Just met my precious friend who wished me luck and to get well from my just diagnosed stage 3 cancer,” Ali, 61, captioned the photograph. Born in West Bengal, Nafisa made her acting debut in 1979…

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Los Angeles, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) Veteran actor J K Simmons has joined the cast of Hulu’s “Veronica Mars” revival. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simmons will play an ex-con named Clyde Prickett in the series. Clyde served 10 years for racketeering and was the first inmate in Chino to offer protection to Neptune real estate developer Big Dick Casablancas (David Starzyk) when he entered the prison. After getting free Clyde started working as the elder Casablancas’ fixer. He is the smarter and more dangerous of the two and has…

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Mumbai, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is fine taking criticism as it at least assures that the creative work has been consumed by the audience as opposed to people not watching a film at all. Bachchan along with wife Jaya was in conversation with author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi at the launch of his book “The Rabbit and The Squirrel” at the 9thedition of Tata Literature Live!, Thursday. When asked how do they both take criticism, Jaya quipped, “I don’t actually care.” Bachchan said, “The first assurance…

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Actor Michael B Jordan had created quite a stir when he made remarks about lack of black mythology and the “Black Panther” star has now clarified those comments. The 31-year-old actor told Vanity Fair last month that black community “don’t have any mythology, black mythology, or folklore”. The comments, however, did not go well with many on the social media.Jordan has now clarified his remarks, saying that such stories are not presented in the cinema. “I meant we don’t have black mythologies and folklore that’s on the big screen and…

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