Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Priyanka Chopra believes that women have started to stand up against gender biases but the world is still not able to digest them being “vocal” about their choices. The 35-year-old Bollywood star, who is having a dream run in Hollywood, says the movements like #MeeToo and Times’s Up prove that women across the globe have been facing challenges and India is no different. “Gender equality and women empowerment are global issues. Every country has its cultural problems. But women’s health and women’s rights are global problems. I live in America…

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Director Shoojit Sircar says he had preconceived notions about Varun Dhawan, who is chiefly known for potboilers such as “Badrinath Ki Dulhania” and “Judwaa 2”, but decided to cast him after he discovered an innocent side to him when he met the actor. The filmmaker, who is awaiting the release of his first venture, “October” with Varun, says the actor was accidentally cast in the film. “The entire 2016 he (Varun) was calling me to meet. He was accidental as a cast. We were looking for fresh faces. When he…

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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan today said he wants his youngest son, five-year-old AbRam, to grow up to be a hockey player and represent the country in international stage. The star of the 2007 Bollywood blockbuster ‘Chak De! India’, Shah Rukh’s love for hockey is no secret. Shah Rukh’s portrayal of Kabir Khan, who coached the Indian women’s team to lift the World Cup, is one of the top inspirational sports movies of Bollywood. Here in the city along with AbRam and daughter Suhana to cheer for his IPL team…

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As superstar Salman Khan was today granted bail by a district and sessions court in Jodhpur in the 1998 black buck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail, his friends and well-wishers from film industry expressed their happiness over the decision. District and Sessions Judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi allowed Salman’s plea for bail and suspension of sentence so that he can file an appeal against his conviction and sentencing. Director of Salman’s upcoming film “Race 3” Remo D’Souza told PTI, “I am happy that…

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Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma has filed police complaint against his former managers Preeti and Neeti Simoes and a journalist, who heads an entertainment website, for defaming him in digital media. Preeti and Neeti were also the creative director his previous TV show “The Kapil Sharma Show”. Kapil’s complaint also targeted a particular website headed by the journalist, which he accused, “launched a malicious propaganda to defame him in digital media” after he denied the exorbitant sum of money. The actor said his personal information was leaked to show him in “negative…

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Irrfan Khan starrer “Blackmail” is getting rave reviews from industry stalwarts such as Shabana Azmi and Amitabh Bachchan. At a special screening of the film, celebrities like Shabana Azmi, director David Dhawan, Omung Kumar, Vineet Kumar Singh, Sharad Kelkar, Swanand Kirkire were present last evening. “‘Blackmail’ is a mad predictable script directed with such relish by Abhinay Deo, performed with unrestrained delight by a super ensemble cast led by Irrfan, Arunoday Singh and Divya Dutta,” Azmi said after the screening. Lyricist and writer Swanand Kirkire called “Blackmail” as a “Waakda”…

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Actor Saif Ali Khan is heard shouting at his driver and threatening to hit him in a video filmed after he landed in Jodhpur yesterday for a court verdict on a 20-year-old case of poaching blackbucks, in which he is an accused. Actor Salman Khan is the main accused in the case; he is accused of killing two blackbucks while on a film shoot in 1998 along with co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam. Saif Ali Khan and the other actors are co-accused in the case. As he got into…

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Veteran actor Mark Hamill said he was ‘surprised’ when “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” was panned by both fans and critics. The 66-year-old actor, who reprised his role as Jedi Master Luke Skywalker in the eighth installment of the hit sci-fi franchise, said he understood the mixed reaction of the audiences as they are “so invested” in the characters. ‘And I love that about (it). I was surprised that there was some backlash to it, but I get it, because I’m a fan too. It’s hard not to feel a…

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Veteran action star Arnold Schwarzenegger has announced he is “back” after open-heart surgery. The 70-year-old former governor of California took to Twitter to inform his fans about his health. “It’s true: I’m back! I went to sleep expecting to wake up with a small incision and woke up with a big one – but guess what? I woke up, and that’s something to be thankful for. Thank you to the doctors and nurses. And I’m truly filled with gratitude for all of the kind messages,” Schwarzenegger tweeted. His spokesperson, Daniel…

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