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Lady Gaga recalls trauma of being raped
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Appearing in the first episode of the five-part series, Gaga remembers being 19 when a producer threatened to burn her music if she didn't take her clothes off. "They didn't stop asking me, and then I just froze, and I just -- I don't even remember," the 35-year-old singer recalls, according to a report in usatoday.com.
Armaan Ralhan: Doing a film with Ranveer Singh gives my work more eyeballs
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"I didn't necessarily see it as a risk because as a new person I am not coming in with any kind of hype. The audience will not come and watch a film just because I am in it, because I have not earned their trust yet. So, as far as I am concerned, doing a film with people like Ranveer Singh -- or Jaideep Ahlawat and Fatima Sana Shaikh -- gives my work more eyeballs,"
Gurmeet Choudhary: Fans have played important role in my mission against Covid
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"Currently, the situation in the nation is quite critical. I have been getting a lot of requests for oxygen cylinders, beds and vaccine. My team and I are trying our best to solve each problem and it is not an easy journey. For each request we take at least two to three hours to cater to the need," he told IANS.
Did hybrid release logic of 'Radhe' go awry?
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Zee has announced that the film saw 4.2 million views across its online and DTH platforms on day one, adding that the heavy traffic temporarily brought servers down on that day, according to a report in livemint.com. Thereafter an elaborate publicity drive by the makers has been flaunting that figure as a reason to rejoice.
Mischa Barton was bullied on The O.C. set
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"It's a bit complicated. It started pretty early on because it had a lot to do with them adding Rachel (Bilson) in last minute as, after the first season, a series regular and evening out everybody's pay -- and sort of general bullying from some of the men on set," Barton said, according to a report in femalefirst.co.uk.
Ronit Roy on Tauktae impact: I've never seen Goa so deserted
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Ronit shared a video on Instagram where he says: "Goa Goa Goa... I've been coming here for the past maybe 25-30 years or so. I've never seen Goa so deserted. It's like off season ka bhi off season ho gaya. After the cyclone, trees and poles have fell, there is no electricity or water supply since the last five days..."
Ashish Vidyarthi: 'OTT is a brilliant mix between cinema and television'
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The actor says he had ample freedom to add his nuances to his character in the show. "OTT is a very new thing for me. I think it is a brilliant mix between cinema and television. My work experience with the cast and crew of Sunflower was very fulfilling, as an actor I got a lot of freedom from my director, which helped me learn a lot in many different ways," he says.
Cher announces biopic on birthday
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The Army said the oxygen plant of Enn Dee Gases located at Rangreth with a capacity of filling 700 cylinders of oxygen per day was out of action for the last five years. "It was vital to make this plant serviceable to increase the oxygen production capacity in the valley," the army said.
Before 'The Family Man 2' we never were the sequel kind of people: Raj and DK
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"We have not been the 'sequel kind of people' until now. The Family Man season 2 is literally the first time that we are continuing something from where we stopped. We will have to get around to doing more sequels soon, I suppose," says Krishna DK, who prefers going by the name DK in the professional circuit, about co-helming the extension of a story on screen for the first time.
TV industry impacted by Tauktae; most outdoor sets destroyed
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"Mid-May is when we prepare for the monsoon and look at whatever work needs to be done on the set. This was due, and we were waiting for permission so that, with lockdown being lifted, we could start. But the cyclone struck and all the sets -- outdoors, exterior, indoor -- have been affected. Something or the other is damaged. Somewhere, trees have fallen on the exteriors," he says.
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