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Kartik Aaryan attends his bodyguard's wedding, poses for pictures
Kartik took to Instagram and posted a couple of pictures posing with the newly-weds. He penned a note for his bodyguard. The actor chose to go in casuals as he was seen in a custard yellow shirt paired with denims. He wrote: "Congratulations Sachin aur Surekha. Happy Married life ahead." On the work front, Kartik, who made a special.
Balraj Sahni: The original face of neo-realism and a gifted story-teller
"I found Bimal Roy at his desk, writing something, when I entered his cabin. As he stopped writing and looked up, he appeared to be taken aback. He fixed me with a steady gaze and kept staring at me in silence... After a while, he turned to the people seated at the rear end of the cabin and said to them in Bengali: 'Is this the man you had in mind? What sort of a joke are you playing on me?'
Mila Kunis reportedly in talks for gender-flipped role in 'Fantastic Four' reboot
In a surprising twist, the 'Black Swan' actress is reportedly considered to play The Thing. Spilling the beans was a movie insider who goes under the name @MyTimeToShineH on Twitter. The insider, who has been credited with getting scoops before trade publications, tweeted on April 28: "They are looking at Jewish actors, both male AND female for The Thing in Fantastic Four. Mila Kunis is one of them."
Padma Lakshmi claps back at body-shamers: 'Be more grown-up'
While attending the Time 100 Gala, the 'Top Chef' star blasted trolls who criticize her anatomy while she's cooking up a storm in kitchen tutorial videos, reports aceshowbiz.com."I have boobs, I have nipples!" Padma, who looked stunning in a flowy dress featuring a high slit, told Page Six on Wednesday, April 26. "So does every woman and man on the planet."
Amy Winehouse's posthumous book to feature her never-before-seen journals
Fans of the 'Back to Black' singer, who died aged 27 in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, are going to get a deeper understanding of her life as "In Her Words" will feature Amy's never-before-seen journals, handwritten lyrics, and family photographs, reports aceshowbiz.com."Coming this August, 'Amy Winehouse: In Her Words,'"an announcement on its release on Amy's Instagram account, now managed by her estate, said about the 288-page hardcover book, which will be published on August 29.
OTT to the rescue of the cinema business
People may have followed some web series on OTT, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic lock down and explored content from all over the world. That was because the supply of new films had halted. Still, feature films ruled the OTT platforms, mostly the old ones. Now that the world was coming closer, thanks to the Internet, people explored all the options available to them during the lockdown. But films remained the main attraction.
British-Indian Meera Syal to be awarded BAFTA TV fellowship
Syal, who starred in hit BBC comedies, 'Goodness Gracious Me' and 'The Kumars at No 42', will be honoured at the BAFTA Television Awards, which will take place on May 14 at the Royal Festival Hall. "I am thrilled and honoured to be the recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship. I am particularly delighted that this year's award is twinned.
Mark Wahlberg says his family is 'thriving' after he left Hollywood for Vegas
The 'Spenser Confidential' star, 51, uprooted his family from the celebrity hotspot and moved to Las Vegas, reports 'Mirror.co.uk'. But he has said it has left his family "thriving" as he praised his new surroundings and refuses to look back. He first revealed his clan -- he has four children with his wife Rhea Durham --were leaving.
Ilaiyaraaja's one condition for 'The Sound of Music' songs in 'Music School'
Now, for the first time ever in Indian cinema history, three songs from 'The Sound of Music' will figure in the soon to be released Telugu-Hindi movie, 'Music School'. Music Maestro Ilaiyaraaja has wielded the baton for the movie, which features 11 songs in all. Of these, 'Do-Re-Mi', 'So Long Farewell' and 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen', are the three songs from the Hollywood musical drama, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, based on the true story of the von Trapp family.
IANS Review: 'Citadel': Techno thriller that promises more than it delivers!
Cast: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Stanley Tucci. Created by: Josh Appelbaum, Bryan Oh and David Weil. Cinematographers: Newton Thomas Sigel and Michael Wood. IANS Rating: ** . A good spy thriller has to have the two staple ingredients: a killer concept headed by a credible protagonist and an antagonist. That said, we are all assured that the cinematic value of espionage thrillers will never be lost.
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