ENTERTAINMENT

Legendary talent, mighty force: Hollywood remembers Christopher Plummer

2:33 pm February 6, 2021

Los Angeles: Hollywood celebrities, including the ”Knives Out” team of actor Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and filmmaker Rian Johnson, have paid tributes to veteran star Christopher Plummer who died on Friday. The award-winning actor, who played Captain von Trapp in the classic film ”The Sound of Music”, died Friday morning at his home in Connecticut with his wife, Elaine Taylor, by his side. In a career spanning five […]

Bollywood stars criticise colleagues’ near identical tweets on farmers protest

11:54 pm February 4, 2021

Mumbai: A clear divide between Bollywood celebrities was visible on Thursday as Taapsee Pannu, Swara Bhasker, Siddharth criticised similarly worded tweets by stars like Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn in response to pop star Rihanna‘s post drawing attention to the farmers’ agitation in India. While some from the industry were direct in their criticism, including Pannu, […]

Jenny Slate, Ben Shattuck become parents to baby girl

3:56 pm February 4, 2021

Los Angeles: Actor Jenny Slate has announced that she recently welcomed her first child with fiance Ben Shattuck. The 38-year-old actor shared the news during a virtual interview with Entertainment Tonight. ”Yeah, I’m not pregnant anymore. The baby came out!” Slate said when asked about her pregnancy. The actor also revealed that they have named their newborn daughter Ida […]

Kangana vs Diljit 2.0: stars engage in fresh Twitter spat over song on Rihanna

9:04 pm February 3, 2021

Mumbai: Actors Kangana Ranaut and Diljit Dosanjh were involved in another Twitter spat on Wednesday with the ”Queen” star criticising the singer-actor’s special song dedication to pop star Rihanna for her support to farmers’ protest, and the Punjabi artiste telling the actor to ”not bore him”. The pair was involved in an ugly fight on Twitter in December when Dosanjh had taken Ranaut to task for misidentifying an elderly woman protestor […]

Film industry marks landmark Monday with govt nod to 100 pc occupancy in halls

8:37 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: The big ticket movies were missing and ‘houseful’ signs still a dream but it was nonetheless a landmark Monday for the corona-battered film industry that welcomed the first day in 10 months of cinemas in several states opening their doors to 100 per cent occupancy. On Sunday, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash […]