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Production suspended on ‘Lord of the Rings’ series in New Zealand

4:57 pm March 16, 2020

Los Angeles: Production of Amazon’s “Lord of the Ring” series in New Zealand has been suspended for two weeks as the country deals with the coronavirus pandemic. Production staff, reportedly numbering 800, have been told not to come from Monday after the country closed its borders on March 13 to contain the spread of the […]

Backing our strengths, not focused on Rahul: Arun Lal

9:06 pm February 28, 2020

Kolkata: Bengal are not intimidated by the presence of K L Rahul in the Karnataka line-up and coach Arun Lal on Friday said they would back their strengths in their Ranji Trophy semifinal. Fresh from his limited overs exploits in New Zealand where he bagged the Man-of-the-Series award in India’s 5-0 whitewash of the hosts […]

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Looking forward to Rahul’s quality on field: Nair

7:43 pm February 28, 2020

Kolkata: Karnataka skipper Karun Nair on Friday said K L Rahul’s inclusion is a big boost for his team and he will look to get valuable inputs from the India opener during their semifinal clash against Bengal beginning here on Saturday. Rahul has been in sparkling form in the limited overs series in New Zealand. […]

Bong Joon Ho wins best original screenplay for ‘Parasite’, ‘Jojo Rabbit’ gets adapted Oscar

10:39 am February 10, 2020

Los Angeles: In a first for South Korea, master-director Bong Joon Ho earned the Academy Award for best original screenplay for his genre-defying “Parasite”, while filmmaker Taika Waititi bagged the Oscar in the adapted screenplay category. A visibly happy Bong went up on the stage and initially managed to say “Thank you, great honour,” as […]

One day cricket in this calendar year is not as relevant as T20s and Tests: Kohli

9:58 pm February 8, 2020

Auckland: The high-flying Indians have been brought down by the Kiwis in the ODIs but an unperturbed Virat Kohli says this format is not much relevant this year, referring to the fast-approaching T20 World Cup and the engrossing fight for World Test championship. After the high of T20 series whitewash, the Indians lost the ODI […]