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As with Shakun Batra, director Kiran Rao made her first short film, in her early 20s, at film school (Jamia, in Delhi) that, she recalls, was about a 31-year-old’s birthday gone south, because of a husband, who doesn’t care. Her short film debut in Netflix’s Lust Stories 3 — as with most shorts — would be hard to describe, without a spoiler, though.  Suffice it to state that it’s a play on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, but rather serious. Shakun’s, on the other hand, with Ali Fazal, Radhikka Madan, felt to me as a running narrative on the addictive nature of ‘break-up sex’. Shakun disagrees, but adds, that could make for a fine elevator pitch!  Source link

Sylvester Stallone is sharing details about U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to appoint him as a Hollywood “special ambassador.” In January 2025, Trump announced his plans to make Hollywood “stronger than ever before” and named stars Stallone, Mel Gibson and Jon Voight “special ambassadors.”The Rocky actor said that he didn’t exactly sign up for the role of “special ambassador.” 4:53 Sylvester Stallone stars as mob-boss in new series ‘Tulsa King’ “Well, it just happened,” the 80-year-old actor said in a recent interview with The Sunday Times. “I was watching TV one night and they go, ‘So Stallone and Mel Gibson and Jon Voight will be…’ And I ...

Taylor Frankie Paul revealed that she has no “desire to move forward” with reality series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives on Monday. In a post on Instagram, Paul wrote that her “gratitude goes out to all the networks that supported me throughout this and gave me the chance to return,” following her legal battles with her ex-boyfriend Dakota Mortensen and her ex-husband Tate Paul.“However I don’t desire to move forward like this. I originally was willing to be removed to let them all continue on with less stress and I’m back to that point,” Paul said of her Secret Lives of Mormon Wives castmates. 0:57 ‘The Bachelorette’ Season 22 cancelled amid Taylor Frankie Paul controversy ...

Actress Soni Razdan, who is gearing up for the release of her upcoming streaming show ‘Shaque: Trust No One’, has spoken up on her relationship with the art of silence as an actor. The actress spoke with IANS along with Tahir Raj Bhasin and Parineeti Chopra during the promotions of the series in the BKC area of Mumbai. She told IANS, “I actually feel I would like to use silences a lot more. I feel sometimes as actors, we are frightened of silences because we are given lines and our job is to say those lines. As an actor, I'm learning that finding the spaces between those lines is now becoming interesting for me. I'm discovering that as an actor, those layers because we're allowed to be with it. Earlier we were not allowed”. She further mentioned, “We had to do huge chunks of dialogue to...

Chad Gilbert, the founding member and lead guitarist of pop-punk band New Found Glory, has died at the age of 45. New Found Glory and Gilbert’s wife Lisa Cimorelli confirmed his death in a joint statement on social media, writing, “On the morning of September 20th, Chad Everett Gilbert passed away peacefully in his sleep.”“He left this world surrounded by friends and family and took his final breaths with his wife and mother by his side, just as he wished. We are devastated and shocked by how quickly he left us, yet so grateful for how peacefully and smoothly he went,” the statement continued.“The amount of visitors that crowded the hospital lobby at a moment’s notice is a testament to how beloved and cherished Chad was, and always will be.” Story continues below advertisement ...

Actor Rohit Saraf, who essays the role of freedom fighter Sachindra Nath Sanyal in ‘The Revolutionaries’, has shared that earlier he used to feel all motivational quotes about fitness and lifestyle were of no use. That was the case until he worked on the show. Source link

There’s an entire corner of the internet where song sleuths spend hours trying to identify songs of unknown origin. Among these quests was the track dubbed “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet,” which, after years of fruitless searching, was identified as Subways of Your Mind by a German band called Fex. A forty-year riddle had been cracked. The song, a mostly unremarkable example of European synth-pop, became famous only because of its obscurity. In the digital age with lyric searches, Shazam, and other online tools, how was it possible for a song to be truly unknown, especially if so many people were looking for it? Once the chase was on, a lot of prestige rode on whoever won.For their part, Fex had no idea that their 80s track had become the Holy Grail of “lostwave,” those orphane...

Gautam Gulati is all set to enter Rise & Fall Season 2, bringing his trademark confidence and never-give-up attitude to the Rulers vs Workers showdown. In his reveal video, the actor reflected on his journey, spoke about rising after every fall and made it clear that he is ready to turn the Tower into his own Gautam City. Gautam Gulati in Rise and Fall 2 In his reveal video, Gautam makes it clear that a ruler may fall, but ruling never leaves you, reflecting on how every fall has only made getting back up more familiar. In his own words, “Just like a lion never forgets how to hunt, a ruler never forgets how to rule. And if I slip from that ruler’s throne, falling doesn’t hurt me anymore, because I’ve grown accustomed to falling and rising again.” He also looks back at a journey where h...

Pop star Zara Larsson is the latest artist to condemn the White House for using her music in a social media video to promote deportation. The White House shared a TikTok video on Wednesday, showing footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting and deporting people while Larsson’s Midnight Sun plays in the background with the caption, “Never ending deportations.” @whitehouse Never ending deportations… ✨ ♬ original sound – The White House On Thursday, Larsson shared a response by stitching the White House’s video and said, “Like, I don’t even know what to say. I saw some comments. I got tagged in this obviously, and some people were like, ‘She’s going to be pissed.’ You know what? I’m just sad. I’m just really sad. That really makes me sad to see that, genuinely. My h...

The countdown to Rise and Fall Season 2 is getting more dramatic, with the reality show steadily expanding its eclectic line-up. After announcing Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Karan Patel, Swara Bhasker and Shehzad Poonawalla, the makers have now revealed Sara Gurpal, Kajal Raghwani, Niharika Tiwari, Kaira and Tej Pratap Yadav as the latest entrants. Hosted by Virender Sehwag, the second season revolves around a power struggle between Rulers and Workers. The Rulers enjoy the privileges of the Penthouse, while the Workers live in the Basement. Power can shift through challenges, strategy, alliances, betrayals and votes, allowing those at the top to fall and those below to rise. Source link