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Authorities have charged the man who rushed at Ariana Grande while she walked the yellow brick road carpet at the Singapore premiere of her new movie Wicked: For Good on Thursday. On Friday, the Australian man, named Johnson Wen, was charged with being a public nuisance by a Singapore court.Wen, 26, pleaded guilty to the charge on Monday and was sentenced to nine days in jail.Wen told the court that he arrived in Singapore on Nov. 11 on a 90-day social visit pass to attend the premiere and for a holiday, the Straits Times reports.In the now-viral video from the Wicked: For Good premiere, Wen jumped over a barricade as Grande was signing autographs while walking along the carpet at Universal Studios Singapore, alongside co-stars Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh and Jeff Goldblum. Story ...

 ZEE5 is all set to take audiences into a world where truth hides in plain sight, and every clue leads deeper into chaos, with the launch of Tamil original series Regai (fingerprint), a gripping seven-episode crime thriller premiering November 28. While the series draws its core concept from the universe crafted by celebrated crime writer Rajesh Kumar, ‘Regai’ is an originally created, written and directed by Dhinakaran M, who brings a fresh intensity and psychological depth to the narrative. Plot of Regai At the heart of Regai lies a chilling question: How do you solve a crime when the victims have already been declared dead? What begins as a routine chase by S.I. Vetri (Balahasan) and constable Santhiya (Pavitra Janani) spirals into a disturbing investigation. An ice-cart vendor dies ...

Former That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson is blaming his trial lawyer for his 2023 rape convictions and accusing his defence team of “failure of due diligence.” Masterson, currently serving 30 years to life in prison for raping two women, filed a petition for habeas corpus — a legal action challenging the lawfulness of his imprisonment — on Monday, which blamed his trial lawyer, Philip Cohen, for failing to call any witnesses and for not pushing back on prosecutors’ claims about Scientology, Variety reports.Masterson, 49, “implored (Cohen) to present at least a minimal modicum of defense evidence, but counsel refused,” according to the filing.“Cohen had a longstanding aversion to presenting affirmative defense evidence in the cases he tried,” the filing said.“He personally spoke to only ...

Saanand Verma, who plays Saxena Ji in the iconic television series Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain, has claimed that Gulshan Grover aggressively slapped him while filming the web series First Copy, which stars Munawar Faruqui. He went on to say that the slap was not an `acting wala thappad.` Despite his anger, Saanand preferred not to communicate with anyone, choosing to avoid negativity. He referred to Grover as `self-obsessed` man. Saanand Verma makes a shocking revelation While talking to Siddharth Kannan, Saanand said, "Gulshan Grover actually slapped me tightly in First Copy, for real. From the inside, I felt like slitting that man’s throat, but I didn’t say anything. I haven’t said anything till date, I’m revealing this for the first time here. He did it intentionally; that wasn’t acting."...

Jelly Roll is getting ready to debut a new look. The Save Me singer, 40, has been very open about his weight loss after losing more than 200 pounds over the last two years and decided that he was ready to get rid of his facial hair for the first time in about a decade.“I’ve been with my husband for going on 10 years now. I have never seen this man without his facial hair,” Jelly Roll’s wife Bunnie Xo, 45, said in a video shared to Instagram. “And you guys know, as women we get catfished because we don’t know what the hell’s under there.”Bunnie said her husband was going to “shave off his beard completely” because “now that he’s also skinny, look at that freaking jaw line.”“We wanna see that jaw-line, right, ladies?” Bunnie added. Story continues below advertisement ...

Sometimes, a character doesn’t leave an actor long after the film is over, living inside them as a cause. For Vidya Balan, Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh (2016) would be one such movie. Since leading the thriller that depicted her as a survivor of child sexual abuse, the actor has been involved with the non-profit organisation Arpan to raise awareness about the issue and the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act. This year, she leads its campaign, POCSO Pakad Lega. “Arpan instituted the Child Safety Week in 2019. Slowly, this initiative has been growing in terms of visibility. When they approached me to lend my voice to the campaign this year, I was more than happy. It was another step forward in the right direction,” Balan tells mid-day. Vidya Balan played a survivor of c...

I’ve been following Toronto’s Danko Jones and his band — the hardest-working power trio in Canada —since they first appeared in 1996. While his group has found considerable success outside of Canada, it’s been a long, hard road. But that’s what it takes if you wanna rock’n’roll. I spoke to Jones just ahead of the band’s 12th album, Leo Rising, which will be out on Friday, Nov. 21. Alan Cross: How many years have you been doing this?Danko Jones: Twenty-nine.AC: Did you ever expect that this would become your life’s work?DJ: No. When we started this band, it was only on the heels of finishing our last local band’s record for me and JC (bass player John Calabrese) and we had no expectations past maybe putting out a cassette demo or a seven-inch. We just kept going. We kind of painted ourselve...

Actor Mona Singh has revealed that she and Bobby Deol were the only cast members who knew the twist ending of The Ba***ds of Bollywood, guarding the secret for two whole years. The Netflix series, released on September 18, dives into the glitter and grit of the Hindi film industry, but Mona says she “carried that weight” in total silence — and insists the payoff was “so worth it”. The finale drops a shocker: Lakshya’s character turns out to be the secret son of Bobby’s superstar character, which makes his on-screen love interest his half-sister. Mona says the reveal left her industry friends “in stitches”, adding that creator Aryan Khan pushed her creatively in the best possible way. Source link

James Van Der Beek is parting ways with some of his Dawson’s Creek memorabilia amid his cancer battle. The 48-year-old actor, who has been battling Stage 3 colorectal cancer, is selling several items from TV teen drama Dawson’s Creek and movie Varsity Blues in a partnership with auction website Propstore, where interested buyers can place their bids.“I’ve been storing these treasures for years, waiting for the right time to do something with them, and with all of the recent unexpected twists and turns life has presented recently, it’s clear that the time is now,” Van Der Beek told Propstore in a statement.“And while I have some nostalgia tugging at me as I part with these items, it feels good to be able to offer them through Propstore’s auction to share with those who have supported my wor...

The trailer for the upcoming show Dining with the Kapoors has been unveiled. It is a heartwarming journey with one of the most cherished Bollywood families, has finally arrived. On Saturday, Netflix dropped the warm, hilarious, and candid trailer of the show, offering a mix of nostalgia, laughter, dinner gossips, and reflections on Raj Kapoor`s rich cinematic legacy. Dining with the Kapoors trailer The trailer opens with glimpses of Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Karisma Kapoor and others arriving for the "grand lunch". As "India`s first family of Indian cinema" says, "It`s Raj Kapoor`s 100th birthday. He loved his birthdays. Those grand Bollywood parties that everybody spoke about, but it was just different." "Funny, loving, united. They`re very fond of eating. They...