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Last October, the makers announced Mirzapur: The Film, making the popular crime drama the first Indian OTT series to be extended to a movie. Now, we’ve heard that the Gurmmeet Singh-directed movie as well as the fourth season of the Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Shweta Tripathi Sharma-starrer will be shot simultaneously from September 2025.  Shooting a film and a series together can be tricky. But sources tell us that the makers adopted the plan believing that it will not only ensure narrative continuity between the two formats, but also enable optimum utilisation of the combination dates. “Bulk dates have already been taken from the actors, including Divyenndu, Abhishek Banerjee, Rasika Dugal and Vijay Varma. The team has managed to align their dates. Since it doesn’t make sense to take...

Chris Brown has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. for $500 million, alleging their Investigation Discovery docuseries Chris Brown: A History of Violence features false sexual allegations against the 35-year-old singer. In a lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, Brown alleges that producers for the October 2024 docuseries included discredited claims of sexual assault. The suit accuses the producers behind the docuseries of libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress through defamatory claims made against him.The With You singer accused producers of basing the entire series on a Jane Doe lawsuit, which his suit claims was dismissed “because it was full of lies.” The suit also claims that the evidence used against Brown by “Jane Doe” was “discredited over and ove...

The second season of Paatal Lok has been receiving rave reviews from the audience. Created by Sudip Sharma, the web series starring Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, and Tillotama Shome was released on January 17. This time around, Jaideep’s character Hathi Ram Chaudhary travels to Nagaland to solve a murder mystery. While most of the cast this season hails from the North Eastern territory, the one that stands out is Prashant Tamang, who plays the role of the victim’s bodyguard and a deadly sniper.  Who is Prashant Tamang? Prashant Tamang plays the role of Daniel Lecho, a sniper who kills mercilessly while listening to music on the go. He has a pivotal part in one of the crucial moments of the show that changes the course of action. But doesn’t he look familiar? For those unversed, Prashant...

By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press Posted January 21, 2025 5:27 pm Updated January 21, 2025 5:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Netflix is raising its prices in Canada. The streaming giant says the monthly cost of its cheapest offering – the standard plan with ads – is going up by $2 to $7.99 per month.The standard plan without ads will increase by $2.50 per month to $18.99 while the premium plan jumps $3 per month to $23.99. ...

One of Prime Video’s most iconic series, Paatal Lok, has taken the world by storm with its critically acclaimed second season, delivering a gripping, intricately layered narrative, outstanding performances, and unexpected twists. Ever since its global premiere, fans and viewers have been buzzing with excitement, flooding social media with praise for the show. Among the many highlights of this season, a standout mention has been the introduction of SP Meghna Barua, a compelling new character brought to life by the talented actress Tillotama Shome. Reflecting on her noteworthy entry into a beloved franchise – one she admires personally – Tillotama shared, “I truly believe that it`s a matter of chance that I watched the show, fell in love with it, became a loyal fan, and then found myself as...

Rami Malek claims that he was once racially profiled by the Los Angeles Police Department. In a recent interview with The Guardian, the Oscar-winning actor recalled an encounter with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during which he was allegedly racially profiled and thrown onto a police car while authorities were trying to locate a robber.“I got thrown on the bonnet of an LAPD cop car because someone had robbed a liquor store and stolen a woman’s bag,” Malek shared. “They said the [thief] was of Latin descent and, ‘You fit the description.'”Malek, who is of Egyptian descent, recounted the alleged incident at the hands of the police and how his “clever” friend helped him out.“I remember how hot that engine was, they must have been racing over there and it was almost burning my hand...

When is the next season coming out? Creator Sudip Sharma often heard this question after the raging success of Paatal Lok in 2020. He admits it left him a tad frustrated. “Filmmaking is a long, tedious process. While we were editing the first season, we started working on the second. But it took a while to put everything in place,” he starts. It may have been a long wait of nearly five years, but it has been worth it. The second season of the Jaideep Ahlawat and Ishwak Singh-led crime thriller has opened to glowing reviews.  For that, much credit goes to Sharma. When Prime Video had approached him to make another instalment, he was certain about one thing—he’d set it in a world far removed from that of the first, which had Delhi-NCR as its backdrop. “I didn’t want to get bored of doing th...

President-elect Donald Trump danced alongside 1970s hitmakers Village People at a rally held in Washington the day before his inauguration. His well-known “Trump dance” began trending online almost immediately, carrying over into Monday morning, the day he’s set to become the 47th president of the United States.Trump brought the group on stage to close out his campaign-style “MAGA Victory Rally” at Capital One Arena on Sunday.He danced alongside the group, clapping his hands, pumping his fists and swaying to the to their classic hit Y.M.C.A., alongside members James Kwong, Javier Perez, James Lee, J.J. Lippold, Nicholas Manelick and Victor Willis.American disco group the Village People made a name for themselves in the late-70s for their chant-along dance-pop hits and their colourful on-st...

Luminate is the watcher of all music consumption in Canada and the U.S. and has just issued its year-end report for Canada after sorting through its 500 verified sources and analyzing more than 20 trillion (yes, trillion) data points. On average, 99,000 new songs are uploaded to streaming music platforms every day (down from an average of 103,500 in 2023), which works out to approximately one million per month. The current universe of available digital songs (and all streamers share the same catalogue) is 202 million, an increase of 18 million (about 10 per cent) from last year. Of that number just 8.2 per cent were provided by major labels, meaning that 92 per cent came from indie musicians.Think about that for a second. More than 200 million songs available to anyone with an internet con...

As “Indian Police Force” completes one year since its release, actress Shilpa Shetty recalled working in the series and said that she enjoyed the action needed to pull off those stunts and that it was worth the pain.  In Rohit Shetty’s thriller series `Indian Police Force`, the actress played the role of the first female police officer in the cop-verse as she played the role of ATS Chief Tara Shetty. "It`s been a year since `Indian Police Force` released, and it makes me realise that time flies by so fast. It feels like yesterday when I was training for my role. I remember the sheer pride to be playing the part of an ATS chief, Tara Shetty will always be special,” Shilpa said. “I enjoyed the action needed to pull off those stunts… Was worth the pain and sweat. It was an amazing experien...