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I try not to be judgmental, but I have a thing for correct nomenclature and proper pronunciations. I’ll let slide anyone who pronounces the “L” in “calm,” and I’ll give a little bit of slack to anyone who initially struggles with “quinoa.” But if you insist that “Uber” (as in “You’ve had too much to drink. Let me call you an Uber”) is pronounced “Yuber,” that’s when the red mist descends. I also get a little crazy when someone pronounces David Bowie’s last name like it’s the front of a boat. Despite being spelled “Gahan,” the name of the lead singer of Depeche Mode wants you to know that it’s “Dave GAHN.” And the guy out front of Queens of the Stone Age? Contrary to anything you’ve heard, it’s Josh HOMmy. (Trust me. I’ve talked to the man.)I get even more exorcised when someone insists on ...

Reality star Maheep Kapoor, who is known for ‘Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood’, has shared whom she got her camera-friendly genes from.  The recently released season of ‘Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood’ saw the debut of Maheep Kapoor’s parents apart from the three fiery socialites. As a portion of the season was shot in Delhi, the audience got a glimpse of Maheep’s family and the touch of warmth that this new entry gave. While Maheep was happy to have her parents share the screen with her, she was also a bit nervous as she was worried about her parents’ comfort on camera. She said, “We are used to having our lives in the limelight as that’s the industry which we are a part of, but for my parents, I wasn’t sure if they would feel comfortable in front of the camera. However, as it turns out, they...

Seema Sajdeh, Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana Panday and Neelam Kothari Soni weren’t exactly excited about including three outsiders in Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives, after fronting the past two seasons. Were they feeling territorial? Maybe, admits Sajdeh. “We were a little resistant because we four can be clan-ish. We’ve been friends for long. You are in your comfort zone when you reach your 40s-50s, and to let new people in your life is daunting. But as we hung out with each other more, I had a lot of fun,” says the fashion designer of her new co-stars, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Kalyani, and Shalini Passi. The third season sees a face-off between the Bollywood personalities and the Delhi socialites. Sajdeh enjoyed witnessing Sahni, daughter to Neetu Kapoor and the late Rishi Kapoor, making her ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A New Mexico judge has upheld her decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie. In a ruling Thursday, state District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer stood by her July decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin. She said prosecutors did not raise any factual or legal arguments that would justify reversing her decision.“Because the state’s amended motion raises arguments previously made, and arguments that the state elected not to raise earlier, the court does not find the amended motion well taken,” the judge wrote, adding that the request was also untimely.A s...

Despite delivering a hit with Nagesh Kukunoor’s City of Dreams (2019), Marathi actor Priya Bapat had to wait before the Hindi film industry recognised her potential. This year, however, she enjoys a string of releases—from Riteish Deshmukh-starrer Visfot and friendship drama Raat Jawaan Hai to the anthology on mental health, Zindaginama, on SonyLIV. Happy about the change in tide, Bapat says, “This is the first time since I started working in Hindi that I’ve had three massive releases.” The actor shares she has often rejected several projects while waiting for the right scripts.  “Even in Marathi cinema, I choose my work consciously. I’ve had to wait a lot for the right kind of projects and avoid getting typecast. After City of Dreams, I was offered many lesbian roles. But when makers bel...

As Taylor Swift prepares to close out her Eras Tour era in Canada, fans desperate to see the pop star perform live are vulnerable to scams. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has received 140 reports of fraudulent Swift tickets this year, most of which came from people who were scammed out of money. “Once you’ve sent money, it’s very difficult to get those funds back,” said Nancy Cahill, a communications officer with the centre, which is jointly operated by the RCMP, Ontario Provincial Police and Competition Bureau.For that reason, she said, prevention is the best protection. Here are some tips on how to spot a scam.At this point, it’s very easy to know which Taylor Swift ticket sales are scams: it’s all of them, at least if the ticket-holder is promising an instant transfer. Story con...

Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter, Shanaya Kapoor, was supposed to make her Bollywood debut in Karan Johar’s Bedhadak. The film was announced in 2022, but later got shelved. In the latest season of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, Shanaya’s mother, Maheep Kapoor, shared how her daughter was deeply affected when the project was canceled. Maheep Kapoor discusses Shanaya on Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives While talking to Karan Johar on the show, Maheep mentioned how shocked Shanaya was when Bedhadak didn’t happen. She also spoke about the growing distance between her and Seema Sajdeh, saying, “Shanaya’s film didn’t start. She was traumatized. You had to intervene.” Maheep also talked about how COVID-19 affected her, “I was going through my own madness in my head. I had exposed myself to my old...

Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series Tarzan, has died at age 86. Ely’s daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County.While Ron Ely was not quite as well-known as Johnny Weismuller, the Olympic swimmer who played Tarzan in movies in the 1930s and 1940s, Ely helped form the image of the shirtless, loincloth-wearing character further immortalized by Disney.“He was an actor, writer, coach, mentor, family man and leader,” Kirsten Ely said in an Instagram post. “He created a powerful wave of positive influence wherever he went. The impact he had on others is something that I have never witnessed in a...

An initial toxicology report for ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died last week after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, showed that he had cocaine in his system after his death, an Argentine official said. The final toxicology results are not expected to be made public for some weeks. But the preliminary toxicology report of the wildly famous boy band star, handed to local prosecutors on Monday, suggested evidence of exposure to cocaine, the official said, stressing that these initial results don’t offer an accurate reading of just how much was circulating in his blood when he died.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists. The preliminary report was widely reported in local media on Monday.Argentina’s pu...

Art collector Shalini Passi, who can be seen on the recently released streaming show ‘Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives’, equated Kapil Sharma’s streaming sketch comedy show ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ with the agriculture show ‘Krishi Darshan’. The makers of the ‘The Great Indian Kapil Show’ shared a Reel on Instagram in which Shalini can be seen telling Kapil, “When I saw your show for the first time, memories of my grandparents washed over me because I used to watch ‘Krishi Darshan’ with them”. At this point, Kapil interjected, and said, “You feel our show is similar to that show?”. Shalini replied by saying, “It just reminded me of my grandparents”. Kapil’s show also stars Sunil Grover, Krushna Abhishek, Kiku Sharda, Rajiv Thakur and Archana Puran Singh. Season 2 promises to cele...