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A digital detox sounds like a wonderful idea to Mona Singh. While the actor has adopted the philosophy on screen in her Zee5 series, Thode Door Thode Paas — which revolves around a family going on a ‘digital fast’ — applying it off screen is a distant idea. If anything, she is advised the opposite. “My team tells me to be more active on social media. They drive me crazy, telling me, ‘This song is trending, make a reel on it,’” she laughs.   The pressure doesn’t work on Singh, who views social media as a great platform to connect with her fans. That said, she is clear that documenting every moment of her day is not her style. “I’m not an influencer. I’m an actor, and I will stick to [acting]. It feels great to connect with fans through social media. You also get to know which show is worki...

The lawyer representing Mike Smith, the actor who plays Bubbles in the Trailer Park Boys, says a sexual assault charge against his client “won’t be tried in the media.” “Well, what I’m going to say is, this is an allegation at this point. It hasn’t been proven. It’ll be tried in the court, it won’t be tried in the media,” said lawyer Stan MacDonald at Halifax Provincial Court.“In the meantime, we ask that the privacy of everyone involved be respected. So that’s all I want to say today. Thank you.”MacDonald appeared on Smith’s behalf Monday.Smith has been charged with sexual assault in connection to an alleged incident that court records say took place on Dec. 30, 2017. Court documents indicate Smith was charged by Halifax Regional Police on Oct. 2. Story continues below advertiseme...

The wait of millions of fans is over as Mukesh Khanna is finally back in his Shaktimaan avatar. The iconic character is set to be revived with an all-new 40-episode audio series named Shaktimaan Returns. Just like the classic original, it is backed by none other than the original creator and face of Shaktimaan, Mukesh Khanna.  Shaktimaan Returns In the latest audio series, Shaktimaan is on a mission that goes beyond battling evil. He faces an enemy unlike any before, and fights against humanity’s own greed and its reckless exploitation of nature. His nemesis, Mahatatva, who was once a guardian of balance, has now turned into a corrupted force determined to restore Earth’s harmony by any means necessary. Shaktimaan embarks on a quest to collect five mystical jewels to save the world and d...

It was a shipwreck so notorious, it inspired what many critics and listeners agree is one of the greatest songs of all time — a song that helped solidify its legend. Fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a brutal storm on Lake Superior while sailing from Superior, Wisc., to Detroit. The entire crew of 29 men died in the Canadian waters.A year later, the disaster was immortalized by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot when he released “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” which became an unlikely hit single in 1976 and remains popular to this day as both a totem of culture in Canada and the source of online memes.“There were about 6,000 commercial shipwrecks on the Great Lakes between 1825 and 1975. Everybody knows one, and it’s because of the song,...

India’s most-loved entertainment destination, today launched the highly awaited trailer for the third season of its critically acclaimed and widely loved Original series, The Family Man, at a vibrant fan and media event in Mumbai. The exhilarating, high-stakes spy action-thriller series created by the powerhouse duo Raj & DK under their banner D2R Films, marks the return of the iconic spy, Srikant Tiwari (Manoj Bajpayee), who now finds himself on the run along with his family from not only formidable new adversaries, Rukma (Jaideep Ahlawat) and Meera (Nimrat Kaur), but also from TASC, his own intelligence unit. With the tables turned and his life unravelling, the hunter has now become the hunted. The explosive trailer draws audiences into the dangerous world of spies and espionage, as ...

It’s the international competition that brings Euphoria to its audience and let its participants Rise Like a Phoenix, and there’s the possibility the Eurovision Song Contest could soon include Canada in its ranks. It wasn’t a big-ticket item, but the Liberal government’s 2025 budget included a line on the CBC that said it’s working with the public broadcaster to explore participation in the popular song contest.Eurovision has been around since 1956 and is organized annually by the European Broadcasting Union. It features acts from multiple countries in Europe, but also a few from abroad, such as Australia.The campy-style song contest has sometimes been called Europe’s version of the Super Bowl, with hundreds of millions of viewers globally.“We want Canadian culture on a global stage,” Prim...

A final judgment was entered in Justin Baldoni’s US$400-million defamation and extortion countersuit against It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds after Baldoni missed the deadline to file an amended complaint. On Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Liman signed an order stating that Baldoni, 41, and his production company Wayfarer Studios had let the deadline lapse after the court dismissed the case in June.Liman said he’d contacted all parties on Oct. 17 to let them know he’d be entering a final judgment to conclude the case.Lively, 38, was the only one to respond, asking the judge to finalize the dismissal and to keep her request for legal fees open, which the judge agreed to, according to People.Baldoni may still appeal the dismissal after the court dec...

One would have expected the atmosphere at the premiere of the final season of Stranger Things to be tense, given reports that Millie Bobby Brown had filed a harassment case against her on-screen father, David Harbour. However, contrary to expectations, the premiere was filled with joy and celebration as the cast and crew gathered for one last time. The star-studded event was held at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday night. Millie Bobby Brown was seen arriving on the red carpet with David Harbour, who has played her on-screen father for the past four seasons. On the red carpet, Millie told reporters that she shares a “really special bond” with David — leaving fans confused and wondering if the case was a publicity stunt. Brown reflects on her bond with Harbour Speaking to...

The list of nominations for the 2026 Grammy Awards has been revealed, and red-hot rapper Kendrick Lamar is leading the pack. Lamar is up for nine trophies at the February ceremony: record, song and album of the year — marking the third time he’s had simultaneous nominations in those big categories — as well as pop duo/group performance, melodic rap performance, rap song and rap album. He’s also nominated twice in the rap performance category.The Not Like Us rapper has 22 Grammy career wins and 66 nominations in total. His album GNX is his fifth consecutive studio album to be nominated for album of the year, something no other artist has ever done. If it wins, it will be his first win in the category. And it will be only the third rap album to win the top prize, following Outkast in 2004 fo...

The premiere date of long-awaited Season Two of the crime drama series The Night Manager has been announced.  Eight years after its explosive season one finale, the Emmy, Golden Globe, and BAFTA Award-winning global hit series, The Night Manager, returns. Tom Hiddleston reprises his Golden Globe-winning role as former British intelligence operative Jonathan Pine and also serves as an executive producer in the series. The new season, which was filmed in the UK, Spain, Colombia and France, follows Pine, now living as Alex Goodwin, on a perilous new journey as he races to expose a conspiracy designed to destabilize a nation. Based on the characters created by John le Carré, The Night Manager Season Two is created and executive produced by David Farr and directed in full by BAFTA winner Geor...