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Nearly two decades after the Nithari killings first came to light, the Supreme Court, on November 11, acquitted Surinder Koli in the final of the 13 cases against him. In its judgment, the SC noted the investigation lapses and failure to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Close on the heels of the judgment, Discovery+ dropped the documentary, Nithari: Truth, Lies & Murder.  Talking to mid-day, filmmaker Deepak Chaturvedi says the apex court’s verdict reinforces the concerns he had, as he re-examined the case that grabbed the nation’s attention in December 2006 when the bodies of 19 women and children were found near bungalow D5 of Sector 31 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. While the bungalow’s owner Moninder Singh Pandher and his house-help Koli were arrested in December 2006, the forme...

Hey now, hey now — this is what dreams are made of because Hilary Duff is officially heading to Las Vegas. Duff, 38, is set to take the stage in Las Vegas at the Voltaire at The Venetian Resort for a Valentine’s weekend residency for three nights, from Feb. 13 through Feb 15.“Hey girls … How bout Vegas? Head to @hilaryduff.hq to sign up for the pre-sale, which starts this Wednesday, December 3rd from 10am-2pm PT. I can’t wait to see you,” Duff wrote in her announcement on Instagram. Story continues below advertisement The three new dates will close out her Small Rooms, Big Nerves tour, which begins in January and marks her first set of concerts in more than a decade.The Mature singer’s tour will include a mix of throwback songs, including So Yesterday and Come...

Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen Aziz Ansari, and Keke Palmer starrer Good Fortune will now be available to rent in India from  December 1, 2025, making it good news for all comedy lovers.  Priced at Rs. 499, Lionsgate’s Good Fortune will debut on OTT across Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV and YouTube for Indian viewers. For the uninitiated, Good Fortune follows an unexpected chain of events that brings its lead characters together in a wildly entertaining journey filled with chaos, camaraderie and laugh-out-loud moments. The film traces the story of a struggling gig worker, Arj, played by Ansari, who has a disastrous encounter with an uber-wealthy tech executive, Jeff, played by Rogen. When an inept angel, Gabriel, played by Reeves, looking to earn his wings back, sets out to help, everything gets...

Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan has been arrested for the sixth time in five years after the actor violated his domestic violence probation. Bryan, 44, and his girlfriend, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, 32, were both taken into police custody in Eugene, Ore., on Nov. 29, according to jail records reviewed by Global News.The actor is currently being held without bail at Lane County Jail and is scheduled to be released on Dec. 3, jail records show.While Bryan was taken in for violating probation from a prior domestic violence conviction, Cartwright is facing multiple charges, including one count of driving under the influence, three counts of reckless endangering and one count of attempted first-degree assault.It’s just the latest in a string of legal troubles for the former child star, who...

It’s a year of firsts for Gulshan Devaiah. After making his Kannada film debut with Kantara: Chapter 1, the actor is now foraying into the Tamil industry with Legacy. The Netflix series unites him with R Madhavan. “I felt weak in the knees every time I saw him,” quips Devaiah, referring to the actor’s aged look in the crime drama. “He plays my father-in-law. There was something magnetic about that look. All the girls [on the set] were going gaga over him, and I said, ‘You have to go over my dead body. I’m getting to him first’,” he laughs. Even as Kantara: Chapter 1 has opened up opportunities for Devaiah, he doesn’t want to be impulsive in signing his next. “The challenge is to see where I put my next step. The offers will keep coming; they did earlier too — from Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, ...

The much-anticipated sequel, Stranger Things season 5, has dropped on Netflix, after a wait of around 3 years, and netizens can`t keep calm about it. The Duffer Brothers, the creators, aim to wrap up the sci-fi horror series that debuted in 2016 with an epic finale. As Volume 1 drops, the audience has shared their reaction on X (Twitter). While some have loved it, a section is upset with the ending. Let’s check out Stranger Things 5 X reviews One netizen wrote, "damn, the end of the second episode blew my mind, fuck what an awesome series StrangerThings5 (sic)." A netizen tweeted, "I am a MASSIVE #StrangerThings fan, I’ve been watching since the beginning of time, but these duffer brothers really fucked this show. It’s corny as hell with these grown ass kids and dialogue #StrangerThings...

The Family Man Season 3 was released on Prime Video on November 21. The popular spy thriller by Raj and DK traces the journey of TASC officer Srikant Tiwari (Manoj Bajpayee) as he balances his life as a secret agent and a common man. The series was released on the streaming platform in multiple languages. The Family Man creator on  Netizens have been having a field day with the dubbed versions of the show, originally shot in Hindi. A large portion of The Family Man 3 takes place in the North East, with Manoj Bajpayee, Priyamani, Sharib Hashmi, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Nimrat Kaur playing primary roles. Many users have been sharing amusing clips from the Tamil dubbed version. One such viral video features a heated phone call between Nimrat Kaur and Jaideep Ahlawat, where the dubbed dialogue u...

Kevin Spacey will face another legal battle in London next year over civil sexual assault allegations, three years after he was cleared of criminal charges. Three people are suing the 66-year-old actor in civil cases at London’s High Court linked to his time as artistic director of the Old Vic theatre, BBC News reports.The three men claim that the House of Cards actor assaulted them between 2000 and 2013. At a hearing on Wednesday, a judge suggested a provisional trial date of Oct. 12, 2026, but it remains undecided whether the allegations will be heard in one single trial or three consecutive trials.Spacey has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. He formally denied two of the claims and has yet to file a defence with the court in the third, according to the BBC. Story continues b...

Prime Video, India’s most-loved entertainment destination, celebrates the phenomenal success of the first season of its Unscripted Original, Two Much with Kajol and Twinkle. In its debut season the talk show emerged as a breakout hit, reaching over 93 percent of the pincodes in India and claiming the crown of Prime Video’s most-watched unscripted series. Hosted by Kajol and Twinkle Khanna and produced by Banijay Asia, the talk show featured some of the biggest Bollywood celebrities, including Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Varun Dhawan, Karan Johar, and more, during the regular season, and topped it with a special episode featuring cricket World Cup champions Jemimah Rodrigues and Shafali Verma.  Creators on show topping charts “The overwhe...

Perfect Family appealed to the mother in Neha Dhupia before it did to the actor in her. She plays a therapist in the Gulshan Devaiah and Girija Oak-led series about a family that seeks therapy after the youngest member, a child, suffers anxiety. “It wasn’t like I wanted to play a therapist. But when I started reading the script, I couldn’t put it down,” says Dhupia.  The series’ theme of parenting and mental health resonated with the actor, who is a mother to two kids, Mehr and Guriq. “When you have kids, you think everything you are doing is for them. So, you believe you can’t ever go wrong. But what is actually happening to the child? That’s such a huge conversation today. Mental health and AQI are the only two things mothers talk about.” Pankaj Tripathi If on screen, she helps a fami...