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Those who have seen Dabba Cartel’s trailer will agree it’s a perfect addition to Shabana Azmi’s filmography that is built on powerful roles. The actor, however, good-naturedly jokes that she had no option but to say yes to the upcoming crime drama. “My daughter-in-law [Shibani Akhtar] has written it and my son [Farhan Akhtar] is producing it. Would I dare say no?” she laughs.  Set in Mumbai, the Netflix series revolves around five homemakers, who run a drug ring. Azmi’s Sheelaben is their leader of sorts. She says, “Jokes apart, I could see that Sheelaben had layers, which are attractive for an actor to unravel. She is an ordinary person leading a nondescript life, but then circumstances make her come back to a life she had given up 30 years ago. She has tasted blood, and starts enjoying ...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size With anticipated tariffs dominating the conversation, on Saturday, March 1, Corus’s FM stations will show their solidarity and support of the country by celebrating all things Canadian, playing the best of Canada’s musical talent across various genres. “With all the comments about Canada ‘not being a real country’ and we’d ‘cease to exist’ if it weren’t for the United States, here’s a chance to show our strength, support, and unique cultural identity through music. With our deep, deep bench strength when it comes to music, we could fill a week with nothing but great Canadian music,” said Alan Cross, host of Ongoing History of New Music. Get daily National new...

An investigation is underway into the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, after they were found dead in different rooms of their Santa Fe home, authorities said Thursday. Hackman, 95, was found dead Wednesday in the entryway and Arakawa, 63, was found dead in a bathroom next to a space heater, according to a search warrant affidavit from Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office detectives. Police said they found the body of a German shepherd in the bathroom closet. Two other dogs were found alive on the property.Sheriff Adam Mendoza said on Friday that it appeared “just based on their body and other evidence on the body, it appears several days, possibly even a up to a couple weeks” had passed before their bodies were found.The New Mexico Gas Co. tested gas lines at the...

It takes a keen eye to imagine an actor, who is out of circulation, in the role of a conniving godman. But when casting director Shruti Mahajan read the script of Aashram’s opening season in 2019, she instinctively knew that Bobby Deol, who at the time was beginning his second innings in Bollywood, would be the perfect fit. As the crime drama’s third season drops online, the casting director remembers that roping in Deol was a gamble. Shruti Mahajan She recalls, “Prakash-ji [Jha, director] wanted someone completely unexpected for Baba Nirala. Bobby Deol’s casting was a bold, make-or-break decision. It could have been a masterstroke or a complete misfire. The role demanded an authoritative presence and a hidden vulnerability, and Bobby had the perfect mix. His hunger for a strong comeback...

Katy Perry is ready to “shoot across the sky” like a firework and blast off into space on a Blue Origin rocket. The E.T. singer will join journalist Gayle King and billionaire Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, on the New Shepard rocket, a 59-foot tall (18-metre) suborbital spacecraft, marking the first all-female flight crew to head to space in more than six decades.They are set to head to the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, 100 kilometres above sea level, the Bezos-owned Blue Origin said in a statement on Feb. 27.Perry and her crew, including NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn, will experience a few minutes of microgravity before returning to Earth via parachute-assisted landing in ...

Actress Aditi Rao Hydari posted a fun video today teasing a glimpse into a new project that she is part of, alongwith actors Avinash Tiwary and Arjun Rampal. The video showed the actors turn up for a table read of the new project helmed by Imtiaz Ali. Fans are all excited to know more about the new project, that has been named O Saathi Re.  O Saathi Re to star Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary & Arjun Rampal Following the success of Amar Singh Chamkila, Netflix and filmmaker Imtiaz Ali have reunited for a captivating exploration of contemporary human emotions with O Saathi Re. Produced by Window Seat Films and Reliance Entertainment, the series furthers Netflix`s creative collaboration with Imtiaz and is brought to life by a talented cast - Aditi Rao Hydari, Avinash Tiwary and Arjun R...

Michelle Trachtenberg, known for her roles on TV series Gossip Girl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died at age 39. Police sources, speaking to the New York Post who first reported the tragic news, as well as ABC News, said Trachtenberg’s death is not being treated as suspicious.Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. on Wednesday at a luxury residential tower in the Hell’s Kitchen neighbourhood where “officers observed a 39-year-old female unconscious and unresponsive,” according to an NYPD statement.Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. No foul play was suspected and the New York Medical Examiner is investigating the cause of death, police said.A cause of death was not immediately known. Representatives for Trachtenberg did not respond to a request for comment from T...

Even before the opening season of Suzhal: The Vortex was shot, creator duo Pushkar-Gayatri had begun writing its second instalment in 2020. But after the Tamil crime thriller premièred to glowing reviews on Prime Video in 2022, the creators started from scratch again. Their intention was simple—to give the audience a bigger story. “That was a different story, set against a different festival. But when we received love for the first season, we felt we needed to give the audience something more. We went back to the drawing board and re-wrote a lot. This looks bigger and better than season one,” smiles Gayatri. Gayatri and Pushkar Like the first edition, the upcoming season too is set against a festival—this time, it’s the Ashtakaali festival. Why do festivals play a crucial role in the Kat...

Grimes is pleading with the public to keep her children out of the media after her four-year-old son, X AE A-XII, visited the White House with his father Elon Musk during a televised press conference in the Oval Office. Following Musk’s surprise appearance, Grimes, the billionaire’s ex-girlfriend with whom he shares three children, claimed she had no clue her son was going to be there and took to X to criticize the move.“It was like, ‘Grimes slams,’ ‘Grimes speaks out.’ It’s like, OK, it was a reply,” Grimes said in an interview with Time, published Feb. 25. “I would really like people to stop posting images of my kid everywhere.”“I think fame is something you should consent to. Obviously, things will just be what they are. But I would really, really appreciate that. I can only ask, so I’m...

Critically acclaimed filmmaker Prakash Jha opened up on casting actress Aaditi Pohankar for the role of `Pammi` in `Ek Badnaam Aashram Season 3--Part 2`. The next part of Aashram is finally on its way, with Bobby Deol reprising his role as Baba Nirala and Aditi as Pammi in `Ek Badnaam Aashram Season 3 - Part 2.` It is directed by Prakash Jha. In a conversation with ANI, Jha revealed that he wasn`t too sure about Aditi when she auditioned for the role of Pammi in the film as it required a muscular build contrary to the actress`s physique during that time. The director said, "For Aditi`s casting, I wasn`t fully sure. I saw something in her but wasn`t sure how she would do the role. On the first day of the shoot, we had a problem. She was too thin for the role of a wrestler. But she said th...