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In chronicling a list of the anticipated OTT offerings of 2025, several platforms aptly pointed to the Bobby Deol-fronted conman show, Aashram, which was lapped up by audiences upon its August 2020 release owing to its gritty narrative. Three seasons in, Prakash Jha’s directorial venture has amassed a loyal fan base that keeps track of the show’s forthcoming episodes. Evidently then, when news relating to another season hit headlines, it gave fans reason to rejoice. However, a source close to the production tells mid-day that the glimpses of the new content circulating online do not belong to the fourth season.  “What has been shot is part of season three itself. It took time to release these episodes because of the merger between [OTT platforms] MX Player and Amazon,” says the source, hi...

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have filed competing lawsuits, ramping up the bitter battle over their claims of what happened on the set of It Ends With Us. On Tuesday, Lively filed a lawsuit in New York against her co-star and the director of the film, alleging sexual harassment on the movie set and a co-ordinated effort to “destroy” her reputation in Hollywood.Meanwhile, Baldoni is suing the New York Times – the outlet that first reported on Lively’s initial complaint late last month – for libel, accusing the journalists who reported the story of working with Lively to tarnish his reputation and claiming they glossed over important evidence.The lawsuits are major developments in a story emerging from the surprise hit film that has already made major waves in Hollywood and led to discuss...

Starting the year on high note, Prime Video unveiled the teaser of the highly anticipated second season of the critically acclaimed series `Paatal Lok`. With excitement at its peak, fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of Inspector Hathi Ram Chaudhary. The teaser offers a thrilling glimpse into a new case that pushes Hathi Ram to his limits. With chaos lurking at every turn, will the underdog cop risk it all to uncover the truth, or will his relentless pursuit consume him completely? This time, the stakes for uncovering the truth are higher, the mysteries deeper, and the threats deadlier. The new season promises to raise the drama barometer to new heights, drawing viewers into an even darker, more immersive, and treacherous world. Into the world of Paatal Lok 2 The teaser features ...

Meghan Markle is kicking off the new year with a new Instagram account, returning to the social media platform after a five year absence, and racking up almost a million followers in the first day of her return. The account, given the simple handle @meghan, has two posts as of Thursday – her first post, a black and white video shared on New Year’s Day, shows the Duchess of Sussex, 43, running on a beach toward the ocean, before pausing to write “2025” in the sand with her finger. Story continues below advertisement People reports her husband, Prince Harry, shot the video.Eagle-eyed followers, however, spotted evidence that the video was likely filmed multiple times, which is relatable for anyone who’s attempted to capture content for the platform before. ...

The Royals For the first time, it’s not the story or the protagonists that’s making viewers excited for The Royals. Yesteryear actor Zeenat Aman will be making her return to the screen in the Pritish Nandy production, created by Rangita and Ishita Pritish Nandy. Since her exciting and, might we say, explosive debut on Instagram, Aman is all anyone has spoken about. The series, starring Ishaan Khatter and Bhumi Pednekar, directed by Priyanka Ghose and Nupur Asthana, is about what happens when an entitled Prince Charming locks horns with a startup whiz. It’s a new-age romance that sees two worlds clash, ambitions collide, and romance bloom.  Sakshi Tanwar, Nora Fatehi, Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Chunky Panday, Vihaan Samat, Kavya Trehan, Sumukhi Suresh, Udit Arora, Lisa Mishra, and Luke Ken...

Saying goodbye to people we love and respect is a part of life, and while it’s often to our loved ones, sometimes it’s to the people who touched our hearts and influenced our lives with their talent. In 2024, sadly, we lost many people with colossal talent; musicians who kept our toes tapping, actors who lit up the stage and screen, authors who wrote books we couldn’t put down and other high-profile personalities.Among them were Canadians Donald Sutherland and Alice Munro, stars of the screen Shannen Doherty, Dame Maggie Smith and James Earl Jones, and influential musicians Liam Payne and Quincy Jones.We’re taking the time to celebrate the legacy of this group of people by remembering some of the celebrities we lost in 2024.— Glynis Johns is shown on Sept. 11, 1982....

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Jolie and Pitt signed off on a default declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, saying they have entered into a written agreement on their marital and property rights. The settlement was first reported by People magazine.“More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt,” Jolie’s attorney, James Simon, said in a statement. “She and the children left all of the properties they had shared with Mr. Pitt, and since that time she has focused on finding peace and healing for their family. This is just one part of a long ongoing process that started eight years ago. Frankly, Ange...

Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Argentine judge confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, and ordered preventive prison for two of them for having supplied him with drugs. A judicial officer confirmed Monday the judge’s decision and said that one of the two people ordered to be put under preventive prison — a form of pre-trial detention — was an employee of the hotel in Buenos Aires where Payne stayed until he died after falling from the balcony of his room in October.The officer said the other person was a waiter Payne met in a restaurant. The officer, who requested not to be identified as a condition to talk about the ruling, sai...

Actor Manoj Bajpayee has concluded the shoot for `The Family Man 3`. Recently, Manoj took to Instagram and shared the update with his fans and followers. He posted a picture of the clapperboard with the caption, "Shooting wrapped!! For Family Man 3! Aur thoda intezar." More details regarding the new season have not been disclosed yet. A picture of Sharib Hashmi and Shreya Dhanwanthary with Manoj Bajpayee from the sets of Family Man 3 also recently surfaced online. "With our number 1 man," Shreya captioned the post. In September, the team of Family Man visited Nagaland for the shoot where they met with Nagaland`s Tourism and Higher Education Minister, Temjen Imna Along. In May, the makers officially announced the third season, updating fans that they have commenced the shoot. In the seri...

The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, was significantly damaged by a fire that erupted in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. The four-story building, which has been vacant more than a decade, burned for nearly two hours before more than 100 firefighters brought the flames under control, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The Morrison Hotel was featured on the cover of The Doors’ fifth album. Celebrated music photographer Henry Diltz made the image in 1969 and said years later that it took a little trickery to pull it off. FILE – Vehicles drive past the Morrison Hotel on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Ric Francis, File A hotel clerk told the band they we...