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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...

Remember Fyre Festival, the disastrous failed music festival that completely fell apart in 2017 and descended into chaos in the Bahamas? Well, it’s getting a sequel and if you’re feeling adventurous, tickets are on sale now. Fyre Festival 2, also titled FYRE II, is taking place from May 30 through June 2 at Playa FYRE on Isla Mujeres, off the coast of Cancún, Mexico, according to a press release shared on Instagram Monday by Billy McFarland, the fraudster creator of the infamous failed Fyre Festival.The tickets went on sale Monday for Fyre Festival 2, nearly eight years after the original 2017 Fyre Festival that landed McFarland in prison for four years for defrauding about 80 festival investors.McFarland received a six-year sentence in 2018 and pleaded guilty to wire fraud and other crime...

Netflix is thrilled to announce its upcoming compelling mystery thriller set amidst the picturesque hills of Shimla, featuring an all-star cast including Parineeti Chopra, who makes her much-anticipated Netflix series debut. Produced by the acclaimed Siddharth P Malhotra, director of Maharaj and Sapna Malhotra of Alchemy Productions, and written and directed by the visionary writer Rensil D`Silva of Rang De Basanti and Ungli fame, the currently untitled series promises a gripping blend of intrigue and suspense.  Star cast of the thriller This outstanding ensemble is one for the books, from Parineeti Chopra, fresh from the success of Chamkila stepping into another commanding role, solidifying her status as a versatile actress, to the talented Tahir Raj Bhasin, joining her after the succes...

Late last week, Euphoria star Hunter Schafer revealed that her renewed passport has been issued with a male gender marker. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 20 requiring the federal government to define sex as only male or female and saying that must be reflected on official documents, like passports. The State Department, responsible for passports, is no longer issuing passports with the “X” marker that had been available since 2021 and is not honouring requests to change gender markers between “M” and “F.”Schafer, who came out as transgender in Grade 9 as a young teen, said her new United States passport lists her gender as male now and shared the details in an eight-and-a-half-minute video posted to TikTok on Saturday.“I’m sure most of us remember on I think ...

Earlier this month, Netflix India announced Mandala Murders, led by Vaani Kapoor, as part of its 2025 slate. While the murder mystery’s principal photography had been wrapped up early last year, we have now heard that director Gopi Puthran and his unit have gone back to the set to film some portions. The team has been apparently shooting since last week in different parts of the city, including Madh Island, adding as well as reimagining certain sequences as per the editing team’s suggestions. A source close to the production reveals, “The Yash Raj series, which sees Vaani’s character investigating a series of murders, has been a massive undertaking with its action-heavy sequences and layered storytelling. When the show reached the edit table this year, the makers and the editing team felt...

Elon Musk’s ex Grimes has made a public plea to the billionaire, urging him to respond to her about a “medical crisis” involving one of their children. In a series of now-deleted posts on X on Thursday, Grimes, Musk’s ex-girlfriend with whom he shares three children, wrote, “Plz respond about our child’s medical crisis. I am sorry to do this publicly but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation. This requires immediate attention.”“If you don’t want to talk to me can you please designate or hire someone who can so that we can move forward on solving this,” she added. “This is urgent, Elon.” A screenshot of Grimes’ post on X. @Grimezsz / X Grimes, whose legal name is Claire Boucher, did not elaborate on what...

In 1999, the recorded music industry was swimming, drowning in money. CDs had been on an upward trajectory for more than 15 years, reaching sales of 2.4 billion globally and one billion units in the U.S. alone in 2000. Despite the massive scale of the CD industry and plants running flat out around the world, the promised decline in prices never came. In fact, the industry was caught in a price-fixing scheme that inflated the cost of CDs between 1995 and 2000 with a marketing plan called “minimum advertised pricing.” It’s estimated customers were overcharged US$500 million and up to US$5 per album. (The case was settled with a fine and a promise to give US$75 million to public and non-profit groups.)At the same time, labels moved to eliminate the more affordable CD single. “Want just that o...