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Sixer: Divyanshu Malhotra opens up about not being a cricket enthusiast
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Sixer: Divyanshu Malhotra opens up about not being a cricket enthusiast

Helming the second season of Sixer was an opportunity Divyanshu Malhotra was only too happy about. There was only one hitch. “It was about a topic that I didn’t know much of,” he says of the series that revolves around a group of local cricketers navigating interpersonal relationships and politics.  As he joined the MX Player drama led by actor and writer Shivankit Singh Parihar, Malhotra knew he had to dive deep into cricket. Only then would he be able to amp up the drama. He shares, “Shivankit and Harish [Peddinti, writer] had elevated the second season. These people breathed cricket, while I was a casual viewer. So, for the next few months, I kept watching matches and my wife was puzzled, saying, ‘You’ve never loved cricket so much. What’s happening?’” Divyanshu Malhotra Eventually, t...
Latin rap star Bad Bunny to play the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show – National
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Latin rap star Bad Bunny to play the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show – National

Bad Bunny will bring his Latin trap and reggaeton swagger to the NFL’s biggest stage next year: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show in Northern California. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Bad Bunny will lead the halftime festivities from Levi’s Stadium on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, California.The Puerto Rican superstar’s selection comes amid another career-defining run: He’s fresh off a historic Puerto Rico residency this month that drew more than half a million fans and is leading all nominees at the Latin Grammys in November. He has become one of the world’s most streamed artists with albums such as “Un Verano Sin Ti,” an all-Spanish-language LP.Bad Bunny will host “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 4. ...
Meet Kanchan Khilare: Actress who played Ghafoor`s daughter
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Meet Kanchan Khilare: Actress who played Ghafoor`s daughter

One person whose face was never revealed on the Netflix show The Ba***ds of Bollywood was the actress who played Ghafoor`s daughter. Ghafoor, essayed by Arshad Warsi, played a pivotal role in moving the narrative forward. In the series, Ghafoor kidnaps leading man Aasman Singh (Lakshya) so that his daughter, a fan, can meet him and share her script. Yes, Ghafoor`s daughter is an aspiring filmmaker. Meet Ghafoor`s daughter Ghafoor`s daughter is always seen in a burqa, her face covered. While viewers never get to see the actress on screen, they do hear her voice. Now, it has been revealed that the role was played by Kanchan Khilare in Aryan Khan’s debut directorial. Amid the show’s success, Kanchan took to Instagram on Monday to share a video about her experience working on the project. S...
Home Run: Blue Jays’ season finale a ratings hit
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Home Run: Blue Jays’ season finale a ratings hit

By Gregory Strong The Canadian Press Posted September 30, 2025 10:24 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Blue Jays’ regular-season finale — a 13-4 rout that clinched the division title — was a ratings home run for domestic rights-holder Sportsnet. Toronto’s victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday averaged 2.36 million viewers on television and via streaming, Sportsnet said, making it the network’s most-watched Blue Jays regular-season broadcast ever.Alejandro Kirk homered twice as the Blue Jays secured the American League East crown for the first time since 2015. ...
Dolly Parton postpones Vegas residency for 1 year due to ‘health challenges’ – National
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Dolly Parton postpones Vegas residency for 1 year due to ‘health challenges’ – National

Dolly Parton has postponed her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years due to “health challenges.” The country music icon, 79, announced the news in a post on Instagram on Sept. 28, telling fans that she wanted them “to hear directly from me that, unfortunately, I will need to postpone my upcoming Las Vegas concerts.”“As many of you know, I’ve been dealing with some health challenges, and my doctors tell me that I must have a few procedures. As I joked with them, it must be time for my 100,000-mile check-up, although it’s not the usual trip to see my plastic surgeon!” she wrote.“In all seriousness, given this, I am not going to be able to rehearse and put together the show that I want you to see, and the show that you deserve to see. You pay good money to see me perform, and I want to be at ...
Priyanshu Painyuli teams up with Raj Chakraborty for romantic thriller
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Priyanshu Painyuli teams up with Raj Chakraborty for romantic thriller

A gripping crime story demands edge-of-the-seat twists, a solid cast, and an auteur to weave it all together. The upcoming yet-untitled romantic thriller seems to tick all those boxes. Set to stream on JioHotstar, the series marks the Hindi streaming debut of Bengali filmmaker and politician Raj Chakraborty, and stars Parambrata Chatterjee, Sumeet Vyas, Aditi Pohankar, and Priyanshu Painyuli in key roles. Raj Chakraborty and Priyanshu Painyuli The series, shot across Kolkata and Darjeeling, has wrapped filming and is now in post-production. “The series revolves around a relationship tested by betrayal and hidden motives, set against the shifting social and political undercurrents of Kolkata and the hills of Darjeeling. The team has shot several key sequences in Kolkata’s older neighbourh...
Is Alien: Earth 2 in the works? Adarsh Gourav drops major hint
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Is Alien: Earth 2 in the works? Adarsh Gourav drops major hint

The biggest sign of a show’s success is it being renewed for a second season. Rumours are rife that the creative team of Alien: Earth, the Ridley Scott-backed sci-fi series that premièred on August 12, has begun work on its second edition. Not just that, Adarsh Gourav, who plays Slightly in the show that explores humanity’s encounter with the xenomorph threat in 2120, is expected to reprise his role.    While Gourav is tight-lipped about whether the Noah Crawley-directed series’ next season has been greenlit, he is vocal about his enthusiasm to return to its world. The actor said, “The creators have built such a rich world that as an actor, it’s a privilege to contribute to a story of this scale. I would gladly return for as many future seasons as they’d like me to be part of. Projects li...
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome their 3rd child, a daughter – National
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Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome their 3rd child, a daughter – National

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are celebrating the arrival of their third child, daughter Rocki Irish Mayers. The Love on the Brain singer, 37, shared the news in a social media post Wednesday, featuring an image of herself holding her daughter swaddled in a pink blanket and another photo of pink boxing gloves.“Rocki Irish Mayers Sept 13 2025,” Rihanna captioned the post.“MY LIL LADIES,” Rocky, 36, commented on the post.Rocki Irish Mayers Sept 13 2025🎀 pic.twitter.com/ibHGXxegTN— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 24, 2025 Story continues below advertisement The couple announced their pregnancy during the Met Gala in May, where Rihanna appeared in a pinstripe look and a huge hat, her baby bump on display. Rocky, who served as a gala co-chair, told reporters, “It’s time that...
Jim Sarbh goes bald to play Xerxes Desai in Made in India
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Jim Sarbh goes bald to play Xerxes Desai in Made in India

Robbie Grewal has high praise for Naseeruddin Shah and Jim Sarbh. The reason? The actors leave little for the director to do on set. They come so well prepared that the filmmaker can sit back and let them interpret the story, get into character physically and mentally, and put their best foot forward. That is exactly what he did when he adapted Vinay Kamath’s book Titan: Inside India’s Most Successful Consumer Brand into a six-episode series, Made in India — A Titan Story. The series chronicles Titan’s journey from its establishment in 1984, when Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata, insulted by a Swiss watch company, hired Xerxes Desai to create a new watch brand made entirely in India. JRD Tata and Xerxes Desai “It’s a compelling story and a part of history, so we wanted to make it,” says Gr...
No simulcast deal for potential Jays’ clincher
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No simulcast deal for potential Jays’ clincher

TORONTO – Baseball fans in Canada should not expect a repeat of a deal that allowed Sportsnet to air a simulcast of Apple TV’s Friday Night Baseball broadcast that featured the Toronto Blue Jays last week. As a result of the agreement, the streamer was given the rights for this Friday’s game between the Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays. The matchup could be a potential division clincher for Toronto.“Apple has it exclusively,” a Sportsnet spokesperson said Thursday afternoon in an email.Sportsnet, the Canadian team’s domestic rights-holder, reached a deal with the Blue Jays, Apple TV and Major League Baseball ahead of last Friday’s game between Toronto and Kansas City.That matchup had the potential to be a playoff clincher for the Blue Jays. The Royals pounded Toronto 20-1 that night but the Bl...