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13 Apr

Afshan Azad who played Padma Patil in the Harry Potter films, announces pregnancy.

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Actor Afshan Azad of Harry Potter fame is expecting her first child with husband Nabil Kazi. The British star shared the news on her official Instagram handle on Monday along with clicks from her pregnancy shoot. The actor, who played the character of Padma Patil in the franchise, is due in July this year. Calling her soon-to-arrive child, ‘Baby Kazi’, Afshan is seen cradling her baby bump as Nabil holds her lovingly. Her caption reads, “The secrets out everyone – I’m going to be a mummy!!! 😭🥰 Thanking Allah SWT for gifting us our biggest blessing yet. Baby Kazi due…

13 Apr

Hank Azaria, who played Apu in The Simpsons, says he needs to ‘personally apologise to every Indian’

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American actor Hank Azaria says his character of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon on the popular sitcom The Simpsons is “practically a slur” right now, and the Hollywood star feels apologetic for endorsing racial stereotypes through the role. The long-running animated sitcom had Azaria lending voice to the Indian character, which has drawn criticism over the last few years owing to its racially stereotypical behavior, combined with the fact that it was voiced by a Caucasian actor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Azaria, who quit the show last year saying he didn’t feel right playing the part, discussed on a recent podcast with actor…

12 Apr

Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson says if he ever gets elected as a president of the US, ‘it’d be his honor’

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In an Instagram post, the Dwayne Johnson shared an article featuring the quote: "At least 46 percent of Americans would support a presidential run from Dwayne The Rock Johnson." Johnson says if he ever gets elected as a president of the US it would be an honour for him to serve the people of the country. Johnson’s comments come in response to a poll suggesting that almost half of the Americans would be keen to see him launch a presidential bid. In a post to Instagram, the WWE wrestler-turned-actor shared an article featuring the quote: “At least 46 percent of…

10 Apr

The sequel to the 1986 hit Top Gun will star Tom Cruise, but is now delayed again to November

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Paramount Pictures has pushed the release of Tom Cruise movie Top Gun: Maverick to November from July, the studio said on Friday, a move that deprives theaters of what was expected to be one of the biggest releases of the summer blockbuster season. The sequel to the 1986 hit Top Gun will now debut in theaters on November 19, the day Paramount had planned to release Cruise’s seventh Mission: Impossible movie. That film was moved to May 2022, according to Paramount, a unit of ViacomCBS Inc. Movie theater operators including AMC Entertainment, Cineworld Group Plc and Cinemark Holdings Inc hope…

10 Apr

Rapper DMX passed on Friday in White Plains, New York: Priyanka Chopra, Chris Rock and others pay tribute.

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Hollywood stars Priyanka Chopra, TI, Viola Davis, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tyrese on Saturday said no words could heal the music industry after the untimely demise of popular rapper DMX, who was responsible for introducing hip-hop to an entire generation. DMX passed on Friday in White Plains, New York following a “catastrophic cardiac arrest”, as described by his family. He was 50. The family announced his death in a statement. He had been on life support at White Plains Hospital since April 2, when he suffered a heart attack. Priyanka Chopra took to Twitter to pay her tribute to the rapper,…

09 Apr

Priyanka Chopra, Tom Hiddleston and others to present awards at BAFTA 2021, which will be conducted virtually

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Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is set to rub shoulders with Hollywood biggies like Hugh Grant, Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Asim Chaudhry, Cynthia Erivo, Anna Kendrick, James McAvoy, David Oyelowo, Sophie Cookson, Phoebe Dynevor, Richard Grant, Felicity Jones, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Pedro Pascal and Jonathan Pryce as a presenter at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Film Awards 2021. Stars like Rose Byrne, Andra Day, Anna Kendrick and Renée Zellweger will join the aforementioned from Los Angeles. The official Twitter handle of BAFTA revealed the names on Thursday. Along with a collage of pictures of the presenters, it tweeted, “We’re thrilled…

09 Apr

Dwayne Johnson shared a photo of himself and reveals that Black Adam begins filming this week.

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Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson has revealed that the filming for his upcoming DC movie Black Adam kicks off this week. He said he is “Black Adam ready”. On Instagram, Johnson, who stars as the titular anti-hero, shared a photo of himself post-workout. He wrote in the caption, “Black Adam ready⚡️⛓ It’s always the work we quietly put in when no one is watching that changes the game. Grateful for the grind. (and the face of my Warrior Spirit always watching my back 🙏🏾💪🏾) #BlackAdam⚡️ #DCUniverse #ChangeTheGame. Production kicks off this week.” Johnson’s Black Adam was previously supposed to appear in Shazam!…

08 Apr

Director Joss Whedon allegedly threatened Gal Gadot on Justice League set

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Director Joss Whedon reportedly threatened Gal Gadot's career while conducting reshoots on 2017's superhero team-up film, Justice League. The Wonder Woman actor took the matter to the top, and said that it was addressed there and then. Whedon has been accused of 'abusive' behaviour on the sets of the film, by actor Ray Fisher, who appeared as Cyborg. His co-star Jason Momoa, who played Aquaman in the film, seemingly corroborated Fisher's claims in an Instagram post. A report cited sources as saying that the actor and the filmmaker clashed when Whedon 'pushed Gadot to record lines she didn't like, threatened to…

08 Apr

Bollywood actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar is filming for a secret Marvel Studios project in Bangkok

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The name of Farhan Akhtar's Marvel project was not revealed, and we do not know if it is a full-fledged film or a Disney+ series. Bollywood actor and filmmaker Farhan Akhtar is filming for a Marvel Studios project in Bangkok, Thailand. The name of the project has not been revealed, and we do not know if it is a full-fledged film or a Disney+ series. No details about Farhan’s role are yet available either. Marvel Studios is behind the biggest film franchise of all time, Marvel Cinematic Universe, in terms of box office returns. While no confirmation is forthcoming about…

07 Apr

Tom Hiddleston promises wildly entertaining ride as Marvel’s ‘God of Mischief’ in the new Loki trailer

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The first trailer of the highly-anticipated Marvel Studios series Loki is out, and it looks like a complete blast. The two-minute promo gives us a delicious glimpse of the wild ride that awaits the audience. Loki, the God of Mischief, is still the same — wild, charming and instinctual to the T. Owen Wilson’s character Mobious M Mobius needs Loki’s help in fixing time and realities. Despite taking his offer, Loki cannot help but demean the Time Variance Authority, stating that the entire infrastructure to maintain the flow of time is like ‘a circus’. Much like its titular character, Loki…