Academy voices solidarity with 'Last Men …' team

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Feb 212018
 

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has voiced its support to the filmmaking team behind the Oscar-nominated documentary “Last Men in Aleppo” that will not be able to attend the awards ceremony due to travel restrictions

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has voiced its support to the filmmaking team behind the Oscar-nominated documentary “Last Men in Aleppo” that will not be able to attend the awards ceremony due to travel restrictions. “As supporters of filmmakers – and the human rights of all people – around the globe, we stand in solidarity with director Feras Fayyad as well as the film’s producer Kareem Abeed,” the Academy said in a statement to hollywoodreporter.com on Tuesday.

Abeed, who currently resides in Turkey, will not be able to come to the US after being denied a travel visa due to restrictions placed on eight predominantly Muslim countries by the Trump administration. Along with the filmmaker, the documents’ subject, White Helmets founding member Mahmoud Al-Hattar, will also not be able to attend the Oscars.

“Last Men in Aleppo”, which documents those on the frontlines of the Syrian civil war, will be vying for the Best Documentary honour at the March 4 ceremony to be held here.

Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, who was nominated in the Best Foreign-Language Film for “The Salesman”, did not attend last year’s Academy Awards to protest US President Donald Trump’s policy. Khaled Khateeb, the Syrian cinematographer behind last year’s documentary short Oscar nominee “The White Helmets”, was barred from entering the country. Both Farhadi and Khateeb’s films went on to win in their respective categories.

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Rajniesh Duggall won't take his shades off!

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Feb 212018
 

Actor Rajniesh Duggall, who is heading the team Goa Killer as captain in Ekta Kapoor and Anand Mishra�s MTV BCL, seems to be killing it in the fashion department too

Rajniesh Duggall
Rajniesh Duggall

Actor Rajniesh Duggall, who is heading the team Goa Killer as captain in Ekta Kapoor and Anand Mishra’s MTV BCL, seems to be killing it in the fashion department too. Ekta put up an Instagram story recently where Rajniesh is in the indoor cricket stadium and has his shades on.

She even captioned the videos as, “Some players are wearing shades in indoor cricket box set,” and “Chasma still on even while bowling #imimpressed.”

Besides the players, it seems that Ekta has been having a lot of fun at the matches too. She is putting up an insta story daily. Well! All we can say is keep it going Ekta!

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Hollywood Might Have Taken Priyanka Chopra, But We've Found A Replacement In Megan Milan

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Feb 212018
 

Priyanka Chopra doesn’t need any introductions. She’s one of the most famous people not just in our country, but she’s also managed to make a huge fan base all over the world.

A post shared by Priyanka Chopra (@priyankachopra) on Feb 3, 2018 at 1:03pm PST

Yes, we love her and yes, she still does star in Bollywood movies, but don’t you think we’re slowly losing her to Hollywood? It’s a huge loss for our own film industry because PeeCee is an incredible actor and one of the biggest stars in the country.

will miss you ocean.. #islandgirl 🧜�?♀�🌊☀�🌗

A post shared by Priyanka Chopra (@priyankachopra) on Feb 19, 2018 at 10:39am PST

But, while she was holidaying it up last weekend, the internet was up at work and found the perfect doppelganger of her, and even we can’t deny that the resemblance is way too real. Let’s compare, here’s Priyanka.

The Internet Found Priyanka Chopra's Doppelganger Twitter

And, now meet Megan Milan.

The Internet Found Priyanka Chopra's Doppelganger Megan Milan/Twitter

Look at them, they’re practically identical!

The Internet Found Priyanka Chopra's Doppelganger

(And, if you disagree, sorry to break it to you, but you’re racist.)

So, I have a great idea. Since she’s spending so much time in USA starring in her hit show and doing blockbuster movies, we should get Megan, who’s a model, here to India. The internet gave us a big gift by finding Megan, but now it’s all up to Bollywood to make the most of it.

Till then, let’s appreciate the internet and the people who found her.

The Internet Found Priyanka Chopra's Doppelganger

And, well, we don’t have to say much about this joke, but Megan herself retweeted it.

The Internet Found Priyanka Chopra's Doppelganger

But, let’s come back and admire Megan, the best celebrity lookalike I’ve ever seen, some more.

Club Paradise. 🌴 Outfit: @fashionnova (new code coming soon for even more $$ off!) Hair: @salondeweave #novababe

A post shared by Psalms 46:5 (@megan.milan) on Jan 26, 2018 at 3:05pm PST

Priyanka, please meet her and bless us with a cool picture, okay thanks.

Got a vibe, make Italian want Versace.

A post shared by Psalms 46:5 (@megan.milan) on Feb 9, 2018 at 7:18am PST

Okay, last one.

@fashionnova from top to bottom. Use my code “xoMeganM” for %15 off your next purchase!

A post shared by Psalms 46:5 (@megan.milan) on Aug 11, 2017 at 2:32pm PDT

Have fun stalking Megan now!

Farhan Akhtar says it was honour to meet Justin Trudeau

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Feb 212018
 

As the Honourable Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau visited India, the multi-talented personality of our entertainment industry; Farhan Akhtar was invited for an event hosted in the honour of the guest, which he attended

Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Picture Courtesy: Twitter/@FarOutAkhtar.

As the Honourable Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau visited India, the multi-talented personality of our entertainment industry; Farhan Akhtar was invited for an event hosted in the honour of the guest, which he attended.

Dressed in a black outfit, Farhan Akhtar took to his social media platforms and shared a picture with the Prime Minister and wrote, “Was an honour and a pleasure to meet the Hon. Prime Minister of Canada, @justinpjtrudeau & his lovely wife, Sophie. His leadership in the discourse for ending gender discrimination serves as constant inspiration to us all. Thank you to the Respected High Commissioner for Canada to India, for the invite.”

Was an honour & a pleasure to meet the Hon. Prime Minister of Canada, @JustinTrudeau & his lovely wife, Sophie.
Sir, your leadership in the discourse for ending gender discrimination serves as constant inspiration to us all. pic.twitter.com/BfzrEsL6wB

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar)
February 20, 2018

Farhan Akhtar confessed about getting inspired by the Prime Minister’s leadership in the area of ending gender discrimination.

Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan Meets Canadian PM Justin Trudeau And His Family

In the personal capacity, Farhan Akhtar has been working towards this social issue since about 5 years now, with his initiative MARD, Men against Rape and Discrimination. He has represented the voice of numerous concerned men on the significant issue of gender equality and violence against women and girls in India through his campaigns.

He is very determined about spreading awareness of this social issue and working towards bringing about changes in the society with his dialogues with the masses.

Farhan Akhtar was also announced as UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador for South Asia. He is the first man to be chosen as a Goodwill Ambassador in the organization’s history.

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Priyanka Chopra's Deep Neck Frock Is Getting Assam Tourism Attention For All The Wrong Reasons

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Feb 212018
 

If Priyanka Chopra’s recent fashion stints have taught us anything, it is that no matter how many great fashion choices you make in life, controversies and memes will always overshadow them. 

She wore a kickass ubercool Ralph Lauren beige trench-coat gown, but all that people could see was a cup of ‘masala chai’.

Priyanka Chopra In Assam Tourism Controversy© Twitter

She met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Germany, and Twitter ended up having a gala time bae-watching the two and dolling out their opinion like fashion critics for showing off her legs.  

Priyanka Chopra In Assam Tourism Controversy

And things are no different for her even now, as she recently found herself being trolled for her photograph in Assam tourism calendar.  

It’s very rare for a celebrity to come under the radar of critics for a brand they are the ambassadors for. But, for Hollywood’s resident bae Priyanka Chopra, that ‘rare’ thing happens more often than anything else in her life. Honestly, as the brand ambassador, she seems to have gained more controversies than any brownie points for the state. 

Priyanka Chopra In Assam Tourism Controversy© Twitter

After finding herself in the controversy for being the brand ambassador of Nirav Modi’s jewellery brand, Priyanka Chopra was recently targeted on social media for her choice of clothes for the calendar of Assam Tourism. Her frock did not go down too well with people, as they think it wasn’t ‘sober enough’. In fact, the opposition Congress leaders had problem with her opting for a frock instead of the traditional ‘mekhela chador’. 

This is the calendar we are talking about. 

Priyanka Chopra In Assam Tourism Controversy© Twitter

According to a report in DNA, Boko MLA Nandita Das and MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi raised this issue stating that the calendar pictures are not sober and that frock is not an Assamese attire. In fact, her cleavage was an issue for people too. 

But, there’s nothing to worry Priyanka Chopra because your fans are standing in solidarity with you. 

Didn’t you noticed she also wore saree for their ad ? Get a life you haters pic.twitter.com/NGhYpRjMJw

— PRANAV (@pranav1490) February 20, 2018

She dressed in sarees & traditional wear for all the promotional materials. One picture in a dress and yall losers lose ur shit. I know @aweassam bcz of Priyanka Chopra because of her ur state gets attention worldwide.Also personally I don’t feel anything bad about dress.Grow up! pic.twitter.com/7nlB3528tC

— VISMINI (@yasiru_vismini) February 20, 2018

OK agreed please explain why ur profile picture is in suit rather than a traditional dress. First change ur self before complaining about others

— Prasanth P Bhat (@prasubhat) February 21, 2018

Common.. Grow up.. Assam would have been much rich and progressive if we use our time in more innovation n constructive works. Time to change urself first

— Himaxi Gohain (@himaxi_gohain) February 19, 2018

Unfortunate that a party which claims to be progressive .. which till recently had a woman as its chief is now making a big deal about Priyanka Chopra’ satire for Assam ad …

— pallavi ghosh (@_pallavighosh) February 21, 2018

@priyankachopra : Proud of what you are doing. Neckline controversy in Assam tourism advert has been created for no reason and by people with shallow thinking … reflects their archaic mindset! You go girl!

— Ryality (@bharatryali) February 21, 2018

It’s sad for people to fight over a dress worn in a tourism calendar and shift their focus entirely from the places itself. I mean, I don’t remember the last time I visited any place looking at the traditional dress of that region. Honestly, I would go and try a Hanbok in South Korea, but I wouldn’t go there just to wear it. Let us know about your thoughts, guys!

Does Sanjay Dutt not approve of daughter Trishala's glam avatar on social media?

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Feb 212018
 

Trishala Dutt shared a snapshot on Instagram and wrote, “Here’s a normal casual looking picture of me. Are you happy now? @duttsanjay (sic)

Trishala Dutt
Trishala Dutt

Trishala Dutt shared a snapshot on Instagram and wrote, “Here’s a normal casual looking picture of me. Are you happy now? @duttsanjay (sic).”

Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt

Looks like Papa Duke (as she calls him) does not approve of her glam avatar on social media and Trishala has decided to cover up. Does this mean there will be no more of her glam pics breaking the net?

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Taapsee Pannu: I still feel like a struggler

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Feb 212018
 

She has received appreciations from critics and audiences alike for films like Pink, Naam Shabana and Judwaa 2, but actress Taapsee Pannu, who has been described as the “most powerful woman of the year” by a magazine, says she is yet to succeed

Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu

She has received appreciations from critics and audiences alike for films like Pink, Naam Shabana and Judwaa 2, but actress Taapsee Pannu, who has been described as the “most powerful woman of the year” by a magazine, says she is yet to touch stardom and still feels like a struggler.

Considering her achievements, does she feel she has gained stardom?

“Not at all. I don’t even feel like a star. I still feel like a struggler because I need to really work hard and make sure that my Friday works for me. I still don’t feel I am the one who will get the audience into theatres as yet. I don’t see that I have that pull, I am trying to make that,” Taapsee told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

She started her career as a model in 2008 and made her acting debut with Telugu film “Jhummandi Naadam” in 2010. Three years later, she stepped into Bollywood with Chashme Baddoor.

“The day I feel my audience is taking a ticket of my film and says ‘It’s Taapsee’s film, let’s go and watch it’, that day I will believe I am a star, before that no,” she added.

She has featured in a myriad of genres like comedy, thriller, drama, courtroom drama and romance.

Asked if she is trying to balance between genres, she said: “Of course yes, that is the idea behind mixing things up because I feel if I keep doing hard-hitting films which people (the audience) have loved me in and I am very happy about it, I feel people will stereotype me. They will start calling me that I am someone who does only these kind of not so mainstream cinema.”

The actress says she does not want to get pigeonholed in a particular genre.

“I don’t want them (the audience) to stereotype me because then the impact of these hard-hitting films will die down after a time because they would know what they would expect out of me. So, the fun is to mix and match because then you don’t know what you are coming up with next,” she added.

Taapsee, 30, is riding the burgeoning wave of films with female lead or co-lead roles with films like “Baby”, “Naam Shabana” and “Pink”. She feels confident that it is a trend going in the right direction and will continue.

Talking about the swift change from male to female lead actors in films, Taapsee said: “Of course efforts have been made and I am so happy to see each and every leading lady trying to make an effort to do a female-centric film. I think it’s a good way to begin at least to be open to taking risks and chances.”

The actress said that when she made her debut, she only saw particular actresses, who weren’t termed as mainstream heroines and doing female-centric movies.

“But within four years, you can see such a huge change where all the female A-listers, mainstream actresses today are doing at least one female-centric film a year which is so beautiful to see and the result of it is at par as the male-centric film but at least it is headed towards the right direction,” she added.

Taapsee also credits the audience for the positive shift.

“We are giving the audience content and the audience is slightly opening up I feel… At least they are giving us little bit of an opportunity. We just need to make sure to do good films as female protagonists as the audience continues to believe in us,” she added.

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Matt Leblanc Replies To The Criticism Against 'FRIENDS' Because He'll 'Always Be There' For That Show

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Feb 212018
 

I’ve rarely met anyone who isn’t a fan of the iconic TV show ‘Friends’, because come on, it’s the greatest sitcom of all time, and that’s not just me saying it, it has officially been ranked as one. We still sit and watch all the reruns on Comedy Central all the time (I honestly record all the episodes on TV because ‘Friends’ is the best thing to watch while eating dinner) because it’s still that funny to watch as it was the first time.

Matt LeBlanc Replies To The Criticism Against 'Friends'

But, with ‘Friends’ coming on Netflix recently, there were so many people who watched the show for the first time and obviously it was well received by most of them. But there were still people out there pointing out all the problematic things about the show. Okay, I agree anything and everything can be problematic at some point but watching a show from the 90s keeping today’s time in mind can be a bit of an unfair comparison.

It’s such a loved and relatable show that we still happily watch it and it has withstood the test of time flawlessly; it did not do that by being ‘so problematic and offensive’.

Matt LeBlanc Replies To The Criticism Against 'Friends'

The show has been accused of a number of different things – sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and fat shaming. Okay, let’s break all of them down. The fat shaming part is obviously related to the running gag of ‘Fat Monica’ and poking fun at her weight. The transphobia comes from the fact that Chandler was ashamed of his drag-queen dad. Remember when Ross couldn’t believe that a guy was a nanny, and then just assumed he was gay because of his profession? That’s the sexism accusations. And, lastly the show is being called homophobic because Chandler was paranoid about being perceived as a gay man.

Wow, that was a lot!

Matt LeBlanc Replies To The Criticism Against 'Friends'

Now, let’s move on to Matt LeBlanc’s reply, because that is what we’re here for. Disagreeing with all the criticism, he said, “I’ve heard those rumours too about people taking pot shots at Friends, but I don’t want to get into that. I disagree with all that. I see young people enjoying and loving the show. Everyone gets up in arms about one thing or another these days. I think that will go as quickly as it came. I don’t think it’s something Friends will be judged by.”

He went on, “On Top Gear we tend to steer clear of any sort of political content, nothing too topical. On Friends we steered clear of that kind of thing, too. Friends was about themes that stand the test of time – trust, love, relationships, betrayal, family and things like that.”

Matt LeBlanc Replies To The Criticism Against 'Friends'

Well, we’re still talking about ‘Friends’, even 14 years after it went off air, so I guess that’s all the proof you need about how it can stand the test of time.

Here is Deepika Padukone’s attempt at poetry in the 7th grade

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Feb 212018
 

deepikaActress Deepika Padukone is being showered with love for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmaavat”. Well, not just her act but, she has also become everyone’s favourite for her down to earth nature and the way she treats everyone with equal importance and love.

While, the actress is currently working on her upcoming film with Irrfan Khan to be helmed by Vishal Bhardwaj but, in between the preparation the actress takes us down to the memory lane of her childhood days.

She posted an image of her poem that she tried writing in her 7th grade and captioned it as, “my attempt at poetry in the 7th grade!” (Sic).

my attempt at poetry in the 7th grade!???

A post shared by Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) on Feb 20, 2018 at 7:44pm PST

“I AM

I AM A CHILD WITH LOVE AND CARE

I WONDER HOW FAR THE STARS REACH

I HEAR THE RUSH OF THE WAVES

I SEE THE DEEP BLUE SEA

I WANT TO BE A LOVING CHILD OF GOD

I AM A CHILD WITH LOVE AND CARE

I PRETEND TO BE A BLOOMING FLOWER

I FEEL THE SOOTHING HANDS OF GOD

I TOUCH THE MOUNTAINS WAY SO FAR

I WORRY IF I AM LIKED BY ALL

I CRY FOR THE ONES WHO NEED GOD’S TENDER TOUCH

I AM A CHILD WITH LOVE & CARE

I UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE MUST END

I SAY YOU MUST WORK HARD

I DREAM WHAT I OUGHT TO DREAM

I TRY TO DO MY VERY BEST

I HOPE I DESERVE THE VERY BEST

I AM A CHILD WITH LOVE AND CARE” (sic).

Wasn’t she really good in 7th?

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