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Mar 042018
 

Kapil Sharma and controversies go hand-in-hand. Now, it is the comedian’s vanity van that has created a stir

Kapil Sharma
Kapil Sharma

Kapil Sharma and controversies go hand-in-hand. Now, it is the comedian’s vanity van that has created a stir. He took to social media recently to inform about his latest acquisition.

Kapil Sharma

He shared images of the state-of-the-art purchase (Above), which would make any leading Bollywood star’s van look like a poor country cousin. Yesterday, the pictures went viral and Twitterati slammed him for his overconfidence prior to the launch of his new show.

Take a look at Kapil Sharma’s vanity van:

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Mar 032018
 

While in Lucknow recently for his concert, Farhan was heard confessing to people around him that he was most kicked about performing in Lucknow. There is an emotional connection to that

Farhan Akhtar

While in Lucknow recently for his concert, Farhan was heard confessing to people around him that he was most kicked about performing in Lucknow. There is an emotional connection to that.

A lot of his favourite poets come from Lucknow like Majas. Even his father, Javed Akhtar comes from Lucknow. This is the place is very special to him. More so emotionally.

Farhan Akhtar has told his team that whenever there is any request from Lucknow, if the window works out, he will definitely make it.

The Lucknow concert of Farhan specifically received tremendous response from the audience.

Farhan recently had a 13 city tour across the country with his music band Farhan live where he also spoke about the cause closest to his heart, MARD.

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Mar 032018
 

A condolence meeting for late actress Sridevi is being organised on Sunday by film producer and politician T. Subbarami Reddy

Sridevi
Sridevi

A condolence meeting for late actress Sridevi is being organised in Hyderabad on Sunday by film producer and politician T. Subbarami Reddy. The meet will take place at Park Hyatt Hotel on Sunday evening in memory of the actress, who featured in two of Reddy’s co-productions “Chandni” and “Lamhe”, a statement said. Well-known filmmakers and actors like Chiranjeevi, Mohan Babu, Nagarjuna, Jayaprada, K. Raghavendra Rao, Ram Gopal Varma, Suresh Babu and Allu Aravind are likely to mark their attendance.

Sridevi died last week in Dubai due to accidental drowning at a hotel bathtub. Her mortal remains were cremated in Mumbai on Wednesday after several fans and film fraternity paid their last respects. She was 54. In a career that lasted 50 years, Sridevi acted in 300 films in various languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Some of her iconic films include “Sadma”, “Nagina”, “Mr India”, “Khuda Gawah”, “Jagadeka Veerudu Athiloka Sundari”, “Kshana Kshanam” and “Govinda Govinda”. The actress lived with her husband film producer Boney Kapoor and their two daughters Janhvi and Khushi.

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Mar 032018
 

Donald Trump has slammed Alec Baldwin, the actor who has famously played the US President on NBC

Alec Baldwin

Donald Trump has slammed Alec Baldwin, the actor who has famously played the US President on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) since 2016, saying that watching his impersonation acts were an “agony” for audiences, the media reported. “Alec Baldwin, whose dying mediocre career was saved by his terrible impersonation of me on SNL, now says playing me was agony. Alec, it was agony for those who were forced to watch,” Trump tweeted on Friday, at first mis-spelling Baldwin’s name as “Alex” before fixing it.

“Alex, it was also agony for those who were forced to watch. You were terrible. Bring back Darrell Hammond, much funnier and a far greater talent!” Baldwin quickly shot back, CNN reported. “Agony though it may be, I’d like to hang in there for the impeachment hearings, the resignation speech, the farewell helicopter ride to Mar-A-Lago. You know. The Good Stuff. That we’ve all been waiting for,” the actor tweeted. Next, he tweeted: “Looking forward to the Trump Presidential Library. A putting green. Recipes for chocolate cake. A live Twitter feed for visitors to post on. A little black book with the phone numbers of porn stars. You’re in and out in five minutes. Just like…

“And Mr President… please ask your wife to stop calling me for SNL tickets. (Hey, Melania… We’ve got Charles Barkley this Saturday!” Trump’s Friday tweet came after Baldwin, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter said that portraying the President has become an “agony” and that he plans to dedicate himself to opposing him in the upcoming elections, Politico news reported.

“I’ll vote for Mitt Romney. I don’t care. Anybody over this guy. It doesn’t matter. We have to get rid of him. And that’s another project I’m working on,” Baldwin said. Baldwin’s impersonation of Trump portrays the president as meaner and more incompetent than crafty. Trump had hosted the show in November 2015 while he was a Republican primary candidate.

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Mar 032018
 

After a week of grappling with the shocking news of her mother’s demise due to accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub in Dubai, Janhvi Kapoor has penned her sentiments in a note posted on her official Instagram page

Jahnvi Kapoor with mother Sridevi

A week after her mother and veteran actress Sridevi’s sudden demise, her elder daughter Janhvi Kapoor says there’s a “gnawing hollowness” within her. She has penned an emotional note urging people to cherish their parents. Janhvi, who is one of the two daughters Sridevi had with film producer Boney Kapoor, will turn 21 on March 7 and she is also gearing up for the release of her maiden Bollywood outing “Dhadak”.

After a week of grappling with the shocking news of her mother’s demise due to accidental drowning in a hotel bathtub in Dubai, Janhvi has penned her sentiments in a note posted on her official Instagram page.

It reads: “On my birthday, the only thing I ask of all of you is that you love your parents. Cherish them and devote yourself to making them feel that love. They have made you. And I ask that you remember my mother fondly, pray for her soul to rest in peace.”

Janhvi, who has sibling Khushi, said her parents shared immense love and there shouldn’t be any attempts to “tarnish” that.

“Their love is immortal because there was nothing like it in the whole world. Nothing as joyful and pure and no two people as devoted to one another as they were. Please respect that because it hurts to think anyone would ever try to tarnish it.

“Preserving the sanctity of what they had would mean the world not only to my mother but also to a man whose entire being revolved around her, and her two children who are all that remains of their love,” she said, adding that Boney has lost his “jaan”.

Of her mother, Janhvi said: “She didn’t understand frustration or malice or jealousy. So let’s be that. Let’s be full of only good and give only love. That would make her happy, to know that even in death, she gave you all something. The courage and inspiration to fill yourselves with nothing but love and rid yourselves of bitterness in any way and form. That’s what she stood for. Dignity, strength and innocence.”

In an accompanying image, Janhvi shared a heartfelt note on her emotions of losing her “best friend” and “reason for everything”.

“Nothing anyone said mattered, no problem was big enough and no day could ever be dull because I had you… And I didn’t have to rely on anyone or anything because the only person I ever needed was you,” she wrote.

As Janhvi steps into films with Shashank Khaitan-directed “Dhadak” — releasing in July — she says she is only going to work towards making her mother “proud”.

“Every morning, all that I would do was (wake up) with the hope that one day you’d be as proud of me as I was of you. But I promise I’ll wake up every day with the same thought. Because you’re here and I can feel you.”

She signed off the note with, “I love you, my everything.”

Sridevi went to Dubai to attend a family wedding. She was accompanied by Boney and Khushi, but Janhvi could not be there as she had work commitments.

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Mar 032018
 

Sunny Leone and hubby Daniel Weber are spending time at her newly purchased home in Los Angeles

Sunny Leone and hubby Daniel Weber

Sunny Leone and hubby Daniel Weber are in Los Angeles on a break. The actor had been continuously working and was looking to spend time at her newly purchased home, which was her 36th birthday gift to herself last year.

Meanwhile, Sunny shot two episodes of Discovery JEET’s “Comedy High School” along with Ram Kapor, who is the host of the show. “It was fun shooting ‘Comedy High School’ episode with the entire cast, especially dear friend Ram Kapoor whom I met after a long gap. Ram has a good sense of humour and he makes me laugh a lot,” Sunny said in a statement. “I never felt like we were shooting, the flow of the show was just effortless,” she added.

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Mar 032018
 

Tamannaah Bhatia swears by a large cup of butter coffee every morning

Tamannaah Bhatia

Tamannaah Bhatia has revealed the secret behind her fitness. The Baahubali actor swears by a large cup of butter coffee every morning. In an online video post, the actor says it helps her get rid of fat. The coffee, laced with butter and coconut oil, also serves as an energy boost. She requested fans to try it out and see the magical results. We hope to give it a shot too, though the coconut oil part makes us queasy.

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Mar 032018
 

Comedian Balraj Syal, who was seen as one of the hosts on Entertainment Ki Raat, is turning author. He is writing a book chronicling the life and times of stand-up comedians

Balraj Syal

Comedian Balraj Syal, who was seen as one of the hosts on Entertainment Ki Raat, is turning author. He is writing a book chronicling the life and times of stand-up comedians. With names like Johnny Lever, Raju Srivastava and Kapil Sharma among others on the list, he is keen to highlight that laughter is serious business. The book is expected to hit stalls later this year.

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Mar 022018
 

Actor-host Ravi Dubey says irrespective of the type of the show, hosting is all about emotionally connecting with people

Ravi Dubey
Ravi Dubey

Actor-host Ravi Dubey says irrespective of the type of the show, hosting is all about emotionally connecting with people.

The “Jamai Raja” actor is currently seen as the host of the singing-based non-fiction show “Rising Star 2”.

Does hosting naturally come to actors?

“I think there is always a first time to everything and people tend to become better with every possible opportunity. But I think for a performer, it’s a different dimension of performance and it should come naturally,” Ravi told IANS.

But at the same time, he believes that there is room for improvement.

“Last year Meiyang Chang, who is also a singer, was one of the hosts of ‘Rising Star’. Do you think singers should only host singing based shows?

“No, not really. Hosting is about connecting with people,” he said.

“I am not a singer and I am hosting a singing-based show. So, one obviously diversifies. It’s about emotionally connecting with people. So, whether it’s a dance show, travel-based show, singing show or a stunt-based show, you can do it all,” he added.

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Mar 022018
 

Actor Saqib Saleem says the shooting of “Dil Juunglee” has helped him develop a close bond with the cast and crew

Saqib Saleem
Saqib Saleem

Actor Saqib Saleem says the shooting of “Dil Juunglee” has helped him develop a close bond with the cast and crew.

He says his friendship with actress Taapsee Pannu is such that they used to hit each other after shooting a romantic scene.

“If you watch the making of our film, you will know how we were shooting. Taapsee and I would be shooting an intense romantic scene and as soon as the director used to say cut, we would start hitting each other.

“I think not just me, but we all have developed a good friendship with Taapsee… We were a young team and everyone was looking out for each other,” Saqib said here.

“Honestly, I didn’t even realise when we finished the film. Usually, while shooting, there comes a time when you think when will the shoot end and you will start your next movie. But here, we never wanted it to end, which is why we also moved the movie from February 16 to March 9,” he added, laughing.

The team also celebrated Holi on Thursday.

“Holi is a festival I really enjoy and it’s an occasion which brings people together. This celebration with ‘Dil Junnglee’ team is my most memorable Holi. Before this none of my films were released on (or around) Holi, which is why this Holi will always have special importance in my life,” Saqib said.

“Dil Juunglee” director Aleya Sen said the title talks about how you feel when in you are in love.

“Your heart will behave out of character and make you do crazy things. When you are in love, you are really wild.”

The director also said the characters in the movie are inspired by people who exist.

“All the characters we wrote for the movie are real people that we knew. I wrote the story with my sister, and these are actual people who we know and we knew.”

Produced by Pooja Entertainment, the film also features Nidhi Singh, Abhilash Thapliyal and Srishti Srivastava.

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