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Sonam, Kareena starrer 'Veerey Di Weddings' Instagram account gets hacked

Sep 192017

Ekta Kapoor

It was a chase right out of a Bollywood film. A property, vital to the makers of Veerey Di Wedding, was ‘abducted’, with the demand of a ransom. Only, that the property in concern was the official Instagram account of the Kareena Kapoor and Sonam-starrer, and the ransom, a role in the film. On Friday, the cast and crew of the Ekta Kapoor production were in the midst of filming when they noticed something amiss with the film’s account on the photo-sharing platform.

The makers grew suspicious after they noticed that the profile image had been changed to a sketch of a monkey. Apart from featuring an emoji of the Pakistan flag, the updated description was amended to read: “I am paki papu bhai (sic).”

Speaking to mid-day on the condition of anonymity, a member of the film’s digital promotion team says, “We had noticed the development and others had also informed us about it. We immediately reported the hacking to the Instagram headquarters in Mumbai and retrieved [control of the account]. It was hacked for about 90 minutes, allegedly by a resident claiming to be Pakistani. He went live and spoke mainly in Arabic, announcing that he’d return the account if the producers gave him a role in the film.” The social-networking company sprung into action and retrieved the account, also tracing the hacker’s origin to the neighbouring country.

While social media handles of celebrities have been hacked in the past, the incident marks the first time a Bollywood film’s account has been compromised. Co-producer Rhea Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor remained unavailable for comment.

Hackers love Bollywood

>> In September 2016, Hrithik Roshan’s Facebook page had been hacked. An ‘enterprising individual’ went live on his feed for a few minutes.

>> He can split a bullet into two but can’t avert hackers. In August 2016, Rajinikanth fell prey to online theft when his Twitter account was hacked. His daughter, Aishwarya, took to her handle to inform fans of the development.

>> In August 2015, hackers cracked the code to acquire access to Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter handle. Links to adult sites were apparently shared on his feed.

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Kareena Kapoor Khan looks stunning in braided hairstyle on Veere Di Wedding sets

Celebrities

Sep 182017

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has been shooting for a dance number in Delhi for her upcoming film ‘Veere Di Wedding’. Pictures from the rehearsal and shoot have surfaced online.

Kareena Kapoor Khan is seen in a braided hairstyle and looks chic in her get-up. Bebo is seen pouting for the camera and posing along with her team members.

It is the first song of the film that is being shot and it has been choreographed by Feroz Khan.

A snapshot of Kareena posing with one of the dance assistants has been doing the rounds online too.

We bet these pictures must have got fans excited for the film!

Also see: Photos: Kareena Kapoor Khan flaunts hot bod in skin tight gym wear

‘Veere Di Wedding’also stars Sonam Kapoor and Swara Bhaskar. It marks the comeback of Kareena Kapoor Khan to the big screen after her pregnancy.

Kareena Kapoor Khan gave birth to Taimurin December last year. She has been working out rigorously to shed post-pregnancy weight and has been gymming to get back in shape.

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Sajid Nadiadwala's wife Warda models for a jewellery brand

Celebrities

Sep 172017

Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala’s wife Warda Khan Nadiadwala has modelled for a jewellery brand. She’s social media savvy and has quite a fan base online. Are there more brand endorsements on way?

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Didn't Like ‘Game Of Thrones' Getting Leaked? Makers Are Doing Something Sneaky To Avoid It In Season 8

Celebrities

Sep 142017

Game of Thrones fans, last season was too good to watch; after all, we had our hands on some of the episodes (on our laptops basically) even before its release. Well, the makers definitely realised how amazingly talented the hackers are when it comes to piracy and have decided to do something sneaky to keep hackers at bay.

‘Game Of Thrones' Will Shoot Multiple Endings To Avoid Spoilers

In order to avoid all the fiasco and spoil the last season of the most watched series, makers have come up with an amazing idea. Well, they know if season 8’s episodes are leaked it will be written in history. Yeah, kind of!

So they have decided to shoot multiple endings for the last season of GOT. Fans and hackers, if you think you are smart, it seems like makers are smarter!

‘Game Of Thrones' Will Shoot Multiple Endings To Avoid Spoilers

Speaking of The Morning Call, the head of HBO, Casey Bloys, talked about their intention to do so and said, “I know in Game of Thrones, the ending, they’re going to shoot multiple versions so that nobody really knows what happens . You have to do that on a long show. Because when you’re shooting something, people know. So they’re going to shoot multiple versions so that there’s no real definitive answer until the end.”

As many of us, HBO served a major hack this year and couple of the episodes were released online before it was officially aired.

‘Game Of Thrones' Will Shoot Multiple Endings To Avoid Spoilers © HBO

Talking about what the finale could be, he said, “Finales are tough. If you think about Six Feet Under, well, that was a pretty good finale. But if you think about Seinfeld, if you think about The Sopranos, if you think about Breaking Bad… Everybody has an opinion about how a show should end.”

Now it is obvious, that going through what HBO has already suffered, the makers don’t mind going an extra mile and shooting several versions of the ending, so the whole finale is saved.

‘Game Of Thrones' Will Shoot Multiple Endings To Avoid Spoilers

Honestly, now we are very curious about how many endings will be shot and what all could be part of the predicted ending. Share your ideas with us.

GoT Season 7 Was Pirated More Than A Billion Times, Far More Than It Was Watched Legally

Celebrities

Sep 092017

In terms of ratings, this season of ‘Game of Thrones’ may be coming off its biggest year ever, but the hit series has also broken records for piracy this year.

MUSO, a piracy monitoring firm reported that the seventh season of the HBO hit drama has been illegally watched more than one billion times, or about 140 million times per episode. Wow, that’s a lot.

GoT Season 7 Was Pirated More Than A Billion Times

In contrast to that, HBO reported only an average of 32 million viewers who watched each episode of the seventh season via legal viewing. However, it is important to note that this number only accounts for the show’s audience In USA and doesn’t include the audience that watch through HBO’s other authorized networks.

But, this season’s illicit sharing was most certainly boosted by the two episodes that leaked online before their release date. But surprisingly, both of the leaks weren’t because of the result of the much-publicized hack of the company, where hackers threatened to release GoT episodes in the press.

GoT Season 7 Was Pirated More Than A Billion Times

Instead, both of the episodes were leaked from HBO’s overseas operations, and in one of the cases, reportedly four people have been arrested in India. Either way, MUSO’s CEO and Co-Founder Andy Chatterley told TorrentFreak that the leaks boosted the piracy — noting, for example, the leaked sixth episode was pirated more times than the season finale.

But, the majority of the piracy was not through the traditional file-sharing torrents, but rather from sites hosting posting unauthorized streaming video of the episodes.

GoT Season 7 Was Pirated More Than A Billion Times

Even after HBO’s considerable efforts to reduce the piracy of the show, it just seems to increase. HBO usually makes new episodes available worldwide on the same day and even launched a standalone streaming service (HBO Now) that doesn’t require a cable subscription.

HBO Hackers Leak The Climax & Plot Outline Of Game Of Thrones 7 Finale, Ruining It All For Us

Celebrities

Aug 272017

Compared to the previous episodes of Game of Thrones season 7, the wait for the last episode was slightly longer because most of us had already seen the episode 6 before its official release, all thanks to the accidental airing by HBO Spain. While we were waiting for the finale episode with our bottled up excitement intact, counting each passing minute waiting for Monday; the impatient hackers went ahead and threw a surprise deadlier than Drogon’s fireball, marring the show for us. All the pent up suspense that kept us fans sleepless the whole week, wondering who will win in ‘The Dragon and the Wolf’, was sadly murdered by the hackers as they allegedly leaked the climax of the finale episode online.

HBO Hackers Leak The Climax Of Game Of Thrones 7 Finale © HBO

According to Mashable, the hackers who call themselves ‘Mr. Smith’ have stolen approximately 1.5 terabytes of data from HBO and have released confidential plot summaries and details of the how this season will end. They are calling it the sixth wave of leaks. Apparently, the confidential plot summaries and outlines seem to predict (in exact detail) how the season will end. In fact, according to a report published in The Independent, the hackers have posted spoilers of season 7 including the climax on a Reddit thread called Freefolk. It read, “A detailed outline of every episode in season 7 including the finale, intended for internal use and dated April 2016 was posted on Reddit’s Game of Thrones spoilers-dedicated subreddit, Freefolk, apparently originating from the HBO hack.”

Ever since the hackers got access to HBO’s data, they have made things worse for not just for the company but for all the ardent GOT fans. If the scripts or story plots weren’t enough, they went ahead and hacked into HBO’s and Game of Thrones’ official social media accounts while ‘testing their security’. But, they clearly didn’t stop there. The hackers have demanded a ransom of $6.5 million worth of Bitcoin, which hasn’t been met as of now. In fact, HBO said that the hackers might continue to drop bits and pieces of stolen information and was quoted as saying, “That’s a game we’re not going to participate in.”

HBO Hackers Leak The Climax Of Game Of Thrones 7 Finale © HBO

While some were treating this as a hoax and fake leaks, reports suggest that these leaks are pretty much legitimate and do reveal the whole plot. We, guess we’ll have to wait for a day more to see if these leaks are true or not. The hackers on the other hand teasingly said, “By the way, we officially inform you and other hundreds of reporters whom we are emailing that we sold ‘HBO IS FALLING’ entire collection (5TB) to three customers in deep web and we earned half of the requested ransom.” Well, thank you Mr. Smith for killing this season for us. Can you hear the bells of ‘Shame’ ringing behind you?

Hindi Sci-Fi Movie 'Carbon' Tells The Compelling Tale Of A Dark Future Without Oxygen That Awaits Us

Celebrities

Aug 242017

The future is dark and full of terrors. While Hindi cinema is yet to have a compelling sci-fi movie that depicts the dark tale of what lies in the future, we have to give it to ‘Carbon’ for making an impressive attempt. Directed by Maitrey Bajpai and Ramiz Ilhan Khan, the movie tries to depict what life without oxygen would look like in 2067, and stars Jacky Bhagnani, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Prachi Desai.

Hindi Sci-Fi Movie ‘Carbon' Tells The Tale Of A Dark Future Without Oxygen © YouTube

Jacky and Nawaz play the characters of oxygen smugglers in the movie and while the script looks brilliant in the beginning, its gets lazy by the end. Jacky is a man with an artificial heart who is supplying oxygen in exchange for money, wants to move to Mars where people are living in 2067. The Earth is now full of carbon and people wear oxygen masks to survive.

Hindi Sci-Fi Movie ‘Carbon' Tells The Tale Of A Dark Future Without Oxygen © YouTube

Nawazuddin plays another smuggler who is on the Earth to buy Himalayan oxygen. Also, Prachi Desai is a computerised ‘refugee’ who was bought online.

The movie tells the dark tale of how life could turn in 2067 if we deplete all our resources here. I’ll give full marks for the attempt.

Great concept, well executed and decent acting.

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Aug 232017

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Police Arrest Four Men Who Leaked Game of Thrones Episode 4 Proving That Piracy Doesn't Pay

Celebrities

Aug 162017

Our favourite show ‘Game of Thrones’ is back with its 7th season and so is our obsession for watching it before everyone else. To avoid spoilers and ruin it for everyone else, the fastest option seems to be the pirated and leaked versions floating online. Well, when half the world is watching it, why shouldn’t we, right? But, ever wondered what happens to the source who leaks it? They get arrested by the cyber cell before they can even get to see the ‘leaked episode 6′. If Monday wasn’t bad anyway, it turned worse for these four men who saw the real life White Walkers aka Mumbai police, walk into their lives and arrest them for leaking an episode of ‘Game of Thrones’ online.

Three employees of Prime Focus Technology and a former employee have been accused of leaking the show’s fourth episode online. Reportedly, the complaint was filed by the company. It processes the series for online streaming service Hotstar and a Mumbai court remanded them in police custody till August 21. Yes, we are talking about ‘The Spoils of War’ and apparently the leak of this episode was separate from the HBO hack that stirred a storm on the Internet.

The company that is said to have the season’s airing rights lodged a complaint after they found the low quality video of the episode on the internet, before the official airing. They caught hold of the culprits because they saw the channel’s watermark on it. According to Hindustan Times, the people accused are Bhaskar Joshi, Alok Sharma, Abhishek Ghadiyal and Mohammad Suhail. They have been booked under section 408, 34 of IPC for breach of trust with common intention and sections 43 and 66 of IT Act for penalty and compensation for damage to computer and computer-related offences.

‘Game of Thrones’ has already become the most pirated show on television and has compelled half of us to wait for the leak, more than the actual airing of any episode. While, we are losing our sh*t over the leaked episode 6, please beware before sharing anything because ‘cyber cell is coming’.

Ankita Lokhande shamed for bold pics, gets trolled for being dumped

Celebrities

Aug 142017

Ankita Lokhande shamed for posting bold photos, gets trolled for being dumped Ankita Lokhande. Pic/Ankita Lokhande’s Instagram account

TV actress Ankita Lokhande has become the latest target of trolls online who have shamed her for sharing hot photos on Instagram and poked fun at her for being dumped by actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Ankita Lokhande, who is gearing up to make her Bollywood debut with Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, posted several hot pictures of herself on Instagram. But the actress was in for a rude shock when she was shamed for the snapshots and was called ‘cheap’ and ‘vulgar’ in comments by netizens.

Trolls even attacked her for being dumped by ex-boyfriend and Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Check out the photos shared by Ankita Lokhande:

Here are screenshots of some comments Ankita received on her pictures:

Ankita Lokhande gave it back to her haters with an apt reply! This is what she posted:

Atta girl!

Ankita Lokhande, who shot to fame with TV show ‘Pavitra Rishta’, plays the character of Jhalkari Bai in her debut film ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi‘. She used to go in disguise to protect Laxmibai.

There were rumours that Ankita would also be seen in Sanjay Dutt’s film ‘Torbaaz’, but the director has denied the reports.

Are you excited to see her on the big screen?

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