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Hunkkaar: The Roar premiered on JioHotstar on September 25, and its Mumbai premiere drew the cast and crew. Aneet Padda and Charu Shankar posted a video singing about co-star Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub's hair. The six-part series follows 17-year-old Meenu Rawat, played by Padda, in a
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U2 played surprise 50th anniversary shows in Dublin Friday at Mount Temple school and a Bewley's cafe balcony. Over 1,000 fans filled a central street for an hour set opening with I Will Follow. The band announced album Carnaval de Luz for November 13 and single Silencio. It said
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Makers of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Love and War released Alia Bhatt's first look on September 25. The poster shows her in a red cabaret-style outfit on a stage. She stars with Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal. Ranbir's first look came on September 24. This is Alia's second Bhansali
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Hanuman Ansh, made on less than Rs 2 crore, has crossed Rs 350 crore worldwide, producer Anupriya Nagar said. She told Siddharth Kannan that many Bollywood financiers refused post-production investment before release. After the run, she said several producers apologised for passi
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Kaun Banega Crorepati 18 contestant Aman Sharma, a University of Pennsylvania graduate from Delhi, quit at the Rs 25 lakh question on Wednesday. He had correctly answered questions up to Rs 12.5 lakh. The Valmiki Ramayana question asked which maternal uncle accompanied Bharata to
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Bhansali Productions released Ranbir Kapoor's first-look poster for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Love and War. Vicky Kaushal and Alia Bhatt also shared the poster online. Kapoor appears in a vintage car with a short buzz cut and a bloodied hand on the wheel. The film releases theatricHindustan Times
Taylor Swift announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore on Wednesday with four songs written after last October's release. The expanded album arrives Friday after studio time in Sweden with Max and Shellback. All 12 original tracks once held the top 12 Billboard Hot 100 spots.
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Actor Rajpal Yadav waited in the regular devotee queue at Mumbai's Lalbaugcha Raja pandal instead of taking VIP access. Videos showed him chanting Ganpati Bappa Morya and greeting people as he moved toward darshan. The Indian Express said Bollywood visitors keep arriving for Gane
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Australian rock singer Angry Anderson, born Gary Anderson, has died aged 79. He fronted Rose Tattoo from 1976 and later scored a global hit with Suddenly after it played at the Scott and Charlene wedding on Neighbours. That 1988 episode drew 20 million UK viewers. He had a cardia
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British-Indian actor Priyanka Kedia, 24, said Netflix's Best of the Best treats South Asian identity as character background rather than a punchline. She stars alongside Never Have I Ever actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in the Hasan Minhaj-written collegiate dance comedy directed by
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Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty shared the Best Actor National Film Award on Tuesday. President Droupadi Murmu presented the honours in Gujarat's Ekta Nagar, Kevadia. Mammootty won for the film Bramayugam, marking his fourth National Award. Aaryan won his first National Award for Cha
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Yami Gautam won the National Film Award for Best Actor (Female) for Article 370 on Tuesday. President Droupadi Murmu presented the honour in Gujarat's Ekta Nagar, Kevadia. It is her first National Award. Article 370 also won Best Feature Film at the 72nd National Film Awards. The
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Marlon James and Douglas Stuart could become fifth authors to win the Booker Prize twice after Tuesday's six-book shortlist. James won in 2015 for A Brief History of Seven Killings; Stuart won in 2020 for Shuggie Bain. Mary Beard chaired judges who chose six titles from 163 UK an
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An auction of Brigitte Bardot's belongings raised nearly one million euros in Paris on Monday, about 20 times Millon estimates, AFP reported. Three thousand bidders pursued 285 items from her Saint-Tropez homes and Paris flat. Proceeds go to her animal foundation and only child aHindustan Times
Tom Cruise said artificial intelligence is coming, but argued audiences still want real things on screen. He spoke at a BAFTA Life in Pictures session in London on Monday. Cruise called theatres a different art form from streaming. He cited USD 4.76 billion summer box office from
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Kim Ji Won's medical drama Doctor X: Mafia in White premieres on October 9, 2026 at 9:50 p.m. KST on SBS, with Friday and Saturday episodes. She plays surgeon Gye Soo Jung in a Korean adaptation of the Japanese Doctor-X series. Netflix will carry it internationally at the same ti
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Karan Johar's Dharma Productions will release a biopic on R&AW founder Rameshwar Nath Kao in theatres on 11 August 2028. The film adapts Nitin Gokhale's book R.N. Kao: Gentleman Spymaster and was first announced in January 2020. Dharma is teaming with Leo Media Collective. The Se
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Ed Sheeran returned to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia after openers left his tour earlier in the week. Rapper Macklemore was removed over statements supporting Palestinians, and other openers withdrew in solidarity. Fans said they came for the music, not the dispute. A s
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Converse removed an Instagram ad of K-pop singer Karina with Chuck 70 X sneakers after critics said skirt lighting resembled Ku Klux Klan imagery, Hindustan Times reported. Converse, owned by Nike, apologised Friday and said it was removing the image everywhere. Lee Merritt said
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Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh announced on Instagram that a second daughter was born on 19 September 2026. A footprint card read Welcome Baby Girl with Dua, Deepika and Ranveer named. Daughter Dua was born 8 September 2024. They shared pregnancy news 19 April 2026 with Dua h
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Hanuman Ansh took Rs 5 crore on day 43, lifting worldwide gross to Rs 316.30 crore, Sacnilk said. Released August 7, it earned Rs 5 crore across 6,462 Indian shows at 18 percent occupancy. Overseas intake after September 11 is Rs 21.75 crore in eight days. It ranks third among 20
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Mirzapur: The Movie collected ₹2.50 crore net in India on Friday, its 15th day, Sacnilk data cited by Hindustan Times showed. The domestic total reached ₹205.95 crore. Occupancy was 15% across 4,112 shows. Gurmeet Singh directed the film starring Pankaj Tripathi and Ali Fazal. Th
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Virender Sehwag introduced the first four contestants of Rise and Fall season 2: Swara Bhasker, Shehzad Poonawalla, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary and Karan Patel. The show fields a 15-contestant line-up split between Rulers and Workers. The Banijay Asia series streams free from 26 Se
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Actors Suriya and Jyotika marked 20 years of marriage on September 11 with a vow renewal at a Scottish castle. They held a yacht party the next day for family who attended. Suriya's sister Brindha Sivakumar posted Instagram photos and wrote that the pair inspire belief in marriag
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Actor Karishma Tanna said postpartum depression is real and that she had prepared for it after welcoming son Ved with husband Varun Bangera in July. Speaking to The Times of India, she said emotional lows can still hit and are not fully in one's control. The couple announced Ved
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Telugu actor Nani said Tamil Nadu voters did not elect Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay only for stardom or box-office collections. Promoting The Paradise in Chennai, he said years of trust mattered more. Vijay's final film Jana Nayagan released in July and grossed Rs 324.54 crore w
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Mirzapur The Movie collected Rs 3.39 crore net in India on Thursday, taking its 14-day domestic total to Rs 202.84 crore, Sacnilk reported. Gurmeet Singh's film stars Pankaj Tripathi and Ali Fazal and released September 4, 2026. Thursday occupancy was 16% across 6925 shows. WeekHindustan TimesArchived
Director Martin McDonagh set Wild Horse Nine on Easter Island after visiting years ago, premiering at Venice then Toronto. John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play CIA colleagues as Chile nears the 1973 end of Salvador Allende's government. Steve Buscemi plays the CIA chief in SantiaHindustan TimesArchived
Spain selected The Black Ball as its international feature Academy Award contender. Directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo received a standing ovation Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The drama features cameos by Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close and follows th
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Four opening acts left Ed Sheeran's North and South American tour after rapper Macklemore was dropped for onstage pro-Palestinian remarks. Aaron Rowe, Beoga, Lukas Graham and Finneas posted that they were withdrawing. Sheeran said on Instagram that promoters, not he, removed Mack
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Helen Mirren premiered A Talent for Murder at the Toronto Film Festival as novelist Patricia Highsmith in 1980s Switzerland. The 81-year-old Oscar winner called it a fascinating journey into Highsmith's psychology at a journalist roundtable. Anton Corbijn's thriller pits her agai
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Zendaya's stylist Law Roach said at the 2026 Emmy Awards that Tom Holland and Zendaya have not held an official wedding ceremony. He said he lied in March when he claimed they were already married. Roach told Variety the ceremony would come after the Dune press tour. Dune: Part T
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Shah Rukh Khan held an impromptu AskSRK session on X on Tuesday, answering fan questions while extending Ganesh Chaturthi greetings. He asked fans to pray for his film King, directed by Siddharth Anand and due on December 24. On handsomeness, he wrote that it keeps growing like hHindustan TimesArchived
The Emmy Awards opened Monday in Los Angeles with host Mariska Hargitay performing an I Love TV Screens parody. Apple TV's Widow's Bay won eight pre-show awards and could challenge comedy records. Hospital drama The Pitt led all series with 25 nominations and won four early prize
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Bigg Boss 20 contestant Qazi Touqeer said Arijit Singh won Rs 10 lakh on Sony show Dus Ka Dus after Fame Gurukul. Qazi told Siddharth Kannan that Arijit used the prize to set up a studio and urged a pop career. Arijit, then about 22, compared that path to Michael Jackson. Qazi saHindustan TimesArchived
Composer Amaal Mallik said Salman Khan Films omitted credit for his 2015 Hero title track Main Hoon Hero Tera. Armaan Malik and later Salman Khan sang the song, with lyrics by Kumaar. After an 11-year anniversary post on Saturday, Mallik said the composer and lyricist were left oHindustan TimesArchived
Actor Cynthia Erivo said she hopes the film Prima Facie will encourage conversations that lead to change, Reuters reported ahead of its Toronto International Film Festival premiere on Sunday. Erivo plays barrister Tessa, assaulted by a male colleague, navigating Britain's rape tr
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Pakistani actor Mahira Khan announced she is expecting her second child. The 41-year-old posted a white-gown photo showing her baby bump. The child will be her first with husband Salim Karim, married in 2023. She is mother to son Azlaan, born in 2010. The news followed her TorontHindustan TimesArchived
The Venice Film Festival gave its Golden Lion on Saturday to May el-Toukhy's Unknown Woman, the only competition feature directed by a woman. Twenty-one films vied during ten days of screenings. Jury head Maggie Gyllenhaal opened by noting few women directors. Lee Chang-dong won
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Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Dugal starrer Little Thomas is scheduled for release on October 23. Kaushal Oza directs the film, produced with Anurag Kashyap, Luminoso Pictures, Civic Studios and Good Bad Films. Child artiste Hridansh Parekh plays Thomas. Kashyap's last children's fiHindustan TimesArchived
Gary Oldman said at the Toronto International Film Festival that he hopes Slow Horses co-star Jack Lowden becomes James Bond. He said he has no inside casting news. Oldman said producers may have chosen among six candidates but have not announced the actor. Lowden is 36 and Scott
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Karthi's spy thriller Sardar 2 collected Rs 4.50 crores net in India on Day 1, with worldwide gross past Rs 6.80 crores. The PS Mithran film opened on September 10 across 3,950 shows at 24.5 percent occupancy. Sacnilk put Day 1 India gross at Rs 5.30 crores, with overseas adding
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Actor Neena Gupta said a saree adjustment that looked bulky at her waist led people to ask if she was pregnant at age 60. She told News18 she asked her team to say she was pregnant so the questions would stop. On marriage queries she said she is not dependent on the asker. She st
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Actor Taapsee Pannu said comparisons that call her Jaya Bachchan-lite over paparazzi encounters are a compliment. Speaking to News18, she praised Bachchan as a solid woman and said she has not raised her voice at photographers. She said her boundaries are clear and that angry cap
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Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu said her pregnancy with filmmaker Raj Nidimoru was a "surprise". She told THR India both were okay with possibly not having children before she conceived. The couple made their relationship official in December 2025 and announced the pregnancy in June 2
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Sigma, the directorial debut of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay's son Jason Sanjay, is scheduled for release on October 2. Lead actor Sundeep Kishan said Vijay is the film's identity and biggest inspiration. Jason said his first call after signing the film was to his mother. Lyca
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Netflix released the Lust Stories 3 trailer on Wednesday for the Emmy-nominated anthology's third instalment. Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj each direct a segment. The cast includes Radhika Apte, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditi Rao Hydari, Radhika Mad
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Manipuri guitarist Chongtham Vikram Singh was allegedly killed outside his Kilokari flat in Delhi on Sunday night after objecting to noise, police said. He had taught music privately in Delhi for 17 years. He died around 7 am Monday at an Okhla hospital. Police arrested seven aduHindustan TimesArchived
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman return as witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens in Practical Magic 2, opening in theatres on Sept. 10. The 1998 original received mixed reviews but later became a cult favourite. Both films trace roots to Alice Hoffman novels. Bullock recalled tra
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Netflix will release Lust Stories 3 on September 18, the streamer said in an Instagram post quoted by Hindustan Times. Directors Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vishal Bhardwaj each helm one segment. The cast includes Radhika Apte, Konkona Sen Sharma, Aditi Rao