Before acting, Timothee Chalamet wanted to emulate LeBron James, Lionel Messi

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January 4, 2019

Los Angeles, Jan 4: "Call Me By Your Name" star Timothee Chalamet has revealed that before he started acting, he thought he could be an athlete.

The 23-year-old actor was speaking at the 30th Palm Springs International Film Festival, where he received the Spotlight Award for his performance in the film "Beautiful Boy".

According to Variety, Chalamet said during his teenage years, he wanted to follow the footsteps of basketball star LeBron James and Argentina's footballer Lionel Messi.

"There's a moment when you're growing up where you realize the adults around you, your parents, they're all just people. Everyone is just a messy human, and today that's what inspires me the most in my acting," he said.

"But that realization at first, that we're all vulnerable, is kind of scary and defeating. At first I wanted to be a professional athlete, think LeBron James and Lionel Messi. They inspired me with their invincibility," he added.

The actor said he, however, soon realised that he lacked the "athletic talent" to achieve to what James and Messi have achieved.

"I looked in the mirror and I humbly realised I'd never be an athlete for many reasons. Freakishly small frame but more importantly my very glaring lack of athletic talent," he added.

After he went to a performing arts school in New York, Chalamet said, things started to change for him and he started to look up to many great artistes.

"Something changed and I felt myself falling in love for the first time in my life. I was getting inspired in a way I had when I'd wanted to become an athlete, but this time the inspiration wasn't to be superhuman, but to be very human indeed, he said.

"The invincible Messis and LeBrons weren't as interesting to me as the artists who were vulnerable for a living the Heath Ledgers, the Joaquin Phoenixes," he added.

"Beautiful Boy", also featuring Steve Carell, Maura Tierney and Amy Ryan, follows a family's love in the midst of their son's addiction and his attempts at recovery. The film is directed by Felix Van Groeningen and released in the US in October last year.

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June 24,2020

New Delhi, Jun 24: Actor Bhumi Pednekar supported migrant labourers traveling long distances amid the coronavirus pandemic, in a rather unique way- by donating footwear to them.

The gut-wrenching images of migrants walking barefoot on the roads made the 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' actor take the plunge to help them.

Pednekar joined hands with a footwear company and a volunteer-based non-government organisation - The Robin Hood Army - to help the underprivileged with footwear.

The actor helped over 1000 migrant labourers in and around Ghaziabad in Murad Nagar, Govindpuram, Vijay Nagar, and distributed footwear among men and women across age-groups.

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June 22,2020

New Delhi, Jun 22: Musician Madonna, who is a mother of six, wished herself on the occasion of Father's Day on Sunday by posting adorable pictures with her kids.

Along with pictures, the 'Crazy For You' singer penned down a beautiful caption, wishing herself and every parent a 'Happy Father's Day' for nurturing and guiding their children in the best way possible.

"Happy Fathers Day to Me and to every parent out there doing their best to Nurture, Guide, Inspire, and Teach! #Lola #Rocco #David #Mercyjames #Estere #Stella," the 61-year-old singer wrote in the caption.

Madonna is the biological mother to two of her six children and has adopted the rest four.

She had adopted her first child Davida Banda back in 2006 and then she adopted a boy in 2009. The last addition to her family were the twins she adopted from Malawi.

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January 8,2020

Jan 8: Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Tuesday visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to express solidarity with the students who were attacked by a mob, but she did not address the crowd.

The actor reached the university campus at around 7.40 pm and attended a public meeting, called by JNU Teacher's Association and JNUSU in response to Sunday's attack on students and teachers by a masked mob armed with sticks and rods.

Deepika stood as former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was raising azaadi slogans and left by the time current president Aishe Ghosh started speaking.

The actor's decision to not address the crowd prompted Ghosh to comment, "when you are in a position, you should speak up".

"There are many people in Bollywood who do not put forth their views when they are not be aired. They are considered role models. I appeal to them: Make inspiring films after something has happened but when you are in that position, also talk about the story that is currently happening," she said.

Later, Ghosh said that Deepika expressed solidarity with the JNU students.

Deepika is in the capital to promote her upcoming release, Meghna Gulzar-directed "Chhapaak".

On Monday, the 34-year-old actor told a news channel that she feels proud that people have come out and raised their voice without fear, in reference to the protests against the amended Citizenship Act, the National Register of Citizens and violence in JNU.

"I feel proud to see that we aren't scared to express ourselves... I think the fact that we are thinking about the country and its future.... Whatever may be our point of view, it's nice to see," Deepika told NDTV India.

"I feel proud about it that people are coming out -- be it on the streets or wherever they are -- they are raising their voice and expressing themselves as it is important. If we want to see a change in life and society, it is important that a point of view be put forward," she added.

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