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Stardust 2016: Amitabh Bachchan Wins Best Actor, Anushka Sharma Bags Best Actress Award

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December 21, 2016

Mumbai, Dec 21: Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won big at the star-studded Stardust Awards.

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Held here on Monday night, the awards ceremony was attended by celebrities like Kajol, Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma, Richa Chadha, Diljit Dosanjh, Manisha Koirala, Sridevi and Anil Kapoor.

Legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who won the Living Legend award at the ceremony, presented the Viewers' Choice Best Actor Male award to Amitabh, who had films like Wazir, Te3n and Pink this year.

Aishwarya handed over the Editor's Choice Best Actor Of The Year Male trophy to Shah Rukh for his act in "Fan".

"Sometimes one's best does not always answer...So, a very heartfelt thanks to Colors Sansui Stardust Awards for 'Fan' and Gaurav (one of his characters in the film). Want to work harder now," SRK tweeted on Tuesday.

Big B presented the Editor's Choice Iconic Role of the Year award to his daughter-in-law Aishwarya.

Filmmaker Omung Kumar congratulated Aishwarya, who acted in his film Sarbjit.

"You deserved it," he tweeted.

Star couple Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar gave away the Lifetime Achievement Award to the evergreen actress Rekha.

The audience got to see some Kapoor family love when actor Ranbir Kapoor and his star mother Neetu presented the Best Actor in a Supporting Role to actor Rishi Kapoor for his performance in "Kapoor & Sons".

Priyanka Chopra, who returned to Mumbai from US on Sunday, was given the Global Icon award by actress Sridevi, who was glittering in a golden suit.

Priyanka's cousin and actress Parineeti Chopra even paid a tribute to her on the stage.

"Never been so nervous in my life. Giving a tribute to my sister and the best stage performer. Can't even try and match up to her," Parineeti had tweeted a few days ago.

Parineeti wore the same sari that Priyanka sported in the film Dostana and danced to the film's hit number "Desi girl".

Other performers included Jacqueline Fernandez, Diljit and Himesh Reshammiya.

The Best Filmmaker Of The Year award went to Ram Madhvani for Neerja, a biopic on air hostess Neerja Bhanot who lost her life while saving passengers from terrorists on board hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 in September 1986.

Sonam Kapoor, who played Bhanot in the film, received the Editor's Choice Best Actress award. Her co-star Shabana, who played her mother in the biopic, bagged the Best Supporting Actor (Female) trophy. Best Actor In A Negative Role award went to Jim Sarbh for Neerja.

The Best Actress Female award was given to Anushka for Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil". The movie also won the Best Music Album.

Karan tweeted: "Thank you Colors, Stardust Awards and this one's for the entire team of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'".

His friend and actress Kajol received a Special award on behalf of her husband and filmmaker Ajay Devgn for helming Shivaay.

Among other awards, Best Debut (Male) went to Anil's son Harshvardhan Kapoor, who made his acting debut in "Mirzya". His co-star Saiyami Kher shared the Best Debut Female award with Disha Patani, who featured in "M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story".

Best Superstar Of Next Gen went to actor Varun Dhawan.

In the music category, the Best Music Director award went to Pritam for "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", Best Lyricist to Amitabh Bhattacharya for "Channa mereya" from the same film, Best Playback Singer (Male) to Arijit Singh for the same song, and Best Playback Singer (Female) to Neha Bhasin for "Jag ghoomeya" ("Sultan").

"Sultan", starring Salman and Anushka, also won the Viewers' Choice Best Film and Best Costume Design awards.

Best Choreography was given to Bosco-Caesar for Kaala chashma from "Baar Baar Dekho". Best Screenplay award was handed over to Abhishek Chaubey and Sudip Sharma for "Udta Punjab", a crime-drama film which locked horns with the Central Board of Film Certification over its release.

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July 28,2020

Mumbai, Jul 28: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he was left in tears as his daughter-in-law, actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan were discharged from hospital after testing negative for coronavirus.

Aishwarya and her eight-year-old daughter, who were shifted to the isolation ward of Nanavati Hospital on July 17, were discharged on Monday.

Amitabh, 77, and his actor-son Abhishek are still in hospital after they were admitted on July 11.

In a post on official blog, the Bollywood veteran said that he became emotional when Aaradhya told him that he would be "back home soon".

"They go home, the little one and Bahurani... and the tears flow out... the little one embraces and tells me not to cry... 'You’ll be home soon', she assures... I must believe her," he said.

On Monday, Abhishek had said that he and his father were still under the care of medical staff at the Nanavati Hospital's isolation ward.

"My father and I remain in hospital under the care of the medical staff. Thank you all for your continued prayers and good wishes. Indebted forever," the 44-year-old actor tweeted.

Both Amitabh and Abhishek have been sharing their health updates with fans on various social media platforms.

Last week, Amitabh had dismissed reports that he had finally tested negative for coronavirus, calling the piece of news "an incorrigible lie".

Mumbai's Covid-19 tally rose to 1,10,129 on Monday with addition of 1,033 new cases.

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June 7,2020

Washington D.C., Jun 7: South Korean pop band BTS and their record label Big Hit Entertainment have donated USD one million to support Black Lives Matter.

According to Variety, the donation was transferred earlier this week, with Black Lives Matter confirming receipt to the label on Friday.

"Black people all over the world are in pain at this moment from the trauma of centuries of oppression. We are moved by the generosity of BTS and allies all over the world who stand in solidarity in the fight for Black lives," the outlet quoted Kailee Scales, managing director for Black Lives Matter as saying.

The widely lauded band, earlier on Wednesday, took to Twitter to show their solidarity with the people fighting against the social injustice.

"We stand against racial discrimination. We condemn violence. You, I and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together," the tweet read.

The pledge of the donation from the Korean boy band and its label comes during a time when people and celebrities from the industry have come forward to demonstrate their support for the black community.

Several big names from the music and acting industry also observed 'Blackout Tuesday' earlier the week as a message of solidarity in response o the death of George Floyd, an African-American man in the United States.

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June 30,2020

California, Jun 30: Online video-sharing platform YouTube on Monday banned several prominent channels, including those belonging to Stefan Molyneux and Richard Spencer.

The company banned six channels for repeatedly violating YouTube's policies.

According to The Verge, other channels banned include American Renaissance (with its associated channel AmRen Podcasts) and the channel for Spencer's National Policy Institute.

YouTube began taking stern measures on supremacist channels in June 2019.

"We have strict policies prohibiting hate speech on YouTube, and terminate any channel that repeatedly or egregiously violates those policies," the Verge quoted a YouTube spokesperson as saying.

"After updating our guidelines to better address supremacist content, we saw a 5x spike in video removals and have terminated over 25,000 channels for violating our hate speech policies," the spokesperson added.

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