'Game of Thrones', 'Veep' win big at 2015 Emmy Awards

September 21, 2015

Los Angeles, Sep 21: Breaking its four-year-old jinx, fantasy epic "Game of Thrones" bagged the outstanding drama gong at the 2015 Emmy Awards, along with three other honours, tying with "Veep" whose trophies included the outstanding comedy series.

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"Game of Thrones", HBO's darling series, was a favourite this year as it bagged nods in all the 24 nominations. Since its first season in 2011, the globally popular series has been in the outstanding drama race at the Emmys but failed to taste success until this time.

It defeated biggies like "Better Call Saul", "Downton Abbey", "Homeland", "House of Cards", "Mad Men" and "Orange is the New Black" to bag the coveted trophy.

The other three major awards for the show came courtesy Peter Dinklage's performance as Tyrion Lannister, winning him best supporting actor in a drama series, creators David Benioff and DB Weiss's work earning them best writing and helmer David Nutter bagging the outstanding directing honour.

Benioff and Weiss thanked the show's cast and crew and HBO for taking a chance on them and "believing in dragons."

Dinklage said he did not have anything prepared and gave a shout-out to the other nominees — particularly Better Call Saul's Jonathan Banks, who was the odds-on favourite to win.

Backstage, the showrunners were asked by reporters why Thrones finally won this year.

"We knew that there would be some resistance at first to a show set in this genre... We knew it would take a while," Benioff said.

"But we'd hoped if we did our jobs and if we were fortunate enough to be blessed with the cast and crew that we were blessed with and if we got lucky, that we'd get there eventually."

The series has beaten 1999 serial political drama "West Wing" for the most Emmy wins for a TV series in a single year.

HBO struck gold at Emmys as besides becoming the best comedy series, its show "Veep" swept awards in categories-- outstanding lead actress for Julia Louis-Dreyfus, outstanding supporting actor for Tony Hale, outstanding writing for Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche.

For his portrayal of Don Draper, the creative director of an advertisement agency, in period drama "Mad Men", Jon Hamm took home the trophy for outstanding actor in a drama series.

While Viola Davis bagged the outstanding actress in a drama series award for "How to Get Away With Murder", becoming the first African-American woman to receive an Emmy.

Actor Jeffrey Tambor won the outstanding lead actor in a comedy series for his performance on "Transparent". Uzo Aduba bagged the outstanding supporting actress in a drama series honour for her work in "Orange Is the New Black".

Allison Janney bagged the outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series for "Mom". HBO's "Olive Kitteridge" won the outstanding miniseries award and also three other honours.

The 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

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March 24,2020

Los Angeles, Mar 24: In a bizarre video shot from her rose petal filled bathtub, pop star Madonna has called the coronavirus pandemic "a great equaliser".

The music icon said the virus doesn't discriminate between rich and poor.

That's the thing about COVID-1. It doesn't care about how rich you are, how famous you are, how funny you are, how smart you are, where you live, how old you are, what amazing stories you can tell.

It's the great equaliser and what's terrible about it is what's great about it. What's terrible about it is that it's made us all equal in many ways, and what's wonderful about is, is that it's made us all equal in many ways, Madonna said in the video while having a milky bath in tub full of roses.

The 61-year-old singer, who had to cancel two of her concerts in Paris due to coronavirus outbreak, also referenced her 1995 song Human Nature in the video saying we are all going down together .

According to the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker, the death toll from the virus globally has risen to 14,641 with 336,000 cases reported in 173 countries and territories.

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April 7,2020

New Delhi, Apr 7: Actor Disha Patani on Tuesday extended her warm wishes to legendary martial artist and actor Jackie Chan on his birthday.

The 'Baaghi 2' took to Instagram to share a throwback picture of herself with the Hong Kong-based actor and reminisced the times when she got the opportunity to work with him.

"Happiest b'day taguuu this was the first time I met you, I remember being so nervous but It turned out to be the best day of my life, getting an opportunity to work with my "superhero" is the best thing that has ever happened to me," she wrote in the caption.

"You teach people to be giving, loving and hardworking, thank you for blessing the world with your unreal performances and the most unforgettable life risking action sequences. Nobody can ever be "jackie chan" love you the most @jackiechan," she added.

Disha Patani and Jackie Chan worked together in a Chinese adventure comic film 'Kung Fu Yoga'.

The film was released worldwide in 2017 and it later became the highest-grossing film of Jackie Chan in China.

Besides Disha, the film also had two other Bollywood actors - Sonu Sood and Amyra Dastur.

Jackie Chan turned 66 today. He was many laurels to his name including the prestigious Oscar Award which was handed over to him in 2016 for his extraordinary achievements in the cinema industry.

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January 22,2020

Patna, Jan 22: Actor Kangana Ranaut has expressedher desire to make a movie on Chandragupta, the shepherd-turned-emperor who founded the Maurya dynasty, noting that the film industry has “not done enough justice to our history”.

The national award winner was here to take part in a programme organised by the publishers of a leading Hindi daily where she performed a jig to the tunes of Bhojpuri songs along with actor-turned-politician Ravi Kishan before the duo participated in a question and answer session.  Replying to the questions posed by Kishan, who is also the BJP MP from Gorakhpur, Ranaut on Tuesday said it was her second trip to Bihar.

“The last time, I was here as a child though I have not yet got a chance to explore the state with which I feel a connect as my Yoga teacher has his roots here,” she said.

Ranaut, who won acclaim for portraying Rani Laxmibai, the valiant queen of Jhansi who took on the British during the revolt of 1857 -- in ‘Manikarnika’, when asked if she would like to be associated with a film on any historical figure from Bihar, said, “It would be Chandragupta Maurya. The film industry has not done much justice to our history”.

A self-confessed admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the 32-year-old, who has won three National Awards in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress categories, replied in the affirmative when asked about reports that she has turned producer and her first venture is based on the theme of Ram temple in Ayodhya.

The Himachal Pradesh-born actress, who has courted controversy for taking on well-entrenched Bollywood “insiders” like Karan Johar and Hrithik Roshan, said she has had a rebellious streak since childhood and shared an anecdote about her breaking her teacher’s stick upon being hit for chatting with a classmate in school.

When Kishan asked why she has gained so much weight, Ranaut replied it was in preparation for her upcoming biopic “Thalaivi”, based on late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

The actress said her forthcoming release “Panga” is a family drama.

Ranaut said after landing in Patna, she gorged on ‘Litti Chokha’, a local delicacy.

She also regaled the audience by greeting them in Bhojpuri and repeating several commonly used phrases of the dialect after Kishan.

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