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Tokyo, Sep 6: A half-Indian with an elephant trainer’s licence was crowned Miss Japan on Monday, striking a blow to those demanding a ‘pure’ Japanese pageant queen. Priyanka Yoshikawa’s tearful victory comes a year after Ariana Miyamoto faced an ugly, racist backlash for becoming the first black woman to represent Japan. Social media lit up after Miyamoto’s trail-blazing triumph as critics

New Delhi, Sep 4: Emraan Hashmi, who is currently busy in promotions of his upcoming horror flick 'Raaz Reboot', has opened up about his tiff with the blue-eyed girl Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. According to a report in Miss Malini, in a two-year-old rapid fire round on a popular talk show- 'Koffee With Karan', the 'Raaz' actor labelled the former miss world as a 'plastic' after which a silent war

Mumbai, Sep 3: Actress Sonam Kapoor believes in using her celebrity status to support noble causes and giving back to society the love she gets from fans. The 31-year-old "Neerja" actress is the ambassador of two NGOs working for welfare of children - Fight Hunger Foundation and Cuddles Foundation. While the former promotes community-based approaches for the management of acute malnutrition, the

New Delhi, Sep 3: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, who has been entertaining the audience from more than four decades now, was today honoured at the first edition of BRICS Film Festival. The 63-year-old actor was felicitated at the inagural ceremony of the festival by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh, here

Angeles, Sep 2: Popular actor Jackie Chan will be awarded with an honorary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on November 12. Chan will accept the Oscar alongside fellow honorees, film editor Anne Coates, casting director Lynn Stalmaster and documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman at the Governors Awards. "The Honorary Award was created for artists like Jackie Chan, Anne

Mumbai, Sep 2: The box office battle between Ajay Devgn's "Shivaay" and Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" got dirty today with Kamaal R Khan purportedly alleging that he was paid Rs 25 lakh by the latter to tweet against "Shivaay". "Shivaay" and "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" will clashing at the box office this Diwali. An audio has surfaced where film maker Kamaal R Khan is heard confessing that Karan

Mumbai, Sep 1: Sonam Kapoor is perhaps going the 'Hollywood way' following her contemporaries Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone, as the "Neerja" star has signed with Unitled Talent Agency (UTA), one of America's topmost talent agencies. 31-year-old Sonam, who has often spoken about her wish to act in Hollywood, tweeted about the new partnership. "Super duper chuffed to sign on with

Mumbai, Sep 1: Actress Soha Ali Khan is quite excited and eagerly waiting for the arrival of brother Saif Ali Khan and sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor Khan's baby. "We are happy... very happy about it (Saif and Kareena's baby). We are very excited," Soha told reporters here at an event. Saif had last month confirmed that the couple was expecting their first child in December. The actor, who was

New York, Aug 31: Actress Priyanka Chopra has refuted reports that she shifting base to Los Angeles in the US, saying her home is Mumbai. The 34-year-old "Bajirao Mastani" actress has been spending a lot of time out of India for her work commitments in Hollywood, which includes "Baywatch" movie and the second season of her TV series "Quantico". However, Priyanka has no plans to permanently re

Mumbai, Aug 30: Filmmaker Yash Chopra's 1993 psychological thriller "Darr", which earned superstar Shah Rukh Khan the tag of an 'anti-hero', is making a comeback as a web series. "Darr: A Violent Love Story" also starred Sunny Deol and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles. The film was about an obsessive lover Rahul (Shah Rukh), who creates havoc in the happily life of Kiran and Sunil (Juhi-Sunny). "Darr