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Mumbai, Oct 16: Actor Anupam Kher’s view about politics being the motivation behind writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards to register their protest against growing intolerance towards liberals, has met with a backlash lately. But the actor does not seem to mind. The 60-year-old says that his intention of speaking up was never to get anyone to agree with him. “I did not speak up to get a

Mumbai, Oct 15: While shooting for Rohit Shetty's "Dilwale" in Hyderabad, superstar Shah Rukh Khan made an "honest confession" that he and his co-star Kajol are world's "worst best dancers". "There's nothing I like more than working. A dancing night with Kajol even better. We are the worst best dancers in the world!!! Honest confession," Shah Rukh tweeted. But, Amitabh Bachchan doesn't agree with

Hyderabad, Oct 15: Actress Parineeti Chopra, the brand ambassador for Haryana's 'Beti Bachao Beti Padao' campaign, says she is not a "feminist" but strongly voices for gender equality. The 26-year-old actress said she would like to be seen as a role model rather than a "feminist". When asked if her understanding on women issues developed more after joining films, she said, "I am very often

New Delhi, Oct 14: Priyanka Chopra has been nominated by the People's Choice Awards for the category of 'Favourite Actress in a New TV Series' for her role in the American show Quantico. The annual Hollywood event rewards the past year's films, TV shows and music artists in a huge number of categories, with the winners all voted for by members of the public. The top five nominees in various

Hyderabad, Oct 14: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and the whole crew of “Dilwale” enjoyed a nice evening with tennis star Sania Mirza on the film’s sets here. Shah Rukh shared pictures from the star’s visit on Twitter and added she brought biryani for the team. The actor, 49, posted a picture of himself with Sania, Kajol, director-choreographer friend Farah Khan, Varun and actor

Oct 13: Search engine giant Google celebrated the 67th birthday of the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with a doodle on its homepage for India and Pakistan, calling him the person “who opened the world’s ears to the rich, hypnotic sounds of the Sufis”. “Thanks to his legendary voice, Khan helped bring “world music” to the world,” said Google. To celebrate his 67th birthday, let’s just listen

Mumbai, Oct 12: 'V Company', a group of 50 dancers, were announced as the champions of Remo D'Souza-judged reality show Dance Plus tonight. The winners take home Rs 25 lakh and a brand new Maruti Suzuki Swift as the prize money. The other top 3 contestants on the show were Question Mark crew, Hardik Rawat and Poppin Ticko. Remo was the super judge on the Star Plus show while Shakti Mohan, Dharmesh

Cairo, Oct 11: Egyptian actress Entissar, famed for comic roles in TV serials, has sparked a big controversy in the conservative country, after she encouraged young people, who cannot afford high marriage costs, to watch sex films. “He who fears falling into a [sexual] sin prohibited by religion can cool down by watching porn films,” the 44-year-old actress said on a TV show earlier this week.

Chennai, Oct 11: Legendary Tamil actress Manorama died at a private hospital here tonight following a heart attack, family sources said. She was 78. She is survived by her son Boopathi. "She passed away due to heart attack, my world has fallen apart," Boopathi told PTI. The actress died at around 12.05 AM. A versatile actress, Manorama had acted in over 1,200 Tamil films, rubbing shoulders with

Mumbai, Oct 10: Doing Sanjay Gupta’s Jazbaa has been a life-changing experience for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film taught her the importance of balancing home and career. In what could be termed a glorious comeback, Aishwarya dazzles in this week’s release. The compliments flow, though for now, the one opinion that matters to her is yet to come. “Abhishek has not seen Jazbaa as yet. Neither has