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New Delhi, Sep 5: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra, who is playing Olympic-winning boxer Mary Kom in a biopic, says she does not like the term 'female-centric' in films as people should judge movies on the basis of content rather than on the gender of the protagonist. The 32-year-old actress feels gender bias exists in Bollywood and media because people put unnecessary focus on a film with an

Hyderabad, Sep 5: Hyderabad police Thursday booked Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat for disrespecting the national flag. On the direction of a city court, a case against the actress was booked at Falaknuma police station in old city of Hyderabad. A police officer said a case under Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971 was registered. Two citizens had filed a petition in the court

Los Angeles, Sep 5: Joan Rivers, the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities, died on September 4. She was 81. Ms Rivers was hospitalized last week after she went into cardiac arrest at a Manhattan doctor's office following a routine procedure. Daughter Melissa

New Delhi, Sep 4: Aam Admi Party leader and poet Kumar Vishwas will not be a part of the reality show Bigg Boss 8, after reports that the channel rejected his demand of Rs 21 crores, which he had claimed to donate for the war widow fund. Kumar Vishwas had on Tuesday posted on his Facebook page that he had reservations about appearing on ‘Bigg Boss’. “I am what I am, because of all you friends

Hyderabad, Sep 4: Shweta Basu Prasad, a Telugu actress, allegedly involved in a prostitution racket, has reportedly told the police that she turned to the flesh trade because no films were coming her way and she had run out of money. The Task Force sleuths had busted a prostitution racket on August 31 at a hotel in Banjara Hills area, which allegedly involved the actress who had won national award

Cupertino, Sep 3: After Jennifer Lawrence's nude photos leaked online, in an apparent hack of Apple's iCloud platform, the company said that it is "actively investigating" reports of possible vulnerabilities in the system. "We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report," said Apple spokesperson Nat Kerris, technology website Re/code reported. On Sunday, nude photos

Hyderabad, Sept 2: In a shocking revelation of a high profile prostitution racket, Tollywood actress Shweta Basu Prasad has been arrested. It has been reported that police arrested Shweta from a reputed hotel at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad. According to Times of India report, Shweta, who also acted in popular Bollywood movie Makdee and other popular TV serials such as Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki and many

Yangon, Sep 2: A dethroned beauty queen from Myanmar said today she won't return her bejeweled USD 100,000 crown until pageant organizers apologize for calling her a liar and a thief. May Myat Noe, the 2014 Miss Asia Pacific World winner, told a news conference that she had done nothing wrong to cause her to be dethroned. She denied accepting breast implants, as claimed by David Kim, director of

Mumbai, Sep 2: Her divorce from Hrithik Roshan hasn't come through yet, but Sussanne has already dropped her married surname. At an event in the city last week, buzz is, the actor's estranged wife insisted on being addressed by her maiden name, Sussanne Khan. An eyewitness said, "Sussanne was looking stylish in a beige churidar-kurta edged with pink accents and a matching sling bag. She walked in

Lucknow, Sep 1: The Uttar Pradesh government has announced exemption of entertainment tax on Priyanka Chopra's biopic Mary Kom. "As the movie is based on life of boxer Mary Kom, it will be an inspiration for women of the state. The CM has decided to exempt it from entertainment tax", an official spokesman said. The sports drama, which is based on the life of the Olympic bronze medal winner is