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Stage set for BAFTA Awards with Rebel Wilson as show host
The red carpet, reports 'Variety', begins at 2 p.m. GMT and the ceremony starts at 5 p.m. GMT. The ceremony broadcast will air a couple hours later at 7 p.m. GMT. The BAFTA social media accounts will also follow the night's events, including red carpet coverage. "With Rebel Wilson hosting in front of an auditorium packed full of famous faces, it promises to be a truly unmissable show," Emma Baehr, BAFTA's executive director of awards and content, said.
Kim Kardashian goes Instagram official with beau Pete Davidson
In the caption of the photo dump, the 41-year-old reality television personality wrote: "Whose car are we gonna take?!" In one of the images, Davidson, who met Kim when she hosted SNL, the weekly NBC sketch show he stars on, is gazing into the reality star's eyes as she puckers up, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The second photo posted by Kim, who shares North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two.
Lili Reinhart had a director tell her to 'suck in her stomach'
In an Instagram post of her in costume as her inspector alter ego Deirdre Beaubeirdra, the 63-year-old actress wrote in the caption: "In the world, there is an industry - a billion-dollar, trillion-dollar industry - about hiding things. Concealers. Body-shapers. Fillers. Procedures. Clothing. Hair accessories. Hair products. Everything to conceal the reality of who we are."
Akshay Kumar, Kriti Sanon visit National Museum of Indian Cinema
As part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', the National Museum of Indian Cinema displayed the vintage and the classic car club of India exhibition for the cast of the action-comedy feature film 'Bachchhan Paandey'. The reopening of the Museum happens in collaboration with The Vintage and Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI) which is conducting a vintage car exhibition at the museum premises.
Amy Poehler: People 'medicate' with comedy
The 50-year-old star believes the key to the enduring popularity of her sitcom "Parks and Recreation", which ended in 2015 after seven seasons, is that people want something familiar to watch during "scary and unsure" times, reports femalefirst.co.uk. She told The Guardian newspaper: "I think - to get a little existential - when times are scary and unsure, we like to go back to things that we've seen before. Comedy especially is a way to medicate.
Ravi Teja joins hands with Chiranjeevi for 'Chiru154'
Chiranjeevi, who is currently busy with a handful of offers, will be seen in his untitled, upcoming movie 'Chiru154'. Bobby is to wield the megaphone for the movie, which will apparently have Ravi Teja essaying an important role. If everything goes well, actor Ravi Teja will appear as Chiranjeevi's brother in the movie. To recall, Ravi Teja and Chiranjeevi were seen together in the movie titled 'Annayya',
'The Batman' keeps gliding as box-office leader in second weekend
With no new major releases for the weekend, Warner Bros.' 'The Batman' has an easy path to repeating its top performance at the domestic box-office. The DC adaptation grossed an additional $18.7 million on Friday from 4,417 locations, more than enough to maintain the No. 1 position on North American charts, reports variety.com. That performance represents a 67 per cent drop-off from the film's $57 million opening day, though that debut figure also includes $21.6 million from Thursday preview screenings populated by eager fans. Looking solely at last Friday's numbers, The Batman' is showing a much more encouraging 47 percent decline, reports variety.com.
B-Town: Fame and riches: It's all here
All careers are ambition-driven in all fields. But, somehow, more so in the film industry. Hundreds of aspirants descended on Bombay to seek a career in films. The aim was stardom through acting. Not all could make it as an actor, let alone become a star. Most of these youth dreamt of stardom while watching films, imitating their favourite star's dressing style, hairstyle and behaviour. The vernacular film magazines fed them with the glamour quotient of the film industry.
Don't call me brave: Neena Gupta
"I am not very brave. I guess a certain strength comes with honesty. Of course, opposed to the popular saying, honesty may not always be the best policy," says actor Neena Gupta. At the Jaipur Literature Festival for her autobiography 'Such Kah un To', the actor, who has been doing a lot of work on different OTT platforms lately, feels that the digital revolution has ensured roles for women across age groups.
Prabhu Deva-starrer 'Rekla' goes on floors
Work on director U Anbarasan's new film, 'Rekla', featuring director-actor Prabhu Deva in the lead, began on Saturday with a simple pooja here in the city. Anbarasan is best known for his previous film, 'Walter', an action thriller which featured Sibi Sathyaraj in the lead. 'Rekla', which will be Prabhu Deva's 58th film, is being produced by S Ambeth Kumar of Olympia Movies.
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