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Big B, Akshay, Prabhas, Jr NTR to dominate March with big releases
The first movie to release in March is Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's film 'Jhund'. The film is scheduled to hit the screens on March 4. 'Jhund' is a sports film based on the life of Vijay Barse, the founder of NGO ‘Slum Soccer'. It also features Akash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru. In the Nagraj Popatrao Manjule directorial, Bachchan will be seen playing a professor who motivates the street children to form a football team.
'Billions' season seven gets a nod from television network
The 6th season of the show aired on January 23 with new episodes dropping every Sunday. In season 6, the dust of season five clears to reveal a world that has evolved. Daniel Breaker, who stars as Scooter, the brilliant and locked-down chief of staff for Prince, has been promoted to series regular going into Season 6.
'Man of incredible melody': Bollywood celebs mourn Bappi Lahiri's demise
Bollywood celebrities have been mourning the death of India's 'Disco King' Bappi Lahiri since the news broke that he had passed away at the age of 69 at a suburban hospital in Mumbai's Juhu area in the early hours of Wednesday.
'A Quiet Place Part III', 'Sonic the Hedgehog' sequel in works
The third installment of the post-apocalyptic horror film 'A Quiet Place' is set to debut in 2025. The film will act as a direct sequel to the 2021's pandemic-era box office hit 'A Quiet Place Part IIa'. As per Variety, the move came as a part of Paramount Pictures' annual investor day presentation on Tuesday (U.S. Pacific Standard Time). In their upcoming theatrical film slate, the studio announced plans for 'A Quiet Place 3' as well as another sequel to 'Sonic the Hedgehog'.
Pamela Anderson will never watch 'Pam and Tommy'
The Hulu series tells the story behind the theft and release of the 'Baywatch' star and her then-husband Tommy Lee's sex tape - with the pair played by Lily James and Sebastian Stan respectively, reports femalefirst.co.uk. The producers were able to make the show without Pamela's permission after optioning the rights to an article published in Rolling Stone magazine in 2014 and the source hit out at the treatment of the star.
Pawan Kalyan, Rana Daggubati's 'Bheemla Nayak' releasing on Feb 25
After back-to-back postponement struggles, the makers finally made an official announcement regarding the release date on Tuesday. The production house of Sithara Entertainments took to social media to announce the date for the movie.
Sandhya Mukherjee - the voice of Bengali romantic heart
The last of the living legend in 'Modern Bengali Songs' after Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey, Shyamal Mitra - Mukherjee not only had a lyrical spectrum of musical rainbow that cast a spell on the romantic dreams of Bengali audience for more than four decades but she had a fearless and undeterred voice even till the end of her life when she could boldly refuse the 'Padma Shri Award' by the central government saying 'Mera dil nahi chahti/ Mein nahi lungi' (My heart is not giving consent. I won't receive it).
Renowned music composer Bappi Lahiri passes away at 69
He was 69 and breathed his last in the Criticare Hospital where he was admitted for certain post-Covid issues. Born in West Bengal, Lahiri first composed music for a Bengali film 'Daadu' and launched his Bollywood career with a film, 'Nanha Shikari'. He shot to global fame with his chartbusting music for "Disco Dancer" and the song 'Jimmy, Jimmy, Aaja, Aaja...", and later the superhit music for "Zakhmee", "Lahu Ke Do Rang".
'Friends' LGBT storylines censored in China
Carol, who was played originally by Anita Barone, before she was replaced by Jane Sibbett, was edited out of her first appearance in the show, including all references to Ross, played by David Schwimmer, getting divorced, the South China Morning Post newspaper reports, according to femalefirst.co.uk. Meanwhile, a scene that showed Joey, played by Matt LeBlanc and Chandler, played by Matthew Perry.
Pooja Hegde's extra efforts to ensure her roles in movies don't get sidelined
Going back in time, Pooja had stated in one of her older interviews, how she maintains to be in focus, and not get sidelined in movies starring actors whose persona is so much larger than life. On being quizzed about how Pooja strikes a balance to maintain her glam quotient, and also don't become just the decoration in a film, Pooja said that that confidence comes from within.
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