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May Reading

Literally every book I read this month was a three star for me. It wasn’t disappointing though because I did get through some books I had on my TBR for a bit that weren’t a priority but because of AAPI Month it was a boost I need to read them (of course, ideally, I want to diversify my reading year round).

So, yeah:

1) It All Came Back to You by Farah Naz Rishi (Three Stars)

The summary made it sound like this book focused on enemies to lovers but it really focused more on the protagonists’ relationships with their respective siblings. Yeah, the romance was there but it wasn’t the focus (which was fine because, despite going in expecting enemies to lovers, I found myself being neutral with the minor romantic aspect parts of the book). So it was one of those books where it was well done, but the marketing for it could’ve been so much better. The sibling relationships were the meat of the story and they were chef’s kiss.

...Maybe I should up the rating to four?

2) Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao (Three Stars)

I had this in my TBR for a bit because I read Chao’s American Panda a couple of years ago and loved it....and also didn’t expect the feels that came with it. I anticipated it being the case here and, yep, it was. The humor was top notch like American Panda. The romance was fine, probably even better than the one in American Panda, but I did care more about the protagonists’ individual journey. I’m glad I finally sat down and read it.

3) Radha and Jai’s Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma (Three Stars)

Surprising no one, this book made me crave Indian food and prompted me to try biryani and chicken tikki masala for the first time in my life. I was surprised that dancing was just as big of a part as cooking so I wasn’t prepared for that thinking it was a love story heavily focused on cooking. I didn’t have as much fun with this story as I did My So Called Bollywood Life but, again, I’m glad I read it. I’m going to do proper research and see if I want to check out Sharma’s adult romance series and see how it compares to her YA.

4) A Pho Love Story by Loan Le (Three Stars)

....And I tried pho for the first time in my life because of this book. XD I liked the humor in this one and it did hit hard with the Vietnamese diaspora and I anticipated that so, again, I was more intrigued by the characters’ relationships with their parents and how they deal with generational trauma. The romance itself was fine but, yeah.

5) A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee (Three Stars)

Despite still being in the middle of Chee’s first trilogy, I was excited to read this standalone and I did have fun for the most part. I enjoyed the characters, I enjoyed the footnotes Chee added as if the story was also a textbook, and I enjoyed the journey. The feminist message might be a little on the nose for some but, hey, it’s not like the points that were made were wrong. And because of [redacted] I’m still bothered by how the main character got cursed in the first place. The blessing and curse of the [redacted] twist. XD

So, yeah, Chee is still an auto-read for me when it comes to her fantasy novels. I do plan on reading her contemporary someday but waiting for the stars to align. @_@

6) And I was in the middle of volume one of Komi Can’t Communicate but I can’t tell if I’m not one hundred feeling the story or if I’m coming down with another reading slump. I hope not. XP

Plans for June

1) I’m waiting for Flip the Script by Lyle Lee to get here because I absolutely loved I’ll Be the One.

2) I had caved and bought His Secret Illuminations by Scarlett Gale because of the gorgeous paperart I saw and, doing research, it sounds like it’s up my alley for the most part.

3) I also bought Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti today so I want to read that.

If I read anything else, that’s a bonus because, again, I’m not sure if I’m entering another slump or if I’m just not really vibing with Komi. We’ll see.

#faye reads #personal #i can excuse buying the last book bc i just came across it while looking for books for dad for upcoming father's day

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Aakanksha Singh Wiki, Biography, Age, Height, Weight, Family, Net Worth

Aakanksha Singh Wiki: Aakanksha Singh, a talented Indian actress, was born and raised in Jaipur, Rajasthan. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy with an impressive score of 70%. Aakanksha's passion for acting stemmed from her mother, a theatre artist. She has worked primarily in the Hindi and Telugu film industries. Aakanksha's debut appearance on a commercial scale was in the television series "Na Bole Tum Na Meine Kuch Kaha," which aired on Colors TV in 2012. She is also recognized for her performance in the Telugu film "Malli Ravva," for which she was nominated for the SIIMA award. In 2017, Aakanksha appeared in the Hindi film "Badrinath Ki Dulhania," starring Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. As a theatre artist, she enjoys the OTT platform, which offers more creative freedom for actors. Therefore, in 2021, she made her web debut in the series "Parampara," which was streamed on Disney plus Hotstar. Aakanksha also played Ajay Devgan's wife in the Hindi film "Runway 34," and her latest project is Zee5's original web series "Rangbaaz Darr Ki Rajneeti," where she plays the parallel lead role alongside Vineet Kumar Singh. Aakanksha Singh Wiki Aakanksha was born in Jaipur on July 30, 1990, into a Hindu family. Her father, Dr. Gyan Prakash Singh, passed away on July 31, 2021, a day after Aakanksha's birthday, a tragic event for her family. She also has an elder sister, Chayanika Singh, a mother figure, and a younger brother, whom she affectionately calls "Babu." The siblings share a close bond. Aakanksha was in a relationship with her boyfriend, Kunal Sain, a marketing professional. As of August 2022, they are happily married and childless.

Aakanksha Singh Wiki

Aakanksha Singh Wiki

WikiInformationReal NameAakanksha SinghOther NameAkansha SinghNick NameAakankshaCategoryBiographyProfessionActressDate of BirthJuly 30, 1990Age32 Years (as on August 2023)Birth PlaceJaipur, RajasthanNationalityIndianHeightIn Inches – 5'4″ (5 Feet 4 Inches) In Metre – 1.63 m In Centimetres – 163 cmWeightIn Kilograms – 56 Kgs In Pounds – 123 lbsHair ColorBlackHair TypeStraightEye ColorBlackAakanksha Singh Body MeasurementsBreast/Bust – 32 inches Waist – 28 inches Hips – 32 inchesSurgery/Botox/FillersN.A.Sexual OrientationStraightZodiac SignLeoReligionHinduismEthnicityAsianHometownJaipur, RajasthanCurrent LocationMumbai, MaharashtraLanguages KnownHindi, English, MarwadiSchoolUnknownCollegeBPT in PhysiotherapyTheatreYesHobbiesTravelling, Reading, Dancing, Singing, Horse RidingFavorite ActorAjay Devgan, Vicky KaushalFavorite ActressVidhya Balan, Alia BhattFavorite MoviesUnknownFood PreferenceAny Vegetarian Food, Pani Puri, Ice CreamFacts- Participated in Box Cricket League for team Ahmedabad Express in 2016 - Ranked 12th in Bangalore Times' 30 most desirable women - Appeared in short films like 'Qaid' and 'The Turn Ahead.' - Her movie Devadas opposite Nagarjuna made the top news headlines - Played Lawyer in the TV show 'Aye Zindagi' in 2017 - Done several TV ads such as Parry Brown Sugar, Mom's Magic, Sungros - Enjoys cycling, horse riding, cricket, hockey, etc. - Hits the gym very often and practices yoga every day Aakanksha debuted in 2012 with the Hindi TV series "Na Bole Tum Na Meine Kuch Kaha," in which she played the character of a widowed woman named Megha Vyas, who had the responsibility of raising two children. A few years later, she appeared in "Gulmohar Grand," a TV series based on the hotel industry. In 2017, she made her Telugu film debut with "Malli Rava," for which she received a SIIMA nomination. She then debuted in the Kannada film industry with "Pailwaan" in 2019 and the Tamil film industry with "Clap" in 2022. Although these films provided her a platform, she did not receive the desired recognition. Thus, Aakanksha turned her focus towards Bollywood and debuted in 2017 with the Hindi feature film "Badrinath Ki Dulhania." Although she did not have a leading role, it opened doors for better opportunities. She gained a breakthrough in a parallel lead role in the 2022 Ajay Devgan-starrer film "Runway 34." Before this, she explored the OTT platform and acted in web series such as "Parampara" (Telugu), "Escape Live" (Hindi), and most recently appeared in Zee5's original series "Rangbaaz Darr Ki Rajneeti." Other famous actors who joined the cast of "Rangbaaz" include Vineet Kumar Singh, Rajesh Tailang, Vijay Maurya, Geetanjali Kulkarni, and Prashant Read the full article

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'Gadar 2' director's daughter, extremely beautiful, failed in front of 'Tara' and 'Sakina', see photos

Anil Sharma Daughter Kairvina Sharma Photos: The excitement among the fans regarding the film 'Gadar 2' is continuously increasing. Please tell that this film will be released on August 11 this year. After 21 years, once again in the film, Tara's Sakina will be seen winning the hearts of the fans with her beauty. Discussions about the beauty of Ameesha Patel are always in the headlines, but do you know that even more beautiful than Tara's Sakina is 'Gadar 2' director Anil Sharma's daughter kairvina Sharma. If you do not believe our words, then let us show you beautiful pictures of kairvina as well as her charming style, seeing which you too will lose your heart on her. kairvina Sharma is more beautiful than Sakina Gadar 2 film is in constant headlines these days and with this the name of its director Anil Sharma is also in top trending. In such a situation, if we talk about Anil Sharma's daughter, then let us tell that in terms of beauty, Anil Sharma's darling kairvina is four steps ahead of Gadar 2's Sakina. From the simple style of kairvina to her traditional outfits, she looks very beautiful in all. kairvina runs the magic of her beauty on social media kairvina prefers to stay away from the world of limelight, but she remains full-on active on social media and shares her pictures through social media like other youngsters. Seeing the beauty of kairvina, you will forget even the big actresses of Bollywood industry. From kairvina eyes to the dimples on her cheeks, her beauty adds to her beauty. kairvina Sharma is very talented People love the beauty of Anil Sharma's daughter kairvina. People are crazy about their beauty as well as their cuteness. However, let us tell you that kairvina Sharma does not compete with the stars of the industry only in terms of beauty, but she is not less than anyone in terms of talent. kairvina is known as a Music Composer, Singer and Writer. kairvina often shows her fans a glimpse of her singing talent on social media and also casts her spell on people with her magical voice. This is the reason that whenever she uploads any music video, she gets showered with love. kairvina has a special relationship with Gadar Ke Jeete. Utkarsh Sharma who plays the role of 'Jeete' in Bata De Gadar 2 shares a beautiful and special bond with her. In fact, this pair of siblings often share pictures of their fun on social media. The beautiful bond between Utkarsh and kairvina is reflected in every picture they share. ALSO READ- After MMS, now Anjali Arora became a nightingale for money and the video went viral and people watched over and over again DISCLAIMER We’ve taken all measures to insure that the information handed in this composition and on our social media platform is believable, vindicated and sourced from other Big media Houses. For any feedback or complaint, reach out to us at [email protected] Read the full article

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How AD Vantage Enlightens You with the Marketing Trends?

Are you interested to know the latest marketing trends conquering the world? Stay connected with AD Vantage Integrated Marketing, India’s leading advertising agency. AD Vantage keeps you updated with how the top brands connect with their potential customers, thereby spreading the brand awareness, brand value and brand message. Let us see the examples set by Coca-Cola in their Sprite bottle, Duroflex in their campaign with Alia Bhatt and Kinder Joy, through their latest Raksha Bandhan campaign.

By giving up its green bottles, Sprite is demonstrating that it has grasped the value of turning green. To reduce plastic waste and increase bottle recycling, green bottles containing green polyethylene terephthalate (PET) will be replaced. To inform consumers that change is essential, the brand has launched a marketing campaign with NBA stars Anthony Edwards and Trae Young. Coke assures its devoted customers that it’s still the same beloved beverage in a fresh package through the promotion.

The most reputable brand of mattresses, pillows, and other sleep necessities in India, Duroflex, is back with the fashion-forward campaign Asli Neend starring Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt. #AsliNeend informs the public about the significance of sleep necessities for receiving quality rest. Alia Bhatt educates the public about making a research-based mattress purchase. Through the advertisement, she warns the people about the cheap mattresses that come with alluring trial options and dark circles as well.

Another latest trend in advertising is set by Kinder Joy through its  TV commercial campaign for Raksha Bandhan. It is intended to be a 360-degree campaign that produces considerable digital presence across all platforms and potent TV media bursts. The Rakhi Share Pack for the siblings is also introduced by Kinder Joy as a part of the Raksha Bandhan marketing. The Raksha Bandhan promotion falls under the same banner as the previous Kinder Joy TVC ads Khush Raho Khao Khelo.

Want to know more on retail branding trends, exhibition stall designs, outdoor ads, promotional campaigns and son on? AD Vantage is there to let you know the happening news in the advertising and marketing sector.

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#RakshabandanReview: #AkshayKumar Delivers A Heart Warming Drama With #Rakshabandhan Movie Ratings - ⭐⭐⭐⭐tars Story: Lala Kedarnath, who runs a chaat business that he inherited from his father, is the central character of the Raksha Bandhan movie’s plot. Of four sisters, he is the lone and oldest brother. He, therefore, has several responsibilities to fulfill. His mother was anxious about the sister’s marriage and relocation. Because of this, he promises her on her deathbed that he won’t get married before he completes the task of getting his sisters married in suitable houses. His relationship with Sapna, the love of his childhood, is then impacted by this pledge, and Sapna decides to support him after realizing the importance of his word. The movie then shows Lala’s attempts to carry out his duties and how his love manages to overcome all of these challenges. Technical Departments: The film emphasizes the brother’s challenges and sacrifices for his sisters, but it also demonstrates that he is not overcoming these challenges under duress, but rather out of pure love and concern for his sisters. Since caring for one’s family frequently causes misunderstandings in a relationship, it is very well expressed how his love encourages him during the journey, thanks to Himanshu Sharma and Kanika Dhillon’s outstanding writing. Anand L Rai manages to deliver a decent film after his couple of failures. It’s time for joy in Bollywood since a movie that can stir up audiences’ emotions once more has finally arrived. Rakshabandhan, directed by Aanand L. Rai, stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar. The audience’s minds and hearts will undoubtedly be touched by the film’s powerful message for everyone and the sibling-sister-family dynamic. People with dowry hippodrome mindsets will undoubtedly click on this topic. This is a thoroughly entertaining drama, and Akshay and the rest of the cast have done the movie justice. Akshay seems on top form and plays his role to the perfection. Both the sections before and after the intermission will keep the audience interested in the film as film fast and crisp. https://www.instagram.com/p/ChH4KD6J5kw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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In the ultimate symbol of one Hollywood era ending and another beginning, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, home to James Bond and Rocky, finally found a buyer willing to pay retail: Amazon.

The e-commerce giant said on Wednesday that it would acquire the 97-year-old film and television studio for $8.45 billion — or about 40 percent more than other prospective buyers, including Apple and Comcast, thought MGM was worth. The studio, which had been shopped around for months, was once home to “more stars than the heavens,” as Louis B. Mayer liked to brag. But its vast production lot and pre-1986 film library were sold off decades ago. (Sony Pictures now occupies the lot, and Warner Bros. owns classic MGM films like “Singin’ in the Rain,” “The Wizard of Oz,” and “Gone With the Wind.”)

MGM does come with one Hollywood crown jewel: James Bond.

But even 007 has an asterisk. Amazon will own only 50 percent of the spy franchise. The balance is held by Barbara Broccoli and her brother, Michael G. Wilson. The siblings also have ironclad creative control, deciding when to make a new Bond film, who should play the title role and whether television spinoffs get made. (They have blocked such efforts in the past.)

The 25th installment in the Bond series, “No Time to Die,” is scheduled for pandemic-delayed release in theaters on Oct. 8, with Universal Pictures handling overseas distribution.

So why did Amazon pay such a startling premium?

For starters, it can. The company has $71 billion in cash and a market capitalization of $1.64 trillion.

But Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive, is known as a conservative buyer. The purchase of Whole Foods for $13.4 billion in 2017 was the biggest acquisition in Amazon’s history. Its next-largest deals — until MGM — were for Zappos ($1.2 billion, 2009) and the smart doorbell company Ring ($1.2 billion, 2018).

The Whole Foods deal was a major strategic change for the company, pushing it into new markets of groceries and physical stores, which it had largely avoided. MGM is more about augmenting a current strategy: Amazon most likely paid more than others thought MGM was worth because of its all-important Prime membership program.

In addition to paying Amazon $119 a year or $13 a month for free shipping and other perks — notably access to the Prime Video streaming service — households with Prime memberships typically spend $3,000 a year on Amazon. That is more than twice what households without the membership spend, according to Morgan Stanley. About 200 million people pay for Prime memberships.

“More and more Prime members are using video more often, spending more hours on there, so I think this is a way to add more content and more talent around movies,” said Brian Yarbrough, a senior analyst at Edward Jones.

“This isn’t one studio buying another,” he added. “If you’re Amazon, the perspective is what’s the potential for Prime membership, what is the potential for advertising.”

In buying MGM, Amazon is bolstering Prime Video at a time when the biggest old-line studios are becoming less willing to license their libraries to outside streaming services; Warner Bros., Walt Disney Studios and Paramount Pictures must now supply corporate siblings like HBO Max, Disney+ and Paramount+.

That shift has made independent film libraries more valuable. In recent weeks, Sony Pictures licensed its old films and TV shows to Netflix and Disney in deals valued at more than $3 billion, a sharp increase from the expiring licensing agreements. Sony does not have a streaming service, unless you count the game-oriented PlayStation Network.

Although its library is diminished, MGM still owns 4,000 older movies, including pre-1986 films that come from two MGM divisions, United Artists and Orion. Those movies include “Rocky,” “RoboCop,” “The Pink Panther,” “Silence of the Lambs” and the James Bond catalog. (Fun fact: In true Hollywood fashion, MGM’s roaring lion mascot is lip-syncing; a cranky tiger sounded more ferocious.)

In addition, MGM has several movies in its pipeline that could be Oscar contenders, including “Respect,” an Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson; Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci,” starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver; and Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest project, which stars Bradley Cooper in his first film since “A Star is Born.”

Amazon’s appetite for movies became ravenous during the pandemic. It paid $125 million for the rights to “Coming 2 America,” $80 million for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” and $200 million for “The Tomorrow War,” a Chris Pratt adventure that will arrive on Prime on July 2. Amazon also has Oscar ambitions, buying the rights to “Sound of Metal,” which was nominated for best picture and other top awards at the most recent ceremony.

When it comes to making its own hit films, Amazon has long struggled. MGM managers could help: Michael De Luca, MGM’s movie chairman, has a track record that includes, at various companies, the “Rush Hour,” “Austin Powers” and “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchises.

MGM also has a television studio that makes “Vikings,” “The Handmaid’s Tale” and various “Real Housewives” shows. In 2014, MGM acquired Mark Burnett’s production company, One Three Media, which holds rights to competition series like “The Voice,” “Survivor” and “Shark Tank.” Mr. Burnett, a contentious figure in Hollywood because he helped shape Donald J. Trump’s image with “The Apprentice” and remained close to him during his divisive presidential term, serves as MGM’s television chairman.

Anchorage Capital, a New York investment firm, has been the majority owner of MGM for more than a decade. Before that, MGM was tossed between owners and, bitten by falling DVD revenue, eventually ending up in bankruptcy. It was worth about $2 billion in 2010, according to analysts.

Kevin Ulrich, Anchorage’s chief executive and MGM’s chairman, formally put the studio on the block late last year. Anchorage has been under pressure from various stakeholders to exit the investment, with some agitators complaining that Mr. Ulrich was overly enamored with Hollywood and should have sold years ago.

The end of MGM as a stand-alone company adds to a vast reshaping of the media business as the big seek to compete by getting even bigger. Last week, AT&T announced a deal to spin off its WarnerMedia group and combine it with Discovery Inc., a move meant to strengthen WarnerMedia’s struggling HBO Max streaming service and a nascent streaming platform owned by Discovery. In a counterattack against the tech companies that have aggressively moved into Hollywood over the last decade, Disney paid $71.3 billion for the bulk of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment assets in 2019.

Such megadeals have left smaller studios like MGM, Lionsgate and STX Entertainment looking for lifelines. (STX, known for comedies like “Hustlers” and “Bad Moms,” merged with the Bollywood studio Eros International last summer.)

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The 15 craziest Episodes of Legends of Tomorrow:

„Crazy“ is an ever changing measure, especially in the Arrowverse. When Time Travel and Parallel Universes were introduced it was a heavy leap from the norm. A couple of seasons later it was pretty much normal. So this list reflects changes in the norm, episodes that pushed the crazy and unusual. What is crazy for on show is not crazy for another one.

 „Legends“ kind of went nuts in Season 2 and never became sane again, it became even nuttier from season to season. So it’s a question of degree here even more than anywhere else compared to what happened around the episode in question:

 So let’s get into it:

  15.  Doomworld (Episode 2.16/32, Written by: Ray Utarnachitt, Sarah Hernandez, Directed by: Mairzee Almas)

 Alternate timelines are kind of an Arrowverse thing, but this one did not came to be through time travel but through the Legion of Doom rewriting history to their own liking. Therefore there is no cause and effect to the changes, which allowed the writers to have vigilante Felicity, hero assassin duo Sara und Amaya, janitor Ray, Bossman Jax, timid Martin, and Master Baker Rip – well that one came about because of different circumstances, but yes, this episode has to be seen to be believed.

 14. Camelot/3000 (Episode 2.12/28, Written by: Anderson Mackenzie, Directed by: Antonio Negret)

 From the far future to Camelot and King Arthur – this episodes travelled far and mixed those two areas up quite nice. In true Legends fashion Ray became a Knight of the Round Table, Sara got to hit on Guenevere, and Mick got to beat the adversary army with his brain. Yes, you read that one right. Just ask poor Martin about it.

 13. Witch Hunt (Episode 4.2/53, Written by: Keto Shimizu und Matthew Maalaa, Directed by: Kevin Mock)

 Here „Legends“ inserted the a singing Fairy Godmother into the era of the Salem Witch Trials. While Zari got to confront her own anger about certain things, the Fairy Godmother was really not the fairytale kind, but rather an evil one, but boy, she could sing.

 12.  Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 5 (Episode 5.0/68, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Ubah Mohamed, Directed by: Gregory Smith)

 “Legends” provided Time Travel and it’s characters for most Crossovers, but this one was special because it was a Crossover Episode in pure Legends Style. Our heroes got to confront a gigantic Beebo, Ray took a selfie, Mick had a book signing, and everyone thought they were going insane - and around all of this Earth Prime was established and Olivers fate was confirmed. Most viewers who did not know “Legends” were probably very confused during this one.

11. The Virgin Gary (Episode 4.1/52, Written by: Phil Klemmer und Grainee Godfree, Directed by: Gregory Smith)

 John Constantine joins the Legends in the time for a murderous unicorn at Woodstock that roofies most of the team and gets Ray to snog a tree, Mick and Nate to exchange loving vows, and Zari to chase lights. Plus Gary almost gets eaten by a unicorn. Matt Ryan had doubts about signing that contract on his first day on set for this episode, you know. But we loved it.

 10.  Helen Hunt (Episode 3.6/39, Written by: Keto Shimizu und Ubah Mohamed, Directed by: David Geddes)

 Helen of Troy single handedly destroys the Golden Era of Hollywood, simply by being there and driving men nuts. Studio exes try to kill each other in order to get her, while Damien Darhk becomes her agent to wreck even more havoc. Hard to remember sometimes that this is the guy who killed Laurel, given how much crazy fun he became.

 9. The Fellowship of the Spear (Episode 2.15/31, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Matthew Maala, Directed by: Ben Bray)

 This episode is “Legends”-Homage to Tolkien and his works. However the most quotes and nods go to the Peter Jackson Movies, which is no problem, because we love them too. The Legends recruit Tolkien out of the trenches for a treasure hunt, however things go bad and some fans were not to happy with one of the team betraying their own at the end of this episode. But don’t you guys remember Boromir?

 8.      Seance and Sensibility (Episode 4.11/62, Written by: Grainne Godfree, Jackie Canino, Directed by: Alexandra La Roche)

 What have Jane Austen and Bollywood in common? Both a represented in this episode that features a Bollywood number and the death of Jane Austens writing career. Everyone gets roofied (again!) but this time it’s just sex dreams, and well Zari starts planning her wedding to an Indian God, while Mona turns hulky and tries to kill Jane Austen. Yep, that’s Legends for you.

7. Aruba (Episode 2.17/33, Written by: Phil Klemmer und Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: Rob Seidenglanz)

 The Finale of Season 2 features two sets of Legends, while the team goes back to the event of „Fellowship of  the Spear“. While Malcolm, Damien, and Snart are mostly confused Eobard strikes back by recruiting a lot of his former selfes. Legends die, Legends live, Sara saved the day with quite a neat trick, and Eobard gets what he deserves, but we all know he will be back to haunt Barry anways, so that does not really matter, does it?

6. The Good, the Bad and the Cuddley (Episode 3.18/51, Written by: Marc Guggenheim und Phil Klemmer, Directed by: Dermott Downs)

 In the Season 3 Finale we got a massive Beebo who fights a gigantic demon. The Beebo was created by a Legends Orgy and symbolizes … well love I guess. While the Finale is kind over overstuffed with plot, the fight at the end makes up for it all. Damien sacrifices himself, Zari has an unlikely romance, and we get to see a lot of old faces again. What a weird Season Finale indeed.

5. Raiders of the Lost Art (Episode 2.9/25, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Chris Fedak, Directed by: Dermott Downs)

 This is officially the episode where „Legends“ went nuts. Oh and it’s a delicous one. George Lucas never became a filmmaker after being scared of by Malcolms and Damiens attempts to kill amnesiac Rip Hunter who thinks he is an American filmstudent, whose script is basically the plot of the shows first season. Too bad he can’t find a decent Vandal Savage. And that everyone thinks he is this Rip Hunter guy. Also Mick gets a brain surgey, Ray and Nate change occupations, and Amayas babysits their attempt to get George Lucas back to film school, and thanks god she does otherwise … well otherwise there would be no „Star Wars“ or „Indiana Jones“, would there?

4. Beebo the God of War (Episode 3.9/42, Written by: Grainne Goodfree und James Eagan, Directed by: Kevin Mock)

 This was supposed to be the sad goodbye to Martin Stein and it still is that as well, but mostly it’s the episode about Beebo Day. You know, the blue god, who hungers for war and conquest? Whose birthday we celebrate once a year in december and … wait? What was I talking about? Oh, yeah Leo tries to make Mick quit drinking and Beebo get’s squeezed a lot.

3. Legends of To-Meow-Meow (Episode 4.8/59, Written by: James Eagan und Ray Utarnachitt, Directed by: Ben Bray)

 Sulky about missing out on the Crossover the Legends crossovered with themselves in Season 4. John and Charlie destroyed the timeline for selfish reasons, and now everything is wrong and everything they do makes things worse instead of better. Zari gets to spend most of the epsiode as a cat, the rest of the Legends get turned into puppets, we meet the Sirens of Spacetime and the Custodians of the Chronology, and a gay kiss saves all of spacetime. Why can’t all shows be more like „Legends“?

2.      Meet the Legends (Episode 5.1/69, Written by: Grainne Godfree, James Eagan, Directed by: Kevin Mock)

In this episodes Ava tries to race money for the Time Bureau by making a documentary about the Legends and their work. This episode is the documentary and the making oft he documentary. Think Arrows „Emerald Archer“ only way carzier and funnier. The Legends meet Rasputin who kidnappes the camera team, while Ava writes Sara a very weird condolence note, everyone is acting weird(er) because cameras, and well it’s „Legends“ only even nuttier than normally.

1.      The One Where We‘re Trapped On TV (Episode 5.13/81, Written by: Grainne Godfree, James Eagan, Directed by: Marc Guggenheim)

And the award for the Craziest TV Episode of all time goes to this one, where the Legends are trapped on TV. Charlie put them there to protect them, and so we get very familiar but strange versions of „Friends“, „Downtown Abbey,“ and „Star Trek“ with the Legends as the main characters instead. We also meet a murderous Mister Parker, get another musical number lead by the Tarazi siblings, and are as amazed as Mona about everything that is going on here. Can „Legends“ ever top what they did here? Let’s not challenge them, I am sure they can. But until then, we have this one.

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The Mirror Shaped Hole in Our Hearts

So this is it, this is where we get off.

There would be no Mumbai Mirror in our palms on weekday mornings, and even though we’d get it on Sundays and it would have a ‘strong digital presence’, we know they’re just ways to say ‘shop’s shutting, go home.’ For something that we spent no more than ten minutes on every day, it’s going to be a tough loss to digest. If you too have a hole in your heart, let me measure it for you.

At arguably one of the peaks of its 15-year life cycle, Mirror, the ‘compact’ daily from the Times Group, would break stories from IPL 2009 in South Africa that would read like nothing filed on the sports pages of The Times of India (TOI). Mirror held this cut-throat exclusivity as a filter for its news every day, across beats, to build a distinct voice for itself. The parent company, Bennett, Coleman and Co. (BCCL), would routinely fly separate correspondents to the same events, whether at Jamaica or Dunedin, and it was also common for the competing correspondents being friends and even sharing hotel rooms while despatching reports. The cumulative impact of TOI and Mumbai Mirror (MM), bundled together for distribution, years after Mirror’s 2005 launch, was a telling blow on competitors, most remarkably Mumbai’s oldest tabloid, Mid-Day.

At arguably another peak, MM had an extensive, snappily designed 16-page edition dedicated to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, put to bed hours after the main edition, which in itself would be of 56 to 64 pages. All this free-flowing newsprint, a continuously expanding market and most importantly, reams of full-page adverts, seems to be an obscene tale from another era.

To think that Mirror, from those highs, faced such a nosedive is ironically like one of the Bombay stories it loved telling. We know the arc well - the rise, the reign, the plot to bring it down, the fall and the end. It’s almost as if the ghosts of all those exclusive stories - of fallen industrialists, flopped film stars and failed society doyens - that Mirror unabashedly broke day on day, plotted this. BCCL attributes this closure to ‘the pandemic, lockdown and unprecedented economic crisis’ but we as Mirror faithfuls, take this as with a sack of salt. 

This seems more of a jettison, and while not much is public as the BCCL empire isn’t a listed company, it’s safe to say the Jains wanted bleeding pets off their green books. There were reports of BCCL facing a consolidated net loss of Rs 451.63 crore in FY 19-20, a bungee jump from the net profits of Rs 484.27 crore in just the previous year.

Net-net, it’s this: Even before the ‘C word’ took the world economy down in 2020, the ‘bad news’ vibe was strong, and it must not have taken Mirror employees, adept at joining the dots while reporting on Bollywood’s love affairs, much time to update their LinkedIn profiles.

Hence, it’s intriguing that the official statement by The Times of India Group on this would mention a thing such as ‘the economy now officially in recession’. I’m no pink paper reader but to think that a behemoth such as the Times, running entities such as Medianet and Brand Equity Treaties and verticals such as Times Internet (which has brands such as Cricbuzz, Gaana and MX Player in its portfolio), is hurting from an ‘import duty adding to newsprint costs’... seems a wee… bit dodgy, much like Mirror’s famed ‘tailpiece’ blind items - you could only speculate the truth. But hey, what I’m sure of is this - that one primetime anchor going by the initials 'RSS’ on the Group’s alleged ‘news’ channel Times NOW, has not even mentioned the word ‘recession’ in a very long time, let alone cover it. 

So to find out why the most profitable media house in the country with annual revenues of $1.5 billion and an average of over 30 per cent returns on investment in previous years did not want to ride out Mirror’s losses, you’d probably require a seasoned Mirror reporter, ideally from its film or crime beats.

But if you have been a reader of The Illustrated Weekly of India, Indrajal Comics or Times Crest, you are again disappointed, not surprised, that the owners have once again pulled the plug, but this time it’s on Bombay’s boldest voice. And no Saamna, you can’t come close.

In just April last year, MM was the only single edition newspaper to be among the top five newspapers in India, quite a feat given its perennial label of being a sibling to the older TOI beast. This younger one, and every younger sibling from Prince Harry to Hardik Pandya will agree, remained feisty, unabashedly self aware and delightfully anti-establishment through its lifetime, owing to the mother who raised it, the venerable Meenal Baghel.

Some credit this to ‘the nature of the beast’ that tabloid culture is - a naked, annoying, indelible aspect of big city life. But we - and by we, I mean those who got to work with Meenal - know that as the handler of this beast, she fed it meatloaf with one hand and held a whip in the other. That’s how the beast grew stronger every day and mauled the mighty.

The beast emboldened us to ask uncomfortable questions of our society and culture, and not in a Republic-reporter-chasing-Rhea’s-car manner, but in a civil, restrained one where Oxford commas and em dashes had pride of place.  

It made photojournalist Sebastian D’Souza jump out his seat next to mine on the night of November 26, 2008, and dart out with his camera when we heard gunshots within metres of us, only to return with this photo.   

It made us have the bravado to pick up the phone and call anyone in the country for an exclusive quote. “I’m XYZ from the Mumbai Mirror,” we’d say, not from The Times of India. 

Mirror broke stories that stirred us in those ten minutes or less. Stories of blacklisted contractors winning road repair contracts using their wives’ names, of unscrupulous builders who’d unflinchingly steal lifetimes’ savings of retired peons, of principals who’d be sacked for exposing sexual harassment scandals, of everything adulterated - milk, water, air.  

Trigger warnings be damned - don’t like, don’t read if you can dare. While TOI and other dailies touched upon the city’s underbelly, Mirror thrived in it. It kept on showing us what’s under that flyover while we glided to work over it - the blood, gore and heartbreak. Wait, it literally did a story this year on cancer patients living under a flyover (and they promptly got help). Of course, there was gloss and fun and those ridiculous non-news about Kareena Kapoor juggling ‘work with motherhood’, but those were just the mixers to the other potent stuff. 

You know what the real loss for Mumbai is, right? That most of these stories just won’t be reported in print. And no corrupt contractor or conniving criminal may lose sleep over a Sunday paper or a publication with ‘strong digital presence’ exposing them.

The other ‘happy to see Mirror go’ could be Bollywood’s A, B and no-listers, who, once upon a time, would get palpitations if they’d see incoming calls from a certain Vickey Lalwani. “Dibakar, give me a story! Give me a sensational story! Mumbai Mirror has circulation of 750,000. Make it exclusive, okay?” 

But I doubt they’d be too happy too - after all, if Mirror’s calling you, you’re hot currency.  

(That said, there is a negligible number of people who are elated to see Mirror go, and they’re fans of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It so happened that on the morning of the launch of the much anticipated last book of the iconic series, Mirror carried a spoiler on its front page. ‘First things first, Harry Lives.’ Ouch. Younger siblings, after all, can also be incredibly cheeky and embarrassing at times. But we cannot do without them.)

In July 2019, I had asked Meenal, the finest editor I will ever work under, about just how she found the energy to run a tabloid compact like this every single day for so many years. “As long as the good days outnumber the bad, I keep going,” she’d replied. It was a fair way to convey how she and her team (me gratefully being a small part of it from 2005 to 2011) worked. We went out to battle every day and slept well every night, and the lakhs of readers, in return, gave us a high. 

Now, when the dreaded ‘last edition’ is probably being wrapped around a vada-pav somewhere in Mumbai, all of us - Meenal, us former colleagues, the readers, the haters, the Mahinder Watsa fan club, everyone - will have our heads held up for knowing that the Mumbai Mirror era indeed had way more good days… well, even bloody good days, than the bad ones.

At least we won’t be shaking our heads and eye-rolling while looking at the front page of that old flagship broadsheet daily.

#mumbai #mirror #media #india #newspapers #tabloid

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Moulin Rouge for VOGUE!

(These are the HQ Photo Versions!)

Moulin Rouge!’s Broadway cast, photographed at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn. Sittings Editors: Hamish Bowles, Alexandra Cronan. Produced by 360pm. Set Design: CJ Dockery at Mary Howard Studio; Costume Designer: Catherine Zuber; Choreographer: Sonya Tayeh

Photographed by Baz Luhrmann, Vogue, July 2019

July 2019 Vogue (Online)

BAZ LUHRMANN WAS BORN to reinvent the movie musical for a new generation—which is exactly what he did in 2001 with Moulin Rouge!, his deliriously romantic mash-up, set in 1890s Paris, of La Bohème, La Traviata, and the Orpheus myth, with a soundtrack that exploded with modern-day pop songs, lavish Technicolor sets and costumes (by his wife, Catherine Martin), and a hyperkinetic cinematic style that drew on MGM musicals, MTV videos, and Bollywood spectaculars. The motto of this blatantly artificial world, served with a knowing wink (which nevertheless swept us up in its very real, very breathless emotions), could be borrowed from William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: “Enough! Or too much.”

In his own way, the brilliant theater director Alex Timbers—whose work includes Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Here Lies Love, and, most recently, Beetlejuice—was born to reinvent Moulin Rouge! for the stage, as another generation of New York audiences will discover when his electrifying, eye-popping, and blissfully over-the-top adaptation of Luhrmann’s masterpiece opens on Broadway, after a smash run in Boston, this month.

“I’ve spent my life taking classics and interpreting them in radical ways,” Luhrmann says, “so how could I not applaud someone taking a work of mine and interpreting it in a radical way? You have to interpret things for the time and place you’re in. In the end, it’s still a tragic opera, but Alex applies himself to it in such a dexterous way that there’s irony and fun and music and emotion.”

Luhrmann grew up in Herons Creek, a tiny, remote Australian town with a total of seven houses in it, where, he says, “if you didn’t have a good imagination and an ability to create worlds in your mind, you were lost.” Fortunately his family, which ran a gas station and a pig farm, also ran the local movie theater and had a black-and-white TV set (which showed exactly one channel), and Luhrmann devoured a steady diet of old movies, including musicals, with which he fell in love. His mother was a ballroom-dance instructor who started giving him lessons early, and his father insisted that Luhrmann and his siblings study painting and music. Before long he was staging little shows, performing magic tricks, making films with his father’s 8-millimeter camera, and acting in school plays.

Apparently it was the ideal upbringing to produce an artist of dazzling originality, one with a singular, idiosyncratic vision and an expansive playing field: film, theater, opera, commercials, music videos, pop songs. After the success of his first two films, Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet—both of which had healthy doses of movie-musical DNA encoded into their cinematic language—Luhrmann wanted to take on the genre itself. He and his co-writer, Craig Pearce, set their film in Belle Epoque Paris, in and around the legendary Moulin Rouge nightclub, telling a tragic love story straight out of verismo opera with the Orpheus legend—a young poet and musician travels to the underworld in search of his dead love, Eurydice, and is reunited with her only to lose her again, emerging forever changed—as its mythical underpinning.

But Luhrmann also had what he calls a “preposterous conceit” that allowed his Orpheus—a Bohemian poet named Christian, played by Ewan McGregor—to metaphorically enchant the very rocks and stones to follow him because of his voice: “When our poet opens his mouth, ‘The hills are alive with the sound of music’ comes out of it,” he says. “Whether you like The Sound of Music or not, it’s a giant hit that’s got artistic cred—so it’s a funny, concise way of saying ‘The guy has magic.’” Preposterous or not, the conceit turned the love story between McGregor’s Christian and Nicole Kidman’s doomed Satine, a nightclub star and courtesan, into a pop fantasia, giving the music its audience had grown up with—from “Your Song” to “Lady Marmalade”—an operatic grandeur.

Luhrmann had long wanted to bring Moulin Rouge! to the stage but felt that he wasn’t the right person for the job—he worried that he was too close to the material and might be overprotective of it. Enter Alex Timbers, 40, a downtown wunderkind who has brought the cheeky, postmodern spirit of his theater company Les Freres Corbusier to Broadway and shares with Luhrmann a restlessly playful and inventive mise-en-scène. “When I saw Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, I could tell that his aesthetic and the way he told a story—very high-energy, very theatrical, ironic but also moving—had a certain kinship with mine,” Luhrmann says. “And after I met him, I knew that he would have his own interpretation but also understand the language of the film.”

The biggest challenge Timbers and his team faced was how to bring the film’s hypercinematic exuberance alive on a stage. “We had to create a visceral and kinetic excitement using an entirely theatrical vocabulary,” Timbers says. “We don’t have any of those virtuosic techniques like close-ups and Steadicam and music video–style editing, but you want the show to be able to leap over the footlights—emotionally, but also as a spectacle. So we use a lot of techniques to do that.”

Do they ever. From the moment you enter the theater, it’s clear that Timbers has realized his mandate to make the show—which he’s been working on for the past six years—“360.” It’s as if you’ve walked into the Moulin Rouge itself, courtesy of the gorgeously overwhelming set (by Derek McLane) that greets you: There are hearts within hearts, chandeliers, the stage flanked by a windmill on one side and an elephant on the other. Then out come the corset-clad boys and girls of the night (who come in all colors, shapes, and sizes) and the fashionable members of the Parisian demimonde in Catherine Zuber’s fabulous costumes. The next thing you know, “Four Bad Ass Chicks from the Moulin Rouge,” as the script identifies them—propelled onstage by Sonya Tayeh’s wildly exuberant choreography—are belting “Hey sista, go sista, soul sista, flow sista,” and we’re off to the races. “I wanted to build this exotic, intoxicating world that felt beautiful and dangerous and gritty and sexy,” Timbers says. “It felt really important for the sets and the costumes to use period elements, and for us to be ruthless about that, but to put them in a form that feels contemporary and surprising.”

The seven-time Tony-winning costume designer Zuber (The King and I, My Fair Lady) has done that and then some, tipping her hat to Catherine Martin’s designs for the film without imitating them. She’s even managed to design Belle Epoque finery that allows the dancers the freedom of movement to execute Tayeh’s propulsive choreography. Zuber is also a master of using costumes to reveal character and situation, as with the ornate gown she designed for Satine after she becomes the Duke’s courtesan and enters his glittering world. Inspired by designs from John Galliano’s 2006 couture collection, it features a bodice that looks like a cage and three rows of lacing down the back. “It’s almost like she’s a prisoner,” Zuber says.

Playing Satine this time around is Karen Olivo (West Side Story, Hamilton), who brings very different qualities to the role than Kidman, both physical (Olivo is a woman of color) and temperamental (desperate, determined, and down-to-earth, as opposed to ethereal). Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal, Catch Me if You Can), meanwhile, sings like a dream and brings the requisite dewy idealism to the naive Christian, but with a hint of something edgier.

The story is very much the same as the film’s: Satine is the star attraction at the Moulin Rouge, owned by the rapacious Harold Zidler (Danny Burstein), who is in financial hot water and in danger of losing the club. Christian and Satine meet and fall head over heels, but she has been promised by Zidler to the villainous Duke (Tam Mutu), who can give her the bejeweled life she’s always dreamed of, forcing her to choose between that and true love. Meanwhile, Christian and his pals Santiago and Toulouse-Lautrec (Ricky Rojas and Sahr Ngaujah) are writing a show, bankrolled by the Duke, that is meant to save the Moulin Rouge from going under. Then, of course, Satine has this persistent cough and . . . well, you know.

The big difference in terms of the storytelling is that book writer John Logan (Red) has fleshed out and deepened the characters and the relationships between them. “We looked at the major characters, asked what their backstories were, and tried to figure out how grounded they could possibly be in psychological realism and yet still be heightened in that way that musical theater demands,” Logan says. “How did Satine get to be this sparkling diamond—and what’s the price she’s paid along the way?”

But the boldest change—and in many ways the heart of the show—is in the new songs, which give Moulin Rouge! fresh emotional resonance (and whip the crowd into a frenzy). Along with the familiar Bowie, Madonna, and Elton John tunes, expect to hear from the likes of Outkast, Sia, Beyoncé, Fun, Adele, and Lorde, to name but a few (there are more than 70 songs in the show). To curate Moulin Rouge!’s dizzying playlist, Timbers, Logan, and music director/genius Justin Levine holed up in a Times Square hotel room with a digital keyboard, dredged up their musical memories, and took note of what worked. Their taste is impeccable, whether using a song for its sheer exuberance, as with a rousing version of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance,” or to reveal a character’s inner desires, as Satine does with Katy Perry’s “Firework.”

Logan has been blown away to see how powerfully audiences have connected with the show—and the songs. “I went to a wedding recently, and when the dancing started, I heard half our score being played, which was wild,” he says. “And when you see audience members respond to the songs—‘They’re using thatsong? Oh, my God! No way!’—you can feel how excited they are. It’s an experience I’ve never had before. It’s magic.”

#moulin rouge #aaron tveit #karen olivo #danny burstein #vogue #Baz Lurhmann #moulin rouge broadway #moulin rouge musical #vogue magazine #articles #features #ricky rojas #tam mutu #sahr ngaujah #robyn hurder #jacqueline b arnold #jeigh madjus #holly james

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★ “Stardom will go away. It is not permanent. ” – Salman Khan!

He is Bollywood’s evergreen lover boy ‘Prem’, favourite action star, ‘Chulbul Pandey’ and without any doubt, the ‘Tiger’ of the film industry. We are talking about the man who needs no introduction, Salman Khan. After ‘Race 3’ in 2018, Bollywood’s beloved ‘Bhaijaan’ is all set for the release of his next film ‘Bharat’ on the occasion of Eid 2019 and gets candid with CineSpeaks on the film, it’s plot and much more. Read to know further.

Q) So Salman, the film is about to release, the songs are amazing and the trailer is fantastic is well. So tell us something. How are you feeling inside?

Salman – Everything is there in the film which we look forward to. Action, comedy, thrill, drama everything but the main reason why the film has been done is because of the ‘plot’ of the film. The fact how a 9 year old boy has been given the task to take care of his mother, 3 siblings and how he does that to ensuring they finally settle down and marry. From the age of 9 to 72,his journey and everything. It’s lovely.

Q) Seems like it pretty much reflects you in reality because you are always so supportive towards your parents and friends?

Salman – It’s actually ‘ulta yaar’. They have been supporting me throughout. I need the support. (Laughs)

Q) Do Fridays make you nervous anymore?

Salman – Hahaha. If 2-3 go wrong, I will be.. But till now, inshallah has been good. Even though we talk about ‘Race 3’, it did more than 170 crores. So inshallah going good as of now.

Q) We heard there were changes in the story and script. Tell us about that.

Salman – See, I had narrated the story to Sooraj(Barjatya) and he made a very nice suggestion. After that when me and Ali spoke, I told him that they should not get married. Otherwise the whole thing gets diluted. Him taking care of the mother, siblings, father etc, the whole point gets a little diluted. So bass itna nahi.

Q) Salman, you are the only actor whose presence itself just makes the audience go wild..they clap, whistle and what not and due to this, you are still at the top. Do you think you are still the biggest heavyweight in front of the new stars?

Salman – Uparwaale ne mujhe nawazaa hai.. Fans ka support hai bass and undying support. Pata nahi wo mujh mein kya dekhte hai ki unka wo side nikal aata hai. Also the kind of films I do or have been doing till now, I have been seeing them since childhood and used to react the same way. So now when I am on the other side of it on screen, I feel I am sitting there with my fans and watching it and it somewhere gives me a feel that I would want my hero to do these things. So that’s it.

Q) Do you watch shows on the web as in digital?

Salman – When I start, I end up finishing 4 seasons. It’s dangerous and addictive man.

Q) So which are the ones you watched?

Salman – I saw ‘Game of Thrones’ till the 4th episode and then couldn’t see it after that because ek break lag gaya tha aur phirr ho nahi paya. I finished ‘Vikings’ recently. Then ‘Taboo’, ‘Arrow’, Then I watched ‘Peaky Blinders’ as well. I want to now watch ‘Money Heist’. There are 3-4 more.

Q) You are a magnanimous superstar today. You have name, fame and everything today. Is there anything still on the dream list?

Salman – Hahah sadly enough, dream karne ka utna time hai nahi mere paas kyunki main utna sota nahi hoon. Toh yeh chakkar hai. Kaise dream karu?

Q) Salman, where do you think your stardom is heading? You are confident of it being there always?

Salman – Stardom will go away. It’s not permanent. I think fortunately enough, Me, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Akshay are the only ones who have been able to hold it for so long. Otherwise it’s not easy to keep it going for such a long time. I am sure after a few years, our box office collections too would end up being 8%, 10% etc. But thankfully enough, that phase hasn’t started yet.

Q) Salman, a few days back, Akki told us that he can do action oriented movies till 56 57 maybe. How long do you think you will be able to do it?

Salman– Not too long I guess. Another 30-35 years max. (Grins)

Q) Coming to marriage, have you been approached for marriage by anyone till now?

Salman – No man. I am dissapointed. I haven’t been approached for marriage.

Q)  Are you upset with Priyanka regarding leaving the film?

Salman – No, not at all. I think it was a very brave, bold and great decision that she chose to get married at a time like this when she got a big film like ‘Bharat’.  She had also come to the house once to talk about it where she said she is going to get married.. So I initially asked her if she wants adjustments in the dates or not. Then I got the vibe that she isn’t willing to do the film anymore so I said fine enough and fair enough. At a time when people wait to get married for a major film in their career, she has gone ahead to marry and left a film. So it’s such a bold thing to do. Damn good man.

Q) Your mother, Salma aunty said that ‘Film mein 70 age mein wo jitne handsome lag rahe hai reality mein bhi 70 mein wo itna hi lagenge’. What do you have to say on that?

Salman – She said that? Wow.. Nahi pata tha yaar. I mean what can I say? Have you seen her husband at 84? The way he looks. (Smiles hinting at his father Salim Khan)

Q) Salman, you think your change in look will be widely accepted or are you nervous?

Salman – See, I heard throughout my life that ‘Agar hero ke baal chale gaye toh wo nikal gaya hero bracket se’.  In ‘Tere Naam’, I removed my hair and that look was accepted. Not just once, I have done it 2-3 times. So I am sure it will be well received.

Q) Last but not the least, whose idea was it to cast Jackie Shroff?

Salman – Mera. I know kal Ali isska credit leke bhaag jayega issliye maine pehele se bol diya haan. Mera idea tha. (Laughs)

#salman khan #bharat #text interview #interview #stardom

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sweet, gentle, and oh so unfortunate...

(a character analysis)

basic information

FULL NAME: delilah laila bello née qureshi PRONUNCIATION: DUH-lie-la bell-O MEANING: Delilah - amorous, delight, languishing ; Laila - dark haired beauty REASONING: laila - majnu , a tragic tale of love and yet her mother’s favorite story. her father is more practical, suggesting delilah for the birth certificate. and so laila becomes their darling, delicate daughter at home, while the rest of the world meets delilah first.  NICKNAME(S): desdemona, laila, lilah PREFERRED NAME(S): delilah, desdemona BIRTH DATE: july 10th AGE: 30 ZODIAC: cancer GENDER: female PRONOUNS: she/her/hers ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: heteroromantic (she never considered anything else) SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual (though she doesn’t count what’s happened under the influence & would call herself straight if asked) NATIONALITY: italian ETHNICITY: indian CURRENT LOCATION: verona, italy LIVING CONDITIONS: stable and comfortable, though not as cozy as it used to be TITLE(S): capulet soldier

background

BIRTH PLACE: venice, italy HOMETOWN: verona, italy though she was local to various cities for schooling SOCIAL CLASS: born to mid-lower middle class family, she married into about the same level when marrying a cop. however being a part of the capulets brings her into contact with much higher class people on a regular basis -- it’s hard to tell if her class plays a role in how poorly she fits in the mob. EDUCATION LEVEL: b.sc. in politics and international relations from the london school of economics and political science & m.a. in business criminal law from luiss school of law. though from how little she mentions it, it’s difficult to believe she’s so close to being a lawyer. FATHER: jaaved qureshi MOTHER: monal qureshi née arora SIBLING(S): n/a BIRTH ORDER: n/a CHILDREN: n/a PET(S): n/a OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIVES: paternal grandmother -- shabeena qureshi née farooqi PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIPS: ex-husband -- odin bello ARRESTS?: n/a PRISON TIME?: n/a

occupation & income

PRIMARY SOURCE OF INCOME: legal assistant for studio legale biondaro SECONDARY SOURCE OF INCOME: online contributor for the local newspaper TERTIARY SOURCE(S) OF INCOME: capulet soldier APPROXIMATE AMOUNT PER YEAR: appx.  € 40,000 / year CONTENT WITH THEIR JOB (OR LACK THERE OF)?: she was so close to becoming a lawyer -- all she needed was to pass the national bar exam and then the local one. but then she got married. at the time, it had been her parents who had discouraged the marriage and told her to focus on her career. at the time, it had been her who chose not to pursue law further because she was happy and married and with odin gone all day, who would take care of their home. besides, the precedent of leaving careers for family had been set for her by the generations of women in her family before her. (her grandmother worked in her father’s tailor shop before marriage and her mother had been a dance teacher.) but now that everything has ended the way it has, she’s not sure what to do.  PAST JOB(S): grocery store clerk, university library assistant, a few internships at law firms SPENDING HABITS: her father owned a small grocery store in venice, one of the few where one could find indian and middle-eastern spices, fruits, vegetables, henna, etc. as such she learned to be sensible and thrifty about money. she’s excellent at creating and following a budget. it’s why she took time off between degrees to live at home and save money for her m.a. private universities are expensive after all, and her family couldn’t afford it otherwise. MOST VALUABLE POSSESSION: a delicate gold chain and flower shaped pendant -- it’s an heirloom passed down from mother to daughter. her wedding ring hangs upon that chain as well.

skills & abilities

PHYSICAL STRENGTH: 4/10 OFFENSE: 3/10 DEFENSE: 7/10 SPEED: 6/10 INTELLIGENCE: 9/10 ACCURACY: 7/10 AGILITY: 8/10 STAMINA: 6/10 TEAMWORK: 9/10 TALENTS: intelligent, flexible, adaptable, follower SHORTCOMINGS: too caring, non-violent, physically weak, indecisive LANGUAGE(S) SPOKEN: hindi, italian, english (accented), urdu (understands but can’t speak) DRIVE?: yes JUMP-STAR A CAR?: yes CHANGE A FLAT TIRE?: yes RIDE A BICYCLE?: yes SWIM?: yes PLAY AN INSTRUMENT?: no PLAY CHESS?: yes BRAID HAIR?: yes TIE A TIE?: yes PICK A LOCK?: she’s supposed to be learning, but she struggles

physical appearance & characteristics

FACE CLAIM: deepika padukone EYE COLOR: dark brown HAIR COLOR: dark brown/black HAIR TYPE/STYLE: long, wavy, not prone to frizziness GLASSES/CONTACTS?: prefers to contacts but wears glasses when needed DOMINANT HAND: right HEIGHT: 5′9″ WEIGHT: 60 kg BUILD: slim/lean EXERCISE HABITS: all through school she used to dance; she didn’t really get back into exercise until after marriage -- now that she’s a capulet she finds herself engaging in cardio + kickboxing 3x a week. SKIN TONE: by indian standards, her olive skin is considered relatively fair. in europe, she’d be called dusky. TATTOOS: a small outline of a lotus on her left ankle PEIRCINGS: two in each ear lobe (she usually wears studs in one and something more fancy in the other) and a nose piercing that has closed up since marriage. MARKS/SCARS: a birthmark on the sole of her right foot -- according to her grandmother, it indicated that she would travel often NOTABLE FEATURES: she was known for being a beauty among the venetian locals -- her dimpled smile was alluded to in particular. USUAL EXPRESSION: tender, though lately she seems almost constantly on the verge of tears CLOTHING STYLE: business professional at work, athleisure/cozy at home. JEWELRY: tiny, gold studs in her ears, a gold chain. she does tend to wear a watch to work. ALLERGIES: n/a. BODY TEMPERATURE: normal DIET: mostly healthy -- she cooks her own meals most of the time (a mix of indian and italian) but will occasionally go out. she’s got a sweet tooth though she doesn’t usually indulge it, except for the sugar in her daily evening chai. PHYSICAL AILMENTS: n/a

psychology

JUNG TYPE: ISFJ JUNG SUBTYPE: n/a ENNEAGRAM TYPE: type 6 -- the loyalist MORAL ALIGNMENT: lawful good TEMPERAMENT: phlegmatic ELEMENT: water PRIMARY INTELLIGENCE TYPE: linguistic APPROXIMATE IQ: 125 MENTAL CONDITIONS/DISORDERS: n/a SOCIABILITY: introvert EMOTIONAL STABILITY: stable, but vulnerable OBSESSION(S): literature, with a weakness for romance novels (good and bad) COMPULSION(S):  PHOBIA(S): none that she knows of yet ADDICTION(S): n/a DRUG USE: she tried weed once ALCOHOL USE: she drinks like an italian -- she prefers wines over hard liquor and will drink with a meal a few times a week PRONE TO VIOLENCE?: no

mannerisms

SPEECH STYLE: easy to understand, simple but descriptive ACCENT: her italian and hindi are unaccented, but her english has some kind of accent though it’s hard to figure out exactly what kind QUIRKS: she is not a fan of computers in general. if there’s an ‘e-’ version of something, she probably doesn’t like it (aka books > e books, notebooks > e notebooks, letters > emails, etc.) HOBBIES: reading, writing, dancing, bullet journaling HABITS: a cup of chai after work, reading before bed, journaling with her morning espresso NERVOUS TICKS: hand wringing, finger tapping, too wide smiles DRIVES/MOTIVATIONS: love, truth, loyalty, justice, mercy FEARS: irrelevance, dying alone POSITIVE TRAITS: loving, loyal, honest, sweet, kind NEGATIVE TRAITS: indecisive, lack of self-worth, too gentle, non-confrontational SENSE OF HUMOR: she likes kind humor, self-deprecation, wittiness  DO THEY CURSE OFTEN?: almost never. CATCHPHRASE(S): n/a

favorites

ACTIVITY: reading ANIMAL: ocelot BEVERAGE: chai BOOK: pride and prejudice  CELEBRITY: madhubala (old bollywood actress) COLOR:  orange (like marigolds and mangoes) DESIGNER: sabyasaachi FOOD: chicken malai kabob FLOWER: marigolds GEM: yellow topaz HOLIDAY: diwali MODE OF TRANSPORTATION: scooter MOVIE: mughal-e-azaam (old bollywood film) MUSICAL ARTIST: hozier QUOTE/SAYING: “no legacy is so rich as honesty.” SCENERY: rajasthani deserts SCENT: exotic and fruity SPORT: tennis SPORTS TEAM: indian national cricket team  TELEVISION SHOW: suits (it’s trashy, she knows, but it’s so perfectly escapist) WEATHER: warm and sunny VACATION DESTINATION: spain, greece, egypt

attitudes

GREATEST DREAM: becoming a judge GREATEST FEAR: dying alone MOST AT EASE WHEN: reading before bed LEAST AT EASE WHEN: doing anything mob related WORST POSSIBLE THING THAT COULD HAPPEN: losing everyone she loves BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: her acceptance into lse BIGGEST REGRET: believing she’d already reached her happy ending MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: hearing the rumors about her before odin confronted her BIGGEST SECRET: she’s signed the divorce papers but she hasn’t returned them yet. TOP PRIORITIES: proving her innocence to odin and the rest of the capulets

#❈ she is indeed perfection ( about ) #guess who ignored replies in favor of THIS monstrosity

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Kapil Sharma Actor, Age, Biography, Wiki, Wife, TV Shows

Kapil Sharma was born on 2nd April 1981 is a professional stand-up comedian, television as well as film actor. He is the producer as well as the host of The Kapil Sharma Show. The Kapil Sharma Show is one of the most popular shows in India as well as across the globe. He was ranked 12th and 19th in Forbes India’s Celebrity Top 100 list. Kapil has also starred in a few Bollywood movies as one of the lead actors.

Kapil Sharma was born in State Punjab Amritsar City in India to a Punjabi family. His father's name was Jeetendra Kumar Punj and his mother's name is Janak Rani. He follows Hinduism and holds and holds an Indian Nationality. His father worked as a police constable in Punjab Police and his mother is a housewife. Kapil’s father was diagnosed with cancer disease and died after battling it for a long duration of seven years. Kapil has two siblings named Ashok Kumar Sharma and Pooja Sharma.  Kapil had completed his schooling at Shri Ram Ashram school in Amritsar. After completing his schooling he joined Hindu College for his further education. He was interested in fine arts so he joined Apeejay College of Fine Arts in Jalandhar to pursue that course further.

Kapil started his career by doing small roles in various television shows. He rose to fame after winning the reality Comedy TV show named The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in the year 2007. He won a huge amount after winning the show. He has also been the winner of popular comedy shows like Comedy Circus and many other comedy shows. After winning various comedy shows Kapil went on to create his own comedy show, named Comedy Nights with Kapil. The show turned out to be a huge blockbuster hit with a record-breaking number of viewers which turned him into a star. He started getting projects from Bollywood after his successful show. He made his Bollywood debut with the movie named Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon in 2015 with the lead role portraying the role of Kumar Shiv Ram Kishan. Kapil has also won several awards and hosted numerous events apart from acting and doing comedy shows. Kapil got married to Ginni Chatrath in the year 2018 and has 2 kids now.

#kapilsharma #kapilsharmashow

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Top 5 Animated movies nominated for Oscars

Well, it's 2021 and it's time to upgrade our choice in the entertainment section. Not only entertainment but the career opportunities in this online world has increased so much. Not only work from home has become a normal trend but OTT platforms have also acquired a large market. We kept on spending our quarantine binge-watching. Well, we all watched animated movies more. 

As the visual effects and VFX used in animated movies just blew up our minds. These animated movies also told us about the new future trend of graphics and animation. Movies today are upgrading their standards using Animation and VFX. So we cannot ignore that VFX and Animation is the new trend for decades and centuries. Most of us have seen highly grossed movies in India which is “Bahubali”. 

The movie is 90% based on the use of Animation and VFX. One of the best movies which has proved itself a blockbuster not only in Bollywood but also worldwide.  So we can say that animation and VFX have a vital part in making movies' audience catching and mind-blowing. Not only in movies but the demand for animated movies and videos is so high in the corporate world as the business is shifting from offline to the online world and these companies have a better understanding of ROI. 

There are so many fields inside Animation and VFX that will pay you high bucks and are never-ending carrier options. Ok so we have got about the future of animation now let's come to the present and talk about 5 Animated movies that are nominated for Oscar and are must watch for every student who wants to understand the value of Animation and VFX:-

 1. How to Train Your Dragon- The Hidden world

 Well, this movie is full of humour and emotions. Let us talk about the storyline of this movie. The movie is based on a Norse teenager from the Island of berk where fighting dragons are on their way. His father does not want him to be trained like fighting dragons and just a passage of manhood and initiated to be a tribe. However, he ended up being just the opposite by befriending a deadly night Fury. 

The VFX and Animations used in this movie were mind-blowing.  The way animations used in this movie are outstanding and real time. This computer-animated action-fantasy film produced by Dreamworks Animation. This film was also nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Animated film, public choice award and so more. 

 IMDb Ratings:- 7.5/10

 2. Beauty And The Beast:-

Most of you have already watched this movie before and cannot forget the story of this movie. Yeah, that is true. The movie is based on an arrogant young prince and his servants who are spelled by a wicked enchantress who turns him into a beast until he starts loving and gets love in return. 

Yeah, this movie is emotional but worth watching. The animations used in this movie according to the time period of 1991 were fantastic. The film received huge nominations at the 23rd Critics' Choice Awards and two nominations at the 71st British Academy Film Awards. It also received nominations for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design at the Best Animated Movie Award.

 IMDb Ratings:- 7.1/10

 3. Aladdin:- 

Following the hot streaks of Oscar movies from the OTT platform Disney, this movie has proved itself that this movie deserves its place in Oscar. Aladdin movie is produced by Walt Disney Pictures is a live animated musical fantasy film. Aladdin is the one character from the fairy tales who has acquired a special place in everyone’s heart. The story is based on a street rat boy Aladdin who frees a genie from a lamp and finds that his wishes are granted. 

But here is the twist. The evil has made some other plans for lamp and princess Jasmine. This movie was released in the year 1992 and proved that it is worth an Oscar deserving movie. Not just storyline and direction but animation played a vital role. This movie won a huge appreciation from the audience.

 IMDb Ratings:- 6.9/10

 4. The Incredibles:-

This time Pixar won the Oscar again after Finding Nemo. The 4 most humorous characters in this movie just made everyone laugh on the screen with their humour and outstanding acting. Quickly talking about the storyline this movie is based on a family which is having superpowers to save the people. But here is the twist: the superpowers are banned by the government so this family can no longer use the superpowers. 

While Mr. Incredible loves his wife and family too much and returns to the adventure and gets a chance to summon his powers to an island to battle out of controlled robots but traps himself. Well, this is now up to his family how they are going to save him. The animations and graphics used by Pixar are so real and mind-blowing also this movie does not turn out to be animated with its real-time VFX. And proves itself to be represented on Oscar. 

The Incredibles received amazing and great love from the audience, winning two Academy Awards and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. It was the first entirely animated film to win the prestigious Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

 IMDb Ratings:- 7.6/10

5. Boss Baby :- 

This movie is one of the most hilarious movies full of humour. The narrator of this movie is a 7-year-old boy who is delightfully impacted by the arrival of the baby. Yeah everyone is jealous of their younger siblings because the family members start loving and giving them more attention. 

 This 7 years old boy turns himself into a Baby Boss wearing a suit and coming out of a Taxi having a Briefcase in his hands and a CEO of Puppy Co. But the twist is yet to come. The movie was nominated for best Oscar movie in 2016. This Animated movie was produced by Dreamworks Animation and the film received Best Animated Feature nominations at the Academy Awards, Annie Awards, and Golden Globes. 

 IMDb Ratings:- 6.3/10

 These were the top 5 animated movies that have gained their place in Oscar and are worth watching.

Conclusion:- These 5 movies described in this blog are must-watch Oscar-winning movies that will tell you that you did not require any big star to make films. You can make films with the use of Animations, Graphics and VFX. These movies were nominated for an Oscar as Best Animation Movies. So the point of writing this blog is to tell that animations and VFX are not going anywhere but increasing day by day not only in movies but also in the corporate world with the increase in technology. So it’s a great choice to make a career in Animation and VFX as these fields are not going to go anywhere else. One can learn Animation from Best Animation Institute and grow their career. 

#Best Animation Institute in Ahmedabad #Oscar Movies

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I was tagged by @bikazbrekker

How tall are you?

Not tall enough. 

What colour are your eyes?

Brown

Do you were contacts/glasses?

I am SUPPOSED to wear glasses but idk where they are so, ask me again when I decide to get my life back on track :)

What is your fashion style?

Comfy, casual but sometimes dressy. I am in love with those wide, bell arm tops tbh. Skinny jeans are my faaave, I love dresses but I’m too short for them :( 

When were you born?

22nd January

Do you have any siblings?

yes, 2! a bro and a sis

What school/college do you go to?

A college in London, which I fondly nicknamed The Prison :) 

What kind of student are you?

An once-upon-a-time star pupil who has lost all motivation and now I am just wasting my life away through obstinate denial and procrastination. 

What are your favourite subjects?

Literature and History are the two loves of my life. Physics, Drama

What are your favourite movies?

...suddenly I have forgotten every movie I've ever loved. Love, Rosie is cute and I love it to bits. I love Bollywood movies. A Cinderella Story too. 

What are your favourite pastimes?

I love to read, and love to write even more (although I am hopeless at it), I love going out with my friends but rarely do it, Netflix is a god gift, Tumblr and social media in general will be my downfall. 

Do you have any regrets?

Too many to name

What’s your dream job?

I always wanted to be an author lol (I am going uni next year to study law so yay to me)

Would you like to get married?

Yes

Do you want kids?

Yes, defo. At least 3

How many countries have you visited?

Lol 2

What is your scariest dream?

I had a dream a few weeks ago that one of my best friends (who apparently never learnt road safety because he always ALWAYS runs in front of moving cars because he cba to walk to the crossings) got hit by a car. So yeah, not a dream I ever want to have again. 

Do you have a significant other?

Lol I wish

Put your playlist on shuffle and without skipping put the first 15 songs 

(this is going to be embarrassing)

1. rEaR vIeW- ZAYN 

2. Closer- The Chainsmokers

3. Happier- Ed Sheeran 

4. No More Sad Songs- Little Mix

5. Where Do Broken Hearts Go- One Direction

6. I Knew You Were Trouble- Taylor Swift

7. King and Lionheart- Of Monsters and Men

8. wRoNg- ZAYN 

9. Strong- One Direction

10. Where’s My Love- SYML 

11. War of Hearts (Acoustic)- Ruelle

12. Enchanted- Taylor Swift

13. For You- Liam Payne

14. Paper Love (Acoustic)- Allie X 

15. The Good Side- Troye Sivan 

I tag @peoplefailatlifeinmysteriousways @kpopmaypop95 @supersoldierslover and @anyone else who wants to do it :) 

#about me