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Christine McVie performing at BBC Radio 2 in 2017
Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79
LONDON — Christine McVie, who played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their most famous songs, has died aged 79, her family has said.The British singer-songwriter was behind hits including Little Lies, Everywhere, Don't Stop, Say You Love Me and Songbird.She died peacefully at a hospital in the company of her family, a statement said.McVie left Fleetwood Mac after 28 years in 1998 but returned in 2014.The family's statement said, "We would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally".Born Christine Perfect, McVie married Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie, and joined the group at the start of the 1970s.Fleetwood Mac became one of the world's best-known rock bands...
December 01, 2022

Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan plays a noblewoman on a vengeful path to destroy her former lover
Ponniyin Selvan: Mani Ratnam's epic drama fires up India box office
NEW DELHI — Celebrated Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam's new film Ponniyin Selvan:1, a Tamil-language epic period drama, has taken the box office by storm.Ponniyin Selvan, based on one of India's greatest emperors, is widely considered by many to be the finest novel ever written in Tamil.It was the name conferred by the loyal subjects on Rajaraja Chola - whose name means 'king of kings' - of the Chola dynasty, which ruled Tamil land from 9th Century to 13th Century.Rajaraja was not the first of the Chola dynasty but he took their empire to its zenith - from a relatively small kingdom to the dominant empire in India. Their political influence extended across Sri Lanka, Maldives, Sumatra, parts of Thailand and Malaysia, and they had diplomatic ties with China.Historian Sunil...
October 04, 2022

Ponniyin Selvan: Mani Ratnam's epic drama fires up India box office

Raju Srivastava had shot to fame in 2005 after participating the show, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge
Popular Indian comedian Raju Srivastava dies aged 58
NEW DELHI — Popular Indian comedian Raju Srivastava has died aged 58, his family has confirmed.Srivastava was being treated at a hospital in the capital, Delhi, following a heart attack on 10 August.The comedian had been taken to hospital and put on life-support after experiencing chest pain and collapsing while working out at the gym.Last week, his family said that Srivastava was recovering slowly but remained on ventilator.Srivastava joined the entertainment industry in the 1980s as an actor in Hindi films.He shot to fame in 2005 after participating in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, a reality show for stand-up comedy.Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes at the news of Srivastava's death.Srivastava was known as the common man's comedian.He was born in 1963 in...
September 21, 2022

Popular Indian comedian Raju Srivastava dies aged 58

Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard: Legendary French film director dies at 91
PARIS — Film director Jean-Luc Godard, who spearheaded the revolutionary French New Wave of cinema, has died at the age of 91.Godard burst onto the scene with 1960s À bout de souffle (Breathless), which started a run of acclaimed releases that rewrote the rules of film.His work brought a new verve and daring to cinema and influenced directors from Quentin Tarantino to Martin Scorsese.French President Emmanuel Macron said Godard "had the vision of a genius".In a tribute on Twitter, Macron wrote: "He was like an apparition in French cinema. Then he became a master of it."Jean-Luc Godard, the most iconoclastic of New Wave filmmakers, invented a resolutely modern, intensely free art. We have lost a national treasure, a man who had the vision of a...
September 13, 2022

Jean-Luc Godard: Legendary French film director dies at 91

Squid Game actor Lee Jung-jae (left) and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk with their Emmy awards
Emmy Awards: Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae is first Asian to win best drama actor
LOS ANGELES — Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae has become the first Asian star to win the Emmy award for best male actor in a drama.The South Korean won for playing the main role of the increasingly desperate Seong Gi-hun in the hit Netflix show.The show's creator, Hwang Dong-hyuk, won the best drama series director prize, also the first Asian to do so.Ted Lasso won best comedy series for the second year in a row, while outstanding drama went to Succession, also for a second year running.The drama's British creator Jesse Armstrong made a jibe about the monarchy during his acceptance speech at the US TV industry's most prestigious ceremony of the year."It's a big week for successions — new King in the UK, this for us," he joked. "Evidently a bit more voting...
September 13, 2022

Emmy Awards: Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae is first Asian to win best drama actor

Britney Spears and Sir Elton John, pictured here in 2013, reportedly recorded their duet last month.
Elton John gives diners preview of Britney Spears' first music since 2016
LONDON — Sir Elton John has given French diners a preview of Britney Spears' first new music since the conservatorship running her life was lifted last year.Sir Elton has recorded a duet with Spears, called Hold Me Closer, which will be released on Friday.However, he couldn't resist sharing the track with the patrons of a restaurant in Cannes on Tuesday night.After approaching the restaurant's DJ, he sang along with the track, streaming the reaction on his Instagram page.Wearing a colorful shirt and matching shorts, Sir Elton, who had hip surgery last year, remained seated for the performance.Hold Me Closer is a mash-up of Sir Elton's hits The One and Tiny Dancer, with Spears singing lyrics from both songs over a bouncy club beat.In style and sound, it's similar to...
August 24, 2022

Elton John gives diners preview of Britney Spears' first music since 2016

The award was presented by Roger Moore and Liv Ullman — but rejected.
Oscars apologizes to actress Sacheen Littlefeather after 50 years
LOS ANGELES — The Oscars has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American woman booed off stage nearly 50 years ago.The activist and actress appeared on live TV in 1973 to refuse an Oscar that Marlon Brando won for The Godfather.Brando rejected the best actor award because of misrepresentation of Native Americans by the US film industry — and sent Littlefeather in his place.The Academy said Littlefeather endured "unwarranted and unjustified" abuse following her brief speech."I never thought I'd live to see the day I would be hearing this," she told the Hollywood Reporter.Littlefeather, then 26, was heckled and shunned by the entertainment industry following her speech at the awards.Her speech was, organizers said, the first political statement at the...
August 16, 2022

Oscars apologizes to actress Sacheen Littlefeather after 50 years

Anne Heche attended the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards in California in March.
US actress Anne Heche not expected to survive, says family
LOS ANGELES — US actress Anne Heche is not expected to survive, her family has said, after a car crash earlier this week that left her vehicle engulfed in flames.She remains in a coma and had "a severe anoxic brain injury" — when the brain is deprived of oxygen, they said."We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne's recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses," they added.Her car crashed into a two-story home in Los Angeles last week.Police said on Friday that preliminary blood tests had revealed the presence of drugs in her system, but extra testing was needed to rule out any substances given in hospital.The Los Angeles Police Department told the PA news agency the incident was being investigated as a felony...
August 12, 2022

US actress Anne Heche not expected to survive, says family

Aamir Khan's adaptation appears to have avoided the moral ambiguity and portrayed Rupa (played by Kareena Kapoor Khan) as a woman with a troubled childhood and unfulfilled ambitions.
How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood
MUMBAI — Bollywood star Aamir Khan waited for a decade to secure the rights of the 1994 Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump.It was only in 2018 that he began work on Laal Singh Chaddha, a formal adaptation of the Tom Hanks classic, which opens in theatres on Thursday.Khan teamed up with debutant screenwriter Atul Kulkarni and director Advait Chandan to bring the film to the theaters. He wanted to make it a "respectful tribute to the original and take it in an exciting new direction", according to the film's production notes.During the first script reading, the makers set up some chairs in a room trying to recreate the atmosphere of a train."We put people in their places and started reading. Khan had internalised Laal so much that it immediately came out so organically. He...
August 10, 2022

How Aamir Khan adapted Forrest Gump to Bollywood

Olivia Newton-John attends the 2018 G'Day USA Los Angeles Gala in 2018. (file photo)
Friends and fans pay tribute to superstar singer and actress Olivia Newton-John
LOS ANGELES — Tributes have been paid from around the world to Olivia Newton-John, who has died from cancer aged 73.The Grammy-winning superstar reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with a string of hits and won countless hearts as everyone’s favorite Sandy in the blockbuster film version of “Grease”, one of the most successful film musicals ever made.The British-born Australian singer and actress died peacefully at her California ranch surrounded by family and friends on Monday, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. “We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time,” the message said.Her Grease co-star John Travolta said she "made all of our lives so much better" while its...
August 09, 2022

Friends and fans pay tribute to superstar singer and actress Olivia Newton-John

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