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Award-winning actor Rasika Dugal.
Streaming is driving a 'golden age' for Indian drama
MUMBAI — Award-winning actor, Rasika Dugal, has never had more work, or been recognized more often.The Indian actor's star is rising — she will soon be seen in the second season of drama, Delhi Crime on Netflix and in the film, Lord Curzon Ki Haveli. She is also currently working on an unnamed TV series.But it hasn't always been this way. Like many actors, her early years in the industry were tough and frustrating. Dugal worked on films that were never released and those that did reach the box office, did not attract much of an audience."While working on those films was a very fulfilling experience as a performer, the films didn't reach the audience I felt they deserved," she says.When it came to distribution, the small films she worked on just did not have the...
April 12, 2022

Streaming is driving a 'golden age' for Indian drama

David Gilmour said the song was a show of
Pink Floyd reunite for Ukraine protest song
LONDON — Pink Floyd have reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, a protest song against the Ukraine war.Hey Hey, Rise Up! features David Gilmour and Nick Mason alongside long-time Floyd bassist Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards.But the song is built around a spine-tingling refrain from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band Boombox.Gilmour says the song is a show of "anger at a superpower invading a peaceful nation".But it is also intended as a morale booster for the people of Ukraine, and a call "for peace".Work on the song began a couple of weeks ago, when Gilmour was shown Khlyvnyuk's Instagram feed. The singer had posted footage of himself in in Kyiv's Sofiyskaya Square, fully armed and ready to fight the Russian...
April 08, 2022

Pink Floyd reunite for Ukraine protest song

Charles Darwin's work on evolution theory by natural selection changed the way we think about the natural world.
'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks mysteriously returned
CAMBRIDGE — Two "stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University, 22 years after they were last seen.The small leather-bound books are worth many millions of pounds and include the scientist's "tree of life" sketch.Their return comes 15 months after the BBC first highlighted they had gone missing and the library launched a worldwide appeal to find them."I feel joyous," the university's librarian Dr Jessica Gardner says.She grins broadly as she breaks the news. In fact, she cannot stop smiling. "They're safe, they're in good condition, they're home."But who returned the two postcard-sized notepads is a real whodunit. They were left anonymously in a bright pink gift bag...
April 05, 2022

'Stolen' Charles Darwin notebooks mysteriously returned

Olivia Rodrigo said winning three Grammys was a
Grammy honours go to Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic and Jon Batiste
LAS VEGAS — Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic and jazz musician Jon Batiste have shared the top honors at the 64th Grammy Awards.Batiste's uplifting soul record We Are won album of the year, while Rodrigo won best new artist and best pop album.Silk Sonic's soul throwback anthem Leave The Door Open took home both the record and song of the year prizes.Apart from the awards, the ceremony saw a tribute to Foo Fighters star Taylor Hawkins, and a video plea from Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky.In a pre-taped message, he urged musicians to "fill the silence" left by Russian bombs "with your music"."Tell our story. Tell the truth about the war on your social networks and TV. But not silence."His speech was followed by a performance by John Legend,...
April 04, 2022

Grammy honours go to Olivia Rodrigo, Silk Sonic and Jon Batiste

Producer Will Packer (left) with Chris Rock backstage during the Oscars.
Police were ready to arrest star during Oscars, producer says
LOS ANGELES — Police were ready to arrest Will Smith at the Oscars after the actor slapped comedian Chris Rock on stage, the ceremony's producer has said.In his first interview since Sunday's event, Will Packer said officers asked Rock if he wanted them to take action.But the star was "very dismissive" of that offer, Packer told ABC TV.Smith has apologized for striking Rock over a joke about his wife Jada, while Oscars organizers and Packer have come under scrutiny for their responses.In an interview clip published by ABC's Good Morning America, the producer described the conversation between Rock and Los Angeles police officers in the aftermath of the incident."They were saying, you know, this is — battery was the word they used at that moment. They said,...
April 01, 2022

Police were ready to arrest star during Oscars, producer says

Will Smith appeared unrepentant straight after the ceremony on Sunday.
Will Smith refused to leave Oscars after slap, Academy says
LOS ANGELES — Will Smith was asked to leave the Oscars ceremony after hitting Chris Rock but refused, the Academy says.The event's organizing body also said it had initiated "disciplinary proceedings" against Smith.Smith slapped Rock after the comic made a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head, a result of the hair-loss condition alopecia.The actor - who won the first Oscar of his career at the ceremony - has since apologized.In its statement, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said: "Mr Smith was asked to leave the ceremony and refused, [but] we also recognize we could have handled the situation differently."It also announced it had "initiated disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations of the Academy's Standards...
March 31, 2022

Will Smith refused to leave Oscars after slap, Academy says

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith at the Vanity Fair Oscars party on Sunday.
Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence on Oscars slap
LOS ANGELES — Jada Pinkett Smith has broken her silence after the outcry over her husband slapping Chris Rock for making a joke at her expense.In a brief post to Instagram, the actress wrote of a "season for healing" in apparent reference to the Oscars incident.Her husband, Will Smith, was condemned by the awards organizers for hitting Rock.He apologized on Monday, calling violence "poisonous and destructive".The incident Sunday night happened just before Smith won the Oscar for Best Actor, when the comedian Rock was on stage to present the award for Best Documentary.He made a quip about Pinkett Smith's shaved head, a result of the hair-loss condition alopecia.Pinkett Smith did not comment amid the furor and public debate that ensued over the merits of Rock's...
March 30, 2022

Jada Pinkett Smith breaks silence on Oscars slap

Best actor winner Will Smith (L) took offense at a joke by presenter Chris Rock.
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock after Oscars slap
LOS ANGELES — Will Smith has apologized to Chris Rock after he slapped him at the Oscars, saying his behavior was "unacceptable and inexcusable"."I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris," he said in a statement. "I was out of line and I was wrong."It comes after the Oscars film academy condemned Smith over the incident and announced a formal review.The star slapped Rock in the face on stage after the comic made a joke about the actor's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.Rock had taken aim at Pinkett Smith's shaved head, a result of the hair-loss condition alopecia.Shortly after, Smith picked up the first Oscar of his career for playing the father of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in King Richard."Violence in all of its forms is...
March 29, 2022

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock after Oscars slap

Will Smith accepts the best actor Oscar.
'CODA' wins the Oscar in a streaming breakthrough
LOS ANGELES — Apple TV's Coda, about a teenager who is the only hearing member of a deaf family, has become the first streaming film to win best picture at the Oscars.Once considered the underdog, Coda beat the presumed frontrunner, the Netflix western The Power of the Dog.Jessica Chastain won best actress, but the ceremony was overshadowed when best actor winner Will Smith hit Chris Rock over a joke about his wife, Jada.The King Richard star later used his emotional acceptance speech to apologize to the Academy and his fellow nominees.The global pandemic, which forced the entire entertainment industry into streaming mode for a time, has helped hasten streaming's acceptance, with last year's winner, "Nomadland," having been directed to a rival streamer, Hulu.Jessica...
March 28, 2022

'CODA' wins the Oscar in a streaming breakthrough

Filming of
‘Within Sand’ begins shooting in NEOM
NEOM — The feature film “Within Sand” has begun shooting in NEOM, becoming the first independent Saudi film to be supported by NEOM Media Industries.Selected and supported by the Saudi Film Commission in a nationwide competition, “Within Sand” is being produced by Alsarid Films of Riyadh and will be distributed by Saudi-based CineWaves Films. The script has been selected and developed by Torino Lab, which was part of the Red Sea International Film Festival programs.The film will be submitted to prestigious festivals worldwide and global film markets. “Within Sand” is written and directed by Saudi filmmaker Moe Alatawi and features an impressive cast of rising Saudi talents.In order to stay true to the director’s mission to tell authentic Saudi stories, “Within Sand” is...
March 25, 2022

‘Within Sand’ begins shooting in NEOM

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