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Diljit Dosanjh makes history, sells out ‘largest ever Punjabi show outside India’

Kicking off his tour on Saturday night, Diljit Dosanjh regaled over 50,000 concert goers at the BC Place stadium in Vancouver, Canada, with his popular songs from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RegxSZs via IFTTT

Aftab Shivdasani joins Akshay Kumar in ‘Welcome to the Jungle’

Aftab shared a goofy post thanking Akshay as he confirmed his role in Ahmed Khan’s film from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/AtsbNxL via IFTTT

Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman mourn demise of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ art director Ray Chan

Chan had worked on Marvel blockbusters such as ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame‘ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5lFx1mb via IFTTT

‘Abigail’ movie review: Universal’s vampire flick is all style and no substance

‘Abigail,’ starring Melissa Barrera and Alisha Weir, sacrifices character development in favour of a billion litres of blood exploding in everyone’s faces every minute from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/I9UsTtL via IFTTT

‘Dead Boy Detectives’ series review: This ‘Sandman’ spin-off is boundless fun

The riotous ride of the two teenage ghost detectives is stuffed to the gills with fantastic creatures including a vengeful immortal witch, a melancholy walrus and a giant, sharp-toothed fish from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/x95joCK via IFTTT

FIR lodged as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actor goes missing, Delhi police team visits his house

Multiple teams have been formed to find the 50-year-old actor, who resides in the Palam area here, after he went missing five days ago, the police said from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/FhHpD37 via IFTTT

Alexander Payne directing documentary about ‘finest film professor in the world’

Payne, known for directing the recent ‘The Holdovers’, is shooting a doc on American film scholar Jeanine Basinger from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/l2vaTcB via IFTTT

Mexican film ‘Shame’ wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia

‘Shame’, a film by director Miguel Salgado and co-produced by Mexico and Qatar, was the most highly awarded film at the festival, which began in 1935 and which has been held annually since 1999 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/9CkKnej via IFTTT

A look at past and future cases Harvey Weinstein has faced as his New York conviction is thrown out

Harvey Weinstein's New York sexual assault conviction has been thrown out by an appeals court, but it's just one of many cases the disgraced movie mogul has faced from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XZAkBgS via IFTTT

Power of translation: ‘Shōgun’ champions the art of understanding

Shōgun is a refreshing reminder that in a time where the power of the ‘one-inch tall barrier,’ still seems distastefully under contention, sometimes you need to revive the literal Tokugawa Shōgunate to bridge the cumbersome gap between worlds from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/F8X5RGE via IFTTT

Owen Wilson declined $12M to star in a film depicting O.J. Simpson as innocent

“If you think I’m going to take the lead role in a movie about how O.J. didn’t do it, you’ve got to be kidding me,” Wilson reportedly said. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/g065NHj via IFTTT

Sajin Gopu on ‘Aavesham’: ‘Playing Ambaan was a tightrope walk’

Sajin Gopu is getting rave reviews for his character in the Fahadh Faasil-blockbuster Aavesham from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rVkTy6F via IFTTT

Sachin Vaali on ‘Sathya S/O Harishchandra’, which brings Nirup Bhandari and Sai Kumar together on-screen after a decade

‘Sathya S/O Harishchandra,’ directed by debutant Sachin Vaali, features Nirup Bhadari and Sai Kumar who set the screen on fire with their stellar performances nearly a decade ago with ‘Rangi Taranga’ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rHBwu7z via IFTTT

Crew members injured in crash on Georgia set of Eddie Murphy movie ‘The Pickup’

Neither Murphy nor the film's other stars, including Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson, were on the set at the time from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PavUu4e via IFTTT

Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty, Usha Uthup, Ram Naik conferred Padma awards

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, among others, were present at the function. from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/NXkSE4T via IFTTT

‘Deadpool and Wolverine’: Ryan Reynolds teases fans with intriguing new teaser, poster

The trailer for ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ will be out on April 22; the film releases in cinemas on July 26, 2024 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zI1XfFw via IFTTT

‘Kalki 2898 AD’: Amitabh Bachchan intrigues as Ashwatthama in first-look teaser

Fronted by Prabhas and co-starring Deepika Padukone and Kamal Haasan, the mythology-tinged sci-fi epic is set to release on May 9 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rQ1Nqyt via IFTTT

Alex Garland’s ‘Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1

Universal Pictures’ ‘Abigail,’ a critically acclaimed R-rated horror film about the daughter of Dracula, came in second with $10.2 million from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ltMiSnP via IFTTT

MS Sathyu: ‘The human mind is destroyed, diminished by OTT’

Veteran film director, MS Sathyu talks about his passion for films, theatre and what it means to be conferred with the lifetime achievement award at BIFFes from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/K0V958M via IFTTT

Prabhas’ ‘Kalki 2898 AD’ team to release Amitabh Bachchan’s first look during Sunday’s PBKS vs GT IPL match

The first look will be unveiled on Star Sports at 7:15 PM today from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XEDbzak via IFTTT

Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and more win big at the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024

The awards ceremony, held at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre and hosted by Baz Ashmawy, celebrated excellence in Irish cinema and television from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/beYj7Er via IFTTT

Actor Pankaj Tripathi's brother-in-law dies in road accident, sister injured

The two were headed to Chittaranjan, West Bengal, from Gopalganj, Bihar, to watch the shooting of Pankaj Tripathi’s film from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SbRl1Lt via IFTTT

First Day First Show | Interviews of Rainn Wilson and Kani Kusruti

The Hindu’s First Day First Show newsletter brings you news and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/NdgHriD via IFTTT

‘Premalu 2’ announced: Film starring hit pair Naslen K Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju to release in 2025

The sequel to the Malayalam blockbuster romantic comedy will again be directed by Girish AD, and produced by Bhavana Studios from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8IdHULq via IFTTT

‘Fallout’ quickly renewed for a second season by Amazon MGM

Within its initial four days, ‘Fallout’ secured its place among Prime Video’s top three most-watched titles globally from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/McxVmUn via IFTTT

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar cast votes in Chennai

Several actors from Tamil Nadu’s film fraternity were amongst the first to cast their votes in Chennai and urged fans to do the same from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6FKGjy3 via IFTTT

Martin Scorsese will film Jesus and Frank Sinatra biopics back-to-back

Andrew Garfield and Leonardo DiCaprio are circling the lead roles for the Jesus and Sinatra bipoics respectively from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PVs1Kda via IFTTT

Netflix reveals teaser of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’

The 16-episode saga is adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s magic realist masterpiece; Entirely in Spanish, the series was shot in Columbia with Latin American artists from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/o2Azdhj via IFTTT

‘Manushi’ trailer: Andrea Jeremiah is a suspect in Gopi Nainar’s sophomore

‘Manushi’ also stars Nasser, Tamizh, Hakkim Shah and Balaji Sakthivel from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jLvcCmA via IFTTT

Quentin Tarantino abandons ‘The Movie Critic’ as his final film

‘The Movie Critic’ had gained momentum following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and the involvement of Brad Pitt in the lead role from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/2CDHiL5 via IFTTT

Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson to lead Apple TV+ series ‘Down Cemetery Road’

The show is based on the book of the same title from award-winning author Mick Herron, whose ‘Slough House’ novels were made into the ‘Slow Horses’ series for Apple TV+ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/r6wpkH7 via IFTTT

Dwarkish: a package

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Dwarakish tried his hands at politics and was an observer of polls

He keenly followed Mandya district politics, where several film stars contested elections in the past from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ayxH3LO via IFTTT

Director Shankar’s daughter gets married; Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam, MK Stalin attend

Also in attendance were Vikram, Suriya, Karthi, Nayanthara, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, Ramcharan, Ranveer Singh from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KszvmY9 via IFTTT

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ premiered in Brussels to homophobia, misogyny and violence, protests erupt

Rose Glass’s queer thriller starring Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian was met with homophobic and misogynist comments at its premier in Brussels from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/1eHqo0m via IFTTT

Kashmiri actor Ayash Arif talks about his foray into Kannada cinema

The Kannada and Kashmiri bilingual, Flowers From Kashmir, is produced by him and three of his friends, including cinematographer Ashok Cashyap from Kannada cinema from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/juh2m38 via IFTTT

Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt’s ‘All Too Well’ rendition earns Taylor Swift’s seal of approval

Gosling, taking the reins as host of the NBC late-night sketch show on April 13, embarked on a humorous journey through his monologue, bidding farewell to his Barbie character, Ken, and joining Blunt for a rendition of ‘All Too Well’ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PcGaep0 via IFTTT

‘Karma’: Randeep Hooda comments on death of Sarabjit Singh’s killer

Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, was killed by unidentified bike-borne gunmen in Lahore on Sunday from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/t0BGkSH via IFTTT

‘Civil War’ is A24’s highest opener, beating ‘Hereditary’

Alex Garland’s war-drama has quickly become the indie production house’s highest opening earner, besting Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’ from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MT3kHm7 via IFTTT

Shots fired outside Salman Khan’s Mumbai residence just days after Ranbir-Alia’s Eid visit

Preliminary investigations suggest five rounds were fired around 5 am while the motive behind the shooting remains unclear from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/djswA52 via IFTTT

First Day First Show | Reviews of ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ and ‘Fallout’

The Hindu’s First Day First Show newsletter brings you news and reviews from the world of cinema and streaming from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CF607tB via IFTTT

It’s a wrap for Bala - Arun Vijay’s ‘Vanangaan’

The cast list of ‘Vanangaan’ includes Roshini Prakash, Samuthirakani, Mysskin and Ridha from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UdJcgOL via IFTTT

Emma Stone in talks to star in husband Dave McCary’s directorial

Stone and McCary may collaborate soon on an untitled project to be produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Yksr7SL via IFTTT

Eleanor Coppola, documentarian and Francis Ford Coppola’s wife, dies at 87

Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of ‘Apocalypse Now’, and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QzXReGK via IFTTT

Varada Sethu joins the cast of ‘Doctor Who’

The new season is currently in production and slated to debut in 2025 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GV1tr7z via IFTTT

Malayalam movies out of PVR screens over content-sharing row

PVR Cinemas did not release Fahadh Faasil-starrer ‘Aavesham,’ Vineeth Sreenivasan’s directorial ‘Varshangalkku Shesham,’ and Unni Mukundan-starrer ‘Jai Ganesh’ which were released on April 11 from Movies | Latest News, Reviews, and Updates | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BRdy5j9 via IFTTT

CinemaCon 2024: Universal Pictures teases ‘Wicked,’ ‘Twisters’ and announces ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’

With the dust settled from a big 2023, winning best picture and topping the box office, Universal Pictures is looking to the future from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UHhAcFj via IFTTT

Salman Khan’ next film is titled ‘Sikander’, to release on Eid, 2025

Salman will play the titular role in the movie, which will be directed by A R Murugadoss from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/aoC7FKx via IFTTT

‘Blair Witch Project’ reboot in the works from Lionsgate and Blumhouse

The 1999 low-budget indie horror revolutionised the found-footage horror, leaving a lasting impact on the genre from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GXjUlpZ via IFTTT

‘Speak No Evil’ trailer: James McAvoy is unsettling in new psy-horror

A remake of the 2022 Danish psychological horror film, ‘Speak No Evil’ is backed by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/IUf35Th via IFTTT

Robert Pattinson dies 17 times in Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi thriller, ‘Mickey 17’

Warner Bros debuted the upcoming film’s first trailer at CinemaCon 2024, marking the seasoned director’s first film since ‘Parasite’ from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xSwNck7 via IFTTT

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ passion project to debut at the 77th Cannes Film Festival

‘The Godfather’ director’s return to the big screen in over 13 years will premiere in competition at Cannes 2024 from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tPK9kjM via IFTTT

‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ teaser: Lady Gaga puts a smile on Joaquin Phoenix 

A sequel to Todd Phillips’ 2019 blockbuster ‘Joker’, the new film will open in cinemas on October 4, 2024 from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/cNWyPeT via IFTTT

Kevin Costner's Western film ‘Horizon’ to debut at Cannes Film Festival

The period drama, a four-episode project about the conquest of the American West, will be screened out-of-competition at the prestigious festival on May 19 from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7vuH6Uq via IFTTT

‘The Kerala Story’ | A film and the politics of resentment

The decision of the Syro-Malabar Church in the Idukki diocese to screen ‘The Kerala Story’ as mandatory viewing for Catechism students has had a muted but arguably outsize impact on low-decibel electioneering in the State from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HuPv8Ba via IFTTT

Olivia Colman says asking actors to self-tape auditions is ‘disrespectful’

In a conversation with her ‘Fleabag’ co-star Andrew Scott for the Interview magazine, Colman weighed in on the entertainment industry’s growing dependence on audition tapes from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/4E9jU8r via IFTTT

‘Pushpa 2 The Rule’ teaser: Allu Arjun thrashes goons while rocking a saree

Written and directed by Sukumar, the film also stars Rashmika Mandanna and Fahadh Faasil from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Slty42E via IFTTT

‘One Life’ movie review: The ever-dependable Anthony Hopkins drives this conventional biopic

The heart-warming tale of a London stockbroker who rescued over 600 Jewish children before WWII is given that necessary extra zing by Hopkins, twinkly eyes and all from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VsumTlP via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton regrets declining co-pilot role alongside Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

The seven-time Formula 1 Champion had previously lobbied Tom Cruise to be a part of the 2022 Oscar-winning blockbuster from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/aJIDR6W via IFTTT

Andrew Scott wants ‘Fleabag’ fans to “go out and get some fresh air”

Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Emmy-award winning comedy celebrates the fifth anniversary of its infamous series finale from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/cBtDUWs via IFTTT

‘Jujutsu Kaisen’ named most popular animated series in the world by Guinness World Records

The immensely popular Japanese anime series has toppled the likes of ‘One Piece’ and ‘Attack on Titan’ to claim the top spot from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HA0hJMx via IFTTT

‘The Last Kingdom’ actor Adrian Schiller passes away

Adrian Schiller, who played Aethelhelm in the Netflix historical series ‘The Last Kingdom’ has passed away at the age of 60 from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WeOtYAQ via IFTTT

Sandra Oh joins Aziz Ansari’s comedy film ‘Good Fortune’

Aziz Ansari’s second directorial also stars Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, and Keke Palmer from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kmowqy1 via IFTTT

‘The Bride’ first look out; Christian Bale becomes Frankenstein’s Monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s film

Starring Jessie Buckley as the titular bride of Frankenstein, the film is set to release in theatres in October 2025 from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ze0YhCD via IFTTT

Why the new anime ‘Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End’ is the future of fantasy

In a groundbreaking shift in the genre, Kanehito Yamada’s ‘Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End’ challenges the reign of high fantasy stalwarts with a moving meditation on mortality and companionship from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LcyVeJb via IFTTT

Malayalam actor Akhila Bhargavan is basking in the recognition that ‘Premalu; brought her

Akhila Bhargavan is enjoying the attention coming her way post-Premalu from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5w7PWYb via IFTTT

Delroy Lindo joins cast of Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller

Michael B Jordan headlines the project reportedly set in the American South during the Jim Crow era  from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gsz8nck via IFTTT

Anya Taylor-Joy confirms she secretly married musician Malcolm McRae

Taylor-Joy and McRae began dating in 2021 after meeting at the premiere of her critically-acclaimed series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MR1jA6T via IFTTT

Nick Offerman addresses POTUS role in ‘Civil War’ amid Trump comparisons

The ‘The Last Of Us’ actor is set to play the President of a war-torn United States in Alex Garland’s upcoming ‘Civil War’ from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VHzmgrd via IFTTT

Priyanka Chopra Jonas boards Barry Avrich's documentary 'Born Hungry' as producer

‘Born Hungry’ is a gritty drama about a young Indian boy who finds himself abandoned by his family and goes on to become celebrity chef Sash Simpson from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/h74Hvbi via IFTTT

Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis join the cast of Michael Dowse's 'Trap House'

The Dave Bautista starrer also stars Kate del Castillo, Tony Dalton, Whitney Peak and Bobby Cannavale from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Cxyhozr via IFTTT

Shruti Haasan begins shooting for international film ‘Chennai Story’ 

‘Chennai Story’ is written and directed by BAFTA winner Philip John from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LaJbyi0 via IFTTT

Shakira says her sons felt emasculated by ‘Barbie’ and she agrees

The pop icon suggested that Greta Gerwig’s Oscar-winning film robbed “men of their possibility to be men” from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lYQ9Z4W via IFTTT