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Raashii soaks in love and light, the birthday shines with warmth
Raashii Khanna hit 35 and posted about her chill birthday vibes on Instagram. She shared pics of herself with cake, flowers, and fans holding roses, plus some shots hanging with family. Her people threw a satsang at home, which made the whole thing feel super cozy instead of loud and chaotic. The actress said she felt grateful for everyone who showed love and messaged her. She recently worked with Farhan Akhtar on 120 Bahadur, and she gushed about how his calm energy made intense scenes way easier to handle. She mentioned he kept cracking jokes whenever she needed to lighten up, and she asked people to go watch their war drama.
Siddhant channels legend, V Shantaram gets a bold new look
Siddhant Chaturvedi dropped his first-look poster for the V. Shantaram biopic, and he's rocking full period attire next to an old-school camera with some dramatic eagle backdrop. The film's about the legendary director who basically shaped Indian cinema across seven decades, starting from silent movies all the way through color films. Shantaram founded Prabhat Film Company and Rajkamal Kalamandir, plus he made the first Marathi talkie back in the 1930s. Siddhant said playing this role is one of the biggest honors ever because Shantaram was a visionary who never quit despite constant obstacles. The guy won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and made groundbreaking films that tackled social issues like dowry and communal harmony. Director...
Prajakta brings laughs and heart, Single Papa charms with Hami
Prajakta Koli thinks comedy makes tough topics way easier to digest, and that's exactly why Single Papa works. The show tackles single parenting through humor instead of getting all heavy and depressing about it. She mentioned how little Hami basically stole every scene on set with his massive eyes and adorable reactions to Kunal Kemmu. The Netflix series drops mid-December and stars Manoj Pahwa and Kunal Kemmu as a divorced dude who randomly decides to adopt a baby. His family freaks out because this guy can't even keep track of his own socks, let alone raise an actual child. Prajakta has been grinding since 2020 with stuff like Mismatched, Jugjugg Jeeyo, and Neeyat alongside Vidya Balan. She recently did Andhera and is about to make...
Birthday party turns deadly, Stockton shaken
A shooting at a Stockton banquet hall left four people dead and 11 others wounded while over 100 guests were celebrating a kid's birthday. The victims who died were 8, 9, 14, and 21 years old. Witnesses said the gunfire lasted around a minute, and cops showed up after getting calls about the chaos. Authorities think someone specifically targeted the party, but nobody's been arrested yet. The San Joaquin County DA told people to call in tips if they know anything and warned the shooter to surrender. The mayor said it's messed up that families trying to spend the holiday weekend together ended up dealing with this nightmare instead.
Champagne showers steal the show, Kartik and Ananya shine
Remo D'Souza dropped some behind-the-scenes footage from the title track of Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri on Instagram, and it's basically champagne chaos. The clip shows Kartik Aaryan knocking down a massive champagne tower, then everything shifts to champagne spraying everywhere while the song plays. The choreographer-filmmaker clearly thought it looked good enough to share with everyone. The rom-com was supposed to drop at the end of the year, but the release got moved up to late December instead. Kartik and Ananya Panday are teaming back up after working together before in Pati Patni Aur Woh, and the teaser already showed them dancing around pretty locations as their characters Rumi and Ray. Sameer Vidwans is directing this...
Zanu-PF vows follow-through, grassroots call the shots
ZANU-PF treasurer Patrick Chinamasa wants party departments to actually track whether congress decisions get implemented instead of just passing resolutions and forgetting about them. The new system requires written status reports at every annual meeting about what got done from previous conferences, which lets leadership figure out which government ministries are slacking versus which ones are crushing it. Chinamasa mentioned how the whole resolution process starts at the grassroots level with cells and branches before getting bumped up through districts and provinces, making leadership basically answer to what regular members want. The party broke into different committees at their recent Mutare gathering to hash out proposals on...
Ayesha Raza flips the script, single dads break bias
Ayesha Raza Mishra called out how society still questions whether single dads can handle parenting because people assume you need a woman around for childcare to work. The actress said capability has nothing to do with gender, and her upcoming Netflix show Single Papa tackles this by showing a family dealing with chaos after one guy decides to adopt a baby right after his divorce. The series stars Kunal Kemmu as this man-child who shocks his whole family by suddenly becoming a parent when he can barely keep track of his socks. The show drops mid-December and follows the family trying to figure out how to support someone making such a wild life choice.
Mrunal Thakur laughs off rumors, calls gossip-free pr
Mrunal Thakur posted a video of herself laughing during a hair-oiling session and captioned it about how she reacts when rumors hit the internet, calling gossip free publicity that she loves since free stuff rocks. The actress didn't name which specific rumor triggered the post, but people think she's addressing speculation about dating Dhanush after she commented on his Varanasi photos, calling his career journey beautiful and dropping words like blockbuster and legacy. The two keep interacting on social media despite everyone watching their every move and theorizing about their relationship status. Thakur has Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai coming up with Varun Dhawan and Pooja Hegde in a romantic comedy that takes its title from the...
Jenna Ortega slams AI, bets on soul over software
Jenna Ortega thinks AI-generated content might eventually become brain junk food that makes everyone feel gross until some indie filmmaker drops something real and reignites actual excitement for human-made art. The Wednesday star pointed out how computers lack souls and can't replicate those beautiful human mistakes that people actually connect with emotionally. Parasite director Bong Joon Ho joked about wanting to organize a military squad to destroy AI despite acknowledging that it forces humanity to think about what only humans can create. Past Lives director Celine Song backed up Guillermo del Toro's anti-AI stance and talked about how her cinematographer brings his entire life experience to their work together, which no algorithm...
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