Bigg Boss 19 just kicked two people out before the finale, and Shehbaz Badesha got the boot because of viewer votes. His sister, Shehnaaz Gill, posted some goofy pics calling him her personal winner, while housemate Amaal Mallik got pretty emotional about the whole thing. Before that, Ashnoor Kaur got eliminated for getting violent with Tanya Mittal during a challenge, and host Salman Khan called him out for deliberately smacking someone with a wooden plank.
The top five finalists are Gaurav Khanna, Farrhana Bhatt, Amaal Mallik, Tanya Mittal, and Pranit More after the double elimination. One of them is taking home the trophy soon.
Industry whispers suggest Mohanlal might be heading to the Jailer 2 set this month for a few days of filming with Rajinikanth before bouncing back to his Malayalam projects and returning later to wrap his scenes. Director Nelson is handling the sequel after the first movie absolutely crushed it at the box office with around 650 crores in earnings.
Vijay Sethupathi reportedly started shooting his portions already, but the production house Sun Pictures hasn't officially confirmed his involvement yet. Ramya Krishnan is reprising her role as Rajinikanth's wife, and actress Mirnaa will have a bigger part this time around. Anirudh is back doing the music after his soundtrack helped make the original such a massive hit.
Aamir Khan thinks the whole box-office secrecy thing is weird and wants transparent numbers as they have in the US with services like Rentrak. The actor pointed out how unfortunate it is that everyone judges movies purely by their earnings instead of whether the film was actually good, which is how people used to talk about cinema before the numbers became a public obsession.
Khan believes audiences eventually remember quality films regardless of what they made at theaters. He also talked about bringing his younger son, Azad, to meet Dharmendra after getting close to the veteran actor during his final year, feeling it was important for his kid to experience meeting the legend even though Azad hadn't really watched his work.
Ganesh Babu just started his production company called Draft by GKB, and the first movie coming out is a political satire starring Gautham Ram Karthik. The guy behind Dada posted on X about how this banner represents a dream he carried quietly for years while watching films and getting inspired. Director Dhina Raghavan is making his debut with this one after working as an associate under Raju Murugan.
The cast also features Selvaraghavan in some wild, never-before-seen role that's supposed to be pretty unexpected. Sam CS is handling the music, and Raju Murugan wrote the dialogue. They had a pooja ceremony to kick things off, and some big-name filmmakers like H. Vinoth and Raju Murugan showed up to support the launch.
Actress Shefali Shah talked about how the short film Juice came together during IFP 15, and she dropped some behind-the-scenes info that's pretty wild. Director Neeraj Ghaywan had her listen to that intense Kill Bill soundtrack where Uma Thurman is trapped in a coffin trying to punch her way out, and that audio completely changed how she approached the final scene. The film deals with generations of women stuck in these suppressed housewife roles, and Shah said it's one of the most powerful things she's worked on.
Shah also got real about her Delhi Crime character Vartika, saying the role is basically the closest thing to her actual personality. She pointed out how absurd it would've seemed years ago for a mid-40s woman who isn't...
Kanye West bailed on his Johannesburg show that was supposed to happen at Ellis Park Stadium, and ticket holders are getting automatic refunds through Ticketpro. The Monyake Group handed everything over to Yeezy Production because the rapper wants to scale up the whole thing with bigger production and broadcast plans.
Fans who grabbed tickets are pretty annoyed since there's no new date locked in yet, and they have to wait for updates from Ye's official channels. The original concert was getting hyped as his first South African appearance in over ten years, with the stadium ready to pack in over 60,000 people.
Durban City booted Gavin Hunt after only five months because he kept beefing with the chairman about which players to sign. The club, sitting in 11th place after losing their last three games decided to hand things over to assistant coach Pitso Dladla while they figure out what comes next.
Hunt came in back when they got promoted, but the whole thing fell apart when transfer disagreements got heated with chairman Farook Kadodia. The team has been mediocre with four wins and four losses through their first dozen matches, and they just got smoked by Orlando Pirates at home.
Dladla takes over right before their cup match against a lower-division squad, which could either give them momentum or make everything worse if they lose to the...
Black Coffee dragged Nota Baloyi to the Johannesburg High Court over social media posts questioning his finances and accusing him of sketchy property deals. The music exec claimed the DJ bought a penthouse from convicted fraudster Lance Cohen for a suspicious amount and later dropped $9 million cash on another spot, which got people talking about where all that money came from. Baloyi also went after Black Coffee's kid by suggesting the star used his son to stash assets during the divorce from Enhle Mbali.
The DJ wants the court to force Baloyi to delete everything and apologize within 24 hours while declaring the statements false and harmful to his billion-rand reputation. Baloyi clapped back with his own filing demanding R25,000 for...
Over 100,000 people packed FNB Stadium for the Motsepe Foundation prayer thing, where Bishop Barnabas Lekganyane from the Zion Christian Church gave props to President Ramaphosa for pulling off the G20 Summit. The bishop talked about how delegates from Germany and France were impressed by how welcoming South Africans were during the conference, and he connected this hosting gig to bringing in investments that could help the economy bounce back.
Lekganyane went hard on corruption and violence issues, backing the Women for Change shutdown that happened earlier, while calling out gang problems and gender-based violence that kills around 15 women daily. He pushed for prayers mixed with actual work to fix water shortages, unemployment, and...
