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Zimbabwe's ICT minister, Tendai Mavetera, told young women joining Zanu PF that they need to stop viewing politics as something you get into by sleeping with powerful dudes. She went off during a party youth event about how getting ahead should be based on actual work and serving people, not...

Epidemic Sound just dropped a second lawsuit against Meta for copyright stuff, and this time they're going after the tech company for ripping off 1,000 tracks across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The Stockholm-based music company filed the complaint in a California federal court and is...

Oak View Group just promoted Chris Granger from interim boss to full-time CEO after he spent five months holding down the fort. The guy previously ran OVG360 and has been grinding in sports and entertainment for over 30 years, with stops at the NBA, Sacramento Kings, and Detroit's pro teams...

An industry group representing indie record labels dropped some numbers showing what these companies actually spend on their artists. Nine big-name independent labels opened their books, and the data shows they dropped an average of $236,197 per artist, which worked out to about a third of what...

Jeetendra showed up on Indian Idol and dropped some stories about how tight Dharmendra and Manoj Kumar were back in the day, saying the two legends from Punjab and Delhi actually bunked together at one point. The veteran actor mentioned they'd swap shirts before screen tests and rehearsals...

GV Prakash posted about shooting Mental Manadhil with director Selvaraghavan, and he basically hyped it up by saying fans of Aayirathil Oruvan and Mayakkam Enna should get ready for something special. The musician is pulling triple duty as composer, lead actor, and producer on this romantic...

Harmanpreet Kaur got pretty emotional on Kaun Banega Crorepati when she told Amitabh Bachchan about finding baby clothes her dad made for her with Good Batting stitched on them. Her mom dug up the outfit years later during a house move after Harmanpreet already made it onto the national team...

The people behind Bad Boy Karthik dropped the lyrical video for Pommante, which is this emotional track about sibling bonds featuring Naga Shaurya and Sridevi Vijaykumar as a brother and sister dealing with some heavy misunderstanding stuff. Harris Jayaraj composed it with vocals from Vijay...

Kapil Sharma got pretty emotional on Indian Idol when he talked about his relationship with Dharmendra, saying the late actor basically treated him like family from day one. The comedian remembered how Dharmendra once waited around for nearly two hours in Toronto just to catch one of his early...

Badshah just locked in a headline gig at The O2 in London for March 2026, making him the first Indian rapper to pull off a full production at that massive venue. The three-hour show is supposed to draw around 15,000 people and will feature his biggest tracks from the past decade with some...

Director Vipin Radhakrishnan talked about how his film Angammal tried to capture authentic village life instead of staged acting, and lead actress Geetha Kailasam basically moved into the village to nail down how the local women moved and talked. Saran Sakthi and Bharani rounded out the cast...

Sudesh Berry posted a throwback pic with Sunny Deol from their 1996 film Himmat, and he got all nostalgic about the energy they had on set together. The action thriller featured Deol in the lead with Berry playing backup alongside Tabu and Shilpa Shetty in a story about patriotism and crime...

Rajinikanth showed up to pay respects to AVM Saravanan after the veteran producer died from age-related health problems at 86, and he got pretty emotional talking about their connection. The superstar mentioned working on nine hits under the AVM banner, and he credited Saravanan for a big chunk...

Sobhita Dhulipala posted about hitting the one-year mark with husband Naga Chaitanya, sharing wedding content where they both dressed up in traditional South Indian gear. She got all poetic about feeling refreshed after a year of marriage back in the Deccan region. Meanwhile, Naga Chaitanya's...

Shaam just dropped a music video he directed himself called Varum Vetri, and Kichcha Sudeep handled the vocals for the track. The Tamil actor produced the whole thing through his company SIR Studios with actress Neera appearing alongside him, while Amrish did the composition work and Sridhar...

Sonam Kapoor threw up a throwback pic from when Anand Ahuja proposed to her in New York, and she's marking eight years since she agreed to marry him. The two got hitched back in 2018 and already have one kid named Vayu, plus another baby on the way, based on her recent announcement. Her last...

Priyanka Chopra posted about Nick Jonas getting his Hollywood Walk of Fame star with his brothers, and she basically gushed about how hardworking he is. The actress was there when the Jonas Brothers got their ceremony, and she made it clear she was super proud of the whole thing. She's...

Randeep Hooda posted a video where he was chilling in a forest stream, talking about how a tiger probably drank from that same water earlier that morning. The actor seemed pretty hyped about the whole nature experience. He and his wife, Lin Laishram, recently announced they're expecting their...

Shhyamali De posted on Instagram, thanking people for their kind messages after her recent wedding announcement, but she made it clear she's dealing with something way more serious right now. Her Jyotish guru got diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer that spread to multiple organs and the brain, which...

Things got messy on Bigg Boss 19 when Farrhana Bhatt and Tanya Mittal went at each other pretty hard just before the finale wraps up. Farrhana called out Tanya for supposedly saying she was the strongest player before switching up her strategy, and she accused her of using sketchy moves to get...