THE LADIES IN LA

THEY HAVE both worked their way up to occupy the top spots in Bollywood and have since trained their eyes Westwards. Priyanka Chopra turned singer first, then made her international TV debut with Quantico, before signing her first Hollywood film. On the other hand, Deepika Padukone went on directly to make her big screen debut. And this year will see their Hollywood films hit the screens. First up is Padukone’s XXX: Return of Xander Cage in January, where she appears alongside Vin Diesel, while Chopra will be the antagonist in the reboot of Baywatch, which has Dwayne Johnson lead the squad of lifeguards.

AHandmaid’s Tale, Neil Gaiman’s bestselling fantasy American Gods and the deliciously weird Lemony Snicket’s Series of Unfortunate Events, which will see Neil Patrick Harris star as the evil Count Olaf.

This year will also see two cult television shows being rebooted — the David Lynch-directed Twin Peaks, featuring many of the original cast members including Kyle Maclachlan, and Star Trek: Discovery, which is the first in the series after 2005’s Star Trek: Enterprise. But perhaps the weirdest show on TV — and not necessarily in a good way — will be Riverdale, a dark, subversive take on the world of Archie Comics, which will feature murder, betrayal and an Archie Andrews with chiselled abs.

There is also the seventh season of the much-loved Game of Thrones on TV this year. Hopefully, fans will also get a healthy dose of fantasy, violence and gore if the much-anticipated sixth book of A Song of Ice and Fire series, called Winds of Winter by