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Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushalstarrer Raazi was being shot in Patiala, says director Meghna
inger-actor Beyonce Knowles is in talks to record the theme song for the next James Bond movie. According to sources, a new Beyonce track will give the franchise a huge global boost when the film is released in November 2019, reports dailystar.co.uk. A source close to Beyonce, 35, said, "This is the only project she is remotely interested in right now." A source revealed that Beyonce has become a close friend of singer Adele, who won an Oscar, a Grammy, a Golden Globe and a BRIT Award for her Bond song Skyfall five years ago. The source added, "[They] spoke before Bey's first meeting with film bosses and Adele told her how co-writing and performing a Bond theme gave her an amazing career hike." Studio bosses are refusing to comment, but a senior Hollywood executive said, "Daniel Craig's decision to return as Bond has thrown everything into overdrive. To tie up with Beyonce for a theme song for Daniel's fifth appearance as 007 would be the icing on the cake."
He is someone who has shown his acting prowess with every role he essays, be it in films or theatre. Many argue that Saurabh Shukla (right), who received the National Award for Jolly LLB (2013), should’ve won one years ago. But Shukla, whose acting career spans three decades,
Aamir Ali will celebrate his birthday in a unique manner this year. On his birthday, September 1, the F.I.R. actor will be in Mecca. He has gone to Haj, for the holy pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Talking about the trip, Aamir says, “My mom wanted to go there for the longest time. A week ago, when I woke up in the morning, I went and told her that I am taking her to Haj. She was so thrilled and started crying. But the problem was to get visa within a week. I spoke to everyone who could help me out, and ran from pillar to doesn’t ponder over these things.
“Who am I to think like that? A human being is never satisfied with his or her achievement ... Sky is the limit. [So] It’s better to work hard. I don’t think about anything else, though appreciation here and there does make me happy,” he says.
Shukla looks for work that satisfies his “creative soul”. post to organise everything. Because it is Haj, I have to say many people helped me out a lot. We were waiting for the visa for five days, and we got it a day before our flight. It was a huge relief.” The actor left for Mecca on August 26.
Aamir says “it was a calling”, and therefore, things fell into place.
“I am glad that I am able to fulfil my mom’s dream, and I really prayed that the visa comes through. I am only doing this for my mom as I want to realise all her dreams. I will be away for a fortnight and what a coincidence that I will celebrate my birthday there too. That is unbelievable.” elf-confessed godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is now behind bars, but ever since his conviction a few days back — for raping two of his women disciples in 2002 — the situation has been tense in Punjab. Owing to riots and an eventual curfew, Alia Bhatt (left) and Vicky Kaushal (inset, left) got stuck in Patiala. The actors are there to shoot for Meghna And when it doesn’t, “it must help me run my kitchen smoothly,” says the actor, who won praise for his role of an investigating officer in Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Jagga Jasoos (2017). “I’m happy I’m getting good offers unlike what was coming my way some six-seven years back,” says Shukla, who, on another note, adds, “Talent will always find its place.”
AGulzaar’s (below) directorial, Raazi, but had to restrict themselves to their hotel.
“The city is under curfew, so we obviously cannot shoot,” confirmed Meghna.
Talking about their film’s shooting getting stalled and the production suffering losses, the filmmaker — who has directed films such as Just Married (2007), Dus Kahaniyan (2007) and Talvar (2015) — said she wasn’t very worried. “Hopefully, we will make it up. We are positive. We have a great team and everyone is cooperative and understanding. They know the situation, so we will work around it,” said Meghna.
Following the tension in Punjab, parts of Delhi-NCR were also put on High Alert. Gurmeet was convicted of rape on Friday, after which 32 deaths were reported due to riots in Panchkula district and six in Sirsa, where the sect’s headquarter is based. ctor Nicole Kidman (right) doesn’t fret abut getting older. She says that she is very happy to be 50 at the moment. The Big Little Lies actor, who turned 50 on June 20, opened up about her age in an interview to Australia’s Stellar magazine.
“Just joy. I’m just really going, ‘OK, this is my life’, and I’m very, very happy to be 50. I think that’s what happens with birthdays once you get to a particular age... you’re just like, ‘Yay, OK, here we go,’” Kidman said. The Oscar-winning actor also said that she celebrated her birthday with a quiet family party. She said, “I did not have a huge party. I was like, I just want to be with my family. And my sister came over with all her children, my brother-in-law, I had Keith (Urban, her husband) and my girls. We Skyped my mum because she couldn’t fly all that way, but I flew back and had a small party with her and my close, close, close friends. And that was it — simple.”
Actor Michael Cudlitz (left) says that he’s open to returning to The Walking Dead if the makers would like him to make a comeback. The 52-year-old actor, who played one of the survivors, Abraham, on the post-apocalyptic horror TV show from 2014-16, praises the manner in which the team showcases various stories, reports Contactmusic.
“I would strongly consider whatever the show came at me with, at any point. I had a great experience with the show. As long as they keep telling stories the way they’re telling them, which I feel is amazing, I’d be open to anything as long as it worked with my schedule, obviously. I’m on the other side of (the
TV actor Vivian Dsena (above), who has starred in shows such as Pyaar Kii Yeh Ek Kahaani and Madhubala, is the latest celeb who has spoken up on the alarming rise of the Blue Whale challenge in India.
The number of emotionally distraught youngsters engaging in the online game, which encourages players to complete 50 dangerous tasks and commit suicide by the end of the challenge, is increasing, and Vivian is saddened by it.
“The most important thing I want to tell such disturbed young people, who take the extreme step of committing suicide, is that you don’t have the right to finish the life that you were given by someone show’s current story). But I would certainly come back and play if they wanted me to,” he tells Cinema Blend.
Cudlitz’s character was a fan favourite but was killed off in the premiere episode of the show’s seventh season. Season eight begins on October 22 in the US. else,” says the 29-year-old.
While some resort to such adversities for the thrill, failed relationships has also been one of the primary reasons. Here’s a piece of advice from Vivian.
“If ending one’s life was a solution for life’s problems, then the whole world would be standing on the highway! If you can’t fight, you’re challenging your family’s upbringing, because of all the things, your parents would never have taught you that this is how you deal with problems,” he says.
The actor adds that not losing hope is what matters the most. “Things might seem bleak now, but there’s always a ray of light which you can see only after the darkness,” adds Vivian.