His videos may have landed him in trouble in the past, but CarryMinati (CM) remains--to this day--one of the most successful content creators India has ever produced.

His videos may have landed him in trouble in the past, but CarryMinati (CM) remains--to this day--one of the most successful content creators India has ever produced. Born as Ajey Nagar, CM thinks his alter ego was a major confidence booster in his life and helped shape his digital career in ways more than one. "It felt amazing to (be) recognised due to the fan appreciation, something like what we see in the superhero films," he says, proudly. All of 22, CarryMinati wants it all: a booming acting career, the gamer's high, giving wings to his musical inclinations and never being irrelevant. In an exclusive interview with WION, the uber successful content creator talks about navigating his awkward teenage years and coming out of his cocoon through CarryMinati, expresses his concerns over people associating virtual harassment culture to his rant videos, and reveals why he will be a gambler for life. Unedited excerpts from our conversation with the digital star: View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝑨𝒋𝒆𝒚 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒓 (@carryminati) × You just completed eight years of being this public persona, CarryMinati. You were too young, some may even say just a child, when you were starting out. What has these years taught you? Like Spider man said, "With great power comes great responsibility." While what I do appears to be the most entertaining job on the planet there are a lot of limitations that tag along with the responsibility of being Asia’s number 1 YouTube creator and adds up to the whole pressure. You see it’s not enough to simply generate great content. The audience expects consistency, novelty and frequency if you want to stand out in a crowd. Without these, it’s incredibly easy to slip off the radar and lose favour with the algorithm that gave you your success. The pressure helps me build the best version of myself. Also read: 'Tiger King 2' review: Joe Exotic's life is now a reality show with more drama than the Kardashians How is Ajey Nagar different from his alter ego, CarryMinati? Ajey is a very private, non-controversial and loving person. I enjoy my alone time at home and have a very close-knit circle. My alter ego gives me that driving force to look forward to a new day and be grateful for it. I gained confidence with the CarryMinati moniker as I am an introvert. It felt amazing to go from being invisible to being widely recognised due to the fan appreciation, something like the superhero fictional films. Your brother has ventured into music and you are supporting him like any brother would. What advice did you give him about showbiz? Always believe in your art despite what the world and the naysayers say and never underestimate the power of the hustle, your inner voice and the fans. Wily Frenzy is such an amazing DJ and producer and I feel he has a great future awaiting him. He has a great eye for detail and aesthetics. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝑨𝒋𝒆𝒚 𝑵𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒓 (@carryminati) × You are heavily into gaming, rants, sketches, acting and of course, music. Are you venturing into multiple avenues just to explore or we will see all these versions of you even five years down the line? Age is just a number for me. I feel younger with every passing year. Maybe my style of content creation will change when I’m 30 plus but I’ll continue pursuing content creation because that’s my first love. By the time I’m 40 I may turn into a serial entrepreneur in the gaming industry, you just never know where life takes you! My last video ‘Cancel Culture’ where I tried an English sketch for the first time, got a lot of love from the across the globe audience, I would like to incorporate it more in the coming videos so that my content could appeal to a global audience. I maybe want to get to the point of being the most loved YouTuber and gamer in the world through continued fan support. After the success of ‘Uncanny Roaches’ I also plan to invest in an animated web series with my business partner Deepak Char. With the advent of technology, the exposure to the online world has doubled and today content creators are as important as cricketers and Bollywood stars in the ecosphere. Using profanities has always been a major part of your content, and has always worked for you. What if there’s ever a ban. What’s your alternative? I personally do not support any kind of cyber bullying, trolling, abuse and harassment in any form and I have disclaimers. I do get shocked when people react to my videos as a medium of profanity harassment because that’s a total disrespect to my art. My passion isn’t built on any form of exploitation. There is a hairline difference between roasting and commentary videos. The formats are the same but the nature is completely different. A roast is meant to be silly, ridiculous, hard hitting whereas a commentary is meant to be opinionated, quirky and relatable. I use a character who is frustrated, angry and aggressive to play out my scenes which are pre-recorded shoots and not lives. Yes, roasting is a new concept for a lot of people but I believe it will be full blown in the next decade as sensibilities become more cosmopolitan. You can’t always expect people to say nice things about you, you need to be a sport when the bad things come your way, because everyone will have an opinion that you may not like. I mean I was roasted a hundred times before I even took this profession up seriously and I took all of it in my stride. Stand-up comedy also faced a similar resistance in its formative years till it became a fad. Also read: 'Tick, Tick... Boom!' review: Andrew Garfield's ode to musical genius is heart-wrenching You are never afraid to be emotional in front of your audience. With time, have you been able to take that part of you? Or, that’s just what one gets for being part of the CM brigade? My platform is a place where you can set yourself free and be your most authentic self without being judged most of the time and I think that's the biggest vantage point. Experimental content is the king of new age media today, and the algorithm loves you the most when content speaks to the audience and breaks stereotypes. Also read: WION exclusive! Raftaar: I choose to mentor young rappers as I never had one during my time Acting must have been terrifying for you, given the names involved. Will you ever be Carry, the actor, and no longer Carry, the content creator? Carry is multi-faceted and I like to view life through rose colored glasses. I can multi-task between roles and that’s my pedigree. But my first and last love will be content creation, everything I attempt in between is a gamble. My end goal was to positively impact many lives through my art and passion. Just like other performers I am here to entertain and allow the common man to escape momentarily from the clutches of mundane living. If you look around, notice how cases of stress and depression are constantly on the rise and people have forgotten how to be just content and happy, amongst all these the most fulfilling part is that I can inspire people to live optimistically. I can bring smiles to a million faces without having to actually do this in person and that’s so motivational. I am so grateful to the audience because without them I don’t think it would have been possible. I consider myself lucky and blessed to be in this position where people love me unconditionally. I believe more than the numbers, it’s about the impact you have on so many lives.

WION exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego made me from being invisible to widely recognised

<p>Javicia Leslie's 'Batwoman' will have a classic supervillain coming into the picture, Poison Ivy. It's Nicole Kang's Dr. Mary Hamilton will be transforming herself into 'poisonous' Ivy in next week's big reveal, reports claim.</p>

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Kang spoke of her makeover to a leading news website, saying, "I’m so excited to bring you Poison Ivy. She's here... finally! That’s a sentence I never thought I’d say. Wow. In our story, I am most proud that Poison Ivy is an Asian villain whose danger does not stem from her foreignness or her mystique. Instead, we discover her personal motivations alongside those of the OG Poison Ivy’s and see them intertwine in an organic and powerful way. I am so humbled to be a Korean girl in line behind THE Uma Thurman to play the next live action Poison Ivy (what?!). Hopefully the future holds space for others like me and beyond to portray one hell of a character. For everything you’ve let me feel, scream, and become through you, Poison Ivy— thank you."</p>

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And this transformation has been long coming, says 'Batwoman' executive producer Caroline Dries, "As we've watched the fallout of Batman's Rogues' weapons this season, we wanted to make a few of these 'trophies' personal to our Bat Team, and Mary felt like the ideal character to go through a major 'photosynthesis.’ The fun part of making each villain's powers transferable is that we get to do our own spin on the character -- this one through the lens of what Mary would create: something heightened, playful, fashion-forward, and sexy. It was so exciting to work alongside Nicole as we picked hair color, eye color and, of course, the clothing itself. But it wasn't until Nicole showed up on set and absolutely killed her performance that the character of Poison Ivy Mary was complete."</p>

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Kang has been playing the role of Mary Hamilton since 'Batwoman' premiered back in 2019.&nbsp;</p>

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Javicia Leslie's 'Batwoman' will have a classic supervillain coming into the picture, Poison Ivy. It's Nicole Kang's Dr. Mary Hamilton will be transforming herself into 'poisonous' Ivy in next week's big reveal, reports claim.

Javicia Leslie's 'Batwoman' will have a classic supervillain coming into the picture, Poison Ivy. It's Nicole Kang's Dr. Mary Hamilton will be transforming herself into 'poisonous' Ivy in next week's big reveal, reports claim. Also read: 'Tiger King 2' review: Joe Exotic's life has more drama than the Kardashians Kang spoke of her makeover to a leading news website, saying, "I’m so excited to bring you Poison Ivy. She's here... finally! That’s a sentence I never thought I’d say. Wow. In our story, I am most proud that Poison Ivy is an Asian villain whose danger does not stem from her foreignness or her mystique. Instead, we discover her personal motivations alongside those of the OG Poison Ivy’s and see them intertwine in an organic and powerful way. I am so humbled to be a Korean girl in line behind THE Uma Thurman to play the next live action Poison Ivy (what?!). Hopefully the future holds space for others like me and beyond to portray one hell of a character. For everything you’ve let me feel, scream, and become through you, Poison Ivy— thank you." Also read: WION exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego made me from being invisible to widely recognized And this transformation has been long coming, says 'Batwoman' executive producer Caroline Dries, "As we've watched the fallout of Batman's Rogues' weapons this season, we wanted to make a few of these 'trophies' personal to our Bat Team, and Mary felt like the ideal character to go through a major 'photosynthesis.’ The fun part of making each villain's powers transferable is that we get to do our own spin on the character -- this one through the lens of what Mary would create: something heightened, playful, fashion-forward, and sexy. It was so exciting to work alongside Nicole as we picked hair color, eye color and, of course, the clothing itself. But it wasn't until Nicole showed up on set and absolutely killed her performance that the character of Poison Ivy Mary was complete." Kang has been playing the role of Mary Hamilton since 'Batwoman' premiered back in 2019. Also read: Kim Seon Ho un-cancels himself after abortion row, back doing ads and movies

Batwoman 3: First look of Nicole Kang as Poison Ivy revealed!

<p>Family and close friends of 'Rust' cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, will pay their final respects to her in a private ceremony, reports claim.&nbsp;</p>

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A spokesperson for Hutchins' husband, Matt Hutchins, shared the news with an entertainment portal. "There will be a private ceremony this weekend where Halyna’s ashes will be interred. This is not the public memorial; only family and very close friends will be in attendance. Media will not be invited," said the representative.&nbsp;</p>

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"Halyna was the love of my life, and our loss of her has devastated our family's dreams. We feel the silence of her being forever gone as a suffocating stillness in our home," Halyna's husband Matt told the same news website.&nbsp;</p>

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He further added, "Our love and adoration for her grows as we tell her story, and we hope her work can inspire filmmakers and storytellers around the world. We thank the many generous supporters who have been so thoughtful in our time of loss.”</p>

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As per reports, Halyna's tomb reads, "Her light shapes our. Keep chasing your vision.” Pictures of a camera and film can also be seen in the marker, reportedly.</p>

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Halyna's closest friends have expressed their thoughts following her unexpected death when she was fatally shot on location in New Mexico after a prop gun was discharged by 'Rust' actor, Alec Baldwin.&nbsp;</p>

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Director of the film, Joel Souza, was also hospitalized for his injuries and was later discharged.<br />
Wayne Brady, who worked with Hutchins on the 2020 crime drama 'Blindfire', said the deceased was an out-and-out professional. "What I loved is she carried herself with a grace but a strength because being a female [director of production] in this business, that is no small feat. You have to conduct yourself and make sure that this room respects you. That's what I immediately noticed about her," he said.&nbsp;</p>

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"The director listened to her, the stars listened to her, because she knew what she was talking about. She was warm and engaging. We talked for a bit while I was working and she was just lovely but got stuff done. I think that was a trademark of hers," Brady added.&nbsp;</p>

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Family and close friends of 'Rust' cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, will pay their final respects to her in a private ceremony, reports claim. A spokesperson for Hutchins' husband, Matt Hutchins, shared the news with an entertainment portal.

Family and close friends of 'Rust' cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, will pay their final respects to her in a private ceremony, reports claim. A spokesperson for Hutchins' husband, Matt Hutchins, shared the news with an entertainment portal. "There will be a private ceremony this weekend where Halyna’s ashes will be interred. This is not the public memorial; only family and very close friends will be in attendance. Media will not be invited," said the representative. Also read: Exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego led me from invisibility to recognition "Halyna was the love of my life, and our loss of her has devastated our family's dreams. We feel the silence of her being forever gone as a suffocating stillness in our home," Halyna's husband Matt told the same news website. He further added, "Our love and adoration for her grows as we tell her story, and we hope her work can inspire filmmakers and storytellers around the world. We thank the many generous supporters who have been so thoughtful in our time of loss.” Also read: Watch these Nawazuddin Siddiqui works to honour his International Emmy nod As per reports, Halyna's tomb reads, "Her light shapes our. Keep chasing your vision.” Pictures of a camera and film can also be seen in the marker, reportedly. Halyna's closest friends have expressed their thoughts following her unexpected death when she was fatally shot on location in New Mexico after a prop gun was discharged by 'Rust' actor, Alec Baldwin. Director of the film, Joel Souza, was also hospitalized for his injuries and was later discharged. Wayne Brady, who worked with Hutchins on the 2020 crime drama 'Blindfire', said the deceased was an out-and-out professional. "What I loved is she carried herself with a grace but a strength because being a female [director of production] in this business, that is no small feat. You have to conduct yourself and make sure that this room respects you. That's what I immediately noticed about her," he said. Also read: Kim Seon Ho un-cancels himself after abortion row, back doing ads and movies "The director listened to her, the stars listened to her, because she knew what she was talking about. She was warm and engaging. We talked for a bit while I was working and she was just lovely but got stuff done. I think that was a trademark of hers," Brady added. Also read: BTS boys and Lizzo enjoys Harry Styles concert together, internet goes wild

'Rust' cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to get a private memorial service

<p>Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly keen to join the baptism of her great-grandchildren on Sunday although she is not keeping well, state reports.&nbsp;</p>

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According to news releases, she is “keen to attend such a wonderful event” for Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall’s respective sons, August and Lucas, at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Berkshire, a source told The Sun.</p>

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“She knows how important this is for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” the source reportedly shared.&nbsp;</p>

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“It’s set to be a heartwarming family occasion and a time of real celebration after what has been some challenging times for certain royals of late, including the Queen herself," added the source.</p>

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This combined baptism for 9-month-old August and 8-month-old Lucas is believed to be a first in the royal family.</p>

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This event is set to take place one day after what would have been the Queen’s 74th wedding anniversary with deceased husband, Prince Philip. He passed away this year in April at the age of 99.&nbsp;</p>

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Both August and Lucas were got their middle name Philip from their late great-grandfather.</p>

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Eugenie’s father Prince Andrew and mother Sarah Ferguson are expected to attend the baptism.</p>

<p>Media reports also claim cousin Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton will also be there, too.&nbsp;</p>

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If the Queen makes it to her great-grandsons' baptism event then it would be her first public appearance since her hospitalization on October 20.</p>


Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly keen to join the baptism of her great-grandchildren on Sunday although she is not keeping well, state reports. According to news releases, she is “keen to attend such a wonderful event” for Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall’s respective sons, August and Lucas, at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Berkshire, a source told The Sun.

Queen Elizabeth II is reportedly keen to join the baptism of her great-grandchildren on Sunday although she is not keeping well, state reports. According to news releases, she is “keen to attend such a wonderful event” for Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall’s respective sons, August and Lucas, at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Berkshire, a source told The Sun. Also read: Ilaiyaraaja, Indian musical maestro, makes his Times Square billboard debut “She knows how important this is for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren,” the source reportedly shared. “It’s set to be a heartwarming family occasion and a time of real celebration after what has been some challenging times for certain royals of late, including the Queen herself," added the source. This combined baptism for 9-month-old August and 8-month-old Lucas is believed to be a first in the royal family. Also read: Will Ryan, voice actor of 'Winne The Pooh' and 'G.I. Joe', dead at 72 This event is set to take place one day after what would have been the Queen’s 74th wedding anniversary with deceased husband, Prince Philip. He passed away this year in April at the age of 99. Both August and Lucas were got their middle name Philip from their late great-grandfather. Eugenie’s father Prince Andrew and mother Sarah Ferguson are expected to attend the baptism. Media reports also claim cousin Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton will also be there, too. Also read: Celebrate World Television Day with these multi-genre Zee Theatre teleplays If the Queen makes it to her great-grandsons' baptism event then it would be her first public appearance since her hospitalization on October 20.

Queen wants to attend great-grandsons August and Lucas' baptism: Reports

<p>Bollywood star Alia Bhatt was a gorgeous bridesmaid at fellow actor and childhood friend Anushka Ranjan and Aditya Seal's sangeet ceremony last evening.</p>

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The actress looked drop-dead gorgeous in a yellow backless lehenga and impressed the guests with their super cool dance performance. The videos from the ceremony are doing the rounds online and have now gone viral.</p>

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The various video clips that have surfaced online see a happy Alia teaming up with Akansha and grooving on stage to a well-choreographed dance number. Staying true too their Bollywood background, the bridesmaids wore sunshades on stage and showed off their desi moves.&nbsp;</p>

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Previously, it was reported in the media that Alia will be giving a joint performance with her actor boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor at the sangeet but the actor was not present at the venue.</p>

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While Anushka and her friends danced to 'Lamborghini', Aditya was seen shaking his legs to 'Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai'.</p>

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Alia's sister Shaheen Bhatt was also present for the sangeet ceremony along with Masaba Gupta, Raveena Tandon, Ramesh Taurani and many others.</p>

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Aditya Seal and Anushka Ranjan are getting married on November 21.</p>

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Bollywood star Alia Bhatt was a gorgeous bridesmaid at fellow actor and childhood friend Anushka Ranjan and Aditya Seal's sangeet ceremony last evening. The actress looked drop-dead gorgeous in a yellow backless lehenga and impressed the guests with their super cool dance performance.

Bollywood star Alia Bhatt was a gorgeous bridesmaid at fellow actor and childhood friend Anushka Ranjan and Aditya Seal's sangeet ceremony last evening. The actress looked drop-dead gorgeous in a yellow backless lehenga and impressed the guests with their super cool dance performance. The videos from the ceremony are doing the rounds online and have now gone viral. Also read: Cardi B reveals her 3-year-old daughter Kulture is a big fan of K-pop band BTS The various video clips that have surfaced online see a happy Alia teaming up with Akansha and grooving on stage to a well-choreographed dance number. Staying true too their Bollywood background, the bridesmaids wore sunshades on stage and showed off their desi moves. Previously, it was reported in the media that Alia will be giving a joint performance with her actor boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor at the sangeet but the actor was not present at the venue. Also read: Lady Gaga gushes over 'weirdo' Adam Driver in a sweet birthday tribute While Anushka and her friends danced to 'Lamborghini', Aditya was seen shaking his legs to 'Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai'. Alia's sister Shaheen Bhatt was also present for the sangeet ceremony along with Masaba Gupta, Raveena Tandon, Ramesh Taurani and many others. Also read: Drake, Kanye West to perform for the release of a convicted felon Aditya Seal and Anushka Ranjan are getting married on November 21. Check out the videos here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Namaste Bollywood (@namastebollywood.in) × View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alia Bhatt ☀️|Kolkata FanPage (@aliaabhattcentre) × One more video #aliabhatt pic.twitter.com/vlze2cFLy8 — 🅰 (@safeenafirdausi) November 20, 2021 × get it queen @aliaa08 😂❤ #AliaBhatt pic.twitter.com/u0ez1qHPic — ＲＫ (@ayaansangarr) November 20, 2021 ×

Alia Bhatt, Akansha Ranjan dance at Anushka Ranjan, Aditya Seal's sangeet: Watch

<p>Indian mjusic composer, singer and lyricist--Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja--recently made his debut on the Times Square Billboard in New York.&nbsp;<br />
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Sharing the big news, his team wrote on his social media account on November 19, "On the very auspicious day, "Raaja of music" at the Billboards of Time Square, New York...Raaja Rules. Spotify #Ilaiyaraaja #raajarules #Ilayaraja #RaajaOnSpotify #Ilaiyaraja."</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-jug-jugg-jeeyo-first-look-varun-dhawan-kiara-advani-starrer-to-release-on-this-date-430871" hreflang="en">Jug Jugg Jeeyo: Varun Dhawan-Kiara Advani starrer to release on this date</a></p>

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Along with the main poster, the veteran music composer's shared a few snapshots of the advertisement that's out at Times Square now.&nbsp;</p>

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Celebrities from the South Indian film industry have congratulated him over this global recognition, including his costume designer neice Vasuki Bhaskar and director Venkat Prabhu.&nbsp;<br />
Vasuki tweeted, "Whattaaa. wooow. The first in our family. Rajappa @ilaiyaraajaoffl on the billboards at the Time Square, New York."&nbsp;</p>

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She added,"He is always way ahead from all of us...Put together in the family. Always the first and biggest.Dellighted to see #RAJAAPPA. @ilaiyaraajaoffl at the Times Square billboard. New York city. USA. @Spotify @SpotifyUSA."&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">He is always way ahead from all of us...Put together in the family. Always the first and biggest.Dellighted to see <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RAJAAPPA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RAJAAPPA</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/ilaiyaraajaoffl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ilaiyaraajaoffl</a> at the Times Square billboard.<br />
New York city. USA. <a href="https://twitter.com/Spotify?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Spotify</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SpotifyUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpotifyUSA</a> ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/gRmrfLOQdB">pic.twitter.com/gRmrfLOQdB</a></p>
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<p>Venkat Prabhu tweeted, "Our own #Isaignani at #timesquare proud us"</p>

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<p>Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja's Times Square Billboard debut was part of a global campaign by music streamer Spotify.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-amas-megan-thee-stallion-pulls-out-owing-to-unexpected-personal-matter-430958" hreflang="en">AMAs: Megan Thee Stallion pulls out owing to 'unexpected personal matter'</a></p>


Indian mjusic composer, singer and lyricist--Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja--recently made his debut on the Times Square Billboard in New York. Sharing the big news, his team wrote on his social media account on November 19, "On the very auspicious day, "Raaja of music" at the Billboards of Time Square, New York.

Indian mjusic composer, singer and lyricist--Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja--recently made his debut on the Times Square Billboard in New York. Sharing the big news, his team wrote on his social media account on November 19, "On the very auspicious day, "Raaja of music" at the Billboards of Time Square, New York...Raaja Rules. Spotify #Ilaiyaraaja #raajarules #Ilayaraja #RaajaOnSpotify #Ilaiyaraja." Also read: Jug Jugg Jeeyo: Varun Dhawan-Kiara Advani starrer to release on this date Along with the main poster, the veteran music composer's shared a few snapshots of the advertisement that's out at Times Square now. Celebrities from the South Indian film industry have congratulated him over this global recognition, including his costume designer neice Vasuki Bhaskar and director Venkat Prabhu. Vasuki tweeted, "Whattaaa. wooow. The first in our family. Rajappa @ilaiyaraajaoffl on the billboards at the Time Square, New York." Also read: She added,"He is always way ahead from all of us...Put together in the family. Always the first and biggest.Dellighted to see #RAJAAPPA. @ilaiyaraajaoffl at the Times Square billboard. New York city. USA. @Spotify @SpotifyUSA." He is always way ahead from all of us...Put together in the family. Always the first and biggest.Dellighted to see #RAJAAPPA. @ilaiyaraajaoffl at the Times Square billboard. New York city. USA. @Spotify @SpotifyUSA ❤️ pic.twitter.com/gRmrfLOQdB — vasuki bhaskar (@vasukibhaskar) November 19, 2021 × Venkat Prabhu tweeted, "Our own #Isaignani at #timesquare proud us" Our own #Isaignani at #timesquare proud us🙏🏽👍🏽 pic.twitter.com/SEd60IJEFP — venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) November 19, 2021 × Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja's Times Square Billboard debut was part of a global campaign by music streamer Spotify. Also read: AMAs: Megan Thee Stallion pulls out owing to 'unexpected personal matter'

Ilaiyaraaja, Indian musical maestro, makes his Times Square billboard debut

<p>The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra was amused as four trumpet players, all but one under the age of 30, took their position in the rehearsal room late Tuesday morning.</p>

<p><br />
“It’s the Young Lions!” called out baritone saxophone player Paul Nedzela, referring to the coterie of sharp-dressed, tradition-minded bop up-and-comers who rose during the Reagan and Clinton administrations while edging jazz toward a concert art with a classical music-style repertoire.<br />
That got a laugh.</p>

<p><br />
“We tried that in the ’90s,” said bassist Carlos Henriquez.</p>

<p><br />
Another laugh.</p>

<p><br />
Soon, Wynton Marsalis, once the pride of those young lions, called the band to order from his perch in the trumpet section and the orchestra lit into “Windjammers,” a Marsalis cooker arranged to showcase the quartet of guest trumpeters, some of them students. The four swapped bars, breaks and occasionally expressions of wonderment, as if they couldn’t believe they were — to borrow a title from Marsalis’ own repertoire — in this house, on this morning.</p>

<p><br />
The occasion: the kickoff to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 34th concert season — and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s first indoor New York City performance since the COVID-19 shutdowns. The season will include a tribute to Chick Corea, who died in February; a celebration of the centennial of Charles Mingus; and three concerts showcasing extraordinary female singers Dianne Reeves, Catherine Russell and Cécile McLorin Salvant.</p>

<p><br />
Excitement about the reopening pulsed through the band.</p>

<p><br />
“To look at and see our audience, and to feel that energy, I’m going to be overwhelmed,” said Ted Nash, a saxophonist and composer. “We’ve been doing all this virtual stuff, but to create together a sound field and an energy field in person, where all the sounds meld together, this is why I do this.”<br />
Marsalis was quick to say he didn’t name this weekend’s concerts — “Wynton at 60” — which celebrate his new status as a sexagenarian with a program of his originals from four decades.</p>

<p><br />
Still, despite a warm, even gentle demeanor, there was no doubt he was in charge, announcing the order of soloists at rehearsal or tweaks to the charts. But when a soloist occasionally asked how to approach a section, he replied, “Just do what you all want.” Or, “It’s you playing it.”</p>

<p><br />
Freedom within a structure, of course, separates Jazz at Lincoln Center from other major performing arts institutions with a repertoire. So does Marsalis’ tradition of inviting young musicians to play on its biggest stage, the Rose Theater in the Columbus Circle complex.</p>

<p><br />
“It shows the generations working together,” he said. “When we started the orchestra, surviving members of Duke Ellington’s orchestra played. Marcus Belgrave played with Ray Charles. Sir Roland Hanna played with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. Jerry Dodgion and Frank Wess played with Basie. They passed on a lot of the feeling of the music and its identity and meaning to us. So, this is a continuation.”</p>

<p><br />
Chris Crenshaw, a trombonist, composer and arranger who has been in the orchestra since 2006, said, “We have a charge to keep. We have a responsibility. There’s so many things in all traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation orally or with music.”</p>

<p><br />
The responsibilities that come with serving as the artistic director and public face of a major arts organization has meant that, for Marsalis, the shutdown was never truly a shutdown. He pulled out his phone and thumbed through dozens of photos of score pages for upcoming projects (a tuba concerto, a bassoon piece).</p>

<p><br />
Versions of the band have toured the United States and the world, taking endless COVID-19 tests and often playing music from his politically engaged “The Democracy! Suite,” which boasts song titles like “Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters).” Streaming concerts, from the vault and some fresh, have abounded and will continue. This season, any concert can be streamed for a donation of $10.</p>

<p><br />
The work helps distract from the losses that have mounted since March 2020, including Marsalis’ musician father, Ellis, and his friend and mentor, critic Stanley Crouch, in addition to more musicians than any institution could fully memorialize.</p>

<p><br />
“I tend not to dwell,” he said. “My dad, he said, ‘Everybody’s losing people. And when you focus too much on yours ...’” He let that thought drift away and then recalled something pianist John Lewis once said to him. “‘To focus too much on even something negative is a form of deep ego.’<br />
“You got to keep moving forward, keep being productive and trying to create the world you envision,” Marsalis added.</p>

<p><br />
At 60, Marsalis, who won a Pulitzer in 1997 for “Blood on the Fields,” his oratorio about slavery, sees a world in which democracy itself is imperiled, and “the intellectual class still always wants the Black man to be a fool on all levels.” His humanism, though, buoys him.</p>

<p><br />
“You can subvert the Constitution and make it harder for people to vote, make it more difficult for government to work,” he said. “But there’s always voices that defend the integrity of the document, which is changeable — it’s not set in stone.”</p>

<p><br />
He shifted quickly back to the subject upon which he has most often stirred controversy.</p>

<p><br />
“Music is the same. You can be glib enough to undermine the integrity of it and be successful. But there’s always just enough voices who believe in the integrity of it.”</p>

<p><br />
Those young trumpeters, in his estimation, count among those voices. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission has always focused on jazz education and advocacy, and the guest artists at “Wynton at 60” — Summer Camargo, Giveton Gelin, Tatum Greenblatt and Anthony Hervey — demonstrate the power of that outreach.</p>

<p><br />
Camargo caught Marsalis’ attention when her South Florida high school placed in the institution’s annual “Essentially Ellington” contest, which invites school bands to record themselves playing free Duke Ellington charts and then brings the finalists to New York City to perform. Now a Juilliard student, Camargo said she never would have attempted composition without the impetus of the contest, where, in 2018, she won awards for composing as well as for soloing.</p>

<p><br />
“When people ask me what was one of the best days of your life, I always go back to that moment,” she said. “Wynton took me backstage and gave me compliments and advice. He doesn’t sugarcoat it; he tells you what you need to do to get better.”</p>

<p><br />
Gelin, a recent Juilliard graduate who self-released his debut album, also praised Marsalis’ generosity as a mentor — and his practical advice. Visiting New York from the Bahamas during his high school years, Gelin attended a free Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concert in Queens and afterward worked his way through the line to meet Marsalis. The next day, Gelin played for him at his home and was surprised that so famous a figure invested such energy in urging a kid to dig deeper into developing his own voice.</p>

<p><br />
“I spent a lot of time in the Haitian church,” Gelin said. “One of the first things Wynton said to me was to listen closely to the singers there and how their vocal qualities reflect where they’re from.”<br />
Marsalis nodded when reminded of this encounter.</p>

<p><br />
“Your sound will be organic when who you are doesn’t fight with who you want to be,” he said.<br />
On opening night Thursday, the four up-and-comers got their shot onstage. The orchestra’s 90-minute set surveyed some of Marsalis’ most crowd-pleasing compositions, including big-band stompers, ballads and percolating curios marked by his fondness for musical onomatopoeia, with muted horns aping the buzz of bees and the keening of train whistles.</p>

<p><br />
The 15-member ensemble tackled “The Holy Ghost,” from Marsalis’ “Abyssinian Mass,” and he delivered a bracing, unamplified solo on a quartet treatment of Gordon Jenkins’ “Goodbye” that he dedicated “to all the people who have lost someone and didn’t get to tell them goodbye.”</p>

<p><br />
But the most boisterous crowd response came soon after those young trumpeters took the stage. Camargo’s gutsy opening solo brought patrons to their feet and inspired Marsalis — her hero — to muse afterward, “She ain’t playing around at all.”</p>

<p><br />
The four ringers’ joyous clamor brought the house down. Marsalis called their presence “a birthday present to myself,” but their performances suggested it’s not just a gift for him.</p>


The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra was amused as four trumpet players, all but one under the age of 30, took their position in the rehearsal room late Tuesday morning.

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra was amused as four trumpet players, all but one under the age of 30, took their position in the rehearsal room late Tuesday morning. “It’s the Young Lions!” called out baritone saxophone player Paul Nedzela, referring to the coterie of sharp-dressed, tradition-minded bop up-and-comers who rose during the Reagan and Clinton administrations while edging jazz toward a concert art with a classical music-style repertoire. That got a laugh. “We tried that in the ’90s,” said bassist Carlos Henriquez. Another laugh. Soon, Wynton Marsalis, once the pride of those young lions, called the band to order from his perch in the trumpet section and the orchestra lit into “Windjammers,” a Marsalis cooker arranged to showcase the quartet of guest trumpeters, some of them students. The four swapped bars, breaks and occasionally expressions of wonderment, as if they couldn’t believe they were — to borrow a title from Marsalis’ own repertoire — in this house, on this morning. The occasion: the kickoff to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 34th concert season — and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s first indoor New York City performance since the COVID-19 shutdowns. The season will include a tribute to Chick Corea, who died in February; a celebration of the centennial of Charles Mingus; and three concerts showcasing extraordinary female singers Dianne Reeves, Catherine Russell and Cécile McLorin Salvant. Excitement about the reopening pulsed through the band. “To look at and see our audience, and to feel that energy, I’m going to be overwhelmed,” said Ted Nash, a saxophonist and composer. “We’ve been doing all this virtual stuff, but to create together a sound field and an energy field in person, where all the sounds meld together, this is why I do this.” Marsalis was quick to say he didn’t name this weekend’s concerts — “Wynton at 60” — which celebrate his new status as a sexagenarian with a program of his originals from four decades. Still, despite a warm, even gentle demeanor, there was no doubt he was in charge, announcing the order of soloists at rehearsal or tweaks to the charts. But when a soloist occasionally asked how to approach a section, he replied, “Just do what you all want.” Or, “It’s you playing it.” Freedom within a structure, of course, separates Jazz at Lincoln Center from other major performing arts institutions with a repertoire. So does Marsalis’ tradition of inviting young musicians to play on its biggest stage, the Rose Theater in the Columbus Circle complex. “It shows the generations working together,” he said. “When we started the orchestra, surviving members of Duke Ellington’s orchestra played. Marcus Belgrave played with Ray Charles. Sir Roland Hanna played with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra. Jerry Dodgion and Frank Wess played with Basie. They passed on a lot of the feeling of the music and its identity and meaning to us. So, this is a continuation.” Chris Crenshaw, a trombonist, composer and arranger who has been in the orchestra since 2006, said, “We have a charge to keep. We have a responsibility. There’s so many things in all traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation orally or with music.” The responsibilities that come with serving as the artistic director and public face of a major arts organization has meant that, for Marsalis, the shutdown was never truly a shutdown. He pulled out his phone and thumbed through dozens of photos of score pages for upcoming projects (a tuba concerto, a bassoon piece). Versions of the band have toured the United States and the world, taking endless COVID-19 tests and often playing music from his politically engaged “The Democracy! Suite,” which boasts song titles like “Sloganize, Patronize, Realize, Revolutionize (Black Lives Matters).” Streaming concerts, from the vault and some fresh, have abounded and will continue. This season, any concert can be streamed for a donation of $10. The work helps distract from the losses that have mounted since March 2020, including Marsalis’ musician father, Ellis, and his friend and mentor, critic Stanley Crouch, in addition to more musicians than any institution could fully memorialize. “I tend not to dwell,” he said. “My dad, he said, ‘Everybody’s losing people. And when you focus too much on yours ...’” He let that thought drift away and then recalled something pianist John Lewis once said to him. “‘To focus too much on even something negative is a form of deep ego.’ “You got to keep moving forward, keep being productive and trying to create the world you envision,” Marsalis added. At 60, Marsalis, who won a Pulitzer in 1997 for “Blood on the Fields,” his oratorio about slavery, sees a world in which democracy itself is imperiled, and “the intellectual class still always wants the Black man to be a fool on all levels.” His humanism, though, buoys him. “You can subvert the Constitution and make it harder for people to vote, make it more difficult for government to work,” he said. “But there’s always voices that defend the integrity of the document, which is changeable — it’s not set in stone.” He shifted quickly back to the subject upon which he has most often stirred controversy. “Music is the same. You can be glib enough to undermine the integrity of it and be successful. But there’s always just enough voices who believe in the integrity of it.” Those young trumpeters, in his estimation, count among those voices. Jazz at Lincoln Center’s mission has always focused on jazz education and advocacy, and the guest artists at “Wynton at 60” — Summer Camargo, Giveton Gelin, Tatum Greenblatt and Anthony Hervey — demonstrate the power of that outreach. Camargo caught Marsalis’ attention when her South Florida high school placed in the institution’s annual “Essentially Ellington” contest, which invites school bands to record themselves playing free Duke Ellington charts and then brings the finalists to New York City to perform. Now a Juilliard student, Camargo said she never would have attempted composition without the impetus of the contest, where, in 2018, she won awards for composing as well as for soloing. “When people ask me what was one of the best days of your life, I always go back to that moment,” she said. “Wynton took me backstage and gave me compliments and advice. He doesn’t sugarcoat it; he tells you what you need to do to get better.” Gelin, a recent Juilliard graduate who self-released his debut album, also praised Marsalis’ generosity as a mentor — and his practical advice. Visiting New York from the Bahamas during his high school years, Gelin attended a free Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra concert in Queens and afterward worked his way through the line to meet Marsalis. The next day, Gelin played for him at his home and was surprised that so famous a figure invested such energy in urging a kid to dig deeper into developing his own voice. “I spent a lot of time in the Haitian church,” Gelin said. “One of the first things Wynton said to me was to listen closely to the singers there and how their vocal qualities reflect where they’re from.” Marsalis nodded when reminded of this encounter. “Your sound will be organic when who you are doesn’t fight with who you want to be,” he said. On opening night Thursday, the four up-and-comers got their shot onstage. The orchestra’s 90-minute set surveyed some of Marsalis’ most crowd-pleasing compositions, including big-band stompers, ballads and percolating curios marked by his fondness for musical onomatopoeia, with muted horns aping the buzz of bees and the keening of train whistles. The 15-member ensemble tackled “The Holy Ghost,” from Marsalis’ “Abyssinian Mass,” and he delivered a bracing, unamplified solo on a quartet treatment of Gordon Jenkins’ “Goodbye” that he dedicated “to all the people who have lost someone and didn’t get to tell them goodbye.” But the most boisterous crowd response came soon after those young trumpeters took the stage. Camargo’s gutsy opening solo brought patrons to their feet and inspired Marsalis — her hero — to muse afterward, “She ain’t playing around at all.” The four ringers’ joyous clamor brought the house down. Marsalis called their presence “a birthday present to myself,” but their performances suggested it’s not just a gift for him.

Jazz at Lincoln Center reopens, with four young players in the spotlight

<p>If you have been waiting to watch Megan Thee Stallion perform at the AMAs, then we have bad news for you. The musical star will not be performing at this weekend's grand event, reports confirm.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The rapper has dropped out of the show, in which she was slated to perform with K-Pop band BTS and perform their smash hit collaboration 'Butter' on Sunday.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-snl-shang-chi-star-simu-liu-jokes-about-his-2014-tweet-asking-marvel-for-an-asian-superhero-430951" hreflang="en">SNL: 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu jokes about his 2014 tweet asking Marvel for an Asian superhero</a></p>

<p><br />
On Twitter, this Saturday, Megan announced that an "unexpected personal matter" had compelled her to pull out of the event at the last minute.</p>

<p><br />
"Hotties I was so excited to go to the@AMAs and perform with @BTS_official, but due to an unexpected personal matter, I can no longer attend. I'm so sad! I really can't wait to hit the stage with my guys and perform #BTS_Butter real soon!" the rapper wrote.</p>

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"We will miss you, @theestallion!" AMAs' official Twitter account replied.&nbsp;</p>

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— American Music Awards (@AMAs) <a href="https://twitter.com/AMAs/status/1462113273327734791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p>Megan and BTS' 'Butter' is nominated for the Favorite Pop Song award. BTS, however, is still performing at the ceremony and will also team up with Coldplay for a live rendition of 'My Universe'.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-camila-cabello-steps-out-for-some-quality-time-after-break-up-with-shawn-mendes-430799" hreflang="en">Camila Cabello steps out for some quality time after break-up with Shawn Mendes</a></p>

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Other big names to perform are Olivia Rodrigo, who has a total of seven nominations this year, Mickey Guyton, Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean, among others.</p>

<p><br />
Megan is nominated for three AMAs: Favorite Female Artist (Hip-Hop) being the highest honour she's looking at this year. BTS is up for Artist of the Year.</p>

<p><br />
The main event will be hosted by Cardi B.&nbsp;<br />
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<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bts-boys-and-lizzo-enjoys-harry-styles-concert-together-internet-goes-wild-430768" hreflang="en">BTS boys and Lizzo enjoys Harry Styles concert together, internet goes wild</a></p>


If you have been waiting to watch Megan Thee Stallion perform at the AMAs, then we have bad news for you. The musical star will not be performing at this weekend's grand event, reports confirm.

If you have been waiting to watch Megan Thee Stallion perform at the AMAs, then we have bad news for you. The musical star will not be performing at this weekend's grand event, reports confirm. The rapper has dropped out of the show, in which she was slated to perform with K-Pop band BTS and perform their smash hit collaboration 'Butter' on Sunday. Also read: SNL: 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu jokes about his 2014 tweet asking Marvel for an Asian superhero On Twitter, this Saturday, Megan announced that an "unexpected personal matter" had compelled her to pull out of the event at the last minute. "Hotties I was so excited to go to the@AMAs and perform with @BTS_official, but due to an unexpected personal matter, I can no longer attend. I'm so sad! I really can't wait to hit the stage with my guys and perform #BTS_Butter real soon!" the rapper wrote. "We will miss you, @theestallion!" AMAs' official Twitter account replied. We will miss you, @theestallion! ❤️ https://t.co/tdvgJcT1xt — American Music Awards (@AMAs) November 20, 2021 × Megan and BTS' 'Butter' is nominated for the Favorite Pop Song award. BTS, however, is still performing at the ceremony and will also team up with Coldplay for a live rendition of 'My Universe'. Also read: Camila Cabello steps out for some quality time after break-up with Shawn Mendes Other big names to perform are Olivia Rodrigo, who has a total of seven nominations this year, Mickey Guyton, Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean, among others. Megan is nominated for three AMAs: Favorite Female Artist (Hip-Hop) being the highest honour she's looking at this year. BTS is up for Artist of the Year. The main event will be hosted by Cardi B. Also read: BTS boys and Lizzo enjoys Harry Styles concert together, internet goes wild

AMAs: Megan Thee Stallion pulls out owing to 'unexpected personal matter'

<p>The latest season of Saturday Night Live (SNL) has seen so many impactful debuts. And the latest celebrity to make headlines is 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu.</p>

<p><br />
He made his hosting debut on November 20 and opened the gig with an energetic monologue where he spoke about Canadian politeness and spilled his secrets pertaining to bagging the titular role in 'Shang-Chi'.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-wion-exclusive-carryminati-my-alter-ego-made-me-from-being-invisible-to-widely-recognised-430716">Exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego led me from invisibility to recognition</a></p>

<p><br />
Talking about his hit project, the 32-year-old actor joked about an old tweet from 2014 asking Marvel Studios' for an Asian superhero and how he went on to manifest his subsequent role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel film.</p>

<p><br />
In 2014, he wrote a tweet to Marvel that read as, "Hey @Marvel, great job with Cpt America and Thor. Now how about an Asian American hero?"</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-rust-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins-to-get-a-private-memorial-service-430858">'Rust' cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to get a private memorial service</a></p>

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— Simu Liu (刘思慕) (@SimuLiu) <a href="https://twitter.com/SimuLiu/status/489767285154803712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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<p>Liu also spoke about dressing as Spider-Man for kids' parties before making it as an actor. He mentioned a kid named Trevor told him "you're not Spider-Man," Liu looked at the camera and said, "You’re right Trevor. I’m Shang-Chi, b*tch!”</p>

<p><br />
On Instagram, Liu expressed his nervousness about making his debut at the show, writing, "On an anxiety scale of one to ten turkeys. I am" followed by 10 turkey emojis. "Seriously I’m in the dressing room right now and I keep doomscrolling through TikTok. Why isn’t Addison Rae making me feel better?! What the crap is a Kool Aid Man challenge??! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SENDING SUPPORTIVE TEXT MESSAGES??!??!?!?"</p>

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"Tune in tonight to watch me completely break down mentally on @NBCSNL. It won’t be awesome but it will be memorable. Like watching a video of an unmasked Karen losing it at a CVS, but with more crying. RIP my career," Liu added.&nbsp;</p>

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The latest season of Saturday Night Live (SNL) has seen so many impactful debuts. And the latest celebrity to make headlines is 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu. He made his hosting debut on November 20 and opened the gig with an energetic monologue where he spoke about Canadian politeness and spilled his secrets pertaining to bagging the titular role in 'Shang-Chi'.

The latest season of Saturday Night Live (SNL) has seen so many impactful debuts. And the latest celebrity to make headlines is 'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu. He made his hosting debut on November 20 and opened the gig with an energetic monologue where he spoke about Canadian politeness and spilled his secrets pertaining to bagging the titular role in 'Shang-Chi'. Also read: Exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego led me from invisibility to recognition Talking about his hit project, the 32-year-old actor joked about an old tweet from 2014 asking Marvel Studios' for an Asian superhero and how he went on to manifest his subsequent role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel film. In 2014, he wrote a tweet to Marvel that read as, "Hey @Marvel, great job with Cpt America and Thor. Now how about an Asian American hero?" Also read: 'Rust' cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to get a private memorial service Hey @Marvel, great job with Cpt America and Thor. Now how about an Asian American hero? — Simu Liu (刘思慕) (@SimuLiu) July 17, 2014 × Liu also spoke about dressing as Spider-Man for kids' parties before making it as an actor. He mentioned a kid named Trevor told him "you're not Spider-Man," Liu looked at the camera and said, "You’re right Trevor. I’m Shang-Chi, b*tch!” On Instagram, Liu expressed his nervousness about making his debut at the show, writing, "On an anxiety scale of one to ten turkeys. I am" followed by 10 turkey emojis. "Seriously I’m in the dressing room right now and I keep doomscrolling through TikTok. Why isn’t Addison Rae making me feel better?! What the crap is a Kool Aid Man challenge??! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SENDING SUPPORTIVE TEXT MESSAGES??!??!?!?" "Tune in tonight to watch me completely break down mentally on @NBCSNL. It won’t be awesome but it will be memorable. Like watching a video of an unmasked Karen losing it at a CVS, but with more crying. RIP my career," Liu added. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Simu Liu (刘思慕) (@simuliu) × Also read: ‘Spencer’ review: Kristen Stewart is hauntingly beautiful as People’s Princess, Diana

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<p>The T-shirt says it all: “This body was built on arroz con gandules.”</p>

<p><br />
Arroz con gandules, or rice with pigeon peas, is a Puerto Rican classic, and Robin de Jesús wears the shirt with pride under a burnt orange jacket. When mounds of maduros (fried sweet plantains) arrive with our entrees, each is topped with a tiny Puerto Rican flag. De Jesús, 37, approves.</p>

<p><br />
The actor’s family is from rural Puerto Rico, and he grew up in a working-class community in Norwalk, Connecticut. Known for larger-than-life roles like a gay teenager who dabbles in drag in the movie “Camp,” a spirited maid in the Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles” and a boisterous interior decorator in both the play and film versions of “The Boys in the Band,” he wanted to diversify his work.</p>

<p><br />
Then along came “Tick, Tick … Boom!.” De Jesús was deeply intentional in auditioning for the role of Michael, an actor turned advertiser, in the film, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda.<br />
“What kept coming up for me was, ‘I want a quiet performance.’ I want a quiet, subtle, nuance,” de Jesús said at lunch. “And I know that, if I do that, I can showcase maturity.”</p>

<p><br />
The movie (in theaters and on Netflix) is an adaptation of a musical about the writing of a musical. The original “Tick, Tick … Boom!” was written by Jonathan Larson — who would later go on to write the rock musical “Rent” — and first performed in 1990. The film tells the tale of an aspiring composer (also named Jonathan and played by Andrew Garfield) pouring himself into yet another musical, this one called “Superbia.” It takes place in the early ’90s, against the stark backdrop of the AIDS epidemic.</p>

<p><br />
As his 30th birthday looms, Jonathan’s anxiety manifests as a persistent ticking. He worries about the upcoming workshop of “Superbia,” upon which everything seemingly hinges — and about whether he can succeed in the performing arts at all.</p>

<p><br />
Michael, his former roommate and best friend since childhood, has tapped out of the threadbare artist lifestyle, opting instead for a plush career in advertising and a glittering high-rise apartment. He was tired of waiting for hours in line for an audition, just to be cut off after six measures of a song and called the wrong name: “Juan, Pedro, Carlos, lo que sea.”</p>

<p><br />
That’s not to say that Michael has hardened into a formal shell; he stays playful and supportive of Jonathan’s dreams. We first meet him visiting Jonathan at work in the Moondance Diner, where he drops off copies he made of the “Superbia” script.</p>

<p><br />
“Boo-boo, you need to ask yourself,” Michael tells Jonathan, “In this moment, are you letting yourself be led by fear? Or love?”</p>

<p><br />
De Jesús said, “I knew that Michael did not have to be pulled and buttoned up, that he was someone who navigated being an artist, a creative, someone who was down and hip, and cool with also doing advertising.”</p>

<p><br />
“It didn’t have to just be one thing,” he continued.</p>

<p><br />
Although de Jesús has appeared in many major movies, he assumed some other, bigger film star might snag the role of Michael. So he took a risk in his audition. Miranda was impressed.</p>

<p><br />
“I’ve seen a lot of productions of ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ and a lot of the time the guy that gets cast as Michael is someone who looks very at home being a business guy, very dapper, very smooth,” Miranda said in a phone call. “What’s fun about Robin as a choice is that you 100% believe this is an artist who thrives in this world. It’s an artist with a business suit on.”</p>

<p><br />
Miranda and de Jesús go way back. (So far, in fact, that de Jesús sang at Miranda’s wedding.) In 2005, de Jesús made his Broadway debut in “Rent” as a member of the ensemble and an understudy for Angel, a young drag queen. That same year, he joined the original cast of “In the Heights,” Miranda’s first musical, with a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes.</p>

<p><br />
“Quiara and I realized every time he had the ball, he just put a crazy spin on it and knocked it out of the park,” Miranda said of de Jesús. “I am mixing my tennis and baseball metaphors, but so would Robin.”</p>

<p><br />
De Jesús earned a Tony nomination for his role as Sonny in “In the Heights.” He received subsequent nominations for “La Cage aux Folles” in 2010 and “The Boys in the Band” in 2019. This year, he presented at the Tony Awards with Andrew Garfield.</p>

<p><br />
But so many of his roles came across as youthful or outsize. De Jesús was ready for something fresh.</p>

<p><br />
“My other characters are like two-liter soda bottles that you shake up and you open,” he said. “Michael, you shake, but you leave closed. And I don’t get to play that often. I’ve always known I’m capable of it.”</p>

<p><br />
He was just waiting for someone to give him the opportunity — like many Black and brown artists, he points out.</p>

<p><br />
“The fact that I’ve been in New York since 2002, and my first month in New York, I repeatedly heard, ‘It’s a good time to be a person of color in theater,’” he said. “And here we are 20 years later.”</p>

<p><br />
And yet, to be Black and brown in New York’s arts and entertainment industry is a thing of beauty, he said, in “the way we’ve created our own cultures, and the way we uplift and promote joy for one another.”</p>

<p><br />
De Jesús’ best friend, his “nonsexual lifetime partner,” Dominic Colón, is part of that group of artists, too. Both men are gay and queer Latinos who live in the Bronx, so close they can see each other's apartments (intentionally). After “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” de Jesús hopes to act in Colón’s play, “The War I Know,” a working-class, Puerto Rican story that mirrors their own.</p>

<p><br />
“I think he is a teacher,” Colón said. “I think he is a valuable lesson for artists of any age to trust in the journey. And it may not look exactly how you thought it was going to look when you were 18, but it works out in the way that it needs to, and it will continue to.”</p>


The T-shirt says it all: “This body was built on arroz con gandules.” Arroz con gandules, or rice with pigeon peas, is a Puerto Rican classic, and Robin de Jesús wears the shirt with pride under a burnt orange jacket.

The T-shirt says it all: “This body was built on arroz con gandules.” Arroz con gandules, or rice with pigeon peas, is a Puerto Rican classic, and Robin de Jesús wears the shirt with pride under a burnt orange jacket. When mounds of maduros (fried sweet plantains) arrive with our entrees, each is topped with a tiny Puerto Rican flag. De Jesús, 37, approves. The actor’s family is from rural Puerto Rico, and he grew up in a working-class community in Norwalk, Connecticut. Known for larger-than-life roles like a gay teenager who dabbles in drag in the movie “Camp,” a spirited maid in the Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles” and a boisterous interior decorator in both the play and film versions of “The Boys in the Band,” he wanted to diversify his work. Then along came “Tick, Tick … Boom!.” De Jesús was deeply intentional in auditioning for the role of Michael, an actor turned advertiser, in the film, directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. “What kept coming up for me was, ‘I want a quiet performance.’ I want a quiet, subtle, nuance,” de Jesús said at lunch. “And I know that, if I do that, I can showcase maturity.” The movie (in theaters and on Netflix) is an adaptation of a musical about the writing of a musical. The original “Tick, Tick … Boom!” was written by Jonathan Larson — who would later go on to write the rock musical “Rent” — and first performed in 1990. The film tells the tale of an aspiring composer (also named Jonathan and played by Andrew Garfield) pouring himself into yet another musical, this one called “Superbia.” It takes place in the early ’90s, against the stark backdrop of the AIDS epidemic. As his 30th birthday looms, Jonathan’s anxiety manifests as a persistent ticking. He worries about the upcoming workshop of “Superbia,” upon which everything seemingly hinges — and about whether he can succeed in the performing arts at all. Michael, his former roommate and best friend since childhood, has tapped out of the threadbare artist lifestyle, opting instead for a plush career in advertising and a glittering high-rise apartment. He was tired of waiting for hours in line for an audition, just to be cut off after six measures of a song and called the wrong name: “Juan, Pedro, Carlos, lo que sea.” That’s not to say that Michael has hardened into a formal shell; he stays playful and supportive of Jonathan’s dreams. We first meet him visiting Jonathan at work in the Moondance Diner, where he drops off copies he made of the “Superbia” script. “Boo-boo, you need to ask yourself,” Michael tells Jonathan, “In this moment, are you letting yourself be led by fear? Or love?” De Jesús said, “I knew that Michael did not have to be pulled and buttoned up, that he was someone who navigated being an artist, a creative, someone who was down and hip, and cool with also doing advertising.” “It didn’t have to just be one thing,” he continued. Although de Jesús has appeared in many major movies, he assumed some other, bigger film star might snag the role of Michael. So he took a risk in his audition. Miranda was impressed. “I’ve seen a lot of productions of ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!’ and a lot of the time the guy that gets cast as Michael is someone who looks very at home being a business guy, very dapper, very smooth,” Miranda said in a phone call. “What’s fun about Robin as a choice is that you 100% believe this is an artist who thrives in this world. It’s an artist with a business suit on.” Miranda and de Jesús go way back. (So far, in fact, that de Jesús sang at Miranda’s wedding.) In 2005, de Jesús made his Broadway debut in “Rent” as a member of the ensemble and an understudy for Angel, a young drag queen. That same year, he joined the original cast of “In the Heights,” Miranda’s first musical, with a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. “Quiara and I realized every time he had the ball, he just put a crazy spin on it and knocked it out of the park,” Miranda said of de Jesús. “I am mixing my tennis and baseball metaphors, but so would Robin.” De Jesús earned a Tony nomination for his role as Sonny in “In the Heights.” He received subsequent nominations for “La Cage aux Folles” in 2010 and “The Boys in the Band” in 2019. This year, he presented at the Tony Awards with Andrew Garfield. But so many of his roles came across as youthful or outsize. De Jesús was ready for something fresh. “My other characters are like two-liter soda bottles that you shake up and you open,” he said. “Michael, you shake, but you leave closed. And I don’t get to play that often. I’ve always known I’m capable of it.” He was just waiting for someone to give him the opportunity — like many Black and brown artists, he points out. “The fact that I’ve been in New York since 2002, and my first month in New York, I repeatedly heard, ‘It’s a good time to be a person of color in theater,’” he said. “And here we are 20 years later.” And yet, to be Black and brown in New York’s arts and entertainment industry is a thing of beauty, he said, in “the way we’ve created our own cultures, and the way we uplift and promote joy for one another.” De Jesús’ best friend, his “nonsexual lifetime partner,” Dominic Colón, is part of that group of artists, too. Both men are gay and queer Latinos who live in the Bronx, so close they can see each other's apartments (intentionally). After “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” de Jesús hopes to act in Colón’s play, “The War I Know,” a working-class, Puerto Rican story that mirrors their own. “I think he is a teacher,” Colón said. “I think he is a valuable lesson for artists of any age to trust in the journey. And it may not look exactly how you thought it was going to look when you were 18, but it works out in the way that it needs to, and it will continue to.”

In ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!,’ Robin de Jesús knew he could do it

<p>Bollywood's versatile actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, has earned himself a title of versatility by successfully navigating through complex characters. He is known for his unconventional choice of projects. His recent Netflix Original, Serious Men was nominated for the prestigious Emmy awards, which only showcases how he has become one of the most bankable actors in the country.</p>

<p><br />
We have listed below five of his greatest performances ahead of his International Emmy recognition:&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>Serious Men&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p><br />
Serious Men is a satirical comedy-drama film based on the story of a slum dweller who spins a web of lies in pursuit of the upward mobility he has long craved. The father with a new secret he harbors does not realize how it will destroy the very thing he loves the most.</p>

<p><br />
<strong>Sacred Games</strong></p>

<p><br />
Sacred Games unravels the story of the &nbsp;Bombay-based gangster and an honest cop on organized criminality, money laundering, politics and secret spying that lie beneath India's economic revival. Sacred Games had a lot of acclaim from the audience and critics alike. Performing Gaitonde, Nawazuddin is charming in the role. He fulfills the demands of the character with ease. With every mood that his character experiences, including lust, anger, surrender or desperate attempts to resist, the actor manages to capture the nuances without missing a beat.&nbsp;</p>

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<strong>Raat Akeli Hai</strong></p>

<p><br />
An investigation into the death of a politician becomes complicated when the victim's clan and a policeman's own conflicted psyche become involved. The film depicts Nawazuddin as a cop who is called to investigate the death of an elderly relative. With his role as Inspector Jatil Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui excels at finding the mystery of the murder to the truth, riveting every viewer into the plot of &nbsp;the film.</p>

<p><br />
<strong>Manto</strong></p>

<p><br />
Manto is a story of Saadat Hasan Manto who is forced to flee to Pakistan after his family is forced to leave Bombay because of rising tensions between Hindus and Muslims. Nawazuddin Siddiqui flawlessly portrayed the character of the late Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Watch his performance as an eloquent writer, playwright and author, whose opinions are fearless.</p>

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Bollywood's versatile actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, has earned himself a title of versatility by successfully navigating through complex characters. He is known for his unconventional choice of projects.

Bollywood's versatile actor, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, has earned himself a title of versatility by successfully navigating through complex characters. He is known for his unconventional choice of projects. His recent Netflix Original, Serious Men was nominated for the prestigious Emmy awards, which only showcases how he has become one of the most bankable actors in the country. We have listed below five of his greatest performances ahead of his International Emmy recognition: Also read: WION exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego made me from being invisible to widely recognized Serious Men Serious Men is a satirical comedy-drama film based on the story of a slum dweller who spins a web of lies in pursuit of the upward mobility he has long craved. The father with a new secret he harbors does not realize how it will destroy the very thing he loves the most. Sacred Games Sacred Games unravels the story of the Bombay-based gangster and an honest cop on organized criminality, money laundering, politics and secret spying that lie beneath India's economic revival. Sacred Games had a lot of acclaim from the audience and critics alike. Performing Gaitonde, Nawazuddin is charming in the role. He fulfills the demands of the character with ease. With every mood that his character experiences, including lust, anger, surrender or desperate attempts to resist, the actor manages to capture the nuances without missing a beat. Also read: Batwoman 3: First look of Nicole Kang as Poison Ivy revealed! Raat Akeli Hai An investigation into the death of a politician becomes complicated when the victim's clan and a policeman's own conflicted psyche become involved. The film depicts Nawazuddin as a cop who is called to investigate the death of an elderly relative. With his role as Inspector Jatil Yadav, Nawazuddin Siddiqui excels at finding the mystery of the murder to the truth, riveting every viewer into the plot of the film. Manto Manto is a story of Saadat Hasan Manto who is forced to flee to Pakistan after his family is forced to leave Bombay because of rising tensions between Hindus and Muslims. Nawazuddin Siddiqui flawlessly portrayed the character of the late Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto. Watch his performance as an eloquent writer, playwright and author, whose opinions are fearless. Also read: BTS boys and Lizzo enjoys Harry Styles concert together, internet goes wild

Watch these Nawazuddin Siddiqui works to honour his International Emmy nod

<p>Veteran Hollywood actor, Delroy Lindo, has joined the already sdtellar cast of Disney and Marvel Studios' 'Blade' reboot.</p>

<p><br />
The film is being led by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. According to reports, on Saturday, Disney confirmed that Lindo will play a crucial role in the much-anticipated reboot.</p>

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<p><br />
'Mogul Mowgli' director Bassam Tariq will reportedly direct the upcoming adaptation of the popular comic book adventure, while writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour has been roped in to write the script of the movie.</p>

<p><br />
Created by writer Marv Wolfman, the comic-book character Blade first made an appearance in the 1973 book 'The Tomb of Dracula #10' as a supporting member to the main cast.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
As per comic books, Blade is a vampire hunter, who is half-mortal and half-immortal, and tries to free the world from the clutches of vampires in order to avenge his mother who was killed by a vampire while she was giving birth to him.</p>

<p><br />
Osei-Kuffour will be the first Black woman to pen a Marvel film, while Tariq is the sixth person of colour to direct a film for the studio, reports state.&nbsp;</p>

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Veteran Hollywood actor, Delroy Lindo, has joined the already sdtellar cast of Disney and Marvel Studios' 'Blade' reboot. The film is being led by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.

Veteran Hollywood actor, Delroy Lindo, has joined the already sdtellar cast of Disney and Marvel Studios' 'Blade' reboot. The film is being led by two-time Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. According to reports, on Saturday, Disney confirmed that Lindo will play a crucial role in the much-anticipated reboot. Also read: WION exclusive! CarryMinati: My alter ego made me from being invisible to widely recognized 'Mogul Mowgli' director Bassam Tariq will reportedly direct the upcoming adaptation of the popular comic book adventure, while writer Stacy Osei-Kuffour has been roped in to write the script of the movie. Created by writer Marv Wolfman, the comic-book character Blade first made an appearance in the 1973 book 'The Tomb of Dracula #10' as a supporting member to the main cast. Also read: You made me cry! Britney Spears gushes over Lady Gaga kind words for her As per comic books, Blade is a vampire hunter, who is half-mortal and half-immortal, and tries to free the world from the clutches of vampires in order to avenge his mother who was killed by a vampire while she was giving birth to him. Osei-Kuffour will be the first Black woman to pen a Marvel film, while Tariq is the sixth person of colour to direct a film for the studio, reports state. Also read: Jamie Dornan reveals he lost Superman role to Henry Cavill

Mahershala Ali joined by Delroy Lindo in 'Blade' reboot

<p>Celebrity couple, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, recently decided to part ways after over two years of dating.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
On Wednesday, both the singers took to their respective Instagram Stories to share the sad news of their <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-shawn-mendes-camila-cabello-break-up-will-continue-to-be-best-friends-430151">break-up</a>.</p>

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<p><br />
"We’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward," they both wrote.</p>

<p><br />
The singer-actress was photographed horseback riding with friends in Los Angeles on Wednesday itself, seemingly enjoying her personal time with her loved ones. &nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
For her day out with friends, Cabello was seen dressed in a pair of high-waisted jeans, an Elvis Presley tank top and a flannel on top.</p>

<p><br />
Cabello and Mendes crossed paths for the first time back in 2014 while she was still a member of the band Fifth Harmony. At the time, the former couple was opening for Austin Mahone. Mendes has said in interviews that he was in love with Cabello since the first time they met and revealed that all his songs were about her.</p>

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<p><br />
News of their break up has come as a shock to many as the 'Señorita' singers were seen being touchy-feely on a beach in Miami just recently.&nbsp;</p>


Celebrity couple, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, recently decided to part ways after over two years of dating. On Wednesday, both the singers took to their respective Instagram Stories to share the sad news of their break-up.

Celebrity couple, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, recently decided to part ways after over two years of dating. On Wednesday, both the singers took to their respective Instagram Stories to share the sad news of their break-up. Also read: Kim Seon Ho un-cancels himself after abortion row, back doing ads and movies "We’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward," they both wrote. The singer-actress was photographed horseback riding with friends in Los Angeles on Wednesday itself, seemingly enjoying her personal time with her loved ones. Also read: Batwoman 3: First look of Nicole Kang as Poison Ivy revealed! For her day out with friends, Cabello was seen dressed in a pair of high-waisted jeans, an Elvis Presley tank top and a flannel on top. Cabello and Mendes crossed paths for the first time back in 2014 while she was still a member of the band Fifth Harmony. At the time, the former couple was opening for Austin Mahone. Mendes has said in interviews that he was in love with Cabello since the first time they met and revealed that all his songs were about her. Also read: Scarlett Johansson is working on a 'top secret' Marvel project News of their break up has come as a shock to many as the 'Señorita' singers were seen being touchy-feely on a beach in Miami just recently.

Camila Cabello steps out for some quality time after break-up with Shawn Mendes

<p>Kim Seon Ho is returning to his normal life after he found himself embroiled in controversy related to his former partner's pregnancy.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The star was dropped from advertisements and upcoming shows with brands like Domino’s Pizza Korea, Canon Korea and Food Bucket pulling down his advertisements, when the controversy erupted.&nbsp;</p>

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On the other hand, brands like Miima, Canon Korea and e-commerce platform 11Street have all restored his advertisements following positive stories about him in the press.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Seon Ho’s social media has also seen a surge in followers, with Instagram following going up from 7.3 &nbsp;million to 7.9 million. He received two reputation polls at 2021 Asia Artist Awards.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
He was compelled to drop out of two major movies: 'Dog Days' and '2 O’Clock Data', he is still the lead of 'Sad Tropics', reports claim. Reportedly, a petition was out in favour of his return to '2 Days &amp; 1 Night'. Chief producer Lee Hwan-sun responded in an announcement, "We would like to clarify that both sides held a negotiation process with each other before making that announcement."</p>

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<p><br />
Allegations of Kim Seon Ho being emotionally abusive to his ex-girlfriend came out in the open after an unidentified netizen wrote a prolonged post where the former partner talked about how he compelled her to get an abortion.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The post went viral and Seon-Ho and his company released an apology statement. However, the damage was instant as Seon-Ho was dropped from advertisements, and two movies.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Korean outlet Dispatch did an investigation on the controversial put up. The outlet confirmed that the girl said their relationship had to be a secret, but the couple was spotted at a restaurant.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Messages between her and Seon Ho also revealed that she ‘apologised’ for lying about her whereabouts on one event. Messages were also shared by Seon-Ho, showing the couple had talked about the abortion, and did not break up because he was famous but because of her ‘unsettling actions’. After the investigation, Kim Seon-Ho’s life is getting back on track.&nbsp;</p>


Kim Seon Ho is returning to his normal life after he found himself embroiled in controversy related to his former partner's pregnancy. The star was dropped from advertisements and upcoming shows with brands like Domino’s Pizza Korea, Canon Korea and Food Bucket pulling down his advertisements, when the controversy erupted.

Kim Seon Ho is returning to his normal life after he found himself embroiled in controversy related to his former partner's pregnancy. The star was dropped from advertisements and upcoming shows with brands like Domino’s Pizza Korea, Canon Korea and Food Bucket pulling down his advertisements, when the controversy erupted. Also read: Britney Spears calls out Christina Aguilera for avoiding questions about her On the other hand, brands like Miima, Canon Korea and e-commerce platform 11Street have all restored his advertisements following positive stories about him in the press. Seon Ho’s social media has also seen a surge in followers, with Instagram following going up from 7.3 million to 7.9 million. He received two reputation polls at 2021 Asia Artist Awards. He was compelled to drop out of two major movies: 'Dog Days' and '2 O’Clock Data', he is still the lead of 'Sad Tropics', reports claim. Reportedly, a petition was out in favour of his return to '2 Days & 1 Night'. Chief producer Lee Hwan-sun responded in an announcement, "We would like to clarify that both sides held a negotiation process with each other before making that announcement." Also read: Jamie Dornan reveals he lost Superman role to Henry Cavill Allegations of Kim Seon Ho being emotionally abusive to his ex-girlfriend came out in the open after an unidentified netizen wrote a prolonged post where the former partner talked about how he compelled her to get an abortion. The post went viral and Seon-Ho and his company released an apology statement. However, the damage was instant as Seon-Ho was dropped from advertisements, and two movies. Korean outlet Dispatch did an investigation on the controversial put up. The outlet confirmed that the girl said their relationship had to be a secret, but the couple was spotted at a restaurant. Also read: Lady Gaga stuns at House of Gucci LA premiere in sequin gown & bixie haircut Messages between her and Seon Ho also revealed that she ‘apologised’ for lying about her whereabouts on one event. Messages were also shared by Seon-Ho, showing the couple had talked about the abortion, and did not break up because he was famous but because of her ‘unsettling actions’. After the investigation, Kim Seon-Ho’s life is getting back on track.

Kim Seon Ho un-cancels himself after abortion controversy, back doing ads and movies

<p>Scarlett Johansson took home the American Cinematheque Award at the Beverly Hilton earlier this week. The award honours artists in Hollywood who are devoted to their craft and have made significant contribution to motion pictures.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
At the event, the actress spoke to a leading news website about her upcoming MCU project and the lawsuit with Disney over 'Black Widow' digital release.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Talking about the lawsuit and all the statements that were fired from both the sides, Johansson said, "I feel mostly very fortunate that nobody will have to go through what I went through and that it’s made, I think, a positive impact in the industry and hopefully for artists and creatives’ lives and livelihood.” She went on to add that she was hopeful that fighting for the proper compensation would allow for a wider conversation about the talent's deal within the streaming war; hoping that her suit would have a long-lasting impact, saying, “It’s an evolving time where there’s this huge sea change happening, and as my daughter [Rose] told me the other day, you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs."</p>

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<p><br />
While the settlement details are not out yet, it must have ended on a good note as Johansson will continue working with Disney and is collaborating with the studio on 'The Tower of Terror'.<br />
Johansson is self-admittedly "already in the thick of it" on 'Terror' and is involved with other Disney projects, including a top-secret MCU work that she will produce.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Marvel President Kevin Feige, who was there to honour the actress, said that they have collaborated on "another non-Black Widow-related top-secret Marvel Studio project."</p>

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Scarlett Johansson took home the American Cinematheque Award at the Beverly Hilton earlier this week. The award honours artists in Hollywood who are devoted to their craft and have made significant contribution to motion pictures.

Scarlett Johansson took home the American Cinematheque Award at the Beverly Hilton earlier this week. The award honours artists in Hollywood who are devoted to their craft and have made significant contribution to motion pictures. At the event, the actress spoke to a leading news website about her upcoming MCU project and the lawsuit with Disney over 'Black Widow' digital release. Also read: Jared Leto wants Warner Bros. to release the ‘Suicide Squad’ David Ayer cut Talking about the lawsuit and all the statements that were fired from both the sides, Johansson said, "I feel mostly very fortunate that nobody will have to go through what I went through and that it’s made, I think, a positive impact in the industry and hopefully for artists and creatives’ lives and livelihood.” She went on to add that she was hopeful that fighting for the proper compensation would allow for a wider conversation about the talent's deal within the streaming war; hoping that her suit would have a long-lasting impact, saying, “It’s an evolving time where there’s this huge sea change happening, and as my daughter [Rose] told me the other day, you can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs." Also read: Ranbir Kapoor starrer crime-drama 'Animal' to release on this date While the settlement details are not out yet, it must have ended on a good note as Johansson will continue working with Disney and is collaborating with the studio on 'The Tower of Terror'. Johansson is self-admittedly "already in the thick of it" on 'Terror' and is involved with other Disney projects, including a top-secret MCU work that she will produce. Marvel President Kevin Feige, who was there to honour the actress, said that they have collaborated on "another non-Black Widow-related top-secret Marvel Studio project." Also read: Photographer Mick Rock, whose images helped define 70s rock dies at 72

Scarlett Johansson is working on 'top secret' Marvel project after feud over 'Black Widow'

<p>So far this season, five plays by Black authors have opened on Broadway, each with something urgent to say. Whether despairing (“Pass Over”) or lighthearted (“Chicken &amp;amp; Biscuits”), broadly representative (“Thoughts of a Colored Man”) or laser-beam specific (“Lackawanna Blues”), they are talking to us now, like a newspaper come to life. Like newspapers, too, they are remade every day; when I caught up with “Thoughts of a Colored Man” recently, it had been updated with a hot take on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.</p>

<p><br />
Yet for sheer crackling timeliness, the play most of the moment is in fact the oldest: Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind,” which opened Thursday at the American Airlines Theater. Originally produced in 1955 in Greenwich Village, but derailed on its path to becoming the first play by a Black woman to reach Broadway — a distinction that went to Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” four years later — it is only now getting the mainstream attention it deserves, in a Roundabout Theater Company production that does justice to its complexity.</p>

<p><br />
And justice, both broadly and narrowly, is the point. What begins as a backstage satire of white cluelessness and Black ingratiation gradually broadens and darkens into something far more mysterious: a peculiarly American tale of lost opportunity.</p>

<p><br />
Because Childress uses the play’s structure to express her theme, the ingratiation naturally comes first, and Charles Randolph-Wright’s lively staging leads with warmth and humor. As a mostly Black cast assembles on a perfectly period set (by Arnulfo Maldonado) to begin rehearsing an “anti-lynching” melodrama called “Chaos in Belleville,” their high-spirited chatter is often about fabricated résumés, mutual acquaintances and glorious triumphs past.</p>

<p><br />
Yet for Wiletta Mayer (LaChanze) — and for us as we listen — that past is already beginning to crack open. Though she rhapsodizes to the stage doorman (Simon Jones) about a song she once performed in a show called “Brownskin Melody,” she and her colleague Millie Davis (Jessica Frances Dukes) have more often been reduced to “flower” or “jewel” roles: stereotyped Black women with names like Gardenia, Magnolia, Crystal and Opal. In her most recent job, Millie says, “All I did was shout ‘Lord, have mercy!’ for almost two hours every night.”</p>

<p><br />
“Chaos in Belleville,” by a white playwright, is no better, despite its supposedly sympathetic theme. In it, Wiletta is set to play Ruby, and Millie to play Petunia: women working for a white family in the Jim Crow South. When Ruby’s son, Job, gets in trouble after daring to vote, the women are left, as usual, to wail and sing.</p>

<p><br />
Wiletta has no question that the play “stinks.” But then so does any mainstream play she can reasonably hope to book. An idealistic young actor like John Nevins (Brandon Micheal Hall) — who has been cast, in his first Broadway outing, as Job — may feel pride on becoming a part of the theater, but Wiletta knows better.</p>

<p><br />
“Colored folks ain’t in no theater,” she says. They are merely in a business.</p>

<p><br />
As such, she and Millie — soon joined by Sheldon Forrester (Chuck Cooper), an old hand playing Ruby’s husband — are experts at not rocking the boat. They dress beautifully (in costumes by Emilio Sosa) and feign enthusiasm. In a hilarious yet devastating scene, Wiletta advises John that, in order to feel comfortable, white producers and directors need Black actors to be walking contradictions. They should be “natural” talents yet experienced, not too needy and yet not too cocky, have no opinions except good ones and laugh at every joke.</p>

<p><br />
If this seems extreme, read about the experiences of Black theater artists today. The question they have been asking, in manifestoes and Twitter threads, is whether the systemic imbalance of power backstage is in any meaningful sense different from racism.</p>

<p><br />
Some 66 years ago, that was precisely Childress’ question as well, and once the white characters appear it starts to get answered. We see that even the most powerless of them — a put-upon stage manager (Alex Mickiewicz), a Yale-trained ingénue (Danielle Campbell) and a neurotic journeyman (Don Stephenson) — have more agency in their profession than any of the Black characters do.</p>

<p>The journeyman, though not very good, never lacks for work. (Stephenson, though, is expert.) The ingénue complains that if “Chaos in Belleville” fails she’ll have to move back to her parents’ house in Connecticut, blithely unaware that Sheldon is probably one week’s salary short of homelessness.<br />
But it is of course the director, Al Manners (Michael Zegen), who sits at the top of the pecking order, pecking away at everyone’s nerves. An egoist whose veneer of open-mindedness is easily stripped away, he regularly explodes in nasty snits that today would be understood (and yet perhaps tolerated) as big-man harassment. Though he calls Wiletta “darling” and “my sweetheart,” his growing intransigence in response to her growing dissatisfaction is the primary source of conflict within the play.</p>

<p><br />
Their fight is a fascinating knot of racial politics and dramatic theory. In Zegen’s apt take, Manners has the reptilian insouciance of a would-be Elia Kazan, bringing to the stage the new techniques of Method acting he has learned as a hack in Hollywood. Yet Manners’ demands are completely incoherent, and as Wiletta fails to satisfy him despite “justifying” and “relating to” the nonsensical dialogue she’s given, she realizes that “Chaos in Belleville” is in fact racist — and, in defending it, so is he.</p>

<p><br />
LaChanze gets that arc just right in a wonderfully rangy and compelling performance. At first confident that she can continue to game an unfair system, her Wiletta becomes almost existentially confused as insight floods in; when finally she regains her clarity and resolves not to participate in her own degradation, it has the weight of both victory and defeat in one choice.</p>

<p><br />
By then, we understand that “Trouble in Mind,” its title taken from a classic blues song about suicide, is, for all its backstage comedy, a tragedy of waste — not, like lynching, the waste of what happens so much as the waste of what doesn’t.</p>

<p><br />
All the Black characters, but none of the white ones, know that tragedy intimately. At one point, Sheldon, who spends most of “Chaos in Belleville” saying “Yes, sir” and “Thank you, sir” and whittling pointlessly at a stick, casually remarks that unlike that play’s author and director he has actually witnessed a lynching. Cooper then gives us a brilliant, horrific aria, filled with Method detail, that makes you see as if you were behind his eyes, and at the same time makes you understand how much of America’s talent has been squandered.</p>

<p><br />
That includes Childress, a figure who looks in hindsight a lot like Wiletta. It was because she refused to license a softened ending that “Trouble in Mind” did not make the move to Broadway after its off-Broadway success; none of her later work made it to Broadway either. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t important — or that, in our day, as this eye-opening production demonstrates, we can’t make it important again.</p>


So far this season, five plays by Black authors have opened on Broadway, each with something urgent to say. Whether despairing (“Pass Over”) or lighthearted (“Chicken &amp; Biscuits”), broadly representative (“Thoughts of a Colored Man”) or laser-beam specific (“Lackawanna Blues”), they are talking to us now, like a newspaper come to life.

So far this season, five plays by Black authors have opened on Broadway, each with something urgent to say. Whether despairing (“Pass Over”) or lighthearted (“Chicken &amp; Biscuits”), broadly representative (“Thoughts of a Colored Man”) or laser-beam specific (“Lackawanna Blues”), they are talking to us now, like a newspaper come to life. Like newspapers, too, they are remade every day; when I caught up with “Thoughts of a Colored Man” recently, it had been updated with a hot take on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Yet for sheer crackling timeliness, the play most of the moment is in fact the oldest: Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind,” which opened Thursday at the American Airlines Theater. Originally produced in 1955 in Greenwich Village, but derailed on its path to becoming the first play by a Black woman to reach Broadway — a distinction that went to Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun” four years later — it is only now getting the mainstream attention it deserves, in a Roundabout Theater Company production that does justice to its complexity. And justice, both broadly and narrowly, is the point. What begins as a backstage satire of white cluelessness and Black ingratiation gradually broadens and darkens into something far more mysterious: a peculiarly American tale of lost opportunity. Because Childress uses the play’s structure to express her theme, the ingratiation naturally comes first, and Charles Randolph-Wright’s lively staging leads with warmth and humor. As a mostly Black cast assembles on a perfectly period set (by Arnulfo Maldonado) to begin rehearsing an “anti-lynching” melodrama called “Chaos in Belleville,” their high-spirited chatter is often about fabricated résumés, mutual acquaintances and glorious triumphs past. Yet for Wiletta Mayer (LaChanze) — and for us as we listen — that past is already beginning to crack open. Though she rhapsodizes to the stage doorman (Simon Jones) about a song she once performed in a show called “Brownskin Melody,” she and her colleague Millie Davis (Jessica Frances Dukes) have more often been reduced to “flower” or “jewel” roles: stereotyped Black women with names like Gardenia, Magnolia, Crystal and Opal. In her most recent job, Millie says, “All I did was shout ‘Lord, have mercy!’ for almost two hours every night.” “Chaos in Belleville,” by a white playwright, is no better, despite its supposedly sympathetic theme. In it, Wiletta is set to play Ruby, and Millie to play Petunia: women working for a white family in the Jim Crow South. When Ruby’s son, Job, gets in trouble after daring to vote, the women are left, as usual, to wail and sing. Wiletta has no question that the play “stinks.” But then so does any mainstream play she can reasonably hope to book. An idealistic young actor like John Nevins (Brandon Micheal Hall) — who has been cast, in his first Broadway outing, as Job — may feel pride on becoming a part of the theater, but Wiletta knows better. “Colored folks ain’t in no theater,” she says. They are merely in a business. As such, she and Millie — soon joined by Sheldon Forrester (Chuck Cooper), an old hand playing Ruby’s husband — are experts at not rocking the boat. They dress beautifully (in costumes by Emilio Sosa) and feign enthusiasm. In a hilarious yet devastating scene, Wiletta advises John that, in order to feel comfortable, white producers and directors need Black actors to be walking contradictions. They should be “natural” talents yet experienced, not too needy and yet not too cocky, have no opinions except good ones and laugh at every joke. If this seems extreme, read about the experiences of Black theater artists today. The question they have been asking, in manifestoes and Twitter threads, is whether the systemic imbalance of power backstage is in any meaningful sense different from racism. Some 66 years ago, that was precisely Childress’ question as well, and once the white characters appear it starts to get answered. We see that even the most powerless of them — a put-upon stage manager (Alex Mickiewicz), a Yale-trained ingénue (Danielle Campbell) and a neurotic journeyman (Don Stephenson) — have more agency in their profession than any of the Black characters do. The journeyman, though not very good, never lacks for work. (Stephenson, though, is expert.) The ingénue complains that if “Chaos in Belleville” fails she’ll have to move back to her parents’ house in Connecticut, blithely unaware that Sheldon is probably one week’s salary short of homelessness. But it is of course the director, Al Manners (Michael Zegen), who sits at the top of the pecking order, pecking away at everyone’s nerves. An egoist whose veneer of open-mindedness is easily stripped away, he regularly explodes in nasty snits that today would be understood (and yet perhaps tolerated) as big-man harassment. Though he calls Wiletta “darling” and “my sweetheart,” his growing intransigence in response to her growing dissatisfaction is the primary source of conflict within the play. Their fight is a fascinating knot of racial politics and dramatic theory. In Zegen’s apt take, Manners has the reptilian insouciance of a would-be Elia Kazan, bringing to the stage the new techniques of Method acting he has learned as a hack in Hollywood. Yet Manners’ demands are completely incoherent, and as Wiletta fails to satisfy him despite “justifying” and “relating to” the nonsensical dialogue she’s given, she realizes that “Chaos in Belleville” is in fact racist — and, in defending it, so is he. LaChanze gets that arc just right in a wonderfully rangy and compelling performance. At first confident that she can continue to game an unfair system, her Wiletta becomes almost existentially confused as insight floods in; when finally she regains her clarity and resolves not to participate in her own degradation, it has the weight of both victory and defeat in one choice. By then, we understand that “Trouble in Mind,” its title taken from a classic blues song about suicide, is, for all its backstage comedy, a tragedy of waste — not, like lynching, the waste of what happens so much as the waste of what doesn’t. All the Black characters, but none of the white ones, know that tragedy intimately. At one point, Sheldon, who spends most of “Chaos in Belleville” saying “Yes, sir” and “Thank you, sir” and whittling pointlessly at a stick, casually remarks that unlike that play’s author and director he has actually witnessed a lynching. Cooper then gives us a brilliant, horrific aria, filled with Method detail, that makes you see as if you were behind his eyes, and at the same time makes you understand how much of America’s talent has been squandered. That includes Childress, a figure who looks in hindsight a lot like Wiletta. It was because she refused to license a softened ending that “Trouble in Mind” did not make the move to Broadway after its off-Broadway success; none of her later work made it to Broadway either. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t important — or that, in our day, as this eye-opening production demonstrates, we can’t make it important again.

Review: ‘Trouble in Mind,’ 66 years late and still on time

<p>It is a sad day in the world of music as global stars and celebrity couple, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, have decided to part ways after over two years of dating.&nbsp;</p>

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On Wednesday, both the singers took to their respective Instagram Stories to share the sad news of their break-up.</p>

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"We’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward," they both wrote.</p>

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Cabello and Mendes crossed paths for the first time back in 2014 while she was still a member of the band Fifth Harmony. At the time, the former couple was opening for Austin Mahone. Mendes has said in interviews that he was in love with Cabello since the first time they met and revealed that all his songs were about her.</p>

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"My song comes on the radio or something and I’m like, ‘Everything’s about you. They’re all … They have always been about you,'... She goes, ‘What do you mean?’ I’m like, they’re all about you. Like every song I’ve ever wrote," Mendes revealed in his documentary 'In Wonder'.&nbsp;</p>

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After a friendship filled with romantic tension, the duo released their monster hit 'Señorita' that led to rumours of them dating in June of 2019. In September, Mendes confirmed that they were a couple.</p>

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On James Corden's show, Cabello recalled when Corden insisted five years before “there’s no way you two aren’t a couple.”</p>

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Cabello said, "He was like ‘I like her, she’s the one that doesn’t like me’ or something like that."</p>

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"I was completely in love with him. And he was the one I thought wasn’t in love with me back," she added.&nbsp;<br />
Mendes and Cabello are pet parents to dog Tarzan. They have not revealed who gets to keep the dog now that they are headed in different directions in life.&nbsp;</p>


It is a sad day in the world of music as global stars and celebrity couple, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, have decided to part ways after over two years of dating.

It is a sad day in the world of music as global stars and celebrity couple, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, have decided to part ways after over two years of dating. On Wednesday, both the singers took to their respective Instagram Stories to share the sad news of their break-up. Also read: New poster for 'The Matrix Resurrections' teases what's in store for fans "We’ve decided to end our romantic relationship but our love for one another as humans is stronger than ever. We started our relationship as best friends and will continue to be best friends. We appreciate your support from the beginning and moving forward," they both wrote. Cabello and Mendes crossed paths for the first time back in 2014 while she was still a member of the band Fifth Harmony. At the time, the former couple was opening for Austin Mahone. Mendes has said in interviews that he was in love with Cabello since the first time they met and revealed that all his songs were about her. Also read: Rapper Young Dolph shot and killed in cookie shop "My song comes on the radio or something and I’m like, ‘Everything’s about you. They’re all … They have always been about you,'... She goes, ‘What do you mean?’ I’m like, they’re all about you. Like every song I’ve ever wrote," Mendes revealed in his documentary 'In Wonder'. After a friendship filled with romantic tension, the duo released their monster hit 'Señorita' that led to rumours of them dating in June of 2019. In September, Mendes confirmed that they were a couple. On James Corden's show, Cabello recalled when Corden insisted five years before “there’s no way you two aren’t a couple.” Cabello said, "He was like ‘I like her, she’s the one that doesn’t like me’ or something like that." Also read: Adele returns with new ferocity on '30' album "I was completely in love with him. And he was the one I thought wasn’t in love with me back," she added. Mendes and Cabello are pet parents to dog Tarzan. They have not revealed who gets to keep the dog now that they are headed in different directions in life.

Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello break up, will continue to be 'best friends'

<p>Slowly but surely, Gigi Hadid is moving on with her life.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
On Tuesday, the supermodel debuted her new hairdo--bangs--by posting a photo on Instagram.<br />
Hadid was sporting red hair and eye-length, pointy bangs.&nbsp;</p>

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Reportedly, Hadid's posts were from an advertisement shoot for high-street fashion brand H&amp;M in which she can be wearing a white vest and matching trousers.</p>

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<p>“You look STUNNING. The fringe is🔥,” commented Tan France, while Jonathan Van Ness said, “I’m obsessed w this fringe and these looks.”</p>

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It is yet to be seen whether Hadid’s new look is permanent or just clip-ons for the ad. Recently, she was spotted with her usual middle-parted hair.</p>

<p><br />
The supermodel broke up with her musician partner Zayn Malik, with whom she shares 1-year-old daughter Khai.</p>

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<p><br />
The duo, who allegedly always had a tumultuous relationship, with them breaking up every once in a while, came to an explosive end after allegations from Hadid’s mother, Yolanda Hadid, that the 'Pillowtalk' singer had “struck” her during an argument in September surfaced.&nbsp;</p>

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Malik pleaded no contest to four counts of harassment for allegedly calling Yolanda a “f—king Dutch slut,” among making other derogatory remarks and pushing her into a dresser.</p>

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<p><br />
Zayn Malik has vehemently denied Yolanda Hadid's claims. Gigi, however, is yet to publicly comment on the allegations and the subsequent break-up. The only statement she's made via her spokesperson is that she is “solely focused on the best for Khai.”</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/zayn-malik-will-fight-to-avoid-custody-battle-over-khai-with-gigi-hadid-425463" hreflang="en">Zayn Malik ‘will fight to avoid custody battle’ over Khai with Gigi Hadid</a></p>


Slowly but surely, Gigi Hadid is moving on with her life. On Tuesday, the supermodel debuted her new hairdo--bangs--by posting a photo on Instagram. Hadid was sporting red hair and eye-length, pointy bangs.

Slowly but surely, Gigi Hadid is moving on with her life. On Tuesday, the supermodel debuted her new hairdo--bangs--by posting a photo on Instagram. Hadid was sporting red hair and eye-length, pointy bangs. Also read: Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid call it quits as the singer is accused of hitting the model's mother Reportedly, Hadid's posts were from an advertisement shoot for high-street fashion brand H&M in which she can be wearing a white vest and matching trousers. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid) × “You look STUNNING. The fringe is🔥,” commented Tan France, while Jonathan Van Ness said, “I’m obsessed w this fringe and these looks.” It is yet to be seen whether Hadid’s new look is permanent or just clip-ons for the ad. Recently, she was spotted with her usual middle-parted hair. The supermodel broke up with her musician partner Zayn Malik, with whom she shares 1-year-old daughter Khai. Also read: Zayn Malik denies hitting Gigi Hadid's mother Yolanda, model issues statement The duo, who allegedly always had a tumultuous relationship, with them breaking up every once in a while, came to an explosive end after allegations from Hadid’s mother, Yolanda Hadid, that the 'Pillowtalk' singer had “struck” her during an argument in September surfaced. Malik pleaded no contest to four counts of harassment for allegedly calling Yolanda a “f—king Dutch slut,” among making other derogatory remarks and pushing her into a dresser. Also read: Zayn Malik charged with harassment against Yolanda & Gigi Hadid Zayn Malik has vehemently denied Yolanda Hadid's claims. Gigi, however, is yet to publicly comment on the allegations and the subsequent break-up. The only statement she's made via her spokesperson is that she is “solely focused on the best for Khai.” Also read: Zayn Malik ‘will fight to avoid custody battle’ over Khai with Gigi Hadid

Amid nasty break-up with Zayn Malik, Gigi Hadid debuts new hairdo

<p>More trouble for Travis Scott and Astroworld organisers.</p>

<p><br />
According to latest reports on Astroworld crowd-surge tragedy, more than 125 people, who were caught up in the stampede, have sued the festival's headliner Travis Scott and event organisers for $750m (£556m).</p>

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<p><br />
The family of Axel Acosta, one of the 10 victims to have lost their lives, are among those slamming a legal case in the US.</p>

<p><br />
The lawsuit claims Scott and guest star Drake kept performing despite accounts of "lifeless bodies being passed through the crowd in full view of the stage."</p>

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Scott, on the other hand, maintains he was not aware of the tragedy until after he came off stage.<br />
In his official statement, the rapper said he was "distraught" by the events of 5 November, and promised to "provide aid" to every affected family.</p>

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Drake, too, said his "heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives and for anyone else who is suffering."</p>

<p><br />
Court Papers filed in the US also named festival promoters Live Nation; tech mogul Apple, which streamed the concert, Scott's record labels Epic and Cactus Jack, the operators of Houston's NRG Park venue and firms that provided security and medical services at the venue in Houston, Texas.&nbsp;</p>

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The case also states that Acosta was "crushed by the incited, unruly and out-of-control crowd" and lay dead on the ground for 40 minutes while the concert was still on.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-astroworld-tragedy-did-the-simpsons-know-all-along-about-travis-scotts-concert-mishap-428968" hreflang="en">Astroworld tragedy: Did 'The Simpsons' know all along about Travis Scott's concert mishap?</a></p>

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"Certainly, neither Travis Scott nor his handlers, entourage, managers, agents, hangers on, promoters, organizers or sponsors cared enough about Axel to make even a minimal effort to keep him and the others at the concert safe," it said.</p>

<p><br />
After the tragedy, Scott said on Instagram that he "could just never imagine the severity of the situation" while he was performing.</p>

<p><br />
Live Nation said in its statement, "We continue to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation, so that both the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve, and we will address all legal matters at the appropriate time."</p>

<p><br />
Other defendants in the legal cases are yet to respond to media requests.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Reportedly, dozens of cases have already been filed by survivors and families of those who died during the stampede.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Lawyer Tony Buzbee has reportedly said that he intends to file another case soon with 100 more plaintiffs.</p>


More trouble for Travis Scott and Astroworld organisers. According to latest reports on Astroworld crowd-surge tragedy, more than 125 people, who were caught up in the stampede, have sued the festival's headliner Travis Scott and event organisers for $750m (£556m).

More trouble for Travis Scott and Astroworld organisers. According to latest reports on Astroworld crowd-surge tragedy, more than 125 people, who were caught up in the stampede, have sued the festival's headliner Travis Scott and event organisers for $750m (£556m). Also read: Astroworld: Magazine 'desperate' to stop the print version of Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner cover The family of Axel Acosta, one of the 10 victims to have lost their lives, are among those slamming a legal case in the US. The lawsuit claims Scott and guest star Drake kept performing despite accounts of "lifeless bodies being passed through the crowd in full view of the stage." Scott, on the other hand, maintains he was not aware of the tragedy until after he came off stage. In his official statement, the rapper said he was "distraught" by the events of 5 November, and promised to "provide aid" to every affected family. Also read: Astroworld tragedy: Travis Scott's collaboration with popular shoe brand put on hold Drake, too, said his "heart is broken for the families and friends of those who lost their lives and for anyone else who is suffering." Court Papers filed in the US also named festival promoters Live Nation; tech mogul Apple, which streamed the concert, Scott's record labels Epic and Cactus Jack, the operators of Houston's NRG Park venue and firms that provided security and medical services at the venue in Houston, Texas. The case also states that Acosta was "crushed by the incited, unruly and out-of-control crowd" and lay dead on the ground for 40 minutes while the concert was still on. Also read: Astroworld tragedy: Did 'The Simpsons' know all along about Travis Scott's concert mishap? "Certainly, neither Travis Scott nor his handlers, entourage, managers, agents, hangers on, promoters, organizers or sponsors cared enough about Axel to make even a minimal effort to keep him and the others at the concert safe," it said. After the tragedy, Scott said on Instagram that he "could just never imagine the severity of the situation" while he was performing. Live Nation said in its statement, "We continue to support and assist local authorities in their ongoing investigation, so that both the fans who attended and their families can get the answers they want and deserve, and we will address all legal matters at the appropriate time." Other defendants in the legal cases are yet to respond to media requests. Also read: Astroworld disaster rekindles fears about music festival safety Reportedly, dozens of cases have already been filed by survivors and families of those who died during the stampede. Lawyer Tony Buzbee has reportedly said that he intends to file another case soon with 100 more plaintiffs.

Astroworld tragedy: Travis Scott, organisers sued for $750m

<p>Of all people she could have said it to, Adele wants showbiz's popular bachelor John Mayer to get married.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The 'Easy On Me' singer, whose debut song from the upcoming album '30' is ruling music charts the world over, said in an interview that the 'Your Body Is A Wonderland' singer should consider getting married at some point in his life. The interviewer was Mayer himself.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
“Oh yes,” she exclaimed, when he asked her if he should go for it. “You should get married. Yes, I think it is a really incredible thing, marriage," she said.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
“Yes, I think you should. I can’t really say why, but I’m definitely open to marriage again. I definitely am, and the feeling I had in being married was the safest feeling I’ve ever had in my life... and sadly it didn’t work out, but I miss being married," she continued.</p>

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<p><br />
Mayer, too, said he’d get married “one of these days.”</p>

<p><br />
In January, Adele and former husband Simon Konecki had reached a settlement in their divorce.<br />
The former couple share 9-year-old son Angelo together and were rumoured to be married for years. Adele confirmed they were married during the 2017 Grammys.</p>

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Of all people she could have said it to, Adele wants showbiz's popular bachelor John Mayer to get married. The 'Easy On Me' singer, whose debut song from the upcoming album '30' is ruling music charts the world over, said in an interview that the 'Your Body Is A Wonderland' singer should consider getting married at some point in his life.

Of all people she could have said it to, Adele wants showbiz's popular bachelor John Mayer to get married. The 'Easy On Me' singer, whose debut song from the upcoming album '30' is ruling music charts the world over, said in an interview that the 'Your Body Is A Wonderland' singer should consider getting married at some point in his life. The interviewer was Mayer himself. Also read: 20 years of Harry Potter! A look at the cast members & where they are now “Oh yes,” she exclaimed, when he asked her if he should go for it. “You should get married. Yes, I think it is a really incredible thing, marriage," she said. “Yes, I think you should. I can’t really say why, but I’m definitely open to marriage again. I definitely am, and the feeling I had in being married was the safest feeling I’ve ever had in my life... and sadly it didn’t work out, but I miss being married," she continued. Also read: Dune,’ ‘No Time to Die’ get theatrical extensions in China; read details Mayer, too, said he’d get married “one of these days.” In January, Adele and former husband Simon Konecki had reached a settlement in their divorce. The former couple share 9-year-old son Angelo together and were rumoured to be married for years. Adele confirmed they were married during the 2017 Grammys. Also read: Pete Davidson rings in 28th birthday with rumoured girlfriend Kim Kardashian

Adele asks John Mayer to get married: I think it is an incredible thing

<p>'American Underdog', which is slated to come out on Christmas on Lionsgate, is a movie that is sure to make us all cry.</p>

<p><br />
The film is the true story of underdog Kurt Warner, who, despite many attempts to make it to the plush NFL, was unable to secure a spot. However, after meeting his future wife, Warner starts to concentrate more on building a future around his family and move away from the allure of a football stadium. To support his family, Warner gets a job at a nearby supermarket. Later, he is asked to take part in arena football, which he agrees to show respect towards his favorite game. While playing for the arena, he leads his team to one win after the other.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Warner is then approached by a recruiter for the St. Louis Rams, who wants him to join the team. Although old for the position, among other problems, Warner makes it to the team that launches his 12-year long, super-successful career for as a quarterback.</p>

<p><br />
'American Underdog' boasts of a stellar cast, including Zachary Levi, Academy award winner Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid. As per reports, Levi was trained by Andrew and Jon Erwin.</p>

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<p>The story of Warner is truly extraordinary as the legendary quarterback not only plays for the Rams but also the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals. He also won one Super Bowl, and played in two others, collected MVP awards and his contribution is recorded in both the Arena League Hall of Fame and the NFL Hall of Fame.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-lady-gaga-on-boyfriend-michael-polansky-he-is-my-whole-life-430226" hreflang="en">Lady Gaga on boyfriend Michael Polansky: He is my whole life</a></p>

<p>Check out the new trailer here:</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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'American Underdog', which is slated to come out on Christmas on Lionsgate, is a movie that is sure to make us all cry. The film is the true story of underdog Kurt Warner, who, despite many attempts to make it to the plush NFL, was unable to secure a spot.

'American Underdog', which is slated to come out on Christmas on Lionsgate, is a movie that is sure to make us all cry. The film is the true story of underdog Kurt Warner, who, despite many attempts to make it to the plush NFL, was unable to secure a spot. However, after meeting his future wife, Warner starts to concentrate more on building a future around his family and move away from the allure of a football stadium. To support his family, Warner gets a job at a nearby supermarket. Later, he is asked to take part in arena football, which he agrees to show respect towards his favorite game. While playing for the arena, he leads his team to one win after the other. Also read: Adele asks John Meyer to get married: I think it is an incredible thing Warner is then approached by a recruiter for the St. Louis Rams, who wants him to join the team. Although old for the position, among other problems, Warner makes it to the team that launches his 12-year long, super-successful career for as a quarterback. 'American Underdog' boasts of a stellar cast, including Zachary Levi, Academy award winner Anna Paquin and Dennis Quaid. As per reports, Levi was trained by Andrew and Jon Erwin. Also read: Dune,’ ‘No Time to Die’ get theatrical extensions in China; read details The story of Warner is truly extraordinary as the legendary quarterback not only plays for the Rams but also the New York Giants and Arizona Cardinals. He also won one Super Bowl, and played in two others, collected MVP awards and his contribution is recorded in both the Arena League Hall of Fame and the NFL Hall of Fame. Also read: Lady Gaga on boyfriend Michael Polansky: He is my whole life Check out the new trailer here:

'American Underdog' trailer: Zachary Levi walks us through an inspiring journey

<p>Lady Gaga seems to be head over heels in love with boyfriend Michael Polansky.</p>

<p><br />
In a recent interview, the 'House of Gucci' star revealed that her personal life comprises her man and three French bulldogs.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
“My dogs and the man that I love are my whole life,” the singer-actor was quoted as saying by a leading news website.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
Two of Lady Gaga’s pets--Koji and Gustav--were taken from her after her dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was shot in February of this year. However, they were safely returned to her later. Gaga's third dog, Asia, was not taken by the armed men. They were identified and arrested by police. The culprits revealed they did not know the pets belonged to Gaga and targetted them only for their high market value.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
“Everybody’s OK. Everybody’s healing. I pray for Ryan all the time. I’m so grateful that we did not lose him. And every day I thank God for the safe return of my dogs," she said, sharing updates on Ryan and her dogs.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Gaga was shooting for 'House of Gucci' when the attack happened and she later learned that her dogs were chosen at random.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
“It’s what reminds me that I’m just like everybody else in some ways. We’re all susceptible to these things," she said.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The news of Lady Gaga dating Polansky--who is in charge of Facebook co-founder Sean Parker’s various charities and businesses--were, in fact, dating. Although they have confirmed their love, the couple likes to lay low with Gaga rarely talking about him other than the occasional Instagram post.</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>“When your bf sends you all the flowers in Rome for your birthday,” she captioned a photo in March with roses. “I love you honey 💕 I can’t wait to be home with you and our dogs, that’s all I need.”</p>

<p><br />
Interestingly, after 'A Star Is Born' released, rumours of Gaga’s romancing her co-star and director, Bradley Cooper, were put to rest. Turns out, their intense Oscars performance of 'Shallow' was scripted.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
“Just from a personal standpoint, it reduces the anxiety level. They kind of fall in love in that scene in the film. It’s that explosive moment that happens to happen to them on a stage in front of thousands of people. … It would have been so weird if we were both on stools facing the audience," Cooper had previously said of their on-stage chemistry.&nbsp;</p>


Lady Gaga seems to be head over heels in love with boyfriend Michael Polansky. In a recent interview, the 'House of Gucci' star revealed that her personal life comprises her man and three French bulldogs.

Lady Gaga seems to be head over heels in love with boyfriend Michael Polansky. In a recent interview, the 'House of Gucci' star revealed that her personal life comprises her man and three French bulldogs. “My dogs and the man that I love are my whole life,” the singer-actor was quoted as saying by a leading news website. Also read: Pete Davidson rings in 28th birthday with rumoured girlfriend Kim Kardashian Two of Lady Gaga’s pets--Koji and Gustav--were taken from her after her dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was shot in February of this year. However, they were safely returned to her later. Gaga's third dog, Asia, was not taken by the armed men. They were identified and arrested by police. The culprits revealed they did not know the pets belonged to Gaga and targetted them only for their high market value. “Everybody’s OK. Everybody’s healing. I pray for Ryan all the time. I’m so grateful that we did not lose him. And every day I thank God for the safe return of my dogs," she said, sharing updates on Ryan and her dogs. Gaga was shooting for 'House of Gucci' when the attack happened and she later learned that her dogs were chosen at random. Also read: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to skip Christmas celebrations with Queen Elizabeth “It’s what reminds me that I’m just like everybody else in some ways. We’re all susceptible to these things," she said. The news of Lady Gaga dating Polansky--who is in charge of Facebook co-founder Sean Parker’s various charities and businesses--were, in fact, dating. Although they have confirmed their love, the couple likes to lay low with Gaga rarely talking about him other than the occasional Instagram post. “When your bf sends you all the flowers in Rome for your birthday,” she captioned a photo in March with roses. “I love you honey 💕 I can’t wait to be home with you and our dogs, that’s all I need.” Interestingly, after 'A Star Is Born' released, rumours of Gaga’s romancing her co-star and director, Bradley Cooper, were put to rest. Turns out, their intense Oscars performance of 'Shallow' was scripted. Also read: Rapper Young Dolph shot and killed in cookie shop “Just from a personal standpoint, it reduces the anxiety level. They kind of fall in love in that scene in the film. It’s that explosive moment that happens to happen to them on a stage in front of thousands of people. … It would have been so weird if we were both on stools facing the audience," Cooper had previously said of their on-stage chemistry.

Lady Gaga on boyfriend Michael Polansky: He is my whole life

<p>Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Pete Davidson rang in his 28th birthday with rumored new girlfriend Kim Kardashian, according to media reports and pictures shared by Flavor Flav.</p>

<p><br />
On Wednesday, the 'Flavor of Love' star shared two pictures of himself with the rumoured couple just a day after Davidson's birthday on November 16.</p>

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<p><br />
The gang was also joined by Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner, who showed up to the private party wearing brown and black SKIMS loungewear.</p>

<p><br />
Kardashian looked hot as she was seen wearing only the bottom half, with Davidson wearing its matching top.</p>

<p><br />
“FLAVOR FLAV::: celebrating my adopted son Pete Davidson’s birthday wit the legendz @kimkardashian and @krisjenner 🥳🎂,” the rapper captioned his photos.</p>

<p><br />
“Pete,,, I never took a clock off my neck to give to someone and you will be the last person I do this for,,, it lookz real good on you,,,, happy birthday,,,,”</p>

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<p>Kim Kardashian was first spotted holding hands with Pete Davidson at Knott’s Scary Farm in Southern California. Interestingly, this eye-rolling event happened just days after her 'SNL' debut. The pair had also locked lips during a sketch.</p>

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Reportedly, Kardashian then flew off to Davidson’s home in NYC, where the pair went on solo as well as group dates in Staten Island and Manhattan.</p>

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"This is not a stunt. Kim doesn’t need to do that, that’s not her style. There’s plenty of other things she could do to get attention. It’s super early, but there’s interest from both sides. The hard thing is putting a label on whatever this is," a source close to the reality star said of the duo's blossoming connection.&nbsp;</p>

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Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Pete Davidson rang in his 28th birthday with rumored new girlfriend Kim Kardashian, according to media reports and pictures shared by Flavor Flav.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Pete Davidson rang in his 28th birthday with rumored new girlfriend Kim Kardashian, according to media reports and pictures shared by Flavor Flav. On Wednesday, the 'Flavor of Love' star shared two pictures of himself with the rumoured couple just a day after Davidson's birthday on November 16. Also read: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to skip Christmas celebrations with Queen Elizabeth The gang was also joined by Kardashian’s mother, Kris Jenner, who showed up to the private party wearing brown and black SKIMS loungewear. Kardashian looked hot as she was seen wearing only the bottom half, with Davidson wearing its matching top. “FLAVOR FLAV::: celebrating my adopted son Pete Davidson’s birthday wit the legendz @kimkardashian and @krisjenner 🥳🎂,” the rapper captioned his photos. “Pete,,, I never took a clock off my neck to give to someone and you will be the last person I do this for,,, it lookz real good on you,,,, happy birthday,,,,” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Flavor Flav ⏰ (@flavorflavofficial) × Kim Kardashian was first spotted holding hands with Pete Davidson at Knott’s Scary Farm in Southern California. Interestingly, this eye-rolling event happened just days after her 'SNL' debut. The pair had also locked lips during a sketch. Also read: Aamir Khan's 'Laal Singh Chaddha' to get postponed yet again? Reportedly, Kardashian then flew off to Davidson’s home in NYC, where the pair went on solo as well as group dates in Staten Island and Manhattan. "This is not a stunt. Kim doesn’t need to do that, that’s not her style. There’s plenty of other things she could do to get attention. It’s super early, but there’s interest from both sides. The hard thing is putting a label on whatever this is," a source close to the reality star said of the duo's blossoming connection. Also read: HIMYM spinoff 'How I Met Your Father' finally has a premiere date

Pete Davidson rings in 28th birthday with rumoured girlfriend Kim Kardashian

<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Christmas plans doesn't involve being in the UK for the holidays, reports claim.</p>

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The couple will not be with Queen Elizabeth II’s despite this being her first Christmas without husband, Prince Phillip, who passed away in April. The 95-year-old is also grappling with health problems lately.&nbsp;</p>

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly been sent an invitation to join the royal family for the holidays at their Sandringham residence but they will not be attending, multiple royal sources told media outlets.&nbsp;</p>

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"There’s a lot that goes into the logistics and the planning of the family Christmas, so of course, staff know that Harry and Meghan are not coming. If they were, they would have communicated it to their family by now. But this is Her Majesty’s first Christmas without her husband, so one would have hoped they would want to be with her," one royal source told a news website.</p>

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle not going despite the invitation is believed to avoid the headlines that would soon follow.&nbsp;</p>

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“I think everyone understands there will be a frenzy when they both come back to the UK, but they need to rip the [Band-Aid] off and get on with it.” the source added.</p>

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Traditionally, the Queen is joined by family at Sandringham, her country estate, who accompany her to a church service. The holidays is usually spent with Prince Charles, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince William and wife Kate Middleton.&nbsp;</p>

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Harry and Markle are also are not expected to attend the Queen’s annual Christmas lunch for her extended family to be held at Buckingham Palace. This year, however, sources say the same will be hosted at Windsor Castle, where the Queen spends most of her time these days as she's recovering from a bad back at the moment.&nbsp;</p>

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“If that is the first time they are back in the country since Megxit, and they suck all the oxygen from the Queen, that will be just terrible,” the source said.</p>

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The spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were unavailable for comment, reports an outlet.&nbsp;</p>


Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Christmas plans doesn't involve being in the UK for the holidays, reports claim. The couple will not be with Queen Elizabeth II’s despite this being her first Christmas without husband, Prince Phillip, who passed away in April.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Christmas plans doesn't involve being in the UK for the holidays, reports claim. The couple will not be with Queen Elizabeth II’s despite this being her first Christmas without husband, Prince Phillip, who passed away in April. The 95-year-old is also grappling with health problems lately. Also read: New poster for 'The Matrix Resurrections' teases what's in store for fans The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have reportedly been sent an invitation to join the royal family for the holidays at their Sandringham residence but they will not be attending, multiple royal sources told media outlets. "There’s a lot that goes into the logistics and the planning of the family Christmas, so of course, staff know that Harry and Meghan are not coming. If they were, they would have communicated it to their family by now. But this is Her Majesty’s first Christmas without her husband, so one would have hoped they would want to be with her," one royal source told a news website. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle not going despite the invitation is believed to avoid the headlines that would soon follow. Also read: Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello break up, will continue to be 'best friends' “I think everyone understands there will be a frenzy when they both come back to the UK, but they need to rip the [Band-Aid] off and get on with it.” the source added. Traditionally, the Queen is joined by family at Sandringham, her country estate, who accompany her to a church service. The holidays is usually spent with Prince Charles, Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince William and wife Kate Middleton. Harry and Markle are also are not expected to attend the Queen’s annual Christmas lunch for her extended family to be held at Buckingham Palace. This year, however, sources say the same will be hosted at Windsor Castle, where the Queen spends most of her time these days as she's recovering from a bad back at the moment. Also read: Preity Zinta and husband Gene Goodenough are now parents to twins “If that is the first time they are back in the country since Megxit, and they suck all the oxygen from the Queen, that will be just terrible,” the source said. The spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were unavailable for comment, reports an outlet.

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle to skip Christmas celebrations with Queen Elizabeth

<p>Sung by a pack of slithering paparazzi amid an explosion of flashbulbs, so begins “Diana, the Musical,” which seems to exist to answer the question. Digging deep into the celebrity-bio-musical barrel, there to squabble for preeminence with pop divas and Jersey boys, it may well win the prize as the tawdriest and least excusable wholesaling of a supposedly true story ever to belt its way to Broadway.</p>

<p><br />
I doubt that was the intention behind the show, which opened on Wednesday at the Longacre Theater after somehow surviving two disasters: the pandemic, which knocked it down in March 2020; and a filmed version for Netflix (“the year’s most hysterically awful hate-watch,” wrote The Guardian) that did much the same thing earlier this fall. Still, it’s worth asking, as the poor woman’s corpse is forced to rise again, what its authors could possibly have been thinking.</p>

<p><br />
The cynical answer, as always, is money. The Princess of Wales, in her short life and long death, has been dragooned into any number of commercial entertainments, including memoirs by her household staff, thinly sourced biographies, a multi-season story line on “The Crown” and, most recently, the movie “Spencer.” Whether middlebrow or low, these works reshape Diana to their own needs, borrowing her familiar, eventful yet unknowable story to sell mere gossip as relatable real-life tragedy.</p>

<p><br />
But at least none of those involved any of the following, as “Diana” counterfactually does: the title character getting jiggy with Mstislav Rostropovich to an electrified version of Bach’s first cello suite; Barbara Cartland, the romance novelist, lasciviously pawing Diana’s lover James Hewitt as he arrives half-naked on a horse; a man with AIDS consenting to have his photo taken with the princess by singing, “I may be unwell, but I’m handsome as hell”; and a sort of boxing match between the rivals for Prince Charles’ affections set to the words: “It’s the thrilla in Manila but with Diana and Camilla!”</p>

<p><br />
I wish propriety would allow me to tell you as well about the song in which Diana and her butler, Paul Burrell, choose the low-cut, off-the-shoulder “revenge” dress she wears in response to Charles’ 1994 interview blaming the failure of their marriage on her. Only for turning a common vulgarity into an uncommon one could the number be regarded as clever.</p>

<p><br />
Yet these are merely the most extractable of the horrors that “Diana,” as directed by Christopher Ashley, has on display. The real problem is intrinsic, arising from the choice to tell the story in song at all. Musicals, like laws, are often compared to sausages: You don’t want to know what goes into them. In this case, you don’t want to know what comes out, either; if you care about Diana as a human being, or dignity as a concept, you will find this treatment of her life both aesthetically and morally mortifying.</p>

<p><br />
Granted, the authors did not make it easy on themselves. In choosing to cover the entire arc of her fame — from 1980 to ’96, with an epilogue about her death tacked on — they probably doomed themselves to the narrative scrawniness that makes the show so twitchy. (“Spencer” limits itself to three days in 1991.)</p>

<p>Roughly, and I do mean roughly, Joe DiPietro’s book touches on Diana’s rise from meek kindergarten helper to surprise candidate for what one song calls “the worst job in England,” to fairy-tale bride, to scorned wife, to doting mother, to England’s favorite royal, to unfaithful wretch, to carousing divorcée, to martyrdom and points beyond.</p>

<p><br />
Once you add songs into the mix — and Diana (Jeanna de Waal) sings in 17 of them — there’s no time for coherence, let alone subtlety. De Waal is left to embody each new incarnation of the character as quickly and superficially as she swaps William Ivey Long’s trick costumes, which could tell the story better on their own. They are, at any rate, wittier and sparklier than the score; with music by David Bryan of Bon Jovi, and lyrics by Bryan and DiPietro, the songs are cold and crass — and so, not surprisingly, their Diana is, too.</p>

<p><br />
This is not just a matter of de Waal’s bravura yet resolutely unthrilling performance, but also of the framing. In her introductory number, looking back on her life from some point presumably after the divorce but before her death, Diana suggests that it was tactically valuable to be “underestimated” — a word that doesn’t scan as a lyric no matter how mercilessly the songwriters flog it. It doesn’t scan as an idea either; rather, it sets up Diana as a kind of English Evita, a schemer who triumphed, which is bizarre on both counts.</p>

<p><br />
Indeed, there is something seriously wrong with a Diana story whose most believable and sympathetic character is Camilla Parker Bowles. But other than the degrading “thrilla” scene, Camilla is mercifully underwritten, allowing Erin Davie room to find something human in her that the real Camilla never could.<br />
The other two central players have no such room. Roe Hartrampf’s Charles is basically a Prince of Wails, complaining bitterly and at the top of his voice for the entire show; Judy Kaye’s already one-note battleship of a performance as Queen Elizabeth II is further undercut by her popping up occasionally as Cartland — Diana’s step-grandmother — for supposed comic relief.</p>

<p><br />
Choices like these suggest that the authors simply did not know what tone to take and so took every one they could think of. Wanting us to engage with the story seriously, they nevertheless ham it up with randy grannies and cheesy catfights. Seeking to cover 16 years in little more than two hours, they condense or flat-out fictionalize with a wink. In this context, it counts as a kind of discretion that the portrait of Burrell as a trusted confidant (and dress wrangler) neglects to mention that he was later prosecuted for stealing from the princess’s estate — a case hastily dropped after the queen interceded — and, for an encore, wrote a tacky bestselling memoir.</p>

<p><br />
Ashley’s staging follows suit, going for grandeur but, in its haste, reaching only the clamminess of farce. (The chilly sets are by David Zinn.) And in Kelly Devine’s bizarrely noncontextual choreography, the ensemble — whether representing palace flunkies, Knightsbridge snobs or worshipful Dianaphiles — performs the same frenzied gymnastics.</p>

<p><br />
Musicals are difficult and expensive. No one says they have to be serious, too. “The Cher Show” and “Jersey Boys,” among many others, would have been much better with less drummed-up significance. Nor will an insufficiency of craft and proportion necessarily sully a modest, invented tale like the one told in “Memphis,” the 2010 Tony Award winner from the “Diana” creative team.</p>

<p><br />
But if you decide to write a musical about a real woman, known worldwide, who died tragically while still a young mother, something more rigorous is demanded. “Diana,” though, is lazy and thus neither entertaining nor insightful. Although audiences talk back to it at will, it’s not even campy fun. It’s just exploitative, doing to the Princess of Wales pretty much what the tabloid press — let alone the monarchy — did to her in the first place.</p>


Sung by a pack of slithering paparazzi amid an explosion of flashbulbs, so begins “Diana, the Musical,” which seems to exist to answer the question. Digging deep into the celebrity-bio-musical barrel, there to squabble for preeminence with pop divas and Jersey boys, it may well win the prize as the tawdriest and least excusable wholesaling of a supposedly true story ever to belt its way to Broadway.

Sung by a pack of slithering paparazzi amid an explosion of flashbulbs, so begins “Diana, the Musical,” which seems to exist to answer the question. Digging deep into the celebrity-bio-musical barrel, there to squabble for preeminence with pop divas and Jersey boys, it may well win the prize as the tawdriest and least excusable wholesaling of a supposedly true story ever to belt its way to Broadway. I doubt that was the intention behind the show, which opened on Wednesday at the Longacre Theater after somehow surviving two disasters: the pandemic, which knocked it down in March 2020; and a filmed version for Netflix (“the year’s most hysterically awful hate-watch,” wrote The Guardian) that did much the same thing earlier this fall. Still, it’s worth asking, as the poor woman’s corpse is forced to rise again, what its authors could possibly have been thinking. The cynical answer, as always, is money. The Princess of Wales, in her short life and long death, has been dragooned into any number of commercial entertainments, including memoirs by her household staff, thinly sourced biographies, a multi-season story line on “The Crown” and, most recently, the movie “Spencer.” Whether middlebrow or low, these works reshape Diana to their own needs, borrowing her familiar, eventful yet unknowable story to sell mere gossip as relatable real-life tragedy. But at least none of those involved any of the following, as “Diana” counterfactually does: the title character getting jiggy with Mstislav Rostropovich to an electrified version of Bach’s first cello suite; Barbara Cartland, the romance novelist, lasciviously pawing Diana’s lover James Hewitt as he arrives half-naked on a horse; a man with AIDS consenting to have his photo taken with the princess by singing, “I may be unwell, but I’m handsome as hell”; and a sort of boxing match between the rivals for Prince Charles’ affections set to the words: “It’s the thrilla in Manila but with Diana and Camilla!” I wish propriety would allow me to tell you as well about the song in which Diana and her butler, Paul Burrell, choose the low-cut, off-the-shoulder “revenge” dress she wears in response to Charles’ 1994 interview blaming the failure of their marriage on her. Only for turning a common vulgarity into an uncommon one could the number be regarded as clever. Yet these are merely the most extractable of the horrors that “Diana,” as directed by Christopher Ashley, has on display. The real problem is intrinsic, arising from the choice to tell the story in song at all. Musicals, like laws, are often compared to sausages: You don’t want to know what goes into them. In this case, you don’t want to know what comes out, either; if you care about Diana as a human being, or dignity as a concept, you will find this treatment of her life both aesthetically and morally mortifying. Granted, the authors did not make it easy on themselves. In choosing to cover the entire arc of her fame — from 1980 to ’96, with an epilogue about her death tacked on — they probably doomed themselves to the narrative scrawniness that makes the show so twitchy. (“Spencer” limits itself to three days in 1991.) Roughly, and I do mean roughly, Joe DiPietro’s book touches on Diana’s rise from meek kindergarten helper to surprise candidate for what one song calls “the worst job in England,” to fairy-tale bride, to scorned wife, to doting mother, to England’s favorite royal, to unfaithful wretch, to carousing divorcée, to martyrdom and points beyond. Once you add songs into the mix — and Diana (Jeanna de Waal) sings in 17 of them — there’s no time for coherence, let alone subtlety. De Waal is left to embody each new incarnation of the character as quickly and superficially as she swaps William Ivey Long’s trick costumes, which could tell the story better on their own. They are, at any rate, wittier and sparklier than the score; with music by David Bryan of Bon Jovi, and lyrics by Bryan and DiPietro, the songs are cold and crass — and so, not surprisingly, their Diana is, too. This is not just a matter of de Waal’s bravura yet resolutely unthrilling performance, but also of the framing. In her introductory number, looking back on her life from some point presumably after the divorce but before her death, Diana suggests that it was tactically valuable to be “underestimated” — a word that doesn’t scan as a lyric no matter how mercilessly the songwriters flog it. It doesn’t scan as an idea either; rather, it sets up Diana as a kind of English Evita, a schemer who triumphed, which is bizarre on both counts. Indeed, there is something seriously wrong with a Diana story whose most believable and sympathetic character is Camilla Parker Bowles. But other than the degrading “thrilla” scene, Camilla is mercifully underwritten, allowing Erin Davie room to find something human in her that the real Camilla never could. The other two central players have no such room. Roe Hartrampf’s Charles is basically a Prince of Wails, complaining bitterly and at the top of his voice for the entire show; Judy Kaye’s already one-note battleship of a performance as Queen Elizabeth II is further undercut by her popping up occasionally as Cartland — Diana’s step-grandmother — for supposed comic relief. Choices like these suggest that the authors simply did not know what tone to take and so took every one they could think of. Wanting us to engage with the story seriously, they nevertheless ham it up with randy grannies and cheesy catfights. Seeking to cover 16 years in little more than two hours, they condense or flat-out fictionalize with a wink. In this context, it counts as a kind of discretion that the portrait of Burrell as a trusted confidant (and dress wrangler) neglects to mention that he was later prosecuted for stealing from the princess’s estate — a case hastily dropped after the queen interceded — and, for an encore, wrote a tacky bestselling memoir. Ashley’s staging follows suit, going for grandeur but, in its haste, reaching only the clamminess of farce. (The chilly sets are by David Zinn.) And in Kelly Devine’s bizarrely noncontextual choreography, the ensemble — whether representing palace flunkies, Knightsbridge snobs or worshipful Dianaphiles — performs the same frenzied gymnastics. Musicals are difficult and expensive. No one says they have to be serious, too. “The Cher Show” and “Jersey Boys,” among many others, would have been much better with less drummed-up significance. Nor will an insufficiency of craft and proportion necessarily sully a modest, invented tale like the one told in “Memphis,” the 2010 Tony Award winner from the “Diana” creative team. But if you decide to write a musical about a real woman, known worldwide, who died tragically while still a young mother, something more rigorous is demanded. “Diana,” though, is lazy and thus neither entertaining nor insightful. Although audiences talk back to it at will, it’s not even campy fun. It’s just exploitative, doing to the Princess of Wales pretty much what the tabloid press — let alone the monarchy — did to her in the first place.

‘Diana, the Musical’ review: Exploiting the people’s princess

<p>Things are not looking well for Travis Scott.</p>

<p><br />
On Monday, global high-street footwear and apparel brand Nike made an announcement about their upcoming customised shoe launch with the rapper: they are pushing its release otherwise scheduled for December 16.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
This move comes just days after Travis Scott's gig at Astroworld turned into a bloody stampede, claiming young lives and leaving hundreds injured.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
As per reports, the brand will be postponing the release of its Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack shoe--which was done in collaboration with Scott--"out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival."</p>

<p><br />
Nike is yet to delve more details.</p>

<p><br />
Travis Scott and Nike started collaborating back in 2017 with Air Force 1 custom-designed shoe collection being their first project together. It was then followed up with AF-1 with his baby blue Cactus Jack Air Jordan 4 with red accents in June 2018.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Travis Scott has worked on other partnerships with the brand other than the shoe collection in the last few years. His other&nbsp;Nike collaborations include the Air Jordan 33, the Air Jordan 1, Air Jordan 6, another pair of Air Forces, and the SB Dunk.</p>

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<p><br />
On November 5, a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival proved fatal for 10 attendants and left more than 300 people were injured.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
Reportedly, over 36 lawsuits have been filed against Scott and concert organisers following the tragic incident.</p>

<p><br />
The victims who lost their lives to the stampede were Ezra Blount, 9, Jacob Jurinek, 21, John Hilgert, 14, Brianna Rodriguez, 16, Franco Patino, 21, Axel Acosta, 21, Rudy Pena, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23, Danish Baig, 27, and Bharti Shahani, 22.</p>

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Things are not looking well for Travis Scott. On Monday, global high-street footwear and apparel brand Nike made an announcement about their upcoming customised shoe launch with the rapper: they are pushing its release otherwise scheduled for December 16.

Things are not looking well for Travis Scott. On Monday, global high-street footwear and apparel brand Nike made an announcement about their upcoming customised shoe launch with the rapper: they are pushing its release otherwise scheduled for December 16. This move comes just days after Travis Scott's gig at Astroworld turned into a bloody stampede, claiming young lives and leaving hundreds injured. Also read: Puneeth Rajkumar to be honoured with Karnataka Ratna award As per reports, the brand will be postponing the release of its Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack shoe--which was done in collaboration with Scott--"out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival." Nike is yet to delve more details. Travis Scott and Nike started collaborating back in 2017 with Air Force 1 custom-designed shoe collection being their first project together. It was then followed up with AF-1 with his baby blue Cactus Jack Air Jordan 4 with red accents in June 2018. Travis Scott has worked on other partnerships with the brand other than the shoe collection in the last few years. His other Nike collaborations include the Air Jordan 33, the Air Jordan 1, Air Jordan 6, another pair of Air Forces, and the SB Dunk. Also read: Watch new 'Spider Man: No Way Home' trailer as it unveils villainous multiverse On November 5, a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival proved fatal for 10 attendants and left more than 300 people were injured. Reportedly, over 36 lawsuits have been filed against Scott and concert organisers following the tragic incident. The victims who lost their lives to the stampede were Ezra Blount, 9, Jacob Jurinek, 21, John Hilgert, 14, Brianna Rodriguez, 16, Franco Patino, 21, Axel Acosta, 21, Rudy Pena, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23, Danish Baig, 27, and Bharti Shahani, 22. Also read: Malian rapper Dr Keb freed three months after kidnapping

Astroworld tragedy: Travis Scott's collaboration with popular shoe brand put on hold

<p>Trust us when we say that there are very few people in showbiz half as honest and real as rapper Raftaar, otherwise known as Dilin&nbsp;Nair. The celebrated rapper, who is well-aware of his popularity in India as well as&nbsp;the international music scene, vows to keep it real: famous or not. "If I lie or try to be diplomatic, you will catch me. So, why lie at all?" he reasons.</p>

<p><br />
In an exclusive interview with WION, the say-it-as-it-is musician shares his hopes and aspirations for his upcoming birthday (November 16), shares he is not bothered about&nbsp;the so-called diss tracks in India, why he does not want to lend his voice to any celebrity at the moment and reveals&nbsp;the sweetest thing he has done for his mother: act!</p>

<p><br />
Unedited excerpts from our conversations from the OG of hip-hop in India. Read on:&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
<strong>WION: Your new number, 'Ghana Kasoota', is such a fun and upbeat number. Tell us about the inspiration behind that?</strong></p>

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<strong>RAFTAAR: </strong>Yahin tha inspiration (chuckles!) It is the party season, wedding season and the inspiration behind 'Ghana Kasoota' was that everybody gets together, have fun and enjoy after being homebound due to two years of pandemic. I mean people are finally getting out (of their homes). So, bringing people together and letting them enjoy the festive/ party season together is what we were aiming for.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: You have an amazing chemistry with TV actor Surbhi Jyoti in the music video. How was it teaming up with someone from a&nbsp;completely different field?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR:</strong> It was amazing, yaar! I mean I could not tell for a moment that she is a different artist from a different medium. On the set (of the music video), she was very co-operative, very collaborative and very insightful as far as promoting the music video was concerned. She knows many innovative ways of promoting the music video for better reach. She is a really nice individual and I appreciate that about her.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
<strong>WION: Your birthday is just round the corner. Your hopes and aspirations for the &nbsp;coming year?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR:</strong> My hopes for the coming year are very simple: I don't want to go through (again) what happened in the last two years. I don't want history repeating itself. I want people to be safe, I want people to have a good time with their families. I want us to have a positive life as a community. That'[s what I truly hope for, man. I am really looking forward to rebuild and reconnect.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: If you could, what advice would you give to your younger self?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR: </strong>Please don't change anything that you have done so far for anybody (laughs!) Do exactly what you have done so far; know that you have done everything you can, and everything right.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: I was talking to Karma just the other day, and he told me you are more than a mentor: you are like a brother to him. And that's been something that I keep hearing about you. How do you react to the fact that you, while you are on your own path, have inspired so many along the way?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR:</strong> I feel really nice (knowing this). I feel like I am doing the duty of an elder brother. And I think I am playing that role really well and that makes me a very happy person. That's all I care about. I didn't have a mentor or an elder brother-like figure in my life in the beginning (of my career) and I have always wished I had one. So, why not be one in someone else's life?&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
<strong>WION: I have interviewed you in the past, and have always maintained that you are someone who is not afraid to speak his truth. I mean, despite being at the peak of your career, why is being truthful, raw and real about your humble beginnings so important to you?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR: </strong>I mean it is really important to me when I talk to someone like you because whenever I talk to you (referring to journalists as one unit), you guys say, 'Raftaar, you are at the peak of your career.' And I have been listening to this statement for the last seven years now and I am so glad that this thought about me hasn't changed with time. You interview so many people that if any of the artists lie or try to be 'politically correct'--hain naa, jaise diplomatic types (like those diplomatic types)--you can easily catch it. So, why lie at all?</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: I know you have touched upon the topic of diss-track culture among Indian rappers in the past. But, despite it being entertaining, sometimes, it does get borderline unpleasant. Do you think attacking one another through music takes away from the seriousness of your music?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR: </strong>See, to elaborate on this, I will give you a simple example. When tobacco was first introduced, it was promoted by some left and right. It was the only way to feel like a gentleman, at least that's what some thought. No one knew about its drawbacks. <em>Wahin</em> same <em>cheez</em> diss track <em>ke saath</em> India <em>main hua</em> (That's exactly what has happened to diss tracks in India, too). When &nbsp;it came here first, people saw the fun aspect of it only. People saw two artists fighting through tracks and liked it; we have Gladiator (the movie) mindset (laughs!) Historically, people are like that. They enjoy when something new, entertaining and scandalous comes to town. But, now, people have started the bad side of it. Because, through diss tracks, artists say misleading things, use it to their advantage. Now, it has died down. The whole b**chy drama behind the diss-track culture has come down to a great extent. It will soon become a normal part of society. Yes, this is rap, but people have started to understand between what is good and bad (lyrics-wise). <em>Baaki toh koi kuch bhi kar sakta hai</em>. You can't stop people from doing what they want to do. Just that people need to know the difference between right and wrong (kind of diss tracks).&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: We all have our dream&nbsp;list, our Before-I-Die-I-Want-To-Do-This list. Who all feature in yours: both from Bollywood and internationally?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR: </strong>Now, really, honestly, I am looking forward to voicing a cartoon character. No stars, no artists. I want to be the voice for an animated character. Because that world (of cartoons) is directly connected to children and I want to talk to the new generation. So, that, I think, will be a very good break from what I have been doing so far.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: Is anything in the pipeline?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR:</strong> Yeah, I mean I have just developed a video game with a company. I feel through&nbsp;his I can get there eventually. It's one of the goals now.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
<strong>WION: Also, you are making a brief appearance on an Indian daily soap. How did that gig come along and how are you preparing for that?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR:</strong> Yeah yeah yeah... Me and Rashmeet (Kaur, singer) are coming on 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Season 2'. <em>Mereko unlogo </em>ne dialogues <em>bhi diye hai</em> (They have given me dialogues, too). I was not aware of that and that was the surprise element for me. I play Ram's friend in the cameo, who is the lead character in the show. It is a Karwa Chauth function and we go there to perform and promote the new song. You know, that's the real story behind it but somehow people can mix two different forms of entertainment and make it into one. I don't know who came up with the idea but I was really excited because I like trying out new things. I like to add new feathers to my cap: <em>ki maine yeh &nbsp;bhi kiya, woh bhi kiya</em> (I did this, I did that.) It is one of those&nbsp;things you do for your mother. I was like, 'Mumma, you watch a lot of serials and see now I have acted in one.' It is for my mom.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><br />
<strong>WION: So, somewhere down the line, would you like to play a proper Bollywood hero in a feature film?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR: </strong>I can say this with conviction that I can play a character role and I can really work on it. It's not like I will just show up on set: I shall take workshops. But, I feel I can definitely do it. So, if somehting comes along, then why not?!</p>

<p><br />
<strong>WION: Do you have some genuine interest in acting?</strong></p>

<p><br />
<strong>RAFTAAR:</strong> I am an artist and I am always interested in anything artistic. In music videos, we do act. Right?&nbsp;</p>

<p>Check out his latest track here:</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

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Trust us when we say that there are very few people in showbiz half as honest and real as rapper Raftaar, otherwise known as Dilin Nair. The celebrated rapper, who is well-aware of his popularity in India as well as the international music scene, vows to keep it real: famous or not.

Trust us when we say that there are very few people in showbiz half as honest and real as rapper Raftaar, otherwise known as Dilin Nair. The celebrated rapper, who is well-aware of his popularity in India as well as the international music scene, vows to keep it real: famous or not. "If I lie or try to be diplomatic, you will catch me. So, why lie at all?" he reasons. In an exclusive interview with WION, the say-it-as-it-is musician shares his hopes and aspirations for his upcoming birthday (November 16), shares he is not bothered about the so-called diss tracks in India, why he does not want to lend his voice to any celebrity at the moment and reveals the sweetest thing he has done for his mother: act! Unedited excerpts from our conversations from the OG of hip-hop in India. Read on: WION: Your new number, 'Ghana Kasoota', is such a fun and upbeat number. Tell us about the inspiration behind that? RAFTAAR: Yahin tha inspiration (chuckles!) It is the party season, wedding season and the inspiration behind 'Ghana Kasoota' was that everybody gets together, have fun and enjoy after being homebound due to two years of pandemic. I mean people are finally getting out (of their homes). So, bringing people together and letting them enjoy the festive/ party season together is what we were aiming for. Also read: Exclusive: Dwayne Johnson- Shooting 'Red Notice' during COVID-19 was challenging, but we rallied together WION: You have an amazing chemistry with TV actor Surbhi Jyoti in the music video. How was it teaming up with someone from a completely different field? RAFTAAR: It was amazing, yaar! I mean I could not tell for a moment that she is a different artist from a different medium. On the set (of the music video), she was very co-operative, very collaborative and very insightful as far as promoting the music video was concerned. She knows many innovative ways of promoting the music video for better reach. She is a really nice individual and I appreciate that about her. WION: Your birthday is just round the corner. Your hopes and aspirations for the coming year? RAFTAAR: My hopes for the coming year are very simple: I don't want to go through (again) what happened in the last two years. I don't want history repeating itself. I want people to be safe, I want people to have a good time with their families. I want us to have a positive life as a community. That'[s what I truly hope for, man. I am really looking forward to rebuild and reconnect. Also read: Exclusive: Gal Gadot- I said yes to 'Red Notice' for its ambitious script, and Dwayne Johnson! WION: If you could, what advice would you give to your younger self? RAFTAAR: Please don't change anything that you have done so far for anybody (laughs!) Do exactly what you have done so far; know that you have done everything you can, and everything right. WION: I was talking to Karma just the other day, and he told me you are more than a mentor: you are like a brother to him. And that's been something that I keep hearing about you. How do you react to the fact that you, while you are on your own path, have inspired so many along the way? RAFTAAR: I feel really nice (knowing this). I feel like I am doing the duty of an elder brother. And I think I am playing that role really well and that makes me a very happy person. That's all I care about. I didn't have a mentor or an elder brother-like figure in my life in the beginning (of my career) and I have always wished I had one. So, why not be one in someone else's life? WION: I have interviewed you in the past, and have always maintained that you are someone who is not afraid to speak his truth. I mean, despite being at the peak of your career, why is being truthful, raw and real about your humble beginnings so important to you? RAFTAAR: I mean it is really important to me when I talk to someone like you because whenever I talk to you (referring to journalists as one unit), you guys say, 'Raftaar, you are at the peak of your career.' And I have been listening to this statement for the last seven years now and I am so glad that this thought about me hasn't changed with time. You interview so many people that if any of the artists lie or try to be 'politically correct'--hain naa, jaise diplomatic types (like those diplomatic types)--you can easily catch it. So, why lie at all? Also read: Exclusive: Ryan Reynolds- 'Red Notice' wanted Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and my friendship to be seen on screen WION: I know you have touched upon the topic of diss-track culture among Indian rappers in the past. But, despite it being entertaining, sometimes, it does get borderline unpleasant. Do you think attacking one another through music takes away from the seriousness of your music? RAFTAAR: See, to elaborate on this, I will give you a simple example. When tobacco was first introduced, it was promoted by some left and right. It was the only way to feel like a gentleman, at least that's what some thought. No one knew about its drawbacks. Wahin same cheez diss track ke saath India main hua (That's exactly what has happened to diss tracks in India, too). When it came here first, people saw the fun aspect of it only. People saw two artists fighting through tracks and liked it; we have Gladiator (the movie) mindset (laughs!) Historically, people are like that. They enjoy when something new, entertaining and scandalous comes to town. But, now, people have started the bad side of it. Because, through diss tracks, artists say misleading things, use it to their advantage. Now, it has died down. The whole b**chy drama behind the diss-track culture has come down to a great extent. It will soon become a normal part of society. Yes, this is rap, but people have started to understand between what is good and bad (lyrics-wise). Baaki toh koi kuch bhi kar sakta hai. You can't stop people from doing what they want to do. Just that people need to know the difference between right and wrong (kind of diss tracks). WION: We all have our dream list, our Before-I-Die-I-Want-To-Do-This list. Who all feature in yours: both from Bollywood and internationally? RAFTAAR: Now, really, honestly, I am looking forward to voicing a cartoon character. No stars, no artists. I want to be the voice for an animated character. Because that world (of cartoons) is directly connected to children and I want to talk to the new generation. So, that, I think, will be a very good break from what I have been doing so far. Also read: Opinion | Britney Spears: A long walk to freedom WION: Is anything in the pipeline? RAFTAAR: Yeah, I mean I have just developed a video game with a company. I feel through his I can get there eventually. It's one of the goals now. WION: Also, you are making a brief appearance on an Indian daily soap. How did that gig come along and how are you preparing for that? RAFTAAR: Yeah yeah yeah... Me and Rashmeet (Kaur, singer) are coming on 'Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Season 2'. Mereko unlogo ne dialogues bhi diye hai (They have given me dialogues, too). I was not aware of that and that was the surprise element for me. I play Ram's friend in the cameo, who is the lead character in the show. It is a Karwa Chauth function and we go there to perform and promote the new song. You know, that's the real story behind it but somehow people can mix two different forms of entertainment and make it into one. I don't know who came up with the idea but I was really excited because I like trying out new things. I like to add new feathers to my cap: ki maine yeh bhi kiya, woh bhi kiya (I did this, I did that.) It is one of those things you do for your mother. I was like, 'Mumma, you watch a lot of serials and see now I have acted in one.' It is for my mom. WION: So, somewhere down the line, would you like to play a proper Bollywood hero in a feature film? RAFTAAR: I can say this with conviction that I can play a character role and I can really work on it. It's not like I will just show up on set: I shall take workshops. But, I feel I can definitely do it. So, if somehting comes along, then why not?! WION: Do you have some genuine interest in acting? RAFTAAR: I am an artist and I am always interested in anything artistic. In music videos, we do act. Right? Check out his latest track here:

WION exclusive! Raftaar: I choose to mentor young rappers as I never had one during my time

<p>Seems like Chrissy Teigen is yet again in trouble.&nbsp;</p>

<p><br />
The model recently hosted a 'Squid Game' party and fans of the show are calling it 'tone-deaf'.</p>

<p><br />
She and her husband, singer John Legend, threw a theme-based party over the weekend which was inspired by Netflix's hit South Korean 'Squid Game'. It revolves around people in deep financial troubles risking their lives to complete dangerous challenges.</p>

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<p><br />
The couple's California home was transformed by a famous party planner and their fancy home looked like it was straight out of the show’s set.</p>

<p><br />
The party had a maze staircase, bunk beds and piggy banks filled with cash. Teigen also posted pictures from the party with people wearing 'Squid Game' costumes.</p>

<p><br />
“Where do I even begin!! what an absolutely epic night. my dream came true of watching my friends fight to the death," she wrote.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Celebrities like Shay Mitchell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson attended the high-profile party.&nbsp;</p>

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However, fans of the show were far from impressed with what the couple had to offer, theme-wise.</p>

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“I’m sorry rich people are literally so tone-deaf. ‘Squid Game’ was literally about people whose lives were so awful because of being poor that they’d rather play a game of literal life or death to escape going back to poverty and Chrissy Teigen is really reenacting it in her mansion," one user commented.&nbsp;</p>

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“Usually I’m a fan of Chrissy Teigen but there’s something super f–ked up and weird about spending the weekend cosplaying ‘Squid Game’ with your incredibly rich friends," wrote another fan.&nbsp;</p>

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“This is so beyond tone-deaf as a millionaire to invite your rich friends over and reenact ‘Squid Game,’ which is rooted in the violence of capitalism,” wrote a third person.&nbsp;</p>

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“Why do rich people always miss the whole entire point?” asked another.&nbsp;</p>

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Others dropped comments like “cringe" and criticized Teigen for her “complete lack of self-awareness.”<br />
In the past, Teigen has faced backlash for bullying that resulted in her to leave social media completely.<br />
Her take on wealth made news when she famously shared that she and her husband Legend were tricked into spending $13,000 on a bottle of Cabernet.</p>

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“Did you recover? Meanwhile people are out here drowning in debt, losing their homes, and can’t afford to see a doctor," one person tweeted at the time.&nbsp;</p>


Seems like Chrissy Teigen is yet again in trouble. The model recently hosted a 'Squid Game' party and fans of the show are calling it 'tone-deaf'. She and her husband, singer John Legend, threw a theme-based party over the weekend which was inspired by Netflix's hit South Korean 'Squid Game'.

Seems like Chrissy Teigen is yet again in trouble. The model recently hosted a 'Squid Game' party and fans of the show are calling it 'tone-deaf'. She and her husband, singer John Legend, threw a theme-based party over the weekend which was inspired by Netflix's hit South Korean 'Squid Game'. It revolves around people in deep financial troubles risking their lives to complete dangerous challenges. Also read: DaBaby's partner DaniLeigh charged after rapper complains of assault The couple's California home was transformed by a famous party planner and their fancy home looked like it was straight out of the show’s set. The party had a maze staircase, bunk beds and piggy banks filled with cash. Teigen also posted pictures from the party with people wearing 'Squid Game' costumes. “Where do I even begin!! what an absolutely epic night. my dream came true of watching my friends fight to the death," she wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) × Celebrities like Shay Mitchell and Jesse Tyler Ferguson attended the high-profile party. Also read: Kanye West and Drake bury the hatchet after long, to perform together However, fans of the show were far from impressed with what the couple had to offer, theme-wise. “I’m sorry rich people are literally so tone-deaf. ‘Squid Game’ was literally about people whose lives were so awful because of being poor that they’d rather play a game of literal life or death to escape going back to poverty and Chrissy Teigen is really reenacting it in her mansion," one user commented. “Usually I’m a fan of Chrissy Teigen but there’s something super f–ked up and weird about spending the weekend cosplaying ‘Squid Game’ with your incredibly rich friends," wrote another fan. “This is so beyond tone-deaf as a millionaire to invite your rich friends over and reenact ‘Squid Game,’ which is rooted in the violence of capitalism,” wrote a third person. “Why do rich people always miss the whole entire point?” asked another. Also read: Indian comedian Vir Das talks about living in 'two Indias', complaint filed for belittlement Others dropped comments like “cringe" and criticized Teigen for her “complete lack of self-awareness.” In the past, Teigen has faced backlash for bullying that resulted in her to leave social media completely. Her take on wealth made news when she famously shared that she and her husband Legend were tricked into spending $13,000 on a bottle of Cabernet. “Did you recover? Meanwhile people are out here drowning in debt, losing their homes, and can’t afford to see a doctor," one person tweeted at the time.

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<p>Never thought we would see this day: top rappers Kanye West and Drake have decided to end their feud of many years.</p>

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On Tuesday night, the duo marked their attendance at comedian Dave Chappelle's show in Toronto.</p>

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The two artists are notorious for dissing one another throw lyrics for years now. But, all that changed when they could be seen posing for the camera together on Drake’s Instagram account.</p>

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Kanye, too, posted a photo of himself with Drake and music promoter J. Prince on Instagram with a 'Dove' emoji on the caption section, perhaps to let his followers know that they have patched up and made peace with their tumultuous past.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"What a beautiful night I had last night in Canada. Let’s make history December 9th. Free Larry Hoover Concert," he wrote on Twitter.&nbsp;</p>

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For the uninitiated, Larry Hoover, a Chicago gangster, is serving life in prison for murder.</p>

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Kanye West and Drake's feud reached a low point with the 2018 diss track 'Duppy Freestyle' where guest artist Pusha-T talked about Drake’s son through lyrics. News of his existence was not public knowledge at the time.&nbsp;</p>

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Never thought we would see this day: top rappers Kanye West and Drake have decided to end their feud of many years. On Tuesday night, the duo marked their attendance at comedian Dave Chappelle's show in Toronto.

Never thought we would see this day: top rappers Kanye West and Drake have decided to end their feud of many years. On Tuesday night, the duo marked their attendance at comedian Dave Chappelle's show in Toronto. The two artists are notorious for dissing one another throw lyrics for years now. But, all that changed when they could be seen posing for the camera together on Drake’s Instagram account. Also read: DaBaby's partner DaniLeigh charged after rapper complains of assault Kanye, too, posted a photo of himself with Drake and music promoter J. Prince on Instagram with a 'Dove' emoji on the caption section, perhaps to let his followers know that they have patched up and made peace with their tumultuous past. View this post on Instagram A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) × Reportedly, J. Prince set up the reunion meeting and has also announced a concert scheduled for next month. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ye (@kanyewest) × "What a beautiful night I had last night in Canada. Let’s make history December 9th. Free Larry Hoover Concert," he wrote on Twitter. Also read: 'Don't Look Up' trailer: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio are mad angry For the uninitiated, Larry Hoover, a Chicago gangster, is serving life in prison for murder. Kanye West and Drake's feud reached a low point with the 2018 diss track 'Duppy Freestyle' where guest artist Pusha-T talked about Drake’s son through lyrics. News of his existence was not public knowledge at the time. Also read: Indian comedian Vir Das talks about living in 'two Indias', complaint filed for belittlement

Kanye West and Drake bury the hatchet after long, to perform together

<p>American rapper DaBaby accused his singer-rapper partner DaniLeigh of assaulting him, reports confirm.&nbsp;<br />
The North Carolina Police was called twice--once on Sunday evening and again on Monday morning--with DaBaby claiming he was assaulted by DaniLeigh.</p>

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DaniLeigh, whose real name is Danielle Curiel, was then charged with two counts of simple assault.<br />
However, she's yet to comment on the news reports.&nbsp;</p>

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in their statement that they had, in fact, responded to a 'domestic assault' call on Sunday evening.</p>

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"Upon arrival, the victim, Jonathan Kirk, advised that he had been assaulted by his girlfriend, Danielle Curiel," the statement read.&nbsp;</p>

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The first time, police officers had reportedly told DaBaby to press charges on his own but he called them a second time the following morning.</p>

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The police said they had "obtained additional information" that made them charge DaniLeigh with two counts of simple assault.</p>

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DaniLeigh, who shares a daughter with DaBaby, gained worldwide recognition after working with the late music legend Prince on the music video for his single, 'Breakfast Can Wait'.</p>

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DaBaby, too, shot to fame in 2019, with his second studio album 'Kirk' topped the Billboard charts. His real name is Jonathan Kirk.&nbsp;</p>

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In a series of Instagram Stories since the incident involving police, DaniLeigh said that DaBaby had broken up with her early in her pregnancy but then "got me back like a dummy".</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-indian-comedian-vir-das-talks-about-living-in-two-indias-complaint-filed-for-belittlement-430008" hreflang="en">Indian comedian Vir Das talks about living in 'two Indias', complaint filed for belittlement</a></p>

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The most recent Instagram post is of a plane, with the singer-rapper saying she's with her daughter and is "now safe".</p>

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DaBaby is yet to comment on the incident, too.&nbsp;</p>


American rapper DaBaby accused his singer-rapper partner DaniLeigh of assaulting him, reports confirm. The North Carolina Police was called twice--once on Sunday evening and again on Monday morning--with DaBaby claiming he was assaulted by DaniLeigh.

American rapper DaBaby accused his singer-rapper partner DaniLeigh of assaulting him, reports confirm. The North Carolina Police was called twice--once on Sunday evening and again on Monday morning--with DaBaby claiming he was assaulted by DaniLeigh. DaniLeigh, whose real name is Danielle Curiel, was then charged with two counts of simple assault. However, she's yet to comment on the news reports. Also read: 'Don't Look Up' trailer: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio are mad angry Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in their statement that they had, in fact, responded to a 'domestic assault' call on Sunday evening. "Upon arrival, the victim, Jonathan Kirk, advised that he had been assaulted by his girlfriend, Danielle Curiel," the statement read. The first time, police officers had reportedly told DaBaby to press charges on his own but he called them a second time the following morning. Also read: Astroworld: Magazine 'desperate' to stop the print version of Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner cover The police said they had "obtained additional information" that made them charge DaniLeigh with two counts of simple assault. DaniLeigh, who shares a daughter with DaBaby, gained worldwide recognition after working with the late music legend Prince on the music video for his single, 'Breakfast Can Wait'. DaBaby, too, shot to fame in 2019, with his second studio album 'Kirk' topped the Billboard charts. His real name is Jonathan Kirk. In a series of Instagram Stories since the incident involving police, DaniLeigh said that DaBaby had broken up with her early in her pregnancy but then "got me back like a dummy". Also read: Indian comedian Vir Das talks about living in 'two Indias', complaint filed for belittlement The most recent Instagram post is of a plane, with the singer-rapper saying she's with her daughter and is "now safe". DaBaby is yet to comment on the incident, too.

DaBaby's partner DaniLeigh charged after rapper complains of assault

<p>Indian comedian Vir Das's latest video on 'living in two Indias' has gone viral on social media. While some have applauded his work, others are not happy with his decision to 'belittle' the country on foreign soil.&nbsp;</p>

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On Monday, Vir Das posted a video of his show at Washington's Kennedy Centre. In the six-minute monologue, Das talks about experiencing two different sides of India and also incorporated the recent controversies the nation has courted in the recent past.&nbsp;</p>

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"I come from an India that has the largest working population under 30 on the planet but still listens to 75-year-old leaders with 150-year-old ideas," he said in the viral monologue.</p>

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A certain portion of his monologue stirred netizens on Twitter, which went as this, "I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gang-rape them during the night."</p>

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On Tuesday evening, Das posted a clarification saying his intent was not to humiliate the nation and that the act was only a satire.&nbsp;</p>

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"The video is a satire about the duality of two very separate Indias that do different things. Like any nation has light and dark, good and evil within it. None of this is a secret. The video appeals for us to never forget that we are great. To never stop focusing on what makes us great. It ends in a gigantic patriotic round of applause for a country we all love, believe in, and are proud of. That there is more to our country than the headlines, a deep beauty. That''s the point of the video and the reason for the applause," Das said in his statement.</p>

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"Please do not be fooled by edited snippets. People cheer for India with hope, not hate. People clap for India with respect, not malice. I take pride in my country, and I carry that pride across the world," he said.</p>

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<p>Twitter is divided on his latest act, and here's what some of them had to say about the monologue:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">If you're offended by Vir Das then you know which India you come from.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwoIndias?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TwoIndias</a> <a href="https://t.co/m3P5dnqZ5y">pic.twitter.com/m3P5dnqZ5y</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I come from two Indias" <a href="https://twitter.com/thevirdas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thevirdas</a> <a href="https://t.co/iU8HFGlSaB">pic.twitter.com/iU8HFGlSaB</a></p>
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Great stand-up comedy by Vir Das. My man literally destroyed all the Sanghis in just under 6 minutes 😼😂<br />
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Here's a thread of my most favourite parts of it...(1/3)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwoIndias?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TwoIndias</a> <a href="https://t.co/eOjvZgzN4I">pic.twitter.com/eOjvZgzN4I</a></p>
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<p>A complaint with the Delhi Police accusing Vir Das of belittling the country on foreign soil has been filed.&nbsp;</p>


Indian comedian Vir Das's latest video on 'living in two Indias' has gone viral on social media. While some have applauded his work, others are not happy with his decision to 'belittle' the country on foreign soil.

Indian comedian Vir Das's latest video on 'living in two Indias' has gone viral on social media. While some have applauded his work, others are not happy with his decision to 'belittle' the country on foreign soil. Also read: Astroworld: Magazine 'desperate' to stop the print version of Travis Scott, Kylie Jenner cover On Monday, Vir Das posted a video of his show at Washington's Kennedy Centre. In the six-minute monologue, Das talks about experiencing two different sides of India and also incorporated the recent controversies the nation has courted in the recent past. "I come from an India that has the largest working population under 30 on the planet but still listens to 75-year-old leaders with 150-year-old ideas," he said in the viral monologue. A certain portion of his monologue stirred netizens on Twitter, which went as this, "I come from an India where we worship women during the day and gang-rape them during the night." On Tuesday evening, Das posted a clarification saying his intent was not to humiliate the nation and that the act was only a satire. Also read: 'Don't Look Up' trailer: Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio are mad angry "The video is a satire about the duality of two very separate Indias that do different things. Like any nation has light and dark, good and evil within it. None of this is a secret. The video appeals for us to never forget that we are great. To never stop focusing on what makes us great. It ends in a gigantic patriotic round of applause for a country we all love, believe in, and are proud of. That there is more to our country than the headlines, a deep beauty. That''s the point of the video and the reason for the applause," Das said in his statement. "Please do not be fooled by edited snippets. People cheer for India with hope, not hate. People clap for India with respect, not malice. I take pride in my country, and I carry that pride across the world," he said. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/1xwR4Qp5Fw — Vir Das (@thevirdas) November 16, 2021 × Also read: Mush alert! Deepika, Ranveer share adorable pics from their vacation in hills Twitter is divided on his latest act, and here's what some of them had to say about the monologue: If you're offended by Vir Das then you know which India you come from.#TwoIndias pic.twitter.com/m3P5dnqZ5y — Naina Singh (@NainaSi24619003) November 17, 2021 × "I come from two Indias" @thevirdas pic.twitter.com/iU8HFGlSaB — The Saloni Show (@whysaloni) November 16, 2021 × "This is a joke, but it's just not funny." Great stand-up comedy by Vir Das. My man literally destroyed all the Sanghis in just under 6 minutes 😼😂 Here's a thread of my most favourite parts of it...(1/3)#TwoIndias pic.twitter.com/eOjvZgzN4I — yuvika (virat's version) (@KatyalYuvika) November 17, 2021 × A complaint with the Delhi Police accusing Vir Das of belittling the country on foreign soil has been filed.

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