<p>Music legends, Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, have cancelled their performances after learning that they are Covid-19 positive.</p>

<p>'It’s My Life' concert by singer Jon Bon Jovi was slated to take place in Miami that was immediately cancelled while a huge crowd waited outside for Jovi's gig.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-alec-baldwin-calls-movie-shooting-death-one-in-a-trillion-episode-425444" hreflang="en">Alec Baldwin calls movie shooting death 'one in a trillion episode'</a></p>

<p>The event, titled 'Runaway With JBJ' and put on by Runaway Tours, was supposed to be a three-day event from October 29 to 31 and had included an acoustic storytelling performance with Jovi, a Q&amp;A session followed by a photo-op, and a Halloween costume welcome party as well, reports claim.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Jon Bon Jovi's representative told a global news portal that the musician is fully vaccinated and doing well.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-aamir-khan-mourns-puneeth-rajkumar%E2%80%99s-demise-won-us-all-with-his-warmth--passion-425455" hreflang="en">Aamir Khan mourns Puneeth Rajkumar’s demise: Won us all with his warmth</a></p>

<p>Meanwhile, Bryan Adams was scheduled to appear at Tina Turner’s 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' induction ceremony on October 30 and was also gearing up to perform a medley of songs including 'It’s Only Love'--which's a collaboration between Adams and Turner from his 1984 album, 'Reckless'--but he tested positive for Covid-19 at the last minute and was unable to attend.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Bryan Adams representative told the same news portal that had also reported about Jovi's health, that Adams is fully vaccinated and is asymptomatic.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As per reports, country singer Keith Urban is filling in for Adams at the ceremony to perform with R&amp;B artiste H.E.R. and will be recreating Turner-Adams' song.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><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>

<p>&nbsp;</p>


Music legends, Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, have cancelled their performances after learning that they are Covid-19 positive. 'It’s My Life' concert by singer Jon Bon Jovi was slated to take place in Miami that was immediately cancelled while a huge crowd waited outside for Jovi's gig.

Music legends, Jon Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, have cancelled their performances after learning that they are Covid-19 positive. 'It’s My Life' concert by singer Jon Bon Jovi was slated to take place in Miami that was immediately cancelled while a huge crowd waited outside for Jovi's gig. Also read: Alec Baldwin calls movie shooting death 'one in a trillion episode' The event, titled 'Runaway With JBJ' and put on by Runaway Tours, was supposed to be a three-day event from October 29 to 31 and had included an acoustic storytelling performance with Jovi, a Q&A session followed by a photo-op, and a Halloween costume welcome party as well, reports claim. Jon Bon Jovi's representative told a global news portal that the musician is fully vaccinated and doing well. Also read: Aamir Khan mourns Puneeth Rajkumar’s demise: Won us all with his warmth Meanwhile, Bryan Adams was scheduled to appear at Tina Turner’s 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' induction ceremony on October 30 and was also gearing up to perform a medley of songs including 'It’s Only Love'--which's a collaboration between Adams and Turner from his 1984 album, 'Reckless'--but he tested positive for Covid-19 at the last minute and was unable to attend. Bryan Adams representative told the same news portal that had also reported about Jovi's health, that Adams is fully vaccinated and is asymptomatic. As per reports, country singer Keith Urban is filling in for Adams at the ceremony to perform with R&B artiste H.E.R. and will be recreating Turner-Adams' song. Also read: Zayn Malik ‘will fight to avoid custody battle’ over Khai with Gigi Hadid

Jon Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams are Covid-19 positive; drop out of events

<p>If first-dance songs at weddings counted extra toward streaming numbers, Ed Sheeran — the carrot-topped British troubadour behind such soft-rock swooners as “Thinking Out Loud” and “Perfect” — would have had a monopoly on the top of the charts for the better part of the past decade.</p>

<p><br />
Not that he needs much help in that department: The ubiquitous Sheeran was Spotify’s second-most-streamed artist of the 2010s (behind only Drake), and in 2017 — the year he released the blockbuster “÷” — he was the bestselling musician in the world. As a songwriter, Sheeran is something of a modern pop mathematician, gifted with an ability to reduce seemingly disparate genres (adult-contemporary pop, British hip-hop, Gaelic folk) down to their least common denominators.</p>

<p><br />
Since his 2011 debut, “+,” he has presented himself proudly as a hopeless romantic. “See I could do without a tan on my left hand, where my fourth finger meets my knuckle,” a then-21-year-old Sheeran sang on the sparse, unabashedly sentimental ballad “Wake Me Up.” In some sense, his fourth solo studio album, “=,” pronounced “equals” (one wonders what will happen when he soon runs out of arithmetic signs), has the potential to be the fullest realization of the Ed Sheeran ethos yet — the first since his December 2018 marriage to his childhood friend Cherry Seaborn. Honeymoon mode: Engage.</p>

<p><br />
“I have grown up, I am a father now, everything has changed but I am still the same somehow,” Sheeran sings on the opener, “Tides,” in a flagrant display of telling rather than showing. Musically, though, “Tides” is one of the most effective songs on the album, a stomping, surging lite-rocker arranged around a neat formal trick. After verses that rush through a list of Sheeran’s fears and neuroses, the track suddenly seems to suspend itself in midair during the chorus, long enough for Sheeran to reveal to his loved ones, “Time stops to still, when you are in my arms it always will.” (Sheeran recycles the effect later in the album, on “Love in Slow Motion.”)</p>

<p><br />
More than any of his previous LPs, “=” finds Sheeran mining the slick, synthesized sounds of ’80s pop. While he works again with writer and producer Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol, he adds a new collaborator on more than half the tracks: Fred again.., a British dance-music artist.</p>

<p><br />
But the retro aesthetic is most indebted to an album that is only a year and a half old, the Weeknd’s massively successful “After Hours.” His silhouette has lately cast a long shadow across his fellow male pop stars (Justin Bieber, the Kid Laroi), though it’s most apparent on Sheeran’s current hit, “Bad Habits,” a pulsating, strobe-lit lament in the tradition of a Weeknd song: “It started under neon lights and then it all got dark,” Sheeran sings, recounting another night of empty, bleary-eyed partying.</p>

<p><br />
Where the Weeknd’s music often revels in decadence and nihilism, Sheeran’s depictions of wild nights are often accompanied by a potent dose of morning-after guilt and the eventual possibility of redemption — usually a kind of quasi-religious salvation that can be attained through the love of a good woman. As he puts it on “The Joker and the Queen,” a music-box piano ditty on “=” that stretches a poker metaphor exhaustingly far, “When I fold, you see the best in me.”</p>

<p><br />
“=” is the kindest, gentlest Sheeran album, which is something of a shame. Each of his previous records had at least one song that complicated his image as a heart-on-his-sleeve nice guy, whether that was the surprisingly venomous music industry sendup “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” or “New Man,” his previous solo album’s sassy kiss-off to both a former flame and her subsequent boyfriend.</p>

<p><br />
The soulful grain that sometimes adds texture to his smooth croon is also seldom heard on this record. The driving conflict of “=” rarely strays from or goes deeper than a familiar, repeatedly stressed mantra: Life comes at you fast, but it slows to the tempo of a wedding waltz when you’re in love.</p>

<p><br />
An Ed Sheeran album wouldn’t be complete without a mawkish tear-jerker, and here it’s “Visiting Hours,” as in, he wishes heaven had them. Sheeran follows that indulgent weepie with a literal lullaby, the lilting, Jack Johnson-esque “Sandman.” He has grown up, he is a father now, in case you had somehow forgotten.</p>

<p><br />
At least the best song on the album is also the one that seems destined to be his next you’ll-hear-it-till-you’re-sick-of-it smash: “Overpass Graffiti,” a moody, synth-streaked ’80s throwback that sounds like a more melancholy update of Rod Stewart’s “Young Turks.” Here, Sheeran proves that even as a married man, he’s still able to tap into old heartbreak: “There are times when I can feel your ghost, just when I’m almost letting you go,” he sings, his voice convincingly weighted with nostalgia.</p>

<p><br />
Earlier, in that rush of insecurities that forms the verses of “Tides,” Sheeran admits that in the past he has been “too busy trying to chase the high and get the numbers up.” That confession might suggest that he’s ready to put algorithmic crowd-pleasing in the past, but it turns out to be an empty promise.</p>

<p><br />
Ultimately, “=” neither adds to nor subtracts from the trusty formula for success that he long ago worked out. It is the sleek sound of stasis.</p>


If first-dance songs at weddings counted extra toward streaming numbers, Ed Sheeran — the carrot-topped British troubadour behind such soft-rock swooners as “Thinking Out Loud” and “Perfect” — would have had a monopoly on the top of the charts for the better part of the past decade.

If first-dance songs at weddings counted extra toward streaming numbers, Ed Sheeran — the carrot-topped British troubadour behind such soft-rock swooners as “Thinking Out Loud” and “Perfect” — would have had a monopoly on the top of the charts for the better part of the past decade. Not that he needs much help in that department: The ubiquitous Sheeran was Spotify’s second-most-streamed artist of the 2010s (behind only Drake), and in 2017 — the year he released the blockbuster “÷” — he was the bestselling musician in the world. As a songwriter, Sheeran is something of a modern pop mathematician, gifted with an ability to reduce seemingly disparate genres (adult-contemporary pop, British hip-hop, Gaelic folk) down to their least common denominators. Since his 2011 debut, “+,” he has presented himself proudly as a hopeless romantic. “See I could do without a tan on my left hand, where my fourth finger meets my knuckle,” a then-21-year-old Sheeran sang on the sparse, unabashedly sentimental ballad “Wake Me Up.” In some sense, his fourth solo studio album, “=,” pronounced “equals” (one wonders what will happen when he soon runs out of arithmetic signs), has the potential to be the fullest realization of the Ed Sheeran ethos yet — the first since his December 2018 marriage to his childhood friend Cherry Seaborn. Honeymoon mode: Engage. “I have grown up, I am a father now, everything has changed but I am still the same somehow,” Sheeran sings on the opener, “Tides,” in a flagrant display of telling rather than showing. Musically, though, “Tides” is one of the most effective songs on the album, a stomping, surging lite-rocker arranged around a neat formal trick. After verses that rush through a list of Sheeran’s fears and neuroses, the track suddenly seems to suspend itself in midair during the chorus, long enough for Sheeran to reveal to his loved ones, “Time stops to still, when you are in my arms it always will.” (Sheeran recycles the effect later in the album, on “Love in Slow Motion.”) More than any of his previous LPs, “=” finds Sheeran mining the slick, synthesized sounds of ’80s pop. While he works again with writer and producer Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol, he adds a new collaborator on more than half the tracks: Fred again.., a British dance-music artist. But the retro aesthetic is most indebted to an album that is only a year and a half old, the Weeknd’s massively successful “After Hours.” His silhouette has lately cast a long shadow across his fellow male pop stars (Justin Bieber, the Kid Laroi), though it’s most apparent on Sheeran’s current hit, “Bad Habits,” a pulsating, strobe-lit lament in the tradition of a Weeknd song: “It started under neon lights and then it all got dark,” Sheeran sings, recounting another night of empty, bleary-eyed partying. Where the Weeknd’s music often revels in decadence and nihilism, Sheeran’s depictions of wild nights are often accompanied by a potent dose of morning-after guilt and the eventual possibility of redemption — usually a kind of quasi-religious salvation that can be attained through the love of a good woman. As he puts it on “The Joker and the Queen,” a music-box piano ditty on “=” that stretches a poker metaphor exhaustingly far, “When I fold, you see the best in me.” “=” is the kindest, gentlest Sheeran album, which is something of a shame. Each of his previous records had at least one song that complicated his image as a heart-on-his-sleeve nice guy, whether that was the surprisingly venomous music industry sendup “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” or “New Man,” his previous solo album’s sassy kiss-off to both a former flame and her subsequent boyfriend. The soulful grain that sometimes adds texture to his smooth croon is also seldom heard on this record. The driving conflict of “=” rarely strays from or goes deeper than a familiar, repeatedly stressed mantra: Life comes at you fast, but it slows to the tempo of a wedding waltz when you’re in love. An Ed Sheeran album wouldn’t be complete without a mawkish tear-jerker, and here it’s “Visiting Hours,” as in, he wishes heaven had them. Sheeran follows that indulgent weepie with a literal lullaby, the lilting, Jack Johnson-esque “Sandman.” He has grown up, he is a father now, in case you had somehow forgotten. At least the best song on the album is also the one that seems destined to be his next you’ll-hear-it-till-you’re-sick-of-it smash: “Overpass Graffiti,” a moody, synth-streaked ’80s throwback that sounds like a more melancholy update of Rod Stewart’s “Young Turks.” Here, Sheeran proves that even as a married man, he’s still able to tap into old heartbreak: “There are times when I can feel your ghost, just when I’m almost letting you go,” he sings, his voice convincingly weighted with nostalgia. Earlier, in that rush of insecurities that forms the verses of “Tides,” Sheeran admits that in the past he has been “too busy trying to chase the high and get the numbers up.” That confession might suggest that he’s ready to put algorithmic crowd-pleasing in the past, but it turns out to be an empty promise. Ultimately, “=” neither adds to nor subtracts from the trusty formula for success that he long ago worked out. It is the sleek sound of stasis.

Ed Sheeran sticks with a familiar formula on ‘=’

<p>Sequels and spinoffs and origin stories fill the multiplexes, but it’s vanishingly rare to see two feature-length dramas centered on the same real-world character. Enter “The Souvenir,” two films directed by Joanna Hogg on a subject that’s also not common onscreen: a young woman finding her way in life and coming into her own.</p>

<p><br />
In “The Souvenir,” released in 2019, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) is a film school student in 1980s London. Her relationship with Anthony, a witty, debonair older man, goes off the rails as it emerges that he’s addicted to heroin. “The Souvenir Part II,” which opened Friday, follows a solo Julie working out her voice as a person and as a director — a new rich chapter of experience where a single film might have declared “The End.”</p>

<p><br />
“You don’t normally have that opportunity with the story, to have a break in the middle and think about what you’re doing and approach things differently the second way,” Hogg said in an interview at a downtown hotel the day after her movie’s New York Film Festival premiere last month. (Part II takes place only a few days after Part I but was shot two years later.)</p>

<p><br />
Until recently, her films have been like a much-beloved secret. “Joanna Hogg — where have you been all my movie-loving life?” Manohla Dargis wrote when the director’s first three features were finally released in the United States in 2014. A.O. Scott called the first part “an absolute joy to watch.” Distributed by the brand-savvy A24, “The Souvenir Part II” is the latest entry in Hogg’s ardently admired oeuvre.</p>

<p><br />
Her fans include Ari Aster, director of “Midsommar,” who said in an email, “At her best, she lends a subtle, deeply individual strangeness to the quotidian.” He praised her as “a fastidious and texture-obsessed diarist in the best sense.” Another fan: Barack Obama, who counted “Part I” among his favorite movies of 2019.</p>

<p><br />
Scottish novelist Ali Smith (“Summer”), who once screened Hogg’s work at an arts festival, said via email, “Her films are beautiful things in the world, and witty, hyper-intelligent, scalpel-sharp, simultaneously merciless and deeply humane.” Smith added, “She takes class apart, she has a clear eye across the traditions that skewer us or vitalize us.”</p>

<p><br />
Julie’s story draws closely on Hogg’s memories. Like Julie, Hogg studied filmmaking in the 1980s, at the National Film and Television School in England, and dated a devastatingly charming man with an all-consuming drug addiction. And Julie’s background, like Hogg’s, is solidly upper middle class. Visits to the country home of Julie’s parents punctuate both films; artifacts, clothing and photos from Hogg’s life appear throughout, too. “Part I” broaches the notion of privilege, as Julie faces teachers skeptical of her initial proposal to make a film about a struggling port city. “Part II” sees her coming out of her shell and, as Hogg put it, “joining the world, joining life.”</p>

<p><br />
Hogg went on to a career in British television and did not direct her first theatrical feature until 2007 at age 47: “Unrelated,” starring Tom Hiddleston, also making his feature debut. “The Souvenir Part II” imagines a different trajectory for Julie, giving her a freedom Hogg did not have at the time.</p>

<p><br />
“I didn’t get to make a film at film school that spoke about the relationship that I’d been in,” the director said. Friendly and low-key in a subdued dark top and pants, she chose her words firmly but with a dry sense of understatement that would fit without a rustle right into a Joanna Hogg film.</p>

<p><br />
“It was important for her to be less naïve and therefore more in control of her life and therefore her story.”<br />
The ties of friends and family are further entwined through Hogg’s cast. The director knew Swinton Byrne as the daughter of an old schoolmate, Tilda Swinton. (Hogg is Swinton Byrne’s godmother.) Swinton starred in Hogg’s real graduate film, “Caprice,” and plays Julie’s doting mother in both parts of “The Souvenir.”</p>

<p><br />
Yet Swinton Byrne was cast less than a month before shooting on “Part I” began. Hogg was visiting Swinton about playing Julie’s mother but still didn’t have a Julie.</p>

<p><br />
“I was getting onto a train to go back to London, and Honor was arriving from London coming home,” Hogg said. The two chatted on the platform about “what it is to be in your early 20s,” and for Hogg it just “clicked.”</p>

<p><br />
“I feel like I was very like Julie when I was a bit younger. You know how insecure it is,” Swinton Byrne, 23, said, bubbly over the phone from Edinburgh, where she’s studying psychology after a teaching stint in Namibia, among other things. (“My mom says that I’m still not fully baked yet,” she said, laughing.)<br />
Swinton Byrne’s Julie reckons with the past in “The Souvenir Part II” but spends a lot of time on a soundstage, leading her crew and explaining motivations to her actors. (Her classmates include a hilariously biting Richard Ayoade.)</p>

<p><br />
Hogg “dramatizes the fragmentary life of the imagination, completing a story that was full of hesitations in the first place,” critic Molly Haskell said in an email, invoking Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet. “To my mind, the only remotely analogous cinematic experiment of recent years is Richard Linklater’s&lt;em&gt; ‘&lt;/em&gt;Before’ trilogy.”</p>

<p><br />
Hogg’s two-part idea — which she dates at least to a journal entry in 1988 — wasn’t a sure thing. She had planned to shoot both films at the same time, until a financier pulled out. Another twist involved Robert Pattinson, who was slated for a role (later reworked) in “Part II” but was tied up with “Tenet” instead. (No hard feelings from Hogg: “I hope that I’ll work with him in the future.”)</p>

<p><br />
“I wanted desperately to make them at the same time, because I thought there was a danger that if I just made the first one, I wouldn’t get the opportunity to make the second one,” Hogg recalled.</p>

<p><br />
Today, she is grateful for the extra time and even believes the second part would have been “a shadow of its current self” if she’d shot both movies together.</p>

<p><br />
It’s easy to see this ability to adapt and find an alchemy in the shifts of reality as part of her filmmaking style. Despite her movies’ precise ear for the spoken word, Hogg doesn’t write traditional screenplays, giving actors the space to come up with dialogue. She lets scenes unfold at length, often with roomwide shots that allow us to soak in the give-and-take.</p>

<p><br />
One tragicomic sequence in her “Archipelago,” starring Hiddleston, observes a family dither dysfunctionally over where to sit at a restaurant. (“Never has the term ‘faffing about’ been so perfectly illustrated,” critic Jonathan Romney wrote approvingly in The Independent.)</p>

<p><br />
Alex Heeney, who co-wrote a monograph about Hogg, told me, “Hogg’s films are less about duration than they are about how people orbit each other and how their spaces facilitate or prevent this.” In “The Souvenir,” she added, Julie “has to work to become the protagonist in her own life, and that’s not taken lightly.”</p>

<p><br />
Hogg is already editing her next film, “The Eternal Daughter,” a ghost story starring Swinton. In the meantime, Hogg’s “Souvenir” star, Swinton Byrne, seemed still to be reflecting on her character’s two-part journey.</p>

<p><br />
“It is like watching a friend get up on her feet after a really intense breakup or intense loss,” she said. “It’s what I waited for a long time, to see Julie, who I see as a friend, become a full person.”</p>


Sequels and spinoffs and origin stories fill the multiplexes, but it’s vanishingly rare to see two feature-length dramas centered on the same real-world character.

Sequels and spinoffs and origin stories fill the multiplexes, but it’s vanishingly rare to see two feature-length dramas centered on the same real-world character. Enter “The Souvenir,” two films directed by Joanna Hogg on a subject that’s also not common onscreen: a young woman finding her way in life and coming into her own. In “The Souvenir,” released in 2019, Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) is a film school student in 1980s London. Her relationship with Anthony, a witty, debonair older man, goes off the rails as it emerges that he’s addicted to heroin. “The Souvenir Part II,” which opened Friday, follows a solo Julie working out her voice as a person and as a director — a new rich chapter of experience where a single film might have declared “The End.” “You don’t normally have that opportunity with the story, to have a break in the middle and think about what you’re doing and approach things differently the second way,” Hogg said in an interview at a downtown hotel the day after her movie’s New York Film Festival premiere last month. (Part II takes place only a few days after Part I but was shot two years later.) Until recently, her films have been like a much-beloved secret. “Joanna Hogg — where have you been all my movie-loving life?” Manohla Dargis wrote when the director’s first three features were finally released in the United States in 2014. A.O. Scott called the first part “an absolute joy to watch.” Distributed by the brand-savvy A24, “The Souvenir Part II” is the latest entry in Hogg’s ardently admired oeuvre. Her fans include Ari Aster, director of “Midsommar,” who said in an email, “At her best, she lends a subtle, deeply individual strangeness to the quotidian.” He praised her as “a fastidious and texture-obsessed diarist in the best sense.” Another fan: Barack Obama, who counted “Part I” among his favorite movies of 2019. Scottish novelist Ali Smith (“Summer”), who once screened Hogg’s work at an arts festival, said via email, “Her films are beautiful things in the world, and witty, hyper-intelligent, scalpel-sharp, simultaneously merciless and deeply humane.” Smith added, “She takes class apart, she has a clear eye across the traditions that skewer us or vitalize us.” Julie’s story draws closely on Hogg’s memories. Like Julie, Hogg studied filmmaking in the 1980s, at the National Film and Television School in England, and dated a devastatingly charming man with an all-consuming drug addiction. And Julie’s background, like Hogg’s, is solidly upper middle class. Visits to the country home of Julie’s parents punctuate both films; artifacts, clothing and photos from Hogg’s life appear throughout, too. “Part I” broaches the notion of privilege, as Julie faces teachers skeptical of her initial proposal to make a film about a struggling port city. “Part II” sees her coming out of her shell and, as Hogg put it, “joining the world, joining life.” Hogg went on to a career in British television and did not direct her first theatrical feature until 2007 at age 47: “Unrelated,” starring Tom Hiddleston, also making his feature debut. “The Souvenir Part II” imagines a different trajectory for Julie, giving her a freedom Hogg did not have at the time. “I didn’t get to make a film at film school that spoke about the relationship that I’d been in,” the director said. Friendly and low-key in a subdued dark top and pants, she chose her words firmly but with a dry sense of understatement that would fit without a rustle right into a Joanna Hogg film. “It was important for her to be less naïve and therefore more in control of her life and therefore her story.” The ties of friends and family are further entwined through Hogg’s cast. The director knew Swinton Byrne as the daughter of an old schoolmate, Tilda Swinton. (Hogg is Swinton Byrne’s godmother.) Swinton starred in Hogg’s real graduate film, “Caprice,” and plays Julie’s doting mother in both parts of “The Souvenir.” Yet Swinton Byrne was cast less than a month before shooting on “Part I” began. Hogg was visiting Swinton about playing Julie’s mother but still didn’t have a Julie. “I was getting onto a train to go back to London, and Honor was arriving from London coming home,” Hogg said. The two chatted on the platform about “what it is to be in your early 20s,” and for Hogg it just “clicked.” “I feel like I was very like Julie when I was a bit younger. You know how insecure it is,” Swinton Byrne, 23, said, bubbly over the phone from Edinburgh, where she’s studying psychology after a teaching stint in Namibia, among other things. (“My mom says that I’m still not fully baked yet,” she said, laughing.) Swinton Byrne’s Julie reckons with the past in “The Souvenir Part II” but spends a lot of time on a soundstage, leading her crew and explaining motivations to her actors. (Her classmates include a hilariously biting Richard Ayoade.) Hogg “dramatizes the fragmentary life of the imagination, completing a story that was full of hesitations in the first place,” critic Molly Haskell said in an email, invoking Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet. “To my mind, the only remotely analogous cinematic experiment of recent years is Richard Linklater’s<em> ‘</em>Before’ trilogy.” Hogg’s two-part idea — which she dates at least to a journal entry in 1988 — wasn’t a sure thing. She had planned to shoot both films at the same time, until a financier pulled out. Another twist involved Robert Pattinson, who was slated for a role (later reworked) in “Part II” but was tied up with “Tenet” instead. (No hard feelings from Hogg: “I hope that I’ll work with him in the future.”) “I wanted desperately to make them at the same time, because I thought there was a danger that if I just made the first one, I wouldn’t get the opportunity to make the second one,” Hogg recalled. Today, she is grateful for the extra time and even believes the second part would have been “a shadow of its current self” if she’d shot both movies together. It’s easy to see this ability to adapt and find an alchemy in the shifts of reality as part of her filmmaking style. Despite her movies’ precise ear for the spoken word, Hogg doesn’t write traditional screenplays, giving actors the space to come up with dialogue. She lets scenes unfold at length, often with roomwide shots that allow us to soak in the give-and-take. One tragicomic sequence in her “Archipelago,” starring Hiddleston, observes a family dither dysfunctionally over where to sit at a restaurant. (“Never has the term ‘faffing about’ been so perfectly illustrated,” critic Jonathan Romney wrote approvingly in The Independent.) Alex Heeney, who co-wrote a monograph about Hogg, told me, “Hogg’s films are less about duration than they are about how people orbit each other and how their spaces facilitate or prevent this.” In “The Souvenir,” she added, Julie “has to work to become the protagonist in her own life, and that’s not taken lightly.” Hogg is already editing her next film, “The Eternal Daughter,” a ghost story starring Swinton. In the meantime, Hogg’s “Souvenir” star, Swinton Byrne, seemed still to be reflecting on her character’s two-part journey. “It is like watching a friend get up on her feet after a really intense breakup or intense loss,” she said. “It’s what I waited for a long time, to see Julie, who I see as a friend, become a full person.”

A filmmaking life gets a sequel

<p>The music awards season is here and fans are psyched about the American Music Awards (AMAs) 2021 nominations. This year, global popstars Olivia Rodrigo and The Weeknd lead from the front with the highest number of nominations. While Rodrigo got a total of seven nominations in different categories, The Weeknd got six.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Korean all-boys pop band, BTS, received a major nomination this year: under its main category, the Artist of the Year.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-shah-rukh-khan-leaves-for-arthur-road-jail-ahead-of-aryan-khans-release-today-425181">Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Arthur Road jail ahead of Aryan Khan's release</a></p>

<p>Trending artists Doja Cat, Bad Bunny and Giveon receive five nominations per person, while regulars Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande were also nominated for major categories such as Artist of the Year and Favourite Male Pop Artist of the Year. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The American Music Awards 2021 main event will reportedly be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 21.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-yusuf-hussain-veteran-bollywood-actor-dies-of-covid-at-73-425183" hreflang="en">Yusuf Hussain, veteran Bollywood actor, dies of Covid at 73</a></p>

<p>Check out the complete list of nominations here:&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>ARTIST OF THE YEAR</strong></p>

<p><br />
Ariana Grande<br />
BTS<br />
Drake<br />
Olivia Rodrigo<br />
Taylor Swift<br />
The Weeknd</p>

<p><br />
<strong>NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR</strong></p>

<p><br />
24kGoldn<br />
Giveon<br />
Masked Wolf<br />
Olivia Rodrigo<br />
The Kid LAROI</p>

<p><br />
<strong>COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR</strong></p>

<p><br />
24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Mood”<br />
Bad Bunny &amp; Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI”<br />
Chris Brown &amp; Young Thug “Go Crazy”<br />
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”<br />
Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar &amp; Giveon “Peaches”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE TRENDING SONG</strong></p>

<p><br />
Erica Banks “Buss It”<br />
Måneskin “Beggin’”<br />
Megan Thee Stallion “Body”<br />
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”<br />
Popp Hunna “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO</strong></p>

<p><br />
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”<br />
Cardi B “Up”<br />
Lil Nas X “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”<br />
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”<br />
The Weeknd “Save Your Tears”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Drake<br />
Ed Sheeran<br />
Justin Bieber<br />
Lil Nas X<br />
The Weeknd</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Ariana Grande<br />
Doja Cat<br />
Dua Lipa<br />
Olivia Rodrigo<br />
Taylor Swift</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP</strong></p>

<p><br />
AJR<br />
BTS<br />
Glass Animals<br />
Maroon 5<br />
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak)</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE POP ALBUM</strong></p>

<p><br />
Ariana Grande “Positions”<br />
Dua Lipa “Future Nostalgia”<br />
Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR”<br />
Taylor Swift “evermore”<br />
The Kid LAROI “F*CK LOVE”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE POP SONG</strong></p>

<p><br />
BTS “Butter”<br />
Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More”<br />
Dua Lipa “Levitating”<br />
Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license”<br />
The Weeknd &amp; Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears (Remix)”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Chris Stapleton<br />
Jason Aldean<br />
Luke Bryan<br />
Luke Combs<br />
Morgan Wallen</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Carrie Underwood<br />
Gabby Barrett<br />
Kacey Musgraves<br />
Maren Morris<br />
Miranda Lambert</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP</strong></p>

<p><br />
Dan + Shay<br />
Florida Georgia Line<br />
Lady A<br />
Old Dominion<br />
Zac Brown Band</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM</strong></p>

<p><br />
Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”<br />
Gabby Barrett “Goldmine”<br />
Lee Brice “Hey World”<br />
Luke Bryan “Born Here Live Here Die Here”<br />
Morgan Wallen “Dangerous: The Double Album”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG</strong></p>

<p><br />
Chris Stapleton “Starting Over”<br />
Chris Young &amp; Kane Brown “Famous Friends”<br />
Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones”<br />
Luke Combs “Forever After All”<br />
Walker Hayes “Fancy Like”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Drake<br />
Lil Baby<br />
Moneybagg Yo<br />
Polo G<br />
Pop Smoke</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Cardi B<br />
Coi Leray<br />
Erica Banks<br />
Megan Thee Stallion<br />
Saweetie</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM</strong></p>

<p><br />
Drake “Certified Lover Boy”<br />
Juice WRLD “Legends Never Die”<br />
Megan Thee Stallion “Good News”<br />
Pop Smoke “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon”<br />
Rod Wave “SoulFly”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG</strong></p>

<p><br />
Cardi B “Up”<br />
Internet Money ft. Gunna, Don Toliver &amp; NAV “Lemonade”<br />
Lil Tjay ft. 6LACK “Calling My Phone”<br />
Polo G “RAPSTAR”<br />
Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE MALE R&amp;B ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Chris Brown<br />
Giveon<br />
Tank<br />
The Weeknd<br />
Usher</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE FEMALE R&amp;B ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Doja Cat<br />
H.E.R.<br />
Jazmine Sullivan<br />
Jhené Aiko<br />
SZA</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE R&amp;B ALBUM</strong></p>

<p><br />
Doja Cat “Planet Her”<br />
Giveon “When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time”<br />
H.E.R. “Back of My Mind”<br />
Jazmine Sullivan “Heaux Tales”<br />
Queen Naija “missunderstood”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE R&amp;B SONG</strong></p>

<p><br />
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open”<br />
Chris Brown &amp; Young Thug “Go Crazy”<br />
Giveon “Heartbreak Anniversary”<br />
H.E.R. “Damage”<br />
Jazmine Sullivan “Pick Up Your Feelings”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Bad Bunny<br />
J Balvin<br />
Maluma<br />
Ozuna<br />
Rauw Alejandro</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Becky G<br />
Kali Uchis<br />
KAROL G<br />
Natti Natasha<br />
ROSALÍA</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP</strong></p>

<p><br />
Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga<br />
Calibre 50<br />
Eslabon Armado<br />
La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho<br />
Los Dos Carnales</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM</strong></p>

<p><br />
Bad Bunny “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO”<br />
Kali Uchis “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)”<br />
KAROL G “KG0516”<br />
Maluma “PAPI JUANCHO”<br />
Rauw Alejandro “Afrodisíaco”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE LATIN SONG</strong></p>

<p><br />
Bad Bunny &amp; Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI”<br />
Bad Bunny x ROSALÍA “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE”<br />
Farruko “Pepas”<br />
Kali Uchis “telepatía”<br />
Maluma &amp; The Weeknd “Hawái (Remix)”</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
AJR<br />
All Time Low<br />
Foo Fighters<br />
Glass Animals<br />
Machine Gun Kelly</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
CAIN<br />
Carrie Underwood<br />
Elevation Worship<br />
Lauren Daigle<br />
Zach Williams</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
Kanye West<br />
Kirk Franklin<br />
Koryn Hawthorne<br />
Maverick City Music<br />
Tasha Cobbs Leonard</p>

<p><br />
<strong>FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST</strong></p>

<p><br />
David Guetta<br />
ILLENIUM<br />
Marshmello<br />
Regard<br />
Tiësto</p>


The music awards season is here and fans are psyched about the American Music Awards (AMAs) 2021 nominations. This year, global popstars Olivia Rodrigo and The Weeknd lead from the front with the highest number of nominations.

The music awards season is here and fans are psyched about the American Music Awards (AMAs) 2021 nominations. This year, global popstars Olivia Rodrigo and The Weeknd lead from the front with the highest number of nominations. While Rodrigo got a total of seven nominations in different categories, The Weeknd got six. Korean all-boys pop band, BTS, received a major nomination this year: under its main category, the Artist of the Year. Also read: Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Arthur Road jail ahead of Aryan Khan's release Trending artists Doja Cat, Bad Bunny and Giveon receive five nominations per person, while regulars Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande were also nominated for major categories such as Artist of the Year and Favourite Male Pop Artist of the Year. The American Music Awards 2021 main event will reportedly be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, November 21. Also read: Yusuf Hussain, veteran Bollywood actor, dies of Covid at 73 Check out the complete list of nominations here: ARTIST OF THE YEAR Ariana Grande BTS Drake Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift The Weeknd NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR 24kGoldn Giveon Masked Wolf Olivia Rodrigo The Kid LAROI COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR 24kGoldn ft. iann dior “Mood” Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI” Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy” Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More” Justin Bieber ft. Daniel Caesar & Giveon “Peaches” FAVORITE TRENDING SONG Erica Banks “Buss It” Måneskin “Beggin’” Megan Thee Stallion “Body” Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license” Popp Hunna “Adderall (Corvette Corvette)” FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open” Cardi B “Up” Lil Nas X “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license” The Weeknd “Save Your Tears” FAVORITE MALE POP ARTIST Drake Ed Sheeran Justin Bieber Lil Nas X The Weeknd FAVORITE FEMALE POP ARTIST Ariana Grande Doja Cat Dua Lipa Olivia Rodrigo Taylor Swift FAVORITE POP DUO OR GROUP AJR BTS Glass Animals Maroon 5 Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) FAVORITE POP ALBUM Ariana Grande “Positions” Dua Lipa “Future Nostalgia” Olivia Rodrigo “SOUR” Taylor Swift “evermore” The Kid LAROI “F*CK LOVE” FAVORITE POP SONG BTS “Butter” Doja Cat ft. SZA “Kiss Me More” Dua Lipa “Levitating” Olivia Rodrigo “drivers license” The Weeknd & Ariana Grande “Save Your Tears (Remix)” FAVORITE MALE COUNTRY ARTIST Chris Stapleton Jason Aldean Luke Bryan Luke Combs Morgan Wallen FAVORITE FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST Carrie Underwood Gabby Barrett Kacey Musgraves Maren Morris Miranda Lambert FAVORITE COUNTRY DUO OR GROUP Dan + Shay Florida Georgia Line Lady A Old Dominion Zac Brown Band FAVORITE COUNTRY ALBUM Chris Stapleton “Starting Over” Gabby Barrett “Goldmine” Lee Brice “Hey World” Luke Bryan “Born Here Live Here Die Here” Morgan Wallen “Dangerous: The Double Album” FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG Chris Stapleton “Starting Over” Chris Young & Kane Brown “Famous Friends” Gabby Barrett “The Good Ones” Luke Combs “Forever After All” Walker Hayes “Fancy Like” FAVORITE MALE HIP-HOP ARTIST Drake Lil Baby Moneybagg Yo Polo G Pop Smoke FAVORITE FEMALE HIP-HOP ARTIST Cardi B Coi Leray Erica Banks Megan Thee Stallion Saweetie FAVORITE HIP-HOP ALBUM Drake “Certified Lover Boy” Juice WRLD “Legends Never Die” Megan Thee Stallion “Good News” Pop Smoke “Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon” Rod Wave “SoulFly” FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG Cardi B “Up” Internet Money ft. Gunna, Don Toliver & NAV “Lemonade” Lil Tjay ft. 6LACK “Calling My Phone” Polo G “RAPSTAR” Pop Smoke “What You Know Bout Love” FAVORITE MALE R&B ARTIST Chris Brown Giveon Tank The Weeknd Usher FAVORITE FEMALE R&B ARTIST Doja Cat H.E.R. Jazmine Sullivan Jhené Aiko SZA FAVORITE R&B ALBUM Doja Cat “Planet Her” Giveon “When It’s All Said And Done… Take Time” H.E.R. “Back of My Mind” Jazmine Sullivan “Heaux Tales” Queen Naija “missunderstood” FAVORITE R&B SONG Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak) “Leave The Door Open” Chris Brown & Young Thug “Go Crazy” Giveon “Heartbreak Anniversary” H.E.R. “Damage” Jazmine Sullivan “Pick Up Your Feelings” FAVORITE MALE LATIN ARTIST Bad Bunny J Balvin Maluma Ozuna Rauw Alejandro FAVORITE FEMALE LATIN ARTIST Becky G Kali Uchis KAROL G Natti Natasha ROSALÍA FAVORITE LATIN DUO OR GROUP Banda MS de Sergio Lizárraga Calibre 50 Eslabon Armado La Arrolladora Banda El Limón De Rene Camacho Los Dos Carnales FAVORITE LATIN ALBUM Bad Bunny “EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO” Kali Uchis “Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)” KAROL G “KG0516” Maluma “PAPI JUANCHO” Rauw Alejandro “Afrodisíaco” FAVORITE LATIN SONG Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez “DÁKITI” Bad Bunny x ROSALÍA “LA NOCHE DE ANOCHE” Farruko “Pepas” Kali Uchis “telepatía” Maluma & The Weeknd “Hawái (Remix)” FAVORITE ROCK ARTIST AJR All Time Low Foo Fighters Glass Animals Machine Gun Kelly FAVORITE INSPIRATIONAL ARTIST CAIN Carrie Underwood Elevation Worship Lauren Daigle Zach Williams FAVORITE GOSPEL ARTIST Kanye West Kirk Franklin Koryn Hawthorne Maverick City Music Tasha Cobbs Leonard FAVORITE DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST David Guetta ILLENIUM Marshmello Regard Tiësto

American Music Awards 2021: BTS, Ariana Grande nominated for Artist of the Year; read for details

<p>Veteran Bollywood actor Yusuf Hussain has passed away, his son-in-law, director Hansal Mehta confirmed the news on Twitter.</p>

<p>The late actor was being treated at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he breathed his last on the morning of October 30, Mehta told Indian news agency PTI.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-shah-rukh-khan-leaves-for-arthur-road-jail-ahead-of-aryan-khans-release-today-425181">Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Arthur Road jail ahead of Aryan Khan's release</a></p>

<p>Hansal Mehta, who is married to his daughter safeena, took to his Twitter to express his sorrow over the passing of his father-in-law. he wrote, "I had completed 2 schedules of Shahid. And we were stuck. I was troubled. A non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely. He just came up to me and said I have a fixed deposit and it is of no use to me if you are so troubled. He wrote a cheque. Shahid was completed. That was Yusuf Husain. Not my father-in-law but a father. He was life if life itself had to have a physical form."</p>

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<p>"Today he is gone. To remind all those women in heaven that they are 'Duniya ki sabse khubsurat ladki' and all the men that they are 'Haseen naujwaan'. And then to end with a booming 'love you love you love you'. Yusuf Saab I owe this new life to you. I am truly orphaned today. Life will never be the same. I will miss you terribly. My Urdu will remain broken. And yes - love you love you love you!" the director further added.</p>

<p>Yusuf Hussain had a career in Bollywood spanning decades. Some of his noteworthy films included 'Vivaah', 'Dhoom 2', 'Khoya Khoya Chand', 'Crazy Cukkad Family', 'Road To Sangam' among others.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-call-my-agent-bollywood-review-fun-flirty-and-unapologetically-frivolous-425099" hreflang="en">'Call My Agent: Bollywood' review: Fun, flirty and unapologetically frivolous</a></p>

<p>Hussain, who was married thrice, had told TOI in an earlier interview that he was still in the look out for a soulmate. He had reportedly said, "Yes, I have married thrice but I’m probably still looking for that perfectly understanding partner. But I’m 60 plus now, maybe that search will never end!"<br />
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Veteran Bollywood actor Yusuf Hussain has passed away, his son-in-law, director Hansal Mehta confirmed the news on Twitter. The late actor was being treated at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he breathed his last on the morning of October 30, Mehta told Indian news agency PTI.

Veteran Bollywood actor Yusuf Hussain has passed away, his son-in-law, director Hansal Mehta confirmed the news on Twitter. The late actor was being treated at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital, where he breathed his last on the morning of October 30, Mehta told Indian news agency PTI. Also read: Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Arthur Road jail ahead of Aryan Khan's release Hansal Mehta, who is married to his daughter safeena, took to his Twitter to express his sorrow over the passing of his father-in-law. he wrote, "I had completed 2 schedules of Shahid. And we were stuck. I was troubled. A non-existent career as a filmmaker was almost finished completely. He just came up to me and said I have a fixed deposit and it is of no use to me if you are so troubled. He wrote a cheque. Shahid was completed. That was Yusuf Husain. Not my father-in-law but a father. He was life if life itself had to have a physical form." RIP Yusuf Husain. pic.twitter.com/laP0b1U732 — Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) October 29, 2021 × "Today he is gone. To remind all those women in heaven that they are 'Duniya ki sabse khubsurat ladki' and all the men that they are 'Haseen naujwaan'. And then to end with a booming 'love you love you love you'. Yusuf Saab I owe this new life to you. I am truly orphaned today. Life will never be the same. I will miss you terribly. My Urdu will remain broken. And yes - love you love you love you!" the director further added. Yusuf Hussain had a career in Bollywood spanning decades. Some of his noteworthy films included 'Vivaah', 'Dhoom 2', 'Khoya Khoya Chand', 'Crazy Cukkad Family', 'Road To Sangam' among others. Also read: 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' review: Fun, flirty and unapologetically frivolous Hussain, who was married thrice, had told TOI in an earlier interview that he was still in the look out for a soulmate. He had reportedly said, "Yes, I have married thrice but I’m probably still looking for that perfectly understanding partner. But I’m 60 plus now, maybe that search will never end!"

Yusuf Hussain, veteran Bollywood actor, dies of Covid at 73

<p>A small regional Indian film--of Tamil background--'Koozhangal', is making big headlines across the country. Why? You may ask. Well, this heart-wrenching tale of an alcoholic father and his son is India's official Oscar entry for 2022.&nbsp;</p>

<p>And now, in an exclusive interview with WION, the film's producer--Vignesh Shivan--tells us that they will do everything in their capacity to bring the honour home. During his minutes long interview, Shivan also touched upon the debate around 'Sardar Udham', laughed when asked about 'Parasite' movie's global recognition, &nbsp;and explained why India hasn't secured a Oscar nomination since 2001.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-wion-exclusive-kubbra-sait-we-are-rushing-representation-it-needs-to-have-a-narrative-425263">WION exclusive: Kubbra Sait: We are in a rush for representation</a></p>

<p>Edited excerpts&nbsp;from our conversation with the producer-actor:</p>

<p><strong>WION: Now my first question for you is what was your reaction when you learnt that your film has been chosen to represent India at the Oscars? Were you expecting this, considering your film was up against formidable competitrs like 'Sherni', 'Sardar Udham' and many more?</strong></p>

<p><strong>VS:</strong> Expectations were there because the film had a very good festival run already. When it got selected for Rotterdam (Film Festival), that's when we ourselves that 'okay, this film is something special'. Since then, it has been surprising us every step of the way. We won the Tiger Award (at Rotterdam Film Festival). Wherever it got selected, the film ended up getting some laurel.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>WION: I am sure you are keen to here those words as we are: 'And the Oscar goes to...' How strong are the film's chances of securing a nomination or even, in fact, taking the trophy home?</strong></p>

<p><strong>VS: </strong>As of now, most of the (other) films are soemthign wre have already met at other film festivals. Our film has been to mutiple film festivals across the globe and won mutiple awards, expect for the films that have been screened at Cannes Film festival 2021. Everything about the film is positive, we have not received even a small negative review about the film. Everyone's been awestruck and their expression after watching the film has been overwhelming (for us). We are going to put ourselves forward and do as much as possible: we are going to publicise the film as much as possible. We will give this our best shot, let's see how things turn out.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-sardar-udham-movie-review-vicky-kaushal-is-flawless-in-shoojit-sircars-slowburn-period-piece-421259">Sardar Udham movie review: Vicky Kaushal is flawless in Shoojit Sircar's slowburn period piece</a></p>

<p><strong>WION: Now the last time an Indian film secured an Oscar nomination was way back in 2001 when Aamir Khan-starrer 'Lagaan' almost went to the finish line. What do you think are the reasons behind India's performance at the Oscars?</strong></p>

<p><strong>VS:</strong> 'Lagaan' was a pathbreaking film, yes. And after that, a lot of Tamil films have also represented if we go a couple of years back. 'Visaranai', a film by our own director Vetrimaaran sir, was a very good film. But then to enter the short list, there are a lot of factors that come into play. How well are we able to present the film, the PR activity behind it and even the kind of positioning the film has. We are putting our best foot forward (this timr round) and doing our best. If we get more support, I think we will be able to crack this <em>(smiles!)</em>.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>WION: Talking about cinema in general, Korean film 'Parasite' has been lauded a lot by the international film community as a whole. How do you view this film's success at the Oscars?</strong></p>

<p><em>(Laughs!)</em> 'Parasite' had a dream run, we would be happy if we get that kind of critical acclaim and recognition. For every filmmaker, it is their dream to stand on the stage of the Academy Awards.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>WION: Before we wrap up, we know that Vicky Kaushal has congratulated you recently and Shhotjit Sircar's 'Sardar Udham'--starring the actor in lead--was one of the contenders to becoming India's official entry for the Oscars. Jury members have now said that the film was not chosen because it propagates hatred against the British. What do you have to say about this?</strong></p>

<p><strong>VS: </strong>It is very generous of Vicky Kaushal sir to appreciate our film, it shows his magnanimity. It shows how humble he is. Since I have not watched 'Sardar Udham' yet, I don't know what to say or how to comment on that. But I am sure it must be a great film as it has come to this level and was supposed to be the official entry for the Oscars. Even if the jury had selected 'Sardar Udham', we would have been really happy for that film. By seeing the promos and trailers, it looks like a brilliant film. It looks like a great film. Once something gets selected (for a major award), we have to support one another. That's how we look at it.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-dhindora-review-one-bhuvan-bam-10-versions-of-him-all-hilarious-425346">Dhindora review: One Bhuvan Bam, 10 versions of him... all hilarious!</a></p>

<p>Check out the full interview here:</p>

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A small regional Indian film--of Tamil background--'Koozhangal', is making big headlines across the country. Why? You may ask. Well, this heart-wrenching tale of an alcoholic father and his son is India's official Oscar entry for 2022.

A small regional Indian film--of Tamil background--'Koozhangal', is making big headlines across the country. Why? You may ask. Well, this heart-wrenching tale of an alcoholic father and his son is India's official Oscar entry for 2022. And now, in an exclusive interview with WION, the film's producer--Vignesh Shivan--tells us that they will do everything in their capacity to bring the honour home. During his minutes long interview, Shivan also touched upon the debate around 'Sardar Udham', laughed when asked about 'Parasite' movie's global recognition, and explained why India hasn't secured a Oscar nomination since 2001. Also read: WION exclusive: Kubbra Sait: We are in a rush for representation Edited excerpts from our conversation with the producer-actor: WION: Now my first question for you is what was your reaction when you learnt that your film has been chosen to represent India at the Oscars? Were you expecting this, considering your film was up against formidable competitrs like 'Sherni', 'Sardar Udham' and many more? VS: Expectations were there because the film had a very good festival run already. When it got selected for Rotterdam (Film Festival), that's when we ourselves that 'okay, this film is something special'. Since then, it has been surprising us every step of the way. We won the Tiger Award (at Rotterdam Film Festival). Wherever it got selected, the film ended up getting some laurel. WION: I am sure you are keen to here those words as we are: 'And the Oscar goes to...' How strong are the film's chances of securing a nomination or even, in fact, taking the trophy home? VS: As of now, most of the (other) films are soemthign wre have already met at other film festivals. Our film has been to mutiple film festivals across the globe and won mutiple awards, expect for the films that have been screened at Cannes Film festival 2021. Everything about the film is positive, we have not received even a small negative review about the film. Everyone's been awestruck and their expression after watching the film has been overwhelming (for us). We are going to put ourselves forward and do as much as possible: we are going to publicise the film as much as possible. We will give this our best shot, let's see how things turn out. Also read: Sardar Udham movie review: Vicky Kaushal is flawless in Shoojit Sircar's slowburn period piece WION: Now the last time an Indian film secured an Oscar nomination was way back in 2001 when Aamir Khan-starrer 'Lagaan' almost went to the finish line. What do you think are the reasons behind India's performance at the Oscars? VS: 'Lagaan' was a pathbreaking film, yes. And after that, a lot of Tamil films have also represented if we go a couple of years back. 'Visaranai', a film by our own director Vetrimaaran sir, was a very good film. But then to enter the short list, there are a lot of factors that come into play. How well are we able to present the film, the PR activity behind it and even the kind of positioning the film has. We are putting our best foot forward (this timr round) and doing our best. If we get more support, I think we will be able to crack this (smiles!). WION: Talking about cinema in general, Korean film 'Parasite' has been lauded a lot by the international film community as a whole. How do you view this film's success at the Oscars? (Laughs!) 'Parasite' had a dream run, we would be happy if we get that kind of critical acclaim and recognition. For every filmmaker, it is their dream to stand on the stage of the Academy Awards. WION: Before we wrap up, we know that Vicky Kaushal has congratulated you recently and Shhotjit Sircar's 'Sardar Udham'--starring the actor in lead--was one of the contenders to becoming India's official entry for the Oscars. Jury members have now said that the film was not chosen because it propagates hatred against the British. What do you have to say about this? VS: It is very generous of Vicky Kaushal sir to appreciate our film, it shows his magnanimity. It shows how humble he is. Since I have not watched 'Sardar Udham' yet, I don't know what to say or how to comment on that. But I am sure it must be a great film as it has come to this level and was supposed to be the official entry for the Oscars. Even if the jury had selected 'Sardar Udham', we would have been really happy for that film. By seeing the promos and trailers, it looks like a brilliant film. It looks like a great film. Once something gets selected (for a major award), we have to support one another. That's how we look at it. Also read: Dhindora review: One Bhuvan Bam, 10 versions of him... all hilarious! Check out the full interview here: #EXCLUSIVE | “The ultimate aim is to be up there on the #AcademyAwards podium”: @VigneshShivN, producer of #Koozhangal, India's official Oscar entry, tells @PriyankaSh25 For more videos, visit: https://t.co/AXC5qRcEPB pic.twitter.com/KX6lGL1eNU — WION (@WIONews) October 30, 2021 ×

WION exclusive: 'Koozhangal' maker: It was big of Vicky Kaushal to congratulate us on our Oscar selection

<p>Those of you who follow Bhuvan Bam’s sketches on YouTube—turns out, a lot of you do—would know this man has an innate talent for cooking up dangerously awkward situations with extremely hilarious characters. All played by the man himself. In ‘Dhindora’, he takes it notches higher and his alter egos from ‘BB Ki Vines’ (the YouTube channel that made him the digital star he is today) get to live and breathe in the real world... or not!</p>

<p>‘Dhindora’ stays true to Bam’s signature style—subtle satirical motifs—with a certain middle-class Papa <em>ji</em> at the heart of a humungous conflict: he has won a lottery but doesn’t seem to remember the details. It doesn’t help tad bit that Mummy <em>ji </em>is a loudmouth looking for charity projects to nurture.&nbsp;</p>

<p>No skit of Bhuvan Bam’s is complete without his expletive-mouthing band of brothers. Here, we have a nymphomaniac and a catch-phrase stealer to keep those outrageous one-liners coming: If those two do not crack you up, we don’t know who&nbsp;would.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-wion-exclusive-kubbra-sait-we-are-rushing-representation-it-needs-to-have-a-narrative-425263">WION exclusive: Kubbra Sait: We are in a rush for representation</a></p>

<p>Sitting here, writing this review, reminds us of what Bam had said during <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-wion-exclusive-bhuvan-bam-%E2%80%98dhindora%E2%80%99-could-have-been-on-any-ott-platform-but-thats-unfair-to-my-viewers-424368">his recent interview with us</a>— “…what this series really stands for is the importance of family, the importance of relationships.” In spirit, when one moves beyond the stereotypical Delhi aesthetics and young-lad profanities this eight-part series otherwise rides on, one would see what lessons Bam is actually trying to impart—life is too short to take a beloved for granted. In all fairness, life indeed is man’s greatest teacher and Bam knows that all too well.</p>

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Clocking close to half an hour per episode, ‘Dhindora’ follows the traditional technique of storytelling—nothing wrong with that, of course—of leaving the viewers with a mystery to come back for in its weekly-episodic-release format. So far, it has worked tremendously well.&nbsp;</p>

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To sum it up, ‘Dhindora’ is heartbreakingly funny, surprisingly deep—the creator is all of 27, conceptualised when he was around 25; go figure—and a wonderfully crafted satire. It is the visual version of what Kabir once said, “<em>Kya leke aayo jagme, kya leke jayega</em>.”</p>

<p>Check out the trailer here:</p>

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<p><em>'Dhindora' is now streaming on YouTube. Please note: this review is based on the first four episodes and is subject to change.&nbsp;</em></p>


Those of you who follow Bhuvan Bam’s sketches on YouTube—turns out, a lot of you do—would know this man has an innate talent for cooking up dangerously awkward situations with extremely hilarious characters.

Those of you who follow Bhuvan Bam’s sketches on YouTube—turns out, a lot of you do—would know this man has an innate talent for cooking up dangerously awkward situations with extremely hilarious characters. All played by the man himself. In ‘Dhindora’, he takes it notches higher and his alter egos from ‘BB Ki Vines’ (the YouTube channel that made him the digital star he is today) get to live and breathe in the real world... or not! ‘Dhindora’ stays true to Bam’s signature style—subtle satirical motifs—with a certain middle-class Papa ji at the heart of a humungous conflict: he has won a lottery but doesn’t seem to remember the details. It doesn’t help tad bit that Mummy ji is a loudmouth looking for charity projects to nurture. No skit of Bhuvan Bam’s is complete without his expletive-mouthing band of brothers. Here, we have a nymphomaniac and a catch-phrase stealer to keep those outrageous one-liners coming: If those two do not crack you up, we don’t know who would. Also read: WION exclusive: Kubbra Sait: We are in a rush for representation Sitting here, writing this review, reminds us of what Bam had said during his recent interview with us— “…what this series really stands for is the importance of family, the importance of relationships.” In spirit, when one moves beyond the stereotypical Delhi aesthetics and young-lad profanities this eight-part series otherwise rides on, one would see what lessons Bam is actually trying to impart—life is too short to take a beloved for granted. In all fairness, life indeed is man’s greatest teacher and Bam knows that all too well. Clocking close to half an hour per episode, ‘Dhindora’ follows the traditional technique of storytelling—nothing wrong with that, of course—of leaving the viewers with a mystery to come back for in its weekly-episodic-release format. So far, it has worked tremendously well. To sum it up, ‘Dhindora’ is heartbreakingly funny, surprisingly deep—the creator is all of 27, conceptualised when he was around 25; go figure—and a wonderfully crafted satire. It is the visual version of what Kabir once said, “Kya leke aayo jagme, kya leke jayega.” Check out the trailer here: 'Dhindora' is now streaming on YouTube. Please note: this review is based on the first four episodes and is subject to change.

Dhindora review: One Bhuvan Bam, 10 versions of him... all hilarious!

<p>Heads of world's 20 biggest economies, gathered in Rome, kicked off two-day G20 Summit on Saturday. The leaders are expected to focus on COVID, economy and climate. Meanwhile,&nbsp;US intelligence agencies said they may never be able to conclude whether the COVID-19 virus was developed in a Wuhan lab or transmitted from animal to human, a declassified report has stated.</p>

<p><strong>Click on headlines to read more</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/g20-summit-kicks-off-in-rome-with-focus-on-climate-covid-and-economy-425330" hreflang="en">G20 Summit kicks off in Rome with focus on climate, COVID and economy</a></p>

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<p>As the G20 Summit is happening just ahead of COP26 climate summit slated to take place in Glasgow next week, decisions on climate in G20 Summit will be under focus.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/we-may-never-know-how-covid-19-originated-say-us-intelligence-officials-425224">We may never know how COVID-19 originated, say US intelligence officials</a></p>

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<p>In an updated assessment of how the virus originated, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in its report said that a natural origin and a lab leak are both plausible hypotheses for how SARS-COV-2 first infected humans.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/cop26-delegate-applications-for-six-afghans-rejected-days-before-event-425289">COP26: Delegate applications for six Afghans rejected days before event</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/18/216922-0009p37zc.jpg" /></p>

<p>Five men and one woman from Afghanistan who were due to attend COP26 as delegates had their applications rejected just days before the event begins.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/pm-modi-interacts-with-french-president-macron-on-the-sidelines-of-g20-425323">PM Modi interacts with French President Macron on the sidelines of G20</a></p>

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<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a brief interaction with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 summit as they both discussed extensive cooperation on various aspects.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/pics-pm-modi-joins-world-leaders-for-g20-summit-in-rome-425321" hreflang="en">Pics: PM Modi joins world leaders for G20 summit in Rome</a></p>

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<p>India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the venue of G20 Summit in Rome where he was received by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-struggles-to-control-fresh-covid-outbreak-before-winter-olympics-425308" hreflang="en">China struggles to control fresh Covid outbreak before Winter Olympics</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/01/06/177288-coronavirus-in-china.jpg" /></p>

<p>After celebrating few months of Covid-free enjoyment, China is once again under the threat of another serious outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the country.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/during-his-execution-man-in-us-vomited-and-convulsed-causing-widespread-outcry-425311">During his execution, man in US vomited and convulsed, causing widespread outcry</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/30/219089-execution.jpeg" /></p>

<p>Various journalists who witnessed the execution said that Grant had vomited and experienced full-body convulsions about two dozen times before he was declared dead.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/inappropriate-elementary-school-students-taken-to-a-bar-for-field-trip-425339">'Inappropriate': Elementary school students taken to a bar for field trip</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/30/219107-field-trip-to-bar.jpg" /></p>

<p>Broward school board member Sarah Leonardi has faced immense backlash on social media platform Twitter after she posted pictures of kids' field trip to a gay bar.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/couple-sentenced-to-10-months-jail-for-oral-sex-pic-outside-mexico-cathedral-425302" hreflang="en">Couple sentenced to 10 months jail for 'oral sex' pic outside Mexico cathedral</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/30/219083-couple-jailed.jpg" /></p>

<p>Bobiev and Akimova are the first ones to be sentenced to prison under this law which was passed in 2013 following a music performance by Pussy Riot band inside a cathedral in the capital city.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/first-group-of-lgbtq-afghans-safely-reach-britain-after-fleeing-taliban-rule-425287">First group of LGBTQ Afghans safely reach Britain after fleeing Taliban-rule</a></p>

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<p>After living in fear for months, first group of LGBTQ Afghans have finally been able to flee the country and reach the UK.&nbsp;This is the first time a group of LGBT+ Afghans have been able to flee the country since Taliban took over the nation.</p>


Heads of world's 20 biggest economies, gathered in Rome, kicked off two-day G20 Summit on Saturday. The leaders are expected to focus on COVID, economy and climate.

Heads of world's 20 biggest economies, gathered in Rome, kicked off two-day G20 Summit on Saturday. The leaders are expected to focus on COVID, economy and climate. Meanwhile, US intelligence agencies said they may never be able to conclude whether the COVID-19 virus was developed in a Wuhan lab or transmitted from animal to human, a declassified report has stated. Click on headlines to read more G20 Summit kicks off in Rome with focus on climate, COVID and economy As the G20 Summit is happening just ahead of COP26 climate summit slated to take place in Glasgow next week, decisions on climate in G20 Summit will be under focus. We may never know how COVID-19 originated, say US intelligence officials In an updated assessment of how the virus originated, the Office of the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in its report said that a natural origin and a lab leak are both plausible hypotheses for how SARS-COV-2 first infected humans. COP26: Delegate applications for six Afghans rejected days before event Five men and one woman from Afghanistan who were due to attend COP26 as delegates had their applications rejected just days before the event begins. PM Modi interacts with French President Macron on the sidelines of G20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a brief interaction with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 summit as they both discussed extensive cooperation on various aspects. Pics: PM Modi joins world leaders for G20 summit in Rome India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at the venue of G20 Summit in Rome where he was received by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. China struggles to control fresh Covid outbreak before Winter Olympics After celebrating few months of Covid-free enjoyment, China is once again under the threat of another serious outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the country. During his execution, man in US vomited and convulsed, causing widespread outcry Various journalists who witnessed the execution said that Grant had vomited and experienced full-body convulsions about two dozen times before he was declared dead. 'Inappropriate': Elementary school students taken to a bar for field trip Broward school board member Sarah Leonardi has faced immense backlash on social media platform Twitter after she posted pictures of kids' field trip to a gay bar. Couple sentenced to 10 months jail for 'oral sex' pic outside Mexico cathedral Bobiev and Akimova are the first ones to be sentenced to prison under this law which was passed in 2013 following a music performance by Pussy Riot band inside a cathedral in the capital city. First group of LGBTQ Afghans safely reach Britain after fleeing Taliban-rule After living in fear for months, first group of LGBTQ Afghans have finally been able to flee the country and reach the UK. This is the first time a group of LGBT+ Afghans have been able to flee the country since Taliban took over the nation.

Top 10 world news: G20 Summit kicks off, China's fresh Covid outbreak, and more

<p>Will Smith may have the whole world at his feet, but that did not mean he did not have his demons to fight.&nbsp;</p>

<p>In the recently released trailer of 'Will Smith: The Best Shape of My Life'--a YouTube originals docuseries on him--the actor can be heard discussing the highs and lows of his life, his mental health journey and the work that needed to be done to stay healthy.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/zayn-malik-reportedly-charged-with-harassment-against-yolanda-gigi-hadid-425229" hreflang="en">Zayn Malik reportedly charged with harassment against Yolanda &amp; Gigi Hadid</a></p>

<p>"When I started this show, I thought I was getting into the best shape of my life, physically. But, mentally, I was somewhere else.&nbsp;And I ended up discovering a whole lot of hidden things about myself... That was the only time in my life that I ever considered suicide," said Will Smith in the trailer. Although he did not mention the exact phase he was referring to.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The video clip, which has garnered massive attention because of the 'King Richard' actor's confession, sees him winding it up with an excerpt from his&nbsp;memoir to his family.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-amitabh-bachchans-heartfelt-note-for-puneeth-rajkumar-calls-him-family-425197" hreflang="en">Amitabh Bachchan's heartfelt note for Puneeth Rajkumar, calls him 'family'</a></p>

<p>"What you've come to understand as Will Smith, the alien-annihilating MC, bigger-than-life movie star, is largely a construction, a carefully crafted and honed character designed to protect myself, to hide myself from the world. To hide the coward," he reads, while fighting back tears.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Will Smith shared the trailer to Instagram handle on Friday, captioning it as, "Not every project works out the way you want it to. #bestshapeofmylife."</p>

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Will Smith may have the whole world at his feet, but that did not mean he did not have his demons to fight. In the recently released trailer of 'Will Smith: The Best Shape of My Life'--a YouTube originals docuseries on him--the actor can be heard discussing the highs and lows of his life, his mental health journey and the work that needed to be done to stay healthy.

Will Smith may have the whole world at his feet, but that did not mean he did not have his demons to fight. In the recently released trailer of 'Will Smith: The Best Shape of My Life'--a YouTube originals docuseries on him--the actor can be heard discussing the highs and lows of his life, his mental health journey and the work that needed to be done to stay healthy. Also read: Zayn Malik reportedly charged with harassment against Yolanda & Gigi Hadid "When I started this show, I thought I was getting into the best shape of my life, physically. But, mentally, I was somewhere else. And I ended up discovering a whole lot of hidden things about myself... That was the only time in my life that I ever considered suicide," said Will Smith in the trailer. Although he did not mention the exact phase he was referring to. The video clip, which has garnered massive attention because of the 'King Richard' actor's confession, sees him winding it up with an excerpt from his memoir to his family. Also read: Amitabh Bachchan's heartfelt note for Puneeth Rajkumar, calls him 'family' "What you've come to understand as Will Smith, the alien-annihilating MC, bigger-than-life movie star, is largely a construction, a carefully crafted and honed character designed to protect myself, to hide myself from the world. To hide the coward," he reads, while fighting back tears. Will Smith shared the trailer to Instagram handle on Friday, captioning it as, "Not every project works out the way you want it to. #bestshapeofmylife." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith) × 'Will Smith: The Best Shape of My Life' is slated to release exclusively on YouTube on November 8. Also read: Remembering Puneeth Rajkumar, the philanthropist: A man with a golden heart

Will Smith considered committing suicide: Mentally, I was somewhere else

When she walked into the room for our virtual interview, the first thing we noticed about breakout star Kubbra Sait is her energy—free, easygoing and no-drama plastered all over her face.

When she walked into the room for our virtual interview, the first thing we noticed about breakout star Kubbra Sait is her energy—free, easygoing and no-drama plastered all over her face. “When you are on stage, there are no retakes,” she tells WION, when asked about the difference in approach in West and at home. Kubbra, who became a household name in India for her marvellous character Kuckoo in Emmy-nominated ‘Sacred Games’, has now gone global. In Apple TV’s recently released project ‘Foundation’, the actor plays a crucial role—that of Phara Keaen. Ask her about the back story behind bagging such a grand project and she shares it with the enthusiasm of a child. “I was doing my sales pitch left, right and centre,” she joked, or maybe not. Kubbra Sait has been many people in her brief yet impactful career and she will tell you she’s massively proud of each one of them. In a tete-a-tete with WION, the actor shed light on the topic of age-appropriate roles for women in cinema, the boom of OTT and what it meant for the masses, and why one should not hanker after inclusivity if that doesn’t happen organically. Edited excerpts (for clarity) from our conversation with the actor: WION: Okay, so first of all, tell me how does it feel to be called a global star? KB: Am I a global star yet? If you insist, I'll take it with a pinch of salt. Thank you so much (grins!) WION: So tell us everything about Apple TV's ‘Foundation’. How did it happen? What prompted you to take it up? Tell us everything related to your first global project. KB: It started off in 2019. I was called in for an audition by Tess Joseph and her casting company. I auditioned, and after a couple of attempts, I got the tape, which we nailed. And then I was called to Ireland for a screen test. I think the first time I really felt that I had got this part was when they put me in a silicone meld, and they took my facial, like size and dimensions. But after my test, I was very sweetly told that, you don't have it yet, so you have to wait to hear from us. (I said) I've come (with) this vibe; please don't do this to me just yet. I was, like, you know, my show sacred games was nominated the Emmys, I'm a very good actor, I was doing my sales pitch left, right and centre. All they said is, please focus on your lines and just do this well, and we'll come back to you. I think that was literally the journey, and on the 11th of Jan, I got that proverbial call. I was making my coffee, it was still night in LA. I got a call from my agent saying, well, congratulations, you are Phara Keaen in Foundation. So literally, that was the journey from its inception to me finally going there. And yeah, then the pandemic happened. I shot one scene which is the action scene that you'll see in episode five. That was the first scene we shot, and the next day I got a call saying so we're suspending the production for 15 days. (By) the fifth day of suspension, (it) became an indefinite suspension of the show, and then you're like, oh my god, is this even going to happen? What's going to be the fate of this show? Because you've already built so many mountains and so many castles in the air, you're like, oh my god; this is going to be the greatest thing that I've ever done. And now it's like, nothing's going to happen. Just sit at home and wait. (But) I'm so happy to report back after a year that now the show is successfully complete. The show is successfully doing well. It's on Apple TV plus, and I'm so excited. So that's our journey. WION: Like you mentioned, you joined the cast again after a year. So how did you get back into the skin of your character? Well, that must've required a lot of learning and un-learning on your part? KB: I came back in March, and we were back (to shooting) in September, so six months later, we went back to shoot. But when I went back, I was literally doing lines for the first time because up until this point (it) was just action that we had shot. So the genesis of my character happened during the second schedule, when I went back. And it was just incredible to build from the script and mouth these lines, and make her come alive and make her the fierce. It's just such a juicy character love it. WION: So you have worked in a Bollywood movie, you are a big name in the OTT space (featured in Emmy nominated ‘Sacred Games’), of course, and you have also done an international project. So, what, in your opinion, is the basic difference between these three platforms in terms of the work culture? What did you observe? KB: Eventually, we all are actors, and that is something that we need to first understand before anything else. But what particularly blew my mind is that time is an important factor for everybody there. Time is valued and people are valued. There are no excuses for being late, or not learning your lines, or you will not have an assistant director standing in to like give lines for somebody else. Everybody is there, and everybody is sincerely performing, even if the camera's not on them. Because most of these actors belong to a theatre background, they studied acting, they've done this for a long time. When you are on stage, there are no retakes. We all are in this together, and I thought that, for me it was an incredible learning experience. I say this a lot. And I'm going to say this again, as if I really have no other words. But to be honest, me this was like going to school and getting paid to go to school. WION: In ‘Jawani Jaaneman’, you play a mature character, right? So there was a time in Indian cinema when actresses did not get to play central characters after a certain point in their careers. But I feel that has changed with time. Vidya Balan doing ‘Sherni’ was a classic example of that. So what do you think about the advancement in the depiction of women in cinema? KB: I think it's changed drastically. I think it's been changing over years. You are playing age appropriate roles. Maturity is a state of mind. It's how much you've travelled, how much you've eaten, how much you've seen, and how much you live, and how much you failed. That's what reach reaches maturity, even in that film. So I'm saying that maturity is something that comes to you with experience, and that doesn't mean you need to be old or not. I think, for me it's a very cool character, because (it was) for the first (time) I've ever played a pretty person on screen. So I'm very grateful. It was angst-y, and I wasn't like that loud and bubbly person that I am, I was just like a very, like, simple, grounded, very self assured person. I thought that was just the greatest experience of playing Ria in ‘Jawani Jaaneman’. When you come to Mumbai, you think that I am going to be that quintessential heroine but then you need to have the quintessential hero, and then you need to have that antagonist. So I think that being said, just the scope of stories, you're telling is changing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kubbra Sait (@kubbrasait) × We just have got so many stories to tell, like today a film like, ‘Pagglait’ gets made, and it’s about a young widow, right? This really, really touched me, like really close to my heart, because my help who lives with me, lost her husband, she's one year older than I. Who talks about these stories, who talks about people like them who can be characters on screen. And for that kind of a story to be told is fantastic. It means we are evolving, because these are real people, somewhere in the real world. So I remember Ruthie and I watched that film together. It's such a beautiful film. It was pretty good. WION: ‘Shang Chi’ released recently. And we are awaiting the release of another diversified movie, ‘Eternals’. With the changing time—now more than ever—there's a lot of conversation around inclusion, especially of Asian actors in Hollywood. So do you think that Indian actors—with so many of you having made it to global cinema—are slowly but surely becoming a part of the whole inclusion narrative? KB: I think it's not to make a statement, but as I said, everybody is evolving, and you need to give that room for evolution. Allow stories to be told. But we are like also in a rush. I'm like, what's the rush? The question is, are people opening their eyes? And are they ready to embrace your individuality? And when you are there on that stage in that room? Do you deliver? And if you do, then you will receive the validation and the gratification, but I don't think we are necessarily waiting for XYZ to come in and say, ‘You are a part of my show, because I want to address inclusivity’. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kubbra Sait (@kubbrasait) × Because let's take Phara Keaen (my character) for example, right? She could have been from anywhere in the world, she just happened to be me, because of my audition. And the makers believed that this character could be authentically from Southeast Asia. So that had nothing to do with me, except for the fact that I worked hard and gave my audition and delivered. But everything else depended on the vision of the makers. And they stood by their vision. And they stood by the fact that this choice is right. It's as simple as that. And I really, really wish that more stories are written and more crossovers happen. I wish that we stopped typecasting a white person to be somebody who is British, and a tyrant. Now they are getting better roles, we are getting better roles, the world has become smaller. OTT has allowed all of us to see the world in a different light. Today you've got Eternals being directed by a female director. So instead of harping on all the things that aren't happening, try to speed up the process towards things that are happening. As you know, a journey that needs to happen is that arc that needs to be explored. Then I think we'll get there together. It's not about throwing in inclusivity for the sake of it, right? It needs to have a narrative; it needs to have a story to be told. And I'm so grateful that my story as Farah in foundation is worth a story being told. That's all that matters to me. And I think if I do something that allows people to see more Indians in that space, very well. At the end of the day, we all are doing great work, and the least we can do is sit in our respective living rooms, have a cup of chai, watch the show, watch the work and celebrate each other. I think if that's what we are doing as a community, we are excelling. As a race, we are excelling, and that's what we should do. Watch the trailer of 'Foundation' here:

WION exclusive: Kubbra Sait: We are rushing representation; it needs to have a narrative

<p>The sudden and untimely demise of India's superstar from the Kannada film fraternity, Puneeth Rajkumar, have left people shaken.</p>

<p>His death has not only&nbsp;left the South Indian film industry grieving, even Bollywood actors are feeling the pain, too.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-shah-rukh-khan-leaves-for-arthur-road-jail-ahead-of-aryan-khans-release-today-425181">Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Arthur Road jail ahead of Aryan Khan's release</a></p>

<p>Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to express his grief over the death of a 'family' member, saying, "a day of remorse and prayer .. two close to the family passed away today .. it is too dark .."</p>

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<p>Kannada cinema superstar <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/kannada-actor-puneeth-rajkumar-passes-away-dulquer-salmaan-other-celebs-pay-heartfelt-tribute-424995">Puneeth Rajkumar</a>, popularly known as Appu, passed away at the age of 46 due to a cardiac arrest.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As per the reports, Rajkumar was hospitalised at Bengaluru's Vikram Hospital on Friday, October 29, after the actor began experiencing chest pain at the gym.&nbsp;</p>

<p>His mortal remains will reportedly be put to rest beside the grave of his father, the legendary Kannada actor Dr Rajkumar, in Bengaluru.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-yusuf-hussain-veteran-bollywood-actor-dies-of-covid-at-73-425183" hreflang="en">Yusuf Hussain, veteran Bollywood actor, dies of Covid at 73</a></p>

<p>An order in this regard was issued by senior IAS officer N. Manjunath Prasad, principal secretary to the chief minister, on Friday.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Puneeth Rajkumar's mortal remains are kept for the general public to pay homage at Kanteerava Stadium till Saturday evening.</p>

<p>Thousands of people from across the state are pouring in to pay their last respects to the late superstar.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-american-music-awards-2021-bts-ariana-grande-nominated-for-artist-of-the-year-read-for-details-425193" hreflang="en">AMAs 2021: BTS, Ariana Grande nominated for Artist of the Year; read for more</a></p>

<p>Several celebrities like Jr NTR, R Madhavan, Dulquer Salmaan, Suniel Shetty, Chiranjeevi, Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Taapsee Pannu, Riteish Deshmukh, among others, have expressed their sadness over his death on social media.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Prime minister of India Narendra Modi and the Vice President Venkaiah Naidu have offered their condolences to his bereaved family.&nbsp;</p>


The sudden and untimely demise of India's superstar from the Kannada film fraternity, Puneeth Rajkumar, have left people shaken. His death has not only left the South Indian film industry grieving, even Bollywood actors are feeling the pain, too.

The sudden and untimely demise of India's superstar from the Kannada film fraternity, Puneeth Rajkumar, have left people shaken. His death has not only left the South Indian film industry grieving, even Bollywood actors are feeling the pain, too. Also read: Shah Rukh Khan leaves for Arthur Road jail ahead of Aryan Khan's release Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan took to Twitter to express his grief over the death of a 'family' member, saying, "a day of remorse and prayer .. two close to the family passed away today .. it is too dark .." T 4079 - .. a day of remorse and prayer .. two close to the family passed away today .. it is too dark .. — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) October 29, 2021 × Kannada cinema superstar Puneeth Rajkumar, popularly known as Appu, passed away at the age of 46 due to a cardiac arrest. As per the reports, Rajkumar was hospitalised at Bengaluru's Vikram Hospital on Friday, October 29, after the actor began experiencing chest pain at the gym. His mortal remains will reportedly be put to rest beside the grave of his father, the legendary Kannada actor Dr Rajkumar, in Bengaluru. Also read: Yusuf Hussain, veteran Bollywood actor, dies of Covid at 73 An order in this regard was issued by senior IAS officer N. Manjunath Prasad, principal secretary to the chief minister, on Friday. Puneeth Rajkumar's mortal remains are kept for the general public to pay homage at Kanteerava Stadium till Saturday evening. Thousands of people from across the state are pouring in to pay their last respects to the late superstar. Also read: AMAs 2021: BTS, Ariana Grande nominated for Artist of the Year; read for more Several celebrities like Jr NTR, R Madhavan, Dulquer Salmaan, Suniel Shetty, Chiranjeevi, Anil Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Taapsee Pannu, Riteish Deshmukh, among others, have expressed their sadness over his death on social media. The Prime minister of India Narendra Modi and the Vice President Venkaiah Naidu have offered their condolences to his bereaved family.

Amitabh Bachchan, in heartfelt note for Puneeth Rajkumar, calls him 'family'

<p>Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, has finally walked out of Arthur Road prison in Mumbai around 11 AM on October 30, three weeks after being taken into custody in a drug case.</p>

<p>The star kid walked out amid tight security, media presence and his father by his side amid a scrum of fans, media and onlookers.</p>

<p>Aryan Khan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on October 28.</p>

<p>Jail officials had opened the bail box outside Arthur Road Jail at about 5:30 am on Saturday to collect bail orders. Reports said a physical copy of Aryan Khan's bail release order was also part of the lot on Friday.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-hum-do-humare-do-review-kriti-sanon-looks-stunning-in-this-one-time-watch-entertainer-424972">Hum Do Humare Do review: Kriti Sanon is charming in this one-time watch film</a></p>

<p>Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan was spotted leaving his Mumbai residence Mannat for Arthur Road jail to receive Aryan, who has been in custody for over three weeks following his arrest after a drug-bust raid off Mumbai's coastline on October 2.</p>

<p>Since it's a high-profile case, police personnel in huge numbers have&nbsp;been deployed outside jail and barricades have been erected owing to mass gathering and media presence.</p>

<p>On Friday, at around 5.30 pm, Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla completed the formalities to secure Aryan Khan's bail.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The court then accepted her as the surety for Aryan's bail as she signed off crucial papers and executed the bail bond before the court officials.</p>

<p>The bail papers were sent directly to the jail authorities for processing after Chawla had reportedly carried out the formalities. But, according to news reports, the physical copy of Aryan Khan's release order was dropped in the bail box after the stipulated time.</p>

<p>The Bombay High Court granted bail to Aryan Khan with a $1, 335 bond, as per the orders issued on Friday.</p>

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<p>On Saturday (October 30), Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was spotted leaving his residence 'Mannat' in the wee hours of the morning for jail ahead of Aryan’s release. He is expected to be out by 10 AM.</p>

<p>Aryan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 2 along with seven others after the NCB busted an alleged rave party in Mumbai.</p>


Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, has finally walked out of Arthur Road prison in Mumbai around 11 AM on October 30, three weeks after being taken into custody in a drug case.

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son, Aryan Khan, has finally walked out of Arthur Road prison in Mumbai around 11 AM on October 30, three weeks after being taken into custody in a drug case. The star kid walked out amid tight security, media presence and his father by his side amid a scrum of fans, media and onlookers. Aryan Khan was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on October 28. Jail officials had opened the bail box outside Arthur Road Jail at about 5:30 am on Saturday to collect bail orders. Reports said a physical copy of Aryan Khan's bail release order was also part of the lot on Friday. Also read: Hum Do Humare Do review: Kriti Sanon is charming in this one-time watch film Earlier, Shah Rukh Khan was spotted leaving his Mumbai residence Mannat for Arthur Road jail to receive Aryan, who has been in custody for over three weeks following his arrest after a drug-bust raid off Mumbai's coastline on October 2. Since it's a high-profile case, police personnel in huge numbers have been deployed outside jail and barricades have been erected owing to mass gathering and media presence. On Friday, at around 5.30 pm, Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla completed the formalities to secure Aryan Khan's bail. Also read: 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' review: Fun, flirty and unapologetically frivolous The court then accepted her as the surety for Aryan's bail as she signed off crucial papers and executed the bail bond before the court officials. The bail papers were sent directly to the jail authorities for processing after Chawla had reportedly carried out the formalities. But, according to news reports, the physical copy of Aryan Khan's release order was dropped in the bail box after the stipulated time. The Bombay High Court granted bail to Aryan Khan with a $1, 335 bond, as per the orders issued on Friday. Also read: 'Dybbuk' review: Emraan Hashmi’s charm doesn’t suffice this insipid horror flick On Saturday (October 30), Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was spotted leaving his residence 'Mannat' in the wee hours of the morning for jail ahead of Aryan’s release. He is expected to be out by 10 AM. Aryan was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on October 2 along with seven others after the NCB busted an alleged rave party in Mumbai.

Aryan Khan walks out of jail amid massive crowd, father Shah Rukh Khan in tow

<p>Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was finally granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. The young student has spent over three weeks in jail after being arrested during a drug raid off Mumbai's coastline on October 2.</p>

<p>His release from the jail is, quite understandably, a big relief for the family. A short while after Khan's bail, his younger sister, Suhana Khan, posted a collage of pictures from their childhood, saying, "I Love You."</p>

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<p>The post has now gone viral and amassed close to half a million likes in slightly over an hour.</p>

<p>Aryan Khan is reportedly walking out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail either on Friday or Saturday. The Bombay High Court is scheduled to give its detailed order in a drugs case that has been making headlines for a while now.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"The court has granted bail just now and hopefully all the three petitioners will come out of jail tomorrow or on Saturday," former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who had appeared for Aryan Khan, reportedly told the press gathered outside the court in Mumbai.</p>

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<p>Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan's eldest son, was one of seven people to be arrested on October 2 after a raid at a party off Mumbai's coastline.</p>

<p>The Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has alleged that Aryan Khan is a regular consumer and supplier of drugs, as per reports.</p>

<p>The actor's son, however, has denied the charges saying that no drugs were found on him during the raid.</p>

<p>"Thank god. As a father I am so relieved," said Bollywood actor R Madhavan in a tweet after the bail order.</p>

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was finally granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. The young student has spent over three weeks in jail after being arrested during a drug raid off Mumbai's coastline on October 2.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan was finally granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. The young student has spent over three weeks in jail after being arrested during a drug raid off Mumbai's coastline on October 2. His release from the jail is, quite understandably, a big relief for the family. A short while after Khan's bail, his younger sister, Suhana Khan, posted a collage of pictures from their childhood, saying, "I Love You." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Suhana Khan (@suhanakhan2) × Also read: Rajinikanth admitted to a private hospital in Chennai The post has now gone viral and amassed close to half a million likes in slightly over an hour. Aryan Khan is reportedly walking out of Mumbai's Arthur Road jail either on Friday or Saturday. The Bombay High Court is scheduled to give its detailed order in a drugs case that has been making headlines for a while now. "The court has granted bail just now and hopefully all the three petitioners will come out of jail tomorrow or on Saturday," former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who had appeared for Aryan Khan, reportedly told the press gathered outside the court in Mumbai. Also read: Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid call it quits as the singer is accused of hitting the model's mother Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan's eldest son, was one of seven people to be arrested on October 2 after a raid at a party off Mumbai's coastline. The Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has alleged that Aryan Khan is a regular consumer and supplier of drugs, as per reports. The actor's son, however, has denied the charges saying that no drugs were found on him during the raid. "Thank god. As a father I am so relieved," said Bollywood actor R Madhavan in a tweet after the bail order. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We're old, kids carry the flag for revolutionary change

Viral: Aryan Khan's bail prompts sister Suhana Khan to write a sentimental post

<p>They call Mumbai <em>sapno ki nagri</em> for nothing, and the central characters of this superficial yet hilarious show would tell you that—Amal (Aahana Kumra), Treasa (Soni Razdan), Monty (Rajat Kapoor) and Mehershad (Ayush Mehra). The story, much like its award-winning French version by the same name, deals with the madness that ensues in the daily lives of those holding the&nbsp;tote bags behind the camera: celebrity agents.</p>

<p><img alt="Call My Agent: Bollywood is the Hindi adaptation of a French show by the same name" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6c680642-84e3-4acc-9d2b-7d9cb86daf77" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-10-29T210140.327.jpg" /><br />
‘Call My Agent: Bollywood’, directed by Shaad Ali of ‘Saathiya’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ fame, an eight-part series, cherry picks one borderline tantrum at a time—of course, circling a celebrity—on the surface, what it does on a subliminal level is, however,&nbsp;peel off various layers shielding the mysterious establishment that is Bollywood.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In Ali’s adaptation, there’s love, sex, sexuality and the insecurity of falling from the top that consumes showbiz, or so we are told. Interestingly, the subject&nbsp;of insecurity, served on the sharp platter of humour, humanizes this universal emotion instead of demonising those who experience it—almost saying, “Hey, it’s okay to be insecure. I feel you.” Despite its quick-witted content and too-cool-for-school vibe—believe it or not—‘Call My Agent: Bollywood’ has deeper life lessons to impart: in modern-day life, more so in Bollywood, who’s your own, and for what?</p>

<p><img alt="The show is a no-brainer, just what it was supposed to be" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b300665d-28b4-4d10-8cd4-f4f6cbdd4682" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-10-29T210354.623.jpg" /><br />
Aahana Kumra and Soni Razdan stand on two extreme ends of the fabric that constitutes the backbone of Bollywood—the former, fun and feisty, the latter, sweet and a smooth-talker. Rajat Kapoor is a no-bulls*it&nbsp;agent hobnobbing with the&nbsp;crème de&nbsp;la crème. Ayush Mehra, understandably, is placed somewhere&nbsp;in the middle. These four actors from diverse backgrounds felt like a conscious choice, perhaps to add a dash of individuality and ‘character’ to their otherwise ostensible lives (referring to the show, only).</p>

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<p>‘Call My Agent: Bollywood’ is a whole country away from its French counterpart, both in terms of storytelling and character arcs. But, in essence, the show goes on to reiterate&nbsp;what we have known all along—all that glitters is, indeed, not gold. Touché!</p>

<p><em>'Call My Agent: Bollywood' is now streaming on Netflix.&nbsp;</em></p>

<p>Watch the trailer here:&nbsp;</p>

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They call Mumbai sapno ki nagri for nothing, and the central characters of this superficial yet hilarious show would tell you that—Amal (Aahana Kumra), Treasa (Soni Razdan), Monty (Rajat Kapoor) and Mehershad (Ayush Mehra).

They call Mumbai sapno ki nagri for nothing, and the central characters of this superficial yet hilarious show would tell you that—Amal (Aahana Kumra), Treasa (Soni Razdan), Monty (Rajat Kapoor) and Mehershad (Ayush Mehra). The story, much like its award-winning French version by the same name, deals with the madness that ensues in the daily lives of those holding the tote bags behind the camera: celebrity agents. ‘Call My Agent: Bollywood’, directed by Shaad Ali of ‘Saathiya’ and ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ fame, an eight-part series, cherry picks one borderline tantrum at a time—of course, circling a celebrity—on the surface, what it does on a subliminal level is, however, peel off various layers shielding the mysterious establishment that is Bollywood. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We are old f*rts now, our kids carry the flag for revolutionary change In Ali’s adaptation, there’s love, sex, sexuality and the insecurity of falling from the top that consumes showbiz, or so we are told. Interestingly, the subject of insecurity, served on the sharp platter of humour, humanizes this universal emotion instead of demonising those who experience it—almost saying, “Hey, it’s okay to be insecure. I feel you.” Despite its quick-witted content and too-cool-for-school vibe—believe it or not—‘Call My Agent: Bollywood’ has deeper life lessons to impart: in modern-day life, more so in Bollywood, who’s your own, and for what? Aahana Kumra and Soni Razdan stand on two extreme ends of the fabric that constitutes the backbone of Bollywood—the former, fun and feisty, the latter, sweet and a smooth-talker. Rajat Kapoor is a no-bulls*it agent hobnobbing with the crème de la crème. Ayush Mehra, understandably, is placed somewhere in the middle. These four actors from diverse backgrounds felt like a conscious choice, perhaps to add a dash of individuality and ‘character’ to their otherwise ostensible lives (referring to the show, only). Also read: 'Dybbuk' review: Emraan Hashmi’s charm doesn’t suffice this insipid horror flick ‘Call My Agent: Bollywood’ is a whole country away from its French counterpart, both in terms of storytelling and character arcs. But, in essence, the show goes on to reiterate what we have known all along—all that glitters is, indeed, not gold. Touché! 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' is now streaming on Netflix. Watch the trailer here:

'Call My Agent: Bollywood' review: Fun, flirty and unapologetically frivolous

<p>Sri Lankan&nbsp;singer Yohani's viral song 'Manike Mage Hithe' is making headlines, yet again!</p>

<p>This time, an American singer&nbsp;Eric Henry Heinrichs has piqued the interest of social media users for he has added his personal touch to the already popular number.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Eric, who is an American living in Sri Lanka, shot the video in a beautiful location and can be seen singing the song with multiple changes to the source material, which has, clearly, worked well with his listeners.&nbsp;</p>

<p>What the expat has done is blend English lyrics with Sinhalese ones and even added rap into it for making it peppy. "Original song by Satheeshan Rathnayaka and Yohani! Hope y’all enjoy this cover," read the caption of the post.</p>

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<p>The video went viral in pretty much no time.</p>

<p>Yohani, in an exclusive interview with WION, had addressed the global viral trend her song has become, saying, "It’s been a crazy experience. Saying it’s overwhelming would be an understatement. I’m quite humbled by all the love and support. It still feels unreal. My teams have been with me from day one and they take a lot of the pressure off my shoulders. They look into all the collaborations, tours, brand works etc. I get to spend time with the band and prepare for the tour. I enjoy the process and look forward to performing live for as many people as possible."</p>

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<p>Watch the video here:</p>

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Sri Lankan singer Yohani's viral song 'Manike Mage Hithe' is making headlines, yet again! This time, an American singer Eric Henry Heinrichs has piqued the interest of social media users for he has added his personal touch to the already popular number.

Sri Lankan singer Yohani's viral song 'Manike Mage Hithe' is making headlines, yet again! This time, an American singer Eric Henry Heinrichs has piqued the interest of social media users for he has added his personal touch to the already popular number. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: ‘Dhindora’ could have been on any OTT platform, but that's unfair to my viewers Eric, who is an American living in Sri Lanka, shot the video in a beautiful location and can be seen singing the song with multiple changes to the source material, which has, clearly, worked well with his listeners. What the expat has done is blend English lyrics with Sinhalese ones and even added rap into it for making it peppy. "Original song by Satheeshan Rathnayaka and Yohani! Hope y’all enjoy this cover," read the caption of the post. Also read: 'Dybbuk' review: Emraan Hashmi’s charm doesn’t suffice this insipid horror flick The video went viral in pretty much no time. Yohani, in an exclusive interview with WION, had addressed the global viral trend her song has become, saying, "It’s been a crazy experience. Saying it’s overwhelming would be an understatement. I’m quite humbled by all the love and support. It still feels unreal. My teams have been with me from day one and they take a lot of the pressure off my shoulders. They look into all the collaborations, tours, brand works etc. I get to spend time with the band and prepare for the tour. I enjoy the process and look forward to performing live for as many people as possible." Read the interview here. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We are old f*rts now, our kids carry the flag for revolutionary change Watch the video here:

Yohani's 'Manike Mage Hithe' gets American-ised, and social media is frenzied: Watch

Galleries have been moving to TriBeCa for a good five years, but the migration has finally hit critical mass. As everyone from tiny new project spaces to blue-chip titan David Zwirner floods in, this cast-iron and cobblestone neighborhood in Manhattan — south of Canal, north of Vesey and west of Broadway — is no longer just one option of many.

TriBeCa gallery guide: New York’s most vibrant art scene

<p>South Indian superstar Rajinikanth underwent a surgical procedure on Friday, after he was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai, after complaining of giddiness on Thursday evening.&nbsp;</p>

<p>According to the hospital, a panel of doctors examined Rajinikanth and have successfully performed a Carotid Artery Revascularization surgery on the South-Indian superstar. The actor is recovering well after the procedure and is expected to be discharged from the hospital in a few days.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Explained in simple terms, the carotid artery supplies oxygenated blood to the head and neck. A buildup of fatty substances that collect and stick to the linings of the arteries, can narrow the carotid and cause health issues. The medical procedure that the 70-year-old actor underwent, was meant to remove the block in this artery and thus prevent further issues.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>On Thursday, Rajini's publicist had said that the actor was in the hospital for a regular health check-up and that he might have to remain in hospital for a day, under observation.<br />
Rajinikanth had been to New Delhi earlier this week to receive the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for his stellar contribution to Indian cinema over the last 45 years. On Wednesday, the actor had tweeted pictures of his meetings with the President of India and the Prime Minister. On Thursday he had even shared social media posts of having watched a special screening of his upcoming film with his family.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The superstar is awaiting the release of his 168th flick titled 'Annaatthe', which is set to hit the screens on Diwali.</p>

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South Indian superstar Rajinikanth underwent a surgical procedure on Friday, after he was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai, after complaining of giddiness on Thursday evening.

South Indian superstar Rajinikanth underwent a surgical procedure on Friday, after he was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai, after complaining of giddiness on Thursday evening. According to the hospital, a panel of doctors examined Rajinikanth and have successfully performed a Carotid Artery Revascularization surgery on the South-Indian superstar. The actor is recovering well after the procedure and is expected to be discharged from the hospital in a few days. Also read: Dybbuk review: Emraan Hashmi’s charm doesn’t suffice this insipid horror flick Explained in simple terms, the carotid artery supplies oxygenated blood to the head and neck. A buildup of fatty substances that collect and stick to the linings of the arteries, can narrow the carotid and cause health issues. The medical procedure that the 70-year-old actor underwent, was meant to remove the block in this artery and thus prevent further issues. Also read: Hum Do Humare Do review: Kriti Sanon is charming in this one-time watch film On Thursday, Rajini's publicist had said that the actor was in the hospital for a regular health check-up and that he might have to remain in hospital for a day, under observation. Rajinikanth had been to New Delhi earlier this week to receive the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for his stellar contribution to Indian cinema over the last 45 years. On Wednesday, the actor had tweeted pictures of his meetings with the President of India and the Prime Minister. On Thursday he had even shared social media posts of having watched a special screening of his upcoming film with his family. The superstar is awaiting the release of his 168th flick titled 'Annaatthe', which is set to hit the screens on Diwali. Also read: Snoop Dogg apologises to Eminem for making offensive remarks: We are brothers

Rajinikanth undergoes surgery, to remain in hospital for a few days

<p>If you play the little game of stream of consciousness for Indian representation of the horror genre, what are the terms that usually pop on top of your head? In all probability, these ones: shockingly bland special effects, histrionics that butcher the concept of subdued acting, outlandish scripts and, of course, garish make-up of the paranormal. And, if you thought, you are missing out on groundbreaking work that is ‘Dybbuk’, fret not!</p>

<p>The story&nbsp;has a shattered Mahi (Nikita Dutta) trying to reintegrate her life after tragedy befell in the form of a miscarriage, thereby affecting her marriage to Sam (Emraan Hashmi). Desperate to piece it all back together, the pair makes a move from Mumbai to Maldives. Little did they know that a fresh start in a foreign land would entail a brawl with the devil.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>‘Dybbuk’ hook trope is a 16th century box (called <em>dibuk</em>, hence the glamourised name) that a lonely Mahi sources from an antique shop. Going by Jewish legends, a <em>dibuk</em> is a spirit on the lookout for a body to dwell in. Sure enough—the inter-faith couple’s home hosts a series of paranormal activities and strange occurrences that demands an immediate exorcism and spiritual cleansing of the house.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="The movie lacks originality, conviction" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a8e5da2f-3309-4ded-b4ee-ac14a885d680" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/pjimage%20-%202021-10-29T153234.331.jpg" /></p>

<p>Yes, ‘Dybbuk’ is an insipidly executed, uninspiring hotchpotch that has an abused premise for a screenplay, which, by the way, Bollywood has been rehashing and re-launching in their horror flicks since time immemorial.</p>

<p>Director Jay Krishnan (aka Jay K) has remade his own Malayalam debut movie, ‘Ezra’, in Hindi and called it, mysteriously, ‘Dybbuk’. While we cannot comment on ‘Ezra’, we sure have our two bits to share on the latter. First things first, the jump scares—a prerequisite for horror mystery—are barely there to evoke any sense of fear, even the ones that are inserted into the script lack conviction and fail to erect&nbsp;the hair on your head… leave alone evoking goose bumps! Twist (read: attempt to rediscover) comes in the form of religion. Crowd favourite Christianity and its notorious exorcism—still pining for a <em>desi</em> version of&nbsp;‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’, ‘The Conjuring’ saga and what not!—has been plucked out of equation and Rabbis and Judaism have been introduced to make it look… new? Fresh? Well, that did not sit well with critics et al. A rehash is a rehash is a rehash!</p>

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<p>The pace of the plot may have been swift, but the same cannot be said about its progression—the mystery in this horror-mystery remains largely underexplored, with Jay K barely scratching the element of intrigue in ‘Dybbuk’. It also comes off as rather rude and obnoxious that the makers turn this horror story into a guide to Jewish folklore, thus evoking a sense of inferiority among the audience by virtue of assumption that they cannot read between the lines. A massive downer.</p>

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<p>Emraan Hashmi and Nikita Dutta are solid, well-rounded actors but they had very little to go with&nbsp;as far as the script of ‘Dybbuk’ goes. Like we mentioned before, Bollywood has an ocean of change to&nbsp;undergo in the horror-mystery department. Sadly, ‘Dybbuk’ is not a flicker of hope, either.&nbsp;</p>

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If you play the little game of stream of consciousness for Indian representation of the horror genre, what are the terms that usually pop on top of your head? In all probability, these ones: shockingly bland special effects, histrionics that butcher the concept of subdued acting, outlandish scripts and, of course, garish make-up of the paranormal.

If you play the little game of stream of consciousness for Indian representation of the horror genre, what are the terms that usually pop on top of your head? In all probability, these ones: shockingly bland special effects, histrionics that butcher the concept of subdued acting, outlandish scripts and, of course, garish make-up of the paranormal. And, if you thought, you are missing out on groundbreaking work that is ‘Dybbuk’, fret not! The story has a shattered Mahi (Nikita Dutta) trying to reintegrate her life after tragedy befell in the form of a miscarriage, thereby affecting her marriage to Sam (Emraan Hashmi). Desperate to piece it all back together, the pair makes a move from Mumbai to Maldives. Little did they know that a fresh start in a foreign land would entail a brawl with the devil. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We are old f*rts now, our kids carry the flag for revolutionary change ‘Dybbuk’ hook trope is a 16th century box (called dibuk, hence the glamourised name) that a lonely Mahi sources from an antique shop. Going by Jewish legends, a dibuk is a spirit on the lookout for a body to dwell in. Sure enough—the inter-faith couple’s home hosts a series of paranormal activities and strange occurrences that demands an immediate exorcism and spiritual cleansing of the house. Yes, ‘Dybbuk’ is an insipidly executed, uninspiring hotchpotch that has an abused premise for a screenplay, which, by the way, Bollywood has been rehashing and re-launching in their horror flicks since time immemorial. Director Jay Krishnan (aka Jay K) has remade his own Malayalam debut movie, ‘Ezra’, in Hindi and called it, mysteriously, ‘Dybbuk’. While we cannot comment on ‘Ezra’, we sure have our two bits to share on the latter. First things first, the jump scares—a prerequisite for horror mystery—are barely there to evoke any sense of fear, even the ones that are inserted into the script lack conviction and fail to erect the hair on your head… leave alone evoking goose bumps! Twist (read: attempt to rediscover) comes in the form of religion. Crowd favourite Christianity and its notorious exorcism—still pining for a desi version of ‘The Exorcism of Emily Rose’, ‘The Conjuring’ saga and what not!—has been plucked out of equation and Rabbis and Judaism have been introduced to make it look… new? Fresh? Well, that did not sit well with critics et al. A rehash is a rehash is a rehash! Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: ‘Dhindora’ could have been on any OTT platform, but that's unfair to my viewers The pace of the plot may have been swift, but the same cannot be said about its progression—the mystery in this horror-mystery remains largely underexplored, with Jay K barely scratching the element of intrigue in ‘Dybbuk’. It also comes off as rather rude and obnoxious that the makers turn this horror story into a guide to Jewish folklore, thus evoking a sense of inferiority among the audience by virtue of assumption that they cannot read between the lines. A massive downer. Emraan Hashmi and Nikita Dutta are solid, well-rounded actors but they had very little to go with as far as the script of ‘Dybbuk’ goes. Like we mentioned before, Bollywood has an ocean of change to undergo in the horror-mystery department. Sadly, ‘Dybbuk’ is not a flicker of hope, either. Also read: Dune review: A visual masterpiece on life, culture far ahead of our times

'Dybbuk' review: Emraan Hashmi’s charm doesn’t suffice this insipid horror flick

<p>Reality TV star Scott Disick is still looking for ways to get over Kourtney Kardashian's recent engagement to Travis Barker, a source has reportedly informed a news website.</p>

<p>He was recently seen with model Elizabeth Grace Lindley but he is reportedly not seeing anyone seriously. Disick is also trying to extract a reaction from 42-year-old Kardashian, with whom he shares three kids -- 11-year-old Mason, 9-year-old Penelope and 6-year-old Reign.</p>

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<p>"Scott has been trying to do his own thing and process Kourtney and Travis' engagement. He's getting back to going out and hitting the party scene again. He's not dating anyone seriously yet at this point, and he is also trying to get under Kourtney's skin by being spotted out and about," the source was quoted as saying.</p>

<p>Regardless of what happens between the former couple, mother Kris Jenner continues to stay thick with Disick, revealed the source.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Scott is still very close with Kris, along with other members of the family, and him and Kris talk to each other all the time. He will still be included and welcomed in various Kardashian celebrations, including holidays, as he is still their family, but right now, he doesn't know if he will choose to be around," the source added.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>When the news of Kourtney and Travis' engagement broke, Disick was rumoured to be 'stweing' over it. A source was quoted by ET as saying, "Scott is stewing over Kourtney and Travis' engagement and not happy at all. He's lonely right now and not in a relationship, and is very jealous that things are working out for Kourtney. Scott would prefer to go back to when him and Kourtney were just getting along as co-parents without anyone else in their lives romantically."&nbsp;</p>

<p>"He's trying to figure out his next move when it comes to their kids. Kourtney is trying to ignore any negativity from Scott because she has been down that road too many times to count and is just enjoying this moment, " the source had added.&nbsp;</p>

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Reality TV star Scott Disick is still looking for ways to get over Kourtney Kardashian's recent engagement to Travis Barker, a source has reportedly informed a news website.

Reality TV star Scott Disick is still looking for ways to get over Kourtney Kardashian's recent engagement to Travis Barker, a source has reportedly informed a news website. He was recently seen with model Elizabeth Grace Lindley but he is reportedly not seeing anyone seriously. Disick is also trying to extract a reaction from 42-year-old Kardashian, with whom he shares three kids -- 11-year-old Mason, 9-year-old Penelope and 6-year-old Reign. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We're old, kids carry the flag for revolutionary change "Scott has been trying to do his own thing and process Kourtney and Travis' engagement. He's getting back to going out and hitting the party scene again. He's not dating anyone seriously yet at this point, and he is also trying to get under Kourtney's skin by being spotted out and about," the source was quoted as saying. Regardless of what happens between the former couple, mother Kris Jenner continues to stay thick with Disick, revealed the source. "Scott is still very close with Kris, along with other members of the family, and him and Kris talk to each other all the time. He will still be included and welcomed in various Kardashian celebrations, including holidays, as he is still their family, but right now, he doesn't know if he will choose to be around," the source added. Also read: ‘Squid Game’ creator to NBA star LeBron James: He could make his own sequel When the news of Kourtney and Travis' engagement broke, Disick was rumoured to be 'stweing' over it. A source was quoted by ET as saying, "Scott is stewing over Kourtney and Travis' engagement and not happy at all. He's lonely right now and not in a relationship, and is very jealous that things are working out for Kourtney. Scott would prefer to go back to when him and Kourtney were just getting along as co-parents without anyone else in their lives romantically." "He's trying to figure out his next move when it comes to their kids. Kourtney is trying to ignore any negativity from Scott because she has been down that road too many times to count and is just enjoying this moment, " the source had added. Also read: Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland Baldwin stands by him: I know my Dad, you don't

Scott Disick has wicked plans for Kourtney Kardashian

<p>As world leaders head to Europe for the <strong>G20 summit</strong>, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said advanced nations have a "special responsibility" to tackle climate change. Meanwhile,&nbsp;<strong>China</strong> put another city on&nbsp;lockdown&nbsp;on Thursday as the coronavirus cases continued to surge in the country. It has also been observed that&nbsp;an antidepressant medicine <strong>Fluvoxamine</strong> can help reduce hospitalisation rate in high-risk <strong>Covid</strong> patients by 30 per cent, as per a study published in the Lancet Global Health journal.</p>

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<p>The European Commission chief said that methane is the "lowest hanging fruit" while informing that it is "80 times more warming than CO2".</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-puts-another-city-on-lockdown-amid-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-424781">China puts another city on lockdown amid surge in coronavirus cases</a></p>

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<p>Heilongjiang province on Russia's border in the northeast was put on lockdown. The restrictions came into effect after one person was confirmed with the infection and three asymptomatic cases were also reported.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/ahead-of-cop26-india-rejects-calls-for-net-zero-carbon-emissions-target-424774">Ahead of COP26, India rejects calls for net-zero carbon emissions target</a></p>

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<p>China is the biggest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, followed by the US and India. India is under pressure to become carbon-neutral around mid-21st century.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/boris-johnson-finally-spotted-wearing-face-mask-in-house-of-commons-424790">Boris&nbsp;Johnson finally spotted wearing face mask in House of Commons</a></p>

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<p>Boris Johnson wearing a mask has also sent out a silent message to the masses of the country about the severity of the virus. The UK has been fighting a probable incoming surge of Covid cases.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/facebook-asks-staff-to-preserve-records-dating-back-to-2016-amid-inquiries-424794">Facebook asks staff to preserve records dating back to 2016 amid inquiries</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2020/09/21/161011-mark-zuckerberg.jpg" /></p>

<p>This comes as multiple governments are launching inquiries into the social media giant, following a series of revelations by the whistleblower's documents.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-wion-exclusive-ub40-we-are-old-frts-now-our-kids-carry-the-flag-for-revolutionary-change-424650">WION exclusive: UB40: We're old, kids carry the flag for revolutionary change</a></p>

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<p>A band born out on the streets of Birmingham amid tough times, comprising a bunch of angry, yet, musically inclined young men. Forty-odd years on, it is now safe to say that UB40 is God in-(multiple)-human-form in the Reggae universe.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Post India's massive defeat, Harbhajan and Shoaib Akhtar continued their fun banter on social media. However, the situation took a turn for the worse when Mohammed Amir jumped in and tried to poke fun at the veteran off-spinner Bhajji.&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/antidepressant-drug-fluvoxamine-can-help-reduce-covid-hospitalisations-by-30-study-424778" hreflang="en">Antidepressant drug Fluvoxamine can help reduce Covid hospitalisations by 30%: Study</a></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/28/218757-fluvoxamine.jpg" /></p>

<p>This drug is usually used to treat mental health conditions such as obsessive compulsion disorders (OCD), depression, anxiety and such.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/antarctica-burned-with-forest-fires-when-dinosaurs-roamed-earth-says-study-424792" hreflang="en">Antarctica burned with forest fires when dinosaurs roamed Earth, says study</a></p>

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<p>Scientists have found evidence of the forest fire in Antarctica. An international team of researchers led by the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil found fossils that tell of these mega forest fires in distant past.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/pm-modi-to-depart-for-rome-on-friday-to-attend-g20-summit-2021-424809" hreflang="en">PM Modi to depart for Rome on Friday to attend G20 summit 2021</a></p>

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<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be departing for a tour of Rome, Italy and the Vatican City on October 29, 2021. He has been invited by H.E. Prime Minister Mario Draghi.</p>
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As world leaders head to Europe for the G20 summit, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said advanced nations have a "special responsibility" to tackle climate change.

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<p>The small, tranquil island of Skeppsholmen holds a handful of the Swedish capital’s artistic treasures: Moderna Museet, the theater group Teater Galeasen and the converted red brick warehouse just steps from a waterfront promenade where Benny Andersson has his personal studio. He tucked a packet of the oral tobacco snus in his mouth as Bjorn Ulvaeus sipped coffee in one of its sunbathed rooms earlier this month, the two musicians surrounded by a grand piano, a small selection of synths and an assortment of framed photographs that were perched behind a computer screen.</p>

<p><br />
For the first time since the Reagan administration, the pair were discussing a new album by their band, Abba — an album one of the biggest international pop acts in history somehow made in secret, with all four of its original members congregating nearly four decades after giving their last public performance.</p>

<p><br />
“We took a break in the spring of 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s time to end it,” the group said in a statement in September. The response was thunderous. “Abba is another vessel, isn’t it?” Ulvaeus marveled at the studio, just steps from the larger one where they completed their clandestine LP. “We did this thing and we are on the front page of every paper in the world.”</p>

<p><br />
In a country known for producing towering figures in pop music (Avicii, hitmaker Max Martin, Robyn, Roxette) Abba still looms the largest, and even has its own permanent museum. Between 1973 and 1981, the quartet — which includes singers Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad — released eight studio albums filled with meticulously crafted melodies, harmonies and strings that have generated 20 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, sold tens of millions of albums around the world and built a passionate fan base.</p>

<p><br />
But its paradigm-shifting impact can’t be measured only in numbers: The group was known for taking risks with technology and the use of its songs. Starting in the mid-1970s, it was among the first acts to make elaborate promotional mini-films — we’d call them music videos now — most of them directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Its 1981 album “The Visitors” is generally acknowledged as the first commercial release on compact disc. The 1999 jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” paired the group’s hits with an unrelated plot, sparking a slew of imitators and two film adaptations that brought us the spectacle of Meryl Streep singing “Dancing Queen.”<br />
Now Abba is risking perhaps its most valuable asset — its legacy — by not only releasing a fresh addition to its catalog, but creating a stage show that features none of its members in the flesh. Starting in a custom-built London venue next May, the group will perform as highly sophisticated avatars (or in this case, Abbatars) designed to replicate their 1979 look — the era of feathered hair and flamboyant stage wear.</p>

<p><br />
Andersson, 74, and Ulvaeus, 76, two of the most low-key men in a high-stress industry, said they were genuinely surprised, and possibly a little relieved, by the excitement that greeted the new album’s announcement. (The 10-track “Voyage,” which shares its name with the forthcoming live show, is out Nov. 5 on Capitol.)</p>

<p><br />
“We had no idea it would be so well received,” Ulvaeus said. “You just take a chance, you risk a thumping.” It was hard to tell if he was echoing the title of one of Abba’s most famous songs on purpose; these guys have a way with dry humor.</p>

<p><br />
Still, they might have had an inkling a reunion would spur interest. Since it went offline in 1982, Abba has continued to thrive. Conversations about pop have shifted over the decades, helping the group overcome the “cheesy Europop” tag that often stuck to it during its 1970s prime — “We have met the enemy and they are them,” American critic Robert Christgau wrote in 1979. Abba is now widely respected as a purveyor of sophisticated pop craftsmanship, and its enduring popularity transcends generations and borders.</p>

<p><br />
“Abba is simply one of the biggest groups in the history of popular music,” Michelle Jubelirer, president and chief operating officer of Capitol Music Group, wrote in an email. “They are truly a global phenomenon, and have been so since they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with ‘Waterloo.’ ”</p>

<p><br />
And every decade or so, something has rekindled interest, starting with the 1992 compilation “Abba Gold,” which is still on the British charts more than 1,000 weeks after its release (I wrote the liner notes to a 2010 reissue). The band’s classic songcraft and studio wizardry continues to bridge musical allegiances, drawing fans as diverse as Elvis Costello, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jarvis Cocker, Kylie Minogue and Dave Grohl. Just ask Madonna, who directly appealed to the group for a sample of “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” for her 2005 hit “Hung Up.”</p>

<p><br />
Andersson and Ulvaeus could easily have just sat on their piles of kronor, with the knowledge that their place in the record books was secure: “What is there to prove?” Andersson said. “They’ll still play ‘Dancing Queen’ next year.”</p>

<p><br />
Ulvaeus chortled. The duo still complement each other almost comically perfectly: Andersson is a musician’s musician who goes to his studio almost every day (and drives an ultracompact Toyota). Ulvaeus, who has always had an entrepreneurial bent, continues to pursue various projects with his production and hospitality company Pophouse Entertainment (and pilots a red Tesla).</p>

<p><br />
Because there was no pressure to reunite, the pair say there was no grand plan for an album: It just kind of happened when four friends realized they still enjoyed making music together.</p>

<p><br />
It all started about five years ago, when Simon Fuller, the producer behind the “Idol” franchise and the Spice Girls, pitched a show starring 3D reproductions of the group’s members “singing” the original vocal tracks backed by a live band.</p>

<p><br />
“It was an easy choice (for me) to empower them to be the first important group to truly embrace the possibilities of the virtual world,” Fuller said in an email. “Abba’s music appeals to all generations unlike any group since the Beatles.”</p>

<p><br />
The project also had appealing practical benefits for people unwilling to submit to the grind of big concerts.</p>

<p><br />
“What interested us was the idea that we could send them out while we can be at home cooking or walking the dog,” Andersson said.</p>

<p><br />
The pair traveled to Las Vegas to check out the hologram used in the Cirque du Soleil show “Michael Jackson ONE,” and their main takeaway was that they would have to do roughly a million times better. The visual-effects company Industrial Light &amp;amp; Magic, of “Star Wars” fame, assured them it could happen. (Fuller is no longer involved in the project.)</p>

<p><br />
Naturally, “the girls,” as seemingly everybody in the band’s close circles good-naturedly calls Faltskog, 71, and Lyngstad, 75, had to be onboard, especially since the process would involve weeks of motion capture. “They said ‘OK, if that’s it,’ ” Andersson recalled. “‘We don’t want to go on the road. We don’t want to do TV interviews and meet journalists.’ ” (They kept their word and didn’t participate in this story.)</p>

<p><br />
Andersson and Ulvaeus decided that the Abbatars should have some fresh material because that’s what would have happened before a tour back in the day. In 2017 Faltskog, who lives outside Stockholm, and Lyngstad, who lives in Switzerland, traveled to RMV studio, 100 yards from Andersson’s base on Skeppsholmen. There, they put down their vocals on the ballad “I Still Have Faith in You” and the string-laden disco of “Don’t Shut Me Down.” The two singers, who have been out of the music business for several years, picked up right where they left off.</p>

<p><br />
“They come in and they just, you know, ‘Here you go guys, we can still do this,’ ” Andersson said. “Amazing.”</p>

<p><br />
Faltskog and Lyngstad weren’t the only ones beckoned to work. “Benny called me saying something like, ‘Can you come to the studio, we’re thinking of making one or two songs with the old band?’ ” the guitarist Lasse Wellander, who has been working with the group since its self-titled album from 1975, wrote in an email. “At first I didn’t understand what he meant, then I realized he actually meant Abba!”</p>

<p><br />
The original plan was to do just those two tracks, but they kept going. “We said, ‘Shouldn’t we write a few other songs, just for fun?’ ” Andersson recalled. “And the girls said, ‘Yeah, that will be fun.’ So they came in and we had five songs. And we said, ‘Shouldn’t we do a few others? We can release an album.’ ”</p>

<p><br />
There were conversations about how the new LP would fit into a beloved discography. “Part of it was, is this in any way harming the history of Abba, the music of Abba?” said Gorel Hanser, who has worked with the band members since 1969, before they called themselves Abba, and is integral to the group’s management team. She said she thought Andersson addressed those concerns when the idea first arrived for “Mamma Mia!”: ‘“Are we doing it the right way? Are we destroying what we have?’” she said. “But I think it’s been very well taken care of. We don’t leave anything without doing it as best as we possibly can.”<br />
The new songs feature some of Ulvaeus’ most poetically bittersweet lyrics, with references to the difficulty of relationships and separation. “I’ve been through that myself,” he said. “It’s fiction but you know exactly what it’s like.”</p>

<p><br />
For Andersson, coming up with fresh Abba material was a welcome shift. “I think it’s sort of boring to only work on recycling,” he said, inadvertently sparking a back and forth with Ulvaeus — their only disagreement of the day — over his choice of words.</p>

<p><br />
“You call it recycling, I call it transcendent storytelling,” Ulvaeus said. “You can lift, you can do things on other platforms, which is what ‘Voyage’ is: it’s telling a story on another platform. That’s what ‘Mamma Mia!’ is, too,” he continued, referring to the musical. “It’s not recycling.”</p>

<p><br />
In a way the exchange was pure Abba: easygoing, but undergirded by serious concerns. Another chance for debate came up when the two men were discussing their Abbatars. Andersson remarked that Ulvaeus had requested a change to his digital alter ego’s hair because there is only so much 1979 realness anybody can take. When I remarked that it was a great way to rewrite a little bit of history while still being faithful to its spirit, Ulvaeus replied, with a slight smile, “Yes, it’s such an interesting existential question.” (Ulvaeus, known in Sweden for his commitment to atheism and humanism, enjoys such questions, later asking, “So, do you think the American constitution is strong enough to withstand another Republican president?”)</p>

<p><br />
The Andersson-Ulvaeus songwriting bond has withstood intraband divorces and the pressure brought on by critical scorn. (For those who have forgotten: Andersson used to be married to Lyngstad, Ulvaeus to Faltskog.) They have been writing together nonstop since meeting in 1966, and their post-Abba collaborations include songs for Andersson’s band as well as the musicals “Chess” and “Kristina from Duvemåla,” an epic about 19th-century Swedish immigrants to America that includes the rare showstopper about lice.</p>

<p><br />
While the division of labor used to be fluid in the 1970s, it is now much more clear-cut: Andersson comes up with melodies and records demos in his Skeppsholmen lair then sends them to Ulvaeus, who writes the lyrics. Asked how elaborate those demos are, Andersson volunteered to play “Don’t Shut Me Down,” and walked over to his computer. Then he couldn’t find it among his dozens of files, searching “Tina Charles” since the Abba song has a slinky vibe like one of the British singer’s hits.</p>

<p><br />
He eventually unearthed not the demo but the finished backing track, and cranked it up on the immaculate sound system, providing a great example of how crucial Faltskog and Lyngstad’s voices are to Abba’s sonic tapestry.</p>

<p><br />
“All the various successful groups since the ’70s have had more than one singer,” Andersson said, mentioning Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, alongside Abba. “You hear Frida sing one song and then you hear Agnetha sing — it’s like two bands. The dynamics are helped immensely by the fact that there are two. And then when they sing together …”</p>

<p><br />
Their harmonies on the “Voyage” album bear the unmistakable Abba stamp, even if the register is a bit lower than it used to be. Age alone does not account for the difference: “We used to sort of force them to go as high as they could on most of the songs because it gives energy,” Andersson said.</p>

<p><br />
“We urged rather than forced,” Ulvaeus interjected.</p>

<p><br />
A lot has changed in pop in the past 40 years, but “Voyage” makes no attempt to sound like anything other than Abba. “You listen to new records, it’s always so slick,” Andersson said. “There’s nothing moving aside of the exact rhythm. I don’t do that — I do it by free hand.”<br />
The approach helps makes the new album feel timeless. “Nowadays you can edit anything, but they didn’t,” drummer Per Lindvall, who has been collaborating with Andersson and Ulvaeus since the song “Super Trouper” in 1980 and plays on the new album, said on the phone. “They also haven’t been pitching the vocals to death. It’s part of the unique Abba sound.”</p>

<p><br />
The new show — in which the two men have invested “a big chunk,” according to Andersson, whose son Ludvig is one of its producers — did require a bit more 21st-century technology, including five weeks of motion capture. That involved squeezing into tight suits covered in sensors, and required Andersson and Ulvaeus to shave their beloved beards.<br />
As more pieces of the “Voyage” project fell into place over the past couple of years, the former Klaxons frontman James Righton was enlisted to recruit the Abbatars’ live backing band. Its 10 members include Victoria Hesketh, 37, who performs as Little Boots. In early 2020, she practiced with the newly formed ensemble in Stockholm, under Andersson’s tutelage.</p>

<p><br />
“It was a strange combination of being pushed technically so hard, but at the same time being so full of joy in every moment,” she said in a phone interview. “I could see Benny chuckling to himself behind the mixing desk.”</p>

<p><br />
Four decades ago, this long, improbable journey was unimaginable for four Swedes. “You have to understand how impossible it seemed right before Abba to have hit records in England and the U.S.,” Ulvaeus said of the pop landscape before the internet globalized it. “It was absolutely not in the cards.”</p>

<p><br />
Yet not only did Abba break down barriers for musicians around the world, it did it with the matter-of-fact pragmatism of artisans — which is what its members remain at heart. “The thing is, it has always been like day-to-day work, even then,” Andersson said. “We would write the songs, hope that something good will come out, go to the studio, record those songs. And then we wrote some more. Exactly the same as now: It’s not about anything else than trying to come up with something good, and see what happens.”</p>


The small, tranquil island of Skeppsholmen holds a handful of the Swedish capital’s artistic treasures: Moderna Museet, the theater group Teater Galeasen and the converted red brick warehouse just steps from a waterfront promenade where Benny Andersson has his personal studio.

The small, tranquil island of Skeppsholmen holds a handful of the Swedish capital’s artistic treasures: Moderna Museet, the theater group Teater Galeasen and the converted red brick warehouse just steps from a waterfront promenade where Benny Andersson has his personal studio. He tucked a packet of the oral tobacco snus in his mouth as Bjorn Ulvaeus sipped coffee in one of its sunbathed rooms earlier this month, the two musicians surrounded by a grand piano, a small selection of synths and an assortment of framed photographs that were perched behind a computer screen. For the first time since the Reagan administration, the pair were discussing a new album by their band, Abba — an album one of the biggest international pop acts in history somehow made in secret, with all four of its original members congregating nearly four decades after giving their last public performance. “We took a break in the spring of 1982 and now we’ve decided it’s time to end it,” the group said in a statement in September. The response was thunderous. “Abba is another vessel, isn’t it?” Ulvaeus marveled at the studio, just steps from the larger one where they completed their clandestine LP. “We did this thing and we are on the front page of every paper in the world.” In a country known for producing towering figures in pop music (Avicii, hitmaker Max Martin, Robyn, Roxette) Abba still looms the largest, and even has its own permanent museum. Between 1973 and 1981, the quartet — which includes singers Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad — released eight studio albums filled with meticulously crafted melodies, harmonies and strings that have generated 20 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, sold tens of millions of albums around the world and built a passionate fan base. But its paradigm-shifting impact can’t be measured only in numbers: The group was known for taking risks with technology and the use of its songs. Starting in the mid-1970s, it was among the first acts to make elaborate promotional mini-films — we’d call them music videos now — most of them directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Its 1981 album “The Visitors” is generally acknowledged as the first commercial release on compact disc. The 1999 jukebox musical “Mamma Mia!” paired the group’s hits with an unrelated plot, sparking a slew of imitators and two film adaptations that brought us the spectacle of Meryl Streep singing “Dancing Queen.” Now Abba is risking perhaps its most valuable asset — its legacy — by not only releasing a fresh addition to its catalog, but creating a stage show that features none of its members in the flesh. Starting in a custom-built London venue next May, the group will perform as highly sophisticated avatars (or in this case, Abbatars) designed to replicate their 1979 look — the era of feathered hair and flamboyant stage wear. Andersson, 74, and Ulvaeus, 76, two of the most low-key men in a high-stress industry, said they were genuinely surprised, and possibly a little relieved, by the excitement that greeted the new album’s announcement. (The 10-track “Voyage,” which shares its name with the forthcoming live show, is out Nov. 5 on Capitol.) “We had no idea it would be so well received,” Ulvaeus said. “You just take a chance, you risk a thumping.” It was hard to tell if he was echoing the title of one of Abba’s most famous songs on purpose; these guys have a way with dry humor. Still, they might have had an inkling a reunion would spur interest. Since it went offline in 1982, Abba has continued to thrive. Conversations about pop have shifted over the decades, helping the group overcome the “cheesy Europop” tag that often stuck to it during its 1970s prime — “We have met the enemy and they are them,” American critic Robert Christgau wrote in 1979. Abba is now widely respected as a purveyor of sophisticated pop craftsmanship, and its enduring popularity transcends generations and borders. “Abba is simply one of the biggest groups in the history of popular music,” Michelle Jubelirer, president and chief operating officer of Capitol Music Group, wrote in an email. “They are truly a global phenomenon, and have been so since they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with ‘Waterloo.’ ” And every decade or so, something has rekindled interest, starting with the 1992 compilation “Abba Gold,” which is still on the British charts more than 1,000 weeks after its release (I wrote the liner notes to a 2010 reissue). The band’s classic songcraft and studio wizardry continues to bridge musical allegiances, drawing fans as diverse as Elvis Costello, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jarvis Cocker, Kylie Minogue and Dave Grohl. Just ask Madonna, who directly appealed to the group for a sample of “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” for her 2005 hit “Hung Up.” Andersson and Ulvaeus could easily have just sat on their piles of kronor, with the knowledge that their place in the record books was secure: “What is there to prove?” Andersson said. “They’ll still play ‘Dancing Queen’ next year.” Ulvaeus chortled. The duo still complement each other almost comically perfectly: Andersson is a musician’s musician who goes to his studio almost every day (and drives an ultracompact Toyota). Ulvaeus, who has always had an entrepreneurial bent, continues to pursue various projects with his production and hospitality company Pophouse Entertainment (and pilots a red Tesla). Because there was no pressure to reunite, the pair say there was no grand plan for an album: It just kind of happened when four friends realized they still enjoyed making music together. It all started about five years ago, when Simon Fuller, the producer behind the “Idol” franchise and the Spice Girls, pitched a show starring 3D reproductions of the group’s members “singing” the original vocal tracks backed by a live band. “It was an easy choice (for me) to empower them to be the first important group to truly embrace the possibilities of the virtual world,” Fuller said in an email. “Abba’s music appeals to all generations unlike any group since the Beatles.” The project also had appealing practical benefits for people unwilling to submit to the grind of big concerts. “What interested us was the idea that we could send them out while we can be at home cooking or walking the dog,” Andersson said. The pair traveled to Las Vegas to check out the hologram used in the Cirque du Soleil show “Michael Jackson ONE,” and their main takeaway was that they would have to do roughly a million times better. The visual-effects company Industrial Light &amp; Magic, of “Star Wars” fame, assured them it could happen. (Fuller is no longer involved in the project.) Naturally, “the girls,” as seemingly everybody in the band’s close circles good-naturedly calls Faltskog, 71, and Lyngstad, 75, had to be onboard, especially since the process would involve weeks of motion capture. “They said ‘OK, if that’s it,’ ” Andersson recalled. “‘We don’t want to go on the road. We don’t want to do TV interviews and meet journalists.’ ” (They kept their word and didn’t participate in this story.) Andersson and Ulvaeus decided that the Abbatars should have some fresh material because that’s what would have happened before a tour back in the day. In 2017 Faltskog, who lives outside Stockholm, and Lyngstad, who lives in Switzerland, traveled to RMV studio, 100 yards from Andersson’s base on Skeppsholmen. There, they put down their vocals on the ballad “I Still Have Faith in You” and the string-laden disco of “Don’t Shut Me Down.” The two singers, who have been out of the music business for several years, picked up right where they left off. “They come in and they just, you know, ‘Here you go guys, we can still do this,’ ” Andersson said. “Amazing.” Faltskog and Lyngstad weren’t the only ones beckoned to work. “Benny called me saying something like, ‘Can you come to the studio, we’re thinking of making one or two songs with the old band?’ ” the guitarist Lasse Wellander, who has been working with the group since its self-titled album from 1975, wrote in an email. “At first I didn’t understand what he meant, then I realized he actually meant Abba!” The original plan was to do just those two tracks, but they kept going. “We said, ‘Shouldn’t we write a few other songs, just for fun?’ ” Andersson recalled. “And the girls said, ‘Yeah, that will be fun.’ So they came in and we had five songs. And we said, ‘Shouldn’t we do a few others? We can release an album.’ ” There were conversations about how the new LP would fit into a beloved discography. “Part of it was, is this in any way harming the history of Abba, the music of Abba?” said Gorel Hanser, who has worked with the band members since 1969, before they called themselves Abba, and is integral to the group’s management team. She said she thought Andersson addressed those concerns when the idea first arrived for “Mamma Mia!”: ‘“Are we doing it the right way? Are we destroying what we have?’” she said. “But I think it’s been very well taken care of. We don’t leave anything without doing it as best as we possibly can.” The new songs feature some of Ulvaeus’ most poetically bittersweet lyrics, with references to the difficulty of relationships and separation. “I’ve been through that myself,” he said. “It’s fiction but you know exactly what it’s like.” For Andersson, coming up with fresh Abba material was a welcome shift. “I think it’s sort of boring to only work on recycling,” he said, inadvertently sparking a back and forth with Ulvaeus — their only disagreement of the day — over his choice of words. “You call it recycling, I call it transcendent storytelling,” Ulvaeus said. “You can lift, you can do things on other platforms, which is what ‘Voyage’ is: it’s telling a story on another platform. That’s what ‘Mamma Mia!’ is, too,” he continued, referring to the musical. “It’s not recycling.” In a way the exchange was pure Abba: easygoing, but undergirded by serious concerns. Another chance for debate came up when the two men were discussing their Abbatars. Andersson remarked that Ulvaeus had requested a change to his digital alter ego’s hair because there is only so much 1979 realness anybody can take. When I remarked that it was a great way to rewrite a little bit of history while still being faithful to its spirit, Ulvaeus replied, with a slight smile, “Yes, it’s such an interesting existential question.” (Ulvaeus, known in Sweden for his commitment to atheism and humanism, enjoys such questions, later asking, “So, do you think the American constitution is strong enough to withstand another Republican president?”) The Andersson-Ulvaeus songwriting bond has withstood intraband divorces and the pressure brought on by critical scorn. (For those who have forgotten: Andersson used to be married to Lyngstad, Ulvaeus to Faltskog.) They have been writing together nonstop since meeting in 1966, and their post-Abba collaborations include songs for Andersson’s band as well as the musicals “Chess” and “Kristina from Duvemåla,” an epic about 19th-century Swedish immigrants to America that includes the rare showstopper about lice. While the division of labor used to be fluid in the 1970s, it is now much more clear-cut: Andersson comes up with melodies and records demos in his Skeppsholmen lair then sends them to Ulvaeus, who writes the lyrics. Asked how elaborate those demos are, Andersson volunteered to play “Don’t Shut Me Down,” and walked over to his computer. Then he couldn’t find it among his dozens of files, searching “Tina Charles” since the Abba song has a slinky vibe like one of the British singer’s hits. He eventually unearthed not the demo but the finished backing track, and cranked it up on the immaculate sound system, providing a great example of how crucial Faltskog and Lyngstad’s voices are to Abba’s sonic tapestry. “All the various successful groups since the ’70s have had more than one singer,” Andersson said, mentioning Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, alongside Abba. “You hear Frida sing one song and then you hear Agnetha sing — it’s like two bands. The dynamics are helped immensely by the fact that there are two. And then when they sing together …” Their harmonies on the “Voyage” album bear the unmistakable Abba stamp, even if the register is a bit lower than it used to be. Age alone does not account for the difference: “We used to sort of force them to go as high as they could on most of the songs because it gives energy,” Andersson said. “We urged rather than forced,” Ulvaeus interjected. A lot has changed in pop in the past 40 years, but “Voyage” makes no attempt to sound like anything other than Abba. “You listen to new records, it’s always so slick,” Andersson said. “There’s nothing moving aside of the exact rhythm. I don’t do that — I do it by free hand.” The approach helps makes the new album feel timeless. “Nowadays you can edit anything, but they didn’t,” drummer Per Lindvall, who has been collaborating with Andersson and Ulvaeus since the song “Super Trouper” in 1980 and plays on the new album, said on the phone. “They also haven’t been pitching the vocals to death. It’s part of the unique Abba sound.” The new show — in which the two men have invested “a big chunk,” according to Andersson, whose son Ludvig is one of its producers — did require a bit more 21st-century technology, including five weeks of motion capture. That involved squeezing into tight suits covered in sensors, and required Andersson and Ulvaeus to shave their beloved beards. As more pieces of the “Voyage” project fell into place over the past couple of years, the former Klaxons frontman James Righton was enlisted to recruit the Abbatars’ live backing band. Its 10 members include Victoria Hesketh, 37, who performs as Little Boots. In early 2020, she practiced with the newly formed ensemble in Stockholm, under Andersson’s tutelage. “It was a strange combination of being pushed technically so hard, but at the same time being so full of joy in every moment,” she said in a phone interview. “I could see Benny chuckling to himself behind the mixing desk.” Four decades ago, this long, improbable journey was unimaginable for four Swedes. “You have to understand how impossible it seemed right before Abba to have hit records in England and the U.S.,” Ulvaeus said of the pop landscape before the internet globalized it. “It was absolutely not in the cards.” Yet not only did Abba break down barriers for musicians around the world, it did it with the matter-of-fact pragmatism of artisans — which is what its members remain at heart. “The thing is, it has always been like day-to-day work, even then,” Andersson said. “We would write the songs, hope that something good will come out, go to the studio, record those songs. And then we wrote some more. Exactly the same as now: It’s not about anything else than trying to come up with something good, and see what happens.”

After 40 years, Abba takes a chance with its legacy

<p>The creator of Netflix's breakout show, 'Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk responded rather sharply to comments made by NBA superstar LeBron James about the ending.</p>

<p>James expressed that he was not happy with the ending of the show during a press conference exchange with fellow Los Angeles Lakers player Anthony Davis. James’ comments weren’t directed towards Hwang, the man behind the South Korean series, which the creator answered when asked about the same during a recent interview with Guardian.</p>

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<p>Hwang said that James "is cool and can say what he wants" but he wouldn't change "his ending."</p>

<p>"I wouldn’t change my ending. That’s my ending. If he has his own ending that would satisfy him, maybe he could make his own sequel. I’ll check it out and maybe send him a message saying, ‘I liked your whole show, except the ending'," Hwang said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The series' ending paves the way for a second season, which was essentially what the NBA superstar was referring to.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>“I know they start it off with a season two, but like, get on the fucking flight and go see your daughter, bro. Like what are you doing?” he said in a clip recorded during the press conference.</p>

<p>During the same interview, the creator said that he had to go through a &nbsp;lot of emotional, physical and mental stress while making this series and that the show's success has not really made him rich.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I do have enough. I have enough to put food on the table. And it’s not like Netflix is paying me a bonus. Netflix paid me according to the original contract," he said.</p>

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The creator of Netflix's breakout show, 'Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk responded rather sharply to comments made by NBA superstar LeBron James about the ending. James expressed that he was not happy with the ending of the show during a press conference exchange with fellow Los Angeles Lakers player Anthony Davis.

The creator of Netflix's breakout show, 'Squid Game, Hwang Dong-hyuk responded rather sharply to comments made by NBA superstar LeBron James about the ending. James expressed that he was not happy with the ending of the show during a press conference exchange with fellow Los Angeles Lakers player Anthony Davis. James’ comments weren’t directed towards Hwang, the man behind the South Korean series, which the creator answered when asked about the same during a recent interview with Guardian. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We're old, kids carry the flag for revolutionary change Hwang said that James "is cool and can say what he wants" but he wouldn't change "his ending." "I wouldn’t change my ending. That’s my ending. If he has his own ending that would satisfy him, maybe he could make his own sequel. I’ll check it out and maybe send him a message saying, ‘I liked your whole show, except the ending'," Hwang said. The series' ending paves the way for a second season, which was essentially what the NBA superstar was referring to. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT “I know they start it off with a season two, but like, get on the fucking flight and go see your daughter, bro. Like what are you doing?” he said in a clip recorded during the press conference. During the same interview, the creator said that he had to go through a lot of emotional, physical and mental stress while making this series and that the show's success has not really made him rich. "I do have enough. I have enough to put food on the table. And it’s not like Netflix is paying me a bonus. Netflix paid me according to the original contract," he said. Also read: Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland stands by him: I know my Dad, you don't

‘Squid Game’ creator hits back at NBA star LeBron James: Maybe he could make his own sequel

<p>Following the tragic accidental prop gun shooting on the set of his movie 'Rust', Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has been receiving support from his near and dear ones.</p>

<p>On Wednesday, the actor's daughter, Ireland Baldwin, took to Instagram to lend support to her father.</p>

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<p>"Amongst some of the most abhorrent and threatening comments, emails, text messages, and voicemails I’ve been getting... this beautiful comment stands alone. &nbsp;I know my dad, you simply don’t. I love you, Dad ❤️," Ireland captioned the post, which was a snap of a positive story about her father.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The story, however, goes as this, "So about a million years ago I was working in the production office in Toronto of the company that was making the Thomas the Tank Engine movie that he did. I'd dealt with typing up some pretty goofy celebrity riders in my day but NOT your dads. He only wanted to make sure he had milk and cereal in his hotel room for when his daughter was visiting. That was it. That was the whole rider. I'll always remember that."</p>

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<p>On Thursday, Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department told a global news website the investigation "remains open and active. No charges have been filed in regard to this incident. Witnesses continue to be interviewed by detectives."&nbsp;</p>

<p>Ireland Baldwin had previously commented on the tragedy, writing on her Instagram Story, "My love and support go to Halyna Hutchins' family and friends. Sending healing thoughts to Joel Souza. And wishing I could hug my dad extra tight today."</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-wion-exclusive-bhuvan-bam-%E2%80%98dhindora%E2%80%99-could-have-been-on-any-ott-platform-but-thats-unfair-to-my-viewers-424368" hreflang="en">WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT</a></p>


Following the tragic accidental prop gun shooting on the set of his movie 'Rust', Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has been receiving support from his near and dear ones.

Following the tragic accidental prop gun shooting on the set of his movie 'Rust', Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin has been receiving support from his near and dear ones. On Wednesday, the actor's daughter, Ireland Baldwin, took to Instagram to lend support to her father. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We're old, kids carry the flag for revolutionary change "Amongst some of the most abhorrent and threatening comments, emails, text messages, and voicemails I’ve been getting... this beautiful comment stands alone. I know my dad, you simply don’t. I love you, Dad ❤️," Ireland captioned the post, which was a snap of a positive story about her father. The story, however, goes as this, "So about a million years ago I was working in the production office in Toronto of the company that was making the Thomas the Tank Engine movie that he did. I'd dealt with typing up some pretty goofy celebrity riders in my day but NOT your dads. He only wanted to make sure he had milk and cereal in his hotel room for when his daughter was visiting. That was it. That was the whole rider. I'll always remember that." View this post on Instagram A post shared by i r e l a n d ♥️ (@irelandbasingerbaldwin) × On Thursday, Santa Fe Sheriff’s Department told a global news website the investigation "remains open and active. No charges have been filed in regard to this incident. Witnesses continue to be interviewed by detectives." Ireland Baldwin had previously commented on the tragedy, writing on her Instagram Story, "My love and support go to Halyna Hutchins' family and friends. Sending healing thoughts to Joel Souza. And wishing I could hug my dad extra tight today." Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT

Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland Baldwin stands by him: I know my Dad, you don't

<p>On Wednesday, Brad Pitt's petition to challenge a ruling in his custody battle of children with Angelina Jolie has been denied by court, reports confirm.</p>

<p>The California Supreme Court has reportedly denied Pitt's request to review the California appellate court's ruling to disqualify the private judge he and Jolie had chosen to oversee their custody dispute.</p>

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<p>"Ms. Jolie is focused on her family and pleased that her children’s wellbeing will not be guided by unethical behavior. She welcomes the California Supreme Court's decision to refuse review of the unanimous Court of Appeal decision. As reinforced by California's appellate courts, our judiciary prioritizes ethics and children’s best interests, and won't tolerate judicial misconduct to reward the interests of a party. Ms. Jolie is glad for the family to now move forward cooperatively," Jolie's attorney, Robert Olson, said in his statement.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Pitt had filed his request in September after Judge John Ouderkirk was disqualified from the custody case, thus vacating all his decisions pertaining to the case that included an older ruling that granted Pitt more time with his and Jolie's five minor children: Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 13.</p>

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<p>However, in late September, the former celebrity couple had reached an agreement on selling their assets.</p>

<p>Angelina Jolie has been attending the 'Eternals' premieres with her children at various venues around the globe.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I think the important thing is they haven't made a choice, they've been public for their whole lives. And so, [we] try to find a way where they can not be overwhelmed by it, but just be in it in a comfortable way, It's a tiny piece of our life. We are just a family, but this little piece of our life where this is a moment. I'm happy that they're able to have some fun with it and not take it too seriously, and start to explore themselves, even with their fashion," Jolie reportedly said of her kids presence at the premieres.</p>

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On Wednesday, Brad Pitt's petition to challenge a ruling in his custody battle of children with Angelina Jolie has been denied by court, reports confirm. The California Supreme Court has reportedly denied Pitt's request to review the California appellate court's ruling to disqualify the private judge he and Jolie had chosen to oversee their custody dispute.

On Wednesday, Brad Pitt's petition to challenge a ruling in his custody battle of children with Angelina Jolie has been denied by court, reports confirm. The California Supreme Court has reportedly denied Pitt's request to review the California appellate court's ruling to disqualify the private judge he and Jolie had chosen to oversee their custody dispute. Also read: WION exclusive: UB40: We're old, kids carry the flag for revolutionary change "Ms. Jolie is focused on her family and pleased that her children’s wellbeing will not be guided by unethical behavior. She welcomes the California Supreme Court's decision to refuse review of the unanimous Court of Appeal decision. As reinforced by California's appellate courts, our judiciary prioritizes ethics and children’s best interests, and won't tolerate judicial misconduct to reward the interests of a party. Ms. Jolie is glad for the family to now move forward cooperatively," Jolie's attorney, Robert Olson, said in his statement. Pitt had filed his request in September after Judge John Ouderkirk was disqualified from the custody case, thus vacating all his decisions pertaining to the case that included an older ruling that granted Pitt more time with his and Jolie's five minor children: Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 13. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT However, in late September, the former celebrity couple had reached an agreement on selling their assets. Angelina Jolie has been attending the 'Eternals' premieres with her children at various venues around the globe. "I think the important thing is they haven't made a choice, they've been public for their whole lives. And so, [we] try to find a way where they can not be overwhelmed by it, but just be in it in a comfortable way, It's a tiny piece of our life. We are just a family, but this little piece of our life where this is a moment. I'm happy that they're able to have some fun with it and not take it too seriously, and start to explore themselves, even with their fashion," Jolie reportedly said of her kids presence at the premieres. Also read: Samantha Ruth Prabhu's post on marriage, women empowerment goes viral

Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt custody battle: Pitt's plea to challenge previous ruling rejected

<p><strong>UN report </strong>warns that climate pledges must be strengthened or the world will see <strong>catastrophic temperature</strong> rises of at least 2.7C. The report warns that countries' current pledges will reduce carbon emissions by only 7.5% by 2030, a significant shortfall from the 45%&nbsp;that&nbsp;scientists have estimated needs to be curtailed to limit <strong>global warming </strong>to 1.5 degrees, which is the goal of Monday's <strong>COP26 summit</strong> in Glasgow.</p>

<p>In response to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's <strong>military takeover of Sudan</strong> on Monday, the African Union announced it is suspending the country until civilian rule is restored.&nbsp;Meanwhile, Sudan, which had announced the discontinuation of inbound and outbound flights from&nbsp;<strong>Khartoum airport</strong>&nbsp;until October 30, will<strong> resume&nbsp; airport&nbsp;operations</strong> from Wednesday.</p>

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<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/african-union-suspends-sudan-after-military-coup-khartoum-airport-to-be-reopened-424468">African Union suspends Sudan after military coup; Khartoum airport to be reopened</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/27/218549-11.JPG" />Sudan had ceased inbound and outbound flights at Khartoum airport until October 30. Now, according to the latest announcement by Sudan's civil aviation ministry, the airport will resume operations from Wednesday.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/on-current-climate-plans-world-faces-27c-temperature-rise-warns-un-424453">On current climate plans, world faces 2.7C temperature rise, warns UN</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2018/09/11/32863-untitled%25252520design%25252520%25252828%252529-20171115125016.jpg" />Climate pledges must be strengthened or the world will see catastrophic temperature rises of at least 2.7C, says a UN report. It warns that countries' current pledges will reduce carbon emissions by only 7.5% by 2030, far below what is needed.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/amid-pandemic-in-2020-hate-crimes-against-asians-rose-76-in-us-says-fbi-424436">Amid pandemic in 2020, hate crimes against Asians rose 76% in US, says FBI</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/03/28/189326-stop-asian-hate-crimes.jpg" />The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently republished data showing that hate crimes against Asian-origin people increased by 76% in 2020.&nbsp;There were 279 hate crimes reported against Asians in 2020, up from 158 reported incidents in 2019.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/bangladesh-anti-hindu-riots-sheikh-hasina-government-increases-security-around-dhaka-temples-424422">Bangladesh anti-Hindu riots: Sheikh Hasina government increases security around Dhaka temples</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/25/218165-untitled-design-33.jpg" />The Bangladeshi government increased security around Hindu temples following a series of anti-Hindu riots.&nbsp;In order to prevent further communal violence in the city, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has issued an order for the police force to beef up security at temples and other places of worship.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/us-revokes-top-chinese-telecom-firms-licence-over-national-security-concerns-424403">US revokes top Chinese telecom firm's licence over 'national security' concerns</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2018/09/12/22705-poland-1702633_1920-20170522063920.jpg" />One of China's largest telecoms companies has had its license revoked by the United States over "national security" concerns. China Telecom, which has been providing telecom services in the US for nearly 20 years, will have to stop providing services in the US in 60 days.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/india-news/unilateral-move-says-india-on-chinas-new-land-boundary-law-424446">Unilateral move, says India on China's new land boundary law</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/02/17/183222-what-is-indias-post-ladakh-strategy.jpg" />Just days after China passed the land boundary law, the Indian government said China still hasn't resolved the "boundary question".&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/donald-trump-jr-sells-t-shirts-mocking-alec-baldwins-shooting-accident-424445">Donald Trump Jr sells t-shirts mocking Alec Baldwin's shooting accident</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/27/218538-donald-trump-jr-alec-baldwin.jpg" />Consumerism is something that sometimes makes people cross moral boundaries to gain profits. Former US President’s son, Donald Trump Jr, decided to profit from the accidental death of Halya Hutchins heart-breaking incident. His website shopdonjr.com is now selling a t-shirt that reads "Guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people".</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-cracks-down-on-skyscraper-vanity-projects-limits-construction-in-smaller-cities-424460">China cracks down on skyscraper 'vanity' projects, limits construction in smaller cities</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/27/218542-untitled-design-50.jpg" />China has limited the construction of extremely tall skyscrapers by local governments in smaller cities in order to curb wasteful vanity projects. These measures go beyond the existing ban on buildings taller than 500 meters.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/hippo-spirit-to-seiyo-explorer-ship-carrying-rejected-chinese-organic-fertiliser-to-lanka-changes-name-424364">‘Hippo Spirit’ to 'Seiyo Explorer': Ship carrying rejected Chinese organic fertiliser to Lanka changes name</a></strong></p>

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<p>A ship carrying organic fertiliser from China to Sri Lanka has reportedly changed its name from the ‘Hippo Spirit’ to the ‘Seiyo Explorer’ in order to enter the sea of Sri Lanka.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/bathroom-bother-spacex-aims-to-fix-leaking-toilets-before-launch-424458">Bathroom bother! SpaceX aims to fix leaking toilets before launch</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/09/15/211288-untitled-image-14.jpg" />As SpaceX gears up to launch more astronauts into space and create record-worthy discoveries, the Elon Musk-owned company will first have to fix their leaky toilets.</p>


UN report warns that climate pledges must be strengthened or the world will see catastrophic temperature rises of at least 2.7C. The report warns that countries' current pledges will reduce carbon emissions by only 7.

UN report warns that climate pledges must be strengthened or the world will see catastrophic temperature rises of at least 2.7C. The report warns that countries' current pledges will reduce carbon emissions by only 7.5% by 2030, a significant shortfall from the 45% that scientists have estimated needs to be curtailed to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, which is the goal of Monday's COP26 summit in Glasgow. In response to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's military takeover of Sudan on Monday, the African Union announced it is suspending the country until civilian rule is restored. Meanwhile, Sudan, which had announced the discontinuation of inbound and outbound flights from Khartoum airport until October 30, will resume airport operations from Wednesday. Click on the headlines to read more: African Union suspends Sudan after military coup; Khartoum airport to be reopened Sudan had ceased inbound and outbound flights at Khartoum airport until October 30. Now, according to the latest announcement by Sudan's civil aviation ministry, the airport will resume operations from Wednesday. On current climate plans, world faces 2.7C temperature rise, warns UN Climate pledges must be strengthened or the world will see catastrophic temperature rises of at least 2.7C, says a UN report. It warns that countries' current pledges will reduce carbon emissions by only 7.5% by 2030, far below what is needed. Amid pandemic in 2020, hate crimes against Asians rose 76% in US, says FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently republished data showing that hate crimes against Asian-origin people increased by 76% in 2020. There were 279 hate crimes reported against Asians in 2020, up from 158 reported incidents in 2019. Bangladesh anti-Hindu riots: Sheikh Hasina government increases security around Dhaka temples The Bangladeshi government increased security around Hindu temples following a series of anti-Hindu riots. In order to prevent further communal violence in the city, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam has issued an order for the police force to beef up security at temples and other places of worship. US revokes top Chinese telecom firm's licence over 'national security' concerns One of China's largest telecoms companies has had its license revoked by the United States over "national security" concerns. China Telecom, which has been providing telecom services in the US for nearly 20 years, will have to stop providing services in the US in 60 days. Unilateral move, says India on China's new land boundary law Just days after China passed the land boundary law, the Indian government said China still hasn't resolved the "boundary question". Donald Trump Jr sells t-shirts mocking Alec Baldwin's shooting accident Consumerism is something that sometimes makes people cross moral boundaries to gain profits. Former US President’s son, Donald Trump Jr, decided to profit from the accidental death of Halya Hutchins heart-breaking incident. His website shopdonjr.com is now selling a t-shirt that reads "Guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people". China cracks down on skyscraper 'vanity' projects, limits construction in smaller cities China has limited the construction of extremely tall skyscrapers by local governments in smaller cities in order to curb wasteful vanity projects. These measures go beyond the existing ban on buildings taller than 500 meters. ‘Hippo Spirit’ to 'Seiyo Explorer': Ship carrying rejected Chinese organic fertiliser to Lanka changes name A ship carrying organic fertiliser from China to Sri Lanka has reportedly changed its name from the ‘Hippo Spirit’ to the ‘Seiyo Explorer’ in order to enter the sea of Sri Lanka. Bathroom bother! SpaceX aims to fix leaking toilets before launch As SpaceX gears up to launch more astronauts into space and create record-worthy discoveries, the Elon Musk-owned company will first have to fix their leaky toilets.

Top 10 world news: Trump Jr's insensitive move, African union suspends Sudan and more

<p>Lanzhou, a city in northwest China has been put under lockdown. People&nbsp;have been ordered not to leave their homes except in an emergency. This has been done in an attempt to contain a domestic coronavirus outbreak.</p>

<p>In other news,&nbsp;Europol says that 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online on the dark web were arrested around the world. Several high-profile targets were among those arrested.&nbsp;Law agents have also confiscated 26.7 million euros ($31 million) in cash and virtual currencies, as well as 45 guns and 234 kilogrammes (516 pounds) of drugs, including 25,000 ecstasy pills.</p>

<p><strong>Click on the headlines to read more:</strong></p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/sudans-ambassadors-in-europe-align-with-anti-coup-protesters-424205">Sudan's ambassadors in Europe align with anti-coup protesters</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/26/218379-airp1.jpg" />According to reports, three Sudanese ambassadors in Europe defected declaring the embassies belonged to the "Sudanese people" as protests continue in Sudan over the coup.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/new-covid-19-outbreak-in-china-authorities-shut-down-lanzhou-city-of-4-million-people-424081">New COVID-19 outbreak in China: Authorities shut down Lanzhou, city of 4 million people</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/08/02/204819-771.jpg" />The city was placed under lockdown in an effort to contain a domestic coronavirus outbreak, with people ordered not to leave their homes except in an emergency. This comes after&nbsp;China recorded 29 new domestic illnesses.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/police-arrest-150-in-dark-web-sting-operation-says-europol-424151">Police arrest 150 in dark web sting operation, says Europol</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/06/16/198697-hacker.jpg" /></p>

<p>Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online on dark web.&nbsp;The arrests include several high-profile targets.&nbsp;In the United States alone, police arrested 65 people, while 47 were held in Germany, 24 in Britain, and four each in Italy and the Netherlands, among others.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/gunmen-kill-18-worshippers-in-nigeria-mosque-attack-424180">Gunmen kill 18 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/10/26/218373-mos1.jpg" />At least 18 worshippers were killed in central Nigeria during early morning prayer in a mosque. According to Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the secretary to the government, the attack took place on Monday in Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/chinese-president-xi-may-not-attend-cop26-report-424175">Chinese President Xi may not attend COP26: Report</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/06/30/200525-untitled-design-1.jpg" />It is reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping may not attend the UN climate change summit in person in Glasgow, which begins on Sunday. Chinese officials have not announced Xi's participation, but reports suggest the country will send vice-environment minister Zhao Yingmin and climate envoy Xie Zhenhua to the COP26 summit.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/australian-indigenous-islanders-file-lawsuit-against-government-demand-climate-action-424150">Australian indigenous islanders file lawsuit against government, demand climate action</a></strong></p>

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<p>The indigenous residents of the low-lying island of Torres Strait have filed a landmark lawsuit against the Australian government, pressuring it to take steps to safeguard the islanders from climate change by imposing deeper cuts on carbon emissions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/bullying-sexual-harassment-assault-rampant-with-women-in-uk-military-reveals-study-424170">Bullying, sexual harassment, assault rampant with women in UK military, reveals study</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2021/01/18/178925-pjimage.jpg" />A study reveals that women in the UK military are suffering from severe physical and mental health issues as a result of "widespread" bullying, sexual harassment, and physical assault. Younger personnel, who have held the rank of officer or been involved in combat or support roles, are more likely to have experienced such treatment.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/in-2020-asia-suffered-hottest-year-on-record-un-424202">In 2020, Asia suffered hottest year on record: UN</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2018/09/12/46854-ap.jpg" />Just days before the COP26 summit is due to take place in Glasgow, the United Nations reported that the year 2020 was the hottest year on record for Asia. According to the United Nations, climate change is having a profound impact on the continent's development.</p>

<p><strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/british-spy-agencies-sign-deal-with-amazon-to-host-top-secret-data-for-espionage-report-424123">British spy agencies sign deal with Amazon to host ‘top secret data’ for espionage: Report</a></strong></p>

<p><img src="https://cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/styles/story_page/public/2018/09/11/52506-Untitled%2520design%2520%252811%2529_50.jpg" /></p>

<p>According to reports, Britain’s three spy agencies have entered into a contract with Amazon’s cloud computing platform, AWS, to host classified materials aimed at facilitating data analysis and artificial intelligence for espionage activities.</p>

<p><strong>Watch |&nbsp;Sudan Coup: 7 killed, 140 injured in deadly protests after state of emergency was declared</strong></p>

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Lanzhou, a city in northwest China has been put under lockdown. People have been ordered not to leave their homes except in an emergency. This has been done in an attempt to contain a domestic coronavirus outbreak.

Lanzhou, a city in northwest China has been put under lockdown. People have been ordered not to leave their homes except in an emergency. This has been done in an attempt to contain a domestic coronavirus outbreak. In other news, Europol says that 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online on the dark web were arrested around the world. Several high-profile targets were among those arrested. Law agents have also confiscated 26.7 million euros ($31 million) in cash and virtual currencies, as well as 45 guns and 234 kilogrammes (516 pounds) of drugs, including 25,000 ecstasy pills. Click on the headlines to read more: Sudan's ambassadors in Europe align with anti-coup protesters According to reports, three Sudanese ambassadors in Europe defected declaring the embassies belonged to the "Sudanese people" as protests continue in Sudan over the coup. New COVID-19 outbreak in China: Authorities shut down Lanzhou, city of 4 million people The city was placed under lockdown in an effort to contain a domestic coronavirus outbreak, with people ordered not to leave their homes except in an emergency. This comes after China recorded 29 new domestic illnesses. Police arrest 150 in dark web sting operation, says Europol Police around the world arrested 150 suspects involved in buying or selling illegal goods online on dark web. The arrests include several high-profile targets. In the United States alone, police arrested 65 people, while 47 were held in Germany, 24 in Britain, and four each in Italy and the Netherlands, among others. Gunmen kill 18 worshippers in Nigeria mosque attack At least 18 worshippers were killed in central Nigeria during early morning prayer in a mosque. According to Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the secretary to the government, the attack took place on Monday in Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state. Chinese President Xi may not attend COP26: Report It is reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping may not attend the UN climate change summit in person in Glasgow, which begins on Sunday. Chinese officials have not announced Xi's participation, but reports suggest the country will send vice-environment minister Zhao Yingmin and climate envoy Xie Zhenhua to the COP26 summit. Australian indigenous islanders file lawsuit against government, demand climate action The indigenous residents of the low-lying island of Torres Strait have filed a landmark lawsuit against the Australian government, pressuring it to take steps to safeguard the islanders from climate change by imposing deeper cuts on carbon emissions. Bullying, sexual harassment, assault rampant with women in UK military, reveals study A study reveals that women in the UK military are suffering from severe physical and mental health issues as a result of "widespread" bullying, sexual harassment, and physical assault. Younger personnel, who have held the rank of officer or been involved in combat or support roles, are more likely to have experienced such treatment. In 2020, Asia suffered hottest year on record: UN Just days before the COP26 summit is due to take place in Glasgow, the United Nations reported that the year 2020 was the hottest year on record for Asia. According to the United Nations, climate change is having a profound impact on the continent's development. British spy agencies sign deal with Amazon to host ‘top secret data’ for espionage: Report According to reports, Britain’s three spy agencies have entered into a contract with Amazon’s cloud computing platform, AWS, to host classified materials aimed at facilitating data analysis and artificial intelligence for espionage activities. Watch | Sudan Coup: 7 killed, 140 injured in deadly protests after state of emergency was declared

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South Indian actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who recently shared the news of her divorce from actor Naga Chaitanya, shared a note on the institution of marriage. The post in question was originally shared by Indian hockey captain Rani Rampal, and urges parents to provide daughters with the opportunity to educate themselves instead of saving money up for their weddings.

South Indian actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who recently shared the news of her divorce from actor Naga Chaitanya, shared a note on the institution of marriage. The post in question was originally shared by Indian hockey captain Rani Rampal, and urges parents to provide daughters with the opportunity to educate themselves instead of saving money up for their weddings. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT The note read, "Make your daughter so capable that you don't have to worry who will marry her. Instead of saving money for her wedding day, spend it on her education and most importantly, instead of preparing her for marriage, prepare her for herself. Teach her self-love, confidence, and that she can throat punch someone if she needs to." The post was also a plea to all the parents out their to "teach their daughters self-love, confidence, and that she can throat punch someone if she needs to." Also read: Conservatorship ending not enough, Britney Spears wants 'justice' Samantha Ruth Prabhu recently went on Char Dhaam Yatra in Uttarakhand after announcing separation from Naga Chaitanya. She has been sharing photos and videos from her visit to the Himalayas. The actress is now off to an undisclosed foreign location. Naga Chaitanya and Samantha tied the knot in a grand ceremony in 2017 in Goa. Also read: Kristen Stewart had to remind herself she's not Princess Diana for this reason Check out her vacation pictures here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha (@samantharuthprabhuoffl) × View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha (@samantharuthprabhuoffl) × View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha (@samantharuthprabhuoffl) ×

Samantha Ruth Prabhu's post on marriage, women empowerment goes viral

<p>Hollywood actor Halston Sage, of 'Prodigal Son' fame, is all set to star in independent film 'The List', reports claim.</p>

<p>The actor will also be executive producing the project. According to reports, Melissa Miller Costanzo will direct the film and the script for the same will be penned by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-kristen-stewart-had-to-remind-herself-shes-not-princess-diana-for-this-reason-424455" hreflang="en">Kristen Stewart had to remind herself she's not Princess Diana for this reason</a></p>

<p>'The List' revolves around Abby (played by Halston Sage), who is gearing up for her big wedding and life is hunky-dory. But, as fate would have it, she soon learns that her beloved fiancé has cheated on her with a celebrity from his 'free pass' list.</p>

<p>"To get her mind off things, Abby and her best friend Chloe come up with a crazy idea: Abby should pursue a celebrity from her own list. But things become complicated when she meets Jake, who gives her a fresh perspective," the film's official synopsis reads.&nbsp;</p>

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'The List' is being produced by Nickel City Picture's Tobias Weymar, Annie Mahoney and Mark Fasano.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/orlando-bloom-wishes-katy-perry-with-sweetest-birthday-note-ill-celebrate-you-everyday-424357" hreflang="en">Orlando Bloom wishes Katy Perry with sweetest birthday note: I'll celebrate you everyday</a></p>

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<p>As per reports, Vitolo and Lederer will also take on executive producing duties along with Eric B Fleischman and Maurice Fadida.</p>

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Hollywood actor Halston Sage, of 'Prodigal Son' fame, is all set to star in independent film 'The List', reports claim. The actor will also be executive producing the project.

Hollywood actor Halston Sage, of 'Prodigal Son' fame, is all set to star in independent film 'The List', reports claim. The actor will also be executive producing the project. According to reports, Melissa Miller Costanzo will direct the film and the script for the same will be penned by Rob Lederer and Steve Vitolo. Also read: Kristen Stewart had to remind herself she's not Princess Diana for this reason 'The List' revolves around Abby (played by Halston Sage), who is gearing up for her big wedding and life is hunky-dory. But, as fate would have it, she soon learns that her beloved fiancé has cheated on her with a celebrity from his 'free pass' list. "To get her mind off things, Abby and her best friend Chloe come up with a crazy idea: Abby should pursue a celebrity from her own list. But things become complicated when she meets Jake, who gives her a fresh perspective," the film's official synopsis reads. 'The List' is being produced by Nickel City Picture's Tobias Weymar, Annie Mahoney and Mark Fasano. Also read: Orlando Bloom wishes Katy Perry with sweetest birthday note: I'll celebrate you everyday View this post on Instagram A post shared by Halston Sage (@halstonsage) × As per reports, Vitolo and Lederer will also take on executive producing duties along with Eric B Fleischman and Maurice Fadida. Also read: Charlize Theron champions the cause of vaccine for all, wants countries to share

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<p>Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart, who is all set to feature as the late British royal family member Princess Diana in film 'Spencer', revealed in a latest interview that she was trying to get taller for her role.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I tried to get taller. I'm 5ft 5in. She had such beautiful stature. I thought, 'I wish I could grow my femur! But I'm playing Diana, I'm not her...," Kristen told The Sunday Times newspaper.</p>

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<p>'Spencer' is set in 1991, over a Christmas weekend at Sandringham. The biopic focusses on Diana's decision to terminate her marriage to Prince Charles. For this aspect of the movie, Kristen was determined to source the 'inner fire' of the late princess, a report states.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"She's at her lowest point, but there's still this inner fire. Just don't let it go out," she was quoted as saying.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>The 'Twilight' actress talked about the changing portrayal of women in cinema.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"We're just allowed to exist now in a way that feels curious, honest and messy. Films have been made for a long time by men and you can tell. We are getting to a place, though, where we can destigmatise things that should not be taboo. We've been conditioned our entire lives to go, 'We're OK! We don't feel anything! I don't have cramps right now!' If men had periods they'd have two weeks off a month. But, anyway, it's an exciting time to make films, as women can externalise feelings that have been suppressed forever," she said.&nbsp;<br />
Talking about the possibility of her film upsetting Prince harry and Prince William, Kritsten Stewart said, "They have been saddled with the burden of our curiosities for their entire lives and that is the job. (Diana's) legacy is clearly in her boys. They have obviously made different choices, but they've been allowed to make choices, and mistakes. Whereas, before, choices and mistakes were not to be made. Ever. That is a shift. Whether people admire their choices or not, they are making them."</p>

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Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart, who is all set to feature as the late British royal family member Princess Diana in film 'Spencer', revealed in a latest interview that she was trying to get taller for her role.

Hollywood actress Kristen Stewart, who is all set to feature as the late British royal family member Princess Diana in film 'Spencer', revealed in a latest interview that she was trying to get taller for her role. "I tried to get taller. I'm 5ft 5in. She had such beautiful stature. I thought, 'I wish I could grow my femur! But I'm playing Diana, I'm not her...," Kristen told The Sunday Times newspaper. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT 'Spencer' is set in 1991, over a Christmas weekend at Sandringham. The biopic focusses on Diana's decision to terminate her marriage to Prince Charles. For this aspect of the movie, Kristen was determined to source the 'inner fire' of the late princess, a report states. "She's at her lowest point, but there's still this inner fire. Just don't let it go out," she was quoted as saying. Also read: Snoop Dogg's mother Beverly Tate passes away; Dwayne Johnson, Cardi B console The 'Twilight' actress talked about the changing portrayal of women in cinema. "We're just allowed to exist now in a way that feels curious, honest and messy. Films have been made for a long time by men and you can tell. We are getting to a place, though, where we can destigmatise things that should not be taboo. We've been conditioned our entire lives to go, 'We're OK! We don't feel anything! I don't have cramps right now!' If men had periods they'd have two weeks off a month. But, anyway, it's an exciting time to make films, as women can externalise feelings that have been suppressed forever," she said. Talking about the possibility of her film upsetting Prince harry and Prince William, Kritsten Stewart said, "They have been saddled with the burden of our curiosities for their entire lives and that is the job. (Diana's) legacy is clearly in her boys. They have obviously made different choices, but they've been allowed to make choices, and mistakes. Whereas, before, choices and mistakes were not to be made. Ever. That is a shift. Whether people admire their choices or not, they are making them." Also read: Amid Aryan Khan's court case, what happens to SRK's pending projects?

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<p>Snoop Dog's mother, Beverly Tate, is no more.</p>

<p>On Monday, Snoop Dogg announced the sad news to the world via a series of social media posts.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"Till. We meet again," he wrote on one of his Instagram posts on her. In another, Snoop shared a picture of himself next to his mother, captioning it as, "Mama thank u for having me."</p>

<p>In one of the posts, Tate can be seen dressed up holding a bouquet of flowers. He captioned it as, "Thank u god for giving me an angel for a mother." "U taught me how to read and write how to struggle and fight and all l the facts of life... now you finally got ya wings mama. Godspeed," he captioned another.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>In July of this year, Snoop had talked about his mother's health issues fans on social media. He had also shared a photo of her surrounded by her three sons. "Happy Sunday me and my brothers went to c mama today and she opened up her eyes to c us and let us know she still fighting," he told his followers at the time. "God is good thanks for all the prayers 1 day at a time," he had written.</p>

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<p>Snoop Dogg's celebrity friends have come out and extended their support to the rapper paid in his hour of difficulty.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"I'm so sorry Uso. All our Johnson love and mana sent you and your family's way," Dwayne Johnson commented. "Sorry uncle snoop. Love and peace to your family," Cardi B mourned.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-chloe-zhao-incredible-that-kumail-nanjiani-is-a-bollywood-hero-in-eternals-424335">Chloe Zhao: Incredible that Kumail Nanjiani is a Bollywood hero in 'Eternals'</a></p>

<p>Snoop's mother was 70 at the time of her death.&nbsp;</p>


Snoop Dog's mother, Beverly Tate, is no more. On Monday, Snoop Dogg announced the sad news to the world via a series of social media posts. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT "Till.

Snoop Dog's mother, Beverly Tate, is no more. On Monday, Snoop Dogg announced the sad news to the world via a series of social media posts. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT "Till. We meet again," he wrote on one of his Instagram posts on her. In another, Snoop shared a picture of himself next to his mother, captioning it as, "Mama thank u for having me." In one of the posts, Tate can be seen dressed up holding a bouquet of flowers. He captioned it as, "Thank u god for giving me an angel for a mother." "U taught me how to read and write how to struggle and fight and all l the facts of life... now you finally got ya wings mama. Godspeed," he captioned another. Also read: Black actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster removed from new 'Dune' poster in China In July of this year, Snoop had talked about his mother's health issues fans on social media. He had also shared a photo of her surrounded by her three sons. "Happy Sunday me and my brothers went to c mama today and she opened up her eyes to c us and let us know she still fighting," he told his followers at the time. "God is good thanks for all the prayers 1 day at a time," he had written. View this post on Instagram A post shared by snoopdogg (@snoopdogg) × Snoop Dogg's celebrity friends have come out and extended their support to the rapper paid in his hour of difficulty. "I'm so sorry Uso. All our Johnson love and mana sent you and your family's way," Dwayne Johnson commented. "Sorry uncle snoop. Love and peace to your family," Cardi B mourned. Also read: Chloe Zhao: Incredible that Kumail Nanjiani is a Bollywood hero in 'Eternals' Snoop's mother was 70 at the time of her death.

Snoop Dogg's mother Beverly Tate passes away; Dwayne Johnson, Cardi B console

<p>Hollywood actor Billy Porter will be directing the film adaptation of 'Camp', confirm reports. 'Camp' is a teen comedy on love, musicals and summer camps.</p>

<p>Reportedly, the film chronicles the life of a 16-year-old, Randy Kapplehoff, who spends most of his summers at Camp Outland: an outdoor arrangement for queer teens.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-wion-exclusive-bhuvan-bam-%E2%80%98dhindora%E2%80%99-could-have-been-on-any-ott-platform-but-thats-unfair-to-my-viewers-424368">WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT</a></p>

<p>Interestingly, Billy Porter will also be playing the role of Mark in the movie. His character is the camp's theater director.</p>

<p>'Camp' will see Robert O'Hara penning its screenplay from an older draft by Kit Williamson. Meanwhile, Dan Jinks will take on producing duties for 'Camp' through his The Dan Jinks Company.</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-chloe-zhao-incredible-that-kumail-nanjiani-is-a-bollywood-hero-in-eternals-424335" hreflang="en">Chloe Zhao: Incredible that Kumail Nanjiani is a Bollywood hero in 'Eternals'</a></p>

<p>While commenting on the latest development, Jinks reportedly said of Porter, "Billy Porter, who I've been fortunate to know for more than 20 years, is the perfect director for this story, which is both hilariously funny, and also quite moving, I wish a movie like this was around when I was growing up. I'm thrilled we get to make it now."&nbsp;</p>

<p>'Camp' is Billy's third time directing a movie.</p>

<p>In a recent interview with an Indian newspaper, Billy Porter spoke about his role in 'Cinderella' and how Fab G has allowed him to express his authentic self on camera.</p>

<p>"I will say that this 'Cinderella' is one for the new millennium. It is taking the old fairy tale of Cinderella, which has its problematic moments in modern times, and sort of making it relevant for today. It's very empowering for women. It's about women being empowered, women being businesswomen, running their own lives, making their own choices and decisions, not based on whether they have a man or not. So I think that's awesome. It's very inclusive, it's very diverse and one of the big changes is with the fairy godmother aka the Fab G which is played by yours truly. It's a new interpretation of what a fairy god person can be. It's magical and magic has no gender. And I get to be that spirit, this time around," Billy reportedly said. &nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Also read:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-dune-part-two-gets-greenlit-by-warner-bros-424338" hreflang="en">'Dune: Part Two' gets greenlit by Warner Bros</a></p>


Hollywood actor Billy Porter will be directing the film adaptation of 'Camp', confirm reports. 'Camp' is a teen comedy on love, musicals and summer camps. Reportedly, the film chronicles the life of a 16-year-old, Randy Kapplehoff, who spends most of his summers at Camp Outland: an outdoor arrangement for queer teens.

Hollywood actor Billy Porter will be directing the film adaptation of 'Camp', confirm reports. 'Camp' is a teen comedy on love, musicals and summer camps. Reportedly, the film chronicles the life of a 16-year-old, Randy Kapplehoff, who spends most of his summers at Camp Outland: an outdoor arrangement for queer teens. Also read: WION exclusive: Bhuvan Bam: Would've been unfair to release ‘Dhindora’ on OTT Interestingly, Billy Porter will also be playing the role of Mark in the movie. His character is the camp's theater director. 'Camp' will see Robert O'Hara penning its screenplay from an older draft by Kit Williamson. Meanwhile, Dan Jinks will take on producing duties for 'Camp' through his The Dan Jinks Company. Also read: Chloe Zhao: Incredible that Kumail Nanjiani is a Bollywood hero in 'Eternals' While commenting on the latest development, Jinks reportedly said of Porter, "Billy Porter, who I've been fortunate to know for more than 20 years, is the perfect director for this story, which is both hilariously funny, and also quite moving, I wish a movie like this was around when I was growing up. I'm thrilled we get to make it now." 'Camp' is Billy's third time directing a movie. In a recent interview with an Indian newspaper, Billy Porter spoke about his role in 'Cinderella' and how Fab G has allowed him to express his authentic self on camera. "I will say that this 'Cinderella' is one for the new millennium. It is taking the old fairy tale of Cinderella, which has its problematic moments in modern times, and sort of making it relevant for today. It's very empowering for women. It's about women being empowered, women being businesswomen, running their own lives, making their own choices and decisions, not based on whether they have a man or not. So I think that's awesome. It's very inclusive, it's very diverse and one of the big changes is with the fairy godmother aka the Fab G which is played by yours truly. It's a new interpretation of what a fairy god person can be. It's magical and magic has no gender. And I get to be that spirit, this time around," Billy reportedly said. Also read: 'Dune: Part Two' gets greenlit by Warner Bros

'Cinderella' star Billy Porter to direct teen flick, 'Camp'

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