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The Aye Musht-e-Khaak actor, Sana Javed has celebrated her birthday with her husband, Umair Jaswal in a star-studded event on March 25th’s night.
Many popular celebrities attended her birthday bash which includes Adnan Siddiqui, Zara Noor Abbas, Asad Siddiqui, Fariha Altaf, Iqra Azia, Yasir Hussain. Famous Director, Aehsun Talish who directed Aye Musht-e-Khaak also attended her birthday bash.
Sana Javed was involved in a recent controversy of the ill-treatment of model, Manal Saleem, and make-up artist, Ikram Gohar. Many celebrities have come out in support of her and some have discussed their bad experiences with the ignorant behaviour of actress.
Several prominent celebrities have come forward to condemn the death of a vendor selling crackers in Pattoki in their posts and have reacted to his demise. Let’s see what our celebrities have to say in response.
Noted Pakistani actor Mishi Khan erupted over the demise of the vendor. Female actor, Mishi Khan has shared a video on her social media account in which she lashed out and condemned the cruelty displayed by the people present at the wedding.
Bilal Qureshi got furious and refused to wish Happy Resolution day.
TV fans everywhere were shocked Friday when they heard death a vendor who was selling crackers at a wedding hall was brutally tortured to death by the guests in Pattoki city in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
A papad vendor was allegedly murdered by wedding guests in Pattoki. The guests present at the wedding allegedly tortured the daily wager while mistaking him for a pickpocket. A video circulating on social media shows the dead body of victim Ashraf Sultan lying on the ground in the wedding hall as guests enjoyed their meal.
Punjab Police have taken action against the incident and have arrested 12 individuals and the manager of the wedding hall.
In the initial postmortem report, the doctors didn’t affirm torture on the dead body. However, every side of the incident is being investigated, Punjab Police said in a statement.
Popular fame Korean pop group, BTS is collaborating with American rapper and songwriter, Snoop Dogg.
Snoop Dogg himself confirmed the collaboration between himself and BTS is officially happening during the American Song Contest red carpet on Monday.
While giving an interview with an entertainment news portal, The A.V. Club, Dogg revealed, “The BTS experience you keep talking about. I’m going to let them tell you about it. It’s official like a referee with a whistle. I love that entertainment world. It’s good music. It’s [a] vibe. I make good music. They make good music. And we end up doing this. This is what it’s always about, bringing our worlds together.”
Snoop Dogg previously worked with 2nd generation Kpop sensation female groups 2NE1 and Girl’s Generation (SNSD). He also worked with another hip-hop k-pop male group Monsta X in 2020. He also appeared as a guest in Music Video, “Hangover” in 2014 by a solo Korean singer PSY.
He continued, “I’ve been experiencing the K-pop experience for a long time, connected to the music world [and] scene.”
“I got a record with a group called 2NE1 back in the day. Come on now, it’s what I do,” he added.
Maryam rose to fame with HUM TV’sDiyar-e-Dil, starring alongside Osman Khalid Butt, Mikaal Zulfiqar, Sanam Saeed and Maya Ali. She was last seen in Jhooti as Iqra Aziz’s sister-in-law and Fitrat.
American actor Charlie Sheen has appeared in films like Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), The Rookie (1990) and popular sitcoms like Two and a Half Men.
He has won several awards and nominations for his work. However, more than his films he made headlines for his alcohol drug abuse and marital problems. He even went on to admit that he had been diagnosed with HIV and had s*x with 25 people without telling them his health condition.
In 2015, Charlie revealed he is HIV positive in an interview with Matt Lauer. The 56-year-old actor had said that he made the revelation to end a smear campaign and extortion efforts.
Sheen said, “It’s a hard three letters to absorb. It’s a turning point in one’s life. I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, threatening the health of so many others that couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Charlie Sheen also confided about his health condition with a few people he thought could be trusted but they broke his confidence. He had to pay more than $10 million to keep the illness a secret. By announcing the illness the actor hoped to put an end to it.
Sheen said, “What people forget is that that’s money they’re taking from my children. I trusted them and they were deep in my inner circle, and I thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason. That’s my goal. That’s not my only goal. I think I release myself from this prison today.”
Charlie Sheen further revealed that he told his ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller about his HIV diagnosis. He even informed about the illness to his eldest daughter. However, later during a conversation with Piers Morgan at a London Town Hall event, the actor admitted having had s*x nearly 25 people but insisted on not having an unprotected s*x.
The Hollywood actor said, “I never did. I wouldn’t do that to someone, I would not. The only times I didn’t tell them was because the last 25 times they used it against me and used my medical condition for their own folly and financial gain.”
Host and actor Aadi Adeal Amjad is known for his blunt statements about fellow celebrities, the comedian recently slammed actor Sheheryar Munawar’s dancing skills.
Aadi has been repeatedly criticising the Parey Hut Love star’s dance performances at recent award shows with the likes of Mehwish Hayat and Mahira Khan.
Aadi termed Sheheryar’s dance as out of beat and thinks that he lacks the required energy.
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The comedian added that his dance seems more like a rehearsal for a cousin’s wedding.
Turkish Actor and Model Esra Bilgic aka Haleema Sultan, who is famous in Pakistan for the drama serial Diriliş: Ertuğrul’s, has been recently featured in Victoria’s Secret’s Turkey promotional campaign. Victoria’s Secret is famous for its lingerie.
Esra shared the video on her Instagram account, and Pakistanis had a collective meltdown under her post.
However, this is not the first time Esra has been trolled by Pakistani social media users. In September 2020, after months of being patient and forgiving Pakistani viewers for their comments on her choice of clothes, Esra Bilgiç slammed a troll who asked her not to wear “such dresses”.
Under her Instagram post, a social media user by the name Astounding Ali commented: “Please don’t wear such dresses Halima baji, not good.” In response to his comment, Bilgiç remarked, “Let me give you a little advice: Don’t follow me. Thank you.”
Pakistani singer Asim Azhar announced his engagement via Instagram on Sunday to his rumoured girlfriend and longtime friend, Model Merub Ali.
The pair posted identical announcements on Instagram on Sunday. “Shukar Alhamdulillah [Thank you God]. With the grace of Allah Almighty and our parent’s duas, we announce our Imam Zamin – engagement. May Allah SWT keep us protected and this happy forever, Ameen. Keep us in your prayers,” read their posts.
There were many speculations prior to the announcement but the duo never confirmed their relationship publicly. In an interview, Ali said, “We’re great family friends and have known each other since childhood. My brother is his best friend and our mothers are best friends.”
Merub is Asim’s best friend Raamis’s sister. The singer’s best friend also congratulated the couple.
Bollywood actor Vidya Balan, who’s currently on the promotional spree of her OTT release Jalsa, recently revealed being rejected in 13 films. Ironically, she has been now received calls from the same filmmakers but she politely refuses their offer.
Speaking to Prabhat Khabar, Vidya Balan said, “In the recent times, I have received calls from them (producers who earlier replaced her in their films) but I politely refused to be part of their films. I was kicked out of 13 films. When one producer replaced me in a film, their behaviour with me was very bad. They made me feel so ugly that for six months, I could not gather the courage to look at myself in the mirror.”
Vidya Balan went on to reveal that she was also replaced in 2 films without notice which she had signed with K Balachander. Following which she walked in anger from Marine Drive to Bandra.
“I realised I had been walking for hours. I cried a lot. Those memories are hazy now but whatever I touched in those three years, turned useless,” Vidya told the portal further.
Speaking about Jalsa, Vidya Balan and Shefali Shah starrer also have an ensemble cast of Iqbal Khan, Manav Kaul and Rohini Hattangadi in the supporting roles. Jalsa is directed by Suresh Triveni and will stream on Amazon Prime from March 18.
Several American celebrities are banned in China. The Hollywood A-listers who are a part of the list, include Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, Brad Pitt, Selena Gomez, Lady Gaga, and Gigi Hadid. It’s not just them who are banned, but even several films due to their strict censorship rules.
The Chinese government got angry at a picture that Miley took where she was imitating Asians by pulling back the skin around her eyes. It’s something an elementary school kid does, not realizing it’s racist. But a young adult should know better.
The Organization for Chinese Americans had strong words about the picture, but the Chinese government turned things up to 11, straight-up banning Miley Cyrus from the country. The Chinese Foreign Minister even got involved, stating, “Miss Cyrus has made it clear she is no friend of China or anyone of East Asian descent. We have no interest in further polluting our children’s minds with her American ignorance.” The pop singer shot back on a website message by blaming the press for taking things out of context and attacking her, but the Chinese government wasn’t having it, even after a second, less confrontational apology. Years after the picture, the ban remains in place.
Actor Brad Pitt starred in the 1997 film Seven Years In Tibet, playing the 14th Dalai Lama’s tutor. Chinese officials took offense to that movie because of how it portrayed the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Deciding that the filmmakers needed to get punished for the movie, they barred the main people involved with the movie from China, including Pitt. Until 2016, Pitt couldn’t set foot in China.
Meeting the Dalai Lama was probably a really cool experience for former Disney star Selena Gomez, but it also got her banned from China. In rehearsals for the 2014 We Day Vancouver event the pop-star met the Dalai Lama. That might not have been too bad for her Chinese relations, but somebody took a picture of it and Selena Gomez, being the teen idol she is, made sure to post the picture on her Instagram and Twitter.
The Chinese outrage was really slow in developing, and Selena didn’t even know that the government had taken offense to the picture until two years later when she was planning tour dates in China. Her website announced shows scheduled for Guangzhou and Shanghai while the tour was in planning. One day those dates were mysteriously deleted from the website.
According to sources the Chinese government had finally gotten around to enacting a ban on her for the now two-year old picture (which has since been removed from Twitter and Instagram), which we like to imagine was a hilariously long bureaucratic process and not the more simple explanation that the Chinese government didn’t really have much reason to pay attention to Gomez’s Instagram back in 2014.
In 2017, it was reported by BBC that Justin Bieber was banned in China due to his ‘bad behaviour.’ Justin has had his fair share of controversial moments in the past. From being arrested for driving under influence to drug abuse, the singer has been through a lot of struggles.
Though a lot of people have condemned Bieber in the past due to that, the Chinese government decided to ban him from the country. The news portal had reported that the ministry released a statement that read, “Justin Bieber is a gifted singer, but he is also a controversial young foreign singer.” “We hope that as Justin Bieber matures, he can continue to improve his own words and actions, and truly become a singer beloved by the public,” it further read.
It has been years since then, and Justin has made several changes in his life. The Baby singer has also opened up about his behaviour in the past and has revealed struggling with fame, especially while being a child artist.
Earlier in April 2021, the Peaches crooner had said that he is “very influenced by black culture”. However, in the words of a fan, the singer’s recent Instagram post took him “1000 (steps) backward” with regards to his efforts against racial discrimination because Bieber is once again facing accusations of cultural appropriation over his hair.
On Sunday, the 28-year-old singer debuted short dreadlocks on Instagram, sharing several pictures of his controversial new hairstyle that elicited both calls of racial insensitivity and praise amongst peers.
Some Black women called Bieber’s hairstyle offensive and disrespectful and urged him to change it and apologise while others defended him, saying he can wear his hair the way he wants.
Dreadlocks are traditionally connected to the culture and identities of Black people, and wearing them is viewed by some as cultural appropriation. Locs – which are commonly referred to as dreadlocks, a term that holds a historically negative connotation – is a style where hair locks into fused coils over time.
Hence, it was no surprise that social media users did not go easy on Bieber. One person tweeted: “Listen Justin Bieber. I don’t care how long I’ve liked you, this is cultural appropriation and I don’t like it.”
Fans are hurt because earlier in June, Bieber had said that he is committed to speaking up about racial injustice.
“My style, how I sing, dance, perform, and my fashion have all been influenced and inspired by Black culture,” Bieber had said. “I am committed to using my platform this day forward to learn, to speak up about racial injustice and systemic oppression, and to identify ways to be a part of much-needed change.”
Meanwhile, earlier in 2016, Bieber had received flak for wearing cornrows.
