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  • India’s Narcotics Control Bureau arrests Sushant Singh’s flatmate in drug probe

    The Narcotics Control Bureau of India has arrested the flatmate of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Siddharth Pithani was living with him for more than a year, Indian media has reported. He is reportedly arrested by the anti-drugs agency.

    Pithani was one of the first witnesses to see Sushant hanging from the ceiling on June 14, 2020, and according to his statement, he met Singh at 1 am, the night before his death.

    On June 14, 2020, Singh was found dead at his home in Mumbai. While the police initially reported Rajput’s death as suicide, the federal police agency later began to investigate foul play after fans of the actors expressed outrage on social media and his family filed a First Information Report (FIR) against his alleged girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty. 

    The abrupt death of Rajput spurred a debate on the stigma of mental health, the exclusive insider world of Bollywood, and, condemnation of the media for the non-stop coverage of the duelling accusations between Rajput’s family and his alleged girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty.

  • ‘Friends brought friends together, says Malala

    After a long delay, Friends: The Reunion finally premiered on HBO Max on Thursday. As per details, the unscripted reunion episode was inspired by Episode 12 of Season 4 of the original show The One With the Embryos and was hosted by James Corden. A parade of celebrity fans also showed up including, Cara Delevingne, Cindy Crawford and Justin Bieber who modelled famous comedy outfits from the show on a catwalk, while Lady Gaga sang a duet of Smelly Cat with Lisa Kudrow.

    Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai was also a guest on the show and briefly appeared to talk about the influence Friends had on her life.

    Friends brought friends together,” said Yousafzai sharing that one of her favourite moments from the show is “the routine” (i.e. when Monica and Ross recreate their dance routine from high school).

    The reunion episode brought together the original cast of the show including Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc.

    Meanwhile, the cast of the show made some interesting revelations during the reunion episode.

    Schwimmer and Aniston – Ross and Rachel in the series – revealed for the first time that they had major crushes on each other in the early years of the series, but the first time they kissed was when their characters did so on-screen in 1995.

    “I just remember saying one time to David, it’s gonna be such a bummer if the first time you and I actually kiss is going to be on national television. Sure enough! First time we kissed was in that coffee shop,” Aniston says in Friends: The Reunion.

    “We just channeled all of our adoration and love for each other into Ross and Rachel,” added the actor.

    The passionate kiss which Aniston was referring to took place in the Central Perk coffee shop in Season 2’s The One Where Ross Finds Out. The scene is widely considered to be one of the highlights of the series, which came to an end in 2004 with the two characters finally getting back together.

    Schwimmer and Aniston said the mutual attraction lasted for the first two years of the show, but they never got together as a couple off-screen because they were both in relationships or between relationships with other people.

    In addition, it was also revealed that the audiences were the reason behind Monica and Chandler ending up together.

    Schwimmer revealed that he hated filming with Marcel.

    “What inevitably began to happen was we would all have choreographed bits kind of timed out, and it would get messed up because the monkey didn’t do its job right. So we would have to reset, we’d have to go again, because the monkey didn’t get it right,” said Schwimmer.

    It also emerged that the hardest part of the show was to cast Aniston as Rachel as because of her role on Muddling Through, which was still on the air at the time.

    Meanwhile, on the day of the reunion episode Aniston also shared a behind the screens throwback video much to fans delight.

    Kudrow also shared a selfie with Schwimmer with the caption: “Tonight, that’s how long we waited to get together.”

    The reunion episode was originally announced in February 2020. Friends aired for ten seasons between 1994 and 2004. It was also nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards and won the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002.

  • Seven Royal scandals that will shock you to the core

    Seven Royal scandals that will shock you to the core

    The British Royal Family never fails to astonish or amuse the world by being the talk of the town – whether it is the latest Martin Bashir BBC scandal or Prince Harry’s shocking confessions on The Me You Can’t See. Interestingly, these are not the only scandals that have rocked the royal family.

    Here’s an exclusive list of a few more Royal scandals, which you may or may not have seen in The Crown:

    1. In 1981, Queen Elizabeth survived an assassination attempt by a ‘mentally disturbed youth’ while touring New Zealand according to Royal historian Ted Powell. The 17-year-old tried to aim a bullet at the Queen while she was exiting the car.

    2. Prince Charles and Diana’s 1988 Canada tour produced quite an international buzz as the couple’s pictures resurfacing on media clearly showed signs of marital tensions. Especially, the picture of Diana alone in Taj Mahal didn’t sit well with Royal fans.

    3. Princess Kate’s light fabric dress got her into trouble during a 2016 Indian tour when the Duchess was photographed with her dress exposing too much of her lower body due to strong winds. Historian Powell believes that Queen Elizabeth got weights sewed in her dress to present “such embarrassments”.

    4. Prince Charles had been physically intimate with a model during his Australian tour of 1979. The bachelor indulged in the intimacy while taking a morning jog near the beach.

    5. Prince Philip told a British student that he might go home ‘slitty eyed’ if he prolonged his Chinese tour in 1986 any longer. The remark was internationally criticised on the grounds of communal insensitivity.

    6. Prince Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth, tipped and fell on her official tour to Channel Island in 2007. As reported by Express UK, to an officer’s gesture of help, the Princess replied: “Don’t do that, grabbing me around my .. won’t help.”

    7. The ex-member of the Royal family was photographed playing ‘strip pool’ in Las Vegas while he was on military leave. The Me You Can’t See producer had his hands laden with crown jewels signifying extravagance.

  • Minal Khan remembers late father in new pictures from baat paki

    Minal Khan remembers late father in new pictures from baat paki

    Minal Khan has shared new family photos from her baat paki with Ahsan Mohsin Ikram and remembered her late father.

    “Baba is not in the pictures but I know he’s around. Always watching, protecting us and celebrating with us,” Minal wrote while sharing the pictures on Instagram.

    The actor further added how she wished he would be part of her big day. “I wish woh houtey or Ahsan se miltey.”

    “These pictures are from my baat pakki with my lovely family MashaAllah,” wrote Minal.

    The news of Aiman and Minal’s father, Mubeen Khan, passing away was reported on the last day of 2020, and since then it has come as a heavy loss for the sisters, who were known to be extremely close to their father and came from a close-knit family.

    Ahsan also shared a family photo on Instagram, saying: “Meet my beautiful family.”

    After months of teasing fans with loved-up pictures and a secret engagement, Minal and Ahsan Mohsin had made things official on May 18, sharing pictures from their baat paki on social media.

  • Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt awarded joint custody of children

    Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt awarded joint custody of children

    Brangelina court drama has reached its climax as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been granted joint custody of their children. The couple has six children: Maddox,19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14 and 12-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

    John Ouderkirk, the private judge hired to supervise the case has finally provided a decision on the dragged court battle which began in 2016 as the couple filed for divorce. BBC News reported that the ruling would “significantly increase” Pitt’s time with children.

    Maddox, the eldest, is not legally bound to the court decision.

    According to reports, Jolie is furious with the decision and will “continue the legal fight because the decision is tentative”. Jolie also has “other issues of concern” apart from joint custody and plans to challenge the court decision.

    The court battle was stretched out over several months and involved testimonies and inputs from various witnesses, therapists and experts to reach a conclusive decision. However, Jolie was furious at the judge for not allowing the children to testify in court.

    Pitt was investigated on charges of attempted child abuse which he successfully cleared out of.

    Jolie, 45, and Pitt, 57, have been embroiled in a bitter custody and divorce battle since Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016, ending their jet-setting, movie star lifestyle together that made them one of Hollywood’s superstar couples. Speaking to Vogue last year, Jolie had revealed that she parted ways with Pitt for the “wellbeing” of her family.

    Read more – Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s eldest son testifies against father in court

    Soon after the couple’s split, it was revealed that Pitt was being investigated by the FBI and child welfare services in Los Angeles, related to reports he got “verbally abusive and physical with his children” on a private jet returning from Europe. A number of reports claimed that Maddox was the main focus of Pitt’s aggression on the flight. However, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services cleared Pitt in November 2016 after investigating the actor.

    Despite Pitt confessing about quitting drinking and smoking marijuana in 2017, Jolie still did not abandon legal accusations against him.

    Brangelina met on the set of the 2005 blockbuster Mr and Mrs Smith and tied the knot in 2014.

  • Priyanka Chopra spills her secret to a happy marriage

    Priyanka Chopra spills her secret to a happy marriage

    Take some tips from Priyanka Chopra for a happy marriage.

    “Secret behind a good marriage?” said Chopra while speaking to Vogue Australia. “I am just two years in, so I would be able to tell you only so much. According to me, it is conversation.”

    “Actually sitting down, being able to speak to each other and spend time with each other. And actually enjoy it all,” added Chopra-Jonas.

    Priyanka got married to Nick Jonas in December 2018 in two grand ceremonies.

    When asked about how she managed to plan the “world’s most epic wedding,” Chopra said: “The secret behind [the] world’s most epic wedding was doing it in two months.”

    “Because we did not have time to think about anything. So, by the time it was done, it was just perfect, epic,” she added.

    Priyanka and Nick first got in touch via Twitter and soon started speaking to each other over text and Whatsapp. Their first meeting took place at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party in 2017 following which they met in Los Angeles, where they watched Beauty and the Beast at the Hollywood Bowl.

    Chopra recently flew to LA from London to be by her husband’s side after he broke a rib and helped him present at the Billboard Music Awards (BMAs).

    Meanwhile, Priyanka also opened up about the failures she has faced in her professional life.

    “No one only wins. I’ve lost many battles. I’ve done many, many movies that no one has watched. It’s what you do after failures that defines you. To me, life is a ladder. It’s never a destination,” remarked the star.

    Priyanka also said that she works hard so that the generation after her wouldn’t have to.

    “We as Asians have always been taught that you’ve got to run faster than everyone to get where you’re going,” said Chopra. “I wanted to be seen as a mainstream leading lady, and not be boxed into the stereotype I saw a lot of, that required 10 years of work…and finally, I feel like I’ve been able to get to a place where I am doing that.”

    “I think the responsibility is to constantly push the goalposts, not just for yourself, but for everyone who comes after you. For the next generation of South Asian talent, I want it not to take 10 years for them to get the roles that they want,” added the actor.

    Priyanka has a string of releases lined up including Text For You co-starring Sam Heughan and Keanu Reeves’ Matrix 4. She is also working on her own production Citadel.

  • Pakistani celebrities demand justice for Sunita Masih

    Pakistani celebrities demand justice for Sunita Masih

    Pakistani celebrities have taken to social media and demanded justice for Sunita Masih, a 14-year-old Christian girl gang-raped in Faisalabad.

    As per details, Sunita was abducted and gang-raped. She was allegedly asked to convert to Islam and when she refused, they cut her hair and tortured her sensitive body parts.

    “Feeling sick to the stomach. With each new case, humanity plunges deeper and deeper into a dreary, dark pit,” wrote Adnan Siddiqui while addressing this incident on Twitter.

    Siddiqui questioned: “Why are we turning into morally depraved monsters? Abhorrent!”

    Armeena Rana Khan said: “Sunita Masih, a Christian girl from Faisalabad, aged just 14 has allegedly been gang raped. She was asked to recite the Kalma. When she refused her hair was shaved off. So, lots of activism for the innocents elsewhere, great but how about raising our voices here too?”

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    “Appalled. Speechless,” said Faysal Quraishi. “Assailants of such crimes should be granted the highest form of punishment so that they can be an example for all those who even think of committing such atrocious crimes.”

    Actor and television host Nadia Jamil took to social media and said: “I urge all of us on media to protect the dignity of the child Sunita Masih by blurring her face. It will cause further trauma to her to be b exposed.”

    “I plea to Imran Khan to ensure she is provided physical/mental health care immediately and to see that the perpetrators are arrested, punished,” she appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan .

    In another tweet, Jamil requested PM Imran to look at the case of the 14-year-old. “She needs care 4 her physical wounds and mental health. She needs her face protected. She is too young to be exposed publicly by media. Perpetrators should be arrested immediately amd punished as soon as possible,” wrote Jamil.

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    “Deleted my previous tweet, instead of sharing the victims picture,” said comedian and host Shafaat Ali.

    “This is just shameful and unbelievably inhumane. We cannot let minorities and CHILDREN suffer these atrocities for reasons which are incomprehensible. We need implementation of law and strict punishments so we can put an end to this nonsense once and for all,” wrote Hassan Sheheryar on Twitter.

    Ushna Shah also addressed the incident, while sharing Armeena Rana’s tweet on her Instagram stories, she said: “Apna girehbaann quite soiled.”

    Alizeh Shah also condemned this act of brutality, saying: “I don’t know where these people are heading to by doing such sinful acts.”

    “Rape culprits k law ka kya bana? Implementation ka kya hua,” questioned Maryam Nafees.

    Zoya Nasir apologised from Sunita for “what these monsters” dis to her.

    Many other social media users have also strongly condemned this inhumane treatment to the teenager and demanded immediate action from the government against the accused.

    According to reports, data released by a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Sahil, eight children are abused every day in Pakistan in one form or the other, while 51 per cent of the victims are girls and 49 per cent boys.

  • Christian Betzmann says he misses time spent with Zoya Nasir

    Christian Betzmann says he misses time spent with Zoya Nasir

    German vlogger Christian Betzmann has said that he miss time spent with Zoya Nasir after she broke their engagement.

    Christian shared what he said was the former couple’s “first and our last post together.”

    “This was our first and our last post together,” he began.

    “I had such an amazing time with you and will never forget these past 1.5 years. Unfortunately, we both have different views on life and want a different future.” Christian added.

    Christian further wrote: “I continue to wish you all the best in life. Thank you for all the love and support you have shown us as a couple and as two individuals moving forward.”

    Christian shared another post on his Instagram stories, saying: “It’s hard to leave something behind you love so much. It can be your partner, your family, or your best friend.”

    “You can only try your best, but when the future is not aligning, you can’t keep making compromises,” he added.

    “Never lose sight of your dreams, have faith in yourself and don’t settle for less,” said Christian. “Everything is temporary, so is pain. Be optimistic instead.”

    Zoya and Christian announced their engagement on February 19 and were reportedly set to tie the knot this year. Their engagement ended after Christian had passed some insensitive comments on Pakistan and Islam.

  • Mark Ruffalo apologises for suggesting Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Palestine

    Mark Ruffalo apologises for suggesting Israel committed ‘genocide’ in Palestine

    American actor Mark Ruffalo, popularly known as The Hulk, has apologised for his statement which suggested that Israel is committing “genocide” in Palestine.

    “I have reflected and wanted to apologise for posts during the recent Israel/Hamas fighting that suggested Israel is committing ‘genocide’,” the actor wrote on Twitter. “It’s not accurate, it’s inflammatory, disrespectful and is being used to justify anti-Semitism here and abroad.”

    “Now is the time to avoid hyperbole,” added Ruffalo.

    The actor’s apology comes following weeks of violence on Palestinians during which Pakistani celebrities, as well as international celebrities, took to social media and came out on roads to condemn Israeli atrocities in Palestine.

    However, Mark hasn’t deleted his earlier tweets supporting Palestinians and they are still up on his account.

    Earlier in October 2020, Ruffalo had referred to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the division between the two as a “kind of apartheid” while speaking to television host Mehdi Hasan on the self-titled NBC program.

    He also accused the Israeli government of carrying out “asymmetrical warfare” against the Palestinian people, and tied in United States’ support for Israel as plainly aiding and abetting the separation and the “violence acted upon them.”

    Meanwhile, Usman Mukhtar expressed his shock over Mark’s change in stance, questioning, “What is happening?”

    Ushna Shah said: “And then there were none.”

    Ahmed Ali Butt also expressed his disappointment, saying: “Mark Ruffalo se Mark Badloo.”

    Earlier, American supermodel Gigi Hadid had called out anti-Semitic supporters of Palestine, calling them “hypocrites” for spreading hate towards the Jews.

  • Imran Abbas, Ushna Shah forget to tell each other about their marriage

    Imran Abbas, Ushna Shah forget to tell each other about their marriage

    Imran Abbas has given a humorous response to fake news of his marriage with fellow actor Ushna Shah which has made the fans laugh.

    Shah took to her Instagram stories with a screenshot of a thumbnail of a YouTube video with a photoshop photo of Imran and herself saying that Ushna and Imran are married.

    Shah tagged Imran on the screenshot and wrote: “Mubarak ho Imran Abbas [Congratulations to you Imran Abbas].”

    In response to Shah’s story, Imran wrote: “Ushna! And we even forgot to inform each other in haste.”

    At the same time, he slammed YouTubers, saying: “YouTubers!! At least do photoshop properly.”

    Interestingly, this is not the first time that rumors of Imran Abbas’s marriage has emerged and Imran has responded to them publicly. Earlier, Imran had also rubbished the rumours about his relationship with Alizeh Shah.