Bollywood superstar Alia Bhatt has joined the ranks of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Priyanka Chopra on the ‘Block Out 2024’ list, a group of entertainers and influencers being blocked by fabs for not speaking up about the Gaza genocide. Despite her recent appearances at events like the Met Gala and the Gucci Cruise show, Alia Bhatt has faced criticism for not raising her voice for Palestinians.
The ‘Block Out 2024’ movement encourages people to unfollow and block these celebrities on social media, aiming to hit them financially by reducing their social media influence.
Other notable names on the list include Priyanka Chopra, her husband Nick Jonas, and cricketer Virat Kohli. These celebrities have significant platforms but haven’t used them to speak out against Israel’s attacks in Gaza.
Some big names from the West have also been added to the ‘Block Out’ list, including Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kylie Jenner, Zendaya, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, Khloe Kardashian, Ariana Grande, Doja Cat, Demi Lovato, Lizzo, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Zac Efron, Joe Jonas, Kevin Jonas, and Justin Timberlake, among others.
The movement gained traction after this year’s Met Gala, where celebrities flaunted expensive outfits while Rafah was being mercilessly bombed.
Celebrity couple Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas have reached a temporary agreement regarding the custody of their two daughters. The ‘Game Of Thrones’ actress made headlines when she sued the Jonas Brothers band member for taking possession of their children, and refusing to hand over their passports as per the previous deal made between the two.
However, People Magazine now reports that an interim consent order has been laid out for the couple’s two daughters. From October 9-21, the children will remain with Sophie as she travels through the US and England. And from October 21 till November 2, Joe will be given the responsibility of the children.
After November 2, the children’s nanny will return the two daughters back to Turner to stay with them till November 22, after which they will live with Jonas once more. From December 16, the children will spend their holidays with Sophie till January 7.
People further elaborates that both parities will submit a status report before December 23 which will outline the status of mediation between the two ex-spouses.
Joe Jonas filed for divorce from Sophie on September 5 in Miami, claiming “the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken.”
Venus in retrograde really making a mark here with the way celebrity couples are splitting up. First it was Ariana Grande and her husband, then Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, and now rumors are circulating that it will be Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner next.
According to People Magazine, the Jonas Brothers singer has reportedly hired a divorce lawyer after being married to Sophie for four years, with whom he shares two children.
The couple have not responded to immediate requests for clarification, so it is yet to be proven if the rumors are true. However, TMZ revealed that a source has said the ‘Game Of Thrones’ actress wasn’t completely prepared for marriage or motherhood, while Joe had expressed his desire to expand the family. The source elaborated that the couple had been on shaky grounds for the past six months.
The tabloid said Joe had taken on the role of the primary caregiver for their two children, while his band embarked on another tour across the United States.
The couple met in October 2016, after which the ‘Burnin’ Up’ singer slid into the actress’ DM’s.
“We had a lot of mutual friends. And they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time,” she gushed to Harper’s Bazaar UK. “We were following each other on Instagram and he direct-messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.”
Later, the two decided to meet while the Jonas Brothers were touring in the UK, after which Sophie recalled instantly liking the singer.
“He didn’t bring security. He brought a friend, and they drank just as hard as the rest of us. I remember us two spending only a couple of minutes on the dance floor, and then we found a space in the far corner and we just talked,” she said. “We talked for hours, and hours, and hours. And I wasn’t bored. It wasn’t contrived, it wasn’t small talk — it was just so easy. Soon, we were inseparable. And then I went on tour with him.”
The pair announced their engagement in October 2017, after which they tied the knot in a surprise ceremony in Vegas on May 2019, then again in June at a star-studded ceremony held at Le Château de Tourreau in Sarrians, France.
Game of Thrones actor Richard Madden has teamed up with Bollywood turned Hollywood diva Priyanka Chopra for Amazon Prime’s action series ‘Citadel’, with the episodes already streaming online. Both actors went on the traditional promotional tour, gushing about each other, with Chopra revealing that this was the first time she was getting the same pay as her male co-star, and Madden praising Chopra as a ‘brilliant improvisor’ who is fully committed to her roles.
However critics are not impressed with the $300 million spectacle, calling it a ‘flop’, ‘poorly-paced’ and a cheap copy of James Bond movies, without anything much to say about the current affairs of the world.
Time magazine called the series ‘all spectacle, no substance’ and shared how aside from the glamorous locations, as well as the charming performances of both Chopra and Madden, who star as former lovers and top agents working for an elite international spy agency ‘Citadel’, the show didn’t offer much:
“But when the smoke clears, geopolitical window dressing aside, the show has little to say on the state of the world. Whether it’s due to behind-the-scenes turbulence, including the replacement of a showrunner and extensive reshoots, or comes out of the difficulty of making a spy thriller palatable to people in all of the 200-plus countries and territories where Prime Video is available, the absence of substantive ideas, or even much Bond-style humor, makes Citadel feel pretty pointless. Maybe it’s possible to make a great show that appeals to everyone without offending anyone, but this isn’t it.”
The Ringer had also shared criticism of the lack of dramatic tension, and called the show “a spark notes version of an action series” because of the limited attention given to detail and narrative, recounting how the original showrunner Josh Applebaum exited the series in 2020 over creative differences.
Rolling Stones has labelled Citadel as “$300 million disaster for Amazon,” and harshly calling it “bland, generic and almost shockingly cheap-looking, given the price tag.” The performances by Chopra and Madden were called ‘charming but also not popping off the screen.
Priyanka Chopra made headlines when she chose to leave Bollywood and start a career in Hollywood with the series ‘Quantico’. The star went on to act in prominent films such as ‘A Kid Like Jake’ and ‘Baywatch’.
Talking on the podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Chopra opened up about the reason that compelled her to leave Bollywood, revealing that the ongoing politics and feuds of the industry had worn her out:
“I was being pushed into a corner in the industry (Bollywood). I had people not casting me, I had beef with people, I am not good at playing that game so I kind of was tired of the politics and I said I needed a break,” said the ‘Love Again’ actress. “This music thing gave me an opportunity to go into another part of the world, not crave for the movies I didn’t want to get but I would require to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people. It would require groveling and I had worked a long time by then that I didn’t feel like I wanted to do it.”
Chopra had started a music career in Hollywood by releasing ‘In My City’ feat Will.I.Am in 2012, and later “Exotic’ in 2013, but decided to shift from music to acting.
“You have late nights, and early mornings, you’re travelling to a different city every day and you do it for three months,” she told People. “That’s why my music career lasted two seconds…I was not meant to do that. This rock star life is… I admire it tremendously. It’s definitely not for the weak-hearted.”
Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas finally revealed the face of her infant daughter Malti Marie. The Baywatch star, who welcomed her first child with her husband Nick Jonas in 2022, made her first-ever public appearance with her daughter on January 30, Monday.
Malti Marie made her public event debut as her father Nick Jonas and his brothers received the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star. Priyanka Chopra and Maltie Marie attended the event with Joe Jonas’s wife Sophie Turner.
The star kid looked super adorable in a white top, which is paired with a cream sweater and matching shorts. Malti Marie’s look was completed with a cute bow. Proud mom Priyanka Chopra, who was visibly excited about her daughter’s first public appearance, looked stylish in a brown bodycon dress. The popular star completed her look with earthy-toned makeup, a pair of statement glasses, and golden earrings. Along with the mother-daughter duo, the Jonas family members including Sophie Turner, Kevin Jonas’s wife Danielle and their daughters, and the Jonas brothers’ parents attended the ceremony. Priyanka Chopra and Malti Marie’s pictures from the Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony are now setting social media on fire.
Nick Jonas, who joined his brothers on stage as they accepted the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, gave a special shout-out to his wife Priyanka Chopra, and daughter Malti Marie. “To my beautiful wife, you are the calm in the crazy, the rock in the storm and I love being married to you. It is the greatest gift. And I love being a parent with you, so Malti Marie, ‘Hi, babe.’ I can’t wait to come back here with you in 15 years and embarrass you in front of your friends,” said the actor-singer as he addressed the audience.
Recently, Priyanka Chopra opened up about her surrogacy journey in her interview with Vogue. “I had medical complications. This was a necessary step. And, I’m so grateful that I was in a position where I could do this,” stated the celebrated actress. For the unversed, the new mother was accused of ‘outsourcing’ her pregnancy and even ‘renting’ a womb and opting for a ‘ready-made’ baby.
On the work front, Priyanka Chopra will next be seen in the Russo Brothers-backed spy thriller series Citadel, It’s All Coming Back To Me alongside Sam Heughan and Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa with Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt.
Actor and singer Priyanka Chopra made headlines with her autobiography titled Unfinished. From her personal experience in the Bollywood industry to her family revelations, the actress gave an insight into her life to her fans. One of the excerpts from the memoir was about her nose surgery that went totally wrong.
Priyanka Chopra revealed, “I was having trouble breathing. This is a problem someone with asthma can’t ignore. I ended up seeing a doctor recommended by a family friend, who discovered a polyp in my nasal cavity that would need to be surgically removed.”
While shaving her polyp, the doctor accidentally ended up shaving the bridge of her nose. Priyanka Chopra added, “When it was time to remove the bandages and the condition of my nose was revealed, Mom and I were horrified. My original nose was gone. My face looked completely different. I wasn’t me anymore. I didn’t think my sense of self or my self-esteem would ever recover from the blow. Let’s just call it out right now. I remember the media giving me the nickname ‘Plastic Chopra’ after my surgery.”
The actress then had to fix the damages via polypectomy. Well, that indeed is one horrific incident. But this unfiltered version of Priyanka Chopra makes her the global icon that she is today.
Earlier this year Chopra, called out an online publication for referring to her as ‘wife of Nick Jonas’. The Fashion diva took to her Instagram story to express her displeasure over being referred to as her husband’s wife instead of her own name.
“Very interesting that I’m promoting one of the most iconic film franchises of all time, and I’m still referenced as ‘the wife of…’. Please explain how this still happens to women? Should I add my IDMB link to my bio?” the actor wrote in her story.
Sima Taparia of Indian Matchmaking fame is back with the second season of her show on Netflix. While several original cast members returned to the show, such as Pradhyuman Maloo, Aparna Shewakramani and Nadia Jagessar, the highlight of the season was the matchmaker rejecting Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas’ pair.
In the second episode of the latest season, Taparia asks Jagessar about how her relationship with Shekhar, the bachelor she set her up with, is going. She told the matchmaker that despite giving multiple hints, she doesn’t feel he has the same feelings for her as she does for him. But Taparia knew the truth that Jagessar had flirted with another single at a party and she had not told Shekhar about it. The person whom she flirted with, Vishal, was seven years younger than her.
To prove that Jagessar’s relationship could work, Taparia jokingly gave the example of Chopra and Jonas who have an 11-year age gap. “But I don’t feel it’s a good match, sorry to tell them,” Sima said. She added, “Just they have married, but it’s not a good match. He looks so small and petite in front of her, and she looks elder.” Jagessar let out a shocked laugh in response to what the matchmaking aunty said on the show.
Chopra and Jonas tied the knot in 2018 in a grand Indian wedding after a whirlwind romance. Earlier this year the couple welcomed their first child via surrogate, a baby girl whom they named Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. Clearly, they’re doing just fine, regardless of what a random matchmaker says.
Netizens are calling out Sima for her ageist remarks.
People who used to bully Priyanka-Nick and Arjun-Malaika as couples, have problems with Indian Matchmaking Show. That show is the most realstick Indian reality show, I have seen recently. They show, what you are. #indianmatchmakingnetflix
— Prince Vij ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸ ਵਿਜ (@Iam_PrinceVij) July 26, 2020
Last year Indian television actress Nausheen Ali Sardar, known for her role in Kkusum, revealed that Sima refused to find her a match because she’s Muslim.
In a recent interview, Nausheen said that she was “blatantly” told by Taparia that she doesn’t cater to Muslims or Catholics.
Speaking to Pinkvilla, Sardar said: “My family was insisting on getting me enrolled on a matrimonial site since the lockdown was going on, and I wasn’t even going on dates or anything as such. So they thought of approaching Sima Aunty, the famous marriage maker from the show Indian Matchmaking.”
“We were in for a shock when she blatantly told us on our face that she did not cater to Muslims or Catholics,” continued the actor.
“I mean it’s 2021! Yes, I am a Muslim, so what? I have an equal right too in society…I had gotten so annoyed at this that I put this entire bitter experience on her social media page where I had asked her to broaden her mindset,” said Sardar further, adding that she later took down the post on her family’s insistence as they feared that someone would try to hurt Nausheen.
In the same interview, Nausheen shared that this wasn’t the first time she had to face discrimination on the basis of her religion.
The actor shared that she was rejected by housing societies because ‘they do not give houses or flats in their building to Muslims.’
“I was shocked! It’s so important to respect every religion and if any society is going to be so rigid in their thoughts, it will be extremely difficult to survive there,” lamented Sardar.
Nausheen made her television debut with Ekta Kapoor’s hit soap opera, Kkusum in 2001.
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas is proud to see Asian Talent getting recognition at the Cannes Film Festival 2022. “It’s especially heartening to see the recognition for all the powerful talent from Asia,” she captioned.
Taking to Instagram, the Krrish 3 star congratulated all the winners at the prestigious festival including Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq for his award winning film Joyland.
It was followed by story that featured the cast of Joyland which won the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard & Queer Palm.
Taking to her Instagram stories, Chopra wrote, “Congratulations to all the winners at the Cannes Film Festival 2022.”
Reacting to the story, Pakistani film director Sadiq thanked Priyanka for the special mention. Re-sharing his story, PeeCee again congratulated the artist.
Actress Priyanka Chopra and singer Nick Jonas’ baby girl has been named Malti Marie Chopra Jonas, as per the birth certificate obtained by TMZ.
The hit duo had welcomed Malti Marie via surrogate on January 15 at a hospital in San Diego, California, the certificate also revealed. The couple announced her birth on January 22.
According to TMZ, the document states that Malti was born just after 8 pm on January 15 in San Diego, California. While the couple hasn’t made any confirmation yet on the baby’s name, it seems the name could have a special meaning for the duo.
The couple continues to honour both their traditions with their baby daughter’s name as well and hence have chosen a Sanskrit name as well as the middle name Marie is Christian.
Malti generally means small fragrant flower or moonlight in Sanskrit.
While speaking to close friend Lilly Singh in an interaction recently, Priyanka spoke about wanting to raise a child without putting any limitations on their dreams and aspirations.
The Dostana diva recently praised Netflix’s Bridgerton 2 in her Instagram stories the actress penned a note about how she had to face anomaly when she entered the film industry, but now things have changed. The Citadel diva shared a still from the show and appreciated the makers.
Her note read, “I have to say.. it’s so wonderful to see desi representation on mainstream TV. It was such an anomaly when I started. Love the show and the Sharma sisters (sic).”
In the second season, we were introduced to the Sharma sisters which include Charithra Chandran as Edwina Sharma and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma.
Earlier this year the Don 2 star reacted to the ongoing Ukraine crisis, which has affected the lives of innocent residents of the European countries.
She has called the situation ‘terrifying’ and has asked for contribution on behalf of Unicef to help them.
Priyanka posted a video of news coverage showing how individuals have turned subway stations into underground bunkers to stay protected during the Russia-Ukraine war.
The Dostana actor wrote, “The situation unfolding in Ukraine is terrifying. Innocent people living in fear for their lives and the lives of their loved ones, while trying to navigate the uncertainty of the immediate future. It’s difficult to comprehend how in the modern world this could escalate to such a catastrophic point, but this is a consequential moment that will reverberate around the world.”
Asking people to reach out for help, Priyanka added, “There are innocent lives living in this war zone. They are just like you and me. Here is more info at the link in my bio about how to assist the people of Ukraine.” Priyanka was appointed as Global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador in 2016.
Thousands of people have fled the country as the Russian military launched a full scale invasion via land, sea and air.
