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Mumbai, Jun 2: Alia Bhatt, who has collaborated with the IIFA for the first time this year, can't hold on to the excitement of her debut performance on the award night. The 24-year-old actress, who has been nominated in the 'Best Actress' category for 'Udta Punjab' and 'Dear Zindagi,' when asked what excites her the most- the trophy or the performance, promptly replied, "Of course performance!"

Mumbai, Jun 1: Actress Sunny Leone, her husband, Daniel Weber and some friends had a harrowing experience when their private plane almost crashed in a remote place in Maharashtra. The 36-year-old actress said bad weather was responsible for the incident. "Thank the lord we are all alive! Our private plane almost crashed through bad weather. Counting our stars and driving home! Thank you God!"

May 31: Odisha girl Padmalaya Nanda sets her eyes on Little Miss Universe beauty pageant which is to be held in Georgia, US, commencing from May 31. Padmalaya has been declared as a world finalist to represent India in the pageant among other 16 contestants. She is the first ever person from Odisha, North-East India and Eastern India to get such an achievement. The 12-year-old girl is a class 8

Hyderabad, May 31: Veteran Telugu filmmaker and former Union minister Dasari Narayana Rao, who directed super-hit movies with legendary actors like NT Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao, died at a private hospital in Hyderabad today. He was 75. He was an active politician in the Congress party and served as a minister during the UPA-1 regime. "We are extremely sorry to announce the sad demise of

New Delhi, May 30: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin, Germany. The 34-year-old actress, who is promoting 'Baywatch' in the city, took to Twitter to share a picture with the Prime Minister. "Thank you for taking the time to meet me this morning @narendramodi Sir. Such a lovely coincidence to be in #berlin at the same time." Priyanka captioned the photo

Mumbai, May 30: Looks like Twitter is in no mood to be cordial with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya! The micro-blogging site has once again suspended his new account, with which he made a comeback on Monday. Last week, the singer's account was debarred following his offensive comments against some female users. Abhijeet re-joined the micro-blogging site with a new unverified account on Monday and

Mumbai, May 30: Aamir Khan has as many as 20.9 million followers on Twitter and is the most followed Indian on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo. But the superstar believes in communicating with fans through his films rather than taking the social media route as he says he is “not very communicative”. After breaking records at the Chinese box office with his latest Bollywood offering Dangal, he

Mumbai, May 29: Actor Priyanka Chopra will be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award for being an international icon. The Quantico star will be given the award under the newly introduced 'Internationally Acclaimed Actress' category at a ceremony in Mumbai on June 1. “Priyanka's hard and sincere efforts have helped her place herself on an international platform with grace. She is

Raipur, May 29: Expressing anger over extending the monetary assistance to families of CRPF jawans killed in Naxal ambush in Sukma, Maoists have warned Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and ace badminton player Saina Nehwal. The local units of banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) have distributed pamphlets in Bastar, Chattisgarh and asked celebrities and well-known personalities to stand by the

Cannes, May 29: The Square, a Swedish movie about the curator of a museum filled with grotesquely pretentious conceptual art, beat stiff competition to win the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday. Critics hailed the movie by writer-director Ruben Ostlund as "high-wire cinema” that veers between comedy and thriller with moments of pure surrealism. The film's highlight is a dinner for