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New Delhi, Feb 3: Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit has called up Anupam Kher and offered him a visa to travel to that country if he has applied for the same but the Bollywood actor declined the offer, saying he has already taken up other assignments on the scheduled dates. Pakistan High Commission officials said Basit had called up Kher yesterday after the actor said he was denied visa to

New Delhi, Feb 3: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was presented with the lifetime achievement award at an event here last night. The 73-year-old actor said he is happy that even at this age he gets to do interesting projects. "I am grateful that even at this age, I still get to do some wonderful interpretations of different kind of roles that directors write for me. Thank you so much," he said while

Mumbai, Feb 2: Barely a month old, 2016 has begun on a sour note for several celebrity couples who called it quits. The rapidly lengthening list named actors Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora who, the tabloid press reported, were divorcing after being married over 16 years. Arbaaz, 48, has now posted a response to the reports - with a little help from popular app Dubsmash and Rajesh Khanna's song

Mumbai, Feb 2: Fans of Kapil Sharma have all the reasons to be depressed. Their favourite show is off air now! As they say, there are two sides to a coin, here’s another side to the story of the popular show being pulled off air. Kapil had his own reasons to give to explain the end of his show. In an interview to TOI, the CEO of the channel that aired ‘Comedy Nights With Kapil’ broke his silence

Mumbai, Feb 1: Actor Akshay Kumar, who will be seeing playing an antagonist to Rajinikanth in the sequel of Shankar’s Enthiran (Robot), 2.o, says he is excited about working with the Tamil superstar. The Singh is King actor will be seen exchanging punches with Rajinikanth on-screen. In the film, Rajinikanth will reprise his role of a scientist and his creation, Chitti-the robot and Akshay will

Bengaluru, Feb 1: The grand finale of Bigg Boss 3 Kannada was aired on January 31. Actress Shruthi won the reality television show, which was hosted by superstar Kichcha Sudeep. Actors Chandan and Master Anand were the second and third runners-up respectively. The third season of Bigg Boss Kannada started on October 25, 2015. Other showbiz personalities who were on the show are Tsunami Kitty

Mumbai, Jan 31: Bollywood actress Preity Zinta turned 41 today and her collagues from the film industry including Abhishek Bachchan, Karan Johar and Riteish Deshmukh wished her loads of love and fun on the day. Preity, who rang in her birthday with Salman Khan, Bobby Deol and Sohail Khan at an after party of Celebrity Cricket League, thanked everyone for their warm wishes. "Cannot think of a

Mumbai, Jan 30: Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani, who has taken a satirical look at the country's medical system, education system and religious superstitions in his movies, says his "voice takes a backseat" when it comes to expressing views on social issues. However, he believes in making strong statements with his films. Rajkumar Hirani: I'd like to direct sports-based film A writer, editor, director

Mumbai, Jan 30: considering the Bollywood celebrities who have made it to the Padma awardees' list this year, "it's good that I did not get one", says veteran actor-writer Kader Khan. This year, names like Rajinikanth, Anupam Kher, Priyanka Chopra, Madhur Bhandarkar, S.S. Rajamouli, Udit Narayan and Malini Awasthi, among others, are in Padma awardees' list. The ever-versatile actor also hinted

Los Angeles, Jan 30: American actor Chris Rock, who is set to headline one of the most embattled Oscar telecasts in years amid ongoing outrage over the nominees' lack of diversity, says when he goes to pick his children from "white schools", it feels like they're on "another planet". In an interview with Vanity Fair, conducted before the Oscar controversy erupted, the star spoke on a wide range of