Despite limited screens owing to two other Bollywood films, Salman Khan-Aayush Sharma's Antim: The Final Truth and John Abraham's Satyameva Jayate 2 releasing in theatres, Rohit Shetty's cop film Sooryavanshi starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif is having a good run in cinema halls. As of now, the mass entertainer has minted Rs 189.74 crore in 25 days and is slowly heading towards the 200 crore club. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted the box office figures and wrote, #Sooryavanshi continues to attract footfalls in #Maharashtra and #Gujarat on [fourth] Mon, despite limited screens/shows... [Week 4] Fri 71 lacs, Sat 1.43 cr, Sun 2.05 cr, Mon 62 lacs. Total: ₹ 189.74 cr. #India biz." Sooryavanshi: Rohit Shetty Says Some People From Industry Were Betting Against Film's Success Before Release Earlier while speaking with PTI, director Rohit Shetty had said that the success of his latest directorial is yet to sink in. The filmmaker was quoted as …
‘À La Carte’: Pauline Dyer, Jessie Woo & Kendall Kyndall Among Lead Cast For AllBlk Dating Dramedy
EXCLUSIVE: À La Carte has tapped Pauline Dyer (A Stone Cod Christmas) , Jessie Woo (Wild N’ Out) , Kendall Kyndall (Games People Play) , Jenna Nolen (Animal Kingdom) and Courtney Burrell (Tyler Perry’s Too Close to Home) as its lead cast. The series hails from Breanna Hogan and executive producers Dijon Talton and Meagan Good. The six-episode show centers on one girl’s journey to the last place she ever thought she would end up…on the side. It’s been described as a cross between Sex & The City, Girlfriends and Insecure . Dyer stars as Mahogany Rose, a gorgeous, young go-getter who is the epitome of perfection. The type who usually makes the right decisions, Mahogany has always had somewhat of a whimsical idea of how her love life would turn out. But when she meets Kaleb Myles (Burrell), a charming and charismatic man who checks off nearly all her boxes, she’s forced to reconsider her typical standards as she discovers that he falls short of …
Andaman Movie Review: A Hard-Hitting Tale About The Plight Of The Rural Community Amidst The Pandemic
Rating: 3.0 /5 Star Cast: Anand Raaj, Sanjay Mishra, Rajesh Tailang, Jay Shankar Panday, Ambrish Bobby, Vishal Agiran, Amrita Pal, Anamica Kadamb Director: Smita Singh Filmmaker Smita Singh's directorial debut film Andaman with a fresh star cast is a remarkable attempt to showcase the plight and ignorance of the rural community in India during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. How the pandemic created a sense of fear, chaos and isolation in the underdeveloped villages due to the misinformed population forms the main crux of Andaman . Apart from this, the movie takes a brutal satirical approach in highlighting the caste system, lack of empathy towards the female member of the household and the infamous tendency of people to rely on the 'Whatsapp University' when it comes to information about the pandemic. What's Yay: Riveting concept and plot as well as the realistic performances What's Nay: The pace of the film becomes laborious in some …
BET Awards 2016: 20 Best and Worst Moments
The 16th annual BET Awards took over the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles last night, featuring a mix of pop, rap and R&B A-listers. Though the chaotic state of America and the shadow of Prince’s passing gave the broadcast a somewhat somber air, there were still electric performances from Beyoncé, Usher, Maxwell, Desiigner and more. Here are 20 of the best and worst things from the network’s big night. Best: Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar Make a Splash It’s impossible to have a conversation about pop in 2016 without Beyoncé coming up, and the BET Awards honored this fact by having her and her phalanx of dancers get into formation while excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech opened the show. B and her dancers launched into a version of “Freedom” that was choreographed on a pool, creating an eye-popping visual that matched the Lemonade track’s agitated intensity. When Kendrick Lamar showed up with a tweaked version of his on-record verse, the …
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Noel Gallagher Talks Oasis’ Demise, Going Solo in ‘Noel Gallagher – Out of the Now’ Doc Clip
Noel Gallagher – Out of the Now , a new documentary on the musician, will make its premiere in the U.S. via AXS TV on Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. ET. The film marks the 10th anniversary of his solo project Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. In an exclusive clip from the documentary, Gallagher opens up about the demise of Oasis and why he went solo. “It’s not a decision that I took lightly. I’d been in that band since ’91, and so it was 20 whatever years it was,” Gallagher says. “And I’d written every meaningful song that was ever recorded by Oasis. And it was my life, I mean, I directed it creatively, it was my thing. “With the benefit of hindsight, it was the best thing for me and the band…There was a kind of undercurrent of ‘Well we should really call it a day.’ I mean that’s what I thought anyway and I felt that people had stopped listening to the records and were coming to see us trot out the hits and it’s a position I never wanted the band to be in. “But now of course we’re …
It’s Time to Revisit Trump’s History With Women
We’re in the midst of a unique moment in modern history. Women are speaking up about the mistreatment they’ve suffered at the hands of powerful men – and people are actually listening. Whether the end result will be a backlash or a radical reconfiguration of power dynamics in the workforce is yet to be seen, but there’s no denying that something new is happening regarding sexual harassment, assault and abuse. Remarkably, however, the highest-profile person in the nation, whose treatment of women is notably checkered, has largely escaped this current round of scrutiny. That has to change now. President Trump has to be put under this newly glaring spotlight. This new round of attention on sexual harassment and abuse started with women – and some men – speaking up about powerful people in the entertainment industry. But, as many people appear to be learning, this problem is not relegated to Hollywood: Stories have also flooded out from the media, restaurant and other industries, …
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A DEA Raid Meant to Clean Up a New Mexico Town. Instead, It Made Everything Worse
This story was originally published by Searchlight New Mexico and is published here as part of an ongoing collaboration with Rolling Stone. Additional reporting by Don J. Usner. Francesquita Martinez’s words are slow and deliberate, perhaps a result of the methadone she’s taking to kick her addiction, perhaps because she is lost in the memory of Sept. 29, 1999 — the Archangel’s day. The day the war on drugs came to Chimayó. Francesquita, eight years old at the time, had slept overnight at her grandparents’ house, where her father was living. She was getting ready for school that morning when she came across him, looking worried. “Good morning, baby,” he said, placing his index finger over his mouth and listening as if he heard movement outside. “Shhhhh.” Within seconds, men in SWAT gear battered down the door of the house. “GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR!” they shouted, assault rifles drawn. “I sat on the couch watching my dad being slammed to the floor, guns pointing at him, …
Charlie Weber Joins Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth In ‘The Locksmith’; Denise Richards Boards Thriller ‘Among The Ashes’
EXCLUSIVE : Charlie Weber ( As Sick As They Made Us , How to Get Away with Murder ) will star alongside Ryan Phillippe and Kate Bosworth in The Locksmith , a crime thriller helmed by veteran first assistant director Nicolas Harvard , which is currently in production in New Mexico. The film centers on Miller (Phillippe), a thief fresh out of prison after a job gone bad who tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-girlfriend, Beth (Bosworth), who is now a police detective. Determined to make a clean start, he is forced to use the only skills he has, as a gifted locksmith, to make ends meet. But things soon get complicated after an unexpected kidnapping and from there, take a tumultuous turn. Weber will play Garrett, a real estate developer with a dark secret who keeps dirty cops and politicians on his payroll. John Glosser, Joe Russo & Chris LaMont, and Ben Kabialis penned the screenplay, based on an original story by Blair Kroeber. …
‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’ To End With Season 2 On AMC
Kevin Can F**k Himself will come to an end with its second season. AMC confirmed that the comedy drama, starring Schitt’s Creek’s Annie Murphy, will not go past its upcoming second season. The show was renewed by the network in August for a second run after a strong first season, which was the most watched series on AMC+ and popular with young, upscale and female-skewing viewers. It is one of a number of shows that will air for a limited two season run on the network including The Walking Dead: World Beyond, 61st Street and Pantheon. The show, which comes from creator Valerie Armstrong and executive producers Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, will air its second season in 2022. Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2020-21 Season The first season, which is part multi-cam comedy and part single-camera dark drama, followed the story of Allison McRoberts (Murphy), a woman we all grew up believing we knew: the prototypical Sitcom …
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‘The Last O.G’: TBS & Tracy Morgan Team With ConCreates For Digital Docuseries On Formerly Incarcerated Entrepreneurs
EXCLUSIVE : The Last O.G . stars Tracy Morgan as an ex-con who is released from prison after 15 years. The comedian and the show’s network, TBS , are now looking to highlight the work of a number of former inmates. Morgan and the WarnerMedia-backed network have teamed with creative agency ConCreates to launch three-part digital docuseries The Real O.G’s that highlights three former incarcerated entrepreneurs, who have overcome seemingly insurmountable adversity and founded impactful businesses within their own communities. The series, which launches November 30 and runs through December 14 on TBS online sites, tells the stories of Chris Montgomery, Tia Hamilton and Vincent Bragg. Montgomery is a chef who enrolled in culinary school after he left prison and worked at high-end fine dining restaurants before launching his own Soul Food Fusion restaurant, Cea-Lo LA. Hamilton, upon her release from federal prison, founded State V. US Magazin to highlight the …