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Topic: Hollywood

Harvey Weinstein gets 16 years in jail for 2013 LA rape conviction

The sentence is imposed as a consecutive penalty to the 23-year prison term Weinstein is already serving for a sexual misconduct conviction in New York.

Die Hard star Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, says family

Family of veteran Hollywood action star announced in March 2022 that he would retire from acting due to his aphasia diagnosis.

Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker in pet theft of two french bulldogs sentenced to 21 years

James Howard Jackson was one of the 5 suspects identified as known street gang members – arrested for the shooting and abduction of Gaga's pets in Feb 2021.

She Said on Harvey Weinstein shows what resilient journalism looks like minus the drama

Maria Schader's She Said doesn’t have a heart-pounding finale, but it’s a steady look at the Harvey Weinstein investigation that will stay with you for a long time.

Netflix’s Blonde isn’t Oscar-bait biopic, but uses Marilyn Monroe fiction to skewer Hollywood

Be it Monroe’s husbands, Hollywood icons, or JFK, Andrew Dominik aims and fires at each one of them for inflicting emotional, physical, sexual abuse on her.

A wacky multiverse fantasy, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ beats Marvel—on all counts

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' blends infinite possibilities of cosmogenesis with a heartwarming story.

Brad Pitt’s ‘Bullet Train’ hits the nail on the head despite clichés, dodgy Russian accents

Adapted from a Japanese dark comedy novel, Bullet Train Westernises its cast while retaining the spirit and setting of its source material.

Netflix’s The Gray Man is a fun action ride, but has nothing new to offer

Based on Mark Greaney’s novel of the same name, The Gray Man, with its $200 million budget, is Netflix’s most expensive project to date.

Partition, SRK, hijab—why Indians and Americans must watch Pakistani Ms. Marvel

Muslim families have no voice in most Hollywood series, but Ms. Marvel breaks that wall. There’s Eid, 'Jalebi Baby', SRK fandom and even Partition.

Say what you might — Marvel Studios has triumphed over DC. And it all started with Avengers

What started as six core Avengers — Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Thor — turned Marvel into real-life superheroes of the movie genre.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.