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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Hollywood

Why it’s time to break up the Disney empire

Disney is willing to lose money in order to generate market power that the company can later use, often against consumers.

Disney bets on nostalgia to win back ‘Star Wars’ fans

Marketing for ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ plucks the nostalgia strings and plays up the fact that there won’t be another film for years.

Godfather & Love Story producer Robert Evans, the ‘charming Hollywood playboy’, dies at 89

Robert Evans' youth and good looks made him a Hollywood sensation. Before bursting onto the scene to run Paramount at 36, he also dabbled in acting.

Persis Khambatta — the bold model-actor who went bald for Star Trek

Raised by a single mother in Mumbai, Persis Khambhatta went on to become Miss India and make strides in Hollywood.

Women stars in Hollywood earn $1 million less than men actors on same level

For actors over 50, the gap increases to an average of just under US$4 million.

Hollywood actor sent to jail for rigging daughter’s college entrance exam scores

'Desperate Housewives' star Felicity Huffman is the first parent to be sentenced in a college admissions scandal that has sparked nationwide outrage.

CDs & DVDs killed the VCR — but not before it gave Indians Hollywood, porn and memories

The VCR had to die with the advent of CD and DVD players but it would always remain a small step in technology, but a giant leap for Indians.

Hollywood studios can’t quit Netflix — even if they want to

Despite Walt Disney parting ways with Netflix, under their current deal, every movie released between January 2016 & December 2018 will be back on Netflix starting around 2026. 

Lagaan to Dhadak: Bollywood has a Dalit problem and it refuses to fix it

Hollywood has begun to address the issue of diversity but Hindi films continue to fare poorly on representation of caste.

Pak squash player alleges Indian officials offered him Rs20 mn to drop out of a 2014 match

Here’s what’s happening across the border: Pakistan's Presidential Palace opened to public for first time in history; Nandita Das’sManto cleared by Pakistan’s censor board. 

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.