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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Topic: Hollywood

How Hollywood brought women of STEM & arts together so they are no longer ‘Hidden Figures’

Women from across the world are coming together to boost their presence in STEM & arts.

Enough Slumdog Millionaire, when will Hollywood make Crazy Rich Asians for Indians?

American rom-com drama Crazy Rich Asians directed by Jon M. Chu released in India this week. After The Joy Luck Club, it was the...

Top shark movie since ‘Jaws’ may solve US-China film puzzle

Co-productions help the Hollywood industry leverage on China’s fast-growing film market, which is now the world’s second largest. 

India wants Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ censored globally for J&K map

I&B ministry has asked the MEA to raise objections and get the ‘misrepresentation’ removed from the global version of the film.

Book on Priyanka Chopra shows why ethnicity of Quantico’s protagonist was not a big deal

Many Indians were waiting for Priyanka Chopra to fail in Quantico and they found her failure in her accent.

Nick Jonas lucked out with Priyanka Chopra — not the other way around

Priyanka Chopra has done what no other Indian star has been able to do — cross over without sacrificing her stardom in either Bollywood or Hollywood.

Kristen Stewart shedding her heels on the Cannes red carpet was a tall act

American actress had removed her heels at the Cannes film festival where it is mandatory for women to wear them.

Global Pulse: From ‘whisper networks’ to a loud, emphatic debate on sexual harassment

The resigned air that has for decades bred women’s “whisper networks” about sexual harassment seems to be giving way to emphatic and tense debates on the “legitimate” ways of calling out predators across the world.

Talk Point: Is there a culture of silence on sexual harassment in Indian film industry?

As Harvey Weinstein case fuels a #MeToo campaign, is there a culture of silence surrounding sexual harassment in the Indian film industry?

Global Pulse: French military chief quits, Suu Kyi’s press freedom reputation hit and Putin’s off limits for Hollywood

FRENCH MILITARY CHIEF QUITS IN FEUD WITH MACRON France’s top military officer, General Pierre de Villiers, resigned Wednesday, in response to a public feud with...

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

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.