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‘Dada’ fame actor Kavin’s ‘Star’ gets a release date

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Elan has directed ‘Star’ while Yuvan Shankar Raja has composed music for the Tamil film

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Apple TV+ sets premiere date for Rashida Jones’ dark comedy series ‘Sunny’

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Created by Katie Robbins and directed by Lucy Tcherniak, the series also stars Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, Annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura

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‘Transformers One’ trailer: Paramount launches new trailer from space with Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and more

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After an hour-long ascent to over 125,000 feet above Earth, the iconic Hasbro franchise debuted its first trailer

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‘Trap’ trailer: M. Night Shyamalan’s new nightmare lets a serial killer loose at a pop concert

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The film features Shyamalan’s daughter and R&B singer, Saleka Shyamalan playing the character of pop icon Lady Raven

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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ drops as a surprise double album with 15 extra songs

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After a long sleepless night for Indian Swifties, pop-sensation Taylor Swift has finally released her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ as of this morning

Thursday, Apr 18

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The quiet heroes behind the electoral bonds stories

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Reporters who file daily stories, which are sometimes deemed uninteresting, are the ones who make the big stories possible

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Kristen Stewart, Lily Gladstone and Jenna Ortega will premiere new films at Tribeca 2024

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With over 13,000 submissions, this year’s festival will present 103 feature films from 114 filmmakers across 48 countries, with half of the films in competition directed by women

Apple TV+ renews ‘For All Mankind’ for season five, announces new spinoff series ‘Star City’

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Creators Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi will expand the ‘For All Mankind’ universe with a brand-new spinoff series, ‘Star City’

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Alia Bhatt and Dev Patel feature on TIME’s 100 Most Influential List 2024

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The ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ and ‘Monkey Man’ stars join a list of eight personalities of Indian descent to be recognised for their remarkable contributions and impact on a global scale

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Monica Raymund and Rebecca Cutter on ‘Hightown’ Season 3: ‘We’re going out with a bang’

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Monica Raymund, who plays the lead in the crime drama set in Provincetown Massachusetts, and Rebecca Cutter, the creator of the show, say the third and final season will see the characters end up in a place that feels at once shocking and…

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Cannes 2024: Studio Ghibli makes history as the first group to be awarded Honorary Palme d’Or

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Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed Japansese anime studio will be the first collective entity to be bestowed the top prize Cannes Film Festival

Is it Drake or AI? Viral track ‘Push Ups’ stirs debate

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The song titled ‘Push Ups’ features a voice that does sound like Drake. However, the Grammy-winning artist has neither taken credit for the track nor released the same on any of his official platforms.

Youth brigade to ring in Seshadripuram Ramaseva Samithi’s Ramanavami music festival this year

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This year, the Ramanavami music festival by the Seshadripuram Ramaseva Samithi, has a special focus on young artistes

‘Oldboy’ is getting a TV adaptation from Park Chan-wook

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Korean auteur Park Chan-wook is partnering with Lionsgate Television for a new ‘Oldboy’ TV series adaptation

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Chennai: Poems come to life in paintings at Forum Art Gallery

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Head to Samarpanam at Forum Art Gallery, where paintings by Thejomaye Menon’s art breathes life into poems by Jyothi Ganesh at Forum Art Gallery

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Quentin Tarantino abandons ‘The Movie Critic’ as his final film

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‘The Movie Critic’ had gained momentum following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and the involvement of Brad Pitt in the lead role

Wednesday, Apr 17

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Wrestler Sakshi Malik listed among 100 most influential people by Time magazine

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Sakshi, India's only female Olympic medallist in wresting, has been honoured for her relentless fight against alleged sexual harassment of female wrestlers by former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

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Daily Quiz | On Game of Thrones

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The hugely popular American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on April 17, 2011. Here is a quiz on the show

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Steve Buscemi joins cast of ‘Wednesday’ Season 2

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Netflix’s popular Addams Family spin-off has added Buscemi to the cast in an undisclosed role

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Screen Actors Guild Awards sets 2025 date at Netflix

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The awards will take place exactly a week before the 2025 Oscars

Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson to lead Apple TV+ series ‘Down Cemetery Road’

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The show is based on the book of the same title from award-winning author Mick Herron, whose ‘Slough House’ novels were made into the ‘Slow Horses’ series for Apple TV+

Tuesday, Apr 16

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‘The Broken News’ Season 2 trailer: Shriya Pilgaonkar’s idealism vows to destroy Jaideep Ahlawat’s sensationalism

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Starring Sonali Bendre, Jaideep Ahlawat, and Shriya Pilgaonkar, the upcoming season premieres on ZEE5 on May 3

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Jonathan Bailey in talks to lead new ‘Jurassic World’ film

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Scarlett Johansson is also expected to star in the film, which is to be directed by Gareth Edwards and penned by David Koepp

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Photographer Pepita Seth to present her latest book in Bengaluru

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The book is the outcome of Seth’s long association with the Theyyakkarans, who suggested that she do a book about them

Monday, Apr 15

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Ram’s ‘Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai’, starring Nivin Pauly, to be screened at Moscow Film Festival

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The film, also starring Soori and Anjali, got rave reviews after its premiere at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam

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Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt’s ‘All Too Well’ rendition earns Taylor Swift’s seal of approval

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Gosling, taking the reins as host of the NBC late-night sketch show on April 13, embarked on a humorous journey through his monologue, bidding farewell to his Barbie character, Ken, and joining Blunt for a rendition of ‘All Too Well’

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WGA Awards 2024 winners: ‘Succession’, ‘The Bear’, ‘American Fiction’ writers strike gold at ceremony

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HBO series win big at the 2024 Writers Guild of America awards, a year after the monumental Hollywood strikes

Sunday, Apr 14

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Governor, T.N. officials pay tributes to Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

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Officials of the Tamil Nadu government also paid floral tributes to the late leader’s statue in Raja Annamalai Puram

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‘Civil War’ is A24’s highest opener, beating ‘Hereditary’

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Alex Garland’s war-drama has quickly become the indie production house’s highest opening earner, besting Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary’

Saturday, Apr 13

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PVR INOX resumes screening of Malayalam movies following temporary truce

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The company had stopped screening Malayalam movies after the Kerala Film Producers’ Association stuck to its position that Malayalam films should be released at a low virtual print fee using the content mastered at the PDC, a facility…