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BollywoodMay 29, 2021

Bollywood mourns demise of producer Ryan Stephen

Bollywood film producer Ryan Ivan Stephen who bankrolled films like Kiara Advani's 'Indoo Ki Jawani' and Kajol's short film 'Devi', on Saturday passed away after reportedly contracting COVID-19. Bollywood celebrities like Kiara, Varun Dhawan, Manoj Bajpayee and others took to social media and mourned the loss of the ace producer. Bajpayee shared filmmaker Suparn S Varma's tweet on his Twitter handle and wrote, "It's so so shocking for all of us who knew this gentle soul. It really can't be true!! I will miss you my friend RYAN." Varun also shared a picture of the producer on his Instagram stor
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BollywoodMay 29, 2021

Rhea Chakraborty gets trolled for her latest post on 'suffering'

Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty has returned to the social media platform after turbulent times. Recently, Rhea shared a cryptic post that wasn't well-received by some. She wrote "Rheality" in the caption in the post which read, "From great suffering, comes great strength! You’ll just have to trust me on this one.. Hang in there. Love Rhea." While many fans and friends including Anusha Dandekar and Aparshakti Khurana showed support to the actress, some others trolled the actress and wrote the meanest comments.
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BollywoodMay 29, 2021

Kanye West dons bizarre face-covering out in Los Angeles

Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West was recently spotted putting on a bizarre street-style display as he roamed around Los Angeles wearing what looks like a tight-fitting cloth bag over his head. According to Page Six, the 43-year-old hip-hop star may have hoped his get-up would help him go unrecognised, but it was hard to miss the 'Chicago' artist, who combined the blue, white and brown balaclava with a pair of Yeezys, a navy-coloured shirt and matching denim jeans. After six years of marriage, West and his estranged wife Kim Kardashian are currently going through a divorce, which the 40-year-ol
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BollywoodMay 29, 2021

Anupam Kher blasts journalist over an 'insensitive' remark

Actor Anupam Kher lashed out at a journalist for saying that he is ‘changing his colours’ because his wife Kirron Kher ‘has been asked to vacate her plum seat in Chandigarh’ due to her illness. Kirron was recently diagnosed with cancer. Responding to the journalist, Anupam wrote that "people like" her "can stoop to any level of degradation". He added, "The lady is not only unbelievably insensitive about #Kirron’s illness, she also uses this situation to declare her fantasy like a vulture and without giving any proof of her claims. Shame on you." The journalist had written in her or
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BollywoodMay 29, 2021

Mika Singh slams Kamaal R Khan, says will make new single 'KRK Kutta'

Bollywood singer Mika Singh says he will make a new single titled "KRK Kutta", claiming the song is meant to be a "befitting reply" to actor-turned-critic Kamaal R. Khan, in the context of the latter's ongoing tussle with Bollywood star Salman Khan. A statement issued by Salman's lawyers recently said that he was filing a defamation suit against KRK for alleging that the star engages in fraudulent activity and launders funds through his NGO, Being Human. Mika's announcement comes at a time when KRK has declared that he refuses to apologise to anybody. "KRK is a 'gadha' (ass). Salman Khan shoul
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BollywoodMay 27, 2021

Kartik Aaryan voluntarily exits Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies

Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan has voluntarily opted out of Shah Rukh Khan’s production venture and has returned the signing amount too. According to the sources, Kartik had creative issues and was not pleased with the script. “Creative differences cropped up in the last 15 days where Kartik expressed his unhappiness over the film's script to director Ajay Bahl. Since the film was a love story, Kartik Aaryan apparently felt that Katrina Kaif, who was cast opposite him, would look older to him. Eventually resulting in Kartik cordially declining the movie which was backed by Red Chillies,”
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PollywoodMay 27, 2021

Sonam Bajwa and Sidhu Moosewala are on the right track!

Punjabi actor Sonam Bajwa and popular singer Sidhu Moosewala shared screen space together in a Punjabi song titled, Jatti Jeone Morh Wargi. And now the two are ready to hit the screen with yet another collaboration. Sonam Bajwa recently took to her social media handle to share pictures of her and Sidhu Moosewala holding hands. She captioned the picture- Are y’all ready??
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BollywoodMay 27, 2021

Randeep Hooda criticised for sexist, casteist 'joke' against Mayawati

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda was at the centre of a growing social media storm over a nine-year video in which he's seen making derogatory comments against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati. The 43-second clip from an event organised by a media house in 2012 resurfaced when a Twitter user shared it. Hooda cracks a joke, being castigated as casteist and sexist, and is seen laughing along with the audience. Nine years later, Twitterati and others were not amused, and were furious at the “Radhe” actor's comments against a powerful woman leader and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. Rec
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BollywoodMay 27, 2021

Kourtney Kardashian calls out Kendall Jenner for returning her pricey birthday gift

American reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian, in a sneak peek from 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' reveals that sister Kendall Jenner slyly returned a series of pricey presents in the past. According to E!News, the sneak peek from the Thursday night (local time) episode showcases the Poosh founder discussing with sisters Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian what to buy Kendall for her 25th birthday in November 2020. "So I started her this collection of Hermes China last year for her birthday. I got her like teacups and a teapot and all the tea stuff. And then for Christmas, I added to it and

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