A Harry Potter-themed event at a New Zealand book festival has been canceled over author J.K. Rowling’s controversial comments on gender. Organizers of Featherston’s Booktown Karukatea eliminated a quiz about the popular young adult series after Rowling tweeted a series of opinions that some called transphobic, according to Stuff. The best-selling British author was swiftly […]
Indoo Ki Jawani Movie Review: An unfunny mess of a story that’s all over the place
STORY: When her pervert boyfriend betrays her, Indoo decides to find love through a one-night stand on a dating app. But what is meant to be a romantic evening, goes horribly wrong, when her date turns out to be from Pakistan. REVIEW: From adolescent boys to retired uncles, everyone’s leching on the voluptuous Indira Gupta […]
Oscars 2021: Full list of winners and nominees
After being pushed back by two months, the 93rd Academy Awards were held on Sunday. The show was broadcast from two locations in Los Angeles: The Dolby Theatre and Union Station. Once again, there was no host for the ceremony. “Mank,” David Fincher’s film about “Citizen Kane” co-writer Herman Mankiewicz, led the way with 10 […]
‘F9’ nabs the biggest box office opening since 2019
The latest Fast Furious film has our heroes rocket a Pontiac Fiero into outer space. But that was merely the second most impressive feat the film pulled off this weekend. The first was opening to the biggest box office numbers since the pandemic began. “F9: The Fast Saga,” the ninth film from the action franchise […]
Read how RSS volunteers turned a defunct, British-era hospital, lying unused for over 2 decades, into a 200-bed COVID-19 facility
The RSS has also always extended its helping hand whenever the country has faced a national crisis. It has often leveraged its organisational machinery to help the country tide through various adversities. This time around, they have stepped forward to help revive a massive British era hospital in Karnataka as the state faces the scourge […]
Black Lives Matter Scholars are Set to Excel in Neuroscience and Neurosurgery
Newswise — There are many reasons to pursue diversity in medicine: social justice, providing a counterforce against societal bias, bringing new points of view to the clinic. There is also the emerging understanding that overcoming systemic racism helps ensure that everyone has a chance to access advanced education and training. To help drive this change, […]
Loksatta quietly edits its ‘fact-check’ on RSS Swayamsevak’s supreme sacrifice, claims the report was based on an unverified Tweet
After falsifying the supreme sacrifice made by the 85-year-old RSS Swayamsevak Narayan Dhabadkar, Loksatta silently edited its farce ‘fact-check’ report based on an unverified Tweet. Loksatta had run a ‘fact-check’ story discrediting the sacrifice of Dhabadkar and his family based on an unverified video which now stands deleted, uploaded by a Twitter handle named ‘rohanrtweets’. […]
Popcorn Movies gets new sorting options, redesigned Person Summary, more
Popcorn Movies, the Trakt.tv app for iPhone and iPad, has a new version 1.2.2 update now available in the App Store. It brings with it changes for both free and Premium users, including the ability tot take advantage of new advanced sorting options and more. Alongside the new features, developer Antoine Barré has also made […]
Birmingham’s DeMarius Copes, cast in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ movie, on his trek to Broadway and Hollywood
DeMarius Copes may be about to become a superstar. Coming off his recent success on Broadway in “Mean Girls,” he’s just been cast in the highly anticipated movie version of the Broadway smash “Dear Evan Hansen.” But Copes, 26, said it wouldn’t have been possible without the kindness and support of folks in Birmingham, folks […]
The Dig: Netflix film helps boost Sutton Hoo visitor numbers
The Dig, starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes, tells the story of the discoveries made at Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge, Suffolk, in 1939.