Lopez once again engaged with Alex Rodriguez Published on: March 10, 2019

Thank God! Jennifer Lopez once again engaged with former baseball star. This is Lopez’s fifth engagement. Earlier, she married with actor, Ojani Noa, dancer Cris Judd, singer Marc Anthony ( with whom she has twins), and Ben Affleck in the early 2000s.
However, Rodriguez is a married man. He is married to Cynthia Scurtis, with whom he has two daughters.
The former New York Yankee player posted on Instagram on Saturday (Mar 9) a photo of J Lo’s hand with a huge ring on her finger. “She said yes ♥️,” he wrote. Lopez also posted the same photo.

 

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Hot and bold Avatar of Kriti Sanon Published on: March 9, 2019

KATHMANDU: Kriti Sanon (born 27 July 1990) is an Indian actress who appears in  Sabbir Khan’s action movie, Heropanti (2014), for which she won the Filmfare Award for the Best Female Debut in Hindi films. Born and raised in New Delhi, she pursued an engineering degree from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology. She made her acting debut with the Telugu psychological thriller Nenokkadine (2014).


Sanon went on to play the lead female role in three commercially successful films, the action-comedy, Dilwale (2015), which ranks among the highest-grossing Indian films of all time; and the romantic comedies: Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017) and Luka Chuppi (2019).

When alleged witch becomes a model social worker Published on: March 9, 2019

KATHMANDU: A short film named ‘Agnidahan’ (self-immolation) was screened in the Prime Minister’s official residence at Baluwatar, Kathmandu today which illustrates how once an alleged witch turns into a model social worker.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his spouse Radhika Shakya, ministers, lawmakers and artistes among others watched the film screened on the occasion of the 109th International Women’s Day.

The 1 hour 55 minutes long-educative film based how a young foreign returnee woman was accused of practicing witchcraft by her fellow villagers in a village in Terai and how she overcame the stigma and raises awareness about this superstition.

Anupama Bhandari (played by Pramila Tulachan) in the movie returns to her hometown from the UK for two months. She becomes victim to the superstition of being a witch, but in reality she has developed a mental complication due to some unpleasant circumstances.

Upon a good medical intervention, she regains her mental health and stands up to raise awareness against witchery due to which many women, especially those from the lower strata of our society continue to be victimized.

The movie produced by the ‘Manche Bokshi Kaile Hunna’ (A person never becomes a witch) National Awareness Foundation aims to spread the message witchery is a mental illusion. It firmly believes that raising awareness against it would help eliminate this ill tradition.

Violence against women is one of the major human rights violations in Nepal and one type of violence perpetrated against women is accusing them of witchcraft.

Foundation Coordinator Mohan Raj Poudel said that the movie concludes that there still prevailed the ill tradition of witchcraft due to lack of awareness among people.

The persecution and killing of women, especially elderly and single ones, in the name of practicing witchcraft is still prevalent in most of the eastern and western parts of the Terai region in the country.

The movie was produced at the cost of Rs 10 million while around Rs 5 million has already been spent for raising awareness through screening of this movie in various places across the country.

Written by Lokmani Poudel and directed by Ghanashyam Lamichhane, the movie launched by President Bidya Devi Bhandari some two years ago.

After watching the movie, PM Oli and his spouse grew emotional. They held discussions with the film crew for a while, too. Plans are afoot to dub the movie in Bhojpuri and Maithali languages to reach out to the wider audiences.

Lawmakers Bishnu Sharma, Udaya Sharma and Bina Budhathoki among others unequivocally voiced for coordinated efforts to raise awareness against this ill tradition and to eradicate it.

The Anti-witchcraft (Crime and Punishment) Act-2014 stipulates stringent actions against those involved in the inhumane treatment of women accused of practicing witchcraft.

According to the Act, the perpetrators of such act may be fined up to Rs 100,000 along with a jail sentence of up to 10 years.

 

 

 

US actor Luke Perry dies of stroke Published on: March 5, 2019

CALIFORNIA: US actor Luke Perry died at the age of 52 in California after suffering from a massive stroke. Perry shot to fame through Beverly Hills, 90210 and had been starring as Fred Andrews on the CW show Riverdale. He was taken to hospital on Wednesday in Los Angeles, where he had been shooting scenes for Riverdale at the Warner Bros film lot.

Perry’s children, Jack and Sophie, fiancée Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, and his siblings, Tom Perry and Amy Coder, were with him when he passed, publicist Arnold Robinson said in a statement.

“The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the globe, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning,” Mr Robinson said. Luke Perry fans remember him as a ‘nicest guy’. The family has not provided additional details at this time.

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Rajesh Hamal pays final tributes to late Adhikari Published on: March 3, 2019

KATHMANDU: Prominent actor of Nepali film industry, Rajesh Hamal paid final tributes to Nepal Communist Party (NCP) senior leader and former Finance Minister, Bharat Mohan Adhikari today at NCP headquarters, Dhumbarahi. Adhikari passed away on Saturday night.

Adhikari was admitted to Mediciti Hospital around two months back for treatment of pneumonia and other respiratory problems. He was then shifted to HAMS around a month later after his condition did not improve. Adhikari  breathed his last at 9:35 Saturday night, according to HAMS Hospital where the ailing leader was undergoing treatment for the past three weeks. He was 82.

 

Bold and beautiful Disha Patani (in pics) Published on: March 2, 2019

KATHMANDU: Disha Patani began her film career with a Telugu film Loafer in 2015. SM Dhoni: The Untold Story, her debut Hindi film, brings her into the limelight in 2016.

She continues her Indian film career with Baaghi 2 (2018). Here are some scintillating pictures posted by her on her Instagram.

 

 

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Kathmandu to host nationwide rotaract event Published on: February 28, 2019

KATHMANDU: Nationwide Mister and Miss Rotaract is being held in Kathmandu in the second week of March. The competition will be organized jointly by Rotary District 3292 Nepal and Bhutan. Youths between the age of 18 to 30 years will compete at the event, according to Rotaract Peshal Bhattarai.

The event aims at exploring talents among the Rotaracts and develop them to be future leaders, according to Bhattarai, adding that the selected candidates from various places across the country would be provided with various training over the three-day close camp.

Rotary Club comprises of 1.2 million passionate individuals worldwide.

Priyanka, Ayushman appointed ‘Clean Environment Campaigners’ Published on: February 25, 2019

KATHMANDU: The Clean Environment Mega Campaign has appointed actors Priyanka Karki and Ayushman Deshraj as its campaigner.
The Ministry of Forests and Environment had on on February 19 appointed Karki and Deshraj through a ministerial-level meeting. They will be entrusted to work as campaigners for one year.
Karki and Deshraj, who had registered Aayanka Foundation a few weeks ago, expressed the pleasure to be part of the campaign. The Foundation, they claimed, was registered with an aim to contributing to the cause of social welfare.

Find out all the Oscar winners 2019 Published on: February 25, 2019

LOS ANGELES: The wait for the Oscar awards is over now. The result has been out. All the winners of the 91st Academy Awards is listed below:

Actor in a leading role: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Rami Malek)

Actor in a supporting role: GREEN (Mahershala Ali)

Actress in a leading role: THE FAVOURITE (Olivia Colman)

Actress in a supporting role: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Regina King)

Best animated feature film of the year: SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Cinematography: ROMA  (Alfonso Cuarón)

Costume design: BLACK PANTHER (Ruth Carter)

Direction: ROMA (Alfonso Cuarón)

Best documentary: FREE SOLO

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill

Best documentary short: PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE

Rayka Zehtabchi and Melissa Berton

Film editing: BOHEMIAN RHAPSOD (John Ottman)

Best foreign language film of the year: ROMA

Mexico

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Makeup and Hairstyling: VICE

Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney

Original score: BLACK PANTHER (Ludwig Goransson)

Original song: “Shallow” from A STAR IS BORN

Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

Best motion picture of the year: GREEN BOOK

Jim Burke, Charles B. Wessler, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Producers

Production design: BLACK PANTHER

Production Design: Hannah Beachler

Set Decoration: Jay Hart

Best animated short film: BAO

Domee Shi and Becky Neiman-Cobb

Best live action short film: SKIN

Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman

Sound editing: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone

Sound mixing: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali

Visual effects: FIRST MAN

Paul Lambert, Ian Hunter, Tristan Myles and J.D. Schwalm

Adapted screenplay: BLACKkKLANSMAN

Written by Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee

Original screenplay: GREEN BOOK

Written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly

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Find out all 2019 Oscar nominees Published on: February 24, 2019

The 91st edition of the Oscars is at our doorstep, finally. Most of the world’s eyes are on the Oscar’s winners. The nominees hearts’ are beating fast and looking for the announcement. The grand finale of the Oscar will begin at 6:45 am on Monday (February 25). Live coverage of the red-carpet festivities will start at 5:45 am.

Best Picture

  • Black Panther
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • The Favourite
  • Green Book
  • Roma
  • A Star Is Born
  • Vice

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Christian Bale, Vice
  • Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
  • Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
  • Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Actress in a Leading Role

  • Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
  • Glenn Close, The Wife
  • Olivia Colman, The Favourite
  • Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
  • Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Amy Adams, Vice
  • Marina de Tavira, Roma
  • Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Emma Stone, The Favourite
  • Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Mahershala Ali, Green Book
  • Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
  • Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
  • Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Sam Rockwell, Vice

Directing

  • BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee
  • Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski
  • The Favourite, Yorgos Lanthimos
  • Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
  • Vice, Adam McKay

Adapted Screenplay

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  • BlacKkKlansman, Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee
  • Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
  • If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
  • A Star Is Born, Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters

Original Screenplay

  • The Favourite, Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
  • First Reformed, Paul Schrader
  • Green Book, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, and Peter Farrelly
  • Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
  • Vice, Adam McKay

Foreign Language Film

  • Capernaum, Lebanon
  • Cold War, Poland
  • Never Look Away, Germany
  • Roma, Mexico
  • Shoplifters, Japan

Animated Feature

  • Incredibles 2
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Original Score

  • Black Panther
  • BlacKkKlansman
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Isle of Dogs
  • Mary Poppins Returns

Original Song

  • “All the Stars,” Black Panther
  • “I’ll Fight,” RBG
  • “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
  • “Shallow,” A Star Is Born
  • “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Documentary Short

  • Black Sheep
  • End Game
  • Lifeboat
  • A Night at the Garden
  • Period. End of Sentence

Cinematography

  • Cold War, Lukasz Zal
  • The Favourite, Robbie Ryan
  • Never Look Away, Caleb Deschanel
  • Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
  • A Star Is Born, Matthew Libatique

Best Documentary Feature

  • Free Solo
  • Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  • Minding the Gap
  • Of Fathers and Sons
  • RBG

Production Design

  • Black Panther
  • The Favourite
  • First Man
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Roma

Sound Mixing

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • Roma
  • A Star Is Born

Costume Design

  • The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
  • Black Panther
  • The Favourite
  • Mary Poppins Returns
  • Mary Queen of Scots

Film Editing

  • BlacKkKlansman
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • The Favourite
  • Green Book
  • Vice

Sound Editing

  • Black Panther
  • Bohemian Rhapsody
  • First Man
  • A Quiet Place
  • Roma

Animated Short Film

  • Animal Behavior
  • Bao
  • Late Afternoon
  • One Small Step
  • Weekends

Live Action Short

  • Detainment
  • Fauve
  • Marguerite
  • Mother
  • Skin

Makeup and Hairstyling

  • Border
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • Vice

Visual Effects

  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • Christopher Robin
  • First Man
  • Ready Player One
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story

(Agencies)