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LONDON, (IANS) - Anchor-singer-actor Maniesh Paul, who has carved out his identity across platforms and borders, recently delighted fans by choosing to join a local performer and doing an impromptu gig. Maniesh Paul, who is on a visit to London, was

CHENNAI, (IANS) - Actress Mrunal Thakur, whose portrayal of Sita in 'Sita Ramam' has been received quite well by the audience, says she was floored by the love showered by fans on both Dulquer and her in the US where

India-West News Desk LOS ANGELES, CA – Poorna Jagannathan best known for starring as Devi’s (the protagonist) mother Nalini in “Never Have I Ever” on Netflix is all set to star as a lead opposite Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, and Alfie

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Anshuman Jha, who is known for his work in the Dibakar Banerjee directorial 'Love Sex Aur Dhokha', has tied the knot with his partner Sierra Winters. After a long wait thanks to Covid - the fall wedding

TORONTO (IANS) – Well-known actress Rambha and her kids escaped with injuries after a car rammed into her car at an intersection in Canada on November 1. The actress, who at one point in time was among the top actresses of

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Popular Indian Canadian singer AP Dhillon, known for songs such as 'Brown Munde', 'Excuses' and 'Insane', has been hospitalized after he got injured in an accident during his US tour. He posted an apology to his fans and

CHENNAI, (IANS) - Popular singer Sid Sriram said that he is fascinated by the fact that different spaces inspire different ideas. The immensely popular singer posted a video clip playing the piano and singing a song, which he had written while

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Hollywood actor Ravi Patel is the latest addition to the cast of Fox's upcoming comedy series 'Animal Control'. Patel joins the previously announced series leads Joel McHale and Vella Lovell. Per the single-camera show's official logline,

MUMBAI, (IANS) - American socialite and international jet-setter Paris Hilton is busy promoting her fragrance, Ruby Rush, here. For the product launch at the Phoenix Palladium Hilton chose the perfect attire -- a red jumpsuit with a plunging neckline and sheer

HYDERABAD, (IANS) - Samantha Ruth Prabhu is all set to be seen in her solo-led film, 'Yashoda'. Ever since the trailer of the film dropped, fans have been excited to see the actress in an out-and-out action-thriller role. Samantha trained with

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - New York filmmaker Ram Alladi, best known for his documentary film 'Chiseled', which won 11 international awards, is now busy with a multi-lingual movie titled 'Pages'. The film, which is being made in Telugu, Tamil, Bengali,

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Jet-setting international socialite, Paris Hilton, who was most recently in the news after her interview with Meghan Markle on the Archetype podcast of the Duchess of Sussex, landed in Mumbai on October 19 evening sporting track pants. She

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Television actress Vaishali Takkar, who died by suicide at her residence in Indore on October 16, was about to marry a US-based software engineer in December. She had also made elaborate plans for the wedding shopping and hosting

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has unfollowed comedian-actor Hasan Minhaj on social media. Minhaj had earlier mocked the Nobel Peace Prize winner and female education activist Malala Yousafzai for following him on Instagram. Recently, Hasan shared a video, of

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Actress Keke Palmer on the carpet at the Academy Museum Gala here, spoke about Indian American Aziz Ansari's feature directorial debut "Being Mortal." In April, Searchlight Pictures suspended production with about a month of shooting left

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Riot Games, the esports tournament organizer based here and the developer behind smash-hit video games like 'League of Legends' has launched its first-ever agent of Indian descent -- Harbor, a.k.a. Varun Batra-- for its free-to-play

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS)  - Indian American hip-hop artiste Raja Kumari has been nominated for the fifth time for the 'Best Indian Act' at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2022, which is scheduled to be held on November 13.She has

SANTA BARBARA, CA  (ANI) - Deepika Padukone has appeared on Meghan Markle's podcast. The podcast covered various topics and aspects but one particular statement from Meghan has garnered quite some attention. The Duchess of Sussex revealed the "worst point" of her

JAMNAGAR, (ANI) - Days before the release of his film 'Chhello Show', child actor Rahul Koli has passed away. He was 17. Rahul died of leukemia. He had been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Ahmedabad. Confirming the demise of Rahul, his

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Bollywood livewire star Ranveer Singh danced with NBA star Shaq, also known as Shaquille O'Neal, on his popular number 'Khalibali' from the film 'Padmaavat'. Ranveer, who is appointed as the NBA brand ambassador for India, took to Instagram

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap will be serving as directing mentor along with fellow filmmakers Anthony Chen, If a Isfansyah, Joko Anwar, and Ho Yuhang, for the ongoing Malaysian Development Lab for Fiction Feature Films (mylab) initiative

MUMBAI (IANS) - Deepika Padukone is breaking out internationally making high-profile appearances being the global ambassador for sought-after brands, including Adidas, Levi's, Louis Vuitton, and Cartier. She is now at Paris Fashion Week, the only Indian celebrity there. She spoke to

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Female education activist Malala Yousafzai, who heads her own film and TV production company, Extracurricular Productions, is joining "Joyland", Pakistan's Oscar submission in the international feature category, as an executive producer, reports 'Variety'. The film had

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Actor Amit Sadh, who is known for his work in 'Kai Po Che! Brothers

WASHINGTON, DC (ANI) - Actress Priyanka Chopra during a discussion with Vice President Kamala Harris said, "It's so baffling to me, that in this country (US) the great land of so much opportunity, so much revolution we have not

NEW YORK, NY (ANI) - Comedian Trevon Noah's journey on 'The Daily Show' is coming to an end after seven years. During a taping of the Comedy Central satirical news program, Noah, on September 29, announced that he is leaving the

BENGALURU, (IANS) - Everyone is curious to know about the next project of 'KGF' superstar Yash. Basking in the glory of the pan-India film's success, Yash, after a long hiatus, has posted a video with a Hollywood director on his

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Filmmaker Aditya Chopra’s Broadway musical 'Come Fall in Love', which has 30 cast members, including 17 Indian Americans, has spoken about creating history with representation. The musical has actors Amita Batra, Neha Dharmapuram, Rohit Gijare, Irvine Iqbal, Usman

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Peter Goldwyn, the president of the US distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films, has called India's selection of its competitor for this year's best international film race at the Oscars, 'The Last Film Show', which it will

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Hollywood personalities such as Gerard Butler and Judi Dench, who have worked with Indian actor Ali Fazal, will be seen attending his wedding with actress Richa Chadha. Ali Fazal’s co-actor from 'Victoria and Abdul' was the legendary Dame

By BHARRTI KUMAR LOS ANGELES, CA – In ‘Secular Soulmates,’ writer, director, and actor Hanif Mike Karim has a story that unwraps the strength of friendship that supersedes religious, theological, and superstitious beliefs. Directed by Marcial Chavez, the film which will

NEW YORK, NY (IANS) - Actress Priyanka Chopra, who became the Global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2016 and has been associated with the organization for almost 15 years, spoke about children's rights at a recently held conference at the United

MUMBAI, (IANS) - India has selected its official entry for the upcoming edition of the Academy Awards and it's neither 'RRR' nor 'The Kashmir Files’ but is the Gujarati film 'Chhello Show' (The Last Film Show). The Film Federation of India

TORONTO, (IANS) - Even as Steven Spielberg's coming-of-age childhood story 'The Fabelmans' won the top People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 19, three young Indian origin filmmakers walked away with other prizes. Vinay Shukla's documentary 'While

By ANJU GARG LONG BEACH, CA – We are over the moon. The Netflix docuseries ‘Love on the Spectrum- US’ which streamed in May 2022 and featured, amongst others, our Southern California Indian American family’s journey to find love for our

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - Following the highly desired 2022 Oscar goodie bag, global wellness brand Vahdam India made its way into the official Emmy Awards Gift Bag for 2022. The 'Herbal Tea Sampler' from the brand, which is a sun-kissed assortment

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANI) - Singer Justin Bieber, who was supposed to perform in India in October 2022, has called off his concert due to his health issues. Along with New Delhi in India, the artist has also canceled other stops

ANAHEIM, CA (IANS) - 'Mahabharata', which a generation of Indians grew up seeing on Doordarshan, will be back with a contemporary look and on a global platform – this time on Disney+ Hotstar. It was among the three Indian titles that

TORONTO, (IANS) - Debutant director Shubham Yogi's feature film 'Kacchey Limbu' premiered to a rousing welcome at the ongoing Toronto International Festival here. Centered on street cricket in India, 'Kacchey Limbu' is the story of India's aspirational youth displaying the courage

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANI) - British Indian actor Himesh Patel was on the shortlist of nominees for the Emmy Awards for the first time ever was all smiles at the Microsoft Theater red carpet here on September 12. Patel sported a

TORONTO, (ANI) - Shabana Azmi graced the red carpet of the Toronto International Film Festival for the screening of her upcoming film 'What's Love got to do with it.’ The film is a British romantic comedy directed by celebrated Indian director

CHENNAI, (IANS) - Music legend and former Beatles member, Sir Paul McCartney has asked the Indian Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav to take urgent action to send the abused elephant, Jeymalyatha (also known as Joymala) to a suitable

CHICAGO, IL (ANI) - Yami Gautam's investigative drama thriller 'Lost' has been officially selected as the opening night film at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival. Inspired by actual events, 'Lost' is a story of a bright young woman crime reporter

MUMBAI, (ANI) - A web series based on the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is all set to be made. Titled 'Trail of an Assassin', the project will be made using inputs from Anirudhya Mitra's recently launched book 'Ninety

India-West News Desk MARKHAM - Music maestro AR Rahman, was honored here with a stree being named after him. The Grammy winner shared a heartfelt note of gratitude tweeting "Honored and grateful for this recognition from @cityofmarkham and Frankcarpitti and the people

MUMBAI - Comic artiste and writer Zakir Khan, following the success of streaming comedy specials 'Haq Se Single' and 'Kaksha Gyarvi', is hitting the road once again with his latest showcase 'Tathastu'. Khan will embark on a North America and Canada

NEW DELHI, (IANS) - 'Yeh Dilli shehar hai madam ji, yahan maangke nahi milta, cheen ke leni padhti hai' -- is a line very special to Indian-American filmmaker Tanuj Chopra, who directed 'Delhi Crime 2' that is currently streaming on

MUMBAI, (IANS) - Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, whose latest release 'Laal Singh Chaddha' tanked at the box office, is currently holidaying in San Francisco. A picture of Aamir doing the rounds on social media a fan named Natasha on Twitter, where

CHENNAI, (IANS) - Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who is known for his philanthropic work, is back with his scholarship, which is to be awarded in partnership with the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne and La Trobe University. The registration for the

LOS ANGELES, CA (IANS) - Indian American film 'Four Samosas' has been acquired by IFC Films after it premiered at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. "Four Samosas," a romantic comedy set in the Little India neighborhood of Los Angeles. IFC will