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Spike Lee’s film nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards


February 5, 2021

Director Spike Lee’s Vietnam War drama “Da 5 Bloods” roared back into the Hollywood awards race on Thursday when it was nominated for the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards, while presumed Oscar contender “Mank” got just one nod. “Da 5 Bloods”, from Netflix Inc, scored three nominations, tying with independent Korean-language drama “Minari,” and two other …

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Production of ‘Fantastic Beasts’ halted as team member tests positive for COVID-19


February 5, 2021

Production on the third “Fantastic Beasts” movie has been halted after a team member tested positive for COVID-19, Warner Bros. Pictures said on Thursday. The franchise, a spin-off from the “Harry Potter” books and films, stars Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne as “magizoologist” Newt Scamander. Filming had begun in September at Warner Bros. Studios in Leavesden, outside London, after the pandemic delayed …

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Taylor Swift rejects copyright infringement claims: ‘baseless’


February 5, 2021

Taylor Swift, who has been sued by a theme park in Utah for copyright infringement over use of the album name Evermore,  termed the claims baseless. Swift’s representatives denounced the claim, saying:  ‘It is inconceivable that there is any likelihood of confusion between your client’s theme park and related products and Ms Swift’s music and related products.’ The  park’s  owners,  …

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Harry Styles and Emma Corrin to star in Amazon’s romantic drama ‘My Policeman’


February 5, 2021

Harry Styles and Emma Corrin will enthrall fans with their acting skills in  Amazon’s upcoming romantic drama ‘My Policeman’. The 27-year-old former One Direction singer will portray Tom, the titular police officer in the drama which is based on Bethan Roberts’s 2012 novel of the same name. The Crown’s actress Corrin, who is nominated for a Golden Globe and Screen …

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‘Ertugrul’ star Celal AL aka Abdul Rehman hits 800,000 followers on Instagram


February 5, 2021

Turkish star Celal AL, who essays the role of Abdul Rehman in historical drama series Dirilis: Ertugrul, has reached 800,000 followers on Instagram and has expressed hope to hit one million soon with the support of the fans. Celal took to photo-video sharing platform and thanked his fans in Turkish, English, Arabic and Urdu languages. He wrote, “I am really thankful …

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Screen Actors Guild Awards 2021: Catch the full list of nominees here


February 5, 2021

The nominees of the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards rolled out on Thursday. The star-studded awards ceremony will be simulcast on TNT and TBS on Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 9 PM ET. Cast in a Motion Picture “Da 5 Bloods” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” “Minari” “One Night In Miami” “Trial of the Chicago 7” Male Actor in a …

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India’s government toughens stand against protesting farmers


February 5, 2021

India’s agriculture minister defended new agriculture reform laws in parliament on Friday, dampening hopes of a quick settlement with tens of thousands of farmers who have been demanding their repeal by blocking three highways connecting the capital to northern India for over two months. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar made no new offer to resume stalled talks with the farmers, …

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‘Vibrant democracies’: India compares farmers’ protests to US Capitol Hill assault


February 5, 2021

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava on Thursday compared the ongoing farmers’ protests in India over new agricultural laws to the January 6 storming of the US Capitol by supporters of former US president Donald Trump, while hailing the two countries as “vibrant democracies”. The MEA spokesperson was responding to an earlier statement from the US State Department calling for …

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