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Catherine O’Hara dedicates SAG win to ‘Schitt’s Creek’ costar Annie Murphy


April 5, 2021

The Schitt’s Creek cast appears to be having a victory galore as they take over the award shows with multiple wins. The show’s lead star, Catherine O’Hara’s winning streak also continued for her much-loved role as Moira Rose. The Home Alone star was given the accolade for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on …

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Jodie Foster stresses importance of portraying strong female characters on-screen


April 5, 2021

Jodie Foster stressed on the significance of taking up strong-headed female characters in films. The actress/director said when she debuted in the 60s   it was only her and a ‘bunch of guys.’ “From when I was growing up in the late ‘60s to now, obviously things have changed. The biggest thing that has changed is there were never any other …

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Harnessing the world’s local talent


April 5, 2021

It’s somewhat ironic how Donald Trump came to power on the rhetoric of reversing what he and his supporters called “too much of globalisation”. In fact, he was successful to an extent. He pulled out of, and renegotiated, trade agreements even if he couldn’t bring jobs back home from abroad. But after Covid-19, the entire narrative and four years of …

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Why Netflix cannot afford to chill


April 5, 2021

It’s September in the year 2000, and two guys in Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops are seated in a grand corporate boardroom, in awe of their grand surroundings. In the meeting to follow, they would try to sell the future of content to a clutch of sceptical executives of a company by the name of Blockbuster — a video rental company …

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Shadab Khan out of South Africa, Zimbabwe tours due to toe injury


April 5, 2021

Pakistan all-rounder Shadab Khan will miss the rest of the tour of South Africa and the tour of Zimbabwe due to a toe injury, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday. The 22-year-old spinner will be sidelined for up to four weeks after injuring his left toe while batting during the second one-dayer in Johannesburg, which South Africa won …

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‘French Open postponement a possibility’


April 5, 2021

PARIS: French Sports Minister Roxana Maracin­eanu said it was possible the French Open could be postoned for the second year amid the COVID-19 crisis. France entered a third nationwide lockdown on Saturday to contain the coronavirus spread, although professional sports have largely been spared. An exception is cycling’s Paris-Roubaix one-day race, which has been postponed from its original April 11 …

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Leukaemia survivor Ikee defies odds by securing Olympic berth


April 5, 2021

TOKYO: Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee defied the odds and secured an Olympics berth after the leukaemia survivor won the women’s 100-metre butterfly at the national championships on Sunday, less than eight months after she returned to competition. Ikee pumped her fist and received a hug from her competitor in the next lane after finishing in 57.77 seconds, qualifying her …

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Pakistan trounce India to win Triangular Blind Cricket series


April 5, 2021

KARACHI: Pakistan Blind Cricket team outclassed India in all departments in the final to win by a handsome margin of 62 runs and lift the Triangular Blind Cricket Series title at Bashundhara Cricket Ground in Dhaka. This was after 15 long years, Pakistan managed to beat arch-rivals India in the final of a major cricket event. Last such occasion was …

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Was Fakhar Zaman ‘cheated’ by Quinton DeKock? Twitterati seem to think so


April 5, 2021

Cricket fans are upset at the Pakistan team’s defeat to South Africa and Quinton De Kock “cheating” Fakhar Zaman of five runs. Fans took the falling of Fakhar Zaman’s wicket hard at the end of a hard-fought battle against South Africa Sunday night. Since then, loud groups of cricket fanatics have taken to Twitter, creating a ruckus over their perceived …

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Many NHA projects come to a halt as govt fails to release funds


April 5, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Billions of rupees’ development projects of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have virtually come to a halt due to a lack of disbursement of funds under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the third quarter of the current fiscal year. The NHA contractors did not get payments for the last three months because of non-release of funds and …

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