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Naman Ramachandran Music festival Lollapalooza is debuting in Asia with Mumbai, India, set to become its eighth destination next year.The two-day festival will be held over Jan. 28-29, 2023, with BookMyShow serving as promoter and producer of the Indian edition alongside global producers Perry Farrell, WME and C3 Presents. The inaugural Lollapalooza India will be open to over 60,000 fans each day and will feature four stages with over 20 hours of live music, in addition to culinary selections, art and fashion.

Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World at a glittering contest held in India on Saturday night.Yasmina Zaytoun of Lebanon was the first runner-up among 112 contestants in the competition held in Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital.“Being crowned Miss World is a dream come true.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrity chef Asma Khan will host food documentary series “Tiffin Stories,” it was revealed at Singapore’s Asia TV Forum & Market. In the six-part “Tiffin Stories,” Asma Khan will be seen interacting with iconic Indians and the Indian diaspora, unearthing their nostalgia associated with food, while bringing to fore their life journeys. The series will be filmed in India and the U.K.

Ed Sheeran has announced the cities, dates and venues for the highly anticipated Asia leg of his ‘+ – = ÷ x’ tour.Ed Sheeran will hold a total of nine concerts across Asia, from January to March 2024. It’ll kick-off in late-January with two show in Japan, before heading to Taiwan and Southeast Asia in February.

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Naman Ramachandran The popular Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival is returning after a three-year COVID and logistics-related absence with a hub, a refreshed executive team and a host of plans. Hollywood and Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas continues as festival chair, while media veteran and former Variety contributor Anupama Chopra remains festival director and independent producer Anu Rangachar (Locarno title “Rapture”) heads up the international program.

Naman Ramachandran Six teams owned by top global sporting bodies are participating in the inaugural Major League Cricket (MLC) tournament in the U.S., which kicked off on Thursday. The Los Angeles Knight Riders team is owned by Shah Rukh Khan’s Knight Riders Group, which also operates teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Caribbean Premier League and the U.A.E.’s International League T20 (ILT). The MI New York team is owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai Indians, which also operates a team in the ILT. The Seattle Orcas is owned by the GMR Group, which also has IPL and ILT teams. India’s Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise owns the Texas Super Kings, while the San Francisco Unicorns and Washington Freedom are owned by Australia’s Cricket Victoria and Cricket New South Wales respectively.

As we continued to celebrate Asian Heritage Month, we’re taking a look at some of the sweetest Chopra-Jonas family moments that have warmed our hearts. Ever since Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas welcomed their baby girl Malti Marie in January 2022, the couple have shared some special family memories on social media, including many celebrations in honour of Chopra’s Indian heritage.

Mr. Malcom's List and Slumdog Millionaire, has had a long career performing other people's stories.

Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra were joined by co-star Stanley Tucci at a photocall for their new series Citadel on Thursday (April 13) in London, England.

Zendaya and Tom Holland explored a royal palace during a date in London, England this week.

to the country she grew up in.On April 6, shared a series of gorgeous photos from her family’s recent visit to the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai, India. “MM’s first trip to India had to be completed with Shree Siddhivinayak’s blessings,” she captioned the photos, which featured the 40-year-old actor in a stunning blue traditional ensemble while holding her one-year-old baby girl in her arms. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Earlier this week, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas hit the red carpet at the inauguration of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai.

Priyanka Chopra is having a loving vacation with her daughter Malti Marie in India.

Priyanka Chopra is getting ready for the launch of her Prime Video series Citadel and she has already lined up another project with Amazon!

Priyanka Chopra had her leading men by her side for two events in India this week!

Zendaya and Tom Holland had a low-key date night during a special event. Over the weekend, the stars attended the opening of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai, India.Zendaya and Holland did not walk the carpet together, but used the evening to show off their impressive style.

EXCLUSIVE: The UK-based VFX and animation company Jellyfish Pictures has launched a new production outpost in Mumbai, India, and hired producer Jasjit Singh as General Manager to run operations.

Zendaya and Tom Holland are travelling together! The couple was spotted arriving in Mumbai, India, on Friday.The pair dressed down for their day of travel, with Zendaya in a sweatshirt, leggings and her glasses, and her beau opting for a jacket, T-shirt, jeans and baseball hat.Zendaya and Holland were each carrying bags as they made their way from the airport to their car.The latest sighting of the couple came the same month that Zendaya, 26, offered up a subtle nod to Holland by wearing a simple gold signet ring with the initials «TH» engraved on it in an ornate script.Zendaya's callout to her boyfriend followed his own tribute to her. When the notoriously private pair was seen walking around London together, fans noticed that the 26-year-old actor had a «Z» stitched into his back pants pocket.Watch the video below for more on Zendaya and Holland.

Lots of celebs traveled all the way to India for Dior‘s latest fashion show!

The makers of Call Me Dancer are going from coast to coast to unveil the documentary about the struggles and triumphs of astonishing talent Manish Chauhan. The film directed by Leslie Shampaine and Pip Gilmour held its world premiere at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Thursday and last night it opened the Dance on Camera Festival at New York’s Lincoln Center.

UK and Canada-based VFX firm Cinesite has made its first foray into Asia, acquiring a majority stake in rising CGI animation and VFX studio Assemblage, based in Mumbai, India.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Singapore-based production group Beach House Pictures has teamed up with executive Raghav Khanna to launch new unit Riverland Entertainment in Mumbai, India. The newly-formed production company will develop a slate of unscripted series and documentaries from India. It will do so by partnering with local Indian talent to create content intended for global and Indian audiences, while also leveraging Beach House Pictures’ international expertise and reach, and with access to Beach House’s post-production facility, Space Lion Studios. Khanna, who is a former head of Netflix’s documentary production in Asia-Pacific, is set as MD of the new operation. He will work closely with Beach House Pictures founders Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little. 

Shalini Dore Features News Editor As with so many western films, Bollywood has taken a beloved smash and turned it into a stage musical. Aditya Chopra’s “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge” opened in 1995 and is still playing in a theater in Mumbai, India, still popular thanks to toe-tapping songs that grabbed audiences from the start and a charismatic lead pair (Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol). The film seems to have created a built-in audience for the stage version, “Come Fall in Love,” now playing its Old Globe premiere in San Diego on its way to Broadway. The opening overture (the film’s composers are replaced here by duo Vishal-Sheykhar) includes snippets of the Hindi hit. Moving the story from cold and gray London to cold and gray Boston, the tuner opens on Baldev (Irvine Iqbal) who runs a small shop catering to racists and jerks, seemingly. He is saving up money for a venture he and his partner have set up in India called Maharaja Tours.

William Earl Some 30 years after its first bow, music festival Lollapalooza is headed to India on January 28 and 29, 2023.To be held in Mumbai, it marks Lollapalooza’s first time on the Asian continent, following international editions in Berlin, Stockholm and Brazil, among other countries in Europe and South America, in addition to its homebase at Chicago’s Grant Park.A lineup for the Indian edition has yet to be revealed. An announcement touts “a full two days of music across four stages as well as innovative culinary selections, art, fashion and more.”The music of India is transcendental, it draws our spirits East,” said Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell.

EXCLUSIVE: Miramax is bolstering its team with the hire of three executives who all come to the independent studio from Netflix. Mirsada Abdool Raman has been named VP of Television Development. In her new role, she will oversee all aspects of development across Miramax TV’s slate, reporting to Head of Global TV Marc Helwig.

Will Will Smith ever make amends with Chris Rock?

Although Will Smith seems to be embarking a new spiritual journey after slapping Chris Rock across the face during the 2022 Oscars ceremony, he allegedly hasn't "personally apologized" to the comedian. "Will’s ‘spiritual journey’ to India for yoga and meditation seems cynical and ridiculous, given that he hasn’t apologized personally to the one person he assaulted in front of millions," a Hollywood insider told Page Six. "No amount of Namastes will make up for that," the source added.

Will Smith is working on his spirituality. Smith was spotted arriving in Mumbai, India, over the weekend.The trip marks the first time the actor has been publicly spotted since slapping comedian Chris Rock in the face on stage during the 2022 Oscars ceremony. Smith traveled to India for spiritual purposes, specifically to practice yoga and meditation, sources told People magazine.

Chris Rock's mother has blasted Will Smith for slapping her son on stage at the Oscars and she's really not happy.

The show — and the vacation — must go on. Jada Pinkett Smith determined that the family trip to India wasn’t going to be canceled due to Will Smith‘s Oscars slap.

Will Smith has been spotted in public for the first time since his infamous slap of Chris Rock at last month’s Oscars.In an incident that has since gone down in history, Smith struck the comedian onstage during the Academy Awards ceremony following a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith’s shaved head.Following numerous apologies over the incident, the actor resigned from the Academy.

Nearly one month after Will Smith made headlines for slapping Chris Rock at the 94th annual Academy Awards, the King Richard star made his first public outing.

Will Smith has resurfaced following the Chris Rock Oscars' slap.  The "King Richard" actor was recently spotted in Mumbai, India, smiling and posing for photos with adoring fans.  He also waved to nearby onlookers shouting "Will! Will!" On Wednesday, Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, said her family is "focusing on deep healing" after her husband slapped Rock during the Academy Awards March 27. "Considering all that has happened in the last few weeks, the Smith family has been focusing on deep healing," a statement from Pinkett Smith before Wednesday's Facebook Live episode of Red Table Talk said. Earlier this month, the academy announced that Smith was banned from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of presenter Rock at this year’s ceremony.The decision came after a meeting of the academy’s board of governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions.

Will Smith has been photographed in public for the first time since his controversial night at the 2022 Oscars.

Associated Press, the 92-year-old was hospitalised with the virus on January 11, where she was put on a ventilator. She was taken off life support as her condition improved, however, she deteriorated again on the weekend.As CNN reports, her doctor, Dr. Pratit Samdani, told reporters outside Breach Candy Hospital where she’d been treated: “Lata Di died at 8:12 a.m.

Lata Mangeshkar, the singing voice behind many Bollywood actresses, died Sunday at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, India. She was 92 and the cause was complications of Covid-19, said Pratit Samdani, a doctor at the hospital, according to Indian news outlets.