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And the winner is… London rolls out red carpet for BAFTA Film Awards

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February 18, 2023

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A German remake of anti-war classic “All Quiet on the Western Front” leads the nominations at this weekend’s British Academy Film Awards, which movie pundits will be following closely as an indicator for next month’s Oscars.

Based on the 1928 novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque about the horrors of World War One from the perspective of a young German soldier, the Netflix NFLX.O drama overtook other award season favourites to secure 14 nods at Sunday’s BAFTAs.

“Since ‘Parasite’ won best picture at the Oscars, the foreign language issue doesn’t seem to be an issue, people seem to be embracing movies no matter where they’re from,” Jenelle Riley, a screenwriter and deputy awards and features editor at Hollywood publication Variety, told Reuters.

“All Quiet on the Western Front” will compete for the BAFTAs’ top prize – best film – against dark comedy “The Banshees of Inisherin”, the biopic “Elvis”, dimension-hopping “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and music drama “Tár”.

“Banshees”, about two feuding friends on a remote island off the coast of Ireland, and “Everything Everywhere” each received 10 nominations. Their lead stars – Colin Farrell and Michelle Yeoh, respectively – are nominated in the main acting categories, where they both face stiff competition.

Farrell is up against Brendan Fraser for “The Whale”, in which he plays a sick obese man trying to reconnect with his daughter, as well as Austin Butler for his portrayal of Elvis Presley in “Elvis”. Bill Nighy (“Living”), Paul Mescal (Aftersun”) and Daryl McCormack (“Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”) complete the leading actor nominees list.

Yeoh, who has already won awards for her portrayal of a laundromat owner unexpectedly introduced to an alternate multiverse in “Everything Everywhere”, and Cate Blanchett, who plays a gay conductor of a Berlin orchestra whose career comes tumbling down due to an abuse scandal in “Tár”, are the two favourites for the leading actress prize.

That category also includes Viola Davis for “The Woman King” and Danielle Deadwyler for “Till”, two Black actresses who were bypassed for Oscar nominations.

“Woman King” director Gina Prince-Bythewood is the only woman in the running for the director award, but the outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer category features all female nominees.

Box office hits “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick” are nominated in technical categories.

“The BAFTAs can be a big precursor for the Oscars. They’re one of the only big award shows that actually shares voting members with the Academy,” Riley said.

“The Screen Actors’ Guild… obviously share some overlap… but BAFTAs really are first look at what the Oscars may be thinking.”

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Sania Mirza performs Umrah, shares photos on Instagram

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March 22, 2023

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Sania Mirza performs Umrah, shares photos on Instagram

Former India tennis player Sania Mirza, the wife of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, has performed Umrah along with his son.

Ms. Mirza took to Instagram where she shared a slew of photos captured in Makkah and Madina, the holiest places for Muslims in the world.

“Allhamdulillah May Allah accept our prayers,” she captioned the photos as she can we seen wearing black “Abaya” while posing for the clicks.

Last month, Sania Mirza retired from the game after suffering a shock defeat in final game of the career.
She played along with Madison Keys of the US when the pair was defeated by Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova in the women’s doubles match at the Dubai Open. The 36-year-old was playing the last tournament of her glorious career after announcing her retirement plans.

The former women’s doubles world number one was ranked at 28 in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings. She had won six Grand Slam titles and 43 major titles in the celebrated career spanning over wo decades.

She is the only Indian woman to top doubles rankings, and achieve a career-high singles ranking of 27.

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Food poisoning lands Alizeh Shah in hospital

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March 22, 2023

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Food poisoning lands Alizeh Shah in hospital

Lollywood diva Alizeh Shah has proved her mettle in the showbiz industry with her exceptional acting skills and reached the heights of stardom

She used to treat the fans with her beautiful clicks and videos on Instagram. This time around, the Ehd-e-Wafa famed star has fallen ill as she posted her photo from the hospital bed.

She can be seen lying on a hospital bid where she is receiving IV treatment. Taking to Instagram stories, she wrote: “Pls pray for me. I got food poisoned”.

Alizeh Shah debuted her acting career in 2016, with a supporting role Alina in Choti Si Zindagi. Later, she performed roles in Ishq Tamasha, Ehd-e-Wafa, Hoor Pari, Jo Tu Chahey, Mera Dil Mera Dushman, Bebessi and Taqdeer.

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Taylor Swift kicks off US Eras Tour at Super Bowl stadium

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March 20, 2023

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Taylor Swift kicks off US Eras Tour at Super Bowl stadium

Taylor Swift opened her U.S. concert series with a three-hour tour of her career.

Swift kicked off the first concert of the 52-date Eras Tour with a six-song set from her album “Lover” on Friday night at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where the Super Bowl was played a month ago.

“I don’t know how to address the way this is making me feel right now,” Swift, who hasn’t toured since 2018, said early in the show.

She ended the concert with a seven-song set from her latest album “Midnights,” closing with the song “Karma.”

In between she played clusters of songs from most of her albums — and just one, “Tim McGraw,” from her 2006 self-titled debut. In the end it took 44 songs and just over three hours for her to span her 17-year career.

Having not toured for her previous three albums, this concert series is intended to play catchup by providing the live debut of many of those songs. When Swift announced the tour in November she called it “a journey through the musical eras of my career (past and present!).”

Swift seemed to acknowledge the Ticketmaster furor that sullied the run-up to the tour when she told the crowd of more than 70,000 that she understands it took “considerable effort” for them to be there.

After another show at the same venue Saturday night, the tour moves on to Allegiant Stadium outside Las Vegas and then AT&T Stadium near Dallas.

It concludes with two Los Angeles-area shows in August.

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