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Beyoncé announces new album and two new singles at the Super Bowl 2024
During the Super Bowl 2024 today, the singer’s tracks were announced. The 32-times Grammy-winning singer-songwriter took to her Instagram page to share about her two new tracks, Texas Hold 'Em and 16 Carriages.
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Elvish Yadav issues statement after video of him slapping a man goes viral, says ‘reacted in my style’
YouTuber Elvish got into a fight at a restaurant in Jaipur. The video of the ‘Bigg Boss OTT 2’ winner, that went viral, showed him slapping a stranger twice.
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5 new restaurants in Mumbai to indulge your palate
From rustic trattorias, small kitchens, massive club-restobars, to avant-garde bistros, the stage is set for a feast of epic proportions this year, and all are invited. Here are five new eateries that have come up in quick succession across the city.
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Zakir Hussain’s Shakti band members Shankar Mahadevan & V Selvaganesh on 66th Grammy win for Best Global Album
The second coming of 51-year-old band Shakti, started by John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain, that introduced the fusion genre to the world, has won Best Global Music Album award at the 2024 Grammy Awards for their new album 'This Moment'.
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Raghu Dixit at Lollapalooza in Mumbai: ‘Knowing how to play an instrument and singing live on stage will never go out of fashion’
Independent musician Raghu Dixit on performing at his first music festival since the pandemic, at the international music festival Lollapalooza, in Mumbai on January 27.
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10 best Ram bhajans to add to your playlist ahead of Ayodhya Ram Mandir inauguration
Here is a list of some popular bhajans, whose timeless verses narrate the epic saga of Hindu god Ram and whose spiritual fervour and mellifluous notes invoke divinity.
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What to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar & other OTT platforms this week
From The Marvels to Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire, take your pick here.
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Film music director Jeet Gannguli remembers late Ustad Rashid Khan who sang many of his compositions
Gannguli recalls how Ustad Rashid Khan treated him like a brother in more ways than one.
ART
Artist Anjolie Ela Menon: What can be done on AI was demonstrated to me and it was amazing
Mumbai hosts "Anjolie The Wanton Fabulist", veteran artist Anjolie Ela Menon's solo show after nine years. Menon, who's painted almost every day for the last 60 years, talks about the change in colours in her works, memories with legends, art market boom and Artificial Intelligence.
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Sunny Leone releases her AI replica with GenAI leader Kamoto.AI, says ‘Being able to regulate AI content is necessary’
The Bollywood actress, who launched her AI avatar recently, warns against deepfakes, talks about reality shows, MTV Splitsvilla, and what's in store in 2024.
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Kailash Kher to welcome 2024 with a reality show, new albums and a music academy
In December last year, with the release of his single 'O Dil Jaani', the Kailasa Band made its presence felt once again after a long gap.
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What to watch on Prime Video, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Lionsgate Play & other OTT platforms this week
Among the films and series are also a series of award shows to be telecast live, including the Golden Globes.
BUSINESS
Prime Video’s Aparna Purohit on the business of content, what 2023 brought & 2024 has in store
‘As a customer-focused organisation, we’ve been building our content slate to meet diverse entertainment needs,’ says the head of Originals, India and Southeast Asia, at Amazon Prime Video.
ENTERTAINMENT
What to watch on Prime Video, Zee 5, Disney + Hotstar, Netflix and other OTT platforms in January
With Animal and Sam Bahadur, January will see highly anticipated films of last year drop on the OTTs; a Rohit Shetty web-series; Manoj Bajpayee and Konkona Sensharma in Abhishek Chaubey's crime thriller, will be among the awaited gripping dramas, reality shows, sci-fi adventures and side-splitting comedies.
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Ricki Kej, Salim Merchant and 3 other musicians weigh in on how Artificial Intelligence will impact the music industry
Kej says, "AI, just like any other technology, will be used as a fantastic tool for music creation...In 2000, there were numerous software like Vienna Symphonic Library on giga sampler, that increased the quality of music production."
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Kausar Munir on AI: ‘The human mind, its experience and depth cannot be easily replaced’
Writer-lyricist Kausar Munir, the first ever female lyricist to win the Filmfare Best Lyricist Award in the 64 years of the award's existence, talks about her journey, projects, and whether Artificial Intelligence will pose a threat for writers and lyricists in the film industry
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What to watch on Prime Video, Disney + Hotstar, Netflix and other OTT platforms
Barbie comes to the small screen, a documentary on a decade of the globally popular Korean pop band BTS, another star kids' launch film, and another Tiger Baby production in the last week of December.
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What to watch on Prime Video, Disney + Hotstar, Netflix and other OTT platforms
The Crown comes to a close after seven years (November 2016 - December 2023); and Basil Joseph stars in a movie about a dysfunctional desi family.
ART
Kalpana Shah: I didn't have a business plan, I just wanted to enjoy the journey of art
Mumbai's Tao Art Gallery founder and artist Kalpana Shah’s show ‘My Universe’ at Art Space gallery in Singapore on till January 7 is her solo exhibition after a gap of 10 years.
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Celina Jaitly: I was very passionate about music but I never had the opportunity to train
No Entry and Golmaal Returns actor Celina Jaitley recently released a cover song of Falak Shabbir's 'Ijazat' on social media to a heartening response, her desire to be a singer, and more.
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What to watch on Amazon, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Mubi, Zee 5 and other platforms this December
Zoya Akhtar's much-awaited teen musical comedy 'The Archies', Pakistan's groundbreaking film 'Joyland' and Akshay Kumar's disaster thriller 'Mission Raniganj' are among highly awaited films, binge-worthy series and thrillers on OTT platforms this month
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British rapper M.I.A.: ‘I'm hooked on the way AR Rahman channels the divine through his music’
British pop icon, with Sri Lankan Tamil roots, M.I.A. is all set for her debut concert in India, to perform among the headliners at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender 2023 in Pune this weekend, December 1-3.
ENTERTAINMENT
What to watch on Amazon, Disney+ Hotstar, Netflix, Lionsgate Play, SonyLIV and other OTT platforms this November
SRK's Jawan, Thalapathy Vijay's Leo, Sushmita Sen's Aarya Season 3 and Squid Game: The Challenge, among many more binge-worthy series, K-dramas, thrillers and highly awaited big-ticket films on OTT platforms this festive month. Here's a list
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Shantanu Moitra on composing for Mujib: We decided not to use modern instruments
Bollywood music composer Shantanu Moitra speaks about making unique music for the India-Bangladesh co-production Mujib: The Making of a Nation, incorporating Bangladeshi lok geet (folk music), and director Shyam Benegal's brief to him.
