Deepika Padukone changes her name, display pic on Instagram to celebrate five years of ‘Bajirao Mastani’

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Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone changed her display picture and name on Instagram handle to mark five years of her blockbuster film Bajirao Mastani.

The Bajirao Mastani, released on December 18, 2015, is an epic historical romance film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Besides Deepika, the film also features Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra.

Taking to Instagram, the Padmaavat actress shared a throwback photo with Bhansali from the sets of the film, wrote, “Whether in love or war, Mastani was fuelled by her passion, unafraid to write her own destiny, no matter how perilous the path.”

“She never bowed down and always stood her ground with a fierce dignity and a love so strong that its burning embers seared through every societal constraint, to join both her and her lover's names, for all of eternity...,” Deepika further said.

Deepika also changed her display picture and name on Instagram with ‘Mastani’ to mark the day.

MDCAT 2020 result: Students unhappy with PMC

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ISLAMABAD: Even though the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has reissued the results and rectified the errors that were pointed out  to them, the students are still frustrated with the regulator.

“PMC is a failed institution. Neither can it make a paper nor announce a result properly,” said the students, hours after the verified results were announced.

The students maintained that they were given out of syllabus questions in the  MDCAT exam. They also alleged that the names on the result certificates given to them were also incorrect.

PMC reissues MDCAT 2020 results

The updated result of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2020 was announced by the Pakistan Medical Commission on Thursday after several candidates who appeared in the exam had complained of errors in the previous result.

The PMC, in a statement, said that after it released the National MDCAT result on December 16, it received numerous complaints from students that they had erroneously been marked absent.

"Some students also complained that their names and roll numbers did not match," it said.

The commission said that it had taken down the previous result to "ensure that no student was deprived of the correct result".

"The MDCAT result is a computer generated result. Hence, any investigation required it to be taken offline and reverified in its entirety through physical verification of students’ admit cards and examination answer sheets. Therefore, the examination team carried out a detailed scrutiny and reverification process over the last 30 hours," PMC said.

It said that "less than 2% of the total number of students" who took the exam faced these difficulties and submitted complaints to the commission.

According to an earlier announcement by PMC, 121,181 students had attempted the MDACT 2020. 

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'Shah Rukh Khan is still my favourite lover boy'

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Kartik Aaryan, who shared the screen with Sara Ali Khan in Love Aaj Kal (2020), has  opened up about 'lover boy image', saying: 'My favourite lover boy is still Shah Rukh Khan and so is India's.' 

Kartik, who has just started shooting for his next film Dhamaka, has mostly starred in romantic movies, is stepping into the thriller zone for the first time in his career. 

Speaking with a media outlet, the actor  revealed that   he will never shed his romantic image. 'However, I am never shedding the lover boy image. It is a privilege that does not trouble me at all. My favourite lover boy is still Shah Rukh Khan and so is India’s.'

The actor, who is quite psyched up about his upcoming venture, said:  “Dhamaka is going to be a pleasant surprise for everyone. Yes, it is a thriller, but it is so much more. It keeps you on the edge throughout and talks about so many relevant things that are going on in our society right now. It is my most commercial film yet."

The romantic hero  also spoke about his last movie Love Aaj Kal's box office performance and said that the experience of working with Imtiaz lived up to his high expectations.

In addition to Dhamaka, Kartik Aaryan has Dharma Productions’ Dostana 2 and T-Series Films Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2

Amber Heard refuses to take down 'controversial pictures'?

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Amber Heard spent a few days in Istanbul after  recording her testimony  in Johnny Depp case in London earlier this year.

Depp  lost the libel suit when her claims were rejected by the court a couple of months later.

Amber  had appeared as a witness in the trial of Depp's case against a British tabloid.

The actor was suing the newspaper for calling him "wife beater" while referring to his former wife Amber Heard.

Amber went to Istanbul on vacations following the conclusion of the trial in London.

The actress came under intense criticism for couple of her pictures which she took in the Turkish city.

In the pictures, The "Aquaman" star was seen wearing headscarf.

Despite all the criticism, the actress has not deleted the so-called controversial pictures from her Instagram account where she is followed by almost 4 million followers.

 

Jennifer Aniston officially makes comeback on the set of 'The Morning Show'

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Jennifer Aniston was seen shooting for a sequence in of 'The Morning Show' in Los Angeles

Jennifer Aniston has officialy returned to the sets of her famed show The Morning Show.

On Tuesday, the starlet was seen shooting for a sequence  in Los Angeles, after the show recently began production on Season 2.

Aniston was seen sporting a beige coat and was being photographed checking her makeup in a mirror as crew members wore face masks standing nearby.

Earlier, Aniston's co-star Reese Witherspoon revealed she has returned to the set of the show, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inspired by Brian Stelter’s Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV, the Morning Show  premiered last November on Apple TV+

Despite #MeToo scandal, sexism still rampant in Hollywood: study

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Survey concludes some 67% of women reported experiencing gender harassment during the prior 12 months

LOS ANGELES: Three years after the #MeToo scandal roiled Hollywood, causing dozens of powerful men to lose their jobs, two-thirds of women who took part in a survey of the entertainment business released on Tuesday report continuing incidences of sexual harassment.

The survey by the Hollywood Commission also asked about racism, and found that fewer than half of those who took part believe that Hollywood values diverse backgrounds and points of view.

The online survey, launched in November 2019, was billed as the largest ever in the industry, embracing workers in television and film, commercials, live theater, music, broadcast news, talent agencies, public relations, and corporate settings.

Almost 10,000 people responded. Some 67% of women reported experiencing gender harassment during the prior 12 months, with 42% of women reporting unwanted sexual attention.

One person who took part anonymously told the commission that when they were working as an assistant, the chief executive of the company “gave me actual assignments to flirt with other powerful people in the industry to try to get my bosses more meetings.”

The commission, chaired by law professor Anita Hill, said Hollywood had made progress in tackling “significant culture and climate issues of harassment and discrimination” but more must be done.

Recommendations by the commission included limiting confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, prohibiting bullying, increased mentorship, and bystander training that helps employees defuse racist or sexist incidents.

Hill became an icon for many women when she accused now-Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in his nomination hearings in 1991. Thomas denied the accusations. 

Kohli becomes fastest player to score 12,000 runs in ODIs, leaves behind Tendulkar

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 Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took the key wicket of Virat Kohli for 63 not long after the India captain became the fastest player to score 12,000 runs in one-day internationals as the visitors scored 302-5 on Wednesday in the last of three ODI matches.

Kohli became the fastest player to score the 12,000 ODI career runs when he tapped Abbott to mid-off and took a quick single. Kohli achieved the feat in his 242nd innings, 59 innings quicker than Sachin Tendulkar.

The now-retired Tendulkar has the highest number of ODI runs with 18,426.

Kohli posted his 60th ODI half century before feathering a catch to Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey, a decision that went to the TV umpire after it was given not out on the field.

India, which lost the first two matches at the Sydney Cricket Ground, won the toss and elected to bat at Manuka Oval and hoped for a change in momentum. The visitors made up for a slow start with an unbeaten 150-run partnership between Hardik Pandya (92) and Ravindra Jadeja (66), a record for India for the sixth-wicket against Australia. The pair added 110 runs in the last 10 overs.

India lost both openers in the first 16 overs. Shikar Dhawan played a loose shot off Sean Abbott to Ashton Agar in the covers for 16, and Shubman Gill was trapped lbw for 33 trying to sweep Agar.

Pandya anchored the latter half of the innings, scoring 92 from 76 balls, while Jadeja's 66 came from 50 balls and contained five boundaries and three sixes.

Australia won the first ODI by 66 runs and the second by 51 to clinch the series. Australia batted first in both wins and teams batting first have won the last seven games at Manuka Oval.

Cameron Green made his ODI debut for Australia as a replacement for injured opener David Warner. The latter had sustained a groin strain while fielding in Sunday's series-deciding ODI win at the SCG.

After scores of 69 and 83 in the first two ODIs, Warner is hoping to recover in time for the test series, which starts Dec. 17 in Adelaide.

Green conceded 27 runs from his first four overs in ODI cricket. Agar returned the best figures for Australia with 2-44 from 10 overs, avoiding the India's run-scoring onslaught in the dying overs.

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