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“I can be the best James Bond there is,” Hrithik Roshan told GQ in 2002 💼🍸 On November 7, the superstar posed for a photo with Denis Villeneuve, the director of the next James Bond film — and fans were quick to suggest an audition. The next 007 is yet to be announced, but rumor has it that Callum Turner, Robert Pattinson, Jack Lowden, and Nicholas Hoult are in the running.
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“She’s not Lebanese, she’s Punjabi!” ⚽️ This weekend marks 24 years of #BendItLikeBeckham.
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Happy birthday to Sarita Choudhury, who turned one hair flip into a cinematic event — and stopped Denzel Washington in his tracks 🚗 Born on August 18, 1966 to an English mother and Bengali father, the actor grew up across Jamaica, Italy, and England. After taking drama classes, she debuted in Mira Nair’s (@pagliji) Mississippi Masala in 1991. “Being brown, I didn’t see anyone like me,” she told The Juggernaut. Read our interview with Sarita Choudhury here:
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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan just found out that A.R. Rahman’s original song for ‘Best of the Best’ is for her 😭 Hasan Minhaj told The Juggernaut that “Aamaasee” was “an ode” to her Tamil heritage. Funnily enough, he hadn’t told her. “That’s what Hasan told you?” she asked. “Is that real?” She’d told us that her grandmother, who recently passed away, had hoped she would one day work with A.R. Rahman. That dream is now complete.
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Priya Patel went viral for her take on immigration. Then, one interview took an unexpected turn.
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Elina, Ravleen, Luna, Neelam, and Lara just rocked the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 🪽✨ Elina Gunawardena, 18, made history as the first Sri Lankan model to walk for VS, while Kerala’s Ravleen Varghese, 25, made her debut. Indian Dominican model Luna Yohannan, 19, returned for her second show, and British Indian model Neelam Gill, 31, made her third appearance. Lara Raj performed with KATSEYE, while actor Triptii Dimri attended.
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Karan Johar made his Met Gala debut in a Manish Malhotra ensemble, inspired by the art of Raja Ravi Varma.
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“It’s not a real mango, right?” Ashley Graham (Ashley Graham) asked Isha Ambani. “It looks so real!”
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Zeenat Aman is the OG diva 🧚🏼♀️ Decades before Victoria’s Secret debuted its fantasy bra, Bhanu Athaiya — India’s first Oscar winner — designed Aman’s sculptural outfits in this dream sequence from Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978). “She was prolific and meticulous,” the actor wrote of Athaiya. “No other designer in my life has come close to creating outfits for me that were as comfortable as they were sensual.”
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On Aishwarya Rai’s birthday, revisit this rare interview with Martha Stewart 💃 When asked whether she’s a great dancer, the actor responded, “I enjoy it.” But Rai has trained in Bharatanatyam since the 2nd grade and choreographer Saroj Khan called her “a perfect dancer.” “The most beautiful woman in the world” has rued that many don’t look beyond her beauty. For her, looks are transient. What’s your favorite Aishwarya Rai performance?
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That’s Prince William, Sourav Ganguly, and Ajinkya Rahane playing cricket in London — to “Gallan Goodiyan.” The ex-Indian cricket captains were promoting the Earthshot Prize, to be held in Mumbai next month. Five winners each receive £1 million to repair the planet. Ganguly told the press that William “batted alright.” Rahane wrote, “Playing tennis-ball cricket…with Buckingham Palace in the backdrop is an experience that will stay with me.”
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23 years ago, Panjabi MC released “Jogi,” changing music forever 🪩 The hit track remixed Ranjit Kaur and Muhammad Sadiq’s “Na De Dil Pardesi Nu” (1995) and charted across Europe. But search “Jogi” on music streaming platforms today and you won’t find it. That’s because Aditya Dhar reportedly acquired the rights for Dhurandhar. Panjabi MC is no stranger to remixes. “I’ll always try and get better and better,” he told The Juggernaut.
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🐮 Donald Trump, the albino buffalo, will live to see another day. Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed ordered the return of the now-famous buffalo with flowing blond locks to his Narayanganj farm, sparing him from being sacrificed for Eid al-Adha. Donald the buffalo went viral after people noticed his eerie resemblance to the U.S. president. People across the country even traveled to see him.
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What in the world of ragebait is this? 👀👖 Snigdha Sur explains:
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Before he was mayor, Zohran Mamdani was a rapper 🌶️ As Young Cardamom, he sang “#1 Spice” for ‘Queen of Katwe’ (2016), directed by Mira Nair, about Ugandan chess whiz Phiona Mutesi. “Bring the flavor to the fish, bring the flavor to the rice,” he raps, including in this now viral interview. The Uganda link runs deeper: Mamdani was born there and his parents met there when Nair was doing research for Mississippi Masala. Read our interview with Young Cardamom here:
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RIP Gloria Steinem, who shared how India made her a feminist ✊🏽 After graduating from college in 1956, she moved to India for a 9-month fellowship, studying at Miranda House in Delhi, but stayed for two years. She ended up dedicating her life to women’s rights, learning from Kamaladevi and Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan land reform movement. “If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them,” she said. “I learned that in India.”
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#breaking: The Mahajan family’s first trip to NYC ended in mourning after the death of their 18-year-old son, NYT reported. The family was on a horse-drawn carriage ride around 2:45 p.m. in Central Park, when the driver got off to take a photo of the family, the father told NYT. But then, the horse bolted, speeding up before it crashed. “We were yelling, ‘Help me, help me!’” Romanch Mahajan’s father, Deepak, 44, told NYT. His wife, Priya, fell out of the carriage, so Romanch jumped down to try to help. But he didn’t get up. By around 7:15 p.m., he had died from his injuries, West Side Rag wrote. The other family members, including Romanch’s younger brother, sustained minor injuries. The incident has renewed outrage over the horse-drawn carriage industry and its treatment of horses. On June 9, a horse named Deniz collapsed and died in Central Park after eating a plant toxic to horses. “This is unacceptable. A driver is not supposed to leave the carriage to take photos — ever,” Alexander Kemp, a VP of the horse carriage industry union, said in a statement. “We support a full investigation.” The driver has been suspended and the horse involved, named Sampson, has been retired. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the death a “horrific incident.” “I look forward to working with…community leaders to deliver a just transition that protects workers while ending horse-drawn carriages in Central Park once and for all.” The Mahajan family was celebrating Romanch’s graduation from high school. He was set to begin studying at Manipal University Jaipur for college. “It took my son’s dream away,” Deepak Mahajan told NYT.
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