The Bollywood spy film Dhurandhar is generating mixed reactions in Pakistan, where it is illegally viewed. Critics and content creators point to factual inaccuracies, especially the portrayal of Karachi’s Lyari gang and a controversial scene featuring a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) rally. The PPP condemned the film as a “malicious distortion,” while some Pakistanis lamented their own film industry’s reluctance to address local, darker histories.

Darwin,  12 December: Football legend Lionel Messi is set to visit India on December 13, and there’s an exciting surprise awaiting football fans in Kolkata….

Original Gladiator star Russell Crowe criticizes the sequel, starring Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, arguing the creators missed the “moral core” of Roman General Maximus’s story.

Madeleine Sophie Wickham, known as Sophie Kinsella, creator of the iconic Shopaholic series, has passed away at 55. Tributes pour in for the author who sold over 50 million copies globally.

Darwin, 10 December: American actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris has been detained in Japan for possessing illegal drugs. On November 16, he was taken…

Embark Studios’ hit shooter Arc Raiders, criticized for using actors’ voices as training data for text-to-speech tools, is longlisted for the Bafta Best Game award, highlighting industry tensions over GenAI.

Jess Glynne’s 2015 hit “Hold My Hand” has secured the UK TikTok Song of the Year title after the viral “nothing beats a Jet2holiday” trend soundtracked 6.6 million videos, giving the singer’s career a boost.

Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery faces intense regulatory scrutiny in the US and Europe over market concentration and competition concerns

Veteran Bengali singer Nachiketa Chakraborty, 61, was rushed to a Kolkata private hospital and stabilized with two stents following acute chest discomfort overnight

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