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Bollywood stars protesting racism while endorsing skin whitening called out

Several movie actors labelled "hypocrites", including Priyanka Chopra, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Deepika Padukone, and Disha Patani, for their anti-racism social media posts while having featured in ads for skin fairness products.

When a Kashmiri journalist went to former torture centre for an ‘exclusive’

India has tightened the chokehold on Kashmiri journalists by deploying methods such as questioning at counterinsurgency centres, arbitrary arrests and invoking of anti-terror law.

Lindsay Lohan is 'back' with promise of new single amid pandemic

American actress Lindsay Lohan, whose career has been in a downfall for decades due to series of legal disputes and substance abuse, announced she is making a comeback with a new single during the global pandemic.

'Wash the Hate': A response to anti-Asian bigotry amid the Covid-19 crisis

Growing racism against Asian communities following the coronavirus pandemic has brought some right-thinking people together to support the victims of racial abuse and to empathise with people regardless of their identity.

Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment

Weinstein, 67, convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of #MeToo campaign.

Ratings for Sunday's Oscars on ABC fall to all-time low

The Oscars, which included performances by Janelle Monae and Eminem this year, reportedly took a ratings hit by 20 percent from a year ago, to an average TV audience of 23.6 million total viewers.

Weinstein excused lewd acts as a showbiz norm - accusers

Weinstein, who was subdued in his interactions with reporters during the trial's first week, seemed looser as he left the courthouse, proclaiming “It went great today. The lawyers killed it."

Ricky Martin finds inspiration in Puerto Rico protests

The 48-year-old father of four children joined in the big demonstrations last year that led Ricardo Rossello to resign as the island's governor.

Hollywood prepares to toast winners at Golden Globes

Stars will don couture gowns and extravagant jewels before they hit the red carpet at the luxury Beverly Hills hotel where the calendar's second-most important - but rowdiest -prize-giving gala takes place.

NBC, union investigate ‘America’s Got Talent’ racism report

Gabrielle Union, who is black, reportedly sought action to address an environment she said allowed racist jokes, comments and notes from producers along with other troubling behavior, including judge-producer Simon Cowell’s smoking indoors.

Veteran ‘Will and Grace’ actress Shelley Morrison dies at 83

Morrison played Rosario Salazar, a maid from El Salvador, in the original run of “Will and Grace” from 1999 to 2006, becoming part of a cast that won a Screen Actors Guild award for best ensemble in a comedy series.

Turkey's legendary actor Yildiz Kenter dead at 91

During her 60-year career, Yildiz Kenter took to the stage for more than 100 plays.