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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan dances into Netflix’s ‘Best of the Best’; first look sets the stage for a high-stakes Bollywood-fusion battle

Netflix has unveiled the first look of Best of the Best, a coming-of-age dance comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia, where friendship, ambition and fierce collegiate Bollywood-fusion competition collide ahead of its September 18 premiere.

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Nicole Kidman’s two divorces prove that even Hollywood’s strongest women don’t 'move on'

After two highly publicized marriages ended, Nicole Kidman is refusing Hollywood’s favorite fantasy: that heartbreak produces instant strength. Her candid reflections reveal something far less glamorous, and far more human, about fear, grief, reinvention, and learning to live with uncertainty.

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Emraan Hashmi's 'Awarapan 2' has divided netizens: "Pure nostalgia' of or no soul like 2007?"

Nearly two decades after Awarapan became a late-discovered cult favourite, Awarapan 2 has arrived with Emraan Hashmi back as Shivam Pandit. Early reactions reveal a fascinating generational split between millennials chasing memories and Gen Z viewers asking for something fresh.

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Aishwarya Rai and Akshaye Khanna were a 'gamble' as director confirms 'it was a risk' casting them for 'Taal'

Twenty-five years after Taal, Subhash Ghai’s casting gamble looks almost prophetic: a star kid struggling to prove his intensity and a beauty queen fighting to shed her pageant image became the unlikely faces of one of Bollywood’s defining musical romances.

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Yash's 'Toxic' plot revealed: Who is really toxic? Him or the women in his dark gangster story?

Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups has finally offered its biggest story clue yet, revealing a dark gangster tale of loyalty, jealousy and redemption that could change how fans see the film.

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Maitreyi Ramakrishnan dances into Netflix’s ‘Best of the Best’; first look sets the stage for a high-stakes Bollywood-fusion battle

Netflix has unveiled the first look of Best of the Best, a coming-of-age dance comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia, where friendship, ambition and fierce collegiate Bollywood-fusion competition collide ahead of its September 18 premiere.

Nicole Kidman’s two divorces prove that even Hollywood’s strongest women don’t 'move on'

After two highly publicized marriages ended, Nicole Kidman is refusing Hollywood’s favorite fantasy: that heartbreak produces instant strength. Her candid reflections reveal something far less glamorous, and far more human, about fear, grief, reinvention, and learning to live with uncertainty.

Emraan Hashmi's 'Awarapan 2' has divided netizens: "Pure nostalgia' of or no soul like 2007?"

Nearly two decades after Awarapan became a late-discovered cult favourite, Awarapan 2 has arrived with Emraan Hashmi back as Shivam Pandit. Early reactions reveal a fascinating generational split between millennials chasing memories and Gen Z viewers asking for something fresh.

Aishwarya Rai and Akshaye Khanna were a 'gamble' as director confirms 'it was a risk' casting them for 'Taal'

Twenty-five years after Taal, Subhash Ghai’s casting gamble looks almost prophetic: a star kid struggling to prove his intensity and a beauty queen fighting to shed her pageant image became the unlikely faces of one of Bollywood’s defining musical romances.

Yash's 'Toxic' plot revealed: Who is really toxic? Him or the women in his dark gangster story?

Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups has finally offered its biggest story clue yet, revealing a dark gangster tale of loyalty, jealousy and redemption that could change how fans see the film.

5 reasons “2026 is the new 2016” is taking over TikTok right now

TikTok’s “2026 Is the New 2016” nostalgia wave is turning old selfies, Snapchat filters, and mid-2010s music into viral content, as users revisit a pre-AI, pre-pandemic internet era that many now remember as simpler, messier, and more authentic.

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Netflix has unveiled the first look of Best of the Best, a coming-of-age dance comedy starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia, where friendship, ambition and fierce collegiate Bollywood-fusion competition collide ahead of its September 18 premiere.

After two highly publicized marriages ended, Nicole Kidman is refusing Hollywood’s favorite fantasy: that heartbreak produces instant strength. Her candid reflections reveal something far less glamorous, and far more human, about fear, grief, reinvention, and learning to live with uncertainty.

Nearly two decades after Awarapan became a late-discovered cult favourite, Awarapan 2 has arrived with Emraan Hashmi back as Shivam Pandit. Early reactions reveal a fascinating generational split between millennials chasing memories and Gen Z viewers asking for something fresh.

Twenty-five years after Taal, Subhash Ghai’s casting gamble looks almost prophetic: a star kid struggling to prove his intensity and a beauty queen fighting to shed her pageant image became the unlikely faces of one of Bollywood’s defining musical romances.

Yash’s Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups has finally offered its biggest story clue yet, revealing a dark gangster tale of loyalty, jealousy and redemption that could change how fans see the film.

TikTok’s “2026 Is the New 2016” nostalgia wave is turning old selfies, Snapchat filters, and mid-2010s music into viral content, as users revisit a pre-AI, pre-pandemic internet era that many now remember as simpler, messier, and more authentic.

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