1. Twitter Lashes out at Kangana Ranaut & Jim Sarbh Over Rape “Joke”
A video has surfaced online from a Cannes after-party, where Jim Sarbh is seen delivering a joke to a small crowd. “I’d rather be raped by 12 prostitutes than touch alcohol and the Punjabi says ‘Me too, I didn’t know that was an option’,” he said. Kangana Ranaut- who had earlier protested against Salman Khan’s Sultan rape comment - is seen laughing along.
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2. Deadpool Matches My Personality: Ranveer Singh
At a time when audience is lapping up Hollywood superhero films, Ranveer Singh, who has lent his voice for the Hindi version of Deadpool 2, has been scouting for ideas in this genre and is hopeful that India will soon have its own "bona fide superhero".
The Padmaavat star says that though the subjects he has been exploring in the superhero genre have not materialised yet, the day is not far when the country will get its "true blue Indian superhero."
“I remember when the first ‘Deadpool’ came out, there was a poll ‘Who should be ‘Deadpool’ if it is made in India?’ and I won by a landslide. A lot of people identify my personality with the personality of Deadpool. I think that brand of humour matches mine, somewhere or the other.”Ranveer Singh
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3. The ‘Veere Di Wedding’ Girls Are Beach Ready In This New Poster
The Veere Di Wedding team has shared a new poster of their upcoming film and it has Veere and her friends in summer mode. The poster shot has Kareena Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania looking beach ready and posing for the camera. Directed by Shashank Ghosh, Veere Di Wedding is scheduled to release on 1 June and has been creating quite a buzz thanks to its lead actor Sonam’s own wedding.
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4. Look Who Received Sridevi’s Award at the Cannes Film Festival
Veteran Bollywood actor Sridevi was honoured with the TITAN Reginald F Lewis Film Icon Award at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. The award traditionally celebrates women of the film industry all over the world and also salute the multi-cultural impact on the world of cinema.
Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai and producer Namrata Goyal received the award on behalf of Sridevi’s family .
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5. ‘Super 30’: Unseen Photos of Hrithik Roshan From the Sets
The first look of the Vikas Bahl directorial and Hrithik Roshan starrer Super 30 piqued the curiosity of netizens and the interest around the film is only witnessing a spike with every leaked picture.
Some more pictures from the sets surfaced on the internet and Roshan fans can’t keep calm. In the current set of pictures that dribbled online, Hrithik's authentic, deglammed look in the movie seems to have struck the right note.
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