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MANILA, Philippines – Here are some Entertainment stories you might have missed from the week of April 22 to 28.
Bollywood celebrates 100th birthday
India is celebrating 100 years of song and dance with the release of “Boombay Talkies,” a mash-up of commemorative films by 4 leading directors who have made a mark in the history of Bollywood.
Exhibitions in New Delhi featuring past censored kissing scenes will also be shown to commemorate the centennial, which is to be considered a time to reflect on Bollywood’s evolution.
Old-timers, for example, complain Bollywood has dumbed down and has become blind to pressing social issues.
Bollywood is known for plotlines where actors suddenly break into song coupled with detailed choreography and often set in picturesque locations — perhaps the factor that sets it apart from mainstream Hollywood films.
“If it was exactly the same thing as Hollywood, Hollywood would have run us over. We don’t have that money,” said film critic Anupama Chopra.
British dramatist Tom Stoppard to write final play
Tom Stoppard, one of Britain’s most notable playwrights, says he is considering writing one final play.
“I might write one more play and give up because I am very slow…I am 75, I am 76 in a minute…My brain cells are dying in their trillions,” he said in an interview with Paris’s Forum des Images Cinema.
Alongside his well-received work for the stage, he has also produced acclaimed work for television, film, and radio, including his Oscar-winning screenplay for “Shakespeare in Love.”
He also worked on the screenplay for Joe Wright’s “Anna Karenina” starring Keira Knightley.
“When I was 20 the idea of having a play on anywhere was just beyond my dreams…I ended up having quite a few of them on but it never stopped feeling like the thing that I ought to do and would want to do,” he explained.
“I don’t think I would be in disgrace if I stopped and started reading and maybe doing adaptations but I think there is something discreditable in furtive competitiveness. I think I am not dead yet!” Stoppard added.
British Royals visit the wizarding world
The Wizarding World had no less than British Royals Prince William, Duchess Kate, and Prince Harry as guests of honor at the official opening of the studios last April 26.
The 3 royals waved wands and joked around the set where Warner Brothers blockbusters “Harry Potter” and “Batman” were filmed.
Prince William took notice of the Batmobile. “Christian Bale’s getting old and tired…I will stand in if I have to,” the 30-year old Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot teasingly proclaimed while taking the car’s wheel.
He also jumped astride a bat bike and turned on the engine causing his younger brother Prince Harry to cover his ears because of the noise.
Yahoo! to be the online home of ‘Saturday Night Live’
In line with its goal of creating a stage for online media, Yahoo! will stream “Saturday Night Live” television episodes stretching from the current season back to 1975.
Musical performances, behind-the-scenes clips, rehearsal scenes, and shows will be available for viewing at Yahoo! beginning September.
Yahoo! chief Marissa Mayer expressed her excitement saying, “We are thrilled to give Yahoo! users the most comprehensive collection of ‘SNL’ content available on the web.”
“Yahoo! will give ‘Saturday Night Live’ a great opportunity to expand its current digital distribution. This deal will ensure that ‘SNL’ clips from past and future seasons will be even more accessible,” said Broadway Video chief Jack Sullivan.
Yahoo! is currently in the process of reinventing itself as a “premier digital media.”
Gwyneth Paltrow named People’s ‘Most Beautiful Woman’
Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow joins the likes of Beyonce, Julia Roberts, and Jennifer Lopez after People magazine named her the World’s Most Beautiful Woman of 2013.
Aside from starring in the blockbuster franchise “Iron Man,” the 40-year old actress has also published cookbooks and has been the face of Estee Lauder’s Pleasures perfume.
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Paltrow is said to have accepted less acting roles in order to give more attention to her children. “I feel very lucky that I’m no longer in my 20s. Being a mother and getting to experience my life from a place of gratitude make me embrace the process of getting older and that every day is an incredible gift,” she told People.
The actress shared how her confidence has evolved through the years saying,” [I’m] more in proportion now than I was when I was 20, so I feel better in a bathing suit now than I did before I had kids.
“But I think one of the most beautiful things about growing up is the self-acceptance that starts to happen,” she added. – Rappler.com
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