'I cried after my elimination from Indian Idol because I had got used to the lavish lifestyle, the good food, good hotels, good clothes and I was going to miss that.' Shivam Pathak returns to the good life, thanks to his hit music in Mary Kom.

'When I see someone I think of them as aunty and uncle. I forget I am the same age, because in my mind I am still 18.' Aamir Khan gets ready for his milestone birthday.

'Today, where are singers like Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu and Abhijit Bhattacharya? They didn't sing anything apart from Bollywood. When there is a change in trend, you are gone. But I will remain for another 50 years. I will sing for films and do other stuff too.' The Rathods discuss their music.

Will Ranbir Kapoor strike back with Bombay Velvet? Find out what Raja Sen has to say about the trailer.

Here's what the stunning actress did in Rediff.

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Welcome 2 Karachi will release on May 28.

The item girl returns to what she does best.

The Brothers promo gives away pretty much the whole film, writes Raja Sen.

Patcy N/ Rediff.com had spoken to Mubarak Begum back in 2011. We republish the interview.

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A Flying Jatt will release on August 25.

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Here's what happened in the third episode of Bigg Boss 10!

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'In real life, I am not funny. I'm a boring person. If you ask me to make you laugh, it will be difficult for me.' Sunil Grover gets refreshingly candid.

Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hotstar offer attractive price points to the Indian audience. Urvi Malvania reports.

'It's been two and a half years since I debuted and I am happy with my journey at the moment. If you are passionate about something, with hard work and opportunity, you will continue as long as you are enjoying what you do.' Kiara Advani is very excited about her next Machine.

'I am done with that genre. When you don't have a filmi background, it's difficult to do what you want to do.' Gurmeet Choudhary looks ahead with Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laddoo Deewana.

Photographers waiting outside the restaurant to shoot the Kundras were pounced upon by the bouncers and beaten black and blue.

Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Ajay Devgn were all involved in the inaugural shot.

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'There is too much pressure on being perfect, so I like the fact that I have an incomplete painting in my home.''That represents the chaos of Mumbai and also represents the fact that I am also a work-in-progress, far from being completed.'

'Deepika had seen some Simmba rushes.''She doesn't react much to anything in life.''But when the screen went off, she looked at me and said "hot lag raha hai".'

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Golden girl Kangana Ranaut.

Sonam rocks the Indian look at the Cannes.

Some #BottleCapChallenge stunts are very funny.

Quite a few film folk attended a special screening Kabir Khan's Web series The Forgotten Army: Azaadi Ke Liye, which starts streaming on Amazon Prime from January 24.

Bhoot- The Haunted Ship stars Vicky Kaushal, and is inspired from a true incident in 2011, when a ship came out of nowhere and docked at Mumbai's Juhu beach for a few days. Director Bhanu Pratap Singh has created a fictional story around it.

Armaan Jain and Anissa Malhotra's wedding reception saw the who's who of Bollywood in attendance.

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In these dark times, Ajay Devgn decided to spread a ray of light and normalcy by releasing the poster of his next biggie, RRR.

When women (and artists and feelers) underestimate their leadership abilities

Yesterday, I think something snapped in me. I had heard a particular comment exactly the number of times my heart could take it, and I decided I’m done hearing it. For all our sakes.

I was listening to an intelligent, educated young woman—a leader in her congregation who has brought life into the world, knows how to tend it, and who also knows how to tend the life of the spirit in herself and others. She was describing a painful conversation she’d had with her senior pastor who said, “I need you to be more biblical. You’re often too emotional.”

Now, it should be said that we all can let our emotions run the show. There are times when we need to take a moment to discern how we’re handling our emotions, to decide when emotion is a sign of something significant to be heard and when it’s an overreaction in the moment which we need to set aside. Having said that, this kind of comment from a senior pastor can be incredibly destructive to the souls of women and to our recognition of what women bring as leaders.

Studies of fiber pathways in the brain show men naturally think in more centralized ways, whereas women often consider information across both rational and intuitive ways of thinking. Given the scientific evidence that the problem-solving tendency in men naturally favors logic, perception, and action, when emotional, subjective, relational information is communicated by women, it’s easy for men to say, “I’m rational. She’s emotional.” This thought process denies the possibility that the woman has anything reasonable or logical to contribute, undermining her argument or education. Consequently, in the frustration of those kinds of disparaging false ...

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