Month: August 2020

Verve People Text by Reem Khokhar First published in Sunday Mid-Day Over the phone, he is steady and measured in his responses, a contrast to his gregarious, visual voice. Rohan Chakravarty is the award-winning creator of Green Humour, an entertaining collection of cartoons, comic strips and illustrations on wildlife and the environment (possibly the largest repository of its kind on the web – greenhumour.com – with over 700 pieces). While growing up in Nagpur in the ’90s, for Chakravarty, it was the national parks around the Maharashtrian city and the conversations with his wildlife-loving grandfather that set the foundation for his future passion. But his path toward...

Arnold Spielberg, the father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg, died on Tuesday of natural causes, Variety has learned. He was 103. Steven was with his father on the night of his death, according to a statement, telling him, “You are our hearth. You are our home.” He also said of his father, who was an engineer at General Electric, “When I see a PlayStation, when I look at a cell phone — from the smallest calculator to an iPad — I look at my dad and I say, ‘My dad and a team of geniuses started that.’” In addition to Steven, he had three daughters, Anne, Nancy and Sue. In a joint statement, Spielberg’s children said their father taught them to “love to research, expand their mind, keep their feet on the ground, but reach for the stars [and] look up.” “Thank you for my life....

Tom Cruise has taken a big step toward returning to pre-coronavirus life -- by visiting a movie theater. Cruise, 58, recently saw "Tenet" in a theater and has now shared his new-age moviegoing experience with the world. "Tenet," set to hit American theaters on Sept. 3 after international releases in the weeks prior, is a large-budget Christopher Nolan-directed film set to serve as a test of box office strength with hopes of reinvigorating the theater industry and getting fans back into seats. TOM CRUISE GETS GREEN LIGHT TO BYPASS NORWAY'S CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE RULES TO FILM 'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7' Robert Pattinson, left, and John David Washington in a scene from "Tenet." Tom Cruise shared a video of his theatergoing experience on Twitter. (Associated Press) The "Top...

Sheldon Riley hides his face behind a mask, but there’s nothing shy about his performances. As the quarter-finals continued Tuesday night on America’s Got Talent, the mysterious Australian singer chose a particularly dramatic crystal mask for the occasion, and delivered a powerhouse cover of “Can’t Get You Out of My Head.” Riley totally reimagined Kylie Minogue’s pop classic as an epic heartbreaker. The son of an Aussie mother and a Filipino father, Riley (real name Sheldon Hernandez) amassed a following during his run on The Voice Australia in 2018, earning a spot in the final four. He returned to the series last year as an All-Star and competed for a chance to represent Australia at the 64th Eurovision Song Contest. Watch his latest AGT performance below. ...

Britney Spears’ sister Jamie Lynn Spears, who was selected as trustee of the pop superstar’s multimillion-dollar estate two years ago, is now seeking more control over the performer’s fortune amid an increasingly heated struggle over a complicated conservatorship. In a court filing last week, Jamie Lynn Spears, a 29-year-old former Nickelodeon star, revealed that she was the trustee of the estate and asked that all the assets of the SJB Revocable Trust be moved into one or more accounts with Fidelity Brokerage Services with her as the custodian. If approved, the move would put Britney Spears’ financial assets into those accounts and require a judge’s approval to remove them. The singer established the trust in 2004 to protect her children’s future. A 2018 amendment said that upon her deat...

Back in the ‘90s, Andrew Keegan grabbed onto your heart back and never let go. The teenage heartthrob shot to superstardom thanks to roles on Full House, 7th Heaven and Party of Five before he was finally cast in the cult classic, 10 Things I Hate About You. Though he later stepped out of the spotlight to establish a spiritual movement called Full Circle, he's finally making his return to the camera appearing in a pivotal role in the final season of Trinkets, the series co-produced by Netflix and Awesomeness. The gig—he plays lead Kiana Madeira's father—was a major surprise. Well, to everyone but his 10 Things co-star Larisa Oleynik, who also stars on the show. "It has been kept under wraps," he exclusively shared with E! News. "But I did get to connect with Larisa. We all did a 20-ye...

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Riley Gale, the singer for Dallas, Texas thrash metal band Power Trip, died Monday, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 34. The cause of death has not been publicly revealed. “It is with greatest of sadness we must announce that our lead singer and brother Riley Gale passed away last night,” the family of Gale wrote in a statement shared on Power Trip’s Twitter. “Riley was a friend, a brother, a son. Riley was both a larger than life rock star and a humble and giving friend. “He touched so many lives through his lyrics and through his huge heart. He treated everyone he met as a friend and he always took care of his friends. We will celebrate Riley’s life and never forget the great works of music, charity, and love that he left behind. You, the fans, meant so much to him, ...

Michaela Coel — known for the Netflix show Chewing Gum — also created the 2020 HBO series I May Destroy You. The new series gets very dark and real about sexual trauma. Why was it important for Coel to write about the topic for I May Destroy You? Michaela Coel in I May Destroy You | Natalie Seery/HBOHBO series ‘I May Destroy You’ creator and lead cast member discusses the heart-wrenching episodes In a recent Fresh Air interview with NPR radio host Terry Gross, writer/actor Michaela Coel opened up about writing the story of I May Destroy You — as well as the real story behind the HBO series. Why did she want to write about sexual violence? “I think in the beginning I wanted to write about it because it had happened,” she said. Coel drew from her personal trauma ...