After a long wait, Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar's film '2.0' released on November 29 received a tremendous response from the audience as well as the critics. The sequel to 2010 hit film 'Enthiran' has Rajinikanth reprising his roles of Dr Vaseegaran and Chitti in the S. Shankar's film.
Welcome gifts to guests at Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas Wedding
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are all set to tie the knot on December 02. The couple got engaged in July this year. In an interview, Priyanka and Nick talked about how love blossomed between them.
Priyanka will be seen walking down the aisle in a Ralph Lauren Creation. And it is a special moment for both the actress and designer because PeeCee is the only celebrity to be dressed in Ralph's wedding designs. While officiating the Christian wedding will be Nick's father, the actress' cousin Parineeti Chopra's parents will be doing Priyanka's Kanyadaan.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, who are all set to tie the knot in the next few days, reached Jodhpur yesterday and kick-started with their pre-wedding ceremonies.
Now, we all are aware that in North Indian marriages, the groom makes an entry riding a horse and the same thing will happen at the PC Nick's royal wedding.
In the first interview post his wedding, the Ranveer Singh talked about their marriage, his equation with Deepika Padukone and more.
A day before director S Shankar's ‘2.0’, starring Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar hit the big screen worldwide, the Madras High Court directed 37 internet service providers to block more than 12,000 websites that exhibit pirated versions of Tamil movies.
The twists and surprises of 2.0 are predictable and the fact that the story follows the template set by the first film, doesn't really add to the experience. But Shankar's vision and his team's technical wizardry with the visual effects creates a positive impact.
While there was speculation that Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas will reach their wedding venue, Umaid Bhawan Palace, via a helicopter, the two instead landed at the Jodhpur airport on Thursday and drove down to the venue.
Today the magnum opus ‘2.0’ starring Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar has been released worldwide. Rajinikanth fans across states are celebrating the Rajini festival in and outside the theatres.
Today as Rajnikanth's highly anticipated movie ‘2.0’ is releasing at the box office, his fans are having Man Soru (putting rice in the empty floor and eating) for the success of the movie and their loved star’s well being.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, who are all set to tie the knot this weekend have reached the Jodhpur airport and were captured walking hand-in-hand. The couple had taken an early morning flight along with Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner in the company.
Ahead of Rajinikanth-starrer '2.0' release on Thursday, the Madras High Court has directed 37 internet service providers (ISPs) to block over 12,000 websites that exhibit pirated versions of Tamil movies.
With Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh hosting a grand wedding reception in Mumbai last night, another couple seems to be in full swing prepping up for their wedding. The security at the Umaid Bhawan Palace too has been beefed up and the couple is reported to have followed DeepVeer's no phone policy at their wedding.
Even though some of the surprises in this segment have been let out in the trailer, Shankar manages to pack in a cute, little surprise.
Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora have been rocking headlines for their rumoured link up. The duo has been spotted together several times by the paparazzi.
Now, after Joe and Sophie, Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle Jonas have arrived in Mumbai ahead of PC's pre-wedding rituals. Priyanka and Nick along with everyone else will head to Rajasthan for the big day.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone have hosted a reception in Mumbai today and the pictures from the grand event have taken over the internet by storm. The couple looked extravagant in ivory gold ensembles.
The duo has been giving us major couple goals since they started dating and is fan's favourite pair. And Ranveer's first interview post-wedding will reaffirm your belief in the magic of romance.
It’s not always with eager anticipation that I carve into a film’s corpse.
On occasion it can be a title I had either anticipated, or at least hoped, would be a pleasant diversion. By all indications “Hotel Artemis” would be a sharp looking, star-choked enterprise, becoming that rare item in entertainment these days – a bold and original idea.
But hey, Hollywood has a landfill of good intentions. Written and directed by Drew Pearce, “Hotel Artemis” is a neo-noir in the “John Wick” vein, set in the near future inside a private hospital for criminals. The film concerns a single evening therein as riots stretch across Los Angeles.
Audiences refused to be admitted.
This June it flopped out of the gate with a mere $3 million, dropping a massive 70 percent in week two. By the third week it was pulled from over 2,100 screens.
So let’s take this DOA hospital thriller and put it under the knife to find out why it was left for dead, with no one around to identify the body.
We open inside a marble-halled corporate building. Note that 10 years in the future local banks have hologram tellers greeting you to conduct business. Seems the Minimum Wage-$15 movement will be affecting lending institutions.
During a bank robbery one crook, Sterling K. Brown, lifts his mask for the audience to say “Three minutes!” to his crew. This was foolhardy given the security cameras, and given his ¾ mask means his mouth is exposed; he could be heard just fine.
The crew cannot get into the vault, so they turn on the customers to relieve them of valuables. Due to the riots rich citizens sent their maids and gardeners to the bank to deposit expensive goods…because the 1%-ers trust these low-wage workers implicitly with their wealth.
While collecting booty, Brown’s brother removes a ludicrously large ink pen from one customer’s lapel. “Believe me, you don’t want it,” the customer says ominously. It turns out that he does in fact want it, and now our MacGuffin is established!
In an alleyway shootout the brother is wounded, but Brown takes four shots in the back and is unaffected. This must be credited to his bullet-proof vest. Soooo, question — why didn’t his brother also have one?
This is not the Jodie Foster from “The Accused”
Here is the lowdown: The Artemis is a retrofitted hotel. The upper floor has been converted to a hospital with quasi-futuristic gear. The setting is an amalgam of classic art deco architecture and modern tech. So it looks really cool but does not always make sense. Run by a woman named Nurse, this is a members-only hospital for well-connected criminals. Our newly ventilated bank robbers need off-the-books treatment.
Off the elevator patients exit to a caged lobby and scan membership implants for admission, dispensing all weapons, which are disallowed. One of the crew is not a member, so a massive orderly named Everest (Dave Bautista) drugs him and hauls him outside.
Curious though, as exclusive as this hospital is, why the need for code names since Nurse recognizes members? She says to Brown, “You should know the way by now.” Later is a conversation about him quitting once. They are quite familiar, I’m just saying.
All the Hotel’s rooms are named after famous destinations, with each “member” given that corresponding codename. Thus Brown becomes Waikiki, his brother deemed Honolulu. I am certain this never becomes confusing when, like now, past patients are returning to different rooms.
After surgery on Honolulu (where she 3-D printed a new liver) Nurse tends to Mr. Acapulco (Charlie Day). He is an obnoxious and boisterous arms dealer, because simply being inside Artemis did not establish his bad-guy credentials.
Her next patient is named after Nice, France (Sofia Boutella). After having her wound tended she goes to her room and contacts a home office. She informs them she wants more money, due to shooting herself to enter Artemis and get close to her target. We have officially entered the intrigue part of the story.
Patients wear a metal arm band that delivers nanites to treat maladies. Nurse tends to Waikiki, telling him Honolulu will have trouble accepting the liver due to his heroin addiction. Meanwhile I am still bothered why he never gave this brother, whom he dearly loves, his own Kevlar vest!
Nurse takes a call requesting to reserve a room for someone named Orien Franklin. He is said to own half of Los Angeles, including the Artemis, but Nurse states the rules are she cannot hold a room.
NURSE: “This hotel was built on two things: Man’s fundamental avarice, and trust.”
And you thought those two items were mutually exclusive.
When Everest took the non-member thug outside he gave a command concerning staying silent about the Artemis. The secrecy of the hospital is a major point we are told. Which makes me question — what is the wisdom in having a flashy 30 foot tall neon sign on the roof visible from the other side of L.A.?
On video they see a security breach. A female cop is wounded outside, but on the feed she is calling out for Mrs. Thomas to help her. This is the real name of Nurse. We are supposed to be gripped with Nurse possibly taking in a cop, as the owner (who goes by the name “The Wolf King of L.A.”) is arriving. Just take their word, this is all intriguing.
In a common game room the three patients interact. Waikiki and Nice already knew each other professionally, except she refers to him by his new code name…which she was not present for when given, and had no way of knowing.
Everest and Nurse are mulling over the cop, as she ponders bringing her in because she’ll die in the riots. Everest asks, since in 20 years she never admitted a non-member, why now? Just minutes earlier she was willing to deny THE OWNER a room, because of “the rules” This is all very irregular!!! (Assuming…)
Nurse has severe agoraphobia and has not been outside The Artemis in years, but she ventures out to help the cop. In the alley they encounter more police, but Everest arrives and beats down the three of them. Leaving the cop with the police was apparently not an option?
In a bar Waikiki and Nice rehash their past, until he brandishes the MacGuffin ink pen his brother lifted. Nice sees it and instantly declares he needs to get out, immediately. I suppose this thing is so secretive that everyone in the underworld knows what it is?
Ahead of his arrival the Wolf King’s son pulls up to the building with goons and decides to seal the doors, to ensure no one is admitted — in turn reserving a room. Criminal executives drive around with welding torches in their SUV, just for these contingencies…I guess…?
Back in the bar Nice has the pen that Waikiki says belongs to the Wolf King and is nearly impossible to crack. In seconds she turns the dials on it so it opens, revealing what she calls yellow “canary” diamonds, declaring they are worth $18 million. With this much innate knowledge she MUST be the scriptwriter.
Once the cop recovers from treatment we learn as a young girl she lived next door to Nurse and was good friends with her son, who later died of an overdose, causing all of Nurse’s anxieties. This stands as character development in a story taking place inside one evening.
Waikiki locates a hidden entrance way because — while the building has pneumatic deadbolts and biometric locks on every entrance — he finds a false door that opens with a hidden push-button release. Seems a security oversight, to me.
On the roof Acapulco awaits a helicopter to take him to Mexico (the actual country, not another room) and Nice is up there as well, for no reason. They look down and see Wolf King’s vehicle and she declares, for no valid reason, he is her target. She then knocks out Acapulco, who really was very annoying.
The Wolf King is supposedly retrieving his property, which Honolulu took off a crook in the bank by accident, while unaware it contained diamonds, and they only went to Hotel Artemis because of the unplanned shootout.
BUT — Nice checked herself in, to get at the Wolf King, well ahead of all of those coincidental acts. Huh???
Cutting through his team of henchmen the Wolf King steps off the elevator with a serious neck wound — Jeff Goldblum, in all his exaggerated halting-speech glory. Of course, we need to overlook he arrived with an injury, and NOT to recover his diamonds.
We also can’t ask why the man who owns half of L.A. would come to this cut-rate facility instead of a 5-star hospital for the elite. His son, who he detests, is left in the cage with the gang. His gives him a ring, “just in case.” I just bet there WILL be a case, for it to be used!
Nice calls in to her headquarters to report that “the trap worked,” meaning the script now intends to spackle over all those plot holes needed to bring the Wolf King in by saying, essentially, “I meant to do that”.
Waikiki is back in the room with Honolulu and wants to get him out, convinced they are dead if they stay, but Honolulu being on life support precludes that from happening. So Waikiki takes a playing card he found in Acapulco’s stolen wallet – which is hiding a computer chip – that slides into the computers to operate machinery.
How Waikiki knew the purpose of that card is not explained. How he operates the machinery is not explained. How Acapulco originally programed a card compatible with Artemis computers is not explained.
Under medication the Wolf King utters something about Nurse’s son, and she states she never told him his name. So she ramps up the dosage to get more answers out of him. On a gurney she has Wolf King, who was given the name “Niagra”, but still refers to him by his given name Orien. So why all the naming shenanigans anyway?
After all the talk of not being able to leave the female cop outside because of the riots Everest escorts the repaired female cop back outside with no vehicle, nor protection. As such she has now served no purpose at all for this film.
We see that Waikiki used that card for the computer to begin 3-D printing parts to assemble a crude handgun for protection. A fine plan…if he can also print out the bullets needed.
Nice set a small bomb on the rooftop generator, taking out the electricity and disabling the power locks on the doors. Nurse leaves Wolf King to race to the room with a crashing Honolulu, allowing Nice to slip in and slash the Wolf King’s throat. We are now relieved of his ridiculous Apartments.com line delivery.
On the roof Acapulco regained consciousness, but his escape helicopter was chased away by the explosion. So he retrieves his personal bag and pulls out his own previously 3-D printed handgun.
In another room Waikiki confronts Nice, mad that his brother died when she cut the power. Before he can shoot her Acapulco arrives and shoots Waikiki. (Again, with what bullets?) Then Acapulco is about to kill Nice, but he begins monologuing. This allows Waikiki to get up and tackle him. He shoves Acapulco’s head into the 3-D printer and turns it on to kill him.
EXCEPT — his brother died due to the building’s power being cut off. The printer would have been inoperational.
We witness the “Surprise Malady” trope. Nurse comes in and mentions Waikiki was shot. He waves her off and says he is fine due to the Kevlar, but Nurse points out he has a wound on his hip, just below the vest. Only then does Waikiki feel any pain, and he collapses.
As the henchmen are still in the caged lobby his son uses the ring. It OF COURSE carries an explosive, which is used to blast a hole in a wall. As they start breaking through Everest and Nice stay behind to allow Nurse and Waikiki to escape. Lengthy fight scenes ensue.
On the main floor the pair gets confronted by Wolf King’s son for yet another conflict. After being tempted with the MacGuffin diamonds he is subdued. They try exiting through the locked doors, but Nurse struggles with the key in the lock.
WAIKIKI: “Hey, getting out is always tougher than getting in. Believe me, I know.”
Hooray for metaphors!
Dodging an impending riot the two make it to a car that Waikiki had stashed blocks away, but then Nurse tells him she’ll go on without him. The woman with crippling agoraphobia who could barely step into an alley saunters off into the LA riots hellscape.
Blocks away Nurse discovers Everest survived when she sees the Artemis sign on the roof come back on. Nurse, who has shown her entire life is tied up in the hospital walks off contentedly. I’m left wondering why anything has happened.
Despite so much talent and effort expended this film was not simply ignored by audiences, it was dispatched. Another rental property-based film, “Hotel Transylvania 3,” earned 35 times as much in theaters during a similar summer release window.
There’s plenty of professionalism at work here. Pearce builds complex characters in a very detailed environment. His hotel is filled with appointments and touches, even down to all the products like cigarettes and whiskey bearing original graphics. Yet lost in all of the nuance is something approximating a story.
He had plenty to show us but ultimately had nothing to say.
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The duo is holding their second reception in Mumbai at Grand Hyatt. The preparations are all done and the media has arrived to capture their moments. Deepika took to her Instagram account to share their look for the reception. And, damn! They are looking absolutely royal in their attire.
The celebrations which are set to unfold at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai will be nothing short of a royal affair.
The latest what we have heard is that the controversial queen Rakhi Sawant is all set to tie the knot with Deepak Kalal on 31st of December in Los Angeles.
Pictures of the couple have now emerged and NickYanka have been accompanied by Joe Jonas and his fiancee Sophie Turner.
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, who are all set to take their nuptial vows on December 2 in Jodhpur, will reportedly be hosting two wedding receptions. The couple will fly to Delhi on December 3 where the Chopras have organised a lavish reception for family members while as they will throw a grand bash for the film fraternity in Mumbai after that.
While promoting the film, when Akshay Kumar was asked about how he felt about working with one of the nation's most influential figures, he recounted that they used to speak in Marathi on the sets of the movie because Rajinikanth is a Maharashtrian.
The DeepVeer wedding celebration doesn’t seem to end anytime soon. Today Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are ready to host a reception in Mumbai, and here’s all that you need to know about the big day.
According to a source close to Priyanka, today, there will be a Ganesh Pooja at Priyanka’s old house in Versova that Nick and she will be attending, along with other family members
After making her debut with ‘Dhadak’ star kid Janhvi Kapoor has been on a roll. In a recent interaction about social media trolls, the budding actress revealed that her sister Anshula Kapoor had received “rape threats” for something silly she did on Karan Johar’s chat show.
According to a report, Priyanka and Nick have decided to gift a silver coin with their names initials 'NP' engraved on it, and a carving of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi on the other side of the coin.
The answer is in the film. What is Meow Wolf?
“Meow Wolf: The Origin Story” takes you on the journey to what it is today. It started as a collective of artists, active in the Santa Fe, New Mexico Arts scene, looking for a place to showcase their art.
Today, Meow Wolf is a multi-million-dollar interactive museum financially backed by George R R Martin. You might know him as the guy who created “Game of Thrones.” The film explores his involvement with the museum’s creation.
At the beginning of the documentary you hear such phrases as “marketing bull****,” “radical inclusivity,” “maximalism” and “outside artists.” The language takes on a different tone later, with phrases like “business structure,” “payroll” and “liability Insurance.”
“Meow Wolf: The Origin Story” will make you want to go to Santa Fe and see for yourself. I’ve been to Meow Wolf several times over the years. I originally heard about it through social media and word of mouth. Many of my friends and family have been there. And of course, I have been asked hundreds of times, “What is Meow Wolf?”
I like to describe it as an interactive children’s museum, an art installation for grown-ups with a story to tell. On my first trip to Meow Wolf I ended up relaxing in a life-sized fish aquarium while my friends walked through a refrigerator entering a time/space portal to another dimension in Meow Wolf’s story.
One of Meow Wolf’s signature attractions? A refrigerator which holds far more than just milk or snacks.
In the film, they explore the winding and experimental journey of Meow Wolf. I went into the film thinking that I was going to feel excluded, because I just didn’t get “it.” If they have to explain; then you don’t get it.
That’s not the film’s message. Meow Wolf is a collective of artists who want to make art and still pay their rent.
The film explores the conflict the artists had with making art for art’s sake to making art for money. There are arguments among the artists as they struggle with this transition. You find out the thinking process behind Meow Wolf.
And yes, you do find out why the name is Meow Wolf.
Don’t think of this film as one of those hipster documentaries. It allows you to feel included and yes, you can get it. Art is fun. Art is colorful. Art is meant to be touched and seen. Art is for everybody. It can have a meaning for you or not. Just enjoy the experience. Art is what you make it.
One of the fun things about the film, for me, being a native Coloradan, is the exploration of the future site for the next Meow Wolf now being built in Denver, Colorado. You get to see as they travel through Denver looking for the perfect site.
Watching this film will prepare you for your first visit to Meow Wolf. If you have already been to Meow Wolf this film will remind you that it’s worth going to again, and again and again.
Lori Lynn Barker is a Denver-based radio producer and co-host of the “Let’s Eat” segment on “Heckuva Show with Michael Brown,” heard on KOA NewsRadio 850 AM / 94.1 FM.
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According to reports, a part of the palace is a hotel and now for Priyanka and Nick's wedding ceremonies, the whole palace will be shut for almost a week.
Priyanka will be doing a Kathak performance on the sangeet ceremony. The actress will also be dancing on her popular number desi girl, practices for which are on in full swing
In a shocking turn of events, ‘My Name is Lakhan’ singer Mohammed Aziz’ breathed his last at the age of 64 reportedly due to cardiac arrest.
Taking to his Instagram handle, Kapil officially shared an invitation with his fans.
Taking to his Instagram handle, Kapil officially shared an invitation with his fans.
Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar-starrer 2.0 is among the most anticipated movies of the year.
Priyanka Chopra reportedly said that she had once posted a picture with her pet dog Diana and she received comments like you are going nowhere just like that dog
Professional dancer Monisha Nadgir had no idea that her dance moves in Mental Ho Java would land a movie in her lap.
Designer Manish Arora has now shared a video on Instagram showing what all went behind the making of Ranveer Singh’s wedding party ensemble
Ranveer Singh is taken! And we are sure this fact has broken millions of hearts however the latest Filmfare cover page can sooth those heartbreaks. Newly married Ranveer Singh has featured on the latest edition of Filmfare magazine in the concluding month of the year and he is looking absolutely handsome in this cover page we must say!
Bollywood sensation Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are all set to tie the knot this year at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur. The lovebirds were recently spotted at a 5-star hotel in Mumbai and now they hosted a dinner party at a restaurant in Juhu. They were accompanied by Joe Jonas with his fiance Sophie Turner, sister Parineeti Chopra, and Alia Bhatt.
Aamir Khan has come out and publicly accepted that the film's team went somewhere wrong
