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Much of this almost wondrously misjudged Bollywood film is perfectly palatable: the tale of a limited man redeemed by his far superior wife. Varun Dhawan plays Ajay, a history teacher who is fixated on projecting the impression that he is a tough cookie with a perfect life. His pupils are in his thrall, and allow him to doss in lessons rather than teach them; everyone in his city (Lucknow in northern India) seems to have bought into the myth, too. One person who hasn’t, however, is his new wife Nisha (Janhvi Kapoor), whom…

This artist’s impression shows a doomed planet skimming the surface of its star. Astronomers used a combination of telescopes to spot the first direct evidence of an aging, bloated sun-like star, like the one pictured here, engulfing its planet. These telescopes included the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory, the W.M. Keck Observatory, and NASA’s NEOWISE mission. The aging star depicted here, called ZTF SLRN-2020, is roughly 10 billion years old. It had begun to inflate over hundreds of…

Image via Lucasfilm After waiting for more than 10 years, PC gamers were disappointed to learn that The Last of Us remake port is riddled with bugs, performance issues, and other disruptive problems that make the game essentially unplayable on Windows. As Sony races to release hotfixes and redeem this disastrous launch, people use social media to vent their frustration with this faulty version. In other news, Mark Hamill has decided to resurrect the character of Luke Skywalker one more time. Only instead of…

If there’s one thing you absolutely shouldn’t do on the internet, it’s berate Keanu Reeves’ entire discography. And if there’s a second thing you definitely shouldn’t do on the internet, it’s make the same mistake by now ridiculing Halle Berry. Apparently, the internet has yet to learn from their mistakes and keeps repeating the same formula of attacking actors’ careers by insisting that only a few movies have carried them. Over on Twitter, a cheeky user decided to test the internet’s brainpower by asking fellow users…

In 2009, Kanye West was riding high. 808s & Heartbreak – his fourth studio album and a marked departure from his soul-based, hip-hop sound – proved a resounding critical and commercial triumph. A foray into clothing design had culminated in a Paris fashion week sneaker show with Louis Vuitton and a shoe line with Nike, the first for a non-athlete.No longer was West the dorky producer turned rapper agitating to break out of Jay-Z’s shadow. He had become something even bigger: a true star. The only person who could stop…

via New Line Cinema Based exclusively on the cast, crew, and real-life events that inspired the semi-fictionalized narrative, there was no reason to believe that 2005’s crime thriller Domino was going to be anything other than surefire success. Helmed by action maestro and reliable director of above-average genre flicks Tony Scott, the screenplay was penned by Donnie Darko‘s Richard Kelly, while the cast numbered Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, Lucy Liu, Christopher Walken, and Tom…

via Sarigama Cinemas Awards season has barely even started, with the annual parade of prestige pictures gearing up to aim directly for the hearts and minds of voters everywhere, but the Oscars have already experienced one major shock after RRR was snubbed as India’s submission in the Best International Film category in favor of Last Film Show. While we’re not here to rain on the parade of the movie that got the nod, it’s well worth noting that social media exploded in a bout of unhinged rage and fury after…

The developer behind OlliOlli World, one of 2022’s most underrated games, still has another skating game up its sleeve this year. Roll7’s next game is Rollerdrome, which made a strong first impression with its distinct visuals and unique mix of rollerblading and shooting at June’s State of Play. While the game launches next month, I got the chance to go hands-on with Rollerdrome early. Though it’s a bit more complicated than the simple skateboarding of OlliOlli World, Rollerdrome shows that Roll7 is still at the top…

Performing stunts on public roads is illegal across the country but we seldom come across such cases from mountainous regions. A video of a girl performing stunts on the Parwanoo-Shimla NH5 has become viral on the Internet. The footage was captured by a passenger who was in a different vehicle. The video shows a girl hanging out of the car while the vehicle was taking corners in the mountains. While the video is blurred, it seems like the girl opened the door and was hanging out of the vehicle from the co-driver’s…