A quick look at everything making news in cinema today.
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Jodi Whittaker is the 13th Doctor Who. She is the first woman to play the iconic Time Lord on the long-running British TV series.
Nani has announced two new film projects.
PC Sreeram will crank the camera for Nivin Pauly’s next.
Anu Emmanuel is the female lead of Naa Peru Surya.
Newsworthy
Dileep is likely to move the Kerala HC to reconsider his bail plea. A judgement is expected to be out later today.
Rest In Peace
Actor Martin Landau and horror film director George Romero died yesterday. Landau was 89 while Romero was 77.
Timeout
Karan Johar, Saif Ali Khan and Varun Dhawan poked fun at Kangana Ranaut’s nepotism comments at the IIFA show in New York yesterday.
When Varun joined Khan and Johar on stage at the Metlife Stadium to receive the Best Performance in a Comic Role award for Dishoom, Saif joked that the actor had made it big in the industry because of his father, director David Dhawan.
“You are here because of your pappa,” Saif quipped.
Varun said: “And you’re here because of your mummy (veteran actress Sharmila Tagore).”
Karan then promptly added: “I am here because of my pappa (late filmmaker Yash Johar).”
They then said in unison: “Nepotism rocks”.
Let Them Eat Cake!
Actors Zarina Wahab, Ravi Kishan, Vishnu Vishal, director Bharathiraja will all turn a year older today!