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Ang Lee who is known for his work on Marvel’s Hulk, directed 2012’s adventure drama film Life of Pi, based on Yann Martel’s 2001 novel of the same name. The movie starred debutant Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Adil Hussain, and Gérard Depardieu in significant roles. The story follows two survivors of a shipwreck who are on a lifeboat stranded in the Pacific Ocean for 227 days.

Upon its release, the movie received critical acclaim with an appreciation for Lee’s direction, screenplay, music, visual effects, and cinematography. The movie was nominated for eleven awards at the 85th annual Academy Awards and managed to win four out of them. Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, a comment from a veteran cinematographer about Life of Pi has resurfaced on the Internet.

Life of Pi Christopher Doyle’s strong opinions on Ang Lee’s Life of Pi winning Best Cinematography...

“So you saw the heckler!” Arian Moayed says with a laugh while sitting in the Ambassador’s Lounge of the Hudson Theatre, where, two nights before, a woman interrupted a performance of the now-Tony-nominated A Doll’s House to tell the actor to take off his costume. “There’s a debate among the production about whether she was yelling at the character — like, ‘take off your proverbial costume’ — or just catcalling me,” he says. Moayed is accustomed to the extreme intimacy of the theater; his Broadway debut was opposite Robin Williams in 2011’s Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (he got a Tony nom for that, too), and he’s now performing this stripped-down, set-less Henrik Ibsen adaptation with Jessica Chastain eight times a week, an experience he describes as “spiritual.”

He’s also unfazed by a certain level of fan interaction — his role as Stewy on Succession has made him...

The Indian film industry has got some heart-throbbing beauties that steal our hearts with their gorgeous looks. With noteworthy performances in their films, the actresses leave no chance to surprise us with their skilled art as well.

As the south-Indian actors have been making their mark in Bollywood with their massive blockbusters, the South Film divas have been making us fall head-over-heels too. They have been known as the beginners who soon rose up in their career acing their performances.

Here are 5 South Indian divas who aced their performances like a pro and made us go head over heels with their acting…

Rakul Preet Singh

The Punjabi kudi has a major fan following in the South Film industry with some major hits like ‘Venkatadri Express’, ‘Loukyam, Pandaga Chesko’, and many more. The gorgeous lady made her Hindi debut with ‘Yaariyan’ and thereafter underwent a huge body transformation for Ajay Devgan starring ‘De De Pyaar De.

You ain't never had a friend like him. During an interview with Willie Geist for Sunday Today with Willie Geist, Frozen 2 star Josh Gad revealed that he used to live in the same apartment building as the late Robin Williams years ago in New York City. Given that they were both starring in Broadway shows at the time, the two actors had a similar work schedule that resulted in them chatting it up frequently in the lobby of their building. They formed a tight bond that Gad still remembers fondly. As he told Geist, "Robin Williams lived in my apartment building at the time I was doing [The Book of] Mormon and he was doing Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. And we would come...

La Jolla Playhouse has announcedthe complete cast and creative team for its upcoming musical Fly, based on the J.M. Barrie novel Peter and Wendy, with book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph Playhouse's Guards at the Taj, Broadway's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo music by Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Bill Sherman music director for Sesame Street orchestrator for In the Heights lyrics by Obie Award winner Kirsten Childs The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Rajiv Joseph, direction by multiple Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller Hamilton, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, and co-choreographed by three-time Tony Award winner Andy Blankenbuehler Hamilton, Bandstand and Stephanie Klemons In the Heights. Fly will run February 18 - March 29 in the Mandell Weiss Theatre.

La Jolla Playhouse has announced the choreographers and lead cast members for its upcoming musical Fly, based on the novel Peter and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, with book by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph Playhouse's Guards at the Taj, Broadway's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo music by Tony, Emmy and Grammy Award winner Bill Sherman music director for Sesame Street lyrics by Obie Award winner Kirsten Childs The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin and Rajiv Joseph, directed by multiple Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller Hamilton, Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights. Fly will run in the Mandell Weiss Theatre February 18 - March 29, 2020.

Get ready to go “awww” and maybe a little “rawwwr,” too.

NatGeo Wild’s Boone Smith stopped by the People Now studio recently to celebrate Big Cat Week with a few special guests: two baby leopards and a Bengal tiger cub.

The black and the spotted jungle kitties, Atilla and Usain, are 3 months old, while Gideon the tiger is 4 months old. They’re absolutely adorable chewing on our host’s hand right now, but beware of those fangs in a few months!

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