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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-Mani Ratnam movies, ranked
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is celebrating her 49th birthday today. And clearly age is just a number when it comes to Aishwarya. She continues to dazzle us with her evergreen beauty and powerful performances in movies. The Indian film industry’s outdated terms for an actress’ shelf life don’t apply to her. While she has given us a variety of memorable characters in a career spanning about 25 years, she is at her best when she is working with director Mani Ratnam.
Some actors are so immersed in a director’s vision that they elevate their imagination to the next level. Is there any other actor other than Samuel L Jackson, who can add such grace to Quentin Tarantino’s expletive-heavy dialogues? You know Quentin was about to shelve his iconic movie Inglourious Basterds because he couldn’t find an actor who could live up to his vision of Hans Landa, the most charming and chilling villain ever produced on the world celluloid. Just in time, Christoph Waltz waltzed in and walked away with the character, which made the European newcomer into a mainstream phenomenon in the US.
Film collaboration is a two-way process. Some actors bring the best out of the directors and vice versa. One such rewarding collaboration is what Aishwarya Ria shares with her ‘guru’ Mani Ratnam.
Aishwarya is in her element when she is in a Ratnam film. She has so far worked with the master filmmaker in four movies, including Ponniyin Selvan 1. And here’s our ranking of Aishwarya’s best performances in Ratnam films.
Aishwarya Rai as Nandini in Ponniyin Selvan.
4) Ponniyin Selvan 1
Iconic writer Kalki Krishnamurthy envisioned the character of Nandini as this astonishingly good-looking woman, whose beauty had the power to bring even the most powerful empire to ruins. Who else can justify this imagination of Kalki besides Aishwarya Rai? While Nandini is described as treacherous and poisonous by her enemies, what escapes the eyes of narrow-minded men in Ponniyin Selvan is her intelligence. The men at the time fail to grasp it’s not her beauty that threatens their very existence but her sharp mind and ambitious heart. Aishwarya performed this character in a very restrained way to keep the grace and poise intact even in the face of a raging tempest.
3) Guru
Aishwarya as Guru’s beloved Suju again had to oscillate between a free spirit while still complying with the patriarchal rules of society. That’s not an easy task to pull off. She fights back the gender stereotypes in her own way. At face value, she looks like a woman who has resigned to society’s designation as a weak sex, but within the given circumstances, she exercises her free will and independence. In the scene at the railway station, which feels like a sober version of the DDLJ climax, she decides to ‘elope’ with her husband at a moment’s notice.
2) Iruvar
Even though it was her debut film, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s performance had the maturity of a seasoned actor. It’s only possible for a director of Mani Ratnam’s calibre to see there was more to Aishwarya than her pretty face. She infused the film with cheeky and playful energy as Kalpana, and delivered a restrained presence as the dutiful wife Pushpavalli. In her very first film, she excelled in the daunting task of showing such great variations in a double role.
1) Raavan
No other director can so aesthetically explore the face of Aishwarya Rai as Mani Ratnam. He created a series of Aishwarya’s photographic portraits in one of the grossly underrated movies, Raavan. Aishwarya looks delicate and formidable at once in the film, where she essays the role of a modern-day Sita. We can’t imagine anybody else in the movie whose beauty and strength could convince a man consumed by vengeance to have a change of heart.
Carliz De La Cruz Hernández said she recorded the audio for Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Martínez Ocasio, before he skyrocketed to international fame, as per a new lawsuit filed in a Puerto Rico court. She alleged she invented the phrase.
The lawsuit, which was first reported by the Puerto Rico news website NotiCel, claimed the unauthorized recording is used in the 29-year-old singer’s songs, Pa Ti from 2017 and Dos Mil 16, which is featured on the Grammy-winning album Un Verano Sin Ti. The tracks have been streamed on Spotify at least 235 million times each.
As per the lawsuit, De La Cruz claimed her “Bad Bunny, baby” audio has been used for numerous promotions, worldwide concerts, television, radio and social appearances.
Due to her “distinguishable voice,” De La Cruz said she’s been barraged with messages and comments about the unauthorized recording.
“Since then, thousands of people have commented directly on Carliz’s social media networks, as well as every time she goes to a public place, about the ‘Bad Bunny, baby.’ This has caused, and currently causes, that De La Cruz feels worried, anguished, intimidated, overwhelmed and anxious,” reads the lawsuit.
De La Cruz is also suing Martínez’s manager, Noah Kamil Assad Byrne.
Neither Martínez nor Assad has commented publicly on the lawsuit.
In the legal filing, De La Cruz claimed a representative for the reggaetón singer contacted her in May 2022, shortly before Un Verano Sin Ti was released. She said the representative offered her $2,000 for the voice recording. At this point, the “Bad Bunny, baby,” audio had already been used in 2017’s Pa Ti.
De La Cruz allegedly declined the payment on the grounds that she was apparently not comfortable with her voice being featured. She said the song was published anyway without her consent.
“Since de la Cruz made it clear that she did not consent to its use, its publication constituted an act of gross negligence, bad faith, and, worse still, an attack on their privacy, morals, and dignity since all parties had and still have knowledge of these facts and even so decided to be reckless and break the law,” the filing reads.
The lawsuit outlines the relationship between De La Cruz and Martínez, who apparently started dating in 2011, before he was signed to the label Rimas Entertainment. At the time, De La Cruz claimed she was responsible for managing her artist boyfriend’s invoices, contracts and scheduling.
She said she recorded the “Bad Bunny, baby” audio in the bathroom of a party in 2015, as it was the quietest room available at the time.
The pair ended their relationship in 2017, a year after Martínez asked to marry De La Cruz.
In February, Martínez won a Grammy for Best Música Urbana Album for Un Verano Sin Ti. The album was also nominated for the coveted Album of the Year award but lost out to Harry’s House by Harry Styles.
— With files from The Associated Press
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Gwyneth Paltrow to take the stand in $300K ski crash lawsuit – National | Globalnews.ca
Terry Sanderson has accused Paltrow, 50, of negligence and is suing for US$300,000 (about $410,000). He alleged the Goop founder collided with him while skiing at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, “knocking him down hard, knocking him out.”
In the complaint filed in 2019, Sanderson, 76, said the accident left him with “permanent traumatic brain injury, 4 broken ribs, pain, suffering, loss of enjoyment of life.” He maintains that Paltrow left him collapsed on the slope and skied away.
In a counterclaim, Paltrow said Sanderson skied into her in a “full body hit,” giving her minor injuries that prevented her from skiing the next day. She claims he apologized to her after the accident.
Paltrow said she only left the scene of the accident after a Deer Valley Resort employee gave confirmation she could depart.
She also alleged Sanderson has said before that he does not have a clear memory of the accident.
In 2019, Sanderson classified the accident as a hit-and-run but that was later struck down by a judge. Any mention of incidences after the collision — including an allegation from Sanderson that a resort employee who did not witness the crash skied off and accused Sanderson of being responsible for the accident — were also disallowed.
Sanderson’s original lawsuit sought $3.1 million in damages.
In her counterclaim, Paltrow is seeking only $1 in damages (a symbolic gesture), and capital for her lawyer’s fees.
The trial is set to begin on March 21 in Utah. To win the civil suit, Sanderson must demonstrate the burden of proof and prove his injuries were directly caused by the ski collision.
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Fans petition for Pedro Pascal to be 2023 Calgary Stampede parade marshal | Globalnews.ca
A Change.org petition wants Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel in the TV show, to lead the charge.
The parade marshal is usually announced at the end of May or early June.
Pascal spent time in Calgary and across the province filming the hit Crave series, including the Alberta legislature, the Bow River, the Ranchland Inn in Nanton, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Canmore Engine Bridge and Waterton Lakes National Park.
In fact, in episode 1, When You’re Lost in the Darkness, Calgary’s downtown is used as a stand-in for Boston, and a specially designed set situated in the industrial area behind the Calgary Stampede grounds serves at the show’s Boston Quarantine Zone (QZ.)
Pascal has also spoken about his love for Alberta, like exploring the mountains and seeing the northern lights.
As of 8 a.m. Monday, March 20, the petition had about 4,700 names.
Actor Kevin Costner was parade marshal in 2022.
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