Will.i.am makes ‘The Voice’ final despite battling illness
Black Eyed Peas Star Will.i.am managed to pull through and make an appearance on the UK’s “The Voice” final, despite fighting an illness just days earlier. The 40-year-old rapper, who is a judge on the British talent show, was determined not to miss the last show even though he is currently on medication for a bronchial infection, reported Daily Star. “I’m ill.i.am right now. I got a cold and it turned into something worse. It’s really bad. I normally don’t take medicine but I had to. “I’m on vitamin C and fruit and hot tea and stuff like that. And I’m sleeping. It’s tough to take… I know my condition could affect my performance. That’s the sad part of it all,” he said. (PTI)
Estranged couple Mariah Carey, Cannon spend Easter together
Singer Mariah Carey spent Easter with estranged husband Nick Cannon and their twins. The 45-year-old singer shared on Instagram a photo of herself standing with Cannon while taking the twins, Moroccan and Monroe, who turn four this month, out for an Easter egg hunt at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, reported People magazine. “Happy Easter!!! #ontheegghunt #NYiswild,” Carey wrote. Cannon regrammed the picture, adding, “Best Easter Sunday @BronxZoo Roc & Roe had a blast finding eggs all over the Zoo!” Cannon, 34, filed for divorce from Carey in December after six years of marriage. (PTI)
Actors, directors be arbiters of cuss words in films: Pookutty
Academy Award-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty believes that actors and directors are the better judges to decide whether a cuss word or phrase was appropriate for a film rather than imposing a blanket ban on it. “It can better be understood by the actors and for that matter the director to decide on the choice and use of words given in a particular sequence of a film,” Pookutty, who was in Kolkata to attend a seminar on sound, told PTI. His reaction was asked about the recent Censor Board move to ban a list of cuss words. About British filmmaker Leslee Udwin’s banned documentary ‘India’s Daughter’ for which he had done sound designing, Pookutty said, banning a film would not solve the problem. “If we are obsessed about the image of the country, we must allow people to have their own opinion. If there are valid reasons to ban, then ban. But the film we had banned could be viewed by people in the digital media,” he said. Pookutty, who rates Ritwik Ghatak as a mentor, said he was interested in doing Bengali films. “I derived a lot from Bengal and like the works of Srijit (Mukherji), Buddhadeb (Dasgupta) and would love to do a film in Kolkata after being part of the latter’s ‘Anwar’.” (PTI)
Pregnant Ashlee Simpson flaunts baby bump in bikini
Singer Ashlee Simpson, who is expecting her first child with husband Evan Ross, was seen flaunting her growing baby belly while soaking up sun during her vacation in Los Cabos, Mexico.In some photographs, the 30-year-old is seen standing poolside in a maroon bikini paired with a black fedora, reports okmagazine.com.Later on, she threw a printed coverup over her swimsuit while relaxing and chatting with Ross and friends.The couple announced the pregnancy news back in January and a month later revealed they’d be having a baby girl.(IANS)
Kylie Jenner defends black face photo
Model Kylie Jenner, who posted few pictures from a photo shoot that showed her seemingly wear
ing black face, has asked the critics to calm down. Jenner, 17, received backlash for the new pictures, which forced her to delete some of them, reported Ace Showbiz.
She also fired back at critics via Twitter. “so just got the time to head on social media lol.The photographer used a black light & neon lights for those photos,” she tweeted. (PTI)