Rhea’s brother in NCB custody on drug-dealing charges
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which on Saturday obtained custody of Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik in the drugs case linked to the probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, said it has got “inkling” of the narcotics network and penetration in Bollywood. Showik Chakraborty “dealt in drugs with many others”, the NCB told a court here as it obtained his custody alongwith that of Rajput’s house manager Samuel Miranda till September 9. NCB Deputy Director General of the south-west region, Mutha Ashok Jain, told reporters outside his office that while the agency’s mandate is to “look for the big fish” and probe international and inter-state drugs transactions, it will “not shirk its responsibility” now that it is getting information about this alleged drugs nexus. “Normally this is not part of our mandate but now that we are getting information… This case has given us an inkling of the network and the extent of the penetration,” he said when asked if the agency has evidence on the drugs nexus in Bollywood or Hindi movie industry. “The whole idea of taking custody remand (of Showik and Miranda) is to make people confront each other to clarify their individual role. So, yes we will be asking her (Rhea) to join investigation and may be some other people because we also need to clarity as to who did what,” Jain told reporters on Saturday. (PTI)
Award season is completely devoid of artistic creation: Bradley Cooper
Actor Bradley Cooper believes that Hollywood award season is “utterly meaningless” as they
do not lead to any “artistic creation”. “What we forget is that we’re a representation of the story that those 150 to 200 people told together. We’re like a walking flag,” the actor said. Cooper agreed with Ramos, calling the award season a “real test”. “It’s set up to foster that mentality. It’s quite a thing to work through, and it’s completely devoid of artistic creation. It’s not why you sacrifice everything to create art, and yet you spend so much time being a part of it if you’re, in quotes, ‘lucky enough to be a part of it’,” the 45-year-old actor said. (PTI)
Jonathan, Powell to star in Devotion
Actors Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell are set to lead historical war epic Devotion, to be directed
by Sweetheart filmmaker JD Dillard. Based on Adam Makos’ 2014 book of the same name, the screenplay is written by Jake Crane and Jonathan A. Stewart with revisions by Dillard. The film will chart the true story of US Navy fighter pilots, Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, two young men from different worlds. According to Variety, the film is being produced by Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill for Black Label Media. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired the film, while STX International, a division of ErosSTX, is handling international distribution. (PTI)