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Chris Martin says 'Punjabi Aa Gaye Oye' at Abu Dhabi Coldplay concert

Coldplay is all set to have their debut concert in India. Ahead of it, the band played in Abu Dhabi and videos from the concert are going viral on social media. Frontman Chris Martin surprised all when he said singer Diljit Dosanjh's popular line 'Punjabi aa gaye oye' during the concert. He was reading a sign held by an audience member.  Chris Martin says Punjabi Aa Gaye Oye On Friday night, Chris Martin while performing on the stage looked at a signboard held up by an audience member. He reads out, “Punjabi aa gaye oye,” much to the audience's delight. He then follows it up with, “We love you too.” The small clip from the evening was shared by Diljit Dosnajh's team on their Instagram stories. They captioned the post, "d, “Chris Martin says PUNJABI AA GAYE OYE (heart eyes emoji)…..!!!! Chris Martin reading Coldplay fan posters and flags is so wholesome (sparkle and hearts hand emoji).” The phrase 'Punjabi Aa Gaye Oye' which translates to 'Punjabis have arrived' was made popular by singer Diljit Dosanjh as he says it at every concert of his. He also said it during his historic Coachella performance in 2023.  About Coldplay India tour The band, which consists of lead vocalist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey, has always been known for their immersive live shows where they blend visual artistry with iconic music. The band will be performing three shows in Mumbai followed by two shows in Ahmedabad.  The experience is expected to be several notches up at the Ahmedabad show as the band's global and Indian production partners work to create a dazzling spectacle. With an estimated audience turnout of 1,00,000, British band Coldplay is set for what is being claimed their biggest gig ever. They will perform at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on January 25 and 26, 2025. They will be performing in Mumbai on January 18, 19 and 21 at the DY Patil Stadium Things to keep in mind before attending Coldplay concert in Mumbai The minimum age to attend the concert is 5. Children should be accompanied by adults who have a valid ticket for the show. The concert is expected to run approximately for four hours and once entered people cannot move out. If they wish to move outside the stadium before the show ends, re-entry would not be permitted. As with most large events, food and beverages will be available for purchase at the venue, though outside food will not be permitted. While the DY Patil Stadium is not air-conditioned, those who opt for the hospitality package will have access to air-conditioned pre-function areas. This package also includes premium food and beverage service, an elevated viewing deck, dedicated entry lanes, restrooms, parking, and a drop-off zone. Coldplay previously performed in India in 2016 as a part of the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai. The band, which was established in 1997, consists of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer and percussionist Will Champion. 'A Sky Full of Stars', 'Don't Panic', 'Viva la Vida' and 'In My Place' are some of the most hit songs of the band. 

11 January,2025 10:05 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Three-time Grammy-nominated singer Anita Bryant passes away at 84

A three-time Grammy-nominated singer and TV personality, Anita Bryant passed away at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma at the age of 84. The singer's death was announced in an obituary in The Oklahoman on January 9. The cause of the death was not revealed. As per the obituary, Anita Bryant died on December 16. Born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Bryant grew up in a Christian family, with her love of music. With her talent, the singer led her own TV show at the age of 12. At 18 she was crowned Miss Oklahoma and appeared on the CBS variety show hosted by Arthur Godfrey, and the Dick Clark-hosted American Bandstand. As per Deadline, in 1971, Bryant sang at the Super Bowl. She cohosted the nationally televised segment of the Orange Bowl Parade for nine years. Her chart hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s included "Till There Was You," "Wonderland by Night," "Paper Roses" and "In My Little Corner of the World," the latter two made the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1960, as per the Deadline. Bryant reportedly sang at the White House for President Lyndon B Johnson (and at his graveside service), and in 1968 sang at both the Republican and the Democratic national conventions. The singer was popularly known as Orange Juice Pitchwoman for her voice in commercials that often featured the animated "Orange Bird" character. Bryant sang the earworm jingle "Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree" and made the tagline "Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine" a national catchphrase. However, the singer faced criticism for her vocal opposition to gay rights which later diminished her popularity. Anita Bryant is survived by her four children, two stepdaughters, and seven grandchildren and their spouses. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever

11 January,2025 08:11 AM IST | Washington | ANI
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Opera singer, vocal coach Jack Waddell passes away at 83

Jack Waddell, a former opera singer who was also the vocal coach for Broadway stars such as Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vosk and Brandon Victor Dixon passed away at the age of 83 at his home in Bloomington, Illinois. As per the report of Deadline, the vocal coach died on New Year's and his passing was announced by his students Dixon, Vosk and Owen Rozanski. A cause of death is not currently specified. Celebrations of Waddell's life will be held in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois; New York City; and Hamburg, Germany at dates which are yet to be announced. Born John A. Waddell on March 31, 1941, in Bloomington, Illinois, Waddell made a name for himself in the world of music as he enjoyed a decade-long career in the field. He was also honoured by the American Theatre Wing as an "Unsung Hero of Broadway" in 2023. At the organization's gala that year, he was introduced by Dixon, as per the deadline. Jack graduated in 1963 after studying voice at Illinois Wesleyan University. He set his aim on the opera stages of New York City. After discovering few opportunities in opera for Black performers, Waddell decided to move to West Germany, where he made a name for himself and served as an example in the field for people of colour. He filled the seats of the theatre and auditorium with his command of techniques and emotional depth. As per Deadline, Jack was fluent in several languages, most notably German and Italian. He enjoyed a successful and prolific opera, concert and TV career in West Germany before returning to the United States in the 1980s. Back in New York City, he would become a vocal coach and mentor to a roster of both established and future Broadway stars. In addition to Ragtime's Mitchell, and Hell's Kitchen's Vosk and Dixon, Waddell's long list of client students included Robert Fowler (The Producers), Felicia P. Fields (The Color Purple), Angela Robinson (Dreamgirls) and Soara-Joye Ross (Hadestown), stated Deadline. In 2023, Waddell was honoured by the American Theatre Wing, copresenter of the Tonys, with the organization's annual award for "Unsung Hero of Broadway" at the Wing's gala. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever

11 January,2025 08:09 AM IST | Washington | ANI
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German filmmaker Wim Wenders's India visit to kick-off with a film festival

Wim Wenders—King of the Road—The India Tour will bring the German filmmaker, 79, to the country for the first time for 25 days. Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, the founder of the Film Heritage Foundation that has organised a retrospective that will feature 18 films of the veteran filmmaker, reveals that the tour will kick off in Mumbai over a five-day leg.  “He will be here from [February] 5 to 9, and we plan to show his films at Regal [Cinemas] and Metro. There are two films that are in 3D, Pina [2011] and Anselmo [2023]. They will be shown in Metro. On the 6th, there will also be a talk by him at NCPA, a masterclass of sorts. There will also be a filmmakers’ forum, where top filmmakers will meet him,” says Dungarpur, further sharing the influence that “one of the greatest masters” has had on his life.  “Many of his films are cult films. He has influenced a whole generation of filmmakers [and has created] everything, from documentaries to fiction. I made a film called CzechMate (2018), and before that, I made another called Celluloid Man (2012). Those films were deeply influenced by Wim Wenders, and I have always wanted to do something with him. He has been aware of the work that the Film Heritage Foundation has been doing and has also restored all his films.” Long considered the man who pioneered the genre of road films, Wenders will travel across five Indian cities—Mumbai, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, and New Delhi.  “Since this is his inaugural visit to India, the idea was to travel together and see what happens. His last film, Perfect Days, also emerged out of [similar travels]. He had travelled to Japan, and [that film] was nominated for the Oscar. So, something might emerge from here as well. I feel, [he agreed to come to India this time because of] the value he sets in the foundation and the respect he has for [our] work. [A lot] emerges from his journeys and the roads [he travels]. He has made films all over the world. And maybe this trip will help him explore India. With a country as diverse as ours, his films [could] begin to have the flavour of what India represents. To travel with him for 25 days [will be interesting].”

11 January,2025 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Sonia Lulla
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Christopher Nolan's Interstellar finally gets re-release date in India

In December last year, Christopher Nolan's classic film 'Interstellar' was re-released worldwide to mark its 10th anniversary. However, India was not on the list of the release due to Allu Arjun's 'Pushpa 2' taking up all screens in the country, especially the IMAX screen. While the news came as a disappointment to fans of the sci-fi film, there is some happy news coming our way.  Interstellar India re-release Warner Bros India has announced the re-release date for Interstellar on Indian screens. The film will be hitting theatres including IMAX screens from February 7. "The stars are aligning again! Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar returns to cinemas in India and also in IMAX on February 7. Relive the journey beyond time and space," wrote Warner Bros India on their official Twitter handle.  About Interstellar 'Interstellar', which originally premiered on November 5, 2014, grossed around $730 million globally, further earning five Academy Award nominations, and winning Best Visual Effects. The film's narrative revolves around a team of pioneers who undertake the most important mission in human history—to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars. Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey stars as the ex-pilot turned farmer who is forced to leave his family and a foundering Earth behind to lead an expedition traveling beyond this galaxy. Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, John Lithgow, Michael Caine, Timothée Chalamet, Ellen Burstyn, Bill Irwin, Wes Bentley, David Oyelowo, and Casey Affleck play key roles in the film. Upon its re-release in the US last month, Interstellar became the ninth highest-grossing IMAX release of all time, following Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It earned $4.5 million across 166 screens in the US and Canada. Talking about the success of the re-release of Interstellar after 10 years, Christopher Nolan told the Associated Press, "I was just so gratified by the response. It’s really thrilling when people respond to your work at any point. But 10 years later, to have new audiences coming and experiencing it in the way that we’d originally intended it on the big IMAX screens and, in particular, on those IMAX film prints? It’s really rewarding to see that it continues to have a life.”

10 January,2025 06:56 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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44 years of Hum Paanch: Anil Kapoor celebrates milestone with throwback picture

Veteran actor Anil Kapoor shared a monochrome picture of his 1980 movie 'Hum Paanch' as he celebrates 44 years of the film. On Thursday, Anil posted a picture on Instagram Story and wrote, "It's been 44 years since the release of Hum Paanch! A film close to my heart, as I had the honor of being the casting director for this masterpiece. Directed by the legendary Mr.Bapu and produced under our banner, S.K. Films, it remains a milestone in Indian cinema." The throwback picture features Anil, Shabana Azmi, Sanjay Kapoor, Deepti Naval and Gulshan Grover. Directed by Bapu and produced by Anil Kapoor's filmmaker brother Boney Kapoor, 'Hum Paanch' featured Anil and Deepti in a cameo role. Other actors like Sanjeev Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Raj Babbar and Amrish Puri were also cast in the film. The film was an adaption of the epic Mahabharata and was a super hit at the box office at that time. Meanwhile, on the work front, Anil will be seen in his upcoming film 'Subedaar'. He shared the first look of the film in collaboration with Prime Video on the occasion of his 68th birthday. The poster shows the intense look of the 'Animal' actor, giving fans a glimpse of his intriguing role. Sharing the announcement on social media, the makers wrote, "A special day calls for a special announcement! #Subedaar, new movie, coming soon."           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by prime video IN (@primevideoin) 'Subedaar' features Radhikka Madan as Shyama, the daughter of Anil Kapoor's character, Subedaar Arjun Maurya. The film is directed by Suresh Triveni, who previously directed T-Series' comedy-drama 'Tumhari Sulu' (2017) and 'Jalsa', both headlined by Vidya Balan. Vikram Malhotra, Suresh Triveni, and Anil Kapoor serve as producers for the film. In this action drama, 'Subedaar' Arjun Singh grapples with civilian life, navigating a strained relationship with his daughter, and societal dysfunction. The man who once fought for the nation must now fight enemies within to protect his home and family," read the official synopsis of the project. 'Subedaar' is a joint production by Opening Image Films and Anil Kapoor Film and Communication Network (AKFCN), with Vikram Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, and Suresh Triveni as producers. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever

10 January,2025 01:08 PM IST | Mumbai | ANI
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Chrissy Teigen evacuates home amid LA fires

Chrissy Teigen, the wife of the Grammy-winning artist John Legend is evacuating her Los Angeles home. Recently, the model and author, 39, revealed that her family and pets had left their home amid the Los Angeles fires, reports ‘People’ magazine. Sharing a mirror selfie while standing in front of her closet, Teigen expressed how emotional it was to be evacuating the home she shares with husband John Legend, and kids Luna Simone, 8, Miles Theodore, 6, Esti Maxine, 23 months, and Wren Alexander, 18 months. “This is surreal, I’m very scared now. Packing”, she wrote across the photo. As per ‘People’, Teigen then shared a snap of Legend, 46, building lego, joking that she told him not to start it at such a busy time. The mother of four went on to share videos of the family safely holed up in a hotel, and smiled from her bed as her pet dogs Petey and Pearl climbed up. “4 dogs, 4 kids and a bearded dragon walk into a hotel”, she wrote in the caption. The family also owns dog Pebbles and French bulldog Penny. In another clip, Legend was captured lying on the bed beside his wife while their dogs lay in between. “Hi everyone”, the singer said as he looked at the camera and appeared relaxed. Teigen also shared that their bearded dragon Sebastian had evacuated with them. “Don’t worry, Sebastian made it,” she said as she patted the reptile on her chest. “We would never forget Sebastian, how dare you guys? He is with us”. The star added more clips of Sebastian laying on her chest under her cardigan. “Gotta keep him warm”, she wrote. Earlier in the day, an emotional Teigen shared that she had "no words" amid the fires in Los Angeles. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever

10 January,2025 01:01 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
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Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, Anna Friel unite for powerful LGBTQ+ drama

Actors Emma Thompson, Anna Friel and Christopher Eccleston will be next seen together in the film 'Hear Me Roar' which narrates a true story of a transgender woman who took on the British government in a legal battle over her marriage, reported Deadline. The two-time Academy Award winner Emma Thompson will play the role of a judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss in the film. As per Deadline, Friel has been cast as Bayston, Rebecca Root is Bellinger and Eccleston is her husband. It also stars Bridgerton fame Julian Ovenden. The film is directed by Amy Coop. As per Deadline, Elizabeth Bellinger became one of the few transgender people in Britain to get married in the 1980s. She kept this ceremony secret from almost everyone until 2000 when she launched a campaign to have her marriage to Michael Bellinger legally recognized and the case went to the courts. The drama started with her meeting with barrister Ashley Bayston, who co-wrote the feature with lead writer Lisa McMullin. The feature narrates the complex legal obstacle in their marriage which they undertook over the next three years. After reading the script, Thompson couldn't control her tears and got overwhelmed with the characters. Thompson said: "I'm weeping like a baby, it's so moving and powerful and funny. It's a great story and script with wonderful characters - I just loved it and it moved me deeply. I think it's both fascinating and profoundly meaningful and essential," as quoted by Deadline. Director Coop added: "It's a privilege to be working with such a great team to tell this incredible story, an overlooked part of modern British History that represented a seismic shift for LGBTQ+ people." The film is produced by Darren Stuart and David Nichols. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever

10 January,2025 10:23 AM IST | Washington | ANI
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Nosferatu Movie Review: Robert Eggers' film pays homage to classic horror

U/A: ADir: Robert EggersCast: Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose DeppRating: 3/5 Nosh farmayein! First off, I’m not a horror fan. Find ’em funny, actually. You’ve gotta be a believer, to begin with, to truly appreciate the sorta jump-scares that fake ghosts onscreen, if there are any other kind, inevitably wrap you around with.  That said, every genre has its crossover films. Those are genre movies, laden with enough art/craft, to leap beyond the basic tropes. You needn’t be a sci-fi nut to get into Blade Runner, for instance.  As with Nosferatu, which is the world’s most aesthetic movie in the visually, thematically dark, supernatural/vampire scene.  I came for the sound at the Dolby preview theatre in Mumbai; stayed for the strikingly gothic production design, and the play of lights and shadows. None of which totally eclipse the film’s primary purpose/performances, at any point.  Is the director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch), reputably the cat in this horror space, the reason to enter the theatre? Well, reasons are often many, and varied, depending on the audience, no?  What if I told you, one of them, for a cinephile, is to watch this movie, chiefly for film appreciation, as cinema history!  And that’s to do with the OG, FW Marnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922), a German silent film, easily available on YouTube, that follows the same story, with placards for dialogues, and a grand musical score that totally deserves a concert inside a cinema! The new Nosferatu, in its content, if not the form, is essentially a remake of the 103-year-old one. That, in turn, was, if I’m not mistaken, the first horror feature, ever!  This is different from the great Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979), which was more of a homage to the original German expressionist work. What’s at the centre of it all? Well, quite simply, Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic novel, Dracula. They didn’t call it that, back in the day, because the producers, Prana Films, didn’t have the book rights. While it didn’t look it, that 1922 pic was low-budget.  Writer-director Eggers sticks to the original names/plot in his big-ticket enterprise, century-plus hence, still. And so, there is Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgard), in place of Count Dracula.  More powerful than evil itself, he preys on the wife (Lily-Rose Depp) of a real-estate agent (Nicholas Hoult), in 1839. What follows is mayhem as the real-estate agent heads off to Transylvania, to connect with Count Orlok, who wants a mansion opposite his.  The agent’s boss sends him over. When that boss tells him that the client—who we don’t know is the vampire, yet—wishes him “to be present in the flesh”, that phrase takes on a more literal meaning, obviously!  You could study everything that happens in this film, as it did in 1922, for the template of an entire genre that it somewhat heralded, I guess.  There are the naysayer characters, who naturally consider the supernatural stuff happening around them as such unscientific mumbo-jumbo that “Newton would curl back into his womb.” Indeed, the stuff is real, until everybody realises it, before it’s too late to save the day! Place this Dracula in a Ramsay flick. It feels corny, only because the world-building is perhaps deliberately substandard.  Elevate it with craft, Eggers’s in this case, and the suspension of disbelief is normal, while you marvel equally at the design of a period film for its own worth. You stop to question how the wife in the movie speaks about her dreaming of an incident, where people are dying, one by one—and she can’t stand the stench. She can smell in her dreams too? Well, she makes love to a vampire, bro; or fears it anyway! What else do non-horror fans do in a classic horror-noir? Intellectualise it, what else; look out for sub-text, I guess. Wherein the killing vampire Count Orlok is probably proxy for plague, occurring simultaneously?  In about the same way that perhaps Count Dracula was a stand-in for Jack the Ripper in the Bram Stoker novel?  Or read up on the fascination for vampires in teenaged, female fantasy-fiction, that unconsciously alludes to puberty, menstruation, etc, and later with choking and other sexual foreplay? Naah!  That’s just killing all the fun. Stick to the films. See how Werner Herzog, who directly called his villain, Dracula, in his semi-realist Nosferatu (1979), wholly humanised the vampire instead. Relatively soft, Dracula, mourns the lack of daylight, love, and death, in his life.  Count Orlok is more of a shadowy figure, lacking in depth instead, in both Eggers’s and Marnau’s Nosferatu. But you mostly feel for the others around the dark Lord, crumbling in despair.  And you’re quite taken in by some sort of mysticism, in small measures, that appears closer to magical realism, in the context of movies. I guess, by now, you know what I’ve done. Watched this film, and done a double-bill of the two classics before it (online).  It’s the same script, yes. But the story, sometimes, I suspect, is simply incidental to the film experience. Nosferatu is one of them. Sure, you could start with the latest! 

10 January,2025 08:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Mayank Shekhar
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Walter White's house in 'Breaking Bad' is up for sale in New Mexico

The character Walter White's house portrayed in the popular TV show Breaking Bad is up for sale in the market. The owners of the house have priced it at almost 10 times the average price of houses in the neighbourhood. The house is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  About the Breaking Bad house According to reports, the house has been put on sale at a whopping price of USD 4 million (Rs 34 crore approx). The said house has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a backyard pool, which also featured in crucial scenes of the long-running show. According to real estate company Zillow, the average price of houses in the neighbourhood is USD 421,000.  The house is owned by Joanne Quintana. She reportedly said that the house's popularity among tourists came at a cost to the family's quality of life. "This was our family home from 1973, almost 52 years,” she told local TV station KOB4. “So we’re going to walk away with just our memories. It’s time to move on. We’re done. There’s no reason to fight any more.” Recalling the time the 'Breaking Bad' crew requested to use the house for the acclaimed series in 2006, Quintana said, "They introduced themselves and handed [my mother] a card and said, "We would like to use your house for a pilot".  Reportedly, the crew only used the inside of the home for gear and prep-not for scenes, the KOB4 reported. Most of the outside areas of the home were shown in the five season series. The house owner said that they would have tourists come knocking on the door frequently causing disturbance. Quintana said that an average of 300 cars come past the house each day. After an incident where one visitor left a package addressed to Walter White on their doorstep, Quintana and her siblings decided to erect more security. “My brothers said, that’s it, we’re done, fence is going up,” Quintana told KOB4. “That’s too close for comfort.” Family recalls iconic pizza scene In 2015, Quintana’s late mother, Fran Padilla, said that they had fans who attempted to recreate the scene from Breaking Bad where White throws a pizza on the roof. “We’ve had pizzas on our roof. We’ve had pizzas on our driveway; pizzas until we’re sick of looking at pizzas,” Padilla told NPR. The family was there for the iconic pizza scene. Joanne says they had boxes of pizzas lining her sidewalk in case Bryan Cranston didn't get it on the first take, but he nailed it on try one. For the pivotal scene when Skyler walks into the family's pool, the family snapped a photo as they filled the pool with 90-degree water to make the actress comfortable. Fran always had cookies for the crew. "What was funny was Bryan Cranston could not eat not one cookie. Because he had cancer in the show, he was losing weight. So he would pass, but everybody, all the directors, all the writers, would eat the cookies. The last day of shooting, he takes a picture holding my mom's biscotti because he finally got to eat her cookies," said Quintana. "Aaron Paul had to grunt and get angry to get into his character of Jesse. That was awesome. And the magic of Hollywood, nobody will ever get to experience what we did."

09 January,2025 09:52 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren have reportedly split after 16 years of marriage

Hollywood star Jessica Alba and her producer husband Cash Warren have reportedly split after 16 years of marriage. According to tmz.com, the two are nearing a divorce, reports people.com. Alba, and Warren, first met in Vancouver in 2004 on the set of the superhero flick Fantastic Four. The actress played Sue Storm, while Warren worked as a director's assistant. They got married on May 19, 2008, and have three children together , daughters Honor, 16, and Haven, 13 and son Hayes, 7. The pair celebrated son Hayes’ 7th birthday earlier in January. In a cryptic message on New Year’s Eve, Alba wrote that her 2024 was “filled with connection, growth, adventures, laughter, peace, sisterhood, transformation, rebirth, joy and so much love.” In September 2021,she spoke about building her business empire, parenting and her marriage with Warren. She said at the time that they both would share their individual needs to prioritise their relationship. "At different times, there were different things that we needed. Around the time I had the kids, it was like, 'I need (date night) once a week.' And he's been like, 'I need you to be present on the weekends and not work,' " she said, explaining they'd often "over-communicate what's happening before it gets to the point of no return." She added: "I don't think we have a secret at all. We just have to check each other." In July 2021, Alba spoke about juggling parenting responsibilities and her marriage in a conversation on Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt's Instagram series. "I think that he probably gets the short end of the stick. And it's not even him, I would say it's us," she said at the time. "When I'm seeing him and spending time with him and we're really enjoying each other, it's an 'us' thing and it feeds me as well. It's hard. It's impossible." "It's all rosy for two and a half years. But then after that you become roommates. You're just going through the motions. You have the responsibilities; it's a lot of, like, checking the boxes, right?" said the actress She said they used to "at least" do weekly date nights, "but then that stops because of whatever." The actress shared: "We're just not consistent. But being able to communicate when you're unhappy and nipping it right away instead of letting it sort of fester, and then you have animosity and then it explodes — which we've gone through that one! We have, obviously, the friendship, the comfort of 'You're not going anywhere,' so sometimes you don't treat those people the best. You don't consider their feelings in the way that you would consider other people's feelings," she said. "That is something I think is a constant one to work on." Alba added, "It's a life journey, and if you're both every day deciding to do it, it's gonna work out, regardless of the drama, regardless of anything that happens."

09 January,2025 12:53 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
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