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Ram Nagar Bunny OTT release date: When, where to watch the Chandrahass film

Arts & Culture, Film & TVBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

TV actor Prabhakar needs no introduction, as he is often referred to as the megastar of the small screen. Now, his son, Chandrahass, has made his film debut with the movie Ram Nagar Bunny. The film gained attention due to the off-screen antics of the lead actor, which attracted massive trolling. Ram Nagar Bunny OTT release date

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Thanks to these trolls, Chandrahass earned the nickname “Attitude Star” and became meme material in Tollywood. This buzz contributed to the film’s decent hype before its release.Ram Nagar Bunny hit the screens on October 5, 2024, but ended up as a dud at the box office. Chandrahass was appreciated for his talent, especially his dance moves. However, the film is back in the news as it has now locked its OTT release date.
Ram Nagar Bunny OTT release dateAccording to the latest update, Aha has secured the digital rights to the film for a fancy price and will make it available for streaming starting January 17, 2025. An official poster of the film was also released by Aha.Backdrop of Ram Nagar Bunny and castDirected by Veligonda Srinivas, Ram Nagar Bunny tells the story of a youth, played by Chandrahass, who spends his father’s hard-earned money on his girlfriends and lands in major trouble. How he navigates this situation forms the core of the film.Ram Nagar Bunny OTT release dateThough the makers promoted the film aggressively, they struggled to find an OTT partner for three months. Finally, Aha stepped in and acquired the rights, providing some relief to the producers. While Chandrahass is a natural talent, it is widely believed that he needs to mature in public. His off-screen behaviour impacted the film’s reception, as audiences didn’t take him seriously during its release, leading to its swift failure.Ashwin Hemant scored the music, Ashkar Ali worked as the cinematographer, and Martand K. Venkatesh handled the editing duties. While the film achieved moderate success in theaters, it remains to be seen how well it will perform on OTT platforms. Chandrahass will next be seen in Barabar Premistha. Stay tuned for more updates on this project.

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Brooke Shields’s new book about embracing aging fails to realise one crucial thing

Arts & Culture, BooksBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.Your support makes all the difference.Read moreThe story of Brooke Shields is often told in terms of her age. She was 11 months old when she shot her first ad campaign for Ivory soap. She was 11 years old when she played a child prostitute in Louis Malle’s 1978 film Pretty Baby and 14 years old when she starred with an 18-year-old Christopher Atkins as shipwrecked cousins discovering their sexuality in The Blue Lagoon. She was 15 years old when she appeared as a teen in lust in the Franco Zeffirelli film Endless Love. She was also 15 when she appeared in her first Calvin Klein ad, uttering these words to camera: “You want to know what comes in between me and my Calvins? Nothing.”To present her story this way is to highlight just how young Shields was when all these milestones were happening, how young she was when she became a paragon of all American beauty. For many, Shields, now 59, will be indelibly associated with her teenage dimpled, bushy-browed ingenue self, frozen in time like a butterfly in epoxy. Her new book, then, is aptly titled: Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Ageing as a Woman.Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old is part of a current trend of books and films to examine the subject of women aging. Last week, The Substance– a body-horror film about an aging, fading star played by Demi Moore – was nominated for five Golden Globes. Next month, Naomi Watts will publish a memoir about her experience of menopause knowingly titled Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I Knew About Menopause.There is no universal experience of aging. And certainly, the lived experience of a very famous, very rich celebrity everyone agrees is drop-dead gorgeous is not the default. On paper, Shields doesn’t have much in common with the average woman who might pick up this book. But in other ways, she is the perfect person for this job, someone whose value has been tied up with her youth since she first waddled on camera, the bouncing baby of Ivory soap: “For young looking skin like this…”Shields shares these thoughts across 14 light-hearted conversational chapters. “What the actual f***?” is a frequent refrain from the actor and model, who prefers the BFF-style second-person: her earlier memoirs There Was a Little Girl and Down Came The Rain and – about the death of her mother and postpartum depression – had the same tone. But unlike those subjects, she writes, aging isn’t something to endure or survive. It’s something to embrace.So what do we learn about Shields? Quite a bit about her medical history, for one thing. In one of the more illuminating chapters that reaches beyond the platitudes that plague the book, Shields speaks about learning medical self-advocacy. After an abnormal pap smear in her mid-thirties, Shields underwent a cone biopsy of her cervix. “No one had bothered to tell me, for example, that I’d been packed with gauze to stop the bleeding,” she writes. “When that gauze suddenly fell out… Well, I’m not exaggerating when I tell you I thought I was hemorrhaging and dying, or else giving birth to something I didn’t even know I was carrying. I felt like my entire uterus had fallen out onto the bathroom floor.”Not only that, but no one had told her that the biopsy could make it difficult to conceive – something Shields learnt only years later when she was trying to get pregnant. In the end, she underwent seven cycles of IVF before giving birth to her first daughter – a fact she caveats with one of the book’s perfunctory acknowledgements of her own privilege. Elsewhere, she recalls having to fight for a second X-Ray after a femur surgery resulted in excruciating pain that the doctors insisted was normal post-op discomfort. Turns out the surgeon had made a mistake.In one particularly shocking moment, another doctor, she writes, took it upon himself to “gift” Shields an “unsolicited vaginal rejuvenation” that left her uncomfortable and in pain for months afterwards (“I tightened you up!” he tells her giddily, expecting gratitude.) “It was not something I wanted. I felt numb. I got dressed, went to my car, and drove home in a stupor,” she wrote, later adding: “This man surgically altered my body without my consent. And he thought he had done me a favor by throwing in a ‘bonus procedure.’”Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields was 11 years old when she played a child prostitute in Louis Malle’s 1978 film

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UCLA scientists discuss factors of intense fires across Los Angeles County

Science and HealthBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

As flares spread across Los Angeles County, researchers seek to uncover the science behind what fuels the flames. The first of the fires started in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7 and has since burned over 23,000 acres, according to the Cal Fire website. There are three active wildfires in LA County, but no evacuation warnings or orders cover the UCLA campus as of 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Although the cause of the fires are unconfirmed, the Santa Ana winds and hydroclimatic factors have contributed to their rapid spread and destruction, said Yue Li, an assistant professor of geography.
Mitch Hung, a doctoral student in physical geography, said for a wildfire to occur, there must be both an ignition source and a spreader. He added that the Santa Ana winds acted as both an ignition source by stripping moisture off of vegetation and as a spreader with high-speed winds carrying embers over long distances.
“All of the vegetation that grew in the first half of the year just got completely dried out, so you have a sort of abundance of fuel,” Hung said. “That basically set the stage for really extreme fires like this to happen.”
The lack of rainfall in Southern California over the last few months also contributed to a perfect storm of dried out vegetation, relatively warm weather and intense wind, said Glen MacDonald, a distinguished professor of geography and ecology and evolutionary biology.
Cycles of dry weather followed by rain both grew and dried vegetation, MacDonald said. The dry vegetation was easily ignited by the Santa Ana winds, he added.
“The ignition source was in the wrong place at exactly the wrong time, and once that got going under those conditions, fire suppression became, as we saw, pretty much impossible,” MacDonald said.
Recent UCLA research has shown that vapor pressure deficit – a measure of how much water the atmosphere will suck from a specific land’s vegetation – is an important variable in wildfire spread, Hung said. One of Hung’s research colleagues was able to demonstrate that an increase in that deficit indicated more intense fires, but not necessarily more frequent fires, he said.
Hung also said wildfires have a significant effect on air quality.
“They’re extremely dangerous to breathe, in many cases, and they increase respiratory stresses or can induce respiratory illness,” Hung said.
Li said satellite data over the last 20 years has indicated that there has been a global decline in wildfires. Despite this, there has been an increase in wildfires in the western part of the United States – including California – over this same time period, he said.
California wildfires have served as a major indicator of global climate change, Li said. He added that through his research, he learned that tropical ecosystems potentially have the ability to suppress the wildfires.
Although there will be allegations and blame for the fires, MacDonald said he urges everyone to instead focus on developing solutions that promote fire safety.
“The pressure will be on to rebuild quickly, and if we could take a breath and rebuild quickly, but also rebuild smart … to build fire resilience, because we’re not going to get fire out of the equation in Southern California,” MacDonald added.
Southern California will undoubtedly have more of these events, as its natural environment is dry and fire-prone, MacDonald said. However, residents will hopefully be better prepared for future incidents and will not have as much structural loss, he said.
Hung said LA County should expect an increase in both the size and intensity of wildfires throughout the next decade as these wildfires also serve as a manifestation of larger climate change trends.
Changes to the LA landscape due to increased urbanization and the natural environments of neighborhoods, like that of Pacific Palisades, have made these areas more vulnerable to wildfires, MacDonald said.
However, once there is precipitation, some of the grasslands and shrubs that are in the Pacific Palisades area will grow back because of increased soil nutrient levels caused by these fires or the plant’s ability to adapt to fire, such as that of chaparral and coastal sage scrub, MacDonald added.
Li said the technology behind resources, such as the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire website, uses geographic information systems – techniques undergraduate students can learn. However, he added that there are still some questions to be answered in terms of technological improvements.
Climate, physical and environmental research at UCLA will be impacted by the fires as well, Li said. He added that he also hopes that this research is better integrated into policy and public issues.
“I can’t help thinking about what is the next step of my research,” Li said. “A major priority of our work is trying to quantify the wildfire behaviors in response to climate change and also human land use.”

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Actress Priyanka Chopra says she is proud of beautiful film ‘Anuja’

Arts & Culture, Film & TVBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

Priyanka took to her Instagram stories, where she shared a snapshot of a news article from variety.com, which had the title ‘Netflix Acquires ‘Anuja,’Oscar-Shortlisted Short Film Backed by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling and Guneet Monga Kapoor’

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Captioned it: ‘Proud of this beautiful film’.

Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra says she is proud of the ‘beautiful film Anuja’, in which she serves as an executive producer.
Priyanka took to her Instagram stories, where she shared a snapshot of a news article from variety.com, which had the title ‘Netflix Acquires ‘Anuja,’Oscar-Shortlisted Short Film Backed by Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling and Guneet Monga Kapoor’.

The Indian actress captioned it: ‘Proud of this beautiful film’.
As per the article on the publication, streaming giant Netflix has landed worldwide streaming rights to ‘Anuja,’ the Oscar-shortlisted live-action short that counts Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling and Academy Award winner Guneet Monga Kapoor among its backers.
Directed by Adam J. Graves ‘Anuja’ tells the tale of a 9-year-old title character, who works in a back-alley garment factory with her older sister Palak. The narrative follows the young protagonist as she faces a decision that will impact both her future and her family.
The short, developed in partnership with Mira Nair’s Salaam Baalak Trust, features Sajda Pathan, in a leading role.
The production team spans Graves Films, Shine Global Inc (Oscar winners ‘War/Dance’ and ‘Inocent’), Krushan Naik Films and Salaam Baalak Trust.
Guneet said of ‘Anuja’ that it is a story of unparalleled courage, a film made with a lot of heart. Director Adam J. Graves delivers a message through an empowered and entertaining lens.
I’m honoured to be part of the journey ahead, alongside producers Mindy Kaling, Suchitra Mattai and Krushan Naik, and now one of the most powerful Brown voices to champion our story ”Priyanka Chopra Jonas.”

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Priyanka Chopra Teaming Up With Jonas Brothers for Holiday Movie

Arts & Culture, Film & TVBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

Priyanka Chopra is getting a head start on the 2025 holiday season—with a little help from her in-laws.The Quantico alum got into the festive spirit alongside husband Nick Jonas, as well as Nick’s brothers and Jonas Brothers bandmates Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas, as they kicked off filming for an upcoming holiday movie in Toronto, Canada, Jan. 13.
Amid the frigid weather conditions, Priyanka—who shares daughter Malti, 2, with the “Jealous” singer—kept warm on set in a black hoodie covered by a long black coat with gray and white stripes. The 42-year-old was followed closely by Nick, 32, who was bundled up in a dark puffy jacket with his hood up to protect against the snowfall.
The actress eventually shed her winter attire to reveal a holiday-inspired ensemble, including a cream-colored long sleeve top and a red floor-length skirt. Elsewhere on set, her brother-in-law Joe, 35, braved the elements in a teal cardigan and dark wash jeans, keeping his Canada Goose jacket unzipped despite the cold temperature.

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‘Emergency,’ ‘Azaad,’ ‘Satya’: Top movies to watch this week”

Arts & Culture, Film & TVBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

A Real Pain, written, directed, and starring Jesse Eisenberg, is a poignant and at times, humorous journey of family and loss.

The award-winning movie follows two cousins who reconnect for a trip to Poland to honor their late grandmother. This leads them to confront old tensions and family history.

Kieran Culkin’s standout performance adds depth to this heartfelt story filmed at a real concentration camp, adding a layer of historical significance.

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Supervisors Declare Downey’s City of STEM as Official Science Festival of LA County

Science and HealthBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

Hahn welcomed City of STEM and Downey leaders to Board of Supervisors meeting on the occasion of the declaration. L to R: Roger Bradley (Downey City Manager); Benjamin Dickow (Columbia Memorial Space Center); Supervisor Hahn; Daphne Bradford (founder, Mother of Many); Hector Sosa (Mayor of Downey).

January 14, 2025

Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn and co-authored by Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell to officially declare the City of STEM + Los Angeles Maker Faire as the Official Science Festival of Los Angeles County. The annual event is co-hosted by the Columbia Memorial Space Center, located in the City of Downey, and the Los Angeles Public Library. This year’s event takes place on April 12th and will be held in Exposition Park for the first time.

“Some of the greatest accomplishments in the fields of science, math, and engineering in our nation’s history happened right here in Los Angeles County. City of STEM is helping us ensure that we remain the home of its bright future too,” said Supervisor Janice Hahn. “Thousands of future scientists, engineers, creators, and innovators from across LA County are going to find the inspiration and guidance they need at our new Official Science Festival.”

City of STEM brings together over 200 organizations and vendors and over 20,000 attendees from across Los Angeles County for expert panel discussions, workshops, mainstage entertainment, VIPs, special guests, and live music. The event, launched in 2015, was previously held at the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey. In 2023, City of STEM was combined with the Los Angeles Maker Faire, where inventors and creators gather to showcase their projects and gadgets.

“We are excited to welcome The City of STEM + Los Angeles Maker Faire to the 2nd District’s Exposition Park for the first time. Exposition Park is a central location easily accessible by public transit and at the nexus of science, culture, and the arts. I look forward to more young people from diverse communities accessing STEM education and resources at the Official Science Fair of Los Angeles County” said Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell.

“We want to thank the County of Los Angeles for recognizing City of STEM as the official celebration of science and innovation in the County. LA County has a long legacy of leading the county in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), from building the spaceships that went to the moon to the early development the internet at UCLA,” said Benjamin Dickow, President and Executive Director of the Columbia Memorial Space Center.“That leadership continues and City of STEM, with its month of events and programs and its huge festival City of STEM + LA Maker Faire on April 12, brings awareness of this regional leadership to tens of thousands of Southern Californians.”

The Columbia Memorial Space Center, opened in 2009, is owned and operated by the City of Downey and was built on the site of the former NASA Downey facility where the Apollo modules were built.

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8 Kano young entrepreneurs get N2m business grant

Business NewsBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

Eight out of 70 young entrepreneurs trained by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) have been offered N2 million grant to support their businesses.The initiative, with support from the British Council and King’s Trust International, was part of an eight-week employability and entrepreneurship training programme held in Kano.The programme, titled the “Youth Sustainable Enterprise Challenge,” focused on equipping participants with digital, entrepreneurial, and soft skills to prepare them for the business and labour market.SPONSOR AD Speaking during the closing ceremony in Kano, CITAD’s Executive Director, Engr. Yunusa Zakari Ya’u, represented by Haruna Adamu Hadejia, the Community Network Coordinator, said, “Participants have gone through a series of training sessions and presented business pitches to showcase the initiatives they developed during the programme. These efforts were designed to help them leverage ICT tools for business development.”Wanted ‘Boko Haram member’ arrested in Ekiti Court orders detention of suspects who planned launch of Boko Haram cell in OsunHe added that the programme addressed challenges faced by young entrepreneurs, including technophobia and limited ICT knowledge, and that participants would receive seed funding to implement their ideas. On his part, Isa Garba, the Senior Programme Officer at CITAD and Manager of the Youth Sustainable Enterprise Challenge said, “This programme provided an opportunity for young entrepreneurs to hone their business ideas while building connections necessary for success. Additionally, eight participants with the best business ideas will receive N250,000 each as seed funding to kick-start or support their ventures.”

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Panorama Studios aims to create horror universe with Shaitaan sequel and Turkish film Dabbe remake: Report

Arts & Culture, Film & TVBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

Panorama Studios received much appreciation from audience as they presented a new twist to horror genre with Shaitaan (2024) starring Ajay Devgn, Jyotika, and R Madhavan. While it was a remake of the Gujarati horror drama Vash (2023), the film, despite the stupendous success of the original, continued to receive love from audience for its powerful performances. Now reports suggest that the makers are aiming at creating it in the form of a franchise which seems to be the flavor of the season.Panorama Studios aims to create horror universe with Shaitaan sequel and Turkish film Dabbe remake: ReportShaitaan sequel in works? Followed by the success of the Ajay Devgn starrer, Panorama Studios reportedly aims at creating a franchise of sorts and it is being said that the plan is already in motion. It has been learnt that the makers have already kicked off work on the sequel to the horror drama. Journalist Rahul Raut shared the update on social media platform X aka Twitter saying, “The @AbhishekPathakk company also plans to turn #AjayDevgn’s #Shaitaan into a franchise with its TWO SEQUELS already in the works.” However, details of the storyline and whether the cast will be a part of it is yet to be revealed.Panorama Studios plan to remake Turkish horror drama DabbeIn the same tweet, it was also being said that the production house has purchased the rights of Turkish horror film Dabbe and is planning to remake the same in Hindi. While the film released in 2006, it was followed by several other horror dramas under the same title as a series. The other films under the title includes Dabbe 2, Dabbe: Demon Possession, Dabbe: Curse of the Jinn, Dabbe 5: Zehr-i-Cin, and Dabbe 6 with the final instalment releasing in 2015.Also Read: EXCLUSIVE: Taran Adarsh on all 3 supernatural films of 2024 – Shaitaan, Munjya and Stree 2 – working at the box office, “This has been a very underutilized genre. We are making different types of films. Why not horror?”.also-read{border-radius:10px;background:#f2f2f2;padding:10px 15px 0}.also-read .bx-wrapper{max-width:100% !important}.also-read h2{font-size:20px;margin-bottom:5px}.also-read ul{display:flex;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;position:relative;box-sizing:border-box}.also-read li{position:relative;flex:0 0 33.333333%;max-width:33.333333%;padding:0 5px}.also-read .imgsnb .imaginary img{border-radius:8px}.also-read h5{margin-top:10px}.also-read h5 a{color:#000 !important;font-weight:400;line-height:15px}#also-read .bx-controls-direction{display:none}@media only screen and (max-width:400px){.also-read li{width:31.10% !important}}.addformobile{display:none}@media only screen and (max-width:767px){.addformobile{display:block}} More Pages: Shaitaan Box Office Collection , Shaitaan Movie ReviewTags : Ajay Devgn, Bollywood, Dabbe, horror, Jyotika, News, Panorama Studios, R Madhavan, Remake, Sequel, Shaitaan, TurkishBOLLYWOOD NEWS – LIVE UPDATESCatch us for latest Bollywood News, New Bollywood Movies update, Box office collection, New Movies Release , Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood Live News Today & Upcoming Movies 2025 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on Bollywood Hungama.

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Local business owner reacts to potential of Blue Laws returning

Business NewsBy beatriceco January 14, 2025

HORACE, N.D. (Valley News Live) – A controversial law limiting business hours in North Dakota could make a return.House Bill 1150 is scheduled for a public hearing in the North Dakota House Industry, Business and Labor Committee on Wednesday. If passed, it could ban certain businesses from being open from midnight until noon on Sundays, from car dealerships to clothing stores to restaurants.“Wow, no that’s terrible. That’s honestly so bad,” said Angel Guiterrez, the social media manager at Taco Revolution.Those impacted would include the Guiterriez Family who owns Taco Revolution in Horace. They open early on Sundays.“You see my time hours, we open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. So now the period of time is going to be shorter. We got lots of opportunities to make sales, and definitely affect the business,” said Owner Jesus Guiterrez.When their busy season comes in the summer, it could be detrimental if hours have to shift.“I want to say hundreds of people, immigrants came from Mexico and they choose my food. On Saturdays and Sundays, I got the first order at 9 o’clock, they waiting for me serving breakfast.”Not only could it be a headache on a professional level, but on a personal one.“You know, there’s not much to do. Things are closing. I want to go out to eat. Take my mom out to eat, go out with my friends. If we’re shortening these hours, I don’t see the economic benefit,” added Angel.The repeal in 2019 was decided by only two votes. If the lawmakers decide to bring back Blue Laws, the Gutierrez Family is ready.“We committed to stay here and respect the time hours. Sometimes people ask why you close by 3 p.m.? Why you no close later? Night. With the new law you bring up, it’s gonna affect us more. Because in the future, we’re open late,” added Jesus.For previous coverage and a response from the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo Chamber of Commerce, click here. Copyright 2025 KVLY. All rights reserved.

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