‘Happy time for women in films’
Shabana Azmi has expressed hope for women in Hindi cinema, observing that roles are becoming substantial for them and are being written for all age groups. “I feel the roles are becoming substantial in films that are women-centric, but even within the films themselves,” Shabana said. The multiple national award winner highlighted the fact that the current crop of films are incorporating characters of working women and that women artistes are demanding meatier roles. “Today even in gangster movies, women are working...I think there is a greater understanding within the women artistes themselves where they are demanding more meat if not necessarily in terms of the length, but definitely in terms of what the character is,” she said.
We (Dimpy and I) were never enemies. Our friendship has became stronger but that doesn’t mean we went in to solve our personal problems. We are nothing less than friends and nothing more than friends. It was not easy — Rahul Mahajan
Singer Miley Cyrus, who is known for her weird and racy outfits, went topless while enjoying a day out with her beau Patrick Schwarzenegger at a beach in Hawaii. The 22-year-old wore only skimpy black bikini bottoms on her getaway this week, reported a UK news site. The duo was spotted laughing and splashing water at each other and taking breaks to hug and kiss each other.
Miss Colombia Paulina Vega, a relative pageant newcomer, has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries at Sunday's pageant in Miami.
Jolie meets ISIS victims in Iraq
Actress-director Angelina Jolie, who is also the UN refugee agency's special envoy, met survivors of ISIS attacks in northern Iraq. The 39-year-old visited a refugee camp in northern Iraq on an official two-day United Nations trip to the autonomous Kurdistan region .
She travelled to the Khanke camp, which was set up in December 2014 and hosted displaced Iraqis who fled after surviving kidnappings and other attacks byjihadists from the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIl. “Children whose parents were murdered and are now here unaccompanied — a 19-year-old working and being the sole provider for his seven siblings,” Jolie said, according to the United Nations.