‘I hope to live up to the honour’
Vidya Balan was conferred with a Doctor of Arts Honoris Causa degree by an Ahmedabad-based institute to appreciate her contribution to Indian cinema and for her endeavour to bring out the strong side of a woman. Overwhelmed by the honour, the actress hopes to live up to the honour. “It is truly humbling and overwhelming to receive this honour. What makes this even more special is that I complete 10 years in the film industry this year. There can be no bigger compliment for any actor than to have done work that has made a significant mark and also to be looked upon as a role model by young India. I hope to live up to the title,” Vidya said. The actress, who ventured into Bollywood with Parineeta was awarded the degree at a special convocation ceremony recently.
Salman Khan is offering his fans a chance to feature in a remixed version of a song titled Selfie le le from his forthcoming film Bajrangi Bhaijaan. There is a remixed version of the song being made and Salman is giving his fans a chance to star in it. “Salman wants fans to click selfies and send it to him. He will then personally select a few, who will feature in the remix version However, he wants fans to watch the original version of the song and accordingly click the selfies,” said a source.
English singer Sam Smith has achieved a chart feat only previously managed by rock legends The Beatles. According to Official Charts Company, the 23-year-old singer's debut record In The lonely Hour became the only album after The Beatles' groundbreaking debut Please Please Me to log an astonishing 50 weeks in the top five. “Seeing this statistic genuinely makes me feel very weird, but also insanely happy and just so thankful to everyone who has purchased the album. Not so lonely anymore,” he said. The only other act to rival this feat was the American folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel.
Enrique kept the show going
Singer Enrique Iglesias, who injured himself on stage, continued to perform for 30 minutes despite the pain. The 40-year-old singer sliced open two of his fingers as he attempted to grab a drone, which he sometimes uses to show the audience a point of view angle, during a performance. He left his white t-shirt stained with blood, but he carried on for half an hour despite being advised to end the show. Iglesias' representative Joe Bonilla wrote on Instagram: “During the show a drone is used to get crowd shots and some nights Enrique grabs the drone to give the audience a Point of View shot (sic).”