Malaika speaks up for horses
Malaika Arora has teamed up with animal rights organisation PETA, India to star in a new campaign, calling for an end to horse-drawn carriage rides. The print advertisement for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) features Malaika standing with a horse. The accompanying words read ‘Compassion is beautiful — say no to horse-drawn carriage rides’. She said, “I'm adding my voice to PETA's campaign to ask kind people everywhere to think again before supporting an industry that subjects intelligent horses to slavery. By choosing other forms of transportation, everyone has the power to spare horses the misery of being forced to work past the point of exhaustion.”
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Filmmaker Onir, known for directing films like My Brother... Nikhil and Bas Ek Pal will next helm a documentary on Down syndrome. He has been roped in by the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne to make and direct the documentary based on the health condition to create awareness about it.
Ellen and Dory finally reunite
TV host, Ellen DeGeneres, says when she was approached to voice Dory in Finding Dory, she was apprehensive if she still suited the character’s voice thirteen years after giving it a voiceover for Finding Nemo. “I was worried that my voice would start changing and I couldn’t be Dory anymore. I hope my voice doesn’t change too much if we do another sequel to this. But I’m just elated that we are here talking about it and doing it,” DeGeneres said in a promotion interview for the Disney movie. “Obviously I’m excited and I can’t believe it. I mean I was campaigning for a sequel to Finding Nemo. I didn’t think it would be Finding Dory — so that was a surprise when I got a call 13 years later,” she said, while adding that “it feels like no time has passed.” DeGeneres also had fun working with the cast. “What's exciting is that she (Dory) meets all these new friends along the way which is really fun, I mean we have a great cast,” she added.