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Time of India
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Nivin Pauly wraps ‘Baby Girl', gears up for Akhil Sathyan's next directorial
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Nivin Pauly has completed filming for his upcoming movie 'Baby Girl' and is all set to begin work on director Akhil Sathyan 's next project, tentatively titled 'The Ghost Story'. With two distinct projects lined up—one a thriller and the other reportedly with fantasy elements—Nivin's packed schedule promises his comeback. 'Baby Girl' wraps up production 'Baby Girl', directed by 'Garudan' fame Arun Varma, has officially wrapped up its shoot. The news was announced by Nivin Pauly via his Instagram story feed. Initially announced with Kunchacko Boban in the lead, the film saw a last-minute casting change when the 'Officer' actor had to opt out, and Nivin Pauly stepped in to headline the project. The film also stars Lijomol Jose, Aditi Ravi, and Sangeeth Prathap in key roles. Touted to be a thriller, 'Baby Girl' is written by acclaimed screenwriting duo Bobby and Sanjay, raising expectations for a tightly woven, gripping narrative. Check Out Popular Malayalam Trending Music Audio Song Jukebox Of 'Nivin Pauly' Nivin to join Akhil Sathyan's directorial With 'Baby Girl' behind him, Nivin Pauly is now preparing to step into a completely different cinematic world. As reported by OTT Play,he will next join the sets of Akhil Sathyan's second directorial, 'The Ghost Story' (working title), which is currently in its second schedule in Ottapalam. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Buy Brass Idols - Handmade Brass Statues for Home & Gifting Luxeartisanship Buy Now Undo Nivin Pauly in LCU Nivin Pauly's selection of roles signals an exciting phase in his career. Reportedly, the actor will be playing a villain in the upcoming LCU film 'Benz' starring Raghava Lawrence in the lead. The makers of 'Benz' recently shared a glimpse of Nivin Pauly via their Twitter handle and penned a note that read, ' 'You are 'N'ot Ready for this. That's it. That's the clue. #BenzCastReveal Tomorrow.' Meanwhile, Nivin Pauly's previous hit film was the mutlistarrer feel good film 'Varshangalkku Shesham' which was directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. Nivin played the character named Nithin Molly in the film. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
Time of India
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Nicole Kidman reveals working with 27 women filmmakers since 2017 at Cannes; advocates female empowerment and slams ageism
Nicole Kidman , the 'Baby Girl' star, is renowned for her impeccable skills and for advocating women's empowerment in the entertainment industry. The 57-year-old deserving gem received the Women in Motion Award at the Cannes Film Festival 2025 , presented by Kering, for her outstanding achievements and contribution to Hollywood, impacting global cinema. The Vow of Nicole Kidman Nicole Kidman, the Oscar-winning actress , took a public vow in 2017 to work with a female director every 18 months, which helped change the entire trajectory of women. Since 2017, Kidman has worked with 27 female directors . 'I was going to make it possible. I was at a point where we had a discussion where there was such a disparity in terms of the choice. You'd go, 'Could a woman direct this?' And there wasn't a number of names where you could even consider people. They'd say it was someone's first time, and you didn't want to risk it,' Kidman stated during the Kering talk, according to Variety. The unfair treatment by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Bangladesh: Unsold Sofas at Bargain Prices (View Current Prices) Sofas | Search Ads Search Now Undo Nicole continued by stating that she decided to support and protect female filmmakers by mentoring them and giving them opportunities where they don't feel like the film is the only shot to establish themselves in the industry. Over the years, the 57-year-old has spoken about the unfair treatment and standards of women. While the male filmmakers are likely to get rebounds and chances, women are knocked down quickly if they don't deliver the perfect film. Speaking to Cannes, Kidman stated that she prioritises telling the women that if the film does not work - it's not the end. "I'm not over!" 'You get to a certain age and maybe you had made a great film in your 20s that got lauded, and then suddenly you're in your 40s and you haven't followed it up or made choices that didn't succeed,' Nicole said before adding, 'But you're like, 'I'm not over! Please still keep believing in me and investing in me.' That is important too, resisting ageism. There's the emerging talents and then the ones that are still going, who have a wealth of knowledge and experience and have somehow been cast out or are not the cool person. It's about going, 'No, you actually can have a second or third chapter.'' Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
New York Post
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
James Bond contender Harris Dickinson addresses 007 speculation
The name's Dickinson… Harris Dickinson. On Thursday, the young actor, 28, addressed rumors that he's in the running to be the new James Bond. While at Cannes, Dickinson was asked who he thought should be the next British Secret Service agent in the franchise. Advertisement 8 Harris Dickinson poses during the 'Urchin' photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival. WireImage 'Jonathan Bailey is your first choice, so let's go with that,' said the star after the reporter stated Dickinson would be his third pick. 'That sounds like a good idea.' The British actor gained notoriety after starring in the erotic thriller 'Baby Girl' opposite Nicole Kidman in 2024. Dickinson played an intern that had a torrid affair with his 57-year-old boss. Advertisement 8 Harris Dickinson attends The Fourth Annual Academy Museum Gala at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images Rumors have swirled over who would portray 007 after Daniel Craig, 57, went on his final adventure in 2021's 'No Time to Die.' In February, franchise producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson sold a stake of the films to Amazon MGM Studios for a reported $1 billion. A month later, it was announced that Amy Pascal — who helped bring Craig in as the 7th Bond — and David Heyman would be spearheading the next James Bond project. Advertisement 8 Jonathan Bailey bows at the curtain call during the press night performance of 'Richard II' at The Bridge Theatre. Alan Chapman/By the time CinemaCon came around a week later, Amazon MGM shared that Pascal, 67, and Heyman, 63, were already in London 'getting started' on the 26th Bond film. Along with Craig, the other Bonds in the franchise have been Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. In March, Brosnan, 72, who portrayed Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002, said it's a 'given' that the next man to suit up must be British. Advertisement 8 Pierce Brosnan in 'GoldenEye.' ©United Artists/Courtesy Everett Collection He added that it was also the 'right decision' for the franchise to be given to Amazon. 'It takes great courage for them to let go,' Brosnan told the Telegraph at the time. 'I hope that [Amazon] handles the work and the character with dignity and imagination and respect.' 'In this world that is moving so fast now, at the speed of light, [the takeover] does come with a certain lament,' the Irish star continued. 'I thought it was coming for some time I guess, but I think it was the right decision for Barbara and Michael.' 8 Daniel Craig as James Bond. ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 'They will still have a say in matters,' Brosnan stated. During his seven years as the martini-sipping agent, the actor starred in 'GoldenEye' in 1995, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' in 1997, 1999's 'The World Is Not Enough,' and 'Die Another Day' in 2002. 'History has been passed on and I'm very proud to have been part of the history and the legacy of Bond and the movies that I made with Barbara and Michael,' Brosnan said. Advertisement Meanwhile, the name that has been floated around the most is actor Henry Cavill, the 'loose second reserve choice when Daniel Craig got the role back in 2005,' according to Bond commentator and Mark O'Connell. 8 Henry Cavill attends the 'Argylle' red carpet. WireImage 'What often happens in Bond is that the runner-up is kind of favored next time round. Roger Moore was looked at for Dr. No in the first Bond film. Timothy Dalton was looked at in the early '70s,' the author, who wrote, 'Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan,' explained. 'The guys in waiting sometimes get their turn. And Henry Cavill's worked with Amazon and he looks the part. He's a great clotheshorse. I'd love it if it was ultimately Henry Cavill.' Advertisement But according to the editor and publisher of 007 Magazine Graham Rye, not everyone has that same feeling. 8 Stuart Martin attends the 'Rebel Moon â Part Two: The Scargiver' UK Special Screening.'Lots of fans want Henry Cavill, which only just proves to me that they don't know what they're talking about,' he told The Post. 'The man's just not James Bond.' 'There's only one actor I've seen around that could do justice to the role very much in the style of Sean Connery,' Rye added, 'and that's an actor called Stuart Martin.' Advertisement Martin, 39, is best known for starring as the Duke in the British series 'Miss Scarlet and the Duke' for four seasons from 2020 to 2024. 8 Harris Dickinson attending the Urchin photocall at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. As Rye put it, 'If Amazon fail to cast Stuart Martin in the 007 role in Bond 26, I shan't be bothering to see the picture!'
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Yahoo
TBI asks Tennessee high school students for help solving nearly 50-year-old cold case
The killer carried the body across the creek, along the mining road, out to the sticks. The killer dumped her in Elk Valley, an unincorporated area about an hour north of Knoxville off Interstate 75. It was the last week of July in 1978 when she was abducted, but she wasn't discovered until 1985. Only about 30 bones were left of her. "If you weren't from there, you wouldn't know how to find the spot where she was found," said Alex Campbell, a high school teacher from 2 1/2 hours away. He and his students are now involved in the search for the person who put her there. Local law enforcement, at the time, called her Baby Girl Jane Doe. She wasn't a baby, however. She was a 15-year-old high school freshman, just like some of the kids at Elizabethton High where Campbell has become known as the sociology teacher whose classes solve murder cases. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, stymied in their Baby Girl investigation for 40 years, have turned to Campbell's class for help. Campbell's students have a growing crime-solving reputation after a podcast (called "Murder 101") and a new movie (being developed by Spider-Man trilogy director Jon Watts) have focused on their cold case efforts. In the last few years, Campbell's students have helped solve the "Redhead Murders" case of missing girls that began in the 1970s and helped identify the killer, a man named Jerry Johns, whom they labeled the "Bible Belt Strangler." In 2017, Campbell had noticed his sociology students becoming uninterested in the waning months of the school year, so he asked them if they wanted to do some detective work. At Campbell's urging, the students began looking at the unsolved "Redhead Murders" case, in which about a dozen girls across several states were missing. Campbell's class not only linked many of the victims; they produced a profile of who might be the killer. They settled on truck driver Jerry Johns, who had died in prison. The bodies were usually discarded by the sides of interstate highways. Johns' DNA was eventually linked to a victim who had survived his attack. During one of their non-serial-killer semesters, the Elizabethton High students took on the case of Suzanne Johnson, who was serving 25-years-to-life for child murder. A babysitter in 1997, Johnson said she was watching a baby who died when the high chair fell over. Johnson said it was an accident. Police investigators said it was a case of shaken baby syndrome. The students found that the science behind shaken baby syndrome hasn't always been consistent, and has led to convictions being overturned. The students worked with the California Innocence Project and submitted their findings to both then-Gov. Jerry Brown and current Gov. Gavin Newsom. One of the missing girls the class looked at in the "Redhead Murders" case was the Baby Girl Jane Doe found in Elk Valley in 1985. In 2022, the TBI positively identified the Baby Girl remains as those of Tracy Sue Walker of Lafayette, Indiana. Since she wasn't discarded off an interstate, Campbell believes she doesn't fit with the "Redhead Murders," even though she had red hair. "She probably wasn't part of a serial killing," Campbell said. "This was not the work of a truck driver from somewhere along the highway. How did she end up in Elk Valley?" Campbell's class worked with the TBI to build a website called " (There is also a tip line: 1-800-TBI-FIND.) The students wrote her story from her first-person point of view as if she were asking people to help find her killer 47 years after she disappeared. The students made flyers, hired planes to fly banners, launched a direct-mail campaign and even tricked out a car with Walker's picture and a QR code. They focused their efforts on Campbell County, where Elk Valley is located and the bones were discovered in 1985. 'We hope that by sharing her story now, someone who knows something will come forward,' said EHS student Andrew Barnett. 'There are still people out there — even in Campbell County — who haven't heard her name or what happened. We want to change that. We want her story to be heard everywhere, in hopes that someone will come forward with the information the TBI needs to help solve this case.' The theory is that someone in Campbell County saw something or knows something about the 1978 murder. 'In cold case homicides, we often find that relationships and relationship changes are the key to solving a case,' said TBI Special Agent Brandon Elkins in a news release. 'I believe those types of changes may now make it possible for people in this community to speak up and give us the clues we need in Tracy's case. Someone out there is Tracy's hero, and I just hope they have the courage to come forward.' The TBI, which had always worked separately from Campbell's class, has now fully joined forces, apparently inspired by the media attention the class can generate. Gov. Bill Lee has also offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the case. "The TBI saw they (the students) were doing quality work," Campbell said. "It's the most attention the case has ever gotten. If (the killer) is still alive, they can be held accountable." Walker's disappearance didn't receive much attention in 1978. She was last seen at the Tippecanoe Mall in Lafayette, Indiana. She had been dropped off with a friend at McDonald's, and she was later seen outside JCPenney. She was last seen getting into a car. The car was filled with a group of older men, who are believed to have been temporarily working in the area and to have left the state with Walker, the TBI said. She later ended up in Elk Valley, where she was murdered. The TBI said this group of men may have been well organized, and Walker might not have been their only victim. Walker's parents are both dead. Her brother, Randy, was contacted by the TBI when Walker's remains were identified. 'When Brandon called me with that information a couple of years ago, it was the happiest day of my life,' said Randy Walker in the news release. 'I never did forget about her. It was so hard not knowing.' This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: TBI asks Tennessee high school students for help in solving cold case
New Indian Express
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
Nivin Pauly resumes shoot for Baby Girl, putting rumours to rest
Nivin Pauly has joined the second schedule of Baby Girl, the upcoming thriller helmed by Garudan director Arun Varma, thereby putting an end to the speculations surrounding the actor's rumoured exit from the project. Producer Listin Stephen shared an Instagram reel on Sunday confirming that the shoot is currently progressing in Vaikom (Kottayam) with all artists present. The video captures Nivin's arrival and includes glimpses of him on set in costume, interacting with the cast and crew. Nivin's return comes a week after Listin made veiled remarks during the promotional event of Dileep's Prince And Family, accusing an unnamed "prominent actor" of committing a "grave mistake" that could lead to "bigger repercussions" if repeated. While no names were mentioned, widespread online speculation linked the comments to Nivin, alleging that he had walked out of Baby Girl after a week to join Akhil Sathyan's film. Baby Girl also features Lijomol Jose, Premalu breakout Sangeeth Prathap, Marco actor Abhimanyu Thilakan, Azees Nedumangad, and Aswanth Lal in key roles. The film is scripted by acclaimed writing duo Bobby and Sanjay, best known for penning films like Traffic, Ayalum Njanum Thammil, Mumbai Police and Kaanekkaane.
