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Perth Now
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
‘Little miracle': Famous Aussie DJ shares huge family update
Baby fever is in the air for famous Aussie DJ Fisher and his wife Chloe who have announced they are expecting their second child. Chloe took to social media to upload a joint post with the national music treasure to let the world know about the soon-to-be arrival of their 'little miracle'. 'Our second little miracle is on the way 🤍,' the Instagram caption read alongside a carousel of photos including a snap of their daughter, Bobbi, grinning next to an ultrasound scan. 'Baby Fisher #2 arriving in 2026 🫶🏽 something we will never take for granted and still can't quite believe is real. 'After everything it took to get here, we know how fragile and precious this gift is. Fisher with wife Chloe and their daughter Bobbi. Credit: @ / Instagram 'We are so grateful for this little miracle and our love will always be with those still waiting for theirs.' The post also included pictures of the trio beaming as they pose on the rocky shoreline of a picturesque beach as Bobbi caresses her mum's growing belly. Well wishes and congratulatory messages from well-known personalities flooded the comments section, including one from Perth influencer Em Davies, who said: 'Darling!!! 😭😭😭😭 congratulations!!!!!' 'Shut the front door 😍 I'm crying. Congratulations guys ❤️,' Stephanie Miller, Australian entrepreneur and founder of health and wellness app KIC, said. Fisher and Chloe welcomed their first born child, Bobbi, to the world in June last year, which the couple described at the time as the 'happiest day of the year'. Four years earlier in 2020 the pair tied the knot in Bali with the company of their closest friends and family. In January, Fisher graced the Wildlands stage in Perth to perform an hour-long set as the headline act for the popular music festival. The wildly popular DJ took out the second spot in Triple J's 2018 Hottest 100 with his hit track Losing It.
Indian Express
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Vir Das says his journey is different from Zakir Khan or Kapil Sharma: ‘One is steeped in poetry, the other's a Punjabi everyman; I'm from nowhere'
Vir Das is the only Indian stand-up comic to have six stand-up specials on Netflix. After Abroad Understanding (2017), Losing It (2019), For India (2020), Outside In (2020), and the International Emmy Award-winning Landing (2022), comes Vir Das: Fool Volume. It's been shot across three settings — a stadium in Mumbai, a church in London, and an underground cellar in New York. In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, Das talks about his sixth Netflix stand-up special, his brand of comedy, being an outsider, and losing his voice days before he had to record the show. Did you go into Fool Volume with the baggage of an International Emmy Award? The opening line of this special is, 'I won an Emmy and that means very little.' It's Kryptonite in certain situations. I don't take that seriously at all. The Emmy is in a cupboard right now with my garam kapda, with my wife's sweaters, some boots, and down jackets. You performed across three cities — Mumbai, London, and New York — for the same stand-up special. Did you change your set according to the setting? It was like making a movie. Mumbai was unrehearsed because my voice came back two days before the show. Usually, when you shoot a stand-up special, you've done 180 trial shows and you know every punchline. I rewrote this show entirely in my mind in silence within six weeks. And then we went up and shot it with 17 cameras virtually unrehearsed. But there's a nice raw energy to the Mumbai show. In London, we did the show at this beautiful church. The more outward-looking portions of the show, where you're talking about racism or the world at large, they're set in London. I wanted to use London as the soapbox to talk to the world. And then, in a documentary, there's a talking head which becomes the voice of the special. New York was that. It's like you saw these two wonderful presentations and then the comedian walked into the basement to tell you the truth about them. In that sense, I know it's asking a bit more from the audience. A normal stand-up special has lights, smoke, aaya, joke sunaya, gaya. But here, I'm asking you to travel through time and nations. At some level, we wanted to show that Indian comedians can write for the world as well. Do the audiences in these three cities respond differently to comedy? I think they're pretty similar. In London or New York, 50-70% of the audience is local. So I have to explain certain things to them. But the Indian audience is very patient. They're like, 'Mujhe bhi dekhna hai kaise samjhata hai.' There's a moment where I explain a gaali to the people at the cellar. You should look at the Indian audience's faces — how will he make our 500-year-old gaali palatable to these guys. For them, it's a test I have to pass. But largely, if you're the loser in the story, that's funny and relatable to everybody. In the special, you talk about the local discrimination against being an English-speaking comedian in India. Have you ever grappled with the fact that you may win all the Emmys, perform all these Netflix stand-up specials and gain global recognition, but you won't win the core audience in a way that a Zakir Khan or a Kapil Sharma does? No, perhaps my journey is to have deeper interactions with a smaller group of people over a longer period of time. To do what both of them do, which is masterful in their own way, you have to be where they're from and have their own lived-in experiences. You can see Zakir grew up in classical music and poetry. And Kapil Sharma is so much your Punjab everyman travelling through India. I'm not from anywhere. Unfortunately, I've grown up everywhere so I'll have to be who I am. If I ever tried to do that, you'd smell the inauthenticity in the material. Do you pick up anything from them when you watch Kapil Sharma and Zakir Khan perform? Ya! I like watching art that makes you angry and makes you want to be better. I go to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe once a year, where I see a random 25-year-old comedian who's written a show that I was never capable of at 25. So I'll go back and write some more. But we all support each other. I did a trial show at Soho Theatre, London last month. Zakir was in town, he popped up and watched my whole thing. I don't know Kapil very well. Of course, we've met only intermittently. But comedians on the comedy circuit in India are always WhatsApping each other and are in each other's feedback loop. You heaped praises on Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par by saying it gave stakes to the neurodivergent actors, who never get to perform comedy. You've worked with Aamir Khan Productions in Delhi Belly (2011), an adult comedy, a far cry from the broad comedy of Sitaare Zameen Par. Do you think more creators should help bridge this gap between these two schools of humour? In a comedy scene, usually the person with power drives the comedy scene. What I loved about Sitaare Zameen Par is it places the power with those who usually don't get that. A superstar like Aamir gave the driving seat to someone else. It takes a very secure and good artist to do that. Delhi Belly and Sitaare Zameen Par are very different bookends of entertainment. I think there's an audience that will watch a very broad comedy, but also watch an extremely nuanced hasya kavi muqabla with shero shayari and Urdu lyricism. I think it's what you want on the day. I just made a Hindi movie with Aamir Khan Productions, which will be for an audience way larger than my stand-up comedy audience. My audience will go and watch Zakir. We're at this wonderful place in India right now, where there's purchasing power and intent. Hindi-speakers are going for Coldplay, English-speakers are going for Diljit Dosanjh, it's great. People just want something new, and an experience! I hope the two Indias are coming closer. That's the dream, right? You're releasing your memoir The Outsider at the end of this year. How do you think being the outsider aids you? I sometimes feel I have more freedom to talk about America than an American comic. Because American comedy is very steeped in silos of ideology. So you can come in as a rank outsider and say, 'Bro, I don't understand any of this. Here's how I see it.' And it's a perspective they're not used to hearing at all. I've been in Mumbai for 18 years. I consider myself a proud Mumbaikar. You want to have what you didn't have growing up. I wasn't raised in India, which wasn't my choice, but there's nothing I crave more than to take India across the world. When you entered the comedy circuit in India, there wasn't much of a scene then. A lot of comics today, like Varun Grover and Tanmay Bhat, credit you for that foot in the door. Do you think you've gotten enough credit from the new breed of comics? Let's be clear — Johnny Lever, Boman Irani, Ash Chandler, Papa CJ, and Bharat Dabolkar were all doing stand-ups way before I entered the scene. I don't want credit, just give me cash yaar. Who cares who founded what? Cash dene ka! Tanmay, make ads for all those people, bas cash bhej aur kuchh nahi. I just want laughter. What's credit worth, compared to laughs? Why do you think no comic before or after you has been able to cross over like you have? Yet! I've had a global childhood, so that's definitely aided me with global touring. But every single comic now is touring abroad. Yes, they're performing for an Indian audience. I get the distinction. But I also think we're on the cusp of this Indian soft power, cultural open door. It happened, for instance, with Korean cinema when the entire world began consuming that. It's something begun by RRR (2022) and All We Imagine As Light (2024). It's just two-three years away. Do you think being a part of movies has also helped you with your popularity as a stand-up comic? I've never been a film star, to be very clear. I haven't done a movie in nine years! I walked away from movies very clearly at a certain point because I sensed this opportunity and calling. I wouldn't have been able to do both, so I gave comedy everything. Eighty percent of my audience is between 16-30 years old. They're very young! They found me as a comic. They don't know I'm the bald guy from Delhi Belly. Having said that, God's been kind, the tribe has grown, and I hope it's enough for them to come see me in a movie later this year. What has shifted within you from your first Netflix stand-up special, Abroad Understanding, to Fool Volume? A special is just a snapshot of who you are at that moment. And Fool Volume is what I am now. I lost my voice, so after that, I wanted to do something silly and fun. Landing (2022) was also fun, but it was heavy. I was like, it's time to be a fool again. Why Netflix and I keep going is because I blackmail them every year. I guilt-trip them into giving me a special, how about that (laughs)? What's more frustrating? Losing your physical voice or losing your political voice? Losing your physical voice. The two months I went without my voice, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It's a terrible, terrible experience. Not being able to communicate, asking for a cup of chai, to sit with your thoughts for six weeks? It's a lot! The kind of medication and vocal therapy you have to take in order to get it back, it's like learning to walk again, except it's tougher. Also Read — Rishi Kapoor, Katrina Kaif got up and left when it was time for Vir Das' close-up: 'They had umbrellas, I was left to bake in sun' Finally, you recently shared on social media that we seek a lot of idols online, but we shouldn't be doing that. What do you have to say to those who idolize you? I have an audience, I don't have a fanbase. Fanbase idolizes. Audience is like, 'I like this, I don't like this, try something different.' Nobody's throwing their underwear at me and asking for a selfie. It's all handshakes and comedians. There are way better people than comics to idolize, and my audience knows that. Vir Das: Fool Volume drops on Netflix on July 18.
Black America Web
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Tyler Perry Accuser Breaks Silence On Sexual Assault Allegations: 'I Couldn't Stay Silent Anymore'
Source: Derek White / Getty Derek Dixon was excited when Tyler Perry offered him an audition for The Oval , the soapy White House drama airing on BET. But his excitement soon turned to disgust when he alleged that Perry victimized him with a pattern of sexual harassment, ultimately forcing him to quit the show. In June, Dixon filed a $260M lawsuit against the mogul. 'I'm not going to speak for him on how he identifies sexually,' Dixon told THR. 'Regardless of his sexual orientation or gender, he should not be speaking to any of his employees, whether they be men or women, gay, straight, or bisexual, about their sexual preferences, how often they're having sex and physically assaulting them.' In a wide-ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Dixon says that he became friends with Perry after meeting him at an event in 2019. Dixon was a struggling writer and actor in his late 30s when they met. He says the two exchanged texts that became more personal and that Perry ultimately invited him to audition for an Oval spinoff called Ruthless. He was cast on the show and was told that the role could expand over time. Dixon is an openly gay man who says he had no idea that Perry might be interested in sex with men. But after accepting an invite to Perry's home one night in January 2020, he says Perry asked him to stay overnight in his guest house after both men had several drinks. At that point, Dixon says Perry slipped into bed with him and started rubbing his thigh. He left only after Dixon told him he 'wasn't that sexual.' Despite his lack of interest, Dixon says Perry continued to text him daily and then offered him an expanded role on The Oval, again saying it could get bigger in time. Dixon appeared in 85 episodes of The Oval from 2021 to 2025. He details a pattern of harassment that included Perry constantly texting him, sometimes with sexual innuendos and sometimes with outright sexually charged entreaties. In another incident, Dixon says Perry had him come to his trailer for a drink, then pushed him against a wall and groped him. Dixon says that when he was invited back to Perry's house for what he thought would be a discussion about his comedy pilot script, Perry assaulted him. He says he thought he would be raped, but held Perry off by saying he wanted something to eat. Dixon claims that he feared being killed off on The Oval after his character was shot. Perry also delivered on his promise to shoot a pilot for his comedy script Losing It, but didn't tell Dixon he'd have to hold off shopping it for two years because of restrictions related to his Viacom (BET) deal. After moving to Los Angeles, Dixon filed an EEOC complaint and quit The Oval before his last season, despite being due $400K. 'I was an employee, and he was my boss,' Dixon says. 'The fact that I'm an actor doesn't make me any less an employee. For a long time, I convinced myself that it was part of the industry, or that somehow I had to accept it to keep working. But eventually, I couldn't stay silent anymore.' Dixon's lawsuit came out after writer/director/actor Christian Keyes, who was in Saints & Sinners and says he created All The Queen's Men , released a YouTube video in December 2023, alleging that he'd been abused by a 'Black Hollywood billionaire.' While Keyes said he'd tell more of the story and potentially identify the person, nothing more has come of the cryptic allegations. Dixon says he's been contacted by others who've had similar interactions with Perry. Dixon's suit reads, in part, that Perry has 'been using his power and influence to molest, abuse, and sexually assault impressionable and vulnerable employees and actors who look to him for guidance and mentorship while pursuing their dreams.' Perry's lawyers say the media mogul denies all allegations. In a statement provided to THR, Matthew Boyd describes Dixon as an 'individual who got close to Tyler Perry for what now appears to be nothing more than setting up a scam.' He added, 'Tyler will not be shaken down and we are confident these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.' See social media's reaction to the original report below. SEE ALSO Tyler Perry Accuser Breaks Silence On Sexual Assault Allegations: 'I Couldn't Stay Silent Anymore' was originally published on
Mint
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Mint
Vir Das to crack jokes on his loss of voice in new comedy special Fool Volume, set to stream on this date
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 7 (ANI): International Emmy winner Vir Das is set to treat his fans with his new stand-up special 'Fool Volume', chronicling everything from losing his voice and self-doubt to rediscovering joy. 'Vir Das: Fool Volume' is set to premiere exclusively on Netflix on July 18. This stand-up special has been filmed across Mumbai, New York and London, making this not just a comedy special but a cross-continental rollercoaster. This Netflix special stems from Vir Das's speech loss experience before the biggest show of his career. What came next was Fool Volume: his most self-aware work to date. Vir takes on everything from silence and self-doubt to rediscovering joy. It's a comedy that doesn't just punch up--it reaches out. OTT platform Netflix shared a teaser for the upcoming special, in which the actor jokes about his loss of speech and his methods for coping with it. Talking about his new special, Vir Das says, "This special is a journey across countries, cultures, and a whole lot of internal chaos. For me, comedy has always been more than just punchlines. It's about connection. Whether you're in London, New York, or Mumbai, laughter sounds the same. This special is a celebration of that shared language of finding joy in the chaos, meaning in the absurd, and kindness in the noise. If someone watches it and feels a little lighter, a little more understood, or just laughs until their stomach hurts. That's the magic I'm chasing." This marks Vir's fifth Netflix special, making him the first Indian comedian to reach that milestone. With global successes like 'Abroad Understanding', 'Losing It', 'For India', and his International Emmy-winning special 'Landing', each special has further propelled Indian comedy onto the world stage. (ANI)
Black America Web
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
‘The Oval' Actor Sues Tyler Perry For Alleged Sexual Assault And Battery
Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty An actor on The Oval , one of writer, director, and producer Tyler Perry's many television shows, has filed a lawsuit accusing Perry of sexually harassing him during production and using his leverage as a producer to silence him. According to AP News, actor Derek Dixon filed the lawsuit last Friday in the Los Angeles Superior Court and is seeking at least $260 million in damages. Dixon says he initially met Tyler Perry while working as event staff for one of the producer's parties. Perry took notice of Dixon and told him to audition for one of his productions. Dixon initially started working for Tyler Perry with a bit part in Ruthless , before being offered a more prominent role in The Oval . Dixon alleges that as his roles became more prominent in Tyler Perry's productions, Perry's sexual advances became more and more aggressive. 'Mr. Perry took his success and power and used his considerable influence in the entertainment industry to create a coercive, sexually exploitative dynamic with Mr. Dixon — initially promising him career advancement and creative opportunities, such as producing his pilot and casting him in his show, only to subject him to escalating sexual harassment, assault and battery, and professional retaliation,' the lawsuit says. The lawsuit includes screenshots of several text messages that Dixon alleges were sent by Perry. 'What's it going to take for you to have guiltless sex?' one of the messages says. Another series of text messages shows Perry allegedly expressing jealousy over seeing a picture of Dixon with another man. Dixon says he tried to rebuff the alleged advances while staying friendly with Perry, as it was implied his character would be killed off if he outright ignored them. 'Dixon did his best to tiptoe around Mr. Perry's sexual aggression while keeping on Mr. Perry's good side,' the lawsuit says. 'Mr. Perry made it clear to Dixon that if Dixon ignored Perry or failed to engage with the sexual innuendos, Dixon's character would 'die.'' The lawsuit includes screenshots of text messages allegedly from Tyler Perry implying that he used the threat of killing off a character as a way to keep actors in line. 'I swear to you, I KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS SH*T,' the text reads. 'I love killing a m*ther f*cker in a show that no one expects.' From AP News: The lawsuit says Perry eventually sexually assaulted Dixon on 'multiple occasions,' including an instance where he 'forcibly pulled off Mr. Dixon's clothing, groped his buttocks, and attempted to force himself on Dixon.' Dixon clearly told Perry 'No,' but was initially ignored until he was able to de-escalate the situation and change the subject, according to the lawsuit. The following day, Perry apologized, and told Dixon he would work with Dixon on a TV pilot Dixon was seeking to produce. The pilot, entitled 'Losing It,' was never sold, and Dixon believes it was only produced as a way to keep him silent about the alleged harassment. Dixon says he moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles as a way to put distance between himself and Tyler Perry, but he alleges that the harassment continued through text messages. He filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2024, and when that didn't result in any steps being taken by the show's producers, he quit. For his part, Tyler Perry has denied the allegations. 'This is an individual who got close to Tyler Perry for what now appears to be nothing more than setting up a scam,' Perry's attorney Matthew Boyd said in a statement Tuesday. 'But Tyler will not be shaken down, and we are confident these fabricated claims of harassment will fail.' Tyler Perry and BET, the network that produces The Oval , reached a new multi-year deal last year. BET has not commented on the allegations against Perry, and it's unclear how, if at all, this will affect the several shows he currently has in production at the network. SEE ALSO: Tyler Perry, Terri Vaughn Sued Over 'She The People' Netflix Series LA Fires: Tyler Perry Rips Insurance Companies SEE ALSO 'The Oval' Actor Sues Tyler Perry For Alleged Sexual Assault And Battery was originally published on Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE
