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New Straits Times
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: Bollywood actor and Malaysian model spotted together, sparks dating rumours
MUMBAI: The relationship between Bollywood actor Ishaan Khatter and Malaysian-born model Chandni Bainz has become a hot topic, with the pair frequently spotted together. While there's been no official statement from either party, their undeniable closeness has fuelled speculation that they are romantically involved. Ishaan has previously said that he prefers not to share too much about his romantic relationships, opting instead to focus on his career. Although Shahid Kapoor's brother is keen to protect his partner's privacy, he appears to be open about showing public affection. "I think it's very important to respect your partner's privacy," the son of actors Rajesh Khattar and Neelima Azeem reportedly said. "When something is good for me, I want to protect it." What to Read Next Load more At the same time, the 29-year-old actor acknowledged that it's difficult to prevent people from taking photos when he's out with his partner. "I won't stop living my life," he said. "I won't stop going out to eat if I want to – life goes on." News Near You
Korea Herald
21 hours ago
- Business
- Korea Herald
Cadence to plead guilty, pay $140m to US for China sales
Cadence Design agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $140 million to resolve US charges for selling its chip design products to a Chinese military university believed to be involved in simulating nuclear explosions, the Justice Department said Monday. Cadence is accused of violating export controls by illegally selling chip design software and hardware to front companies representing China's National University of Defense Technology. NUDT's supercomputers are thought to support nuclear explosive simulation and military simulation activities, according to US Commerce Department notices restricting shipments to the university. San Jose, California-based Cadence noted a charge related to the legal proceedings in its quarterly results, also released Monday. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it was "pleased" to reach settlements with the Justice and Commerce departments. The deal shows the US is still willing to enforce US export controls on China, even as it relaxes some of the restrictions as part of negotiations. NUDT was put on the Commerce Department's restricted trade list in 2015 to keep it from using US technology to power its supercomputers, according to department postings. Other aliases and locations were added to the university's listing in 2019 and 2022, including Hunan Guofang Keji University, Central South CAD Center and CSCC. Cadence and its subsidiary Cadence China exported electronic design automation tools at least 56 times to CSCC between 2015 and 2020, with certain Cadence China employees facilitating business with NUDT while knowing CSCC was an alias for the restricted university, court papers said. They also transferred EDA tools to Phytium Technology Co, a semiconductor company closely associated with NUDT, until 2021, without obtaining required licenses, according to court papers. Cadence agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit export control violations. It is expected to be on probation for three years, meaning it cannot commit any further violations and has to fulfill its obligations under the plea agreement. The $140 million covers criminal penalties, forfeiture and a civil penalty imposed by the Commerce department. Cadence, whose customers include major semiconductor manufacturers and companies such as Nvidia and Qualcomm, is known for its electronic computer-aided design software. Cadence was run for over a decade by Lip-Bu Tan, a Malaysian-born Chinese American business executive appointed chief executive of Intel in March. Tan was CEO of Cadence from 2008 through December 2021, which includes the period the sales took place, and was executive chairman until May 2023. The US investigation into Cadence, which began more than four years ago, involved 'historical sales by Cadence to customers in China,' according to a company filing. Cadence received a subpoena from the US Commerce Department in February 2021, demanding records related to certain customers in China. A related November 2023 subpoena followed from the Justice Department over the company's business activity in China. Entities are placed on the restricted trade list, formerly known as the Entity List, for activities deemed contrary to US national security or foreign policy interests. US companies are not allowed to ship goods and technology to them without licenses from the Commerce Department, which are generally denied. Electronic design automation tools are key to designing chips and verifying that they are bug-free. NUDT has developed chips to power university supercomputers, including Tianhe-2, once touted as the world's best supercomputer, which the US believes has been used in research on or the development of nuclear explosive devices. Twelve percent of Cadence's revenue came from China last year, down from 17 percent in 2023, amid regulatory developments and geopolitical tensions. (Reuters)
The Star
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Bollywood actor and Malaysian model spark dating rumours after spotted together
Bollywood actor Ishaan Khatter is said to be dating Malaysian-born model Chandni Bainz. Photos: Chandni Bainz/Instagram, Ishaan Khatter/Instagram The relationship between Bollywood actor Ishaan Khatter and Malaysian-born model Chandni Bainz has become a hot topic as the two are frequently seen spending time together. Although there has been no official statement from either party, their closeness has fuelled speculation that they are romantically involved. Previously, Ishaan has said that he rather not share too much about his romantic relationships as he prefers the focus to remain on his career. Although the brother of Shahid Kapoor is keen to protect his partner's privacy, he seems to be open about showing affection publicly "I think it's very important to respect your partner's privacy as well. When something is good for me, I want to protect it. That's my instinct. I don't want to hide or lie or anything like that,' the son of actors Rajesh Khattar and Neelima Azeem reportedly said. At the same time, the 29-year-old actor also acknowledged that it's difficult to prevent people from taking photos when he's out with his partner. 'I won't stop living my life. I won't stop going out to eat if I want to – life goes on. "I act for the camera, but I can't live for the camera,' he explained.
Hype Malaysia
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
Eric Tsang & Kenny Bee Apologise After Taking Photo With Namewee
When stars gather in one place, it's often expected for them to take photos and share them online. Unfortunately for Hong Kong stars Eric Tsang (曾志伟) and Kenny Bee (钟镇涛), their recent photo with Malaysian singer Namewee (黄明志) wasn't so well-received. Eric and Kenny were recently in Malaysia for the 'Wow! Super! Happy 30 Years' concert at Arena of Stars, Resorts World Genting. Attending the concert as an audience member was Namewee, who met with the cast backstage. Before the concert, the singer shared photos of himself with the HK stars on his social media, wishing them good luck for their performance. Also in the photo was local influencer and SteadyGang member, Tomato. While the photo itself seemed innocent, the two HK stars received backlash for associating themselves with Namewee due to his controversial image. The Malaysian-born media personality has been banned in China for his views against Chinese President Xi Jinping and his remarks on China-related topics. As such, both Eric and Kenny issued public apologies on their individual Weibo and distanced themselves from Namewee. In his post, Kenny wrote, 'During an event in Resorts World Genting, Malaysia, I inadvertently took a photo with an individual, which caused misunderstandings. I was unaware of that person's background and inappropriate past actions. If I had known his position earlier, I would never have had any contact with him. This incident was an unintentional mistake and does not mean that I agree with his views.' On his Weibo, Eric wrote a similar apology, adding, 'As a Chinese, I have always been committed to safeguarding national dignity and national sentiment.' Meanwhile, Namewee has since deleted the post from his social media. He explained the move, saying, 'To not affect the peace and stability of the 'motherland' as well as the safety of our comrades in Hong Kong in the Greater Bay Area, we have removed the previous post and photos.' It's worth noting that Namewee hinted that he was forced to remove the post due to the backlash. What are your thoughts on this? Sources: China Press (1)(2)
Spectator
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Spectator
How to fix MasterChef
In retrospect, as has so often been the case with my attempts at Delia's thrice-baked goat's cheese soufflé, the question was not so much when MasterChef was going to collapse, but how. The warning signs were there. Not only in 2001 when Lloyd Grosman, Britain's answer to Paul Newman (in pasta sauce endorsement terms if not acting), flounced off the show because, so far as I understand the dispute, a revamp dictated that contestants all use the same ingredient. But also in 2018, when now disgraced judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode managed to unify the whole of Malaysia in affront. For which feat, whatever their later sins, I salute them. It was episode 13 of series 14 and Malaysian-born contestant Zaleha Olpin presented her beloved childhood favourite chicken rendang recipe, served with a side of nasi lemak, only for Wallace to complain the chicken was not crispy enough and for Torode to call the dish a mistake. Typical Malaysian response? 'As a Malaysian, if I could, I would personally go to the show and rendang their head,' wrote Jin Wee in the Star, a Malaysian newspaper, adding superbly: 'Uncultured swine, doesn't know variety of cuisine and claims to be MasterChef?' As anyone who does know their rendang would tell the judges, its chicken isn't meant to be crispy. A former Malaysian premier complained Wallace had confused his nation's cuisine with KFC. The only winner in the dispute was the English language which gained a new verb, though beyond a slightly sinister aura it's hard to know what 'to rendang' means. That's the problem: everyone's a critic and everybody involved has a very thin skin, and is apt to explode at any moment. Torode made matters worse by tweeting something emollient and ending his message with a cheery 'Namaste'. Didn't he realise that namaste is not a fitting Malaysian farewell, fumed naysayers? Some 9,000 signatures supported a petition calling on him to apologise. Which, unless I've lost my mind and without wanting to make 9,000 enemies, is some loony woke nonsense. And yet the debacle points up how fraught televised cookery is and how it risks becoming a lethal cocktail of chippy keyboard warriors facing off against the kind of unexamined man babies who, insanely, have been given access to the knife drawer. That purported genius chef from The Bear who locked himself in the walk-in fridge to have a nervous breakdown on his restaurant's opening night and Ralph Fiennes poisoning anyone who ever crossed him in The Menu are the leading exemplars of the latter. And those are just kitchen fictions. As we know from Gordon Ramsay, reality TV is apt to be a yet more harrowing chip pan fire of the vanities than its fictional counterparts. But the broader point is this: Britain is a country that, if one made a compilation of its best culinary moments, would definitely begin with King Alfred burning the cakes and might well end with Gregg Wallace telling social media that the only people outraged by his propensity to drop his trousers backstage to present onlookers with his signature dish of sorpresa all porca were middle class women with humanities degrees from Russell Group universities who don't appreciate what, looked at objectively, was just proletarian high jinks – so far as I understand his apology to the complaints of more than 50 women involved on the show. It is a miracle that a nation so infamous for its cuisine has been such a tastemaker for so long. And yet it has: in 2017 the Guinness Book of Records officially recognised MasterChef as the most successful television cookery format. MasterChef is one of this post-industrial nation's most successful export products, filmed in 50 countries and broadcast in 200 territories, with many formats of which the Brazilian variant MasterChef: Para Tudo (MasterChef: Stop Everything) sounds most exciting. MasterChef's origin story takes us back to 1990, when clever producers created it as the spawn of Mastermind if less cerebral, and sibling of Angela Rippon's Masterteam but less collaborative. If only Dame Angela had been recruited as host, none of this nonsense of recent weeks on MasterChef would have happened. There would have been no Wallace ascribing his sexual misconduct to autism, and no Torode preparing a defence for his sacking over alleged racist remarks, to damage the brand. Plus the former newsreader could have high-kicked her way through the longueurs of food preparation, which would have got my vote. Who wants to watch people from Daventry stir gravy on telly eyed by these two, Wallace with his grin as mirthless as de Niro's and Torode, like the Assyrian king in Delacroix's The Death of Sardanapalus, dead eyed and sated from excess of, in his case, competitively cooked cuisine? That's not jeopardy. That's telly tedium. But then I didn't understand the appeal of Friends either. What happens next? Can MasterChef be put together again? That's not how Humpty Dumpty nor soufflés work. True, critic and occasional judge Grace Dent was astutely hired last year to replace Wallace during investigations into his misconduct. With her lovely regional accent and long association with the show, she is the right person to detox the brand. And what of the most recent unbroadcast series? All those contestants denied their moments of prime time fame? It's possible they might have a case to sue for denial of self-publicity and loss of projected future income attendant thereon, though I'm no lawyer. Perhaps only many years hence, like Bob Dylan's the Basement Tapes or those Bruce Springsteen albums now coming to light, will the time be right to release the last series to an expectant public. Dent would need a co-host, ideally one with culinary moves. I recommend communist Moral Maze contributor Ash Sarkar whose recipe for fish finger bhorta was championed by no less a domestic goddess than Nigella Lawson. Neither Dent nor Sarkar, I'll wager, would get caught with their trousers down in the green room or alienate whole countries. And one final change to detoxify MasterChef: the name, with all the unacceptable patriarchal connotations of its prefix, must go even if the format remains the same. My suggestion? Dinner Ladies, with Grace and Ash. You know you'd watch it.
