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3 min readMumbaiMar 18, 2026 10:03 PM IST For the past few weeks, the internet has been abuzz with rumors that Zendaya secretly tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend Tom Holland. Speculation intensified last week when the actress made a stunning appearance at Paris Fashion Week 2026, drawing attention to a simple gold band on her ring finger. Fans quickly took to social media, fueling further rumors about a possible marriage. Now, Zendaya has responded to the speculation in her characteristic humor. ‘Many people have been fooled’ Appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live, to promote her upcoming film The Drama,…

2 min readMumbaiMar 18, 2026 06:38 PM IST After a gap of nearly five years, our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man, Peter Parker, is swinging back, and this time, the battles are as much internal as they are external. The official trailer for Disney and Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the fourth standalone Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, dropped on Wednesday, March 18. The story picks up directly from where Spider-Man: No Way Home left off, following Parker taking a monumental personal risk to save the universe by agreeing to make everyone forget his true identity. Right in the opening…

4 min readLos AngelesMar 18, 2026 09:21 AM IST Dune 3 trailer: After witnessing the overwhelming reception of his 2024 space opera sequel Dune: Part Two, director Denis Villeneuve decided against his original plan of taking a detour from his three-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 seminal book. He decided to finish the story he started in 2021 with Dune, and began working on the third instalment at once. On Tuesday, Warner Bros dropped the first teaser trailer of Dune: Part Three, which is touted as an “epic conclusion” to Villeneuve’s Dune trilogy. The footage starts with happier times when Timothee…

Senator Elizabeth Warren wants to know how a chatbot that allegedly generated millions of deepfake images—including compromising images depicting minors—ended up with keys to the Pentagon’s most classified systems.On Sunday, Warren sent a four-page letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers about the Department of Defense’s decision to give Elon Musk’s xAI access to classified military networks, which she said was granted while multiple federal agencies were raising red flags.“I write regarding my concerns about the Department of Defense’s (DoD) reported decision to allow Elon Musk’s xAI to access classified systems despite concerns raised by multiple federal agencies, including…

4 min readKyivMar 17, 2026 12:06 PM IST On Sunday, Sean Penn won his third Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his performance of Colonel Steven J Lockjaw in Paul Thomas Anderson’s period political drama One Battle After Another. However, he gave the ceremony a miss, prompting the presenter, actor Kieran Culkin, to receive the award on his behalf. “He couldn’t be here tonight, or he didn’t want to,” Kieran Culkin said on the stage, sporting his irreverent humour. The latter case turned out to be true as Penn was instead spotting in Ukraine. Ukraine…

Seth Chambers, a man from Texas County, Missouri, identified as a former Marine Intelligence analyst, was indicted on Friday on two counts of wilfully transmitting national defence information. The indictment states that his official duties granted him security clearance and authorised access to classified material up to the top-secret level, giving him access to sensitive national defence information.According to the US Department of Justice, the first alleged transmission took place on 10 December 2022, when he shared a white paper containing verbatim and near-verbatim excerpts from classified US government documents with an individual in Maryland. A second alleged transmission occurred…

Timothee Chalamet has come out of the 98th Academy Awards with perhaps the biggest upset in recent memory. Not only he lost the Best Actor Oscar to Michael B Jordan for Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie Sinners, but also his film, Josh Safdie’s period drama Marty Supreme, failed to win any Oscar across the nine categories it was nominated in. The internet is speculating that it may have to do with Timothee’s snide remarks on ballet and opera last month, but that may not be the whole truth.Kevin O’Leary, who played Milton Rockwell in Marty Supreme, said on the Oscars 2026…

Although the 98th Academy Awards ceremony passed off without any untoward incidents, in contrast to the reported FBI warning of a possible attack on California by Iran in light of the ongoing war launched by the US and Israel against the West Asian country, it wasn’t devoid of political references.From veiled digs at US President Donald Trump by comedian Jimmy Kimmel, who took part in the show as an award presenter, to Spanish actor Javier Bardem’s politically charged short speech extending solidarity with Palestine, the Oscars stage once again became a platform for political statements. ‘No to war and free…

4 min readMumbaiMar 16, 2026 10:04 AM IST At the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday night in California, KPop Demon Hunters emerged as one of the evening’s big winners, taking home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and later securing Best Original Song for its breakout track Golden. The double victory capped a remarkable awards-season run for the Netflix phenomenon and marked a milestone moment for Korean representation on Hollywood’s biggest stage. Directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans, and produced by Michelle L. M. Wong, the animated feature beat contenders that included Elio, Arco, Little Amélie or the Character…

4 min readMumbaiMar 16, 2026 08:30 AM IST Set in a dystopian world, where kissing is considered a crime that is punishable by death, ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’ directed by Franco-Indian Alexandre Singh with Natalie Musteata shared the Oscar with The Singers for Best Live-Action Short Film in a tie-up. The 36-minute ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’, which is narrated by Vicky Krieps, is also written by Singh and Musteata. Two People Exchanging Saliva, which is available for streaming on The New Yorker’s YouTube channel, had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in 2024. The black-and-white film follows Angine,…