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'Days Of Our Lives' Star Cody Longo, 34, Found Dead At His Home In Texas
- Saturday February 11, 2023
- Feature | Edited by Bhavya Sukheja
Cody Longo, the actor best known for playing Nicholas "Nikki" Alamain in NBC's daytime soap opera 'Days of Our Lives', has died at the age of 34.
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Smriti Irani Shares Old Tulsi Virani Pic As Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thii Completes 17 Years
- Tuesday July 4, 2017
- India News | Written by Divya Goyal
Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thii completed 17 years. The show, starring Smriti Irani, began on July 3, 2000 and was aired for eight years
- www.ndtv.com
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In 2003, She Endorsed A Fairness Product. Now, She Is Apologising For It
- Wednesday April 19, 2017
- Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant
In 2003, Sonal Sehgal moved to Mumbai to become an actor. One of the first jobs she got was a starring role in an advertisement for fairness soap. Cut to 2017. The actor is now apologising for "letting this kind of racism perpetrate in our society. For not speaking up." She says she wants to "try and make a difference. And correct a wrong."
- www.ndtv.com
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Dangal: Aamir Khan's 'Wife' Sakshi Tanwar Says She's 'Done' With TV Soaps
- Thursday December 22, 2016
- Entertainment | Written by Gitanjali Roy
Dangal's Sakshi Tanwar is done with soaps but she may consider being part of a finite series or to host a show
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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Margot Robbie to Star in Period Love Drama
- Thursday August 11, 2016
- Entertainment | PTI
The film is based on Dean N Jensen's 2013 book of the same name.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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UK Tinder Users Urged To Donate Organs
- Monday December 14, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US dating app Tinder is teaming up with Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to raise awareness among the young about organ donation, it said today.
- www.ndtv.com
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Inside Pooja Joshi's Wedding Ceremony and Mehendi
- Thursday November 26, 2015
- Entertainment | Written by Nilanjana Basu
Television actress Pooja Joshi, who stars as Varsha in popular soap opera Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, married her businessman fiance Manish Arora on November 25 in Mumbai. A day before the wedding, she had a fun-filled mehendi ceremony with her Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai co-stars
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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Fairest of Us All? Superstar Mammootty in Trouble Over Soap
- Tuesday September 22, 2015
- Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Southern mega star Mammootty has been dragged to court by a man who used the "fairness soap" he endorsed to disappointing results.
- www.ndtv.com
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Smriti Irani's 'Baa' Sends Blessings for her Political Journey
- Thursday May 29, 2014
- Entertainment | Manisha Dhingra
Sudha Shivpuri, who played the elderly 'Baa' to Smriti Irani when they starred together in the long-running TV soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, has sent her blessings and good wishes to the newly appointed cabinet minister.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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Santa Barbara star and Robin Wright's ex-husband Dane Witherspoon dies
- Tuesday April 1, 2014
- Entertainment | Chandni
Dane Witherspoon, who co-starred with his former wife Robin Wright in the hit soap opera Santa Barbara, died at the age of 56.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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World's longest-serving soap star on UK rape trial
- Wednesday January 15, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
British television actor William Roache, the world's longest-serving soap opera star, went on trial on Tuesday facing counts of rape and sexual assault on young girls.
- www.ndtv.com
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Venezuela arrests seven over beauty queen Monica Spear's killing
- Thursday January 9, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Venezuelan police have arrested seven people including a woman and two teenagers over the brutal double murder of a beauty queen turned soap star and her British-born partner, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cricketers as Brand Ambassadors
- Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Written by Amrit Mathur
Cricketers are routinely sucked into activities away from the game, mostly in the commercial ecosystem that surrounds professional sport. Cricketers, like successful film stars, have enormous commercial appeal; Sachin and Dhoni are in demand for endorsing products, selling soap and scooters, mobiles and motorcars, colas and cars.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Anurag Basu: TV more difficult than making films
- Monday May 6, 2013
- Entertainment | Purnima Ranawat
Filmmaker Anurag Basu, who started his direction career with 1996 hit daily soap Tara, says films should not be considered superior to television and adds that filmmaking is easier.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
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'Days Of Our Lives' Star Cody Longo, 34, Found Dead At His Home In Texas
- Saturday February 11, 2023
- Feature | Edited by Bhavya Sukheja
Cody Longo, the actor best known for playing Nicholas "Nikki" Alamain in NBC's daytime soap opera 'Days of Our Lives', has died at the age of 34.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Smriti Irani Shares Old Tulsi Virani Pic As Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thii Completes 17 Years
- Tuesday July 4, 2017
- India News | Written by Divya Goyal
Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thii completed 17 years. The show, starring Smriti Irani, began on July 3, 2000 and was aired for eight years
- www.ndtv.com
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In 2003, She Endorsed A Fairness Product. Now, She Is Apologising For It
- Wednesday April 19, 2017
- Offbeat | Written by Priyanka Pant
In 2003, Sonal Sehgal moved to Mumbai to become an actor. One of the first jobs she got was a starring role in an advertisement for fairness soap. Cut to 2017. The actor is now apologising for "letting this kind of racism perpetrate in our society. For not speaking up." She says she wants to "try and make a difference. And correct a wrong."
- www.ndtv.com
-
Dangal: Aamir Khan's 'Wife' Sakshi Tanwar Says She's 'Done' With TV Soaps
- Thursday December 22, 2016
- Entertainment | Written by Gitanjali Roy
Dangal's Sakshi Tanwar is done with soaps but she may consider being part of a finite series or to host a show
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
Margot Robbie to Star in Period Love Drama
- Thursday August 11, 2016
- Entertainment | PTI
The film is based on Dean N Jensen's 2013 book of the same name.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
UK Tinder Users Urged To Donate Organs
- Monday December 14, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
US dating app Tinder is teaming up with Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to raise awareness among the young about organ donation, it said today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Inside Pooja Joshi's Wedding Ceremony and Mehendi
- Thursday November 26, 2015
- Entertainment | Written by Nilanjana Basu
Television actress Pooja Joshi, who stars as Varsha in popular soap opera Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, married her businessman fiance Manish Arora on November 25 in Mumbai. A day before the wedding, she had a fun-filled mehendi ceremony with her Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai co-stars
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
Fairest of Us All? Superstar Mammootty in Trouble Over Soap
- Tuesday September 22, 2015
- Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Southern mega star Mammootty has been dragged to court by a man who used the "fairness soap" he endorsed to disappointing results.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Smriti Irani's 'Baa' Sends Blessings for her Political Journey
- Thursday May 29, 2014
- Entertainment | Manisha Dhingra
Sudha Shivpuri, who played the elderly 'Baa' to Smriti Irani when they starred together in the long-running TV soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, has sent her blessings and good wishes to the newly appointed cabinet minister.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
Santa Barbara star and Robin Wright's ex-husband Dane Witherspoon dies
- Tuesday April 1, 2014
- Entertainment | Chandni
Dane Witherspoon, who co-starred with his former wife Robin Wright in the hit soap opera Santa Barbara, died at the age of 56.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
World's longest-serving soap star on UK rape trial
- Wednesday January 15, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
British television actor William Roache, the world's longest-serving soap opera star, went on trial on Tuesday facing counts of rape and sexual assault on young girls.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Venezuela arrests seven over beauty queen Monica Spear's killing
- Thursday January 9, 2014
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Venezuelan police have arrested seven people including a woman and two teenagers over the brutal double murder of a beauty queen turned soap star and her British-born partner, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Cricketers as Brand Ambassadors
- Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Written by Amrit Mathur
Cricketers are routinely sucked into activities away from the game, mostly in the commercial ecosystem that surrounds professional sport. Cricketers, like successful film stars, have enormous commercial appeal; Sachin and Dhoni are in demand for endorsing products, selling soap and scooters, mobiles and motorcars, colas and cars.
- sports.ndtv.com
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Anurag Basu: TV more difficult than making films
- Monday May 6, 2013
- Entertainment | Purnima Ranawat
Filmmaker Anurag Basu, who started his direction career with 1996 hit daily soap Tara, says films should not be considered superior to television and adds that filmmaking is easier.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment