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Los Angeles, Dec 16 (IANS) Hollywood star Nicole Kidman shared that she almost left Hollywood for good in 2008. After moving to Nashville and giving birth to her first daughter with country superstar Keith Urban, the Academy Award-winning actress thought she was “pretty much done” with acting.

She shared that she wanted to turn her full attention to her new family, reports ‘Variety’.

However, her mother stepped in and urged her to keep going. The actress told CBS News.“When I gave birth to (Sunday Kidman-Urban), I was like, ‘Well, I think I’m pretty much done now’”.

She further mentioned, “We were living on a farm, and that’s when my mother said, ‘I wouldn’t give up completely. Keep a finger sort of in it’. And I’m like, ‘No, no. I’m done now. I’m done’. She’s going, ‘Just listen to me. Keep moving forward. Not saying that you have to do it to the level you’ve been doing it, but I wouldn’t give it up completely’”.

As per ‘Variety’, the actress took the advice to heart, and three years later, she scored her third Oscar nomination for her leading performance in ‘Rabbit Hole’. In the years to come, Kidman would star in ‘Just Go With It’, ‘Hemmingway & Gellhorn’, ‘Stoker’ and ‘The Railway Man’.

“That came from a woman who was from a generation that didn’t have the opportunities that I had, that she had helped create for her daughters”, she added. “So that’s probably something that she wished she’d had when she was little”.

The actress will soon star alongside Harris Dickinson in A24’s erotic thriller ‘Babygirl’. The film follows Romy (played by Nicole Kidman), a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family at risk when she becomes romantically involved with a much younger intern at her company.

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Mumbai, Dec 14 (IANS) Rapper Raftaar, who is known for ‘Morni’, ‘Dhakad’, ‘Ghana Kasoota’, ‘Bandook Meri Laila’ and others, was heavily impressed with the performance of a contestant on the hip-hop reality show ‘MTV Hustle 4’.

The show kicked off its intense phase with ‘The Ultimate Battle Verse’ where eight hustlers are set for a face off, but only four will secure their spot in the grand finale.

The episode started with a clash of Vichaar and Siyaahi, as they both came armed with conscious verses and unmatched depth, leaving the audience and judges awestruck.

Blown away by Siyaahi’s depth and precision, Ikka said, “Teri performance mai koi kami nahi, tere pen game mai koi kami nahi, tere rapper hone mai koi kami nahi”.

This was followed by the battle between Madtrip and Pho. Bringing unmatched energy, Pho owned the stage with a performance that’s nothing short of iconic. Raftaar praised her, as he said, “Aaj tune justify kiya hai ki Pho MTV Hustle pe kyun hai. Aur aaj ke baad janta bolegi, Pho ladi mardani thi woh DHH ki rani thi”.

Madtrip also stunned the judges as he proved that he’s here to compete.

The third battle saw the clash of Naam Sujal and Lashcurry. Sujal’s sharp delivery and punchlines won the judges over early, but Lashcurry’s explosive rebuttal and impactful bars raised the stakes.

The final face-off was marked by Sense and Ghaint Jxtt as they went head to head into the battle with Ghaint Jxtt’s storytelling masterpiece. Sense pushed the envelope with a performance that made it difficult for the judges to arrive at a decision.

With emotions at an all-time high and the stakes even higher, the night wraps up on an epic cliffhanger.

‘MTV Hustle 4: Hip-Hop Don’t Stop’ airs Saturday and Sunday on MTV and is also available on JioCinema.

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Mumbai, Dec 11 (IANS) The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, who recently met with the Kapoor family ahead of the centenary of the late filmmaker-actor Raj Kapoor, lauded the Raj Kapoor as a visionary artiste.

In an exclusive footage of IANS, PM Modi can be seen talking to the Kapoor family about Raj Kapoor. He shared how Raj Kapoor was so ahead of his time as he established India as a ‘soft power’, when the word wasn’t even coined, among the people across the globe with his stories.

He said, “In 1947, we had ‘Neel Kamal’, and now in 2047, as we approach a 100-year journey, it symbolises the immense contribution of such a vast nation. Today, in the diplomatic world, there’s much talk about soft power.

Back then, the term ‘soft power’ didn’t even exist, but Raj Kapoor had already established India’s strength in this domain globally”. December 14, 2024 marks the centenary of Raj Kapoor, who is widely regarded as one of the biggest cinematic forces of India. He was born in Peshawar (present day Pakistan), and was the eldest son of actor Prithviraj Kapoor.

Raj Kapoor starred in and produced many films for which he received multiple accolades, including three National Film Awards. His films ‘Awaara’ and ‘Boot Polish’ competed for the Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1951 and 1955’s editions respectively.

The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 for his contributions to the arts. India’s highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was bestowed to him in 1988 by the Government of India.

Earlier, the International Film Festival of India, organised jointly by the National Film Development Corporation of India (under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa, in Goa, honoured Raj Kapoor on his centenary, and invited Ranbir as the speaker to share anecdotes about his grandfather.

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