Entertainment

The biggest annual Bollywood extravaganza and entertainment show, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards 2017 will be held at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 14-15. The IIFA event, has been held annually all around the globe at choice locations, has only...

Siona Benjamin’s wonderful and beautiful exhibition ‘Siona Benjamin: Beyond Borders’ at the ACA Galleries in Manhattan, New York, through April 22, 2017, is the installation ‘My Magic Carpet’, by the Mumbai-born and raised, of Bene Israel Jewish descent, who calls New Jersey her home. Aasif Mandvi Organizing all-star “deportation jamboree”...

The live event “deportation jamboree” on April 26 in New York City will feature, Lewis Black, Wanda Sykes, Anoushka Shankar, Connie Britton, Questlove, Mandy Patinkin, Heems, Grace Weber, Hasan Minaj, Roy Wood, Jr., Sasheer Zamata, Maysoon Zayid, Seth Herzog, Aparna Nancherla and Rajiv Satyal, according to social activist Aasif...

Indo-Canadian YouTube sensation Lilly Singh, known as “Superwoman” online, is the highest-paid woman on YouTube, raking in $7.5 million last year, according to Forbes, will promote her debut book ‘How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life’ (Ballantine Books), a manifesto on self-confidence and success, which releases...

OHMKara has recently concluded a tour of Gujarati literature, humor and poetry. Titled “An evening with Ankit Trivedi”, the tour was held in seven cities across seven states from Feb. 26 to March 12. Wellcome book prize shortlist Paul Kalanidhi, Siddhartha Mukherjee More than 15,000 Gujaratis enjoyed the musical journey which...

Two Indian American authors, Siddhartha Mukherjee and Paul Kalanithi have been shortlisted for the 30,000 pound Wellcome Book Prize, which celebrates the fiction and non-fiction works engaged with the topics of health and medicine. Siddhartha Mukherjee is on the list of the annual prize for his study of genetics and...

Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal while speaking at a panel discussion held on March 11 at the TV Asia studios on hate crimes targeted at the Indian-Americans and the South Asian-American community, said that the best way to beat the negative around us is through love and not through hate....

“For Here Or To Go?” which will be released on March 31, is a penetrating look into the multitude of issues most immigrants, even skilled workers face as they adapt to the new country. How important life decisions of love, marriage and which continent to call home, hang in...

The United Center will be home to the Chicago Bulls’ first ever Indian Heritage Night, on Friday March 24, a group event hosted by Rupak Parikh, Parag Parikh, and Roshan Shah. The event will serve as an opportunity to strengthen the bond between the South Asian community and the...

The 13-year-old teenage brat Danielle Bregoli the ‘Cash me outside” girl has been touted as ‘America’s most famous child’, despite dropping out of school in 7th grade and has been barred from flying on any of Spirit Airlines for violent tantrums. She is even been featured on Dr. Phil...