Author: Starvision Desk

The story of the film revolves around a second-generation Jewish American dancer whose troupe is on tour in Europe and is scouted for a special performance for Adolf Hitler. The film also stars Robert Carlyle, Maimie McCoy and Lara wolf, and is directed by Shira Piven.Describing his experience working with award-winning actor Jeremy Piven, he told: “It was really nice working with Jeremy, I also had an opportunity to talk to him and understand his process. He was very kind and willing to tell me some tricks and his style of approaching the work. Looking at him preparing for the…

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the ad-hoc panel responsible for the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) affairs to clarify the reasons behind exempting wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from the Asian Games trials. This came after a petition by Under-20 World Champion Antim Panghal and Under-23 Asian Champion Sujeet Kalkal, who challenged the direct entry given to Phogat and Punia.Justice Subramonium Prasad asked the WFI to present their response during the day and said that if the selection basis is fair and reasonable, there would be no issue.The court asked about the laurels…

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) One of India’s renowned poker players, Anirban Das recently scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a cash prize of a whopping $430,200 in the World Series of Poker 2023.Anirban earned the spot to represent India at the prestigious WSOP held in Vegas, USA by winning a silver medal at The National Poker Series India 2023 hosted on PokerBaazi.He ran an eventful 8-day feat at the WSOP where he battled with the best poker players from across the world and settled for rank 16th in the main event that witnessed a massive 10,000…

Manchester, July 20 (IANS) Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh slammed Australia for dropping Todd Murphy from the playing eleven for the fourth Ashes Test at Old Trafford.The visitors dropped off-spinner Murphy from the lineup for the fourth Test. Instead, they opted to bring back Cameron Green to join forces with fellow all-rounder Mitch Marsh.It is the first time since 2012 that Australia has run with an XI missing a frontline spinner in a Test match.”I tend to disagree with it. I think it’s a mistake, particularly in Manchester where the ball does turn,” Waugh told SENQ Breakfast of the Australian…

Harare, July 20 (IANS) The most explosive format in the game of cricket is all set to tee off in Zimbabwe, as the T10 comes to Africa for the first time ever.The inaugural edition of the Zim Afro T10, which is organised by T Ten Global Sports and Zimbabwe Cricket, will commence from July 20 at the Harare Sports Club. The finale of the T10 will be played on July 29, here.There are five teams, Harare Hurricanes, Bulawayo Braves, Durban Qalandars, Cape Town Samp Army and Johannesburg Buffaloes, who will battle it out for top honours in Harare, over the…

London, July 20 (IANS) Your morning shot of espresso coffee might do more than just wake you up. A laboratory study conducted by Italian researchers showed that the popular drink may also prevent the risk of Alzheimer’ disease — an advance that could pave the way toward finding or designing other bioactive compounds against other neurodegenerative diseases. The study, published in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, showed that, in preliminary in vitro laboratory tests, espresso compounds can inhibit tau protein aggregation — a process that is believed to be involved in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.Recent research has suggested…

San Francisco, July 20 (IANS) Microsoft has reportedly reduced its workforce further by 1,000 over the past week, mostly in sales and customer services teams.According to a report in Insider, citing sources, the new layoffs are beyond the 10,000 jobs that the tech giant planned to eliminate earlier this year.It’s, however, a regular exercise for Microsoft to make changes at the start of a new fiscal year, which began July 1, the report noted.Microsoft has reportedly shut its “Digital Sales and Success” group, a sales and customer service team.”The company also eliminated the customer solutions manager role, moving some, but…

In the PIL filed by Anindya Sundar Das, a counsel of the Calcutta High Court, he sought permission to file the FIR against Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee in the matter. Justice Indra Prasanna Mukerji admitted the PIL and a hearing in the matter is likely to happen in the second half of the court session on Wednesday only.In the PIL application, the petitioner has stated that it was because of the provocative statements by Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee that violence broke out over the panchayat polls and resulted in deterioration of the law and order system in the…

“With nearly 3 billion active Android devices around the world, Nearby Share provides an easy way to share files across your phones, tablets, Chromebooks and more devices,” the tech giant said in a blogpost on Wednesday.In March, Nearby Share expanded with a beta to support Windows PCs, allowing users to connect a new type of hardware with nearby Android devices.”Nearby Share for Windows, available as an app download on PCs around the world, has now been installed by more than 1.7 million people,” it added.With photos and videos being the most popular file types to send, the company saw over…

During their phone conversation on Thursday morning, Biren Singh informed Shah about actions being initiated, since the video of the horrific incident went viral on social media the previous day, the sources added.The Union Home Minister then directed the Chief Minister to take stringent action against the perpetrators.In a tweet earlier in the day, Biren Singh confirmed the arrest of one person and added that a search operation is currently underway to nab the rest of the accused.“My hearts go out to the two women who were subjected to a deeply disrespectful and inhumane act, as shown in the distressing…