Los Angeles, July 30 (IANS) Hollywood stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence’s latest release, ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’, has become the ‘biggest movie of all time’ in Saudi Arabia.

Smith took to Instagram and shared numerous pictures and videos where he and Lawrence are seen interacting with fans at the film’s premiere, which was released in June.

In one clip, Smith is seen addressing the audience in the theatre.

He is heard saying: “That was spectacular. We have come, we have made history with the first-ever Hollywood premiere in Saudi Arabia. The Bad Boys have come and delivered. This is amazing.”

Smith captioned the post: “Woooowww!!! @badboys Ride or Die just became the biggest movie of ALL TIME in Saudi Arabia. Shukran Lakum.”

‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ is a buddy cop action comedy directed by Adil and Bilall.

The film is the fourth part of the ‘Bad Boys’ series and is the sequel to 2020’s ‘Bad Boys for Life’.

The first instalment was released in 1995 and was directed by Michael Bay.

Stars including DJ Khaled, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Nunez, Jacob Scipio, and John Salley return from previous instalments.

‘Bad Boys: Ride Or Die’ follows Miami detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett as they attempt to clear the name of their late captain, Conrad Howard, after he is falsely accused of conspiracy.

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Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee visited the Tirupati Devasthanams to seek blessings.

Devoleena took to Instagram and shared a picture collage of herself dressed in a yellow salwar kameez.

In the photos, she is seen sitting alongside a friend and posing candidly.

The actress, who is famously known as “Gopi Bahu”, captioned the post with just the geotag of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams and the hashtag #GovindaGovinda.

Tirumala, known for its spirituality, is in the Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh.

It is one of the neighbourhoods of Tirupati city.

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is an independent government trust that manages various temples, including the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple.

Talking about Devoleena, the actress is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and made her acting debut in 2011 with ‘Sawaare Sabke Sapne Preeto’.

She gained stardom after replacing Giaa Manek as Gopi Bahu in ‘Saath Nibhaana Saathiya’.

Devoleena was also seen in reality shows such as ‘Bigg Boss 13’. She entered ‘Bigg Boss 14’ as a proxy contestant and appeared in ‘Bigg Boss 15’.

Currently, the actress is seen in ‘Chhathi Maiyya Ki Bitiya’ as Goddess Chhathi Maiyya.

On July 12, Devoleena spoke about resolving her confusion over playing the goddess in the show, which also stars Sara Khan, Jaya Bhattacharya, Vrinda Dahal, and Aashish Dixit.

The actress said that she had another offer while deciding on ‘Chhathi Maiyya Ki Bitiya’. However, she felt that choosing this show and character was a sign from God.

“I was torn between two shows while deciding on ‘Chhathi Maiyya Ki Bitiya’, and then a friend unexpectedly called me and said, ‘Devo, I want to see you in the role of a goddess on screen’, unaware of my dilemma. It felt like Chhathi Maiyya herself was speaking to me through my friend, guiding me to choose this role,” added Devoleena.

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Los Angeles, July 30 (IANS) Rapper Megan Thee Stallion is set to perform at Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee for US President Kamala Harris’s campaign rally in Atlanta.

Stallion confirmed on her Instagram that she’s heading down south to support Harris with a special performance.

“ATL HOTTIES SEE YOU TOMORROW,” she wrote in a caption accompanying the news, reports Variety.com.

This will not be the ‘Body’ hitmaker’s first brush with Harris.

In March 2023, Harris and Stallion co-hosted a Women’s History Month brunch at Harris’s residence in Washington, DC.

Stallion shared a series of pictures on her social media profiles depicting her arm-in-arm with Harris.

She joins a number of musicians who have recently shown their support for Harris’s bid to become the Democratic presidential nominee in the upcoming election.

Beyonce, who collaborated with Harris on her ‘Savage’ remix, allowed Harris to use the song ‘Freedom’ as her walk-out music and in the first advertisement for the campaign.

Rapper Cardi B also supported Harris, defending her against “disgusting” sexist attacks.

Harris, who stepped up as the potential presidential nominee after Joe Biden withdrew his re-election campaign recently, garnered immediate online support after singer Charli XCX declared that ‘Kamala IS brat’ on X, referring to the culture surrounding her sixth album ‘Brat’.

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Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, has made another unintentional error in his social media post.

The senior actor recently shared a video on his Instagram citing a clip from his film ‘Agneepath’, and juxtaposed it with a more recent video of himself running away from the camera. The actor meant that hustle is eternal and even at such an age, he is actively running around for his work given his passion for cinema.

All looked good until some of his fans commented that the first clip in the video was not from ‘Agneepath’ but ‘Akayla’.

The senior actor soon corrected himself as he admitted being wrong about the film. Taking to the Stories section of his Instagram, the actor wrote, “Apologies … that picture I posted of running saying from Agneepath .. wrong! It’s from AKAYLA thank you well-wishers”.

‘Agneepath’ is considered one of the most iconic films of Big B. The film tells the story of the lead character, who sets out to avenge the death of his father and the injustices done to his family by joining the Mumbai underworld.

Big B had to dub twice for the film because earlier his voice wasn’t working out for the character. The film was later remade into the Hrithik Roshan-starrer ‘Agneepath’.

It also starred Sanjay Dutt, Rishi Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Kanika Tiwari, Om Puri and Zarina Wahab in lead roles. Katrina Kaif also starred in a special appearance in the chartbuster track ‘Chikni Chameli’.

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Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Actress Tamannah Bhatia, who recently celebrated her 34th birthday, has lauded the background dancers of her recent hit song ‘Aaj Ki Raat’ from the upcoming Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-starrer ‘Stree 2’, and expressed her gratitude to them.

The actress recently took to the Stories section of her Instagram and shared a BTS picture from the song’s shoot. In the caption, she wrote, “All the boys shot this song relentlessly, commendable. Shooting this bare-chested in 4 degrees, had been nothing less than an extreme sport.”

The actress and the dancers shot for the song in a blistering cold on the occasion of her birthday.

The song, which is a special number from ‘Stree 2’, has been crooned by Madhubanti Bagchi and composed by the dynamic duo Sachin-Jigar. It is choreographed by Vijay Ganguly.

‘Stree 2’, which also stars a volley of terrific actors like Pankaj Tripathi, Aparshakti Khurana and Abhishek Banerjee, is set to release in theatres on August 15, on the occasion of Independence Day. It will clash with the Ram Pothineni-starrer ‘Double iSmart’, and the multi-starrer movie ‘Khel Khel Mein’.

‘Stree 2’ is the sequel to the 2018 runaway hit ‘Stree’ which marked the inception of the supernatural universe. While the first part of the ‘Stree’ franchise focused on the titular female ghost, this time around, ‘Stree 2’ follows the story of a male ghost ‘Sirkata’ who cursed the original Stree.

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