KARACHI: For us desis, Eidul Azha doesn’t end at qurbani; it’s about what happens after: the sizzle of meat hitting the grill, the scent of spices wafting through the house, and the joyful chaos of feeding everyone from your meat-loving chacha to your vegetarian best friend. It’s a festival of flavour, and your table deserves…
TOKYO: Gamers on Thursday finally got their hands on Nintendo’s new Switch 2 console, which could score record early sales for the Japanese Super Mario creator. Featuring a bigger screen and more processing power, the device is an upgrade to the Switch, which became a global phenomenon with hit games such as Animal Crossing. The…
KARACHI: Without question, Deemak is the most divisive Pakistani release of the year. For those who still invoke “support local cinema” regardless of a film’s craft or coherence, this is perhaps the moment they’ve been waiting for. A harsher critique of director Rafay Rashdi’s horror-family drama might be too easy — were it not for…
LOS ANGELES: Before finishing the science-fiction drama film The Life of Chuck, English actor Tom Hiddleston and American director Mike Flanagan had a conversation about life, death and existence. “I think (the conversation) went far deeper than just about any conversation I can recall having with an actor,” Flanagan told Reuters during an interview in…
SAN FRANCISCO: Social media outlet Reddit filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, accusing the startup of illegally scraping millions of user comments to train its Claude chatbot without permission or compensation. The lawsuit in a California state court represents the latest front in the growing battle between content providers and AI…
RIO DE JANEIRO: The arrest of a popular funk singer in Brazil on suspicion of glorifying a powerful crime gang has revived a long-standing debate over the criminalisation of a genre born in Rio de Janeiro’s gritty favelas, or slums. Unlike its US namesake, which was popularised by James Brown, Rio funk borrows more from…
On Tuesday, Mira Sethi shared a clip of herself at a panel discussing why the slogan ‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi’ (my body, my choice) sparks controversy in Pakistan and is seen as a threat to traditional values. “Why is ‘Mera Jism Meri Marzi’ so polarising? I think it is [polarising] because it goes right to…
Following the murder of 17-year-old influencer Sana Yousaf, Ayeza Khan joined her fellow celebrities and the internet in speaking out about the issue. However, her priorities didn’t quite align with what netizens were expecting from her. Instead of condemning the murder or the perpetrator, Ayeza chose to discuss the repercussions of sharing one’s personal life…
KARACHI: By the time Eidul Azha actually rolls around, the country has long surrendered to it. Around this time, an empty plot rarely stays that way for long – transforming into a jam-packed mandi. There, you will find people gripping goats by their mouths to inspect their teeth. (For the unaware: the goat’s teeth reveal…
In a video circulating online, Sarah Khan opened up about what’s next in store for her career. Sarah, who currently stars in Sher, admitted that she’d prefer taking a break for now. “Once I have finished working on one project, I like to take a break so that I can appear on TV after a…
