Entertainment
Cate Blanchett to star in Pedro Almodovar’s maiden English feature
Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett will be starring in Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s maiden English-language feature film, ‘A Manual for Cleaning Women’.
The film is an adaptation of Lucia Berlin’s short story collection of the same name, which includes 43 stories about women in multiple types of demanding jobs, reports variety.com.
It was confirmed to Variety exclusively that the project is in the early stages of development, with Blanchett’s production company Dirty Films producing the feature for New Republic Pictures, in association with El Deseo.
Andrew Upton and Coco Francini are producing alongside Blanchett for Dirty Films. Brian Oliver and Bradley Fischer are producing for New Republic Pictures alongside Almodovar.
Blanchett is a revered actress who has won two Academy Awards, for ‘The Aviator’ in supporting actress and ‘Blue Jasmine’ in lead actress.
She’s in the awards conversation again this year for delivering two powerhouse performances in Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ from Searchlight Pictures and Adam McKay’s ‘Don’t Look Up’ from Netflix, with other projects on the horizon.
In addition to ‘Manual’, she currently has three additional films that are expected to be released in 2022 — Todd Field’s ‘TAR’, Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson’s ‘Pinocchio’ and Eli Roth’s ‘Borderland’.
Almodovar spoke with Variety for our ‘Up Next’ series in December about the project, saying he was writing the script in Spanish before translating it to English.
An original screenplay Oscar winner for ‘Talk to Her’, he’s dipped his toes into English-language filmmaking with his 2020 short film ‘The Human Voice’ starring Tilda Swinton.
It was one of the 15 films shortlisted for live-action short by the Oscars, but ultimately missed out on a nomination. This past year, he wrote and directed ‘Parallel Mothers’ for Sony Pictures Classics with Oscar-winner Penelope Cruz, who won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival.
Bollywood
When Katrina Kaif revealed her biggest learnings from her relationships

Mumbai, Oct 9: Actress Katrina Kaif opened up about what has been the biggest learning from her relationships over the years.
As she was interacting with host and filmmaker Karan Johar during the chat show, ‘Koffee With Karan season 6’, she shared that she had realized over the years that we should not depend on anyone else for our happiness.
Katrina added that, according to her, the best kind of relationships are those where there is no dependence but only admiration, respect, and companionship.
The ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ actress said, “I had this discussion, not long back, with a few friends. They felt most women need men or it’s necessary to have a man. I really don’t think that’s true for everyone. I can’t speak for women as a collective, but it’s definitely not true for me being single. I’m becoming comfortable with who I am, which I don’t think I was for a large part of my life because you somehow judge yourself based on how much love or attention you get from your partner. When your relationship is amazing, you feel great about yourself. Your relationship suffers a little bit; your self-esteem and image take a beating, which is not a good thing.”
Revealing her idea of what a perfect relationship looks like, she added, “My biggest learning from my relationships is, ‘Nobody else is responsible for your happiness.’ You shouldn’t give away your power because you are burdening that person with responsibility. Nobody can take that responsibility for a long period of time. At some point they are going to let you down, or you let them down, and that’s when the relationship suffers. The most beautiful kind of love is when neither of you need each other. There’s no great dependence on the other person, there’s admiration, respect, companionship, and there’s a space of ease between you.”
Katrina is now happily married to actor Vicky Kaushal, and the two even have a son together, Vihaan.
Bollywood
Ashish Vidyarthi revisits fond memories with Nana Patekar, shares video of actor making an omelette

Mumbai, Oct 9: Actor Ashish Vidyarthi revisited fond memories with veteran actor Nana Patekar as he shared a throwback video showing the latter showcasing his culinary skills.
Taking to Instagram, the ‘Bichhoo’ actor shared the video, offering a glimpse into the moments they spent together. Along with the clip, he penned a heartfelt note remembering the time spent with the late actor. “Memories of some wonderful time spent together…Nana,” he wrote.
The video captures Nana Patekar in a relaxed setting as he prepares an omelette, offering a glimpse of the veteran actor beyond his on-screen persona. The video shows Ashish Vidyarthi enjoying the omelette and French toast prepared by Nana Patekar. Relishing the dish, Ashish said, “Nana made this, and it is amazing. Wow!” The video also captures a candid moment when Nana Patekar takes out some medicine and offers it to Ashish Vidyarthi, giving viewers another glimpse into their time together.
Ashish Vidyarthi and Nana Patekar have shared screen space in several films over the years, including Mahesh Manjrekar’s Yeshwant, followed by “Yugpurush,” directed by Partho Ghosh, and Manoj Kumar’s ensemble drama “Jai Hind.” The two actors are also associated with the crime drama “The Confession of Mary.”
Ashish and Nana share a friendly bond that extends beyond their professional association.
Several Bollywood celebrities, including Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Hema Malini, have expressed their condolences following the demise of veteran actor Nana Patekar. Raj Babbar, Anupam Kher, Rohit Shetty, Sanjay Dutt, Akshay Kumar and Pankaj Tripathi also remembered the actor, reflecting on his remarkable body of work and his enduring impact on Indian cinema.
The Padma Shri recipient passed away on October 8, 2026, aged 75. As per reports, he was found unconscious at his Goa residence after complaining of severe chest discomfort.
Entertainment
Delhi HC issues summons on Kangana Ranaut’s plea seeking protection of personality rights

New Delhi, Oct 8: Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights against the alleged unauthorised use and misuse of her identity, including through pornographic and obscene content posted across digital platforms.
A single-judge Bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan issued summons in the suit and also issued notice on the interim injunction application filed by the actress.
During the proceedings, counsel appearing for Ranaut submitted that she was aggrieved by pornographic and obscene content posted against her on social media.
The High Court asked Ranaut’s counsel to provide the names of the defendants against whom a takedown order was being sought, indicating that an appropriate order may be passed on the interim injunction application after the details are furnished.
It also directed the actress’ counsel to file a revised memo of parties after certain defendants were removed from the proceedings.
The matter has now been listed for further hearing on February 3, 2027.
The development comes amid a growing number of personality rights disputes before the Delhi High Court involving allegations of AI-generated impersonation, deepfakes, fake endorsements and unauthorised commercial exploitation of public figures’ identities.
In recent months, former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar, spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, actors Arjun Kapoor, Allu Arjun, Nagarjuna, Varun Dhawan, Kajol, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, singer Jubin Nautiyal, filmmaker Karan Johar, podcaster Raj Shamani, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and actor Naga Chaitanya have secured or sought court protection against the unauthorised use of their identity, likeness or AI-generated imitations.
The Delhi High Court had recently passed an interim order directing the removal of certain objectionable online content featuring Bollywood actress Tabu while hearing her suit seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights against the unauthorised use of her identity across digital platforms.
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