National Geographic has announced the winning photos of its popular Travel Photographer of the Year 2018 photo contest. The grand prize was awarded to Japanese photographer Reiko Takahashi, who captured an underwater photo of a humpback whale calf's tail. The winning photo, titled "Mermaid," was selected from over 13,000 entries received this year. Describing the moment she captured the scene, she said: "It was a special scene for me, to be able to take a photo of the calf, completely relaxed in gentle waters." Scroll down to see the full selection of winners.
'Sridevi touched my feet.' 'Kajol is magical.' 'You will feel Salman is not paying attention, but when the camera rolls, he does the step you just showed him.'
Four more witnesses listed by industrialist Ness Wadia, accused of molesting, abusing Bollywood actress Preity Zinta during an Indian Premiere League match on May 30 at Wankhede Stadium, have testified before the investigators, denying any arguments between the estranged couple, the police said on Thursday.
As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something. Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut in, wondering what he was up to: "Please, please, please." Dr Matcheswalla, looking innocently startled, said: "I was asking if I can order for tea."
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Initially, I was worried how the Calendar Girls would gel. But we bonded on screen and off.' On the sets, we were very mischievous. We were called the Calendar Girls School Girls! Madhur sir was like principal. He would actually tell us to calm down and maintain discipline!' Meet Calendar Girls' Akansha Puri.
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Actress Saiyami Kher gets ready to make her Telugu debut in this week's release, Rey.
We present an excerpt from Kishore Kumar: Method In Madness by Derek Bose.
'When you have a kid at home, it takes up all your time. I would rather spend time with my child than spend hours waiting in a van for a shot. I am happy -- and excited -- to be back but I am also happy that I had a sabbatical.' Lara Dutta Bhupati discusses her upcoming work.
'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra.
Heartfelt, sharp, aware, bright, and sincere, these are the best speeches from the show.
Raja Sen brings us all the action from the first day of the 16th Mumbai Film Festival.
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Here's a look at the Top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
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Kriti Sanon on her new Telugu film Dohchay and how she is dabbling her career between Hindi and Telugu films.
In a tale of serendipitous coincidences, the power of the internet and a whole lot of luck two girls who didn't know that they had an identical twin sister until less than two years ago have found each other.
Here's a collection of some of the best photos, taken last week, from around the globe.
Keeping it short and so sweet at the 90th Annual Academy Awards.
Here's your weekly digest of the most weird, true and funny news from the across the globe.
'It's nice that so many different visionaries can imagine me in their stories.' 'I feel proud of that.' 'Ultimately, only a director can add value to your career.'
The organisers of Modi's Silicon Valley event will have only a few hours to get the stage ready after the Shark Tanks' ice hockey game at the SAP Centre ends.
Petr Nitka's advice for Indians: 'It's time we destroyed prejudices and stereotypes'
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Three interesting films gear up to release on this festive occasion.
Govinda returns with Aa Gaya Hero.
The heist stretch of the movie is not without imagination, but arriving at that chunk, and sitting through what follows, can be bad for your skin, warns Sreehari Nair.
Top moments from around the world in the week that was.
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Virender Sehwag pointed out that IPL is a good platform for young players to prove themselves and bring themselves in contention for a spot in the national team.
The film which is dedicated to India's mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan, is a well researched, well-written and brilliantly directed.
The Parsi community runs India's respected corporate houses like the Tata, Wadia and Godrej groups.
15 photographs that prove we live in an odd, odd world!
In our special series re-visiting Hindi film classics, we look back at the Jeetendra and Neetu Singh starrer Priyatama (1977).
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Actress karthika Nair talks about her new Telugu film.
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Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
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