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  • Oscars 2021: The Best and Worst Looks

    Oscars 2021: The Best and Worst Looks

    If there’s one thing that can steal the thunder of history’s deadliest pandemic, it is none other than the fashion politics surrounding the 93rd Annual Academy Awards. Stars and their designers can either make it big on the Oscars Red Carpet like Audrey Hepburn did with her every-trendy white gown for the Oscars 1954 edition, or they can go home as Björk did after her ‘Sawn Dress’ for Oscars 2001 edition was classified as the worst outfit of the decade. I mean, what even was that dress?

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    Given that we’ve mostly seen stars in their pyjamas and lounge wear most of last year, we were expecting some bold style statements. However, turns out we couldn’t agree more with The New York Times definition of Oscars 2021: ‘A lot of Style, Little Substance‘.

    Check out The Current’s picks for the Best and Worst Dressed Celebs during the world’s most glamourous award ceremony!

    BEST DRESSED

    Zendaya

    Zendaya tops the list with her yellow dress from Valentino Haute Couture paired with Bulgari jewellery. The actor paired her outfit with nude makeup making her look like a million dollars.

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    Brad Pitt

    Who else could be rated as the second hottest person and the first hottest man of the evening other than Brad Pitt? The Hollywood heartthrob looked elegant as ever in his classic black and white suit.

    Vanessa Kirby

    In the era of pastels colors, the Pieces of a Woman actor Vanessa Kirby wore a baby pink Gucci gown that seemed to blend with the background of the Red Carpet. The star paired this look with a bold red lip, shimmery eyes, and Cartier jewellery to bring her A game.

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    WORST DRESSED

    As much as it pains us to make this list, it had to be done.

    Questlove

    You’ve got to see this! Questlove actually had to the guts to wear golden Crocs at a formal award ceremony. This sure does not look cool and casual if that’s what he tried to portray.

    Halle Berry

    While Halle Berry got the colour, pixy-like hair and makeup right, the weird oversized draping bow protruding from her waistline ruined the harmony of her entire look landing her straight on the worst-dressed list. Dolce & Gabanna did disappoint us big time with this outfit.

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    Laura Dern

    Last but not least, Laura Dern’s Oscar de la Renta dress with a fluffy lower half that looks more like a wardrobe malfunction was the stuff of nightmare. The dress could have been rescued had the fluffy lower been stitched a little closer to waistline. Designers these days, jeez!

    BEST RED CARPET MOMENT

    Our resident hero Riz Ahmed may not have taken home an Oscar or made it to the best dressed list but he certainly gave audiences the best red carpet moment when he took a minute to fix his wife’s hair before posing for the cameras. It’s been more than a day since this video came out and we are still swooning.

    The 93rd Academy Awards were held on April 25, (April 26 PST) in Los Angeles at multiple locations: Dolby Theatre, where it has been traditionally hosted since 2001, and Union Station. Only the nominees, their guests and the ceremony’s presenters were allowed inside the hall due to coronavirus restrictions.

    The event began with a movie-style opening credits sequence, as Regina King strode into the venue clutching a gold statuette.

    “Live TV, here we go. Welcome to the 93rd Oscars!” she said. “And, yes, we are doing it maskless… people have been vaxxed, tested, re-tested, socially distanced.”

    This year’s Oscars arrived at their Union Station venue two months late due to the pandemic — organisers have said it would have been “impossible” without the delay.

    Before the show, stars paused briefly for pictures and socially distanced interviews on what organisers called a “teeny-tiny red carpet.”

  • PM, his accountability aide accused of framing Justice Isa, Shehbaz Sharif

    PM, his accountability aide accused of framing Justice Isa, Shehbaz Sharif

    In a series of explosive revelations, former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General (DG) Bashir Memon has stepped forth with rather damning allegations against Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan and his team.

    According to reports, he has claimed being told by the premier’s aide on accountability, Shahzad Akbar, to frame Justice Qazi Faez Isa.

    “When we entered his [Akbar’s] room, we were told that a case was needed against Justice Isa,” reports quoted him as saying.

    Judgeship of Supreme Court’s Justice Isa is hanging in balance over a presidential reference against him for concealing assets of his family. He has challenged the verdict of the apex court on the reference, arguing he could not be held answerable for the same.

    While Memon alleged that the case against Justice Isa was a brainchild of the premier, he also claimed being mocked by PM Imran for not going after Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif.

    “He said all he needed to do was to make a phone call to NAB [National Accountability Bureau], and the next day Shehbaz was arrested.”

    Memon also quoted Imran as saying that look at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s ways and see how things are done there so as to avoid talks about the constitution and law.

  • Aamir Liaquat responds to allegations of third marriage

    Aamir Liaquat responds to allegations of third marriage

    Aamir Liaquat has shut down all rumours of a third marriage, saying that he has only one wife and that is Syeda Tuba Aamir.

    Read more- Bushra Iqbal says Aamir Liaquat divorced her over the phone

    Liaquat made these remarks after a video of actor and model Haniya Khan claiming to be his emerged on social media a few days ago. Khan also claimed that she attempted suicide five times and accused Tuba of using black magic on her. She also alleged that Liaquat turned her family against her.

    Responding to the allegations, Liaquat in a video message said: “Everyone complains about talkative women, but no one marries a mute woman. Everyone wants to marry a woman that can speak.”

    “I only have one marriage, which is with Tuba,” he added, before going to recite some poetic versus.

    Meanwhile, in an interview with a local YouTube channel, Liaquat asserted that he does not have a third wife, saying: “I came to know this family when they came to the Parliament Lodges. I helped by giving them Rs 25000 for groceries.”

    Liaquat also accused Haniya of being mentally ill saying: “Agar aik aadmi ko mohabbat ho gae hai mujh se to me kia karskta hun (If someone has fallen in love with me what can I do).”

  • Did you know Priyanka Chopra’s mother is a fan of Sheheryar Munawar?

    Did you know Priyanka Chopra’s mother is a fan of Sheheryar Munawar?

    Sheheryar Munawar has revealed that Priyanka Chopra’s mother was a fan of his acting in the drama Kahi Unkahi.

    Read more – Sheheryar Munawar reacts to his viral interview with ‘The Current’

    Recalling the time when he worked with Chopra on a project in 2015, Munawar in a recent interview, said that Priyanka called him during the shoot and told him that her mother is a fan.

    Munawar shared that he was blowing out her hair for the shoot when she called him by his name.

    “I instantly died when I realised she knew my name,” laughed Sheheryar. “She then said, ‘My mother is a fan of you’. And I was like ‘huh’? She said yeah, she’s in the vanity, would you join me there for a bit? She wants a picture with you.”

    “My play Kahi Unkahi was airing on Zee Zindagi [at the time] and Chopra’s mother found me cute as a child,” said Sheheryar further.

    “It was very interesting,” he added, remarking that he was surprised how Chopra’s mother wished to meet a guy who at the time was running around the sets, fetching water bottles and sweeping the floors.

    “I was so shocked when it was happening but Priyanka was so sweet about it. She said Sheheryar obviously I know you, my mother is a fan, come with me to the vanity,” he said, adding how there was strict security on the sets and to cross the boundary to make it to the star’s vanity was rare.

    “But they were both so sweet, we clicked a few pictures, and there was that,” he added, concluding the story.

    “Later, I was the blower guy again when we shot an ad campaign with Sonam Kapoor,” said Munawar, laughing.

    Read more – Sheheryar Munawar hits back at troll who called him ‘ghareebon ka Bradley Cooper’

    During the interview, Munawar also revealed that he was once interested in becoming a cricketer and practised a lot for it but didn’t pursue it further.

  • Govt cancels all exams until June 15

    In lieu of rising cases of COVID-19 Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood on Tuesday announced that no examinations will take place in the country until June 15.

    “O’ and A’ Level exams have been cancelled and will now take place in the October-November cycle,” said the minister in an announcement.

    “Exams of Classes 9, 10, 11 and 12 which were supposed to begin from the end of May have been delayed further,” added the minister. “No board exams will be held till mid-June (June 15).”

    He also added that another meeting of the NCOC will decide in the third week of May to decide whether these exams will be postponed further or not.

    The minister also took time to answer the questions of students :

    #ImranKhanCancelExams and #ImranKhanJawabDou were among the top trends on Twitter from the past few days as National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and the Government of Pakistan refused to cancel this year’s O’ and A’ Level exams and went on to take the exams as scheduled.

    Pakistan is currently experiencing a deadly third wave of COVID-19 with fears of an India-like situation and students argued that the exams not only pose a risk to their health but they have also been unable to prepare for them because of school closures. The high courts in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Karachi also dismissed students petitions.

  • PML-N’s Javed Latif arrested from courtroom in anti-state remarks case

    PML-N’s Javed Latif arrested from courtroom in anti-state remarks case

    Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) loyalist Javed Latif was on Tuesday arrested after a Lahore sessions court dismissed his interim bail in an anti-state remarks case, after which he was arrested.

    Latif has been accused of making anti-Pakistan comments and earlier, the court had reserved judgment on the PML-N MNA’s bail application.

    During the hearing, the public prosecutor sought a dismissal of the bail plea.

    The public prosecutor argued in court that Latif’s controversial statement was tantamount to overstepping his bounds in love for his leader.

    He said that a recording of Latif’s statement has been sent to forensics and the prosecution’s case is in accordance with all the requirements of the law.

    The prosecutor argued that the state is like a mother. “Can such language be used about one’s mother?” he asked.

    The public prosecutor also said that at the last hearing, it was reported that Latif had contracted coronavirus.

    He said agencies reported that Latif was not quarantined despite having coronavirus.

    During the hearing, Latif’s lawyer argued in court that a conspiracy was hatched to kill Maryam Nawaz and Latif made his statement in the context of this conspiracy.

    Latif was arrested from the courtroom.

  • FIR registered against KP health minister for violating COVID SOPs

    A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Health Minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra under Sections 6 to 17 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Epidemic Control and Emergency Relief Act 2020 for violating COVID-19 protocols, Dawn News has reported.

    As per details, Minister Jhagra attended an iftar party at a local restaurant in Peshawar, where dine-in at restaurants has been banned by authorities amid a sharp surge in COVID cases in the province. In addition to that, no COVID-related SOPs were followed at the gathering.

    The owner and manager have also been booked for hosting the aftar party on the premises.

    Peshawar Assistant Commissioner Ehteshamul Haq while talking to Dawn said that the administration took timely action after pictures of the iftar were shared on social media.

    “There will not be any kind of compromise on coronavirus SOPs. If SOPs are violated, the law will come into action,” added the official.

    Read more –The deadly COVID-19 third wave

    The restaurant was also sealed after the pictures of the iftar party went viral on social media.

    The development comes as Pakistan continues to struggle in its war against COVID-19. Over 5,000 new cases with at least 145 death were reported in the past 24 hours alone. The infections tally stands past 0.8 million.

  • Sarah Khan wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir

    Sarah Khan wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir

    Sarah Khan, in a recent interview with BBC Urdu, opened up about her personal and professional life and said that she wants more men to be like husband Falak Shabbir.

    Read more – ‘Don’t teach your daughters to go to Aurat March, educate your sons,’ says Sarah Khan

    Talking about Falak gifting her flowers every day, the actor said: “Falak has his own way of expressing love. We always highlight the negative things about men, but there are men out there like Falak who love their wives so much.”

    “I want to show people that men should be like that,” said Sarah, adding: “When he gives me flowers, it makes my day and my day feels incomplete without the flower.”

    Responding to a question on how the two met, Sarah shared that she met her husband at the Bridal Couture Week in Lahore. Sarah revealed that Falak proposed to her backstage.

    “My sisters Aisha and Noor were with me when Falak proposed to me backstage. I declined the proposal, but then he contacted my father, who handled everything from there on,” shared Sarah, adding that she is very happy with Falak.

    Read more – Iqra Aziz opens up on why she chose to marry Yasir Hussain

    Khan also talked about her recent illness due to which she was hospitalised.

    “When I was on the shoot of my new project, I started feeling unwell and was then admitted to hospital,” said Khan. “I had severe migraine, typhoid with two to three other things.”

    The actor added that she was touched to see the concern from her fans and friends.

    Meanwhile, talking about her dramas and characters, Sarah said that she enjoyed playing Miral in Sabaat and took inspiration from her mother for it.

    “People found Miraal cool because she wore nice clothes and said nice things,” said Sarah. “Most of the suits that you saw me wearing as Miraal belonged to my mother.”

    Revealing why she decided to play Zohra in Raqs e Bismil, Sarah said: “I wanted to do something completely different after Miraal and I wanted to work with Imran Asharaf. Also, the producers of the drama are my favourite.”

    Khan added that some scenes and dialogues in the drama were changed because she was not comfortable with them.

  • Yasra Rizvi, husband are going to be parents

    Yasra Rizvi, husband are going to be parents

    Yasra Rizvi is expecting her first child with husband Abdul Hadi.

    The actor announced the news by sharing a picture of herself flaunting her baby bump while on set.

    “Waiting for the monitor. P.s. waiting is half the job and patience is the only way to get it done,” wrote Yasra in the caption.

    Captioning another picture, the actor said: “To deliver or not to deliver?”

    Soon after Yasra shared the news, colleagues and other celebrities including Sarah Khan, Amar Khan, Sadia Ghaffar, Muniba Mazari and Tara Mahmood dropped love-filled wishes and mubaraks for the actor.

    “Lots of love and prayers for you, beautiful soul,” said Mazari.

    “Loving that filled up belly,” wrote Tara Mahmood.

    Yasra and Haadi tied the knot in 2016. Rizvi was criticised when she married her husband Abdul Hadi who is much younger than her. The actor had hit back at haters calling her husband “one of a kind”.

    Meanwhile, other celebrities who are reportedly expecting include Sarah Khan and Sadia Ghaffar.

  • LEAKED AUDIO: ‘PIA Training Centre official’ heard convincing boy for sex to clear exams

    LEAKED AUDIO: ‘PIA Training Centre official’ heard convincing boy for sex to clear exams

    • National carrier suspends official, says is committed to upholding highest moral behaviour

    The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has suspended an official of PIA Training Centre (PTC) Karachi over a damning audio clip in which he could allegedly be heard asking a boy for sexual favours to clear exams.

    The action came after The Current reached out to PIA spokesperson Abdullah Hafeez, who said the national carrier was committed to upholding the highest moral behaviour at work.

    “On the recording that has surfaced, we have started our probe to see if the conversation is legit,” he said.

    Hafeez maintained that the PIA management had zero tolerance towards any indecent conduct, and strict action was always ensured against any violation.

    Read more – ‘Fake pilot licences’: UN staffers asked to avoid Pakistani airlines

    Later, he confirmed that the official allegedly heard in the damning audio clip had been suspended pending a detailed investigation.

    LEAKED AUDIO

    On Monday night, The Current received from its sources in the PIA the damning audio in which the official could purportedly be heard convincing a boy for sodomy to clear his exams at PTC.

    “These PTC people never pass anyone. I am telling you,” he could be heard as saying to the boy who kept telling the official that he wasn’t into that stuff.

    “Earlier, I wasn’t into it either,” the official could be heard as telling the boy.

    He then goes on to accuse a woman of giving sexual favours to another official for perks. “That’s how they got married.”

    While the conversation continues for a good four minutes with the official continuing to convince the boy, its nature does not allow for it to be shared here.