Stranger Things actor Noah Schnapp, known for playing the closeted gay teenager Will Byers on the Netflix show, has officially come out gay in real life. According to The Hollywood Reporter, an American entertainment news outlet, the 18-year-old actor Schnapp shared a video to his TikTok that read, “When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was ‘we know.’” The clip was set to audio that played, “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious.”

“I guess I’m more similar to Will than I thought,” Schnapp wrote in the video’s caption, referencing Will’s sexuality on Stranger Things, reported The Hollywood Reporter.

Throughout the show’s run, Will’s sexuality has been a question, specifically when Mike told his friend in the heat of an argument, “It’s not my fault you don’t like girls.”

As per The Hollywood Reporter, during Season four, volume two episode, Will even takes an emotional moment to profess his love to Mike but pretends he’s speaking from Eleven’s (Millie Bobby Brown) point of view, not his own. The horror mystery show will come to conclusion with its Season 5; however, no start of production date has been announced yet.

Name: Kavi Sharma

Age: 12

Height: 18 inches

Hometown: Metuchen, NJ

Hobbies: singing, dancing, yoga

Goal: To attend Princeton University

Meet the newest Indian American cultural product and the American Girl’s “2023 Girl of the Year” doll.

Since its first line of dolls was introduced in 1986, American Girl has launched a series of dolls from different ethnic groups, religions, and social classes. The company sells its dolls and books that accompany them in its stores and online.

Kavi is the first Indian American and South Asian American doll released by the company. It is available for purchase on the company’s website.

The introduction of Kavi is a testament to the growing importance of the nearly 5 million-strong Indian American community.

In a blog post introducing Kavi, bestselling author Varsha Bajaj writes about the importance of Kavi’s story. “Kavi is a trailblazer as American Girl’s first Indian American doll,” she writes. “The story is important to all the young girls who will see parts of their lives represented. Stories can be both mirrors and windows, allowing readers to see themselves and others who are different from them, and I hope that Kavi’s story is a welcoming window for girls who might be unfamiliar with Kavi’s world.”

It is no surprise that Kavi came from New Jersey. The state has the largest concentration of Indian Americans. They consist of 4.35 percent of the state’s population. Nearly 72 percent of the Garden State’s Indian American population is first-generation immigrants who were born in India or another country.

The borough was quick to embrace Kavi.

Mayor Jonathan M. Busch tweeted on Thursday: “We are so excited that American Girl chose Metuchen. Our Borough is a diverse, vibrant community with residents and programming that reflect the world around us. Kavi is a welcome addition to the ‘Brainy Borough’ and we can’t wait for the children in our community to share her and their Metuchen stories with the rest of the country.”

Bajaj, who has written a journal and a novel based on the Indian American doll, writes that Kavi is a proud Indian American.

“Kavi’s family celebrates their Indian American culture through dance, food, clothing, and holidays,” she writes. “Kavi takes weekly classes in classic Indian dance, and her favorite holiday to celebrate with her family is Diwali, which lasts five days every fall. Kavi also shares her culture in meaningful ways with her friends and classmates.”

Kavi loves performing. She even choreographs a Bollywood routine with her friends for their school revue! And whether she’s heading to dance practice or off to Broadway her grandmother, she keeps her favorite accessories close at hand.

Kavi’s features, according to the American Girl website, include “a huggable cloth body, brown eyes that open and close, medium-length layered dark-brown hair styled in a half ponytail, and a movable head and limbs made of smooth vinyl. Kavi arrives wearing a layered, cropped mesh top with a multicolored print; cotton underwear; silver jogger-style pants; and pink tennis shoes.”

Accessories include an “elephant good-luck charm, a hot-pink faux-fur bucket hat featuring an embroidered AG logo, a cuff bracelet, a black quilted-style purse that can be worn crossbody or over the shoulder, and a day planner.”

From becoming the Miss World 2000 to earning a name for herself in both Hollywood and Bollywood, Priyanka Chopra has undoubtedly come a long way. The actress married American singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas in December 2018.
The couple, who celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on December 1, 2022 have a combined net worth in crores. From endorsements, investments, songs to movies, here’s a look at Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra’s net worth.

Priyanka Chopra earnings

Chopra and cricketer Virat Kohli were the only two Indian on the Instagram Rich List of 2021. Priyanka bagged the 27th spot on the list, according to which, she charges a whopping $403,000 (around Rs 3 crore) for every promotional post on Instagram.
One of the highest-paid actresses in India, Chopra makes Rs 1.5 crore per film, according to GQ India. Other than that, the 40-year-old has deals with Max Factor and Bulgari, and has been associated with Pantene, Nirav Modi and Pepsi. Apart from being an actress, Chopra is an investor too and launched Purple Pebble Pictures in 2015 to promote regional Indian cinema.
Chopra’s earnings in 2019 were Rs 23.4 crore, according to Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list. She was also the richest Indian celebrity on HopperHQ’s Instagram Rich List 2019, charging a whopping $271,000 (approx. Rs 1.92 crore) for a sponsored post on her Instagram profile.

Nick Jonas earnings

Chopra’s husband Nick Jonas is not only a singer and songwriter but has also acted in many movies. Like his wife, Nick is a businessman too and owns a tequila brand – Villa One. Apart from several investments, Nick released his shoe collection 1410 in collaboration with sneaker company Creative Recreation in 2017.

Net worth of Priyanka Chopra, Nick Jonas

The power couple is worth a colossal $70 million (Rs 578 crore), according to Celebrity Net Worth. The couple also own a Rs 144 crore mansion in Los Angeles.
Priyanka and Nick tied the knot in December 2018 in Jodhpur and the celebration cost an estimated $584,000. Prior to their wedding, the couple had bought a $6.5 million dollar mansion in Beverly Hills and in 2019, they purchased a 20,000 square foot house with 7 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms in Encino, California, according to reports.

“Avatar: The Way of Water” sailed to the top of the box office in its second weekend, bringing in what studios estimate Sunday will be a strong $56 million in North America — a sign that the sequel may stay afloat into the new year and approach the massive expectations that met its release.

James Cameron’s digital extravaganza for 20th Century Studios has made $253.7 million domestically in its first 10 days of release, compared to $212.7 million in the same stretch for 2009′s first “Avatar,” which would go on to become the highest-grossing film of all time.

While Cameron’s films like the “Avatar” original and “Titanic” tend to have serious legs at the box office, sequels tend to open big and decline quickly, complicating guesses on where the film will end up. Its second-weekend drop-off from the $134 million it made in its first was not precipitous, given the way blockbusters open.

“This is James Cameron’s first $100 million opener,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Comscore “For this movie to have opened that big and only dropped 58%, it shows it has staying power.”

Globally, “The Way of Water” is already the third highest-grossing film released in 2022, bringing in $855 million — putting it behind only “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World Dominion” — and is a lock to surpass $1 billion.

It’s also clear sailing for the film looking ahead, with more holiday time coming and no comparable competition until February, when Marvel’s “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is released.

Storms across the U.S. could keep people home, however.

“The biggest foe that Avatar is facing at this moment is the weather,” Dergarabedian said.

Universal’s animated Shrek spinoff, “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek, finished a distant second with $11.35 million in its opening weekend.

Sony’s biopic “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody” finished third with $5.3 million.

The weekend’s biggest disappointment was “Babylon,” the epic of early Hollywood from “La La Land” director Damian Chazelle starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. In a nationwide release, it brought in just $3.5 million, finishing fourth.

The tepid, $6.5 million opening weekend in October of director David O. Russell’s “Amsterdam,” another film, set in a similar period, that combined prestige, scope, star power and a celebrated auteur, brought industry worries that audiences just weren’t flocking to theaters for such films.

The concerns proved justified, as “Babylon” barely made more than half of the opening of “Amsterdam.”

The coming weeks in theaters, streaming showings and any nominations it may get could help “Babylon” rise above bomb status.

“I would say Babylon is a movie that isn’t about the opening weekend,” Dergarabedian said. “We’ll have to see what it does in the coming weeks then into the new year, particularly if it gets more awards buzz.”

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore, with Wednesday through Sunday in parentheses. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

An eclectic digital art and music experience, The Delicious Design Project by Glenmorangie re-imagines the technicolor visual and cultural nuances of India. The brand announced Indian-American musician Karsh Kale as its Wondermaker, who along with artist Nikunj Patel of Studio Moebius has re-imagined three distinct moments that are synonymous with India, but in the delicious and wondrous world of Glenmorangie.

Known primarily for his experimental tabla playing within electronic music contexts, Kale’s career has seen him take on roles of an Indian classical tabla player, singer, songwriter, film and TV score composer, and DJ. Together with Moet Hennessy India, he has now set out on a path to curating an eclectic experience for the Indian consumer celebrating the various cultural nuances of our motherland.

Glenmorangie chose to partner with Karsh owing to his creative sensibilities of infusing a method to the madness. His influential Klout and personality blend seamlessly with luxury spirit-loving experimental. Moreover, Karsh being a genre-bending collaborator with a very unique USP of creating global Indian sounds was able to nail the brief to the T, and together with Glenmorangie is all set to create an unforgettable localized multisensorial experience this December.

A young Indian American woman Alia (Sophia Ali) rolls her eyes at her mother’s generation in the affluent New Jersey community where she grew up. The aunties, she jokes, are a bunch of “sari-wearing zombies”, only interested in shopping and gossiping about who’s getting married and who’s getting fat. Alia’s assessment of her mum – and her own privilege – are the subject of this extremely likable mother-daughter comedy with a smart script from Geeta Malik, who has said in interviews her affectionate send-up is semi-autobiographical.

Alia is back home for the summer holidays planning to chill. Her dad Ranjit (Adil Hussain) is a successful doctor; her mum Sheila (Manisha Koirala) is devoted to keeping up appearances. All the families in their world take it in turns to throw fancy parties, trying to outdo each other with the catering. On a whim, Alia invites the Duttas, a family who’ve just taken over the local south Asian shop, to a party at her parents’ house (mainly because she fancies their son Varun, played by Rish Shah). It’s a clumsy thing to do: her dad is appalled (“who next, the gardener?”). At the party, the other guests are frosty and condescending towards the “shopkeepers”.

Malik’s script has interesting, awkward things to say about class: Alia is completely oblivious to her privilege, and unexpectedly it turns out that Mrs Dutta (Deepti Gupta), knew Alia’s mother from university in Delhi; they were political activists together. The impossibility of ever really knowing our parents is a familiar storyline, but it’s told here with real generosity and warmth. Malik slyly pokes fun, but never meanly. This is satire with the thermostat turned up to 22 degrees.

India Sweets and Spices is released on 2 December in cinemas.