Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput's wedding journey

 

Bollywood's chocolate boy, Shahid Kapoor, will tie the knot with Mira Rajput in Delhi on July 8, 2015, and the two families have already reached the capital as finer details of their nuptials get chalked out, reports Bombay Times. Here's an update of what you need to know about the big fat Bollywood wedding.

The wedding ceremony will take place at Mira's Chattarpur farmhouse. The ceremony will be followed by a grand after-party at a Gurgaon hotel. The wedding will be attended by family, friends and the leader of the spiritual group Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Post celebrations in Delhi, a reception will be hosted on July 12 in Mumbai. Designer Kunal Rawal has designed 10 outfits for the groom. A lot of ethnic outfits like achkans and bandhgalas are part of Shahid's wardrobe, the report stated. The bride will be seen in Anamika Khanna creations. As per sources, the couple's wedding attire will be colour co-ordinated. Mira's friends hosted a bridal shower ceremony. A source informed that since both the families are followers of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, the menu will be strictly vegetarian. The after-party will have a mix of Indian and continental cuisine. Shahid's family members finalised the evening food spread along with Mira's parents. It was also reported that there will be a special stall of fancy Jaipuri paans.

Everything about Shahid-Mira's wedding has been getting attention. Let's take a look at the details of their wedding invitation card...

From Kejriwal to Salman Khan, It's All About the Velfie Now

Mumbai:  Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.

From lip-synching famous movie scenes and quizzing political leaders to interviewing job candidates, Indian tech firms are betting on the latest craze to grip social media -- the video selfie.

"2014 was about selfies... 2015 is for #velfies!" screams the blurb for Velfie, a smartphone app similar to Dubsmash where users mime songs or quotes to pre-recorded audio before posting the clips on social networks.

German-developed Dubsmash has rapidly become a global phenomenon since its launch in November and has been downloaded more than 50 million times across 192 countries, according to its website.

The global craze is sweeping the film industry, with numerous stars entertaining legions of loyal fans with dubbed videos which are uploaded to popular sharing platforms Facebook and Instagram.

The Best Wedding-Day Hairstyles for Your Face Shape

Not sure where to start when choosing a day-of hairstyle? Try using your face shape as a jumping-off point! Whether you’re round, oval, square, or heart-shaped, there’s a perfect updo and down ‘do for you. Here, celebrity hairstylist Mara Roszak gives her (very DIY-friendly, very chic, sure-to-flatter) recommendations.

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Down 'do: A smooth, center-parted blowout with soft curls at the ends will elongate the face, Roszak says. To get the look, apply a styling cream to damp hair and dry with a round brush. Then, use a curling iron with a one-and-a-half inch barrel to round off the ends. Finish by teasing the crown to add height — it’s another sneaky elongating trick.

Related: 41 Wedding Dresses That Look Even Better From The Back

Updo: A half-up, half-down hairstyle keeps hair out of your eyes and slims the face. Create a center part, blow-dry hair, then curl the ends with a one-and-a-half inch barrel. Create two skinny braids on either side of your head and secure them with bobby pins, mid-height, at the back of your head. Finish by teasing the crown.

Agencies fight over ‘Next Top Model’ winner

Korean model Sora Choi
The famed Wilhelmina modeling agency stole a South Korean stunner from her Manhattan management company by promising to sponsor her work visa, according to a lawsuit.
Muse Management says it had a three-year deal with Sora Choi, the willowy 2012 winner of “Next Top Model” in her homeland, and spent “countless hours developing Choi’s image to the point where she is today an internationally recognized model.”
Choi got work with Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs and Alexander Wang — but in May wrote a letter claiming she wanted to end her contract with Muse, the company
claims in its Manhattan Supreme Court suit against the model and Wilhelmina Models.
The next month, Wilhelmina announced their association with Choi on social media.
“Wilhelmina knew that Choi had no right to ‘end’ her management agreement,” Muse charges, adding “Wilhelmina has wrongfully induced Choi to render services as a model to Wilhelmina by offering to sponsor her work visa.”
Muse is seeking unspecified damages. Wilhelmina did not return a call for comment.

7 Most Common Makeup Mistakes That Can Make You Look Old

You might have just given up on the chase for undying youth, but your search for looking perpetually young is an entirely different story. Makeup helps you in fulfilling your desire of looking more stunning and attractive. Unfortunately, over usage or if used in a wrong way it can make you look old.

All of us make such beauty blunders at some point, but are unaware of it. Well do not worry, we are here for you, keep scrolling and take a look at some very common makeup mistakes that end up making you look older.

Recommended Read: 5 Makeup Habits That Are Secretly Making You Sick

#1. Applying a thick layer of foundation

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If you put on foundation, layer after layer to hide those fine lines believing that it will make you look prettier, then wait, you are making a mistake here. Excessive foundation unfortunately makes you appear older. The extra foundation nicely settles into the lines and attracts more attention and gives you an aged appearance.

Another most important point to remember is to never get your foundation base too light. If you go in for a shade lighter than your natural skin tone, then there is a possibility that the foundation would settle around the fine lines, in turn exaggerating them. Try to go for a shade or two darker than your natural skin tone if you do not want people to quiz about your age.

#2. Skipping primer

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Primer, as the name says, should never be skipped as it gives your face a smooth and silky texture by filling all those lines and helps your makeup stay o. Always opt for a cream or liquid primer as the powder can give your skin a saggy look.

#3. Wearing dark mascara and eyeliner on the lower lashes and lids

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Using a dark pencil on the lower lids or wearing dark mascara on the lower lashes will bring out crow feet and dark under-eye circles; making your eye look smaller. You should always opt for a light, soft pencil rather than liquid liners, which can be quite heavy on your skin and waterline.

#4. Coating the lips in dark shades

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Applying a very dark or harsh shade of lip colour may make your lips appear thinner than they are, but in return this numbers to your face’s age. Even a dark lip liner (which is out of fashion by the way) can destroy your appearance.

#5. Applying blush the wrong way

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Are you applying rouge to the apples of your cheeks? Yes! Then you are just adding 10 years of age to your face. This way of applying blush makes the lines on your skin more prominent and make them appear droopy. Also the powder blush is a strict no-no as they again settle down into the thin lines; so it is always better to go for the liquid one.

#6. Overloading shimmer

If you wear too much shimmer, then it will make the lines very noticeable and your eye will look crumpled. Rather a matte shadow will give a very striking look to your eyes.

#7. Hiding dark circle behind heavy concealer

Dark circles are every woman’s nightmare, but that does not mean that you will go out scaring other people with that terrifying concealer trick. Often, a few women commit the cardinal sin of covering up their dark circles with a heavy layer of concealer, which ends up with ghostly results. In order to do away with those thick lines, apply light concealer base with the help of a brush.

Are you guilt-ridden by committing these beauty blunders? You always have time to improve your makeup skills and look prettier everyday. A natural makeup (not too much over do) and a confident you, can rock any place they go!

Bushra Ansari's fab website is a much-needed tribute to Pakistani TV's history

‘Golden period.’ It’s an easy, catch-all turn of phrase.
It's also a concise alternate for ‘the good old days of the PTV', a neater way to say 'the Waheed Murad era of cinema’ and a quick acknowledgement of the greats that preceded today’s stars, even though we may not be terribly familiar with all their past achievements.
So we blanket our ignorance with the necessary nod to times gone by, and move on. Isn't it a pity that we aren’t better acquainted with our history?
Our experience of the ‘golden period’, for those of us who have actively sought it out, is formed by slow buffering Youtube videos, the occasional screening of a classic, or the one-off exhibition of film buff Guddu Khan’s vast collection of memorabilia. We hurray at these scattered opportunities, hail them as ‘much-needed’ (which they undoubtedly are), but they're no substitute for a proper cultural archive — a concrete, cohesive, comprehensive collection of records that document our history and make it readily available to the public.
That’s what Nariman Ansari, a 35-year-old photographer and visual artist based in Toronto and the elder daughter of iconic actor-comedian-writer Bushra Ansari, set about to create.
Rescuing the contents of a cardboard box that held photographs, articles and other records of her mother’s life on and off screen — documents once endangered by their proximity to the sea in Bushra’s former residence — and scouring the internet for everything else she could find, Nariman decided to put it all together and make public an archive of her mother's life and work.

Peshawar’s lone theatre echoes with melodies

PESHAWAR: A troupe of eight artists comprising three singers and five instrumentalists from Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad enthralled Peshawarites on Monday night.
The Urdu ghazal night was organised by Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in collaboration with culture directorate of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at Nishtar Hall to boost the soft image of the country and promote unity and patriotism among the people.
The entertainment-starved audience tuned to dance in the jam-packed hall and showered accolades on the guest singers for their well-articulated performance.
Some enthusiastic music lovers kept on tossing their heads while others kept saying encore after every performance. The mixed melodies of Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto ghazals and folk songs brought a joy and pleasure to the terrorism-affected Peshawarites.