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Leonardo DiCaprio spotted at amfAR Cannes Gala with Adrien Brody and more auctioning art ranging up to 0,000 | Hollywood

Leonardo DiCaprio spotted at amfAR Cannes Gala with Adrien Brody and more auctioning art ranging up to $300,000 | Hollywood

May 23, 2025 11:22 PM IST The amfAR Cannes Gala sparked a lot of buzz with the presence of many stars. Adrien Brody sold one of his art pieces at a huge amount. Cannes Film Festival is more than just the film premieres and red carpet events. Every year during the last few days of the Cannes Film Festival, hundreds of celebrities and philanthropists come down to the palatial Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc for the amfAR gala. Here, they join to host and facilitate a event that raises millions for biomedical research and other important causes.  Leonardo Dicaprio was at the Cannes Film Festival, where he gave the honorary Palme d’Or to Robert de Niro. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)(AFP) About the gala This year, a host of Hollywood stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Bezos, Adrien Brody, Heidi Klum, Colman Domingo, and Michelle Rodriguez attended the event for the auction. (Also read: Alia Bhatt channels vintage glamour for her debut at the Cannes Film Festival. See pics) As per a report in Variety, this year’s …

Railways may lease out land to builders | Latest News India

India’s largest landowner, the Indian Railways, has identified 341.93 hectares of prime land across the country which will be given out to private developers on a 90-year-lease, and from which the railways hopes to generate ₹5000 crore. In 2023-’24 the railways recorded a marginal surplus of ₹2,210 crore. In Mumbai, 19.22 hectares of railway land has been transferred for the Dharavi revamp project. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo) In Mumbai, the railways are looking to hive off 110.46 hectares at Grant Road, Tardeo, Parel, Bandra east and west, Carnac Bunder among other locations while 58.93 hectares are expected to be handed over to private developers in the Capital at Chanakyapuri, Lodhi Colony, Sarojini Nagar and near the New Delhi railway station. The Railways have similarly identified land parcels in Bengaluru, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Chennai, Amritsar, Gwalior, Lucknow and Kanpur for auctioning. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. According to the Railway Land Development Authority (RLDA), the nodal rail organisation that has the mandate to commercially monetise rail land, Indian Railways has approximately 43,000 …

Vijay Deverakonda on auctioning his first Filmfare for ₹25 lakh: ‘A nicer memory than a piece of stone in my house’

Actor Vijay Deverakonda’s life changed when he starred in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s 2017 film Arjun Reddy. He won a Best Actor award at Filmfare for his performance, but the actor auctioned the award in 2018 to raise money for the CM Relief Fund. Talking to Galatta Plus, he opened up about why he auctioned the award back then for ₹25 lakh and how it’s important to him to collect memories rather than awards. (Also Read: Vijay Deverakonda reveals why he uses ‘the’ before his name: ‘Thalapathy, Thalaivar are taken’) In 2018 Vijay Deverakonda won a Filmfare award for his performance in Arjun Reddy ‘I want to share memories with my kids’ In the interview, Vijay revealed that he was never the kind of person to collect photographs or awards. However, that has changed in recent times when he enjoyed looking at old pictures of his parents, making him want to do the same for his future children. He said, “I’ve been this way for the past six months, I’ve asked everyone around me to do …

CPI (M) wants CM Stalin to stop auctioning daily market in Virudhunagar town

Communist Party of India (Marxist) has appealed to Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin, to put an end to the continuing murders in Virudhunagar town by cancelling the auction of shops and godowns in M.S.P. Raja Daily Market. In a memorandum, the party Virudhunagar Town secretary, L. Murugan, said that the “huge profit” the market would give the successful bidder has resulted in 13 murders in the town in the last five decades. Virudhunagar municipality has announced that auction of 33 shops and two godowns at the daily market near Desabandu Grounds would take place on February 13. The market had gone for auction at a minimum price of ₹24 lakh. But, whoever wins the bid not just collects money from these 33 shops and the two godowns, but all over the town. “They forcibly collect money from all road-side vendors across the town. Even those selling flowers and cucumber are not spared,” Mr. Murugan said. In some places, the contractors threaten shopkeepers and indulge in fleecing by employing goons. “Since this auction gets manifold profit, there …

Deepika Padukone Was Once Brutally Judged For Auctioning A Kurti She Wore At Jiah Khan’s Funeral For Rs 8000, “It’s Funeral Collection” Slammed A Netizen

Deepika Padukone Was Once Brutally Slammed For Auctioning Clothes She Wore At Jiah Khan’s Funeral ( Photo Credit – Instagram; Wkimedia ) Deepika Padukone is the internet’s favourite. Love her or hate her, but no one ignores her for sure. And it was after her appearance at JNU that a lot of write-ups were started against the Chhapaak actress and weird things were written and spoken about her. Some with facts and others without facts. It was in the year 2021 when DP was called out for something none could have ever imagined. In 2021, the Gehraiyaan actress was trolled for auctioning some clothes on her website. It was claimed that the funds raised would go to charity. However, all hell broke loose when DP put her Zara outfits for sale priced between a range of 2K upto 8-9K because some of these outfits were worn by her at funerals. A Twitter handle shared pictures of Deepika’s clothes from the website attached with pictures of her appearances at certain funerals. While she wore a short …

Pathaan Controversy! Viral Video Of Muslims Allegedly Auctioning Girls On The Street Busted By Netizens, Here’s The Truth

Viral Video Of Muslims Allegedly Auctioning Girls On The Street Busted By Netizens Amid Pathaan Controversy ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone starrer Pathaan has been in the news ever since Madhya Pradesh Minister Nattoram Mishra took a dig at the actress’ clothes she wore in the Besharam Rang song. While a section of netizens lent their support for the film, another set of social media users have called for the film’s boycott for different reasons. Recently, the leading duo made their presence felt at the finale of the FIFA World Cup 2022 which was won by Argentina. At the mega event, DP unveiled the golden trophy wearing a Louis Vuitton dress which received massive backlash from the netizens. However, amid the controversy, a video has been doing the rounds on social media that see Muslims allegedly auctioning the girls on the streets. Ever since social media users called for the ban of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Pathaan, netizens dug out an old video that saw the auctioning of …