01012023-LSTC-01.qxd 12/31/2022 11:20 PM Page 1 c m y b TRIBUNE Late start Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has started drinking coffee and alcohol at the age of 42. “I feel like I just gotta let loose a little bit,” shared Kim who likes a little shot of pineapple and tequila. – IANS CHANDIGARH | SUNDAY | 1 JANUARY 2023 To dreams and hopes Mona A royal affair The year 2022 has been all about actor couple Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra’s wedding speculations. Looks like the Shershaah couple has finally locked the date. Sid and Kiara are reportedly getting married between February 4 - 6, 2023 Sidharth and the wedding venue is Malhotra-Kiara Jaisalmer Palace Hotel in Advani to tie the Rajasthan. Like Vicky Kaushal-Katrina knot in February Kaif, Sidharth and Kiara too 2023? will be making their alliance a royal affair. As per the reports, the pre-wedding functions of mehendi, haldi and sangeet will be held on February 4 and February 5. The nuptials will take place on February 6. Meanwhile, the couple is currently on a vacation together. Pictures of them partying with Karan Johar and Neetu Kapoor in Dubai are doing rounds on social media. N Mukesh Rishi Living in the moment, good work, a healthy balance between personal and professional life and box office minting money... are some of the things on celebs’ New Year wish list REST IN PEACE MUSIC ICON Canadian country music icon Ian Tyson, who found his greatest renown as half of the ‘60s folk-singing duo Ian and Sylvia, passed away aged 89 due to ongoing health complications. Ian and Sylvia’s most famous song, the Tyson-penned Four Strong Winds, released in 1963, became a folk standard. CELEBRITY INTERVIEWER Emmy award-winning journalist and celebrity interviewer, Barbara Walters, passed away aged 93. She conducted interviews with the most prominent figures across politics and entertainment, from Katherine Hepburn to Monica Lewinsky to Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat. She was the highest-paid television journalist at one time, earning as much as $12 million per year at ABC, where she worked from 1976 until her retirement from ABC News and from her popular show The View in May 2014. She won a Daytime Emmy in 1975 for Today and shared a News and Documentary Emmy for her work at ABC on coverage of the turn of the millennium. WRITER DIRECTOR TV writer-directorproducer and guitarist with the popular L.A. band Dick and Jane Family Orchestra Richard Ross has passed away aged 70 of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles. Dick and Jane Family Orchestra, a punk-meets-cabaret-meets-folk band was led by Ross and his wife, Jane Cantillon. They frequently donated their services to charitable events. Ross is survived by his wife, Jane and his stepdaughter, Genevieve. - ANI Vidya Malavade EW YEAR, new hopes, new beginnings... as we bid bye to 2022 that was rather harsh on cinema, here’s to hoping 2023 brings along much needed cheer and hits for the industry. Celebs open up on their vacay plans, road map for the coming year and their dreams and desires for the entertainment industry. Aly Goni Navin Prabhakar A PHENOMENAL YEAR AHEAD I am ringing in the New Year in a serene place surrounded by nature. I want to make a shift from a smartphone to an “unsmart” phone because getting rid of intelligent devices around us is probably the smartest thing we will do. I wish well for the industry — the producers get their money, the directors make excellent films, and they get accolades. The artistes get all the love and affection and make great hits, and all the technicians and everyone else get their due. In 2023, I will return to the big screen after six years, and I hope I get the same love that I received in 2022 on shows like Mismatched, Inside Edge, Dr. Arora, Bamini and Boys and Kaali. Shama Sikander Vidya Malavade, actor A BIT OF EVERYTHING RITUPARNA SENGUPTA Year 2022 was good for OTT, many Indian web series came and did well, and a couple of movies as well. I am definitely looking to do a lot of good work and explore different markets. Everyone now has understood the impact of Covid, and it’s not supposed to be taken lightly, we all have to do the simple basic things which we have done in the last two three years to sail through it. Abhishek Kapur Anshuman Jha Rajit Dev Abhishek Kapur, actor TO GREATER CHALLENGES Better time management is my 2023 agenda. I want to ensure a balance between travelling, acting and staying with family that is based out of Singapore. Also, I hope to choose the best opportunities and make a mark. I will keep doing my social work diligently, create better opportunities for the underprivileged and others like the paediatric cancer patients that I work for. I want to complete writing my book and to propagate my new found platform One Rishta. Rituparna Sengupta, actor you all a very Happy New Year. Aly Goni, actor INNOVATION & EXPERIMENTATION ALL SET FOR THE NEW RUN I wish the industry works smoothly and there is more work for everyone. May we become more open to innovation and experimentation. I want to try different things apart from choreography. This year taught us all a lot. After about two years of no or staggered work, people put their hardwork to make up for the time lost. I am hoping we reap its benefits in 2023. Thankfully, India enjoyed a good track record with vaccinations, as long as we take necessary precautions, we will be able to sail through the new strain. Rajit Dev, choreographer LOVE AND LAUGHTER My professional life is going great, and I want to do a perfect stand up show and gift it to comedy lovers. I am working on it and I am 100 per cent sure people will love it because I tested and confirmed the writing in my corporate shows. Let’s make people happy 24 X7 with limitless and meaningful laughter. Cheers 2023, wishing life one day at a time. Navin Prabhakar, comedian LIFE’S HERE AND NOW Year 2022 was good and I am sure 2023 will be even better. I didn’t take up TV shows in 2022 as I am working on something that’s due in 2023. I will be in Jammu on New Year with my family. There is no celebration without family. Life is here and now. Everyone should work hard and live Mukesh Rishi, actor DIRECTOR’S SEAT Professionally I wish to see my directorial - Lord Curzon Ki Haveli - travel the world and get a successful release. I want to support younger actors from the theatre. In Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher meet Rishabh Pant Happy together Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Anupam Kher on Saturday morning met Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, who is currently being treated at the Max Hospital, Dehradun following a car accident. Talking to the media, actor Anupam Kher said, “We came to know that Rishabh Pant is in the hospital, so I and Anil, as common citizens, came to see him. We met his mother and he is much better, his spirits are very high and the blessings of the whole of India are with him, so he will get well soon. We met his rela- ANUPAM KHER AND ANIL KAPOOR tives, all is good, all is fine, we made them laugh. We went to meet him as fans. We as responsible citizens request you all to please drive carefully, especially here it is foggy at night. Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.” Anil Kapoor said, “He is in high spirits and he should be fine, we also met his mother and relatives, all are very good. I would like to appeal that, pray for him, so that he recovers soon and we will see him playing.” The wicketkeeper-batter narrowly escaped death after his high-end vehicle smashed into a road barrier and caught fire on the Delhi-Dehradun highway. According to reports, he had dozed off on the wheel. — ANI c m y b Ananya Panday and Navya Naveli Nanda party in Thailand Ananya Panday is in Thailand with her friend Navya Naveli Nanda and the two are having a great time. The actress took to her Instagram to share a string of pictures. In the pictures, the actress wore a beautiful orange dress. Ananya even dropped a photo and video from her time at a restaurant, enjoying some music. Sharing the photos, Ananya wrote, “I’ll call this one happiness,” and added the location tag of Phuket, Thailand with her post. - TMS personal sphere, I want to spend more time with my wife and for a month in a year work as a Manny (baby sitter) and walk dogs in Europe and America. Also, to finish reading the Srimadbhagwatam in my quest of studying our Vedas. I wish everyone happiness by being conscious in our daily choices. Anshuman Jha, actor LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST I wish that our industry produces better cinema, adapting to the changing of times is the only way. I think we all know the Covid monster now, take all precautions needed but life must go on. I’m not afraid anymore. To live life to the fullest without any fear or worry. Shama Sikander, actor