03072025-LSTC-01.qxd 7/3/2025 12:04 AM Page 1 c m y b BTS PROMISES NEW ALBUM K-pop supergroup BTS will head to the US this month to work on new music and will launch its next album early next year ahead of a world tour. The seven members of the group, who have been reunited after completing South Korea’s mandatory military service, made the announcement during a livestream on Weverse. TRIBUNE Honoured Life Gillian Anderson was honoured with the CineMerit Award at the Munich International Film Festival. Expressing her gratitude, she said, “I feel unbelievably honoured.” CHANDIGARH | THURSDAY | 3 JULY 2025 Khloe Kardashian opens up about her cosmetic procedures, weight loss journey Botox, Sculptra, With 60.1 mn views in just three days, this South Korean show is trending as the most watched title of the week on Netflix Nonika Singh S nose job... Khloe Kardashian has shared a detailed list of the cosmetic procedures she has undergone, responding to a viral video that speculated about her recent appearance. Thereality TV star took to the comments section of the video to set the record straight. As per reports, Khloe’s list includes a nose job, laser hair removal for her hairline, Botox and Sculptra, a type of dermal filler. She also revealed that she has had collagen baby threads underneath her chin and neck, Sofwave laser for skin tightening, and regular facials, including salmon sperm facials. Khloe attributed the changes in her body to her significant weight loss of 80 pounds over the years, achieved through slow and steady methods with her trainer, Joel "Coach Joe" Bouraima. — ANI QUID GAME Season 3 smashes records, rewrites viewership history, is trolled by netizens and praised by critics in equal measure. In short, few can rival the reach of this South Korean show right now trending as the most watched title of the week on Netflix. When Squid Game first dropped in 2021, more than jaws dropped. Viewers across the world were stuck like glue to their viewing screens savouring the brutal symphony of death and survival. Transfixed and shocked beyond measure. The series, which revolves around a secret contest where 456 players who are in deep financial hardship, risk their lives to play a series of children’s games, was hailed for its execution, acting, direction and above all unusual theme. Who on earth could have imagined and turned the innocent childhood games on its head, into a blood bath, a scathing critique of human greed, glaring exposé of social inequality! Well, Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk, who had written the story in 2009, waited for a decade before Netflix showed interest. In 2021, it became a game changer for South Korean content, won six Primetime Emmy awards. Such was its stronghold, viewers waited for three long years to catch up on the second season in 2024. In 2025 as the final and third season streamed on Netflix, it has broken viewership records to become the Net- Squid Game winning all the way... flix’s ninth most-watched non-English TV show with 60.1 million views in just three days. Viewing time of 398.4 million hours is a triumph in itself, yet another reminder of the show’s ever growing popularity. Audiences might have bingewatched yet another round of carnage and depraved shades of humanity, but with great expectations come great disappointment too. Though reviews have largely been positive, many viewers have reacted strongly, some calling it a waste of time. One user @zoeyduatch wrote on X, “Squid games started with such meaning and as a huge anti-capitalism movement then grew as a cash cow for Netflix and ended its last season promoting a Squid Game USA version as a way to make them even more money from a story that should’ve ended on season 1… we’ll never win.” There has been criticism of the childbirth scene as it was felt the delivery scene was unrealistic. Some viewers had issues with CGI newborn baby whose presence as a contestant seemingly takes things too far. It certainly ups the stakes ‘It was meant to happen’ Shanaya Kapoor on taking three years to make her acting debut in Bollywood but also opens doors for hope and salvation. What has also not gone down well is the possibility of an American remake created by no less than David Fincher. Will it take on from the last scene of the series and spawn into another outing? The surprise entry of Hollywood actress Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett as a Los Angeles recruiter in the end has sparked rumours of a spinoff. Where Fincher takes the story from here on is conjecture at this point, but it is unlikely to be simply a makeover. Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has not disputed Rao’s raw avatar The makers of political drama film Maalik have released its trailer on Tuesday. Directed by Pulkit, the film also stars Prosenjit Chatterjee in the lead role. In Maalik, Rajkummar Rao plays a ruthless gangster who appears to stop at nothing to fulfil his ambition of political power and fame. The film is slated to release in cinemas on July 11. —ANI Vikrant Massey & Shanaya Kapoor RAJKUMMAR RAO AND MANUSHI CHHILLAR Liver Clinic in Chandigarh By Zydus Hospitals, Ahmedabad Newcomer Shanaya Kapoor is excited to make her acting debut with Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan, a moment that was delayed by three years but she doesn’t mind the wait. 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So, some viewers may have had a field day trolling the survival thriller, but are unlikely to stay away when the dystopian juggernaut rolls again, in whatever form! For now, it takes a bow as a show where surreal is eerily real and dystopian hits close to the bone. A mirror that dares us to look, we flinch and wince but can’t look away. Does that explain the massive viewership ratings? Jacqueline goes Dum Dum Jacqueline Fernandez has been featured in a new track Dum Dum, which is sung by Asees Kaur. Written by Jaani, with chorus vocals from Bunny, Sagar, Faiz and Hunny, and mixed by Hanish Taneja. Jacqueline took to Instagram to share her excitement, “I really feel like you guys are all gonna love it, we put in a lot of hard work.” — ANI