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In this file photo actor Soumitra Chatterjee speaks after receiving France’s highest nation- al order of ‘Chevalier (Knight) de la Legion d’Honneur’ during an event in Kolkata.

Mourners gather around a vehicle carrying the body of late Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee during a funeral procession to a crematorium in Kolkata. The daughter of late Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee in kisses his forehead during his vigil in Kolkata. — AFP photos

egendary actor Soumitra Satyajit Ray. He was admitted to a death was “a colossal loss to the world Chatterjee was “one of the mightiest pil- Honor three years ago. Thousands of LChatterjee has been hailed as one Kolkata hospital after testing positive for of cinema” and India’s cultural life. lars” of India’s film industry and “a gen- mourning fans gathered in Kolkata near of Indian cinema’s leading lights Covid-19 last month and was kept there “International, Indian and Bengali tle soul”. Chatterjee appeared in 14 of the crematorium where his body was after his death at the age of 85 from as he suffered further ailments linked to cinema has lost a giant. We will miss Ray’s films and made his debut in the taken late on Sunday, carrying candles health complications after he contracted the virus, according to local media. The him dearly,” added West Bengal state third installment of the director’s and photographs of the actor. — AFP the coronavirus. Chatterjee appeared in acting icon’s condition deteriorated and chief minister Mamata Banerjee on acclaimed Apu Trilogy. He was in 2012 around 300 films over six decades but he died on Sunday, his daughter Twitter. Bollywood megastar Amitabh presented with Indian cinema’s highest was best known internationally for his Poulami Bose wrote on Facebook. Prime Bachchan, who suffered his own bout of honor, the Dadasaheb Phalke, and work with Oscar-winning director Minister Narendra Modi said Chaterjee’s Covid-19 earlier this year, tweeted that France awarded him the Legion of

ebanese have poked fun at outgo- Appalled women reacted by lambast- Lebanese men joined in posting crisis that sparked mass protests last Ling interior minister Mohamed ing the minister’s sexist comment on images of themselves dicing up vegeta- autumn against entrenched politicians Fahmi after he suggested the solu- social media, and vowing they were bles or shaking pans on the stove, as viewed as incompetent and out of touch. tion to a ban on deliveries during a #Not_cooking_on_Sunday. “#Sexism they took on the #Fahmi_challenge-to be “Gender equality Mr Fahmi, have you coronavirus lockdown was for women to results in deep rooted repression & dis- a man and cook. “I apologize, honorable ever heard about it? Or too busy ruining start cooking. Lebanon started a two- crimination against us women, national minister, that today I cooked for my our country with your bunch of friends?,” week partial lockdown on Saturday to ‘leaders’ disgracefully support inequali- sons,” one user, a divorced man raising wrote another Lebanese man on try to stem the spread of the Covid-19 ties,” associate professor Carmen Geha his sons on his own, wrote beside a pic- Facebook in English. Another one made virus as cases topped 100,000 and responded on Twitter. “I will cook happi- ture of him serving a meal on Facebook. a video to the tune of the “Mission: intensive care hospital departments ly the day they pick up and recycle “I apologize because their mother is a Impossible” soundtrack, encouraging became overwhelmed. When a journal- garbage,” she added, referring to oft- doctor like me and the head of a depart- others to follow suit, and finishing with ist asked Fahmi what Lebanese should criticized public services. Award-win- ment in France, and I and my children the revelation: “Men... also do the wash- do on Sunday when a day-long curfew ning journalist Dalal Mawad slammed are very proud of her.” Lebanon is also ing up.”— AFP suspended popular food deliveries from what she called a “sample of the level of reeling from a devastating blast at restaurants and supermarkets, he discourse and awareness among this Beirut’s port in August that killed more quipped: “Let women cook a little.” country’s politicians”. than 200 people, and a raging economic

aylor Swift has confirmed that the Trights to her first six albums have been sold to a private equity firm without her knowledge, in the latest dis- pute over the pop megastar’s lucrative back catalog. The 30-year-old singer has im Kardashian West’s daughters added: “Look at these little robes. “I’ve wrote on Twitter: “To anyone who has become one of the most bankable musi- KNorth and Chicago modeled her been cutting these up for North, and an issue with maternity solutionwear, cians in the world after more than a new SKIMS Cozy Kids collection. these are official [now]. Pants, we’re and if you haven’t been pregnant decade of chartbusting hits including The ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ doing shorts, robes, hoodies and before you may not know the struggle “Shake It Off” and “I Knew You Were star - who also has sons Saint, four, tanks.” Meanwhile, Kim recently hit of what it’s like carrying all of this Trouble”. But last year she began spar- and 18-month-old Psalm with husband back at criticism of her SKIMS materni- weight the way I did along with millions ring publicly with music mogul Scooter Kanye West - got the sisters, who are ty collection, after she was accused of of strong women, @skims maternity line Braun, who manages rival popstars Justin seven and two respectively, and some trying to pressure women to hide their is not to slim but to support. (sic)” Richard Schiff Bieber and Ariana Grande, after his com- of their friends to showcase the natural figures. The mother-of-four The brunette beauty subsequently pany’s decision to purchase a majority loungewear pieces from the upcoming explained how and why her maternity stake in the bulk of her recordings. line, which launches on November 19, line has been designed as it has. She hospitalized after Swift said she had been trying to in a new shoot. And the kids’ pieces wrote on the micro-blogging platform: actively regain control of her master even come in matching sizes for adults. “The belly part doesn’t slim your belly, recordings for the last year in a late Alongside a series of snaps from the it’s actually sheer and a thinner layered testing positive Monday post on Twitter, following a report photo shoot, including Kim wearing the material compared to the rest of the by entertainment magazine Variety that same grey knitted top, trousers and garment. It provides support to help Braun had sold the assets for $300 mil- slippers as North, which come in five with the uncomfortable weight being for COVID-19 lion. But despite attempting to negotiate shades, she announced on Instagram: carried in your stomach which affects with Braun, she said her team had “The drop you’ve been waiting for: your lower back - “and the compres- “received a letter from a private equity ichard Schiff has been hospital- NEW @SKIMS Cozy styles and our first sion on the leggings helps with pain ized as he continues to battle company called Shamrock Holdings” ever sets for KIDS! Launching on relief caused by swelling. It is also worn R COVID-19. The 65-year-old star announcing they had purchased her Thursday November 19 in 5 colors, after you have given birth and provides music, videos and album art. “This was and his spouse Sheila Kelley tested sizes XXS - 5X, and children’s sizes 2T the comfort and support that most positive for the virus two weeks ago the second time my music has been sold - 14 at 9AM PT / 12PM ET exclusively at women need after delivery especially if without my knowledge,” she wrote, and were both “recovering” at home, SKIMS.COM. Preview the full collection you are recovering from a cesarean. where the pair found their symptoms to adding that she had begun re-recording now and join the waitlist to receive early “We launched this category in her earlier songs. Braun is yet to respond change “radically” from hour-to-hour. access to shop. (sic)” . response to the tens of thousands of But in an update, the former ‘West to Swift’s tweet. The 40-year-old businesswoman pregnant women who wrote us request- Swift had vowed last year to regain Wing’ star announced he’s currently also took to her Instagram Stories to ing it and because it was something I being treated with anti-viral medication, command of her first six albums by mak- show off more of the line, which also personally needed when I was preg- ing her own new masters. She said at the oxygen and steroids, whilst his wife includes shorts, robes and hoodies. nant myself. (sic)”. remains “fairly ill” at home. In his origi- time that she was contractually allowed to She shared: “We’re doing hoodies that — Bang Showbiz do so from this month. The dispute nal post on Twitter, Richard wrote: “On zip up, with the little tank. I can’t wait Election Day I tested positive for Covid- between Swift and Braun simmered for for you guys to see this photo shoot, months last year after the industry mogul 19. This has been the most bizarre first of all - North and all her friends and week of our lives. @thesheilakelley is purchased Big Machine, the singer’s Chicago and all her friends.” She label of more than a decade.—AFP also positive. — Bang Showbiz