Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Actress Jessica Alba, who is known for her roles in ‘Entourage’, ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’, and ‘Never Been Kissed’, is celebrating the equal participation of male and female athletes at the ongoing Paris Olympics.

The actress took to Instagram and highlighted that the Paris Olympics is the first in history to achieve numerical gender parity, with an equal number of male and female athletes participating.

The post read: “Paris will be the first Olympics in history to achieve numerical gender parity with the same number of male and female athletes participating.”

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on July 26 in Paris.

The ceremony featured an artistic programme showcasing French culture, a parade of athletes, and the lighting of the Olympic cauldron.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open, marking the formal beginning of competitions for the next 16 days.

In addition, Jessica recently advocated for more sleep for women, sharing a study on her Instagram stories that suggests women need an extra 20 minutes of sleep for their bodies to function at their full potential.

According to the study, women need an additional 20 minutes of sleep because their brains are constantly engaged in decision-making, planning, and other “invisible labour.”

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Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Actress Genelia Deshmukh gave fans a glimpse into her children’s dedication to football practice despite heavy rain in Mumbai, captioning the moment with “nothing stops them from being there.”

Talking to Instagram stories, Genelia, who boasts 14 million followers, posted a video showing her kids, Riaan and Rahyl, playing football in the stadium amid the downpour.

The post is captioned: “Rain…6 am wakeup…7 am practice… nothing stops them from being there… kids are trying and that’s all that matters.”

Genelia is married to actor Riteish Deshmukh. The couple tied the knot in February 2012 in a traditional Marathi Hindu ceremony. They both made their acting debuts in the 2003 romantic film ‘Tujhe Meri Kasam’.

Genelia then starred in Tamil films such as ‘Boys’, ‘Sachein’, ‘Chennai Kadhal’, ‘Santosh Subramaniam’, ‘Uthamaputhiran’, and ‘Velayudham’.

She has also featured in Telugu films such as ‘Satyam’, ‘Samba’, ‘Sye’, ‘Naa Alludu’, ‘Bommarillu’, ‘Sasirekha Parinayam’, and ‘Orange’.

The 36-year-old has been part of Hindi movies like ‘Masti’, ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’, ‘Chance Pe Dance’, ‘Mister Mummy’, and the recently released ‘Trial Period’.

Upcoming projects include the sports drama ‘Sitaare Zameen Par’, alongside Aamir Khan, directed by RS Prasanna and produced by Aamir and Kiran Rao.

The actress also has the Telugu film ‘Junior’ in the pipeline.

Riteish was last seen in the comedy horror film ‘Kakuda’, directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under RSVP Movies, co-starring Sonakshi Sinha and Saqib Saleem.

His upcoming projects include ‘Visfot’, ‘Raid 2’, and ‘Raja Shivaji’.

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Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) The Paris Olympics has kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony, and Bollywood stars are rallying behind the Indian contingent participating in the biggest sporting event.

Actress Deepika Padukone took to her Instagram stories and shared a video of the opening ceremony, featuring Indian athletes PV Sindhu and Sharath Kamal, who led the Indian team as flag bearers during the Parade of Nations on the River Seine in Paris, France.

Her ‘Singham Again’ co-star, Ajay Devgn, also showed his support by posting on X: “To all Indian Athletes, You are the pride of our nation. The best at what y’all do. Be assured that we will be cheering our hearts out to see perform. It’s time to bring home the hardware. Cheers and good luck! #OlympicGames #Olympic2024.”

Sonali Bendre shared a picture of the Indian contingent at the Olympics on her Instagram story, captioning it: “Rooting for Team India.”

Alia Bhatt also took to Instagram stories and posted a picture from the event with the caption: “Onward and upwards, Team India.”

While many praised the Indian athletes, actress and politician Kangana Ranaut criticised the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024.

Taking to Instagram stories, the actress posted a video from the event and wrote: “The Paris Olympics is under fire for including a ‘child’ in their hyper-s*xualised, blasphemous rendition of The Last Supper. An apparent child could be seen joining the drag queens during the performance. They also showed a naked man painted blue as Jesus and mocked Christianity. Leftists totally hijacked Olympics 2024. Shame (sic).”

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Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Actress Parineeti Chopra’s mother, Reena Malhotra Chopra, has shared a heartwarming post on the firstborn child, highlighting the strength and growth it brings.

Reena, who is a travel blogger and artist, took to her Instagram story, where she has 32.2K followers, and shared a touching message about firstborn children.

The post reads: “Your firstborn is the one who experiences everything with you. The one who shows you how strong you are, the one who walks through motherhood with you, and you grow just as much as they are growing up.”

Reena tagged Parineeti in the post, adding a red heart emoji.

The ‘Ishaqzaade’ actress re-shared her mother’s post on her Instagram stories.

Parineeti, who hails from Ambala, Haryana, has two brothers — Shivang and Sahaj — and her cousins include actresses Priyanka Chopra and Mannara Chopra.

On the personal front, Parineeti married Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on September 24, 2023.

Professionally, Parineeti began her career with Yash Raj Films (YRF) as a public relations consultant before making her acting debut in the 2011 romantic comedy ‘Ladies vs Ricky Bahl’, which also starred Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma.

The actress has since appeared in films such as ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’, ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’, ‘Jabariya Jodi’, ‘The Girl on the Train’, ‘Golmaal Again’, ‘Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar’, and ‘Mission Raniganj’.

Parineeti’s most recent role was as Amarjot Kaur in the biographical musical drama ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’, directed by Imtiaz Ali. The film, which stars Diljit Dosanjh in the titular role, is currently streaming on Netflix.

It charts the untold true story of Punjab’s original rockstar of the masses, the highest record-selling artist of his time, Amar Singh Chamkila.

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Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Actor Rajesh Kumar, who is best known for his portrayal of Rosesh in the sitcom ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’, has turned chef and shared an interesting recipe for foxtail millet and peas pulao with his fans.

The ‘Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand’ actor took to Instagram and posted a video of himself cooking foxtail millet (Kangni) and peas pulao alongside chef Vikas Chawla.

In the caption, Rajesh wrote: “#MILLETS ARE remedy FOR 100’s of diseases. Tried cooking one of the simplest recipes under the guidance of great #chefvikaschawla. Also sharing the recipe. DO TRY AT HOME…Foxtail Millet (Kangni) and Peas Pulao.”

Rajesh also shared the entire recipe for the dish.

“Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup boiled foxtail millet (check boiled millet recipe link below). 1-2 teaspoons ghee (as per choice). half teaspoon cumin seeds. 1 medium onion, thinly sliced. 15-20 shreds of ginger julienne (as per choice). 1 green chilli (slant cut).Salt, to taste. Fresh coriander for garnish. 2 teaspoons fried onion (it will add another level of flavour).”

The actor further shared the instructions for the recipe.

“Instructions: 1. Take 1 cup boiled millets. (Recipe link given below or check on @yourmilletchef page). 2. Heat ghee over medium flame and add cumin. 3. Stir for a minute until the onions are translucent; do not let them brown. Add ginger julienne and green chillies, and stir for a few seconds. 4. Add boiled peas and salt, stir it. 5. Sprinkle a handful of water all over the pan and immediately pour over boiled millet, spreading evenly on the cooked mixture. 6. After spreading millets, sprinkle salt as per taste. 7. Wait for 2 minutes as this will allow the steam to pass through millets, giving the flavour of veggies underneath. 8. Stir well and serve hot with fresh coriander leaves. CHEF’S TIP: Please do try adding fried onion to take it to another level. (We haven’t shown it here).”

Rajesh added: “You may also try this recipe with other large millets, like proso and kodo. You may try any other vegetables of your choice.”

Meanwhile, on the work front, the actor was recently seen in the mystery film ‘Rautu Ka Raaz’ and the web series ‘Yeh Meri Family 2’.

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