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Nazia Hassan is credited with single-handedly creating the pop music market in Pakistan.

Bollywood has long enjoyed immense popularity is the West African nation of Nigeria.

Yakub Memon, one of the 1993 Mumbai bomb attack masterminds, had his death sentence upheld on Thursday.

Any film about a subject as contentious as Kashmir is bound to cause controversy.

Indian media are being criticized for sensationalistic coverage of a gang rape that led to the death of a 23-year-old Delhi woman.

"The Client List" star Jennifer Love Hewitt is set to develop a modern day version of "Pride and Prejudice" for Lifetime.

One of India's most celebrated and successful filmmakers, Yash Chopra, died Sunday in Mumbai from multiple organ failure.

Hindi and English have enjoyed an incestuous relationship ever since the British first landed in India.

The United Nations has selected Bollywood actress and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the international goodwill ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Vera Wang drew inspiration from India for her Spring 2013 debuted at New York Fashion Week on Tuesday using traditional facets of the typical Indian wardrobe, like the Nehru collar, gold embroidery and Choli jacket.

DreamWorks Animation's ambitious 12-movie slate, the largest ever for an animation studio, includes a combination of sequels, spinoffs, adaptations and, yes, even a few original concepts.

India and China pressed each other for greater market access for their products from medicines to Bollywood films at a meeting of trade ministers on Monday, seeking to expand commercial ties between the Asian giants as they battle a global downturn.

Porn star Sunny Leone has caused protests with her film debut in “Jism 2.” After the release of Leone’s first Bollywood appearance, Indian mobs burned an effigy of the film’s director.

"It?s unsafe to shoot in Mumbai nowadays. Our limbs are at stake. So is our property."

India has an extremely conservative attitude towards pornography and nudity – indeed, kissing is banned from Bollywood films, while couples who show affection in public are largely scorned and sometimes even spat upon and attacked.

A two-yea-old Dalmatian called Oreo celebrated her birthday this year with a Pool Party in a posh neighborhood in India's capital -- New Delhi. This was no less than a birthday bash for a Boolwood Star or a celebrity.

They are using the holy place, a prime centre of religious belief, for purely commercial purposes and for degrading moral values among people.”

Indian actor Rajesh Khanna, who starred in more than 160 films over the course of his 46-year career, died at his family home in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 69. Khanna made a name for himself in the 1960s and 1970s just as Bollywood was coming into its own; during his heyday, he was often cast as the romantic lead. Of his 163 total films, he was the lead protagonist in 128 of them.

Priyanka Chopra became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter Wednesday as the former Miss World 2000 and successful Bollywood star celebrates her 30th birthday. In honor of Priyanka Chopra's birthday, view the slideshow to see photos of the former Miss World and Bollywood sensation.

Jessica Simpson's deal with Weight Watchers is part of a growing trend in which celebs are cashing in on their weight loss goals. This is particularly true of new moms.

In Hollywood, new moms are feeling greater pressure than ever before to lose their baby weight - and do it quickly.