South Asian Oscars Celebration: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Mindy Kaling Celebrate Unprecedented Awards Year

Another year, another super-expensive TV series to premiere on Prime Video. And while the $250 million budget for “Citadel” isn’t as costly as “The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power,” it indicates that Amazon wants its new spy thriller to be another juggernaut for its streamer.

Naman Ramachandran Hollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas has revealed for the first time why she quit her native Bollywood industry in India and started fresh in the U.S. Speaking on the “Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard” podcast, Chopra Jonas, who was a huge star in Bollywood before she moved to the U.S., said: “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry. I had people not casting me for reasons… I had beef with people. I was tired of the politics. I was just like, ‘I need a break.'” The break came in the shape of a music career in the U.S. In 2011, Universal Music Group signed Chopra Jonas to a worldwide recording agreement with DesiHits, and part of the deal was that her first studio album would be released by Interscope Records in North America and by Island Records in the rest of the world.

Mindy Kaling has just received an award — and it’s a big one.

Mindy Kaling is still in disbelief with the honor of a lifetime, after President Joe Biden bestowed her with a National Medal of Art during a ceremony at the White House.The 43-year-old actress and producer took to Instagram on Wednesday and shared photos of her time at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where she and a slew of other celebrities — like legendary singer Gladys Knight, actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and rock star Bruce Springsteen — were honored for their artistic achievements.Kaling said it was a while ago when the National Endowment of the Arts called her to inform her that the president wanted to honor her for her work in television and as an author. Kaling, of course, is known for her work on,,, the Netflix hit and HBO's .Kaling, dressed elegantly in a purple dress with matching heels, attended the ceremony with her 5-year-old daughter, Katherine, who donned a white ruffle dress with sparkly shoes.

from the business. While he's been or name any names, Priyanka Chopra Jonas's description of feeling body-shamed by the stylist could be seen as one example of the “politics” and “false narratives” that drove Roach from the industry.

Law Roach admits he was “hurt” after finding out what his former client, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, recently said about him.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Nearly a week after the Oscars, the hurt and disappointment of a missed opportunity still weighs heavily on the minds of some South Asian American dancers, who are setting out to ensure it never happens again. Many in the South Asian dance community were dismayed by the astonishing dearth of South Asian representation in the “Naatu Naatu” performance at Sunday’s Academy Awards. While singers Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava were on hand to perform their hit tune from Tollywood smash “RRR” — which made history for India that night by winning best original song — they were joined on stage by not a single dancer of South Asian heritage.

told IndieWire it would be “incorrect” to say that there were few, if any, without clarifying further.)The Academy did not comment further on the backlash. In an interview with AMPAS’ magazine A.frame, producer Raj Kapoor said he worked with the film’s creative team – including producers, public relations representatives, and composer M.M.

Plenty of stars turned heads on Sunday night, but Mindy Kaling had Oscars watchers doing a double take with her red carpet look.The Mindy Project actress, 43, was one of the night’s presenters, which meant the spotlight was firmly on her. While there’s plenty of talk on Twitter this morning about her incredible gowns (more on that in a moment), it’s her beauty transformation that really seems to have the internet talking.

Mindy Kaling had a wardrobe change at the 2023 Academy Awards!

Saving the best for last! Hollywood’s biggest names brought their fashion A-game to the 95th annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 12, proving white is one of the most covetable colors of the moment.

Wowing in white!  Mindy Kaling   arrived at the  2023 Academy Award s red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, March 12, wearing a custom cutout Vera Wang gown.

Mindy Kaling stuns in a full white look at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday (March 12) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

After more than two decades in the film industry, Priyanka Chopra Jonas has achieved pay parity.

Priyanka Chopra is pretty in pink during a special appearance at the 2023 SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, on Friday (March 10).

Priyanka Chopra said she was left in tears after she was told she was too big to fit in a "sample size" during a fitting this week.  "I've been told many things that are difficult to hear," the "Citadel" actress told Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke at the SXSW conference and festival in Austin, Texas, Friday, according to People magazine.  "In my job, the pressure is so intense you can't really show the chinks in your armor. Someone told me yesterday that I wasn't sample-sized.

An exclusive clip of Prime Video’s highly anticipated action-spy thriller “Citadel”, starring duo Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas was unveiled on Friday.

Amazon Studios & MGM Boss Jennifer Salke and Citadel star Priyanka Chopra Jonas sat down today in what is one of few entertainment business discussions here at SXSW and interviewed each other on an array of topics including pay parity for lead actresses and launching a tentpole series for a global audience. Spy series Citadel, produced by AGBO’s Russo Brothers, drops its first two episodes on Prime on April 28.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Priyanka Chopra Jonas has been acting for two decades, yet she says her new Amazon Prime Video series “Citadel” represents the first time she’s had pay parity with a male co-star. Chopra Jonas stars with Richard Madden in the new series, which launches next month. Chopra Jonas was at Austin’s South by Southwest Festival in a keynote conversation with Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke about her upcoming action spy series for the streamer. She said on stage that she wondered whether the pay parity came out of the fact that Amazon Studios is led by a woman. “I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for now 22 years and I have done about almost 70-plus features,” she said. “I’ve done two TV shows. But when I did ‘Citadel,’ it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity with my male co-actor. The first time in 22 years. And I wonder that did that happen? 

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas are celebrating South Asian excellence. ET’s Denny Directo spoke to Chopra and Anjula Acharia, at the South Asian Excellence pre-Oscars celebration Thursday night, where they highlighted the importance of celebrating South Asian culture.