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World's highest-paid athletes: Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes 2016 list

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He's just won the Champions League with Real Madrid -- and now Cristiano Ronaldo can celebrate being the world's highest-paid athlete, too.
Forbes estimates that Portugal captain Ronaldo, who will be one of the biggest stars at Euro 2016 in France, earned a staggering $88 million (£60.4m) last year.
That puts him clear at the top of the American business magazine's annual compilation of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes -- and it means he is again ahead of Barcelona rival Lionel Messi, with the pair having finished third and fourth last year.
Argentina's Messi earned $81.4m this year as soccer's two biggest stars rung the changes at the pinnacle of the list.
It is the first time since 2000 that either golfer Tiger Woods -- who drops to 12th after a wretched run of poor form and injury problems -- or boxer Floyd Mayweather has not headed the table.
    The Forbes data reveals that the top 100 athletes earned an amazing $3.15 billion between them over the past 12 months.
    That eye-watering figure actually represents a slight decrease from last year, when the overall $3.2 billion tally was boosted by the $460m fight between Mayweather -- nicknamed Money -- and Manny Pacquiao.

    It was the most lucrative bout in boxing history.
    Tennis titans Roger Federer ($67.8m) and Novak Djokovic ($55.8m) retain their top 10 spots in a list that includes stars from 10 different sports.
    The 100 highest-paid athletes come from 23 countries, with a majority of them -- 65 -- Americans.
    Amongst those is golfer Jordan Spieth ($52.8m), whose rise from 85th place last year to ninth this time makes him the biggest mover on the list after a year that includes a big-money FedEx Cup success.
    Basketball stars LeBron James ($77.2m) and Kevin Durant ($56.2m) occupy third and fifth places, but baseball is the most heavily represented sport on the list, boasting 26 names.
    Basketball has 18, American football 21 and soccer 12.

    The Forbes figures include all salaries, prize money and bonuses paid out between June 1 last year and the same date in 2016.
    The magazine says its calculations are "based on conversations with dozens of industry insiders" and adds: "We do not deduct for taxes or agents' fees, and we do not include investment income."

    Last year, leader Mayweather raked in $300m, almost double the tally of second-placed Pacquiao, the man he defeated in Las Vegas.
    That put him at the summit of the Forbes list for the third time in four years, with his huge earnings dwarfing the previous record set by Woods, who banked $115m back in 2008.

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    Housefull 3 6th Day Collection – Surpasses Kapoor & Sons Lifetime Business

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    Housefull 3 Emerges as 5th Highest Grosser of the Year so far!

    Third installment of the comedy franchise Housefull is about to complete its opening week journey at box office and reported excellent performance so far. The movie has been released last Friday on a wide scale with screen count of 3700 in India and 670 in overseas. After release, it has not received much positive reviews from critics but audience liked the movie and showed big thumbs up for it.


    With the support of fans and audience, Housefull 3 has raked amazing business at box office. It has registered many records at box office and emerged as highest opening weekend grosser movie of the year by breaking the record of Fan. In its first weekend, the movie minted the amount of total 53.31 crores, which includes 15.21 crores of Friday, 16.30 crores of Saturday and 21.80 crores of Sunday.
    From overseas market too, Housefull 3 reported quite impressive response and raked the business of total 26.77 crores till Sunday. Now the movie is running in weekdays and despite being normal working days, it is witnessing almost good at box office and aiming to cross the mark of 80 crores till the end of this week.
    On its fourth day i.e. Monday, Housefull 3 faced drop of almost 60% than Sunday but still did good business of 8.25 crores. On Tuesday, as expected it faced considerable drop and minted the amount of 7.07 crores. On the next day i.e. Wednesday, it witnessed little more drop and added the amount of 6.35 crores* to its account.
    After the 6th day, total collection of Housefull 3 is recorded as 74.98 crores* at domestic box office. With this it has surpassed the lifetime collection of movie Kapoor & Sons and acquired 5th position among year’s top highest grosser movies. Now it can easily rake over 80 crores till its 7th day on Indian box office

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    Bollywood stands up to censorship

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    Show of unity:Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt with Udta Punjab ’s actors Shahid Kapoor 

    and Alia Bhatt at a press conference in Mumbai on Wednesday.


    In a rare show of unity, Bollywood came together to fight for Udta Punjab and take a stand 
    for freedom of expression and creativity.

    While Phantom Films, producers of Udta Punjab, moved court on Wednesday to get a copy of the letter issued by the Central Board of Film Certification’s revising committee, detailing the cuts (without which they can’t go to the appellate tribunal or court), a number of A listers from the Hindi film industry came together to voice their protest against the functioning of the CBFC and its chief Pahlaj Nihalani.

    13 suggestions

    A Division Bench of Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari and Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi heard Phantom Films and Vikas Bahl, one of the producers of the film which is scheduled for release on June 17. It was only after this that the revising committee shared its letter with the producers. After receiving the letter that made 13 suggestions, senior counsel Ravi Kadam, appearing for the petitioners, sought permission to amend the petition. The matter has been adjourned for Thursday.

    The letter starts with, “Reasons for grant of “A with Cuts” Certificate to the film subject to the following cuts”. It says, “The theme, presentation, language and visuals of the film are not suitable for non-adults.” The letter then elaborates suggestions to delete words and visuals from the film, one of them being ‘Delete signboard of Punjab in the beginning.’

    By the end of the rather eventful day, Shyam Benegal, head of the government-appointed panel to revise censorship guidelines, had declared that Udta Punjab was a “very well made” film; Karan Johar had written an impassioned column against censorship on ndtv.com; and Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan had spoken in support of team Udta Punjab .

    Filmmakers Imtiaz Ali, Zoya Akhtar, Anand L. Rai, Sudhir Mishra, Reema Kagti, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt, besides the stars of the film Shahid Kapur and Alia Bhatt and the producers Anurag Kashyap, Ekta Kapoor, Vikas Bahl and Mashi Mantena, spoke at a press conference, arranged in association with IFTDA to protest against the “massive” censorship of Udta Punjab , Abhishek Chaubey’s drug-themed drama.

    Shahid Kapur said:“If the youth don’t have the right to know that drugs are bad, it is a clear assault on freedom of expression.”
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