Akshay Kumar's an early bird trying to catch a story

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► Akshay Kumar's an early bird trying to catch a story

Lockdown or not, Akshay Kumar is up and running at the crack of dawn. And after 60-plus days, he is ready for work. On Monday, he shot a coronavirus social awareness campaign with R Balki at Kamalistan Studios, and the following day he joined Vashu, Jackky and Honey Bhagnani, Nikkhil Advani and his producer-partner Madhu Bhojwani, director Ranjit Tewari and scriptwriter Aseem Arora for the final narration of the period spy thriller Bell Bottom. What made it different was that it started at 6 am. Khiladi Kumar has as many as seven projects in various stages of production and it seems like he is in a hurry to get back to them. “We are all set, haina,” Jackky chortled, admitting that he had never had a 6 am meeting before this but it was a perfect morning. Surprisingly, afterwards, none of those present for the virtual meeting were ready to divulge any details of what had transpired. Hmmm... makes us want to do some spying of our own. We will be back with more...

► Nargis Fakhri spends a day on the beach with chef-friend Justin Santos

Celebrations are in order for Nargis Fakhri, who posted a loved-up picture with her chef-friend Justin Santos. The two headed to the beach over the Memorial Day weekend and made the most of the sunshine by posing for pics against a rocky backdrop. Thanking him for coming out with her and also cooking up a storm, the actress tagged other friends who’d been unable to make it to the beach. When her entrepreneur friend, Deepica Mutyala jumped in at the opportunity to tease her by asking her to “Tell us more”, Nargis only replied with emojis. But fans didn’t need any confirmation to celebrate the new man in her life.