Judge lifts the restraining order against Halle Berry, Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff file for divorce, and Shraddha Kapoor becomes Eetha

A Los Angeles judge has dissolved the temporary domestic violence restraining order that Olivier Martinez obtained against his ex-wife Halle Berry earlier this month, and denied his request for a longer protective order, the Los Angeles Times reported on 30 October. According to the court’s minute order, Martinez “did not sustain the applicable burden of proof”. The ruling is not a full win for Berry, though: her visitation with their 13-year-old son Maceo stays limited to daytime hours, with no overnight stays, and the two must attend 12 sessions of joint therapy. Berry’s attorney Marina Beck said they were “extremely pleased”, while Martinez’s attorney said his client was “very happy” that the limited visitation remains.

Actor Margaret Qualley and Grammy-winning producer Jack Antonoff filed for divorce on Friday 30 October in Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, after three years of marriage, according to court records reported by AP News. Rolling Stone said the filing describes an “uncontested joint divorce”, with a settlement agreement still awaiting a judge’s review. The couple, who married in New Jersey in August 2023 and have no children, confirmed their separation in July.

Jessica Lange, 77, told Rolling Stone that her acting career is probably close to its end. “I actually feel like I’m coming to an end,” she said, adding that her film of Long Day’s Journey Into Night, in which she plays Mary Tyrone, might be a fitting last role and that “it doesn’t seem easy to get things made anymore”, as reported by Variety. The two-time Oscar winner said she would like to be remembered “for being an honest actor”.

Selma Blair posted a video apology on Instagram on Friday for the 11 October incident at New York’s JFK airport, in which she is accused of injuring a flight attendant and kicking a nurse after being taken off a plane. “To the people that I disappointed, that I hurt, I frightened, alarmed: I am so sorry,” she said, according to Variety. Blair faces two second-degree assault charges, and her lawyer has said she had missed several doses of a medicine that controls her neurological symptoms. She is due back in court in Queens on 19 January.

In Bollywood, the trailer for Eetha arrived on 30 October, with Shraddha Kapoor playing Vithabai Narayangaonkar, the celebrated Lavani dancer known as the “Empress of Tamasha”. Directed by Laxman Utekar, produced by Maddock Films with music by Ajay-Atul, it opens in cinemas on 4 December. At the launch in Mumbai, Shraddha said: “For me, it matters that it is a good film. That’s the reason sometimes I do one film in two years,” the Hindustan Times reported.

Kriti Sanon and Varun Dhawan have voiced the lead characters in the Hindi-dubbed version of the Hollywood supernatural thriller Obsession, which premiered on JioHotstar on 30 October, according to India Today. Kriti, who voices Nikki, drew praise from fans for recreating one of the film’s most talked-about scenes, with many saying Bollywood does not use her full range.

On Pakistani television, Mitti De Baway has reached a turning point: Billo, Mahira Khan’s character, secretly gives Peer Murshid medicine, his health declines and he dies, taking her revenge for her father’s murder to a new level. Actress Iffat Omar has praised Mahira’s two-sided performance as Billo, 24 News reported on 30 October. The Green Entertainment serial is written by Faiza Iftikhar and directed by Syed Wajahat Hussain, and also stars Wahaj Ali.

Faysal Quraishi, the actor and host known for Bashar Momin and Khaie, shared a new gym photo on Instagram along with notes on his fitness journey, saying he has exercised for six years but only took nutrition seriously two years ago. “Age is not an excuse. Progress has no age limit,” he wrote. The post drew mixed reactions, with some fans saying they preferred his earlier look, as reported by Minute Mirror.