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HBO to air the concluding part of the ‘LOTR’ saga next month
MUMBAI: On 21 July 2006 at 9 pm HBO will air the concluding part in Peter Jackson‘s epic trilogy The Lord Of The Rings. The third part The Return Of the King sees Frodo played by Elijah Wood and his best friend Sam played by Sean Astin attempt to destroy the ring at Mount Doom.
Meanwhile the evil Lord Sauron sets his eye on the final stronghold Minas Tirith. Frodo in his journey to destroy the ring grows weaker as the ring tries to take control of him. Although Gollum is leading Frodo and Sam towards Mount Doom the creature cannot be trusted as his mind has been corrupted by the ring. The movie won 11 Oscars including picture and director.
HBO will also air its original movie Something The Lord Made on 4 July at 9 pm. The film stars Al;an Rickman and Mos Def. Working in 1940s Baltimore on a technique for performing heart surgery on blue babies Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas played by Mos Def form a strong team. They invent a new field of medicine thus savuing thousands of lives. However social pressures put a strain on the relationship.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
