First Look: Naomi Watts as Diana. Academy Award-nominated actress Naomi Watts plays the Princess of Wales in the new film DIANA, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, set for U.S. release on November 1. The film also stars Naveen Andrews as her love interest Hasnat Khan, a London doctor. [Facebook]
From Top Chef to the Top of the Table. “When you’re drinking something, it should be mysterious, sexy, and moody,” Padma Lakshmi tells Architectural Digest, demonstrating with an amethyst wine glass from her new collection of porcelain and glassware. Bloomingdales retails her collection, which has motifs based on decorative art forms rangoli and minakari. [AD]
S’More Sanjay and Craig Please. The animated show about a boy named Sanjay and his snake buddy Craig is back on the air after a two-month break, showing the first season’s fnal eight episodes. If that wasn’t enough good news for the series’ fans, Nickelodeon renewed it for a second season. Read The Aerogram’s interview with creator Jeff Dirschberger and Maulik Pancholy, who voices Sanjay. [The Hollywood Reporter]
They Are Men Without Long-term Leases. The pilot for the new CBS series We Are Men with Kal Penn airs on TV September 30. But it’s online now at the network’s website and also available via its app. Penn plays one of four guys living in a short-term furnished apartment complex where they find friendship and bond over missteps in love. [Inside TV, EW]
Beauty is the Geek. As you might have heard, self-proclaimed nerd and Star Wars fan Nina Davuluri won the title of Miss America. Check out Jeff Yang’s vision of this beauty queen of the geeks, complete with light saber. [Original Spin]
Look Who’s Back at the Oscars. Zinda Bhaag is an illegal immigration comedy drama set in Pakistan where three young men try to escape the realities of their lives. The film, in the foreign language category, is Pakistan’s first entry at the Academy Awards after a 50-year absence. Watch the trailer. [Variety]
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A Whole Lot of Momos. Feed Your People, a website about feeding lots of people, all at once, talks to Bini Prathan, who recently made 15,000 momos (Nepalese dumplings) for a street festival in San Francisco. [Feed Your People]
Pavani Yalamanchili is a co-founder and editor of The Aerogram. Follow her on Twitter at @_pavani or email her at editors@theaerogram.com. Find The Aerogram on Twitter @theaerogram.
