‘Quantico’ star Priyanka Chopra bags MTV EMAs Best India Act

‘Quantico’ star Priyanka Chopra is making waves in the West – she is an Indian actress-singer and has emerged victorious in the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards' Best India Act category. Scores of music fans voted for her and, as a result, she received enough votes to beat her competitors who included the likes of Indus Creed, Monica Dogra, Your Chin and The Ska Vengers.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 17 October 2015.

Priyanka will now be pitched against the winning act from Africa to be named Worldwide Act: Africa/India and prove her mettle.
The awards night will be hosted by singer Ed Sheeran and model Ruby Rose at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan on October 26 – it will be aired on VH1 India.
Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran and Rudimental, Ellie Goulding, Jason Derulo, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Tori Kelly, James Bay, among other stars, are expected to perform at the event.
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Actress Ruby Rose lands a role in ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’

29-year-old actress Ruby Rose of ‘Orange is the New Black’ fame has managed to land a role in the upcoming ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’. She is right now busy filming her role in the sixth and final instalment of the franchise in South Africa. The name of the character that she would portray in the movie is that of Abigail.
This has been reported in indianexpress.com dated 22 September 2015.

Ruby Rose would join Milla Jovovich, who is once again back as Alice while Ali Larter will yet again return as Claire Redfield and Wentworth Miller will be reprising his role as her on-screen brother, Chris.
Jovovich’s husband Paul WS Anderson is also as director and he would be using his own movie script, which picks up from where the events of the earlier 2012’s ‘Resident Evil: Retribution’ left off.
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