Quantico finally makes its way over to UK screens and it’s a show that’s currently getting critical acclaim stateside. The First Lady of Bollywood Priyanka Chopra fronts the cast as Alex Parrish, one of the new recruits at the FBI’s training academy in Quantico, Virginia. The story is split into two timelines with flashbacks following Alex and her fellow recruits during their training at Quantico. But it’s mainly set in the present where Alex is being framed by a former classmate for masterminding a terror attack on Grand Central Station in New York, which is said to be the biggest since 9/11. She is forced to go on the run from the FBI when they don’t believe that it wasn’t her. It’s a show that’s packed with thrilling mysteries and a whodunnit that you (and Alex) have to solve through the clues that each episode leaves. Here’s five reasons why you should tune in.


Priyanka Chopra - To say Priyanka Chopra is this year’s breakout star is an understatement - she already IS a star. Chopra has acted in over 50 Bollywood films, sung with Pitbull and Will.I.Am and won the Miss World pageant in 2000 at the tender age of 17. Quantico marks her Hollywood debut and she’s the first Indian actress to front an American television show. She even won a People’s Choice Award for playing Agent Alex Parrish, the first South Asian person to do so. Now how’s that for diversity?  

It has a diverse cast - Speaking of, Quantico’s cast is incredibly diverse. Aside from Chopra being an Indian, the principal characters are Hispanic, Arab, African-American and Caucasian. The chemistry between them forms like organic family bond. Nothing feels forced; the show satisfies your appetite for the need of diversity in a mainstream drama because the characters live in a world that brings together people of all background

Badass women - The show doesn’t lack in strong female leads. Aside from Chopra, other female cast members include Anujanue Ellis who plays Miranda Shaw, the director of Quantico’s training program and Alex’s mentor; Yasmine Al Massri who plays Nimah Amin, a bubbly, had-working Muslim recruit and Johanna Braddy who plays Shelby Wyatt, Alex’s intelligent best friend. What’s more is that everyone is (mostly) best friends, aside from Anabelle Acosta who plays Natalie Vasquez, Alex’s professional and personal rival who has a vengeance against her, which plays into both stories. 

There’s loads of secrets and betrayal - Everyone comes into the show with their own secrets and these are eventually fleshed out through both timelines. The character with the most to hide is Liam O’Conner (Josh Hopkins) a seasoned FBI agent who’s been demoted to teaching at Quantico, but is the lead agent in hunting down Alex in the present storyline. There’s also Ryan Booth (Jake McLaughlin), a handsome stranger who has a fling with Alex at the beginning of the show but there’s something more to him. Even Alex has her fair share of secrets that she’s hiding. 

And everyone is a suspect - We quickly find out that the mastermind behind the Grand Central Station bombing is one of Alex’s former classmates. Everyone is a suspect on this show. Everyone is shady and everyone acts shady. It’s up to Alex to figure out who’s setting her up, but this is proved to be difficult when she has to do things in secret on the run with the help of trusted friends.

Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra has revealed her “wild child” tendencies that attracted her to her new TV show.

The actress and former Miss World takes on the role of FBI recruit Alex Parrish in drama Quantico, her first big role outside of her native India, where she is a household name for her starring turns on the big screen.


Priyanka as Miss World in 2000 (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)

Speaking on the set of the show in Montreal, Canada, she said: “The best roles for women are on TV. Coming from a feature background in India, I think this is the best time to be an actress right now, in Indian films at least. I’ve been very sure about the fact I like picking empowered roles that are not replaceable, even if they are small.”

Priyanka has become the first south Asian actress to win a People’s Choice Award in America for her role on the show but she said she didn’t want her ethnicity to be a factor in her casting.

The ‘Spotlight’ cast and crew accept Best Picture (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama Spotlight took best picture at a 88th Academy Awards.

Tom McCarthy’s film about the Boston Globe’s investigative reporting on sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests won over the favored frontier epic The Revenant. McCarthy’s well-crafted procedural, led by a strong ensemble cast, had lagged in the lead-up to the Oscars, losing ground to the flashier filmmaking of Alejandro Inarritu’s film.

But Spotlight — an ode to the hard-nose, methodical work of a journalism increasingly seldom practiced — took the night’s top honor despite winning only one other Oscar for McCarthy and Josh Singer’s screenplay. Such a sparsely-awarded best picture winner hasn’t happened since 1952’s The Greatest Show On Earth.

The night, however, belong to host Chris Rock, who launched immediately into the uproar over the lack of diversity in this year’s nominees, and didn’t let up. “The White People’s Choice Awards,” he called the Oscars, which were surrounded by protests (including one outside the Dolby Theatre by the Rev. Al Sharpton) and boycotts.

The complete winners list:

PICTURE
The Big Short
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight–WINNER

ACTOR
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant–WINNER
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl

ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room–WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies–WINNER
Sylvester Stallone, Creed

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl–WINNER
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

DIRECTOR
Adam McKay, The Big Short
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant–WINNER
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short–WINNER
Brooklyn
Carol
The Martian
Room

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight–WINNER
Straight Outta Compton

ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
Boy & the World
Inside Out–WINNER
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy–WINNER
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

ORIGINAL SONG
“Earned It,” Fifty Shades of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre–WINNER

ORIGINAL SCORE
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight–WINNER
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Embrace of the Serpent, Colombia
Mustang, France
Son of Saul, Hungary–WINNER
Theeb, Jordan
A War, Denmark

VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina–WINNER
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SOUND MIXING
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road–WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road–WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road–WINNER
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant–WINNER
Sicario

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road–WINNER
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The Revenant

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road–WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant

COSTUME DESIGN
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road–WINNER
The Revenant

LIVE ACTION SHORT
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
Shok
Stutterer–WINNER

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond the Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness–WINNER
Last Day of Freedom

ANIMATED SHORT
Bear Story–WINNER
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow

The actress took home the Favourite Movie Actress gong at last night’s People’s Choice Awards. [Photo: Getty]

Sandra Bullock is one classy lady. Despite being a ridiculously talented actress with a whole wealth of awards filling up her cabinets at home, she steers clear of the limelight and prefers to keep her private life, well, private.

But that isn’t to say she keeps her thoughts to herself – especially when it comes to topics that really matter to her.


The 51-year-old actress hasn’t tiptoed around the issues of sexism in the film industry that have hit headlines so many times in the last year, so it wasn’t all that surprising when Bullock took to the People’s Choice Awards stage last night to give a shout out to one group of women who don’t get enough support – working mums.

In particular, the four “working mamas” she beat to scoop the Favourite Movie Actress award: Anne Hathaway, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep and Scarlett Johansson. 

Troian Bellisario at the People’s Choice Awards. Photo: Getty Images

On Wednesday night, Pretty Little Liars scored the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Drama, a win that should be unsurprising considering the show’s rabid online fan base. The series will be back on January 12 and the upcoming episode marks a big change in its plot line. As the second half of season six opens, the show will jump five years ahead, taking its four main characters out of high school and into the real world. There’s also now a new villain to contend with. We caught up with Troian Bellisario, who plays Spencer, to discuss where that time jump brings the characters both personally and style-wise. Plus, the actress had some thoughts on how Hollywood could put social media to better use this year.

Friendly Exes (or More?)
Relations between Madonna and ex-husband No. 2, Guy Ritchie, aren’t going so well, but things with ex-husband No. 1, Sean Penn, are a different story. The songstress brought her youngest children, David and Mercy, along to Penn’s annual Golden Globes eve Help Haiti Home gala on Saturday in L.A. Their cozy appearance reignites rumors that they have rekindled their romance, something neither of them has commented on. (Photo: Getty Images) 

#Winning
Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, who co-starred in the 2013 comedy The Heat reunited at the People’s Choice Awards, where both were honored. Bullock was named Favorite Movie Actress, while McCarthy received the honor for Favorite Comedic Movie Actress. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Moving In
Forget a glass of champagne! Kevin Hart celebrated his permanent place on Miami’s Walk of Fame with a happy dance. (Photo: Getty Images)

An Offer He Couldn’t Refuse
Johnny Depp, a good friend of the late Marlon Brando, caught up with the star’s daughter, Rebecca Brando, as he introduced an L.A. screening of the Showtime documentary Listen to Me Marlon. Depp co-starred with Brando in 1994’s Don Juan DeMarco and The Brave three years later. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Showtime/AP Images)

The Cool Kids’ Couch
Sarah Hyland, her Modern Family co-star Adam DeVine, and Chloe Bridges (Pretty Little Liars) hit up the People’s Choice Awards afterparties. (Photo: Getty Images)

Jason Derulo and Daphne Joy at the People’s Choice Awards on Jan. 6. (Photo: Getty Images)

Somewhere, Jordin Sparks is doing a major eye roll. Jason Derulo and his new girlfriend, model Daphne Joy, made their red carpet debut at the People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday night. 

They were ready for their close-up, wearing coordinating black and white outfits. Her white dress had a sexy leg slit and cut-outs to show off her curves; he rocked one of the more formal looks with a scarf draped over his suit and also had on a slew of diamonds.

The “Talk Dirty” singer, 26, has been dating Joy — whose major claim to fame prior to this is that she has a 3-year-old son, Sire, with 50 Cent — since November. The duo rang in the New Year together near Miami. He posted an Instagram photo of them in their swimsuits, using the hashtag “baewatch.”

Jason and his “bae” over the holidays. (Photo: Instagram)

Asked about his relationship on the red carpet last night, Derulo told E! News, “I don’t want to talk too much about it, but I’m definitely enjoying life right now.”

"Furious 7'' was named favorite movie, "The Big Bang Theory'' won top TV show, and Ellen DeGeneres set a record at the People's Choice Awards.

The fan-voted prizes were presented Wednesday (January 7) night in Los Angeles at a ceremony hosted by Jane Lynch.

DeGeneres received a humanitarian award, as well as the trophy for favorite daytime TV host, bringing her total People's Choice wins to a record-tying 17.

A select list of winners:

Movie: "Furious 7''

Movie actor: Channing Tatum

Movie actress: Sandra Bullock

Action movie: "Furious 7''

Comedic movie: "Pitch Perfect 2''

Dramatic movie: "The Martian''

Family movie: "Minions''

Thriller movie: "Taken 3''

TV show: "The Big Bang Theory''

Network TV comedy: "The Big Bang Theory''

Network TV drama: "Grey's Anatomy''

Cable TV comedy: "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''

Cable TV drama: "Pretty Little Liars''

Competition TV show: "The Voice''

Streaming series: "Orange is the New Black''

Animated TV show: "The Simpsons''

Male musician: Ed Sheeran

Female musician: Taylor Swift

Group: Fifth Harmony

Album: "Title,'' Meghan Trainor

Song: "What Do You Mean?'' Justin Bieber

Social media celebrity: Britney Spears

Mobile game: "Candy Crush Saga''

Celebs at the People’s Choice Awards have all gone nude! Well, with their lipstick, at least. Gone are the days when red, pink, or even vamp lips dominate the red carpet.

Pretty Little Liars star Ashley Benson is known for her blonde hair and blue eyes, but her pinky nude lips softened up her slick “bronde” ponytail and dark eyebrows. (Photo: Getty Images)

Singer, dancer, actress, and model Kat Graham went fresh faced with taupe matte lips. Is that Kylie’s Candy K we’re seeing? (Photo: Getty Images)

It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, but Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell just returned from holiday in Jamaica — and her enviable bronze tan complements her taupe nude lips and smoky eye makeup. (Photo: Getty Images)

The Scream Queens star opted for a nude lip in a rich brown. Yahoo Beauty editor in chief Bobbi Brown recommends matching or going slightly darker than your lip color when searching for a nude shade. (Photo: Getty Images)

Quantico actress Priyanka Chopra knows how to make an appearance: Her magenta nude lips heightened the drama of her bouffant hairdo and smoky eyes. (Photo: Getty Images)

Tonight, a host of celebrities hit up the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards to see if they gained enough favor from the public to take home a statue. It’s the first awards show of the year, and one of many to air this month. Will the PCA’s set the sartorial tone for Awards Season 2016? You be the judge. Check out the gallery above to see what the stars rocked tonight.

Lea Michele practiced her smize at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Colin Hanks seemed very confused about the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Melissa McCarthy tried the bell sleeve trend on for size at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Jason Derulo and Daphne Joy showed up for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Rocsi Diaz hit the red carpet at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Frankie Grande came to the 2016 People’s Choice Awards ready to be seen

Carly Rae Jepsen served rocker realness at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Vin Diesel struggled to get through his emotional speech as he paid tribute to late co-star Paul Walker while accepting an award for Furious 7 at the People’s Choice Awards.

The actor looked like he was choking back tears as he accepted the award for favourite movie and favourite action movie, before launching into the opening lines of Wiz Khalifa’s See You Again until he was cut off.

He dedicated the two awards in his hand to his character Dom and Paul’s character Brian in the franchise.

Watch Vin Diesel sing a touching tribute to his Furious 7 co-star Paul Walker at People's Choice Awards 2016. #PCAs https://t.co/hkmRrnre3B

— People's Choice (@peopleschoice) January 7, 2016

“They said to make this short and sweet, so I’ll keep it short and sweet, it was a labour of love and my only message to you is you’d be amazed what you can do with love.”

“When the tragedy was too heavy it was the love of everyone that got me through and now I’m standing here with you telling me this is your favourite film of the year.”

Tonight, a host of celebrities hit up the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards to see if they gained enough favor from the public to take home a statue. It’s the first awards show of the year, and one of many to air this month. Will the PCA’s set the sartorial tone for Awards Season 2016? You be the judge. Check out the gallery above to see what the stars rocked tonight.

Kat Graham looked like a bronzed goddess for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Maddie Ziegler was all smiles at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Alison Brie looking pretty in pastels on the 2016 People’s Choice Awards red carpet

Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy posed on the 2016 People’s Choice Awards red carpet

Natalie Dormer was all about that jumpsuit life at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Behold: Priyanka Chopra sparkled on the 2016 People’s Choice Awards red carpet

Amber Valletta clinged to flesh tones in Balmain at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Shay Mitchell showed a little leg at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Marcia Gay Harden rocked a sultry velvet gown for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Tonight, a host of celebrities hit up the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards to see if they gained enough favor from the public to take home a statue. It’s the first awards show of the year, and one of many to air this month. Will the PCA’s set the sartorial tone for Awards Season 2016? You be the judge. Check out the gallery above to see what the stars rocked tonight.

Kate Hudson was looking modern and ethereal at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Keke Palmer smoldered in Yousef Al-Jasmi on the 2016 People’s Choice Awards red carpet

Vanessa Hudgens cast a sultry glance on the 2016 People’s Choice Awards red carpet

Julianne Hough sparkled on the red carpet at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Ashley Benson practiced her smize on the red carpet at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Portia de Rossi and wife Ellen Degeneres coordinated in black and white for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Dakota Johnson collected her award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Abigail Spencer let her dress match the red carpet at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards

Christina Milian rocked all purple everything for the 2016 People’s Choice Awards red carpet

The evening’s hostess, Jane Lynch on the red carpet at the 2016 People’s Choice Awards