Kareena Kapoor (born 1980) is an Indian Bollywood actress. She is the daughter of actors Randhir Kapoor and Babita, and the younger sister of actress Karisma Kapoor. Her achievements include six Filmfare Awards, four IIFA Awards, and three Screen Awards. One of Bollywood's highest- paid actresses, she has played a variety of characters and appeared in a range of film genres. After making her acting debut in Refugee (2000), Kapoor established herself as a leading actress in 2001 with her roles in Aśoka and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.... This initial success was followed by roles in a series of commercial failures. The year 2004 marked a turning point for her when she played a sex worker in Chameli. She earned wide recognition for her roles in Dev and Omkara, then starred in Jab We Met (2007). Kapoor achieved further success by featuring as the female lead in four of India's top-grossing productions—3 Idiots (2009), Golmaal 3 (2010), Bodyguard (2011), and Ra.One (2011)—and received praise for her roles in Kurbaan (2009) and Heroine (2012). Married to actor Saif Ali Khan, Kapoor's off-screen life is the subject of widespread coverage in India.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1776:

American Revolutionary War: The Great Fire of New York broke out during British occupation of New York City, destroying up to 1,000 buildings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_New_York_(1776)

1860:

Second Opium War: Anglo-French forces earned a decisive victory against Qing dynasty troops in the Battle of Palikao, allowing them to capture Beijing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palikao

1937:

J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy children's novel The Hobbit, which later served as a predecessor to The Lord of the Rings, was first published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit

1965:

Portugal outraged the United Kingdom by announcing its acceptance of a mission in Lisbon independently representing Rhodesia (or Southern Rhodesia), a British colony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_mission_in_Lisbon

2013:

Unidentified gunmen began a three-day attack on the upmarket Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, resulting in the deaths of 67 people with at least another 175 wounded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

gizzardless: 1. Without a gizzard; without guts or innards. 2. (figuratively) Lacking courage, cowardly. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gizzardless

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.   --Henry L. Stimson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_L._Stimson