Actor Kate Beckinsale revealed her 18-year-old daughter, Lily, had a crush on talk show host Jimmy Kimmel.
	The 44-year-old star, who appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", added the situation was a little "tricky" as her former partner and actor Micheal Sheen is currently in a relationship with Kimmel's ex-girlfriend.
	"You know how they have crushes on Justin Bieber and things like that? She's got one on you. It's a little bit of a tricky situation, because my daughter's dad is dating Jimmy's ex-girlfriend - it's very twisted. It's a sort of horrible, human centipede-y vibe," Beckinsale said.
	The "Love and Friendship" actor's revelation left Kimmel a little red-faced, to which he said, "I'm sorry! I had nothing to do with this! This is all her! This is your mother! Let's not ruin the crush thing.
	"I want to keep that going, OK? Thank you very much. I appreciate it. I'm flattered. (Now) we're both embarrassed.

Kate Beckinsale's daughter has a crush on Jimmy Kimmel

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Actor Jessica Biel says becoming a mother helped her do justice to her role in the upcoming film "The Sinner".
	The 35-year-old actor says giving birth to her son, Silas (now two-years-old), gave her an edge in portraying the character of a mother, who murders a stranger and is unable to recall why she did it, according to FemaleFirst.
	"Easier in the sense that I truly understand what it means to have a child, what the history of that looks like. You know, the actual process of it. And then what it means to be a parent.
	"So playing a person who commits a crime like this and then has to really deal with the repercussions of how does that look like for her family unit - that I really understand and I feel very connected to that idea," says Biel.

Motherhood prepared me for 'The Sinner': Jessica Biel

Actor Robert Hardy, a familiar face on British television who also played the minister of magic in the Harry Potter franchise, has died aged 91, his family announced on.
	"It is with great sadness that the family of Robert Hardy CBE on Thursday announced his death, following a tremendous life: a giant career in theatre, television and film spanning more than 70 years," a statement from his children Emma, Justine and Paul said.
	They added: "Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work."
	Born in 1925, Hardy started his career at 24 in a stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Coriolanus", the first of many theatre roles.
	He was also part of several long-standing television shows, including the BBC's famed "All Creatures Great and Small", which ran for 12 years.
	The Bafta-nominated actor later appeared in the Harry Potter films as Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, a role he reprised four ...

British actor Robert Hardy dies aged 91

Aamir Khan says he hopes that his friend and actor Shah Rukh Khan's film "Jab Harry Met Sejal" does well at cinemas tomorrow.
	The romantic comedy, directed by Imtiaz Ali, features Anushka Sharma opposite Shah Rukh.
	Taking to Twitter, Aamir gave best wishes to the trio and said he was looking forward to watch the film.
	"Shah Rukh, Anushka, Imtiaz, all the very best for your release tomorrow! I'm sure it will rock!! Looking forward!!! Love. A," he wrote.
	To which Anushka replied, "Thank you so much Aamir."
	Shah Rukh also retweeted Aamir's upcoming production "Secret Superstar" trailer, writing, "This so much yaar. And as I mentioned your trailer Secret Superstar is so endearing. Let me know when you can watch 'JHMS'. (sic)"
	"Jab Harry Met Sejal" follows a tour guide Harry and a Gujarati woman Sejal's journey across Europe.
	This is the third collaboration between Shah Rukh and Anushka, while Imtiaz is directing both the actors for the first time.

Aamir gives best wishes to SRK for 'Jab Harry Met Sejal'

"Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical", directed by Feroz Abbas Khan, is coming to the capital and will be presented to the audiences from September 8.
	Being touted as India's biggest theatre production, the makers are gearing up to showcase the play in Delhi, after four sold out seasons in Mumbai.
	Khan was present at the press conference of the musical, along with Deepesh Salgia, representing producers Shapoorji Pallonji Group, fashion designer Manish Malhotra, choreographer Mayuri Upadhya and Farrahnaz Irani (NCPA) here.
	The cast comprises the same team that has received rave reviews in Mumbai. The show will also include the actors doing live singing of evergreen songs from the KA Asif's magnum opus, "Mughal-e-Azam" and stunning choreography by trained Kathak dancers.
	Khan shared the reason behind bringing the show to the city.
	He said, "I wanted to do something that was totally against my grain. I wanted to share this great piece of cinema as a huge theatre experience. For audiences in .

'Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical' to be staged from September 8

The Maharashtra government today informed the Bombay High Court that it has withdrawn an order passed by it appointing advocate Dinesh Tiwari as special public prosecutor in the Jiah Khan death case.
	Following this statement, Justice Anil Menon disposed of the CBI's petition challenging the state government's decision to appoint a special public prosecutor in the case.
	The CBI's contention was that since it was the prosecuting agency in the case, the government cannot appoint a special prosecutor.
	The CBI has booked actor Sooraj Pancholi on charges of abetting the suicide of Jiah Khan, who was his girlfriend at the time of the alleged incident.
	In June, the high court had asked the Advocate General to appear in the matter before it and also asked the trial court not to proceed with the trial until further orders.
	Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni today told Justice Menon that the contentions raised by the CBI in its petition were correct and the order of appointment of Dinesh .

Tiwari's appointment as PP in Jiah case cancelled: Maha to HC

Popular microblogging website Twitter may be a powerful tool to forecast criminal activity, according to a study that analysed over 1.5 million public tweets.
	"My initial hypothesis was that there would be no correlation between Twitter use and crime. After all, people do not share with the world that they intend to or have just committed a crime," said Matthew Gerber, assistant professor at University of Virginia in the US.
	"What they do share are things like social events or outings that could lead to criminal activity," Gerber said.
	The team chose Twitter over other social media platforms for its openness and the fact that anyone can access Global Positioning System (GPS)-tagged tweets generated in a given area.
	Researchers collected data of more than 1.5 million public tweets tagged with Chicago-area GPS coordinates spanning January to March of 2013, as well as crime records covering the same period and geographic area.
	After dividing and mapping out tweets and crime records .

Twitter may be a powerful tool to predict crime: study

Streaming giant Netflix is coming up with an original series based on writer Aravind Adiga's Booker prize-winning novel "White Tiger".
	Titled "Selection Day", the show will narrate a compelling coming-of-age story of cricket and corruption, which explores the glory and rivalry in Mumbai.
	"We are excited to be expanding our slate of originals in India. These projects have specifically local subjects, but will be great for our global audience, and are supported by world class talent." said Erik Barmack, VP of international original series at Netflix.
	It will be produced in partnership with Seven Stories.
 	"When I first read 'Selection Day', I was completely overwhelmed by the scale and ambition of Aravind's vision - and moved to my core by its emotional power...
	"We are delighted to be working with Netflix on what feels like a new chapter in the age of global storytelling, and we are bowled over by Erik and his team's passion for this story," said Anand Tucker, CEO of Seven ...

Netflix making a series on Aravind Adiga's 'White Tiger'

Arijit Singh, Amit Trivedi and Canadian music producer Spek will join the panel at India's first-ever annual music conference, titled 'All About Music'.
	Among other speakers at the conference, which will be held here on September 18 and 19, are lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya, composer Sunny MR, Ed Peto, CEO of CD Baby.
	'All About Music' is being organised by Tarsame Mittal Talent Management, whose head Tarsame Mittal said she aims to change the way music is standardised today.
	"I have been interacting with a lot of established and emerging talent, as well as music labels, publishers, copyright societies etc and I have noticed the lack of communique and information which in the long run is detrimental to the growth of music business.
	"All About Music is a platform curated to put the spotlight on the potential of the Indian music industry and set new benchmarks and goals. Our aim is to bring together all the different stakeholders of the music industry together on an exclusive ...

Arijit, Amit to address India's maiden annual music conference

Music composer-singer Anu Malik and comedian Bharti Singh will be judging a new comedy show "Comedy Dangal".
	The show will see two genres of comedy - skit and stand up.
	The stand up comedy team 'Tabela' to be headed by Bharti will have contestants like Amit Tandon, Abhijit Ganguly, Manan Desai, Jeeveshu Ahlluwalia, Jimmy, Rahman among others.
	The skit team 'Akhada' headed by Malik will have Anita Hasnandani, Rajesh Kumar, Surbhi Jyoti, Mahi Vij, Shikha Singh and others.
	Produced by Optimystix, "Comedy Dangal" premieres on August 12 and it will air on &TV channel.

Anu Malik, Bharti Singh to judge 'Comedy Dangal'

Actor Halle Berry said instead of giving the part of fictional spy James Bond to a woman, a new role should be written for the female version on the same lines.
	The 50-year-old star said the personality of Agent 007 created by writer Ian Fleming appears so static that it is a little difficult to imagine the traits in a woman's avatar, reported Entertainment Tonight.
	"I want (women) to be tough but I don't know if Bond should be a woman. I mean, that series is steeped in history, you know Ian Fleming's stories. I don't think you can change Bond to a woman.
	"We can create a new Bond character that's a woman, and give her a new name, based on that theory, but I don't know if Bond should be a woman," Berry said.
	The Oscar-winning actor played NSA agent Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson, alongside then James Bond, Pierce Brosnan in 2002's "Die Another Day".

We can create a new Bond character that's a woman: Halle Berry

Robots on the sets of the yet- to-be-titled Han Solo film are troubling director Ron Howard.
	The 63-year-old filmmaker took to Twitter to share a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the droid that is giving him a hard time on the sets of the "Star Wars" spin-off.
	"Droids help make the Galaxy go round but I find they don't always listen to the director! #UntitledHanSoloMovie
	"These droids can be so damn intractable. But we'll go until we get it right! #UntitledHanSoloMovie," wrote Howard, alongside the photograph of the robot.
	The Oscar-winning director has been named as the new director for the movie, after Phil Lord and Christopher Miller left the project.

Han Solo movie director Ron Howard troubled by droids

Actor Mickey Rourke has joined the cast of anthology movie "Berlin, I Love You", which explores love and romance in the German capital.
	The 64-year-old actor will feature in the latest film in the Cities of Love series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	Rourke will play a divorced man whose intimacy with a young female stranger causes him to question the identity of his estranged daughter.
	The "Iron Man 2" star will star in the Til Schweiger- directed segment.
	The ensemble cast also boasts big names such as Diego Luna, Orlando Bloom, Sophie Turner, Jack Huston and Jared Leto, with actors Renee Zellweger and Patrick Dempsey also making their directorial debuts in the film.
	Other directors will include Massy Tadjedin, Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Shekhar Kapur, Tom Van Avermaet and Fernando Eimbcke, along with Til Schweiger, Dennis Gansel and Dani Levy.
	The franchise has also included stops in Paris ("Paris je t'aime") 2006 and New York City ("New York, I Love You") in 2008.

Mickey Rourke to feature in 'Berlin, I Love You'

Singer Mika Singh, who urged his fans in Houston to join him in celebrating the independence days of India and "Apna Pakistan", has drawn criticism from Indian Americans for his "unforgivable" remarks.
	Singh, popular for his hip-hop dance tracks, is scheduled to perform in Houston on August 12, ahead of the independence days of Pakistan and India on August 14 and 15 respectively.
	In the run-up to his show, he posted a video on the Internet, urging his fans and supporters from India and Pakistan to join the celebration. In the video, he could be seen with a local Pakistani-origin promoter of his show.
	A large number of Indian Americans have criticised the "ill-timed" video calling for a joint celebration at the show.
	They say the video comes across as a "cruel joke" in the wake of the ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the LoC, resulting in "deaths of innocent civilians and the armed forces personnel."
	"Celebrating India's Independence Day is for those who believe in India and ...

Indian Americans slam Mika Singh's 'unforgivable' comments

The toddler adopted by actor Sunny Leone last month had been turned down by 11 prospective parents before she could find a family, says adoption agency CARA.
	While adoptive parents are often very picky about who they bring into their homes and have a lot to say about a child's physical appearance, skin colour as well as medical history, the tinsel town diva and her husband Daniel Weber were not interested in any of it.
	"Without looking at colour, background and health status, Sunny Leone happily took the child in adoption. We respect that they didn't try to bend the rules and stood in the queue like all the other parents," Child Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) CEO Lt Col Deepak Kumar told PTI.
	Leone applied for adoption on the web portal of CARA, the apex body for adoption, on September 30 last year and was referred a child on June 21. Leone gave her assent the following day as parents are given 48 hours to accept the child.
	On completing all the formalities the actor was allowed .

Girl adopted by Sunny Leone was turned down by 11 parents

"Invincible" director Ericson Core has been tapped to helm Damien Chazelle's kidnapping drama "The Claim".
	The thriller written by Chazelle, revolves around a single father with a criminal background who must locate his kidnapped daughter while fighting the claims of another couple who insist that the child is theirs, reported Deadline.
	Production on the film is expected to start later this year.
	No actor has been attached to the project yet.

Ericson Core to direct Damien Chazelle's 'The Claim'

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" will open on Broadway in April next year with seven lead members of the original West End company.
	The critically acclaimed two-part play - which is a follow-up to JK Rowling's hugely successful "Harry Potter" novel and movie series - will make its US debut in the famous theatre district of New York when it opens at the Lyric Theatre.
	Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Noma Dumezweni (Hermione Granger) and Paul Thornley (Ron Weasley) with Poppy Miller (Ginny Potter), Sam Clemmett (Albus Potter), Alex Price (Draco Malfoy) and Anthony Boyle (Scorpius Malfoy) will return for the US run, according to Deadline.
	They will be joined by the supporting cast, who will play a variety of roles, including four children who will alternate two roles.
	"We have assembled an extraordinary cast for Broadway. Our Cursed Child family is growing with 28 brilliant new actors bringing their unique talents to our production," director John Tiffany said.
	Tickets for the shows 

'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Broadway cast announced

Actress Hayley Atwell has reportedly joined the cast of Disney's Winnie The Pooh live- action movie, "Christopher Robin".
	The 35-year-old actress will star in the project alongside Ewan McGregor and play Christopher Robin's wife, reported Variety.
	The movie, which is being directed by Marc Forster, is centred on Christopher Robin - played by McGregor - as a grown-up, who has lost his imagination and is too focused on work to have fun with his family until Pooh Bear surprisingly re-enters his life.
	Christopher Robin's character was created by late English author A.A. Milne and featured in his two books "Winnie-the- Pooh" from 1926 and "The House at Pooh Corner" from 1928 - inspired by his own son and his beloved teddy bear - with both tomes focusing on the boy's adventures with talking bear Pooh and the other animals of the Hundred Acre Wood.

Hayley Atwell joins Winnie The Pooh live-action film

Starz is developing a new drama series titled "Ascendant", which is based on the "Divergent" films from the movie division of parent company Lionsgate.
	"Ascendant" is being written by Adam Cozad, who is executive producing with director Lee Toland Krieger. The two had originally been aboard to work on an "Ascendant" film at Summit, before that project was scrapped, reported Variety.
	It is unclear whether Shailene Woodley or any of the other stars of the films would appear in the series.
	"Ascendant" had been planned as the fourth installment in the "Divergent" film series.
	But last year, after seeing poor box office results for the third film in the franchise, Summit announced that it had scuttled plans for the fourth and final film and instead would develop the property, based on a series of young-adult novels by Veronica Roth, as a television movie.
	The fourth "Divergent" film had initially been slated to premiere in 2017.

'Ascendant' series in the works

Filmmaker Kiran Rao said it is sad that women have been suppressed through generations and it is "shameful" that they have to fight for equal pay even today.
	The director said women have always had to struggle to fight for their rights.
	"Historically, girls and women have been suppressed. It's known to all that for 1,000 years, women have been given secondary position. Not in India, but in other parts of the world women got voting rights much later.
	"All over the world, women have to struggle to get their rights and recognition. If we talk about pay, the fact that women have to fight for 'equal pay for equal work' is shameful," Kiran told reporters.
	She was speaking at the trailer launch of her upcoming production, "Secret Superstar", last evening.
	"I just want to tell women that the best message through this film is that don't be scared to dream. Don't be scared to desire or want things. It's your right to have freedom, to follow your heart and dreams," she added.
	The film ...

Shameful that women have to fight for equal pay: Kiran Rao

"Danagal" director Nitesh Tiwari, known for striking the emotional chord with the audience through his films, says he would love to explore the horror genre.
	Nitesh had co-directed children's film "Chillar Party" and independently helmed "Bhoothnath Returns" before making blockbuster "Dangal" last year.
	"I have one style of writing that is slice of life, closer to life, drama, humour and emotions this is what I usually write. There is lot of potential in this (genre) to explore as story. But I will try and write a horror story also one day, I want to do it," Nitesh told PTI.
	"I would want to make a horror film. Though I would love to make all kinds of films. But while making a film I can only make certain kind of films, I can't make a sci-fi."
	The director's next film is "Bareilly Ki Barfi" as a co-writer, which is directed by his wife, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari.
	"In terms of writing it is a drastic change from 'Dangal' to 'Bareilly Ki Barfi'. I feel any kind of writing is difficult, ..

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