HBO has once again become a victim of cyber attack as the network's upcoming episodes of a couple of series, including the highly popular fantasy drama "Game Of Thrones", have reportedly been hacked.
	The company, in a statement, confirmed that hackers broke into their system and stole an unknown quantity of data, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"HBO recently experienced a cyber incident, which resulted in the compromise of proprietary information. We immediately began investigating the incident and are working with law enforcement and outside cybersecurity firms.
	"Data protection is a top priority at HBO, and we take seriously our responsibility to protect the data we hold," the network confirmed in a statement.
	Hackers claimed to have stolen 1.5 terabytes of data from the company. However, HBO has refrained from comment.
	So far, a written material which is believed to have been from "Game of Thrones" season seven's fourth episode and an upcoming episode of "Ballers" and "Room 104 

HBO hacked: 'Game Of Thrones' S7 episodes may leak online

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Priyanka Chopra is excited as her Hollywood show "Quantico" has tapped Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin for its new season.
	Priyanka, 35, shared the news with fans on Twitter and welcomed Matlin on board.
	"Welcome to #quantico @MarleeMatlin we can't wait to have u on board," Priyanka wrote.
	Matlin, who is best known for her performance of a young deaf woman, Sarah Norman, in "Children of a Lesser God", also expressed her excitement by tweeting, "Can't wait to work with Priyanka Chopra, Johanna Braddy, Jake Mclaughlin, my old friend Blair Underwood and of course Michael Seitzman."
	Matlin, 51, has joined "Quantico" as a series regular for the upcoming third season.
	She will play Jocelyn Turner, an ex-FBI agent who was known at one time as the best undercover agent in the field until a bomb blew up near her and rendered her deaf, reported Variety.

'Quantico' star Priyanka welcomes Marlee Matlin on board

Actress-comedienne Kathy Griffin has shaved her head to show solidarity with her sister, Joyce Griffin, who is fighting cancer.
	The 56-year-old star's sister is currently undergoing chemotherapy, reported People magazine.
	In a series of images surfaced on social media, Kathy can be seen smiling and patting her bald head after her big buzz- cut.
	In another photo, Kathy sits beside her mother, Maggie Griffin, who covers her mouth in surprise after seeing special gesture the actress did for Joyce.
	Maggie later took to Twitter to say Kathy was a "wonderful human being".

Kathy Griffin shaves head in support of sister with cancer

Singer Marc Anthony performed a half-time show in Florida just two days after his mother's demise.
	The 48-year-old singer's mother, Guillermina Quinones de Muniz, passed away on Thursday.
	In an Instagram post, Anthony confirmed his mother's death at the time, writing, "Today at 12:10 pm my families hero, our rock, our protector, inspiration and now ANGEL passed away..."
	On Saturday, the singer performed at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami during a soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, reported People magazine.
	He sang several of his hits, including "Vivir Mi Vida", "I Need to Know", "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" and "La Gozadera".

Marc Anthony returns to stage after mother's death

Singer Heidi Range is expecting her first baby with husband Alex Partakis.
	The Sugababes singer announced the happy news to Hello! magazine, saying she's due in January.
	"It has been a big year for us," said Range.
	"We moved into our house at Easter after spending two years renovating it and we think that was the same weekend we conceived. It was like it was meant to be. It was so special that it happened in our first family house together."
	Range, 34, tied the knot with Partakis in a fairy tale Italian wedding last September.

Heidi Range pregnant with first child

Actress Carice Van Houten, who is best known for playing red priestess Melisandre on "Game Of Thrones", revealed she was initially reluctant to accept the show.
	The 40-year-old actress said the character that she played on the HBO series did not appeal her when she was first approached for it.
	"It's not very appealing to me, the whole magic thing," Houten told Stella magazine.
	However, Houten said after taking advice from her friend and talk show host Seth Meyers she felt a little confident about her part.
	"He loves that kind of stuff and when I asked, 'Do you think this is something for me?' He said, 'You're crazy! That's one of the greatest shows and you should totally do that'.

Carice Van Houten was unsure of doing 'Game Of Thrones'

Rapper-record producer Diplo said he hadn't heard of Fifth Harmony or Camila Cabello until he worked with the Cuban beauty on her solo material.
	The 20-year-old singer quit the group in December 2016 to focus on her solo career, reported Daily Star.
	On working with the "Crying in the Club" hitmaker, Diplo said, "We love Camila and she's been working with us for a while, even before she left Fifth Harmony, and I just thought she is dope.
	"She came and met me in Miami and I didn't know who she was or what band she was in, I was just told she's into music. I just she's really talented.

Was clueless about Fifth Harmony: Diplo

Kit Harrington said just like "Game Of Thrones" fans, he too predicted that his character Jon Snow and the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen, would meet this season.
	On third episode of the fantasy drama's season seven, Jon Snow and Daenerys, played by Emilia Clarke, came face to face, but the encounter was "not" surprising for both the actors, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"I predicted, like everyone, they would meet this season, but I don't think I predicted it quite as quickly. But then again, you've got to take yourself out of the mindset of the viewer. As far as Jon knows, he's just meeting this queen he's heard of and trying to negotiate with her.
	"That helps with the surprise of it. He walks into the room and doesn't expect to see such a beautiful young woman of similar age to him. Any young man's reaction is going to be, 'Okay...' but he puts that aside, because he has to," Harrington said.
	Clarke added, "I had an idea it was coming this season, sure. It was fun to ...

I predicted, like everyone: Kit on Jon Snow, Daenerys' meeting

Joanne Froggatt, who is best known for her long run as Anna Bates on "Downton Abbey", said she had no information on whether or not the show's film version was happening.
	At a red-carpet event for "Downton Abbey: The Exhibition", Michael Edelstein, president at NBCUniversal International Studios, announced a film on the popular 2010 drama series, saying the production on the movie would begin next year.
	But at the Television Critics Association press tour, Froggatt told Variety , "We're all sort of leaving it up to the gods. We have no information."
	"There's been talk, there's been conversations, but nothing has happened."
	Froggatt, however, said she would love to be a part of the film if it happens.
	"I think we'd all like to do it. For me, the show finished in a great place and a great time. We finished on a high. Everything must come to an end, all good things must come to an end. I was very happy with where we left it.

I have no idea: Joanne Froggatt on 'Downton Abbey' film

Actor Rob Lowe revealed he communicated with a ghost while filming his new show "The Lowe Files".
	The 53-year-old star said the viewers of his latest show might be able to see the strange moment when the reality series airs this month, reported Us weekly.
	"The Lowe Files" follows the actor as he travels the country with sons Matthew and John Owen exploring unsolved mysteries.
	At Television Critics Association's press tour, Lowe was asked whether or not he had been able to communicate with spirits while filming the show.
	To which he replied, "Yeah - now. I hadn't previously to this. It was through the Ovilus. There's a device they use that the theory is it can translate... That the spirits can talk through this device, for a lack of better term. Don't ask me how, don't ask me the science, I don't know."
	"John just thinks it's randomly programmed to say words at any given time, which it could be, but how does it know to say the word?" It said the dead woman's name where she was ...

Rob Lowe communicated with a ghost

Girl band Little Mix are in talks for a documentary about their lives.
	The British girl group - comprised of Jesy Nelson, Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Perrie Edwards - have previously spoken about their plans to release a documentary so that their fans, known as Mixers, can learn details about their lives.
	However, they are waiting for the right deal to come along because they want the footage they have to be used properly, reported Contactmusic.
	Jesy, 26, said, "We've thought about it a lot. We are in talks about it, it has just got to be right. We have got some proper class footage that no one has ever seen. It's stuff that you'd never see Little Mix be like."
	The "Power" hitmakers said last year they were planning to have a cameraman on the road with them to capture their life on tour.

Little Mix documentary in the works

Rapper Ice-T has come on board Steve Stanulis' indie horror film "Clinton Road".
	The 59-year-old rapper has joined Vincent Pastore and Ace Young in the film, written by Derek Ross Mackay, reported Variety.
	Filming is expected to begin this month in New York City.
	The story is based on the real-life Clinton Road - a notorious, 10-mile stretch of narrow road deep within the New Jersey pine barren woods, which has served as the source of urban legends about paranormal activities such as ghosts and gatherings of witches.
	Ice-T will play the role of a club owner who has had his own experience in the past with Clinton Road and does his best to persuade the group from going there.
	Noel Ashman, Richard Grieco and Stanulis are producing the project.

Ice-T cast in horror movie 'Clinton Road'

"Arrow" actor J R Ramirez has come on board the second season of Marvel's "Jessica Jones".
	The 36-year-old star will be a series regular on the show and will play Oscar, a devoted single father who moves into Jessica's (played by Krysten Ritter) building as the new superintendent, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"J R is an incredible addition to our cast, bringing complex and subtle emotion and humour. He exudes warmth, edge and intelligence, and blends perfectly with our tone," said executive producer Melissa Rosenberg.
	"Jessica Jones" is expected to return next year.

J R Ramirez cast in 'Jessica Jones' season 2

Actress Natalie Dormer, who played Margaery on "Game Of Thrones" from 2011 to 2016, said the tight schedule of the fantasy drama did not allow her work on her own feature film.
	During an appearance at this weekend's London Film and Comic Con, the 35-year-old actress said she was happy to learn about her ultimate demise on the HBO series because she was dying to work on her film "In Darkness", reported Digital Spy.
	"I finally made the movie that I wrote. It took about eight years to get it together - it's hard to make an independent movie - and if I'd still been in 'Game of Thrones' I wouldn't have been able to make 'In Darkness'.
	The movie follows a blind musician who tries to solve a murder and also stars Emily Ratajkowski, Ed Skrein and James Cosmo.
	Dormer, however, said "Game Of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss had already told her about Margaery's death more than a year before she was killed onscreen in the season six finale.
	"We all have to dedicate, like, six 

'GOT' delayed Natalie Dormer's film 'In Darkness'

On seeing production images of "American Crime Story" second season, which explores the assassination of Gianni Versace, the Italian designer's boyfriend slammed the show, claiming the murder sequence in the series did not reflect the reality.
	Antonio D'Amico and Versace had been together for 15 years before the fashion designer was shot dead outside his Miami Beach home in 1997 by sociopath and serial killer Andrew Cunanan (Criss).
	Ricky Martin is playing D'Amico in the sequel to the popular series "The People v O J Simpson".
	The 58-year-old said the murder scene did not resemble the real scene when he discovered Versace's body, reported People magazine.
	"The picture of Ricky Martin holding the body in his arms is ridiculous. Maybe it's the director's poetic license, but that is not how I reacted," D'Amico told The Observer on Sunday.
	D'Amico revealed he was drinking coffee on the porch of their mansion when Versace's murder happened.
	"I felt as if my blood had turned to ice. ..

Gianni Versace's lover blasts 'ACS' portrayal of designer's

Filmmaker Doug Liman said he felt insecure when he was making "The Bourne Identity" as he thought it wouldn't be as good as "Mission: Impossible".
	Liman, 52, directed the first installment of the Matt Damon franchise back in 2002 but as a big James Bond fan he was worried he was making a "poor man's spy movie", reported Contactmusic.
	"I felt so insecure while I was making 'The Bourne Identity' that I was making a poor man's spy movie. There was someone of the set who had the 'Mission: Impossible' ring tone on his phone, and every time his phone rang it drove me nuts because I was afraid my movie was never going to be as good as 'Mission: Impossible'," he said.
	"It was never going to be as good as James Bond. So it was really surreal afterwards to go and see the next James Bond film, and be like, 'Oh, I did make a James Bond film, because now the James Bond film looks like 'The Bourne Identity'.

Doug Liman felt insecure filming 'The Bourne Identity'

Actress Sharon Gless will guest star in "Casualty" when the series returns later this year.
	Gless, 74, will join the cast of the medical drama for an episode in the upcoming series as Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson, described as a "maestro of surgery", reported Digital Spy.
	"I'm a rabid Anglophile. Some of our finest American TV is British. Zsa Zsa is a wonderful character and I hope you all enjoy her too," said Gless.
	The actress has recently finished filming the most recent TV adaptation of "The Exorcist".
	She is best known for her role as Christine Cagney in "Cagney & Lacey".

'Burn Notice' star Sharon Gless to guest star in 'Casualty'

Music mogul Simon Cowell says retirement is not on his list.
	The 57-year-old star says he would rather prefer to die while at work than play golf all day, reported Femalefirst.
	"I'd rather drop dead at my job than retire. The idea of just playing golf makes me want to jump off a bridge. I'm going to work in my 80s or 90s if I can," Cowell told Daily Star.
	Before becoming a music mogul, the "X Factor" creator worked as an estate agent in London's Mayfair and he said he "hated" the job.
	"I was an estate agent for eight months and it was the most miserable time of my life. I worked for this really snotty company who hated me - and I hated them.

Simon Cowell has no plans to retire

Actor Dhafer L'Abidine, best known for his roles in "Sex and the City 2" and "A Hologram for the King", has been tapped to appear in Hulu's upcoming adaptation of "The Looming Tower".
	The 44-year-old star has joined Tahar Rahim, Jeff Daniels and Alec Baldwin in the 9/11 drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	Based on Lawrence Wright's book, the series chronicles the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, taking a controversial look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Iraq.
	The 10-episode adaptation has come from writer Dan Futterman, who is also an executive producer on the show along with Alex Gibney and Wright.

'SATC 2' star Dhafer L'Abidine joins 'The Looming Tower'

Indian-American filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza is set to adapt his new book "The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left" for big screen.
	In an interview to The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker behind the documentary "Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party", revealed he has already started raising funds for his next project, an examination of the term "fascism".
	"I'm raising money now for a movie next summer based on this book ('The Big Lie') and perhaps another project.
	"I've developed a pool of about 50 investors who are very committed to my work, and they believe the Hillary movie had a role in her defeat in the election, so they couldn't be more excited. And next year is an important midterm election."
	When asked about the thesis of the new book and his upcoming movie, D'Souza, 56, said, "In my last book and movie about Hillary, I took on the race card, that Republicans have a racist history, but racism is actually deeply embedded in the ...

Dinesh D'Souza to adapt his book 'The Big Lie' for film

Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez's twins had a blast with her boyfriend Alex Rodriguez.
	The 48-year-old star shared a sweet picture of her twins snuggling up with Rodriguez and his daughters on Instagram.
	"This," Lopez captioned the photo along with a heart emoji.
	The photograph featured Lopez's 9-year-old son, Max, hugging the former New York Yankee while he was surrounded by Emme, 9, along with his own daughters Natasha, 12, and Ella, 8.
	The post came after a week-long birthday celebration for the couple, who has been dating for a little over four months.
	Lopez, who turned 48 on July 24, and Rodriguez, whose 42nd birthday was on Thursday, kicked off the celebration in Miami on July 22.

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