Actor Elisabeth Moss, who is going behind the camera in the fourth season of "The Handmaid's Tale", has admitted that she has potentially caught the directing bug.
Series lead Moss is set to make her directorial debut with the new chapter of the multiple award-winning drama and she said she loves her new role.
"I have caught the (directing) bug... This is a unique experience," the actor, who won Emmy for lead actress - drama series in 2017 for the show, told Deadline.
Based on Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel of the same name, the Hulu show is set around the dystopian country of Gilead where women are stripped of their rights and forced into sexual slavery.
Moss, who plays June Osbourne/ Offred in the series, said the show was the best opportunity for her to make her directorial debut.
"I know the show very well, I know my character very well. I'm coming at it from a very good place, I'm in the best possible place you can be if you're going to be a first-time director."
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Elisabeth Moss has caught the directing bug

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Writer-director Lynn Shelton, one of the leading voices of American independent film scene, has died at the age of 54.
The brain behind acclaimed indie projects Humpday, Your Sister's Sister, Outside In, and Sword of Trust, passed away on Friday due to a previously unidentified blood disorder.
Shelton's partner, actor Marc Maron confirmed her death in a statement to IndieWire.
"I have some awful news. Lynn passed away last night. She collapsed yesterday morning after having been ill for a week...It was not COVID-19. The doctors could not save her. They tried. Hard, he said.
Maron, who worked with with Shelton on Netflix's GLOW, said he was "in complete shock".
I loved her very much as I know many of you did as well. It's devastating. I am leveled, heartbroken and in complete shock and don't really know how to move forward in this moment...She was a beautiful, kind, loving, charismatic artist. Her spirit was pure joy.
She made me happy. I made her happy. We were happy. I made her laugh 

Lynn Shelton, director of Mad Men' and Humpday', dies at 54

Streamer Disney Plus Hotstar launched an online dance competition "Home Dancer" with Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez.
The actor will be the face of the the first-of-its-kind online dance competition, which will be hosted by popular TV star Karan Wahi.
Jacqueline said as a fitness enthusiast, dance gives her an adrenaline rush while also working as a form of therapy for her body, mind and soul.
"This show offers dance enthusiasts a platform to showcase their talent from the comfort of their homes to millions of viewers.
"As we try and cope with the new realities of social distancing, it is a great time to unleash our creative instincts and dance our way to coveted prizes on Home Dancer' every week," Jacqueline said in a statement here.
Karan, who has previously emceed a few dance shows, said he is excited to host "Home Dancer" as he hasn't done anything like it before.
The premier of the pilot episode is slated for May 25.

Jacqueline Fernandez to be face of online dance competition from Disney Plus Hotstar

Television actor-turned-photographer Sachin Kumar, best known for his performance in Ekta Kapoor's soap opera Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, has died.
Sachin, who was in his early 40s, passed away due to a heart attack on Friday at his residence in suburban Mumbai, TV actor Rakesh Paul told PTI.
I am disheartened and broken. He was hale and hearty, super active, he was a happy go lucky man this was not the age. We kept coordinating to meet but we couldn't. We haven't met for two-three years. I wish I had made extra effort to meet him, Rakesh said
Sachin, also played a negative role in TV show Lajja, but had since quit acting to focus on photography.
We had worked together 15 years ago. He was a happy and positive person. He was a strong guy, actor Chetan Hansraj, who shared screen space with him in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii, said.
TV actor Vineet Raina took to Facebook to express his grief.
Shocked and how. Sachin Kumar expired... Cardiac arrest... RIP.
According to Paul, Sachin's last rites were 

Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii' actor Sachin Kumar dies of heart attack

Country star Keith Urban gave a surprise to some frontline healthcare workers as he performed live at drive-in concert in Nashville, Tennessee.
More than 200 doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians and staff from nearby hospitals attended the show at the Stardust Drive-In Theatre outside of Nashville on Thursday, according to People magazine.
"To all of you guys here tonight, for everything that you've done, and continue to do, to all of your families, we say thank you  this concert is for all of you," Urban, 52, told the crowd before his performance.
During the 75-minute show, the singer played some of his hits, including "Blue Ain't Your Colour" and "The Fighter" as well as news tracks from upcoming album "The Speed of Now, Part 1".
I did this to say thanks to the healthcare workers who are putting their lives on the line for us every day," Urban said post the performance.
"And performing in this environment, with everyone in their cars at a safe distance from one another, ...

Keith Urban performs at drive-in concert for frontline healthcare workers

CBS All Access' new "Star Trek" series "Strange New Worlds" will be "optimistic" and "more episodic", says co-creator Akiva Goldsman.
The streamer on Friday gave a series order to "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds".
The show is the third "Star Trek" project for CBS All Access after "Discover" and "Picard".
Goldsman discussed the new series during an interview with Variety, saying the show will be tonally different to the two earlier series.
"We're going to try to harken back to some classical 'Trek' values, to be optimistic, and to be more episodic," he said.
"Obviously, we will take advantage of the serialised nature of character and story building. But I think our plots will be more closed-ended than you've seen in either 'Discovery' or 'Picard'," he added.
"Strange New Worlds" will feature Anson Mountas Captain Christopher Pike,Rebecca Romijnas Number One andEthan Peckas Science Officer Spock.
The story will follow Pike, Spock, and Number One in the decade before Captain Kirk boarded .

Akiva Goldsman talks about new 'Star Trek' series 'Strange New Worlds'

Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve has compared the story arc of Timothee Chalamet's character in "Dune" to that of Michael Corleone's in "The Godfather".
The much-anticipated film is an adaptation of Frank Herbert''s 1965 classic novel of the same name.
Set in the distant future, "Dune" follows Paul Atreides, whose family assumes control of the desert planet Arrakis, which is the only known location of the galaxy's most vital and mind-altering mineral called "spice".
After Paul and his family are betrayed, the story explores themes of politics, religion, and man's relationship to nature, as Paul leads a rebellion to restore his family's reign.
Villeneuve shared few details about the film's core story during a conversation with Empire magazine, while also sharing a new still of Chalament.
"Paul has been raised in a very strict environment with a lot of training, because he's the son of a Duke and one day... he's training to be the Duke. But as much as he's been prepared and trained for that ..

Denis Villeneuve draws similarities between story arcs of 'Dune' and 'The Godfather'

Actor Luke Wilson says though he hasn't heard anything about "Legally Blonde 3" from either her co-star Reese Witherspoon or the producers, he is still very excited about it.
The actor had featured as Emmett Richmond opposite Witherspoon's Elle Woods in the 2001 comedy film and its 2003 sequel "Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde".
Witherspoon had in June 2018 announced that a threequel is being developed but Wilson knows nothing about it.
"I have not talked to Reese about it, but yeah I always kind of hear rumours here and there. Never anything official about them doing another'Legally Blonde', but I'd love to do another one," the actor told Entertainment Tonight.
"I mean, just that character Reese played was so funny at the time and that has kind of become this iconic character now," he added.
Wilson said it makes him happy that the two films are still popular among the audiences.
"Somebody just told me that it was coming up on its 20th anniversary, which I couldn't believe. I ...

I'd love to do another one: Luke Wilson on 'Legally Blonde 3'

Bill & Ted: Face the Music' co-writer Ed Solomon has disputed a claim that the upcoming sequel, reuniting Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, will be a woke piece of trash.
Solomon, who is co-writing the film with Chris Matheson, responded to a Twitter user and asked what led him to believe the movie would be too woke, and the user said the addition of two girls to the cast.
The person added the film's writers chose to give Ted (Reeves) and Bill (Winter) daughters instead of sons to fulfil an agenda.
I know you feel that. There's no agenda  and we made them girls WAY before it was socially a thing. But you'll believe what you need to believe. I get it. Your facts are way off, though. They're supporting characters, Solomon replied.
Bill & Ted: Face the Music, the third film in the franchise, also marks William Sadler's return as the Grim Reaper.
Brigette Lundy-Paine will star as Ted's (Reeves) daughter, while Samara Weaving will play Bill's (Winter).
The film is scheduled to release ...

Bill & Ted' co-writer disses claim that Face the Music' will be too woke'

Pop star Katy Perry says becoming a mother will definitely have an effect on the music she will create in future.
The 35-year-old singer is expecting her first child with partner, actor Orlando Bloom. The couple have been dating for the past four years.
"My whole life is about to change and I'm sure I will have a whole new access to different emotions I never had, and will be able to write from, so I'm going to write a whole other record probably when that happens," Perry told Zane Lowe on Apple Music.
On Friday, the singer unveiled the first track from her much-awaited fifth album, which will be released on August 14.
The track, "Daisies", has been written by Perry in collaboration with Jon Bellion, Jacob Kasher Hindlin and Michael Pollack.
The singer said that at the moment she is committed to writing "uplifting, inspirational anthems" like "Daisies".
"I wrote this song just like it's another anthem for myself. I came out of a pretty dark time on'Witness'and I've been writing a ...

Katy Perry says motherhood will change her as an artiste

Adam Sandler has revealed that he was so much impressed by fellow actor Jim Carrey's performance in "Sonic the Hedgehog" that he called him during the screening of the film.
The film, which released in February to overwhelming response from the fans, is an adaptation of Sega's classic video game.
It features a hedgehog named Sonic (Ben Schwartz) on a quest to defeat Doctor Robotnik (Carrey), a scientist who has imprisoned animals in robots and stolen magical Chaos Emeralds.
During an interview on "Jimmy Kimmel Live", Sandler said "Sonic" was the last film he saw in theatres before they were ordered to shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"I saw Jim Carrey's movie, the 'Sonic'. I noticed that people were spread out, there were only a few of us in the theatres and I was laughing very loud. The people behind us were laughing, too. So I think our last big night out: 'Sonic'.
"I called Carrey from the theatre. I was telling him how funny he was while it was going on. I didn't know it 

Adam Sandler made a call to praise Jim Carrey during 'Sonic' screening

Actor Sarah Paulson has opened about being compared to the post-weight loss Adele, saying she wish that people would talk about the similarity in their talents instead of their looks.
The fans of the British singer have been left spellbound after she posted a latest picture of hers looking fitter then ever.
Many have since noticed that post her drastic weight loss, Adele shares a similarity with Paulson.
The "American Horror Story" star addressed these comparisons during her virtual appearance on "EW Live", saying she was "flattered" by the comments.
"What I wish they were comparing was my talent to her talent, and saying that mine was as great as her. Which quite honestly... they can't say, because no one's talent is as great as hers. Which is really irritating.
"But I'll take looking like her. She's a beauty! I'll take it," Paulson said.

Sarah Paulson responds to fans comparing her and Adele

Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford is set to direct biopic on rock and roll icon Buddy Holly, titled Clear Lake.
Clear Lake will follow Holly starting from his teen years to his 1958 Biggest Show of Stars tour with Clarence Collins, founder of Little Anthony & the Imperials, as they broke racial barriers by performing together across the US.
The film will also focus on Holly's meeting with his future bride, Maria Elena Holly, and his 1959 Winter Dance Party tour that ended with a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3, 1959.
"I found myself attracted to Clear Lake' because the script tells the tragic story of Buddy Holly and his era in fascinating detail and with vivid characterisations. Needless to say, the added plus of all the wonderful music was also a major lure," Beresford said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ray producer Stuart Benjamin is also attached with the project developed with the Buddy Holly estate.
Holly's widow, Maria Elena Holly, is on board ...

Bruce Beresford to direct Buddy Holly biopic Clear Lake'

Universal Pictures have pulled the latest chapter in their hit dystopian film franchise "Purge" from its release calendar.
According to Variety, the film, titled "The Forever Purge", will not be releasing on its scheduled date of July 10.
The series, which started with 2013's "The Purge", is set in a dystopian America which celebrates an annual national holiday known as the Purge, in which all crimes, including murder, are legal for a 12-hour period.
The film was followed by three sequels -- "The Purge: Anarchy" (2014), "The Purge: Election Year" (2016) and "The First Purge (2018)".
The franchise had also spawned a TV series of the same name which debuted USA Network in 2018. The show was recently cancelled.

'Purge 5' delayed indefinitely by Universal

Broadcasting company ABC has renewed singing reality show American Idol for a fourth season.
The news comes ahead of the current season's live finale on Sunday.
The top seven going into the finale are Arthur Gunn, Dillon James, Francisco Martin, Jonny West, Julia Gargano, Just Sam, and Louis Knight.
According to Variety, the network did not reveal if the judges -- Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie -- along with host Ryan Seacrest, would return for the new season.
The renewal brings the total number of seasons for the long-running show to 19 in the US, having previously aired on Fox between 2002-2016.
American Idol is produced by Fremantle and Industrial Media's 19 Entertainment.

American Idol' renewed for season four by ABC

Actor Timothy Olyphant has boarded the second season of Disney Plus' Star Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian.
He joins previously confirmed season two cast members Temuera Morrison, Rosario Dawson, and Michael Biehn.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, details about Olyphant's role are being kept under wraps.
The actor's recent regular TV role was on the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet.
"The Mandalorian" is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. The series depicts a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
"Narcos" star Pedro Pascal plays the titular character in the series, which also features Carl Weathers, Werner Herzog, Taika Waititi, Gina Carano, Giancarlo Esposito and Nick Nolte.
The first season premiered on Disney's streaming service in the US on November 12.
The second season will debut later this year.

'The Mandalorian' casts Timothy Olyphant

Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle is set to direct Michael B. Jordan in Warner Bros project Methuselah.
According to Variety, Simon Beaufoy, who worked with Boyle on Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, is in talks to rewrite the script.
Tony Gilroy wrote the previous draft off James Watkins' treatment.
The script is based on the biblical story of a man who lived to be close to 970 years old.
Jordan is producing the project through his Outlier Society label, along with Heyday's David Heyman and Jeffrey Clifford.
Warner Bros is also considering to start a franchise with Methuselah.
Boyle's last directorial venture was Beatles movie Yesterday.

Danny Boyle to direct Michael B. Jordon-starrer Methuselah'

Filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have come on board to direct and produce the movie adaptation of The Martian author Andy Weir's next novel.
The MGM project features Ryan Gosling is the lead.
Gosling is also producing the project alongside Ken Kao, Weir and Amy Pascal.
Aditya Sood, the president of film at Lord Miller production banner, will also produce.
According to Variety, Gosling played a major role in roping in Lord and Miller for the project.
All of us at MGM are incredibly excited by this literal dream team coming together around Andy's astounding novel.
"With their masterful ability to balance drama, action, and humour, Phil and Chris are the perfect filmmakers to take on this unique material and we are thrilled to have them partner with Ryan, Ken, Andy, Amy and Aditya to bring this movie to life for big screens everywhere, said Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, MGM film group president.
Weir's yet-untitled book is described as a solitary tale of an astronaut on a space ..

Ryan Gosling astronaut movie finds directors in Phil Lord and Chris Miller

Comedy-drama series Good Girls has been renewed for a fourth season by television broadcasting company NBC.
The show features Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson, Manny Montana, Lidya Jewett, Isaiah Stannard and Matthew Lillard.
The news comes after the show's third season was wrapped up earlier then the schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in the suspension of production across the board.
According to Variety, the eleventh and the final episode of season three aired on May 3.
The show penned by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs has Michael Weaver on board as the director. The trio also executive produces along with Mark Wilding.

NBC renews Good Girls' for season 4

Hollywood star Jessica Alba is set to play the lead role in Netflix's upcoming action-thriller Trigger Warning.
According to Variety, Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts helmer Mouly Surya is directing the movie from a script penned by Josh Olson and John Brancato.
Production company Thunder Road's Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee are producing the project. Alba is also serving as executive producer.
In the film, Alba will play a troubled veteran who inherits her grandfather's bar, and is faced with a moral dilemma after discovering the truth behind his untimely death.
As per the publication, the streaming giant is planning to start franchise with the film.
Alba can currently be seen in action-packed series LA's Finest, alongside Gabrielle Union.

Jessica Alba boards Netflix action movie Trigger Warning'

The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) has announced the release of an additional tranche of emergency relief fund for its members facing financial crisis during the nationwide lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic.
The fund will support around 3500 writers and composers in the music fraternity, across the country, whose livelihoods have been deeply impacted by COVID-19, a press release issued by IPRS said.
Soon after the lockdown was announced to combat COVID-19 situation in the country on March 24, IPRS, a copyright society mandated by the government of India, as a custodian of its creator members, had declared an emergency relief package.
"When the lock down was announced IPRS (Indian performing rights society) had funded more than 3000 members who are not in a comfortable position by putting money directly in their accounts since the lock down has continued IPRS  is again funding those 30000 composers/ writers," veteran lyricist-writer and chairman of IPRS, Javed Akhtar wrote on .

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