Filmmaker JJ Abrams and author Stephen King are teaming up to work on a limited series.
	The show will be made for the network, Hulu, reported Variety.
	Abrams company called Bad Robot posted a not-so cryptic post on Twitter, with an image of his letter pad with text "WHAT IS THE HOAX IN THE FOREST?" followed by a link.
	The address was the link for the trailer of the series called, "Castle Rock", which is based in the fictional town in Maine, a popular setting in many of King's works.
	This will be a second collaboration between Abrams and King for Hulu.
	The first one called "11.22.63" premiered last year, with actor James Franco in the lead.

JJ Abrams, Stephen King come together for limited series

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Singer Ricky Martin says his children are his toughest critics and often give him advice on how he can improve his performances.
	Speaking on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,' the 45-year-old star, who has eight-year-old twin sons, Valentino and Matteo, said, "They travel with me everywhere and they sit backstage and they look at my show every night. One day one of them went like, 'Daddy, what happened tonight? I didn't like this part. Yesterday was better, last night was better.'"
	He added, "Matteo loves drums, he might come one day (to perform). Valentino is so sweet. He loves mud and I love that he loves mud. He loves 'Peppa Pig.'"
	Martin also opened up about his engagement to longtime partner Jwan Yosef, saying "I'm really happy".
	When asked how he met his fiance, he said, "He is a conceptual artist and I'm a collector, and I saw his art on the Internet and I contacted him. Then we met and everything's been perfect.

Ricky Martin's sons his toughest critics

Star couple Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck may have parted ways two years ago but the former pair is "die-hard committed to co-parenting".
	The 44-year-old star, who split from the Oscar-winning director in 2015 after 10 years of marriage, is gearing up to file for divorce but they continue their plans to stay close friends for their three kids, Violet, 11, Seraphina, eight and Samuel, four, reported Entertainment Tonight.
	"They have maintained such a strong and beautiful united front to stay lovely and classy towards each other for their kids. They spend so much time working on their relationship -- whether it's a friendship or anything -- for their kids" a source said.
	The two are frequently spotted together sparking rumours they were trying to repair their relationship.
	But the source added, "Their friendship is there. They are so die-hard committed to co-parenting. Whatever form this relationship is, they'll always have love for each other, and the love they have for their ...

Garner, Affleck 'die-hard committed' to co-parenting

Former One Direction star Harry Styles hopes to become like Justin Timberlake who has managed to taste success in singing as well as acting.
	"(Harry) is dipping his feet in many areas and as much as he is working on music. The acting bug has definitely bit and we can all thank 'Dunkirk' for sparking that. He has seen how the best do it with Christopher Nolan as his director and he wants to chase an Oscar before he chases a Grammy," a source told HollywoodLife.
	The source added, "He actually loves how Justin Timberlake has done it and how he has done both acting and singing seamlessly, he would like to emulate that type of career."
	Meanwhile, Columbia Records CEO Rob Stringer said that Styles' new album is all set to hit the shelves and fans will not be disappointed once it gets released.
	"We're close and we're very excited. We have a record we're incredibly excited about and it's not far away from being ready. We obviously want everything to be beautifully done, because we think ..

Harry Styles wants to be like Justin Timberlake?

Model Chrissy Teigen, who is married to singer John Legend for nearly four years, is flattered to see that she and her husband are setting relationship goals for so many people.
	The 31-year-old model believes that everyone needs to "have high standards of relationships goals", reported Femalefirst.
	When asked about how she feels when people constantly say she and Legend represent "Relationship Goals" on Twitter and Instagram, she said, "I do think it's kind of silly. I love being that way, because I love people looking up to somebody who has a relationship that's enviable, of course.
	"But also, the things they say it for are so stupid, like, we'll be eating a burrito and someone will be like, 'Relationship goals!' and I'm like, 'Go get a burrito? Just eat a burrito'!"
	Teigen, 31, added, "We should definitely have higher standards of relationship goals, but at the same time we're very happy to be people's relationship goals."
	The two have one daughter named Luna Simone Stephens.

Teigen glad people look up to her and Legend's relationship

Donald Glover will play Simba in the remake of "Lion King".
	Disney's new animated movie will be directed by Jon Favreau, who took to Twitter to announce that the 33-year-old actor will play the king of Pride Lands jungle.
	"I just can't wait to be king. #Simba," wrote Favreau, along side Donald's photo.
	"The Jungle Book" helmer also declared that James Earl Jones will reprise his role as Mufasa, the beloved father character, he voiced in the 1994 animated original.
	He tweeted Jones' photo which he captioned as, "Looking forward to working with this legend. #Mufasa"
	Glover is currently filming the young Han Solo Star Wars spin-off in which he plays Lando Calrissian.
	Also, Jones reprised his voice work as Darth Vader in December's "Star Wars: A Rogue One Story".

Donald Glover to star as Simba in 'Lion King' remake

Actress Courtney Stodden has revealed that she has a huge crush on TV personality Ellen DeGeneres.
	The 22-year-old star, who recently split from husband Doug Hutchison after six years of marriage, thinks the popular talk show queen is "hot", reported Us weekly.
	When asked about her celebrity crush, Stodden said, "Ellen DeGeneres. I feel like she would be a lot of people's celebrity crush. She's hot."
	Stodden also got candid about her relationship with Hutchison, 56.
	"I think both of us saw the warning signs for quite some time. Technically we've been split for two-and-a-half to three months now. It's really recent and the emotions are still really raw.

Courtney Stodden has crush on Ellen DeGeneres

Professional dancer Cheryl Burke and actor Matthew Lawrence have started dating again.
	The "Dancing With The Stars" pro and the "Boy Meets World" actor have reignited their relationship, after spending almost a decade apart, reported E!.
	Recently, Burke hinted on social media that they former couple is seeing one another again.
	She shared a photo of herself and Lawrence on Instagram with the caption, "#reunitedanditfeelssogood @themattlawrence."
	The duo first started dating in February 2007 but called it off after a year-long relationship.

Cheryl Burke dating Matthew Lawrence again

Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Production is planning to unleash the fourth installment in "The Purge" movie series on July 4 next year.
	"The Purge 4" is written by franchise creator James DeMonaco. However, it will get someone new to serve behind the lens.
	They have not yet announced the new director but DeMonaco reportedly will work closely with the producers to find a new helmer for the project, reported AceShowbiz.
	This will be the first film out of the previous three movies in the series which is not directed by DeMonaco.

'The Purge 4' gets Summer 2018 release date

"The Royals" star Elizabeth Hurley has said she and actor Hugh Grant share a great bond despite ending their romantic relationship long back.
	The pair dated for 13 years before they split in May 2000 and the 51-year-old actress said they have managed to maintain a close friendship and are still "best friends", reported Entertainment Tonight.
	"We are best friends. We look out for each other," she said.
	Meanwhile, talking about the secret of her fitness, Elizabeth said she does not have a mantra for staying in shape.
	"I don't think there is any secret, really, is there? We all know, it's not going to bed too late, not drinking too much alcohol, eating lots of vegetables, all those sorts of things.

Elizabeth Hurley 'best friends' with ex Hugh Grant

Singer Adam Lambert has responded to his dating rumours with Sam Smith, saying he is loving the speculation about their romance.
	Though the 35-year-old singer cleared that he never dated Smith, 24, he said the "Stay With Me" hitmaker is "so funny", reported Femalefirst.
	When asked if he was romancing the British singer, Lambert told talk show host Andy Cohen, "I love that rumour, actually, the minute I heard it, I texted him and said, 'So?' He's like, such a nice guy, he's so funny (but) no, there's no romantic rumour."
	"We did ride a rickshaw in London from one club to another, wasted, at like 3am in the morning. So, there's a lot of bonding," he added.

Adam Lambert 'loves' rumour about his romance with Sam Smith

"Total Recall" star Jessica Biel has said most of the time she ends up eating her meals in shower because of her 22-month-old son, Silas.
	The 34-year-old actress revealed that she is too busy to think about food most mornings because she is so focused on feeding her little boy and getting him ready for the day, reported Femalefirst.
	Discussing a photo she posted on Instagram of a coffee cup and empty plate in the shower, the star told 'Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon, "This is just mom life. I don't know if anybody else does this, (but) I don't have time for anything.
	"I'm feeding (Silas) in the morning, trying to get ready, and I realise I haven't eaten, and I just take (my food) into the shower."
	Biel and her actor-singer husband Justin Timberlake welcomed Silas in  April 2015. It seems that being a parent has helped the actress refine her multitasking skills a bit.
	"Sometimes it's a huge success! Sometimes it's a huge failure," she said.

Jessica Biel has to eat in shower: 'This is just mother life'

TV personality Fearne Cotton's mother-in-law, Jo Wood, has said that she did not know the star was battling with depression.
	The 35-year-old DJ has spoken candidly about her battle with mental illness between 2009 and 2015 in her new book 'Happy', but the news came as a shock to Wood, who said "I only found out about it (depression) when the book came out", reported Femalefirst.
	"She never sat down with me and said, 'Jo, I'm depressed.' But being on anti-depressants was good for Fearne and it was a good step for her to acknowledge she wasn't feeling well.
	"I didn't know that Fearne had ever felt low. To me, she's always been this lovely, bubbly, happy person - but being with Jesse has been brilliant for her and she's better now," Wood said.

Cotton's husband's family didn't know about her depression

Hungary's "On Body and Soul", a tender love story set in a slaughterhouse, won the Golden Bear top prize today at the Berlin film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase of the year.
	The drama by Ildiko Enyedi, one of four female filmmakers in competition, features graphic scenes in an abattoir set against the budding romance of two people who share a recurring dream.
	The win marked an upset at the 11-day Berlinale, where a European refugee comedy by cult Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki, "The Other Side of Hope", had been tipped as the odds-on favourite.
	Kaurismaki took the Silver Bear for best director.
	Enyedi thanked the festival for embracing what she admitted was an adventurous picture.
	"We wanted to present you a very simple film like a glass of water and it was risky," she said.
	"All my team, my colleagues, I believed in it but we couldn't know if the audience would join us because this film is approachable only with a generous heart."
	The runner-up jury prize ...

Hungarian slaughterhouse love story wins Berlin fest's Golden

After giving two back-to-back superhits with actor Salman Khan, filmmaker Kabir Khan is teaming up with megastar Amitabh Bachchan for his next movie.
	"He (Bachchan) is doing a film with Kabir, which will be the first film under Kabir's banner. An official announcement will be made soon," sources confirmed.
	The film will mark Kabir's first collaboration with the 74-year-old actor.
	The sources, however, refused to share details about Bachchan's role in the film.
	The film is likely to go on floors later this year.
	Currently, Kabir is awaiting the release of his directorial "Tubelight" featuring Salman.
	It will hit the cinema houses on 25 June.

Kabir Khan to team up with Big B

Talking about Urdu's perception as an Islamic language, eminent film director M S Sathyu today said that it "does not belong to any religion. It is the rulers who have exploited it to their benefits".
	While reminiscing an old Urdu play, which was based on Sanskrit epic 'Shakuntalam', Sathyu, who directed the 1974 classic "Garam Hawaa", recalled people raising questions about Hindu mythological characters speaking Urdu.
	"If we can accept 'Shakuntalam' in Russian then why not in Urdu? Urdu does not belong to any religion, it is the rulers who have exploited the language to their benefits," Sathyu said during a session titled "Theatre Ke Bhoole Hue Rang" at Jashn-e-Rekhta here.
	Talking about Urdu's journey from its "origin in Deccan", to its evolvement as part of "Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb" in north India, the veteran director cited examples of Muslims in Kerala, Bangladesh and Kashmir who don't speak Urdu.
	"Kerala has 40 per cent Muslims, but they don't speak Urdu. People in Bangladesh ..

Rulers exploited Urdu to their benefits: director M S Sathyu

Actor Kamal Haasan today took potshots at the new leadership in Tamil Nadu, saying the state now has another chief minister and dubbed the political developments "Jai de-mockcrazy".
	The Edappadi K Palaniswami government won the confidence vote in the Tamil Nadu Assembly comfortably.
	The vote was preceded by eviction of principal Opposition DMK and walkout by its allies, which have 98 legislators in the 234-member House, in protest.
	Taking to Twitter, Haasan wrote, "People of Tamizhnadu, Welcome your respective MLAs with the respect they desrve back home"
	He then took a dig at the decision, saying, "There you go. Seems like we have another CM. Jai de-mockcrazy."
	In another tweet, he reacted to the MLAs behaviour in the assembly, saying, "I've seen MLAs of the then ADMK now Congress walk away with bunch of plucked microphones. The English TV anchors were too young to remember. We do.

Jai de-mockcrazy: Haasan takes dig at TN political situation

Popular Urdu poet Joginder Paul's 'Nadeed' is a multi-layered work of literature and must be "read with closed eyes on the inside", believes eminent lyricist Gulzar.
	The poet was speaking at the launch of the English translation of the book at the ongoing Jash-e-Rekhta festival here.
	"I'm aware of 'Nadeed' and I'm also aware about the inherent meaning of the word blindness. I know who Joginder Paul was. You cannot understand his story by reading it only once. There is a story in every layer of the page in this book.
	"His writing is multidimensional and to understand the meaning of his writings, you will have to read and visualise the story with closed eyes on the inside. And this was Joginder's masterstroke," Gulzar said.
	The book translated into English as 'Blind' by Paul's daughter Sukrita Paul Kumar, deals with the concepts of "blindness, sight and insight" in the backdrop of a blind home.
	Lauding the writing style of Paul, who passed away last year, he said, "Every nazm (in ..

Read with closed eyes: Gulzar on Joginder Paul's 'Nadeed'

Noting that religion had nothing to do with Urdu and Hindi in the past, historian Irfan Habib said today that it is difficult to teach children three languages at the same time.
	"Urdu and Hindi got linked to religion when nothing of that sorts happened with Persian and Sanskrit. Christopher King did a survey which tells that in 1879 the circulation of Urdu newspapers were eight times than those of Hindi papers in India
	"This tells that everyone... Hindu, Muslim or Punjabi were well versed in Urdu. This proves the fact that religion had got nothing to do with it then," Habib said while speaking in a session at the 'Jashn-e-Rekhta' festival.
	On the question whether the Urdu language is dying a "slow death", Habib said the problem is that "you can't force a child to learn three languages."
	"Hindi is important because it is our national language. English is important, because otherwise no one in India will offer you a job. Now here you can't ask your child to learn or write another ...

Unfortunate that Hindi-Urdu got linked to religion: Irfan Habib

Actress Angelina Jolie has stepped out to promote her new film "First They Killed My Father", making her first public appearance since her highly-publicised split from Brad Pitt last year.
	The film will be presented in the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, reported People magazine.
	It is a project close to Jolie's heart, as the actress adopted her first child, son Maddox, now 15, from a Cambodian orphanage in 2002.
	During the event, Jolie said she thinks of Cambodia "like a second home", adding, "Maddox is happy to be back in his country."
	"First They Killed My Father" is based on the autobiography of the same name by Cambodian human-rights activist Loung Ung. The memoir tells the true story of the devastation inflicted on Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge communist party in the 1970s.
	"I read Loung's book many years ago. It helped to open my eyes to what was going on the world," Jolie, 41, said.
	She added, "I wanted to tell the story to through the eyes of the child's ...

Jolie returns to spotlight after split to promote new film

Celebrated author Munshi Premchand changed the course of literature in Hindi and Urdu with his "modern perspective" and simple expressions, according to his grandson Alok Rai.
	Rai, who was speaking in a session titled, "Hindustani Zindagi Ka Naqsh-Nigaar: Premchand", said Premchand chose a language that could reach masses.
	"Premchand had a modern view and understood things happening around him from a completely different perspective. Being an ardent reader, he had several influences which he used in telling stories," Rai said while speaking at Jashn-e-Rekhta, a festival celebrating Urdu language.
	Author and former JNU professor, Manager Pandey said extensive use of idioms was unique to Premchand's writings.
	"He adopted an extensive use of idioms in most of his stories. The best thing about Premchand was that he was a social writer and expressed himself in a language that people could easily understand. He touched different castes, cultures as well as religions and catered to ...

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