Actor and human rights campaigner Ashton Kutcher has given emotional testimony in front of the US Senate, urging lawmakers to act in support of efforts to bring child sexual exploitation to an end.
	Speaking in his capacity as the chairman of Thorn, an organisation that develops software to help locate victims of abuse, the 39-year-old actor told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington that it was time for "society and government" to defend vulnerable people, reported CNN.
	"The right to pursue happiness for so many is stripped away, it's raped, it's abused, it's taken by force," a visibly emotional Kutcher said.
	He said that new technology was needed to identify patterns of exploitation and identify individuals at risk.
	"Technology can be used to enable slavery, but it can also be used to disable slavery. Can we build the tools that are better than their tools to fight what is happening?"
	Kutcher, who is married to fellow actor Mila Kunis and has two young children 

Ashton Kutcher testifies on his anti-sex trafficking efforts

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Indian fashion designer Rocky S, whose clothes have been spotted on celebrities like Beyonce, Paris Hilton, Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu, is set to showcase his Autumn Winter 2017 collection at London Fashion Week.
	Rocky will mark his third season at the event with his latest collection titled Vida with actress Amy Jackson as his showstopper.
	Fashion Scout, which is UK's largest independent showcase for emerging and established design talent during London Fashion Week, is organising Rocky's show.
	"It's my third season at London Fashion Week and I'm really nervous because people have started appreciating my clothes last season but this time they are expecting much more from me," Rocky told PTI.
	"So, I'm little nervous about it but I've really worked hard in past three months on this collection. It's called Vida. It's about discovering your self. It's all about old world charm and I'm trying to create my own style which is about a woman who travels a lot," he added.
	The ...

Rocky S to add old world charm at London Fashion Week show

Vishal Bhardwaj has given him two of his career-defining films and Shahid Kapoor, who has reteamed with the director for a third time in "Rangoon", says they have developed a dynamic relationship over the years.
	Bharadwaj's films "Kaminey" and "Haider" brought Shahid, 35, critical and commercial success and the actor says he has a lot of respect for the director and feels he will never be able to say no to him.
	"Vishal sir always bounces off ideas to me and then we discuss. He narrates the script, dialogues and talks about music. So it's like a process of sharing and it's like 'what do you think?' We have a candid relationship," Shahid told PTI.
	"It will really take a lot for me to not do a film with him. I would be surprised if he comes to me with something and I would say no to him for a film. I doubt that will happen."
	Shahid says Bhardwaj had talked about "Rangoon" while they were working on "Haider", the director's last movie in his Shakespearean trilogy.
	"When we were doing 

We have a candid relationship: Shahid on working with Bhardwaj

Indian stars Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone have impressed audience in the US with their respective TV and film projects and two made their presence felt in the fashion scene here as they attended the New York Fashion Week (NYFW).
	Priyanka graced the front row of Nepalese-origin designer Prabal Gurung's feminism-inspired show.
	For Gurung's show, the 34-year-old "Quantico" actress wore separates from the designer's Fall 2017 collection that included an embellished text top and an asymmetric hem skirt with button detail and thigh-high slit.
	A pair of boots, fur jacket, simple hair and a plum tone lip completed her look.
	Priyanka sat in the front row with onetime Hillary Clinton adviser Huma Abedin - making one of her first public appearances since Election Day - as well as Diane Kruger and Sarah Jessica Parker.
	Deepika graced designer Michael Kors' show wearing a navy blue trench dress from the designer's Spring 2017 collection, that she paired with high neck top. She opted ..

Priyanka, Deepika attend New York Fashion Week

CBS' long-running hit show "The Big Bang Theory" is closing in on a deal that would secure two more seasons of the high-ratings nerd comedy.
	The deal would lock the show's cast in through a potential twelfth season, airing some time in 2018, reported Deadline.
	The most interesting thing about the negotiations is that Simon Helberg, and Kunal Nayyar will now be receiving equal pay, USD 1 million per episode that Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons were already getting.

'The Big Bang Theory' renewed for two more seasons

A staged fire got out of hand on the set of "The Greatest Showman" which stars Hugh Jackman and Zac Efron.
	The cast and crew were filming a dramatic final scene, which features Jackman's PT Barnum carrying his assistant (Efron) from a burning house, in a specially constructed building, reported People magazine.
	 "There was a small fire on the set of 'The Greatest Showman'. The fire was quickly contained and no one was injured. The main cast had already wrapped when the fire occurred," a representative for movie studio 20th Century Fox said in a statement.
	According to the New York Post, around 150 people were on set when six large lights intended to boost the glow of a fire fell from the roof of the building, causing the blaze to spiral out of control.
	"The Greatest Showman" also stars Michelle Williams and Zendaya Coleman.

Fire breaks out on set of Hugh Jackman's film

Pop star Mariah Carey made a successful live performance comeback on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", her first since her now infamous New Year's Eve disaster.
	The "Butterfly" singer hit headlines when her backing track forced her to give up on her live televised performance on the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve show, reported People magazine.
	But her return to the stage went smoothly as she hit the US late night talk show to belt out new track "I Don't", alongside rapper YG and a live band.
	Dressed in a figure-hugging red dress, Carey looked calm and confident as she performed the song, which was inspired by her break-up from fiance James Packer.
	Following the New Year's Eve disaster, Carey decided to take a beak from her social media activities, telling her fans on Twitter: "I haven't really addressed the situation that happened on New Year's Eve, and in time I will. But for now, I want everyone to know that I came to New Year's Eve in New York in great spirits and was looking forward 

Mariah Carey returns to live stage post New Year's disaster

Beyonce's music video for song "Hold Up" from her album 'Lemonade' has become the idea for 'Lemonade Rage,' a free 8-bit web game.
	Created by Joe Laquite, Justin Au, Line Johnsen, and Colby Spear the game has players control a bat-wielding Beyonce as she busts up cars, fire hydrants and hair display windows, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	Players will also have to maneuver around obstacles like "haterz," "Illuminati conspiracists," and "bulls," to keep her from getting angrier.
	Beyonce recently lost the best album of the year Grammys to Adele. While Queen Bey was nominated for her album 'Lemonade' the British songstress took home the trophy for her LP '25'.

Beyonce's 'Hold Up' video inspires video game

"Hidden Figures" star Octavia Spencer believes last year's #OscarsSoWhite controversy had nothing to do with the diversity in nominations this year.
	The Academy-award-winning actress, who is nominated again this year for NASA movie "Hidden Figures", says films generally take more than a year to make so it is unlikely that the controversy impacted the list this year where seven people of colour are included in acting nominations.
	"When you know how movies are made, the explosion of films with people of color is not a reaction to #OscarsSoWhite... The tide has changed, but we still have a ways to go, because they still aren't inclined to greenlight a movie that's starring a person of color, without a long list of white box-office people," Spencer told Deadline.
	The actress said the term 'diversity in Hollywood' should not be only limited to African-Americans but it should represent people of "all shapes and sizes, varying ages, varying backgrounds and socioeconomic levels, varying ...

Diversity controversy did not impact nominations: Spencer

Dream Girl Hema Malini's incredible journey from an actor, a danseuse and filmmaker to a politician is being chronicled in a new book which will hit stores on her 69th birthday this October.
	Billed as an authorised biography, "Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl" is penned by author-columnist Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
	"In an industry where the male star has always driven the commercial success of films, Hema Malini was an exception, with her name alone sufficing to ensure a film's box-office glory," publisher HarperCollins India said.
	A truly multi-faceted personality, Hema Malini has been a filmmaker and producer, directing films and television serials, a Member of Parliament from Mathura, and has also performed the classical dance ballets Draupadi, Radha Krishna and Durga.
	This year she will be seen in Ramesh Sippy's unusual love story "Shimla Mirch" with Rajkumar Rao.
	The book will be published on her birthday on October 16.
	Speaking about the book, Hema Malini says, "As ...

Book to chronicle Dream Girl's journey

In his last production venture "Pink" Shoojit Sircar addressed the issue of women safety and now in his first short film the filmmaker has dealt with the pressure children go through during exam season.
	The short film, #ReleaseThePressure, aims at creating awareness in parents about their child's performance anxiety. The short film articulates challenges that young adults face in India, when it comes to studies.
	"Mounting pressure on the kids to perform, has become a stark reality of every urban child's growing up years. And I firmly believe our primary responsibility as a conscientious parent, as citizens and as makers of this film, is to not only raise this issue but also to raise it in a manner keeping in mind the sensitivity of the matter for the kids that face it," Shoojit told PTI.
	The filmmaker hopes the film will trigger a discussion between kids and parents.
	"And hence, I shot this film in a manner where I only facilitated the process for the child to open up his feelings 

Shoojit Sircar addresses exam pressure in new short film

Amitabh Bachchan has spend 48 glorious years in the Indian film industry and the megastar shared a series of nostalgic pictures to mark the occasion.
	The 74-year-old actor took to his blog where he posted on-set pictures clicked during the shooting of his debut film "Saat Hindustani".
	"There is an avalanche of events related to this date the 15th of February... For on this date in the year of the Lord 1969...Yes that is nineteen sixty nine... I became an official entrant to the film industry, by signing my very first film, 'Saat Hindustani,'" Bachchan wrote.
	The star also shared photos from the premiere of the film for which he sported a Persian jacket which his friend got from Iran.
	"At the premiere of the film. Mr Gujral was the I&B Minister, later to become PM for a short while, Abbas saheb and yours truly, dressed somewhat in Persian attire.
	"I was shooting for 'Reshma Aur Shera' in Jaisalmer with Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman and had come down for this event ... The ...

Big B celebrates 48years in films, shares nostalgic photos

Director Richard Curtis has reunited with the "Love Actually" cast for a special short film being produced for the British charity Comic Relief.
	The short, titled "Red Nose Day Actually," will see stars including Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Keira Knightley, Liam Neeson and Bill Nighy reprise the characters they played in the Working Title hit, released in most markets by Universal, which grossed nearly USD 250 million worldwide, reported Variety.
	"Over the years I've enjoyed doing 'Red Nose Day' specials of TV things I've worked on," said Curtis, who co-founded Comic Relief in 1985 alongside comedian and actor Lenny Henry.
	"It seemed like a fun idea this year to do a special sketch based one of my films, since Red Nose Day is now in both the UK.And America."
	The short film, currently in production, will screen as part of Comic Relief's "Red Nose Day 2017" charity telethon on March 24 on BBC One.
	The film explores what "Love Actually's" characters are up to in 2017.
	Also returning ..

'Love Actually' cast, director reunite for charity short film

A group of writers, lead by the Oscar-nominated duo, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, are developing a film on Tom Brady.
	Crafting the project with "The Fighter" scribes are four writers familiar with handling Boston stories, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	Apart from the film, a book is also being written with authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge handling the project.
	"When we're looking for stories, we're looking for these universal themes of overcoming odds and people using moments of adversity to inspire.
	"The game that we just saw a couple of weeks ago really encapsulates who that guy is...It's made for a movie," Wedge said.
	Down 28-3 late in the third quarter of this month's Super Bowl, Brady, already a four-time champion, engineered the greatest comeback in the big game's history. The 34-28 overtime win gave Brady the most Super Bowl victories of any quarterback.
	The book and film will be written simultaneously and will also address the controversial Deflategate investigation 

Tom Brady Super Bowl movie in works

Director-producer Ryan Murphy has said that the next season of "American Horror Story" will pull inspiration from the 2016 Presidential election.
	During an appearance on "Watch What Happens Live," Murphy said that the season seven of the FX anthology series will tackle the November 8 election that saw Donald Trump defeat former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	The next season "is going to be about the election that we just went through so I think that will be interesting for a lot of people," Murphy said.
	When asked whether there will be a character based on now-President Trump, Murphy responded, "maybe."
	"American Horror Story" was renewed for two more seasons in January. Series mainstays Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters have already been confirmed to return. Season seven begins shooting in June.

'American Horror Story' to deal with Presidential election

Actress Hilary Duff's ex-husband Mike Comrie is involved in an open sexual battery investigation.
	 Police did not say that Comrie is a suspect, reported E! online.
	The alleged victim has claimed the former NHL player raped her multiple times after meeting him at a bar Saturday night.
	However, Comrie claims their night together was consensual.
	Comrie and Duff tied the knot in 2010 and share one child together, a son named Luca. The two called it quits in 2015, but their divorce wasn't finalized until February 2016.

Duff's ex-husband under investigation for sexual battery

Director Ali Abbas Zafar chose not to divulge much information about his supposed third collaboration with superstar Salman Khan, which is apparently the remake of South Korean drama film "Ode to My Father".
	Salman and Ali worked in last year's blockbuster "Sultan" and have teamed up again for the sequel of "Ek Tha Tiger", titled "Tiger Zinda Hai".
	There were reports that the duo will also work on the Indian adaptation of "Ode To My Father".
	When asked about the same Ali told reporters, "It's too early to speak about it. First, I am going to start 'Tiger Zinda Hai,' next month. That's my next film. I am excited about teaming up with Salman again. It is always great to work with him."
	He was speaking at the special screening of Shoojit Sircar's upcoming production, "Running Shaadi", last night.
	Starring Taapsee Pannu and Amit Sadh in lead roles, the film is scheduled for release this Friday.
	"Ode to My Father", the 2014 drama, was directed by Yoon Je-kyoon and represented Korean .

Too soon to talk: Ali on 'Ode to My Father' remake with Salman

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez enjoys doing action on-screen and is keen to do more movies in the same genre.
	Jacqueline tried her hand in action for the first time during "A Flying Jatt" and now in her two upcoming films, "Reload" and "Drive," she will be seen doing a lot more of it.
	"Its an amazing genre and I feel very comfortable about it. If I could be the action icon in Bollywood it would be great. The roles in action genre for females are less as compared to actors.
	"If there is something in action I take it up. I am dying to train and work in roles that gives me the opportunity to do action," Jacqueline told PTI.
	The "Kick" actress feels Bollywood filmmakers can take inspiration from Hollywood when it comes to heroines doing action oriented films.
	"When it comes to action for females then we can take a little bit of cue from what they (Hollywood) are doing.
	"But if you look at actors like Tiger Shroff there is lot a that West can learn from us. He is phenomenal ..

I wish I could be the action icon in Bollywood: Jacqueline

"Fresh Off the Boat" star Constance Wu is in negotiations to star in the lead role in Warner Bros' "Crazy Rich Asians" romantic comedy.
	Jon M Chu is directing the adaptation from a screenplay written by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim.
	The studio acquired the movie rights to "Crazy Rich Asians" in October and is fast-tracking the project with plans for an exclusively Asian cast, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	The story unfolds in a world of opulence, as new and old money collide among a group of Chinese families living in Singapore. It follows a Chinese-American economics professor and her boyfriend - the heir to a massive fortune.

Constance Wu in talks to star in 'Crazy Rich Asians'

Actors Edgar Ramirez and Darren Criss are roped in to star in Ryan Murphy's "Versace:American Crime Story".
	"Versace" is the third installment of FX's "American Crime Story" anthology, following the award-winning "People V OJ Simpson" and the upcoming second season that will revolve around the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
	Ramirez will play Versace; Criss is set as Cunanan. Production will begin in March, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	"Versace" will explore the July 1997 assassination of legendary designer Gianni Versace. His killer, Andrew Cunanan, committed suicide eight days later as Miami Dade police were on the verge of capturing the serial killer behind five slayings. The 10-episode third season will likely run in 2018.
	It will be based on the book "Vulgar Favors" by Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth, with Tom Rob Smith set to write the first two and multiple subsequent episodes.

Edgar Ramirez,Darren Criss join 'Versace:American Crime Story'

Jared Leto is set to make his feature film directorial debut with Paramount's crime thriller "77."
	David Matthews writes from an original screenplay by author James Ellroy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	Set in politically charged 1974 Los Angeles, the story revolves around two police officers who team up to recover kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst while simultaneously investigating the brutal murder of a fellow officer. They uncover not only relentless corruption and crime, but a dark and violent conspiracy as well.
	The film will be produced by Dick Wolf and Tony Ganz of Wolf Films along with Leto.
	The 45-year-old actor has previously helmed the 2012 documentary feature "Artifact" and the documentary series "Great Wide Open," "Into The Wild" and "Beyond the Horizon". He also has directed numerous music videos and commercials winning over a dozen awards worldwide.

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