Actress Drew Barrymore has said she lost 20 pounds while shooting her new zombie drama "The Santa Clarita Diet."
	The 41-year-old actress portrays undead Sheila in the new Netflix show and said the new role gave her new-found confidence and inspiration after her marriage split from husband Will Kopelman, reported Contactmusic.
	"It (TV show) came in the middle of this moment in my life, where I had let myself go due to personal circumstances, and I thought I could come alive with Sheila.
	"It was a really great goal line for me, because as much as the weight loss... Everything's very subtle, it's attitudinal, it's empowerment, it's confidence (sic)," Barrymore said.
	"She's (Sheila) lost in her life and I felt I had sort of lost my life, and it was such a blessing to come alive with her, and it really was so positive for me."
	Barrymore split from art consultant Kopelman, the father of her two daughters Olive and Frankie, last April.

Zombie drama helped Drew Barrymore shed marriage split weight

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Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has revealed he wanted a role in animated movie "Sing" because he wanted to appear in a film that his kids could watch him in.
	The 47-year-old actor voices koala Buster Moon in the new musical cartoon film, which also features Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon and Seth MacFarlane.
	McConaughey said he was desperate to be involved with a family film because he realised he hadn't starred in anything for years that was suitable for his children to watch, reported Contactmusic.
	McConaughey has three children, sons Levi, eight, and Livingstone, four, and seven-year-old daughter Vida with his wife Camila Alves, and he made the decision to seek out an animation while watching a film with them but he had to wait four years for a part to be offered to him.
	In an interview on "This Morning", he said, "I got tired of answering the question, 'So what film have you made that is your kids' favourite?' I looked at my last 10 years and I hadn't 

Matthew McConaughey made 'Sing' for his kids

Niall Horan has stunned fans by debuting his newly-dyed brunette hair.
	The One Direction star has sported blonde locks since he started in the boy band.
	But as he attended the Larry King Hairdressing Salon's launch party, Horan showcased significantly darker tresses.
	The 23-year-old singer's hair was artfully styled into a tousled crop, and perfectly matched his stubble. Horan teamed his new look with a casual ensemble of jeans, a grey T-shirt and shearling-trimmed jacket.
	While Horan beamed with delight as he debuted the new do, fans were somewhat divided by his changed appearance, reported Billboard magazine.
	Some approved of the alteration, with one tweeting, "Not that Niall Horan wasn't amazing looking anyways but his brown hair is BEAUTIFUL," and another added, "Sorry, but Niall Horan looks much better and sexier with brunette hair. I hope it stays this way for a long time @NiallOfficial."
	However, others disagreed, with one follower tweeting: "The year is 2017. Facts mean .

Fans divided over Niall Horan's newly-dyed brunette hair

Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor today advocated creating two different time zones for the country at a literary meet in the 'City of Joy'.
	The heartthrob of the 70s-80s Hindi cinema, who was here to attend Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet, was visibly displeased as dusk descended during a conversation on his autobiography 'Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored' at the magnificent Victoria Memorial compound.
	"You have darkness descending even at 5:30 PM while sun light is very much there in Mumbai around this time. In the northeast dusk settles even before here in Kolkata. So much loss of man hours," he said.
	"In our country there must be two time zones to save working hours. Why we don't have it, I have been talking about this issue for a long time," the "Kapoor & Sons" actor said.
	Recalling that he had heard Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had discounted such a proposal decades back on the ground our public was not so educated to be nuanced with the differences of ...

Rishi Kapoor advocates creating two time zones in India

Emmanuelle Riva, a French star of screen and stage who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, has died. She was 89.
	Riva died yesterday in a Paris clinic after a long illness, her agent, Anne Alvares Correa, told The Associated Press.
	Riva was Oscar-nominated for her role in "Amour, " Michael Haneke's brutal depiction of an aging couple.
	With Riva starring alongside another French movie legend, Jean-Louis Trintignant, the film won the Academy Award for best foreign-language film. They played a loving, elderly Parisian couple, one of whom has a stroke.
	"Amour" also won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Riva also won best actress at the British Academy Film Awards for her performance. But Jennifer Lawrence won the Academy Award for best actress that year, as a young widow in "Silver Linings Playbook."
	In her 60-year career, Riva made an early splash in filmmaker Alain Resnais' acclaimed "Hiroshima Mon Amour" in 1959.
	She worked into last year, ...

Oscar-nominated Emmanuelle Riva dies in Paris, age 89

The defence counsel representing Salman Khan in the infamous poaching case here, has claimed that he received a death threat from an "international gangster" for getting the film star "acquitted" in the case.
	H M Saraswat claimed two days ago, the caller, identifying himself as an international gangster, threatened him for getting Khan "acquitted" in the Arms Act case, saying "he was not happy with it".
	According to Saraswat, the caller asked him "to be ready to face dire consequences and none could save him".
	Saraswat filed a complaint with the police and has been provided an armed policeman as security.
	"We have provided him the armed policeman for his security and have started investigating the matter," Police Commissioner Ashok Rathore said.
	Saraswat claimed the same person had called Khan and demanded "protection money" which the actor refused.

Salman's lawyer claims getting death threat call

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is committed to safeguarding the country's filmic and non-filmic heritage and is taking all necessary steps to preserve films and non-filmic material for posterity as per global standards, its secretary Ajay Mittal said today.
	Mittal was speaking on the occasion of the launch of Film Condition Assessment, which is the first phase of implementation of National Film Heritage Mission, NFHM.
	NFHM is the Centre's prestigious mission for preservation, conservation, digitisation and restoration of rich cinematic heritage of the country, an official release said.
	National Film Archive of India (NFAI) is the nodal organisation for the implementation of this project. Rs 597.41 crore has been allotted towards implementation of the project, which was kick-started with launch of the first phase of the mission, Film Condition Assessment, it added.
	"This is a one-of-its-kind project in the world, wherein the government is spending huge amount of money ...

I&B Ministry committed to safeguard filmic heritage: Mittal

Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has cancelled the shooting of "Padmavati" here, saying the assault on him and vandalism on the sets of his movie by a Rajput group that triggered outrage in the film industry was "uncalled for" and extremely damaging to the image of the beautiful city.
	"The shooting has been stopped by the filmmaker at Jaigarh Fort and they have vacated the place," SHO Amer police station Narendra Kumar said.
	A statement issued through Bhansali's representative said keeping in mind the safety of the film's crew, the director decided to stop the shooting post the "shocking" incident.
	"Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shot two films in Jaipur and despite his love for Rajasthan, for the safety of his crew, we have decided to stop the shoot and leave the city post the shocking incident where miscreants damaged property and misbehaved with the crew on the shoot of 'Padmavati'," it said.
	Bhansali was yesterday roughed up by members of the Rajput community group who also stopped ..

Bhansali cancels 'Padmavati' shooting, says assault 'uncalled

An Indian-American woman, who along with her husband had been the inspiration behind Shahrukh Khan's film Swades, was stopped and asked by police if she was in the US "illegally", an incident which comes amid rising fears over President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
	Aravinda Pillalamarri, 47 was walking in her Bel Air neighborhood in Maryland on the morning of December 21, a routine with her, when she said she was stopped by a Bel Air Police Department officer, The Baltimore Sun reported.
	Pillalamarri, who was born in India but moved with her parents to the US when she was young, was asked by the police officer about what she was doing and she replied that she was walking.
	The officer continued to ask several questions. When she asked why the officer was asking her so many questions, he replied because someone had called police.
	"Walking while brown?" Pillalamarri then asked the officer.
	The report said a police supervisor arrived at the scene and began to question ...

'Swades' woman stopped, quizzed about immigration status in US

Strongly condemning the vandalism and assault on the sets of his film "Padmavati" here, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali today said the incident was "uncalled for" and extremely damaging to the image of the beautiful city.
	The National award-winning director was roughed up by members of a Rajput community group yesterday, who also stopped the shooting of the film by damaging the set at Jaigarh Fort, alleging that the director was "distorting facts" in the movie which is about Alauddin Khilji's obsession with Rani Padmavati.
	In a statement, Bhansali said that keeping in mind the safety of the film's crew, he decided to stop the shooting of the film post the "shocking" incident.
	"Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shot two films in Jaipur and despite his love for Rajasthan, for the safety of his crew, we have decided to stop the shoot and leave the city post the shocking incident where miscreants damaged property and misbehaved with the crew on the shoot of 'Padmavati'," it said.
	Bhansali has 

Attack on 'Padmavati' shoot and crew uncalled for: Bhansali

Information and Broadcasting Ministry Secretary Ajay Mittal today said North East Film Festival (NEFF) 'Fragrances from the North East' is an unique window to films, food, culture and handicrafts diversity of the region.
	"Fragrances from the North East served as a unique window to the films, food, culture and handicrafts diversity of North East and enabled the cultural amalgamation of the region with the rest of the country," said Mittal, while inaugurating the festival at National Film Archive of India (NFAI), here.
	The objective of the film festival to sensitise people from other regions to the culture of the North East as envisaged in the "Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat" programme of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official release said.
	A decision had now been taken to organise the festival in different cities every year as part of the "Ek Bharat Shreshta Bharat" vision, it added.
	The opening film for this festival "Kothanodi" by the debut director Bhaskar Hazarika has wowed ..

North East Film Festival gets underway in Pune

The little girl, who captured the world's heart tweeting about her life in East Aleppo, has made a new friend - actress Lindsay Lohan.
	Bana Alabed shared a short video of herself and the 30-year-old "Mean Girls" star. They were in Ankara, Turkey, where they met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
	Lohan, who has been in the country for the past few days, says in the video that the pair are "sending lots of love and life and blessings" to refugees and people in Syria, reported BBC.
	The short clip shows Bana hugging the actress, who tells the camera: "We want to send to all of the people in Syria and Aleppo suffering and to all the refugees we are here supporting you and you can hang on and be strong just like Bana has."
	She adds "inshallah", which means "if God wills" in Arabic.
	Bana rose to fame after documenting on Twitter her daily life in rebel-held East Aleppo, with the help of her mother.
	The seven-year-old recently penned an open letter to new US President Donald Trump, asking .

Syrian girl Bana Alabed meets Lindsay Lohan

Actor Prakash Raj today condemned the attack on filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali by terming the attackers as "cowards".
	"I condemn the attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali. They (the attackers) are cowards. This is not acceptable in the civilised society," Raj said in an interactive session at Hyderabad Literary Festival being held here.
	When asked about the alleged distortion of facts in the film "Padmavati" being made by Bhansali, for the alleged attack, the actor said. "How do they know? When Sanjay Leela Bhansali had denied that there is no scene like that (as alleged by the attackers) you still do it ( attack)? That's not the way".
	Bhansali was allegedly assaulted yesterday by activists of a Rajput community group who also stopped the shooting of his movie "Padmavati" by vandalising the set at Jaigarh Fort, alleging that the director was "distorting facts".

Prakash Raj condemns attack on Sanjay Leela Bhansali

The finale of "Bigg Boss" will be a grand affair with the performances by host Salman Khan and special guest, actor Hrithik Roshan, who will be coming on the show to promote his recently released movie "Kaabil".
	After more than three months of non-stop entertainment, "Bigg Boss 10" has reached its penultimate stage with the top four contestants Manveer Gurjar, Bani Judge, Lopamudra Raut and Manu Punjabi in the finale.
	The grand finale episode will have some electrifying performances from Salman and other popular TV actors.
	The "Dabangg" star will perform to his songs "Mera Hi Jalwa", "Aaj Ki Party" alongside evicted contestants Gaurav Chopraa, Rohan Mehra, Monalisa, Nitibha Kaul, Lokesh Kumari and Navin Prakash not only on-stage, but also inside the Bigg Boss house.
	Enjoying and celebrating the success of his recently released film "Kaabil", Hrithik along-with co-actress Yami Gautam will shake a leg with the finalists inside the Bigg Boss house.
	Making the grand finale a night to 

Grand finale awaits 'Big Boss', host Salman to perform

Calling the act of vandalism and assault on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati" in Jaipur "unacceptable", Film & Television Producers Guild of India Ltd has urged the government to take strong punitive action against the miscreants.
	Bhansali was assaulted yesterday by members of a Rajput community group, who also stopped the shooting of "Padmavati" by vandalising the set at Jaigarh Fort, alleging that the director was "distorting facts".
	Guild President Siddharth Roy Kapur strongly condemned the "despicable episode" and expressed unflinching support to Bhansali on behalf of the film industry.
	"As President of The Film & Television Producers Guild of India and speaking on behalf of the entire film industry, I strongly condemn the acts of vandalism on the sets of 'Padmavati' as a direct attack on freedom of expression in our democracy.
	"The film industry has become the softest target for any fringe group looking for media attention, and we need the strongest ...

Producers condemn vandalism on 'Padmavati' sets

Veteran scriptwriter Salim Khan has condemned the attack on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the shooting of "Padmavati" in Jaipur's Jaigarh fort, saying the incident is a "matter of shame".
	The 81-year-old "Sholay" writer said he has many friends from the Rajput community and the race is noble.
	"I have grown up with Rajput boys and have been close to their families. This race is genetically brave hospitable and loyal.
	"The people those who attacked Sanjay Leela Bhansali called themselves Rajputs. The incident is a matter of shame to the noble community," Salim tweeted.
	The writer said he is sure that Bhansali will not do anything that will hurt the sentiment of anyone.
	"Nobody has seen the film or read the script but i am sure Sanjay would not have hurt the sentiment of any community or individual," he wrote.
	Bhansali, was shooting for the film in Jaipur, when he was assaulted by activists of Rajput community group, Karni Sena, who also vandalised the set.

The incident is matter of shame:Salim Khan on Padmavati ruckus

Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor, the lead actors of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati," have slammed the attack on the director during the shooting of the film in Jaipur's Jaigarh fort.
	Ranveer, 31, who will be essaying the role of Alauddin Khilji, said their intention is not to hurt anyone's sentiments.
	"What's happened is very unfortunate. We hope the people of Rajasthan will understand & empathise with our intentions & give us their support. As a team, we are making 'Padmavati' keeping in mind the sensitivities and emotions of the people of Rajasthan and the Rajput community.
	"Sanjay Sir is one of the most accomplished & authentic filmmakers we have in India, & he wont ever do anything to hurt anyones feelings," he tweeted.
	Shahid, who is in the role of Raja Ratan Singh, condemned the assault on Bhansali saying violence is "unacceptable".
	"Very very sad. Words do fall short and feel too little to express feelings. Violence is unacceptable. This incident has ...

Ranveer, Shahid 'shocked' over 'Padmavati' on-set attack

Orlando Bloom's former wife, Miranda Kerr says that their son Flynn shares a comfortable rapport with the actor's current girlfriend, Katy Perry.
	The 33-year-old fashionista said that with time her six-year-old child have become good friends with Perry, reported People magazine.
	"They're great. They get along really well," Kerr said.
	She also added that they are a modern family.
	Kerr gave birth to Flynn in 2011 and was married to Bloom for three years, until their split in 2013.
	Bloom, 40 has been dating the "Roar" singer for more than a year now.

Miranda Kerr's son has 'great' relationship with Katy Perry

Music legend Bob Dylan, singer The Weeknd and Chance the Rapper are set to headline Firefly music festival.
	The Delaware music fest will also feature headlining sets from Twenty One Pilots and Muse too, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	Firefly organisers took to Twitter to issue the complete line-up.
	Dylan performed at Desert Trip festival in 2016, fondly dubbed "Oldchella", which was a rare act as he hardly makes appearance.
	 After a lengthy summer tour last year the Firefly appearance is his only currently scheduled US show in 2017.
	Other performers include Kesha, Flume, Weezer, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Franz Ferdinand and more.
	The festival begins from June 15 and will go on till June 18.

Bob Dylan, the Weeknd to headline at Firefly Festival

Actress Kalki Koechlin, who has teamed up with Pakistani director Sabiha Sumar for a documentary, believes filmmakers today are consciously coming up with films that carry a message to the society.
	The documentary titled "Azmaish" will showcase the cultural aspects of both the countries.
	The year 2016 saw a wide range of films like "Dangal", "Kahaani 2:Durga Rani Singh", "Pink", "Udta Punjab", "Aligarh" dealing with subjects like child sexual abuse, drug abuse to women emancipation and Kalki feels that filmmakers are consciously making such movies.
	"Cinema is such a powerful platform and reaches out to a wide audience. And nowadays, I think people from the industry are consciously making movies that spread an important message to the society," Kalki told PTI.
	The 33-year-old actress plans to promote "Azmaish" through film festivals.
	"We are currently raising funds on Wishberry to complete the post production. We definitely want to take 'Azmaish' to film festivals and showcase the 

Directors consciously making socially relevant films: Kalki

Actress Deepika Padukone says she is in "state of shock" over the attack on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali during the shooting of his directorial venture "Padmavati" in Jaipur.
	The 31-year-old actress, who is playing the lead role of Rani Padmavati in the film, expressed her anger in a series of tweets.
	"In a state of shock!deeply saddened and disheartened by yesterday's events!#Padmavati," Deepika wrote.
	The actress assured that the team behind the film is not distorting any historical facts and their aim is to bring on-screen the story of "courageous and powerful" Padmavati.
	"As Padmavati I can assure you that there is absolutely no distortion of history.#Padmavati
	"Our only endeavour is & has always been to share with the world the story of this courageous & powerful woman in the purest form there is," she wrote.
	Bhansali, was shooting for his new film in Jaipur's Jaigarh Fort, when he was assaulted by activists of a Rajput community group, Karni Sena, who also ...

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