Filmmaker James Gunn has weighed in on the "racist" controversy surrounding the reported casting of Zendaya Coleman as Mary Jane Watson in Jon Watts' "Spider-Man: Homecoming".
	The "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" helmer defended the casting in a lengthy Facebook post published following the social media backlash from fans, reported Ace Showbiz.
	"People get upset when something they consider intrinsic to a comic book character changes when adapted for a film. I get this," Gunn said.
	"I do not believe a character is the colour of his or her skin," he added, before addressing the reports about MJ being played by the young black actress.
	"If a character's primary attribute - the thing that makes them iconic - is the color of their skin, or their hair color, frankly, that character is shallow and sucks," he explained.
	"For me, what makes MJ MJ is her alpha female playfulness, and if the actress captures that, then she'll work."
	Gunn also noted that he was speaking hypothetically as ..

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Ben Affleck is set to adapt Agatha Christie's short story "Witness for the Prosecution" for the big screen.
	Affleck, 44, is in talks to direct and star in the feature film for 21st Century Fox. He will also produce it along with Jennifer Todd, Matt Damon and the Agatha Christie estate, reported Ace Showbiz.
	The story revolves around the mystery of a wealthy spinster's death. It was first adapted into a movie in 1957 and received six Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress and Best Director. The new take on the story will be scripted by Christopher Keyser ("Tyrant").
	Affleck's last directorial debut "Argo" was lauded by critics and won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
	His next directorial project "Live by Night" is due January 13, 2017. He will also be seen in "The Accountant" and reprise his role as Batman in "Justice League".

Affleck to helm Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution

Noah Cyrus, sister of pop star Miley Cyrus, is reportedly being sued for causing a car accident.
	According to TMZ, the 16-year-old was texting behind the wheel when driving her mother Tish Cyrus' Jeep on the 101 in Los Angeles before slamming into the back of another car.
	The victim named EJ Hawkins was sent to the hospital and later filed a lawsuit against Noah claiming that he suffered "loss of love, affection, companionship, comfort, society and sexual relations" in addition to the physical pain as a result of the incident.
	Hawkins also named Tish Cyrus as defendant in the suit because she let her young daughter drive the jeep.
	Noah is the youngest kid in the family and she's currently trying to launch her own music career.

Miley Cyrus' sister sued over car accident

Actor Taylor Kitsch has joined the cast of "American Assassin".
	The 35-year-old "True Detective" alum will join Michael Keaton and Dylan O'Brien in the upcoming movie adaption of Vince Flynn's 2010 graphic novel, said The Hollywood Reporter.
	The movie will be the first in a series of 14 stories that follow CIA counter-terrorist operative Mitch Rapp (O'Brien).
	Kitsch will play a mysterious official intent on starting a world war in the Middle East.
	Keaton will take on the role of Stan Hurley, a Cold War veteran enlisted alongside Rapp to take down Kitsch's villainous character.
	The project has been in the works since at least 2012, with Bruce Willis and Chris Hemsworth previously in talks to star.
	Homeland director/executive producer Michael Cuesta is attached to direct.

Taylor Kitsch to star in 'American Assassin'

"The Lost Boys" TV series is in development at CW television network.
	The series is an adaptation of the iconic 1987 Warner Bros horror comedy movie, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	Written by Thomas, The Lost Boys series re-imagines the cult Joel Schumacher film, which starred Jason Patric, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.
	The seven-season series will tell a story spanning 70 years, each season chronicling a decade. Season 1 will be set in San Francisco during the Summer of Love, 1967.
	Each season, the humans, the setting, the antagonist and the story all change - only the vampires, Lost Boys, will remain the same.
	The potential series hails from "Veronica Mars" and "iZombie" creator Rob Thomas, who will also serve as writer and executive producer.

'The Lost Boys' TV reboot in works

Model Kendall Jenner has hired extra security to patrol her Hollywood Hills home.
	The 20-year-old supermodel has asked for additional bodyguards and security staff to sit outside her Hollywood Hills home after her alleged stalker Shavaughn McKenzie was found waiting outside the property, reported Femalfirst.
	The reality TV star, who bought the USD 6.5 million house, which previously belonged to Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, two months ago - had state of the art security systems installed in June.
	However, following the incident over the weekend the star and her mom Kris Jenner felt extra precautions were necessary.

Kendall Jenner hires extra security to patrol her home

Rapper P Diddy and his longtime girlfriend, Cassie have reportedly broken up.
	Diddy and Cassie, who had been dating on and off for years, split earlier this week after their argument which ended with police getting called to her home, reported TMZ.
	Sources close to the pair said that Diddy and Cassie had a heated argument in a car on Wednesday, August 17 after she told him she wanted to break up.
	The 46-year-old rap mogul apparently had a suspicion that his girlfriend's cheating on him, so he grabbed her phone and started scrolling through.
	At one point, he jumped out of the car with the phone still in his hand while she left in the chauffeured car. He eventually came to Cassie's home to return her phone, but was then greeted by some cops whom her mom called after her daughter told her about the phone incident.
	Cassie, 29, later explained to the cops that she had got back her phone, so they left her home after writing up a domestic incident report.
	Diddy and Cassie haven't ...

P Diddy, Cassie break up

Actress Keira Knightley says she had to start wearing wigs after suffering from major hairfall.
	The 31-year-old "Begin Again" actress said that preparing to take on the roles had an adverse effect as her locks began to fall out.
	"I have dyed my hair virtually every color imaginable for different films. It got so bad that my hair literally began to fall out of my head!
	"So for the past five years I've used wigs, which is the greatest thing that's ever happened to my hair," Knightley said.
	Even though her hairs are improving now, the actress finds it tough to deal with her curly locks.
	"I have naturally crazy, curly hair, and since I've had the baby it's become 10 times thicker. So now I've been finding quite a lot of dreadlocks," she said.
	Knightley and husband James Righton welcomed daughter Edie in May.

Keira Knightley wearing wigs for past five years

The Saturdays singer Mollie King's debut solo album is inspired by her on-off relationship with model David Gandy, with whom she split earlier this year.
	The 29-year-old singer songwriter and the model, who dated for 10 months in 2011, rekindled their romance again in 2015, reported Digital Spy.
	"It is a bit of a heartbreak album. There are a lot of songs about that relationship, but they're all coming in at different angles. Some of them are a lot more positive, while others are sad. But I guess a lot of it is heartache, but that's where I've been over the last few months," King said.
	However, the songstress said being single has helped her to pen the lyrics to her latest release and other songs because her writing is more fluid when it is based on her personal experiences.
	I've been single and it gives you that time to reflect on relationships you've had in the past. I've really learnt through doing this that I'm so much better at writing songs that are about actual things I'm ..

Mollie King's debut solo album is about heartbreak

Singer Frank Ocean has released a new visual album titled "Endless," a precursor to his proper follow-up to 2012's Channel Orange.
	Ocean took to his boysdontcry.Co livestream to preview his new music, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	The black-and-white livestream shows a man building a set of stairs in a large studio while the music plays in the background.
	Among the songs debuted on the livestream is a studio version of Ocean's cover of "At Your Best (You Are Love)", originally performed by The Isley Brothers and famously covered by Aaliyah.
	"Endless" features an array of diverse musicians, including Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, James Blake, Jazmine Sullivan, British R&B vocalist Sampha and producer Arca.

Frank Ocean debuts new songs on live stream

Pop star Ariana Grande is reportedly dating rapper Mac Miller.
	Since breaking up with Ricky Alvarez, the former Nickelodeon star has frequently been seen together with Miller, whom she first collaborated with on 2013 song "The Way", reported Aceshowbiz.
	Earlier this week, Grande, 23, and Miller, 24, were photographed together at the West Virginia Airport before fans saw her during his performance at West Virginia University's FallFest on the next day.
	The duo was also seen hanging out with two boys at a studio in his hometown of Pittsburgh.
	Grande and Miller have been good friends since they collaborated on "The Way" and showed undeniable chemistry in the song's accompanying music video.
	They were also rumored to be dating following the video's release, but Miller shot down all those rumors back then.
	Grande recently reunited with Miller for the remix of her newest single "Into You" and she is reportedly going to make a guest appearance on his new album.

Ariana Grande dating Mac Miller?

Model Blac Chyna plans to drop 70lbs in weight after she gives birth to baby with fiance Rob Kardashian.
 	The 28-year-old glamour model, who is expecting her first child with Kardashian, currently weighs 183 lbs and hopes to reach 200 pounds when she delivers her baby, but she says she is already planning to reach her "goal weight" of 130 lbs after her pregnancy, which is nine pounds less than her pre-baby weight, reported Female First.
	Blac detailed the size of her growing baby bump on Snapchat. She wrote, "So I weighed in I'm 183lbs and loving it! So far I gained 84lbs.
	"I truly believe I will be 200lbs when I delivery that's 17lbs away.
	"So I need to lose 70bs basically to be at my goal weight 130lbs (sic)."
	The model, who already has son three-year-old son King Cairo with her ex-boyfriend Tyga, has revealed she will embark on a "strict diet" and "waist training" to shed the baby weight and re-gain her slender frame once she gives birth.

Blac Chyna plans to drop 70lbs post pregnancy

Dancer Maddie Ziegler, who will soon be touring with Sia, gushed about the "Cheap Thrills" singer saying she is like her second mom.
	The 40-year-old singer befriended the 13-year-old dancer when she appeared in her "Chandelier" music video, reported Entertainment Tonight.
	"She's the best. I'm so honored to be dancing with her for six weeks. Sia's like my second mom. She's like a best friend to me," Ziegler said.
	Sia has made it a point to not show her face while performing on stage it helps with her stage fright.
	Ziegler said she is often asked what the musician looks like when the wig is off. "A beautiful, loving, caring face," she described. "People are like, 'I don't know what she looks like,' but if you just go on the internet, she's showed her face before."
	"People are always like, 'Is she pretty? Is she ugly?' I'm like, 'She's gorgeous and it's not just on the outside, but on the inside too.'," she added.

Sia's like my second mom: Maddie Ziegler

Kanye West's fans have set up a petition for the rapper to perform at the Super Bowl.
	The 38-year-old "All Day" rapper's supporters have set up an online petition at Change.Org for "one of the best performers of all time" to provide the half-time entertainment at the prestigious NFL game after Adele claimed to have turned down the gig, reported Female First.
 	So far, they have attracted less than 1,500 signatures.
	"You can say what you want about Kanye West but. One thing you can't say is that he's not one of the best performers of ALL TIME! Adele said she doesn't want to do this year's super bowl halftime show and who is better for the job than Kanye West?" a description on Change.Org read.
	"If you don't believe me go on YouTube and watch his past performances. If you pick Kanye for the half time show you can guarantee the performance of a lifetime @NFL! So everyone join me and sign the petition to make Kanye the Super Bowl 51 halftime performer! #KanyeWestForSuperBowl51 ...

Kanye West's fans petition for his gig at Super Bowl show

Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian is planning to buy a greenhouse so she can start gardening, just as she used to do with her siblings and mother Kris Jenner.
	The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star revealed Kris used to get her and her famous sisters, Kim Kardashian West, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner, helping her planting during their younger years, and she would love to act out those times again, reported Female First.
	"I may have made fun of it at the time, but now I would LOVE to have a greenhouse in my backyard," Khloe, 32, wrote on her website.

Khloe Kardashian wants to buy greenhouse

Veteran actor Robin Williams' daughter Zelda says she wrote 12 scripts in the aftermath of her father's suicide.
	The "Mrs Doubtfire" actor committed suicide in August 2014, and 27-year-old Zelda in her efforts to embrace her life ended up being extremely productive, reported Female First.
	Asked by Chelsea Handler on her talk show "Chelsea" if there had been any sort of "silver lining", Zelda said, "I just kept going, 'Well, OK. Today I'm going to wake up and love what I do. And then tomorrow I'm going to wake up and be happy and love what I do. And then the next day.' Because that's all you can do."
	Zelda, however, said people did not understand how she was grieving.
	"For a while no one would let me do anything. I think there's, like, that reaction of like, 'Oh! Are you OK?' And if you are OK, it's like, 'What's wrong?'
	"So for a while I was left to my own devices and a lot of great stuff came out of that.

Zelda Williams wrote 12 scripts after dad Robin's death

Reality TV star Rob Kardashian has got a neck tattoo, which is thought to be either in honour of his fiancee Blac Chyna or the possible name of their unborn baby.
	The 29-year-old sock designer has been spotted with a new inking which appears to spell Anjila, which is the pregnant 28-year-old star's name in Arabic, meaning Angela.
	But there has been speculation the moniker could also say Aniyla, which is a potential name for their unborn baby, reported TMZ.
	His latest tattoo was revealed in a Snapchat video Chyna released on August 18.
	In the clip, the star is seen wearing a black T-shirt which shows off his inking on the left side of his neck.

Rob Kardashian gets neck tattoo

Actor Tom Holland surprised children at an Atlanta hospital dressed up as Spider-Man.
	The 20-year-old actor, who will reprise his role as the Marvel superhero in "Spider-Man: Homecoming", was inspired after he surprised ailing youngsters at Egleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, reported Female First.
	Alongside a picture of himself meeting a patient, he wrote on Instagram, "Meeting you all today was such a wonderful experience and you're all such little inspirations. We're proud of you and we love and we hope to be back soon and thank you for having us Egleston Children's hospital. (sic)"
	Holland was joined by his co-star Jacob Batalon, who portrays Ned Leeds in the forthcoming movie, who was also thrilled to put a smile on the children's faces.
	Sharing a photo of Holland cradling a baby, he wrote, "It was amazing to meet the kids today. They inspire us and their smiles are brighter than the sun. We love you (sic)."
	Holland follows in the footsteps of fellow actor ...

Tom Holland visits children's hospital as Spider-Man

Actor John Krasinski has revealed he cried when he first heard his wife Emily Blunt sing on the set of her movie "Into the Woods".
	The 36-year-old star, who has two daughters with Blunt, 33, hadn't ever seen his significant other's vocal prowess until he turned up on the set of "Into the Woods" to watch her rehearse, reported Female First.
	"I came to visit and they were doing the pre-records on 'Into The Woods', and I remember [director] Rob Marshall turning to me and he said, 'It's so great,' and I said, 'Yeah, I've never seen her sing'," Krasinski said.
	"Rob Marshall did the slowest double take of all time and then queued a 125-piece orchestra and she started singing and I just wept. I told you that I am a crier, it doesn't take much.

I wept the first time I heard Emily sing: John Krasinski

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh today chose to stay mum on doing filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film "Padmavati".
	Gossip mills are abuzz that actor Hrithik Roshan would now be part of "Padmavati".
	Reportedly, Ranveer who was to essay the role of Allauddin Khilji in the movie had asked for a narration from the "Bajirao Mastani" director after Shahid Kapoor was roped in to play Deepika Padukone's husband in the film.
	Asked about "Padmavati", Ranveer said, "Tumhare muh mein schezwan chutney" (Schezwan chutney in your mouth).
	Even the host interrupted saying "not this question".
	Prodded further, Ranveer said, "Lot of hard work has gone into this ad film (referring to the Chings ad-film) and it's looking good."
	Ranveer will be seen next Aditya Chopra's "Befikre" opposite Vaani Kapoor. The movie is slated to hit the screens on December 9 this year.

Ranveer parries question on doing 'Padmavati'

Director Rohit Shetty has clarified neither Alia Bhatt nor Deepika Padukone is starring in the fourth instalment of his hit comedy franchise "Golmaal".
	B-town was abuzz with the news that either of the two Bollywood stars was on board for the Ajay Devgn-starrer.
	Rohit refuted the reports, though he revealed Alia was keen to collaborate with him for something on the lines of "Golmaal 4".
	"I believe Alia is not free. She has two-three films so, she is not doing the film. Alia wants to do a film like 'Golmaal 4' but she has (other) movies to do. Deepika also is not doing the film. If I wanted to do work with her, I would have made something like 'Chennai Express'," Rohit told PTI.
	The filmmaker worked with Deepika on romantic action comedy "Chennai Express" (2013), which also starred superstar Shah Rukh Khan.
	The "Dilwale" director says he is in talks with a few actresses for "Golmaal 4" but isn't keen on divulging their names.
	"We will take from younger lot of actress. We are in ..

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