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 ..

Alia, Deepika not part of 'Golmaal 4': Rohit Shetty

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Director Rohit Shetty reveals his much-anticipated "Ram Lakhan" remake is on a temporary hold as he has failed to get an actor for the role of Ram.
	Filmmaker Karan Johar announced in 2014 that his Dharma Productions was collaborating with Rohit for the remake of Subhash Ghai's 1989 superhit "Ram Lakhan" that featured Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor in the lead roles.
	"We were suppose to do 'Ram Lakhan' but we were not getting Ram. And I did not want to compromise on the part of Ram. So it's better to do a solo hero film at present as youngsters want to do solo hero films," Rohit told PTI.
	"It's a project that has pressure. We wrote the script and we have it with us. We will do it some day. After 'Dilwale' we were suppose to do 'Ram Lakhan' remake and 'Golmaal 4'. But as we were not getting Ram so we thought let's make 'Golmaal 4' first," he added.
	Names of actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Varun Dhawan had cropped up for the film.
	"We approached a few ...

'Ram Lakhan' remake on hold: Rohit Shetty

Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was today granted visa by the UK, a week after his application for the same was rejected apparently due to incomplete information.
	"My UK work visa has finally been granted. I would like to thank everyone for their absolute love extended to me last week over this was humbling to read all the messages of support truly means a lot," he posted on Facebook.
	"A special thank you to Keith Vaz for taking such a keen personal interest in the matter. I look forward to performing in London on the 18th of September at the Royal Festival Hall, Ministry of External Affairs, India, Sushma Swaraj, Indian High Commision in UK," the 70-year-old artist added.
	The UK Home Office had earlier said visas were declined due to incomplete information.
	Responding to Khan's message, the longest serving Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz, today expressed his delight after the Labour MP and chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Committee had expressed his shock and .

Amjad Ali Khan granted UK visa after a week-long ordeal

Actor Ranveer Singh has teamed up with director Rohit Shetty for an advertisement and the young star says he always dreamt to collaborate with the "Dilwale" helmer.
	The 31-year-old actor and Rohit have worked on the ad-film of noodle brand, Ching's noodles. Titled "Ranveer Ching Returns", it sees the "Bajirao Mastani" star in double roles-- a young guy and his mother.
	"I wanted to play the role of a mother. Thanks to Rohit for giving me this part. It was my dream to be directed by Rohit," Ranveer told reporters here at the launch of the advertisement.
	In the ad-film, Ranveer is seen cooking food and in real life too he cooks. Actress Tamannah also features in the ad. The "Baahubali" star was elated to collaborate with the duo for the first time.
	Ranveer earlier did a music video for the brand, titled "My Name Is Ranveer Ching", which became a hit for its quirkiness and the song.

It was dream to be directed by Rohit: Ranveer Singh

Metallica will release their 11th studio album "Hardwired... To Self-Destruct" on November 18 after a gap of eight years.
	The 2 CD/ 2 Vinyl set is the group's first studio album since 2008's multi-platinum Death Magnetic.
	The album is produced by Greg Fidelman, who engineered and mixed Death Magnetic.
 	"Has it really been eight years? Doesn't feel like it! Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. We're obviously beyond psyched to share new tunes with all our friends out there.
	"We've been rockin' along in the studio with Greg on and off for the last 18 months firing up the creative engines again. Putting new music out there, getting in your faces once again and all that comes with it is what we love to do more than anything else, so strap yourselves in... Incoming!," said Metallica's Lars Ulrich.
	Metallica also premiered the official video for 'Hardwired' today.
	Metallica will perform tomorrow at US Bank Stadium - the new home of the Minnesota Vikings.

Metallica to release their 11th album 'Hardwired...'

Bollywood filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who has joined hands with actor Ranveer Singh for an ad-film, heaped praise on the "Bajirao Mastani" star saying he is a good script writer.
	"He is a good script writer. The basic idea for this advertisement came from him," Rohit told reporters here at the launch of the ad film.
	The "Dilwale" director and the 31-year-old actor have teamed up for the advertisement of noodle brand, Ching's noodles. Titled "Ranveer Ching Returns", it also features "Baahuabali" actress Tamannaah Bhatia.
	Ranveer earlier did a music video for the brand titled "My Name Is Ranveer Ching", which became a hit for its quirkiness and the song.
	The new ad-film has action-packed scenes with the "Ram Leela" actor fighting the villains as the world is running out of food.
	According to Rohit, shooting an advertisement is both easy and difficult.
	"It's easy to do an ad because of the concept and the difficult part is to convert that concept."
	Asked if he would like to direct a ..

Ranveer is a good script writer: Rohit Shetty

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh today said he is proud of ace shuttler P V Sindhu's performance at the Rio Olympics and hopes she will clinch the gold medal in the women's singles summit clash of the sports event.
	"We all are so proud. Every person in this nation who is following Olympics is so proud of all the girls who have done so well. P V Sindhu will be playing world number today. It's a tough match today. The entire country is with her. Hope she will get gold for us," Ranveer said at an event here.
	The shuttler from Hyderabad will take Carolina Marin of Spain in the gold medal match this evening.
	On the good performance of Indian women athletes at the ongoing Olympics, filmmaker Rohit Shetty, who was also present at the event, termed it as women power.
	"We all will watch the match today," he added.
	Yesterday, Sindhu defeated her short-statured, third-seeded Japanese rival, the current All England champion, 21-19 21-10 in 49 minutes with superb, attacking play.

Ranveer hopes P V Sindhu clinches gold medal

Producer Gaurang Doshi says neither Akshay Kumar nor Abhishek Bachchan has been approached for "Aankhen 2".
	Rumours were abuzz that Akshay, who starred in the first film, or Abhishek might join the star cast of the second instalment of the 2002 release, to be directed by Anees Bazmee.
	Akshay, however, recently clarified he hadn't joined the sequel.
	"We never approached Akshay or Abhishek for 'Aankhen 2'. It was all speculation happening with the media about the casting. We would love to work with them on some other film. As of now we have almost locked our star cast," Gaurang told PTI.
	"Aankhein" starred Akshay, Arjun Rampal and Paresh Rawal in the roles of blind men.
	Arjun will reprise his role in the second part and will be joined by Arshad Warsi as the second blind man, while name of the actor playing the third guy has been kept under wraps so far.
	"We will officially make the announcement about a blind man, named Rahul - the mysterious guy in the film. He will be a young ...

Akshay, Abhishek not approached for 'Aankhen 2'

Having made her Bollywood debut with heavy-duty period film, "Mohenjo Daro" actress Pooja Hegde feels a light-hearted love story as the next project would be an ideal choice for her.
	"Ideally, I would want to do a fun romantic movie. Though I don't mind another period film because I always go for the story and my role more than the genre, I do feel working on something light and easy would be better right now. I want to do a film where I can walk in jeans on the sets!" the actress told PTI.
	The 25-year-old actress says as a viewer she has enjoyed watching films like "Dil Chahta Hai" and "Band Baaaja Baaraat" and would want to do movies with contemporary setting.
	"I loved watching 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani', 'Band Baaja Baaraat' and 'Dil Chahta Hai'. These are the kind of movies I want to do. I like romantic dramas, love stories are my favourite genre. I have watched 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' more than 100 times! And now, I like all Imtiaz Ali films. I would love to do something like ...

I want to do a light romantic film now: Pooja Hegde

Producer Gaurang Doshi says actress Ileana D'Cruz had in principle agreed to do "Aankhen 2".
	The clarification from Gaurang on Ileana's casting comes after her manager said that she is not doing the film.
	There were reports that the "Rustom" actress was offered the film but she turned it down and the announcement of her being part of the sequel to the hit 2002 heist thriller, was made without her knowledge or permission.
	"We had meeting with Ileana D'Cruz along with her manager and besides me, director Anees Bazmee was also present. We had this meeting two days before the launch event. She had said she liked the idea of the film and her role. And within a week she would sign an agreement," Gaurang told PTI.
	The producer also said that the casting announcement for the film was not done for the sake of publicity.
	"I don't need publicity. My film doesn't require her (Ileana) to get funds...She will not get me funds. Also why would I put her in promo. If I wanted to put promo of a ...

Ileana had agreed to be part of "Aankhen 2": Gaurang Doshi

Main characters are routinely killed off in "Game of Thrones" but Kit Harrington believeshe is going to be safe on the show for a while as his part Jon Snow was just resurrected.
	Harrington's Snow, one of the most adored roles on the fantasy drama, was surprisingly killed off in season five angering fans. He, however, was brought back to life in the beginning of sixth season.
	When asked Harrington, 29, whether resurrection grants him permanent immunity, he told The Wrap, "I feel like one of the safest people on Thrones now."
	"Maybe I shouldn't say that. He could die next season, but I felt very safe this season. If I come back to life in Episode 2, it would be awful storytelling if you kill me in Episode 4. So I felt a bit cocky."
	Fans had a theory that Snow will be different and probably a negative character when he returns to life. Harrington says he too was disappointed to be the same despite going through the transformation.
	"He comes back as himself, as the Jon that everyone 

Feel like one of the safest people on Thrones: Harrington

Rainn Wilson, popularly known for playing egomaniac Dwight Schrute on the TV comedy "The Office," is now set to star opposite Jason Statham in the upcoming shark film "Meg".
	Wilson joins the sci-fi thriller as tech billionaire Jack Morris, who looks after the underwater observation program that ultimately revives the prehistoric 70-foot shark, confirmed Entertainment Weekly.
	Statham essays the role of an expert sea diver and Naval Captain, Jonas Taylor.
	The film also stars Jessica McNamee, Fan Bingbing, and "Orange is the New Black" star, Ruby Rose.
	"National Treasure" director Jon Turteltaub will head the film which will release on March 2 2018.

Rainn Wilson to star opposite Jason Statham in 'Meg'

A woman has been arrested for allegedly harassing reality TV personality Kris Jenner back in 2014.
	A nurse's assistant named Christina Elizabeth Bankston of Newark, was also held for hacking one of Jenner's online accounts and sending her threatening text messages, reported AceShowbiz.
	Bankston, 36, hacked the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star's iCloud account and used the information to cause trouble to Jenner as well as some of her family members and assistants in 2014.
	"... Oh you can't block me forever love," one of Bankston's messages read.
	She also impersonated Jenner, 60, and sent her ex-husband, Caitlyn, texts like, "Kris hates blacks and we made it to TMZ bye Bruce."
	Bankston's arrest came shortly after Jenner's supermodel daughter Kendall's alleged stalker was discovered in her driveway.

Woman arrested for harassing Kris Jenner

After helming critically-acclaimed comedy drama "Dasvidaniya", Shashant Shah has made his web series directorial debut with "Shaadi Boys" and says the platform gave him more freedom.
    Shah, who has also directed 2015 popular sitcom "Sumit Sambhal Lega", believes that web medium is more open to ideas than television and silver screen as it gives everybody a chance to tell their stories.
	"There is lot of freedom in terms of expression and language. There are stories which cannot be told over two hours or 200 hours of programming.
	"But with the advent of internet, it is showing you short stories. I believe there is an open gamut for lot of filmmakers and story-tellers to tell their stories without having the limitation of the format," Shah told PTI.
     The director believes that internet is a positive trend which presents variety to the public and is a helpful stage for a person full of creativity.
	"I see it as the great bone for any creative person and for the audiences to get ..

Web provides more freedom than TV, big screen: Shashant Shah

Singer-actress Lily Allen is writing a book after being inspired by novelist Nora Ephron's collection.
	The 31-year-old "The Fear" hitmaker announced the news on Twitter and shared that she is motivated by the collection of self-help essays of Ephron, "I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman."
	"I read Nora Ephron's 'I feel bad about my neck' today. It inspired me to start writing a book, I've been writing solidly for 3hrs #eurekamoment (sic)," the actress wrote.
	"I Feel Bad About My Neck" is a book which chronicles Ephron's life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent.
	But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.

Lily Allen writing a book inspired by Nora Ephron's collection

Actor Ricky Gervais says he dislikes celebrities, who are desperate to be known and can do anything to be heard.
	The 55-year-old comedian slammed celebrity culture and said it is responsible for stooping down the standards of society, reported Female First.
	"There's no difference now between fame and infamy. I don't know where it's going to end. We've got trolls who are rewarded with a column in a newspaper. People would rather be laughed at and despised than not be known.
	"People want a voice and they get desperate and go, 'Look at me.' Serial killers want to be famous. Not all celebrities are terrible. But it's often the ones who shout loudest that get heard. I think it is quite dangerous," Gervais said.
	The "Derek" star said nowadays people only want to get famous and can even lose their self-identity for fame.
	"We're all victims of it. We are conned all the time. When people go on 'The X Factor', they know deep down it's a lie.
	"Everybody wants to be famous. Now, anyone can .

Ricky Gervais dislikes celebrities desperate for fame

Supermodel Kendall Jenner says she would never do her own reality TV spin-off show because she enjoys shooting with her family.
	Kendall, 20, stars in her own family's programme "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" but despite her half-siblings branching off and capturing their own series, she is adamant she would never do it alone, reported Female First.
	When asked whether she'd do her own spin-off show, Kendall said, "No, I like working with my family too much."
	Jenner, who makes rare appearances on the show, has made a name for herself as a model, but revealed that had she not been a model she would have tried to pursue a career as a farmer.
	"Probably working on a farm somewhere," she said.

Kendall Jenner will never do own reality TV spin-off show

Model Lily Aldridge says people have become so obsessed with photo editors that they are going to eventually see each other in just filters.
	The 30-year-old Victoria's Secret Angel showed her concern for people, who are becoming too conscious with their looks, with the increase of photo-editing applications like Instagram and Snapchat, reported Female First.
	"I swear I was thinking the other day, eventually people are only going to see each other in filters, which I hope doesn't happen, because everything is becoming so technology driven. Eventually you'll FaceTime what you want yourself to look like," she said.
	Aldridge said she spends the majority of her time on a photoshoot but takes out time for herself everyday- to de-stress.
	"My de-stress beauty ritual is taking a nice hot bath with some salts, some oils, I like to light a candle. Even if it's five minutes, it's just me time and it makes me feel good.

People have become obsessed with filters: Lily Aldridge

Pop star Jennifer Lopez has beat Britney Spears' Las Vegas residency record by making USD 1 million in box office sales in one-night.
	The 47-year-old Latin superstar is currently headlining her "All I Have" show at the Axis at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino, and she hit a milestone on Saturday by earning over USD 1 million in ticket revenue, reported Ace Showbiz.
	She has become the first performer at the Caesars Entertainment property to hit the magic number in one night, according to The Las Vegas Review Journal newspaper.
	The star took over the top spot from Spears, who also stages her "Piece of Me" show at Planet Hollywood.
	Lopez kicked off her residency in January, and will return to the stage in December.
	Meanwhile, Spears recently kicked off the latest leg of "Piece of Me", wrapping the run in September. Her residency is scheduled to come to an end in February next year.

Jennifer Lopez breaks Britney's Las Vegas residency record

Chris Brown's fans have created a petition to have the singer perform at the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show.
	Launched on Change.Org, the petition has so far gained more than 3,700 signatures out of its goal of 5,000, reported Ace Showbiz.
	The petition read, "Chris Brown is One of the Most Talented Entertainers in this Generation. Since Chris Brown Came out he has been compared to many legendary artist, if you remember Chris Brown Michael Jackson Tribute on The BET awards you will see the ambition he has to make a Great Halftime Show.
	"People even called Chris Brown a Legendary Artist. I believe Chris will be a legend and that's why he need to make history on the Superbowl!"
	Brown, 27, responded to the petition in a video saying if they let him perform at the Super Bowl, he will do a good job.
	The petition comes after the NFL and Pepsi denied offering Adele to perform at the 51st Super Bowl halftime show.
	They released a statement in response to the "Hello" hitmaker's claim that ..

Chris Brown fans launch petition for Super Bowl performance

Wrestler-turned-Hollywood actor Nathan Jones is making his Bollywood debut with Remo D'Souza's superhero film "A Flying Jatt" and he says he got to perform a lot more action in the movie than what he did in "Mad Max: Fury Road".
	The 48-year-old Australian-born actor, who played Rictus Erectus, a 7-foot-tall muscular brute, in George Miller's 2015 dystopian film, says it was a huge movie with a lot of violence and fight scenes but didn't give him as much scope to do action sequences.
	"It (Mad Max) was a big movie. It was like nine months in Namib Desert in Namibia and one day it was freezing cold and then it was really hot. People were fighting but I got to do more action in this film which was a lot more fun for me," Jones told PTI.
	"Mad Max: Fury Road" starred Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult in the lead roles.
	Jones retired from professional wrestling in 2005 and has since starred in several Hollywood films like "Troy", "Fearless", "Conan the Barbarian" besides ...

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