Actor Jason Statham's thriller project "Meg" will release in March, 2018.
	The 48-year-old "The Transporter" star is playing a former Navy captain and expert diver, who battles a massive prehistoric shark.
	Jon Turtletaub is directing the movie, which is based on the novel by Steven Alten.
	The production will start later this year in China and New Zealand.

Jason Statham's 'Meg' to release in 2018

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Actress Margot Robbie is set to star in and produce a "Suicide Squad" spin-off movie.
	The 25-year-old actress' character Harley Quinn will lead a cast of DC Comics' female heroes and villains in the new film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	Other characters from the comics who have been touted to appear in the all-female movie, include Batgirl and Birds of Prey.
	Robbie was the impetus for the project. When she got the part for the movie, she dove deep into the comics to learn as much as possible about the character. In the process, she fell for DC's female characters.
	She brought on the writer to help develop the project and brought it to Warner Bros, which snapped it up.

Margot Robbie to produce, star in 'Suicide Squad' spin-off

Model-reality TV star Kendall Jenner turns to her mother and manager Kris Jenner for advice when she gets stressed.
	The 20-year-old reality TV star is one of the world's most in-demand models but admitted she has days when she is down and the only person who can help is her mother, Kendall wrote on her website.
	"When things get really bad, and I'm really down, I call my mom. She listens to me - which is so important - and gives really good advice. I feel lucky to have such a strong support system when things get rough and feel overwhelming," she wrote.

Kendall Jenner turns to mother Kris for advice

Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has an outstanding balance of USD 287,879.28 on his Platinum American Express card and the company has taken legal action against him.
	The 50-year-old actor should have paid his bill by March 12 and has incurred late fees of USD 8,357.69, reported Female First.
	Blaming the situation on a former business manager, he said, "If I was AMEX, I'd be suing me too!!"
	This is the latest financial issue for Sheen, who has filed documents asking to have his USD 55,000 a month child support payments to both of his ex-wives drastically reduced as his wealth isn't what it once was.

Charlie Sheen sued for USD 287k

Singer Ellie Goulding says she is planning to take a break from recording and performing as she feels her life has been on "hold".
	"I'm still going to be writing, but it's been so overwhelming the past few years that it's time to go away for a little bit and be out of the limelight," Goulding said.
	The 29-year-old "Burn" hitmaker said she wants to spend with time with her friends and family now, reported Femalefirst.
	"It's really a commitment, being on the road; you almost put everything on hold -- seeing family, seeing friends. I've missed so many weddings and births. It will be nice to wake up and know I don't have anything to do," she added.

Ellie Goulding wants to take a break

Actress Eva Mendes says the only beauty experiment she regrets was bleaching her eyebrows.
	The 42-year-old "Lost Rivers" actress said she gets more compliments on her full head of long brunette hair than on anything else, reported US magazine.
	"I only wish I had never bleached my eyebrows," Mendes said.
	 The actress, who just had her second baby with husband Ryan Gosling, said her favourite cosmetic is a good concealer.
	"A good concealer can do more for your complexion than double-sided tape," she said.

Eva Mendes regretted bleaching her eyebrows

Singer Nick Jonas says his chemistry with Demi Lovato is genuine.
	The 23-year-old "Jealous" hitmaker said their friendship make things easier for them, reported Femalefirst.
	"We've always had very open communication and we're very honest with one another. There's also a real and genuine comfort level between us. And I think a lot of our chemistry comes from that.
	"She has been very close friend and business partner for nearly ten years. I'm in constant awe of how powerful her voice is and in my opinion she's truly one of the most talented artists out there," Jonas said.
	The singer will also be accompanying Lovato on her tour later this year and said they are both "very hands on" when it comes to planning for their tour.
	"We're really putting everything in to this tour and working with some of the best in the business to bring our visions to life.
	"Demi and I both tend to be very hands on with anything that we're a part of, so we sit in on every creative meetings and we each come 

Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato have genuine chemistry

Signer Noel Gallagher says he will agree to come back with brother Liam Gallagher and reform band Oasis if he is offered 20 million pounds.
	The 48-year-old guitarist said he would put aside his feud with younger brother for the big amount, reported Femalefirst.
	"I'd do it for 20 million pounds for one gig - that is good money isn't it? But I have never had that offer from anyone yet," Noel said.
	The musician had quit the group in August 2009 after a massive bust-up with Liam, 43, before a show in Paris.

Noel Gallagher will reform Oasis for 20 million pounds

"Trainspotting 2," one of the most anticipated films, is set to release in January, 2017.
	A teaser video was released to mark the announcement with footage from the original 1996 film, reported Digital Spy.
	The video is dubbed-over with what looks like an updated version of Renton's (Ewan McGregor) iconic "Choose Life" monologue.
	Filming of the project helmed by Danny Boyle has already started.
	The movie will see most of the major cast returning, including McGregor, Ewan Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle.

'Trainspotting 2' to release in January next year

Disguising as an old 'roadside ustaad', Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has featured in an online video, part of a social experiment seeking to capture the joyful effect of music on people's daily life.
	Titled, "The Roadside Ustaad", the social experiment by Culture Machine's digital channel, Being Indian, captures the reaction of Mumbaikars as they stop by to listen the melodious voice of the old man, albeit not realising it's Sonu.
	The video is an experiment in the busy lanes of Juhu here where the pedestrians take notice of an old man singing in melodious voice with many pausing to enjoy a few moments but forced to continue to hurry and move on with their lives.
	"I went without any expectations, totally bereft of any awkwardness for the way I was looking and what I was about to subject myself to. For the first time, I was not me, the make-up was so good and authentic," Sonu, 42, said in a statement.
	"People, who were standing so close to me, couldn't recognise me. I was ...

Sonu Nigam disguises as roadside ustaad in new video

J K Rowling, who once called Donald Trump worse than her fictional Harry Potter villain Voldemort, has said that the controversial real estate mogul has her support to visit the UK and "be offensive and bigoted there."
	"Only last year, we saw an online petition to ban Donald Trump from entry in the UK. It garnered half a million signatures," she said at Pen America's annual literary gala here.
	"Now, I find almost everything that Mr. Trump says objectionable. I consider him offensive and bigoted. But he has my full support to come to my country and be offensive and bigoted there," she said.
	Rowling, who became famous for creating the iconic Harry Potter book series, was referring to the UK petition with more than 568,000 signatures to ban Trump from visiting.
	As a result of the petition, the British parliament held a debate but no vote in January, with lawmakers using the discussion to air their views on Trump under the protection of parliamentary privilege, which legally shields ..

Don't ban 'offensive and bigoted' Trump from UK: Rowling

Veteran actor Anupam Kher says he wants to have his own house in Shimla and set up a film city as symbol of love for the town, where he lived before moving to Mumbai for career in Bollywood.
	Kher, 61, was here to perform his play "Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha" along with Neena Gupta and Rakesh Bedi, at the third Manohar Singh Memorial Drama Festival at historic Gaiety Theater, where he started his acting career from.
	"We have been living in a rented house all along and I want to have a house of my own in Shimla, which is also the cherished dream of my mother," he told reporters.
	"Setting of film city or opening a film Institute is also my dream and I have written to the successive governments thrice as the task cannot be accomplished without the support and encourage of the government," Kher said.
	The actor-producer, who is espousing the cause of displaced Kashmiri Pandits said, "The efforts made by us have produced some positive results and I am pursuing the matter vigorously and ...

Anupam Kher wants to have own home, set up film city in Shimla

Akshay Kumar and Hrithik Roshan are set to lock horns at the box office with "Rustom" and "Mohenjo Daro", releasing in August.
	There were reports that makers of "Rustom" are negotiating with Ashutosh Gowariker to push release date of his film, "Mohenjo Daro". They claimed in reports that they had announced the release date of August 12 first.
	Ashutosh Gowariker Productions spokesperson, however, today clarified in a statement that the director was not approached.
	"As the spokesperson of Ashutosh Gowariker Productions, I would like to clarify that he has not been spoken to and that there is no change in the release date of 'Mohenjo Daro,' the statement said.
	"As officially announced more than a year ago, on January 15, 2015, the film will release on August 12, 2016. There is a specific promotional plan in place for our film and our campaign will begin as scheduled by our team for the same."
	One of year's eagerly awaited releases, "Mohenjo Daro" is an epic love story, set in the ...

Hrithik-Akshay set for box office clash in August

Independent Hindi cinema's reigning poster boy Nawazuddin Siddiqui has been penciled in to play the titular character in Nandita Das' Indo-French co-production Manto.
	This was formally revealed by the director on the sidelines of the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
	Nawazuddin, who is garnering rave reviews for his performance as a demented serial killer in the Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry "Raman Raghav 2.0", has already done costume tests for the role of the celebrated writer who left an indelible imprint on Urdu literature in a short-lived but brilliant career.
	The funding of the film, being produced among others by Vivek Kajaria of Mumbai-based Holy Basil Productions, is in place and talks are on to put together the crew.
	"I have had Nawazuddin in mind from the very outset," says Nandita Das, who is in Cannes to freeze plans for the shoot expected to take place in Mumbai and Lahore around the end of the year.
	"But in India, economics always interferes with art and there was ...

Nawazuddin Siddiqui to be Nandita Das' Manto

"Humshakals" actress Esha Gupta has joined the cast of the upcoming sequel to 2013 hit action film "Commando: A One Man Army".
	The film, produced by Vipul Shah, stars Vidyut Jamwal and Adah Sharma in lead roles. Esha took to Twitter to share the news with her fans.
	"Yes I'm doing #commando2, yes m opposite Vidyut, no not playing negative... Fighting?? Hell yes why not??" the 30-year-old "Raaz 3" actress tweeted.
	The first film also starred Vidyut and the actor will be seen reprising his role of an Indian commando in the sequel.

Esha Gupta joins Vidyut Jamwal in 'Comando 2'

Director Kaustav Narayan Niyogi has rubbished rumours that his upcoming film "Cabaret" has been delayed due to creative differences.
	The film is produced by filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt and stars Richa Chadda in the lead. Earlier, "Cabaret" was scheduled to release on May 27 but has been pushed ahead.
	Reportedly, the reason for delay was creative differences between the makers regarding the romantic drama.
	"There are no creative differences at all. This is all rubbish. We have completed the film and it has turned out nicely. Reasons behind the delay are not any 'differences' whatsoever," Kaustav told PTI.
	"Cabaret" marks the directorial debut of Kaustav, who is an ad-filmmaker. There were reports that the film will now release on June 10 and clash with Amitabh Bachchan starrer "Te3n".
	The director says he will announce a new date shortly and in the meanwhile wants the film to get the "right" publicity.
	"Right now, we want to do the promotions in a robust manner. We haven't ...

Creative differences not behind 'Cabaret' delay: Director

M Night Shyamalan is back with the second season of his TV series "Wayward Pines" and the Indian-American director feels fortunate to have ventured the small screen as a filmmaker.
	Shyamalan has made a name for himself in international cinema with films like "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable" and "After Earth", and "Wayward Pines" is his debut TV show as a director-producer. It stars "Airlift" actress Nimrat Kaur.
	The filmmaker, however, says he has apprehensions about working on a longer TV series. The first season of "Wayward Pines" had 10 episodes and the director says he was certain he wouldn't go beyond that number.
	"We're blessed to be making television or at least joining television - it was the first show, Wayward Pines and at a time where the formats are not prescribed to you. Like, it has to be 24 episodes in a season," Shyamalan said in an interview.
	"It would have been impossible. I would have peaced out for sure. I don't know how they do it. We can barely do ten. I ...

We're blessed to be making television right now: Shyamalan

A One Direction "fan" is believed to have been recorded calling Louis Tomlinson with a threat to his baby son, Freddie.
	Audio has leaked online, seemingly recorded by Louis himself.
	During the brief conversation a female with an American accent says to Tomlinson: "I hope your baby dies."
	A shocked Louis says he has recorded the conversation and will be passing the audio onto his lawyers.
	She then panics and apologises.
	After receiving the threat, a shocked Louis pauses before responding to the caller.
	"Did you really just say that?" he asks.
	"Because luckily for you I've got you on record here so that's going to go straight to my lawyer and we'll find out who it is."
	The female caller responds with "No, no, I'm sorry" before the audio is cut.

1D fan phones Louis Tomlinson to threaten baby son

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah feels his co-star Kalki Koechlin from the upcoming movie "Waiting" is perfect to play the role.
	Directed by Anu Menon, "Waiting" features Naseeruddin portraying the character of an old-school Philosophy professor while Kalki, 32, plays a modern advertising professional.
	"The thought of working with Kalki was delicious and I have to say she is utterly fantastic. She was absolutely the right choice for this part," Naseer said in a statement.
	The film chronicles the story of both the characters who grapple with grief.
	Shiv and Tara strike an unlikely friendship when they meet each other in a hospital while nursing their respective comatose spouses.
	The "Ishqiya" star has earlier worked with Kalki in the Anurag Kashyap-directed "That Girl in Yellow Boots".
	"Waiting" is scheduled to release on May 27.

Kalki is a fantastic actress, says Naseeruddin Shah

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has been made a honorary Knight in the French Legion Of Honour, France's highest civilian award.
	The 50-year-old best selling writer, whose great- grandfather was French, was given the honorary title by President Nicolas Sarkozy at a ceremony in Paris, reported Digital Spy.
	The title was created by Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 19th century and constitutes the country's elite national merit society.
	 Foreigners cannot be officially inducted, but are routinely made honorary recipients. Other foreign celebrity knights include Jerry Lewis, Steven Spielberg and Barbara Streisand.

JK Rowling receives highest French civilian honour

Director Bryan Singer has confirmed that a "X-Force" film is in development.
	The 50-year-old filmmaker also hinted at having X-23, a female version of Wolverine, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"I have discussed that with the studio (20th Century Fox). I actually initially pitched the 'X-Force' and the female," Signer said.
	He also revealed that producer Simon Kinberg was "in the earliest script stage" of the "X-Force" project.
	The "X-Force" movie is a long-gestating project first confirmed by comic book creator Rob Liefeld in 2014.

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