Ben Kingsley, who voiced Bagheera in the live-adaptation version of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale "The Jungle Book", says the big cat mannerism was like a military personnel.
	Kingsley's character does not sing, but the star thinks it suits Bagheera's sensible manner, reported Contactmusic.
	"I think I hum along, towards the end, with the famous song. But, Bagheera is military. I don't think he's given to humming or singing. I see him as General Bagheera.
	"Knowing that Kipling was born in India, I based my Bagheera on the kind of British officer who would be stationed in India, at the time of the Empire, who would have a lot of people under his command. He probably loves his men under his command, but he's a tough love coach. That military side of him, I really warmed to," Kingsley said.

Bagheera is a General in 'The Jungle Book': Ben Kingsley

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Kesha will reportedly attend this year's Coachella Festival, marking her first high-profile public appearance since her February court appearance.
	"She'll be there," a source said.
	While it is still unclear whether Kesha, 29, will perform at Coachella, the pop star is lining up other performances, including at Nashville's Dylan Fest, a two-day event celebrating Bob Dylan's 75th birthday.
	Kesha is in the midst of an ongoing legal battle with music producer Dr Luke that prevents her from recording new music outside of her Kemosabe Records and Sony Music contract.
	She was denied a preliminary injunction in February after requesting to be let out of her contract on the grounds that Dr Luke abused her sexually, emotionally, and mentally.
	After the February injunction ruling, many stars used the hashtag #FreeKesha to post their support, including Halsey, Zedd, and Grimes, who are all playing at Coachella.
	The festival takes place from April 22 to 24.

Kesha will make Coachella appearance this year?

Will and Jada Smith's daughter Willow Smith refuses to let her clothes define who she is.
	Willow, 15, known for her eclectic style and was recently named an ambassador for high fashion brand Chanel, said it is more important to embrace your true self, reported Contactmusic.
	"I have some cool shoes on, and I wear crazy eyeliner, but it's really all about emulating the colors you feel inside.
	"A lot of clothes are cute, but after you buy the Yeezy shoes, after you get your hair done with a weave, you're still the same person. I feel like more and more kids are starting to realise this," she said.
	Willow reveals she went through a bit of an identity crisis in 2011 and had to step back to figure out who she was.
	"After Whip My Hair and all the publicity, after going on tour in the UK, after saying no to the Annie film, and I had to sit down and say, 'Who are you? On a real note. Are you this or this?'," she said.

Fashion doesn't define me: Willow Smith

Actress Mila Kunis has joked that her 18-month-old daughter is "crazy".
	The 32-year-old actress welcomed Wyatt, her first child with husband Ashton Kutcher, 38, in October, 2014.
	As she appeared at CinemaCon in Las Vegas to promote her new movie "Bad Moms", Kunis joked she struggles with the daring nature of her little girl, reported Us magazine.
	"She's crazy. Kids are crazy," Kunis laughed.
	"I don't really understand how they're all alive."
	Kutcher recently appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and spoke about his daughter, sharing a similar point of view to his wife as he explained.
	"She tries to kill herself on a regular basis. Like, she doesn't realise that's a cliff and that could be dangerous. She'll just jump off the thing. She don't know yet. You'd think that they would come with instincts around fire and large falls, and they don't.

My daughter is crazy: Mila Kunis

Singer Adam Lambert says that attitudes towards LGBT community has changed a lot and there is no reason left for people to be afraid of gay popstars.
	The 34-year-old singer, who became the first openly gay artist to hit No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart with his album Trespassing back in 2012, said the industry is slowly becoming comfortable with artists expressing their sexual orientation, reported Digital Spy.
	"I think there have been a lot of things in general that have shifted within the LGBT community and mainstream acceptance. People are becoming less ignorant and the younger generation that's coming up right now are like, 'So what?' That's melting into and affecting pop culture in general.
	"There's not as much of a reason to be scared of it, because people in general aren't scared of it," Lambert said.
	Praising  openly gay British stars like Sam Smith and Olly Alexander, the "Ghost Town" hitmaker said he would like more artists to open up about their true sexual ...

There is no reason to be scared of gay popstars: Adam Lambert

Comedy star Amy Schumer said she warned her boyfriend Ben Hanisch's mom about the media inspection.
	The 34-year-old "Trainwreck" star was sitting down with Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show" said she asked Deb (Ben's mother) to say "no comments" whenever she gets a call from a journalist.
	"I told them, 'Look, journalists are going to call you, because it's what they do and they're going to come to the house,' and they did.
	"I told her, 'Deb, they're going to call you. Just say 'no comment.' She's like, 'I got it, Amy. I got it. No comment. Not a problem. Not even 10 minutes later, I get a Google alert that says, Time magazine (reported) that Deb was like, 'I've never heard of her before in my life.' Too far Deb!," Schumer recalled.
	The comedian gushed over her boyfriend saying they instantly fell in love.
	"We met and totally fell in love and it's been really good," she said.
	"It's because I think he's really cute and I think people were like, 'What? Dating Amy? But he has all ...

Amy Schumer warned boyfriend Ben's mom about media scrutiny

Actress Charlize Theron says the bond her kids share is "unbelievable".
	The 40-year-old "Mad Max: Fury Road" actress said the affection between her infant daughter, August, and her four-year-old son, Jackson is "sacred and beautiful," reported People magazine.
	"It is a love that is unbelievable to watch. I'm watching something so sacred and beautiful. He (Jackson) walks into a room and he doesn't even look at her (August) and she just lights up.
	"I'm in front of her going crazy trying to get a reaction... It's so beautiful," Theron said.

Love between my kids is unbelievable to watch: Charlize Theron

Actor Paul Rudd had a major fan boy moment while working on the set of "Captain America: Civil War".
	The 47-year-old actor, who plays Ant-Man, said he couldn't help going full nerd over his fellow Marvel superheroes during the shooting, reported People magazine.
	"Being the fanboy in the group, there was very little acting required. They've all worked together and done this before - I've just seen all the Marvel movies.
	"So to be there on the day (the other heroes arrived), I kind of couldn't stop geeking out about it: 'Oh my God, there's the Shield!' When I was getting the suit on..It was like, 'Oh, there's Iron Man's suit!' I did feel that, that excitement of, 'What? I can't believe that I landed here. This is nuts.'," Rudd said.
	In "Captain America: Civil War," Chris Evans's Avenger is joined by Marvel Comics superheroes, including Rudd's Ant-Man, Tom Holland as Spider-Man and Chadwick Boseman playing Black Panther.
	Robert Downey Jr returns to the franchise as billionaire Tony .

Rudd couldn't stop 'geeking out' about other Marvel heroes

Legendary Indian-origin singer Ashok Ramchunder, who popularised 'chutney' music in South Africa that amalgamated traditional Indian folk songs with indigenous phrases, has passed away.
	He was 67.
	Ramchunder passed away on Monday and was buried yesterday in his home town of Phoenix, north of Durban. He had not been keeping well from some time.
	South African music lovers were mourning the death of Ramchunder.
	He acquired the title 'King of Chutney' for belting out compositions in a unique adaptation of the traditional Bhojpuri folk song style, often combined with some indigenous language phrases, which found wide appeal locally and abroad, especially in the Caribbean islands because of its similarity to the calypso music.
	Among the prolific hits in his 48-year singing career was a song titled 'Hare Baap Re Baap', which became an anthem at weddings and other celebrations in the Hindi-speaking community in South Africa.
	Ramchunder was also a popular bhajan singer, frequently ...

Indian singer known as 'King of Chutney' in South Africa dies

Prolific British playwright Arnold Wesker, who drew on his heritage as a working-class Jew to create plays that captured the dialogue and struggles of the common man, has died, his son Lindsay said today.
	He was 83 and had Parkinson's disease.
	Wesker, who wrote more than 40 plays that were translated into 18 languages, first gained prominence with a trilogy about the lives of Jewish socialist intellectuals: "Chicken Soup with Barley" (1958), "Roots" (1959) and "I'm Talking about Jerusalem" (1960).
	He was known, together with writers including John Osborne and Brendan Behan, as one of the "angry young men" of the British stage in the 1950s - though he dismissed the label.
	The playwright drew on his youth in east London, where conversation, argument and song were woven into the fabric of daily life. He loved the rhythms, the dialogue and the thirst for knowledge gained just by sitting around talking.
	"There were quarrels and they were upsetting, but in a strange way there was so ...

Prolific British playwright Arnold Wesker dies at age 83

Basking in the acclaim he got for sensitive portrayal of a gay professor in "Aligarh", actor Manoj Bajpayee will now be seen as a traffic policeman in his next film, a project for which he had to bring up the peculiar traits of cops for his role.
	The 46-year-old actor says most of the constables in Mumbai come from the interiors of Maharashtra and he had to take special attention in understanding how they communicate when he was preparing for his role in the film "Traffic".
	"Most of the Mumbai traffic cops or constables come from the interiors of Maharashtra. That part I had to bring it up. They are not Mumbaikars. They are all coming from Satara, Marathwada, from the interiors. They have a different culture, way of speaking, communication is different," Bajpayee told reporters on the sidelines of the film's trailer launch here.
	Directed by late Rajesh Pillai, "Traffic" is a remake of a 2011 Malayalam film of the same name.
	The "Aligarh" star says he was observant about the body ..

Had to imbibe qualities of constable for 'Traffic': Bajpayee

He has a huge fan following and his every move is always under the scrutiny, but actor Shah Rukh Khan says he does not become special because he is a movie star.
	According to the 50-year-old actor, gone are the days when a star needed to be unaccessible and enigmatic.
	Shah Rukh says he wants to be loved for his work but treated as an equal among everyone.
	"You don't have to show that you are enigmatic or far away... When I started, I was so approachable that people used to feel I am unenigmatic and this wasn't the right thing to do according to them," he told reporters here.
	"But in today's times, my talent should make you feel that I am doing something special in the field of entertainment... But just because I am a movie star does not make me special at all," Shah Rukh added.
	The "Dilwale" actor was in the capital to promote his upcoming film "Fan", which will hit theatres this Friday.
	The film traces the story of a fan, whose love for his favourite movie star becomes an ...

Being movie star doesn't make me special: Shah Rukh Khan

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all praise for actor Ranbir Kapoor and called him a "huge star" of Bollywood.
	Bachchan, 73, mentioned the "Tamasha" star in a tweet while writing about his film "Ajooba", which also starred Ranbir's father Rishi Kapoor.
	"Did you see little Ranbir Kapoor in one of the 'Ajooba' pictures... !! so cute .. 25 years later, huge star!" the National Award-winning actor said.
	While Bachchan has worked with Rishi in many films, he and Ranbir have so far shared screen space only in one movie, "Bhootnath Returns", where the 33-year-old actor had a cameo.
	On his own work front, Bachchan is currently shooting for Shoojit Sircar's upcoming thriller "Pink", where he is playing the role of a lawyer. The film also stars Taapsee Pannu.

Ranbir Kapoor's a huge star: Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda has criticised the government's decision to rename Gurgaon to Gurugram, calling the move a blow to the culture and history of Haryana.
	Gurgaon is the corporate hub of Haryana on the outskirts of Delhi. The decision was taken by the BJP government claiming that people of the area have been making a demand in this regard.
	An official spokesman said the decision to change the name was taken on the basis of the representations received in several fora that it would be appropriate to rename Gurgaon as 'Gurugram', an official spokesman said.
	"Changing the name of Gurgaon to Gurugram is a blow to the culture, language and history of Haryana. 'Gram' is not our word. Why has this happened? #GurgaonNameChange," Hooda wrote in Hindi on Twitter.
	"I meant that in Haryanvi we have the word 'gaav' or 'gaam'. They could have changed it to Gurugaon," the 39-year-old actor.

Randeep Hooda criticises renaming of Gurgaon

"Queen" star Helen Mirren wants to get a whole sleeve snake tattoo on her arm.
	The 70-year-old actress has just one tattoo, a small Native American-inspired design of interlocking 'Vs' on her left hand which she had done when she was young.
	Mirren, however, is now open to the idea of getting a bigger tattoo.
	"I want to get another one, actually. I'd like a whole sleeve. As you get older, I think it's a better and better idea," she Radio Times magazine.
	"Some sort of curving pattern running up my arm. Maybe a snake. I quite like snakes.

Helen Mirren wants snake tattoo on sleeves

Megan Fox and estranged husband Brian Austin Green have reportedly put their divorce on hold after it was revealed that the actress is expecting her third child.
	The two star also stepped out publicly and appeared to be in good spirits, reported E! News.
	Fox filed for divorce from Green in August, with the date of separation listed as June 15, citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split and requested joint physical and legal custody of their two sons, Noah Green, 3, and Bodhi Green, 2.
	The actors' divorce is still pending, with Fox's attorney last filing paperwork Jan. 29; no future hearings are scheduled at this time.
	The divorce "will likely be put on hold for a while", according to sources.
	The couple, who briefly called off their engagement in 2009, are now focused on Baby No 3.
	"This pregnancy was not planned, but when they found out they were extremely happy," the source added.

Fox, husband put divorce on hold?

A jacket that Harrison Ford wore as Han Solo in the latest "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" movie has sold at auction for USD 1,91,000.
	Ford, 73, decided to sign and sell off the item to help benefit two charities close to his heart, but even he couldn't have imagined the jacket was worth so much when bidding began on online site IfOnly, reported TMZ.
	The USD 1,91,000 sale price will be split between the NYU Langone Medical Center and the Faces foundation, which funds research for epilepsy.
	The actor's 25-year-old daughter, Georgia, has epilepsy and is being treated at the NYC hospital.

Harrison Ford Han Solo jacket sells for USD 1,91,000

"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe is returning to the New York stage for off Broadway play "Privacy."
	Radcliffe, 26, will play a writer in the stage show, which will centre on government surveillance techniques uncovered after famous 'whistlebower' Edward Snowden leaked documents while working for the National Security Agency (NSA).
	"Privacy" will be directed by Josie Rourke from a play written by James Graham, who will serve as inspiration for Daniel's character, The Hollywood Reporter.
	 The show is scheduled to begin in July and will also star Rachel Dratch, Michael Countryman, Reg Rogers, De'Adre Aziza and Raffi Barsoumian.
	Radcliffe bared all on the New York stage in "Equus"; he has also appeared in the musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and the play "The Cripple of Inishmaan".

Daniel Radcliffe returns to the New York stage

Actress Kirsten Dunst and actor Garrett Hedlund have reportedly separated after four years of relationship.
	The news may come as a bit of a surprise since the 33-year-old "Fargo" actress previously said last summer that her relationship with her longtime boyfriend was going really well, reported Us magazine.
	Kirsten even stated that she's ready to start a family with the 31-year-old "Unbroken" actor.
	"I want to continue acting, but I also want to have kids. I think I'll be ready to have them in two years or something," she had said.
	The pair met while they co-starred in Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" in 2011.
	They first made headlines together in January 2012, and they were rumored getting engaged at the time.

Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund call it quits?

The upcoming reboot of "Spider-Man" has been titled "Spider-Man Homecoming".
	Sony unveiled the title at the ongoing CinemaCon, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	The studio also brought out Tom Holland, who will star as the young Peter Parker, as the surprise guest.
	The 19-year-old actor was flown to Las Vegas straight from the premiere of "Captain America: Civil War in Hollywood".
	The first clip from "Spider-Man Homecoming" showed Holland's Parker meeting Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark, who drops by his Aunt May's (Marisa Tomei) house.
	The film, directed by Jon Watts, is set to hit US theatres July 7, 2017.

'Spider-man' reboot gets official title

Warner Bros' chief has confirmed the studio is moving ahead with Ben Affleck's stand-alone Batman movie, which the actor will star in and direct.
	Kevin Tsujihara touched upon the movie when appearing at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of cinema operators in Las Vegas, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	He touted the record-opening of "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice", which teams Batman (Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) on the big screen for the first time and launches the DC cinematic universe.
	"It set up a great foundation for our DC slate, which includes at least 10 movies through 2020," said Tsuijhara. "I'm also excited to know that we will be working with Ben Affleck on a stand-alone Batman movie."
	This isn't the first time the prospect of an Affleck-originated Batman movie has been raised. During San Diego Comic-Con last year, it was reported that the actor-director was developing a stand-alone Batman project with DC Entertainment chief creative officer Geoff ...

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