Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner is set to play in the women's Pro-Am golf ANA inspiration tournament.
	The 66-year-old reality TV star, formerly known as Bruce Jenner before undergoing gender reassignment surgery last year, has signed up to take part in the women's Pro-Am golf ANA inspiration tournament, reported New York Daily News.
	A spokesperson for Jenner said she'll be attending the sports event at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.
	A source close to the country club said, "Caitlyn has vowed she will attend and wants to represent ladies at the event."
	The "I Am Cait" star, who was an Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete, will use the golfing competition to make a stand for women golfers who feel they need to be treated more equally to men in the sport.
	The source added, "She has a strong handicap and is obviously a natural born competitor. This event is a perfect way to make her announcement to the world that she is on the golf course as a woman and ...

Caitlyn Jenner to participate in women's golf tournament

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Nick Carter, a singer with the the 1990s heartthrob band Backstreet Boys, has agreed to 25 hours' community service for his role in a bar room brawl, US media reported today.
	Carter, 35, was due to stand trial Monday on a misdemeanor battery charge for his role in the January melee, but he reached a deal with prosecutors to drop the charges in exchange for the community service and payment of about USD 300 in court costs.
	The Miami Herald wrote that Carter is alleged to have struck and choked the bartender during the fight at the Hog's Breath Saloon in Key West, Florida.
	Carter allegedly became aggressive after the bartender refused to serve him and a friend, who were already inebriated when they arrived at the establishment.
	The bartender, Skylar Carden, reportedly has also filed a civil complaint seeking damages for "pain and suffering" after sustaining injuries in the attack.
	The Backstreet Boys achieved international fame in the 1990s with songs like "I Want It That Way," ...

Backstreet Boys singer gets community service for bar brawl

Patty Duke, who won an Oscar as a teen for "The Miracle Worker" and maintained a long and successful career throughout her life, has died at the age of 69.
	Duke's agent, Mitchell Stubbs, says the actress died early today morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine.
	She built on her success in teenhood by playing identical cousins on the popular sitcom, "The Patty Duke Show.

Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69

Pakistan's first Academy award winner, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, has paid tribute to victims of the Easter bombing in the eastern city of Lahore with a short film posted to her Facebook page.
	The 1.5-minute film titled "An Ode to Lahore, the Beautiful City" opens with a shot of the famous Badshahi mosque before showing images from the popular park where a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in an attack targeting Christians on Easter Sunday.
	At least 72 people died in the blast as families enjoyed the warm spring evening, many of them children. The bomber had walked close to a play area with swings before detonating.
	Chinoy, a journalist, filmmaker and activist, has won two Academy Awards for the documentaries Saving Face (2012) and A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015).
	Her video, posted yesterday, showed old images of the play area before Sunday's devastation, as well as footage from a candle-lit vigil that took place for the victims in Lahore.
	"Lahore ..

Pakistan's Oscar winner pays tribute to Easter blast victims

Legendary playback singer of South Indian languages, P Susheela, celebrated for her versatility, has entered the Guinness World Records for recording highest number of songs in several languages in a career spanning over half a century.
	"Pulapaka Susheela Mohan (born 1935) has reportedly recorded upto 17,695 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in over six Indian languages since the 1960s, as verified on 28 January 2016," said a citation of the Guinness World Records.
	She has sung songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and other Indian languages.
	Speaking to reporters here, she said it was "a big honour having sung so many thousands of songs" and recalled how her debut began in Tamil film "Petra Thai" in 1952 (a duet 'Etharkku Azhaithai' with A M Raja) and how film producer AV Meyappa Chettiar supported her by identifying her talent during her early years.
	"I will sing even now, if I get the opportunity," the 80-year-old playback singer said adding she had sung all kinds .

Singer P Susheela enters Guinness World Records

Filmmakers including Hansal Mehta, Remo D'Souza and Ronnie Lahiri have supported the jury's decision of honouring "Baahubali" with the best feature film National Award after "Chauthi Koot" director Gurvinder Singh questioned its win.
	S S Rajamouli's multilingual magnum opus "Baahubali" was the only film to win in the top category as Bollywood dominated the list of awardess announced yesterday.
	Singh, whose film won the National Award best Punjabi film, had said, "Not only me, everybody is saying the decisions are not correct. 'Bahubali' is perhaps the worst film ever to have got a National award. And that too the best film."
	But not everybody shares the opinion.
	When contacted Mehta told PTI, "Awards are decided by jury. People who are not part of it are bound to have their own opinions but I think the jury has given its best. My personal opinion does not matter but I think the jury has been fair".
	The "Aligarh" director also feels that Bollywood has not been given any preference 

'Baahubali' deserves best film National Award: Filmmakers

Actress-turned-filmmaker Divya Khosla Kumar will walk the ramp at the forthcoming Lakme Fashion Week here for designer duo Priyangsu Maji and Sweta Tantia.
	The 34-year-old "Yaariyaan" director will be seen walking for GARO brand created by the duo on final day at the "Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016".
	GARO, launched by Maji and Tantia in Kolkata, is a luxury brand of contemporary Indian wear for women.
	'Femmes di Tahiti' the collection theme is inspired by native Tahitian prints, colours and motifs.
	"It is a pleasure being a part of Lakme Fashion Week as this is going to be our second season. We are really excited and we look forward to it. We have put in a lot of hard work and efforts. We await this beautiful journey," the designer duo said in a statement.
	The garments are easy flowing silhouettes having a soft handloom chanderi, cotton matka, woven bapta silk and chiffon textures with vibrant colours.
	The five-day event kickstarts from March 30.

Divya Khosla Kumar to walk the ramp for GARO at LFW 2016

"Aligarh" director Hansal Mehta, who has teamed up with National award-winner Kangana Ranaut for his next film "Simran", feels the actress is one of the big success stories of Bollywood.
	Ranaut, 29, already a two-time National award-winner, recently won the best actress honour for her dual role in "Tanu Weds Manu Returns".
	"I have asked her for a party. I always say that Kangana is one of the big success stories of Bollywood, from zero to hero. I am very happy for her win," Mehta told PTI.
	His last directorial outing, "Aligarh", has won widespread praise for handling the issue of homosexuality in a sensitive manner by re-telling the tragic but true story of Aligarh Muslim University Professor S R Siras.
	When asked whether he expects a National award next year for "Aligarh", Mehta said, "That's too early to say but we will apply for the Awards."
	"Aligarh" starred Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao in lead roles. Mehta is already a National awardee as he won the best directing honour 

Kangana Ranaut is a big success story of Bollywood: Hansal

With their collections presenting an amalgamation of Indian culture and modern sensibilities, the young and emerging designers are taking the front seat at the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Spring/Summer 2016.
	The five-day long fashion extravaganza, starting here from tomorrow, will serve as a fashion and trade platform for 29 upcoming designers.
	Emerging designers to showcase their collection include Ajay Kumar, Debashri Samanta, Dhruv Vaish, Farah Sanjana, Garo by Priyanshu & Shweta, PELLA by Priyanka Ella Lorena Lama, Shriya Som, Swati Vijayvargie, Taneiya Khanuja , Urvashi Joneja, Priyam Narayan, ASA by Shreya Oza, Jayanti Reddy, Kanika Goyal and Poco & Jacky.
	The fashion week will also see six international designers like Lina Wassong, Melissa Coleman, Valerie Lamontagne, Igor Knezevic, Kristin Neidlinger and Chritian Bruns joining hands for the first time to present a collective showcase of fashion and technology titled "ElektroCouture".
	The show will comprise of ...

LFW curtain raiser: Gen next to lead the fashion parade

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly today congratulated the entire units of Telugu films "Baahubali" and "Kanche" that won the National Best Film and Best Regional Film awards.
	Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu moved a resolution in the Assembly hailing the makers, actors and technicians of both the films.
	"'Baahubali' enhanced the glory of Telugu films internationally. Directors S S Rajamouli ('Baahubali') and Krish ('Kanche') proved that Telugus are second to none in making high quality films with great technical values," Naidu said.
	Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao wished many more such films would be made in future that would enhance the glory of the Telugus.
	The House adopted the resolution congratulating the teams of "Baahubali" and "Kanche".

AP Assembly congratulates makers of 'Baahubali', 'Kanche'

Director Shoojit Sircar says he was not surprised with Amitabh Bachchan's National award honour for his performance in "Piku", but he was also hoping for film's leading lady Deepika Padukone to win.
	While Bachchan scored his fourth best actor National award for his turn as a hypochondriac father in the family drama, Deepika, who played his short-tempered daughter Piku, lost to Kangana Ranaut at the 63rd National Awards.
	"We were expecting Mr Bachchan to win. I was quite sure that he had great chances of winning the best actor award as he was incredible as Bhashkor Banerjee. I was really hoping for Deepika to win the best actress award as I feel she gave a beautiful performance," Shoojit told PTI.
	"But Kangana is another fine talent and I am sure the jury found her deserving of the honour," he added.
	Kangana bagged the trophy for her double role in Aanand L Rai's "Tanu Weds Manu Returns".
	"Piku", meanwhile, also won for the best original screenplay and dialogues. Writer Juhi ...

Bachchan's win was expected, hoped for Deepika too: Shoojit

Madhuri Dixit Nene, chorographers Terence Lewis and Bosco Martis have come on board to judge the Indian version of American reality show "So You Think You Can Dance".
	The dance show, which will be telecast on &TV and will go on air from next month, will witness a battle between two dance forms -- Stage and Street fight.
	"Bosco will take charge of street and raw urban style while I'll look into the technical aspects of the stage performances. Madhuri will oversee the Indian styles," Terence said in a statement.
	In the past, Madhuri had judged celebrity dance show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa", which is an Indian adaptaion of British show "Strictly Come Dancing".
	Internationally, "So You Think You Can Dance" features a tiered format wherein dancers from a variety of styles enter open auditions held in multiple cities to showcase their unique styles and talents.

Madhuri to judge Indian version of So You Think You Can Dance

"Deadpool" has become the highest-grossing R-rated movie in the box office history after raking in more than USD 745 million.
	The movie surpassed "The Matrix Reloaded" (USD 742.1 million) in earnings, reported the Entertainment Weekly.
	The movie, about a vengeful and foul-mouthed superhero, earned USD 349.4 million in North America and is likely to surpass "American Sniper, whose collection stands at USD 350.1 million to take second place on the domestic list of highest-grossing R-rated movies.
	"The Passion of the Christ" still stands at the top with USD 370.8 million in the domestic list.
	The movie, which opened in theatres in February, made a stunning box office collection of USD 132.4 million over three days.

'Deadpool' highest-grossing R-rated film ever

There were reports that Charlize Theron was ghosting Sean Penn before their break up last year but the actress has rubbished it, calling it a "crazy story".
	The actress opened up about her split with Penn for the April issue of WSJ magazine.
	"There is a need to sensationalize things. When you leave a relationship there has to be some ... Crazy story or some crazy drama.  And the ... Ghosting thing, like literally, I still don't even know what it is. It's just its own beast," she said.
	"We were in a relationship and then it didn't work anymore. And we both decided to separate. That's it."
	The actress said she was particularly annoyed the speculation surrounding her son, Jackson.
	"We were very, very new in a relationship. The stories that Sean was going to adopt Jackson, and all of that was not true. It's not something that happens in 18 months. You can't do that to a child," she said.
	Theron, however, credited Penn for being careful and understanding about her adopted ...

Chalize Theron denies ghosting Sean Penn before split

Arjun Kapoor has given a thumbs up to Virat Kohli's recent tweet on former girlfriend Anushka Sharma.
	The "Ki & Ka" star said Anushka and Virat deserve respect.
	"You got to respect @imVkohli as a person for his post today... @AnushkaSharma is the most decent and correct person and she deserves respect!!," Arjun, 30, posted on Twitter.
	The Indian cricketer lashed out at social media trolls for targeting Anushka, saying that those who blame her for anything negative in his cricket career should be ashamed of themselves.
	"Shame on those people who have been having a go at Anushka for the longest time and connecting every negative thing to her. Shame on those people calling themselves educated," Kohli wrote.
	Sharma has been subjected to trolling in the past as well, most notably after Kohli flopped in the ODI World Cup semifinal against Australia last year.

Respect Virat's tweet on Anushka: Arjun Kapoor

Harinder S Sikka, the producer of "Nanak Shah Fakir", says he could not believe that the movie won three honours at the 63rd National Awards.
	The film, based on the life and teachings of first Sikh guru Guru Nanak Dev, bagged the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration, best costume design and make-up trophies.
	"Producing 'Nanak Shah Fakir' has been an amazing journey that began in 2010. En route, I faced threats, theft, pressures and severe financial constraints. Deep within however, I was always aware that heavenly help shall pour in.
	"This beautiful light at the tunnel end, together with three prestigious National awards are no less a miracle and is immensely gratifying," Sikka said.
	"I am sure that essence of Guru Nanak Ji's message of 'Ik Onkar' (There's but one God) and equality of women would be appreciated by the masses. The film says in two hours what thousands of books can't," he added.

National award win a miracle: 'Nanak Shah Fakir' producer

Gurvinder Singh, whose"Chauthi Koot" won the National award for best Punjabi movie, says "Bahubali" did not deserve best feature film honour at the awards.
	"Not only me, everybody is saying the decisions are not correct. 'Bahubali' is perhaps the worst film ever to have got a National award. And that too the best film," Gurvinder told PTI.
	SS Rajamouli's "Bahubali" was the only regional film to have won in the top categories at National awards as most of the winners were from Bollywood including best actor for Amitabh Bachchan, best actress for Kangana's Ranaut and best director award to Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

'Bahubali' shouldn't have got best film at Nat award: Singh

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have reached a deal to resume production at the disputed Khafji offshore oilfield, Kuwait's acting oil minister said today.
	"An agreement has been reached with the Saudi side at Aramco to resume production at Khafji field in small quantities," Anas al-Saleh told parliament during a debate.
	Saleh, who is also the finance minister, said the quantities will increase "gradually" after resolving environmental issues over which the field was shut down.
	A number of maintenance contracts have been signed in preparation for the resumption of production, the minister said without saying when production will resume or how much oil will be pumped.
	Production at Khafji, which pumped over 300,000 barrels per day and was jointly operated by the two countries, was halted in October 2014. Riyadh cited environmental issues for the shutdown.
	Khafji is part of the neutral zone which is operated jointly by the two Arab nations and production is divided equally.
	The other ...

Kuwait, Saudi agree to resume output at disputed oilfield

After his fat shaming meme went viral online, "Prison Break" star Wentworth Miller came out with a powerful message saying the picture was taken at a time when he was depressed and suicidal.
	"Today I found myself the subject of an Internet meme. Not for the first time. This one, however, stands out from the rest. In 2010, semi-retired from acting, I was keeping a low-profile for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I was suicidal," Miller, 43, wrote on his Facebook page.
	The actor-director said he has spoken about this phase in his life but when the picture was taken, he was suffering silently.
	"...But at the time I suffered in silence. As so many do. The extent of my struggle known to very, very few. Ashamed and in pain, I considered myself damaged goods.
	"I've struggled with depression since childhood. It's a battle that's cost me time, opportunities, relationships, and a thousand sleepless nights."
	The actor said he turned to food for comfort.
	"In 2010, at the lowest ...

Fat shaming photo taken at lowest point of my life: Miller

Bollywood actress Lara Dutta will be seen playing a no-nonsense lawyer in the upcoming sports -biopic "Azhar" and says her role in the film is challenging.
	Last seen in "Fitoor", Lara portrays the role of public prosecutor Meera, in the biopic based on the life of the former Indian international cricketer, Mohammad Azharuddin.
	"It's a challenging role and I had fun playing it because its a totally fictional character but integral to the narrative," Lara said in a statement.
	She will be seen as the nemesis of Azharuddin in the film as she fights the former Indian cricketer trying to prove that he's guilty of match fixing.
	As part of her preparation, the 37-year-old "Singh is Bling" star spoke to a lawyer friend and observed her at work to understand the body language and the finer nuances of playing the part.
	Director Tony D'Souza, who earlier worked with her in "Blue", thought Lara was perfect for the role which demanded a strong, stern look and someone who could act well.
	"She .

My role in 'Azhar' challenging: Lara Dutta

Priyanka Chopra has congratulated her "Fashion" co-star Kangana Ranaut for her third national award win.
	Priyanka, 33, who is currently shooting for "Baywatch", took to Twitter to heap praise on Kangana as she won the best actress award for portraying a double role in "Tanu Weds Manu Returns". Kangana has already won a best actress National film award for "Queen" and best supporting actress honour for "Fashion".
	"Congratulations to #KanganaRanaut Such a well deserved win! You r a undeniable powerhouse lady!! Much love always..," wrote Priyanka, who had won a national award for playing a model in "Fashion".
	The former Miss World extended her warm wishes to other national award winners including Amitabh Bachchan, her "Bajirao Mastani" director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, co-star Tanvi Azmi and the film's choreographer Remo D'Souza among others.
	"Congratulations @SrBachchan for the national award.. For consistently teaching us about flawless performances. Much admiration always," she ...

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