Singer Kelly Rowland believes her friend Beyonce is a "voice for women".
	The Destiny's Child star has praised her former bandmate for her politically-charged performance at last month's Superbowl, celebrating her friend's ability to promote these issues to a wider audience, reported New York Daily News.
	"I just knew she was working on it and she was so excited. She was giving me tidbits. She had an amazing performance. What is so great about Beyonce is here she is a voice for women and she still carries that torch and we do it with great pride," she said.
	"It is possible to get information about our rights and stand up for ourselves and we can't wait for someone to do that for us."
	The 35-year-old singer - who has 16-month-old son Titan with husband Tim Witherspoon - also revealed she always keeps in touch with her bandmates including Michelle Williams.
	"I always see the ladies. We always hang out. Michelle was just at my house last week. Myself and B were hanging out - even ...

Beyonce is a 'voice for women': Kelly Rowland

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Actress Gal Gadot has joked she is going through a "minor identity crisis" because she keeps introducing herself as Wonder Woman.
	The 30-year-old "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" actress says she is so focused on her starring role as Diana Prince and Wonder Woman in the hotly-anticipated film and its various spin-offs that she sometimes forgets who she is as a person, reported Femalefirst.
	"I'm going through a minor identity crisis. I say my name is Diana but it's great," she said.

Gal Gadot's identity crisis

Actor Elijah Wood has been cast in "Dirk Gently," the upcoming BBC America comedy.
	 Written and directed by Max Landis, the series is based on the "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" novels by the late Douglas Adams, reported Variety.
	An absurdist comedy, will see the 38-year-old "Lord of the
Rings" actor's character and the titular detective teaming to solve one overarching mystery in the course of the season.
	AMC Studios, Ideate Media and IDW Entertainment are co-producing the series with Circle of Confusion.

Elijah Wood to star in comedy 'Dirk Gently'

Actress Gina Rodriguez says she sometimes feels pressured by Hollywood to look a particular way.
	The "Jane The Virgin" star says she has learned to accept her body for what it is and isn't worried that a camera adds 10 pounds, reported Femalefirst.
	"In real life, I slay but of course, I've fallen into the pressure. 100 percent I've fallen into the culture of looking a certain way. You think if you look like this swimsuit model then you're hot and everybody's going to want you and money's going to flow through and everything's going to be great and dandy," said the 31-year-old actress.
	"You go to television and film, and it does at 10 pounds. I don't look like a skinny minnie, and the truth is, that's OK, too, and that is beautiful also.

I've fallen into Hollywood pressure: Gina Rodriguez

"Lights Out" director David Sandberg has been roped in to helm "Annabelle 2".
	"Annabelle," directed by John R Leonetti, generated over USD 250 million in worldwide grosses on a USD 6.5 million budget as a spin-off from James Wan's 2013 hit "The Conjuring."
	The film's storyline centered on a possessed doll named Annabelle, as described by paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, and set in California in 1969.
	 Peter Safran and Wan are producing the sequel with Gary Dauberman attached to write, reported Variety.
	"Annabelle" starred Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton and Alfre Woodard. The cast has not been set for "Annabelle 2".

David Sandberg to direct 'Annabelle 2'

Actor Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan Tatum are coming up with a new dancing competition series on NBC.
	The network has ordered six episodes of the yet untitled series that would see Dewan Tatum as a judge and mentor, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	Channing Tatum, will executive produce through his company
Free Association. However, his appearance in the show is not yet confirmed.
	The 35-year-old "Step Up" actress' representative said that the exact format of the series is unknown, but it is hailed as a "fresh take on the dance competition genre.

Jenna Dewan, Channing Tatum team up for dance reality show

Actor and stand-up comedian Kevin Hart will publish an inspirational memoir, titled "From the Hart".
	The memoir will be brought out to book stalls by 37 Ink, an imprint of Atria Books, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"My kids know I'm a big deal. They're very aware. I let them know every day, I say, 'Look, daddy's a big deal.Now I'll have a book out to prove it," Hart said in a statement.
	The book will travel through Hart's path from his difficult upbringing in Philadelphia with a drug-addicted father to his first stand-up shows, to what motivates him now.

Kevin Hart writing memoir

Pop star Justin Bieber has cancelled his meet and greets after his shows following a security scare at a recent gig in Los Angeles.
	The 21-year-old "What Do You Mean?" hitmaker may have only just kicked off his Purpose World Tour but he's already decided to axe his intimate backstage experience, which cost USD 925 a pop, because they make him feel "drained and unhappy," reported Female First.
	Taking to his Instagram account, he wrote, "I'm going to be canceling my meet and greets. I enjoy meeting such incredible people but I end up feeling so drained and filled with so much of other people's spiritual energy that I end up so drained and unhappy..
	"Want to make people smile and happy but not at my expense and I always leave feeling mentally and emotionally exhausted to the point of depression. The pressure of meeting people's expectations of what I'm supposed to be is so much for me to handle and a lot on my shoulders. Never want to disappoint but I feel I would rather give you guys 

Justin Bieber cancels fan meet and greets

Actress Jennifer Garner admits she worries about how her and ex-husband Ben Affleck's fame is affecting their three children.
	The "Miracles From Heaven" star and her ex-husband Ben Affleck are doing their best to ensure Violet, 10, Seraphina, seven, and Samuel, four, can speak openly about the public interest in their lives but she is unsure how the youngsters will cope with the attention in the long term, reported Hello magazine.
	"I do worry about the effect [having famous parents] will have on them and the answer in the long term is, I don't know. All I can do is help them be prepared for whatever may come their way," Garner said.
	"Ben and I try to have an open dialogue with the kids about this - we talk a lot with them about what are the good things about having actors for parents and what are the not-so-good things. And sometimes we will be somewhere and the kids will say, 'This is a not-so-good thing' and we'll say, 'Hang on. That might not be so good, but let's acknowledge ...

Jennifer Garner's worries for kids

Actress Jennifer Garner's faith is important to her and the church is the "centre" of her social life.
	The 43-year-old "Miracles From Heaven" star's Christian faith is important to her and her family and they still make regular visits to the Methodist church back home in Charleston, West Virginia, reported Female First.
	"My parents did such a great job of raising my sisters and me in a world where faith was part of our lives. It's the centre of our social lives, as well as a spiritual centre," she said in an interview.
	The actress , who has children Violet, 10, Seraphina, seven, and Samuel, four, with ex-husband Ben Affleck, doesn't believe fame changes people in a "huge" way and those who let success go to their heads were probably always driven to want recognition.
	"I've lived in L.A. A long time and I know a lot of really incredible, down-to-earth people. I think a few people are kind of more into the idea of fame or whatever, but they were like that when they were kids, I'm ...

The Church is centre of my social life: Jennifer Garner

Reality TV star Kris Jenner has praised Blac Chyna for helping her reclusive son Rob Kardashian turn his life around following two years in hiding.
	Jenner thinks Chyna has given Rob, 29, a new lease of life, reported Female First.
	The 60-year-old matriarch explained, "He feels so much better about himself [since they started dating]. He is doing really, really well. He is trying to be healthy and get in shape and he is also working on a couple of projects.

Blac Chyna Has Given Son Rob Better Life: Kris Jenner

Pop star Mariah Carey says she is a "pretty insecure" individual but has slowly learned to deal with the feeling.
	The 45-year-old "Without You" hitmaker said there are times when she doesn't like how she looks but is slowly learning to deal with those feelings as they are the "reality of [her] life," reported Female First.
	"I am a pretty insecure person. But I have to get over that because this is the reality of my life. I look better than I looked a few months ago, but I am definitely not one of those people who says, 'I look amazing today.'
	"My diet is very bleak. I overuse the word because there is a lot of bleakness going on. My bleak diet is horrendous, but I don't want to tell anyone about it because it's none of their business. I just don't want people commenting," she said.

I'm pretty insecure: Mariah Carey

Singer Charli XCX admits she was "obsessed" with Britney Spears and the Spice Girls when she was younger.
	The 23-year-old singer credits the "Toxic" hitmaker with sparking her desire to be a pop star and she still thinks the star makes "great" music, reported Femalefirst.
	"I just started making my own songs and I made so many of them that I thought I wanted to show them to people. From when I was younger, I was always fascinated by Britney Spears. I was always obsessed with her when I was a kid. I think that's what made me want to be in the music industry. I think her music is great."
	The "Boom Clap" hitmaker was also a big fan of the Spice Girls.
	"The Spice Girls were a big influence on me growing up, then Britney. Super, super pop stuff when I was younger, for sure.

Charli XCX's obsession with Britney Spears

Actress Chloe Grace Moretz insists she won't be treated as though she's a "puppet" in Hollywood.
	The 19-year-old actress won't be taken advantage of in Hollywood just because of her young age and insists she will speak up if there needs to be a change, reported Femalefirst.
	"If you hire me, you're not going to get some little girl that's just going to sit there and be this puppet for whatever you want to push on society and appropriate.
	"There have been moments where I've read scripts and said, 'Look, this has got to change. It's not like you're being a bigot, but it's literally that it doesn't even click with you because you don't deal with it. But it clicked with me and I'm telling you, as a young woman, this is what has to change.'"
	And the "5th Wave" star wants to be loved and accepted into the lives of her fans because of her talent.
	"I want to be America's sweetheart. I want to be be loved. I want to be an indie queen, but I want people to really love me and what I've done .

I refuse to be treated like a puppet: Chloe Grace Moretz

The progress of the national museum on Indian cinema, which is to come up at the Films Division complex in south Mumbai, was reviewed at a meeting by the Information and Broadcasting ministry.
	I&B Secretary Sunil Arora held the review meeting yesterday which focussed on phase II of the museum that would be housed in a state-of-the-art new building being specially built for the purpose, an official release said today.
	The progress of civil construction was reviewed and museum plans were discussed during the meeting, it said.
	Arora said every effort was being made to make the second phase of the museum interactive, giving visitors a very unique viewing experience, it said.
	He said the museum should highlight cultural and social impact of cinema.
	The museum, spread over five levels would showcase various facets of Indian cinema from its early years to the present period.
	It would also have interactive exhibitions on all verticals of film making covering cinematography, editing, ...

I&B ministry reviews upcoming museum on Indian cinema

Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor was doing fine, his family today said as it rubbished rumours that he was in hospital in a critical condition.
	Reports of Shashi being hospitalised were doing the rounds of the social media since morning.
	When asked about it, son Kunal told PTI, "He is at home... Stop spreading rumours. He is (very much) alive and is doing fine."
	His nephew and actor Rishi Kapoor also dismissed the rumours, tweeting, "Uncle Shashi Kapoor is doing fine. Hope this ends all the speculation about him. Some rumour mongering is happening."
	The 78-year-old legend is the younger brother of iconic actors Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. The actor-filmmaker is wheel-chair bound and has been suffering from kidney problems for some time now.
	Born on March 18, 1938, to the illustrious and formidable theatre and film actor Prithviraj Kapoor, Shashi hit the spotlight at the age of four acting in plays directed and produced by his father. He started acting in films as a child ..

Shashi Kapoor all hale and hearty: Family

Master musician Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori, father of legendary artist Pandit Bhajan Sopori, passed away this afternoon at his residence in Delhi. He was 98.
	He was critical for last one month.
	Popularly known as Masterjee, he was hailed as the father of Indian classical music in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
	He was the Guru and Ustad of thousands of students, and Hindustani classical music grew with him in the state.
	Sitar, Santoor and Classical vocal were his forte. He was the most loved and respected musician of the state.
	The musician had been the pioneer in bringing the classical music to the masses.
	He practically made J&K state a new cultural centre with virtually every classical musician in the state being his disciple.
	He introduced Hindustani classical music as a subject initially in SP Higher Secondary School for boys and later in the Girls College at Maulana Azad Road and paved the way for the musicians to grow and make music a source of lively hood.
	It's due ...

Musician Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori dies at 98

Discovering her spiritual side, noted fashion designer Malini Ramani today said that she would soon launch a range exclusively based on the theme of Yoga, titled 'Yogalini'.
	Ramani, who also displayed "SuperNova" collection at Amazon India Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 16, said she is now working on her series of Yoga clothes.
	"I am exploring the spiritual side of mine through this series. The collection would be labelled as 'Yogalini'," Ramani, who has her store in state's Calangute area told PTI.
	The fashion designer considers yoga a medium to stay connected to her inner self and has also been teaching it to a lot tourist, who visit Goa.
	"I took training in kundalini yoga in Bali last year. Since then I have been teaching yoga in Goa. I have taught several people. Goa is also a rising Yoga hub.
	"I am connected to my spirit through Yoga and I also want others to connect to their spirit through yoga. I have been teaching a lot of foreigners who arrive here in the tourist state," she 

Designer Malini Ramani to launch Yoga ensemble 'Yogalini'

Fresh from his Oscar-winning role in "The Revenant," Leonardo DiCaprio suggested today that his upcoming documentary on climate change could help raise awareness about a phenomenon which some US presidential candidates reject.
	DiCaprio said one of the collaborators for the film to be released before the November election was Fisher Stevens, a producer of the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" about dolphin-killing in the small Japanese town of Taiji.
	"We've been travelling around the world documenting climate change," DiCaprio told a press conference in Tokyo, adding they visited China, India and the North and South Poles.
	Though he did not offer any names, the star of "Titanic" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" said some candidates seeking the highest US office are falling short in their environmental attitudes.
	"We should not have a candidate who doesn't believe in modern science to be leading our country," he said.
	"Climate change is one of the most concerning issues facing 

DiCaprio criticises climate change deniers running for prez

Mumbai-based production house ManglMurti Films, which has won distribution rights for Hollywood movie 'Batman V/S Superman' for the Mumbai circuit believe this is the right flick to enter that market.
	"We have been discussing about entering distribution (market) for some time and were waiting for the right moment and what better way than this movie (Batman V/S Superman)," Sangeeta Ahir, owner of ManglMurti Films, said today.
	"The two super heroes that generation have seen are now coming together and associating with them is like a cherry on the cake," she added.
	The film will be released in the country on March 25.
	ManglMurti Films has produced movies like 'Singh Saab The Great', 'Guddu Rangeela', 'Calendar Girls' and Marathi film 'Daagdi Chaawl'.
	"This is the right movie for production house like ours to enter distribution market. This won't be a one off movie and we will be aggressively picking up good films for distribution", she added.

ManglMurti Films enters distribution mkt with Hollywood flick

Legendary singer S P Balasubrahmanyam has come out in support of Amitabh Bachchan over the controversy related to Bollywood megastar's rendition of the National Anthem at Eden Gardens ahead of the India-Pakistan WT20 cricket match.
	"I was really moved by the way Sri Amitabh Bachchan ji rendered our National Anthem in Kolkata the other day. It was dignified, in perfect pitch and perfect pronunciation," Balasubrahmanyam said in a Facebook post.
	A Delhi-based lawyer on Monday lodged a police complaint against Bachchan, claiming he stretched the national anthem by around 30 seconds to one minute and 22 seconds, violating government guidelines restricting the time to 52 seconds.
	"Somebody filed a PLC against him saying that his singing was a few seconds more than the prescribed duration for singing the National Anthem. Is there a law like that? Surprise!!!," said Balasubrahmanyam, who won the National Award for best male playback singer six times in four Indian languages.
	"How could ...

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