Famous Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali is scheduled to perform during a cultural event, organised by a trust run by religious leader Morari Bapu in Bhavnagar district from March 19 to 22.
	The 75-year-old ghazal maestro will perform on any one day during the four-day event at Talgajarda village of Mahuva taluka, about 175km from here, a close aide of Morari Bapu said today.
	Besides, Ali and nine other famous personalities associated with various arts will be presented awards by Shree Chitrakutdham Trust, run by Bapu, at Talgajarda village, said his close aide and event organiser Harishchandra Joshi.
	"Ali along with five others will be given 'Hanumant Award' on the concluding day of the event (March 22). Ali will perform once during the four-day event. He had performed here in the past also," said Joshi.
	Four other recipients of Hanumant Award, being given for the last 10 years, include classical dancer and Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini and famous sitarist Debu Chaudhary, added ...

Pak singer Ghulam Ali to perform at cultural event in Gujarat

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Designer Pallavi Mohan highlighted the importance of tolerance in the society through her Autumn-Winter collection 2016 at the Amazon India Fashion Week.
	Titled "Synthesis", her designs were an amalgamation of the best elements she had been using in the past few years.
	"The world needs to come together and celebrate diversity. Let's all take a moment to also celebrate the diversity that makes our lives a meaningful whole," she told reporters after the show.
	The designer said tolerance comes from personal lives
	"All of us here have to have certain level of tolerance in the threshold. So, steady leather and strong fabrics were used..."
	Models sashayed down the ramp in skirts, tunics, long dresses and they have teamed them with velvet jackets.
	"I have been using fringing and laser cuts in last two seasons and there is also weave in my last season. So, there is a lot of handwork weaving work along with laser. Each piece takes really long time to woven," she said.
	The colour palette 

Pallavi Mohan spreads tolerance through collection

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's marriage might be over, but the actor says they are still "good friends".
	The former couple are parents to three kids: 10-year-old Violet, 6-year-old Seraphina, and 4-year-old Samuel. They have maintained a cordial relationship since their split in June last year.
	"We're good friends and we're doing our best. Our kids are fabulous and we're working our best for them," Affleck said on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".
	The 43-year-old actor also shared that his youngest son Samuel believes that his dad is actually Batman.
	"He thinks I'm in the Batcave now. I say to him, 'Dad's gotta go away now,' and he goes, 'You're going to the Batcave.'
	"I'm like, 'That's right, Batcave,' and he says 'Watch out for the Joker.' I'm like, 'I'll look out for him!," he said.

We are good friends: Affleck on his relationship with Garner

Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have marked their year-long romance by sharing photos from their tropical vacation on social media.
	The "Shake It Off" singer and Scottish DJ recently celebrated their one year anniversary, reported People magazine.
	Both stars took to their respective Instagram accounts to share loved up images from their holiday, including a photo featuring bikini-clad Swift, 26, posing for her beau.
	The pop star also posted a short video of her jumping on a large, inflatable trampoline floating in the water.
	She also added in the caption, "That time when we finally took a vacation."
	In another shot posted by Swift, the initials "TS + AW" are written in the sand, with the latter representing Harris' real name, Adam Wiles.

Taylor Swift, Calvin Harris share loved-up vacation pictures

Acclaimed director Kaushik Ganguly's much-awaited IFFI award-winning 'Cinemawala' is one among several films whose release has been postponed because of the multi-phase Assembly election in West Bengal starting early next month.
	The films will be released in theatres either in mid-May or June, according to industry sources.
	Kaushik had earlier said he was looking for a Bangla Nababarsho (Bengali New Year) release (mid April).
	Similarly, Aniket Chatterjee's 'Shankar Mudi', which had been slotted for a mid-April release (coinciding with Bangla Nabobarsho) will now be released in May after the end of the election.
	"Yes, We have taken the decision about not releasing 'Shankar Mudi' now due to the fortcoming election," Aniket said about the film which interestingly stars fellow director and actor Kaushik Ganguly.
	With election knocking on the door, director-actor Arindam Sil wrapped up shooting for his 'Eagaler Chokh' (Eagle's  Eye), the sequel of Ebar Shabor in time to concentrate ...

Poll disrupts Bengali film releases, stars busy with campaign

A joint Hollywood and Chinese production house today announced a slew of upcoming films including an action-horror flick about a giant shark, as moviemakers increasingly look to tap into China's vast market.
	The announcement in Hong Kong was made by Flagship Entertainment, a tie-up between Warner Brothers, China Media Capital and Hong Kong television broadcaster TVB and comes with Hollywood awash with constantly growing Chinese funding.
	US studios are also keen to capitalise on China's burgeoning cinema market at a time when Beijing is pushing entertainment as a source of "soft power".
	"Working with our esteemed partners in Flagship... Warner Brothers is looking forward to helping create high-quality Chinese and Hong Kong films of every genre for audiences in China and around the world," the studio's chairman Kevin Tsujihara told reporters at the city's International Film and Television Market exhibition.
	"We want Flagship to be a true cultural exchange between our companies and ..

Joint China-Hollywood venture unveils movie line-up

Goa Forest Minister Rajendra Arlekar today informed the Legislative Assembly that government has not 'declassified' coconut tree but only allowed those in ruinous state to be felled.
	"Government has not declassified the coconut tree. The recent amendment (to Goa Preservation of Trees Act) has only clarified that the 2008 amendment regarding coconut was only for the purpose of Section 12 (A) that isfor removal of trees, etc which are in ruinous state or likely to fall," Arlekar said in a written reply tabled on the floor of the House.
	Several Opposition legislators Rohan Khaunte, Vishwajit Rane, Vijai Sardessai and Digamber Kamat had tabled a question seeking the reason for declassifying the coconut as a tree.
	Arlekar told the House the status of Protection of Coconut tree is not changed due to this amendment.
	Responding to a question, the minister said that a total 113 coconut trees were felled in the financial year 2011-12, 350 in 2012-13, 313 in 2013-14, 261 in 2014-15 and 114 ..

Coconut tree not declassified, Goa govt tells Assembly 

New Zealand-based Shirley Setia is a 20-something singer and already a sensation on YouTube where cover versions of Bollywood chartbusters done by her command a following that runs into lakhs.
	The petite Setia who describes herself as "A tiny one, with not so tiny dreams" is among the participants of the third edition of the YouTube Fan Festival, which debuted in Mumbai two years ago.
	"I am just a normal girl with not so small dreams. I never knew that I would be a musician but it just happens that you see qualities in some people which inspire you a lot," Shirley said on the sidelines of a YouTube Fanfest Meet here recently.
	"If I speak of my life, my parents are my biggest inspiration. They taught me to work harder and keep doing good music," said the singer who posts her own videos featuring covers and renditions of a number of Bollywood hits on her channel.
	Shirley, who has close to 2 lakh subscribers to her YouTube channel and more than 8.5 Leah people following her on ...

Am tiny but my dreams aren't: YouTube sensation singer Shirley

Hollywood film "Hardcore Henry", touted as the world's first ever movie to be completely shot on GoPro, is all set to release in India on April 8.
	Helmed by debut director Ilya Naishuller, the film stars Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, and Tim Roth.
	The GoPro (camera) technique uses a first person perspective where the audience sees everything through the eyes of a character.
	The film follows the intriguing story of Henry who is brought back from the dead by his wife and how he must somehow with a bleak memory reach to the kidnapper Akan- a notorious warlord.
	"Hardcore Henry", premiered in 2015 at the Toronto International Film Festival, won the Peoples Choice Award.
	The film is being distributed and marketed in India by PVR Pictures.

GoPro movie 'Hardcore Henry' to release in India on April 8

"Breaking Bad" spin-off, "Better Call Saul", has been renewed for the third season with series creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould set to return as showrunners.
	The cable network AMC announced that the new season will have 10 episodes, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"What Vince, Peter, Bob and the entire team have accomplished with 'Better Call Saul' is truly rare and remarkable," AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement.
	"Watching Jimmy McGill's thoughtful, flexible transformation into Saul Goodman is entertaining and delighting millions of fans. This series has its own feel, pace and sensibility. So, let's see what this incredibly talented group comes up with next in season three," he said.
	"Better Call Saul" has averaging 4.4 million total viewers in its second season so far.
	The show earned four Primetime Emmy Award nominations in 2015, including one for Outstanding Drama Series. Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks star on the crime drama series.

'Better Call Saul' returning for third season

Filmmaker Anup Kurian says veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has given one of his greatest performances in "The Blueberry Hunt".
	The film centres around a recluse, locally known as "Colonel", played by Shah, who lives with his large German Shepherd dog in a lush green deserted estate on the high altitudes of Vagamon, Kerala.
	Kurian says the "Ishqiya" actor has portrayed a never-before-seen character in the thriller.
	"He is an unbelievable actor. This will be considered one of his greatest performances in cinema. How often do you see Naseer sir with a gun, in an unusual character like this? This will be a new experience even for the audience to watch him like this. He will surprise everyone," Kurian told PTI.
	"The Blueberry Hunt" focuses on how the Colonel's plantation of a high potency variant of marijuana - Blueberry Skunk - gets ready for harvest but things go haywire at the last moment.
	Kurian, who had earlier directed the Atul Kulkarni starrer critically acclaimed "Manasarovar", 

Naseeruddin will surprise everyone in 'Blueberry Hunt': Kurian

Singer Ne-Yo and wife Crystal Renay have welcomed their first child together, a baby boy.
 	The 36-year-old singer welcomed Shaffer Chimere Smith Jr yesterday, reported Aceshowbiz.
	Earlier on Tuesday, Crystal shared on Snapchat a video, which she later reposted on Instagram, featuring herself in a hospital, probably hinting that she was waiting for the baby's arrival.
	The clip showed her in a hospital room. Neither of them has officially announced the birth of their little one, but a news website gave fans a look at the baby boy as it uploaded on Instagram a photo of Crystal lying on a bed with her cute boy resting on her chest.
	"Congrats to #NeYo CrystalRenay on the birth of their baby boy!" read the caption of the photo.
	The couple tied the knot back on February 20 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles.
	The boy is Crystal's first child with her new husband, who already shares a daughter and son with his ex-fiancee Monyetta Shaw.

Ne-Yo welcomes son with new wife Crystal Renay

Irrfan Khan and Tabu-starrer Life of Pi has been screened here that will help promote awareness about brain sciences among youngsters in Israel.
	Screened as a part of a unique project, Art and Brain Week, launched by the Edmond and Lily Safra Centre for Brain Sciences (ELSC) at the Hebrew University and Jerusalem Cinematheque, the award winning film helped students understand how the brain collates a stream of electro-chemical signals and distinctly two different images sent by two human eyes to present a single image.
	A doctoral student, Adi Kol, of the ELSC centre in an interesting interactive presentation on "Depth Perception" in imagery prepared the young minds to understand how the brain analyses information sent by sensory organs and how the knowledge has helped enrich artistic creativity.
	Explaining the purpose of this unique initiative, the Executive Director of ELSC, Rafi Aviram said that it was an effort of the centre to connect to the masses and specially to promote ...

Life of Pi screened to promote Brain Sciences among kids

Universal Studios Orlando has unveiled plans to open Toothsome Chocolate Factory, a one-stop destination for chocolate and sweets lovers.
	 The Factory will feature 19th-century decor a la the Steampunk style with "towering smoke stacks, funky gadgetry, and staff wearing unique Steampunk fashion."
	Just as in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, visitors will get to watch their confections made before their very eyes, witnessing the creation process just like Charlie did, reported E! online.
	The Factory will also offer "unique twists" on savory items like "classic steak, seafood and pasta entrees, gourmet burgers, sandwiches, incredible salads, all-day brunch and so much more."
	No specific opening date is available, but we should expect this exciting new location to be accessible some time in 2016.

Universal Studios' Willy Wonka-like Chocolate Factory eatery

Country singer Gwen Stefani says her relationship with Blake Shelton "saved" her after divorce from musician-actor Gavin Rossdale.
	The 46-year-old "Make Me Like You" hitmaker, heaping praise on Shelton, said she feels blessed to have him in her life, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"I think that when you go through what I went through, or what I'm still going through, you think you're hopeless. You don't know what's going to happen. You panic," she said, referring to her marriage to 50-year-old Rossdale, who allegedly had an affair with their former nanny Mindy Mann.
	"It was a really super-unexpected gift to find a friend, somebody who happened to be going through the exact same thing as me, literally mirroring my experience. I don't think it's an accident that that happened. It saved me," Stefani said of Shelton.
	The songstress also talked about 39-year-old Shelton's influence on her music career, saying that their relationship played a big role in creating the songs in her new album.
	"I ..

Blake Shelton saved me after divorce: Gwen Stefani

Actress Lindsay Lohan has got the green light to sue the makers of Grand Theft Auto over lookalike in video game.
	A Manhattan judge denied a bid by the controversial game's creators to throw out the star's big buck lawsuit charging they used her image without her permission, reported New York Daily News.
	Lohan, 29, sued video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc in 2014, charging that they ripped off her "image, likeness, clothing (and) outfits" for a ditzy character named Lacey Jonas.
	Jonas not only looked like Lohan, she fled the paparazzi like Lohan, and wore a line of accessories like those that the actress promoted at least two years before the game was released, the "Freaky Friday" star's lawyers said in court papers.

Lindsay Lohan can sue Grand Theft Auto makers

Actress Sally Field says she only signed on to star in "The Amazing Spider-Man" franchise so she could work with her late producer friend Laura Ziskin one last time.
	The Oscar winner played the titular superhero's Aunt May in the 2012 feature and its 2014 sequel, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", but now admits the films were "not my kind of movie", reported Entertainment Tonight.
	During an interview with DJ Howard Stern on his Sirius XM radio show, the 69-year-old actress confessed she signed on to the project to work with her friend Laura, who had been battling breast cancer.
	"My friend Laura Ziskin was the producer. We knew it would be her last film, and she was my first producing partner, and she was a spectacular human... It was just really for my friend."
	Laura passed away at the age of 61 in 2011, just months after filming ended on "The Amazing Spider-Man", which featured Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, and Field says she didn't put a "great deal" of effort into creating the ...

Sally Field did 'Spider-Man' for dying producer friend

Music mogul Simon Cowell has signed on to produce a new biopic about Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
	Cowell has boarded "A Day in the Life" via his SyCo production company, reported Deadline.
	The move marks Cowell's second feature length film project, after previously working on One Direction's concert documentary movie, "This Is Us", in 2013.
	"A Life in the Day" will detail the story of Brian Epstein, who discovered the Fab Four during an appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England in 1961, and helped to turn them into global superstars before he died from a drug overdose in 1967, aged 32.
	The film, based on a script by Tony Gittelson, will also examine Epstein's close and often complicated relationship with John Lennon, amid long-running speculation suggesting they were more than just friends.
	"Unbroken" star Jack O'Connell emerged as a frontrunner to portray Lennon in October last year, opposite Nicholas Hoult as Epstein, although casting details have yet to be made ...

Simon Cowell to produce Beatles film 'A Life In The Day'

Actress Shilpa Shinde has quit popular comedy show "Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai", alleging that the makers "mentally tortured" her, which has prompted the production house to send a legal notice accusing her of breach of contact.
	The 28-year-old actress, who played Angoori Bhabhi on the show, said the problem started when the makers asked her to sign a contract that would bar her from doing other shows.
	"You cannot make anyone sign an exclusivity contract like that. Why are you trying to spoil our career? I am giving you my 25 days or so, what is the problem if I do other shows in between," Shilpa told PTI.
	"I never signed that contract. In fact, I came on board after Rashmi Desai left the part abruptly. I helped them when they needed. Today, they are spreading rumours that I threw tantrums on the set. That is sheer mental torture."
	There were reports that Shilpa had demanded a pay hike and wanted her own designers on the show.
	The actress said there was favouritism as the lead of the 

Shilpa Shinde quits 'Bhabhiji...', makers send legal notice

TV star Rob Kardashian and girlfriend Blac Chyna are in talks for their own reality show, which they are hoping will be a "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" spin-off.
	Although reclusive Rob, 28, hasn't appeared on his family's show "Keeping Up with The Kardashians" in some time, he is interested in a project with his new 27-year-old girlfriend, reported People magazine.
	"Rob and Chyna are hoping for a spin-off. Chyna doesn't want to film with Rob's family. They both think a spin-off is the best business decision. They have had meetings and things look promising," a source said.
	It's not surprising that the model doesn't want to film with her boyfriend's family as she has been engaged in a long-running feud with his younger sister Kylie Jenner, who is dating Chyna's ex-fiance Tyga.
	It was, however, recently claimed that Blac wants to bury the hatchet with Kylie.

Rob Kardashian, Blac Chyna to get own reality TV show?

Cate Blanchett's acclaimed film "Carol" has been named the best Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) movie of all time by the British Film Institute.
	A panel of 100 film experts chose the movie, co-starring Rooney Mara, over 30 films spanning 80 years, including British director Andrew Haigh's "Weekend" and Hong Kong romantic drama "Happy Together".
	The poll was run in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, reported Independent online.
	"(Director Todd) Haynes is an absolutely beloved filmmaker inside and outside LGBT cinema circles and this is one of his finest films," deputy head of festivals BFI Tricia Tuttle said.
	"Everyone has their favourite Todd Haynes (film) and this is certainly mine. I voted for it. Given the relative lack of lesbian content in cinema, it is nice to see it come top."
	"'Carol' is in illustrious company with so many films I love; from 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Un Chant d'Amour' to 'Happy Together' and 'My ...

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