Pop star Beyonce received a touching handwritten card with the words "#1 Mom" from her daughter Blue Ivy for her 34th birthday.
	The "Crazy in Love" hitmaker took to Instagram to share the picture of the card by her three-year-old daughter, who drew a big cake with four candles on it, reported Female First.
	"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all my birthday wishes," she captioned the photo.
	Blue and her father rapper Jay Z, also surprised the star by naming their favourite songs that remind them of the singer in a post on her official website.
	Blue picked the song "Part of Your World" from the Disney classic "The Little Mermaid", commenting, "Mommy you sung this to me all the time. Happy birthday, Mommy!"
	Jay, 45, dedicated Coldplay's "Yellow".
	"This song reminds me of you and I on vacation. 'Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.'
	"So many legendary nights. It represents vulnerability; it's us in our own world, away from work and totally lost in love. 'For you, 

Beyonce gets handwritten card from daughter as birthday gift

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Singer Rita Ora finally opened up about the effect her personal life had on her upcoming album, as she prepares to launch it later this year.
	The 24-year-old "X Factor" judge said she was hurt and put everything on hold, reported Digital Spy.
	"This whole impression that my album hasn't been an easy process is really bollocks. It is not that it hasn't been, it's that I've put personal issues first because I'm a girl. I was distracted and got carried away and it didn't really work out. I was affected by it so I just put everything on hold because I was a sulky 24-year-old and I was hurt. And now I'm back," Ora said.
	The singer also explained her definition of being a feminist and why it's not something people should be afraid of.
	"The reason why I say yes to identifying myself as a feminist is because the word 'feminist', people get scared of. That's not exactly the scariest part of being a feminist. The word sounds scary but all it is is being supportive of someone of the same ...

I was hurt but now I am back: Rita Ora

Actor Hugh Jackman has kick-started 2015 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, after it swept across the Internet last year.
	The 46-year-old "The Wolverine" star took to Twitter and posted a video where he is seen sitting in a bathtub while wearing a white dress shirt and black bow-tie.
	He exclaims "bring it on" before pouring a bucket of ice water over his head, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"I know I'm late but this is the 2015 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge #MND #AUS #IceBucketChallenge @mndaustralia," he wrote.
	Kicking off in 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge sought to raise awareness of ALS and collect donations to further ALS research and services.
	Nominated participants had the option of donating to the ALS Association or douse themselves with buckets of ice water. They would then nominate three people to take up the cause.
	Last year too, Jackman, accompanied by the cast and crew of "Pan"  took up the cause and had posted a video showing them getting icy from the set.

Hugh Jackman help kick-start the 2015 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Actor Chris Evans says he would be more than happy to extend his stay as Captain America if Marvel wants him to.
	Evans, 34, who is nearing the end of his Marvel movie contract, with just two projects left, both "Avengers: Infinity War" films, said he would be eager to sign on for more films if the studio asks, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"If Marvel wants me, they got me. I've never had such a relationship where you have such, I mean look at my resume, I'm used to being on set being like, 'Ah is this movie gonna be terrible?'
	"Marvel just can't stop making great movies, they do it in their sleep. It's wonderful directors and producers and actors and scripts, and it's like a playground as an actor," he said.
	"Captain America: Civil War", which hits theatres on May 6, 2016, will mark Evans' seventh appearance as the star-spangled Avenger, including his brief cameo in "Thor: The Dark World" and the post-credits scene of "Ant-Man".
	The actor said he could not imagine he was ever ...

Chris Evans will continue as Captain America if Marvel asks

Filmmaker Tom Hooper says Hollywood needs to give transgender actors more access and embrace them as they are.
	Hooper's new period transgender drama, "The Danish Girl", stars Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, one of the first known recipients of gender reassignment surgery, reported Variety.
	"Access to trans actors, women and men, to roles, both trans roles and cisgender roles, is utterly key, and I feel that within the industry at the moment there is a problem. There is a huge pool of talented trans actors and the access to parts is limited.
	"I would champion any shift where the industry could move forward and embrace trans actors in trans and cisgender roles and also celebrate and encourage trans filmmakers," he said.
	Based on the 2000 novel of the same name by David Ebershoff, "The Danish Girl" also stars Alicia Vikander, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ben Whishaw and Amber Heard.
	The film will hit theatres in the US on November 27.

Trans actors need more access in Hollywood: Tom Hooper

Pop star Beyonce is reportedly working with Naughty Boy on new music and trying to persuade husband Jay Z to sign him to his label Roc Nation so he can make it big in the US.
	The 34-year-old "Drunk In Love" hitmaker will record the producer's single "Lose It All (Runnin')" which has been removed from Youtube after Beyonce said she wanted to have it for herself, reported Femalefirst.
	"Bey called him to discuss the track and it's thought she will record her vocals in the next couple of weeks," a source said.

Beyonce working With Naughty Boy

Rapper Kanye West has found another backer in Ice Cube, who revealed that he would vote for the "All Day" rapper if he runs for president.
	West, 38, announced that he would run for office in 2020 during a very long acceptance speech for his Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs last week, reported Digital Spy.
	"I'm voting for Kanye, who is better than Kanye that would run?" Ice Cube said.
	"If that's what it is, that's what it is," he added. "No matter who is the president, you got to all get up and go to work in the morning."
	Ice Cube is the latest celebrity to back West's presidential bid, after Donald Trump and Rihanna also showed their support for the "Black Skinhead" star.

Ice Cube will vote for Kanye West when he runs for President

Actor Glenn Morshower is joining the CBS series "Supergirl" and will play the cunning military leader General Sam Lane.
	The father of Lucy Lane (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) will be arriving in National City to set Supergirl on a very dangerous government mission, reported The Wrap.
	Morshower recently played General Jacobs in Marvel's "Agents of SHIELD", and has also prominently appeared in "24", "The West Wing" and the "Transformers" film series.
	Earlier, "Supergirl" cast Iddo Goldberg as the megalomaniacal scientist TO Morrow and his ultra-powerful android weapon Red Tornado.
	"Supergirl" premieres on CBS on October 26.

Glenn Morshower joins 'Supergirl' cast

Singer Nick Jonas, who is pulling out all the stops when it comes to carving a name for himself as a solo artist, has unveiled another new track called 'Area Code' by sharing a link on his Twitter profile.
	The new track may not be completely finished just yet, but it looks like Jonas, 22, is open to an "Area Code" collaboration as the clip was shared alongside the caption: "I need someone to put a verse on this", reported Digital Spy.
	Jonas recently shared how he felt "Levels" cut a new path for him musically and that the track's music video was one of his strongest to date.
	"It's about continuing to set me up as a solo artist. And giving people a better idea of the looks I'm trying to go for," he said.
	In addition to trying out a new musical style, Jonas will also star in Fox's upcoming comedy horror series "Scream Queens" when it airs in the US from September 22.

Nick Jonas drops a surprise new track on SoundCloud account

Singer Demi Lovato thinks she has become much more emotional since getting returning from rehab.
	The 22-year-old "Cool for the Summer" hitmaker thinks she was numb before seeking treatment in rehab for an eating disorder, self-harming, alcohol and drug abuse in 2010, reported Cosmopolitan.
	"When you are sober, you experience everything on a heightened level. If you are going through something stressful, you're extra stressed. I used to sit through a scary movie and not be scared once. At haunted houses, things would jump out at me, and I would sit there bored," Lovato said.
	"Then I got sober and I feel everything. I cry more. I laugh harder. Everything.

I became emotional after turning sober: Demi Lovato

Bernard Sumner claims New Order have 'never' split up despite former bassist Peter Hook saying they disbanded in 2007 when he left the group.
	The "Blue Monday" singer says the group have enjoyed a number of lengthy hiatuses but never officially called it a day, reported Q magazine.
	"Not true. We never did split up. We've had long, long periods off but we never officially packed it in. And it's not really for Hooky to split the band up on his own, is it? It's not his decision," Sumner said.

New Order 'never' split: Bernard Sumner

"Scandal" star Kerry Washington has revealed she has dance parties with her 16-month-old daughter Isabelle.
	The 38-year-old actress loves grooving around the house with her daughter - her first child with husband Nnamdi Asomugha - to the youngster's favourite songs, reported Red magazine.
	"We're firm believers in at-home dance parties. She has this little Apple radio and for a while our favourite song was 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams, but she now also likes 'Uptown Funk' by Bruno Mars," Washington said.

Kerry Washington's dance parties with daughter

Bollywood actor Nana Patekar wants top Maharashtra leaders	to come together to face the challenge posed by drought as no single party can tackle it alone.
	"The challenge of drought is staring us in the face... I feel leaders like Sharad Pawar (NCP chief), Narayan Rane (Congress leader), and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should come together to fight the crisis," Patekar said.
	Patekar, who distributed financial aid to 113 families of farmers from Latur and Osmanabad districts who committed suicide owing to drought and indebtedness, however, said he does not know if his wish to see these leaders unitedly fighting the scourge will come true.
	"This (drought) is a natural calamity. I don't know whether my wish (of these leaders coming together) will be fulfilled or not. The drought cannot be tackled by one party alone," he told reporters yesterday.
	Patekar and Marathi actor Makrand Anaspure, who have undertaken to help the distressed farming families trying to come to terms with ...

Patekar wants Pawar, Fadnavis, Rane to jointly fight drought

Odisha girl Ananya Nanda lifted the trophy of the second season of singing reality show "Indian Idol Junior" here tonight.
	Ananya, 14, who defeated Nahid Afrin and Nithyashree Venkataramanan received the price money of total Rs 10 lakhs.
	A self-confessed fan of Shreya Ghoshal and Arijit Singh, the little singing star considers veteran music composer Anandji of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo as her lucky charm.
	The grand finale of the Sony show saw all the three permanent judges including Sonakshi Sinha, Vishal Dadlani and Salim Merchant boosting the morale of the top three contenders.
	The 28-year-old "Tevar" actress enthralled the audience with a dance routine on her popular numbers "Saree Ke Fall Sa," "Rani Tu Main Raja," "Pon Pon," "Tamanche Pe disco" and "Party All Night".
	Another major highlight of the finale night was a special visit by Sonakshi's father actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who also interacted with the children.
	Stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma, who is gearing up for 

Ananya Nanda wins Indian Idol Junior

A 25-year-old man has been shot dead outside rapper Lil Durk's concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	The shooting happened on September 4 outside the Theatre of the Living Arts, but the gig there went ahead as planned even though police shut down a busy street in front of the venue, Billboard reported.
	Fans were queueing to get into the show when shots were fired from a limo, and several bullets reportedly went through the windshield of the rapper's tour bus.
	Police have not released the name of the victim, and the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that he was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

Man shot dead outside Lil Durk concert

Bollywood director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra feels film stars are not born but created by the movie fraternity.
	The "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" director feels that content of a film matters the most.
	"My favourite films in the history of cinema are where content has ruled. It (cinema) is a director's medium and not that of an actor's. The actor's medium is theatre and I am proud of director's medium," Mehra told PTI in an interview here.
	"I am into it (direction) because I want to be into it. Writer, director, music director, cinematographer, editor all are important. It is just that they don't come on posters so they are not most celebrated. For us, who are in the business, we don't get enamoured by stars. We make stars, we create them, we give birth to them," he said.
	Mehra said writers are important in making a successful film.
	"There was always respect for writers. But somewhere the producers got greedy and thought that stars are what the films are about. Actors are important to a ...

We make film stars: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Shooting of a film on the life of social activist Anna Hazare has begun at his native village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district.
	The film shoot began on Friday, an aide of the anti-corruption crusader said. Scenes of crowds at a 'JanLokpal bill rally' were shot on Friday.
	On the third day of the shoot today, scenes of the agitation at the village while he was on fast at Ramlila ground in Delhi four years ago were shot.
	Actress Tanishaa Mukerji is playing the role of a journalist in the upcoming biopic of Hazare. The Hindi film will be directed by Shashank Udapurkar.
	Hazare has agreed for the film to be made on his life, the aide said.
	Udapurkar will shoot the film in Ralegan Siddhi, and in some other states and capture Hazare's childhood days, army days, his return to home town and the fight against corruption.

Film on Anna Hazare in works

Though his songs have become an instant hit, superstar Salman Khan says he does not take singing seriously and does it for fun.
	The 49-year-old actor, who previously lent his voice to "Hangover" (Kick) and "Chandi ki daal par" (Hello Brother), recently crooned the title track of his upcoming production "Hero".
	"Singing is not my next love after painting. I am just doing it for fun. I can't sing to save my life, if you ask me to sing the same song right now I would not be able to do it.
	"Even if I try to sing it on TV it will not sound the same. However, if I am in a studio and they (the music composers) sing every line in front of me, I can mimic that and sing it," Salman said during the promotion of the film here.
	Asked whom he was thinking about while recording the romantic track, Salman teased, "What's her name... I know you know her name... I just concentrated on her and that's it. So, that feeling automatically came."
	However, he later killed the excitement by saying it was, 

Singing is not my love: Salman Khan

"The Danish Girl" director Tom Hooper says Eddie Redmayne is the right choice to play a transgender woman in the film because the filmmaker sensed a certain gender fluidity in the Oscar-winner and felt something in the actor was drawn to the feminine.
	Hooper said he believes in the 33-year-old "Theory of Everything" actor's talent, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"Eddie was really the person I wanted to make the film with, and I was very passionate about that. I was a great believer in him as an actor. I think also there's a certain gender fluidity that I sensed in him, that I found intriguing. I felt that there was something in him that was drawn to the feminine," Hooper said.
	"The Danish Girl" will hit limited theatres in the US starting November 27 after playing in film festivals this fall.
	It is adapted from the real-life story of one of the first people who underwent sex reassignment surgery. Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, and Ben Whishaw are among the cast members.

Sensed gender fluidity in Redmayne: 'Danish Girl' director

Actors Ashton Kutcher, Ed O'Neill and musician John Mellencamp are all set to guest-star on the season 14 of the animated television series "Family Guy".
	The 37-year-old "Jobs" star, married to Mila Kunis, who voices the character Meg Griffin on the show, will guest-star as himself in a live-action short, reported Entertainment Weekly.
	"We wrote him some of the most ridiculous dialogue. He just couldn't have been a nicer guy or a better sport about it," executive producer Steve Callaghan said.
	Mellencamp, 63, will also play an animated version of himself and perform an original song in the season premiere.
	"Modern Family" star O'Neill will voice Joe Swanson's father who comes to Quahog for an episode.
	Margaret Cho, Kyle Chandler, Kathryn Hahn, Jeff Garlin and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will also voice characters on the next season of Seth MacFarlane's hit animated series.
	"Family Guy" will premiere on September 27 on Fox.

Ashton Kutcher, Ed O'Neill to guest-star on 'Family Guy'

The trailer of Daniel Radcliffe-starrer 'The Gamechangers' has been unveiled.
	Radcliffe, 26, plays Sam Houser, the co-founder of Rockstar Games in the film that shows the dramatised version of his clashes with anti-gaming activist and now-disbarred attorney Jack Thompson, reported Deadline.
	"The Gamechangers" is for an adult audience and has not been authorized by the producers of Grand Theft Auto but is based on court documents and interviews with many of those involved.
	The drama is written by James Wood (Rev, Ambassadors), directed by Owen Harris (Kill Your Friends, Black Mirror, Holy Flying Circus) and produced by Jim Spencer (Pride, All Stars, Monsters).

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