Netflix's award season hopeful "The Irishman" will have a limited theatrical release in the US, the streamer has announced.
Headlined by veterans of gangster movies -- Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci -- the movie is directed by Martin Scorsese.
The film's official Twitter handle on Wednesday posted that it will release in select theatres in the US on November 1. A few weeks later, the film will start streaming on Netflix.
"Would you like to be a part of this history? 'The Irishman', in theatres beginning November 1st and on Netflix November 27th," read the tweet.
"The Irishman" follows the story of Frank Sheeran (De Niro), a mob hitman and World War II veteran who develops his skills during his service in Italy.
"Now an old man, he reflects on the events that defined his career as a hitman, particularly the role he played in the disappearance of labour leader Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino), his longtime friend, and his involvement with the Bufalino crime family," reads the official ...

Netflix giving 'The Irishman' limited theatrical release in US

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Actor-comic Leslie Jones is exiting "Saturday Night Live".
The late night sketch comedy show will not have one of its most famous faces when it returns for its 45th season on September 28.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, sources said Jones decided to quit the series to focus on her upcoming feature film projects and Netflix comedy special.
The "Ghostbusters" actor originally joined "SNL" as a writer and got noticed as a part of multiple appearances on the show's popular "Weekend Update" segments.
She boarded the cast of the show in 2014.
Jones was one of the original comics who were considered to join "SNL" in December 2013 after it received heavy criticism for having a predominantly white cast.
It is unknown if the show will add another name to replace Jones, who, at age 51, was the show's oldest castmember. She earned a supporting actress Emmy nod in 2017 and 2018.
Meanwhile, Emmy winner Kate McKinnon has closed a new deal to return to "SNL".

Leslie Jones leaving 'SNL'

Rami Malek's breakout show "Mr Robot" will return for one last run on October 6, the USA Network has announced.
The hacker drama follows Elliot Alderson, played by Malek, a cyber-security engineer who, along with Mr Robot (Christian Slater) and a group, Fsociety, starts a revolution to change the world.
The 13-episode final season will be set during the 2015 Christmas holidays, Variety reported.
It will continue to follow Elliot and Mr Robot as they venture into a dangerous territory in their mission to target the "top one per cent of the top one per cent".
The upcoming fourth season of the Sam Esmail-created show will marks its end.
The makers have also released an official trailer on the social media.

'Mr Robot' season four to premiere on Oct 6

Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has  praised the Mumbai civic body for keeping the city clean and  suggested hefty fine for beach litterbugs.
Balan on Tuesday attended a special screening of her  movie "Mission Mangal" in Dadar which was organised by  Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Praveen  Pardeshi.
Civic officials, employees and their family members  attended the screening and also interacted with the actress.
"BMC people are doing a wonderful job to keep Mumbai  clean by dedicating their life to serve people. Though we  have some challenges and shortcomings still we can become one  of the most efficient municipal corporations in the world,"  said Balan.
"We face a lot of problems, but we won't be as good as  we are, without BMC. As a citizen, we need to support the BMC,  and we can do it," she said.
Balan appealed to the civic body to levy hefty fine on  those who litter beaches in Mumbai.
"Mumbai is the heartbeat of the country. Litterbugs  should realise what 

Vidya Balan lauds BMC for keeping city clean

Actor-model Jameela Jamil was hiding a "dark secret" for a long time: about checking her weight every day for 21 years.
"The Good Place" star revealed she felt miserable for over two decades until she stopped inflicting pain on herself last year.
"I ended up weighing myself every single day of my life until last year. That's 21 f***ing years of waking up every morning and my entire mood for the day being determined by the number on a stupid little machine in my bathroom.
"What a horrifying waste of happiness. What a horrifying waste of time. What a sad thing for a bright girl who technically knew better, to keep as her deep, dark secret for so long," Jamil wrote in an essay for Stylist magazine.
The actor, who has been vocal about her struggle with eating disorders and fixating on being a certain body type, said her body image issues began when she was publicly weighed at school and discovered she was the heaviest among her classmates.
"Throughout my teens and early 20s I was consumed 

Weighing myself for 21 yrs was waste of happiness, time: Jameela Jamil

Singer Demi Lovato will be guest starring in the 11th and final season of sitcom "Will & Grace".
According to The Wrap, Lovato will portray Jenny, a guarded young woman who unexpectedly enters into Will's life.
She will feature in three episodes when the show returns midseason next year.
Lovato also shared a picture of herself with a script in hand from the sets of the long-running NBC show on Tuesday.
She captioned the photo: "Will & Grace & Demi".
McCormack, who plays Will alongside Debra Messing's Grace, and Sean Hayes also welcomed the singer on the show.
"First shot with Ms @ddlovato #WillandGrace," wrote McCormack.
"Demi Lovato fitting in perfectly here at W&G," said Hayes, who plays Jack on the show.
The singer also recently bagged a role in Netflix film "Eurovision".
Besides Lovato, Matt Bomer, Vanessa Bayer, and Blythe Danner will also star in the final season. It is the third chapter of the show's revival.
The premiere date for the 18-episode season is yet to ...

Demi Lovato to guest star on 'Will & Grace' final season

Colin Farrell is set to produce the indie crime thriller, "The Ruin", through his new banner Chapel Place Productions.
Lee Magiday, who worked with the actor on 2015's dark comedy "The Lobster", will also produce the movie. She recently established her own banner, Sleeper Films, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The project is based on author Dervla McTiernan's debut novel. The story follows Cormac Reilly, a police officer who discovers two neglected children in a crumbling house in Galway, their mother dead upstairs from an overdose.
Twenty years later, when another body is found, Reilly is drawn back to the cold case that has haunted his career, uncovering shocking secrets about police corruption and abuses of the church, and questioning who among his colleagues he can trust.
Australia's Hopscotch Features will also produce the film.
It is yet to be known whether Farrell will also star in the film as the makers have not announced a cast at this point.
The 43-year-old actor most ..

Colin Farrell to produce 'The Ruin' under new banner

Ed Sheeran has announced that he is taking an 18-month break from playing live concerts.
The 28-year-old singer shared the news during the final gig of his 'Divide' tour in his home town of Ipswich, reported metro.co.uk.
"As you may or may not know, I've been on the 'Divide' tour for over two years now and this is the last day of the whole thing. There is something very bittersweet about it.
"I love that you guys are here and we are ending it in Ipswich. This is my last gig for probably 18 months," Sheeran said during his performance.
During his break, the singer said his focus is on spending quality time with his family and wife Cherry Seaborm, whom he married in December 2018.
"I was told before I came on that now at the end of this tour I've played to nine million people around the world. It is the biggest tour ever," Sheeran said.
"It's been an emotional day for a lot of people backstage. It kind of feels like, in a weird way, that you're breaking up with a girlfriend that you've .

Ed Sheeran taking break from music tours

Actor Prabhas says the kind of films that are being made across the country, the record set by "Baahubali" films can be broken any Friday.
Prabhas headlined the two-part epic-fantasy franchise -- "The Beginning" and "The Conclusion".
While it has been two years since "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" set the record of becoming the biggest grossing blockbuster in the country, Prabhas said any filmmaker with a strong storyline can set new benchmarks today.
"That record is going to change any Friday. The record is just a start, not the end. Some filmmaker from Gujarat or West Bengal can make a film which will beat everything we have. A Kannada film 'KGF' came and did good business too," Prabhas told PTI.
The actor said post the SS Rajamouli-directed blockbuster series, everyone realised a well-made film can travel to every corner of the country.
"Now every director knows he or she can make a film and release it around the country. If the film is good, it'll work. There is such great cinema ..

'Baahubali' record can be broken any Friday: Prabhas

Shailene Woodley is joining Robert De Niro and Shia LeBeouf in crime drama "After Exile".
LaBeouf will play an ex-con who, after being released from prison for a murder, is trying to get back to his old life with his father (De Niro) so that they can save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime.
According to Variety, Woodley is cast in the role of a woman who grew up with LaBeouf's character and suffered through a troubled relationship.
After he leaves prison, she tries to rekindle their bond.
De Niro is playing another ex-con suffering from alcoholism and guilt.
Joshua Michael Stern is directing the film.
Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo have penned the script.
Shooting is slated to begin in Philadelphia this November.

Shailene Woodley to star in 'After Exile'

Actor-director Nandita Das is set to feature in Telugu movie "Virataparvam".
The film, starring Sai Pallavi and Rana Daggubati in the lead, is being directed by Venu Udugula.
The project marks Das' return to Telugu cinema after over a decade. Her last Telugu-language feature was 2006's "Kamli".
"I shot for a film that too in a language I don't speak after over a decade. But once I was on set, the whole atmosphere brought back the joy of being a part of strong stories without having the responsibilities of being the director. It is a short but significant character, a role I relate to.
"The director and the crew were professional and friendly, and it was an absolute delight working with Sai Pallavi - an amazing actor and person. I look forward to working with Rana Daggubati in the second schedule," Das said in a statement.
"Virataparvam", set in the 1990s, is based around the Naxal movement, specifically the moral dilemma that prevailed during the decade.
Shooting is underway in ...

Nandita Das to star in Sai Pallavi-Rana Daggubati's 'Virataparvam'

Pop star Katy Perry on Wednesday announced she is all set to perform in the city on November 16 as part of the OnePlus Music Festival.
Perry took to Twitter to share the news of her first performance in Mumbai.
"I am so happy to be returning to India and excited to headline my first-ever performance in Mumbai.
"I am looking forward to seeing and singing with all of my Indian KatyCats at the OnePlus Music Festival," she tweeted.
The singer will perform at the DY Patil Stadium.
The festival, described as the merger between "the energy of music and the power of technology to bring out an immersive experience", is curated and designed by smartphone maker OnePlus.
This is not her first visit to the country.
The "Roar" hitmaker performed at the opening ceremony of Indian Premier League in 2012 in Chennai.
Perry married actor-comic Russell Brand in 2010 in a famous Indian ceremony in Rajasthan. They got divorced after two years.

Katy Perry to perform in Mumbai in November

Actor Lela Loren has been cast as a series regular in Netflix's sci-fi show "Altered Carbon".
The "Power" actor is essaying the role of Danica Harlan in the show's sophomore season. She has already completed shooting on her role, the streamer said in a statement.
Harlan is the charming and ambitious governor of planet Harlan's World. She has the support of the people, but keeps an uneasy grip on the political players who surround her.
In the show, Loren will appear alongside the likes of Anthony Mackie, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi, Simone Missick, Torben Liebrecht and James Saito.
"Altered Carbon" is based on the groundbreaking cyberpunk novel of the same name by Richard K Morgan.
The story takes place over 300 years in the future where society has been transformed by new technology: consciousness can be digitised; human bodies are interchangeable; death is no longer permanent.
Alison Schapker is the showrunner on season two. She is also executive producing it ..

Lela Loren boards 'Altered Carbon' season two

Salman Khan has completed 31 years in the film industry and the superstar has thanked his fans for playing a huge part in this journey.
The 53-year-old actor took to Twitter to mark the occasion and shared a photograph from his childhood.
"A big thank you to the Indian film industry and to every one who has been a part of this 31 year journey, especially all my fans and well wishers who have made this amazing journey possible..." Salman wrote on Twitter.
The eldest of the three sons of veteran screenwriter Salim Khan, Salman started his Bollywood journey with 1988's "Biwi Ho To Aisi", which starred Rekha and Farooq Shaikh in the lead.
But it was 1989's "Maine Pyar Kiya" that cemented his position as a lead hero in Bollywood.
He followed it up with films such as "Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!" (1994), "Karan Arjun" (1995), "Khamoshi" (1996), "Judwaa" (1997) and "Biwi No.1" (1999), among others.
In the last one decade, Salman has given blockbusters such as "Dabangg" (2010), "Ready" (2011), ...

Salman thanks fans, well wishers on completing 31 years in Bollywood

Newcomers Ishaan and Ananya Panday are teaming up for the movie "Khaali Peeli", backed by filmmaker Ali Abbas Zafar.
Ali, best known for directing blockbusters such as "Sultan", "Tiger Zinda Hai" and "Bharat", has joined hands with Zee Studios to co-produce the film.
Ishaan, who has dropped his surname Khattar, made his Bollywood debut with "Dhadak", while Ananya entered the industry with "Student of the Year 2" this year.
Directed by Maqbool Khan, "Khaali Peeli" is set in Mumbai and promises to be a "young, edgy roller-coaster ride that kick-starts one night, when a boy meets a girl," the makers said in a statement.
"'Khaali Peeli' process has been organic. Maqbool, Himanshu Kishan Mehra and I worked on the script for almost a year and when we thought it was completely baked, we took it to this enthusiastic young cast.
"I am happy that Zee Studios is producing this film with us, apart from the other massive film we are working on. We will announce our next big collaboration soon as ..

Ishaan, Ananya Panday to star in 'Khaali Peeli'

Actor Faissal Khan, the brother of superstar Aamir Khan, is set to make his directorial debut with action-thriller "Factory".
Faissal has previously served as an assistant director on films such as "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" and "Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander" with Mansoor Khan,
and "Tum Mere Ho" with his late father Tahir Hussain.
The 53-year-old actor will also star in the film.
"My mother always kept telling me that I'll do well as a director and I am sure she will be pleasantly surprised with my decision," Faissal said in a statement.
The actor, best known for featuring alongside Aamir in 2000's "Mela", said he is excited for "Factory" as he has been involved with the project right from the scripting stage.
Also featuring Roaleey Ryan, Raj Kumar Kanojya, Ribbhu Mehra and Sharad Singh, "Factory" is slated to release early 2020.

Aamir Khan's brother Faissal turns director with 'Factory'

"Nymphomaniac" star Stacy Martin and actor Hayley Squires have boarded the cast of "Louis Wain", a biographical drama about the iconic British painter.
The film, being directed by Will Sharpe from a script he co-wrote with Simon Stephenson, features Benedict Cumberbatch as Wain and "The Crown" star Claire Foy as his wife Emily.
Martin and Squires join the project alongside the likes of Sharon Rooney, Aimee Lou Wood, Adeel Akhtar, Julian Barratt and Asim Chaudhry, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Andrea Riseborough and Toby Jones are also part of the cast.
The movie will follow the "the extraordinary true story" of the early 20th-century artist who became famous for his distinctive paintings of cats that inspired hearts and minds around the world.
"Louis Wain is a loveable inspirational hero with a courageous and infectious spirit, who saw the world in a unique and delightful way throughout his long life full of adventure, continually inspiring people to do the same," the film's ...

Stacy Martin, Hayley Squires join 'Louis Wain'

Filmmaker Michael Bay is in negotiations to direct Sony's upcoming action movie "Black 5".
Ehren Kruger, who worked with the filmmaker on several "Transformers" movies, has penned the script of the film.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Black 5" centres around an elite military team with advanced technology.
Bay's frequent collaborator Erwin Stoff will produce the project.
The director is currently awaiting the release of his Netflix actioner "Six Underground", which is his first project outside the "Transformers" franchise in years.

Michael Bay in talks for Sony's 'Black 5'

Oscar winner JK Simmons and actor Simon Pegg will topline the indie movie "My Only Sunshine".
The movie, being touted as a "comedy/heist thriller", will be directed by Mark Palansky from a script by JT Petty and K Reed Petty, reported Deadline.
The story follows a passionately dysfunctional couple who orchestrate a bank robbery as an unconventional act of bloodthirsty marriage counselling.
They try to make peace with the shocking mystery of their relationship throughout the violent hostage situation, discovered by a cop hostage negotiator who previously investigated a past related crime.
The project is backed by Circle of Confusion and Patriot Pictures.
Matt Smith, Lawrence Mattis and Michael Mendelsohn will produce, while Petty, Natalie Perrotta and Jim Steele will be serving as executive producers.
"My Only Sunshine" will start production later this year.

Simon Pegg, JK Simmons to star in 'My Only Sunshine'

"Yesterday" star Himesh Patel has boarded the star-studded cast of Christopher Nolan's next "Tenet".
Described as an "action epic", the film is being headlined by John David Washington, Robert Pattinson and Elizabeth Debicki.
Patel, who broke out with Danny Boyle-directed musical "Yesterday", joins the cast which also includes Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Clemence Poesy, Michael Caine and Kenneth Branagh.
"Tenet" is Nolan's follow-up to his 2017 war drama "Dunkirk" that earned the noted filmmaker his first 'Best Director' nomination at the 90th Academy Awards.
Nolan has penned the screenplay and is also producing the project with his wife, Emma Thomas. Thomas Hayslip is serving as executive producer.
Warner Bros Pictures will be distributing the film worldwide, which is scheduled to hit theatres on July 17 next year, reported Variety. It will be filmed across seven countries.

Christopher Nolan's next 'Tenet' adds Himesh Patel

A court here has issued summonses to actor Akshaye Khanna and two producers of upcoming Bollywood movie "Section 375" directing them to appear before it on September 9 on a petition filed by a lawyer seeking the stay on its release.
Referring to the teaser of the movie released recently, petitioner Wajed Khan contended that it will create a "wrong impression" among rape survivors and they will not approach police to register a case.
He also claimed that a scene from the teaser has portrayed the legal profession in bad light and "maligned" the image of lawyers.
Civil judge R H Nathani on Monday issued suit summons to Khanna, producers Kumar Mangal Pathak and Abhishek Mangal Pathak and asked them to appear before it on September 9.
"In one of the scenes, a male police officer is seen taking statement of a rape survivor in open in a police station and in court also, the rape victim is seen giving answers to vulgar questions of a lawyer," the petition said.
Khan stated that such scenes ...

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