Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger may have been aware of girlfriend L'Wren Scott's deep depression when he listed her among family members whose deaths would force concert cancellations.
	Insurance underwriters who are trying to avoid paying USD 12.7 million to Jagger, 76, claim the late fashion designer had a pre-existing suicidal condition.
	"Her friends knew she was cripplingly depressed. It is my understanding she refused to take antidepressants," Phoebe Eaton, who investigated Scott's death for British GQ, said.
	Scott's good friend Ellen Barkin allegedly had scheduled to take her to a psychotherapist the very day in March that Scott was found hanged in her Chelsea apartment.
	Scott, 49, had been posting disturbing thoughts on her Facebook page, all of which were removed after her death.
	Among the posts was a photo of 'The Birds' director Alfred Hitchcock strangling a goose she captioned "#fashionmoment."
	Jagger's representative are yet to comment on it.

Mick Jagger knew about L'Wren Scott's depression

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Pop star Lady Gaga and veteran crooner Tony Bennett are set to kick off the holiday season here as headliners for the 82nd annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center celebration concert.
	The duo, which released jazz standards album Cheek to Cheek in September, will duet at the iconic Big Apple event on December 3, reported New York Daily News.
	Also taking to the stage is 'Family Guy' creator Seth MacFarlane, who will sing a track from his Holiday for Swing album with Sara Bareilles.
	Singers Idina Menzel, Cyndi Lauper, LeAnn Rimes and Trisha Yearwood are also slated to perform prior to the lighting of the tree outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Gaga, Tony Bennett to perform at New York Christmas Tree event

Supermodel Heidi Klum has bared all again for a new advertisement.
	The 41-year-old German supermodel agreed to shed her clothes as part a new ad for gadget store The Sharper Image, reported Us magazine.
	In one ad, the 'Project Runway' host is seen sitting cross-legged, covering her modesty with her left knee and right arm.

Heidi Klum strips down for new ad

Veteran director of Telegu cinema Dasari Narayan Rao, best known for his family dramas, will release his film 'Erra Bus' in the USA.
	This would be Rao's first film to hit theatres in the US on November 14, after he debuted as director with film 'Tata Manavadu' in 1972.
	Lead actor of the film, Vishnu Manchu, who will be seen opposite actress Catherine Tresa, said that film is a perfect family drama.
	"It will keep you enthralled right through and is an absolute audience magnet. It's a special moment for me too," Manchu said, whose distribution company, 24 Frames Factory will release the film in the overseas market.
	"We have packed 'Erra Bus' with light-heartedness, positivity, drama and humour, all rolled into one," he added.
	In his career spanning over four decades, Rao has directed 150 films, produced 53 and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and lyricist.
	With 'Erra Bus', he returns to the celluloid not only as a director but also as an actor after keeping away .

Director Dasari Narayan Rao's 'Erra Bus' to be released in US

Director Kaushik Ganguly says he has harped on the message of the universality of soul in Khaad.
	"Khaad is not solely about human psyche which is laid bare in a disaster, it is about how we attain the purity in soul like gold after end which is nirvana," the Shabdo maker told PTI here last evening.
	Kaushik, who was eager to interact with the audience during the six day long special screening of the unconventional psycho-melodrama, said for a film like Khaad knowing the audience feedback in a proper way was the most important.
	"Unlike conventional single-day premiers where the director is busy attending to guests, celebrities and ordinary audiences, and have little chance to properly interact with anybody, here I can, the cast can have more quality time with the audiences after screening," the national award and IFFI winner director for Shabdo and Arekti Premer Galpo, said.
	"We had planned the six-day special screening inviting people from different segments of society in ...

Khaad talks about nirvana: Kaushik Ganguly

'Breaking Bad producer/director Michelle MacLaren is in talks to direct 'Wonder Woman', starring Gal Gadot.
	Charles Roven will produce the Warner Bros and DC standalone film with a tentative release date of June 23, 2017, reported Variety.
	Plot details of the 'Wonder Woman' feature are unknown. It is also unclear whether or not this will be an origin film since the Wonder Woman character will first make her appearance in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,' which opens in March 2016.
	Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara recently announced the DC slate at an investor meeting last month, which includes new DC/Justice League films from 'Batman', 'The Flash', 'Green Lantern', 'Aquaman' and more.
	Over the years there have been many attempts to produce 'Wonder Woman' film adaption of the popular comic book character, with 'The Avengers' director Joss Whedon most recently attached to the project.
	WB also seems to be emulating what Universal did with 'Fifty Shades of Grey' by hiring a female 

Michelle MacLaren to direct 'Wonder Woman' movie

Following the success of her Oscar-winning documentary 'Smile Pinki', director Megan Mylan has come up with another India-based story in 'After My Garden Grows', about a teenage girl Monika in rural Bengal seeking independence by growing a tiny rooftop vegetable garden.
	Mylan has been to India for six-seven times and says she "never had an unpleasant moment" and the response to 'Smile Pinki', about a girl who gets to smile after a free cleft-lip operation, encouraged her to return.
	"In 'After My Garden Grows', Monika avoids becoming a child bride by growing her own garden. She has become an asset instead of a burden to her family. She is bringing food to the table," Mylan told PTI in an interview.
	"I am attracted to ideas of social change and stories about people who are going through intense life defining moments. My movies are very solution-driven. I want there to be some hopefulness. Change is happening everywhere in India and documenting that is exciting," she added.
	The ...

Love to tell stories about social change: director Megan Mylan

'Grey's Anatomy' star Patrick Dempsey is set to be honoured for his cancer research awareness work in his native Maine.
	The 48-year-old actor was inspired to open the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston six years ago when his mother was suffering from ovarian cancer.
	She lost her battle with the disease in March this year at the age of 79, reported Hollywood Life.
	Dempsey will be feted in Portland with the Maine Creative Industries Award, which recognises "people who exemplify Maine's reputation as a state where arts and enterprise thrive."
	"Anytime I can bring attention to our great cause, I will. It is embarrassing, at times, to have your name up there, because no one individual is responsible for all this. But the reality is, I am visible. Acting has been a blessing for me and has allowed me to do all this," Dempsey said.

Patrick Dempsey to be honoured for cancer awareness work

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has paid tribute to his friend Ravi Chopra, who passed away following a lung ailment.
	Chopra was admitted to the Breach Candy hospital here as he was not keeping well for some time. He died aged 68 yesterday.
	The filmmaker directed Bachchan in family saga 'Baghban' and produced 'Bhoothnath' and 'Bhoothnath Returns' with the 72-year-old actor playing the friendly ghost in both the movies.
	Bachchan, who is currently shooting for Shoojit Circar's 'Piku' here, was informed by son Abhishek of Chopra's demise. He took to his blog to express his grief.
	"Ravi Chopra, my dear friend and director and producer passed away suddenly today...
	"Filled with grief and sorrow, and unable to find words that could possibly describe what I go through, it is difficult to imagine those days spent together... What does one write on such occasions. Silence is the best condolence... My love," he posted.

Amitabh Bachchan pays tribute to director-friend Ravi Chopra

U2 star Bono was involved in a mid-air drama on a flight from Dublin, Ireland to Berlin, Germany, when the rear door of a private jet he was a passenger on fell off.
	The 54-year-old rocker and four friends were on board the Learjet flight across Europe, en route to a meeting with Gerd Mueller, Germany's economic minister.
	The jet was crossing into Germany when the tailgate became detached, reported Contactmusic.
	"He was extremely lucky, the plane could have gone down. About an hour into the journey they heard a big thud coming from the rear of the plane.
	"They were startled for a bit but they continued on and made the descent into Berlin airport. When they landed they were horrified to learn that the compartment at the rear of the plane had completely detached," a source said.
	German authorities have confirmed the private jet landed with damage to its tailgate and police are investigating the incident.
	The drama is sure to have left Bono, who lost his luggage when the tailgate ..

Bono involved in mid-air drama on flight

Actress Robin Wright has reportedly called off her engagement to her fiance of 10 months, actor Ben Foster.
	The 48-year-old 'House of Cards' star and Foster have ended their romance after realising their plan to tie the knot wasn't the right decision, reported Us magazine.
	The blonde beauty decided to call time on her relationship after spending time away from Foster, 34, filming the hit Netflix series in Baltimore while he worked on a production of 'A Streetcar Named Desire' in London over the summer.
	"She got swept up in the engagement last Christmas, but then their schedules got crazy and she realised it wasn't the right decision," a source said.
	Wright, who was previously married to Dane Witherspoon and has two children, Dylan, 23, and Hopper Jack, 21, with her ex-husband Sean Penn, is said to have become concerned over the couple's 14-year age gap and couldn't deal with him anymore.
	"The gap just ended up being too much. Ben was kind of immature. She couldn't deal with him ..

Robin Wright splits from Ben Foster

To promote young talents in Bengali film industry, five new films in the language are being premiered at the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival.
	Introduced for the first time, the 'Bengali Panorama' section consists of five films belonging to different genres.
	"None of these films have been screened elsewhere. We selected them on the basis of their quality," KIFF director Yadab Mondal told PTI.
	Riingo Banerjee's 'The Kite' takes a cue from Khaled Hosseini's famous novel 'The Kite Runner' and weaves a story of a man's search for his childhood friend's son, taken captive by terrorists.
	The emotional drama is a story of redemption where a coward emerges as a hero but the backdrop is different from the original novel as it is set on a fictitious place called Ishanpur.
	Young independent filmmaker Anindya Chatterjee has used songs and dances of Jhumur, a folk art form of Purulia, to narrate a love story in his film 'Jhumura The Folklore'.
	Shot in blu-ray format, Pallab ...

Five Bengali films to premiere at KIFF

A new documentary on Dr Subhash Mukherjee, who had created the world's second and India's first test-tube baby, premiered at the ongoing Kolkata International Film Festival today.
	Directed by social activist Rajib Sarkar, the short documentary has been titled 'Effect of Indian Crab Syndrome'. The sixteen-minute-long film also shows the original hand-written research copy detailing the process for the birth of test-tube babies using in-vitro fertilization (IVF), a technology he had pioneered.
	The report had formed the basis of the birth of Durga on October 3, 1978 in Kolkata. She was the world's second test tube baby and came only 67 days after the birth of the first test-tube baby in England.
	After his research was rejected, he committed suicide in 1981.
	"Not only was his research rejected but he was also subjected to humiliation from the medical fraternity. Some people were jealous and tried to pull him down by not recognising his marvellous achievement. If you put few crabs in a 

Film documents life of India's first test-tube baby creator

Veteran actress Judi Dench, who will turn 80 next month, says she is tired of people telling her that she is too old to act.
	"I don't want to be told I'm too old to try something. I want to see for myself if I can't do it rather than be told you might have a fall or you can't learn your lines. Let me have a go. Let us all have a go," Dench said during a screening of the BBC's 'Esio Trot'.
	Dench said the only time her age bothered her was when she turned 40 but since then she has come to consider it just a number, reported the Radio Times.
	"Age is a number, it's something imposed on you... It drives me absolutely spare when people say 'are you going to retire, isn't it time you put your feet up' or tell me (my) age," she said.
	"The only time I got really upset was when I was 40, for some reason. I got really upset when I was 40, and I was alright after that. It's that old thing: you are only as old as you feel. It's not to do with age; it's something to do with inside. It's the ...

Don't want people saying I'm too old to act: Judi Dench

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin is reportedly trying to patch up with former girlfriend Jennifer Lawrence, after two weeks of their split.
	Lawrence, 24, split from Martin after datign for four months apparently due to his proximity with estranged wife Gwyneth Paltrow.
	Martin, 37, has been trying to make things up with Lawrence, and supported her at the world premiere of 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1', but he did not walk the red carpet, reported Female First.
	"Jen cooled things with Chris because she thought he was keeping his options open and wanted to have his cake and eat it. But since then, Chris has been saying all the right things to Jen. He said he'd support her through the 'Hunger Games' tour and make her a priority," a source said.
	Martin and Paltrow announced their separation earlier this year after ten years together, but have remained close. eight.

Chris Martin trying to get Jennifer Lawrence back?

'The Sin City: A Dame to Kill' actress Julia Garner is set to join spy drama 'The Americans'.
	Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, 'The Americans' is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC.
	Garner will play Kimberly Breland, a young woman who unexpectedly and dangerously crosses paths with the Jennings.
	'The Americans', which also co-stars Noah Emmerich and Annet Mahendru, will return with its third season in January 2015.

Julia Garner to join 'The Americans'

Popular TV series 'Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous' is making a comeback with a new version, which will be hosted by 'America's Got Talent' star Nick Cannon.
	NVC network has ordered a new pilot for the former syndicated series famously hosted by Robin Leach in the 1980s and '90s, said The Hollywood Reporter.
	The reboot comes more than a year after the Style network originally revived the series with Cannon attached. Style was rebranded as the Esquire Network two months after Cannon signed on to the revival, which ceased to move forward at that point.
	NBC will shoot a new take on Lifestyles, which is said to be extremely different than Style's take. The new version will focus heavily on Cannon's point of view and include fun profiles on ultra-wealthy individuals with vibrant personalities, hobbies and tastes.
	The series will feature some of the new tech billionaires who have replaced the old guard of real estate tycoons and their new set of tastes and extravagances, the network ...

'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' to make comeback on TV

'The Big Bang Theory' stars including Kaley Cuoco, Mayim Bialik, among others have paid homage to the actress Carol Ann Susi, best known for voicing Mrs Wolowitz on the hit sitcom.
	Susi, who was battling cancer, died early Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. She was 62.
	The actors took to social media to express their grief over demise.
	Posting a black and white photo of Susi on her Facebook page, Cuoco captioned it, "Rest in peace hilarious, adorable, sweet Carol Ann Susi. You will forever be part of the Big Bang Theory family."
	Bialik tweeted, "Beloved Carol Ann Susi passed away, yes. The voice of Mrs wolowitz. Oh Carol Ann." Actor Kunal Nayyar wrote, "My heart is broken. I will miss your smile. Your spirit is forever with us."
	Actress Melissa Rauch said she was grateful to know Susi and she would always be in her heart. "So grateful to have known Carol Ann Susi who brought laughter & light with her always. She'll forever be in my heart," she tweeted.

'The Big Bang Theory' stars pay tribute to Carol Ann Susi

Universal has acquired rights of sequel to the 2002 comedy 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'.
	The studios  are set to release the movie in the US and much of the rest of the world, reported Contactmusic.
	The movie, which was first announced back in May, will see star and screenwriter Nia Vardalos reprise her role as Toula Portokalos.
	Vardalos, 52, will be joined in the follow-up by John Corbett, who played her love interest in the original. She has written the script for the project and the plot involves a 'bigger and fatter' wedding than that in the first film.
	Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks will produce with Gary Goetzman.

Universal acquires rights of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'

'30 Rock' star Alec Baldwin is reportedly in talks to join Matt Damon in director Alexander Payne's movie 'Downsizing'.
	The film is a social satire that takes place in dystopian future. In the future, humans have the ability to shrink to battle the depletion of earth's resources. A man, low on money, decides to downsize himself to have a shot at a better life.
	The film is slated to release next year. Baldwin will next be seen in 'Mission: Impossible V'.

Alec Baldwin to join Matt Damon in 'Downsizing'

'Conjuring 2', the sequel to 2013 horror film of the same name, will now land in cinema halls on June 10, 2016 instead of October 23 next year.
	Director James Wan is returning to the director's chair for the sequel with an eye on production next summer, reported Ace Showbiz.
	Both Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are expected to reprise their roles as real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. The first movie made USD 320 million worldwide on a USD 20 million budget.

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