As reality TV star Kendall Jenner is celebrating her 19th birthday, her sister Kim Kardashian sent her well wishes.
	Kim, 34, posted a stunning picture of her sibling on micro-blogging site Twitter, reported Daily Mirror.
	"To the sweetest girl in the world Happy Birthday I love you so much," she wrote.
	Khloe also posted a clip of a very excited 'Kendall'. The clip shows her mouth moving but nothing else as she squeaks about being giddy with excitement.
	"Oh I think @kendalljenner is excited
#HappyBirthdayKendall," Khloe posted.

Kim Kardashian wishes Kendall on b'day, calls her 'sweetest'

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After undergoing a transformation to play Stephen Hawking in 'The Theory of Everything', Eddie Redmayne is preparing to play a transgender woman who was the first two undergo a gender reassignment surgery in the 1930s.
	The film, titled 'The Danish Girl', is based on David Ebershoff's novel of the same name. It is a semi-fictionalized look at the life of Einar Wegener, a Danish painter who changed her name to Lili Elbe after becoming the first man to have sexual reassignment surgery in 1931.
	"There are many people who have written Ph.D's on Lili's story. Even though it is period and under completely different circumstances than today, I'm meeting many women from the trans community and hearing their experiences," the actor said.
	"I have put on dresses and wigs and makeup. I'm beginning to embark on that and trying to find out who she is," he said.
	The film will be directed by Tom Hooper, who worked with Redmayne in 'Les Miserables'.

Eddie Redmayne to play transgender woman

Director Shekhar Kapoor is all set to direct a fantasy andventure drama 'Tiger's Curse'.
	The film, to be produced by Lotus Entertainment, is based on a series of bestselling novels by Colleen Houck.
	The story centers around a teenage girl who, while working at a circus, encounters a white tiger named Ren whose true identity is a prince under a 300-year curse, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
	They team up to unravel a prophecy that might be the key to breaking the curse.
	Kapur, best known for his films like 'Masoom', 'Mr India', 'Bandit Queen' and 'Elizabeth'.
	He has also announced plans to direct 'Paani' for Indian movie studio Yash Raj Films with Sushant Singh Rajput in the lead role.

Shekhar Kapur to direct 'Tiger's Curse'

Former 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston has ditched her glamorous look for her upcoming indie film 'Cake'.
	The 'We're the Millers' actress was photographed on the movie set in Los Angeles, looking unrecognisable without makeup, reported Us magazine.
	"It was so fabulous-so dreamy and empowering and liberating. The only time I had to sit in the makeup chair was just for the scars," Aniston, 45, said.
	In the film, she plays Claire Simmons, a woman who suffers a car crash that leaves her with scars all over her body.
	"It's our little love project. When I read the script, I was ready to disappear," she added.

Going make-up free in new film is empowering: Jennifer Aniston

Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has been named Women of the Year by Glamour magazine.
	The '12 Years a Slave' actress, who will appear on the cover of the fashion magazine's annual issue, said fame has affected her personal life in a major way.
	"I've had somebody say, 'I want you at my wedding, but I don't want you to pull focus, so wear jeans!'
	"Losing my anonymity is something that's proving to be very challenging. It's good for your soul to walk around unnoticed; there's so much you can't do when everybody knows who you are. And so I miss those little things," she said.
	And when asked about the pressure to fit in with society's beauty ideals, the 31-year-old said, "European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world.

Lupita Nyong'o named Women of the Year

Angelina Jolie says it feels nice to be husband and wife after her low key marriage to fiance Brand Pitt this August.
	The couple tied the knot in a private and surprise wedding in France.
	The wedding was a family affair with the couple's six children participating in organising the ceremony.
	"We were all going to have a wedding. There was no cake, so Pax made a cake. The kids made little pillows for the rings and Knox practiced (being a ring bearer) with an acorn that kept falling off the pillow. Brad's mom (Jane Pitt) went and picked some flowers and tied them up," Jolie told Vanity Fair's December 2014 issue.
	The 39-year-old Oscar-winner, who features on the cover of the magazine, said their children also helped write their vows.
	"They did not expect us never to fight, but they always made us promise to say 'sorry' if we do. So they said, 'Do you?,' and we said, 'We do!'"
	Asked if she felt any different now that she was officially married to Pitt, her partner of nearly nine ...

It feels nice to be husband and wife: Angelina Jolie

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway has revealed that she starred in new science fiction film 'Interstellar' because she loves astronomy.
	The 'The Devil Wears Prada' star said she believes there are other life forms in the universe, but is unsure of what they would look like, reported Femalefirst.
	"I've never had any problem with the idea that there is other life in the universe.
	"Does that life look exactly like us? Probably not. In fact, I couldn't even imagine what these other life forms might look like, or what set of values they might hold or knowledge they might understand," she said.
	The 31-year-old actress features in new science fiction film as one of four astronauts, and revealed that while she dreamed of exploring the solar system as a youngster.
	"I did want very much to go into space when I was little, but I was very bad at both maths and science when I was at school so I could never even dream about making that journey.
	"Then, when I was older, I started to watch a .

Anne Hathaway believes aliens exist

Nicole Kidman is in talks to replace Gwyneth Paltrow in the English remake of famous Argentinian thriller 'The Secret in Their Eyes'.
	If the talks go through, Kidman would team up with Julia Roberts for the first time in the movie.
	Billy Ray wrote the script and is directing the movie, which also will star Chiwetel Ejiofor.
	The original Spanish-language movie, the best foreign-language Oscar winner in 2010, revolved around the life of a retired attorney, who revisits an unsolved rape and murder case and his unrequited love for his former boss by writing a book.
	In the process of writing the book, he ends up unlocking many secrets. The original film was written and directed by Juan Jose Campanella, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
	Kidman will be next seen portraying the role of explorer Gertrude Bell in Werner Herzog's 'Queen of the Desert'.

Nicole Kidman to replace Paltrow in 'Secret in Their Eyes'

'Fukrey' star Pulkit Samrat tied the knot with fiance Shweta Rohira, Salman Khan's rakhi sister, in a ceremony in Goa.
	The event, which took place last evening, was attended by Salman and his brothers Sohail along with 'Jai Ho' co-star Daisy Shah among others.
	The 30-year-old Delhi based actor's friends from the industry also congratulated the couple for their new innings.
	Genelia Deshmukh tweeted, "Wishing @PulkitSamrat and Shweta a happy married life.. U guys are beautiful and I'm sure you will make this phase in your life even more beautiful."
	Actor-director Farhan Akhtar, who could not make it to the event, said, "Congratulations @PulkitSamrat and Shweta. Sorry I can't be there to celebrate the wedding but all my love and best wishes to you both."
	Pulkit's 'Fukrey' co-star Richa Chadha posted, "Weeping and dying @PulkitSamrat @ShwetaRohira."
	Pulkit donned a heavily embellished sherwani and his bride Shweta wore a lehenga for their D-day.

Pulkit Samrat marries Shweta Rohira

Hollywood superstar Robert Downey Jr paid a loving tribute to his pregnant wife Susan, who is expecting couple's first child, at an award ceremony here.
	The 49-year-old actor, who is already parenting two sons from his previous marriage, was in high spirits accompanying his wife down the red carper, reported People magazine.
	"It's just the uncertainty of how nowadays you have all these things where you think you have much more of an understanding of what you're going to get. And then this little soul lets herself be known to you, and it's just like: you don't know anything. It's great!," he said.
	The 'Iron Man' star received the award from director Jon Favreau and actor Jamie Foxx.
	"The second pregnancy has been extraordinarily tough for me. Self-prescribed mandatory bed rest was of some benefit. At least my milk is finally coming in," he said in his acceptance speech.

Robert Downey Jr pays tribute to pregnant wife

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has denied reports that he is shooting his upcoming film 'Piku' here despite being ill.
	There were reports that the 72-year-old actor was not well in between the shoot of the film here, where he was spotted riding a bicycle past the iconic Writers' Building.
	The 'Bhootnath Returns' star took to Twitter to set the record straight.
	"So.. Media conjectures that I am ill is incorrect! That neck brace that they see me wearing is part of my costume in 'PIKU'!," Bachchan posted on Twitter.
	The actor was getting messages from his fans on the social-networking sites about his well being.
	"Arre yaar... Please Ef (Extended Family), do not make such a big hohaa about the media report... Its not their fault... Happens sometimes!!," Bachchan added.
	Directed by Shoojit Sircar, 'Piku' also stars Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan in prominent roles.
	Meanwhile, Big B has also crossed 17 million fan following mark on facebook.
	"Oye!! Crossed 17 million on FaceBook.. ...

Big B denies being ill, neck brace part of costume

As many as seven films of different regional languages including Bengali, Hindi, Marathi and Tamil will be screened in the 'Indian Cinema Now' section of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), to be held here next month.
	The 19th edition of the movie gala, which used to woo a large number of cinema buffs from and outside the state in previous years, is scheduled to be held in the capital city from December 12-19.
	Of the seven films selected to the section, two are Bengali movies, three Hindi and one Marathi and Tamil each, according to State Chalachitra Academy, the organiser of the annual event said in a release.
     "Ek Hazarachi Note" (Marathi), "Dagh Ujala" (Hindi), "Myth of Kleopatra" (Hindi), "Gouri Hari Dastan"(Hindi), "Pannaiyarum Padminiyum" (Tamil), "89" (Bengali) and "Nayanchampar Din Ratri" (Bengali) have been selected from out of a total 55 films by a selection committee, it said.
    "Ek Hazarachi Note", directed by Shrihari Sathe, depicts the story of a ...

IFFK to screen seven films in 'Indian Cinema Now' section

Cinema in Bangladesh is agog, awaiting the commercial release soon of young director Shahneoyaj Cacoly's second feature film "Nodijan", which explores the social and marital consequences of a divorce using verbal 'talaq'.
	Attempts by the husband to reunite with his wife after he realises that he had wrongly suspected her of adultery form the crux of the upcoming film.
	Set in a non-decrepit Bangladesh village, Ayan is cast as a waterman (helper working on a boat) owned by a rich man Fateh Ali. He is married to Shamsi, who sells hair. Oftentimes Ayan goes away from the village for 10 to 12 days at a stretch to earn money, leaving his young wife alone at home.
	While Ayan is away, a broker who comes to his village strikes up a friendship with Shamsi, something that is frowned upon by a neighbourhood woman who gossips about it. The gossip reaches Ayan who beats up his wife and the broker and gives her a verbal divorce.
	However, when Ayan finds out that there is no adultery, he wants to 

B'deshi director Cacoly's new film deals with issue of 'Talaq'

Actress Lena Dunham has cancelled two European tours to promote her autobiography 'Not That Kind of Girl' without citing any reason.
	The cancellations come amid accusations Dunham admits molesting her younger sister in the book, but she has blasted the allegations, branding them 'upsetting and disgusting'.
	The 28-year-old 'Girls' actress has been promoting book in the US and Europe throughout October and was due to appear at the Antwerp Book Fair in Belgium on November 2 but now scrapped it, reported Contactmusic.
	"To my Belgian readers, so very sorry to miss the Antwerp Book Fair today but I can't wait to come back and eat fries with you. Much love," she posted on her Twitter page.
	On November 3, Dunham also cancelled her event at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany, writing, "German readers: I am deeply sorry to miss tomorrow's event in Berlin. I am so grateful for your energy and support. Mit viele liebe (with much love).

Lena Dunham cancels two European tours to promote book

R&B singer Jason Derulo has issued an apology to fans in Florida after he could not complete a show due to a technical glitch.
	The 25-year-old 'Talk Dirty' hitmaker was nearing the end of his set at the Jannus Live outdoor venue in St Petersburg when the sound was cut off to comply with a noise ordinance curfew.
	DeRulo was not allowed to finish his concert properly and took to Instagram to apologise to his fans for the abrupt ending.
	"St Pete! I'm so sorry the venue cut me short!! I didn't get 2 (to) end properly! I owe you! If it were up to me I would have continued. (I don't care) about being fined or anything like that but they cut the sound system!!!!" he wrote.

Jason Derulo apologises to fans for cutting show midway

Former model Twiggy has revealed that she once rejected the 'Great Escape' star Steve McQueen when he asked her to dance at a party.
	Twiggy, 65, recalled she was just a teenage when the late Hollywood star made the proposal, reported Contactmusic.
	"At the end of the party we heard the roar of a motorbike that came up onto the lawn. It was Steve McQueen. He said, 'Do you want to dance?' And I said no! I was so shy - it was Steve McQueen!," Twiggy revealed.

Twiggy once turned down Steve McQueen to dance with him

Marathi beauty Pallavi Kulkarni is returning to the small screen after a sabbatical of seven years with new show 'Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar'.
	The 'Kehta Hai Dil' actress will be playing the main lead opposite Ronit Roy on the Sony's show, which is about reinstalling faith in the institution of marriage.
	"I am glad to make a comeback on television as Ragini Patel with Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar. Ragini is a strong headed woman who has bought up her two children single handedly," Pallavi said.
	Produced by Balaji Telefilms, the mature love story explores the complexities of human relationships. The story revolves around a married couple, Dr Nachiket Khanna and Ragini Patel, who despite loving each other, stay apart.
	Pallavi was last seen on TV show 'Vaidehi'.

Pallavi Kulkarni returns to TV with 'Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar'

Jessica Chastain says she has little desire to participate in the fame game.
	The 37-year-old actress, who skyrocketed to fame and critical acclaim in the last few years, said her motivation comes from the craft, not the recognition, reported Us magazine.
	"I'm a shadow whisperer, I hide in the shadows. I tend to avoid places where I might get photographed... I just don't think of myself as a movie star -- I'm an actress," she said.
	Chastain's private life has affected her dating process, as she chooses not to date other celebrities.
	"It just puts a magnifying glass on you. If you want to be really famous, then date another famous person. But the fame is not the part of my life that I am excited about."
	Chastain, who is currently dating Italian fashion executive Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, said she is not attracted to the bright lights of male stars.
	"I think you have to date someone who understands some aspects of the film industry. I mean, I'm going to be in Northern Ireland ..

I don't care about the fame: Jessica Chastain

Hollywood beauty Cameron Diaz will host 'Saturday Night Live' a week after Woody Harrelson.
	The gig came on the heels of her role as Miss Hannigan in 'Annie', which hits theaters on December 19, reported Ace Showbiz.
	This would be the 42-year-old actress' fourth time leading the variety show after hosting in 1998, 2002 and 2005.
	She also appeared occasionally including the time she introduced then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake as a musical performer in 2006.
	Diaz's turn as host is scheduled on November 22 with Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson teaming up as musical guests.
	Mars and Ronson collaborated in the latter's hit 'Uptown Funk'. Mars had hosted the show previously.
	Harrelson is hosting November 15 episode to promote 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' which hits theaters across on November 21.

Cameron Diaz to host 'SNL' with Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson

Hollywood star Christian Bale has reportedly opted out of the new untitled Steve Jobs biopic as he felt the role was not right for him.
	Scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin had confirmed that Bale, 40, was attached to play Jobs in the film to be directed by Danny Boyle, reported Ace Showbiz.
	"We needed the best actor on the board in a certain range and that's Christian Bale," he had said, adding Bale did not have to audition to get the part.
	However, the actor apparently felt the role was not right for him and decided to exit before the movie begins shooting this winter.
	It's rather abrupt because Boyle was scheduled to meet the cast this week to talk about the movie. It is yet clear whether Bale's withdrawal will affect the rest of the casting.
	Seth Rogen is still in talks to play the role of Steve Wozniak but a deal is yet struck. Leonardo DiCaprio was the first actor eyed for the role of Jobs but he quit earlier this year due to scheduling conflict.

Christian Bale quits Steve Jobs biopic?

Superstars Robert De Niro and Robert Pattinson's film "Idol's Eye" has lost its production company and financier.
	Benaroya Pictures announced last evening that it had pulled out of its commitment due to the producers' failure to meet financing deadlines, reported Ace showbiz.
	"Due to the criteria for financing not being met by producers, Benaroya Pictures has formally decided to discontinue financing the motion picture titled IDOL'S EYE," the company said in a statement.
	"The company cannot continue to put its investment at risk and has been forced to stop cash flowing the production. This is something all of us wanted to avoid, but due to the producers missing a number of financing criteria deadlines that were mutually established by all parties, we were left with no other options.
	"Benaroya Pictures plans to retain the rights of the film and move forward with production on the picture after we generate a revised script and assemble a new filmmaking team," it further read.
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