Shedding his super star tag  film icon Prosenjit Chatterjee today mingled with autism-affecte4d children affirming these children have given him the most humbling lessons of life.
	Prosenjit, travelling with autism-afflicted children of two homes in a rickety tram, told PTI "I sang and danced with these children. They are so exceptionally gifted. I don't wish to be known as a star. I can be their uncle and friend.
	Prosenjit, turning up as an encounter specialist in Force, the cop who squeezes out time for his autistic little son, said, "If you wish you can relate with them. They yearn for the society to hear their little tales of happiness and dreams. Now I know they also watch my films, they had seen Mishawr Rawhosyo."
	"But they wanted someone to hear how they liked the movie. And their faces lit up as they saw me," the Jaatiswar actor said.
	Patting a eight-year old drummer on his back, Pop legend Usha Uthup said, ""You close the door for them, they will open the window and reach .

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Ace director Kaushik Ganguly says casting big stars does not matter to him and it is the subject which counts.
	Kaushik, a little bit tense to see audience response in his upcoming Khaad after having wooed audiences with a cameo in Srijit Mukhopadhyay's Chotuskone, avers, "I don't believe in preachy films, dealing with all serious matters in life which may blow over the audience's head. I have taken the craft of making films seriously but I don't believe in getting bogged down with serious matters always."
	Having taken names like Raima Sen, Ritwik Chakroborty, Saswata Chatterjee in brooding to breezy movies from Shabdo to 'Chhotoder Chhobi' on dwarfs, Kaushik, however, asserts, "I had never cast anybody for his box office value or popularity among cinegoing audiences."
	"But yes you have to take someone who can deliver what I want before the camera," Kaushik says adding even the so-called stars turn up as on-scrren commoners in his film.
	Coming to Khaad, which dwells on the psyche ..

Kaushik Ganguly seeks to explore dark abyss of human psyche

Actress Kalki Koechlin is returning to the big screen after a year-long gap with 'Happy Ending', which she says is a spoof on Bollywood romantic comedies.
	The film helmed by 'Go Goa Gone' fame director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, also stars Saif Ali Khan, Govinda and Ileana D'Cruz.
	In 'Happy Ending', the 30-year-old actress, whose last release was 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' in 2013, plays an America-returned girl obsessed with Saif's character.
	"I am playing a crazy woman named Bisakha and she is an ABCD - American-born confused desi. She is obsessive about Saif in the film. 'Happy Ending' is a spoof on our film industry and on all the romantic comedies. But it is a healthy spoof," Kalki said.
	When asked how she bagged a role in a comedy, the actress, who has mostly starred in films with serious content like 'Dev D', 'That Girl in Yellow Boots' and 'Shanghai', said, "I guess I have a good comic timing and people have seen that in 'YJHD'... So that must have worked for ...

'Happy Ending' is a spoof on Bollywood: Kalki

Late-night satirical program 'Colbert Report' will see its last episode on December 18 this year.
	Stephen Colbert announced on his show about his last appearance as the host, reported Aceshowbiz.
	The comedian made the announcement while promoting the paperback release of his book 'America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't'.
	"Stephen Colbert, the guy you've seen here every night for nine years will be gone. All you'll have left of me is this book," he said.
	Colbert is leaving Comedy Central for CBS, where he will replace David Letterman as the host of the 'Late Show'. 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' will debut sometime in 2015 following Letterman's final broadcast earlier next year.

'Colbert Report' to end in December

Singer Taylor Swift says there are separate standards for judging men and women.
	Swift, 24, said if a man dates more than one girl in his life, he is called mysterious but if a woman gos out with more than one guy, her character is doubted, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"We (she and her friends) talk a lot about feminism and the inequality between the way men and women are talked about.
	"The kind of things we say are: 'Why is it mischievous, fun and sexy if a guy has a string of lovers that he's cast aside, loved and left?
	"Yet if a woman dates three or four people in an eight-year period she is a serial dater and it gives some 12-year-old the idea to call her a slut on the internet?' It's not the same for boys, it just isn't and  that's a fact," she said.

Women are not treated equal to men: Taylor Swift

Kelly Reilly, Abigail Spencer, Leven Rambin and Michael Irby are joining the cast of 'True Detective'.
	The second season of Nic Pizzolatto's anthology crime drama series will centre on three police officers teaming with a criminal to investigate a murder, reported The Wrap.
	Their murder investigation will uncover a larger conspiracy that threatens to bring them all down.
	Colin Farrell has been cast as police detective Ray Velcoro, whose loyalties are torn between his duty and a mob boss during the criminal probe.
	Taylor Kitsch recently confirmed that he will play military veteran Paul Woodrugh, while Vince Vaughn has been attached to the role of career crook Frank Semyon.
	Rachel McAdams has been linked to play troubled detective Ani Bezzerides, with 'The Unit' star Irby expected to play her partner.
	The other three new cast additions have been hired for recurring roles throughout the season.
	Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) has signed on to direct the first two episodes of ...

Kelly Reilly, Abigail Spencer join 'True Detective'

Science-fiction TV show 'Doctor Who's series eight finale will be a special extended episode.
	'Death in Heaven' - which follows 'Dark Water' - will run for 60 minutes, it has been confirmed, reported Digital Spy.
	The episode, written by Steven Moffat and directed by Rachel Talalay, will air on BBC One on November 8.
	"With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies and the Doctor takes to the air in a startling new role.
	"Can the mighty UNIT contain Missy? As the Doctor faces his greatest challenge, sacrifices must be made before the day is won," the synopsis of the episode read.

'Doctor Who' series 8 gets extended finale episode

'Easy A' actress Amanda Bynes has been released from the psychiatric facility after being treated for about two weeks.
	The 28-year-old actress was seen walking around the Sunset Strip, reported TMZ.
	A picture obtained, shows Bynes wearing a black coat, matching pants, white sneakers and a pair of shades while conversing on the phone.
	Bynes asked a hearing officer to be released on Thursday and was allowed to go, said an insider. Bynes reportedly has been taking medicine regularly and she sounds lucid. The hearing officer apparently thinks that Bynes is now stable and that she cannot be held involuntarily.
	Bynes was admitted to the hospital by her parents after she showed weird behaviour following an arrest earlier this month. A previous report suggested she was back under conservatorship of her parents.

Amanda Bynes released from psychiatric facility

Actor Mark Strong has dismissed reports suggesting he will be playing the villain in the next James Bond movie, insisting a hiking vacation he took with old pal Daniel Craig was behind the latest casting rumours.
	The two Brits set off to walk across the Atlas Mountains in Africa recently and when a photograph of the friends hit the Internet. 007 casting speculation quickly followed, reported Contactmusic.
	"Daniel is a very good friend of mine. We've known each other for years and he's a godfather to my eldest child. The reason these rumours came about is because recently we went on a walking tour together in the Atlas Mountains.
	"We took some time off to have some friend time; we hadn't seen each other for ages. Busy schedules mean you can't see each other and don't see your mates for a long time. And we went walking together," the 51-year-old actor said.
	"Someone took a picture and everybody's come to the conclusion I must be the new bad guy in the new Bond movie!"
	Strong said ..

I'm not Bond's next villain: Mark Strong

Actors Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta have been added to the cast of Anthony Hopkins' upcoming film 'Go With Me'.
	The action-drama, which will begin shooting in mid-November, is the story of a young woman who returns to her home town and becomes the subject of harassment from a crime lord, reported Variety.
	The woman calls on a former wood logger, played by Hopkins, 76, and his side-kick to protect her from the threat posed by the crook.
	The film is based on the book written by Castle Freeman Jr and will be directed by Daniel Alfredson, who helmed 'The Girl Who Played with Fire'.
	Hopkins will co-produce the project alongside Rick Dugdale, Lindsay Williams, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Gregory Jacobs.

Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta join cast of 'Go With Me'

Actor Charlie Sheen is still hoping to return to 'Two and a Half Men'.
	The 49-year-old actor said that CBS is open to him reprising his role as Charlie Harper in the hit sitcom, reported E! online.
	"They know that I want to do it, and I know that they're open to it, so I guess we're just a meeting away from making it happen," Sheen said.
	"I just think I owe it some measure of closure. I owe it to the fans, I owe it myself, I owe it to Chuck Lorre, Jon Cryer. Yeah, I just think it makes sense."
	Sheen had an infamous falling out with the show's creator Lorre and was fired from the series in 2011.
	Lorre has previously indicated that the focus for the 12th and final season will be on Cryer and Ashton Kutcher's characters.
	"Outside characters will come in as they do, but that's not the focus," he said.

Charlie Sheen hopes for 'Two and a Half Men' return

Crime comedy-drama 'American Hustle' has been sued for defamation by a science journalist over a dialogue in the movie.
	The journalist named Paul Brodeur filed the complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, saying that a 'scientifically unsupportable statement' about microwaves in a dialogue in the movie which is attributed to his name damaged his reputation, said The Hollywood Reporter.
	'American Hustle', starring Christian Bale, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams, received 10 nominations at the Oscars this year.
	One of the scenes shows Lawrence's character telling Bale's character that microwave takes nutrition from food. "Bullshit," Bale's character says in response to her statement. Lawrence hits back, "It's not bullshit. I read it in an article. Look, by Paul Brodeur."
	Brodeur is now suing Columbia Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures for libel, defamation, slander and false light. He is seeking USD 1 million in damage.
	"The scene from ..

'American Hustle' sued for defamation by science journalist

Actress Tori Spelling was teary-eyed meeting her ex-husband Charlie Shanian after eight years.
	Spelling and Shanian tied the knot in 2004 and got divorced in 2006 after she cheated on him with her now-husband Dean McDermott, reported TMZ.
	In a sneak-peak clip for the upcoming episode of her documentary-series 'True Tori', the 41-year-old actress can be seen crying as she's driving back home after the reunion.
	The 'Beverly Hills, 90210' alum says of Shanian, "I hurt him so bad... He's a good man. He's forgiven me. Leaving, I felt very alone."
	When arriving at her house, she approaches McDermott, who is on the bed near one of their dogs. McDermott asks her if she wants to talk about her meeting with Charlie. "I guess I feel, like, lost. It felt like family, or something... When I left, I just suddenly felt really alone and I don't know why," she replies.
	"I regret the way I handled things, obviously," she adds. 'True Tori' chronicles the star and husband McDermott's life from three 

Tori Spelling breaks down seeing ex-husband

Rocker Jimmy Page says being in the legendary band Led Zeppelin was inspirational.
	Page, 70, said he and his bandmates, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and the late John Bonham, experienced a kind of energy that allowed them to create their classic songs because they shared the same vision, reported Contactmusic.
	"As a band, we had a collective consciousness. It was so inspirational and songs like 'Rock And Roll' just appeared out of thin air. It was like a huge burst of energy. Wonderful!" he said.

Led Zeppelin was inspirational: Jimmy Page

TV duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, popularly known as Ant and Dec, have been named as the hosts of next year's Brit Awards.
	The 2015 ceremony will mark 14 years since they last presented the music event. The duo will follow James Corden, who has stepped down after hosting the Brits for four years running, reported BBC online.
	Ant & Dec said: "We're really excited to be hosting the Brits again next year - it is undoubtedly the biggest night in the British music calendar.
	"We're especially excited now we're number one recording artists ourselves. We'll be offering our advice to the fledgling pop stars backstage as to how to have a number one hit, as long as they're prepared to wait 19 years for their records to top the chart like ours did."
	Brits chairman Max Lousada added: "Ant & Dec are two of the most popular TV broadcasters this country has ever produced and it's a real honour to have them take centre stage once again to host the Brits.

Ant & Dec to host Brit Awards 2015

Actress Lena Dunham has recruited celebrity friends Amy Poehler and Ellen Page to wear a T-shirt supporting America's Planned parenthood campaign.
	The 28-year-old actress teamed up with the women's rights group earlier this month as she went on a tour promoting her new book, 'Not That Kind of Girl', reported Contactmusic.
	The limited edition pink shirt that was sold during the tour is printed with the message 'Lena loves Planned Parenthood', and is available for purchase online, with all proceeds going towards the nonpartisan advocacy and political arm of the organisation.
	Dunham has called on some of her fellow female celebrities to share their support of sexual and reproductive health services to women across America.
	Dunham took to her Instagram account to share photos of her friends posing for 'selfies' while wearing the shirt, including actresses Poehler, Page, Leslie Mann, Rashida Jones, Mindy Kaling, Gabrielle Union, America Ferrera, Girls co-star Jemima Kirke, and singers .

Lena Dunham recruits celebrity friends for parenthood campaign

'Desperate Housewives' star Tuc Watkins will play an important role in 'Major Crimes'.
	Watkins is slated to guest in the TNT series' season finale, reported Deadline.
	The 48-year-old actor will take up the role of a judge who is set to play a vital role in the case against serial rapist Phillip Stroh.
	'Revolution' star Billy Burke is expected to reprise his role as Stroh.
	The show's season finale will play in a two-part instalment set to air on January 12 and January 19.

Tuc Watkins to star in 'Major Crimes' finale

Rock bands Fleetwood Mac and Queen will not headline Glastonbury music festival 2015, according to the event organiser.
	Both bands have been heavily rumoured to be closing the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England, next June but Michael Eavis said the speculation is false, reported Contactmusic.
	"Queen? Not Queen, no. Fleetwood Mac don't seem to be available at the moment. But we've got three excellent headliners for next year," Eavis said. He added that all three of the artists will be announced on April 1.
	The news of Fleetwood Mac not performing comes days after its singer Stevie Nicks said the group had been in negotiations to headline the festival.
	"Glastonbury? You never know. You have to weave festivals in. It's being discussed," she had said.

Fleetwood Mac, Queen will not headline Glastonbury 2015

Actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Ben Affleck, Jonah Hill, Robert Downey Jr and Amy Adams will be in attendance at the Hollywood Film Awards.
	The annual awards show will be televised for the first time ever on CBS on November 14, with Queen Latifah on board as host, reported Digital Spy.
	CBS has confirmed a new batch of celebrity participants, including Keira Knightley and Kristen Stewart.
	Janelle Monae has been set as the first performer for this year's Hollywood Film Awards.
	It was previously reported that Jack O'Connell, Gerard Butler, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Keaton, Shailene Woodley and Channing Tatum will appear during the telecast.
	A live one-hour broadcast featuring interviews with winners and highlights follows the awards ceremony.

Benedict Cumberbatch to appear at Hollywood Film Awards

Kid Rock gave one lucky fan a surprise of a lifetime by turning up at his 30th birthday meal.
	Down Syndrome sufferer Dan McGurk, from Toledo, Ohio sent Rock a video via YouTube asking him to attend his celebration, reported MTV online.
	At first, it seemed all hope was lost as a friend sings 'Happy Birthday' poorly, but then his dream becomes a reality as the musician appears with a birthday cake.
	"I've been waiting for this, Kid Rock finally came to my birthday," McGurk said.
	The singer gave several presents, including a custom Kid Rock guitar and promised tickets for his next concert.

Kid Rock surprises fan for 30th birthday

Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Clean India movement, filmmaker Chandraprakash Dwivedi said that his campaign is only about cleaning the Ganges and streets but also various other things plaguing the nation.
	"PM Modi has not only taken up the mission of 'Swachch Bharat' and cleaning the Ganges but also cleaning many other things, and the results are visible in the country," Dwivedi said during a promotional event for his next film 'Zed Plus'
	The political drama is about a coalition government and how the Prime Minister tries to save his government from collapse. 'Zed Plus' stars Adil Hussain and will hit theatres on November 21.
	"It is a different type of film. The story, which is set in Rajasthan, is about a government in crises. The only solution out of the problem is that Prime Minister should visit a Dargah," Dwivedi said.
	'Zed Plus' also stars Mona Singh, Mukesh Tiwari, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Sanjay Mishra among others.

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