Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is all set to particiapte in a fund raising event for Kashmir flood victims and has also appealed his fans to participate in the relief work.
	The 71-year-old actor called on the Hindi film industry to contribute for the residents of the state who faced the worst floods in decades.
	"Met Film Guild and Event team to participate in Telethon for Kashmir Help... "HUM HAIN UMEED-e-KASHMIR"... October 18. Film Industry to work and contribute towards our brothers and sisters in pain from recent floods...! I will... You must too!," he posted on Twitter.
	Many other Bollywood celebrities including Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Kunal Kapoor too have been raising funds to help the victims.

Big B to participate in charity event for Kashmir help

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Model-actress Amber Rose opened up about her heartache after filing for divorce from rapper husband Wiz Khalifa, saying 'I wake up every morning feeling like my best friend died'.
	Rose, 30, took to Twitter to share her personal heartbreak with her followers after splitting from Khalifa.
	"The mornings are especially hard. The pain... I wake up every morning feeling like my best friend died... I never knew what a true heartache felt like until now," she tweeted.
	Rose's confession came around two weeks after filing for divorce from Khalifa on September 23.
	She recently sparked dating rumours with Nick Simmons, son of Gene Simmons, after they were spotted walking hand-in-hand last week. However, they have debunked the rumours, insisting that they are just friends.

I never knew what a true heartache felt like: Amber Rose

Rapper Lil Kim has been threatened with legal action after allegedly skipping a planned meet-and-greet with fans at a gay nightclub.
	The Lighters Up hitmaker's agent, Michael Benedetti, signed a 14,375 pounds deal on the hip-hop star's behalf to have her perform at The Manor in Florida over the weekend and mingle with 100 devotees, reported Contactmusic.
	However, bosses at The Manor claim Kim, 40, showed up late for the event and snubbed the fan meeting - forcing promoters to hand out refunds to disgruntled party-goers.
	They are now planning to sue the rapper for breach of contract. Kim alleges she was not made aware of the meet-and-greet session.

Lil Kim accused of skipping meeting fans

Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has revealed that she will ditch studying fashion for psychology.
	The 28-year-old former child star, who is back on Twitter, took to the micro-blogging site to announce the same.
	"I'm transferring to NYU or Columbia from FIDM to study psychology, so you'll see me in New York if you live here but I hate stalkers!," she tweeted.
	Bynes' tweet comes days after she got engaged to her 19-year-old boyfriend Caleb.
	The actress also defended herself against the latest rumours surrounding her personal life.
	"Don't believe anything the tabloids are saying about me. They dislike me for some odd reason and they continue to insult me everyday," she wrote.

Amanda Bynes reveals plans to attend school in New York

Jesse Helt, a homeless man who accompanied Miley Cyrus to the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), was sentenced to jail for six months.
	Helt received the sentence yesterday after violating his probation stemming from his arrest in Oregon in 2010, reported Ace Showbiz.
	He was handcuffed after he and his lawyer Whitney Boise, who was hired by Cyrus, asked Judge Monte S Campbell for leniency.
	"I'd like to be viewed as a good person, not as a nuisance to society," Helt said.
	However, Boise failed to ask the judge to give Helt one more opportunity to meet his probation rather than the jail sentence.
	Helt will get credits for 57 days he had served.
	The lawyer claimed Helt was raised in poverty and was not accustomed to stability and discipline. He also said his client's appearance with Cyrus inspired him to help other homeless youth while hoping to enroll in community college.
	Helt gained worldwide attention after the pop star let him accept the Moonman and deliver the acceptance ...

Cyrus' VMA date Jesse Helt receives six-month jail sentence

Country star Taylor Swift has heaped praises on Pharrell Williams and called the Grammy-winning singer as a "sorcerer of happiness".
	The 'Shake It Off' hitmaker, who is a key adviser to the contestants on the new series of 'The Voice' US, is planning to work together in the near future, reported Contactmusic.
	"The first person that I worked with was Blake Shelton, who I've known for years because we both have been in the country music scene for years and years and years. His favourite this to do is to make me uncomfortable!
	"And after you talk to Pharrell, you feel really good for about two weeks straight... He's like a sorcerer, of happiness," she said.
	The 24-year-old beauty cannot wait to work with the singer.
	"Pharrell and I were talking, in the breaks yesterday, and we just kept saying, 'We have to do something together!' He's like, 'You just call me. Call me when you figure it out'. I'm like, 'You call me if you figure it out first!'," she said.

Pharrell makes me happy: Taylor Swift

Jennifer Garner claims she always puts on weight when her actor-director husband Ben Affleck is on a strict diet.
	The 42-year-old actress said she gained a few pounds while he was bulking up to portray Batman in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', reported Contactmusic.
	"There's something about it... Whenever one of us has to be really good, the other one pudges up. I don't know why it is, but I blame my pudginess on his strict and disciplined place in life. There's something about it that just makes me like, 'Well, I'm gonna have a bonbon. I'm gonna have some ice cream'," she said.
	The brunette beauty -- who has daughters Violet, nine, and Seraphina, five, as well as son Samuel, two, with the 'Gone Girl' actor --  said he refused to eat anything she cooked while preparing for the upcoming blockbuster.
	"He worked out twice a day and ate only what was put in front of him by some very mean, mean person... Everything was cut out... If I made dinner and it was a healthy dinner, he ..

Jennifer Garner blames Ben Affleck for weight gain

Kendra Wilkinson and husband Hank Baskett will reportedly star on the next season of 'Marriage Boot Camp'.
	The couple, who will be filming for the next two weeks, are trying out a non-traditional form of counselling after the recent drama surrounding their marriage, reported E!Online.
	Their latest efforts to make their relationship work come on the heels of the mother of two after she admitted that her husband "deserves sympathy".
	"He was never a douchebag," she said, defending her partner of five years.
	 "He's always been the most perfect man on Earth. Now he's Superman without the cape. He needs a lot of work, that's the issue. People looked at him like he was Superman and he probably made one little mistake and now the whole world sees this bad image and I hate that. It's so sad... He's not a bad guy. He's a very amazing person who was trapped in the very bad situation," she had said.

Wilkinson, husband filming reality show amid cheating drama?

Actress Jessica Chastain has called on Hollywood executives to make more movies about women.
	The 'Help' star said it is a crime that her favourite actresses like Susan Sarandon and Viola Davis are not in more movies. Reported Contactmusic.
	 "I love Meryl Streep. She's such an incredible actress. But I feel like she's the only one in her age group who gets those parts. I'd like to see Jessica Lange in a movie again, you know? Or Susan Sarandon. Why isn't Viola Davis a lead in a film? She's one of the greatest actresses alive.
	"And where are the Asian actors and actresses? I'm not saying, 'We don't want movies about men', I'm just saying, 'Come on, all the men I know love women. So let's also have some stories about these women. Let's write something for them, guys - and let's make room for women writers too'," she added.

I want to see more women in lead roles: Jessica Chastain

Singer Jessie J has revealed she wrote a letter for pop star Justin Bieber to show her support for him during his turbulent period earlier this year.
	The 'Bang Bang' hitmaker said she felt the need to support Bieber, 20, because of the immense pressure he is under and the attention his fame brings to him, reported Contactmusic.
	"I just felt like it was my duty. I hand-wrote it, old school. I was just like, 'I'm here, you're amazing.' He's young and he's got so much pressure on him. It's easy for people to comment when he's having a photo taken of him, but you don't see what we see.
	"When it's just a picture of us, you're not seeing the hundreds of people pushing you, kicking you and hurling abuse at you. Sometimes even the people you may frown upon, whose behaviour you may frown upon, they're the ones that need the most help," she said.
	Jessie, 26, eventually made the decision not to post the letter as she felt it might be inappropriate to send it to someone who she doesn't ...

Jessie J sympathises with Justin Bieber

Hollywood star AL Pacino has revealed director Christopher Nolan is upset with him because he turned down one of his films.
	The 74-year-old actor said that he has not being offered a role in a Nolan-directed film since he declined the chance to appear in one earlier, reported Contactmusic.
	"He hasn't offered me a film in a while, you know why? He asked me to be in this movie and I didn't do it. I think that might have miffed him a little bit, but I'm being presumptuous myself," Pacino said.
	He starred in Nolan's 2002 thriller 'Insomnia', but refused to reveal which film he turned down.

Christopher Nolan is miffed with me: Al Pacino

Actress Emily Ratajkowski said she was in awe of her 'Gone Girl' co-star Ben Affleck and kissing him in the film was a surreal moment.
	The 23-year-old actress said she grew up watching Affleck on screen and was never quite able to get her head around shooting intimate scenes with the 42-year-old Hollywood star, reported Contactmusic.
	"The whole experience was a little surreal. I have to be honest. Obviously Ben Affleck is one of those - you know his face. I grew up with his face. Not sure if he would love that. I went into an audition and there's this really tall handsome guy. And I'm like, 'Oh my god. That's Ben Affleck'," she said.

Kissing Ben Affleck was surreal: Emily Ratajkowski

Rocker Iggy Pop has designed a guitar for an auction next month to raise money to help children and young people in areas of armed conflict.
	'Lust for Life' hitmaker has named his guitar 'Soulman'. Besides him, Michael Stipe and Matt Bellamy have also designed guitars for charity, reported Contactmusic.
	 "Soulman goin' 110/ coloured dots signify the end/ Soulman sings a soulful song/ clear and simple, deep and long," he said.
	'Eurythmics' star Dave Stewart, former 'Cure' guitarist Pearl Thompson, film directors Gus Van Sant and Sam Taylor-Johnson and comic book artist Steve McNiven have also crafted custom Carparelli instruments for the auction.
	Former REM frontman Michael Stipe's six-stringed instrument has been named 'Radiant Guitar' and the 'Nightswimming' singer said he was honoured to be asked to submit a design. The auction will take place at Bonhams New York on November 9.

Iggy Pop designs guitar for charity

Academy-award-winner Barry Levinson will direct Jennifer Lopez starrer pilot for 'Shades of Blue'.
	Levinson, 72, who will also executive produce "will be hands-on and participate in the development process", reported the Entertainment Weekly.
	The show, written by Adi Hasak, follows a detective recruited to go undercover for the FBI's anti-corruption task force.
	She is also a single mother who has "become compromised by her colleagues, all of whom also pitch in to help her raise her daughter, and finds herself faced with the moral dilemma of working against her cop brothers in order to redeem herself."
	Hasak and Lopez are executive producers along with Ryan Seacrest and others.
	"It's an exciting project to be working on with Jennifer," Levinson said in a statement.
	"Adi has written a police drama that gets into the fascinating dirt behind law enforcement with a female character we haven't really seen before."
	Levinson's Al Pacino-starring film 'The Humbling' will be released ...

Barry Levinson to direct Jennifer Lopez's 'Shades of Blue'

Rapper Kanye West surprised everyone at a bachelorette party in New Orleans in US this weekend by treating them to a bottle of champagne.
	West, 37, was dining in the same restaurant where the bachelorette party was going on.
	Jess Kingsbery, a friend of the bride-to-be and a few other guests who were huge fans of the star, asked a waiter to send a bottle of bubbly to his table, but Kanye switched things up, reported E! Online.
	"The waiter brought it over and said the champagne was compliments of Mr West and his party. It was so crazy, we could not get over it," Jess said.
	He posted picture on Instagram, where West could be seen sitting together with other guests.
	A guest named Alison Dempsey shared another picture taken at the party along with the caption, "Just a pic of the bachelorette thanking Kanye for the bottle of champagne he bought for us."
	Jess added that when people asked about West's married life with Kim Kardashian, Kanye said it was great.
	"It was such a fun ...

Kanye West surprises Bachelorette with champagne bottle

Pop star Lady Gaga will perform with her 'Cheek to Cheek' duet partner Tony Bennett on the New Year's Eve.
	The duo will be taking the stage at The Cosmopolitan casino for their first show together in the US since they released their album 'Cheek to Cheek' late last month, reported Aceshowbiz.
	The Las Vegas Strip resort announced the news on Monday, October 6. Gaga, 28, and the 88-year-old jazz musician will perform jazz standards from their joint effort.
	"We wanted to one-up ourselves for what people can expect. It's such an unexpected mashup, you just want to see it," Lisa Marchese, the chief marketing officer of The Cosmopolitan, said of having Gaga and Bennett perform at the event.
	"I can't wait to kick off 2015 'cheek to cheek' with the legendary Mr Tony Bennett. New Year's celebrations are about cherishing family, friendship, and the future - three things this man has taught me much about," Gaga said in a statement.

Lady Gaga to perform with Tony Bennett on New Year's Eve

Actor Ben Affleck has promised his fans that his turn as Caped Crusader would not be similar to his failed attempt as a superhero in 'Daredevil, The Movie'.
	Affleck, 42, will play an older, world weary Batman in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', a follow up to 'Man of Steel'.
	"Indeed I have regrets about Daredevil. I have regrets about all the movies that I don't think were executed properly. Look, if I thought we were remaking 'Daredevil', I'd be out there picketing myself," Affleck told NPR in an interview.
	"I'm hard on myself, and I have exacting standards and I want to do excellent work and I don't always succeed, but I think you have to start out with that drive," he added.
	Affleck, whose casting sparked criticism by many Batman fans, is confident with his new role because there is "this sandwich of talents" involved.
	"It was written by Chris Terrio, who wrote Argo, who's not a comic guy. And it's directed by Zack Snyder, who's an incredibly magical sort of visual ...

'Batman' won't be another Daredevil: Ben Affleck assures fans

Marvel is reportedly planning to bring in a new team for 'Avengers 3' instead of the old team of superheroes.
	Since many contracts are going to expire in Phase Three, Marvel reportedly plans to save the original heroes like Captain America, Thor and Black Widow for later project.
	Steve Rogers was previously rumoured to assemble new team at the end of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' that would lead into Phase Three, reported Ace Showbiz.
	Another story doing the round is that the third film will be split into two.
	'Age of Ultron', the second in the Avengers series, is due May 1, 2015 in the US.
	Robert Downey Jr is back as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo as Hulk.
	Aaron Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen are added as Quicksilver and his twin sister Scarlet Witch respectively.

'Avengers 3' to have a new cast?

Opening up about her mother Marcheline Bertrand who died in 2007 due ot ovarian cancer, actress Angelina Jolie said she admirered her "softness and strength".
	Jolie, 39, who recently married her longtime partner Brad Pitt, says her mother continues to influence and inspire her even today.
	"She was very soft but could move mountains for her kids. That's something I always admire in women: that mix of softness and strength," the actress told Marie Claire.
	Jolie said her mother inspired her to get involved with humanitarian work from a young age.
	"She always tried to understand the complexity of the world. She had a great heart, which was sensitive to the world's violence," Jolie said.

I feel my mother all the time: Angelina Jolie

'Scandal' star Kerry Washington has signed on to play the lead in MGM's romantic comedy 'Is He The One'.
	Malcolm D Lee will direct the movie from a script by DJ Richardson and Michelle Morgan, reported the Entertainment Weekly.
	The film opens with a bride (Washington) getting ready for her wedding. Through flashbacks, the film recounts her three serious relationships. It will end with the 37-year-old actres walking down the aisle, but who will greet her is unknown.

Kerry Washington to star in romantic comedy

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, whose nude photos were leaked online, has slammed the scam as sexual violation.
	The 24-year-old actress was among the 101 woman celebrities, whose naked photographs were recently leaked on the Internet. It is said to be one of the biggest celebrity hacking scandals in recent memory, reported ABC news.
	The pictures, which first appeared on image-sharing site 4chan, showed most of the celebrities nude or in provocative poses. Kate Upton, Selena Gomez, Kirsten Dunst, among others also feature on the list.
	"It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It's disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That's why these websites are responsible.
	"Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody's mind is to make a profit from it. It's so beyond me. I just can't imagine being that detached from humanity. I can't imagine being that thoughtless and careless and so empty ...

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