Having found acclaim for her bohemian Parisian girl act in 'Queen', model-actress Lisa Haydon is now looking forward to the release of 'The Shaukeens' in which she is making her debut as a solo heroine.
	The film, which has Akshay Kumar in a cameo appearance, is the 28-year-old actress' third Bollywood venture after 'Aisha' and 'Rascals', which were both multi-starrers.
	"I did not expect that I would get to work with Akshay as a solo heroine in a commercial film. It has been possible only after 'Queen'. It is really exciting as an actor that that I have scenes after scenes in a movie. I just loved that feeling that I was given an acting opportunity such as this," Lisa told PTI.
	'The Shaukeens' is a remake of the 1982 film 'Shaukeen' directed by Basu Chatterjee. The new film stars Anupam Kher, Piyush Mishra and Annu Kapoor, who are lusting after a much younger girl, played by Lisa.
	"I had no hesitation being a part of the movie. Although it is a remake, the concept of our film is ...

Being in the sole-heroine space is exciting: Lisa Haydon

PTI Automatic

Pop star Mariah Carey has been hit with criticisms following a video being posted online of her struggling to sing 'Vision of Love' in Tokyo, Japan.
	The 44-year-old singer played the first date of her 'Elusive Chanteuse World Tour' at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. But during her rendition of 'Vision of Love' - her debut single from 1990 - Carey's voice cracked and she couldn't hit her trademark high notes, reported TMZ online.
	A video of her struggling on stage was posted on Instagram and resulted in a backlash on social media for the R&B legend - who has hit the road in support of her new album 'Me. I Am Mariah ... The Elusive Chanteuse'.
	One Twitter user wrote, "Mariah Carey started her tour in Japan and it was awful. She couldn't hit the high notes and appeared to forget her lyrics a few times."
	Another disappointed fan posted on Instagram: "Stick a fork in her she done.

Mariah Carey fans complain about singing at Tokyo show

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has finally unveiled the first picture of his son AbRam as he wished his fans on Eid.
	In the picture, the 48-year-old actor is seen cuddling his son, who is dressed in white and clinging on to his toys.
	"Eid Al Adha Mubarak to everyone. May all have the happiness that life has to offer. The littlest one wishes you too," SRK posted on Twitter and Facebook.
	Shah Rukh and his wife Gauri's youngest child AbRam was born through surrogacy in May last year.
	The actor and Gauri are also parents to Aryan, 17, and Suhana, 14.

Shah Rukh Khan tweets first picture of son AbRam

After the acclaimed International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa will be now hosting the new-born literary extravaganza--The Writers and Readers Festival--annually, bringing together authors from across the globe.
	"We are happy the way we received response for the festival. It is going to be an annual edition in Goa," festival founder Alaham Anil Kumar told PTI, on the concluding day of the festival yesterday.
	Kumar said the festival was hosted to give a great platform where intelligent minds from all over the world gather here and mingle around with local talent in India, and put the Goan culture and literary diversity on the world map.
	"I am happy that some of the prominent authors like Thomas Keneally, arrived to attend the festival. Its been great to have wonderful authors come here and share their experiences," he said.
	While authors discussed crucial issues like exponential growth of English over regional languages and also conflict in media, the euphoria created by ...

Writers & Readers' Festival to become an annual feature in Goa

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin has reportedly bought a house in Brentwood neighbourhood here across the street of his estranged wife Gwyneth Paltrow.
	Paltrow's mother, Blythe Danner, even helped Martin move in to the new 7,700-square-foot property which was reportedly bought for USD 6.75 million, reported Us magazine.
	Martin's new house allows his two children to see their parents "whenever they want."
	The house, which has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, was the place where Martin held a star-studded 42nd birthday party for Paltrow on September 28.
	Martin's new girlfriend, Jennifer Lawrence, was not present at the party, but there's no bitterness between them.

Chris Martin buys house across street from Gwyneth Paltrow

Beatles star George Harrison's childhood home is to be auctioned for over 100,000 pounds.
	The three-bedroom terraced council house on Upton Green in Liverpool was the late guitarist's home throughout the 1950s, reported Contactmusic.
	The property is to be sold to the highest bidder at the fabled Cavern Club on October 20 as part of a Countrywide Property Auctions event.
	The company also handled the sale of one of John Lennon's pads.
	Meanwhile, the childhood homes of Lennon and Paul McCartney in Liverpool have been acquired by the National Trust as heritage sites.

George Harrison's childhood home to be auctioned off

Sarah Hyland, the actress best known for playing Haley Dunphy in 'Modern Family', has been granted a permanent restraining order against her ex-boyfriend, actor Matthew Prokop.
	Prokop, who allegedly choked and threatened the 23-year-old actress, is now ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Hyland and her home, TMZ reported.
	Prokop is also not allowed to go near her workplace and posses gun or ammunition. The protection also includes Hyland's dog Barkley Bixby. Prokop is ordered to stay 100 yards away from the pet and not allowed to attack, threaten or harm it in any way.
	In her September 19 filing, Hyland said that Prokop choked her during an altercation in May.
	After Hyland said she wanted to call it quits, Prokop "relentlessly bombarded me with vile, threatening and emotionally disturbing texts and voice mails including his own suicide threats."
	He also said she would not see her dog again.

Sarah Hyland granted permanent restraining order against ex

Geoffrey Holder, the actor who played top-hatted voodoo villain Baron Samedi in James Bond movie 'Live and Let Die', has died of pneumonia complication. He was 84.
	The actor breathed his last on Sunday in Mount Sinai St Luke's Hospital in New York, according to producer and family friend Anna Glass, reported Ace Showbiz.
	Geoffrey, who was also dancer, choreographer, composer, designer and painter, started his movie career in 1962's British movie 'All Night Long'.
	He later appeared in 1967's 'Doctor Dolittle' along with Rex Harrison, 1982's 'Annie' and 1992's 'Boomerang' with Eddie Murphy.
	Geoffrey won two Tony Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Direction of a Musical in 'The Wiz', an all-black version of 'The Wizard of Oz', in 1975.
	He also appeared in all-black version of 'Waiting for Godot'.
	Most recently, Geoffrey provided narration for Tim Burton's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'.
	He is survived by his wife, Carmen de Lavallade, and their son, Leo.

James Bond villain Geoffrey Holder dies

Troubled actress Amanda Bynes has revealed that she has a 19-year-old boyfriend named Caleb and she is engaged to him.
	The 28-year-old former child star says her much-younger boyfriend lives in California and works at a bait shop, reported Ace Showbiz.
	"I am very needy for friendship and I hate men. But I can now say I'm engaged - get away from me. I want to be married and I want to be away from people," Bynes was quoted as saying In Touch magazine.
	After getting married, the 'Easy A' star plans to live in New York, saying," I really like walking and riding my bike, and in California, you need to drive. I really do not enjoy driving. I don't like the way I look in a car. The lighting is very bad."
	Bynes also shared that she wanted to have a lot of sons, but no girls.
	"I want boys, for sure. However many I can pop out. I don't want a gorgeous girl around. Then I would feel way jealous. Ew," Bynes said.
	The actress has not decided the date, but she said the nuptials would take ...

Amanda Bynes engaged to her boyfriend

Filmmaker Richard Curtis has spoken about his 2003 film 'Love Actually', calling it a "catastrophe".
	The writer and director revealed that he was disappointed with the film and wishes he'd had longer to work on it, reported Digital Spy.
	"The only nightmare scenario that I've been caught in was Love Actually, which worked at the read-through, and when we finished the film and I watched it edited, it was... A catastrophe," he said.
	He added that the film was difficult to manage because it was so vast in scale.
	"Because there were 12 stories, (finding the right order) was like three-dimensional chess. And that was enormously difficult to finish or get right," he said.
	The writer and director went on to say that he wished he'd had more time to work on the film, saying: "You could have played with it for all time - but it had to be out by Christmas.

'Love Actually' was a catastrophe: Richard Curtis

Designer John Galliano has been named Maison Martin Margiela's new creative director.
	The 53-year-old British fashion designer, who was fired from Dior in 2011 for making racist slurs outside a Parisian cafe, has been announced as the new creative director of the luxury French label, reported BBC online.
	Renzo Rosso, who is acting president of OTB, the company which acquired Maison Martin Margiela in 2002, confirmed the news.
	"Margiela is ready for a new charismatic creative soul. John Galliano is one of the greatest, undisputed talents of all time -- a unique, exceptional couturier for a maison that always challenged and innovated the world of fashion," he said.
	"I look forward to his return to create that fashion dream that only he can create, and wish him to here find his new home."
	The Gibraltar-born designer will take over leadership of all the brand's lines, including both men's and women's ready-to-wear and couture, and will show his first collection for the fashion house .

John Galliano joins Maison Martin Margiela

Pop star Meghan Trainor's latest single 'All About That Bass' has reached number one position in the UK charts.
	The song's first week out in full release saw it shoot straight for the top of the UK chart, just like it did in the US a month before, reported Billboard.
	'All About That Bass' is the first UK chart topper to get there entirely on streaming plays.
	Its combined sales in the first week come out to 144,000 with 1.4 million streaming plays accounting for about over 9 per cent of the aggregated tally.

Meghan Trainor tops UK chart with 'All about that bass'

'The Wire' creator David Simon and members of the cast will reunite for a panel at PaleyFest New York.
	The television festival is being held from October 11 through October 19 in New York City, and will celebrate current and past television programmes, according to Entertainment Weekly.
	Simon will be joined by The Wire stars Wendell Pierce, Sonja Sohn, Seth Gilliam and Jim True-Frost at the Paley Centre for Media on October 16.
	Lawrence Gilliard Jr, Michael K Williams, Jamie Hector, John Doman and executive producer Nina Kostroff Noble are to be in attendance as well.
	Dominic West - who famously played the renegade cop Jimmy McNulty - is expected to send in a video message.
	'The Wire' originally aired on HBO from 2002 to 2008, and has been hailed by the Writers Guild of America as one of the 10 best-written television shows of all time.

'The Wire' creator David Simon reuniting with cast

After Jennifer Hudson's hint that a third 'Sex and the City' movie was happening, film's lead star Sarah Jessica Parker teased fans with further hints on her Twitter page.
	Parker, who plays the story's lead heroine Carrie Bradshaw, exchanged an interesting tweet with her co-star Kristin Davis.
	"@SJP Miss YOU XOXOXO," Davis tweeted on Friday with a photo of them at the 'Sex and the City 2' premiere.
	Parker replied, "@KristinDavis Me too you! Heard the news? X."
	When asked by one user about what news they were talking about, Parker replied, "That news zooming around. X SJ.

Sarah Jessica Parker fuels 'Sex and the City 3' rumour

Rocker Jack White is convinced female musicians struggle to make it big in the industry because label executives fail to take them seriously.
	The 39-year-old star, who shot to fame with his ex-wife Meg in The White Stripes, is adamant women have to work twice as hard as their male counterparts to succeed, but he believes it makes them better musicians, reported Contactmusic.
	"It's sort of a real shame that if a woman goes on stage with an instrument - a guitar or drums or something - that it's almost a novelty to people; like, 'Oh, isn't that cute?... The ultimate shame of it... Is that... Girls have to try twice as hard to really prove themselves, they don't have a free ticket or something like that.
	"But in the end you almost get something better than any other sort of everyday, run-of-the-mill male musician... 'cause they're (women are) sort of put in a position that they have to (be better).

Music industry is sexist: Jack White

TV presenter-model, Alexa Chung has revealed that her beauty routine is inspired by the 'Sex and the City' character, Carrie Bradshaw.
	Chung, 30, was influenced by the original fashionista, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, who is known for her eccentric looks on the hit HBO show 'Sex and the City', reported Contactmusic.
	"I never used to moisturise my body until I saw Carrie Bradshaw do it on Sex and the City. Kiehl's Creme de Corps feels lovely," Chung said.

Alexa Chung takes inspiration from 'Sex and the City'

Gwen Stefani and Haim have teamed up with DJ Calvin Harris for an album, while Hurts and Ellie Goulding will feature on completely brand new tracks.
	Harris, 30, will release his fourth collection Motion on November 3, and announced the list of feature artist on Twitter, reported Ace Showbiz.
	Big Sean, Tinashe, All About She, R3HAB and Ummet Ozcan will also feature on Motion, along with Alesso on 'Under Control' and John Newman on 'Blame'.
	Harris also confirmed that he will sing on some of the tracks, following the success of his 2014 chart-topper 'Summer'.
	Motion serves as the follow-up to 2012's 18 Months, which spawned nine Top 10 singles and broke a chart record set by Michael Jackson in the UK.

Calvin Harris bags Gwen Stefani for new album

'Homeland' star Nazanin Boniadi has said that season four - the  first without Damian Lewis - is "very much a reboot" of the series.
	Lewis' character - tragic ex-marine Nicholas Brody - was executed by Iranian authorities in season three's finale, 'The Star', reported Digital Spy.
	"Alex Gansa (series showrunner) and the writers are masterminds at reinvention," Boniadi - who plays CIA operative Fara, said.
	"The fact that they kept Brody alive for three seasons and still kept it interesting is testament to that, because I think Alex has gone on the record and said that they had plans to kill Brody early on and they couldn't, because he was just so good.
	"But there's only so much do with that character - because of the nature of the character - and I think everybody realised it was time to move on from that storyline. No character but Carrie (Claire Danes) is safe on this show," she added.

It's very much a reboot: Nazanin Boniadi on 'Homeland 4'

'Game of Thrones' producers reportedly spent USD 200,000 and hired 200 security guards for Lena Headey's nude scene.
	The 41-year-old actress bares all in a scene for the upcoming series of the drama - in which she plays Queen Regent Cersei Lannister - which sees her character walk stark naked out of a church and through town, and costs for filming the footage in Croatia was huge because of the extra staff needed, reported TMZ online.
	More than 200 security guards were hired to protect the set in Croatia for the four-day shoot, while extra crew were also needed.
	In addition, producers had to pay local shop owners to close for the duration of filming and leave the area.
	Security within the set was also tight, with cell phones banned and everyone asked to sign confidentiality agreements which threatened anyone breaking them with USD 250,000 lawsuits.
	Just four members of the crew were present on set when Lena stripped for the scene.
	And the shoot was almost scrapped because the ...

Lena Headey's USD 200k nude scene

Actor Michael B Jordan has gone into more detail about how the 'Fantastic Four' costumes will look in the upcoming reboot.
	Jordan, 27, will play Johnny Storm and said that the costumes are very unique, reported ABC News.
	"It's a new look. We are all in containment suits. It's gritty. It's a gritty film," he said.
	"The costume process definitely took some time to get in and out of that thing, especially since I was bulking up. It was a little more snug during filming. We got through it man. It was a process, but we did it. It was hard work."
	'Fantastic Four' also stars Kate Mara, Jamie Bell and Miles Teller.

Michael B Jordan teases 'Fantastic Four' reboot outfits

Bollywood actors Richa Chadha and Nikhil Dwivedi, who are playing absconded inmates in their upcoming film 'Tamanchey', today visited Tihar jail and interacted with the inmates here on the occasion of Eid.
	The duo came to the jail on request of the jail authorities to make the occasion of Eid special for the inmates of jail number one here.
	Tihar jail's music band also performed with the stars.
	"The kind of creativity you display in such circumstances, is a source of inspiration for artists like us. We'll keep entertaining you at our best and we hope all of you get out of here as soon as possible," Richa said.
	The duo also gifted the music CD of 'Tamanchey' to the Tihar music band.
	Tihar jail DIG Mukesh Prasad, Jail superintendent Rajesh Chauhan and other senior officials were also present during the event.
	Thanking the stars for their kind gesture and for accepting the invitation to be a part of the Eid celebrations in Tihar jail, Jail superintendent Rajesh Chauhan said, "We ...

Page 3106 -