Actress Ashley Greene, who is best known as Alice Cullen of 'Twilight', has been roped in to play the lead role in upcoming Pierce Brosnan-starrer 'Urge'.
	The independently financed feature marks the directorial debut of veteran film producer Aaron Kaufman, said The Hollywood Reporter.
	The story revolves around Theresa to be played by Greene, 27, and her group of friends who escape on an island destination weekend and find themselves unable to resist trying a new designer drug.
	The drug appears to be perfect. However, the group discovers its one major side effect, It makes people lose the ability to control their urges. Brosnan, 61, will play the creator and gatekeeper of the drug.
	"Ashley Greene brings the gravitas and intensity that the role of Theresa demands. I am very excited to collaborate with her," Kaufman said.

Ashley Greene to star with Pierce Brosnan in 'Urge'

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'Grey's Anatomy' star Ellen Pompeo is a mother again after welcoming a daughter via surrogate.
	The 44-year-old actress surprised fans by announcing she and music producer husband Chris Ivery were parents again after adding little Sienna May to their family, reported Hollywood Life.
	Pompeo took to Twitter and posted a photo of her husband gently kissing their newborn, along with the caption, "Sienna May Ivery welcome to the world. We love you more than words can say."
	She also shared her gratitude for her TV cast-mates for keeping the secret of their baby under wraps, adding, "Sienna was born via surrogate & I would like to thank my whole @ShondalandTV family for helping us enjoy these first few weeks privately. Love you (sic)."
	Sienna May joins older sister Stella Luna, who was a natural birth in 2009.
	Pompeo and Ivery wed in 2007.

Ellen Pompeo welcomes second child via surrogate

Rapper Jay Z has joined hands with executives at Fusion music network to launch a series of specials about entertainers and athletes.
	The series, titled 'Where I'm From', will feature shows about various celebrities, including the '99 Problems' hitmaker himself and American baseball player Robinson Cano, reported Contactmusic.
	Network bosses are also hoping to air additional specials from the 44-year-old rapper's lifestyle website Jay Z's Life+Times.
	"Jay Z's Life +Times content is a natural fit for Fusion's millennial audience. This series will give our viewers intimate access to the cultural tastemakers that reflect this generation's diverse interests and passions," a spokesperson said.

Jay Z to launch documentaries on athletes

AC/DC founder and guitarist Malcolm Young is suffering from dementia, his family has confirmed.
	The 61-year-old musician's retirement from the band was announced a few days back but the reason was kept under wraps, reported People magazine.
	The family has broken silence on his health, after reports surfaced that he is suffering from the brain disease.
	"Malcolm is suffering from dementia and the family thanks you for respecting their privacy," they said in a statement.
	The group will release its 17th studio album 'Rock or Bust', in December, which is the first without Young in the group's 41 years together.

AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young is sufferign from dementia

Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta and Anupam Kher wished their fans a Happy Dussehra.
	The celebrities took to Twitter to appeal everyone to retain the spirit of the festival and choose good over evil.
	"Vijay dashmi ki anek anek shubhkamanayein aur badhai (Wish you a Happy Vijay Dashmi)..Happy Dushehra !!" Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.
	Actor Anupam Kher wished for love and peace for all on the occasion. "Happy Dusshera to All. Love, Peace, Happiness & Harmony," he said.
	Actor Sidharth Malhotra, while reminiscing Dussehra celebrations in Delhi, said he misses being in the city on the festival.
	"Happy Dussehra guys....Miss being in Delhi for this festival and going to see firecrackers and Ravan effigy being burned, may be next time," he said.
	His 'Ek Villain' co-star Shraddha Kapoor wrote, "Choose good over evil. Happy Dussehra!"
	"Ego, cruelty, lust, greed, anger, jealousy, injustice, selfishness, conceit and attachment are all vanquished by Durga ...

Bollywood wishes fans Happy Dussehra

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta presented a distinguished service award to the Sehgal Foundation for its work on rural development and women empowerment in Indian villages over the past 15 years.
	The award was presented to Suri Sehgal and the Sehgal Foundation at an event over the weekend in a Washington, a media release said.
	The Sehgal Foundation was established in 1999 after Suri Sehgal sold his seeds business to a large multinational.
	Since then, he and the foundation has been working amongst the poorest of the poor in rural India by helping them uplift themselves.
	The Foundation works with the villagers in the areas of water, sustainable agricultural productivity, and capacity and governance.
	At the event, Nilima Mehra of Global Television Network was also awarded with the distinguished service award.
	In an interaction with the audience, Zinta spoke about her latest movies.
	Talking about her latest movie, "Heaven on Earth," which was shot in Canada, Zinta said, she met ...

Preity presents award to Sehgal Foundation

Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan says she wrote the script of her upcoming Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Happy New Year' keeping Dubai in mind.
	"I wrote the script of 'Happy New Year' with Dubai in mind and the entire climax is shot around New Year's Eve at Atlantis, The Palm," Farah said, adding she will always cherish shooting the movie in Dubai.
	'Happy New Year' also stars Abhishek Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani, Vivaan Shah, Sonu Sood and Jackie Shroff. The film will premiere internationally at Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai on October 22 and the entire cast will travel to Dubai to attend the event.
	Produced by Red Chillies Entertainments, the film, which releases on October 23, was shot at Atlantis, The Palm in conjunction with Dubai Department of Tourism and Commence Marketing and Dubai Film and Television Commission for almost a month in September last year.
	"I would like to thank Atlantis, The Palm and DTCM for being such gracious hosts to us," Shah Rukh said in a .

'Happy New Year' script written with Dubai in mind: Farah Khan

Singer Robin Thicke's estranged wife Paula Patton reportedly wants full custody of their son Julian.
	Paula is concerned about the 37-year-old 'Blurred Lines' singer being around their three-year-old following his recent drug and alcohol revelations, reported Radar online.
	"Paula will not allow Robin to be present in Julian's life if he is still drinking and using drugs. He needs to stop altogether," a source said.
	Thicke recently revealed that Paula, who was his childhood sweetheart, left him due to his issues.
	"I told my wife the truth. That's why she left me," he said.
	Thicke added he couldn't remember what he had said about writing the hit song 'Blurred Lines' during promotion because he "had a drug and alcohol problem for the year".
	Thicke went on to confess he was even high when he appeared on the Oprah show with his son.
	Since then the singer has made it very clear he is no longer using drugs.

Robin Thicke won't get joint-custody of son due to drugs

Actor Jeff Daniels is reportedly in talks to join Ridley Scott's sci-fi movie 'The Martian'.
	Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig and Kate Mara are also circling the project, which stars Matt Damon, said The Hollywood Reporter.
	The story centres on an astronaut (Damon) who is stranded in a Martian colony and struggles to survive. Back on Earth, NASA tries to launch a rescue mission. Daniels, 59, would play the director of NASA dealing with the crisis.
	Scott is also producing with Simon Kinberg and Aditya Sood, who originally found the book that is the basis for the film.

Jeff Daniels to join Ridley Scott's 'The Martian'

Star couple Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have named their newborn daughter Wyatt Isabelle.
	The couple welcomed their first child on Tuesday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, reported E! Online.
	The 36-year-old actor posted snaps of eight kids on his website and asked the fans to guess, who Wyatt is among them.
	"Mila and I would like to welcome Wyatt Isabelle Kutcher to the world. May your life be filled with wonder, love, laughter, health, happiness, curiosity, and privacy. Can you guess which one is ours, or does it really matter? All babies are cute," he posted.
	Kutcher also joked about people spying on the couple.
	"Here's your baby photo. Well, one of them is. Now can the helicopter please stop hovering over our house, there is a baby sleeping inside! And she's super cute," he wrote on his Facebook page.
	Kutcher started dating his 31-year-old 'That '70s Show' co-star after finalising his divorce from actress Demi Moore in December 2013.
	Kunis recently told W ...

Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis name their baby Wyatt Isabelle

Beatles singer Paul McCartney recited a few lines of William Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' in an impromptu gig at a concert.
	McCartney, 72, during his performance at San Antonio's Performance Hall at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, surprised the fans with famous lines of Hamlet's 'O that this too solid flesh would melt', said The Hollywood Reporter.
	"In a theatre like this, I feel like I should be doing Shakespeare or something," he said before reciting the dialogues.

Paul McCartney recites Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' lines

Beyonce's self-titled fifth album is now a subject of study at the Harvard Business School.
	Professor of Business Administration Anita Elberse and her former student Stacie Smith has prepared a 27-page study on the success story of the album, which sold 80,000 copies in three hours of its release, reported Us magazine.
	The report has been named 'Beyonce'. The findings, which will be taught in Elberse's 'Strategic Marketing in Creative Industries' course, unearthed some secrets and details about the superstar herself along the way.
	The pages unveil information on the making of the album, detailing the mansion in the Hamptons on Long Island that the singer rented in the summer of 2012 to work on what would later become 'Beyonce'.

Beyonce becomes subject of study at Harvard

Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio, who was in talks to star as Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs in his biopic, has reportedly opted out of the film.
	The 39-year-old actor was earlier reported to make the much-awaited project but has now completely disassociated from the untitled movie, said The Hollywood Reporter.
	DiCaprio, after finishing 'The Revenant' has apparently planned to take a lengthy break from acting.
	Scott Rudin is producing alongside Film 360's Guymon Casady and Mark Gordon. The Jobs film would have marked a reteaming of DiCaprio and Danny Boyle, who previously teamed on 2000's 'The Beach'.

Leonardo DiCaprio opts out of Steve Jobs biopic

Daniel Radcliffe will reportedly star in the sequel to 'Now You See Me'.
	Michael Caine apparently spilled the beans about Radcliffe's casting by revealing that the 25-year-old 'Harry Potter' actor will play his son in the follow-up to the 2013 hit movie, reported Ace Showbiz.
	"There's a sequel to 'Now You See Me' and we're shooting in London. I shoot in December, the whole of December in London, and my son is Harry Potter," Caine said.
	"I thought it'd be funny, me and Daniel Radcliffe as father and son," he added.
	Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Dave Franco, Woody Harrelson and Caine who starred in the first film are expected to return for the sequel.
	Jon M Chu will replace Louis Leterrier as director. It is slated for June 10, 2016 release in the US.

Daniel Radcliffe in 'Now You See Me 2'?

Actor Charlie Sheen is reportedly being investigated for allegedly pulling a knife on a dentist in LA before a procedure.
	The 49-year-old 'Anger Management' star went to the dentist for an abscess. A technician placed a mask over his face to administer nitrous oxide as he sat on the chair, but the actor suddenly went crazy, reported TMZ.
	The actor's personal dentist and the oral surgeon were in the room. The technician says she went out of the room after that but there was a lot of commotion.
	When the dentist eventually came out, he allegedly told her that Sheen had pulled a knife on him and went after him.
	The doctor, however, was not hurt. The technician reportedly told the police that Sheen was high on rock cocaine.

Charlie Sheen pulled a knife on a dentist?

Warner Bros is reportedly coming up with a reboot of Will Smith starrer 'I Am Legend'.
	The remake will not star Smith and will be based on a script dubbed a 'sci-fi version of 'The Searchers'.'
	The remake project comes after several failed attempts to make a sequel and prequel, reported Ace Showbiz.
	Gary Graham is tapped to write the script for the post-apocalyptic sci-fi redo.
	Directed by Francis Lawrence, the original 2007 film follows a brilliant scientist who survives in the world where humans are turned into carnivorous beings.

Will Smith's 'I Am Legend' getting reboot

Rocker Tom Morello has been honoured with the Spirit of Courage Award for his political and social activism.
	The 50-year-old 'Rage Against The Machine' star, who champions free speech, economic justice and human rights, was honoured for his work 'fighting for a more fair and just world' by a California-based advocacy group" said The Hollywood Reporter.
	Morello performed an acoustic set during the ceremony at The House of Blues in Los Angeles while rockers Kiss, Rise Against and Billy Bragg featured in a video tribute to the rocker.
	"It's a great honour because the award itself is an embodiment of all of the struggles and sacrifices of the people involved in the social justice issues for whom I've played music, who do the hard work everyday without any expectation of recognition or awards.
	The fact that I'm able to lend my voice to their causes is what makes the award meaningful to me," he said.
	The rocker was a fierce supporter of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations against ...

Tom Morello honoured for social activism

British actor Danny Dyer has received the best actor trophy at the annual Inside Soap Awards.
	The 37-year-old actor was recognised with the honour at the prize giving, less than a month after he picked up a top honour at Britain's TV Choice Awards, reported Contactmusic.
	'Eastenders' was named Best Soap, 'Hollyoaks' star Nikki Sanderson picked up best actress trophy and Australian series 'Neighbours' won the best daytime soap award during the ceremony at Dstrkt nightclub in London.

Danny Dyer receives best actor honour at Inside Soap Awards

One Direction's songwriter has dismissed singer Hayley Williams' allegations that the boyband's latest track 'Steal My Girl' is similar to a song by band New Found Glory.
	The 25-year-old Paramore singer and her guitarist boyfriend Chad Gilbert took to Twitter to point out similarities between the song and a track called 'It's Not Your Fault' by his band New Found Glory, reported Mtv Online.
	"Props to the onedirection 'Steal My Girl' single for reworking the 'It's Not Your Fault' piano part into a top 40 single. Let me get a cut (sic)," Williams wrote.
	The song has also been compared to classic rock ballad 'Faithfully' by band Journey.
	Julian Bunetta, who co-wrote 'Steal My Girl' with One Direction members Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, insists any likeness is accidental.
	"When we sat down and played the piano lick, nobody had any references in their head about what they wanted to write or anything and then I saw all the things (comments) about that (Journey song). At the end of .

One Direction's songwriter dismisses plagiarism

Actor-director Ben Affleck is reportedly in talks to land a role in 'The Accountant'.
	The 42-year-old 'Gone Girl' star will play a mild-mannered accountant who moonlights as a lethal assassin in the Warner Bros movie, reported Variety.
	Initially, the role was offered to Will Smith when the project was with Sony. Mel Gibson was initially tapped to serve behind the lens, after the project came to Warner Bros but now the studio has chosen Gavin O'Connor to direct it.
	Affleck will next play a murder suspect in David Fincher's 'Gone Girl'. He is also filming his role as the Caped Crusader in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' which he is expected to follow up with his directorial venture 'Live by Night'.

Ben Affleck in talks for 'The Accountant'

'Guardians of the Galaxy' actress Zoe Saldana has confirmed she is expecting twins.
	Saldana, 36, confirmed her pregnancy for the first time last month, reported E! Online.
	Asked if she will be dressing up for the Halloween celebration, which takes place on October 31, she replied, "I might. I might need three costumes. I might have to make some adjustments, but it would be nice."
	Zoe's admission came a few weeks after her friend and 'Crossroads' co-star Britney Spears accidentally let slip she is having twins.
	When the singer was asked if she would like to film a sequel to her 2002 film with Zoe, Spears had said, "Who knows? That's a very good idea. But she's pregnant with twins right now. So I'm sure she's got a huge future ahead of her.

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