Popular TV actress Mahi Vij will play the role of a gangster in the crime series 'Encounter'.
	The episode will depict the tale of an aspiring actress Aashna, who runs away from her home to become the first woman gangster in the history of underworld.
	The actress, popular for her role of Nakusha in daily soap 'Laagi Tujhse Lagan', will use an underworld gangster as her ladder to reach her aim.
	"I am essaying the role of a female gangster Aashna, the first woman gangster in the underworld, who is very strong headed and aspires to achieve a powerful life," Mahi said in a statement.
	"My experience of shooting for 'Encounter' has been lovely, specially working with talented actors like Manini Mishra, Siraj Mustafa, Vinay Jain and Ali Hasan, who have been in the industry from a long time. I am sure the audience will love our work," she said.
	Another popular TV actress Manini Mishra will essay the role of inspector Mita Gaikward.
	"In the show, I fight for women's rights and play an ...

Mahi Vij to play gangster on TV show

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Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit says both her recent films 'Dedh Ishqiya' and 'Gulab Gang' may not have been money-spinners at the box-office but her job is to give her best and not compete with newcomers.
	Madhuri, 47, made a come back in Bollywood with Vishal Bharadwaj's home production 'Dedh Ishqiya' alongside Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi and followed it up with Shoumik Sen's 'Gulab Gang' with actress Juhi Chawla.
	'Dedh Ishqiya', a sequel to 'Ishqiya', released in January this year and got an average response. 'Gulaab Gang' centered on struggle of women in the country.
	"In these two films, both the characters were completely opposite of each other. Whatever I do, I do it with passion, give my best. Finally it is fate or whatever you call it how it (film) does. I think both the films did fairly well.. I don't think they were big disappointments," Madhuri told PTI in an interview.
	Madhuri sets the record straight that she is not in the industry to compete with anyone and her ...

I am not here to compete with newcomers: Madhuri

Actress Tori Spelling has revealed that she does not trust her husband Dean McDermott on the number of affairs he had in past.
	The 41-year-old star, whose reality TV series 'True Tori' documented her efforts to rebuild her marriage after McDermott cheated on her with Emily Goodhand in December, said she is afraid to ask him about affairs, reported Femalefirst.
	"If he says that there weren't any other woman, I don't know if right now I can believe him and trust that's true," she said.
	"I'm still afraid because I feel like there's no good answer," she added.
	Spelling said she will leave McDermott if she discovers he is cheating on her with other women.
	"If he says there are others, I feel like that makes my decision for me, I have to leave and my heart wants to try to work this out. I feel like I've come so far, but that was my one way of protecting myself, was to not ask the obvious question," she added.

Tori Spelling does not trust husband

Spiro Razatos, a well known Hollywood stunt director, has been roped in to choreograph action sequence for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer 'Jazbaa'.
	The Sanjay Gupta-directed action film marks Aishwarya's comeback to the big screen post the birth of duaghter Aaradhya.
	The mother of one will be seen doing some strenuous action-packed stunts in the film for which she will soon undergo special training.
	"Sipro has been signed on to choreograph the action sequences for the movie. He is among the top stunt directors in Hollywood with many movies to his credit," Prachi Thadhani, associate producer, said in a statement.
	Spiro has choreographed stunts for 'Money Train', 'Training Day', 'Bad Boys 2', 'Vantage Point', 'The Expendables', 'Fast & Furious 5'. 'Fast & Furious 6', 'Captain America' among others.
	Spiro was also the stunt director for Gupta's 2002 film 'Kaante'. The stuntman has also done Bollywood movies like 'Kambakkht Ishq', 'Kurbaan' and 'My Name Is Khan' in the ...

Hollywood stunt director roped in for 'Jazbaa'

Poems written by Rabindranath Tagore and set to tune by the late legendary musician Pankaj Kumar Mullick have now been compiled into a CD for the first time.
	"He was the only film-music-director who had been allowed by Tagore personally to set tune to his lyrics. These songs were in the form of hand-written notations found in our family archives. Now we have restored it, digitised it and presented it in the form of songs," Jhinuk Gupta, granddaughter-in-law of Pankaj Mullick told PTI.
	An accomplished artist herself, she has given voice to the songs while her husband Rajib has recited excerpts from the original poems in Bengali and English.
	Brought out by Saregama, the CD titled 'Ashruto Rabindranath' (Tagore: Unheard) has eight songs.
	Mullick, a Dadasaheb Phalke awardee, is best known for composing and singing the unforgettable Hindi song 'Piya Milan Ko Jaana' from the 1939 film 'Kapal Kundala'.
	In Bengal he is still revered for composing 'Mahishasuramardini', a radio musical ...

Tagore songs set to tune by Pankaj Mullick, now published

Songstress Jennifer Lopez is reportedly ready to dump her toyboy partner Casper Smart following claims that he has been sending obscene messages to transsexual models behind her back.
	Lopez, 44, who is preparing for Wednesday's free concert in front of thousands at Pelham Bay Park, is apparently furious that Smart's alleged activities could overshadow her work, reported the New York Post.
	"Jennifer is getting tired of all these allegations. She doesn't need this drama and is ready to move on," a source said.
	Smart, 27, who has since become a choreographer and creative director, first met Lopez when he was a backup dancer.
	While reps for Lopez and Smart declined to comment on the issue.

Jennifer Lopez to dump toyboy lover Casper Smart?

Actor Eddie Redmayne is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Hannah Bagshawe, his representative confirmed.
	The couple, who reportedly started dating in January 2012, made their red carpet debut together at the London premiere of 'Les Miserables', reported E!Online.
	Their engagement was first announced in a newspaper's Saturday print edition.
	"The engagement is announced between Edward, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Redmayne of London, and Hannah, daughter of Mr Nicholas Bagshawe and Mrs Caryl Bagshawe, both of London," the notice read.
	The couple are living-in together from quite sometime.

Eddie Redmayne enagged to girlfriend

Pop diva Madonna has reportedly failed to recognise her driver's face.
	The 55-year-old star apparently referred someone else as her driver while exiting a Hollywood Pilates studio, reported Showbiz spy.
	"Madonna came out of a Hollywood Pilates studio and reportedly spotted someone across the street thinking him as her driver. When the man did not notice her, she yelled at him," said an eyewitness.
	"The guy shouted back and said, 'Lady, I don't know who you think I am, but I'm not your driver!... And this is not your car!," the eyewitness added.

Madonna fails to recognise her driver?

Television anchor Giuliana Rancic has revealed that her husband Bill Rancic's and her surrogate suffered a miscarriage, nine weeks after she conceived.
	The couple, who has a two-year-old son, took some time to come to terms with the news, reported E! Online.
	"You know we've been trying to get pregnant, hoping to give Duke a sibling and have another child. Sadly, we found out pretty recently that our attempts to get pregnant a second time didn't work out," Rancic said.
	The 'Fashion Police' host said that the In vitro fertilisation (IVF) was successful but the surrogate miscarried after nine weeks.
	"The IVF did work but our surrogate miscarried after nine weeks, so we've had some time to digest the information, to come to terms with it, and you know how we are, Bill and I, we're just all about moving forward," she said, adding that the couple is still in kind of shock.

Our surrogate suffered miscarriage: Guiliana Rancic

Bollywood celebrities today paid rich tributes to Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde, who died following a road accident, calling him "a great minister" and "fine human being".
	Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, actors Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi, Anupam Kher among others took to twitter to express their grief over the sudden demise of the 64-year-old politician.
	"Its very sad to hear the news of the demise of Gopinath Mundeji. He was not only a great minister but also a good person. We had family ties. May God give his family the courage to overcome the loss and may his soul rest in peace," Mangeshkar wrote.
	Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar tweeted, "The sudden demise of Mr Munde has come as a shock to every one. My condolence to the family and friends.
	Singer Asha Bhosle said Munde was a friend to her.
	"Condolences to Gopinathji's family. Deeply saddened to hear this news. He was a good friend and well wisher," posted Asha.
	Munde died apparently of shock and cardiac arrest ...

Bollywood mourns Gopinath Munde's death

Actor Ashton Kutcher's closeness with Madonna's manager has reportedly created a rift between the singer and actor's ex-wife Demi Moore.
	Kutcher, 36, got friendly with pop diva's manager Guy Oseary which turns out to be an end to the friendship of Madoona and Moore, reported Showbiz spy.
	"The 'Two and a Half Men' star has openly stolen Madonna's manager, Guy Oseary, as a friend from Demi, and now Guy and Madonna have mutually frozen Demi out of their lives" a source said.
	Kutcher, who is engaged to actress Mila Kunis, is said to be very close to Oseary and they often throw parties together.

Ashton Kutcher spoils Demi Moore's friendship with Madonna?

R&B star Rihanna was honored with the 2014 Fashion Icon Award at the annual Council of Fashion Designers of America awards.
	Rihanna, 26, looked stunning as she hit the Big Apple for the colorful carpet at the CDFA awards on June 2 in a sequin dress and head scarf, reported the Huffington Post.
	The 'Umbrella' hitmaker showed off her entire body in the dress and teamed it with a super sexy smokey eye and long, dramatic lashes.
	Previous honorees of the fashion icon award have been Lady Gaga, Kate Moss, Nicole Kidman and Johnny Depp.

Rihanna receives Fashion Icon award 2014

Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong'o and 'Game of Thrones' star Gwendoline Christie have boarded the star-studded cast of the JJ Abrams-directed 'Star Wars: Episode VII'.
	The two join a cast that already includes Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, John Boyega and Daisy Ridley as well as returning stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker.
	"I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII," Lucasfilm president and Episode VII producer Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement on the film's official website.
	"It's thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape," Kennedy said.
	Nyong'o, who won the best supporting actress Oscar for her breakthrough performance in '12 Years a Slave', met with Abrams about a part in the film prior to this year's Oscars.
	Christie is best known among her fans as Brienne of Tarth in 'Game of Thrones'. She's also in 'The .

Lupita Nyong'o in 'Star Wars: Episode VII'

Singer Miley Cyrus' missing sedan has been found, days after it was stolen.
	The luxury car was spotted by someone on a Simi Valley street, who then informed the cops, reported TMZ magazine.
	The car has not been damaged. The law enforcement officials are reportedly reviewing a surveillance video at the singer's home to help track down the thieves.
	Cyrus' home was burglarised over the weekend and her car and some jewellery items were stolen.

Miley Cyrus' stolen car found

The 7th season of dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' will see Ukrainian dance expert Maksim Chmerkovskiy on the jury.
	Chmerkovskiy is the winner of international dance reality show 'Dancing with the Stars 2014'. He will join choreographer-director Remo D'souza, actress Madhuri Dixit and filmmaker Karan Johar on the jury panel.
	Besides this, international choreographer Elena Samodanova has been roped in. The channel is yet to reveal a male contestant who will shake a leg with her on the show.
	This season contestants will be seen performing unusual and unheared dance forms from all over the world.
	"This season I would be learning different style of western dance forms. Also, we would like to see contestants doing different dance forms. There will be various twists and turns on the show," Madhuri said at the launch of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' last night here.
	With more trained contestants performing, this season is expected to get more challenging.
	The 13 celebrity contestants are 

Ukrainian dance expert on jury of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7'

Brad Pitt has opened up about his red carpet attacker Vitalii Sediuk, calling him a "nutter" and an "exhibitionist" who spoiled things for fans.
	The Hollywood star joined fiance Angelina Jolie and five of their six children for the premiere of 'Maleficent' recently. He was signing autographs when Sediuk jumped the barricade and grabbed Pitt.
	The 50-year-old star said he managed to give the guy a crack on his head to extricate himself, reported People magazine
	"I was at the end of the line signing autographs, when out the corner of my eye I saw someone stage-diving over the barrier at me. I took a step back; this guy had latched onto my lapels.
	"I looked down and the nutter was trying to bury his face in my crotch, so I cracked him twice in the back of the head - not too hard - but enough to get his attention, because he did let go. I think he was then just grabbing for a hand hold because the guys were on him, and he reached up and caught my glasses," Pitt told the magazine in a ..

Brad Pitt calls red carpet attacker a 'nutter'

Oscar-winning filmaker Oliver Stone, best known for his real-life inspired political thrillers like 'JFK', 'Nixon' and 'W', is now all set to tackle the film on American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
	Stone and his producing partner Moritz Borman have acquired the movie rights to 'The Snowden Fils: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man', written by journalist Luke Harding, based on his reports about Snowden in the Guardian newspaper.
	The thriller will focus on the experiences of Snowden, a contractor at the National Security Agency who leaked thousands of classified documents to the former Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald back in June 2013.
	Harding and other Guardian journalists will serve as production and story consultants, reported the British newspaper.
	"This is one of the greatest stories of our time. A real challenge. I'm glad to have the Guardian working with us," the 67-year-old filmmaker, who has also made documentaries on political figures like Fidel Castro ...

Oliver Stone to direct film on Edward Snowden

After shelving his project on Rituparno Ghosh due to his demise, director Shoojit Sorcar is now focusing on the life of Sibdas Bhaduri, who successfully led bare-footed Indians against British footballers in 1911.
	The 'Madras Cafe' maker has cast John Abraham in the lead role of the period piece '1911' that focuses on Bhaduri, the then captain of Mohun Bagan that won the IFA Shield as the first Indian team in that year.
	A sports fanatic, John had earlier played a footballer in 2007 film 'Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal'.
	The pre-production of '1911' has started, but Shoojit is sad that the Rituparno project will never happen.
	"'Red Carpet' won't happen without Ritu-da. The film was based on him and only he could have enacted the role," Shoojit told PTI, remembering the ace director who died an untimely death on May 30 last year.
	"Now that he is no more, there is none who can match his persona and screen presence. I have shelved the project," he said.
	Returning to '1911', he says, John will 

John is in Shoojit's next film on footballer Sibdas Bhaduri

Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler shared a video on Twitter that shows him trying to leave a note for Miley Cyrus under her hotel room door in Finland.
	In the video, titled "Room Service in Helsinki," the 66-year-old shows up towards the singer's suite.
	"Oooooh, I think Miley Cyrus is here. But Shhhhh - she's very very sleepy."
	Tyler, dressed in his usual flamboyant style, holds up the handwritten note he wants to leave for the singer, who's in the country on her Bangerz tour. He tries to slip it under her door before finally leaving it in the key hole.
	Cyrus retweeted his video but it is not clear whether the two singers met up.

Steven Tyler tries to leave a note in Cyrus' hotel room door

Australian comedy entertainment group The Janoskians have announced that they are making a feature film.
	The group comprising Beau Brooks, Jai Brooks, Luke Brooks Daniel Sahyounie and James Yammouni, are teaming up with Lionsgate to produce a movie based on their 'social disturbance' comedy, reported Digital Spy.
	The film, written by Dan Ahdoot, will include stunts and public pranks as well as a partially-written script as The Janoskians adjust to life in Los Angeles and plan to throw a huge party.
	"In our wildest dreams, we never thought we would end up working with a company like Lionsgate. They take risks, break rules and make epic movies," Beau said.
	"We can't wait to take our pranks and jokes to the next level. We know we are lucky, and we will make the most of it, we promise you," he added.
	The group uploaded their first 'Awkward Train Situations' video to Youtube back in 2011 and now have over 2 million subscribers and more than 200 million combined views.
	They've ...

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