Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has tied the knot to rapper fiance Kanye West in a spectacular ceremony in Florence, Italy.
	After a nearly week-long Parisian celebration, Rich Wilkerson Jr, a pastor from North Miami, performed the wedding ceremony yesterday at the historic Forte di Belvedere, a 16th-century-era fortress atop a hill near the Arno river, reported People magazine.
	Andrea Bocelli sang Con te Partiro as Kim, 33, walked down the aisle by her step-father Bruce Jenner to take her vows in the presence of family and friends.
	Before the ceremony, Kanye was the typical nervous groom.
	"It was funny how nervous he was. He clearly knew the gravity of what he was about to do. This morning he was all smiles, but as it got closer, you could see that the nerves were kicking in. It's common for most grooms," a source said.
	During the nuptials, the guest broke into applause twice, first at the newlyweds' kiss and then at the presentation of the bride and groom.
	Kim's mother Kris ...

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West get married in Florence

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Singer Cody Simpson has graduated from high school with a remarkable performance in the exams.
	The 17-year-old 'Surfboard' hitmaker took to Instagram to share his result with his fans and also uploaded two clips of his graduation speech, reported Contactmusic.
	"Proud times! (I) graduated high school as Valedictorian of my class today," he captioned one post.
	"Finished high school at home administered through this lovely school here in the South, proud to have received the highest GPA of the school amidst this hectic lifestyle of mine. Anything can be accomplished if you open your mind!," he added.
	Simpson talked about finishing high school amid his heavy workload in the short clip.
	"Sort of something that I've learned, due to a lot of experiences of mine, is that it is possible to finish high school amidst having a very busy schedule and amidst working relentlessly towards chasing my wildest dreams," he said.

Singer Cody Simpson graduates from high school

Singer Keith Urban, who is one of the judges on 'American Idol', says he and his wife Nicole Kidman always watch the reality show together.
	Urban, 46, and Kidman, 46, got married in 2006 and have two daughters, Sunday, 5, and Faith, 3, together, reported People magazine.
	"We always watch it together. It's a delayed telecast out here (in Los Angeles), so we go home and watch it together. We get in our jammies and watch it. It's a good look," Urban said.

Nicole Kidman, I watch 'American Idol' together: Keith Urban

'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint says he has many times donned an animal mask in public places as a disguise.
	The 25-year-old actor, who shot to fame playing young wizard 'Ron Weasley', finds amazing to be unrecognised, reported Contactmusic.
	"I've tried various different disguises, I used to go to V festival and other festivals and i would wear animal masks. It was amazing, I was completely invisible, it was great," he said.
	The 'Postman Pat' actor is often greeted by groups of fans waiting for him, when he arrives for interviews and other public appearances, but insists he will always find the attention "strange."
	"I don't get used to it, it's always a bit strange, it doesn't happen all the time, you get it now and again and it's strange," the actor said.

Rupert Grint dons animal mask as a disguise

Celebrity couple Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher have reportedly begun decorating the nursery for their baby girl, who is due to arrive in October.
	Mila, 30, and Kutcher, 36, were spotted picking out several items, including a new crib and a changing table, at Sherman Oaks for their new USD 10.215 million family home in Beverly Hills, reported People magazine.
	"Mila doesn't want a cluttered nursery," a source said.
	The actress also selected items for her upcoming baby shower.

Mila Kunis decorating baby nursery?

Former Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh says she has vowed not to spoil her baby and to keep the upbringing "down-to-earth."
	The 32-year-old singer is expecting her first child with boyfriend Justin Scott and does not want the baby to be spoilt, reported OK! magazine.
	"It's going to get so much love, but I'm going to make sure my baby's not spoilt. My upbringing was very different to the life I have now, so I'll keep things down-to-earth," she said.
	The 'Sound of the Underground' hitmaker is particularly concerned that her friends and former bandmates Nicola Roberts and Cheryl Cole will pamper her a lot.
	"Nicola said in an interview that she cannot wait for me to have the baby so her and Cheryl can go crazy buying presents. They've actually started already. Even though I've told them I don't want any clothes until the baby's born," she added.

I do not want to spoil my baby: Kimberly Walsh

'Former Beatles star Paul McCartney's wife Nancy has reportedly made sure she never leaves his side while he recovers at a hospital from his illness.
	The 71-year-old musician was taken ill by a mystery virus on Tuesday and it is said his wife has made sure to be with him, since arriving at St Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo recently, reported Daily Mirror.
	"Nancy has been brilliant and has never left his side ... (Paul is) getting better and better by the day," a source said.

Paul McCartney's wife taking good care of him?

Troubled pop sensation Justin Bieber is all set to appear on some episodes of the hit dance reality show 'So You Think You Can Dance'.
	The 'Beauty and a Beat' singer, 20, and his choreographer Nick DeMoura will make their first of four appearances on the Fox show's May 28 premiere as part of a dance crew challenge, according to network officials, reported New York Daily News.
	On the show, Bieber and DeMoura will introduce a new feature that showcases multiple dance crews over the course of four-episodes.
	Viewers can use a special hashtag to tweet which performances they like best.

Justin Bieber to appear on 'So You Think You Can Dance'

'The Pursuit of Happyness' star Thandie Newton says she gave birth to her babies with a midwife at home.
	The 41-year-old mother-of-three considers home more comfortable for delivery as compared to a medical centre, reported People magazine.
	"I'd never been in hospital as a child or as an adult really, and I just associated hospital with being ill. And I felt beautiful and healthy and wonderful when I was pregnant, and being at home was the place I felt most relaxed and comfortable," Newton said.

Thandie Newton avoids hospitals

Maroon 5 star Adam Levine, who will soon tie the knot with model Behati Prinsloo, reportedly held a lavish Bachelor Party in Las Vegas.
	The 35-year-old singer recently headed to the city for the bash following 'The Voice' finale and was joined by about 50 friends for the celebration at the Palms Casino Resort's Hardwood Suite, reported People magazine.
	The group partied in a room equipped with an indoor hoops court, professional locker room, dance floor and 24-hour butler service.
	Levine began dating Prinsloo in 2012.

Adam Levine holds Bachelor Party in Las Vegas

Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson says he is terrified of auditions as it gives him cold feet.
	The 27-year-old British star said he worried about losing the lead role in his upcoming drama, 'The Rover,' due to the nervousness that troubles him in front of casting directors, reported Contactmusic.
	"I'm so bad at auditioning and I was terrified that I wasn't going to get it," Pattinson said.
	The actor had to fight for the role in the Australian film, which tells the story of a ruthless ex-soldier who tracks down the men who stole his only valuable possession, alongside Guy Pearce.
	"I really, really fought for it," he said.

I am bad at auditioning: Robert Pattinson

'Mean Girls' Amanda Seyfried says she dreamt of becoming a meteorologist after watching 1996 disaster drama 'Twister' as a young girl.
	The 28-year-old actress got so inspired by Helen Hunt's role that she began to dress like her character, reported E!Online.
	"I didn't realise you had to be smart. About the time Twister came out with Helen Hunt-my idol-I would dress up in these little khaki shorts and go outside and try to figure out what was happening in the clouds," Seyfried said.
	"I had this big weather binder. I was obsessed with the weather," she added.

Amanda Seyfried dreamt of becoming a meteorologist

Actor James McAvoy says he loved wearing the hair extensions for 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
	The 35-year-old actor, who is a keen enthusiast of the 1970s, was determined to authentically portray his character, reported Contactmusic.
	"As my wife will attest, the Seventies is my favourite decade. I was like, 'Yes!' I love the way I look in this film.' It's the only time I've ever done that in my whole career," McAvoy said.
	The Scottish actor revealed that he was left exhausted after playing four characters with psychological issues back-to-back.

James McAvoy loved his hair extensions

Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan has won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for "Winter Sleep" and dedicated the honour to victims of his country's political strife.
	Jury president Jane Campion, the New Zealand filmmaker, handed the trophy to Ceylan, yesterday, who pipped 17 other contenders including David Cronenberg, Jean-Luc Godard and the Oscar-winning director of "The Artist", Michel Hazanavicius.
	"Winter Sleep" drew rave reviews as a slow-burn domestic drama that mesmerised audiences despite its more than three-hour length.
	Ceylan dedicated the award to the Turkish "youth who lost their lives" in violent anti-government protests that have rocked Turkey over the last year.
	Julianne Moore won best actress for her role as a shallow starlet in Cronenberg's biting Hollywood satire "Maps to the Stars".
	And Britain's Timothy Spall claimed the best actor prize for his role in "Mr. Turner", a lush historical biopic of 19th century painter JMW Turner by director Mike ...

Epic Turkish drama 'Winter Sleep' wins Cannes top prize

Bennett Miller scooped up the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival today for "Foxcatcher", a film based on the real-life murder of an Olympic wrestler by multi-millionaire John du Pont.
	The 47-year-old's third feature film had critics raving and viewers were left particularly stunned by Steve Carell, whose performance as the deranged, sinister du Pont marked a complete turnaround from his previous funny man roles.
	The film also stars Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo as Mark and Dave Schultz, two wrestling-champion brothers.
	Miller has only made three feature films, but already he is a regular at international award ceremonies.
	He directed his childhood friend Philip Seymour Hoffman to Oscar glory with "Capote", his 2005 biopic of author and playwright Truman Capote.
	Hoffman also won a BAFTA and Golden Globe for his performance.
	Then came "Moneyball", a 2011 biographical baseball drama which also got several award nominations.
	Miller took eight years to prepare ...

Bennett Miller of US wins best director at Cannes

An organiser of a screening of "The Miracle Worker" in Omaha says one of the movie's stars, Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke, left the event because of stomach pain.
	The Omaha World-Herald reports that the 67-year-old Duke was taken by a private vehicle last evening to the Nebraska Medical Center after complaining of stomach pain.
	Organiser Bruce Crawford says Duke's medical condition was not serious, but that an Omaha doctor who had been running tests on Duke asked her to come in for more tests last night after she reported the pain.
	Before seeking medical attention, Duke delivered a speech at Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum, where "The Miracle Worker" was shown. The movie tells the story of tutor Anne Sullivan's efforts to help a young Helen Keller who was both deaf and blind.

Actress taken to hospital following speech

British actor Timothy Spall claimed the best actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival today for his role in a lush historical portrait of painter JMW Turner, by director Mike Leigh.
	"Mr Turner" stars the 57-year-old Spall, credited with blazing a trail for modern art of the time, in a grunting, snorting, spitting, womanising, warts-and-all performance that critics hailed as riveting.
	"I am trying to hold back my tears," an emotional Spall told the audience after receiving the prize, lauding his decades of collaboration with Leigh.
	One of Britain's best-regarded character actors, and better known abroad for a recurring role in the "Harry Potter" movies, Spall is credited with a gift for invoking empathy with otherwise unlovable protagonists.
	For his role as Turner, Spall practised painting for two years before starting to film with Leigh and said his extensive research revealed the British artist to be "a man of mystery".

Britain's Timothy Spall wins best actor at Cannes

Julianne Moore won the best actress prize at the 67th Cannes Film Festival today for her role as a shallow starlet in Canadian director David Cronenberg's biting Hollywood satire "Maps to the Stars".
	In the film, the 53-year-old redhead plays an ageing actress feeling increasingly sidelined by an industry obsessed with youth.
	When the young son of a rival for new film role is killed in a freak drowning accident, Moore does a dance of joy that remained one of the enduring shocks of this year's festival.
	"Vive Los Angeles, Vive David Cronenberg, vive Julie Moore et vive la France," the film's screenwriter, Bruce Wagner, said as he picked up the trophy for Moore, who was not in Cannes.
	Moore has played everything from a porn star to an FBI agent over a two-decade big screen career that has already brought four Oscar nominations, two Golden Globes and a Primetime Emmy to her name.
	Her best-known films include 1998's "The Big Lebowski," "Crazy Stupid Love" (2011) as well as "The ...

Julianne Moore wins best actress at Cannes

Arguing 'masala' films have also intellectual quotients, Bengali film superstar Jeet says one can connect with the wider audience only through the mainstream route.
	"My upcoming flick Game has intellect, it has rich contents packaged in an entertainer. There can be different genres of films but the mainstream cinema doesnpt lack smartness," the Tollywood 'Boss' told PTI here.
	"The upcoming Game or Boss, whichever you name, are universal types of films, on subjects and cinema language you can relate with, everybody can connect with, everywhere. In such works, you can assess your role as it can be more identifiable to the general audience, across all age groups," he said.
	Coming to 'Game', where he enacts a vacationing Army officer, Jeet says, "Here I come to the aid of my city which is on the throes of a terror strike. It is purely fictional account inspired from realistic references from past. Baba (director Baba Yadav) is adept in embedding such references with mainstream ...

Mainstream films have wider reach with audiences: Jeet

In his first ever screen portrayal as the on-screen father of an autistic child, superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee says the 'Force' shoot was preceded by months long session with medical experts.
	"I am playing a single father in 'Force', one who has to live up to the sensitivity and mood swings of an autism-afflicted child," Prosenjit told PTI after a day-long shoot.
	"I had essayed the role of a single parent earlier also in 'Chalo Paltai' by Haranath Chakroborty. But here, in Force, I am the father of a differently abled child," the Lorai coach said.
	"Very few of us are indeed aware what such children, who are true precocious kids, the angels of God, want. What they dream. Despite being an action-packed entertainer probing the psyche of an Intelligence cop," he said.
	"Force is one of the rare films bringing the scanner on the condition of these exceptionally abled children. I feel it can be screened for children of such institutes," the Kakababu in Mishawr Rawhosyo said.
	Recalling .

Army officer bonds with autism-afflicted child

Bengali film actress Swastika Mukherjee was today hospitalised after she fell on the floor during a late-night party.
	Doctors at Apollo Hospital here did a surgery to remove some glass pieces from her arm.
	"There were some cut injuries. We don't know how it happened. She is fine now and will be discharged soon," plastic surgeon Dr Kaushik Nandy told PTI.
	Swastika's sister Ajopa Mukherjee said she was partying when she fell down.
	"She got injuries on her head and hand. She was holding a glass, pieces of which got into her arm as she fell," she said.
	The incident however fuelled rumours in the film industry over whether the actress tried to commit suicide.
	A divorcee, the 33-year-old is known for films like 'Bye Bye Bangkok', 'Jaatishwar' and 'Mishawr Rawhoshyo'. She has also acted in the Hindi film 'Mumbai Cutting'.

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