Mowgli and his friends are headed
for a big screen adventure with Disney negotiating a deal with director Jon Favreau to adapt Rudyard Kipling's India-set story.
	First published in 1894, 'The Jungle Book' is in the public domain and was adapted by Justin Marks for Disney, though producers have not yet been assigned.
	The studio will be competing with a rival project that frequent 'Harry Potter' scribe Steve Kloves is writing for Warner Bros.
	'The Jungle Book' features Mowgli, a young boy raised by wolves whose friends include a bear and a panther in the jungles of India.
	An animated version of the book was Walt Disney's last project. He died during the production of the movie.

Jon Favreau in talks to direct 'The Jungle Book' adaptation

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Actress Jada Pinkett Smith flaunted a new hairstyle recently, in which she had shaved both sides of her head and pulled a ponytail in the back.
	The 42-year-old actress, who has kids Willow and Jaden with husband Will Smith, recently debuted her new locks at an event, reported Daily mirror.
	It is rumoured that Jada's new look is reminiscent of her 13-year-old daughter's hair from 2012.

Jada Pinkett Smith shows off drastic shaved hairstyle

'Modern Family' star Sofia Vergara has become the new face of Head and Shoulders shampoo and will appear in their 2014 campaign.
	The 41-year-old actress is looking forward to fronting the campaign which also features her real family members, reported E!Online.
	"I am excited to be joining a new family. Head & Shoulders has been a part of my hair care regime and my family's since I was young," Vergara said.
	The actress is reportedly locked into a long-term endorsement deal with the brand for a hefty seven-figure sum.

Sofia Vergara becomes face of Head and Shoulders

Michael Caine, who memorably played the role of a butler in Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise, is all set to reprise the butler role again but in a different movie.
	Caine will play a down-on-his-luck butler in 'Harry and The Butler' with Samuel L Jackson in director George C Wolfe's film.
	Philippe Rivier of Spirit Films and Colin Callender of Playground Entertainment are producing the dramedy, said the Hollywood Reporter.
	The story is about a derelict roller-coaster mechanic mechanic and one-time jazz virtuoso, who lives in a train caboose.
	When he inherits a large sum of money, he drunkenly to hire a down-on-his-luck British butler, played by Caine.
	Wolfe is set to start shooting on location in Louisiana in spring 2014 from a script by Damian F Slattery.
	The film is loosely based on the 1962 Danish film 'Harry og Kammertjeneren'.

Michael Caine, Samuel L Jackson in 'Harry and The Butler'

If all goes well, Hugh Jackman may end up playing Logan again in another 'Wolverine' movie.
	Twentieth Century Fox is reportedly in negotiations with director James Mangold to return for another installment of the mutant superhero movie.
	Mangold is reportedly making a deal to write the treatment, with X-Men franchise matriarch Lauren Shuler Donner producing, reported Deadline.
	'The Wolverine' grossed USD 413 million worldwide and now Jackman's character is set to unite with the younger First Class crew in next May's 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'.
	Jackman has been playing the character for more than a decade and May release ends his contract but he may comeback for another movie with a fresh contract.

Another Wolverine movie in the making?

Actress Charlize Theron is reportedly angry at being ordered to chop off her locks for the second time to film re-shoots for 'Mad Max 4: Fury Road'.
	Just as her boy crop was finally growing out, the 38-year-old actress got to know that she would need to shave her locks for re-shoots of certain scenes in 'Mad Max 4: Fury Road', reported Daily mirror.
	"Charlize really didn't love having a crew cut and was thrilled when it eventually started growing out. It's now at a great, workable length and she has been proud to show it off," a source said.
	"However, early audience tests showed cinema-goers weren't too impressed with a few scenes, so the director and writers have re-grouped and made some important changes," the source added.
	The actress, who is bound to get the hair cut, is expected to undergo gruelling workouts.
	"Charlize is obviously contractually obliged to go along with any re-workings of the film, and will soon be shaving off her hair once again. She is devastated. It also .

Charlize Theron furious about hair cut?

Singer-actress Selena Gomez feels inspired by the confidence and wisdom of her friend Taylor Swift.
	The 21-year-old singer, however, wants to lead her life by learning from her own experiences, reported People magazine.
	"The difference between Taylor and me is she was 16 with the confidence of a 25-year-old. Actually, I should say 80-year-old, because she's such an old soul," Gomez said.
	"I was not that way. I was very sheltered until about 18 or 19. I still live at home, and I'm 21! She does inspire me like crazy, but I wouldn't change my path, because it allowed me to figure out all that stuff and do it on my own," she added.

Taylor Swift inspires me: Selena Gomez

Pop star Miley Cyrus now has a huge portrait of her grandmother Loretta Finley inked on her arm.
	The 20-year-old singer, who has several tattoos, took to Instagram to share a photo of her new inking, located on her right forearm, reported Daily mirror.
	"Because I am her favourite and she is mine," she captioned the picture.
	Cyrus also uploaded on Twitter, a photo which was taken during the process. In the picture, she can be seen lying on a bed in black clothing and getting a tattoo from Kat Von D.
	The tattoo artist also uploaded a photo of a half-finished work.
	"Love, love, loved tattooing you last night Miley Cyrus!," Von D wrote.
	The 'Wrecking Ball' singer's first tattoo work was words "just breathe" below her ribcage.
	It is believed that she currently has about 18 tattoos on her body. Some of them include the word "love" on the outside of her ear, a heart, a cross and peace sign on her fingers.
	 In addition, the singer also has a dream catcher tattoo on her side, a skull ..

Miley Cyrus inks grandmother's portrait on her arm

Actress Kristen Bell did not feel too connected to her nearly eight-months-old daughter Lincoln during her pregnancy and constantly worried whether she would love her baby as much as her dogs.
	The 33-year-old actress, who became a first-time mother in March when she welcomed her baby girl with husband Dax Shepard, said her affection for Lincoln grew heavily after her birth, reported E!Online.
	"I kept saying to him in all sincerity during my pregnancy, 'I just don't know how I'm going to like her as much as I like the dogs.' I was being serious. Because I love my dogs, they are my children," Bell said.
	"I love people the more I know them, and I didn't know her. It could've been a water bottle in my belly, that's about how connected I felt to her during my pregnancy. But within about 24 hours after she came out, my hormones reset, and they reprogrammed my feelings about her," she added.

Kristen Bell took time to connect with her baby

'Thor' star Chris Hemsworth is on a crash diet of only 500 To 600 calories a day to get a skinny look for his film 'Heart of the Sea'.
	This is coming after the 30-year-old actor had to put on 20 pounds of muscle to play superhero in 'Thor: The Dark World', reported Huffington Post.
	"('Heart of the Sea') is the true events that inspired Herman Melville to write 'Moby Dick'. A bunch of sailors in a whaling ship get struck by a whale, the ship sinks and they jump onto the small rafts and drift for 90 days," Hemsworth said during a chat with Jimmy Kimmel.
	"And basically they begin to die and eat each other ... And we have to get rather skinny. So we're on 500 or 600 calories a day," he added.
	The actor said the diet leaves him craving for more food.
	"I mean, you can consume 600 calories in a milkshake. So it ends up being a couple of small salads, a couple of small pieces of protein and that's kind of it and you go to bed hungry," he said.
	"And then you have like a fasting period of 

Chris Hemsworth on crash diet to shed weight for new role

Singer-actress Kelly Osbourne recently underwent a laser treatment to get rid of her first tattoo.
	The 29-year-old star, who has been vocal about her desire to remove most of her tattoos, posted a video, where a huge ink on forearm is being erased by a laser treatment, reported Daily mirror.
	"Not looking forward to this afternoon ... I'm getting my first tattoo removal! Its going to burn like the snap of 1000 rubber bands!," Osbourne tweeted.
	"I did the crime I am now doing the time! No pain no gain," she added.
	The accompanying video shows the design visibly fading under the laser's rays as the singer is heard laughing hysterically through the pain and moaning "Oh god!".
	The person carrying out the procedure then reassures her, saying, "You're doing really good.

Kelly Osbourne gets tattoo removed

Ace choreographer-turned-director Prabhu Deva says he wants to work with Shahid Kapoor again after 'R... Rajkumar'.
	Shahid will be seen in the masala entertainer directed by Prabhu Deva, whose previous films 'Wanted' and 'Rowdy Rathore' fell into the same space and were blockbuster hits.
	"It was a great experience... Amazing to work with Shahid. He is energetic and a good actor. I would like to work with him again whenever he is free," Prabhu Deva said at the music launch of the film.
	It is for the first time that Prabhu Deva's upcoming film is an original and not a remake.
	"We hope it does well... Hope it is a hit. First time doing it (an original film). I have given my 200 per cent... have worked hard on it," he added.
	Prabhu Deva, who has worked with superstars like Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar in previous films, said it was easy working with Shahid.
	He was happy to have performed along side Shahid, who he described as a good dancer, in the song 'Gandi Baat'.
	The song ...

Prabhu Deva wants to work with Shahid again

Legendary singer Manna Dey, who passed away recently, will be honoured with a special tribute along with Pandit Ravi Shankar at the 44th International Film Festival of India to be be held in Goa from November 20 to 30.
	As per the festival tradition, IFFI pays tribute to noted film personalities who passed away in the year preceding the festival.
	In the 'Homages' section, IFFI invites the family members, friends and well-wishers of the personalities to attend the screenings of the artists' best work.
	Officials said that this year, IFFI will also pay homage to some leading artistes like director Rituparno Ghosh, actress Sukumari, music composer Lalgudi Jayaraman besides Dey and Shankar.
	In the international section IFFI will pay respects to film personalities including Japanese film-maker Nagisa Oshima, German born writer Ruth Prawer Jhabwala, South Korean filmmaker Park Chul Soo and Russian cinematographer Vadim Ivanovich Yusov.

IFFI to pay tribute ot Manna Dey and Ravi Shankar

Marvel comics is reintroducing Ms Marvel but this time she is Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenage Muslim girl living in New Jersey.
	Kamala has closely followed the career of Carol Danvers, who now goes by Captain Marvel, a name she inherited from a male hero.
	As Kamala discovers her powers, she takes on the code name Ms Marvel, something that Carol called herself when she began her superhero career, reported New York Times.
	Marvel, which originally debuted the character in the 1960s, is planning to bring the new series in February.
	Kamala's character was born out of a conversation that Marvel's two editors Sana Amanat and Steve Wacker had.
	"I was telling him some crazy anecdote about my childhood, growing up as a Muslim-American. He found it hilarious," Amanat said.
	When they shared the idea with G Willow Wilson, a comic book writer and convert to Islam, she agreed to board the series as the author.
	Amanat is aware that their new creation may face obstacles in getting ...

Marvel comics introduces a Muslim girl superhero

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has hit a new record in his Twitter fan following, which has risen to over 7 millions.
	The 71-year-old actor, who had beaten Priyanka Chopra last year to become the most popular celebrity on the micro-blogging site, thanked his fans for their love and support.
	"Thank you all ... Its 7 million plus on Twitter," Bachchan tweeted.
	Followed by stars like Mukesh Bhatt, Sridevi, Dilip Kumar and Madhuri Dixit-Nene among other, the actor is one of the most frequent user of the popular social networking site.
	Bachchan, who joined Twitter in 2010, has made 26,856 tweets so far.

Amitabh Bachchan crosses 7 million followers on Twitter

Nineteen films have been submitted for consideration for 86th Oscars' best animated feature film category.
	Some of the big films that will compete in the category include 'Frozen','The Croods' 'Despicable Me 2', 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' and 'Planes' where one of the characters is voiced by Bollywood beauty Priyanka Chopra.
	The list of submitted films also includes foreign entries including Legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki's last film 'The Wind Rises' and another Japanese animation 'Letters to Momo', South Korea's 'The Fake', South African 'Khumba', Canada's 'The Legend of Sarila' and Brazil's 'Rio: 2096 A Story of Love and Fury'.
	According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, several of these films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying runs.
	At least eight eligible animated features must be theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
	The 86th Academy Awards ...

19 animated features submitted for 2013 Oscar race

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has lent his unique baritone to many hit Bollywood tracks, considers himself a mediocre singer.
	"I can't sing that well, I haven't even learnt it. I do it when some people ask me to sing. Due to modern technology today one can sing in tune. And with the help of it I have sung songs," said Bachchan, who has sung memorable songs like 'Rang Barse', 'Mere Angane Mein' and Neela Aasmaan' in his films.
	The 71-year-old actor attended the launch of Saregama India Limited's ghazal album 'Destiny' last night. The album features songs by legendary singers Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz, Pankaj Udhas, and Sumeet Tapoo.
	"I would urge everyone to hear this beautiful album. It will give you all a lot of peace and a good sleep as well," Bachchan said.
	"I am thankful to be here. Anoop Jalota has contributed tremendously to the world of music. We have had a close relation with Pankaj Udhas. I have liked Talat Aziz's songs," he added.

I can't sing that well: Amitabh Bachchan

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will deliver this year's Penguin Lecture, which has featured some of the world's most respected leaders, thinkers and writers over the years.
	"It's a matter of great pride for us that this year's lecture will be delivered on November 29 by Amitabh Bachchan - one of the country's most loved and admired personalities, the leading figure in India's entertainment industry, and a great ambassador for the country on the global stage," says Hemali Sodhi, vice president (Marketing and Promotion) of Penguin Books India.
	"The Penguin Annual Lecture has always endeavored to be a platform for bringing globally respected leaders and luminaries in their respective fields in direct contact with audiences," she says.
	The six previous Penguin Annual Lectures have been delivered by journalist and writer Thomas Friedman in 2007, diplomat and writer Chris Patten in 2008, Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen in 2009, historian Ramachandra Guha in 2010, Tibetan spiritual ..

Amitabh Bachchan to deliver this year's Penguin Lecture

American director Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' will open the 64th edition of Berlin International Film Festival in February next year.
	The film, a comedy, has a stellar cast in Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Paul Schlase, Tony Revolori, Jude Law  Bill Murray, Edward Norton and Adrien Brody among others.
	"We are very delighted that Wes Anderson will open the 64th Berlinale with his new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. With unmistakeable Wes Anderson charm, this comedy promises to kick things off in a big way," Festival Director Dieter Kosslick said in a statement.
	"With its elaborate production design and fantastic cast line-up, 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' bears the inimitable mark of American director Wes Anderson," Kosslick added.
	Anderson has previously presented two films in the Berlinale Competition: 'The Royal Tenenbaums'in 2002 and 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' in 2005.
	The movie recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous ...

Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' to open Berlin fest

Actress Deepika Padukone says she did not prepare much for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming film 'Ram-Leela' and was ready to be moulded by the director.
	"I think my biggest learning on this film was to not prepare, because that's his (Bhansali) way of filmmaking. It's easier if you go as a blank slate and allow him to mould you. I don't over prepare for scenes anyway. I always feel like a large part of it should be spontaneous. But you have to prepare a little. After 2-3 days I realised it (preparation) won't work with him," Deepika said at the unveiling of Starweek magazine here yesterday.
	"Everyday is a new day when you are working with him and I think that nervousness has made me understand my craft a lot more," she said.
	In the film, Deepika is paired opposite Ranveer Singh and their on-screen chemistry has caught everyone's attention.
	"He has a lot of energy. He has done a lot of research for the film and he's an extremely helpful co-star. It's been wonderful working with ...

Biggest learning was not to prepare for 'Ram-Leela': Deepika

Singer-actress Michelle Heaton is expecting her second baby, a boy, with husband Hugh Hanley.
	The 34-year-old singer posted on Twitter that  she is pregnant with her second child and also revealed the gender of the child, reported Daily Mirror.
	"Thank you for all your kind words. Yes, me and Hugh Hanley are expecting a little boy. After everything that's happened we are so so lucky," she said.
	Heaton had a double mastectomy in 2012 after learning she have 85 per cent chances of developing breast cancer.
	'Just a Little' hitmaker called her second pregnancy a miracle.
	"It's a miracle, I've had three scans. I've seen the heartbeat twice," she said.

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