After wowing festivals worldwide, filmmaker Ritesh Batra's epistolary romantic film 'The Lunchbox' will open the Dharamshala International Film Festival 2013 on October 24.
	The movie starring Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur and Nawazuddin Siddiqui in lead roles, will be presented by producer Guneet Monga at the festival.
	'Lunchbox' was earlier screened at International Critics' Week at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, and later won the Critics Week Viewers Choice Award also known as Grand Rail d'Or. It was also shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.
	The four-day film extravaganza will screen about 30 films ranging from fiction, documentaries and short films.
	This year, the festival also has a special focus on Indian documentaries with strong social concerns and will screen movies like Nishtha Jain's 'Gulabi Gang', Amit Virmani's 'Menstrual Man', and Anand Patwardhan's 'Jai Bhim Comrade'.
	Other movies to be shown are 'Filmistaan' by debutante director Nitin Kakkar, 'La Voz .

'Lunchbox' to open Dharamshala Film Festival

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Director-actor Clint Eastwood's son Scott is reportedly one of the five actors being considered to replace Charlie Hunnam as the male lead in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.
	The actor-model sparked the casting report on Twitter, writing, "What is all this talk about Fifty Shades of Grey?? What do you all think?? Let me know."
	And then a source close to the 27-year-old fuelled the rumour by saying, "He is one of five actors being considered", reported Contactmusic.
	The other candidates for the coveted role are Francois Arnaud, Billy Magnussen, Luke Bracey, Jamie Dornan, Theo James and Christian Cooke. The chosen one will play opposite Dakota Johnson, who is tapped as Anastasia Steele.
	Eastwood is currently filming David Ayer's World War II action drama "Fury" with the likes of Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf and Logan Lerman. He once appeared in his father's 2008 "Gran Torino" and 2009 "Invictus".

Scott Eastwood eyeing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' role

Actress Natalie Portman says she is envious of her British co-stars, who get to work and stay as the city is the ideal place for shooting.
	The 32-year-old actress said she likes working and staying in the same place, reported Contactmusic.
	"I love working here in London and I am envious of British actors and crews because American actors, we end up like gypsies - movie to movie, moving cities every time," Portman said.
	"But you can have such a fulfilling, wonderful, rich career here between the theatre, the TV, and the film all in one place. It's pretty cool to get to live and work in the same place," she added.
	The 'Black Swan' star, who has two-year-old son Aleph with husband Benjamin Millepied, recently announced that she along with her family would be moving to France at the end of 2014.

Natalie Portman likes to live, work at same place

Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConaughey were among the big winners at the Hollywood Film Awards.
	The 49-year-old actress picked up the Hollywood Actress prize for her thrilling performance in 3D space movie "Gravity",
	She, earlier, wowed on the red carpet in a tight black dress as she enjoyed a few jokes with her ex-boyfriend McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves, the Hollywood Reporter said.
	McConaughey was also a big winner at the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, as he took home the Hollywood Actor accolade for his portrayal of a former stripper in comedy drama film "Magic Mike" last year.
	Rapper Kanye West presented Steve McQueen with the Hollywood Breakout Director gong.
	Julia Roberts took home the Hollywood Supporting Actress prize for "August: Osage County", and the brunette beauty, alongside her co-stars Meryl Streep, Ewan McGregor, Benedict Cumberbatch and Juliette Lewis, picked up the Hollywood Ensemble Acting gong for the comedy drama ...

Sandra Bullock wins big at Hollywood Film Awards

'Good Will Hunting' star Minnie Driver says she feels awful when she does not get to spend enough time with her son Henry due to work commitments.
	The 43-year-old actress, who has a five-year-old son, often asks his nanny to bring him on the sets of her films, reported Contactmusic.
	"If I leave the house before Henry has woken up and I am back after he has gone to bed, it's awful. So I find a way of getting his dad, or his nanny to bring him on set when I am working," Driver said.
	The actress insists that working parents tend to enjoy their career more because their priorities change.
	"Working parents enjoys their career more because you realise it's not the most important thing," she said.

Minnie Driver feels awful for not spending much time with son

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi was working on another story but he abandoned that to work on his Paris-set drama 'The Past', which is enjoying a similar acclaim that his 2011 Oscar-award winner 'A Separation' received.
	'The Past', which is Iran's entry to the Oscars this year, was screened to a packed house at the ongoing Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) here with Farhadi receiving a standing ovation from the audience.
	Starring 'The Artist' star Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim of 'A Prophet' and Iranian actor Ali Mosaffa, the film follows a man who returns to Paris from Tehran after four years to finalise his divorce.
	"I was working on another story with Yasmina Reza and even spent some months in Berlin. One day, I was sitting in a cafe in Paris and I told her of this memory about a friend. It was a real story and I realised that I wanted to make this story and not the one I was working on," Farhadi told PTI in an interview on the sidelines of the festival where he is heading .

Asghar Farhadi on why he is attracted to human stories

'Coronation Street' actress Michelle Keegan says she broke down in tears when her actor fiance Mark Wright proposed her.
	The 26-year-old actress, who got engaged to Wright in September, initially thought her boyfriend was kidding when he pooped the question, reported Daily Mirror.
	"I thought he was joking at first and then he said 'come here'. I started crying, and said yes, and then he started welling up as well. Then as we walked further down the beach I saw a table set up with lanterns and petals, and with two glasses of champagne," Keegan said.
	The couple are planning a traditional wedding ceremony but want to focus on their marriage first and then think about having children.
	"I've started looking at dresses in magazines. I am quite traditional, so I'll take Mark's surname and we'd like to get married in a church. We definitely want a family, too, but we want to do everything in order.W e want to get married first," she said.
	The couple are likely to tie the knot in 2015.

I began to cry after Mark proposed: Michelle Keegan

Actress Priyanka Chopra has donated Rs 50 lakh to help build a cancer ward in a suburban hospital in the memory of her father.
	The 31-year-old actress lost her father Dr Ashok Chopra in June this year due to cancer and has donated the amount to help cancer patients of the health care global enterprises cancer centre at the Nanavati hospital.
	She inaugurated the section for cancer patients at the hospital in the presence of her mother last evening.
	"This is a very emotional cause as few months back my father passed away because of this. I miss him," a teary eyed Priyanka said.
	"Something like this shouldn't happen to anyone. I am proud to be associated with it," she said.
	When asked about her campaign of appealing the people to vote, Priyanka said if she becomes the Prime Minister, she will make the country get rid of corruption.

Priyanka Chopra donates Rs 50 lakh for cancer ward

Black Eyed Peas star will.I.Am thinks taking a day off is a waste.
	The 38-year-old singer loves to constantly work on new projects, reported Contactmusic.
	When asked why he never takes a break from work, he said, "Day off? That sounds so wasteful... Image your brain or heart said, 'I'm going to take the day off.' I cant stop. I love work."
	"I am getting things in order now... I have never been this focused and organised. My next venture will be the greatest adventure," he added.
	Will.I.Am has his own music studio and is rumoured to have set up his own science lab too.

will.I.Am never take a day off

Filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro is gearing up for another epic monsters versus robots battle with a "Pacific Rim" sequel.
	The director's futuristic sci-fi movie was much-maligned in North America, where it has grossed just under USD 102 million to date since its July release, but it became a big hit across the rest of the world, taking its current global gross to USD 407.6 million, reported Metro online.
	Now, Del Toro has revealed he has started work on a follow up with screenwriter Travis Beacham, although he has no idea if studio bosses at Warner Bros will approve the project.
	"We are writing the sequel. Travis Beacham and I are writing, so that is active. The decision to green light or not, that's definitely above my pay rate," Del Toro said.
	"Pacific Rim" starred Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi as they tried to save mankind from an invasion of giant monsters by suiting up as oversized robots to do battle.

'Pacific Rim' sequel in the making

Author-diplomat Vikas Swarup's third novel 'The Accidental Apprentice' will be adapted into a film by director Sriram Raghvan.
	Raghavan has earlier given us films like 'Ek Hasina Thi,' 'Johnny Gaddar' and 'Agent Vinod'.
	'The Accidental Apprentice' is a fast-paced suspense story set in contemporary India. The premise is real yet fantastic. The protagonist is someone we can all relate to. It begins like a fairytale but it has a dark side as well, Raghavan said.
	Sanjay Rautray, who has earlier worked as an executive producer on films like 'Johnny Gaddar', 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' and 'Makdee', has bought the rights of Swarup's new book and will be producing the film.
	"Sriram has started working on the script. It took us around six months to convince Vikas about the project," Rautray said.
	Vikas' first book Q and A which won him South Africa's Boeke Prize in 2006 was adapted into a film by Danny Boyle as 'Slumdog Millionaire', which won eight Academy Awards in 2009.

Sriram Raghvan's next on Swarup's 'The Accidental Apprentice'

Filmmaker Tim Burton is in negotiations to return to his post as a director for the sequel to his 1988 ghost story "Beetlejuice".
	Actor Michael Keaton is also expected to reprise his role as the title ghost in the "Beetlejuice 2", reported Ace Showbiz.
	Burton has earlier said that he is willing to helm the upcoming sequel, but only if the script was right.
	"Those were fun characters, but I'd have to see what the script was like and if it was worth doing," the "Frankenweenie" director had said.
	He also wanted Keaton to return to the franchise.
	"I think he would be willing to do it. Keaton would have to be in it. He was great as that character. I think it's a way to unleash your inner whatever. I bet you he would get right back into it," he added.
	The Geffen Company, which produced the first film, will produce the sequel with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith Productions.
	Grahame-Smith, who wrote Burton-produced "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter", also penned ...

Tim Burton to direct 'Beetlejuice' sequel

British pop band Chapel Club have split after several years together.
	The London-based synth-pop act, consisting of singer Lewis Bowman, drummer Rich Mitchell, bassist Liam Arklie and keyboardists/guitarists Michael Hibbert and Alex Parry, formed in 2007 and released two albums, reported Digital Spy.
	"As of last week's show in London, Chapel Club is no more. We don't like to think of it as splitting up, because we all still get along very well and the word 'split' implies a kind of collapse or implosion, something ugly and destructive and inevitable," a statement said.
	"That's not how it feels to us. It's more like we're setting Cc aside as having outlived its usefulness. Despite all the amazing fans around the world and all the fun we've had over the last four years (for whom and for which we will always be deeply grateful), Chapel Club as a creative entity has collected a lot of baggage. And lugging that around just started to seem unnecessary.
	"Maybe you'll meet us again in ...

Pop group Chapel Club split

Queen rocker Brian May has broken his silence about actor Sacha Baron Cohen's exit from the upcoming biopic on his late bandmate Freddie Mercury.
	May revealed surviving members of Queen feared the comedian's presence would distract fans from the flamboyant frontman's life story, reported Contactmusic.
	The "Ali G" star walked away from the project in July after spending months perfecting his vocals for the role, amid rumours he had fallen out with May and Roger Taylor over his planned portrayal of their late friend and bandmate.
	Cohen has yet to comment on his reasons for quitting the film, but May has now shed some light on the actor's departure, insisting he just wasn't right for the job.
	"In the end, we felt that his presence in the movie would be very distracting. What led us to that conclusion was the last three movies that he's made - 'The Dictator', 'Les Miserables' and 'Hugo' - in which he makes outstanding performances, but they're very much Sacha Baron Cohen ...

Sacha Baron Cohen wasn't right for Mercury biopic: Brian May

Pop star Kelly Clarkson has married Brandon Blackstock in a secret ceremony in Tennessee.
	The couple tied the knot at the Blackberry Farms, a luxury hotel set in 4200 acres near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
	The 31-year-old singer announced the news on Twitter, sharing a series of wedding photographs, reported Ace Showbiz.
	"I am officially Mrs Blackstock. We got married yesterday at Blackberry Farms in TN, the most beautiful place ever," Clarkson posted.
	The singer included a photograph of the couple smiling under a rustic bridge. Clarkson looked beautiful wearing a long lace dress whilst in two photographs her new husband kissed her. In a third photograph she thanked the creators of her classic dress and ornate headdress.
	The wedding appears to have been a small event as Clarkson, had earlier stated they wanted a "small, little wedding - me and Brandon and the kids."
	36-year-old Brandon has two children from a previous marriage, Savannah (aged 12) and Seth (aged ...

Kelly Clarkson gets married

Former child star Haley Joel Osment, who has starred in 'The Sixth Sense', is set to make his return to the big screen with two indie dramas.
	The 25-year-old actor took time off to attend New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, but now has two films in the pipeline- "Tusk" and "Me Him Her", according to Deadline.
	"In Tusk", Osment will play a man on the hunt for his podcast co-host in the Canadian wilderness. The film will be directed by Kevin Smith and is set to start filming North Carolina and Los Angeles in November.
	The former child actor's role in "Me Him Her" is currently under wraps, but the film reportedly also features Scott Bakula, Alia Shawkat and Geena Davis.
	Osment is also set to appear on US sitcom 'Alpha House' and the miniseries 'Spoils Of Babylon', which will debut in January next year.

Haley Joel Osment's big screen return

Troubled star Amanda Bynes will be allowed out of rehab twice a week for supervised outings.
	The 27-year-old actress was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold in July after her wild behaviour led to her allegedly being diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but she appears to be on the road to recovery, reported Fox News online.
	"Amanda is being given two passes a week to go the beach, or out to eat and do things like that, accompanied by a professional handler. She is making great progress," a source said.
	The "Easy A" star was moved to The Canyon treatment facility in Malibu at the end of September after spending two months at UCLA Medical Center and has reportedly been told she will 'lead a long, normal life' as long as she continues to take her medication.
	Amanda's mother Lynn was granted a temporary conservatorship over her daughter in August, shortly after she was taken to a psychiatric unit by police officers, who arrested her after she struck up a small .

Amanda Bynes to have supervised outings

Music mogul Simon Cowell will reportedly tie the knot with his pregnant girlfriend Lauren Silverman shortly after their baby is born next year.
	The man behind 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent' is eager for his 87-year-old mother Julie to see him marry his pregnant girlfriend.
	Silverman is said to have agreed to marry in a traditional church ceremony near her future mother-in-law's home in Sussex, reported Daily Mirror.
	"Simon's mum has always dreamt of the day Simon settles down with one woman and he's determined for her to be part of the big day," a source said.
	The wedding will take place early next year and is likely to be an intimate affair.
	Cowell's close friends Louis Walsh, Topshop mogul Philip Green, hypnotist Paul McKenna, and his ex-girlfriend Sinitta are the only celebrities to have made the guest list.
	Silverman will also be holding a 'blessing' for her friends in the US.
	As a tribute to Cowell's father, who passed away in 1999, the couple are said to be ...

Simon Cowell to marry Lauren Silverman next year?

Singer Dolly Parton was rushed to hospital after a car crash but she was released shortly after with minor injuries.
	The 67-year-old singer was taken to a local accident and emergency centre in Nashville by ambulance after the motor she was travelling in collided with another vehicle, reported Huffington Post.
	The '9 to 5' hitmaker was riding in the passenger seat of her friend Judy Ogle's Nissan Xterra when the driver of a Mitsubishi Diamante failed to stop, which led to both parties sustaining minor injuries, but requiring medical assistance.
	Parton took to Twitter a few hours after the accident to assure her fans she was feeling 'good' but was spending time at home as she was feeling 'tired and sore'.
	"I was in a fender bender this morning here in Nashville, but I am all good... Just a little tired and sore. Resting at home now," Parton posted.

Dolly Parton involved in car crash

Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia says he roped in Saif Ali Khan for his upcoming action-crime thriller 'Bullett Raja' as the movie required a superstar to rake in box office earnings.
	The 46-year-old director, who has made films like 'Haasil', 'Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster' and 'Paan Singh Tomar' among others, said a high budget film demands the "stars" of Bollywood.
	"When you are working on a high budget film, the pressure requires you to have an actor, who can pull that off at the box office. And I think only he (Saif) can justify that kind of budget. So, we had to get a star. Luckily, Saif was interested in this space," Tigmanshu told PTI.
	Tigmanshu has often chosen serious topics for his movies but this time around he found it interesting to come out with a masala entertainer.
	"I have never made a film like this before. As compared to 'Pan Singh Tomar' and 'Sahab Biwi and Gangster', which were serious films, this is an entertainer. 'Bullett Raja' has all the aspects of a commercial film .

Needed a superstar to pull off 'Bullett Raja': Tigmanshu

Country star Taylor Swift has premiered her new track online.
	The 23-year-old singer has recorded new cut 'Sweeter Than Fiction' for new movie "One Chance", which tells the story of Paul Potts before he won 'Britain's Got Talent', reported Digital Spy.
	The film stars James Corden as Potts, while the support cast includes Mackenzie Crook and Julie Walters.
	Meanwhile, Swift is currently working on her new album, which will serve as the follow-up to her UK and US number one collection Red.
	"I think the goal for the next album is to continue to change, and never change in the same way twice. I ask myself, 'How do I write these figurative diary entries in ways that I've never written them before and to a sonic backdrop that I've never explored before'?" Swift said.

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