Designer Charu Parashar displayed her Persian inspired chic-sporty collection at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2014 today.
	The collection showcased intricate embroideries and woven patterns inspired by Persian culture and comprised of prints and patterns picked from Persian art.
	The silhouettes showed free flowing shifts, flared pants with draped bodices, shirts and short frill dresses in shades of salmon pink to reds and whites. The fabrics used were chiffon, chanderi, cotton, silk and georgettes.
	"I am really excited about this season. The new reinvented look is inspiring. I have experimented with print and embroidery. This time I tried to create a very classic look. The print is basically inspired by Persian carpets and culture. We have done a lot of resham work," Charu said.
	The designer added that through her collection she is trying to create an identity for today's woman with clothes which don't just make style statements but are also classic .

Charu Parashar displays Persian inspired collection

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TV star Ratan Rajput has become the fourth celebrity to be evicted from the Bigg Boss after staying in the house for 28 days.
	Rajput, who became a household name by starring in the serial 'Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo' and her 'Swayamvar' on TV, regrets participating in the show as she could not fit there.
	"I miscalculated my strength. When I look back, I feel I lost 28 days of my life. It was a wrong decision to participate in the show, it did not suit me though there is nothing wrong with the show. The other people in 'Bigg Boss' came with a plan. Everything is for the camera there and you can't consider anyone a friend. I felt lonely and out of place," Rajput told PTI soon after her exit from the show.
	A relieved Rajput said she would never consider getting back in the 'Bigg Boss' house and is still phobic about cameras.
	"I learnt many things from the show and I think I can't play a game like that where everyone is backbiting and gossiping about you. I am better off in the ...

Ratan Rajput evicted from 'Bigg Boss'

Movies from South Korea and Mongolia have won USD 30,000 New Currents Awards for emerging filmmakers at Asia's largest film festival.
	Busan International Film Festival organisers said today that the festival's biggest prizes went to "Pascha" by South Korean director Ahn Seonkyoung and "Remote Control" by Mongolia's Sakhya Byamba. It's the first time a Mongolian movie entered and won the competition in the festival's 18 years.
	The awards, given to first- or second-time Asian directors, show the festival's efforts to discover and support the region's new talents.
	The organizers said "Pascha," an unusual love story between a 40-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, won the jury's heart with its highly original expression.
	They said "Remote Control" neatly portrayed tensions between reality and fiction.
	The jury, led by Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, picked "Transit," Hannah Espia's drama about Filipino migrant workers in Israel, as a special mention.
	The 10-day festival ...

SKorean, Mongolian movies win awards at Busan fest

Indian actress Freida Pinto urged the world on the International Day of the Girl Child to ensure that 66 million girls who are not in school today get an education.
	The "Slumdog Millionaire" star told an event sponsored by the UN children's fund, UNICEF, marking yesterday's second annual observance of the international day that she had a chance to be educated and "I feel every girl in the world, in respect of where she comes from, what her social status is, needs to be given the same."
	UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake was presented with a "Girl Declaration" from thousands of people around the world at the event calling on world leaders to urgently address the plight of 250 million girls worldwide who currently live in poverty and face discrimination.

Actress Freida Pinto urges education for girls

'Transformers' star Shia LaBeouf reportedly got punched in the face by a local bystander when he reluctantly continued to film a woman who was throwing up on the street.
	The 27-year-old actor was recently in London filming 'Fury' with co-star Brad Pitt. Shia was out with a friend when he passed by two women, sisters Ash and Isis Nawaz, one of whom was throwing up on the street, reported New York Daily News.
	Shia began to film the incident with his phone, but the ladies not recognising who he was, asked him to leave them alone.
	The actor reluctantly continued to shoot, which led a passerby punch him in the face.
	The star managed to leave the scene after security guards from a nearby club halted the attacker.
	Last year Shia was involved in a pub scuffle.

Shia LaBeouf gets punched in the face in London?

Hollywood star Meg Ryan is making a TV comeback by producing and starring in a new NBC comedy.
	The 51-year-old actress, who was last seen doing a regular role in 1985's 'Wildside', will play a former hotshot New York editor in the sitcom, said the Hollywood Reporter.
	Marc Lawrence would pen the script.
	Ryan will executive produce the project with manager Jane Berliner for Universal Television and Lawrence's Reserve Room Productions.
	The actress, who starred in romantic comedies like 'When Harry Met Sally' and 'You've Got Mail',  has been making guest appearances in shows like 'Web Therapy' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' recently.

Meg Ryan to produce and star in new NBC sitcom

Fashion designer Poonam Dubey says it is her Bollywood actor brother Manoj Bajpai who discovered her creativity and encouraged her to join the fashion business.
	Poonam showcased her collection 'Desert Rose' at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2014. She says the 44-year-old actor was supposed to be at her show but couldn't make it due to shooting commitments.
	"He already had prior commitments... I got confirmation for my show at such short notice so he couldn't change his schedule. Manoj bhaiya supports me a lot. He was the one who asked me to come to Delhi and do these fashion shows because he thinks I am a very creative person. He didn't want me to do any administrative job. He encouraged me a lot," Poonam told PTI.
	Besides Manoj, The designer hopes to have many other A-list celebrities in her client list.
	"I always design for Manjoj Bhaiya whether its family functions or red carpet. I would love to design for other Bollywood celebrities too," she ...

Poonam Dubey encouraged to design by brother Manoj Bajpai

Homeland star Claire Danes says she was a messed up teenager as she constantly tried to project an adult image.
	The 34-year-old actress, who has son a Cyrus with actor husband Hugh Dancy, rose to fame appearing in 'My So-Called Life' when she was just 15-year-old, reported Contactmusic.
	"I was a pretty messed up and misanthropic teenager, and it was good for me to find some good friends whom I could talk to and get rid of some of my angst," Danes said.
	"I was way too serious and overly concerned with trying to project this adult self. When I hit my twenties, I figured out that adults don't really have that much certainty about their lives either," she added.
	Danes took a career break to study psychology at America's prestigious Yale university in 1998 but dropped out after two years after realising academics was not what she wanted to do.

I was pretty messed up teenager: Claire Danes

Singer Nicole Scherzinger struggled hard to answer a question about the Pakistani teenage-activist Malala Yousafzai because she "did not know her story".
	The 35-year-old UK 'X Factor' judge stumbled over an interviewer's question about Malala, during an event recently, reported New York Daily News.
	 When a reporter asked what Scherzinger thought about the young woman's courage, the singer said, "Malala? I don't know that story that well, but is she still."
	 The reporter promptly filled her with Malala's background, to which she quickly responded.
	"Amazing. She's a righteous, empowering, powerful woman, and God bless her," Scherzinger said.
	  Malala was shot by the Taliban a year ago for fighting for girls' right to education. She was also nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
	Recently, former football star David Beckham presented Malala with the Teenager of Courage Award.

Nicole Scherzinger never heard of Malala Yousafzai

A short film made to support the anti-superstition mission undertaken by slain rationalist Narendra Dabholkar will now become a vehicle for propagating the cause for which he campaigned relentlessly.
	A Mumbai-based duo - Amandeep Singh and Amarnath Chandaliya - closely associated with Dabholkar, has produced an 18-minute film titled "Bhooth Bada Ki Bhookh" (which is bigger - ghost or hunger?).
	Rights of this film will be passed on to the Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANS), the anti-superstition movement group founded by the social activist who was murdered here on August 20.
	According to Amandeep, the film's director, they had conceived and completed the film revolving around the theme of eradication of superstition and development of scientific temper, in March this year, just five months before unknown gunmen shot the rationalist dead during a morning walk.
	Still recovering from the shock of his sudden exit, Singh and Chandaliya, who has written the screenplay, decided to hand .

Now, a short film to spread rationalist Dabholkar's message

British actor David Jason penned his autobiography in order to quash rumours about his private life.
	The 73-year-old actor, who played a market trader in the BBC hit sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses', likes to keep his family and personal life private but decided to write his life story to avoid false biographies later, Contactmusic reported.
	"The fact of the matter is that I've always tried to keep my private life to myself and to my family, and my professional life as an actor, which I really enjoy and love and all that, has always been quite separate. But I was sort of put in a position where because of my longevity in the business, they said to me if I didn't do it somebody else would," Jason said.
	"They have already done a couple of biographies which were not that accurate, not that good, and I thought no, wait a minute - I don't like the idea of being ripped off. So here we are," he added.

David Jason penned life story to quash rumours

The opening scene of Angelina Jolie starrer 'Maleficent' will be re-done by the 'The Blind Side' filmmaker John Lee Hancock.
	The Disney movie is the depiction of Sleeping Beauty story from the perspective of villainous Maleficent, said the Hollywood Reporter.
	The movie marks the directorial debut of Robert Stromberg and the makers insisted that certain opening scenes of the movie needed to be shot again.
	 "We asked (Hancock) to be on set. He's not directing. He wrote pages and I hired a first-time director and it's good to have him on set. The movie is gorgeous to look at and the last 75 minutes are really entertaining," Joe Roth, the producer of the movie said.
	As for Jolie, it is most likely that she will not need to be present during the re-shoot.

Opening scenes of 'Maleficent' to be shot again

Indian actor Kumar Pallana, who played the memorable role of a janitor in Tom Hanks starrer 'The Terminal' and worked in many Wes Anderson movies, has died. He was 94.
	Pallana was a scene stealer as an Indian janitor who enjoyed watching people slip on his freshly cleaned floors in the Steven Spielberg directed movie.
	The actor, who was born on December 23, 1918, died on October 10, according to the Facebook post by his son Deepak.
	He was born in India to a car salesman but immigrated to the US in 1946.
	Anderson met Pallana as a customer at a coffee shop owned by his son and first cast him in 1996's 'Bottle Rocket'. The actor then went on to do supporting role in the director's 'Roshmore', 'The Royal Tenenbaums and 'The Darjeeling Limited', the Entertainment Weekly reported.
	Pallana also worked as a juggler, a singer and a yoga instructor among other trades.

Indian-American actor Kumar Pallana dies

Wadih al-Safi, a Lebanese music legend renowned throughout the Arab world for his singing talent, has died at the age of 92, the official National News Agency reported.
	He passed away yesterday night, Lebanon's NNA said.
	"He was with his son in Mansouriya (near Beirut) when he began to feel unwell... He was immediately taken to hospital, where he died," NNA said.
	Safi was often referred to as the "voice of Lebanon" and belonged to a golden age for music in his country and the wider Arab world, along with Lebanese diva Fairuz.
	He held Lebanese, French and Brazilian nationality, and contributed to the revitalisation of Lebanon's music, a movement led by the Rahbani brothers.
	He was much admired by his contemporaries, with the great Egyptian composer and singer Mohamed Abdel Wahab once marvelling "it is impossible that someone should be endowed with such a voice."
	With a catalogue of some 3,000 songs, Safi was best known for popular and folk themes in his music, but also sang ...

Wadih al-Safi, giant of Lebanese music, dead at 92

Oscar-winner Michael Douglas has revealed that he lied about having throat cancer to cover up his tongue cancer diagnosis.
	The 69-year-old star, who had spoken candidly in 2010 about his battle with cancer, recently disclosed on a show that he was suffering from tongue, not throat cancer, reported People magazine.
	At the time, the 'Behind the Candelabra' star was preparing to go to Europe to promote the movie 'Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps'.
	"This was right before I had a big tour for Wall Street, so we kind of said, 'There's no way we can cancel the tour and say we don't feel well,'" Douglas admitted.
	"I said, 'You've just got to come out and just tell them I've got cancer and that's it.'" he added.
	His doctor, who discovered a walnut-size tumour at the base of Douglas's tongue, advised him to fudge the truth a little.
	"But the surgeon said, 'Let's just say it's throat cancer.' I said 'OK, you don't want me to say it's tongue cancer? Why's that?' and he said, 'Well, if you ...

Instead of throat, I had tongue cancer: Michael Douglas

Quentin Tarantino has wished good luck to Ben Affleck for taking on the role of Batman but the director said he does not find the character of Caped Crusador very interesting.
	The Oscar-winning writer-director believes Michael Keaton was the best Batman, reported Huffington Post quoting an interview that Tarantino gave to French magazine Les Inrockuptibles.
	"I have to admit that I don't really have an opinion," said in the interview which was translated by Indiewire's The Playlist.
	"Why? Because Batman is not a very interesting character. For any actor. There is simply not much to play. I think Michael Keaton did it the best, and I wish good luck to Ben Affleck. But, you know who would have made a great Batman? Alec Baldwin in the '80s."
	Affleck's casting as Batman had made him a butt of many online jokes and memes but Affleck said he was ready to take on the role in the upcoming sequel to Superman reboot.

Quentin Tarantino finds Batman "not very interesting"

Miley Cyrus, who is currently promoting her fourth album Bangerz, says her break-up with fiance Liam Hemsworth is not something she is focusing on now.
	Addressing her split with her 'The Last Song' co-star, Cyrus, 20, told Ellen DeGeneres on her show that she is about to start a new chapter in her life.
	Cyrus said it was "not awkward" talking about her break-up "because I'm living it."
	"I think people spend more time actually thinking about it than I really do. I just believe when a chapter is done you have to close it and start that new one. That's kind of where I am right now.
	"I felt like I have so much to be thankful for at this time that my energy hasn't really been focused on that."
	The singer also said that Bangerz is a reflection of her relationship with Hemsworth, whom she began dating in 2009 and got engaged to in 2012.
	"I think it says that with starting with 'Adore You' and ending with 'Someone Else. I feel like you can really find like this arch of, like, growth.

It's not awkawrd to talk about break-up: Cyrus

Singer Robbie Williams says it is scary being a father and he sometimes fears he isn't up to the task.
	The 'Angels' singer admitted he worries about doing a good job of raising his 13-month-old daughter Theodora with actress wife Ayda Field.
	The singer claims his latest track 'Go Gentle' was written as life-long vow to look after his child as best he can, reported Contactmusic.
	"Go Gentle' is a promise I'm making to my daughter. It was written when she first arrived on the planet and I'd been a selfish pop star for most of my life and then all of a sudden I've been asked to take care of this whole person.
	"I still am scared that I'm not up to the task! I'm doing a good job of being dad but it's scary, you have to look after this person for the whole of their life, I'm not very good at even looking after me," Williams said.
	The 39-year-old pop star also admitted he often becomes envious of other singer's of his age.
	"Anyone that's my age and doing my job, I invariably don't like .

Being a dad is scary: Robbie Williams

Director Oliver Stone is in talks to direct the untitled biopic on Martin Luther King Jr with actor Jamie Foxx circling to play the lead role.
	Steven Spielberg is among the producers of the biopic, which is a co-production by DreamWorks and Warner Bros.
	Kario Salem is currently working on the screenplay from a previous draft by Ronald Harwood, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
	Neither Stone nor Foxx have offers at this stage, but meetings have taken place and the two are keen on taking the role.

Stone, Foxx in talks for Martin Luther King Jr biopic

Filmmaker Michael Bay is looking to produce and direct World War II drama "Sabotage", an action-packed story about a group of fearless Norwegians on a mission to infiltrate the Nazi-occupied country.
	The movie will be based on Neal Bascomb's non-fiction book proposal about the historical Norwegian heavy water sabotage, reported Aceshowbiz.
	Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to the non-fiction book proposal from Bascomb.
	Set in 1942, the story follows an apparent suicide mission by nine Norwegian refugee commandos to sabotage Hitler's secret nuclear program. This team must brave the arctic landscape and destroy Norway's Vemork Hydroelectric Plant on icy cliffs.
	The Norwegian heavy water sabotage has been adapted into film at least twice. The first one is a 1948 semi-documentary by Norwegian production "The Fight Over the Heavy Water".
	The second one is "The Heroes of Telemark" released in 1965. Directed by Anthony Mann, it was supported by Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris, ...

Bay to produce, direct World War II thriller 'Sabotage'

Actor Alex Pettyfer will reunite with filmmaker Lee Daniels in his next film, an interracial action movie.
	The director revealed that he's developing an "interracial love affair action movie" revolving around a gay couple with the "Magic Mike" star attached to play one of the male leads.
	Daniels describes the untitled project a gay "Mr and Mrs Smith", but with the two good-looking guys as the action heroes.
	The filmmaker is happy to have scored Pettyfer for the movie. "He's so hot, isn't he? So hot. And so aware of his hotness in a way that's so...I love him to death."
	The Oscar-nominated helmer says the film is in early development and he is still searching for an African-American actor to star opposite Pettyfer.
	Pettyfer played a supporting role in the historical fiction drama "Lee Daniels' The Butler", starring as hot-tempered farm owner Thomas Westfall who was shot to death after raping the wife of his sharecropping tenant.

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