Miley Cyrus wants to focus on her singing career and has no plans to return to acting.
	The 'Hannah Montana' star, who has been on a headline making spree with her controversial MTV VMA performance and the latest turn on Saturday Night Live, says she has no plans to revive her acting career.
	During an extended version of 'MTV's Miley: The Movement', the singer revealed she's no longer interested in being a TV and movie star.
	"I thought after my show I was gonna act. I did one movie and I came back and said, 'I'm never doing that again. I'm going to do music for the rest of my life'," Cyrus said in the documentary about her acting stint on 'So Undercover'.
	The singer found fame as a Disney star with Hannah Montana, an image that she has been desperate to shed in recent times.
	Cyrus, 20, feels 'Bangerz' has given her the opportunity to reinvent her public persona.
	"I'm starting as a new artist. That's how I think of it," said Cyrus, who enjoyed  box office successes with 'The Last .

Miley Cyrus quits acting

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'Spider-Man' star Willem Dafoe has confirmed that he will be back voicing Gill in the 'Finding Nemo' spin-off.
	The actor is expected to lend his voice again to the lovable scarred fish in the upcoming movie, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"Yeah I've already started. It's even better than the first. It's fantastic. It's good to say I think it's going to be better than the first; that's good advertising," the 58-year-old said.
	Without revealing too much, Dafoe said, "I've done one session so far and I just am going to have such a good time. It's difficult to repeat a success and so many years afterwards, but it's really cool."
	The "Dory" tale is slated for June 17, 2016.

Willem Dafoe confirms return to 'Finding Dory'

The third installment of the 'Smurfs' movie franchise is moved from July 24 to August 14, 2015 release.
	Initially planned to hit theatres on July 24, the upcoming third installment of the movie franchise centering on the Peyo blue human-like characters has been pushed back by Sony Pictures, reported Aceshowbiz.
	The new movie is expected to explore the original story.
	"I hear that the third movie, if there is one, might actually deal with the genuine origin of how all these characters ran into each other way back when," said Hank Azaria who plays Gargamel.
	"I imagine Gargamel having attended a Harry Potter-like academy in his youth for wizards, and was sort of the black sheep - first of all, wasn't very good. Second of all, he must have thought the way to really be a powerful magician is to grab these Smurfs and grab their essence and everybody must have said, 'You're an idiot. Don't waste your life doing that.' And he's been trying his whole life to prove them wrong," he added.

'The Smurfs 3' pushed back to August 2015

Singer Ed Sheeran earned 1.3 million pounds in the last year including profits of over 166,000 pounds, according to documents filed at the UK's Companies House.
	The 22-year-old, who shot to fame in 2011 with hits like 'The A Team' and 'Lego House', has reportedly made more than 2.3 million pounds from his business Ed Sheeran Limited since 2011, reported Contactmusic.
	"Ed works extremely hard. He's grafted 24/7 ever since his first hit single. He barely has any time off because he's either on tour, writing his follow-up album or making tracks for the likes of One Direction. So the money just comes rolling in," a source said.
	As well as writing his own hits, Sheeran has penned tracks for boy band One Direction, including their single 'Little Things'.
	The 'Give Me Love' hitmaker, who recently relocated to Tennessee after spending the last year touring the US with Taylor Swift, is set to release the follow-up to his debut album '+'.

Ed Sheeran earns 1.3m pounds in a year

The local ASI authorities are looking into a complaint that the party accompanying Miss Universe Olivia Culpo during her visit to Taj Mahal allegedly violated rules at the historic monument by advertising a brand of footwear during a photo session.
     Culpo was accompanied by fashion designer Sanjana Jon and others to the Taj Mahal last evening.
     According to the complaint, as the party came beside the central marble tank, sandals of a particular brand were taken out of the bag by someone in the group.
     Culpo donned one of the sandals and held another in her hand, reportedly to advertise them while cameramen accompanying her shot the scene with the Taj in the background, it claimed.
     According to a Supreme Court directive, any kind of commercial activity is prohibited in the premises of archaeologically protected monuments.
     The complaint said that neither the tourism police nor the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that is responsible for the Taj security ...

Complaint against Miss Universe for violating rules at Taj

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been moved in the Gujarat High Court seeking a ban on the release of a movie "Galiyon ki Raas Leela Ram Leela," which is expected to hit the screens next month, due to alleged "misrepresentation" of the Rajput community.
	The PIL is expected to be heard on Thursday and the movie, which has mostly been shot in Gujarat, is slated to release on November 15.
	Petitioner Siddhrajsinh Mahavirsinh Chudasama (32), who hails from the "Darbar" community, has alleged his community has been "misrepresented" in the movie.
	"Darbar" is a caste of the Rajput community consisting of sub-castes such as Jadeja, Zala, Gohil, Chudasama, Rana, Vada, Parmar, Sodha, Vaja, Chauhan, Rathore, Vaghela, among others.
	The petitioner has alleged director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and producer Kishore Lulla had adopted a "totally insensitive approach not only to the Darbar community but the Hindu religion as a whole".
	According to the petitioner, since the movie "hurts the ...

PIL in Gujarat HC for ban on release of the movie 'Ram Leela'

Police here have taken up a suo motu case against a Malayalam film whose posters carried pictures of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim.
     The film, 'D-Company', an action thriller released during the Onam festival season last month, is directed by M Padmakumar, Vinod Vijayan and Diphan.
     The theme of the film, however, has nothing to do with Dawood's life.
     According to police, the case has been taken up on instructions from City Police Commissioner P Vijayan under the Young Persons (harmful publications) Act 1956.
     The charge is that the posters displayed picture of Dawood Ibrahim, wanted by the law enforcers in the country.
    The persons, who should be charged, would be decided only after the completion of preliminary inquiry since, as of now, police had only information on appearance of the posters. It should be ascertained through investigation whether the posters were made by producers, distributors or the handiwork of some others not connected to the film, sources ..

Film runs into trouble for showing Dawood on poster

The organisers of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2013 have claimed to have received "good response" to their online delegation registration for the event to be held from November 20-30.
	The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG), a state government funded nodal agency for the festival, has claimed that 3,000 delegates have already registered for the festival.
	The delegate registration had began from September.
	The ESG has appealed the film enthusiasts to avail of this opportunity "to be part of this eclectic array of world cinema" and register as delegates for the festival.
	The organisers have kept delegate fee of Rs 300 for those who register by November 7, which would be later hiked to Rs 500.
	ESG spokesman today said that IFFI related Infrastructural activity, Media tie ups and others is already underway.

IFFI online registration gets "good response"

Sandra Bullock-George Clooney starrer space disaster drama 'Gravity' made an impressive USD 55.6 million debut on its opening weekend.
	Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, Warner Bros' USD 100 million sci-fi thriller set a new October opening weekend record by surpassing 'Paranormal Activity 3's USD 52.6 million debut in 2011.
	The film also marks the  best-ever debut for both of its stars, beating Bullock's USD 39.1 million start for this summer's 'The Heat' and Clooney's USD 42.9 million debut for 'Batman & Robin' in 1997, reported the Entertainment Weekly.
	Animation film 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' dropped 37 per cent in its second weekend to USD 21.5 million.
	Clooney's friend Ben Affleck could not help save crime drama 'Runner Runner' as the film, also starring Justin Timberlake, came third by earning a weak USD 7.6 million in its first three days.
	'Prisoners' and racing drama 'Rush' made up the rest of the Top 5. 'Prisoners' fell 48 per cent to USD 5.7 million, giving ...

'Gravity' earns record-breaking USD 55.6 million weekend

Music composer Bappi Lahiri's hit 'Yaar bina chain kahan' picturised on Anil Kapoor and Amrita Singh in the film "Saaheb" is being recreated in upcoming film "Main Aur Mr Riight".
	The film produced by Pooja Gujral and directed by Adeeb Rais is a romantic comedy that will mark the debut of popular television actor Barun Sobti of 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon' fame and former VJ Shenaz Treasurywala.
	The song has been picturised at Ballard Pier where the original song was shot.
	"It was not easy to re create the whole song as the place has changed a lot after so many years. Even the costumes and the dance moves are replicated of that original song," Gujral said.
	Just like the original, the new version has also been sung by Bappi Lahiri. However since S Janaki, who sang the original was not available, Hema Sardesai has been roped in to sing alongwith with Bappi da.
	"We chose this song because it fits in the story and suits our characters perfectly," Gujral added.

'Yaar bina chain kahan' revived for 'Main Aur Mr Riight'

"Les Miserables" actress Samantha Barks and David Gandy have reportedly split up for the second time after their demanding careers put a strain on their relationship.
	The actress and the 33-year-old model, who broke up briefly in July, have called time on their relationship for the second time, reported Daily Mirror.
	"Both Samantha and David are in high demand professionally and are really busy with their careers. David's modelling is taking him all over the world and Samantha is the same - with regular gigs in America and Australia," a source said.
	"With such packed schedules they were both finding it increasingly difficult to see each other."
	Just four months ago, Gandy, who began dating Barks in May, claimed he was single after he jetted off to New York for a job while the brunette beauty was pursuing her dreams in Los Angeles.
	But the pair appeared to patch things up almost immediately after they were spotted together at the Virgin Media V Festival in August.

Samantha Barks, David Gandy split

The poster of upcoming film 'Shahid' shows actor Rajkumar Yadav, who plays the role of slain lawyer Shahid Azmi, with a blackened face, an incident that director Hansal Mehta suffered in real life.
	The poster is inspired from a scene in the film which shows Shahid Azmi being attacked by goons outside the court and his face is blackened but the incident is something that happened to Mehta in real life.
	In 2000, when Mehta released 'Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar', his office was vandalised and his face was blackened by Shiv Sena workers.
	Mehta decided to relive his personal horrors by including this scene in the movie.
	"Hansal has shown great emotional strength to relive the shock and insult and humiliation that he went through despite no fault of his own. It's a brave decision on Hansal's part to make a poster on this incident from his personal life. He is not an afraid man," a source close to the director said.
	'Shahid', slated to release on October 18, has found supporters like Aamir Khan .

Hansal Mehta's past inspires 'Shahid' movie poster

Tigmanshu Dhulia doubled up as a dialect coach for Saif Ali Khan while directing his upcoming mafia drama 'Bullett Raja'.
	The film is an action drama and is set in Lucknow and will show Saif in a never before seen avatar of a rustic gangster.
	Dhulia, who was born and brought up in UP, has coached Saif on his UP dialect as it was very important for him to get the accent right. The director also made him speak with various people from Lucknow to understand the local dialect.
	"Saif is a very proactive actor and he keenly participated in the learning process. He is truly a director's actor and he diligently listened to what I had to say as this is my backyard," Dhulia said.
	Releasing on November 29, 'Bullett Raja' is based on fictional mafia in Uttar Pradesh and stars Saif, Sonakshi Sinha, Jimmy Shergill, Vidyut Jamwal, Gulshan Grover, Raj Babbar and Chunky Pandey.
	The film is being presented by Fox Star Studios and is produced by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Nitin Tej Ahuja and Rahul Mitra.

Dhulia turns dialect coach for 'Bullett Raja'

Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, who plays the role of captain Richard Phillips in his upcoming movie of the same name, feels that doing the role of a real person comes with special responsibility.
	"I think it's important not to redefine somebody's motivations. (In a movie) you have to have people do or say things they never did or said, and be in places they never were. But you can take that to an extreme where it's not really why this person does what he does, and that's the key. You've got to be a journalist and a historian and a filmmaker all at the same time," Hanks told Parade magazine.
	Directed by Paul Greengrass, 'Captain Phillips' revolves around the true-life ordeal of Richard Phillips, the captain of a US-flagged cargo ship, the MV Maersk Alabama, sailing with a 20-man crew and 17,000 metric tons of cargo that was bound for Kenya in April 2009 when it was abducted by four Somali pirates.
	The biopic is based on the memoirs of Phillips, who was at the helm of the ship and was taken 

Playing a real person huge responsibility: Tom Hanks

Penelope Cruz, who will be seen next in Ridley Scott's star studded drama 'The Counselor', is happy juggling work and motherhood.
	The Spanish beauty gave birth to her daughter, Luna, three months ago with husband Javier Bardem and Cruz says family will always be a priority to her.
	"I've always been a very family person, since I was a little girl, that's the way I was raised. So that will always be a priority. But I have to work, like everyone else, so I will find a way to balance," the actress said.
	The mother of two wore a red Nina Ricci suit for the London premiere of the film, which also stars Bardem, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz and Michael Fassbender.
	Unfortunately for Bardem, the couple don't have any scenes together in the movie.
	'The Counselor' is all set to release on October 25.

Family is always the priority: Penelope Cruz

Pop star Britney Spears has denied reports suggesting that she had an intention to lip-sync her upcoming shows.
	Recently, it was rumoured that the 32-year-old singer was planning to lip-sync her way through her two-year Las Vegas gig, reported Huffington Post.
	"I'm definitely going to be singing live. I always sing live. It doesn't sound so great all the time, but I do my best," Spears said.
	The singer had confirmed earlier that she will be heading to Las Vegas to kick off a residency at the city's Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino with an expected 50 shows every year for two years.

I always sing live: Britney Spears on lip-syncing rumours

Sean Penn apparently had a word with Robert Pattinson to ensure that his daughter Dylan, who is reportedly dating the "Twilight" star, does not suffer a heartbreak.
	The 27-year-old actor recently sparked dating rumours with Dylan after the duo were spotted catching a show together, reported Showbizspy.
	"Sean had a chat with Rob recently. Sean knows what it's like to be a young, successful actor and the beautiful women that come with it," a source said.
	"Sean gave his piece about not getting too heavy with his daughter if he's playing the field, as he doesn't want to see her hurt," the source added.
	Pattinson ended his three-year-old relationship with his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart in May after her affair with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders became public.
	The couple tried to work things out after a brief spilt but finally parted ways in May.
	Pattinson has been linked to many women post-split.

Sean Penn adviced Robert Pattinson over dating his daughter?

One Direction star Harry Styles has reportedly bid 150,000 pounds in the hope of securing a place on Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic maiden voyage next year.
	Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic plans to provide space flights to space tourists and Harry, 19, wishes to be a part of the voyage next year, reported Daily Star.
	"Harry heard about the voyage a while ago but something triggered his interest in the past few weeks," a source said.
	"He's got no idea if it's realistic with it being so close - with his obligations to the band - but he's willing to move things around to make it happen," the source added.
	The star is believed to have called on close friend and manager Simon Cowell to help him seal the deal.
	"If anyone has the contacts to make it happen it's Simon. Harry is happy to fork out the cash for it - he's loaded. He just needs Simon to help him seal the deal," the source said.
	The other members of the band Niall Horan, Zayn Malik Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson are ...

Harry Styles bids 150,000 pounds for space voyage?

The shooting of Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Happy New Year" has brought an estimated USD 5 million to the UAE.
	The film commission said that its USD 5 million estimate for "Happy New Year" will be followed by a more precise figure this month or next.
	According to a report in The National, benefits to the Emirate's economy would have included spending on hotel rooms, flights and equipment and space rentals.
	"Happy New Year" took three weeks to shoot and is the first full-length feature film to be shot almost entirely in the Emirates. The film is to be released next year.
	The film commission expects more interest from Bollywood now with two more films already confirmed. The commission did not provide details of the additional films.
	The commission worked with Shah Rukh's production company, Red Chillies Entertainment for about a year to organize the shoot.
	Bollywood films earlier used to choose Dubai as a location only for one or two scenes.
	"This is not just a dance scene, but about 

SRK movie shoot fetches USD 5m for UAE: report

Singer-actress Jessica Simpson shared two adorable pictures of her three-months-old baby boy Ace recently on Twitter.
	The black and white pictures had "3 Months" written on it and showed the 33-year-old blonde beauty holding Ace close, with the tot looking straight at the camera, reported Us magazine.
	The mother of two recently revealed her slim post-baby body just two months after giving birth when she stepped out for lunch.
	Simpson also officially signed back on with Weight Watchers in August. She had reportedly earned USD 4 million in May 2012 in her first deal with the weight loss company while pregnant with Maxwell.
	Six months later it was revealed that she was pregnant yet again with baby Ace.

Jessica Simpson shares pictures of baby Ace

Actress Charlize Theron has reportedly undergone a surgery for a neck injury she sustained on the set of 2005 action movie "Aeon Flux".
	The 38-year-old Oscar-winning actress hurt herself while performing her own stunts, but she recently opted for the corrective operation when the pain started bothering her, reported OK! magazine.
	"Charlize got injured on a set and broke a vertebrae years ago. It's been bothering her a lot lately so she had surgery to correct it and they had to go through her neck... She will be totally fine. She plans just to hang out and rest all weekend and recuperate," a source told the magazine.
	Theron has kept quiet about the procedure, but she was spotted wearing a neck scarf over a small bandage while attending Variety magazine's 5th Annual Power of Women event in Beverly Hills, California, on October 4.
	"She's got a small Band-Aid on her neck. She kept fussing with the white scarf. She (was) wearing (the scarf) to cover it, but it was poking out and ...

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