Actor Irrfan Khan, who plays the lead in Ritesh Batra's "The Lunchbox", today expressed his disappointment with the jury's decision of not choosing the film as India's official entry for the Oscars next year, saying "they should have done a good job".
	Irrfan, 46, who also co-produced the critically acclaimed movie, said it had the capacity to connect with the world audience.
	"Whatever the responsibility of the body is, they should have done a good job. I am just disappointed as it was a film with a new language and has the capacity to connect with the world audience. That film was unique in its own way.
	"If that film would have got proper importance then we should have said that you (jury) are giving right signal to upcoming talents, who are trying to make innovation in film language. 'Madras Cafe' and 'Ship of Theseus' are also the films with new language. They also have the capability to connect with the universal audience," Irrfan told PTI.
	The Film Federation of ...

Irrfan disappointed at 'The Lunchbox' out of Oscars race

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Beginning this month contemporary fashion, music, comedy, film and food from Australia are set to travel across India in a big festival that aims to showcase the Australian culture and diversity.
	The 'Oz Fest', which had a smashing debut in the country last year, is returning again this time with "diverse line-up of innovative and exciting events".
	"We are bringing back some successful elements from last year's program as well as venturing into new areas of cultural collaboration with India. We want people in India to get a taste of Australian contemporary culture," said Australia's High Commissioner to India, Patrick Suckling.
	The festival scheduled to run between October 2013 to February 2014 is focusing on both Australian and Indian contemporary music and film.
	"Our main focus this time would be to work on developments and connect with Indian people so that they get the taste of Australian culture here in India", said Kathryn Deyell, First Secretary,  Public Diplomacy ...

Australian cultural festival back in India with second edition

Aussie speedster Brett Lee is now launching his own line of scarves handwoven by women artisans, that will debut at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2014 here.
	The charismatic bowler, who is quite popular in India, is set to launch the collection, at the Australian design showcase of 'Oz Fest'- a wide-ranging cultural festival of Australia that is scheduled to run in India from October 2013 to February 2014.
	"This year Oz fest will open with Australian design showcase at WIFW in Delhi", Kathryn Deyell, First Secretary Public Diplomacy, Australian High Commission said today while announcing the line up of events for the five-month long festival.
	Lee is collaborating with the NGO Artisans of Fashion who work with Panchachuli Women Weavers and Woolmark of Kumaon for the "exciting new fashion project".
	The scarves, fashioned from Australian Merino Wool have been handwoven by the Panchachuli women weavers in the foothills of Himalayas.
	"Last year's ...

Bret Lee to launch designer scarf line at WIFW

Marc Jacobs has stepped down as the creative designer of Louis Vuitton after 16 years to concentrate on his own label.
	Jacobs had been working with LVMH, the owner of luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Moet & Chandon, and the flamboyant designer now wants to focus on an IPO for his Marc Jacobs brand, reported New York Times from Paris.
	Bernard Arnault, the chairman of the luxury conglomerate LVMH, said that the company has come to an agreement with Jacobs and that it plans to take the Marc Jacobs company public possibly within the next three years.
	The Marc Jacobs business has been majority owned by LVMH for the last decade, and a public offering was described as a strategy to separate Jacobs business from LVMH without requiring the designer to raise equity or take on other partners.
	"When we started together, Marc Jacobs was a tiny little business of around USD 20 million. Now the totality of sales is approaching USD 1 billion. It has been an enormous growth," Arnault ...

Marc Jacobs leaves Louis Vuitton after 16 years

A four-month long cultural extravaganza showcasing India's diverse culture and heritage will be jointly inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee and King of Belgium Philippe here tomorrow.
	Mukherjee, who is on a four-day visit here, will be received by King Phillippe at the venue from where both the leaders will light the traditional lamp marking the opening of 'Europalia India'.
	Mukherjee, the first Indian Head of the State to visit Belgium, arrived here yesterday in the first leg of his six-day state visit to Belgium and Turkey.
	In a rare gesture, King Philippe came to the airport here to receive Mukherjee.
	The cultural extravaganza would present to European audience vibrant heritage of India through 450 events like performing arts, discussions, exhibitions and cultural events planned at 100 venues in Belgium and neighbouring countries.
	The event which starts from October 4 will continue till January 26, 2014, and it will present to Europe different aspects of Indian artistic .

Prez to inaugurate mega cultural festival in Belgium tomorrow

Pop star Britney Spears new video has reportedly been banned from being shown during primetime in the UK because of its racy content.
	The new single which is from Spears' eighth studio album was found unsuitable for broadcast by British TV stations before 10pm because of some content which they found to be racy, reported Daily Mirror.
	"While the video has gone down a storm online, it's a bit too much to play on TV. Music stations like The Box and MTV have their hands tied," a source said.

Britney Spears video banned in UK?

"The Departed" star Mark Wahlberg has sold his Mediterranean-style Beverly Hills villa for USD 13 million.
	The lavish house boasts five bedrooms, eight bathrooms, a private swimming pool, screening room, a guest house, a basketball court and a recording studio, reported Daily Mirror.
	Mark, 42, had purchased the house for USD 5 million in 2001. He also got it thoroughly renovated.
	The actor has been building an even more extravagant 33,000-square-foot dream home in Beverly Park.
	Wahlberg along with his wife Rhea Durham and their four children, Ella, Michael, Brendan, and Grace might move in to the new place.

Mark Wahlberg sells Beverly Hills mansion

Daniel Radcliffe says he had to work hard to overcome his "Harry Potter" image.
	The 24-year-old actor, who plays poet Allen Ginsberg in 'Kill Your Darlings', believes everyone thought it was destiny that landed him the lead role in "Harry Potter" franchise at the age of 11.
	It was this notion that Radcliffe wanted to dispel by making interesting choices in his career post "Harry Potter", reported the New York Times magazine.
	"I have a massive chip on my shoulder. When you fall into something at age 11 and get paid incredible amounts of money for your entire teenage years for doing a job anyone would want, there is a part of you that thinks everybody is just saying, 'He got there because he fell into it; he's not really an actor'," Radcliffe said.
	"I feel it less nowadays. It has taken a long time to feel like I've earned the place that I'm at," he added.
	Radcliffe also feels that working from an early age deprived him of the opportunity to enjoy his teenage life.
	"I didn't have .

I had to prove I was a good actor: Daniel Radcliffe

Reality TV star Khloe Kardashian says she is trying hard to save her marriage to Lamar Odom amid reports that Odom is involved with drugs.
	The former NBA star's alleged drug use has been blamed for causing trouble in his marriage to Khloe, 29, reported US magazine.
	The socialite hosted a special chat for her followers on Facebook recently in which she thanked her fans for their support.
	 "I think you're so amazing and beautiful and love how you carry yourself through all of these hard times!!! You are such an inspiration to me!!!" a fan wrote.
	To which Khloe replied, "I'm trying my best! Kisses."
	The chat lasted for about 35 minutes, generating more than 9,000 comments.
	The 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star personally responded to as many as 12 fans.

I'm trying my best: Khloe Kardashian on marital problems

'Glee' star Cory Monteith died of intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol, according to the final autopsy report in the actor's July 13 death.
     The BC Coroners Service in Victoria, British Columbia, in its report, said two champagne bottles, multiple glasses, a spoon with drug residue and a used hypodermic needle were found near Monteith's body in his Vancouver Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel room, reported People.
	The 31-year-old star had an alcohol level of 0.13 percent. Monteith, who had a long history of addiction and checked into rehab in March, had not consumed drugs recently, which may have caused the toxicity.
	"Individuals typically build up a concentration tolerance to this type of drug over time. After a period of cessation from opioid drug use, a previously tolerated drug concentration level may become toxic and fatal," the document states.

Cory Monteith died of alcohol and heroin toxicity

Actress Jennifer Lawrence says she dealt with a lot of weight criticisms before making it big in Hollywood.
	The 23-year-old, who won an Academy Award-winner for "Silver Linings Playbook", said she often had to listen to people from the industry telling her she was fat and can't survive long, reported Harper's Bazaar.
	"I was young. It was just the kind of things that actresses have to go through. Somebody told me I was fat, that I was going to get fired if I didn't lose a certain amount of weight. They brought in pictures of me where I was basically naked, and told me to use them as motivation for my diet. It was just that," she said.
	Lawrence still feels the pain of being scrutinised for her weight by Tinseltown's image-obsessed folks.
	"It doesn't matter what accolades you get. I know it'll never happen to me again. If anybody even tries to whisper the word 'diet,' I'm like, 'You can go do yourself," she said.

Jennifer Lawrence opens up about being called fat

Amanda Bynes's mother, who has been granted legal control over her daughter, has spoken about the troubled star for the first time, saying the actress will get through her "situation".
	Bynes, 27, was hospitalised after a driveway-burning incident on July 22. She was recently transferred from UCLA Medical Center to a Malibu facility where she'll remain for the foreseeable future, reported People magazine.
	"I would really like everyone out there to know that almost 99 percent of the things written about my daughter in various media outlets are false or misleading," Lynn, 66, said in a statement.
	"Unless it's a statement issued by our family attorney, Tamar Arminak, please take everything you read about Amanda with a grain of salt."
	With her erratic behaviour, Bynes had become a tabloid darling just before she was put in a psychiatric hold but Lynn has appealed for her daughter's privacy while she recovers.
	"Please know that neither myself or other family members have ever released .

mother says Bynes will get through her problems

Actor Dominic Cooper could play Freddie Mercury in upcoming movie.
	According to reports, the actor who plays young Howard Stark in "Captain America" movies is circling the lead role left vacant by Sacha Baron Cohen in the untitled Freddie Mercury biopic, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"Borat" star Cohen left the film about Queen's late frontman due to creative differences.
	Daniel Radcliffe was previously linked to the role, but he quickly shut down the casting rumor.
	"There is no truth to it at all. Everyone on the internet who I presume is saying I'm totally wrong for that part is correct. I am completely wrong for that part," he said.
	Peter Morgan, Oscar-nominated writer of "Frost/Nixon" and "Rush" who was most recently tapped to write Ang Lee's 3D boxing film, was brought in by Cohen to pen the screenplay.
	David Fincher and Tom Hooper were allegedly wanted to helm the project, but the Queen members reportedly turned them down.

Dominic Cooper in talks to play Freddie Mercury in biopic

A jury here dismissed the case that Michael Jackson's family had brought against concert promoter AEG Live alleging them of negligence in singer's 2009 death.
	After four days of deliberations, the Los Angeles Superior Court panel found that AEG Live was not negligent in the death of the singer.
	They found that Dr Conrad Murray, who gave the pop star a deadly dose of a powerful anesthetic, was not unfit or incompetent to perform the work for which he was hired, reported People magazine.
	"The jury's decision completely vindicates AEG Live, confirming what we have known from the start - that although Michael Jackson's death was a terrible tragedy, it was not a tragedy of AEG Live's making," said AEG attorney Marvin Putnam.
	Jackson's mother Katherine was seeking massive damages in the April lawsuit. The jury began deliberating on September 26.
	Murray, who was convicted of manslaughter in Jackson's death in November 2011 and is scheduled to be released from jail on October 28, was not 

Michael Jackson's family loses wrongful death lawsuit

Actress Deepika Padukone has made her debut as a fashion designer with Van Heusen Woman's 'Limited Edition' collection, which she has co-created.
	The 27-year-old, who is known for her minimal yet classic style, has pitched in ideas for the collection which is pegged around 'Old Hollywood' glamour where classic meets contemporary.
	The palate of this co-created line features monochromatic shades for the uber chic, dusty rose pinks and cobalt blue.
	"We'll I'm hardly a designer. I think I am someone who has ideas but I'm not very good at executing. But I'm very open to seeing new things and sharing my ideas and then of course I need people to help me put it all together," Deepika said in a statement.
	"It's a little bit of what I already have and what I would like to see myself wearing. The collection is really about wearing your own personality. That's something I've always believed in. It's important to not forget who you are," she added.
	The campaign has been shot in Milan.
	"We ...

Deepika Padukone makes her debut as fashion designer

Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has been allegedly threatened by the underworld to cancel his deal with an event management company and sign up with another, purportedly chosen by them, police said today.
     The 40-year-old singer has informed the city police that he has been receiving a number of threatening phone calls and text messages from Chhota Shakeel, a close aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, for the past few days.
     According to Sonu, Shakeel tried to coerce him to cancel a contract with an event management company and sign up with another firm chosen by the don.
     However, no FIR has been filed by him so far, police said, adding they received the complaint on phone.
     The singer has entered into a contract with the event management firm to organise 'World Tour-2014', which Shakeel wanted to scrap.
     Last month, Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor had received death threats over the phone from an unidentified person, suspected to be linked to Ravi Pujari's 

Sonu gets underworld threat to scrap deal with event mgmt firm

Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who will be again seen as a Bengali girl in her upcoming film 'Bullett Raja' after 'Lootera', says she loves Bengal's traditional attire and folk dance.
	Sonakshi has left no stone unturned to get into the skin of her character in the Tigmanshu Dhulia directed film.
	"This is for the second time I am playing a Bengali girl. I have played a Bengali in 'Lootera', but that was drastically different, I was a 1950 Bengali girl, who is a Zamindar's daughter. In 'Bullett Raja', I am playing a contemporary Bengali girl. I loved my look for the Bengali avatar," Sonakshi said.
	"It gave me a very traditional feel. I wish the sequence we shot in that costume was a little longer, because I did not want to get out of it," she said.
	The 26-year-old will be seen in the quintessential red bordered saree, along with big red bindi, gajra and alta on her hands.
	"I absolutely loved donning this look... There is a certain grace to it. Once I was in it everyone was shocked at how .

Sonakshi loved her Bengali avatar in 'Bullett Raja'

Superstar George Clooney is reportedly dating his former girlfriend Monika Jakisic after splitting with Stacey Keibler two months ago.
	Jakisic is a Croatian model who first hooked up with Clooney in 2007. She recently shared on Twitter that how she is enjoying a vacation in LA, where incidentally Clooney is staying, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"So glad to be back in LA: great weather, better company," she tweeted. The brunette model reportedly stayed over in the "Gravity" star's mansion last month.
	Earlier, the two were spotted in May in a London nightclub as they "danced and held hands".
	Meanwhile, Keibler has also moved on from Clooney as she is reportedly dating tech entrepreneur Jared Pobre.

George Clooney reunites with old flame Monika Jakisic

Frank Sinatra's widow Barbara has dismissed Mia Farrow's revelation that the singer may have fathered her son Ronan instead of Woody Allen, calling it "just a bunch of junk".
	In an interview to Vanity Fair, Farrow said that her 25-year-old son Ronan was "possibly" fathered by ex-husband Sinatra and not Allen.
	"I can't hardly believe that. It's just a bunch of junk. There's always junk written - lies that aren't true," Barbara told The Desert Sun.
	She called Farrow's revelation "a phony deal", adding later singer left nothing to Ronan in his will.
	Farrow, who called the singer the great love of her life, was married to Sinatra for 18 months. Sinatra divorced her after she opted to act in 'Rosemary's Baby' over her husband's film but Farrow said they never really split up.
	Sinatra went on to marry Barbara in 1976. Those two stayed together until his death in 1998.
	No DNA tests have been done, but Ronan was treated like a member of the Sinatra family, according to Nancy Sinatra Jr, 

Sinatra's widow dismisses Mia Farrow's paternity claim

With Shah Rukh Khan starrer "Chennai Express" ending the 25-year-old box office drought of Indian movies in Egypt, distributors here are confident that Bollywood would bring much needed boost to the country's film market affected by recent political crisis.
	"Chennai Express", one of the highest grossing films in India, hit Egyptian theatres in Cairo and Alexandria last evening with Arabic subtitles. United Motion Pictures, Gaurang Films and the Indian Embassy in Cairo facilitated the release.
	In its initial run, the film is being screened in 8 theatres in Cairo and 2 in Alexandria. It will be followed by other mega releases such as Hrithik Roshan's sci-fi movie "Krissh 3" and Aamir Khan starrer heist drama "Dhoom 3".
	During the last 25-years no Bollywood film released except for SRK's "My Name Is Khan" in 2009 which was brought in Egypt by distributer Antoine Zeind.
	Zeind believes that such releases will not only help Egyptian reconnect with Bollywood after a long gap but will ...

Egyptians happy with Bollywood's return in theatres

David Beckham's former soccer manager has accused the sports superstar of losing focus after marrying his singer-turned-fashion designer wife Victoria Beckham.
	The 38-year-old player was playing for world renowned team Manchester United when he met the former Spice Girl in 1997. The pair wed in 1999 and became celebrity superstars, building multi-million empire around 'Brand Beckham'.
	Ferguson, who retired in May (13) after 26 years in charge, said in an interview to US network Pbs, "As a young kid when I got him at 12 years of age his great desire was to play some of the best football. He was a fantastic trainer, practised all the time. At night-time he would come by with the schoolboys and practise with them. And he was in that collection.
	"And then of course, his life changed, when he married the girl from The Spice Girls, yeah. And his focus changed. He got drawn into the - that celebrity status, you know? And for me, I'm a football man... He lost the focus. And when we sold ...

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