Actor Martin Freeman, who was last seen as Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit', is all set to play the good-natured but tragic Lester Nygaard in the TV reboot of Joel and Ethan Coen's Oscar-nominated film 'Fargo'.
	Nygaard, whose plan to get ransom from his father-in-law by getting his wife kidnapped goes awry, was portrayed by William H Macy in the 1996 feature film.
	FX's 10-episode limited series is inspired by the Coen brothers' 1996 best picture nominee and will follow an all-new "true crime" story with a new case and characters, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
	Lester is an insurance salesman who is henpecked by his wife. His life is changed forever when a mysterious stranger comes to town. The part earned Macy a best supporting actor Oscar nomination.
	Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton will portray Lorne Malvo, the manipulative man who meets Lester and sets him on a path of destruction.
	Noah Hawley will write  the script as well as executive produce. Joel and Ethan Coen, the ...

'The Hobbit' star Martin Freeman to star in 'Fargo' remake

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Kangana Ranuat's upcoming film 'Rajjo' is set to clash with Deepika Padukone-Ranveer Singh starrer 'Ram Leela' at the box office on November 15, but the national award winning actress is unfazed by the competition from the Sanjay Leela Bhansali camp.
	Bhansali's romantic drama was earlier set to enjoy a solo release but now Kangana's movie is also hitting the screens on the same date.
	"I was waiting for an apt time to bring the film. Even though the main character Kangana (Rajjo) plays a Mujrawali in the film, it isn't somber or depressing by any means," director Vishwas Patil said.
	'Rajjo' would incidentally be arriving just 12 days after the release of 'Krrish 3' (November 3) which also stars Kangana in a role with grey shades.
	"'Rajjo' is really close to my heart and I am glad it is being released this festive season. As for competition with other films, there would be one every week in any case. I am sure my producers are taking a good call and it comes from the trust and ...

Kangana's 'Rajjo' to clash with 'Ram Leela' on Nov 15

'Inglorious Basterds' star Christoph Waltz is reportedly in talks to play another negative role opposite Alexander Skarsgard in Warner Bros 'Tarzan'.
	Waltz, who won Oscars for his supporting performances in Quentin Tarantino's 'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Django Unchained', will reportedly play a military figure that crosses paths with the King of the Jungle.
	The bigscreen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs series of novels will be directed by David Yates and is being produced by Jerry Weintraub and Alan Riche, reported Variety.
	The project is yet to get a greenlight but the casting is already underway. Yates is also looking for an actress to play Tarzan's love interest Jane in the movie.
	According to sources actress Margot Robbie and Emma Stone are being considered for the part but nothing is final yet.

Christoph Waltz in talks to play villain in 'Tarzan'

Actress Eva Mendes says she always wears something with emotional value when she's dressing up.
	"The Place Beyond the Pines" said she always tries to include some of her most personal accessories when getting ready for the red carpet, reported Contactmusic.
	"I love a turban, I know I'm like 50 years too late. And they're actually my grandmother's earrings that I wore that night, who I never met. It was very emotional for me. I always think it's important to wear something which is emotional to you.
	"Everybody always wants to lend you things for these events and stuff and it's all wonderful and you give it back at the end of the night, but I like to have a little emotional piece with me," she said.
	Mendes, 39, has recently launched her first fashion collection for New York & Company, a line of simple, sensible clothes for the everyday woman.

Eva Mendes' emotional dress sense

Singer-actress Miley Cyrus, who recently posed nude for Rolling Stone cover, has tattooed the iconic music magazines's name on the soles of her feet.
	During her recent cover shoot for the magazine, the 20-year-old decided the perfect way to immortalise the accomplishment forever was to get tattooed during the interview, reported Aceshowbiz.
	Speaking to contributing editor Josh Eells, the singer revealed she wanted to do "something fun" during their chat.
	"I thought about going to play laser tag. But laser tag sucks. We could have gone bowling, but what are we, 90?," she said.
	The songstress tweeted the image of her looking relaxed and happy as she got her feet tattooed in the presence of Rolling Stone contributing editor Josh Eells.
	Cyrus sports 19 tatoos on her body including - a dream catcher, a peace sign, equal sign, a heart, a cross, the word Karma, an evil eye and 'Bad' - reportedly referring to the Michael Jackson album.

Miley Cyrus gets Rolling Stone tattoo

Hindustani ragas and baroque music take turns to map the journey of Orfeo, the Greek legend who travels to India in search of his beloved deceased wife Eurydice.
	This journey, captured in a five-act opera "Orfeo, Crossing the Ganges", and staged here over the past three days is the brainchild of Francoise Lasserre, and has been produced by Francis Wacziarg, who conceived the idea two years ago.
	"It's not a fusion or amalgamation but a conversation between the two cultures where authenticity of each is maintained. A little ornamentation and improvisation has been done to support the storyline. Francoise Lasserre is in love with this country and has a keen knowledge of both classical western music and Indian music", says Francois Rancillac, the opera's stage director.
	The Indian adaptation of the opera, said to be the earliest surviving opera that is still regularly performed, retains the music and dialogues of the original production.
	Created by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi .

Greek legend Orfeo comes to India searching for his love

The 'Big Bang Theory' star Kaley Cuoco is reportedly engaged to her tennis player boyfriend Ryan Sweeting.
	The 27-year-old was proposed by Sweeting just days after their red carpet debut as a couple at the Emmy Awards, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"It's only been three months but she knows Ryan is the one. When you know, you know," a source said.
	Cuoc was quick to share her joy on as she tweeted, "Flying high, I could literally touch the sky with you." She also posted an Instagram picture with a caption that read, "A sweet celebration with my sweet soul sisters." To her new fiance, she sent a cute photo of two penguins walking side by side with a sweet "I love you" note.
	As the engagement news broke out, a picture of "The Big Bang Theory" star in Los Angeles sporting a huge diamond rock on her left ring finger emerged.
	Wearing a comfy grey top, loose pants and flip-flops with a big tote bag, she was getting ready to film her latest movie coincidentally titled "The Wedding Ringer".
	Cuoco 

Kaley Cuoco engaged to Ryan Sweeting

A scheduled stage appearance of actor Sanjay Dutt in a cultural programme to raise welfare funds for jail staff, failed to materialise last evening as prison authorities postponed the show due to "security reasons".
	The 1992 bomb blast convict held guilty under the Arms Act for possessing illegal weapons, was to perform along with 50 other Yerawada jail inmates in the show at Balandharva auditorium.
	State Prison Department Chief Meeran Borwankar said the programme would be held after a few days as there was a "a lot of positive energy" generated among the inmates drafted for the event.
	She, however, did not give any details of security reasons that led to the postponement of the programme, expected to be be attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Home Minister R R Patil.
	The ticket money will be refunded and a new date for the event announced later, prison officials added.
	Dutt was expected to take part in a skit delivering some dialogue lines from his ...

Dutt's cultural skit for Pune jail staff welfare postponed

Popular TV actor Shivaji Satam best known as ACP Pradyuman of 'CID', says through this investigative series, their team encourages people to report every sort of crime.
	'CID' is a hit detective show that airs on Sony TV. It is about a team of detectives belonging to the Crime Investigation Department in Mumbai where Satam plays the protagonist of the show.
	"All over India people don't want to go and report to the police because its not as simple as you see it on TV. But we encourage people to do it. As we feel you can't generalise that the police don't work; there are a lot of cops who take their jobs very seriously and are doing the right thing," Satam said.
	Also, at the end of every show, we keep on suggesting capital punishment for criminals despite the fact that we hardly have any hangings happening in India. Hopefully, we can put a little fear into the audiences and make them believe that crime is not good, he said.
	This longest-running investigative series on television, ...

We encourage people to report crimes via 'CID': Shivaji Satam

Singer Toni Braxton and her longtime collaborator Kenneth 'babyface' Edmonds are heading to Broadway to appear in upcoming musical 'After Midnight'.
	The Grammy winners have signed on for a two-week stint in the production, which celebrates jazz icon Duke Ellington's years at Harlem's famous Cotton Club, the Hollywood Reporter said.
	The production will officially open at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on November 13 and Braxton and Babyface will appear from March 18-30 next year.
	Other artists set to star in the show include k.D. Lang and Fantasia Barrino.
	Braxton and Babyface have also teamed up to record a new duets album - Love, Marriage & Divorce - which is set for release in December.
	The Un-Break My Heart hitmaker Braxton previously appeared on the stage in Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Aida', while Babyface is set to make his Broadway debut.

Toni Braxton to be part of Broadway musical

Pop star Perrie Edwards wants her Little Mix bandmates to be her bridesmaids when she marries Zayn Malik.
	The singer, who got engaged to the One Direction hunk in August, will ask the other members of her girl group - Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson - to accompany her down the aisle on her big day, reported Daily Mirror.
	"Little Mix aren't bridesmaids material... I am joking! Imagine if I didn't have them? I wouldn't take one off to the side and say, 'Oh, you've made the cut' and then say to the other two, 'Sorry guys.' It's all or nothing with these girls," Edwards said.
	"I haven't started making any decisions yet wedding-wise. But I'm excited to start planning it all. I can't wait," she added.

Perrie Edwards' Little Mix bandmates to be her bridesmaids

'Twilight' actress Dakota Fanning is in talks to star alongside Richard Gere in independent drama "Franny".
	Actor Theo James is also set to join the new film about an older gentleman who wedges himself into the lives of a young couple, reported Contactmusic.
	Director Andrew Renzi will helm the film based on a screenplay he wrote himself and Treehouse Pictures will produce the budget drama.
	Newcomer James is set to become one of Hollywood's most sought after leading men when new teen sci-fi thriller "Divergent" hits cinemas next March.
	The film, which is expected to rival "The Hunger Games" and launch a franchise, will co-star Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet.
	Former child actress Fanning recently played a supporting role in the "Twilight" films and will next be seen in "Effie Gray" and "Every Secret Thing".
	"Franny" will begin filming in Philadelphia next month.

Dakota Fanning to star in indie film 'Franny'

Lindsay Lohan's half sister Ashley Horn has spent USD 25,000 on plastic surgery to look more like the troubled actress.
	Ashley, who shares the same father as Lindsay, debuts her new look in the latest issue of a lifestyle magazine, reported Ace Showbiz.
	"I've gotten rhinoplasty, a bit of refinement underneath my cheeks and jawline, some fat injected into my chin and some fat injected into my upper cheeks," Ashley said.
	"My goal was to look like Lindsay in her good days, when she was around 18, 19 years old. I'm hotter than Lindsay! I have no problem saying that," she added.
	Ashley said that she is not like her actress sister in terms of personalities.
	"I'm not Lindsay. I wasn't raised in that family," she insists. Ashley also says that she does not have any relationship with the Lohans and she does not want one.
	"I don't drink, do drugs or party. I like being a responsible person," she said.

Lohan's half sister spends USD 25K on plastic surgery

"Twilight" star Robert Pattinson was spotted holding hands with a mystery brunette at friend Shoshana Bush's birthday party.
	The pair seemed to be very much into each other most of the night, reported Us nagazine.
	"The party was so fun. Everyone was dancing to Frank Sinatra hits. Rob was there with his new girlfriend. I don't know her name," a source said.
	They also danced together at the poolside of the low-key get-together.
	"There were like 40 people at the party, it was intimate, and Rob was next to her the entire time no matter where he was," the source added.
	Pattinson, 27, earlier dated his "Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart.

Robert Pattinson holds hands with mystery woman

Singer Elton John has revealed that he and longtime partner David Furnish are eager to wed following Parliament's decision to legalise same-sex marriages in the UK.
	The 'Rocket Man' hitmaker and his longtime partner are hoping to be among the first married gay couples in the country after legally entering into a civil partnership in 2005, reported Contactmusic.
	The landmark bill will go into effect from next year.
	"Absolutely, we're going to get married. We had our civil partnership on the first day it was legally possible. Same sex people have been waiting a long time for things to happen to them.
	"I've been through hell for through my 50s and 60s and even before then, so when a government gives you this legislation, which is so wonderful and we didn't expect it to come so soon in society, then you seize it by the horns and you say, 'Yes, we're gonna do this because it's such a gift and we never thought we'd have it'," he said.

Elton John eager to legally wed David Furnish

Channing Tatum's wife Jenna Dewan said her actor husband is a hands-on father to their four-month-old baby.
	The 32-year-old actress, who filmed a TV series 'Witches of East End' recently, said he takes time out of his own busy acting schedule to cradle Everly to sleep, reported Contactmusic.
	"He's in the trailer, he's rocking her to sleep, I'm running back and forth breastfeeding. He's been amazing - every chance he gets he's here. He's like, 'I could sit here and be set husband all day long. This is so fun!'," she said.
	Dewan, who married Tatum in 2009, moved to Vancouver, Canada, to begin filming her show only two months after giving birth to Everly, and said the move taught her lots about preparation.
	"We knew it was coming, I knew I had this show coming up, and we just knew, okay, let's get through these four months and prepare for it as much as possible, which I'm learning is the key of motherhood: prepping. It's going good so far.

Channing Tatum's wife praises husband's parenting skills

Art collector Charles Saatchi and TV presenter Trinny Woodall have sparked dating rumours after the pair were spotted on a string of dinner dates.
	Woodall, 49, was pictured driving away from Scott's restaurant in London with 70-year-old Saatchi in the back of her car, reported Hello! magazine.
	They were recently spotted at the upmarket Mayfair restaurant with a friend and the couple then went to his Chelsea home, where the fashion adviser stayed till the next morning.
	The outing marked the third time they have been to the restaurant together in the past couple of weeks.
	However, there has been no official confirmation of a romance between the pair, who are both divorced.
	Saatchi's marriage to TV chef Nigella Lawson ended in July, a month after he was photographed with his hand around his wife's neck at the same restaurant where he has been seen with Woodall.
	The TV presenter split with her businessman husband Johnny Elichaoff in 2008 after being in a relationship for ten years.

Charles Saatchi dating Trinny Woodall?

Socialite Jemima Khan reportedly thinks that funnyman Russell Brand is not mature enough to be her boyfriend.
	Khan, 39, is said to be dating the 38-year-old comedian since June but she is not keen on making their relationship serious, reported Contactmusic.
	"They do get along great and have a lot in common, but she doesn't think he's mature enough for her to consider a serious relationship. And until he proves otherwise, she has said she can only see him on a casual basis," a source said.
	 However, Brand is in awe of Khan and keen to make their relationship an exclusive one.
	"Russ surprised us all by how taken he is with Jemima. He's desperate to take things to the next level and make things exclusive. It's like he's addicted to her. She's described him as compulsive and obsessive and it's too much," the source added.
	Brand was previously married to pop star Katy Perry whereas, Khan is the mother of two with former husband, Pakistani cricketer-politician Imran Khan.

Jemima Khan not serious about Russell Brand?

The lawyer for Michael Jackson's mother has portrayed the company that was producing Jackson's "This Is It" concert series as a money-making machine with executives who did not care about the star's well-being.
	Brian Panish used his rebuttal argument today to urge a Los Angeles jury to find that AEG Live LLC hired Conrad Murray to be Jackson's physician without consideration of whether he was fit for the job.
	The lawyer focused on emails between AEG executives referring to the fact that Jackson wanted Murray to care for him during the concerts.
	He also showed jurors details of a contract drafted by AEG but only signed by Murray. He said it proved that AEG wanted to control the doctor.
	Murray was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death.

Closing arguments near end in Jackson-AEG trial

Legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar, who was recuperating at the Lilavati Hospital here, was today discharged following improvement in his condition.
	The 90-year-old thespian was kept in the intensive care unit (ICU) for ten days after he suffered a myocardial infarction (heart attack) on September 15. The veteran actor had undergone a heart surgery 14 years ago.
	"He is better and hence it was decided to take him home," sources close to the actor told PTI.
	Born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan, he later adopted the film name of Dilip Kumar. In a career spanning over six decades, Dilip Kumar starred in a variety of films including romantic, drama, comedy and socio-historic. He was crowned as the 'Tragedy King of Bollywood' for playing a doomed lover on screen in 'Devdas', 'Madhumati' and 'Ganga Jamuna'.
	His other memorable films include 'Naya Daur', 'Mughal-e-Azam', 'Ram Shyam', 'Kranti', 'Mashaal', 'Baabul' and 'Jogan'. His last film was 'Qila' in 1998.
	The actor was honoured with the ...

Dilip Kumar discharged from hospital

A relentless worker that he is, Shah Rukh Khan often goes the extra mile to achieve success as he fears losing the top position.
	The 47-year-old superstar, whose last release "Chennai Express" is one of the highest grossers at the box-office till date, said he is constantly working hard to sustain his place in the industry.
	"I am scared of losing. I am scared of coming second. I am scared of not making it big. So, I have such a fear of failure that I work harder when even I don't need to. I work longer when I don't have to.
	"I never rest on my laurels because I feel that this will be taken away one day. I have this fear that if I don't work hard enough I will lose what I have attained and not be able to continue to do so. I don't have blood pressure neither I am a heart victim but I need to just work hard," he said on the sidelines of 40th National Management Convention by All India Management Association (AIMA).
	A star in the industry for two decades, Shah Rukh said that his ...

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