Pop diva Madonna insists she is struggling to adjust to life as the mother of two adolescents.
	The 54-year-old singer, who has four children, Lourdes, Rocco, David, and Mercy, said the toughest part of parenting is watching her two eldest kids transition into adulthood and display less of an interest in hanging out at home, reported Daily Star.
	"My daughter (Lourdes) just got an iPhone, she's 16... (and now) she (has) stopped talking to me. It's kind of uncomfortable; she's still my little girl, but she's also a woman," she said,
	Rocco, who performed as a back-up dancer on the pop star's recent MDNA tour, will turn 13 in August and Madonna insists he is going through a number of changes as well.
	"He's a foot taller, he's getting facial hair. It's terrible!"
	Lourdes is Madonna's daughter with ex-lover Carlos Leon, while filmmaker Guy Ritchie is Rocco's father. David and Mercy are Madonna's adopted children from Malawi.

Madonna struggling to adjust with adolescent kids

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Model-actress Elizabeth Hurley accepts that she did not know anything about cricket before she met her cricketer fiance Shane Warne.
	The 48-year-old actress said that her knowledge of the sport was limited to the kind of clothes the players wear, reported Contactmusic.
	"All I knew was that they wore white. Now, of course, I know a bit more, including the fact they didn't always wear white," said Hurley.
	However, Warne is happy that Hurley is taking interest in the sports.
	"Elizabeth's knowledge of cricket has come a long way over the last few years. It means a lot to me that she has taken the time to understand the game and I think I've converted to being a fan...," Warne said.

Didn't have knowledge about cricket before Shane: Hurley

"Twilight" star Kristen Stewart got a new red tattoo on her right wrist with friends in Nashville to commemorate their road trip.
	The 23-year-old newly single actress, who recently split with actor Robert Pattinson after being fours years together, got the inking from  Pride & Glory Tattoo Parlour with several of her friends, reported Contactmusic.
	The studio put up pictures of the actress looking relaxed and happy on its Facebook page.
	When a fan asked whether Stewart got a new tattoo, the studio replied, "Yes they all did. She asked us to keep it hush hush. Love her. She is a humble amazing soul."
	The brunette beauty spent more than a week enjoying a road trip with her three friends and was also spotted in Memphis, Tennessee, Amarillo, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kristen Stewart gets new tattoo

Britney Spears and Miley Cyrus have been praising each other on Twitter with the popstar asking for twerking lessons from the former Disney stars.
	Spears also praised Cyrus' raunchy music video for "We Won't Stop" earlier this week, Reported Us magazine.
	"Loving your new video for WeCantStop!," Spears tweeted.
	"Maybe you can teach me how to twerk sometime LOL," added the 31-year-old singer.
	Cyrus, 20, responded with a similarly cheeky tweet.
	"We could twerk it out in exchange for you teaching me the moves to 'Slave 4 U' (I've been practicing for the past 10 years," she replied.
	Spears' steamy music video for dance track "I'm a Slave 4 U" first premiered in 2001.

Britney Spears keen to learn twerking from Cyrus

Matthew McConaughey, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are among the honorees for the 2014 Hollywood Walk of Fame.
	Rapper Tupac Shakur and comedian Phil Hartman will be honored on the Walk of Fame posthumously. Shakur died in 1996 at 25 while Hartman died in 1998 at 49.
	Organised by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, the Hollywood Walk of Fame recognizes professionals in film, television, radio and recording industries.
	Liam Neeson, Tom Sherak, Kaley Cuoco, Claire Danes, Don Mischer, Tom Sherak, Sally Field and Rick Springfield will also be awarded stars, the Hollywood Reporter said.
	"We have a great mix of celebrities and industry executives who have made Hollywood what it is today -- one of the greatest entertainment destinations in the world," said David Green, chairman of the Walk of Fame selection committee.
	"The new selections will bring great joy and fond memories for those millions who visit Hollywood each year!"
	Motown songwriters and producers Holland-Dozier-Holland, Jeff ...

McConaughey, Katy Perry among 2014 Walk of Fame honorees

Actress Scarlett Johansson says she stays in shape through martial arts training and eating between six and eight small meals a day.
	The 'Avengers Assemble' star has been working hard to get back into shape to play the Widow in the superhero sequel with a combination of martial arts, reported OK! magazine.
	"Scarlett really got into martial arts. She has also logged a lot of time toning her muscles in the gym. She likes to mix up her workouts with circuits and resistance training," said a source.
	"She's a grazer. She will have between six and eight small meals a day," the source added.

Scarlett Johansson's kung fu workouts

A spin-off of hit TV series 'Hunted' is in the making with Melissa George as its star.
	The original series was dropped last year by the BBC, which had co-produced the first season with US cable network Cinemax, reported Deadline.
	It was subsequently reported that Cinemax hoped to continue the spy drama without the BBC's involvement.
	A spin-off called 'Sam Hunter' is in development, with the intention that it will air on Cinemax.
	George is to return as agent Sam, now on the run from her former employer with a price on her head and a young daughter to protect. She will work as a freelance spy to discover who wants her dead, and how her predicament is connected to the murder of her own mother.
	It is planned that 'Sam Hunter' will be a four-hour miniseries.

'Hunted' spin-off in development

TV star Nathan Fillion has said that he will not be starring in Marvel's "Ant-Man" film.
	The Edgar Wright-directed movie is set for a 2015 release, and many comic book fans have tipped Fillion for the title role in the picture, reported Digital Spy.
	However, the 42-year-old Firefly actor said, "I will not be playing Ant-Man. I'm pretty booked-up right now as far as work goes, and there's so much more going on in the entertainment industry than just, 'Oh, you know who would be great in that?' There's a lot more that comes into play."
	Fillion, who currently plays the title role in 'Castle', also said that he feels as though he has been "fortunate" in his career.
	"I haven't done a job in a long, long time that I would rather people not see," he said.

Nathan Fillion not part of Edgar Wright's 'Ant-Man' movie

R&B star John Legend is developing a new TV comedy series.
	The 'Green Light' hitmaker has teamed up with 'Gossip Girl' writer-producer Austin Winsberg for the untitled project, which will be centred around music managers and will air on America's Showtime network, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
	It is the third TV venture Legend has lined up - he's also executive producing a drama series for cable channel HBO called Down Lo, which will explore the interaction of music, sports and fashion stars in South Beach, Miami, while he is also involved in an FBI drama.

John Legend developing new TV comedy

Actor Ryan Reynolds, who recently married 'Gossip Girl' star Blake Lively, reportedly wants to start a family.
	However, the 25-year-old Lively isn't fond of the idea and wants to focus on her career right now, reported Showbizspy.
	"Blake promised Ryan he'll be a daddy by the time he's 40. You can't blame her for wanting to wait, because she's so young, but he's hell-bent on changing her mind. He's wanted to start a family for years. It was one of the main reasons he split from Scarlett Johansson because she wasn't interested," a source said.

Ryan Reynolds wants to be a father

Singer Rita Ora has says she is very lucky to be in such a happy relationship with DJ Calvin Harris.
	The 22-year-old singer said they are incredibly similar, reported Sun online.
	"I feel so small and looked after. I am very happy. I am in such a happy place. I'm so lucky that I've found somebody who is exactly like me," Ora said.
	While Ora said it can be difficult having a relationship in the public eye, she insisted they were in a great position to decide on the nature of their romance.
	The 'How We Do' singer said, "It is always a bit difficult. There isn't really a clear answer when you have somebody that you really like and people take pictures of you liking that person.
	"It's a bit of a weird scenario but I always just ignore them. But it depends on where you choose to go as a couple, what you choose to do and how private you really want things to be. We are in a great position right now with the Internet to put out what we want to put out and go with the flow, it's OK," she .

Rita Ora happy with boyfriend Calvin Harris

Funnyman Steve Coogan has signed a deal to recount his life story in an autobiography.
	The "Night at the Museum" star previously published spoof memoirs by his famous comedy character Alan Partridge, but he has now decided to put pen to paper to write an account of his real life, reported Daily Star.
	"I'm delighted to be writing my memoir. It promises to be a sojourn through the faltering first steps of a lower middle-class boy who watched television to the dizzy heights of a man who achieved not only a multi-BAFTA-winning status on television, but also became fully middle-class," Coogan said.
	The book is slated for release in autumn 2014.

Steve Coogan writing autobiography

Palestinian singer Mohammed Assaf has won a pan-Arab singing contest that has had millions of viewers fixed to their TV screens since March.
	Powerfully voiced Syrian singer Farah Yousef came second, and Egyptian Ahmed Jamal third in the Arab Idol competition, modelled on the Western Pop Idol.
	"Mohammed Assaf is the Arab Idol!" called out the presenter yesterday as coloured confetti rained down on the cheering audience.
	Immediately after his win, Assaf was named Youth Ambassador for UNRWA, the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees and named Palestinian goodwill ambassador by president Mahmud Abbas.
	The handsome, tuxedo-clad Assaf, 23, won after weeks of anticipation from his army of followers, who had been glued to big screens in cafes and restaurants across Gaza and the occupied West Bank, listening as his powerful voice propelled him through the competition every weekend.
	His mother, wearing a traditional Palestinian embroidered dress, wept as she wrapped the Palestinian black, ..

Palestinian singer from Gaza wins Arab Idol contest

Expressing concern over high mortality among pregnant women from financially weaker sections due to lack of medical facilities, actor and social activist Shabana Azmi today said the issue was not getting the attention it deserved.
	"The number of pregnant women who died during this year is equal to the number of passengers killed in 400 aeroplane crashes, but no attention is being paid to the deaths of these women," Shabana said at the inaugural function of a private hospital here.
	It was necessary to promote institutional child delivery to prevent such deaths, she added.

Deaths of pregnant women not getting attention: Shabana Azmi

The Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF), to be held in Leh next month, has been postponed due to the tragedy unfolding in Uttarakhand, organisers said.
	The festival was to be held from July 5 to 7.
	"Hundreds of people have lost their lives and more than 60,000 people are stranded.... We stand in solidarity with the victims and their family in period of grief and mourning," Festival Director Melwyn Chirayath said in a statement here.
	"It seems grossly inappropriate to go ahead with LIFF under such tragic circumstances. Leh, which is also a part of the Himalayan region, has been largely unaffected by the inclement weather. As a precautionary measure we will be postponing LIFF till September," Chirayath said.
	New dates would be announced after consultation with the local government.

Ladakh International Film Festival postponed

With action films being his favourite, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh is looking forward to act in a superhero film and has even been offered two such scripts.
	But he is not acting in them.
	"I am looking to do a superhero film. Having done 'Gunday' which is an action film, I believe that action is my favourite genre and I throughly enjoy it. I am a great fan of superhero films myself," Ranveer told reporters here.
	"There are a couple of superhero films that have come my way. But they haven't worked out because they aren't the right ones," said the 27-year-old who would be seen in 'Lootera' opposite Sonakshi Sinha.
	Ambitious about superhero films, Ranveer said, "This genre hopefully will become my franchise. So I just want them (the films) to be the right one."
	He also wants to act in a biopic.
	"It would be very exciting to transform into a person who has lived a full life ... One which has been closely chronicled. As an actor I think its a great challenge,"  said the actor, who ..

Two superhero films offered to Ranveer Singh

Bollwyood actress Sonakshi Sinha had walked out of the sets of the film 'Lootera' when her co-actor Ranveer Singh accidentally spat on her face while delivering a dialogue.
	"She got so angry with me that she stormed out of the sets of the film. It has never happened to me before," Ranveer said.
	Recalling the incident while shooting the film, he said, "There is a scene where I hold Sonakshi tightly and yell 'You called the police?' I was in the skin of the character at that time and so the intensity was such that spit came out each time I said the dialogue".
	When the incident happened even after warnings during rehearsals, the 'Dabangg' actress walked out of the sets in a fit of rage.
	The 27-year-old Ranveer admitted he had a tough time afterwards in pacifying his co-actress so that the shooting could resume.
	Releasing June 5, 'Lootera' is the story of a conman played by Ranveer. Set in the 1950s in rural Bengal, the romantic drama directed by Vikramaditya Motwane is loosely based 

When Ranveer Singh spat on Sonakshi's face!

With food and water being sold at exorbitantly high prices to tourists and pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha today appealed for help for the flash flood victims.
	"This morning I saw in the news that food and water are being sold deliberately at very high prices. This should not be done. I would highly appreciate if we can help them out," Sonakshi told reporters here.
	In the city to promote her upcoming film 'Lootera', Sonakshi appealed people to contribute in whatever they can for the flood victims.
	Her father and actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has already volunteered to donate Rs 50 lakh for the rehabilitation of flood-affected people.
	"The contribution is from the whole family. We are together with our father on this," said the 'Dabangg' actress.
	Actor Ranveer Singh, who plays the male lead in 'Lootera' releasing July 5, described it as a "national tragedy".
	"I think it is a national tragedy. Now it's important to prepare ourselves for the ..

Sonakshi appeals for help for Uttarakhand flood victims

Celebrity chef Paula Deen has issued a second apology following her racial slur scandal that cost Deen her job at the Food Network.
	The 66-year-old chef came under fire after admitting last month under oath in a deposition to using racial slurs in the past. Deen is facing a USD 1.2 million lawsuit by a former employee, the Us magazine reported.
	Deen has issued a second public video apology for her "inappropriate, hurtful language."
	"I've made plenty of mistakes along the way. But I beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners, I beg for your forgiveness. Please forgive me for the mistakes that I've made," Deen said.
	Food Network released a statement yesterday, saying they will not renew Deen's contract at the end of the month.
	"Food Network will not renew Paula Deen's contract when it expires at the end of this month," a channel spokeswoman said.
	The Emmy-winning star began working for the Food Network in 1999.

Paula Deen apologises for racial slur, fired by food network

Reality TV star Kendall Jenner is delighted to have a new addition- older sister Kim's baby daughter- to the Kardashian family.
	Kim gave birth to North West, her first child with boyfriend Kanye West, last week and the 17-year-old model is happy to have a new niece to play with, reported Us magazine.
	"I love kids, so it's so much fun for me. I bought a little pig for the newborn. They're all doing great, everyone's good," she said.
	While Kim was preoccupied with her pregnancy this year, Kendall revealed her sister has been helping her in her career as a model.
	"Kim always says to tilt your jaw down and suck in your teeth to give you a flattering angle. My family know what I want to do and they've been supporting me in every way," she added.
	Kendall isn't the only excited aunt in the Kardashian-Jenner household.

Kendall Jenner thrilled with new niece

'Twilight' star Anna Kendrick is in talks to play Cinderella in Disney's adaptation of Broadway musical 'Into the Woods'.
	If the talks go through, the actress will join a formidable star cast of Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and Chris Pine, the Hollywood Reporter said.
	The film will be directed by Rob Marshall, the man behind musicals like 'Chicago' and 'Nine'.
	The other big stars interested in the project are Jake Gyllenhaal, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Tracy Ullman and Christine Baranski.
	The play is comic retake on the classic fairy tales. The story revolves around a childless baker and his wife who attempt to lift a family curse by journeying into the woods to confront the witch (Streep) that put the spell on them.
	On their way, they encounter a group of characters including Rapunzel, Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood.
	In this story, Cinderella is married to a vain prince and described as a woman trying to find her place in the world.

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