"The Godfather" star Al Pacino has referred to Jessica Chastain as his "prodigy" as he believes the actress has extraordinary talent.
	The 73-year-old actor said he realised her potential when he first saw her auditioning for "Wild Salome", reported Contactmusic.
	Pacino said after seeing her, he instantly felt that she would become one of Hollywood's most exciting leading ladies.
	Discussing Chastain's impressive audition in front of himself and producer Robert Fox, he said, "It was as if we had both seen something we had never seen in our life before. It was stunning. It was like looking at a prodigy."
	Chastain recently credited her mentor Pacino for giving her the much needed break in 2006 and teaching her how grow from a stage actress to silver screen star.

Al Pacino regards Jessica Chastain as his "prodigy"

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Beloved nature broadcaster David Attenborough is recovering well after undergoing heart surgery.
	The 87-year-old, who is the younger brother of movie legend Richard Attenborough, underwent an urgent operation to have a pacemaker fitted, and is now said to be making good progress, reported Independent online.
	A spokesman for the star, who cancelled a speaking tour of Australia to have the surgery, said, "Sir David has now had the operation and his doctors are satisfied with his progress. It's a minor procedure but it meant that he cannot go on a 27-hour flight to Australia.
	"He is very disappointed that he can't fulfil the tour but it's nothing to be alarmed about. He's seeing his doctor now but he's still his lively self."
	Attenborough has fronted nature series such as Life on Earth and The Living Planet throughout his 60-year career and has won numerous prizes for his work, including a clutch of British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards.

David Attenborough doing well after heart surgery

Actress Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch are set to star together in 'The Imitation Game', a biopic of mathematician Alan Turing, who helped the Allies to victory in World War II.
	The biopic is based on the book 'Alan Turing: The Enigma', with 'Headhunters' director Morten Tyldum in line to helm the movie, Variety reported.
	The motion picture tells the story of Alan cracking the German enigma code machine in World War II, which helped the Allies to victory, but he was later prosecuted for being a homosexual in the 1950s.
	Teddy Schwarzman will produce the film with Nora Grossman and Ido Ostrowsky, but the movie is still looking for a distributor.
	Knightley will play a woman who forms a complicated relationship with Alan and stays with him until the bitter end.

Keira Knightley to star in 'The Imitation Game'

Pop star Miley Cyrus is giving fans the chance to appear in her next music video by sending her clips of their best dance moves.
	The 20-year-old singer caused an online frenzy in March when a video of her 'twerking' in a unicorn costume went viral, and now she wants her fans to submit videos of themselves showing off their own dance skills.
	Cyrus' favourite entries will be included in a promo for her latest single We Can't Stop.
	In a post on her Facebook page, she said, "I want you to be a part of my FanMade music video! Send me your best twerk videos to my new song and I will put together a video of all my favourites."
	Cyrus' new party anthem recently premiered on US radio.

Miley Cyrus invites fans to star in new video

Singer Alicia Keys wants lions and elephants on stage with her during a future tour.
	The 33-year-old 'New Day' hitmaker says she would love to be adventurous by including wild animals in her performances, taking on the role of a ringmaster in a circus, but is wary of how much it would cost to put on such a lavish show, reported BBC online.
	Keys, who is currently in the midst of her 'Set the World on Fire Tour', said, "Lions jumping through hoops. I could ride in on an elephant, but it could be too distracting. That would be very expensive. You gotta watch your money or it's gonna be gone.
	"I liken my job to a circus but even a circus stays longer than we stay. It's so fast and fleeting," she said.

Alicia Keys wants lions on stage with her

Die-hard fans of epic fantasy TV drama series 'Game Of Thrones' will soon have the chance to visit the locations featured in it.
	Bosses at California firm Viator are launching summer tours in the walled city of Dubrovnik, Croatia; and Belfast, Northern Ireland, which serve as two settings for the fictional locations in 'Game of Thrones', reported Contactmusic.
	The three-hour walking tour of Dubrovnik will include a stop at the 11th century Lovrijenac Fortress, where two crucial battle scenes were shot, while the nine-hour Belfast trek will explore the Dark Hedges, where teen actress Maisie Williams' character Arya Stark reinvented herself as a boy.
	A spokesperson for Viator promised that all guides will be well versed in the popular series, based on the fantasy novels by George R R Martin.

'Game Of Thrones' tours to be launched in Europe

Actress Glenn Close believes her famous role in 'Fatal Attraction' contributed to misunderstanding surrounding mental illness.
	Close is behind 'Bring Change 2 Mind', an organisation that works to end discrimination against mental illness, regrets that her character of an obsessive lover was not approached correctly.
	The actress played Alex Forrest in "Fatal Attraction", who becomes character becomes obsessed with Dan Gallagher, played by Michael Douglas, after a brief fling. When Dan cuts her off, Alex, a single publishing executive, goes after his family, attacking him with a knife and infamously boiling a bunny, the New York Daily News reported.
	In an interview with CBS News, Close said she "would have a different outlook" on Alex today.
	"I was in 'Fatal Attraction,' and that played into the stigma," she said.
	Close said the idea that Alex was mentally ill did never come up for discussion.
	"The astounding thing was that in my research for 'Fatal Attraction' I talked to two ...

'Fatal Attraction' played into mental illness stigma: Close

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who shared screen space with late actress Jiah Khan in "Nishabd", today advised people not to give up in life despite encountering setbacks and failure in achieving their goals.
	"I am saddened and shocked with the news (of Jiah Khan's suicide). I request all not to take such a step because of depression," Bachchan told reporters at an event here.
	The 25-year-old actress was found hanging at her flat in Juhu on Monday night. Though she did not leave behind a suicide note, it is said depression due to failure on personal and professional fronts led her to take the drastic step.
	"There are people who are sad, worried, depressed with life as their dreams remain unfulfilled. I request them not to give up in life," Big B said.
	Jiah made her acting debut in Ram Gopal Varma's 2007 film 'Nishabd' where she acted opposite Bachchan. The film received mixed reviews but Jiah, then just 19, was noted for her confidence, attitude and sex appeal. She also got a Filmfare 

Never give up in life, advises Big B

Amitabh Bachchan, who is making his debut as actor on the small screen with a fiction show, is anxious as well as quite excited.
     He had made his TV debut 15 years ago but it was a game-show, the humongously successful 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'.
     "I was looking to do something different on TV. I was keen on doing a fiction show. It is a little premature to talk about what the story is about," Bachchan told reporters here.
     "Whenever we do something different, there is always pressure, anxiety and danger. We are scared of expectations (ummeed se jaan nikal rahi hai).
     "A lot of people told me I am reducing my stature when I did TV for the first time. Now that I would turn 71, there is no stature left, so I decided what I have not done, let's do it."
     Acclaimed filmmaker Anurag Kashyap would be the creative director of the show.
    "If he has decided to do something, then he is behind it. He will ask many questions," Kashyap said, talking about his collaboration with .

Big B now to appear as actor on small screen

Pop icon Michael Jackson's 15-year-old daughter Paris Jackson today allegedly tried to commit suicide and was rushed to a hospital here, according to media reports.
	"She's going to be OK," a source close to the Jackson family told CNN. The source, who was at the hospital, said it was unclear why she was hospitalised.
	However, celebrity news website TMZ, quoting its sources, said it was a suicide attempt and she was taken from her Calabasas family home on a stretcher and conveyed to a nearby hospital.
	We are told the caller reported a possible overdose, although a source connected to the emergency response said there were multiple cuts on one of her wrists, the TMZ report said.
	Paris posted messages to her million-plus Twitter followers late evening: "i wonder why tears are salty ?" "yesterday , all my troubles seemed so far away now it looks as though they're here to stay".
	The King of Pop, who died in June 2009, had three children Prince, Paris and Blanket. Paris was recently ...

Jackson's daughter Paris hospitalised after 'suicide attempt'

Sacrifice of 363 people from the Bishnoi community made 283 years back in Jodhpur will be recreated for the first time on the silver screen.
	The shooting of the film titled "Sako - 363" was inaugurated here today on the occasion of the World Earth Day, which will be completed in about 2 months and will be released internationally.
	To be made under the banner of Shri Marudhara Films Pvt Ltd, this film will be shot in Jodhpur, Barmer and Nagaur districts, the locations for which have already been identified.
	Producer of the film Suraj Bishnoi, who had conceived the project 7 years back, said, "We aim to give the world a message that 363 males and females of a small community of Jodhpur were so concerned about the environment three centuries back that they laid their lives in order to save the khejari trees from felling."
	Adding to this the director and writer of the film Kalyan Seervi said that the world need to know about this sacrifice made long back today, when hoards of measures 

New movie on Bishnoi's sacrifice

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, whose father and writer Javed is embroiled in a legal battle with those remaking 'Zanjeer', says it is important to take the consent of those associated with the original and wishes that the deserving party gets the royalty.
	The remake of Amitabh Bachchan-Jaya starrer has been in the eye of storm regarding copyright and royalty issues. Both Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar who scripted the original, have been fighting for intellectual rights of the new version.
	With Apoorva Lakhia-directed remake underway, the veteran writers had moved the Bombay High Court in April, seeking a stay order on the release of the film. And now the matter is pending in the Supreme court.
	"What I know is its (the matter) in court and some arbitration. I feel whoever is right or deserves to be given the rights or given royalties will get it," Farhan told PTI.
	"The matter is between him and Salim uncle and the producers of that film. I am no one to comment on the matter. I was ...

New 'Zanjeer' must have consent from original makers: Farhan

Jiah, 25, was found hanging at her flat in Sagar Sangeet Building in the posh Juhu area on Monday night around midnight

Jiah Khan's last rites performed

Actress Kristen Stewart is all set to star in politically charged drama 'Camp X-Ray' and 'Sils Maria'.
 	In 'Camp X-Ray', written and directed by Peter Sattler, Stewart will play a young soldier who escapes her suffocating small town by joining the military, only to find that she isn't going for a tour of duty in Iraq as she hoped.
	She's sent to Guantanamo. Met with hatred and abuse from the Muslim men in her charge, she forges an odd friendship with a young man who has been imprisoned at Gitmo for eight years, the Deadline reported.
	The actress, who recently broke up with boyfriend Robert Pattinson, will then join French star Juliette Binoche and Chloe Moretz in 'Sils Maria', directed by Olivier Assayas.
	Stewart plays the assistant to Binoche's character, an actress who becomes obsessed with a young actress (Moretz) playing the role that made the older actress famous when she was young. The film shoots this summer in Europe.

Stewart to star in 'Camp X-Ray', 'Sils Maria'

Actress Isla Fisher is writing a thriller with her mother, which she says is turning out fun because her mother doesn't understand the rules of screenwriting.
	Fisher has admitted if she hadn't become an actress, she would have become a full time writer, reported Contactmusic.
	The 37-year-old star has teamed up with her mother, Elspeth Reid, who helped her publish two teen novels, 'Bewitched' and 'Seduced by Fame' when she was 18 years old, to create a film.
	"My mum and I have actually been writing a script for a thriller together. It's really fun. She doesn't understand the rules of screenwriting, so I'm often like, 'What?! Mum, you can't kill off the protagonist on page 10!' She breaks all the rules, which makes it original at least. We've had a scream doing it," she said.
	The actress may have made it in Hollywood, but admits it has been a hard journey, with her first agent in the US firing her.
	"I really have had no help. In fact, the one time I did ask for help was after my ...

Isla Fisher writing a thriller

'Basic Instinct' star Sharon Stone is reportedly dating hotel mogul Michael Wudyka just months after splitting from Martin Mica.
	The 55-year-old actress has struck up a romance with the 46-year-old real estate entrepreneur, who owns the 31,000-square-foot East Hampton Studio and Enclave Inn hotel in the exclusive Hamptons seaside resort just outside New York City, reported New York Post.
	Stone was first linked to Michael in April when they were spotted together at the Creative Coalition banquet in Washington, DC, and have reportedly developed a close bond over the past couple of months.
	"They are really good for each other," a source said.
	The hotel mogul didn't accompany his new flame to the star-studded Cannes Film Festival in France last month, where the blonde starlet grabbed attention by wearing a series of striking and provocative outfits.
	The actress split from Argentinean model Martin Mica, 27, in January after an eight month courtship.
	Stone has three adopted sons, ...

Sharon Stone dating hotel mogul?

Actress Esha Deol has rubbished reports suggesting that she is expecting her first child with husband Bharat Takhtani.
	Reports about the 31-year-old's pregnancy surfaced when she was spotted wearing a stomach-concealing dress at an event.
	"Sweet of the media but I'm not pregnant. Would let the world know when that happens as it would be a proud moment for us," Esha posted on her Twitter page.
	The actress married businessman Takhtani on June 29, 2012 after dating for almost a year.

Esha Deol dismisses pregnancy rumours

"The King's Speech" star Helena Bonham Carter feels upset when she reads negative comments about her personal style because she loves dressing-up so much.
	The 47-year-old British actress regularly pulls off the most eccentric of red carpet looks with an air of confidence, but says she takes it personally when she reads hurtful comments about her gothic-inspired style, reported Contactmusic.
	"I'm not indelibly confident. I love clothes and I love dressing-up, and I love the way that it makes me feel. So I'm always disillusioned when I see a photo of myself - which I try not to - because I think, 'No! That's not what I meant at all," she said.
	"Any insult is hurtful, though, because you always think you look OK.

Helena Bonham Carter hurt by style critics

Actresses Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla, who will be seen together in the upcoming film "Gulaab Gang", have teamed up for a new campaign to celebrate the triumphs of women against all odds.
	"Gulaab Gang" directed by newcomer Soumik Sen, is based on Gulabi Gang, a group of Indian women vigilantes and activists dressed in pink saris, fighting against the social injustice and operating in the Bundelkhand region of central India.
	The film's producer Anubhav Sinha alongwith the two leading ladies announced the campaign titled Believe, which is an endeavour by Benaras Mediaworks in association with "Gulaab Gang".
	"It goes without saying that the environment and times we live in are sad and hostile. Especially for us women. And yet there are these stories of rising above the odds which the nation must know of. As a creative artist my job has been to inspire audiences with art and films I'm part of. I look forward to saluting the unknown heroines of the country," Madhuri said.
	The ...

Madhuri Dixit, Juhi Chawla bat for women

Superstar John Travolta surprised a Georgia couple when he made an appearance on their wedding day.
	Showing up in a black T-shirt, a pair of jeans and a baseball cap at the wedding, the actor apparently didn't bother the bride and the groom. The pair were beaming as the 59-year-old actor posed for several photos with them.
	Travolta, who was in Georgia to renew his pilot's license, reportedly met the pair at a bar the night before. The pair had told him that they were getting married the next day, reported Aceshowbiz.
	A friend of the groom, who shared the photos of the actor online, wrote, "My friend ran into John Travolta the night before his wedding, and he shows up the next day."
	It isn't the first time Travolta crashed a wedding. In a 2009 interview, the actor confessed that he and Robin Williams crashed a Santa Barbara wedding in 1977.
	"We were having fun, starting to relax, when we saw there was a wedding next door. We figured we'd crash it," Travolta recalled.

John Travolta crashes wedding

After months of court hearings, Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries' divorce is officially final.
	E! Online has obtained the final divorce judgment, which was filed late Monday evening in Los Angeles Superior Court.
	The two filed a dissolution of marriage, which states that the couple's marriage is officially terminated and both parties are restored to the status of single persons.
	Kardashian and Humphries entered into a written agreement regarding division of assets and spousal support, but specifics were not disclosed.
	The two reached a final divorce settlement back in April, which served as a final victory for Kardashian as her ex originally requested that the marriage be annulled.
	The 32-year-old mom-to-be is currently expecting her first child with Kanye West next month.

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