Pop sensation Beyonce Knowles has joined hands with Gucci and has agreed to be Artistic Director as well as a performer for their upcoming charity concert 'Sound of Change' which aims to raise funds for women and girls across the globe.
	Other than the 31-year-old singer the concert will also feature performances of Florence and the Machine, Ellie Goulding, Iggy Azalea, John Legend, Rita Ora, Laura Pausini, Timbaland ,reported Hollywood reporter.
	"Our goal is to call for change for girls and women in the loudest voice possible. I am excited for us to come together on June 1 to bring the issues of education, health and justice for girls and women to the world stage," Beyonce said.
	Gucci's creative director Frida Giannini said, "This is the emergency and the opportunity of today. We have reached a significant moment in the history of girls' and women's empowerment, and now is the time for change."
	The concert will be held on June 1, 2013 in London and will be broadcasted globally.

Beyonce to be Artistic Director of the Gucci Charity concert

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With only a few days left at his disposal before he returns to jail to complete his five-year sentence in the 1993 serial blasts case, actor Sanjay Dutt is concentrating on completing the shoot of 'Policegiri'.
	"He is on his way to shoot for 'Policegiri'. We have a climax scene to be shot. The shooting is taking place at Kamalistan Studio", Producer T P Agarwal told PTI.
	"It is an action sequence that we have to shot. Also we have to dub for the film. So we would require approximately eight to ten days from him", he said.
	Dutt today said that he will not seek pardon and would surrender within the time the Supreme Court has given to him. The apex court had upheld his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.
	'Policegiri' is a remake of 2003 super-hit Tamil film 'Saamy'. The Hindi version will be directed by renowned South director K S Ravikumar, which will mark his debut in Bollywood.
	The 53-year-old Dutt will be paired opposite much younger Prachi Desai in the ...

Sanjay Dutt to complete shoot of 'Policegiri': Producer

R&B star Rihanna is reportedly organising a two-week cruise of the Mediterranean with boyfriend Chris Brown.
	The 'Umbrella' hitmaker is said to relive the mayhem of last summer's on the Latitude yacht with Brown for the ride to join the wild party, reported Sun online.
	"She has warned Latitude (Latitude Benetti yacht) crew to prepare themselves for the party of the century and requested them to install a stripper pole.
	"They're telling friends that it's going to be a wild party. It will be a day long party. It's going to be absolute mayhem. The crew is going to have to sleep in shifts," a source said.
	Rihanna, 24, had spent last summer on the USD 250,000-a-week, 34 ft Latitude Benetti yacht, which included accommodation for up to 12 people, two dressing rooms, massage and beauty salons and five decks for sunbathing and dining.

Rihanna planning a wild yacht party with Chris Brown?

Singer-actor Justin Timberlake has returned to the top of the US Billboard charts with 968,000 sales of his comeback album 'The 20/20 Experience'.
	This also adds to the recent news that he topped the UK album charts with his fastest-selling ever record over there, with 106,000 copies to beat down David Bowie, on his own comeback, into second place, reported The Huffington Post.
	 Timberlake, 32, was not quite able to follow Taylor Swift's 'Red' as the 19th record to cross the million selling mark, which she achieved last Autumn.
	But it was still a great return from a performer who has not put out an album since 2006's 'Future Sex/Love Sounds'.
	Some other artists who recently moved a million in a week: are Whitney Houston ('The Bodyguard' soundtrack, 1992), Backstreet Boys ('Millenium', 1999), Britney Spears ('Oops!... I Did It Again', 2000), Eminem ('The Marshall Mathers LP', 2000 and 'The Eminem Show', 2002), Norah Jones ('Feels Like Home', 2004) and Usher ('Confessions', 2004).

Justin Timberlake tops Billboard chart

Putting his fued with Alec Baldwin behind, "Transformers" star Shia Labeouf attended the first preview performance of the play they were due to appear in together.
	The 26-year-old actor dropped out of Broadway play 'Orphans' in February and he subsequently went public with email correspondence between the "30 Rock" star, director Daniel Sullivan and playwright Lyle Kessler in a bid to explain his sudden decision to leave the production, reported the New York Post.
	Labeouf sat in the first row for the performance and was seen giving the cast a standing ovation at the end of the play.
	'Orphans' will officially open on April 18.

Shia Labeouf attends Alec Baldwin's play

Pop sensation Lady Gaga, who turns 27 today, will reportedly celebrate her birthday without alcohol due to her recent hip surgery.
	The 'Pokerface' hitmaker's boyfriend Taylor Kinney and friends are putting on a Mad Hatter-style tea party to toast her 27th birthday, reported Sun online.
	"Gaga's always been obsessed with taking tea and tea sets on tour to keep her happy, so they are putting a smile on her face with this Alice In Wonderland-themed do.
	"She's still on painkillers after the operation on her hip so she shouldn't be drinking any alcohol, which also makes it a good idea," a source said.
	Gaga has also bought a Victorian poison bottle for the birthday.
	"She's been collecting the antique blue and green glass containers after creating her Fame perfume, as she loves the morbid look of the skull and crossbones logo on the bottles," the source added.

Lady Gaga toasts 27th birthday with tea party

Director Sajid Khan, who is looking forward to the Friday release of his film 'Himmatwala'- the official remake of the 1983 blockbuster of the same name, says it was the original film that catapulted veteran actress Sridevi to stardom.
	"Sridevi became a star because of 'Himmatwala'. I think that 'Himmatwala' was no less than a 'Mughal-E-Azam' for her", Sajid said in an interview.
	The official remake of original 'Himmatwala', which had actors Jeetendra and Sridevi in the lead, casts Ajay Devgn against south actress Tamannah.
	"I personally don't know Sridevi, so I didn't speak with her about the film. I had a word with Jeetuji (Jeentendra) two days before I started shooting the film. He was glad to know that I am directing the film.
	"He said I was the right person to make the film, as according to him, I understood this genre very well. He also blessed me", Sajid said.
	However, Sajid prefers his film to be called as a "rewrite" and not a "remake" in general sense of the ...

Sridevi became star because of 'Himmatwala': Sajid Khan

Mumbai police have registered a case of rioting against five persons who allegedly manhandled veteran Bollywood actor Sadashiv Amrapurkar for pointing out waste of water in a Holi event in his neighbourhood.
     Police said the incident took place in the evening when a TV news channel approached the actor to speak about the current water crisis in Maharashtra.
     Amrapurkar, who lives in Versova here, told the channel that 'a rain-dance' was going on at Panchavati building in his neighbourhood and asked them to shoot it as an instance of waste of water and people's insensitivity.
     When the channel's camera-person went to shoot it, some of the revellers took objection. As Amrapurkar tried to intervene, he was also pushed, police said.
     Police have recorded the statements of Amrapurkar and the camera-person and filed a case against the five persons.

Actor Amrapurkar manhandled after pointing out 'rain-dance'

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who featured in many popular Holi numbers, today went nostalgic as he recalled the history behind many of these hit songs, including 'Rang barse'.
	In a Facebook post, he said that both 'Rang barse', from the 1981 Bollywood movie "Silsila", and "Hori kheley" from "Baghbaan" are "legacy" of his father and poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
	"My entire childhood and later years right up to the film industry time, these were the songs sung by my father ... Folk songs of UP... We would pick up a dholak and he would sing," he wrote.
	"I repeated this during the times when I worked in Kolkata and early years of the film industry. Yash Chopra used to hear this from me each Holi at Prateeksha, when one day he decided to bring it to film .. And Rang Barse took birth in film ... Though the words and tune are all my father's !!
	"Then 'Baghbaan' happened. Hori kheley is another Holi song that would be sung by my Father, another folk song. When Ravi Chopra directing 

Big B goes nostalgic, recalls history behind Holi songs

Actress Angelina Jolie was spotted wearing a gold band on her ring finger during a recent trip to a rescue camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
	The 37-year-old, who is engaged to Brad Pitt and raises six kids with him, replaced her giant platinum engagement sparkler with the band, sparking rumours that she has tied the knot with Pitt, reported Us magazine.
	The "Maleficent" actress and special envoy of the United Nations' refugee agency was in Africa with British Foreign Secretary William Hague to raise awareness of war zone rape in the Congo and Rwanda.
	Earlier Pitt and Jolie had said that they wouldn't tie the knot until the ban on gay marriage would be lifted, but in January 2012, the actor hinted that they had changed their minds.
	Some reports also suggested that the couple were planning to wed in summer in France.

Angelina Jolie spotted wearing a gold band

Teen pop star Justin Bieber is reportedly planning to make his second concert film on a budget of 15 million pounds.
	His maiden concert film 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' released in 2011 and turned out to be the highest-grossing music movie of all time by raking in 65 million pounds.
	In the new movie, he plans to include some parts of his London gig where he turned up hours late and faced a lot of criticism for it, reported Daily Star.
	"Justin will be bringing out a new film in time for Christmas. His ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez will not feature, but he is using some footage from the disastrous London leg of his tour.
	"Justin filmed his own video to express his feelings about what happened. He also plans to have famous friends like The Wanted, Miley Cyrus and rapper Lil Twist appear in the flick," a source said.

Justin Bieber to make another concert movie

'American Idol' judge Nicki Minaj, who is known for her unique dressing sense, says she is an ordinary girl at heart.
	The 30-year-old rapper has a penchant for pink hair and fluroscent clobber and said she has always been judged for wrong reasons, reported Daily Star.
	"I feel like my entire life and career I've been judged by people who really didn't know me. "If you only see videos and me being crazy and hearing little things here and there, then obviously you're not gonna have an idea of who I really am.
	"I don't think that there's anything that separates me from every other woman," she said.

I am so normal: Nicki Minaj

Black Eyed Peas star Will.I.Am is teaming up with pop star Britney Spears for a new track to be included on her next album.
    Spears appeared on the producer and rapper's huge track 'Scream and Shout' earlier this year, and he is set to return the favour, by working on some tracks for her next album, reported MTV online.
    After hearing will.I.Am's new song 'That Power' with Justin Bieber, Spears tweeted, "Justin Bieber @IAmWill got #ThatPower!! I am in love with the new song! (sic)."
    Will.I.Am replied, saying, "Thanks so much Britney Spears. I can't wait to work with you."
    He has also previously worked with Spears on the track 'Big Fat Bass' from 2011's 'Femme Fatale' album.

Will.I.Am teaming with Britney Spears again

Actress Linda Robson had to cut short a theatre performance after she felt nauseatic on stage.
    The 55-year-old star is currently touring the UK with a stage version of her hit sitcom 'Birds of a Feather' with longrunning co-stars Pauline Quirke and Lesley Joseph, but the show at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne was halted when she fell ill, reported Contactmusic.
    Robson was forced to run off during one scene, before returning to the stage to carry on with the rest of the show.
    After the production, Robson took to her Twitter page to thank the audience for their patience.
    "I was so ill didn't know if I'd get through it sorry about throwing up on stage I tried to get off but thanks for sticking. Thanks to everybody at congress theatre eastbourne for clearing up after me and looking after us all so well and thanks to audiences (sic)," Robson posted.

Linda Robson falls ill on stage

"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe says he would love to try his hand at directing.
	The 23-year-old actor, who has been very selective about his movie roles, said he will don the director's hat very soon, reported Contactmusic.
	"I would love to direct, definitely and I hope I get to do that soon," he said.
	Radcliffe was on the red carpet at Jemeson Empire Awards where he was named Empire Hero.
	Since leaving "Harry Potter", the actor has mixed film roles with "The Woman in Black" to "A Young Director's Notebook".

Daniel Radcliffe wants to direct films

In a desperate bid to keep her wedding under wraps, glamour model Katie Price has rescheduled her wedding day.
	The 34-year-old is all set to marry striper Kieran Hayler at a huge seaside bash in Weston-super-Mare, reported Daily Mirror.
	"Katie had planned all along to have the ceremony on Saturday but she had been trying to keep it all. Once it became public knowledge, she quickly moved everything around," a source said.
	"It obviously caused a lot of work for some of the people involved, because weddings are normally planned so far in advance. Now some guests have had to quickly request time off work, too."
	Price first married in 2005 with singer Peter Andre, whom she met during the show 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' They have two kids together, Junior, 7, and Princess, 5.
	She has another son, Harvey, 10, with footballer Dwight Yorke. She married cage-fighter Alex Reid in 2010 but they divorced a year later.

Katie Price reschedules her wedding to Kieran Hayler

Funnyman Jim Carrey has released a spoof video 'Cold Dead Hand' which mocks the gun rights lobby and features actors dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and Abraham Lincoln.
	In the video, 51-year-old Carrey is dressed as late actor and former National Rifles Association President Charlton Heston, reported New York Daily News.
	"Some people hate when I talk about guns so I decided to sing about it! 'Cold Dead Hand' is about you heartless unwilling to bend for the safety of our kids. Sorry if you're offended by the word safety!(sic)," he tweeted.
	"Over a million people have been killed by guns in the US since John Lennon was shot. Look no further than your own back...(sic)."
	His reference to Lennon comes days after Beatle's wife Yoko Ono posted a picture of his blood stained glasses to raise her voice against gun rights lobby.

Carrey's anti-gun video feature Lennon, Mahatma Gandhi

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is collaborating with celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson and hairstylist David Babaii to launch a 'Blow Dry Bar' in California.
	The 40-year-old actress is also planning to build a mini-mall, reported Aceshowbiz.
	"It's not just going to be a blow-out bar. It's going to be 'Hey, why don't we do this style with your new body?' It's more about your lifestyle. There's no judgment," Babaii said.
	"It's all about healthy ingredients, healthy products. And not getting something that you can do at home. It's going to be a feel good bar," a source said.
	The actress is following the footsteps of fellow actress Rachel Zoe who has opened a similar salon in Manhattan.

Gwyneth Paltrow gears up to open blow dry bar

Actress Halle Berry wants to settle in France but will wait till her daughter turns 18.
	The 46-year-old is keen to start a new life in France with her fiancOlivier Martinez but her former partner, Gabriel Aubry, has contested her plans to take their 5-year-old daughter Nahla with them, reported Showbizspy.
	Balle has delayed her dreams until the youngster turns 18, eligible to make her own decisions on where she wants to live.
	"It probably won't be until my daughter is 18 and off to college. When Nahla turns 18, she'll be legally able to make her own decisions about where she wants to be and I think that then, when she's off on her own, we'll move there."
	"It's where I want to end my days, that's for sure. I was told very lovingly by him not to work on it too hard now but to wait until we get to live there." she said.
 	"Because for me, at my age and with all that I already have on my plate, trying to learn French is probably one of the hardest things I could possibly do," Berry ...

Halle Berry wants to settle in France

Actress Halle Berry says she has been in therapy for over 30 years and now also seeks professional help whenever she is stressed.
	The 46-year-old, who has five-year-old daughter Nahla with ex-partner Gabriel Aubry, finds it helpful to talk through her problems with someone independent.
	"I've done therapy on an as-needed basis since I was probably 10 years old. My father was an alcoholic and a very abusive one, and my mother knew the value of providing me with the outlet of an unbiased person to talk to, so I've done that all my life when times get stressful. It really helps me deal with stuff," she said.
	However, the "Cloud Atlas" star said she tries to keep her problems hidden from her loved ones and would hate to take them out on other people.
	"I try really hard not to take my problems out on others and, in order to do that, I tend to mask the bad stuff or deal with it internally - you know, keep my chin up, put on a brave face and just keep going. If I do have a problem, I ...

Done therapy since I was 10: Halle Berry

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kanye West, says she has not gained as many pregnancy pounds as people think.
	The 32-year-old socialite said she is eating super healthy, reported Radar online.
	"I'm not going to lie and be like, 'Oh, it's been amazing and I've adjusted great. At the beginning it was tough for me when your body changes so much... I don't think anyone will really prepare you for what the changes are, but once you kind of grasp that and embrace it... It's amazing," she said.
	"There are maybe two or three covers just this week that say I am 200 pounds. I'm like, 'You are 60 pounds off here'... It wouldn't even bother me if I gained all the weight," she added.

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