Farhan Akhtar on Wednesday announced that he is set to reteam with his "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in another sports drama "Toofan", in which he will play a boxer.
The actor shared the news on Twitter.
"Thrilled to share that 6 years after Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, @RakeyshOmMehra and I are reuniting to create #Toofan... A heartfelt story of a boxer.
"Hope for your best wishes as we embark on this new journey. Love," Akhtar wrote.
Mehra also took to the microblogging site share the news and described the film as "a heartfelt love story".
This will be the actor-director duo's second project post "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag", a 2013 biopic on legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh.
Details are currently sparse.
The film will be co-produced by Excel Entertainment and ROMP Pictures.

Farhan Akhtar to reunite with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra in new sports drama, 'Toofan'

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Veteran star Glenn Close is set to receive the Oscar Wilde Award, the US-Ireland Alliance has announced.
Close, 71, will be receive the honour from Melissa McCarthy during the 14th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards.
McCarthy is a past recipient of the award, being honoured with it in the year 2012.
Close is currently receiving critical acclaim for her portrayal of an aggrieved wife in  Bjorn Runge's drama "The Wife". She recently won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture  Drama for the film.
Previous recipients of the Oscar Wilde Awards include Saoirse Ronan, Ruth Negga, Paul Rudd, James Corden, Michelle Williams, Colin Farrell, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Brendan Gleeson, among others.
The US-Ireland Alliance had announced that "Game of Thrones" star Aiden Gillen will be receiving an honour at the awards.
The 14th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards will be held at director JJ Abrams's Bad Robot in Santa Monica on 21 February 2019.

Glenn Close to receive Oscar Wilde Award

Director Jason Reitman is planning to make a new "Ghostbuster" film.
Reitman, whose directorial credits includes movies such as "Juno", "Up in the Air" and most recently the political drama "The Front Runner", will direct the latest installment of the famed franchise.
His 72-year-old father, Ivan, had directed the original "Ghostbuster" films which featured Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis as parapsychology professors who hunts ghosts.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Reitman penned the script along with Gil Kenan and the filmmaker plans to shoot the project this summer. Sony Pictures is looking at a date in summer 2020.
His project would not be a continuation of Paul Feig's all-women reboot, which released in 2016 and featured Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth.
Instead, the new film will be a follow-up of the original films.

Jason Reitman to direct new Ghostbusters' movie

DJ Khaled is the latest star to join the cast of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Sony's "Bad Boys for Life".
The long-awaited threequel will see the return of Smith and Lawrence as Detective  Mike Lowrey and Detective Marcus Burnett.
Actor Joe Pantoliano, who portrays Captain Conrad Howard in the earlier two films,  is also coming for the third part.
Khaled, 43, joins newcomers Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Jacob Scipio, and Paola Nunez in the project.
The DJ, whose real name is Khaled Mohamed Khaled, shared the news on Twitter, saying, "Blessed to announce that I will be joining #WillSmith and #Martinlawrence in the cast of @badboys #BadBoysForLife movie."
"May I remind you, it's only Jan 15, 2019. Y'all have no idea what's coming. I'm coming for the Oscars!! God Is The Greatest," he added.
Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are directing the film from a script by Peter Craig. Joe Carnahan is doing a rewrite. Chris Bremmer is the current writer.
Hudgens, Ludwig, ...

DJ Khaled joins 'Bad Boys for Life'

Streaming giant Netflix has renewed comedy series "Grace and Frankie" for a sixth season.
The show features veteran actors Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as two friends who are brought together after their husbands announce that they are in love with each other and plan to get married.
The series renewal comes days before the fifth season premieres on the streaming giant platform, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The show, which has been created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, started on Netflix in May 2015.
The fifth season will start streaming on Netflix on January 18.

Netflix's 'Grace and Frankie' to return for sixth season

The "Lost in Translation" team of actor Bill Murray and director Sofia Coppola are reuniting for a new project.
Coppola, 47, is set to direct A24 and Apple's first collaboration "On the Rocks", according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Murray, 68, will star alongside actor Rashida Jones in the film, which is being described as a father and daughter tale.
The story follows a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
Production will start in coming months in New York City.
Their maiden collaboration ,"Lost in Translation", had fetched Coppola an original screenwriting Oscar while Murray was nominated for best actor. The duo also worked together on 2015 Netflix holiday special "A Very Murray Christmas".
Coppola will also produce the project along with Youree Henley, while her brother Roman Coppola and Mitch Glazer will serve as executive producers.

Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray to reteam for 'On The Rocks'

Veteran actor Charlotte Rampling has boarded the cast of
Denis Villeneuve's next directorial venture "Dune".
The 72-year-old actor joins Timothee Chalamet, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgard and Rebecca Ferguson in the film.
Set in the distant future, "Dune" follows Paul Atreides (Chalamet), whose family assumes control of the desert planet Arrakis.
After Paul and his family are betrayed, the story explores themes of politics, religion, and man's relationship to nature, as Paul leads a rebellion to restore his family's reign.
Ferguson will portray Atreides' mother, Lady Jessica, who escapes with him into the desert and helps him become a saviour in their eyes.
Skarsgard will star as the evil Baron Harkonnen, and Bautista as the Baron's nephew.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rampling will play the Reverend Mother Mohiam, the emperor's truthsayer, a person who can divine intentions, suss out lies and manipulate people's emotional states.
The actor was most recently seen in Jennifer .

Charlotte Rampling joins Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune'

Actor Gary Oldman is set to play the villain in UK action-thriller "The Courier".
The 60-year-old actor, who won the Oscar for best actor last year, joins Olga Kurylenko in the project.
Kurylenko, 39, is best known for films such as "Quantum of Solace", "Oblivion" and "Hitman", among others.
According to Deadline, the story follows a courier (Kurylenko) whose daily deliveries are interrupted when she discovers that her latest package is a bomb aimed at killing a witness who is about to testify against a ruthless crime lord (Oldman).
The film will be directed by Zackary Adler from a script by Andy Conway and Nicky Tate. Filming is set to start in London next month.
Marc Goldberg, James Edward Barker, David Haring and Andrew Prendergast will produce the film while Douglas Urbanski, Oldman's long-term producing partner, will serve as executive producer.

Gary Oldman to star in action-thriller 'The Courier'

Steven Spielberg has selected newcomer Rachel Zegler to star as Maria in the "West Side Story" remake.
The 17-year-old high school student will take on the iconic lead after responding to the production's open casting call with a video of herself singing the film's "Tonight" and "Me Siento Hermosa."
According to Zegler's YouTube channel, she is a self-professed "theatre kid" who works as a wedding singer and has performed in starring roles in onstage productions like "Beauty and the Beast", "The Little Mermaid", "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and others.
The remake stars Ansel Elgort as Tony, Ariana DeBose as Anita, David Alvarez as Bernardo, Josh Andres Rivera as Chino and Rita Moreno (Anita in the 1961 film) as Valentina: a re-conceived and expanded version of the character of Doc, the owner of the corner store in which Tony works.
"I am so thrilled to be playing the iconic role of Maria alongside this amazing cast," Zegler told Deadline.
"...As a Colombian-American, I am humbled by the 

Steven Spielberg casts newcomer Rachel Zegler in 'West Side Story' remake

Singer Alicia Keys will be hosting the 2019 Grammy Awards.
The 37-year-old singer made the announcement on her social media channels with a behind-the-scenes video.
"IT'S OFFICIAL! 15-time GRAMMY winner @AliciaKeys will host the 61st #GRAMMYs, marking her first time as master of ceremonies for Music's Biggest Night," announced the official Grammys Twitter account.
The awards are scheduled to happen on February 11.

Alicia Keys to host Grammy Awards

Actor Farida Jalal says older female actors get typecast in the role of a mother while their male co-stars still get to meaty characters.
Jalal laments that the older actors often end up playing either mother or wife, which is sad as that is how they get typecast.
"My male counterparts like Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Amrish Puri and others get to play different roles like a lawyer, doctor etc. We are given a sari with a border and are told to play a mother or wife. I am dying to play different kinds of role.
"After a certain age, we are slotted. Nobody thinks a female actor can play different roles other than mother. What can one do? We just have to wait for good roles to come," Jalal told PTI.
Bollywood saw a spate of female-centric films recently but that change is just limited to leading ladies, says Jalal.
"There are women-oriented films and roles being written, they are making a noise and I am proud and happy for them. But after a certain age, it will stop and even they won't get ...

Only mother roles for older female actors, says Farida Jalal

As the father of a young daughter, actor Arshad Warsi said on Tuesday he lauded the #MeToo movement but also believed that it would be wrong to condemn long-time collaborator and director Rajkumar Hirani without any proof.
Hirani is the latest name to be called out for sexual harassment with a woman "assistant" alleging in an article in HuffPost India that he sexually abused her more than once between March and September 2018 while working on "Sanju".
Describing him as a "polite, nice and correct" person, Warsi, who worked with Hirani in the "Munna Bhai" series, said he was shocked by the allegations and found it hard to believe them.
"I find it wrong to condemn somebody without proper proof or investigation. I would like to know the credibility of the accusation. Till all that is clear, I feel it is not right to accuse someone. I believe in innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around. Unfortunately, we just jump to conclusions," Warsi told PTI.
He said he came to know ...

#MeToo welcome but wrong to condemn anybody without proof: Arshad on Hirani

Dan Trachtenberg has been roped in to direct Sony Pictures' movie adaptation of popular video game "Uncharted".
"10 Cloverfield Lane" director will be replacing Shawn Levy, who had to depart the project due to scheduling conflicts, reported Variety.
The film is based on the PlayStation video game series that follows the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake.
The film features Tom Holland and chronicles Drake's first encounter with the professional rogue Sullivan.
The project will be a co-production between Arad and Atlas Entertainment Production, and will be produced by Charles Roven, Alex Gartner, and Ari and Avi Arad.

Dan Trachtenberg to direct 'Uncharted' movie

Eminent lyricist-filmmaker Gulzar says there is no need for him to return to film direction as the new generation is making movies "more cinematic" and better than him.
Gulzar has helmed several celebrated films in his career such as "Ijaazat", "Aandhi" and "Angoor". His last directorial was "Hu Tu Tu" in 1999.
When asked if he plans to return to direction, Gulzar told reporters, "I don't need to return to films because the ones who are walking ahead of me, whose fingers I am holding, they are Shilpa (Ranade), Meghna (Gulzar), Vishal (Bhardwaj).
"They are making good films, Vishal has made a film on children, Meghna had made films on relevant topics too."
The writer, who last penned dialogues and screenplay for "Mirzya" in 2016, said now is the time of young filmmakers.
"Let me sit back. They are making films which are better than me, cinematically. I might've had some thoughts earlier in my films but they weren't so cinematic and good as these films are now, made by this generation. .

Won't return to films, new generation doing a better job, says Gulzar

Actors Sharon Stone and Cynthia Nixon have joined the cast of Netflix's "Cuckoo's Nest" prequel titled "Ratched".
Producer Ryan Murphy made the announcement on Monday on Instagram.
"'RATCHED' on Netflix starts shooting in a couple weeks. On behalf of myself and Ms Sarah Catharine Paulson who plays the title role and is also a big fancy producer on it, we are thrilled to announce our amazing cast A true murderers' row of talent.
"So many of these actors are supremely talented folks who Sarah and I have both longed to work with More to come, but come on Sarah, Cynthia, Judy, Amanda and Sharon, all doing scenes together? I cannot WAIT," Muprhy posted.
It was announced in 2017 that Murphy and Paulson would be collaborating on a series about the origin of Nurse Ratched, who was famously portrayed by Louise Fletcher in 1974's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", an adaptation of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel.

Sharon Stone and Cynthia Nixon join cast of Netflix's 'Ratched'

"Family Guy" is coming to age as the animated comedy has decided to drop the jokes that come at the expense of the gay community.
According to TV Line, the development was revealed during Sunday's episode in a meta scene in which Peter (voiced by creator Seth MacFarlane) tells a cartoon President Donald Trump that Family Guy would be trying to "phase out" gay jokes.
Executive producers Alec Sulkin and Rich Appel confirmed the move, calling it an effort on their part to better reflect the current scenario through the Fox series, that starting airing from 1999.
"If you look at a show from 2005 or 2006 and put it side by side with a show from 2018 or 2019, they're going to have a few differences. Some of the things we felt comfortable saying and joking about back then, we now understand is not acceptable," Sulkin said.
Appel added that the show has to "shift and evolve" in a lot of ways.
"If a show has literally been on the air for 20 years, the culture changes. And it's not us reacting .

'Family Guy' to do away with gay jokes

"Mission Impossible" fans can rejoice.
After the blockbuster success of "Rogue Nation" and "Fallout", Christopher McQuarrie is returning to write and direct two more films in the franchise.
"Missions: Accepted#MissionImpossible," McQuarrie wrote on Twitter, confirming the news.
Tom Cruise, who has earned a reputation for his death-defying stunts in "Mission Impossible" films, is expected to return as Ethan Hunt.
The superstar confirmed the release year of the films in a tweet.
"Summer 2021 and Summer 2022," he wrote.
McQuarrie became the only director in the franchise's history to return for a second time with 2018 film "Fallout" after helming 2015 "Rogue Nation".
"Fallout" was met with unanimous praise from the critics for its upscale action sequences even though Cruise ended up breaking his ankle while shooting a jump scene.
The film made USD 791 million worldwide.

Christopher McQuarrie returning for two more Mission Impossible films

Anna Faris has congratulated her ex-husband Chris Pratt on his engagement to Katherine Schwarzenegger.
The 42-year-old actor was married to Pratt, with whom she has six-year-old son Jack, for eight years before they split in 2017 and finalised their divorce in November last year.
Pratt, 39, made shared the engagement news on Sunday with an adorable Instagram post and Faris commented on it.
''I'm so happy for you both!! Congratulations!'' she wrote on the post which was accompanied by a picture of Pratt and Schwarzenegger.
The "Jurassic World" actor and Katherine, the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, have been together since June last year.

Anna Faris congratulates Chris Pratt on engagement

"The Accidental Prime Minister", featuring Anupam Kher in the role of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, is all set to hit the theatres in Pakistan after the censor board of the country cleared the film.
Producer of the movie Jayantilal Gada said the film will release in Pakistan on January 18.
"PEN Studios is happy to announce that our one-of-a-kind political film, 'The Accidental Prime Minister', has got a green signal from our neighbouring country, Pakistan. Pakistani moviegoers will be able to enjoy the film as it is set to release there.
"I always admired Imran Khan as a brave cricketer, and now I respect him as a Prime Minister, too. I'm also thankful to Pakistan's Censor Board chairman for approving our film," he said in a statement.
The film, which is based on a book of the same name written by Sanjaya Baru, released in India on January 11.
Baru was Manmohan Singh's media adviser when the latter was the prime minister.

'The Accidental Prime Minister' gets clearance from Pakistan censor board

Singer-actor Selena Gomez has returned to social media and has thanked her fans for their continuous support.
The singer took time off from Instagram after she entered rehab in October last year.
Gomez, 26, posted on Instagram on Monday for the first time since September last year.
"It's been awhile since you have heard from me, but I wanted to wish everyone a happy new year and to thank you for your love and support. Last year was definitely a year of self-reflection, challenges and growth.
"It's always those challenges which show you who you are and what you are capable of overcoming. Trust me, it's not easy, but I am proud of the person I am becoming and look forward to the year ahead. Love you all,'' she wrote.
Gomez had entered a treatment facility to help address ongoing issues related to anxiety and depression.

Selena Gomez returns to social media

Harry Potter fans are getting a Muggle-created Pensieve as a range of limited edition memorable moments from the beloved book series are set to be released in the first ever fine art collection from the franchise.
According to DigitalSpy, Universal Studios and Classic Stills have joined hands to announce the new range of prints from the first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
A date is yet to be announced.
This will be later followed up by collections for all eight of the Harry Potter films over the next few years.
Subsequent collections will be released from the other films in chronological order.
Pottermaniacs will also get a chance to help participate in curating the collections, by pointing out the scene or moment they would most like to display.
A "Doctor Who" collection is also on the horizon, with Classic Stills also teaming up with the BBC.
The line-up will comprise 20 pieces spanning the show's history and will include all 13 actors to have played a main ...

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