Emmy winner Susanne Bier has been roped in to direct the upcoming HBO limited series "The Undoing" starring Nicole Kidman.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director will helm all episodes of the show, which reunites Kidman and "Big Little Lies" writer David E Kelley.
Bier, who won a 2016 Emmy for directing AMC's miniseries "The Night Manager", will also serve as executive producer on the show.
The limited series is an adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz book "You Should Have Known".
"The Undoing" will focus on Grace Sachs (Kidman), a successful therapist who is about to publish her first book when disaster strikes - someone dies, her husband goes missing, and her perfect life with her son is turned upside down.
The project will go on floors in 2019.

Susanne Bier tapped by HBO to direct Nicole Kidman's 'The Undoing'

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In a backlash against sexual harassment, actor Ezra Miller has come out with his own #MeToo story, recounting how an unnamed director and producer took advantage of him when he was a minor.
It was about time that people in Hollywood knew what kind of behaviour is acceptable and what is not, Miller told The Hollywood Reporter.
"It's a great fu*kin' age of being like, 'You know what? That shit's unacceptable,' And it's amazing for a lot of us to watch. 'Cause, like, we all knew it was unacceptable when we fu*king survived it. That's what Hollywood is. I thought we all knew we were sex workers," he said.
This is the first time the "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindlewald" actor has shared his story.
"They gave me wine and I was underage," Miller recounted, without taking any names.
"They were like, 'Hey, want to be in our movie about gay revolution?' And I was like, 'No, you guys are monsters'," he added.
Miller praised the #MeToo movement for being a watershed moment that spelt the .

Ezra Miller reveals #MeToo story, was harassed as minor

Micheal Sheen is taking up "The Good Fight".
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the CBS All Access' legal drama is adding the actor as a series regular for its third season.
Sheen, 49, will play a lawyer named Roland Blum in the streaming spin-off of "The Good Wife".
Blum is described as brilliant, charismatic and Machiavellian; a man who also has an appetite for "drugs, sex, you name it - who's far more interested in winning than the niceties of following the law".
"The Good Fight" has been a critical breakout for CBS All Access since the streamer's push into original scripted programming began in earnest last year.
The third season is set to premiere in early 2019.
Christine Baranski, Cush Jumbo, Rose Leslie, Audra McDonald, Sarah Steele, Michael Boatman, Nyambi Nyambi and Delroy Lindo will be back as series regulars.

Michael Sheen joins 'The Good Fight'

"Breaking Bad" is going the big screen way.
A movie adaptation of the hit drama series is underway with creator Vince Gilligan, Variety confirmed.
The AMC show, headlined by Bryan Cranston, was about the transformation of Walter White, a chemistry teacher into a methamphetamine-making drug lord.
Gilligan is working on a two-hour film. It is, however, unclear whether the film will up for television or get a theatrical release.
Details are sparse and there is no information about the plot or whether any of series stars will return.
The Albuquerque Journal reported a logline stating the film "tracks the escape of a kidnapped man and his quest for freedom".
The Journal also stated "Greenbriar" as title.
Production in the Duke City is scheduled to begin mid-November through early February, according to the publication.
"Breaking Bad" ran for six seasons till 2013 after it got a new lease of life on Netflix.
The show's universe expanded with a spin-off prequel "Better Call Saul" that ...

'Breaking Bad' movie in the works

Israel is the focus country at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) this year and the 49th edition of the movie gala will celebrate diversity as it showcases 212 films from over 68 countries.
The festival, to be held from November 20 to 28 in Goa, will screen 10 films in collaboration with the Consulate General of Israel in Mumbai.
The Country of Focus section will kick off with "The Other Story" by Avi Nesher.
Under International Competition section, 15 films will be presented out of which three are Indian. Competition section itself represents films produced and co-produced by 22 countries.
The Festival Kaleidoscope section will showcase 20 critically-acclaimed international films that have had major film festival runs with majority of them being multiple award winners.
World Panorama has 67 films especially curated for the festival and the section includes four World Premiers, two International Premiers, 15 Asia Premiers and 60 India Premiers. Interestingly, World ...

IFFI 2018 to showcase 212 films, Israel the focus country

Congress leader Charan Singh Sapra  alleged Tuesday that a scene in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer  upcoming film "Zero" hurts the sentiments of the Sikh  community, and it should be removed.
The Aanand L Rai-directed film is set to release on  December 21.
Sapra, who is vice president of Mumbai Congress, said  he has written to the Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone 7  (Mulund area) in this regard.
He has also written to the film's producers, demanding  that the 'offencive' content be removed, he said.
The trailer of the film shows Shah Rukh Khan's  character wearing 'Gatra Kirpan' and making mockery of it in a  comic scene, he claimed.
The Kirpan has its own sanctity in the Sikh religion  and is worn only by baptised Sikhs, Sapra said.
"I received many complaints that the manner in which  the Kirpan is used in the film amounts to ridiculing and  hurting our religious sentiments," said the former Member of  Maharashtra Legislative Council.
Police should register a case against the ...

Cong leader alleges scene in SRK's 'Zero' offends Sikhs

Filmmaker Arati Kadav says shooting of her upcoming sci-fi "Cargo", featuring Shweta Tripathi and Vikrant Massey as astronauts, is complete and the team is aiming for a festival run before a theatrical release.
The film chronicles the story of a space ship which comes close to Earth every morning and cargos start coming.
"Cargos are people who recently died on earth. So it is like an immigration office for dead people set on a spaceship! But there isn't only one but several space ships which do that and these two people (Shweta and Vikrant) are just a peg in a very big organisation," Arati told PTI.
The director says "Masaan" actor Shweta and Vikrant, who shot to fame with "A Death in the Gunj", were very excited with the idea of the film and agreed to come on board immediately.
"Cargo" is produced by Fundamental Pictures and Dream Printing company along with filmmakers Vikramaditya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap who are independently backing the film.
Usually sci-fi films are mounted on .

Shweta Tripathi-Vikrant Massey play Astronauts in 'Cargo'

Producer David Heyman has confirmed that "Paddington 3" is in the works.
Heyman, however, added that director Paul King will not be in the director's chair this time.
"I don't think Paul King will direct the third. He did the first two-he and I are working on another project together... He's very special, Paul. We're developing a third Paddington. We haven't got a script yet, we've got a treatment which we're still working on," he told Collider.
The film franchise features Ben Whishaw voicing Paddington and Imelda Staunton lending her voice for Aunt Lucy.
Based on the best-selling book of the same name by British author Michael Bond, the film tells the story of the eponymous character Paddington, an anthropomorphic bear who migrates from the jungles of Peru to the streets of London, where he is adopted by the Brown family.
Heyman said while King is unlikely to direct the third part, he would still be a part of the team if the sequel moves forward.
"Paul is involved in it, I wanted him 

'Paddington 3' in the works

Rani Mukerji says she knew that Indian films were popular in China but it was still a surprise to witness the love and respect the audiences have for Bollywood stars when she visited the country to promote "Hichki".
In "Hichki", Rani played the role of a teacher who suffers from Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary vocalisations.
The film, which released in India in March this year, is currently doing well in theatres in China and the actor was on a multi-city tour to promote the movie there. The film has earned over Rs 150 crore at the Chinese box office.
Rani said it was phenomenal to see people connect to the story the way  an Indian audience would do.
"They understood each and every emotion of the film. They knew about the film, they had seen the film so there was a lot of positivity everywhere I went. It was surprising because I knew that Indian films are popular but to what degree, I found it when I went there," Rani told PTI in an interview.
The ...

Chinese audience has phenomenal love, respect for Indian actors: Rani Mukerji

Actor Natalie Portman, who won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan", has said she was surprised by final look of the film.
The 37-year-old actor told Vanity Fair that she thought she was shooting for a "documentary style" feature when she acted in the film and never imagined that it would be an "over the top thriller".
"When I saw the final cut I was completely surprised by what the movie was like. I thought we were shooting something like almost documentary style, and then I watched it and it was an over the top thriller," Portman said.
"It was an amazing wake-up call that film is a director's medium and as an actor you have no idea what's going on and you're being led and shaped," she added.
Despite the surprise, Portman has fond memories of working on the film and revealed that Aronofsky was "genuinely interested" in her input during the making.
"It was an incredible experience for so many reasons. I had always loved dance so much. It is the 

Natalie Portman was 'completely surprised' by how 'Black Swan' turned out

Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall of The Chainsmokers have ventured into film production.
The Grammy Award-winning duo have announced the formation of their production house Kick the Habit Productions, reported Variety.
The two also announced their first feature project which is based on their popular track "Paris".
Taggart, Pall and Dan Marcus, the chief operating officer of Kick the Habit Productions, will produce the film.
Author Mickey Rapkin will pen the screenplay. Rapkin is the author of the "Pitch Perfect" book, upon which the film franchise is based.
"We are beyond thrilled to have launched Kick the Habit Productions as we continue to bridge the gap between our overall artistic vision, the entertainment industry as a whole and our fans.
"The age of being only a musician is over and we're excited to go all-in on this venture to curate, produce and create meaningful projects," said Taggart and Pall in a joint statement.

The Chainsmokers set up production house, to make film based on song 'Paris'

Giving an update on the development of "A Quiet Place" sequel, actor-director John Krasinski has said he has "mapped out" an idea for the second part.
The 38-year-old actor had written and directed the original film which became a massive hit in the United States and also performed well in other countries.
The film, which featured Krasinski and his wife Emily Blunt in the lead, was praised by critics for its visuals and story. After the movie's success, Paramount Pictures had green lit a sequel.
"I'm writing it now. I've mapped out an idea and hopefully it's good enough to shoot," Krasinski told Variety.
"Paramount's been unbelievably supportive and I'm just excited to have a second one and so we'll see how it goes," he added.
The actor was attending the 10th annual Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards to present his sound editors Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn.
"Sound was everything to our movie. I couldn't have made this movie without them. Any sort of attention I get from the movie 

John Krasinski has 'mapped out' idea for 'A Quiet Place' sequel

Rebel Wilson has apologised for the comments she had made about "plus-sized" women actors in Hollywood.
The Australian actor, who will be next seen opposite Liam Hemsworth in "Isn't It Romantic", had claimed in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres that she will be "first-ever plus-sized girl to be the star of a romantic comedy".
When social media users reminded her that actors Queen Latifah and Mo'Nique had fronted romantic comedies before, Wilson said there was a "grey area" around how those films were categorised.
After further backlash, the actor tweeted an apology.
"In a couple of well-intentioned moments, hoping to lift my fellow plus sized women up, I neglected to show the proper respect to those who climbed this mountain before me like Mo'Nique, Queen Latifah, Melissa McCarthy, Ricki Lake and likely many others," Wilson wrote.
"With the help of some very compassionate and well-thought out responses from others on social media, I now realize what I said was not only wrong but also .

Rebel Wilson tweets apology after backlash over 'plus-sized' claims

Actor Ben Foster has signed on to play the lead in boxing drama "Harry Haft".
The feature, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson, will tell the story of a boxer who survived Auschwitz by being forced to fight fellow prisoners in the concentration camps in ghoulish gladiatorial battles.
The script has been adapted by Justine Juel Gillmer from Alan Scott Haft's book about his father, "Harry Haft: Survivor Of Auschwitz, Challenger Of Rocky Marciano", reported Deadline .
Levinson will also produce the feature alongside New Mandate Film's Matti Leshem , Aaron L. Gilbert, Jason Sosnoff  and Scott Pardo.
Foster, 38, most recently appeared in the "Leave No Trace" and Melanie Laurent's "Galveston".

Ben Foster to star in boxing drama 'Harry Haft'

Actor Noah Centineo, the breakout star of "To All the Boys I've Loved", is set to play the lead in the feature "Valet".
The film will be directed by Assaf Bernstein, best known for helming Netflix's political thriller series "Fauda", reported Variety.
The 22-year-old actor will portray a young valet driver, who gets involved in a government mission to take down an international arms dealer.
"American Sniper" scribe Jason Hall is writing the script for the feature with Mark Burg, Daniel Herther, Brad Kaplan and Brent Baum producing it.
Centineo is currently shooting for TV series "Good Trouble" and he will also be seen in Elizabeth Banks' "Charlie's Angels" remake, alongside Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska.

Noah Centineo to star in Assaf Bernstein's 'Valet'

Rapper Mac Miller died from an accidental overdose due to a combination of alcohol and drugs, including fentanyl, the coroner's report has stated.
The report, posted on the official website of Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner - Coroner on Monday, said the 26-year-old rapper's cause of death was "mixed toxicity,".
The report said the coroner found cocaine, alcohol and the powerful opioid fentanyl in Miller's system and his death has been ruled as "accident".
The rapper, whose real name was Malcolm James McCormick, was found unresponsive in his home in the Studio City neighbourhood on September 7.
Miller had long suffered from substance abuse and was even vocal about it.
In his deeply personal 2014 mixtape "Faces", the rapper had addressed his drug addiction.
Miller went through a well-publicised break-up with singer Ariana Grande earlier this year.
The pair, who met in 2012, collaborated on a number of songs and performed together at the One Love Manchester concert in .

Mac Miller died of an accidental overdose, states coroner report

Popular band Spice Girls have announced they are reuniting for a new tour.
The four founding members of the band -- Melanie Chisholm (Sporty Spice), Melanie Brown (Scary Spice), Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) and Geri Horner (Ginger Spice) -- will commence a six-date UK tour on June 1, 2019 at Manchester Etihad stadium.
"WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!! We're incredibly excited to announce the Spice World tour," they wrote on Instagram.
However, Victoria Beckham, aka Posh Spice, will not be part of the tour.
"Being in the Spice Girls was a hugely important part of my life and I wish my girls so much love and fun as they go back on tour, I know they will put on an amazing show and the fantastic fans past and present are going to have a wonderful time!" Beckham said in a statement, obtained by Entertainment Weekly.
The tour, featuring special guest Jess Glynne, will run through Coventry, Sunderland, Edinburgh, and Bristol before capping off the tour at Wembley Stadium in London.
It was their single ...

Spice Girls announce reunion tour

A cultural team from South Korea's Busan will showcase a traditional dance performance, adjacent to the site of the Queen Heo Hwang-ok Memorial here Tuesday as part of the 'Deepotsav' celebrations.
According to Korean legend, a princess of Ayodhya went to Korea in 48 AD and married King Kim-Suro. A large number of Koreans trace their ancestry to this legendary princess, who is known as Queen Heo Hwang-ok in South Korea.
"A team from Busan National Gugak Center arrived in Ayodhya on Monday. They will be performing 'Dance of the Queens' on Tuesday as part of the celebrations here. It will also be attended by our (South Korean) First lady Kim Jung-sook," a senior official of South Korea's Ministry of Culture told PTI.
The Busan National Gugak Center was established in 2008 in Busan, South Korea's second most populous city, after Seoul, to spread the traditional culture of the southeastern area of the country.
The troupe, which comprises nearly 20 members, mostly females, also performed a 

Deepotsav: South Korean dance troupe from Busan to perform in Ayodhya

Noted singer Ankit Tiwari Monday launched his new solo 'Naina' in his home town Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Tiwari is known for his performance in songs like 'Sunn Raha Hai', 'Galliyan' and 'Tu Hai Ke Nahi'.
He said 'Naina' was really close to his heart and that this song has new sounds as a team of musicians from London (UK) has worked with him for the first time.
Tiwari said the exclusive video of this song was only available on his official YouTube channel.

Noted singer Ankit Tiwari launches new solo 'Naina'

The second season of National Geographic's sci-fi series "MARS" is returning with six episodes, which envision what might happen when earthlings become the red planet's first residents.
The new season, produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, premieres on National Geographic & Hotstar on November 17.
The first season of the series focused on how mankind will survive one of its greatest adventure -the journey to another planet and the new season picks up after this background, and highlights the actual problems humans will face as they try to survive on a completely new planet.
"In MARS, everything as simple as the quotidian, like personal hygiene and meals, requires greater effort and is exponentially more difficult in this foreign frontier of limited resources where new rules are often written on the fly," said Stephen Petranek, MARS' co-executive producer, scientific advisor and award-winning author of "How We'll Live on Mars".
"Leaving Earth insures long-term human survival, ...

Ron Howard-produced 'MARS' returns for a second season

Veteran actor Anupam Kher was honoured as a 'Distinguished Fellow' by IndiaGlobal - a leading think-tank that works on issues concerning non-resident Indians.
The actor was given a fellowship on November 3, 2018 at the 3rd IndiaGlobal Summit. The event was held at the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management in Boston, and was facilitated by MIT Sloan India Business Club.
"This honour gives me a further sense of responsibility towards my country. A lower middle class Kashmiri boy from Shimla has come a long way. Jai Ho," Kher said while accepting the award.
Kher was briefly in India for last 6 days shoot of his forthcoming movie, "Accidental Prime Minister", in which he portrays former prime minister, Manmohan Singh.
The actor recently resigned from the post of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), citing his international assignments as the reason.
Kher plays the role of a doctor in American TV show "New Amsterdam".

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