Actor Dwayne Johnson has opened up about his conflict with "Fate of the Furious" co-star Vin Diesel during the making of the film, saying that they have a "fundamental difference" in their approach towards filmmaking.
In an interview with Rolling Stones, Johnson affirmed to the fact that he and Diesel did not feature in any scenes together in "Fate of the Furious" owing to their ongoing quarrel.
"Vin and I had a few discussions, including an important face-to-face in my trailer. And what I came to realise is that we have a fundamental difference in philosophies on how we approach movie making and collaborating. It took me some time, but I'm grateful for that clarity. Whether we work together again or not," Johnson said.
The "Rampage" star had lashed out at an unnamed co-actor, who was later revealed to be Diesel, in an Instagram post.
"Some (male co-stars) conduct themselves as stand-up men and true professionals, while others don't. The ones that don't are too chicken sh*t to do ...

We have a fundamental difference in philosophies: Johnson on feud with Diesel

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Jennifer Lopez-starrer "Shades of Blue" will be concluding after its third season, which is set to premiere in June.
The police drama, which also features actor Ray Liotta, will premiere its 10-episode installment on June 17, network NBC said in a press release.
Lopez portrays the role of NYPD detective Harlee Santos, while Liotta portrays her boss, Lt Matt Wozniak in the series.
"I have enjoyed producing and starring in this beautifully complicated world and playing such an empowering yet flawed character - a woman, a detective, but, first and foremost, a mother," Lopez said.
Lopez said the role "strengthened" her and helped her "grow into a more self-assured woman".
"It's crazy how some parts permeate your soul and change you forever and for that I am grateful. We crafted a poetic three-season arc on how her journey ends, which is true redemption. The way only Harlee could have done it - the hard way, the road less travelled," she added.
Lopez also executive produced the series, ...

Jennifer Lopez's 'Shades of Blue' to end after season three

Actor Simon Pegg, who made a cameo in JJ Abrams' "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", has revealed that the director had a different idea about lead character Rey's parents.
One of the key mysteries of the film concerned the Rey's back story and her parents, who had abandoned her on the planet Jakku.
The follow-up film to "Force Awakens", "The Last Jedi" finally revealed the truth that Rey's parents were actually "nobodies".
But Pegg, who played the role of Unkar Plutt in the "Force Awakens", said that Abrams had planned a more "relevant lineage" for Rey.
"Well I know what JJ kind of intended, or at least what was sort of being chucked around. I think that's kind of been undone slightly by ('The Last Jedi'). I don't know," Pegg said during his appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
"There was some talk about, you know, a kind of relevant lineage for her. But I honestly don't know, and I don't know if anybody knows. We shall see," he added.

JJ Abrams had planned 'relevant lineage' for Rey, says Simon Pegg

"Stranger Things" showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer have dismissed the plagiarism allegations against their hit Netflix show, calling the claims "completely meritless".
Filmmaker Charlie Kessler had claimed that the web series is based on his short film "Montauk" and a feature film script titled "The Montauk Project", an idea that he pitched to The Duffer Brothers, when he met them at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014.
Yesterday, Kessler file a case against the two showrunners.
According to Deadline, an attorney for the director duo said the lawsuit is "just an attempt to profit" from the success of "Stranger Things".
"Mr. Kessler's claim is completely meritless. He had no connection to the creation or development of 'Stranger Things'.
"The Duffer Brothers have neither seen Mr Kessler's short film nor discussed any project with him. This is just an attempt to profit from other people's creativity and hard work," Alex Kohner, attorney for the Duffers, said.
Kessler claimed the talks ...

Duffer bros call 'Stranger Things' plagiarism charge 'completely meritless' "

Asghar Farhadi's psychological thriller "Everybody Knows", starring real-life couple Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz, will open the Cannes Film Festival.
The film, which also features "The Secret in their Eyes" star Ricardo Darin, will be the second film, which is neither in English nor in French, to open the festival after Pedro Almodovar's "Bad Education" in 2004, the organisers said in a statement.
Shot on the Iberian Peninsula, the film follows the story of Laura, who lives with her husband and children in Buenos Aires. When they return together to her native village in Spain for a family celebration, an unexpected event changes the course of their lives.
This is the eighth feature film by the Iranian director, who is best known for Oscar winning films "A Separation" and "The Salesman".
The 71st Festival de Cannes will be held from May 8-19. The Competition Jury will be headed by Cate Blanchett.
The official line-up of films to be screened at the festival will be announced on ...

Asghar Farhadi's 'Everybody Knows' to open Cannes Film Festival

"Chaos Walking", starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland, will be undergoing major reshoots with novelist Patrick Ness is talks to pen fresh script pages for the film.
The film is based on Ness' first book in the series, "The Knife Of Never Letting Go".
Directed by Doug Liman, it follows a teen named Todd (Holland) who has been raised believing that a viral germ has wiped out all the women in his dystopian world, while also giving all the men the ability to read people's minds.
However, when Todd finally meets a young woman named Viola (Ridley) the pair go on to encounter various moral issues and high stakes as the planet around them erupts into war.
The reshoots will likely affect the March 1, 2019 release date of the film, as both Holland and Ridley are busy with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" sequel and "Star Wars: Episode IX" respectively.
Charlie Kaufman, Gary Spinelli, John Lee Hancock and Lindsey Beer, and others have written various draft of the film, and
Liman is looking at two to ...

'Chaos Walking' to get major reshoots

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who was today sentenced to five years in jail in the 1998 black buck poaching case by a Jodhpur court, has Rs 400 to Rs 600 crore riding on him in the industry and the verdict will affect three major film projects, according to trade analysts.
The 52-year-old actor was in the middle of shooting "Race 3" but it is not clear whether his work is complete on the film, being directed by Remo D'Souza.
"Whatever is left of 'Race 3' will have to be completed soon because the film is releasing in June. 'Kick 2', 'Dabangg 3' and 'Bharat' were yet to start so there isn't much monetary loss.  It is a huge loss to the industry and trade as he is a big star who guarantees big success," trade analyst Komal Nahta told PTI.
"'Race 3' has Rs 125-150 crore riding on it. For other films, not money but may be time has gone. He has not started any other film so it isn't that films will be stuck. He may have planned it like that knowing that April 5 is the date of the ...

Rs 400-600 crore riding on Salman Khan: trade analysts

Singer Justin Bieber has said he is proud of his tattoos and does not regret any of them.
The 24-year-old musician took to Instagram where he shared a picture of his back full of body art, saying getting tattoos is not everyone's cup of tea.
"If tattooed didn't hurt everyone would have them. Well maybe not (e)very one!! Over a hundred hours of hart(d) work on my body and I wouldn't take back a single one...
"I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ART AND I'VE MADE my body a canvas and it's SO MUCH FUN (sic)" Bieber wrote alongside the photograph.
The "Believe" hitmaker previously had a tattoo of his on/off girlfriend singer Selena Gomez on his arm, which he later tried to cover up after they broke up.

Justin Bieber proud of all his tattoos

"Fast and Furious" star Tyrese Gibson and social worker wife Samantha are pregnant with their first child, a baby girl.
The couple,who got married in a surprise Valentine's Day ceremony last year, will welcome their firstborn in September.
"Both of our love and energy and magic and families are bonded forever because we're going to have this child. It's unbelievable.
"It was me screaming and just being overly excited and just fired up about the news," Tyrese, 39, told People magazine.
Samantha, 29, learnt the news of her pregnancy in late January.
Tyrese is already a father to 10-year-old daughter, Shayla who he had with former wife, Norma Mitchell.

Tyrese Gibson, Samantha expecting a baby girl

Veteran actor Mark Hamill has said Carrie Fisher should not be replaced in the upcoming "Star Wars Episode IX".
The 66-year-old actor, who reprised his role as Luke Skywalker in the latest "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" in the hit sci-fi franchise, said as the makers had decided against using CGI to recreate Fisher's General Leia, finding a match for the late star would be a tough nut to crack.
"I don't know what the specific plans were for that character, but since Han was more prominent in VII, Luke was more prominent in VIII, we assumed that Leia would be more prominent in IX, especially with the dynamic of Kylo Ren being her son. I think it would be tough recasting because she's so indelibly linked to that character.
"They've already ruled out the idea of computer generating her performance like they did with Peter Cushing, so gee that's got to be a really, not an insurmountable problem, but... I know the script had been developed enough so when we lost her they had to go back to ...

Carrie Fisher irreplaceable for Mark Hamill in Star Wars Episode IX

A special exhibition has been organised to pay tributes to the popular all-female band Spice Girls and will showcase thousands of items of memorabilia, along with hundreds of their popular stage costumes.
The exhibition, titled '#SpiceUpLondon - The Spice Girls Exhibition', will be held at Business Design Centre in Angel Islington from July 28 to August 20, Femalefirst reported.
"I have joined together with other Spice Girls collectors and designers from around the world, including the Guinness World Record holder, Liz West. It's been amazing to be able to share this passion with others, but above all it has allowed me to create this collection of iconic Spice Girls history," Alan Smith-Allison, the event organiser and curator said.
"#SpiceUpLondon has been a long time in the making, but it has grown beyond even my hopes for it. The interest in the exhibition has been massive and I can't wait to show off what we are achieving. The London exhibition looks set to be the biggest music ...

New exhibition to showcase Spice Girls' memorabilia

Actor Woody Harrelson is rumoured to be playing supervillain Carnage in Tom Hardy-starrer "Venom".
A new report by Bleeding Cool claimed Harrelson, who is already on board the project, will play Carnage in the Ruben Fleisher-directed film, despite his character being referred to as "a henchman of sorts".
The report stated a source who claimed in "a very confirm-y way that not only is Carnage to appear in the upcoming 'Venom' movie but, yes, he will be played by Woody Harrelson."
In comics, Cranage also known as Cletus Kasady is a serial killer, who received part of the Venom alien symbiote costume which creates a far worse and far more sadistic killer than Venom.
Earlier, it was rumoured that Riz Ahmed might be playing Carnage in the film, which also stars Michelle Williams.

Woody Harrelson playing Carnage in 'Venom'?

Actor Adam Sandler will star in the film "Uncut Gems", to be directed by Safdie Brothers.
The director duo, Josh and Benny, are best known for crime drama "Good Time", featuring Robert Pattinson, Barkhad Abdi and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
The plot details of the new film are unknown as of yet, while the script has been penned the Safdie Brothers along with Ronald Bronstein, Deadline reported.
The film will be executive produced by Martin Scorsese.
Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard and Oscar Boyson are the producers on the project.
Sandler last featured in Noah Baumbach's "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" and will be next seen in the Netflix comedy "The Week Of", which also stars Chris Rock.

Adam Sandler comes aboard Safdie Brothers' 'Uncut Gems'

Frances McDormand's sweet gesture towards Simone Garcia Johnson at the Golden Globe awards has left her father, Dwayne Johnson, in awe of her.
Simone had acted as the Golden Globe Ambassador for the ceremony in January, and one of her responsibilities was to usher the winners off stage after their acceptance speeches.
After McDormand won her Best Actress Award for her role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", Johnson said that "right before she speaks, she turns around and walks backstage and shakes Simone's hand out of the blue."
"No one did that, and she just had the awareness to do that to my 16-year-old daughter. She gave her speech, and as she's walking off, Frances grabs Simone's hand. She has the Globe in this hand and Simone's hand in this hand and she kisses Simone's hand. And I was so blown away by that gesture," Johnson said during his appearance at "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".
"It was so beautiful of her, and I've been meaning, by the way, to call her and tell ...

Dwayne Johnson jokes he wants to marry Frances McDormand

Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" may have turned 50 but it is still considered an unmatched sci-fi classic by many film aficionados, including "Gravity" director Alfonso Cuaron, who says it was a "transcendental" experience to watch the film for the first time as a teenager.
Cuaron, who won the best director Oscar for space survival drama "Gravity" in 2014, said he has often returned to the film but stayed away from it while making the Sandra Bullock-starrer.
In an essay for Entertainment Weekly, the Mexican director said he realised that he had seen a film that was an "unattainable benchmark".
"I saw it in a cine-club (we still had those then) in a so-so 35 mm projection. From the first frame I felt I was witnessing something transcendental (next time I had that experience was a couple of years later discovering Tarkovsky). I recognized that it was a film that was challenging you, with its pace and its obliqueness.
"I also recognised that I was witnessing an unattainable ...

'2001: A Space Odyssey' turns 50, Cuaron, Nolan share their fondness for the classic

Jack Black and Cate Blanchett starrer horror fantasy "The House with a Clock in Its Walls" will release in India in September this year.
The film, which is based on John Bellairs's novel of the same name, will be released by Reliance Entertainment in India, said a press release.
Directed by Eli Roth from a script by Eric Kripke, the film follows the 10-year-old Lewis, who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. But his new town's sleepy facade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead.
It also features Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Colleen Camp, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Vanessa Anne Williams and Sunny Suljic.
The film is produced by Mythology Entertainment's Brad Fischer and James Vanderbilt as well as Kripke.

'The House with a Clock in Its Walls' to release in India in September

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's wax figure, featuring him in his signature pose of arms spread wide, was unveiled today at the Madame Tussauds Delhi.
"Always a pleasure to be in Delhi. Thank you," Shah Rukh posted with a picture of his wax avatar.
The statue will be showcased beside other iconic celebrities in a special interactive and entertaining themed zone.
"Given Shah Rukh's immense popularity and stature, the figure called for a special unveiling. We will introduce more such additions in the future," Anshul Jain, General Manager, and Director, Merlin Entertainments India, said.
The museum currently showcases wax figures of Indian personalities such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and others.
This is the second time that Tussauds has made Shah Rukh's figure. His figure is already at display in London.

Shah Rukh Khan's wax statue unveiled at Madame Tussauds Delhi

A Finnish woman who underwent hormonal therapy to become the nation's first transgender man has given birth, local media said today, triggering controversy as laws require infertility to change gender.
"The baby weighed nearly four kilogramme and was 53 centimetre in length (at birth)," the transgender man, whose name was not revealed to protect the family's privacy, told Finnish news outlet Lannen Media a fortnight after the birth.
The man, who's in his 30s, legally changed his gender from a woman in 2015 after years of testosterone therapy.
But he decided to cancel sex change surgery, to complete his male physical transition, before trying to get pregnant with his husband.
Under Finnish law for hormonal therapy, a person is required to prove they are "infertile" in order to change legal gender from female to male.
In practice, Finnish medical units deem their transgender patients infertile when testosterone therapy has continued for a prolonged period.
But fertility can sometimes ...

Finland's first transgender man gives birth

Scarlett Johansson was the lone female superhero as compared to five alpha males in 2012's "Avengers" and six years later the actor is glad that studio bosses have brought in more inclusivity and diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The 33-year-old actor portrayed the superhero character of Black Widow aka Natasha Romanoff in five MCU films till now. Her character first appeared in "Iron Man 2" and will be next seen in "Avengers: Infinity War"
The film will feature a gigantic cast of superheroes battle it out against supervillain Thanos, who is on a quest to gather all the Infinity Stones.
Johansson said that she has been advocating for more female presence and diversity in the franchise, and is happy that the audiences have started embracing diverse characters.
"I've been advocating for some more female energy just in the cast and crew as a whole for a better part of a decade. So it's really great to see a more diverse group and certainly great to see that the audiences are ...

Fans 'hungry' for more female superhero stories: Scarlett Johansson

Actor Lisa Ray, who turned 46 today, is grateful for the all the good things in her life following a successful battle with cancer.
The actor was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the white blood cells known as plasma cells, in 2009.
A year later, Ray had that said she was free of cancer.
"Because there's so much to be grateful for. Because there's so much grace I received from Cancer. I send strong currents back to you, to persevere in finding what makes you happy and to feel at home in your body and spirit," the actor tweeted on her birthday.

So much to be grateful for: Lisa Ray

On account of its 50th anniversary, the animated classic "Yellow Submarine", inspired by the music of The Beatles, will be released in the theatres again this July.
The 1968 British children's animated musical fantasy comedy, directed by animation producer George Dunning, is ready to re-released after being restored in 4k digital resolution, EW reported.
Entire digital clean-up was done manually to preserve the original hand-drawn animation in the movie.
The background score and the songs were also restored in a 5.1 stereo surround sound format, including the numbers from the film's original track list, such as "Only a Northern Song", "All Together Now", "It's All Too Much" and "Hey Bulldog".
The real Beatles participated in the closing scene of the film, contrary to reports that suggested the band members would lend their own voices to their characters. Their cartoon counterparts were voiced by other actors.
The film was co-written by Lee Minoff, Al Brodax, Jack Mendelsohn and Erich .

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