Singer Shakira has called off  the first show of her El Dorado World Tour due to strained  vocal cords.
The concert was set to open in Koln, Germany today.
The 40-year-old singer posted her statement on Instagram  saying, she has been advised by a team of doctors to take rest  "to avoid any greater damage that could keep me from  performing".
"I'm devastated to have to miss our first show on  November 8 in Koln... I love my German fans and was really  looking forward to sharing my first show with you...
"I need to heed the advice of my doctors and recover so I  can give you all everything I've got once I'm on the road and  not risk any further injury," Shakira wrote.
The trek will now begin in Paris on November 10 and the  singer said that the organisers are working on a new date  for the Germany show.
"The Live Nation team is working hard to find a new date  for me to come back and share this exciting show with you  which I feel is going to be my best one yet."
The singer's latest ...

Shakira cancels first El Dorado Tour show due to vocal strain

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Director Subhash Ghai had planned an  ambitious war film with three of the biggest Bollywood  superstars -- Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan  -- but he had to shelve it.
The director said he had even a title for the film, which  was to be called "Mother Land".
"In 2003, I wanted to start a war film called 'Mother  Land', where I had cast Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan and Shah  Rukh Khan. The script was ready and three songs were also  recorded, but at the last minute Shah Rukh backed out," Ghai  says in a PTI interview.
The filmmaker, who has previously worked with Shah Rukh  in the 1997 hit film "Pardes", said the superstar wanted a  solo-hero project back then and hence the dream project  could not go on floors.
"He (Shah Rukh) felt there are so many characters in the  film. He wanted to do a solo hero film then, but mine was not.  It was a story of Dilip saab, Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh. On  my wish list were also Aishwarya Rai, Priety Zinta and Mahima  Chaudhry ...

When SRK backed out of a film starring Dilip Kumar and Big B!

Filmmaker Farah Khan has shared an  old photograph with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey  Weinstein from the days of her 2004 directorial debut, "Main  Hoon Na".
The 52-year-old director took to Twitter, where she  posted a picture with the media mogul, who has been recently  accused of sexual harassment and abuse by over 70 women,  including names such as Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and  Cara Delevingne.
"Found this! Throwback of all throwbacks! Me giving  Bollywood gyaan to Harvey Weinstein! #beforethes**thitthefan  #mainhoonna shoot," Khan captioned the photo.

Farah Khan throwbacks a picture with Harvey Weinstein

The New York Times has terminated  its relationship with the legal firm of lawyer David Boies  after a news report revealed that he helped hire private  investigators for Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
NYT was the first to come up with an expose on Weinstein,  detailing his almost three-decade-old history of sexual  misconduct, which was followed by a more detailed report in  The New Yorker.
Now a new article in The New Yorker has detailed how  Boies personally signed the document directing Black Cube, a  firm run by former ex-Mossad agents (the Israeli secret  service), to uncover information that would stop the  publication of any harassment stories about Weinstein in the  papers including the New York Times.
At the same time, Boies' firm represented NYT in a libel  case, leading to a conflict of interest.
In a statement posted on NYT's website, the paper said it  was ending its association with Boies' firm.
"We never contemplated that the law firm would contract  with an ...

NYT snaps ties with legal firm after New Yorker revelations

"Maroon 5" frontman Adam Levine  and model wife Behati Prinsloo have revealed the gender of the  second child and it is going to be a baby girl for the couple.
The 38-year-old singer and Prinsloo are already parents  to 14-month-old daughter, Dusty Rose Levine.
Levine disclosed that they are having another daughter to  host Ellen DeGeneres on her chat show, reported People  magazine.
"It is a girl. (We're) having another girl," he said on  "The Ellen DeGeneres Show".
The "What Lovers Do" hitmaker said that DeGeneres will  again be involved in the process of naming their second baby.
"Whether you like it or not, you're gonna be involved,  It'll be a collaborative effort," Levine told her.

Adam Levine, Behati Prinsloo expecting a girl

Celebrating the 97th birth  anniversary of Sitara Devi, Google today dedicated a colourful  doodle to the eminent Kathak danseuse.
Born in 1920 in Kolkata, Devi drew inspiration from  themes and poetry, which reflected in her choreographies.
Whether it was a town or a village, the intricacies of  environment always fascinated her as an artiste and as an  individual.
Devi was born as Dhannolakshmi to her father 'kathakar'  and scholar Sukhdev Maharaj in a Brahmin family.
An iconoclast, she chose school and dance over an early  wedding, against the norm in the 1920s.
Her father sent Devi to a local school where she  impressed her teachers and the local media with her  performance in dance drama, "Savitri Satyavan".
He rechristened her as Sitara after he learnt about her  passion for dance and placed her under the care of her older  sister, Tara, for Kathak training.
By the time Devi turned 11, the family had moved to  Mumbai, where she impressed Nobel laureate Rabindranath  Tagore with .

Google celebrates Kathak legend Sitara Devi's 97th birth anniv

Filmmaker Anand Gandhi says people  have started realising that stars are not the most credible  factor in deciding the quality of a film.
Gandhi, who has produced the award-winning documentary  "An Insignificant Man", directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay  Shukla, believes the trust has started to shift from stars to  directors and other creative people.
"As a cinema making country and as an audience we are at  a cusp of this transition - where the audiences are going to  watch a film not only in the name of an actor but also for the  director and the team. Largely for the past few decades people  have trusted actors.
"But as we are able to spread cinema literacy, people  are becoming aware that there are directors, writers and  cinematographers, who do amazing work and that stars are not  necessarily the most reliant factor to fall back on," Gandhi  says in an interview with PTI.
While he does not see a major shift in the near future,  Gandhi says filmmakers such as Vishal Bhardwaj, .

Stars no longer the only selling point for films, says Gandhi

Actor Jeremie Laheurte has  joined the cast of "A Private War".
The "Blue is the Warmest Color" actor will portray Remi  Ochlik, the French photographer, who was killed in Syria on  assignment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Matthew Heineman will direct the movie from the script  penned by Arash Amel, which has been adapted from Marie  Brenner's 2012 Vanity Fair article 'Marie Colvin's  Private War'.
Rosamund Pike plays the role of Colvin, who filed reports  from conflict zones including Sri Lanka, where she lost her  left eye in 2001.
The movie also stars "Fifty Shades of Grey" actor Jamie  Dornan.
Basil Iwanyk and Charlize Theron are onboard as  producers.

Jeremie Laheurte to star in 'A Private War'

She enjoys every bit of stardom that  she has achieved but Vidya Balan says acting is still a "job"  at the end of the day for her and she cannot let it dominate  her personal life.
The National Award-winning actor says she is a private  person and does not want her popularity to disturb her or her  family's personal space.
In an interview with PTI, Vidya says, "I have seen great  stardom. I enjoy the perks that come with stardom. But,  finally at the end of the day acting is a job, which I try and  do in the best way possible.
"I am a private person when it comes to people in my  life. Siddharth (Roy Kapur, husband), he is not an actor. I  will not talk about him the way I will talk about myself. I  need to respect his right to privacy. Similarly, my family,  they are not actors, they have not put themselves out in the  public."
The actor, who made her Bollywood debut with "Parineeta"  in 2005 and post the success of the film signed back-to-back  projects, says she decided to slow ...

I have a life beyond camera: Vidya Balan

This year Adil Hussain was seen  playing a frustrated, overworked son to a father who is  desperately seeking salvation in critically-acclaimed "Mukti  Bhawan".
Next he will be seen in a bunch of smaller roles in  Rajinikanth's much-awaited "2.0" and Neeraj Pandey's "Aiyaari"  and the 54-year-old actor says like any other artiste, he  takes up some projects to pay his bills and some to satisfy  his inner voice.
In an interview with PTI, Hussain says, "'Aiyaari' and  '2.0' are those small, tiny roles that I'm doing to pay my  bills. Films like 'Mukti Bhawan' don't pay me. So I have to  sort of balance it - some for bill, some for dil (heart)."
The actor, who won the National Award (Special Jury  Mention) this year for the Shubhashish Bhutiani- directed  movie, says after constantly working in films for over eight  years, he is in a good headspace right now, ready to devote  some time to his first passion -- theatre.
Hussain's next stage project will be a one-man act  narrating the gist 

I do some films for bill, some for dil: Adil Hussain

Ashley Judd has been roped in  to feature in the canine drama "A Dog's Way Home".
The 49-year-old actor will be joined by Edward James  Olso, Wes Studi, Alexandra Shipp and Jonah Hauer-King,  according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Directed by Charles Martin Smith, the movie is an  adaptation of the best-selling book "A Dog's Purpose", by W  Bruce Cameron.
Besides Cameron, his wife and co-writer of the novel,  Cathryn Michon has penned the screenplay for the film.
As per Sony studio, "'A Dog's Way Home' chronicles the  heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic  400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved  human, Lucas, an aspiring med student and VA hospital  volunteer.
"Bella touches the lives of many during her unwavering  quest; from an orphaned mountain lion cub to a homeless  veteran down on his luck, Bella brings joy and comfort to  everyone she meets with her unique spirit and faith."
It has been announced the studio has rescued two dogs to  ..

Ashley Judd to star in 'A Dog's Way Home'

Bengali superstar Prosenjit  Chatterjee has said he does not always get the scope to come  out from the conventional acting mode, except in very few  films.
Films such as Rituparno Ghosh's 'Dosar' or Atanu  Ghosh's upcoming 'Mayurakshi' gave him the scope to come out  of the conventional mode, the actor said.
"But such scope comes on very few occasions, not  regularly," Prosenjit told PTI here yesterday.
"Many a time, thoughts come up whether we are all  stuck up within the conventional acting mode," the filmstar  said.
"That does not mean I find my character in films made  by other directors as monotonous. Every film maker has his own  individual style. But definitely, when the director asks you  to break yourself and then mould it again, you obviously get a  bit more space," he said.
Prosenjit will also rate 'Moner Manush', 'Jaatishwar'  and 'Sankhachil' as his favourite films for following a very  "simple narrative style".
"You can see such type of films are increasingly being  ...

Do not always get chance to come out of conventional acting

Actor Toni Collette will star in  a new TV series "Wanderlust".
The 45-year-old actor will play the role of Joy Richards  on the show, which is being produced jointly by Netflix and  BBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The six-part show will be helmed by Luke Snellin, and  Nick Payne will write the script.
The story follows a therapist as she attempts to keep the  spark with her husband alive after an accident.
The show also features Steven Mackintosh, Zawe Ashton and  Royce Pierreson.
"I am honoured and thrilled to work with Nick Payne's  wonderful words on 'Wanderlust'," said Collette in a  statement.
"It is an authentic and revolutionary story about  relationships, sex, love and all the things we really care  about. I could not be more excited," she added.

Toni Collette joins BBC, Netflix's 'Wanderlust'

Actor Channing Tatum has said  that he had told his actor-wife Jenna Dewan Tatum about his  past profession as a male stripper on their first date.
"I think it was one of the very first, like, dinners we  ever had together.
"I don't know. I'm not shy about it. She was just like,  'What?' She needed to know just like everybody," Tatum said in  an interview to Entertainment Tonight.
The "Magic Mike" star said Dewan was not bothered and  inquisitive about his past.
"Weirdly enough, girls ask less questions than guys do.  Guys want to know everything about it, like, 'What? How much?  When? Were you naked?'", said Tatum.

Channing Tatum told wife about his stripper past on first date

Country music icon Shania Twain is  set to guest star in mobile game 'Home Street'.
The singer is the first star to feature as a cartoon in  the game by developers Supersolid, reported Femalefirst.
"Shania Twain is an incredibly exciting guest star to  launch our first partnership with. Her long list of awards and  achievements reflect her extraordinary success and popularity  across all countries and cultures globally.
"We are sure this will only continue to grow with her  brilliant new album 'Now' and are delighted to have her as a  part of our Home Street community," Supersolid's CEO Ed Chin  said.
The 52-year-old singer will also take part in a special  Q&A for players.

Shania Twain to guest star in video game

Actor Kate Hudson's son Ryder  Robinson said he is really proud of his mother and grandmom  Goldie Hawn's body of work.
Ryder, who walked the red carpet at his grandmother's  charity event, Goldie's Love in For Kids, said he was  fortunate to witness the, "really cool and very inspiring  work" that his family has been involved in, reported E!  online.
"I am so proud of Gogo (Hawn) and my mom," Ryder, 13,  said.
Kate also applauded her mother's continued efforts in  the education community, which she said was "quite emotional.

Kate Hudson's son is proud of her and grandother Goldie Hawn

Actor Hayley Atwell said bullies made  things tough for her while growing up.
The 35-year-old actor said bullies called her "fatwell"  because of her curvy figure, reported Femalefirst.
"I still have this one girl's face in my mind. Sometimes  I play in my head what I'd like to say to her. She tried to  Facebook me a year ago. I ignored her. 'Are you kidding me?  You made my life hell'.
"I know I've got curves and big breasts and I'm never,  ever going to complain about that. It's simply that most other  actresses are really, stupidly tiny. When I meet some of them,  I can't believe it. Plus I love how expressive my body is.  I've always been a big believer in what you don't see being  much sexier than what you do," Atwell said.

Hayley Atwell's life was made hell by bullies

Actor Ray Fisher said he wants the  upcoming "Cyborg" standalone movie to be an "intimate" story  and not have any appearances by other DC superheros.
The 30-year-old actor will make his DC Extended Universe  debut with "Justice League", reported Contactmusic.
"Things are in development. If I had my druthers, I think  a Cyborg standalone would be a slightly more intimate story.  One of the things that I always think is interesting with  these sort of universes, is whenever there's a world  threatening crisis, it always makes you wonder, 'Where are the  other members of the group? Why didn't they show up?'
"I think finding an organic way to explain why these  characters have to have their solo mission," Fisher said.

Cyborg standalone movie would be an intimate story: Ray Fisher

Rock singer Marilyn Manson has  dedicated the title track of his album 'Heaven Upside Down' to  his father.
The 48-year-old singer said the song from his new album  is a tribute to his dad, Hugh Warner, who passed away in 2014,  reported Contactmusic.
"The record was just finished, for the most part, the day  before I flew to see him. And I wasn't expecting him to be as  ill as he was. He died within an hour of me seeing him. I  think he was waiting for me. I didn't get to play him the  record. I got to tell him I loved him and say goodbye.
"I dedicated this record to my father. And, sadly, I  dedicated the last record to my mother, who was dying. So,  it's an in-between situation," he said.

Marilyn Manson dedicates song to his father

Singer Ricky Martin has dedicated his  Corazon Latino Award to the residents of Puerto Rico, as they  deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
The 45-year-old singer received the award at 2017's  iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina for his work in helping the victims  of the natural disaster, reported Femalefirst.
"This award is not for me. I dedicate it to those who I  believe are the are real stars: to all those volunteers that  have worked so hard, to all those people who have come to the  light. They are the real heroes that nobody knew. Since the  hurricane, they have been present and have worked hard 24  hours a day to bring comfort and hope to the victims. We will  continue this fight.
"This is a commitment for many years to come, because,  unfortunately, we were hit very hard. We have had the  opportunity to create great alliances with big corporations  that have helped to bring aid to the victims of the  hurricane," Martin said.
The singer added that he wants to do all he can to ...

Ricky Martin dedicates charity award to Puerto Rican residents

Actor Jessica Chastain says she  wants Hollywood to be more "inclusive" and not discriminate  between genders or races.
The actor believes people coming forward about sexual  harassment in Hollywood are helping to make things better,  reported Entertainment Tonight.
"When you think about the industry, you know, encouraging  people to stay closeted... not showing stories of women with  their own agency and leading their own stories, and also,  actually, ignoring many groups, many demographics in our  country... For me, that's not an industry that I actually want  to be a part of.
"I think it's more than just about gender. It's about  everything in this industry. I mean, this industry, we're very  quick to separate ourselves from the current administration,  or things that are going on in the world. I want to be a part  of an industry that is very inclusive. One that teaches  empathy, and the only way you do that is, you learn about  someone who doesn't look like you. And I think ...

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