Hollywood star Chris Pratt is  back on Instagram three months after he parted ways with actor  Anna Faris.
The 38-year-old "Guardians of the Galaxy" star posted a  picture of him, son Jack, five, and brother Cully Pratt making  fight poses at a screening of "Thor: Ragnarok".
The post marks Pratt's first since he and wife Faris, 40,  announced in August they are "legally separating" after eight  years of marriage. The actor had remained active on Twitter  after the split news.
"HOLY CRAP!! THOR RAGNAROK IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!... So  proud to be part of the Marvel universe," Chris wrote in the  caption of his Instagram post.
Pratt plays Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, in Marvel's two  "Guardians of the Galaxy" films and will reprise his role  alongside Thor himself, Chris Hemsworth, and the rest of the  Marvel superheroes in "Avengers: Infinity War.

Chris Pratt returns to Instagram after Anna Faris split

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Model Kate Upton and baseball  star Justin Verlander got married in a lavish ceremony.
The 25-year-old model and the 34-year-old Houston Astros  pitcher exchanged wedding vows in Italy on Saturday, reported  E! online.
For her big day, Upton donned a white dress with lace  sleeves and wore her hair in a side part with loose waves and  a veil pinned in the back.
Verlander wore a dark coloured tux with a bow tie and  bridesmaids wore different blush coloured gowns.
The wedding took place at the Rosewood Castiglion Del  Bosco resort.
Upton shared her engagement news last year in May at the  MetGala.

Kate Upton and Justin Verlander tie the knot

Rapper Sean 'Diddy' Combs has  gifted himself a new name on his 48th birthday.
The music mogul, who was born Sean John Combs, took to  social media to announce that he has decided to once again  tweak his moniker and this time he is moving from 'Diddy' to  'Love' or 'Brother Love.'
In 1997, Sean was known as "Puff Daddy." A year later, he  went back to using Sean John. In 1999, he flipped the script  and started going by "Puffy." After that, he used "P.Diddy" as  his professional name and more recently he's gone with the  nickname "Diddy."
"Hey y'all. I have some very serious serious news. I've  been praying on this. I decided thatI know it's risky and I  know it's corny to some peoplebut I decided to change my name  again.
"I'm just not who I am before. I'm something different.  Some new name is Love aka Brother Love. I will not be  answering to Puffy, Diddy, Puffy Daddy or any of my other  monikers but Love or Brother Love," the 48-year-old rapper  said in a video posted on Twitter.

Sean 'Diddy' Combs changes his name to 'Brother Love'

Talk show host Jimmy Fallon's  mother Gloria Fallon has died. She was 68.
Gloria took her last breath on Saturday, reported E!  online.
"Jimmy Fallon's mother, Gloria, died peacefully on  Saturday. Jimmy was at his mother's bedside, along with her  loved ones, when she passed away at NYU Langone Medical Center  in NYC. Our prayers go out to Jimmy and his family as they go  through this tough time," Fallon's representative said in a  statement.
The news comes one day after the "Tonight Show with Jimmy  Fallon" host cancelled a taping of the late-night talk show.

Jimmy Fallon's mother passes away at 68

Actor Patton Oswalt has tied the  knot with fiancee Meredith Salenger.
The duo got married in front of friends and family,  reported E! online.
According to a source, the couple wed at at the Jim  Henson Company Lot in Hollywood. The brief ceremony began at  5:15 pm and lasted 15 minutes. The couple was married by a  female friend in a Jewish ceremony.
Guests at the intimate ceremony included actor Ever  Carradine, Martha Plimpton and Questlove.
Their nuptials mark a significant moment in the 48-year-  old stand-up comedian's life following the unexpected passing  of his first wife of 11 years, Michelle McNamara, in 2016.

Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger are married

Sonakshi Sinha's actor-politician  father Shatrughan Sinha was so intrigued by her latest film  "Ittefaq" that he imagined himself playing the role of the  cop, essayed by Akshaye Khanna in the movie.
The actor said the veteran star was really impressed by  the film and the performances.
"My dad loved the film so much that he saw it twice in  trials. I have not seen my dad so impressed for the longest  time with my work, he had liked my work in 'Akira' and  'Lootera' and now this film," Sonakshi told PTI.
"Infact when he was watching 'Ittefaq', he was telling  me that as an actor he was intrigued by the film and that he  was imagining himself playing the cop's role."
Interestingly, Sonakshi had earlier said that her  father was offered the original "Ittefaq" movie but he could  not do it then.
Talking about her wish to work with her father, Sonakshi  said they will give their nod a to project which has enough  scope of performance for both of them.
"There have been some offers but ...

When Shatrughan imagined himself playing a cop in 'Ittefaq'

In his six-year long career, Sidharth  Malhotra has featured in a romantic comedy, a thriller, a  sports drama and a murder mystery and the actor says his  choice of films clearly shows his greed for good content.
The actor says he always wanted to explore new things in  his career and is happy with the way his journey in films has  turned out be.
In an interview with PTI, Sidharth says, "This is the  period where I am hungry for content more than the money  aspect of what I would get from a film.
"If your filmography is interesting and has enough  variations and you are not trying to sell something typical,  whether it does well or not is secondary, what matters is  exploring new things."
The 32-year-old actor insists earning good money was  never his aim.
"I have never done films for money, brands of course (is  for money). I have never buckled with a producer or director  for a film. I did films because I wanted to be part of a film.
"I have never made an issue of what I get paid ..

Hungry for content more than money: Sidharth Malhotra

After two back-to-back hit films -  "Cocktail" and "Happy Bhag Jayegi", actor Diana Penty says the  failure of her last release "Lucknow Central" did bother her  but she still thinks it was a great story.
Diana starred opposite Farhan Akhtar in "Lucknow  Central".
"Anyone who's worked on a film would want their work  to be watched and appreciated. I signed 'Lucknow Central'  because it was a story I wanted to be part of. I still stand  by the fact that it was a well written, well directed film  with some great performances," Diana says in an interview PTI.
"Unfortunately, it got lost along the way. But these  (referring to failure) are experiences you learn from and grow  with. They (failure) motivate you to work harder."
Her next venture is "Happy Bhag Jayegi Returns", a  first sequel for the 32-year-old actor and she is super  excited about it.
Eros International and Aanand L Rai's Colour Yellow  Productions are working on the sequel to "Happy Bhag Jayegi"  and the team has roped in 

Failure motivates one to work harder: Diana Penty

He might be a superstar with  back-to-back blockbusters to his credit, but Aamir Khan said  there are times when he has to make a lot of efforts to stop  his fame from dominating a film.
Aamir, 52, insisted he has never felt like a star and  looks at himself as person who enjoys his work.
"I don't feel I am a superstar. That feeling doesn't  come to me. I feel I am a person who loves what he is doing  (referring to acting). I really enjoy it. I don't take  superstardom seriously," Aamir said in a media interaction.
"At times I've to work a little hard to move it out of  the way, so that I can do the work properly," he added.
Citing an example, the "Dangal" actor said he came up  with a plan to shoot for wife Kiran Rao's "Dhobhi Ghat",  despite the latter's apprehension on pulling it off.
"Kiran wasn't taking me in 'Dhobhi Ghat' because of  that (stardom). She said how she would shoot on location with  a crew of only nine people, where your 15 body guards will  come! I said leave that .

I move stardom out of my way to work properly: Aamir Khan

"I did not want to do things the  way they are usually done in Hindi cinema," that is the mantra  Tabu says she has followed all throughout her career.
While 80s and 90s era of Bollywood was dominated by  action and romantic-comedy films, the 2000s saw a mix of  everything from off-beat cinema to commercial masala  entertainers, but Tabu says she never followed the rule book.
In the 90s she was seen playing a Punjabi woman caught  in the rise of Sikh insurgency in "Maachis", a prostitute in  "Jeet", a family-oriented woman in "Hum Saath Saath Hai"  and a suicide bomber in "Hu Tu Tu".
In 2000s she played a bar dancer in "Chandni Bar", a  negative part in "Maqbool", mother to Shahid Kapoor in  "Haider" and a cop in "Drishyam".
"I did not want to do things just because everyone  else was doing it in the film industry. If I am comfortable  doing work in a certain way, then I will do it my way with  conviction. I want to act, perform in my own way.
"I had the conviction that my way will ...

Following my individuality made me a game changer: Tabu

Actor Jon Hamm has been roped in  to star in supernatural thriller "Off Season".
"Off Season" will be directed by Jonathan van Tulleken  from his own script, based on his BAFTA nominated short of the  same name, reported Variety.
Producers are Nira Park through her Big Talk Pictures and  J Miles Dale under his Demilo Productions banner.
Set in the harsh Canadian tundra, the story revolves  around a man, who goes in search of his elderly father, after  he mysteriously disappears. His feverish search exposes  shocking family secrets long buried but not forgotten by  vengeful forces at work.
The makers are planning to start the shooting early next  year.

Jon Hamm to star in supernatural thriller 'Off Season'

Actor Julianna Margulies has  opened up about her uncomfortable encounters with powerful men  in Hollywood.
In a new interview with Jenny Hutt on SiriusXM, "The Good  Wife" star recalled an alleged meeting with Steven Seagal,  where he was armed with a gun.
A female casting director told Margulies that Seagal  wanted to go over a scene and will meet at a hotel.
"I got to the hotel around 10:40, and she wasn't there.  And he was alone and he made sure that I saw his gun, which I  had never seen a gun in real life.
"I got out of there unscathed... I never was raped, and I  never was harmed. I don't know how I got out of that hotel  room," the actor said.
Margulies said she learned from the experience, and when  she was asked later on by a female assistant of Harvey  Weinstein's to meet with the producer in a hotel room to  discuss a film role she had auditioned for, she declined.
According to Margulies, she pushed the assistant to  accompany her up to the hotel room, and when Weinstein .

Julianna Margulies recalls horrific meeting with Steven Seagal

Pop diva Mariah Carey and her  manager Stella Bulochnikov have split.
According to Variety the two mutually agreed that working  together was no longer beneficial.
"After working together for almost three years, Mariah  Carey and Stella Bulochnikov have determined that it is in  their mutual best interest to part ways on day-to-day  management.
"During their time working together, they have  accomplished great things, including, most recently, Mariah  Carey's new music and motion picture projects for this  upcoming holiday season. Mariah Carey and Stella Bulochnikov  remain partners in a number of business ventures, and will  continue to support each other in those endeavours," statement  from Bulochnikov said.
Bulchnikov was responsible for directing Carey's career  towards reality television, launching her "Mariah's World"  show on E!. She was also working with Carey at the time of her  disastrous New Year's Eve performance in 2016.
Carey's previous managers include her ex-husband ..

Mariah Carey, manager Stella Bulochnikov part ways

Harry Dreyfuss, son of actor  Richard Dreyfuss, has claimed that he was molested by Kevin  Spacey when he was 18.
The allegation marks the latest sexual harassment charges  against Spacey, who has now been accused of improper actions  by more than 10 men.
Harry told Buzzfeed that his father was working on the  play "Complicit" at the Old Vic with Spacey, and the two had  gone to Spacey's apartment to run lines. Dreyfuss had met the  actor once previous to the encounter, and described being  nervous but excited when he met him for the first time.
"The first time I met him, he put all my worries to rest.  He saw me and his eyes lit up. He gave me such a warm smile,  and instead of shaking my hand, he gave me a hug. Instantly,  my young-man-perpetually-seeking-father-figures heart melted.  All I remember thinking was youre so nice," Harry said.
After some time Harry ended up sitting next to Spacey on  a couch while reading lines with Richard.
"After a few minutes, he put his hand on my ..

Richard Dreyfuss's son Harry alleges Kevin Spacey groped him

Actor Alec Baldwin has decided  to take some time off from Twitter following backlash over his  recent remarks regarding women settling sexual harassment  suits in the context of Harvey Weinstein.
The 59-year-old actor took to the microblogging site to  make the announcement.
"It is with some degree of sadness that I will suspend  posting on this TWITTER account for a period of and in the  current climate... It was never my intention, in my public  statements, to 'blame the victim' in the many sexual assault  cases that have emerged recently.
"I simply posited that the settlement of such cases  certainly delayed justice, though I am fully aware that those  settlements were entered into with the understanding that  settlement is wise, intimidated into believing so," Baldwin  wrote.
He added that his heart goes out to all the victims of  sexual assault and that his foundation will continue to post  on the topic of its work with the arts and environment.
The actor faced backlash over ...

Alec Baldwin taking a break from Twitter

Stories of fallen heroes does not  interests Indian audience, says independent filmmaker  Pushpendra Singh.
Pushpendra believes due to the "influence of Hollywood"  it is only the hero who deserve a story, not the ones like the  lead character of his movie "Ashwatthama".
In an interview with PTI, the director says, "Ashwatthama  is a complex and fascinating myth, like every character in  Mahabharat - that they have multiple shades. This part excited  me because he was on the losing side of the Kauravas and that  it is a cursed figure.
"Every time we think of making a film, we don't talk  about the stories of the fallen heroes. And I believe, that  comes from the Hollywood influence. But go to the South, you  have a hero in Ravana and somewhere Duryodhana is worshipped.  In some places in Rajasthan, the heroes from the lore are  perhaps greater than Lord Ram. I find this diversity  interesting."
The film centres around Ishvaku who spends a winter in  his maternal uncle's house after ...

We don't make films on fallen heroes: 'Ashwatthama' director

Singer Zayn Malik says he is  ready to try his luck in acting provided the script of the  movie is good.
The 24-year-old star says he would like to make his debut  with an indie or an off-beat project, reported Billboard.
"I do, yeah. It would have to be a good script and  something that was a bit different, like an art movie.  Something people wouldn't expect," Zayn says.
The singer is also determined to do authentic things and  do not want to come across as an "arrogant" person.
"I don't do things that I wouldn't buy into. I try to  explain that to people and hope that they understand -- it  doesn't come from a place of being arrogant or above  anything," he says.

Zayn Malik ready to pursue acting

Queen of Tejano music, Selena  Quintanilla, has received a posthumous star on the Hollywood  Walk of Fame.
A ceremony was held in Hollywood, which was attended by  stars like Eva Longoria and Edward James Olmos, who played  Selena's father, Abraham, in a 1997 film about her life,  reported People Magazine.
"It's beyond humbling to stand here on behalf of a person  that I myself owe so much to," said Longoria.
"Growing up there was no reflection of me anywhere, not  on TV, not in movies, not in music, and it was as if someone  like me didn't exist in American mainstream. That all changed  when a bright, young singer named Selena came and changed the  landscape of music entertainment," she added.
Quintanilla carved out a niche for herself as a music and  fashion icon in the late 20th century, before she was fatally  shot by Yolanda Saldivar, her friend and former manager of her  Selena Etc boutiques in 1995.
Quintanilla released six LPs in her short lifetime, the  last of which, ...

Selena Quintanilla receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Singer Harry Styles' early writing  session for his solo album did not go as per the plans and the  singer said he even thought about quitting music at that time.
The 23-year-old former One Director star released his  first solo single "Sign Of The Times" earlier this year.
"I'd done a couple of writing sessions and they hadn't  gone so well and I got in this hole of 'I don't wanna make  music any more' I just had this massive block, then went into  a room with three guys I hadn't met before," said Styles.
The singer said one has to be honest and truthful when he  they are writing, reported Femalefirst.
"You want to be honest when you're writing, but it's hard  to sit in a room and talk about stuff that's happened and been  honest about when you've made mistakes and stuff like that.
"When I felt comfortable with these guys straight away,  that's when I knew who I want to make the album with," he  added.

Harry Styles thought about quitting music after writer's block

Director Ava DuVernay said that  Hollywood has intentionally avoided working with black actors  and filmmakers.
The director said there have been efforts to sideline  talent on the basis of colour, reported People magazine.
"I would say that it's quite intentional. You're  basically saying, 'This is what we want, and this is what  we're going to have.' There's no way you can tell me that  there hasn't been effort put into exclusion," said DuVernay,  when asked about the racial disparity in Hollywood
"A Wrinkle In Time" director also talked abut her  organisation Array Now, which she created in 2010 with an aim  to help and fund promising films by minority directors.
"I wanted to make films about the interiority of women of  colour, people of colour, and I knew there wasn't a large  market out in the studio system for those kinds of films, so I  decided to just distribute on my own.
"It started as a function of survival. I just finance it  from my directing money and from donations ...

Hollywood avoided working with black actors: Ava DuVernay

Veteran actor Judi Dench has said  that she felt "appalled" by the sexual harassment scandals  that have rocked Hollywood
The "Murder On The Orient Express" star, however, said  that it is "hard" for her especially when some of people  involved in the scandal were her great friends, reported  Contactmusic.
"It's very hard when a lot of people concerned are great  friends of yours.
"I feel loyal to them and at the same time I feel  appalled by what has happened to a lot of young actresses who  had no way of getting out," said Dench.
Hollywood is currently reeling under a major scandal with  some of the prominent faces such as Harvey Weinstein, James  Toback, Kevin Spacey, Dustin Hoffman and Brett Ratner facing  allegations of sexual misconduct.

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