Actor Jason Momoa has  apologised for a six-year-old joke he cracked about raping  "beautiful women" in "Game of Thrones".
The 38-year-old actor has asked for the forgiveness of  his fans and followers for the distasteful comments he made  during a Comic-Con panel interaction in 2011, after a clip  resurfaced online in wake of allegations of sexual harassment  against media mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Momoa, whose character Khal Drogo raped his wife Daenerys  Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in the HBO series, took to Instagram  where he posted a apology note saying he is "still severely  disappointed in myself at the insensitivity of my remarks that  day".
"I awoke in Australia to the justified reactions by many  people to a distasteful joke I made years ago in Hall H for  which I am sorry... I know my sincerest apology won't take  away those hurtful words.
"Rape and sexual harassment can reach anyone and I have  seen first-hand its painful torment among members of my own  family and friends," .

Jason Momoa apologises for six-year-old rape joke

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Amazon Studios has suspended  Roy Price, vice president of Amazon Studios, from the company  following a harassment claim from one of the producers working  with the streaming platform.
The allegations stem from a 2015 incident involving Isa  Hackett Dick, executive producer of Amazon's "The Man In The  High Castle" and upcoming "Electric Dreams", according to The  Hollywood Reporter.
"Roy Price is on leave of absence effective immediately,"  an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement.
Amazon said the studio's COO Albert Cheng will take over  the division on an interim basis.
The statement also said that the company was reviewing  options for their projects with The Weinstein Co.
Price's suspension comes after Hackett went public with  her "shocking and surreal" experience with the programming  chief in July 2015.
The producer said she reported the incident immediately  to Amazon executives. An outside investigator was brought in  to speak to Hackett as well as the Amazon ...

Amazon suspends Roy Price amid sexual harassment claims

Barely a day after actor Rose  McGowan's Twitter account was suspended for violating its  terms and policies, actors and activists are calling on the  users to boycott the microblogging site.
Twitter had revoked the "Screamed" actor's page, which  has now been reinstated, for flouting its set of rules for 12  hours after she posted a series of tweets accusing actor Ben  Affleck of lying about his knowledge of media mogul Harvey  Weinstein's history of sexual misconduct.
According to The Guardian, #WomenBoycottTwitter started  trending at midnight in New York and was to go up till today.
Actor Mark Ruffalo tweeted in support of the hashtag,  saying, "Tomorrow I follow the Women. #WomenBoycottTwitter."
Fashion model Chrissy Teigen wrote, "My mentions since  posting #WomenBoycottTwitter three minutes ago #thisiswhy."
"Tomorrow (Friday the 13th) will be the first day in over  10 years that I won't tweet. Join me. #WomenBoycottTwitter,"  wrote McGowan's "Charmed" co-star Alyssa ...

McGowan's Twitter suspension starts #WomenBoycottTwitter trend

"Dangal", "Pink" and "Kasav:  Turtle" are among the nine films nominated for the inaugural  Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts' (AACTA) best  Asian film award.
The award, which was announced earlier this year  alongside AACTA's Asia International Engagement Program,  acknowledges the finest Asian films of the last 12 months,  reflecting the popularity and importance of Asian films in  Australia.
The winner of the award, determined by the Best Asian  Film Grand Jury led by Oscar and multiple AFI and AACTA Award-  winning actor Russell Crowe, will be announced in Sydney at  the Seventh AACTA Awards Ceremony in December this year.
The other nominees include Chinese films "Our Time Will  Come", "I Am Not Madame Bovary", Philippines' foreign-language  Oscar contender "Birdshot", South Korea's "Train to Busan" and  Japanese film "Your Name".
The line-up of nominees, representing films from India,  China, South Korea, Japan and the Philippines, includes  record-breaking box ...

'Dangal', 'Kasav' nominated for AACTA's Best Asian Film Award

Odissi danseuse and cricket icon  Sourav Ganguly's wife Dona Ganguly is collaborating with  well-known tabla artiste Pt Prodyot Mukherjee for a fusion  album.
The music of the album has been composed by 'Padma  Bhushan' awardee Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, who had shared the  prestigious GIMA 2016 (Global Indian Music Academy) Award .
Mukherjee said, "the album, which has just been  completed, is our attempt to make Indian music popular among  the masses - both in India and the West through fusion.
"Dona and me have drawn a synergy between musical notes  and rhythms of dance and Dona has said that this is a new form  of experiment for her. We are very happy with the final  outcome."
He said Sourav Ganguly has extended his best wishes for  the project.

Dona to launch fusion album

Bruno Mars, Drake and Ed  Sheeran have scored maximum nominations at the American Music  Awards (AMAs).
Mars topped the list with six nods in Artist of the Year,  Video of the Year, Favourite Male Artiste - Pop/ Rock,  Favourite Album - Soul/ R&B, Favourite Song - Soul/ R&B and  Favourite Artiste - Adult Contemporary categories, reported  Billboard.
The "24K Magic" singer was closely followed by Sheeran  and Drake tied with five nominations each.
Besides the three artistes, The Chainsmokers and Kendrick  Lamar are also up for the fight to win the award for Artist of  the Year.
In the New Artist of the Year category, the tussle is  among James Arthur, Niall Horan, Julia Michaels, Post Malone  and Rae Sremmurd.
Rihanna has been nominated in two categories of Favourite  Female Artist for Pop/ Rock and Soul/ R&B.
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Shakira are contenders in  the category of Favourite Artiste - Latin.
The Weeknd's 'Starboy' is up for some competition from  Drake and ...

Bruno Mars, Drake, Ed Sheeran lead American Music Awards nods

Celebrated director Quentin  Tarantino has finally broken his silence over the sexual  harassment allegations surrounding frequent collaborator  Harvey Weinstein.
Tarantino addressed the allegations against his friend of  25 years via a tweet from Amber Tamblyn, reported Variety.
The actress posted a statement on friend Tarantino's  behalf, which reads, "For the last week, I've been stunned and  heartbroken about the revelations that have come to light  about my friend for 25 years Harvey Weinstein. I need a few  more days to process my pain, emotions, anger and memory and  then I will speak publicly about it."
Weinstein has produced most of Tarantino's films  "Pulp  Fiction", "Inglourious Basterds", "Django Unchained" and "The  Hateful Eight".
Many in the media have questioned the silence of  Hollywood men in the wake of Weinstein scandal which grows  bigger everyday with many female actors such as Gwyneth  Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Cara Delevingne, Heather Graham and  many others ...

Quentin Tarantino breaks silence on Harvey Weinstein

Shabana Azmi, Rajat Kapoor,  Vinay Pathak, Ranveer Shorey and Arundhati Nag are scheduled  to participate in the second edition of the Guwahati Theatre  Festival beginning from November 1.
Festival chairman Sunit Jain said today that the  event aims to provide a platform to world-class performing  groups to showcase their productions before a new audience in  the region.
Quasar Thakore Padamsees 'Mother Courage and Her  Children', featuring veteran theatre personality Arundhati  Nag, will be staged on the opening day, Jain said.
Five acclaimed plays will be presented at the theatre  festival from November 1 to 5.
'Broken Images', featuring Shabana Azmi, written by  Girish Karnad and directed by Alyquee Padamsee will be staged  on the second day.
The festival will also present two plays based on  Shakespeare's works, 'Whats Done is Done (Macbeth)' and 'Piya  Behrupia (Twelfth Night)' by two leading theatre production  houses of Mumbai. ,
'The Gentlemans Club', a take on legendary actor 

Guwahati Theatre Festival to begin from November 1

Actor Konkana Sensharma has hailed  Allahabad High Court's decision to acquit the Talwar couple in  the 2008 Aarushi and Hemraj murder case and said it is  shameful the real killers are still unknown.
The court said the Talwars could not be held guilty on  the basis of the evidence on record, thus ending the nine-year  ordeal of the parents who were found guilty by a CBI court of  murdering their 14-year-old daughter, Aarushi.
In Meghna Gulzar's "Talvar", the actor had played the  role of Aarushi's mother, Nupur Talwar.
"It is a fantastic news. I am very happy for the Talwars.  It is a shame that it took nine years for the innocence to  have been proven. It is also tragic that we still don't know  who the killers of Arushi and Hemraj are. But I am very happy  for the Talwars," Konkona told reporters at the opening  ceremony of Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival, here last  night.
Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, who had written the film, felt  nothing "can be any bigger win for cinema than .

Shame it took nine years to prove Talwars' innocence: Konkona

Imtiaz Ali's looks at the failure of  his last release "Jab Harry Met Sejal" as a "kabhi khushi  kabhi gham" (sometimes there's happiness, sometimes there's  sorrow) moment.
Featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma, the film  received mixed reviews upon its August release and ultimately  did not do well at the box office.
When asked how he took the failure of the film, Ali  smiled and said, "Kabhi khushi kabhi gham."
Ali has "written a new story" and is "trying to figure  out which film to make next."
The director, who attended the opening ceremony of Jio  MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival here last night, said he was  looking forward to watch Anurag Kashyap's "Mukkabaaz". The  boxing drama opened the festival.
"I am excited to see what Anurag has done with  'Mukkabaaz'. I've seen some excerpts of it and that's  occupying my mind now. I am also looking forward to lots of  international and regional films, which one doesn't get to see  in cinema," he said.

'Kabhi khushi kabhie gham', Imtiaz on failure of 'JHMS'

Jennifer Aniston has donated  USD 1 million for hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
The 48-year-old actor gave USD 500,000 to the disaster  relief services conducted by American Red Cross.
Aniston donated the remaining amount to singer Ricky  Martin's foundation to help survivors of Hurricane Maria,  which claimed 43 lives, leaving the Caribbean island and the U  S territory in shambles, reported Entertainment Weekly.
Martin took to Twitter to thank the "Friends" star for  her heartfelt gesture.
"Jennifer Aniston, you are amazing thanks for donating  $500k for our Puerto Rico relief fund. We will never forget.  You are saving lives Jen," he wrote.
Earlier, celebs such as Jennifer Lopez, Nick Kroll, hosts  Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Marc  Anthony,  Camila Cabello, Gloria Estefan, Fat Joe, Luis Fonsi,  John Leguizamo, Rita Moreno among others.

Aniston donates USD 1mn for Puerto Rico hurricane relief

Veteran actor Tommy Lee Jones  has been roped in to star in "Stoner".
The 71-year-old actor will feature alongside Casey  Affleck in the film adaptation of John Williams' critically  acclaimed 1965 novel of the same name, according to The  Hollywood Reporter.
While Affleck will play the title role of William Stoner,  an impoverished-farmer-turned-academic, who emerges as an  unlikely hero while wading his path through the first half of  the 20th century, details of Jones' character are yet to be  revealed.
The film will be directed by "Atonement" helmer Joe  Wright from a script adapted by Andrew Bovell.
Jason Blum, Charles S Cohen of CMG and Daniel Battsek of  Film4 will serve as producers, with Ethan Hawke as executive  producer.

Tommy Lee Jones joins Casey Affleck in 'Stoner'

Filmmaker Ayan Mukerji said he is  elated that megastar Amitabh Bachchan is on board his next  directorial "Brahmastra".
After directing two coming-of-age movies such as, "Wake  Up Sid" and "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani", the 34-year-old  director will helm the fantasy adventure series, backed by  Karan Johar's Dharma Productions.
"It's a great honour for me to work with him. Ever  since the film was conceptualised I wanted to approach him  (Bachchan) for it and make it with him. I am very happy he is  part of the team 'Brahmastra'," Ayan told reporters here.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the opening ceremony  of Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival last night.
"Brahmastra" will be a trilogy, also featuring Ranbir  Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.
"I am very excited about the cast but I hope the film  is even bigger than the cast. They have all come together  because of the story and the theme of the film," he said.
In the movie, Ranbir will play a character with special  powers and Ayan said it

Happy Amitabh Bachchan is a part of 'Brahmastra': Ayan

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Shemar Moore is returning to  "Criminal Minds" where the actor will briefly reprise his role  as Derek Morgan.
The 47-year-old actor will appear in a guest role in the  fifth episode of the CBS show, which airs October 25, reported  Deadline.
As per the plot, Moore's character is coming back to help  his 'Baby Girl' (nickname for Kirsten Vangsness' character)  Penelope Garcia handle a case that has affected her  emotionally.
Moore was an original "Criminal Minds" cast member from  2005-2016. Morgan's character was last seen when he had  survived a kidnapping and left the BAU to focus on life and  family.
The crime-drama also features Joe Mantegna, Paget  Brewster, Matthew Gray Gubler, A J Cook, Aisha Tyler, Kirsten  Vangsness, Adam Rodriguez and Daniel Henney.

Shemar Moore to guest star on 'Criminal Minds'

Popular Bengali author  Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay says he tries not to watch films based  on his works because of the difference between the way he  visualises them and how they are presented on the screen.
Though the author said he gave directors the licence  to interpret his works, he opted to stay away from the  screenings because of the changes.
"This is the reason why I prefer not to attend the  screenings of films based on my works most of the time," said  Mukhopadhyay, 12 of whose stories and novels had been adapted  into cinema by acclaimed directors such as Tapan Sinha, Aparna  Sen and Rituparno Ghosh.
But that did not deter him from giving his consent to  the directors if he was happy with the narration and the  script, the 81-year-old author said.
"I believe films and literature are different mediums  of art and I cannot expect that whatever I have written will  be reflected in a film in a similar fashion," Mukhopadhyay,  whose novel 'Guha Manab' has now been turned into a ...

I try not to watch films based on my works: Writer Shirshendu

Anurag Kashyap's "Mukkabaaz"  kicked off the 19th edition of Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival  here and opened with resounding chants of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'  amidst applause.
The film chronicles the story of a boxer from Uttar  Pradesh, Shravan Singh, enacted by Vineet Kumar Singh, who  falls in love with a Brahmin girl.
Things take a turn when he lands a punch on head of  boxing federation and politician-gangster, Bhagwan Das, played  by Jimmy Shergill.
The film then sets out on the journey of the underdog,  who fights a corrupt system and deep-rooted casteism to pursue  his boxing dreams and win over the love of his life.
Before the premiere at the iconic Liberty Cinema here  last night, Kashyap said he was "nervous" and thanked producer  Aanand L Rai and Eros Now.
"I am dying to see how everybody reacts to it because  we have tried to make the film under the radar. The one man I  want to thank is Aanand Rai and Eros. They gave me total  freedom to do what I wanted to do. They didn't .

Kashyap's 'Mukkabaaz' opens to standing ovation at MAMI fest

Superstar Aamir Khan said he is all  game to reprise his iconic role from "Sarfarosh" in the film's  sequel.
The 1999 movie, directed by John Matthew Matthan, dealt  with a police officer's quest to rein in cross-border  terrorism and received critical acclaim.
Aamir played the role of a tough cop, Ajay Singh Rathod  in the film.
There were reports that Matthan is set to begin work on  the sequel.
When asked about it, Aamir told reporters, "Oh, it's  getting made? I didn't know. How wonderful, that's great. I  would love to play ACP Rathod."
He was speaking on the sidelines of the opening ceremony  of Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival here last night.
The 52-year-old star said because of his busy schedule,  he would not be able to watch any film at the festival.
He was accompanied his "Secret Superstar" co-actor Zaira  Wasim.
Aamir said he is currently tied-up with his upcoming  production and is "very nervous" for its release scheduled on  October 19.

Aamir Khan would love to be part of 'Sarfarosh' sequel

Pink has said she regrets  siding with Taylor Swift in the singer's much-publicised feud  with Katy Perry, saying she should have kept her opinions to  herself.
The 38-year-old musician had rooted for "Team Taylor"  when she was asked to quickly pick a side while appearing on a  radio show in London.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Pink said, "I  should've just kept my mouth shut, because I don't believe  that. I don't care. I felt rushed and I didn't know what to  do. And I paid for it, because then the next day: 'Pink is  Team Taylor'."
The "Perfect" singer added that she has matured after  becoming a mother of two and has more important things to  focus on than pay attention to a bitter squabble between two  contemporaries.
"I have two kids  I have a baby. And it's so different  now. I'm not inclined toward drama and feuds and soundbites,"  she said.
Pink has two children with husband Carey Hart - six-  year-old daughter Willow Sage and nine-months-old son Jameson  ...

I should've just kept my mouth shut: Pink on Swift-Perry row

The Film and Television Institute of  India's (FTII) decision to alter the time-frame for completion  of an academic exercise has met with boycott call from  students.
The second year batch of various courses have decided to  boycott an assignment "dialogue exercise" to protest the  administration's directive to finish shooting of films in two  days instead of three days.
In the third semester, students from Direction,  Cinematography, Sound Design, Editing and Art Direction  courses are supposed to shoot films as part of their  curriculum and the exercise is called "dialogue exercise".
According to FTII Students' Association (FSA), the entire  batch of 2016 has decided to boycott the scheduled production  meet which generally takes place before the actual shooting of  the films of "dialogue exercise".
The administration initially reacted by asking a student  each from Direction, Cinematography, Sound Design, Editing and  Art Direction courses to vacate the hostel for the third  ...

FTII students to boycott academic exercise over new shoot

Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore today  said to make meaningful films it is essential to have an  "enabling environment" and the freedom to express.
Tagore made the remarks during the opening ceremony of  the Jio MAMI 19th Mumbai Film Festival, where she was  felicitated with the 'Excellence in Cinema Award' for her  contribution to Indian movies.
"I want to highlight this, that to make meaningful  cinema, we really need an enabling environment and freedom to  express," Tagore said after receiving her special award.
Superstar Aamir Khan and co-chair of the Jio MAMI Film  Festival Nita Ambani gave the "An Evening in Paris" star the  special honour.
The actor said her experience of working in Mumbai  enriched her a lot and made her realise the diverse cultures  of the country.
"When I came to Bombay, as it was called in my time, it  was filled with people from everywhere, Kashmir to Kerala.  People came here to pursue their dreams and working in that  hybrid context really enriched me.
"It 

Need freedom to make meaningful cinema: Sharmila Tagore

Rose McGowan's Twitter account has  been suspended, temporarily muting a central figure in the  allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
McGowan said late yesterday that Twitter had suspended  her from tweeting after the social media company said she  broke its rules. On her Instagram account, McGowan said "there  are powerful forces at work."
"Be my voice," wrote McGowan.
McGowan's suspension caused an enormous backlash on  social media, with many criticizing Twitter for a move that  would silence an alleged victim of sexual harassment on its  service.
Jessica Chastain and Anthony Bourdain were among those  who questioned Twitter's action.
Representatives for Twitter declined to comment today.
The New York Times earlier reported that McGowan was  among the numerous women sexually harassed by Weinstein, who  paid McGowan a financial settlement in 1997. That settlement  included provisions about speaking about the case in the  future.
While McGowan has avoided addressing her past with  ...

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