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Russell Crowe to star as Roger Ailes in Showtime miniseries
Hollywood star Russell Crowe has been roped in to play Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes in a new miniseries for Showtime, the network has announced. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the series, which will run for eight episodes, is based the reporting by journalist and Ailes biographer Gabriel Sherman, who wrote, "The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News -- and Divided a Country." Sherman, who interviewed more than 600 people for his book, co-wrote the pilot alongside Tom McCarthy. The project is being executive produced by Emmy winner Jason Blum and is a co-production between Showtime and Blum's Blumhouse Television. "In many ways, the collision between the media and politics has come to define the world we live in today. We've seen this phenomenon depicted on screen as far back as the story of Charles Foster Kane, and it finds contemporary embodiment in the rise and fall of Roger Ailes. With Russell Crowe in the lead role, ..
Google Doodle celebrates noted singer Gauhar Jaan's birth anniversary
Google Doodle on Wednesday marked the 145th birth anniversary of noted Indian dancer and singer Gauhar Jaan.Born on June 26 in 1873, she was the first Indian to record music on 78 rpm records in the country. She was also signed by the famous Gramophone Company in India.The legendary Hindustani classical music singer's real name was Angelina Yeoward. Her grandmother was a Hindu and her grandfather was a British.Later in 1880s, Angelina converted to Islam along with her mother and became Gauhar Jaan.Besides being noted for her bhajan performances, Gauhar also popularised light Hindustani classical music with her kajri, chaiti, thumri, dadra and tarana renditions.Her most famous songs are 'Mora Nahak Laye gavanava', 'Jabse Gaye mori sur huna live', 'Ras ke Bhare Tore Nain mere Dard-e-jigar'.She died at the age of 56 on January 17, 1930.
T I to join Eddie Murphy in 'Dolemite Is My Name!'
Hip-hop artiste-turned-actor T I is in negotiations to join Eddie Murphy in Netflix's "Dolemite Is My Name!", the biopic of envelope-pushing comedian and film producer Rudy Ray Moore. Murphy is starring as Moore in the project, which began filming last week with Craig Brewer directing, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The cast already includes Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess and Da'Vine Joy Randolph. In what is described as a flashy and funny role, T I would play a movie producer. Davis Entertainment's John Davis and John Fox are producing "Dolemite Is My Name!" along with Murphy.
Music lessons can improve language skills in kids
Taking music lesson, especially piano, can improve language skills in kindergartners, MIT scientists have found. Many studies have shown that musical training can enhance language skills. However, it was unknown whether music lessons improve general cognitive ability, leading to better language proficiency, or if the effect of music is more specific to language processing. Researchers found that piano lessons have a very specific effect on kindergartners' ability to distinguish different pitches, which translates into an improvement in discriminating between spoken words. However, the piano lessons did not appear to confer any benefit for overall cognitive ability, as measured by IQ, attention span, and working memory. "The children didn't differ in the more broad cognitive measures, but they did show some improvements in word discrimination, particularly for consonants. The piano group showed the best improvement there," said Robert Desimone, from Massachusetts Institute of ...
Rebel Wilson to star in and produce comic book adaptation 'Crowded'
Actor-comedian Rebel Wilson has bought the rights to "Crowded", an upcoming Image Comics publication, and is planning to star in as well as produce the movie adaptation of the same. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Wilson will develop the project and produce it via her Camp Sugar production banner. "Crowded," written by Christopher Sebela and drawn by Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, is set in a near future where the world's economy is all job sharing and apps and where a crowdfunding platform that funds assassinations named Reapr is all the rage. The story is set in motion when a woman named Charlie, leading a normal life, finds her world upside down when she suddenly becomes a target on Reapr, with a multimillion-dollar bounty. She hires Vita, the lowest-rated bodyguard on the Dfend app. The two have to work together to take down the aspirational assassins and find out who wants Charlie dead before the campaign's 30-day period concludes, or their lives are over. Sebela will act as a ...
Teach Grant to play adult Henry Bowers in 'It: Chapter 2'
Actor Teach Grant and Jess Weixler have joined the cast of New Line's "It: Chapter Two". Grant will play bully Henry Bowers, who was portrayed by Nicholas Hamilton in the first movie, and Weixler will play Bill's wife, reported Variety. The sequel also stars Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, and Bill Hader. Bill Skarsgard is also set to return as Pennywise. Director Andy Muschietti is directing the project, with Gary Dauberman penning the script. The sequel is set to release on September 6, 2019, with production expected to start this soon. "It" followed the first half of Stephen King's eponymous novel, telling the story of a group of children who are terrorised by Pennywise the Clown and forced to face their own demons to defeat him. The sequel will follow the last half of the novel, when the characters return to their hometown years later as adults to face Pennywise once again.
Everyone now has opinion on music creation: Sonu Nigam
Singer Sonu Nigam feels that nowadays everyone, irrespective of knowledge has an opinion on creating music which was not the case in the 1960s and 70s.
SRK, Aditya Chopra invited to join Oscar Academy's Class of 2018
Shah Rukh Khan, Soumitra Chatterjee, Naseeruddin Shah, Tabu, Madhuri Dixit, Ali Fazal and Anil Kapoor, apart from producers Aditya Chopra and Guneet Monga, as well as music artistes Usha Khanna and Sneha Khanwalkar are among the Indians invited to be a part of the Oscar Academy's Class of 2018.
Find your own feet in Bollywood, Danny Denzongpa tells his kids
Veteran actor Danny Denzongpa says he will not deprive his children, son Rinzing and daughter Pema, of their "creative satisfaction" by launching them in Bollywood -- and wants them to achieve success on their own without his help.
South African Indian cinema mogul Moosa passes away
South African Indian cinema doyen Moosa Moosa has passed away. He was 75. Moosa succumbed to a heart attack on Sunday after undergoing surgery. He was buried here yesterday according to Muslim rites. Moosa had earned the title of being the longest-serving cinema group executive in the world, adding to the company's reputation of having the longest relationship with Hollywood production house 20th Century Fox for almost eight decades now. In 2007 Moosa received the South African Film and Television Industry Lifetime Achievement Award. Tributes from all across the world continued to pour in for Moosa as the news of his demise spread. Family and friends recalled how Moosa had taken over the family cinema business of the Avalon Group, started by his father 79 years ago as the first and still only Indian-owned cinema group in South Africa, after most of the 18 cinemas in the group were shut down by the draconian apartheid-era laws restricting property ownership in city centres to the ...
Channing Tatum enjoys date with daughter
Actor Channing Tatum was spotted hanging out with his five-year-old daughter Everly here and treating her to a fun-filled day of face painting.
Oscars awards body acts to boost diversity
The group behind the prestigious Oscars film awards has invited 928 artists and executives to join the Academy Awards body - almost half of whom are women.
De Niro, Craig among Hollywood Walk of Fame honorees
Actors Daniel Craig, Robert De Niro and Lupita Nyong'o have been selected to be a part of the Walk of Fame Class of 2019, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced on Monday.Besides them, Alan Arkin, Kristen Bell, Guillermo del Toro, Anne Hathaway, Tyler Perry, and Gena Rowlands have been selected for film honours, reported Variety.In the television category, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Candice Bergen, Guy Fieri, Terrence Howard, Stacy Keach, Sid and Marty Krofft, Lucy Liu, Mandy Moore, Dianne Wiest, and Julia Child (posthumously) will receive stars along the Hollywood Boulevard street.Recipients in the recording group include Michael Buble, Cypress Hill, the Lettermen, Faith Hill, Tommy Mottola, P!nk, and Teddy Riley.Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris will also receive a star together for "Trio", and Jackie Wilson will be honoured posthumously.Meanwhile, Idina Menzel, Cedric the Entertainer, Judith Light, and Paul Sorvino will be recognised in the live theater/live ...
Claflin feels fate introduced him to Laura Haddock
Actor Sam Claflin thinks fate brought him together with his wife Laura Haddock.
Niall Horan plans a break from limelight
One Direction star Niall Horan says he wants to take a break from limelight until he has some good tunes.
Gemma Arterton to star in upcoming Netflix comedy
English actress, Gemma Arterton will star in upcoming Netflix comedy film- 'Murder Mystery' along with Hollywood actors Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler.The comedy also stars 'Superman(1978)' star Terrence Stamp and 'Black Panther' star John Kani.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the movie is about a New York City cop (Sandler) who finally takes his wife (Aniston) on a promised European trip which eventually turns bad.The 'Quantum of Solace' star is playing the role of an attractive actress who is constantly trying to hide something.While Stamp plays the billionaire businessman who is killed, Kani plays his best friend.'Game Over, Man!' director Kyle Newacheck is directing it, while from James Vanderbilt of 'White House Down' is the writer for this comedy flick.The shooting for the flick has begun, and is expected to be released on Netflix in 2019.
Vidyut Jammwal announces release date of his next flick
Bollywood action star Vidyut Jammwal's new movie 'Junglee' is slated to release on April 5, 2019.The star revealed the date on his official Twitter handle.The star took to Twitter and wrote, "We will go completely #Junglee at the theatres with the release of our film @JungleeMovie on 5th April 2019... Come and join the madness at a theatre near you... #BornJunglee #ReleaseDate #April5 @JungleePictures"The movie, which was earlier scheduled to release on October 19 this year, explores around the unique relationship between a man (Vidyut) and an elephant, and how he saves it from dreaded international poachers.The action star is currently busy shooting a gangster drama movie with 'Welcome Back' actress, Shruti Hassan.He is well known for his Bollywood actions flocks 'Commando' and 'Commando 2'.
Late XXXTentacion's song breaks into top 10 list
Following the death of Hollywood Rapper XXXTentacion, two of his albums made a surprise return in the top 10 in the music charts.According to Billboard, the rapper's former No. 1 song '?' vaulted into top 10 with 94,000 album-equivalent units on June 21.In 2017, another song- '17', broke into 10 with 55,000 units.'?' was the most streamed album for the week, as it garnered 116.3 million on-demand audio streams (up from 26 million a week earlier), whereas '17' garnered 72.5 million (up from 14.5 million).On a related note, the Hollywood rapper was shot dead in Florida's Deerfield Beach in the United States (US) on June 19.One of the murder suspects, 22-year-old Dedrick Devonshay Williams, was arrested on June 20 late evening (local time).
Richard Harrison of 'Pawn Stars' fame dies
Richard Harrison, from popular American reality TV show 'Pawn Stars' dies at 77.'Pawn Stars' is a reality TV series which depicts the staff of Gold and Silver Pawn shop (opened by Harrison himself) dealing with customers, who tend to bring in a variety of artifacts to sell or pawn."It is with heavy hearts that we acknowledge the passing of Richard Benjamin Harrison (known as 'The Old Man' to 'Pawn Stars' fans the world over) this morning," Fox news quoted a statement from the Gold & Silver Pawn shop as reading."He was surrounded by loving family this past weekend and went peacefully," the statement read.The statement further said that the whole team at the pawn shop and the 'Pawn Stars' family mourned the loss."He will be remembered as the best father, grandfather and great-grandfather you could have by his family and by fans as the sometimes grumpy (always loving, however), often wisecracking, and voice of absolute reason on the History television show 'Pawn Stars'. Services are .
Trump tells Jimmy Fallon to 'be a man'
US President Donald Trump in a recent tweet criticised talk show host Jimmy Fallon as he "messed up" his (Trump) hair during the 2016 presidential election campaign episode.The hair incident occurred during a September 15, 2016 episode of 'The Tonight Show', when Trump became a Republican presidential nominee, which was two months before he assumed the Oval Office.According to TMZ, the President claimed to have received a call from Fallon after the show, where the latter shared about the good ratings he received.Trump further claimed that Fallon is the one, who is denying it now.Trump took to Twitter and wrote, ".@jimmyfallon is now whimpering to all that he did the famous "hair show" with me (where he seriously messed up my hair), & that he would have now done it differently because it is said to have "humanized" me-he is taking heat. He called & said "monster ratings." Be a man Jimmy!"According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fallon had a hard time since the ratings of the show ..