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Kyle Chandler to star in 'Catch-22' miniseries

"Bloodline" star Kyle Chandler is joining the cast of George Clooney's "Catch 22" miniseries. The 52-year-old actor will play the role of Colonel Cathcart, which was to be originally played by Clooney, reported Variety. The series is based on Joseph Heller's 1961 novel of the same name. Set in Italy, the six-part series follows the story of John Yossarian (to be played by Christopher Abbott), a US Air Force bombardier who does not like the increasing number of flight missions being assigned. He is angered by a bureaucratic rule, Catch-22, which specifies that being concerned for ones safety is proof of sanity. Clooney, who will co-direct the series, will now portray the role of Scheisskopf, the training commander at Yossarian's cadet school. He is also executive producing along with Grant Heslov. Actor Hugh Laurie was earlier cast in the series as Major de Coverley, the squadron executive officer at the Pianosa air base. Ellen Kuras also joined the miniseries as a producer and will ..

Newton is a commercial film, says director Amit Masurkar

"Newton" which received the Best Hindi Film honour at the 65th National Film Awards, is actually a commercial film as people connected with it, says director Amit Masurkar.

Punjabi singer shot at in Mohali

Famous Punjabi singer Parmish Verma was shot at by some unidentified assailants in Mohali, police said today. The singer, who shot into fame with his song 'Gaal Nahin Kadhnai', was admitted to a private hospital in Mohali. "Some unidentified persons fired shots at Parmish last night at Sector 91 in Mohali when he was returning home. A bullet hit his leg," Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Chahal said. The official said that the singer was out of danger. A case has been registered in this regard, police said, adding that investigation was underway.

Gary Lawyer has consciously refrained Bollywood

Singer Gary Lawyer says he has consciously refrained from the world of Bollywood.

'Mercury' is an unbearably loud silent film (Review)

Film: Mercury; Director: Karthik Subbaraj; Starring: Prabhudheva; Rating: * (1 star)

Fadnavis congratulates National Film Award winners from Maha

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today congratulated artistes from the state who won at the 65th National Film Awards 2017 that were announced in New Delhi today. Fadnavis congratulated Prasad Oak (Kachcha Limbu), Yashraj Karhade (Mhorkya), Sanjeev Monga and Tenzin Kunchok (Mrutyubhog), Nagraj Manjule and Avinash Sonawane (Pavsacha Nibandh), Suyash Shinde(Mayat), Rajendra Jungle (Chanderinama) and Nipun Dharmadhikari (Dhappa)for their wins in various categories. He called it a moment of pride for Maharashtra, which was the birthplace of films in India, and added that the awards were a testimony of the progress made by Marathi cinema. He congratulated Amit Masurkar, director of "Newton" which won the Rajat Kamal for the best film in Hindi as also the makers of "Mhorkya" which won the best film in the Children's category and "Kachcha Limbu" which won the Rajat Kamal for best film in Marathi.

Trump slams Comey over new book

United States President Donald Trump on Friday slammed former FBI director James Comey after the first reports of latter's book were released, wherein the US President has been branded as "unethical, and untethered to truth.""James Comey is a proven LEAKER & LIAR. Virtually everyone in Washington thought he should be fired for the terrible job he did-until he was, in fact, fired. He leaked CLASSIFIED information, for which he should be prosecuted. He lied to Congress under OATH," Trump, wrote, in a Twitter post."He is a weak and untruthful slime ball who was, as time has proven, a terrible Director of the FBI. His handling of the Crooked Hillary Clinton case, and the events surrounding it, will go down as one of the worst "botch jobs" of history. It was my great honor to fire James Comey!," the US President added.Excerpts from Comey's book, "A Higher Loyalty," was released earlier.According to the New York Times, in his new book, "A Higher Loyalty," Comey branded the Trump ...

Bollywood congratulates national award winners

The Bollywood fraternity showered love and congratulated the winners of 65th National Film Awards on Friday.The National Film Awards winners' list was announced earlier today which saw the best of talents honored for their expertise in different areas of filmmaking.Late actress Sridevi was conferred with the Best Actress award for her film 'Mom' following which her daughters, Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor along with their father, Boney Kapoor released a joint statement to express their happiness.Karan Johar and Tappsee Pannu took to Twitter to congratulate the partners of 'The Ghazi Attack' for winning the national award in the category of Best Telugu film.The actress wrote, "So so proud to be a part of a film winning National award. #Ghazi Love and hugs to my entire team!"The director also congratulated Abbas Ali Moghul for winning the award of Best Action Direction for 'Baahubali: The Conclusion and 'Bahubali'. He wrote, ".@DharmaMovies @apoorvamehta18 stands tall and proud to ...

Sikh groups protest against release of controversial film

Sikh groups held protests at various places in Punjab and Haryana as the controversial film 'Nanak Shah Fakir' released across the country except Punjab on Friday.

Rajkummar Rao should have won National Award: 'Newton' dir Amit V Masurkar

"Newton" director Amit V Masurkar today said Rajkummar Rao deserved to win a National Award for best actor. Rao played the title role of a green-horn government clerk who perseveres to conduct fair, free elections Masurkar's dark comedy on Indian democracy. "Newton" was named the best Hindi film and a special mention was given to its actor Pankaj Tripathi. The filmmaker said Rajkummar, who already has a best actor National Award to his credit for "Shahid", should have been recognised for the work he has done in the year gone by. "I definitely feel Rajkummar should have been awarded, he has done a brilliant job not only in 'Newton' but others films like in 'Trapped', 'Bareilly Ki Barfi', he has done lot of good work this year (2017). And it would have been great if he would have got some award. "(But) I don't think he holds such expectations. He is someone who does his work and moves on. He has worked on four-five films after 'Newton'," Masurkar told reporters here. Actor Riddhi Sen ...

Gong Li, Jet Li join Disney's 'Mulan'

Chinese stars Gong Li and Jet Li are joining the cast of Disney's live-action reboot of "Mulan". The remake of Disney's 1998 animated film follows the story of Fa Mulan, the daughter of an ageing warrior, Fa Zhou. She impersonates as a man to replace her father during a general conscription during the Han Dynasty. Chinese actor Liu Yifei will play the title character in the project, Variety reported. Li, 54, known for films such as "The Expendables" series and "The Forbidden Kingdom" is in final talks to portray the emperor of China. Gong Li, 52, will play a powerful witch in the film. Earlier, Donnie Yen joined the cast of the film, which will be directed by Niki Caro. The "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" actor will be playing Mulan's mentor, Commander Tung mentor in the film. Hong Kong movie mogul Bill Kong will serve as executive producer. The new "Mulan" features a script originally penned by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek, and rewritten by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver.

Benedict Cumberbatch to perform for Letters Live in New York

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch will be among the stars to feature in the New York shows of 'Letters Live'. The London-originated production is a live show that pairs celebrities with historic, unforgettable "literary correspondence" from personalities such as David Bowie, Mohandas Gandhi, Maya Angelou, Elvis Presley, Patti Smith, Abraham Lincoln, James Baldwin, and Che Guevara and others. Cumberbatch will perform live at Manhattan's Town Hall from May 18-19, Letters Live announced in a statement. Celebrities who featured in Letters Live shows in the past include Gillian Anderson, Ian McKellen, Kylie Minogue, Russell Brand, Thandie Newton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Rose McGowan, Riz Ahmed, Mark Hamil, Tom Hiddleston, Sally Hawkins, JJ Abrams, James Corden, Oscar Isaac, Mary J Blige, Jude Law, Brie Larson, Sir Ben Kingsley and others.

Rana Daggubati elated that 'Baahubali 2...', 'Ghazi' got National Awards

Actor Rana Daggubati says he is very happy that both his films "Baahubali 2: The Conclusion" and "Ghazi" were honoured at the 65th National Film Awards on Friday.

National Film Awards: Malayalam filmdom has lots to cheer

The Malayalam film industry performed well at the 65th National Film Awards today, registering wins in categories such as the best director and the supporting actor. Eminent filmmaker Jayaraj bagged the best director and best adapted screenplay award for his movie "Bhayanakam", while Fahadh Faasil was adjudged the best supporting actor for his stellar performance in "Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum". A jubilant Jayaraj, who won the best director award for the second time, said "Bhayanakam", a part of his 'navarasa' series, revolves around the story of youths from Kuttanad in Kerala who had joined the British Indian army during World War II. "I dedicate this award to those Kuttanad men who had joined the army and lost their lives in the war," he said. The "Deshadanam" director also remembered Jnanpith laureate Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai as the theme of the movie was taken from the author's magnum opus "Kayar". Fahadh Faasil, who was seen surrounded by fans and well-wishers soon after ...

Hindi films should now become regional cinema: Shekhar Kapur

Impressed by regional cinema, director Shekhar Kapur, who headed the feature film jury of this year's National Film Awards, says Hindi film industry needs to pull up its socks. The veteran filmmaker singled out regional films, particularly Malayalam cinema, at the 65th National Film Awards announcement today. When asked whether a divide still exists between the mainstream and regional cinema, Kapur told PTI, "I think Hindi cinema should now become regional cinema." "The standard of performances in some of the regional films is completely stunning. Hindi films cannot compete with them, not in the state they are... And I know why... Our Hindi films try too hard to become everything. These (regional films) are rooted," the director said while announcing the name of the winners. Jayaraj won his second best director award -- this time for Malayalam film "Bhayanakam". He also won the best adapted screenplay award. Fahadh Faasil won the best supporting actor award for Malayalam film ...

Dan is within all of us: Varun Dhawan

Actor Varun Dhawan says that his character Dan in the film "October" is within all of us but we have just forgotten it with time.

Huge recognition for Assam: 'Village Rockstar' director on National Award win

Assamese filmmkaer Rima Das, whose film "Village Rockstar" was named the Best Feature Film at the 65th National Film Awards here on Friday, says its a huge recognition for Assam as it is after 29 years that an Assamese film has won the honour.

Nat Awards: Vinod Khanna, Sridevi recognised posthumously, 'Village Rockstars' is best film

The National Film Awards jury today doffed its hat to two of Hindi cinema's biggest stars who passed away in the year that was, honouring Vinod Khanna with the Dadasaheb Phalke award for lifetime achievement and Sridevi with the best actress prize for "Mom". Keeping the balance between regional and Hindi cinema and commercial and indie interests, the National Award for best feature film went to the Assamese film "Village Rockstars", an aspirational tale of a village girl who dreams of making it big. Directed by Rima Das, the critically-acclaimed film also scored for best location, sound recordist, editing and best child artiste (Bhanita Das). Jayaraj was named best director and the best adapted screenplay writer for his Malayalam film "Bhayanakam", which also won the best cinematography award, announced jury chairperson Shekhar Kapur. Riddhi Sen was recognised as the best actor for Kaushik Ganguly's Bengali film "Nagarkirtan", which bagged awards in multiple categories -- best ...

Sridevi wins Best Actress National Award posthumously

The late Sridevi was on Friday named the Best Actress for her role as a vengeful mother in the Hindi film "Mom". Her husband and two daughters are overjoyed and said the legacy of the "super actor" will live on.

Regional cinema giving Hindi films a run for its money: Shekhar Kapur

Internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker and the jury chairperson of the 65th National Film Awards, Shekhar Kapur is amazed at the quality and standard of regional cinema and believes that it is giving Hindi cinema a run for its money.