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Meghan Trainor wants to collaborate with Harry Styles
Singer Meghan Trainor says she wants to record a duet with former One Direction star Harry Styles. The 24-year-old singer previously teamed up with Styles to pen "Someday" for Michael Buble. ''My manager works with Harry Styles so this is great. We already wrote a song together so the chemistry is already there we just need to put out a song together. One day Harry! If you can hear this, that would be amazing. Any one of (One Direction), they're all so talented, but Harry is my fave," Trainor told BANG Showbiz. The singer would also like to work with Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Adele and Beyonce. "Justin Timberlake - I'm dying to work with him," she added.
Ian Malcolm was almost cut from 'Jurassic Park', says Jeff Goldblum
"Jurassic Park" star Jeff Goldblum says he had to fight to keep his character, Ian Malcolm, in the original film. The actor, who will be making a comeback to the franchise with "Jurassic World 2", said the original film's director Steven Spielberg almost wrote out the character entirely. Speaking with Vanity Fair, Goldblum said he "felt moved to advocate for my inclusion" after Spielberg told him he may no longer be needed. He said Spielberg insisted, "The people want that character melded into the Sam Neill character - I don't think Sam Neill was doing it yet, but the Alan Grant character - and I said no no no, I think keep that character but, um... I don't know what I said, but anyway, it turns out that I got to be in it and that's the way it goes." "Jurassic World 2" is set to release on June 22.
Producer-writer Steven Bochco dies at 74
Veteran TV producer-writer, Steven Bochco, has died at the age of 74.The news about the creator of classics such as 'Hill Street Blues' and 'NYPD Blue' was broken by a family member in a statement to the Associated Press agency.According to the statement, Bochco died peacefully at 10.20 am on Sunday morning, i.e. April 01.Bochco had been battling a rare form of cancer for several years. He had had a life-prolonging transplant in 2014.Bochco's successful career included credits such as 'L.A. Law', 'Doogie Howser, M.D.', 'Commander in Chief', 'Raising the Bar', among others - most of them related to the law genre.Bochco has won 10 primetime Emmy's for his work, throughout his career.
Westlife 'in talks' to reform
Irish pop band Westlife are "in talks" to reform in order to appear as vocalists on South Korean TV show "Immortal Song".
Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One' aces Box Office
Prominent American filmmaker Steven Spielberg has aced the box office with his Sci-fi thriller 'Ready Player One,' which earned a solid $53.2 million in ticket sales over the four-day Easter weekend in North America.An additional $128 million have been chipped in by the overseas audiences, reported the New York Times.The box office analysts had predicted very little triumph for this movie as its stars Tye Sheridan and Olivia Cooke, are not household names and the plot of the movie, that is, "teenagers in a dystopian future search for treasure inside a virtual-reality world called the Oasis was exceedingly difficult to explain in marketing materials," the report said.It's Spielberg's best opening in a decade following "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" in the summer of 2008 with $118 million in opening-weekend ticket sales, after adjusting for inflation.Other movies directed by Spielberg include "Minority Report" in 2005, "The Post", "Bridge of Spies," "Jaws", ...
Ratajkowski stars with husband in swimwear campaign
Actress-model Emily Ratajkowski seems to have drawn her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard to the modelling side as she posed alongside him in a set of images for her latest swimwear line.
It's official, Cameron Diaz confirms retirement
Prominent Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz has made an announcement lately that she has retired from acting, thus putting an end to her cinematic career.Diaz recently reunited with her co-stars Selma Blair and Christina Applegate of the 2002 American comedy "The Sweetest Thing" for an interview with Entertainment Weekly to reminisce about the film, reported CNN.The topic of the trio having not reunited was brought up, when Diaz said, "Maybe I should, you know, I mean, I'm down. I'm literally doing nothing."After Applegate said she was semi-retired from acting to raise her children, Diaz responded, "I'm semi-retired, too, and I am actually retired, so I would love to see you ladies."Diaz last appeared in the 2014 remake of musical "Annie," in which she starred alongside Jamie Foxx. Her big break arrived in 1994 with Jim Carrey film The Mask.Diaz has starred in a number of hit films, from "There's Something About Mary" to "Charlie's Angels" to "My Sister's Keeper" to "Shrek.
Kim shares throwback photo of Kris, Caitlyn
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has shared an old photograph of her mother Kris Jenner and estranged step-father Caitlyn Jenner.
Kim attends South Korean performance by K-pop stars in Pyongyang
Kim Jong-Un becomes the first North Korean leader to attend a performance by a South Korean troupe in Pyongyang.Kim along with his wife on Sunday was present at a concert by a 160-member South Korean art troupe at East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, as reported by the Yonhap News Agency quotes the South Korean cultural ministry.Amid thawing ties between the rivals after more than a year of heightened tensions over the North's nuclear program, the visit came as a gesture of reconciliation before the peninsula after months of military tensions.The troupe consisted of 11 Korean pop musicians including Cho Yong-Pil, Lee Sun-hee, Choi Jin-hee, Red Velvet and Seohyun of Girls' Generation.Previously South Korean President Moon Jae-In attended a Seoul performance by a North Korean art troupe called "Samjiyon Orchestra" in February in celebration of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea.Recently the efforts are being made by both the Koreas to thaw their icy relations after being urged for .
Veteran movie director Rajendran dead
Veteran movie director C.V.Rajendran, who was ailing for sometime, passed away here on Sunday. He was 81.
Bollywood adds personal connect with 'desi' titles
"Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety" was quite a tongue twister, wasn't it? A slew of upcoming Bollywood films' titles reflect a colloquial 'desi' vibe, and experts say it helps to establish a connect with the 'desi' audience.
N Korea's Kim attends S Korea concert in latest reconciliatory move
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today attended the first concert in Pyongyang for over a decade by South Korean entertainers, including a K-pop girlband, the latest gesture of reconciliation before a rare inter-Korean summit. The visit came as a diplomatic thaw quickens on the peninsula after months of military tensions. The 120-member group -- 11 musical acts as well as dancers, technicians and martial artists -- are giving a concert today and another on Tuesday. Kim and his wife came to watch today's show, a Seoul culture ministry official said, making him the first leader of the North to attend a concert by South Korean performers. Kim said inter-Korean cultural events should be held more often and suggested another event in Seoul this autumn, the South's Yonhap News Agency said, citing a pool report. Two other high-level North Korean officials, Kim's sister Kim Yo Jong and nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam, also attended, the report said. Taekwondo athletes also staged a ...
Tripura institutes Deendayal award for social service, one for classical music
The BJP-led Government in Tripura on Sunday announced the institution of two new awards, including the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya national integration award for social service.
Everything has a time: Rannvijay on reality shows
TV host-actor Rannvijay Singha, who is currently busy with MTV's "Roadies Xtreme", says reality shows have evolved, but the audience is getting attracted to fiction entertainers once again.
'Parmanu...' delay 'doesn't really' affect Diana Penty
Actress Diana Penty says she isn't really affected by the delay in the release of her film "Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran" as she believes in moving on and doing other things.
Film has suddenly lost its charm as its all digital now, says Amitabh Bachchan
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has voiced his concern over the medium of film losing its importance in the digital world. The 75-year-old actor, who met renowned filmmaker Christopher Nolan yesterday here to discuss about film preservation and restoration, said the cause deserves serious consideration and it is important that people from the film industry across the globe come together to save the medium. Nolan is in Indian on a three day trip along with visual artiste Tacita Dean to promote the cause of film preservation and restoration, "Prominent dignitaries from the world of cinema gathered here in round table to debate and ascertain the importance of film heritage and its preservation. The word film has suddenly lost its charm ; for there does not seem to be any need to shoot films on film. It's all digital now. "It was known as the 'film industry', they were known as 'film stars'. So in the complete absence of that medium and that product, it would be quite in order to call ...
Alia Bhatt takes no credit for being stylish
Actress Alia Bhatt, who is quite a trendsetter with her on-screen and off screen appearances, says if she had her way she would be in casual and comfortable athletic wear all the time.
Arjun, Parineeti wrap up Punjab schedule of 'Namastey England'
Actors Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra have wrapped up the Punjab schedule of their upcoming film "Namastey England".
Fatherhood won't force KJo to make children's film
Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is a proud father of twins Roohi and Yash, says just because he is a father now, doesn't mean he will make a children's film.
Film has suddenly lost its charm: Amitabh
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who met multiple Oscar-nominated filmmaker Christopher Nolan to talk about celluloid films in the digital era, rues that film has lost its charm due to the growth of digitalisation.