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'The Walking Dead' actor Jeffery DeMunn asked his character to be killed off

Jeffrey DeMunn revealed that he had asked the makers of the zombie drama "Walking Dead" to kill off his character, Dale Horvath. The 70-year-old actor exited from the AMC series in 2012, after Horvath was disembowelled by a walker near the end of the second season. DeMunn said departure was sparked after showrunner Frank Darabont was disgracefully dropped from the show, DigitalSpy reported. "Dale's death was my decision," he said. "I was furious about how Frank was pushed out of the show. I spent a week not being able to take a full breath. And then I realised, 'Oh, I can quit'. "So I called them and said, 'It's a zombie show. Kill me. I don't want to do this anymore'. It was an immense relief for me," he said.

Kamal Haasan meets Christopher Nolan

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan met acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, and was surprised that he has seen some of his movies.

Michelle would love come back as a ghost in 'Dawson's Creek' reunion

Actor Michelle Williams said she is game to return in the teen drama "Dawson's Creek" if a reunion is proposed. The 37-year-old actor played Jen Lindley, who dies in the season finale of the show. Williams told EW she feels "neither here nor there" about her character's death. She, however, said, "If there's ever talk of a reunion show or something, I'm like... 'It would be so funny to be a ghost and like show up in people's dreams'." The TV show, which aired from 1998 to 2003, chronicled the fictional lives of a close-knit group of friends beginning in high school and continuing in college. It also starred James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson in the main lead. Van Der Beek said the reboot would have to be "a reinvention of sorts". But Holmes said she liked how the show panned out, before the arrival of the Internet era. "What I love about this show is that it existed at a time pre-social media, pre-Internet, and it was nostalgic when we were shooting it. So I really ...

David Beckham is a huge 'Phantom Thread' fan

Former professional football player David Beckham is a self-confessed fan of "Phantom Thread", which stars veteran actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the lead. The 42-year-old retired sportsperson shared his thoughts on Paul Thomas Anderson's six-time Oscar nominated movie in his Instagram story. Beckham clicked pictures while watching the film, using words such as "genius", "wow" and even a heart emoji to express his fandom. Mark Bridges won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the period drama. Day-Lewis, who has officially retired after the film, received a nod in the Best Actor segment for the film as a proper send-off. "Phantom Thread" was also nominated in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Score categories.

Will Smith friend-zoned by Humanoid Sophia

Hollywood star Will Smith has been friend-zoned by Humanoid Sophia. Referring to his film "I, Robot", in which he plays technophobic cop who investigates a crime that may have been committed by a robot, the 49-year-old actor joked that Sophia put him in the friends list because he shared a bad "history" with Artificial Intelligence. "I just met Sophia the Robot. She wasn't feelin' me... I guess based on my history with robots," Smith wrote on Instagram alongside a picture that shows him leaning in for a kiss with the robot. The actor also shared a video of what appears to be an "online date" with the robot, created by Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics. "Sophia can I be honest with you. I don't know whether it's the island air or the humidity but you just so easy to talk to, you've got a clear head, literally," Smith said in the clip. But when he leaned for a kiss, Sophia said, "I think we can be friends. Let's hang out and get to know each other for a little while. You are on my friends

Volcano is erupting: Danes on equality movement in Hollywood

"Homeland" star Claire Danes is happy with the discussion around gender balance in Hollywood. The actress says it has been millennia of an imbalance in power and bad behaviour and there is profound reason for the rage.

Jeff Goldblum doesn't regret waiting to have kids

Actor Jeff Goldblum thinks he is better equipped to raise his two young children now because he is older and wiser.

Jim Carrey's 'official' Trump portrait garners mixed responses

American-Canadian actor Jim Carrey has submitted his latest politically-charged portrait of United States President Donald Trump to Washington-based Museum Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for consideration as the official presidential portrait."Dear Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery @NPG, I know it's early but I'd like to submit this as the official portrait of our 45th President, Donald J. Trump. It's called, 'You Scream. I Scream. Will We Ever Stop Screaming?'," Carrey tweeted.The image shows Trump touching his right nipple and hogging from apparently a bowl containing two scoops of ice cream.The actor's artistic representation has been subjected to the mixed reception."Mediocre painting & totally unsuited to the subject. Trump doesn't scream in public (contrary to his opponents) & indeed tends to speak quietly," tweeted one of the users."Trashy art inspired by a trashy human," a user, who goes by the Twitter handle @youaresoLA, replied.Another user, wrote as a ...

Kylie Minogue's new album is about 'accepting' herself

Singer Kylie Minogue says her new album "Golden" is more about accepting herself.

Terminator star Schwarzenegger undergoes open-heart surgery

Hollywood veteran Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly underwent emergency open-heart surgery on Thursday due to complications that arose from a previous heart surgery.According to the Fox News, 70-year-old Schwarzenegger went to the hospital for an experimental procedure to replace a catheter valve where he developed certain complications forcing the doctors to perform an open heart surgery on the actor.The catheter valve replacement procedure is conducted to avoid the open heart surgery.The surgeons have reported the actor to be in a stable condition.Earlier in 1997, the Terminator-star reportedly underwent a different heart surgery to replace an aortic valve. At the time, he said the condition was congenital.Arnold Schwarzenegger had also served as the Governor of California from 2003 to 2011.

AVM Film Studios absolute owner of copyright of 1963-Gemini starrer 'Karpagam': HC

The Madras High Court has made it clear that AVM Film Studios is the absolute owner of the "entire world negative rights" and copyright of the 1963 Tamil film 'Karpagam' starring Gemini Ganesan. Justice M Sunder was passing orders on a civil suit filed by AVM Film Studios, seeking permanent injunction against K S Sabarinathan, proprietor, Amarjyothi Films, AVM Limited, V Sankaran and G Sathya from interfering or infringing the plaintiff's "entire world negative rights and copyright" of the film. Granting the relief, the judge directed AVM film studios to quantify the damages and to claim or pursue its remedy available in law for recovering such damages from the defendants. The judge directed the defendants to pay the cost of the suit to the plaintiff. Originally the film was produced by Sabarinathan and it was released on November 15, 1963. According to the counsel for AVM Film Studios, Sabarinathan took a loan of Rs 4 lakh from AVM Limited. In 1964, the producer had assigned his ...

Indian diplomat's 'Earth Anthem' strikes the right note in Brazil

Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar made the country proud as his song 'Earth Anthem' was performed by Brasilia's Symphony Orchestra of the National Theatre.The orchestra was performed under the guidance of Maestro Claudio Cohen for group's first ever performance in 2018.Kumar wrote this song in 2008 at St. Petersberg in Russia, inspired by blue marble image of Earth taken by the spaceship Apollo 18 and the ancient Indian thought 'Vasudeva Kutumbakam' translated as 'the world is one family'.It was later composed in 2013 in Kathmandu, Nepal.World-renowned violin maestro Dr L. Subramaniam composed the song that was later recorded by Bollywood singer Kavita Krishnamurthi.Now, Dr Subramaniam and Abhay Kumar are working together to bring musicians from all corners of the world to contribute to making the 'Earth Anthem' a global one.The song has been recorded in eight languages, including six official United Nations languages. It was launched in June 2013 at a function organised by the Indian .

I will never stop working in Bengali films: Raima Sen

Actress Raima Sen, who is doing a balancing act between Bollywood, Tollywood and digital entertainment, says she will continue working in Bengali cinema.

Shooting for 'Kishore Kumar Junior' wrapped up

The shooting of filmmaker Kaushik Ganguly's movie "Kishore Kumar Junior" has concluded.

Sonam to meet Anuja Chauhan for 'The Zoya Factor'

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will be portraying the character of Zoya Solanki from the novel "The Zoya Factor", will be meeting the author Anuja Chauhan to prep for the role.

Richa Chadha wonders if there is feminism wave in Bollywood

Actress Richa Chadha says a true feminism wave will arrive in Bollywood when better roles will be written for women.

I am actually retired: Cameron Diaz

Cameron Diaz seemingly confirmed that her life had entered into the stage of retirement as she is "literally doing nothing" as of now. The 45-year-old actor, who is famous for films such as "There's Something About Mary", "Charlie's Angels" and "Bad Teacher" among others, said she would love to spend time with her "Sweetest Thing" co-stars Selma Blair and Christina Applegate as she was not busy with films. The trio participated in a reunion interview for Entertainment Weekly magazine. "Maybe I should, you know, I mean, I'm down. I'm literally doing nothing," Diaz said. To this Applegate replied, "I'm literally doing nothing, too! I'm semi-retired, I haven't worked for years. I'm a mom, that's what we do. So I'm around, man." Diaz added, "That's so awesome. I'm totally down. I'm semi-retired, too, and I am actually retired, so I would love to see you ladies." The actor's comments comes after Blair previously claimed that her co-actor was "done" with acting. She was although forced to ..

Ram Charan Teja transforms in 'Rangasthalam' (Review: Rating ***)

Film: "Rangasthalam"; Director: Sukumar; Cast: Ram Charan Teja, Samantha Akkineni, Jagapati Babu; Rating: ***

'Ready Player One': A pop-culture eye candy but could be painful for some

The film is set in the future in Columbus the fastest growing city, where the citizens have depleted their resources and struggle to make ends meet

Ajay Devgn is a massive family man: Ileana D'Cruz

Actress Ileana D'Cruz says her "Raid" co-star actor Ajay Devgn is a massive family and is obsessed with his children -- Nysa and Yug.