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Ashton Kutcher signs over LA house to ex-stepdaughter
Actor Ashton Kutcher has officially signed over his LA house to his former stepdaughter Rumer Willis, the property was previously co-owned by the two.Kutcher and Willis, whose mother is Kutcher's ex-wife Demi Moore, bought the house in the Hollywood Hills in 2009. The property was worth $971,500 when originally purchased, reported US Magazine.Willis filed all the documents in August stating that they have terminated the co-ownership of the house and have settled all the debts.The 'No Strings Attached' actor and Moore were married for 6 years before separating in 2011. They filed for the divorce in December 2012, which was finalised in 2014.
Cardi B to return to stage post giving birth
Rapper Cardi B is making her comeback at the 2018 American Music Awards (AMAs). This will be her first performance on stage after giving birth.
Jennifer Lopez feels like a superwoman
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez doesnt need a cape to look and feel like a superhero.
Rashida Jones is now a mom!
American star Rashida Jones secretly gave birth to her first child, a baby boy--Isaiah Jones Koenig, with her long-time beau, musician Ezra Koenig.According to People Magazine, the 'Angie Tribeca' actress welcomed her child on August 22 in Los Angeles at 8:36 a.m.The private pair seemed to confirm the romance rumours when they stepped out together at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2017.The 42-year-old actress, writer, and producer, was earlier engaged to musician Mark Ronson in 2011..
Creed 2: It's Adonis against Ivan Drago's son
Michael B. Jordan is all set for his return to the ring as Adonis Creed in the upcoming sequel to the Rocky spinoff, 'Creed 2.'In the new trailer for Creed II, Adonis Creed takes on the son of Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren), the Soviet boxer who killed his father Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) in the boxing ring. One person who doesn't want to see this battle of legacies is Rocky (Sylvester Stallone), who was there when his best friend Apollo died.The film is the sequel to 'Creed,' which earned more than USD 170 million at the worldwide box office.It is being directed by Steven Caple Jr., from an original screenplay written by Stallone.Also starring Tessa Thompson, the flick will hit the theatres on November 2.
Craig Gillespie to direct 'Thelma' remake
Australian film director Craig Gillespie is on board to helm an English-language remake of the 2017 Norwegian psychodrama 'Thelma' by Joachim Trier.The project, which is in its early stages, will be scripted by Christy Hall, confirmed The Hollywood Reporter.The original, directed by Trier, followed a college student as she started to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university. A religious girl who witnesses her sexual awakenings tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. She soon finds herself with telekinetic abilities and struggles to understand and control them.FilmNation will finance and produce the English language adaptation of the Scandinavian horror movie, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year..
Presenting, the 'biggest blockbuster ever'
It's seldom that we see the biggest stars of Bollywood hanging out together, but Karan Johar has managed to bring them all under one roof.Taking to his Instagram, the director-producer shared a snap of Bollywood A-listers Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and himself sitting on a sofa, captioned "The biggest BLOCKBUSTER ever!!!!!"In the picture, Ranbir has his arms around Deepika and Ranveer, while Alia and her mentor can be seen twinning in red and blue. Shah Rukh Khan, who recently returned from Delhi after attending an event, looks charming as ever in the snap, while the 'Thugs of Hindostan' actor can be seen in a casual attire.On the work front, Ranveer and Alia will be seen together in Zoya Akhtar's 'Gully Boy' and will be again teaming up for Karan Johar's directorial, 'Takht', which also stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Janhvi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, and Bhumi Pednekar.Meanwhile, Ranbir and Alia are currently shooting ..
Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom are red carpet ready!
American singer Katy Perry and her actor-beau Orlando Bloom took the next step in their relationship as the couple walked down the red carpet at the Gala for the Global Ocean for the first time.During the event, hosted by Prince Albert II of Monaco at the Opera of Monte-Carlo on Wednesday, Perry wore a pale pink asymmetrical ruched gown with sparkling silver sleeves, while Bloom opted for a black suit with no tie, E!Online reported.The 33-year-old pop star and the 41-year-old 'Lord of the Rings' actor have dated on-and-off since 2016. However, the couple now seems to be inseparable, after they rekindled their romance last year.Before heading out to the gala, Perry uploaded a video on her Instagram Story of Bloom prepping for the event in their hotel room. "Lemme touch ur butt," she captioned the clip.The couple has often been photographed together in public, including at celebrity events, but had never been pictured arriving on a red carpet as a couple before.
Kangana Ranaut, Anup Jalota named members of FTII society
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Wednesday constituted the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society, comprising Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, singer Anup Jalota and other noted celebs from the film and television industry.The nomination was put forth under three categories, 'Persons of Eminence', 'Alumni of FTII' and 'Experts Representing the Activities of the Central Government'Under the 'Persons of Eminence' category, the celebrities who made it to the nomination list are singers Yesudas and Anup Jalota, actors Kangana Ranaut, Divya Dutta, Satish Kaushik and Arvind Swami, producer Brijendra Pal Singh and Archana Rakesh Singh, Chairperson, School of Communication Studies at Punjab University.Under the 'Alumni of FTII' category, the ones who made it to the nomination list are- directors Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, actor Danny Denzongpa and cinematographer Mahesh Aney.In addition to them, the following have been nominated under the 'Experts ...
Tanushree Dutta accuses Nana Patekar of misbehaving with her
Actor Tanushree Dutta has alleged that Bollywood veteran Nana Patekar allegedly misbehaved with her on the sets of the film Horn 'Ok' Pleassss in the year 2008.In an exclusive interview to ANI, Dutta said that Patekar allegedly misbehaved with her on the sets and that her complaint in the connection went unaddressed."He misbehaved on the sets. He was being aggressive and was pushing me around. I complained about him, but it was not heard. They (film crew) were forcing me to do an intimate step. My contract stated that it was a solo dance sequence, and it was not supposed to be a duet. It was a way to manipulate me. This was the whole harassment situation going on," Dutta said.The 'Aashiq Banaya Aapne' actor further alleged that she and her family were attacked after she refused to perform the intimate step."When I tried to escape it, they called the media to do a mob lynching attack on us. My mother and father were inside the car. That was horrific. They made sure that we didn't ...
Ryan Reynolds' alcohol joins hand with Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic
Actor Ryan Reynolds who owns an alcohol company 'Aviation American Gin' has landed a partnership with billionaire Richard Branson's, Virgin Atlantic.According to Page Six, Reynolds tie up ensures that his alcohol is served in Branson's Virgin Atlantic flights.Reynolds followed the footsteps of George Clooney, Rappers Diddy and Jay-Z who have all been in the business for a long time.Speaking to Page Six, Reynolds said that he is excited as he will get to know "the difference between revenue and profit".It is on September 30, that the collaboration will be officially announced.Reynolds is well known for starring in movies like 'Green Lantern' and hit superhero franchise 'Deadpool'.
#MeToo movement needed in Bollywood to highlight incidents like one that happened with me: Tanushree
The #MeToo movement brought out the ugly side of Hollywood and led to the downfall of several powerful men, but Tanushree Dutta says such a thing should happen in Bollywood so that she can get justice for an incident that she claimed happened in 2008. In a recent TV interview, Dutta reiterated her claim that a veteran actor had misbehaved with her on the sets of a film. During the interview, she also alleged that the actor had the tacit support of the film's makers. "They called me a slut, an unprofessional.. when I spoke about it eight to ten years back. Nobody has right to say anything to me," Dutta told PTI. Recounting the incident and its aftermath, she claimed, "When I tried to escape they called the media, they called some people to mob lynch and attack my car. My parents were there inside and even I was inside, it was horrific. So from harassment situation to a mob lynching situation..." "They made sure that we did not escape from the studio, they locked the gates and then the .
I&B ministry nominates Kangna, Anup Jalota, Rajkumar Hirani to FTII Society
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has constituted the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society, nominating actor Kangna Ranaut, singer Anup Jalota, noted directors and producers Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, among others, as members. Their nomination comes about a year after actor Anupam Kher was appointed as the chairman of FTII. Ranaut, Jalota, Yesudas (singer), Arvind Swami (actor), Brijendra Pal Singh (TV producer, Divya Dutta (actor), Satish Kaushik (actor-producer-director) and Archana Rakesh Singh (academician), have been nominated to the society under the persons of eminence category, an official statement said Wednesday. Hirani, Chopra, Danny Denzongpa (actor) and Mahesh Aney (cinamatographer), have been nominated to the FTII society under the alumnus category. In addition to them, under the category of experts representing the activities of the central government, N Sarvana, Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human ...
21st Century Fox to sell its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox said Wednesday it had agreed to sell its 39 per cent stake in Sky to Comcast, giving the US cable and media giant full control of the British television giant. The move comes days after Comcast made a successful bid of 30.6 billion pounds (USD 40 billion) for a controlling stake in Sky. Fox, which is in the process of selling key media-entertainment assets to Walt Disney Co, said in a statement that Disney had agreed to the sale of the stake, worth an estimated USD 15 billion. The agreement ends a long-running battle for control of Sky by Murdoch in the face of resistance by British regulators and firms up the new landscape in the sector with Comcast in control of Sky and Disney set to expand its footprint with television and film assets from Fox. The deals enable Murdoch, 87, who has been gradually turning over control of his media empire to his two sons, to slim down his holding to focus on a "new Fox" that would include the US-based broadcast ...
French rap video calling for 'whites to be hanged' causes furore
A little-known French rapper has caused outrage by calling for whites to be killed in a video depicting a white man being tortured, shot and hanged from a tree. The video by Nick Conrad -- which controversial black comedian Dieudonne M'bala M'bala , a convicted anti-Semite, linked to on his Facebook page on Saturday -- was viewed thousands of times on YouTube before being taken down on Wednesday. In one scene from 'PLB' (short for 'Pendez Les Blancs', or 'Hang Whites') the rapper and an associate drag their white victim along the pavement and kick him in the head, in an apparent reference to a scene from the film American History X, about the abuse of blacks by American neo-Nazis. The lyrics evoke the killing of adults and children with the rapper singing: "I walk into creches, I kill white babies, catch them quick and hang their parents." Government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux condemed the "hateful, nauseating lyrics in the strongest possible terms" as did Interior Minister Gerard ...
Maha electoral office cautious about picking film stars as
The Maharashtra Electoral Office is being cautious in selecting film personalities as brand ambassadors for polls after a recent experience of two such faces joined a political party, an official said Wednesday. The electoral office does not want any actor with political affiliation to be chosen as a brand ambassador. While many Marathi film stars are associated either with Shiv Sena or the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Bollywood actors too are known for their political affiliations. A recent case in point is that of Marathi actors Aakash Thosar and Rinku Rajguru, famously known as "Parsha" and "Archie" after the characters they had played in blockbuster Marathi movie "Sairat". Recently, Thosar and Rajguru, along with Sairat director Nagraj Manjule, joined the MNS which is headed by Raj Thackeray. They were last year roped in as the brand ambassadors to commemorate the National voters Day on January 25 to attract youngsters to register themselves as voters. "Most of .
Paddy Fields returns with Jugalbandi
Paddy Fields is back with its third season to explore the traditions of Indian music. From women taking the centre stage in the second season, the fest has come up with a concept of Jugal bandi this year.Come and experience, Jugalbandi: The Classicism of Folk Fusion on October 6 and 7, 2018 at Nesco, Goregaon with best of the musicians performing this year. The concept of Jugalbandi will be a start to a new genre of live performers in the country, especially for folk and fusion music.The audience would be entertained by a lineup that includes National award-winning composer Amit Trivedi, Manganiyar classroom kids aging 8 to 12 years, Grammy-nominated sitar maestro and vocalist Shujaat Khan, London based award winning Sufi vocalist Deepa Nair Rasiya, Padma Bhushan awardee and Grammy Award winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, playback singer and music directors Shantanu Moitra, Rahul Sharma, Gulzar Ganie, Merlin, and Viva la Goa, Malini Awasthi, Kaushiki Chakraborty and many more.Paddy ...
Jasleen sings Punjabi version of 'RadhaKrishn' title track
Singer-composer Jasleen Royal, known for her work in films like "Dear Zindagi" and "Hichki", has sung the Punjabi version of the title song of the TV show "RadhaKrishn".
Newcomers should look for ideal opportunity, says Salman Khan
Salman Khan, who is launching his brother-in-law Aayush Sharma with the film "Loveyatri", says it is a huge responsibility to introduce people to Bollywood. "If they make (it big), it is the happiest feeling but if they don't, whoever you have launched or worked with, I believe that you should never stop working with them. "New people will keep on coming in but those people whom you worked with you should work with them again because that time you had thought that there's something in them, which maybe didn't work out that time," Salman said in a group interview. Given his experience of over 25 years in the film industry, the 52-year-old actor says his only advice to newcomers is to do good work. "I tell them (newcomers) don't play games. Just be enthusiastic in what you want to do. Be patient and don't jump into anything. If there is no work, it is fine as the work that you do has to be good work. "Otherwise working everyday may lead to some bad work and it will not let you get work .
Only audience can make actor a star, says Salman Khan
Salman Khan says nepotism does not work in Bollywood as audiences only accept good films and actors, irrespective of their background. The 52-year-old actor contends that someone would have launched his brother-in-law Ayush Sharma, if not him, as he has been working hard for it over the years. "He has been training hard. I knew this nepotism thing would come up.. He is son of a politician how can you put him into this nepotism thing. "This is the only one place where nepotism cannot work at all. It is the audience that will make you a superstar or will reject you no matter whose son or a brother-in-law you are," Salman said in an interview here. Ayush is making his Bollywood debut with "Loveyatri" opposite Warina Hussain. The film, directed by Abhiraj Minawala, releases on October 5. The "Race 3" cites his own example and says it is "totally the audience who decide what they like and what not". "You never know what they would like. You maybe the best looking guy and best actor and ...