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Eva Mendes chooses family over acting

Eva Mendes says she is not ready to come back to Hollywood as she feels her children are "still so little". The 44-year-old actor, who has daughters Esmeralda, four, and Amada, two, with partner Ryan Gosling, said she wants to focus on bringing up her kids. "I'm just so obsessed with my kids that I don't want to leave them. They're just still so little," Mendes told E! News. The actor said being a parent is no mean feat and raising her children without her and Gosling's families' support would not have been the same. "I don't feel like I have it balanced at all. I kind of have been figuring it out as I'm going along and it's just important to have a support system. I have my family, I have Ryan's family and that's just like, invaluable to have family around supporting you," she said. Mendes was last seen in 2014's "Lost River".

Cher opens up about her fling with Tom Cruise

Cher recently revealed to James Corden that Hollywood star Tom Cruise was among her top five lovers and the veteran singer has now opened up about their first meeting. The 72-year-old singer and the 56-year-old actor first met in 1985 at Madonna and Sean Penn's wedding and apparently went on to have an affair. ''Then a bunch of people who were dyslexic were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic. We didn't go out till way later, but there definitely was a connection there," Cher told Event magazine. Asked if two were still friends, she added, "Yeah! Though I don't get what he does, that whole Scientology thing. I can't understand it so I just don't." Cher said she was currently single and "on the lookout". "The problem I have with all the boyfriends lately is that I don't want to go any place with them because you can't keep a relationship going in this kind of goldfish bowl, where everything you do and every picture you have taken will be on Instagram. "There's ..

Siddharth Sagar inspired by Carrey, Robin Williams

Comedian Siddharth Sagar says Hollywood stars Jim Carrey and Robin Williams have inspired him.

Disha has a 'chill buddy'

Actress Disha Patani says at times, it might get stressful to cope with the given pressure and so, she has a chill buddy.

Music festivals introduce new artistes, different repertoire: Shubha Mudgal

Music festivals create more listeners and provide access to new artistes with different repertoire, says Indian classical musician and Thumri singer Shubha Mudgal, adding she does not subscribe the usual notions of purity in arts.

I'm a bad cop, Ajay's good cop: Kajol on parenting

Actor Kajol said Sunday while she is strict with her children, husband Ajay Devgn is the one who spoils them. The actor said though they play the 'good cop-bad cop' routine in real life, Ajay has realised the importance of setting their kids - daughter Nysa and son Yug - straight. "I'm a Hitler mother... I'm a bad cop, Ajay's a good cop... But the percentage of the good cop has dropped in him. He has realised that it is necessary to be a bad cop sometimes. That he can't always look at the mother to say 'no'. I'm 30 per cent bad cop, 70 per cent good cop," Kajol said during a session at NDTV's special youth conclave, 'YUVA'. The actor said parenting does not come with a manual and no amount of training can help a person. "It's a very much a hands-on job... You have to do an internship with a child... You have to know that you will make mistakes and that others will make mistakes. You'll have to forgive them and yourself. It is one of the most rewarding jobs... To see your children ...

Bieber applying for US citizenship

Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who has sparked rumours of a secret wedding with American model Hailey Baldwin, is applying for US citizenship but wants to remain a Canadian citizen too, tmz.com reported.

Drake not dating model Bella Harris

Singer-rapper Drake and model Bella Harris are not a couple. Contrary to reports that Drake, 31, and Harris, 18, enjoyed a private dinner in Washington DC, the source close to the R&B star has revealed nothing is brewing between the duo. "There is no way at all they are dating. He's never dated her, isn't dating her," a source told Us magazine. Harris, who is the daughter of music producer Jimmy Jam, also shut down the rumours and said she was not even in the same town as Drake. "Coming off an amazing New York fashion week, I feel I need to set the record straight. I did not dine in DC recently. I was happily working and dining in NYC everyday," she wrote on Instagram. Drake previously dated Rihanna on and off for seven years until they called it quits for good in October 2016. He was later briefly linked to Jenner Lopez, who is now in a relationship with Alex Rodriguez.

Never wanted to be an actor: Arjun Kapoor

Arjun Kapoor, who is currently busy shooting for "India's Most Wanted", says that he never wanted to be an actor and instead wanted to be become a director.

Underwood learnt one German phrase during hospitalisation

Country singer Carrie Underwood cancelled two festival appearances in the UK last week because she was hospitalised in Germany for three days and learnt one phrase during her treatment.

Kanye West to make movies?

Rapper Kanye West may be venturing into film production.

It's hard to think of 'Guardians of the Galaxy' without James Gunn: Glenn Close

Veteran actor Glenn Close says it is sad that "Guardians of the Galaxy" has lost James Gunn after he was fired by Disney over controversial tweets he posted in the past. The actor, who starred as Nova Prime in the 2014 film, says she cannot imagine the franchise without Gunn. "It's hard to think of it without him. It's sad. And it brings up, I think, some very tricky issues around this movement. I bring it up with every woman I talk to because I want to know what people feel, you know? 'Is that truly what we should be doing? ''Especially in this case, somebody who's known to ruin people for something that they wrote in a totally different context, what, 10, 12 years ago? What are we going to do, go back to our pasts and make sure that everything we said was politically correct? Who can live like that? I just think there's something wrong about that," Close told Empire magazine. The veteran actor said every human being is flawed, but that does not negate their talent. "We are very ...

'Pink' gave me a sense of direction: Taapsee

Actress Taapsee Pannu says "Pink" not only gave her an audience, but also a sense of direction.

George Clooney taught me importance of good script: John Krasinski

Hollywood star John Krasinski says George Clooney taught him that the key to being a good director is ensuring that one is working with a good script. Clooney shared the advice when the pair worked on "Leatherheads" in 2008, reported Contactmusic. "George taught me the importance of a good script. He said that, as a director, you can always make a bad movie out of a good script, but you can never make good movie out of a band script. ''I agree with him and I've seen both those things happen many times. You have to be willing to devote a few years of your life to getting the script done. George said that you need to believe that you have your own specific take on a project and that you can bring something to directing the film that no one else can," Krasinski said. The actor's directorial debut "A Quiet Place", which he also stars in alongside his real-life wife Emily Blunt was well received by both audiences and the critics.

Keira Knightley has no plans to direct

Keira Knightley is hugely supportive of female filmmakers in Hollywood but says she has no plans to go behind the camera. The 33-year-old actor believes women directors can do a better job with bringing the female point of view on screen. "No (I don't plan to direct). But there's a lot of talented female directors. I think that they need to be supported. I think that female point of view is very important. "I think we need more (directors of photography), more producers, and we need more writers, so I think we really need to push for representation," Knightley told the Hollywood Reporter. The actor will next be seen in "Colette". She is stars in the film as renowned French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, who was nominated for a Nobel Prize for literature in 1948, and is famed for writing "Gigi", a novel about a young Parisian girl being groomed for a career as a courtesan.

Kailash Kher calls Prasoon Joshi 'best human being'

Singer-composer Kailash Kher has praised Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief and lyricist Prasoon Joshi, calling him the "best human being".

If I want advice, I'll ask John: Sikandar Kher

Actor Sikandar Kher says that whether it's about scripts or producing films or taking advice in general, he likes to approach actor-producer John Abraham.

Donald Glover bids adieu to Childish Gambino

Donald Glover played his last show as Childish Gambino at Madison Square Ground Friday. The actor-writer announced at the outset of the gig that this was his last tour as his hip-hop act "ever", Billboard reported. "If you bought a ticket to this concert, that means you bought a ticket to the last Childish Gambino tour ever. You don't need to record this s**t. This is that moment. This is not a concert. This is church," Glover told the audience. The rapper recalled his journey as a musical artiste and said the MSG has been special for him since his college days. "I used to come to this place to see some of my favourite rap acts when I was going to NYU. A lot of 'em didn't get to play stadiums this big. Y'all don't remember these times, but rap it was like a small thing for a long time. Even when I was a kid people were like, 'Yeah, that's what kids do'... Be yourself, cause dreams come true," he said. Glover, who is creator of critically-acclaimed show "Atlanta", also has seven Grammy

Music is for whole being, not just for sighted: Visually-impaired musician Baluji Shrivastav

Music is not just for the sighted, as it stems from the body's rhythm, visually-impaired multi-instrumentalist Baluji Shrivastav said at his performance "Antardrishti: Inner Vision" at the British Council here. The Indo-British musician was appointed the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) -- a Queen's honour -- for his services to music in 2016.

Maisie Williams joins animated series 'gen:LOCK'

"Game of Thrones" star Maisie Williams has joined the voice cast of "gen:LOCK", the animated series from Rooster Teeth. Williams will play Cammie MacLoud, a mischievous Sottish hacker and the youngest recruit to the gen:LOCK program. She joins a voice cast that includes Michael B Jordan, who plays the lead character, and David Tennant and Dakota Fanning. Gray G Haddock has created "gen:LOCK" and is the showrunner. "Maisie truly sounds exactly like how Cammie does in my head, she is brilliant," he said. According to Variety, the announcement of Williams' casting was made at RTX London, the UK edition of Rooster Teeth's expo. Jordan's Outlier Productions is co-producing with Rooster Teeth.