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Hollywood’s leading ladies battle for ‘Barbarella’ role in remake

Washington, Aug 26 (ANI): It has been revealed that the leading ladies of Hollywood are vying to land the role of Barbarella, who had been made famous by Jane Fonda in the 1960s.

Aussie film director Robert Luketic will be directing the flick, and producer Dino DeLaurentiis has confirmed that the film is his number one [...]

UK director may choreograph 2012 Olympics ceremonies

London, Aug 23(ANI): Stephen Daldry, an English theatre and film director who brought ballet to the screen and the stage in Billy Elliot, may be choreographing the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics.

Daldry’s name has been suggested to The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) after [...]

Carl Reiner – Joan Rivers – Melissa Rivers – Rob Reiner – Tom Arnold – Gilbert Gottfried – Emmy Awards -

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Carl Reiner  born on March 20, 1922 (now 87 years old ) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards during his career.On December 24, [...]

Kisses and expletives, but ‘Love Aaj Kal’ a family film: Director

Kisses and expletives, but ‘Love Aaj Kal’ a family film: Director
Joginder Tuteja Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) Imtiaz Ali openly admits that his upcoming “Love Aaj Kal”, which stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone, has unabashed kissing scenes and shows the lead actors mouthing expletives, but the director insists that it will still be a [...]

Rhys Ifans to star in Sir Ridley Scott’s Nottingham

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London, Jun 22 (ANI): Welsh actor Rhys Ifans has signed on to star in Brit film director Sir Ridley Scott’s forthcoming movie ‘Nottingham’.
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Ifans, 40, who will be playing the part of King Richard, was added to the cast six months after his ex-girlfriend Sienna Miller was booted from the new Robin Hood movie./pp
The actor is [...]

Ash, Abhi Plan To Celebrate Their 2nd Wedding Anniversary In Europe

Bollywood’s hottest couple Aishwarya Rai Bachan and Abhishek Bachchan who failed to celebrate their first wedding anniversary in 2008, may head for Europe or the US on April 20.
Earlier, the couple had planned to make it a working affair but now the plans have totally changed.
The duo was supposed to shoot for their upcoming film [...]

Madonna has stopped eating, exercising after adoption-rejection

New Delhi, Apr 17 (ANI): Madonna is so depressed after the rejection of her plea to adopt four-year-old Mercy James from Malawi that she has stopped eating and exercising.

According to reports, the singer’s friends are worried over her condition following the adoption-rejection by a Malawi court, reports The China Daily.

“She has abandoned her strict macrobiotic [...]

Mani Ratnam Hospitalised In Chennai

Well-known film director Mani Ratnam was admitted to a private hospital early this morning after he complained of chest pain and giddiness.
Mani, who is in his early 50s, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Apollo hospital in Chennai.
According to the hospital sources Mani had a slight discomfort in the heart.
The doctors [...]

Madonna still keen to adopt Malawian child: report

LILONGWE (Reuters) – U.S. pop star Madonna is still keen on adopting a second child from Malawi, despite a court ruling in the southern African country preventing her from doing so, a local newspaper reported on Sunday.
Madonna, who lost an appeal against a High Court decision refusing her bid to adopt a four-year-old girl named [...]

Madonna back in Britain after failed adoption bid in Malawi

Johannesburg/Lilongwe – US popstar Madonna has left Malawi after having failed in her bid to adopt another child in the south- east African country, according to media reports in South Africa and Britain on Monday.
The 50-year-old and her children took off in her private jet in a quiet part of the airport in the capital [...]

Kolkata fashion show remembers Mumbai terror attacks

Kolkata, Apr 4 (ANI): Fashion designer Narendra Kumar showcased his collections inspired by the gloomy days during the last year’s Mumbai terror attacks at the ongoing Kolkata Fashion Week (KFW).

According to the designer, his superb black and white collection was dedicated to the victims who lost their lives in the terror attack.

“The whole collection [...]

Apex court seeks Mahesh Bhatt’s view on smoking in films

New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday sought noted film director Mahesh Bhatt’s view on a government lawsuit for scrapping a Delhi High Court ruling that allowed cigarette smoking scenes in films for the sake of art.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice P. Sathasivam sought Bhatt’s response on the central [...]

Artists up in arms over cultural policing

Bangalore, Mar 17 (ANI): A regional language film director, whose plans to install a statue of famous comedian Charlie Chaplin ran into a controversy, received permission to hold a protest rally against cultural policing.

The controversy arose after director Hemanth Hegde planned to install a 62-feet-high statue of Charlie Chaplin as a backdrop to a song [...]

China cuts Steven Spielberg’s appearance at Academy Awards

New York, Feb 27 (ANI): It seems film director Steven Spielberg’s refusal to act as artistic adviser during the Beijing Olympic Games has not been forgotten by the Chinese, for censors in the country cut his appearance at the Academy Awards.

It happened when [...]

China cuts Steven Spielberg’s appearance at Academy Awards

New York, Feb 27 (ANI): It seems film director Steven Spielberg’s refusal to act as artistic adviser during the Beijing Olympic Games has not been forgotten by the Chinese, for censors in the country cut his appearance at the Academy Awards.

It happened when [...]

Madonna’s Oscar date – model Jesus Luz

Melbourne, Feb 22 (ANI): Madonna will take Brazilian model Jesus Luz as her date to the Oscars, it has emerged.

According to reports, the 50-year-old singer has been arranging matching outfits for the awards ceremony with the 22-year-old toy-boy, reports the Courier Mail.

The pair, who has still not gone public with the romance, has been spotted [...]

Polanski’s a victim of L.A. court’s judicial misconduct, says documentary

Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): In a new twist to film director Roman Polanski’s case, a documentary made last year said that he was the victim of judicial misconduct in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Marina Zenovich’s highly praised HBO documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, released in June 2008, and suggested that the court played an unusually [...]

Bollywood demands stricter anti-piracy laws

Mumbai, Feb 17 (ANI): Stronger enforcement of copyright laws are a must if Bollywood wants to reduce millions of dollars in losses incurred every year because of piracy, says a top industry official.

“We would like a legislation to be put in place to deal with piracy. We would like the experienced and judicious process [...]

Mahesh Bhatt visits Karachi to see ailing Mehdi Hassan

Karachi, Feb.16 (ANI): Noted film director Mahesh Bhatt visited the Afgha Khan Hospital here to see ailing ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan.

Hasan is currently recuperating at the hospital, where he was hospitalized after complaining of uneasiness and difficulty in breathing on February 12.

He has been kept in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital, where [...]

Guy Ritchie vows to make sons ‘true Englishmen’

London, Jan 31 (ANI): After Madonna reportedly won a court order to move her children to America from Britain, Guy Ritchie has vowed that his sons would “always have the hearts and souls of Englishmen”.

It was expected that Rocco, eight, and three-year-old David, who is adopted, would both be educated in Britain.

But it seems more [...]