Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Hollywood star Tom Cruise attended a screening of Christopher Nolan’s tentpole “Tenet” in London and shared a clip of his visit to the cinema hall with his fans on social media.   In the 30-second clip, the 58-year-old actor shared his experience of watching the film with the audience. Cruise, who is currently filming for his next “Mission: Impossible7” in the UK, was seen wearing a mask and waving at the pedestrians from his car in the clip. “Here we are, back to the movies,” he said while posing in…

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Indian cinema’s long history of eulogising mothers has always “annoyed” actor Vidya Balan as she believes it prevents them from being seen as people who can be flawed. In her recently released film “Shakuntala Devi”, Vidya played the titular math genius, who is not the perfect parent to her daughter Anupama Banerjee. “People are realising that mothers are human beings. A friend of mine wrote to me saying she realised she never looked at her mother as a person but just a mother. “I’m getting long messages of appreciation, about…

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Sony’s upcoming retelling of “Cinderella”, starring pop star Camila Cabello, is restarting its production in the UK.   According to Deadline, the film had started shooting in mid-February, but halted a month later due to the coronavirus outbreak. The project, directed by Kay Cannon of “Blockers” fame, is now resuming filming outside of London, with some low-level shooting commencing this week. The production will go ahead when the team feels safe and organised enough to move forward. Robust safety precautions, such as widespread and extensive testing (before production and during),…

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Actor Elisabeth Moss has once again teamed up with Blumhouse Productions for the studio’s new psychological thriller “Mrs March”. According to Variety, the project is based on Virginia Feito’s upcoming novel of the same name, which will be released in the US in August 2021. The author will be penning the screenplay for the film adaptation. Moss, 38, will play the titular character, “a polished Upper East Side housewife who unravels when she begins to suspect the detestable protagonist of her husband’s latest bestselling novel is based on her.” “I…

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Actor Priyanka Chopra on Tuesday revealed that she has completed the final manuscript of her memoir, “Unfinished”, and the book is set to come out soon. “Unfinished” is a collection of personal essays, stories and observations of the 38-year-old actor, to be published by Penguin Random House India. Priyanka took to Twitter and said the book comes from an extremely personal, introspective space. “‘Unfinished’ is finished! Just about sent in the final manuscript! Wheee! Cannot wait to share it with you all. Every word in my memoir comes from a…

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Satish Kaushik on Monday remembered coming to Mumbai 41 years ago to become an actor and said the city of dreams gave him everything precious in life: a thriving career and a happy family. Kaushik, born and raised in Delhi, started his career as an assistant director to Shekhar Kapoor in 1983’s acclaimed “Masoom” and later became widely known for his role in the filmmaker’s classic “Mr India” as Calendar. Kaushik made his directorial debut with Sridevi-Anil Kapoor starrer “Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja” in 1993 and went on…

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Actor Tom Hanks is in early negotiations with Disney to take on the role of Geppetto in the studio’s upcoming live-action remake of “Pinocchio”. Robert Zemeckis, who previously worked with Hanks on critically-acclaimed features such as “Forrest Gump”, “Cast Away” and “Polar Express”, will helm the project. According to Deadline, Hanks has reached out to Zemeckis to let him know he wants to do the film after the veteran star read the script. Chris Weitz has written the script with Zemeckis. The writer will also produce the film with Andrew…

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Orange Is the New Black alum Danielle Brooks has signed on to play gospel music icon and civil rights activist Mahalia Jackson in an upcoming biopic in the works at Lifetime. The movie, titled Robin Roberts Presents: The Mahalia Jackson Story , is the first in a four-film deal with the Good Morning America anchor. According to Deadline, Kenny Leon is on board as the director. The biopic will trace Jackson’s life and career as she rose to become the best known gospel singer in the mid-20th century and a…

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“Mozart in the Jungle” alum Gael Garcia Bernal will be playing the lead role in indie feature “Cassandro”. According to Deadline, the wresting drama will mark the feature directorial debut of Roger Ross Williams, best known for his Oscar-winning short “Music by Prudence”. The movie tells the true story of Sail Armendariz, a gay amateur wrestler from El Paso who rises to international stardom after he creates the “exotico” character Cassandro, the “Liberace of Lucha Libre”, and in the process upends not just the macho wrestling world but also his…

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