Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Oscar winner Holly Hunter will star opposite actor Ted Danson in NBC’s new comedy series. The yet-untitled show hails from “30 Rock” creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, according to The Hollywood Reporter,The story is about a wealthy businessman (Ted Danson) who runs for mayor of Los Angeles “for all the wrong reasons. Once he wins he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his staff, and connect with his teenage daughter, all while controlling the coyote population.”Hunter, who most recently featured in HBO hit…

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Actor Willem Dafoe believes the process of making superhero films changed dramatically from the time he portrayed Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s “Spiderman” to his most recent outing in “Aquaman”.During a panel discussion at 92Y in New York, the actor said working on Raimi’s 2000 blockbuster felt like making an “independent film” at the time.”‘Spider-Man’ was great fun because Sam Raimi made that like it was a little independent film. And also that was before a lot of the technology was in place, and comic book movies were fairly new,…

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Actor TJ Miller has said he would like Disney-Marvel to not make the third part in Ryan Reynolds-fronted “Deadpool” series.The future of the beloved franchise is in doldrums after Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, which produced the first two parts, both of which were R-rated.A certain section of fans fear under Marvel, owned by Disney, the content of the threequel might be sanitised so as to suit the PG-13 audience of the Mouse House.Miller, who portrays Deadpool’s confidante Weasel, recently appeared on “The Adam Carolla Show”, where he gave an…

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Vishal Bhardwaj is credited with bringing the Indian versions of William Shakespeare’s tragedies — “Macbeth”, “Othello” and “Hamlet” — to screen, and the filmmaker believes Rabindranath Tagore’s writings and Satyajit Ray’s cinema mirrored the Bard’s work.In the session titled ‘Masala Shakespeare’ at Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest, Bhardwaj was in conversation with Delhi-based scholar, teacher Jonathan Gil Harris and the discussion was chaired by Kaveree Bamzai.”For me, Tagore has had all the qualities of Shakespeare- be it music, be it poetry and the kind of stuff Shakespeare has written.…

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Hrithik Roshan hosted mathematician Anand Kumar, the man he portrayed in the critically-acclaimed film “Super 30”, for a special dinner to celebrate the movie’s success.The film, directed by Vikas Bahl, featured Hrithik as Anand, the Patna-based scholar who trains 30 deserving, economically-backward students for IIT-JEE entrance exams every year with commendable success rate.The get-together on Thursday was also attended by the director and Anand’s brother Pranav Kumar.”It was a delightful evening. My mother has watched ‘Super 30’ nine times in the theatres but never got the chance to meet Anand…

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Soha Ali Khan on Tuesday said she will foray into the digital medium with a comedy web-series.“I am looking forward to starting something in January and it will be 30 or 40 days commitment. I have never stayed this long away from my daughter Inaaya, I will take her with me. It is a comedy in a web-series space. The last couple of episodes are being written. The official announcement will come soon,” Soha told DIN.Soha’s brother Saif Ali Khan made his digital debut with Netflix Original’s critically acclaimed series…

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“Takht” is Anil Kapoor’s first period film and the actor says he is slowly getting into the headspace of his character in the Karan Johar-directed feature.Kapoor, who will reportedly play the role of Shahjahan in the film set in the Mughal era, said he is equal parts scared and confident about working on the historical drama.”I am slowly getting into it. I’ll be able tell you what my headspace would be close to the filming. But at the moment its a mixed emotion. Excited, worried, apprehensive, confident. It takes time…

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Following a series of hardcore action dramas, John Abraham now plans to cater to family audiences with his upcoming comedy “Pagalpanti”. The actor, who has established himself as one of the most popular action stars of Bollywood with films like “Force”, “Rocky Handsome”, “Parmanu”, Satyameva Jayate” and “Batla House”, said he was dying to comedy for quiet sometime. “There is space for all kinds of film and I want to do all kinds of film. I have been dying to do a comedy. Films like ‘Housefull 4’, ‘Total Dhamaal’ has…

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Veteran actor Helen Mirren says being compared to Keanu Reeves’ girlfriend Alexandra Grant was “flattering”. The 55-year-old actor recently stepped out with Grant for Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) Art + Film Gala. At the event Grant, 44, wore her natural, silver hair in a bun and somewhat resembled Mirren, leading to confusion on social media. “I saw that. That was very flattering on me, you know, because she’s obviously lovely,” Mirren told Entertainment Tonight, referring to the Twitter furore. The veteran star, whose husband Taylor Hackford worked…

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Brian Tarantina, best known for his role in “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel”, has passed away at the age of 60. The actor, who played Jackie, the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club where Rachel Brosnahan’s Midge performs in the Amazon series, died Saturday.A spokesperson with the New York Police Department confirmed to Deadline that the officers received a call at about 12.40 am on Saturday morning about an unconscious person in a Manhattan apartment.When the authorities arrived at the scene, they discovered Tarantina lying on his couch, and emergency medical…

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