Category: ENTERTAINMENT

Actor Demi Moore wonders why female actors are typecast as “evil, bitter villains” in Hollywood after they attain a certain age.The 56-year-old actor currently stars in horror comedy “Corporate Animals” where she plays an egoistical CEO of an MNC.In an interview with IndieWire, Moore, who ruled the 90s with her films like “A Few Good Men”, “Disclosure”, “Ghost” and “Indecent Proposal”, stressed that older women can play romantic leads in movies.”I do want to be careful not to play into a cliche, which is that all older women are evil,…

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Rajkummar Rao may have emerged as a major box office draw at the box office but the actor does not believe he is anywhere near the super stardom that the three Khans have in Bollywood.There is a great churning in Bollywood with content driven films outperforming and outclassing those headlined by the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan.Rajkummar, who is the considered one of the faces of this new breed of cinema, however, says it would not be right to compare his stardom with that of…

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She writes poetic prose, employs redolent metaphors and evokes utmost admiration for her novelistic virtues. Arundhati Roy is anything but a boring author.The 1997 Booker Prize-winner, who is equally at ease writing scathing essays, says she is a “disciplined writer” whose heart lies in fiction as it is a “connective tissue” between many things which are sometimes looked at or studied in isolation.”Much of my non-fiction writing is an argument, but fiction is where you create a universe through which you invite a reader to walk. It is much more…

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Grammy winning soul legend James Ingram has passed away at the age of 66.The news was shared by his friend and creative partner Debbie Allen on Twitter Wednesday. She, however, did not reveal the day and cause of death. “I have lost my dearest friend and creative partner James Ingram to the Celestial Choir. He will always be cherished, loved and remembered for his genius, his love of family and his humanity. “I am blessed to have been so close. We will forever speak his name,” Allen tweeted.According to TMZ, the…

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Director Patty Jenkins has hinted that the third part of Gal Gadot-fronted “Wonder Woman” series will be set in the present era. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 47-year-old director, who is currently working on “Wonder Woman 1984”, said she has an inkling of where the story could go after the sequel. “It’s definitely one of the things we talked about. I’m not planning to put it in the past again, because where are you going to go? You have to go forward. It’s definitely a contemporary story.…

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Los Angeles, Jan 26 (DIN NEWS) Anne Hathaway, who had her breakout role in 2001’s “The Princess Diaries”, revealed that the third installment of the romcom is in the works. The actor said the script is ready and the on-screen royal grandmother Queen Clarisse Renaldi, played by veteran actor Julie Andrews, to her new Queen Mia, is also interested in reprising her role. “There is a script for the third movie. There is a script. I want to do it, Julie wants to do it, Debra Martin Chase our producer…

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Leading filmmaker Karan Johar, now a three-time veteran of the WEF summit in this Swiss resort town, said he is ready to help create a global event like this for Indian cinema.However, it first needs to be activated by the Producers Guild of India, Johar said.Speaking to DIN on sidelines of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Johar said, “I’m so glad to represent here the Indian film fraternity which is such a tremendous soft power. “I am interacting with people here and talking about aspects that are important to…

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Amrita Rao is returning to films with “Thackeray” and the actor believes with changing dynamics in showbiz, she is ready to experiment.The actor became the epitome of ‘the girl-next-door’ in early 2000s with films such as “Ishq Vishq”, “Main Hoon Na” and “Vivah”.Her last cinematic outing was 2013’s “Satyagraha” and she did musical drama “Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai” for the small screen three years later.Rao said she turned down many big Bollywood projects as they did not meet her selection criteria.”It has been a journey of sacrificing big films…

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Former Miss Universe and actor Sushmita Sen has said she was waiting for the right script to make her comeback and might even don the cap of film producer in the near future. The style icon, who walked the ramp here for designer Ashish N Soni, also said that she felt more comfortable directly interacting with her audience as a professional model than facing the camera in films.Since my days as a girl, I have been doing fashion shows. I always feel at home in events where I can have…

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Hollywood star Nicole Kidman says she ‘played it safe’ with her career in the past but now always looks for roles that will challenge her.The actor said she is happy to make ‘spontaneous and random’ decisions now, reported Contactmusic. ‘I think maybe I played it a little safe in the past, and went for the work I thought I was meant to do, which spoke to the idea of what and who an actress is supposed to be. But, for the most part, I’ve followed my spirit, which motivates me…

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