Movie/TV Gossip

FORMER pop star and model turned fashion impresario Victoria Beckham has come top in a yearly ranking of Britain's 100 best managers for her "finely tuned business acumen". The list also include two Indian Britisher brother-sister duo Amit and Meeta Patel, who own a pharmaceutical business. "Victoria Beckham, formerly known as Posh Spice is queen […]

'SLUMDOG Millionaire' star Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman are set to star in 'Lion', a new drama produced by The Weinstein Co. The drama, based on the memoir 'A Long Way Home' by Saroo Brierley, follows a street kid from Calcutta (Patel) who is taken in and adopted by a couple in Australia, according to […]

AFTER negotiating a salary equal to her male co-star for her upcoming movie, Hollywood actress Charlize Theron has called on other women to take a stand when it comes to equal pay.   Theron said she was outraged when leaked Sony emails showed a gap in what male and female actors were paid for the […]

FOLLOWERS of fashion who constantly buy and discard clothing need to think twice about who makes those garments and the environmental impact, the director of a new documentary on the fashion industry said on Wednesday (May 28).   Andrew Morgan spent two years making "The True Cost" to explore the impact fast fashion is having […]

BEYONCE and Pearl Jam will headline the Global Citizen Festival in New York, which for the first time will broadcast internationally as organizers seek to expand its anti-poverty message.   Other performers at the September 26 show in Central Park will include Coldplay, whose frontman Chris Martin has signed on to a long-term role in […]

ACTRESS-TURNED-DIRECTOR Angelina Jolie is to make a film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime seen through the eyes of a war-scarred child for Netflix, the streaming giant said on Thursday (July 23).    The Oscar-winning Hollywood A-lister will adapt "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers," a harrowing memoir by Cambodian human rights […]

"IRON MAN" star Robert Downey Jr. was named the world's top-earning actor on Tuesday (August 4) by Forbes, taking first place on a list that featured leading men from Bollywood as well as Hollywood for the first time.   Downey, 50, earned an estimated $80m between June 2014 and June 2015, spurred by the success […]

YOUNG actor Suraj Sharma came to global attention after the release of his high-profile Hollywood film Life Of Pi. Instead of being crushed by the new-found stardom and weight of expectation, the talented actor has risen to the challenge to show off his versatility in an array of international projects like big-budget movie Million Dollar […]

A FILM banned by Indian authorities about the deadly rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi has opened in the United States to acclaim, with Hollywood star Meryl Streep saying it deserves to win an Academy Award.   Depicting the rape and murder of a medical student in 2012 that sparked […]

TENNIS champion-turned Hollywood filmmaker Ashok Amritraj has been awarded an honorary  doctorate by the University of East London for promoting talented moviemakers from across the world, including India.   Armitraj has brought over 100 films to life, creating a remarkable $2bn in worldwide revenues, the university said in reference to his honorary doctorate of arts […]