Actress Jessica Chastain, addressing gender inequality in Hollywood, says being the only girl on a film set, one can feel like a “sexual object”.

The 39-year-old actress says gender equality is important so that chances of someone feeling bullied or humiliated are less, reported People magazine.

“When you have both genders represented, then you have a healthier point of view. You don’t feel a hierarchy; you don’t have anyone feeling like they are being left out or bullied or humiliated. Sometimes, being the only girl on a set, you can feel like a sexual object,” she said.

Singer Adele was presented with an iHeartRadio award during her Birmingham concert.

Adele, 25, is already a winner at the upcoming 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards.

The singer bagged the song of the year title for her massive chart-topper “Hello” and received her trophy while she was in the middle of her concert, reported Aceshowbiz.

She was all smiles while accepting her prize and delivered her acceptance speech in front of the concertgoers.

The British beauty’s “Hello” won the Song of the Year Award over other hits like Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space”, The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face”, Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance” and Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” featuring Bruno Mars.

More winners at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards will be revealed during a ceremony set to take place at the Forum in Los Angeles on April 3 with Justin Bieber and Meghan Trainor among the performers.

Adele’s nominated in several other categories including female artist of the year, album of the year for “25” and best lyrics for “Hello”

Singers Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato sang for young hospital patients on a surprise visit to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month.

The two singers, whose joint “Future Now” tour begins in June, made a shock appearance at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on March 16 and thrilled the youngsters and their parents with an intimate performance, reported Female First.

Video footage just shared on the hospital’s Facebook page showed Jonas accompanying Lovato on an acoustic rendition of her song “Confident”, while she then harmonised and clapped along as her pal performed “Jealous”.

The two stars, both 23, happily posed for pictures and signed autographs after the surprise show. The hospital was thrilled to have the famous visitors. They said on their page, “Anytime someone stops by their room, it makes them feel a little special. We’re lucky to have Demi, Nick and many others visit… It was a pretty awesome experience for our patients!”

The visit was to raise awareness for the #MakeMarchMatter fundraising campaign, which seeks to raise more than USD 1 million for the facility.

Rapper Tyga has been left “shocked, devastated and heartbroken” after his bodyguard Arlester ‘Punch’ Henderson was killed in a freak accident on the Los Angles freeway.

The “Rack City” hitmaker’s friend and employee Henderson, died on Wednesday. Police sources said the 29-year-old bodyguard was behind the wheel when he collided with another vehicle, reported TMZ.

He got out of his SUV to check on the people in the other car, only to be knocked down and killed by another passing motor.

Tyga’s representative said the star is “devastated, shocked, and heartbroken” by the tragedy.

And the 26-year-old rapper – who is dating Kylie Jenner – also paid tribute to his friend on Instagram.

Sharing a photo of them embracing, he wrote: “Rip Punch. I know you looking down from a better place.”

Actor Kevin Bacon will play an FBI agent in Mark Wahlberg’s upcoming Boston Marathon bombings movie.

The “Footloose” star will portray real-life FBI Special Agent in “Patriots Day”, which will chronicle the events surrounding the tragic April, 2013 attacks, which cost three people their lives and left 264 others injured, reported Deadline.

“Richard DesLauriers worked tirelessly as one of the key figures in an impossibly sophisticated investigation and Kevin Bacon possesses the intelligence and empathy to portray him,” director Peter Berg said in a statement announcing the casting.

The film, based on the account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, will also feature John Goodman, J K Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, and Wahlberg, who will play Boston Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders, a composite officer central to the investigation and subsequent manhunt for brothers Dzhokhar
and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

“Patriots Day” is one of three movies in development about the Boston bombings. Jake Gyllenhaal is also working on “Stronger”, detailing the story of survivor Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs in the explosions, while Casey Affleck has been linked to the lead in Fox production “Boston Strong”.

Robin Wright is in final talks to join Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling in the planned “Blade Runner” sequel.

The “House of Cards” star has been circling the project for weeks and reports suggested she was waiting for her filming schedule on the hit Netflix political drama before agreeing to sign on, reported Variety.

Now it appears she has worked out the timing and she is poised to take on one of three major female roles in the sci-fi movie.

“Sicario” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve is on board as director, working with a script penned by the original “Blade Runner” co-writer Hampton Fancher and Michael Green.

The screenplay is based on an idea Fancher previously developed with Ridley Scott, who took charge of the 1982 classic.

Ford will reprise his robot hunter character Rick Deckard for the long-awaited follow-up, which is expected to begin shooting in July.

Prince William and his wife Kate will get a taste of Bollywood royalty on their first ever official visit to India. As per the schedule tweeted by Kensington Palace, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be in India on April 10 and listed out on their itinerary are some interesting to-do things including a brush with our very own well-heeled B-town celebs in Mumbai.

The Duke and Duchess would be staying at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai and that is where they will be introduced to the glamour of Bollywood in a glittering gala dinner ceremony. In attendance would be the who’s who of Bollywood including Shah Rukh Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and many others. Songstress Kanika Kapoor has also been roped in to lend the evening melodious tune.

One can expect the Royals to be appraised of Indian cinema and its culture through Bollywood and its global reach today and who better to lead the brigade than SRK whose fame extends all over Britain.

The Royals will also pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the dastardly terror attack on 26/11. From Mumbai, the Royals will fly off to Delhi where they will round off the Indian tour by paying a visit to the Taj Mahal that Prince William’s late mother Princess Diana had visited on her maiden trip to India.

Singer-actor Justin Timberlake is being accused of stealing one of his songs from Cirque du Soleil.

The troupe has filed a lawsuit against the Grammy-winning singer, claiming that he sampled a part of their track without their permission for “Don’t Hold the Wall” from his 2013 album, The 20/20 Experience, reported Ace Showbiz.

The Cirque du Soleil song in question is “Steel Dream”, which was composed by Benoit Jutras for their ninth stage production called “Quidam”. The track also appeared on an album that came out in 1997.

The group is seeking USD 800,000 in copyright infringement damages from Timberlake as well as Timbaland, J-Roc and James Fauntleroy who all collaborated with him on “Don’t Hold the Wall”.

They also name Sony Music as a defendant in the suit filed on March 31 in a New York federal court

Sonam Kapoor starrer ‘Neerja’, which still continues to run in theatres, has earned a total of Rs. 75.34 cr., till date. The film, released on February 19, had its victory march and had crossed the Rs. 50 crore mark in just 10 days of its release. The film is dominating the box office despite new film releases. The film opened to great reviews from critics and fans alike.

On day 1, Neerja earned a mere Rs 4.70 crore but it saw a jump on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday it collected Rs 7.60 cr while Sunday’s numbers were the highest of the weekend.

Also read: Neerja movie review: Sonam Kapoor makes us believe she is, was, Neerja 

Neerja, which released over 671 screens in India, has shown good occupancy in theatres across the country backed up by strong content and good word of mouth.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to share the current numbers, saying, “Phenomenal love pouring in for the film.”

The film’s business witnessed growth towards evening/night shows and the numbers multiplied rapidly especially at the metros.

Neerja also delivered a fantastic opening weekend of $ 1.56 million in the international markets (Rs 10.7 cr.)

Neerja marks to be the highest opening weekend for a female centric – 15 rated film in the international markets. (The censor rating of 15 restricts the family audiences in North America, UK, Middle East and Australia)

Indian Express film critic, Shubhra Gupta wrote: The question was always going to be, can Kapoor, who has always played itty-bitty ditsy roles before (with patchy​ results in a string of others), carry off that demanding role? Short answer : yes.

In “Neerja”, Sonam played a real life character — a flight attendant who displays bravado on a hijacked plane to save the lives of passengers by risking her own.

Sonam admits that the portrayal of women in films has become stronger over the years, but she still feels that in terms of remuneration, discrimination against actresses exists.

R. Balki’s Ki & Ka has opened on a good, positive note on Day One with a majority of audience appreciating the plot and performances of the lead pair- Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor.

Two multiplexes that we checked into saw 50 per cent occupancy each and this fun-filled rom-com did give viewers multiple moments of joy. Audience appreciated Kareena Kapoor for easing into her role effortlessly well and everyone unanimously felt the actress looked gorgeous onscreen. Arjun Kapoor too impressed in his role as a househusband. (Read: Ki and Ka movie review: Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor starrer film’s execution gets rocky)

However, the movie didn’t cut much ice with a few section of audience. The disappointed lot felt the storyline was nothing but old wine in new bottle and at the best an average affair. They felt role reversals were nothing new and the movie had nothing novel to offer on the table. Nevertheless, these viewers did appreciate the acting histrionics of the lead starcast. (Also read: Will Arjun Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor’s Ki and Ka win or fail at box-office)

Also thrilling to watch for one and all were the small but exciting cameos of Big B and Jaya Bachchan. One will now have to wait and watch if the movie will mint money at the box-office something that is crucial for Arjun, Kareena and Balki. (PHOTOS: Ki and Ka movie review in pics)

Watch audience reaction to Ki and Ka here:

Shah Rukh Khan, who is a busy man these days, woke up to a Michael Jackson afternoon when his daughter Suhana and l’l boy AbRam were dancing to the beats of MJ’s popular song ‘Black or White’.

Shah Rukh Khan, who is very active on social media, posted a black and white picture on his Instagram page which shows hands of his daughter Suhana and his son AbRam along with the lyrics of the song Black or White which featured the dancing legend Michael Jackson.

Also read: Shah Rukh Khan does action for upcoming film Raees without harness

He wrote: “Woke upto a Michael J afternoon. Lil son & daughter danced to his songs…”But, if you’re thinkin’ about my baby It don’t matter if you’re black or white.”

Doting dad SRK often shares his beautiful moments and fun times spent with kids.

Also read: SRK’s son Aryan Khan describes his love for li’l brother AbRam

On the professional front, Shah Rukh Khan is currently shooting for his much awaited film of the year Raees directed by Rahul Dholakia. The film also features Pakistani actress Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui and is slated to release on Eid this year. Apart from Raees, the King Khan is also gearing up for his upcoming movie Fan directed by Maneesh Sharma which is all set to hit the theatres on April 15.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is currently shooting for Shoojit Sircar’s Pink in Delhi with youngster Taapsee Pannu. Actress Taapsee Pannu have found a common link with Big B, which she is extremely glad about.

It has been a while Taapsee is working in films and is really fond of reaching sets before time to absorb the nature of the same and coincidentally bonded with Amitabh sir on the same lines, source close to the film said that both the co-actors were early to sets everyday rehearsing and adapting the environment.

Taapsee said, “I always feel coming early on sets and having enough time in your hand to not only get ready but to feel at ease in the new location is important for me as an actor. Once I am ready I don’t even wait in my van for someone to call me, I myself step down to the set and sit there to absorb the surroundings. And it’s amazing to see that Bachchan sir reaches the location before time and doesn’t mind sitting there and waiting for his shot to be called.”

Sonam Kapoor along with her father and veteran actor Anil Kapoor will be launching ‘Mere Papa’ song by Gulshan Kumar’s daughters Tulsi and Khushali Kumar. The song was sung live by Tulsi Kumar earlier at the show ‘Suron Ke Rang’ held in 2015.

To pay tribute to his father late Gulshan Kumar, son Bhushan Kumar had organised ‘Suron Ke Rang’ where many film celebrities had come together. It was at that event where Tulsi performed the song which left everyone teary-eyed. It was then that Bhushan decided to make it into a song which would feature both his sisters Tulsi and Khushali.

‘Mere Papa’ has been sung by Tulsi Kumar herself with lyrics written by the extremely talented Manoj Muntashir.

Tulsi said, “I was my papa’s favourite and most pampered child. When I went to the studio to record the song I got extremely emotional and just couldn’t hold myself. But I guess it was my father and his blessings that gave me the strength to record this song so beautifully. Ever since the song was performed at the show, I received a lot of fan mail where everyone showered their love for this song as it struck an emotional chord with all listeners.”

“The biggest compliment came from singer Sonu Nigam (who I really look upto) that this is by far the best rendered song by me and it made him super emotional. My father wanted to see me become a singer and today where I am is because of him. ‘Mere Papa’ is my tribute to him,” she added.

Khushali also said that she couldn’t hold her emotions back while Tusli was rehearsing for the song. She said, “Our father dedicated his life to music and always taught us the language of music. He always used to say that music is such a strong medium to express your feelings which you generally cannot do with even words. Main chaand kahoon.. mujhe chaand mile.. kaise kaise jaadu kare .. Mere Papa.”

The song will be launched by Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor in Mumbai today.

What the world wished someone would tell them has now been said. At being told he need not count his dumplings, Po chortles, his eyes a wondrous round, “I always knew I wasn’t eating up to my full potential!”

So now you know. The film series that has made such light work of weighty matters packs in yet more and lands neatly on its feet, both grown-up and child-like.

Master Shifu (Hoffman) is looking for some “alone time” for further spiritual development, and tells Po (Black) to take up his teaching duties. Nervous Po messes up the first teaching session with the Furious Five. However, before Po has the time to fret, a person who looks surprisingly like him, Li (Cranston) lands up in the Valley and beats his dumpling-eating record. It takes a few seconds and some incongruous words before Li and Po, apparently the only two pandas left in the world, realise they may be father and son. Ping (Hong), a goose who has raised Po as his own son, looks on in unconcealed but not ill-intentioned jealousy.

Meanwhile, an old enemy of Master Ooogway, Kai (Simmons), has come back from the spirit world to take over the Jade Palace. Kai has been capturing the ‘chi’ — the spiritual energy that exists in all living beings — of all the kung fu masters in China, and becoming more powerful. Pandas have the power to invoke chi too, and when Li offers to teach Po that in the secret village of the Pandas, Shifu urges him to accompany his father there.

In this secret village, Po learns to live the easy life, including the art of snoring, sighing, munching a twig while leaning on the balcony to look at a setting sun, and to just go rolling down a mountain instead of walking. And, of course, to relearn the joy of just eating, without watching.

When danger comes eventually, it is these tricks that come handy. One of the overriding themes of Kung Fu Panda 3 is the refrain, first by Shifu and then by Po — “I am not teaching you to be me; I am teaching you to be you.”

However, the DreamWorks animation says it more effortlessly in action, drawing out each of its village-ful of characters with warmth and detail. Even Mei Mei (Hudson), the coquettish ribbon dancer who renders jelly-like even her pendulous panda audience.

The 3D stands out, as the story travels from the Valley to the panda village up a snowy mountain, and then literally takes a dip into a golden, fluid spirit world.

While the film is a bit rushed in the beginning, particularly in its introduction of Kai and his intentions, Black hauls it back into place everytime he is on screen. And that is irrespective of whether he is the son out to impress his new-found father, the nervous student under the watch of a critical master, a reluctant leader called upon to play the hero, or even a vainglorious youth enjoying a victory.

A close second are the two dads of Po, played by Cranston and Hong to an almost perfect tango. When Ping tells Li, “I realised that sharing Po with you didn’t mean less for me but more for him”, that’s a movie line for eternity.

That brings us to the other heroes of this film, Kung Fu Panda’s dependable writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who once more make space for everybody, the big guys and the small beings, in a film that makes size so relevantly irrelevant.

After all, when again would you be called to eat up to your full potential?

Directed by Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Voices of Jack Black, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, J K Simmons, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Kate Hudson

The trailer of Shraddha Kapoor, Tiger Shroff starrer Baaghi has already been on the watch list of many ever since it released. The stunts that the duo have indulged in are jaw dropping. The duo are true dare devil’s as they pulled off all the scenes without any ropes or harness.

A lot of hard work has been put into the making of Baaghi and the actors have brought out every bit of heroism in them by taking it to themselves to perform all stunts and action during the shooting.

Sajid Nadiadwala’s Baaghi is a rebellious Love story which will feature Shraddha and Tiger going against all odds for love.

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Directed by Sabbir Khan, the Shraddha Kapoor, Tiger Shroff starrer will release on April 29.

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Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming movie Raees will have a special item number by none other that Sunny Leone. The famous song from the past which is being revived for SRK’s film has spread life fire and people have grown curious to know more about it. People from the industry and outside have been calling the makers asking about the song already.

The news of Sunny Leone dancing to the tunes of this song has aroused curiosity even more as fans want to see her match steps with King Khan. The anticipation levels of the audience has risen tremendously with Raees being the most looked upto film of the year.

The song will flaunt a power packed dose of moves exuded by Sunny Leone. This is the first time that Shah Rukh Khan will share screen space with Sunny Leone.

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A spokesperson said, “Ever since the announcement was made calls have been pouring in for Ritesh. Everyone wants to know more.. from the backdrop to the costumes to the names of the singer. The fact that the song is a rehashed version of the iconic ‘Laila O’Laila’ has further generated curiosity.”

Set against the backdrop of Gujarat in the 90s, Raees also starring Pakistani actress Mahira Khan revolves around a local don of Gujarat (Shah Rukh Kha) who emerges into prominence due to his illegal alcohol trade in the state.

Directed by Ritesh Sidhwani Raees will release this Eid.

Indian film producer Guneet Monga of Sikhya Entertainment is taking her first step into making international language cinema with “The Ashram”, for which she has roped in actors like Kal Penn, Melissa Leo and Radhika Apte.

With Ben Rekhi as the director, the film, also starring Sam Keeley and Hera Hilmar, is an English-language spiritual fantasy thriller set in the mystical world of Himalayan yogis.

“Telling stories from India for a global audience has always been exciting. This is my first step in English language. I am looking forward to working with the amazing talent from both the worlds,” Monga told IANS.

Kal Penn tweeted: “Pumped for this and excited to finally be working with Guneet Monga.”

Pumped for this & excited to finally be working with @guneetm! 🎬 http://t.co/jiAUS7wuHA

— Kal Penn (@kalpenn) March 31, 2016

The project went on floors on Thursday in Manali in northern India. The American actors joins the shoot next week, but Radhika will reach the hill station on Friday.

“The Ashram” revolves around an American skeptic Jamie, who upon receiving a cryptic message, travels to the Indian Himalayas to pick up on the trail of his disappeared girlfriend. What he uncovers during his journey, forms the rest of the plot.

Monga is best known for co-producing films like “Gangs of Wasseypur” and “The Lunchbox”, both of which garnered critical acclaim. And she is now looking forward to make more films for the world.

The cast of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah aka the entire Gokuldham society is waiting with bated breath for Gogi (Samay Shah) to get done with his 10th board exams. Gogi, who is prepared for the exams is under pressure to perform well to join Tapu Sena in MK Gandhi College, making it important for him to score more than 80 percent. As the date for Gogi’s exams approach the entire society pays his a visit to wish him luck. They also get him gifts like pens, writing board etc. asking him to study well.

Gogi who is put under immense pressure due to the expectations set for him and also the impending exams decides to not appear for the exams. The thought of not performing well and living upto the expectations of everyone scares him.

Gurucharan Singh, who plays Mr Sodhi in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, said, “In the show, Gogi informs his parents that he does not want to appear for his board exams. We try to do our best to convince him to change his decision. In reality too children nowadays are under tremendous pressure to perform well academically and this somewhere takes a toll on them. As parents it is our responsibility to understand them better and counsel them wherever the need arises. Now we just have to wait and watch if Gogi comes out of his shell and gets convinced.”

A special episode of SAB TV’s Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah will be telecasted on Saturday, April 2, showing the same.

Ace choreographer-filmmaker Remo D’Souza is returning as the super judge of the popular dance reality show “Dance+” in its upcoming second season.

Remo, who recently won a National Film Award for Best Choreography for the song “Deewani Mastani” from “Bajirao Mastani”, says this year the level of the show will be tougher.

“’Dance+’ is a platform for Indian talent that puts a spotlight on pure superlative unique dancing. We have a lot of raw talent hidden in this country capable of taking on the world dance stage by storm,” Remo said in a statement.

“It was extremely gratifying to receive such a great response from viewers last year making ‘Dance+’ the number one dance show in the country.”

“With season 2, we continue our commitment of taking dance to the next pedestal. It is going to be tougher this time. People will witness many new dance forms and some extraordinary dancers across the country,” he added.

Aired on Star Plus, the first season of the show featured dancers Dharmesh Yelande, Shakti Mohan and Sumeet Nagdev as the three mentors, who have their own teams consisting of the contestants selected in auditions.

Auditions for the show are being hosted in cities like Indore, Ahmedabad, Baroda, Jaipur, Lucknow, Delhi, Guwahati, Ranchi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Siliguri, Dehradun and Chandigarh starting mid-April.

Television actress Asha Negi, who has been part of the small screen for almost five years, says the industry is evolving due to the emergence of shows different from the saas-bahu sagas that the audience has been shown for long.

“You get to see a myraid of shows on TV now, and I feel television is not as monotonous as it used to be earlier when it only had saas-bahu soaps. I would say TV industry is growing right now and it is also evolving,” Asha told IANS.

Asha, who has done a blend of saas-bahu sagas and reality shows, added: “You have all types (of shows) in TV. You do have saas-bahu shows… I am happy that people are getting to see shows like ‘Meri Awaaz hi Pehchaan Hai’ and also ’24’.”

The “Bade Acche Lagte Hain” actress feels “people have started accepting different concepts and content apart from saas-bahu stories. I think slowly and steadily people will accept sensible shows.”