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Julianne Moore won the Hollywood Actress Award for her work in Still Alice, reports Hollywood Reporters. Her performance as a linguistics professor with Alzheimer’s Disease is winning the four-time Oscar nominee significant awards buzz. She stars in Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s film with Alec Baldwin and Kristen Stewart, who presented her with the award. ‘Spending five ... Read more

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, reports India Today. ‘Matthew McConaughey to be honoured with star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 17,’ Matinez posted. McConaughey can currently be seen in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and is said to be in line to star ... Read more

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, is campaigning for provision of basic rights to displaced citizens in their adopted countries, reports India Today. Jolie, 39, is supporting the organisation’s I Belong drive and has signed an open letter which addresses the problem. ‘Statelessness can ... Read more

Acclaimed author JK Rowling has written a new Harry Potter story and published it on her website, Pottermore, reports India Today. The author’s latest work has been titled ‘Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher’ — a biography of Dolores Umbridge. Rowling, 49, had previously said Umbridge is the character she dislikes the most, explaining: ‘Her ... Read more

Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel and Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman are set to star in Lion, a new drama produced by The Weinstein Co, reports India today. The drama, based on the memoir A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, follows a street kid from Kolkata (Dev) who is taken in and adopted by a ... Read more

Pop diva Beyonce is getting a biography by celebrity writer J Randy Taraborrelli. Slated to hit the bookstores by next year, the unauthorised biography will be published by Grand Central Books, reports India Today. The untitled book will ‘explore all facets of Knowles’ life’ beginning with her childhood performances, exploring her time with Destiny’s Child, ... Read more

British actress Keira Knightley will make her Broadway debut next year in a new adaptation of Therese Raquin, based on the novel by Emile Zola. Knightley, who was nominated for a best actress Oscar in 2006 for her performance in Pride & Prejudice, will begin previews of the play commissioned by Roundabout Theatre Company next ... Read more

Matthew McConaughey’s upcoming film about a journey beyond the stars may as well be about the Texas actor’s own stratospheric career these days, reports Hindustan Times. From winning his best actor Oscar in March for Dallas Buyers Club to his lead role in the highly anticipated space-exploration drama Interstellar, set to become one of the ... Read more

Author J.K. Rowling has confirmed that ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’, a spinoff of her Harry Potter series, will be brought to the big screen via a trilogy, reports India Today. However, Rowling, 49, has said that the project will be ‘neither a prequel nor a sequel to the Harry Potter series, but ... Read more

Singer Rihanna is reportedly set to make a special appearance in the 24th James Bond film, reports Hindustan Times. The 26-year-old star has been approached by the film’s producers and is really excited to appear on the big screen. ‘Rihanna is a big fan of the Bond films and has always loved the idea of ... Read more

Goethe-Institut observes 25 years of German reunion The historic Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Goethe-Institut has organised screening of three films that tell the tales of the Berlin Wall era to mark the silver jubilee of the momentous occasion that reunited West and East Germany. The screening of films began on Sunday at the Goeth-Institut ... Read more

Newly married couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are practising Krav Maga, a military-style Israeli self defence art, in preparation for their roles in By The Sea, reports India Today. Pitt, 50, has only recently adopted the discipline, which the couple now practise several days a week, while Jolie started learning the self-defense art to ... Read more

The nude images of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton that were last week leaked online after a security breach will be put on display in a gallery as part of an art show, reports The Telegraph. The Cory Allen Contemporary Art gallery will host an exhibition called No Delete, which consists of work made by XVALA, ... Read more

Actress Jennifer Lawrence has entered the Guinness World Records after becoming cinema’s most successful film heroine following her role as Katniss Everdeen, which is the lead character of the hugely popular Hunger Games franchise. The Hunger Games and its sequel Catching Fire grossed over 900 million pounds worldwide to earn the record for Lawrence, reports The ... Read more

Comedian and TV host Joan Rivers has died, her daughter said, reports BBC Online. Rivers, 81, had been on life support in Mount Sinai Hospital since having a cardiac arrest in New York last week. In a statement, her daughter Melissa said she died surrounded by family and friends, and she thanked hospital staff for their ... Read more

The FBI is looking into allegations that intimate pictures of celebrities have been stolen and posted online, reports BBC Online. About 20 personalities, including the US actress Jennifer Lawrence, have had images of themselves leaked over the Internet. It is understood that some of the images were obtained from services such as Apple iCloud that ... Read more

In stark contrast to the Kimye wedding circus, Brangelina married in secret last week. In fact, despite being one of the world’s most famous couples, they managed to keep their nuptials private for almost a week, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. So private that, along with the rest of the world, Jolie’s father, Jon Voight, ... Read more

Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock is set to reunite with her Gravity co-star George Clooney for new film Our Brand is Crisis, reports India Today. The film, which will be directed by David Gordon Green, is based on the 2005 documentary of the same name, which focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in ... Read more

Pop star Justin Bieber, who had a video chat with Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, now wants to meet the 17-year-old in person, reports India Today. Yousafzai hit headlines in 2012 when the Taliban shot her in head for championing girls’ rights to an education. The youngster survived the attack and went on to set up ... Read more

Transformers: Age of Extinction has topped the North American box office and scored the biggest opening weekend of the year so far, reports BBC Online. The fourth installment in Michael Bay’s franchise took $100m (£58.8m) despite generally poor reviews from critics. It also added another $201.3m (£118.2m) from 37 international territories, including $90m (£52.9m) in ... Read more