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The Morung Express
Thursday
Dimapur
116 August 2015Entertainment
S
uperstar Salman
Khan’s on-screen
journey from India
to Pakistan in Bajrangi
Bhaijaan has not only
dominated the box office
in India, but has crossed
borders to reach foreign
shores. The Kabir Khan-
directedfilmwillbescreened
at the forthcoming Busan
International Film Festival
(BIFF) in South Korea. The
20th Busan International
Film Festival will be held
between October 1 and 10.
Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which
released on July 17, narrates
the story of an Indian man
who discovers love and
affection while taking a
speech-impaired Pakistani
girlbacktohercountry.The
film also co-stars Kareena
Kapoor Khan, Nawazuddin
Siddiqui and child artist
Harshaali Malhotra. “It’s an
honour for Salman Khan
Films that our first film as
producers has been invited
for Busan International
Film Festival for screening
in the Open Cinema
section where new films,
combining both art and
mass popularity, along with
internationally acclaimed
works, are screened to an
audienceof5,000.“Thefilm
continues to set new box
office records both in India
and in the overseas market,
andtheinvitetoBusanisan
important recognition for
ourfilm,”MrButalasaidina
statement.
Matthew Mcconaughey’s Brazilian wife Camila Alves
is celebrating after officially becoming a U.S. Cit-
izen on Tuesday. The Dallas Buyers Club star proudly
postedaphotoofhimselfalongsidethemodelandacces-
sories designer and their three children in a courthouse
on his WhoSay page, and added the caption “congratula-
tions Camila on getting your U.S. citizenship today - an-
other fellow and great American.” Alves shared the same
snap on her Twitter account, adding, “Happy to say I now
hold an American passport! I have so much respect and
appreciation for this country. #newuscitizen”. The Oscar
winner wed Alves in 2012.
Matthew Mcconaughey’s wife becomes U.S. citizen
British Actor Idris Elba has made Maxim Magazine history
bybecomingthefirstmaletogracetheCover.TheMandela:
LongWalkToFreedomstarisfeaturedonthefrontofpublica-
tion’sSeptemberissue(15),markingthefirstsolo-malecover
forMaxim.Editor-in-ChiefKateLanpheartellswebsiteRacked
Elbaistheperfectchoicefortheirinauguralmalecover,stating,
“We’veneverinUSMaximhistoryhadamanonthecoversolo...
andtherewasnooneelseintheworldmorebad**sthanIdris.
“Forme,hewasreallytheperfectembodimentofwhatIthink
thenewMaximmanis.He’smulti-dimensional,he’scomplex,
he’s sophisticated, but he’s down to earth. “It was funny when
on set, I was like, ‘Is there anything this guy can’t do?’ He’s an
award-winning actor, he’s a DJ, his capsule clothing line for
Superdry is about to hit stores. The guy broke the British land
speedrecordwhichhasn’tbeentouchedsince,like,1928.He’s
sortofaliving,breathingsuperhero.”
IdrisElbabecomesfirstevermaleonMaximMagazineCover
The Sin City star’s billion-dollar business prides itself on
“safe and eco-friendly household and baby care prod-
ucts”, reported Time Magazine. But the products have up-
setconsumers,whorecentlyexpressedtheiroutrageonline
over the brand’s SPF 30 sunscreen, which touts a “broad
spectrum” protection. The Upset users took to social media
tosharesnapsoftheirred,burntskinafterusingtheproduct,
with one claiming they ‘got fried’. While others have taken
to online retailer Amazon with their reviews, with another
upset customer writing, “I’ve tried dozens of different sun-
screens and words can’t come close to describing how ter-
rible this product compares even to the cheapest stuff you
findatdiscountstores.”However,arepresentativeforAlba’s
companyreleasedastatementdefendingtheproduct,insist-
ing the viral accusations represent only a fraction of their
customers.
JessicaAlba’scompanyunderfireforineffectivesunscreen
Afterhisdebutfilm‘BNaman’whichSidshotattheendoflastyear,
he’sallsetto getinto the thick of things withhis secondfilm, the
internationalproject:Homecoming.Sid,whorecentlywasaccepted
to the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, will
nowbeseeninthedarkcomedy‘Homecoming’. Theactorwasproud
to announce the exciting news to his fans via his social networking
site. This is his second feature film after ‘B Naman’, directed by the
festival favorite director Q, produced by Steve Barron. Sid will start
shooting in Portland, Oregon soon. ‘Homecoming’ showcases the
life a woman who goes to great lengths for fame and money. Kampf,
Field and Aldo LaPietra produced the film while Mike Weber is the
executiveproducer,allthroughRadarPictures,alongwithPortland-
basedHollyLevow.
Sid Mallya signs his second international film
BajrangiBhaijaan
tobeScreened
atBusanFilm
Festival
With all the talk
about the emoji
movie and the
recently announced Pez
movie, you may have for-
gotten that there’s also an
upcoming film adaptation
of the mobile game Angry
Birds. But as Josh Gad told
IGN,“it’sreallyathing,”and
according to him, it’s going
to be surprisingly charm-
ing. “It’s really irreverent,”
Gad said, “and like that
LEGOMoviesensibility,it’s
subversive and funny and
unexpectedlysmartandre-
ally beautiful. Actually gor-
geous.ThelittleI’veseenof
ithasreallyimpressedme.”
The film has landed a
star-studded voice cast,
including Jason Sudeikis,
Danny McBride, Bill Had-
J
ust four months after
he left One Direction
seemingly in order to
boost their relationship,
news has emerged that
Zayn Malik has abruptly
called off his engagement
to fiancée Perrie Edwards.
The former 1D star, who is
in the process of launch-
ing a solo career, has left 22
year old Little Mix star Per-
rie “devastated” after end-
ingtheirrelationshipafort-
nightago.Asourceclose to
theex-coupletoldMailOn-
line on Tuesday (August
4th): “Perrie is absolutely
devastated. Zayn called off
theengagementtwoweeks
ago,she'ssoupset.”
This has been bad tim-
ing for Edwards, since
she’s having to get over her
long-term relationship at
the same time as promot-
ing Little Mix’s latest single
‘Black Magic’ in the US.
“Perrie is being a trooper
about it and putting on a
brave face but she's devas-
tated," the source contin-
ued. "She's doesn't know
what he's thinking. She's
going to go out and pro-
mote the new single but
obviously the timing could
not be worse, especially
when she's going to be do-
ingsomanyinterviews.”
Officialstatementshave
not yet been released by ei-
ther side, but an unnamed
source close to Edwards
and Little Mix told People:
“Perrie's being supported
byherbandmates,butshe's
really in pieces about this,”
while somebody close to
Zayn told Us Weekly that
the 22 year old wanted “a
freshstart”,claiming“hejust
wantedtomoveonandstart
overinallways.”
Edwards had previous-
ly become a hate figure for
heartbroken 1D fans when
Zayn announced he was
leaving the group back in
March, with some casting
her as a kind of Yoko Ono
figure for prising him away
fromtheiridols.Amongoth-
erissuessuchasexhaustion
with the band’s relentless
touring schedule, he had
said that he wanted to live a
“normal”lifeasa22yearold.
Just a few weeks before
that, he had been snapped
in Thailand with his arm
aroundLaurenRichardson,
with Perrie then appearing
in public without her en-
gagement ring claiming it
was at the cleaners. While
Zayn quickly apologised
for how it looks and tweet-
ed his love for Perrie, it was
enough to get many media
outletsgossiping.
Zayn Malik
breaks off
engagement
to Perrie
Edwards
PixelsstarJoshGaddiscusseshisreasons
for lending his voice to animated film
“Unexpectedly Smart”
is
er, Maya Rudolph, Peter
Dinklage, and more. Gad
is set to voice the yellow
birdnamedChuck,andhe
told IGN that he initially
saidnowhenhewasasked
to join the cast, especially
so soon after voicing Olaf
in Frozen. “The producer
was like, ‘Just let me kind
of pitch out this movie to
you,’ and did this reel for
meofwhathewasthinking
about, and it was like this
30-minute visual pitch,
and it blew my socks off.”
Angry Birds is set to be re-
leased in May 2016.
According to reports, the girls
arehopingtogettogetherin
the studio and see "what it
willactuallysoundlike"ThePussy-
cat Dolls are reportedly planning
a comeback. The group became a
globalphenomenonwiththeirfirst
single, Don’t Cha, but split in 2010
amid reports of a feud. According
to The Sun, Nicole Scherzinger,
Kimberly Wyatt, Ashley Roberts,
Jessica Sutta and Melody Thornton
areintalkstoreunite.
A source said: "The band are in
talks about reuniting soon and they
are trying to see if they can get all of
the girls together to do it. " The fall-
outs and bitching from back in the
day are all water under the bridge
now." Nicole, 37, who starred in the
group as the lead vocalist, went on
to have a solo career but her latest
single On the Rocks failed to chart.
Meanwhile,Kimberlyhasgoneonto
becomeatelevisionpersonalityand
recently won Celebrity MasterChef,
while Ashley Roberts appeared on
I'maCelebrity...GetMeOutofHere!
In December last year bru-
nette beauty Nicole revealed she
wanted to apologise to her former
bandmates because she was "dis-
tant and stand-offish" during their
timetogetheraschart-toppers.The
sourcecontinued:"Nicolehasseen
mostofthegirlsonandoffoverthe
yearsandshe'sreadytogetbackto-
gether. "Ratherthantryingtopatch
uptheirdifferences,it'smoreabout
workingouthowtogeteveryonein
thestudioandseewhatitwillactu-
allysoundlike."
In January Nicole, who had hits
with Poison and Don't Hold Your
Breath, teased she would be open
to getting back together with the
girls. Asked about the possibility of
a reunion, she told Kiss FM: "I don't
seewhynot.Imissit.Imissthegirls.
"It was such a crazy time for us that
stepping away from it now and tak-
ing some time away from it I'm like
'I wanna be able to do it again and
really enjoy it and take it in and en-
joythetravelswiththegirls'."Ithink
in due time if it's meant to be, that
wouldbealotoffunandablessing."
Pussycat Dolls 'in talks to reunite'
Kelly Osbourne apologised for remarks she made
on television that suggested if Latinos were ex-
pelledfromtheUnitedStates,therewouldbeno-
one to clean Donald Trump’s toilets. Osbourne’s com-
ment while a guest host on the US show The View was
directedattheRepublicanpresidentialcandidate,whose
claim that Mexican immigrants were “criminals” and
“rapists” have drawn condemnation but have also given
himaleadinearlypolls.
“If you kicked every Latino out of this country then
whoisgoingtobecleaningyourtoilets,DonaldTrump?”
Osbourne asked of the billionaire, who was not on the
showatthetime.Asshetriedtocontinue,shewasquickly
interrupted by co-host Rosie Perez and backed off her
commentbutwaslaterforcedtoissueanapologyonline
after it received heavy criticism. The remark saw some
Twitter users sending Osbourne stories about their ed-
ucation, white-collar jobs and rise from poverty. Many
of the testimonials were tagged with the phrase “Queri-
daKellyOsbourne”, which translates as “Dear Kelly Os-
bourne”.
Osbourne, the daughter of rocker Ozzy Osbourne,
and former X Factor judge Sharon, wrote that she is not
racist but was taking responsibility for “my poor choice
ofwords”.Shesaid:“I’velearnedaveryvaluablelesson.It
ismyhopethatthissituationwillopenupaconversation
aboutimmigrationandtheLatincommunityasawhole.”
Sheendedbystatingshecleansherowntoilets.
Kelly Osbourne apologises for
Latino 'toilet cleaners' remark
Bollywood stars Amitabh
Bachchan, Salman Khan
and Akshay Kumar are
amongtheworld’stoptenhighest-
paidactorsinForbesfirstgloballist
of actors from Hollywood to Hong
Kong and Bollywood. Amitabh
Bachchan and Salman Khan en-
tered thelistinjointseventhplace,
with estimated earnings of $33.5
millioninthepastyear.AkshayKu-
mar follows behind in ninth place
with$32.5million.Bollywoodstars
Shah Rukh Khan (18) and Ranbir
Kapoor (30) with estimated earn-
ing of $26 Million and $15 Million
respectively, also made the Forbes
list. Bollywood stalwart Amitabh
Bachchanhasstarredinmorethan
150moviesinhis50yearcareer.He
continues to earn top rupee for his
rolesinflickssuch2014’s“Bhooth-
nathReturns,”Forbesnoted.
One of India’s biggest stars,
SalmanKhan,hasappearedinsome
80 movies since his 1989 breakout
role “Maine Pyar Kiya.” Bollywood
superstar Akshay Kumar has ap-
peared in some 150 movies since
his 1992 breakthrough in “Khiladi.”
Shah Rukh Khan was described as
“India’s Leonardo DiCaprio”. He
earns from movies such as “Happy
New Year” and “Fan,” as well as lu-
crativeendorsementsincludingPan
Masala. “Indian actor Ranbir Ka-
poorisoneofBollywood’stopmale
actors and joins the World’s High-
est—PaidActorslistforthefirsttime.
He banks a decent pay check from
moviessuchas“Roy”and“Bombay
Velvet,”Forbessaid.
Amitabh,Salman,Akshayamongworld’stop10highestpaidactors