Kevin Costner to star in new Superman

Actor Kevin Costner has been signed for the father role to Clark Kent in the new Superman movie. The Academy Award winner will play Jonathan Kent, who raises Kent as his own son and helps him understand what he is meant to do in the world as Superman. "Kevin will be able to communicate the quiet strength of this rural American man who raised the greatest super hero of all time," director Zack Snyder has said in a statement.
Costner will act alongside Diane Lane, who will play his wife, Martha, and the film's star, Henry Cavill, who will play the new Clark Kent in Superman: Man of Steel.

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Nargis lost out twice in Top Model Hunt

Pakistani actress Nargis Fakhri was actually shown the door on the reality show America's Top Model when she put her pretty foot in her mouth.
The team behind Ranbir Kapoor's Rockstar may be trying hard to keep their 'find' Nargis Fakhri under wraps.
But she has already had her run in with reality TV after she was dumped twice.
The 27-year-old model had participated in America's Next Top Model in Cycles 2 and 3, hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks.
The show, which pits several aspiring models against each other in a hunt for the hottest thing on the ramp, had invited Nargis for her exotic looks.
A resident of Queens, New York, Nargis was the first Pakistani girl to be on the hugely popular show, but her catwalk was cut short by her Quixotic honesty.
Fakhri, who looked and sounded confident before the camera, reportedly put off the judges with the air of familiarity with which she greeted them.

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Aishwarya & Abhishek to perform in Ladies & Gentlemen

Mr. and Mrs Bachchan will soon be back together with Rajkumar Santoshi’s romantic comedy, Ladies & Gentlemen, which flags off in July. Aishwarya said, “I met Rajji a week ago and he told me that he wanted to lock a chunk for his film. Abhishek and I are his dream pair, he’s always wanted us for this film.”
Ladies & Gentlemen will be the star couple’s ninth film together. Their last film together was Mani Ratnam’s Raavan.
I’m happy to be back,” she said. “As far as this script is concerned, it was always a yes.”
Earlier, Aishwarya had opted out of Dostana, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se and Game. More recently, she reportedly refused a Vipul Shah film opposite her husband, suggesting he cast Katrina Kaif instead.
Ladies & Gentlemen will be shot across Mumbai, Rome, New York and Malaysia. “It’s wonderful to be doing another movie with Abhishek. We had a great time during Raavan even though I had to work really hard on both Raavan and Raavanan, which were critically acclaimed.”

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Pak student to get Frank Capra Award

A young Pakistani boy has won laurels for his short film in the international film market.
Heal, a short film that has never been shown in Pakistan, written and directed by Mian Adnan Ahmad, will be honoured with the ‘Frank Capra Award’ at a film festival in Fallbrook California next month.
Frank Capra Award is the festival’s highest award given to the film that best uplifts the human spirit, as Capra’s films did so eloquently. ‘Heal’ tells the story of a young boy whose special gifts enable him to help his beloved teacher rise above the shattering effects of the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan to recapture hope.
Adnan first started to make films at the age of eleven. Since then he has pursued his passion for film more professionally through numerous projects including working for a television show and writing, directing and producing short films / documentaries. He has been a finalist in a screenwriting competition held by the Royal Commonwealth Society and had the honor of receiving the Fulbright Scholarship to pursue a graduate program in film production in the U.S. His work has screened to audiences in Asia, North America and Europe, including being part of the First Cut showcase held at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) headquarters in Los Angeles (2009) and New York (2010).
Adnan’s film, Heal has so far received over 13 awards at film festivals and competitions worldwide. Some of the awards he has received include:

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Indian actor jailed for rape

Mumbai: Bollywood actor jailed by an Indian court for seven years for raping his maid which has sent shockwaves through the film industry.
Shiney Ahuja was convicted of rape, criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement of his maid in June 2009, a local court ruled, despite the victim withdrawing her allegation of rape.
Judge PM Chouhan, finding Ahuja guilty, relied on the original complaint lodged with the police and did not consider the maid’s evidence.
The award-winning-Ahuja, who denied the charges, will appeal against the sentence in the Mumbai High Court, his lawyer Srikant Shivade said. The court proceedings were closed to the media.
Ahuja, 37, starred in several Bollywood films, including “Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi” (A Thousand Desires), “Gangster” and “Life in a Metro”.
Last September, the 20-year-old maid withdrew the rape allegation, saying she was told to make a complaint to police by another woman who had initially got her the job with the star. The court then declared her a hostile witness.
Ahuja spent three months in prison on remand in 2009, until he was released on bail.
While out of jail, he began filming for upcoming movies.
Ahuja is the latest in a number of Bollywood stars to have gone behind bars in recent years.
Sanjay Dutt was convicted in 2007 for buying illegal weapons from the plotters of the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings, which killed more than 250 people.
Fellow action hero Salman Khan was found guilty in 2006 of poaching endangered Indian gazelles.

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