Emma Watson tells ‘icky’ movie joke

Emma Watson tells the 'most icky' joke in This Is the End

The 23-year-old actress plays a fictionalised version of herself in the black comedy about a group of friends in the aftermath of a global apocalypse.

Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and Michael Cera all star as themselves in the movie, with co-writer and director Seth praising Emma's unknown comedic abilities.

'We wanted to have some people nobody would expect to be with us and every time someone asks, ‘Why the hell is Emma Watson in the movie?’, that’s why Emma Watson is in the movie. We thought it was funny to have someone who was the last person you would expect to be associated with us. And she was great,' he gushed in an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph.

'On her first day I think she was a little thrown by how loose we are with our material because I don’t think they did a lot of improvising on those Harry Potter movies, but she very quickly got in the swing of it and was improvising as much as everyone else. One of her jokes is probably one of the most icky in the entire movie and she fully commits to it and it’s one of the biggest laughs.'

Seth has starred in a string of hit comedy movies including Knocked Up, Superbad and Pineapple Express.

The actor has revealed the secret to his success.

'We make movies for us. When we made Superbad we were like 18 or 19 years old and we were the people that the movie was intended for. Pineapple Express is about guys in their late twenties who don’t know what to do with their lives and that’s who we were when we made that movie. This movie is about guys in their thirties who are kind of stuck between their old lives and their new lives,' he said.

'So it’s important to us to make movies that are targeted towards us and not towards other people.'

Pakistan bans Indian Hindu-Muslim romance film ‘Raanjhanaa’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned an Indian film about the love affair of a Muslim-Hindu couple on the grounds that it could offend viewers in the conservative Islamic republic, officials said Friday.

"Raanjhanaa" was scheduled for release in June, but Pakistan's Film Censor Board refused to clear it for cinema showings.

"The censor board did not clear this movie because of its controversial story," Arshad Ali, a senior government official and chairman of the board, told AFP.

"The board recommended that the movie's storyline could offend the majority Muslim population in the country and a law and order situation could arise in response," he said.

According to press reports the film is the love story of a Hindu man and a Muslim woman.

While a huge array of Western and Bollywood films can be bought over the counter on pirated DVD in Pakistan, the censor board routinely bans productions deemed too sensitive for cinemas.

Pakistani movie distributors boycotted Hollywood film "Zero Dark Thirty" about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US troops in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 to the country's humiliating.

In 2012, Pakistan banned Agent Vinod, India's answer to James Bond in which an Indian secret agent thwarts Pakistani spies from detonating a nuclear bomb in Delhi.

India and Pakistan have fought three wars since independence from British rule in 1947.

In 2010, censors also refused permission for Indian film "Tere bin Laden", which poked fun at bin Laden. The board claimed it would incite suicide attacks.

Pakistan's own film industry declined in recent years, finding itself unable to compete with the huge popularity of Bollywood productions. (AFP)

Cameron to release three ‘Avatar’ sequels

LOS ANGELES: Canadian director James Cameron is making three sequels to his film "Avatar," which will be released between 2016 and 2018, Fox Studios announced Thursday.

The 2009 film is the highest-grossing movie on record, having netted $2.8 billion at the box office worldwide.

Cameron had originally planned for only two sequels. "In writing the new films, I've come to realize that 'Avatar's' world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated, and it became apparent that two films would not be enough to capture everything I wanted to put on screen," Cameron said in a statement.

The movie featured Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana and told the story of a paraplegic soldier sent to the fictitious planet of Pandora, which is coveted for its natural resources.

The three sequels will be filmed simultaneously beginning in 2014, Fox said in a statement. They will be released in December of 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Cameron, who wrote "Titanic" and "Avatar" by himself, has taken on four screenwriters for the project. Josh Friedman ("War of the World"), Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver ("Dawn of the Planet of the Apes") and Shane Salerno ("Armageddon" and "Savages") will work on the sequels.

"We at the studio have no higher priority, and can feel no greater joy, than enabling Jim to continue and expand his vision of the world of 'Avatar,'" said Fox Film chief Jim Gianopulos in a statement.

According to trade magazine Variety, the budget for the three films could reach $1 billion.

Chennai Express’ smashes Indian box office records

MUMBAI: Bollywood movie "Chennai Express", starring Shah Rukh Khan, has smashed box office records in just 21 days since it opened to become the most profitable movie in India, data showed Friday.

The film, which has a typical Bollywood mix of action, romance and comedy, has overtaken previous record-holder "3 Idiots" which appeared in 2009 to collect at least 2.11 billion rupees ($30 million) domestically, according to trade weekly Box Office India.

The co-producers of "Chennai Express", Disney UTV, put the figure at a slightly higher 2.18 billion rupees.

In India, unlike Hollywood, there is no central data service for box office takings so there is often a discrepancy in the figures, but both estimates surpass the domestic collection of "3 Idiots", which made a net total of 2.02 billion rupees.

"'Chennai Express' has broken all records for domestic business and is still gong strong in its theatrical run. A good film, good timing and good luck have contributed to its success," Vajir Singh, editor of Box Office India, told AFP.

He said sales were buoyed by a number of public holidays in the first three weeks of release and a strong promotion effort by superstar Khan.

Also starring popular actress Deepika Padukone, the film tells the story of a 40-year-old man who gets embroiled in the dealings of a south Indian don when he rescues his runaway daughter from thugs aboard the Chennai Express train to southern India.

Directed by Rohit Shetty, the film was released in more than 3,500 cinemas in India -- more than double the number in which "3 Idiots" opened in 2009.

"We have pushed the film across language barriers into regions like Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala where Hindi is not the primary language. This film has been appreciated by families and has a repeat audience," said Gaurav Verma, director of Indian distributions at Disney UTV.

The film may also break international Bollywood records. It is reportedly the mostly widely released Bollywood film of all time, and has already made $16.8 million abroad in gross box office collections, according to the producers.

"3 Idiots", a coming-of-age comic-drama starring Aamir Khan, collected $23.90 million abroad, according to Box Office India, making it the Indian highest grosser abroad and overall.

In a recent interview with AFP, Shah Rukh Khan said he was not concerned with box office records.

"I cannot be going by that standard. I am the creative guy. I am an actor first and last, I don't think like that," he said. (AFP)

Diana film gets world premiere as Watts defends role

LONDON: "Diana", a biopic of the late princess of Wales who died in a Paris car crash, was set for its world premiere on Thursday with its star Naomi Watts already defending her involvement in the controversial film.

The movie follows Diana's romance with London-based Pakistani surgeon Hasnat Khan, whom many friends of the princess say was her real love and the man she allegedly called "Mr Wonderful".

Based on Kate Snell's 2001 book "Diana: Her Last Love", the film suggests that Diana started dating Dodi Fayed to make Khan jealous -- a claim challenged by many close to the princess.

Diana died with Fayed when the Mercedes in which they were travelling slammed into a pillar in a Paris road tunnel in 1997 while being pursued by press photographers.

Ahead of the premiere in London's Leicester Square, Watts, a British-Australian actress who came to prominence in "Mulholland Drive" in 2001, admitted that she was taking a risk by accepting the role of the "People's Princess".

She was asked if she felt the film would offend Diana's sons, Princes William and Harry.

"Hopefully if they get to see the film, they will feel that we have done it in a respectful and sensitive way," she told BBC TV.

"We try to honour the depiction of her character in the best possible way."

But on Wednesday, Watts stormed out of a separate interview with BBC radio, apparently because a question offended her.

The surprised presenter, Simon Mayo, tweeted: "A first for me... as Naomi Watts walked out of an interview! She seemed a tad uncomfortable with the questions. Shame."

The film has been officially ignored by the royal family although its producer Robert Bernstein claims the royals gave some help in allowing filming in Kensington Gardens, where Diana would go jogging.

Some critics have noted that Watts bears little physical resemblance to Diana, and had to wear a prosthetic nose for the film.

She is the only established movie star in the film -- Khan is played by British-Indian actor Naveen Andrews, best known for his role in the TV series "Lost".

Watts claimed in an earlier interview that she "found herself constantly asking for (Diana's) permission to carry on" in the film, which is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.

"I felt like I was spending a lot of time with her. There was one particular moment when I felt her permission was granted," Watts told the Mail on Sunday, before adding: "That won't sound right in print, I know."

Khan, who still works in Britain, said he did not intend to see the film.

As if on cue ahead of its release, new conspiracy theories about Diana's death have begun circulating after police revealed they were investigating claims that a member of Britain's special forces was involved.

Scotland Yard said in August that detectives were checking the "relevance and credibility" of information they had received.

Reports said the claims came from the estranged parents-in-law of a member of the elite SAS. The soldier in question gave evidence at the trial of a former colleague who was found guilty of possessing weapons illegally.

Official investigations into Diana's death have concluded that the chauffeur of the Mercedes, Frenchman Henri Paul, was driving under the effects of alcohol at the time he ferried the couple from the Ritz Hotel across Paris.

Film depictions of the British royals have traditionally received a distinctly mixed critical reception.

"The King's Speech" starring Colin Firth and "The Queen" with Helen Mirren as the monarch were garlanded with awards.

But a 2011 made-for-TV movie about the romance between William and the-then Kate Middleton was described by the Daily Mail as "truly terrible" and "shoddily cast, poorly executed, badly edited". (AP)

Robert Pattinson started acting to meet girls

Robert Pattinson only signed up for acting classes to meet girls. 
The 'Twilight Saga' actor - who played Edward Cullen in the vampire franchise - admits he was 'horribly shy' as a youngster, but his father convinced him to train as an actor to overcome his nerves and meet a potential girlfriend. 
He said: 'I was horribly shy. One day in a restaurant, my dad overheard a group of pretty girls talking about their acting classes. 
'He told me, 'Sign up, you might meet someone!' I did it ... and it worked pretty well!'
Despite starring in one of the biggest film franchises of all time, the 27-year-old hunk - who was previously in a relationship with his 'Twilight' co-star Kristen Stewart - admits he still has to fight for the roles he wants and he cannot rely on his reputation. 
He added to French magazine Madam Figaro: 'I still have to do castings to convince some directors that I'm the man for the job. Even six months ago, I was rejected. 
'For 'The Rover', I had to fight to land the role. I hope it'll be a success because I loved filming it. 
'I owe a lot to chance. I never thought it would happen, but I never doubted good things would happen.'
Pattinson stars in Australian crime drama 'The Rover' with Guy Pearce, Scoot McNairy and Gillian Jones.

How I Met your Mother finale in sight

 By: Salma Tantawi

The beginning of an end for How I met Your Mother is here. It has been 8 seasons since we first met Ted Mosbey, the main character in the popular CBS sitcom. Besides being the longest story of a father telling his children how he has met their mother, the show had its twists and turns, some were welcomed, and some we're dragging on the show till its current final season.

Premiering in the final week of September, along many other American TV drama and programs including new seasons of New Girl, The Big Bang Theory, The Voice and Saturday Night Live, we will finally get to know the mystery ’mother’, played by actress Christina Milioti, who we saw briefly in the end of season 8 and will be finally revealed as season 9 progresses. We will also be saying goodbye to the show, which has been nominated for 24 Emmy Awards and won 7, after 8 years.  

The show’s creators have revealed that all of Ted’s friends will meet ‘the mother’ before he does, and that we will not know her name until the very end of the season.

What do you think of How I Met Your Mother so far and how do you expect the final ending to go? Share with us your comments.

Celebrities bid farewell to Breaking Bad

By: Salma Tantawi

Recently winning ‘best drama series’ at the 2013 Emmys, Breaking Bad has aired its very last episode last night, September 29.

The show’s cast, including main actor Bryan Cranston who played the role of Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with Stage IIIA lung cancer who turns to making meth for a living.

"Well, this is it. The last episode ever of Breaking Bad. Thank you for sharing this ride with me. Without you we never would have lasted." Crasnton said to his Twitter followers.

Hashtags bidding the drama show goodbye, such as #goodbyebreakingbad managed to trend worldwide as well as breakout as a trending topic across the internet as celebrities joined in congratulating the cast.

TV show host Ellen DeGeneres wrote "#BreakingBad ends tonight. No more murderous drug dealers and horrifying criminals. I miss it already"

Vince Gilligan, the show’s creator, admitted he was very emotional writing the final scenes of the show.

"I actually teared up when I wrote that," Gilligan told The Canadian Press in an interview on Friday "That was kind of a tough moment emotionally because I was saying goodbye to these characters. I knew I'd never write another episode of `Breaking Bad' again. That was a big moment. That was a tough one."

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to produce TV sitcom

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are to produce a TV sitcom. 
The Hollywood actors - who wrote Oscar-winning 1997 film 'Good Will Hunting' together - have teamed up once again for 'More Time With Family', a 30-minute per episode series which has been picked up by the US television network CBS, Variety has confirmed.
The show is based on Tom Papa's stand-up piece, which follows a man who ditches his career to spend more time with his family but, after returning from spending time on the road, he realises no one pushed him into making that life-changing decision. 
The programme will star Papa and will be co-written by 'King of Queens' Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, as well as have snippets of Damon's life experiences intertwined within the script. 
Damon, 42, and Papa, 44, reportedly came up with the idea for 'More Time With Family' after previously working together on 'Behind the Candelabra' and 'The Informant'.
The pair presented the thought to Affleck, whose production company Pearl Street Films is making the venture into TV projects, before the three of them met with a number of writers before settling on Yuspa and Goldsmith and signing a deal with 20th Century Fox.

Michael Bay attacked on Transformers set

Michael Bay was attacked on the set of 'Transformers: Age of Extinction' in Hong Kong.
The action director - who is currently shooting the fourth instalment of the alien robot franchise in China - received injuries to the right side of his face after two brothers attempted to demand HK$100,000 (£8,030) from him, according to local press.
The two men confronted Bay, 48, on the film's set, but things quickly turned sour and police were called to the scene.
One of the assailants is thought to have attacked the director, as well as three police officers. Bay opted not to go to hospital for treatment and instead carried on shooting in the busy area.
The men were charged on suspicion of blackmail and assault.
'Transformers: Age of Extinction' stars an all new-cast led by Mark Wahlberg. The film will also feature Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Sophia Myles, Stanley Tucci and Kelsey Grammer.
The movie is partially shooting in China under a co-production deal between Paramount Pictures and the state-owned China Movie Channel. In addition to the Hollywood cast, Bay has also cast some Chinese actors in the movie, including Li Bingbing.
'Transformers: Age of Extinction' is due for release in June 2014.

Tom Hiddleston shocked by Loki popularity

Tom Hiddleston is shocked his 'Thor' character is so popular.
The 32-year-old actor portrays the titular character's evil brother Loki in the superhero franchise, and admits he didn't expect 'in his wildest dreams' that his alter-ego would be so well-liked by supporters of the movie.
He said: 'Loki and Thor are like yin and yang, the sun and the moon. 
'The immense popularity of the character has been an amazing surprise. I never expected it in my wildest dreams. 
'It's fascinating to play the god of mischief. And he's such a broken character - bitter, jealous, grief stricken, angry, lonely and proud. 
'The cocktail of his psychological damage and his playfulness makes him really interesting to portray.' 
But Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, believes Loki is such a popular character because Tom puts in such a great performance in the film franchise. 
He added to Nuts magazine: 'It might not have been the original plan to have Loki come back but Tom brings an incredible mixture of strength, villainy and vulnerability which means you can easily empathise with this misunderstood guy.'

Kristen Stewart joins Anaesthesia cast

Kristen Stewart will film a small role in new indie drama 'Anaesthesia'.
The 'Twilight' actress has joined the cast of Tim Blake Nelson's new ensemble drama, which follows a group of university students whose philosophy professor has a profound effect on their lives.
Deadline reports Stewart will shoot her scenes over the course of a 'few days'.
The actress' latest role joins a busy schedule of movies including politically-charged thriller 'Camp X-Ray', directed by Peter Sattler, and Oliver Assayas' new drama 'Sils Maria'.
In 'Camp X-Ray', Stewart plays a young woman who joins the army in a bid to escape her small-town life, only to find herself sent to work at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Suffering from abuse from the men in her charge, she forms an unlikely bond with a man who has been incarcerated for eight years.
Stewart will then join an A-list cast including Juliette Binoche and Chloe Grace Moretz in 'Sils Maria'.
French filmmaker Assayas wrote the film about an actress suffering from a midlife crisis specifically for Binoche, who he worked with on 'Summer Hours'. Binoche's character becomes obsessed with a young actress (Moretz) who is playing the part which originally made her famous, while Stewart has been cast as Binoche's assistant.

Hunger Games sequel is ‘less violent’

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire' is 'less violent' than the first movie.
Filmmaker Francis Lawrence - who replaces Gary Ross in the director's chair - was eager to make changes to the blockbuster sequel, such as toning down the blood and gore seen on screen.
He said: 'There's a lot less person-on-person killing in this one. The important theme is the idea of allies and having to work with people you don't necessarily trust. Reliance on others versus reliance on self. It's still intense but there's less violence. I'm more interested in somebody's reaction to violence or the consequence of it than the blood itself.'
Leading lady Jennifer Lawrence, who reprises her role as heroine Katniss Everdeen, feels there is a 'good balance' of violent scenes in the two films, however.
She added: 'I don't know if there's more or less action in this movie - it's the same. In the first and second movie there's a good balance of violence.'
The film's director has also brought in a new cinematographer and costume designer to put his own stamp on the sequel.
He explained to Total Film magazine: 'I thought there could be more sophistication to the clothing and my version of naturalistic is very different. I like handheld [cameras] but I'm not into that shaky cam look. I tend to use wider lenses. I think viewers will have much more of a sense of what makes up the Hunger Games arena and what the boundaries are.'

Robert De Niro wants Taxi Driver sequel

Robert De Niro wants to star in a 'Taxi Driver' sequel. 
The Oscar-winning actor, who played war veteran Travis Bickle in the 1976 film, would like to revisit the character and has talked about the possibility with director Martin Scorsese and writer Paul Schrader. 
The 70-year-old star told The Guardian newspaper: 'I said, why don't we write something? And I talked to Marty and Paul did take a shot at something, whether it was an outline or a script, I forget. 
'But somehow we didn't think it was right and it didn't take off. But I'd like to see where Travis is today. There was something about that guy - all that rage and alienation, that's what the city can do to you. I mean Marty and I are from New York, and even we can feel alienated.'
De Niro is currently starring in 'The Family' as Giovanni Manzoni, a mafia supergrass who find himself marooned in small-town France. 
These days, the actor says he doesn't over think roles and would rather do a scene in one take. 
He said: 'I used to worry about doing take after take.Now I don't worry about it so much. You can get it in the first take, more often than not. 
'If there's some aspect of the character that you're really trying to get, then maybe have two.'
'The Family' hits cinemas on November 22.

James Cameron’s battle for Avatar investment

James Cameron had to film 40 seconds of 'Avatar' to convince a studio to invest in it. 
The director's 3-D movie adventure pushed the boundaries of filmmaking and set a new precedent for how realistic movies could be - as well as setting a box office record by grossing $2.8 billion - but Cameron found it wasn't easy to get the funding to make it.
He told France's TF1 TV channel: 'It's always difficult to convince any Hollywood studio to make a technically-challenging film.
'We convinced them by filming 40 seconds of what the film was going to look like. As soon as they saw the 3d test, they understood what we wanted to do. 
'I think 'Avatar' represented the latest thing in terms of new images. In this case, the classic story which cinemagoers can identify with works a bit like a gateway into the visual universe 'Avatar' offers.'
Although his movie opened the floodgates to a new era in cinema, Cameron doesn't think the basic structure behind all good movies will ever change. 
He added: 'Technology will definitely evolve, the context will chance, but it won't ever change the fact that to make a good move, you have to have a good story and interesting characters. That's why people still want to leave their houses and sit in a darkened room with others to experience it. I don't think it'll ever stop

Meryl Streep to play Susan Boyle in biopic?

Meryl Streep has been approached to play Susan Boyle on the big screen.
The 'Iron Lady' actress has reportedly been offered a role as the iconic singer, who shot to fame when she auditioned for UK TV show 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2009, in the upcoming movie adaptation of her life.
Scottish singing sensation Susan told the Metro newspaper: 'I wouldn't like to be in the film myself. I'd like someone to play me. Probably Meryl Streep - I understand she has been approached.'
Meryl's alleged involvement comes as a surprise since the 'I Dreamed A Dream' singer previously revealed her top - and only - pick to play herself was 'Harry Potter' favourite Julie Walters, with Hollywood heartthrob, George Clooney, as her manager.
Susan said last year: 'There's only one person I'd love to play me - and that's Julie Walters. She would do the job and you just know she would do my story justice.'
The 52-year-old star has picked up the acting bug after making a cameo appearance in new movie 'Christmas Candle', a role which allowed the singleton to pucker up for her very first on-screen kiss.
Susan added: 'I play church warden's wife. I found it very challenging. I would love to go on and do comedy. I have an outrageous sense of humour.'

Rita Ora on road to recovery

Rita Ora is on the road to recovery after collapsing in Miami. 
The 'R.I.P' singer, who was on the set of a photo shoot, was rushed to hospital on Monday (18.11.13) after falling ill due to
'heat exhaustion and dehydration'.
After leaving hospital she tweeted fans saying: 'Just lying In bed in Miami on the road to recovery @lilyallen is everything I needed and more it's hard out here! Yes! #golily #badbitch'
'Just to say. I love you guys. I'm getting better. Thank you for all your support. I love you. Sorry to scare you. I got scared too. 
'Ok going back to getting better. I just wanted to give u a update (sic). Love you. I'll be back soon. Keep dancing!!!'
The blonde beauty was carried out of her make-up trailer during the beginning of a shoot for Madonna and daughter Lourdes' Material Girl clothing line at Soho Beach House Hotel in the Florida resort at about 2.30pm. 
The 22-year-old singer was photographed being put onto a stretcher and taken to the Mount Sinsi Medical Centre in Miami Beach. She has since been snapped on her hotel balcony as she stays out of the scorching heat. 
Madonna previously said about the star: 'Rita is a talented beauty but what really drew us to her is the confidence she oozes through her music and her unique sense of style. 
'On stage or off, in photos or on the street - she's a magnet! This is what the Material Girl brand is all about!'

Ariana Grande to release new Christmas songs

Ariana Grande will release a single each week in the lead up to Christmas. 
Fans of 'The Way' singer will be treated to one festive track per week until the December 11 as part of her 'Christmas Kisses' campaign, which includes two original tracks and two popular covers including Wham classic 'Last Christmas' which was released today (20.11.13).
Ariana paired up with famed producers Kenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds and The Rascals - the team behind her debut album 'Yours Truly' - to put a fresh spin on the 1984 hit, with re-written verses.
The single has quickly become a trending topic on Twitter, and the brunette beauty took to the social networking-site to share her excitement after it entered at number seven in the US iTunes chart.
She wrote: '#LastChristmas is already in the top ten :D so glad ur enjoying it y'all are so good to me, thank you. (sic)'
She added: 'So grateful for your reaction to #lastchristmas can't wait for you to hear what's coming next week....... 1 song down... 3 more to go.'
'Christmas Kisses' comes fresh off the success of her first studio album 'Yours Truly' which peaked at number two in the UK charts and rocketed to the number one spot in the US within 19 minutes of its release.
The 20-year-old singer later became the first female artist to enter the charts at the number one spot with a debut album since January 2010.

'Christmas Kisses' tracklist and release dates:

01. 'Last Christmas', 20.11.13
02. 'Love Is Everything', 27.11.13
03. 'Snow In California', 04.12.13
04. 'Santa Baby', 11.12.13

Alexa Chung loves London street style

Alexa Chung loves London 'street style'.
The 30-year-old star thinks England's capital has a unique look which doesn't compare to anywhere else, but maintains that it is often difficult to find a good bargain in the city.
She told Stylist magazine: 'London street style is the best in the world. Fact. 
'It's hard these days, most things have gone and there's only bad 80s stuff left. LA is still good for bargains but it's tricky to find gems in London and New York now.'
Alexa often looks to English musician and frontman of The Rolling Stones, Sir Mick Jagger, or the late Nirvana star Kurt Cobain when she wants to create tomboy look. 
She turns to English actress Jane Birkin or French singer Françoise Hardy if she wants to opt for a more feminine style. 
Quizzed on her go-to style inspiration, she said: 'Mick Jagger or Kurt Cobain if I'm feeling tomboyish. On a girlie day, it's Jane Birkin or Françoise Hardy.'

Kim denies weight loss surgery

Kim Kardashian has slammed rumours she had secret procedures to get rid of her baby weight. 
The 33-year-old star, who gave birth five months ago to daughter North West, says she is annoyed at reports she lost 50lbs by having fat-reducing treatments. 
The brunette beauty took to Twitter to address the reports and wrote: 'I am very frustrated today seeing reports that I got surgery to lose my baby weight! This is FALSE. 
'I worked so hard to train myself to eat right healthy, I work out so hard this was such a challenge for me but I did it!!! 
'I'm so proud of my accomplishment NO ONE will take this away from me with fake reports!'
Kim added: 'Say what u want about me but I work hard am the most disciplined person u will ever meet!'
According to Life and Style magazine, the star allegedly spent more than $80,000 on stretch-mark treatments and fat-reducing ultrasound procedures to get back in shape. But Kim claims the rumours are false and she did not take the easy way out. 
The future Mrs Kanye West first showed off her post-baby body on 'Tonight with Jay Leno' and credited her success to the Atkins diet and regular workouts, while admitting harsh comments about her weight 'really did affect' her.
She said: 'It really hurt my soul. There were these stories where I was, like, 200 pounds. I was gaining weight because I was pregnant and it was really hard to read all these stories and hear all these nasty things.'

Amanda to appear in court?

Amanda Bynes could soon have her day in court. 
The 27-year-old actress has been deemed fit to stand trial after her DUI arrest (Driving Under the Influence) in 2012, despite being diagnosed as a schizophrenic with bipolar disorder.
A source told TMZ yesterday (20.11.13): 'Amanda's case was in Mental Health Court this AM, and the judge read the court-ordered medical evaluation of the actress, and determined she is now competent to face the DUI charges. 
'Amanda's lawyer, Rich Hutton, did not object to the findings so the criminal case - which was put on hold - will not go forward.'
A conservatorship is being sought for the former Nickelodeon star who was originally scheduled to appear in court on September 24, regarding her April 2012 arrest in West Hollywood, but she failed to turn up and the case was pushed back. 
Amanda was placed in a 5150 psychiatric hold back in July after she set a fire on the driveway of a stranger in her hometown of Thousand Oaks, California. 
The actress has since been treated in a private facility in Los Angeles and will reportedly be home for Christmas and the case could yet be settled in a plea bargain. 
A source said: 'Amanda's meds and psychological counselling have sufficiently stabilised her so her doctors will let her leave the Malibu rehab facility.'
Before Amanda's health troubles, she had an enviable career, having started off as a child actress she went on to star in films such as 'What A Girl Wants', 'Hairspray' and 'Easy A'.

Katy Perry unveils Unconditionally video

Katy Perry has unveiled the new video for 'Unconditionally.'
The 29-year-old star - who is currently in a relationship with guitarist John Mayer - released the clip for the second single from her third studio album 'Prism' today (20.11.13).
The brunette beauty worked with Brent Bonacorso on the video, which includes scenes showing her crouching in the snow, standing alone in the centre of a room full of people, wearing period drama-style clothing and even a scene where she holds a brown owl. 
Katy is also hit by a car in a dramatic scene, which is meant to show her enduring physical pain as a metaphor for unconditional love.
Prior to the release of the clip, Katy was hoping to get her fans thinking about their feelings, tweeting: 'Yes, unconditional love sometimes feels like being hit by a car... Or being on fire... How does it feel to you?'
Katy's new material deals with her emotional state after her split from ex-husband Russell Brand in 2012. However, the star insists she tries not to make her former flame look like the bad guy in her music.
She said: 'I think on this record, the whole 'Prism' record, it's very self-reflective and you hear that I've kind of gone inside more and looked at where I can make myself better, did a patchwork thing, rather than like 'Screw you. You're crazy. F**k you.' '

Chris Brown sent to rehab

Chris Brown has been sentenced to ninety days in rehab. 
A Los Angeles judge has ordered the RB singer to spent three months in a court-approved treatment facility for the second time to deal with anger management issues. 
The decision was made on Wednesday (20.11.13) during a probation status hearing stemming from his 2009 assault on then-girlfriend, pop star Rihanna.
Chris checked himself into rehab for anger management issues on October 29, only to be kicked out two weeks later, after he reportedly flew into a violent rage. 
TMZ have revealed that Chris threw a rock at his own mother's car window after she showed up to a 'family session' and urged him to stay for extended treatment. 
A court statement read: 'Mr. Brown proceeded to walk outside and pick up a rock and threw it through his mother's car window and it shattered.'
The 24-year-old star could still face a probation violation due to his arrest last month on a misdemeanor assault charge in Washington, D.C. 
He supposedly punched 20-year-old man in the face outside his tour bus after he asked for a photograph with the star. 
TMZ also report that as a result of the judge wanting a report on the incident, Chris could still end up in prison. 
The singer was also sentenced to an additional 1,000 hours of community service this year after an alleged hit-and-run accident over the summer.

Duchess Catherine: George is ‘growing up fast’

Britain's Duchess Catherine says Prince George is 'growing up fast'.
The 31-year-old royal admitted her four-month-old son is constantly changing and joked about how 'demanding' babies can be as she chatted to young ex-offender Aaron Russell-Andrews yesterday (19.11.13) during a visit to Only Connect charity in London.
Catherine was presented with a gift of a personalised babygro for George by Aaron, whose 20-month-old daughter Teegan tried to take the present back from the duchess, much to their amusement.
According to the Daily Mirror newspaper, he said:'She was very pleased about it. She said it's a very good fit because he's growing very fast, and that he'll like it.
'Teegan tried to take back the babygro, she's very cheeky. Kate said, 'They're very demanding at this age'.'
Now a professional actor, 22 year old Aaron has turned his life around thanks to Only Connect, an organization that works with prisoners, former offenders and at-risk youth.
He added: '[The duchess] was very pleased that Only Connect has helped me make such a big change with my life and keep me on the right path.' 
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met with Only Connect's staff and people who have been helped by the initiative, as well as groups heading complementary projects.
Danny Kruger, chief executive of Only Connect, commented: 'It was a great thing to have them giving us a pat on the back and for our members to get congratulated for their work and achievements, and I hope it means we can build our profile and do more work.'