ENTERTAINMENT

Deepika’s manager Karishma Prakash summoned again by NCB

11:53 pm October 27, 2020

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday raided a residence of Karishma Prakash, the manager of Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, here and seized a small quantity of hashish, an official said. The NCB, which is probing alleged nexus between drug peddlers and Bollywood celebrities which came to light after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, […]

Kenya Barris to helm Richard Pryor biopic for MGM

11:23 pm October 27, 2020

Los Angeles: “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris will write and direct the biographical drama about legendary stand-up comedian Richard Pryor. The yet-to-be-titled project, which hails from MGM, will mark the feature directorial debut of Barris, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pryor, who died in 2005, wrote for and headlined several television shows and appeared in many […]

Ben Wheatley to helm ‘The Meg 2’ for Warner Bros

12:32 pm October 24, 2020

Los Angeles: Filmmaker Ben Wheatley will be directing the sequel to shark thriller “The Meg”. The 2018 movie, helmed by Jon Turteltaub, featured British star Jason Statham as a shark expert who fights tooth and nail against a giant prehistoric shark called a megalodon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jon and Erich Hoeber wrote the most recent draft of the film’s screenplay. Statham and other cast members — Li Bingbing and Ruby Rose — […]

Chante Adams to star opposite Michael B Jordan in ‘Journal for Jordan’

12:22 pm October 24, 2020

Los Angeles : Actor Shante Adams will play the female lead opposite Michael B Jordan in “Journal for Jordan” , to be directed by veteran Hollywood star Denzel Washington. Adams is best known for starring rapper Roxanne Shante’s 2017 biopic “Roxanne Roxanne” . “Journal for Jordan” , which hails from Sony, has been penned by screenwriter Virgil Williams. It is based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Dana Canedy’s […]

Scarlett Johansson to headline Sebastian Lelio’s ‘Bride’

4:08 pm October 23, 2020

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson will topline Apple and A24’s upcoming sci-fi drama “Bride”. Sebastian Lelio, the director of Oscar-winning movie “A Fantastic Woman”, will helm the movie, being touted as a “genre-bending feature”, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story is about a woman created to be an ideal wife — the singular […]