Is Halle Berry getting a divorce?

Halle Berry

Halle Berry’s divorce rumours ignited months ago as she and her husband, Olivier Martinez, have not been seen together since February 2015 — and have barely made any public appearances since their son Maceo was born in 2013. Halle was recently spotted with Maceo and photographed without her wedding ring. 

Halle has been concerned about her husband’s temper and violent streak when he attacked an airport employee at LAX and was caught on camera hitting him over the head with Maceo’s car seat. An insider told Radar Online, “Halle is telling pals she worries that Olivier’s runaway temper could put her kids at risk. They’ve just been delaying the inevitable split.” 

Radar’s source went on to reveal that Halle and Olivier have been living separately for months.

A sequel of Kick in pipeline?

Actress Tamanna

Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja’s film Kick has been a hit and now the industry is abuzz with the news that Ravi Teja and director Surender Reddy are teaming up to make a sequel of Kick. The film will be produced by actor-turned-producer Kalyan Ram under NTR Arts banner.

Initially, Surender Reddy said that he would make an experimental film after he completes the Allu Arjun starrer Race Gurram. He is now said to be keeping his experimental film on hold and going ahead with making the sequel of Kick. The director is currently working on the script after which he will finalise the rest of the cast.

Rumours are that Surender Reddy wants to cast Tamanna opposite Ravi Teja in Kick 2. But, the actress has apparently rejected the offer stating date issues. Tamanna is currently busy shooting for the Mahesh Babu starrer Aagadu and is also working on two Tamil and two Hindi films and is busy with these projects till August.

Inspite of Tamanna being busy, Surender Reddy is bent on casting her in Kick 2. While the director plans to begin the shooting of the sequel in June, and Tamanna not being free till August, only time will say if the director plans to wait or delay the project to get Tamanna on board.

Drew Barrymore is ready for No. 3

Drew Barrymore and Will Kopelman

Married to art consultant Will Kopelman since 2012, 40-year-old Drew Barrymore admitted that she is ready to have a baby, for the third time. “I think I’m good right now, but I don’t know. The door’s open, but I’m no spring chicken. I have to figure it out sooner or later,” the actress told Us Weekly in Los Angeles.

Founder of the Flower Beauty, Barrymore already has her hands full with two children.

Ram Charan gets Priyanka Chopra’s trainer

Ram Charan- Trainer Samir Jaura

Ram Charan has hired celeb trainer Samir Jaura to get into shape for an upcoming action flick — a project likely to be directed by Srinu Vaitla. Jaura, who has trained Bollywood stars like Farhan Akhtar for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Priyanka Chopra for Mary Kom, Rani Mukherjee for Mardaani and Hrithik Roshan for Bang Bang, is already in the city and has started training Ram Charan.

A source says, “Ram had very briefly met Samir on the sets of Zanjeer. Priyanka Chopra had introduced him to the trainer. While Samir got busy training other Bollywood actors, Ram too moved on to his South films.”

“When Ram needed to get a certain physique for his upcoming action film, he immediately rang Samir for help and flew him to Hyderabad.” Though Ram Charan is currently shooting for a romantic film, he has already started his training this week. The source adds that the intensive training program that has been designed by Jaura will last for four-five months, along with a strict diet. When contacted, Jaura confirms, “Yes, I am in Hyderabad right now to train Ram.”

About the training routine, Jaura says, “I am making him do a lot of functional training, high endurance training, and strength training. He is following a structured diet, his eating habits have been changed; it has a balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fat. One training session extends up to two hours of intensive workout. In a week’s time, Ram will start working out twice a day. So it will be four hours of training every day.”

Since Ram Charan is a busy actor and will not always have the time for training, Jaura will be his constant companion. “I will be travelling with him to the film sets where he will be working out before or after the shoots.” Jaura, who is training Ram Charan in the actor’s home gym, adds that Ram Charan will not get any rest during the initial period. “It’s not a simple workout where you get Sunday rest,” he says.

Why Jennifer Garner is now furious!

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner

On the sets of her film Miracles From Heaven, Jennifer Garner was spotted looking tense as she talked over the phone. The 43-year-old actress is said to have been livid amidst claims that her ex-husband Ben Affleck had an affair with the couple’s nanny Christine Ouzounian. The actress looked serious and was engaged in a fierce conversation as she exited the building in Atlanta, Georgia where the shooting is taking place.

According to a source close to Christine Ouzounian, the affair began soon after she was hired and the two would often meet at Hotel Bel Air, as reported by the Daily Mail. Ben Affleck has refuted these claims.

Indian 'Munni' stuck in Pakistan needs 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'

A still from the movie Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Karachi: Bollywood hit Bajrangi Bhaijaan may have been a work of fiction, but in Karachi it is a real life story of an Indian girl who can neither speak nor hear and stuck in Pakistan for 13 years with all efforts to trace her family in India remaining unsuccessful.

"The Punjab Rangers brought her to us some 13 years ago," said Faisal Edhi of the social welfare group Edhi Foundation. "For years, we have been trying to locate her family or her hometown so that she can return," Faisal was quoted as saying by the Express Tribune newspaper.

First brought to an Edhi Centre in Lahore, the girl was shifted to the shelter in Karachi where Bilquis Edhi named her 'Geeta' and has become quite close to the girl. Now 23-year-old, Geeta is believed to have mistakenly crossed into Pakistani territory as a child.

"The only communication she has managed with the Edhi staff is recognising the Indian map on a mobile phone and breaking down into tears," the paper said. "Sobbing silently, she frantically points first at the Indian state of Jharkhand and then at Telangana, trying hard to tell something of her past that may be a clue for them." Using her fingers and facial expression, Geeta says she has seven brothers and four sisters. "We have shown her writings to people but nothing has come out of it. She copies Hindi words from magazines," Faisal said.

The shelter home's staff have created a separate praying room for her, adorning it with colourful posters of Hindu deities. "This is the Ganesh that I got for her from Nepal," Faisal said pointing toward one of the figurines.

With the success of the Salman Khan-starrer 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', activists are making more efforts to reunite Geeta with her family in India.

Human rights activist and former minister Ansar Burney, who has raised Geeta's issue three years ago during a visit to India, is now running a Facebook campaign for her. "Last year, officials from the Indian Consulate visited her, took her picture and records but they didn t come back," said Faisal. Journalists, including one from India, also interviewed her but no one was able to locate her family.

The foundation activists persuaded Geeta to begin a new life in Pakistan by getting married to a Hindu boy. In her sign language, she refused and made it clear that she will only get married once she returns home.

Amongst Geeta's writings, the numbers '193' make a frequent appearance. Faisal draws a house on a piece of paper and hands her a pen. Geeta takes it, smiles, and jots down the numbers beside it. '193', it seems, may be her house number, the paper added.

Salman's movie revolves around a speech-impaired girl from Pakistan who finds herself lost in India with no way to return her home. An Indian man undertakes the task and reunites her with her family in Pakistan.

10 facts about director S.S. Rajamouli and his latest film 'Baahubali'

1.  Son of writer K V  Vijeyendra Prasad who has written Bajrangi Bhaijaan S S Rajamouli is arguably the most successful filmmaker of the South  with a string of Telugu blockbusters to his credit including mega-hit Vikramarkurdu remade as Rowdy Rathod in Hindi. Producer Sanjay Bhansali wanted Rajamouli to direct Rowdy Rathod. Rajamouli declined due to his work in Telugu cinema.

2.  Baahubali has recorded the highest ever advance booking collections in Hyderabad. Baahubali  was  actually going to be a Hindi-Telugu film . It’s a universal story, not star-centric film. Finally it was shot in Telugu and Tamil and dubbed in Hindi.

3. Baahubali had  to star  the Telugu star Prabhas. Rajamouli was committed to make the next film with him.

4. Rajamouli’s  fascination with the theme of reincarnation  started with Rakesh Roshan’s Karan Arjun. Said Rajamouli, “I remember watching that film. For the first time I openly laughed and wept during a film. Earlier I was very reserved about my emotions. Karan Arjun opened up my emotions.”

5. Baahubali  is a period film. But not a historical. It’s a folk story. And no, it’s not about reincarnation.Rajamouli is  done with reincarnation after Magadheera and Eega.

6.  Rajamouli is  very happy and proud to be known as a Telugu filmmaker. “I am glad to know my films make a pan-India impact. I see no linguistic impediment. But to make a film in Hindi would be an advantage.

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7.  The refrain Chin ta ta chi ta ta in Rowdy Rathore was lifted from Vikramarkurdu and used into Rowdy RathoreActually it was not  an original tune in Vikramarkurdu either either. Says Rajamouli, “My music composer M M Kreem didn’t compose it. It’s like… how do I put it? A folk tune in Tamil Nadu. It’s a kind of anthem refrain among students in the State. Youngsters compose their own crude protest songs and then cap it with Chinta ta ta. It has existed in Tamil Nadu for generations. I made it a part of Ravi Tejaa’s character and then it was given to Akshay Kumar.”

8.  Rajamouli’s favourite source of inspiration?  “Amar Chitra Katha...Those comics, even today transport me into those times. I have endless fantasies revolving around those stories set in the past. My  excitement with that genre translates into my films.”

9.  Prabhas  the leading man of Baahubali spent two years of his life working on this one film. Says Rajamouli, “We worked before on Chathrapathi and we clicked very well both on creative and personal front. i needed a giant of a man with royalty personified, but with a tender heart to play Baahubali.At the start I told him i'll need one year of his dates exclusively. He smiled and said i'll be needing 2 years and kept himself free for the whole period. I don't think i could have done this with anyone else.”

10.  Rajamouli’s favourite Bollywood director is Raj Kumar Hirani and his favourite Bollywood actor is Aamir Khan.

Wooing Rajamouli and Karan Johar’s big Rs 20 crore offer

DEAL? Karan Johar, right, is one of many who are hoping to rope in Rajamouli

The massive success of Baahubali has apparently made S.S. Rajamouli the most-sought-after director in India. He is being wooed, pampered, cajoled and coaxed by the biggest names in Bollywood — to direct a film.

Our khabrus report that Karan Johar — who distributed the dubbed Hindi version of Baahubali and has made a hefty profit off it — has now offered SSR close to Rs 20 crore to direct a Hindi film.

KJo isn’t the only one. Other producers queuing up for SSR-helmed projects include Sajid Nadiadwala, Madhu Mantena (who has the remake rights of Rajamouli’s Magadheera), UTV’s Siddharth Roy Kapur and Eros Entertainment’s Sunil Lulla.

A source close to SSR revealed: “Raja is being chased by every important producer in Bollywood, and is being offered staggering amounts as remuneration. But he has never been swayed by money. He was offered the chance to direct Rowdy Rathore by producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali four years ago. But Raja was committed to doing Baahubali with Prabhas. Now, he’s committed to making the sequel with the same actor, although Bollywood wants him to do the sequel with Hrithik Roshan or Akshay Kumar. But Raja isn’t tempted.”

As for the man of the moment, he is as rooted as always. Of Baahubali’s becoming the biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema, Rajamouli said, “All of us aspire to be successful. Becoming the biggest success is incidental.”

'Baahubali' is an inspiration: Shah Rukh Khan

Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan is all praise for SS Rajamouli's multilingual blockbuster ‘Baahubali: The Beginning’.

King Khan recently wrapped up the Bulgaria schedule of his upcoming movie ‘Dilwale’ and took to Twitter and hailed the film as inspirational.

"Baahubali what a hard worked at film. To everyone involved thanks for the inspiration. You can only reach the sky if you are willing to take the leap," he tweeted.

The film features an ensemble cast of Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Ramya Krishnan, Sathyaraj, Nassar, Adivi Sesh, Tanikella Bharani and Sudeep.

Baahubali, literally meaning The One With Strong Arms in English, is laden with special effects and tells the fictional story of two warring brothers battling for control of an ancient Indian kingdom. The next instalment of the movie is expected to release in 2016.

Big B pouts for son Abhishek Bachchan’s film ‘All is Well’

Mumbai: Pouting may have become a trend one may accept or dread but taking the trend in his stride is Amitabh Bachchan pouted for a selfie with his son Abhishek Bachchan.

The two are busy with the ongoing Pro Kabbadi League, however this month also see’s junior Bachchan’s film’s release with Asin, Rishi Kapoor and Surpiya Pathak.  

The rare picture sees the two pouting away to glory for the promotion of ‘All is Well’. The film, which got delayed for as good as six months, is now finally slated to release on 21st August 2015. Rishi Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan, who have shared screen space before will play father - son for the first time in this film, while Supriya Pathak Shah will be seen playing the mother and Asin, Abhishek’s love interest. Early this year in March, fans of the star were treated to a first look of Abhishek and Rishi.

Major portions of the film were reshot in Mumbai and Nashik recently with the entire starcast. This family drama is Umesh Shukla’s second directorial venture and has been produced by  Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Shyam Bajaj and Varun Bajaj.

Unseen pics of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol from ‘Dilwale’

(Photo: Twitter)

Mumbai: After wrapping the longest schedule of Rohit Shetty’s upcoming film ‘Dilwale’ starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, the team has finally returned to Mumbai.

However, few pictures of the two surfaced online from the time they were busy shooting in Bulgaria. Shah Rukh and Kajol both look tad bit tired with the hectic shooting routine. The film will see Bollywood’s King of hearts, Shah Rukh set out to win over his Queen, Kajol after almost half a decade. They were last seen weaving their magic on-screen for the film ‘My Name Is Khan’.

We hear that the two may re-create their ‘DDLJ’ train scene, but this time around, it will be a tram and will have Rohit Shetty’s signature touch to it.