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’50 Shades’ star Jamie Dornan to star in ‘The 9th Life of Louis Drax’

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Washington, August 28 (ANI): Jamie Dornan is set to star in Miramax’s psychological thriller ‘The 9th Life of Louis Drax’. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ actor will be playing the lead role in the film, which will be directed by Alexandre Aja, and will begin shooting in Vancouver in October. This film, which is written by Anthony Minghella’s son Max Minghella, marks Miramax’s return to the film production business.

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Charlie Hunnam eyeing lead role in ‘Knights of the Roundtable’

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Washington, August 28 (ANI): Charlie Hunnam reportedly has his eyes set on playing the role of King Arthur in Guy Ritchie’s ‘Knights of the Roundtable’. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the ‘Sons of Anarchy’ star has been circling the lead role in the Warner Bros. project, which may soon rope in Idris Elba to play Bedivere, Arthur’s father’s right-hand man, who will teach him how to lead an army.

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Indian marriages are now made in Mauritius

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Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) With destination weddings catching up amongst rich Indian families, which in turn rakes in good money for hotels and others, Mauritius, the Indian Ocean island that is home to a sizable Indian diaspora, is targeting this segment in a serious manner, a senior official said. “We have started talking to wedding planners in India. We took a group of wedding planners from here to Mauritius and plan to take another group soon to showcase what Mauritius offers,” Mauritius Tourism Development Authority (MTDA) deputy director Vijaye Haulder told IANS here.

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Bieber blasted for comparing himself to Princess Di post pap car crash

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London, August 28 (ANI): Justin Bieber has been slammed for comparing himself to Princess Diana after he reportedly got caught up in a minor collision with paparazzi. The ‘Baby’ hitmaker slammed celebrity photographers after he suffered a car crash while driving his red Ferrari in Hollywood, and later tweeted that lessons should have been learned following the death of the Diana in Paris in 1997, the Daily Express reported. The late Princess of Wales had died in a car crash with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed while their vehicle was being followed by paparazzi in Paris.

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Writer Dave Itzkoff to pen biography on Robin Williams

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Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Fans will soon be able to know everything about late actor Robin Williams as a high-profile biography is already in the works by New York Times writer, Dave Itzkoff. The 38-year-old author, who will put the “definitive” account of the comedian’s life to paper, considered Williams his “cultural hero,” and said that the actor had gentle personality and was always very funny and thoughtful, the Hollywood Reporter reported. Itzkoff, who had joined the Times staff in 2006, had also penned the newspaper’s front-page obituary of the “Mrs. Doubtfire’ actor, who committed suicide earlier this month, and had written the comedian’s profile for the paper in 2009. Publisher Henry Holt, who announced the news of the book, is yet to declare a title and publication date for the project.

Man drops sex abuse lawsuit against ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer

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Plaintiff Michael Egan speaks at a news conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California

A 31-year-old man on Wednesday withdrew a high-profile lawsuit accusing “X-Men” director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him when he was an aspiring teen actor. Michael Egan filed a motion for voluntary dismissal of the civil lawsuit brought against Singer in April, according to court documents filed in Hawaii. Egan had also filed three other lawsuits claiming he was sexually abused as a teen by entertainment firm executive Gary Goddard and TV executives David Neuman and Garth Ancier, all of which have been dismissed.

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Bieber compares himself to Princess Diana

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Los Angeles, Aug 28 (IANS) Troubled singer Justin Bieber has compared himself to the late Princess Diana after he reportedly experienced a minor car collision when he was infuriated about being pursued by a photographer. We should have learned from the death of Princess Diana. I don’t have a problem with paparazzi but when they act recklessly, they put us all in danger,” Bieber said. Bieber was involved in a minor collision while driving his bright red Ferrari in West Hollywood recently.

Wiz Khalifa knocks ‘Guardians’ from atop Billboard’s album chart

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Rapper Wiz Khalifa arrives at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas

By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rapper Wiz Khalifa knocked the “Guardians of the Galaxy” soundtrack from the top spot on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Wednesday, scoring his first No. 1 album. Khalifa’s “Blacc Hollywood” sold 90,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. It outpaced last week’s chart-topper, the retro “Awesome Mix Vol. 1” soundtrack from Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” film, which sold 64,000 copies in its fourth week of release.