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Meryl Streep learning guitar for Diablo Cody’s new flick

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Washington, August 3 (ANI): Meryl Streep has started learning guitar for Diablo Cody’s new movie ‘Ricki and the Flash’, it has been revealed. The ‘Juno’ screenwriter told the Hollywood Reporter that the reason they had not shot the movie yet was that Streep had been learning to play guitar. The movie is about struggling rocker who attempts to reconcile with her neglected kids, one of whom is played by Streep’s real-life daughter, Mamie Gummer Filming will begin from October 1 in New York, where Cody’s two children with Maurio, now 2 and 4, will accompany her to the set.

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Filmmakers set to make superhero movie on ‘Terracotta Warriors’

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London, Aug 03 (ANI): Filmmakers from Britain, America, and China have joined forces in order to make a superhero Hollywood movie based on the Terracotta Warriors. In the first collaboration of its kind, all three countries would produce a superhero movie based on the 8,000 sculptures of soldiers which were buried in about 210BC and discovered by farmers at a city-size mausoleum in China’s Xi’an province in 1974, the Daily Express reported. US giant Paramount and executives from Pinewood Studios, in Buckinghamshire, revealed that the big-budget project, which would be called either ‘Rise Of The Terracotta Warriors’ or ‘Super Terracotta Warriors’, could be the first of many films.

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Megan Fox doesn’t mind bold roles

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Los Angeles, Aug 3 (IANS) Actress Megan Fox doesn’t feel “ashamed” baring her body on the big screen. The 28-year-old is no stranger to flashing flesh onscreen, but she says she doesn’t mind showing off her figure because it’s “part of” the job, reports femalefist.co.uk.

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Zoe Saldana respects Britney Spears

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Los Angeles, Aug 3 (IANS) Actress Zoe Saldana has praised singer Britney Spears’ humble attitude. The “Avatar” actress, who worked with Spears in the 2002 release “Crossroads”, has a “huge amount of respect” for the latter, reports contactmusic.com. Defending the pop star’s recent leaked version of her track “Alien” without auto-tune, Saldana said: “I’m pretty sure that 80 percent of our musical artists would be mortified if they were caught singing without auto-tune.” “She was the only pop star at that time – and I can name a lot of prominent figures right now that today are more famous than Britney – that literally got to where they were at by hating on Britney a lot.” “Because it was cool at one time to really just diss her.

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Zoe Saldana defends Britney Spears post auto-tune controversy

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Washington, Aug 3 (ANI): Zoe Saldana has defended her ‘Crossroads’ co-star Britney Spears for her auto-tune controversy saying that the singer is an abundance of good energy. The American actress said that she was pretty sure that 80 percent of their musical artists would be embarrassed if they were caught singing without auto-tune, Us Magazine reported. The 36-year-old actress said that she had a huge amount of respect for Spears and she had always said this, and she will always continue to say it that Spears was the one big, big celebrity that she met when she started to work in Hollywood.

“American Idol” singer Michael Johns dies at 35, program says

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Australian singer Michael Johns arrives at the premiere of documentary film "Fed Up" in West Hollywood

(Reuters) – Singer and “American Idol” finalist Michael Johns has died at the age of 35, the music program said on Saturday. No official cause of death was given. The Australian-born singer finished eighth on Season 7 of the popular music program, according to a report on his death by People Magazine. The Hollywood Reporter said it was believed Johns died as a result of a blood clot that originated in his ankle.

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Justin Theroux wants smaller house

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Los Angeles, Aug 3 (IANS) Actor Justin Theroux feels uncomfortable in the Bel Air mansion he currently shares with fiancee Jennifer Aniston so wants to sell up and find a smaller place. The 42-year-old actor and his fiancee have met with estate agents to discuss selling their Chicago mansion, which they have spent around $3 million renovating since buying it less than two years ago, because he is used to more intimate properties after living in New York for so long.