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New York, Jun 24: Little-known English actor Tom Holland has been picked to play the web-slinging superhero in the next "Spider-Man" film, which is due for release in July 2017, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios said on Tuesday. Holland, 19, will play Spider-Man's teenage alter ego Peter Parker as a high-school age student in the upcoming, yet-to-be titled film. He follows in the footsteps of Tobey

Los Angeles, Jun 23: Hollywood composer James Horner, who scored the Oscar-winning film Titanic and its mega-hit theme song, My Heart Will Go On, has died in a plane crash. Tributes came in from Hollywood stars and celebs, who lauded his music legacy. Top actors and directors in the television and film world paid tribute to Horner online. "Incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of James Horner

Mumbai, Jun 23: Priyanka Chopra plays Alex in ABC new show Quantico which premieres this fall. She is the husky voice featured in the promo that aired during the NBA final. Priyanka signed a talent deal with ABC. This television role is the first shot across our North American bows by the far East giants of Bollywood. It will be interesting to see how it plays out with Priyanka. Seeing such a

Lucknow, Jun 22: A complaint has been filed with the police in Varanasi against actor Sunny Deol and Mohalla Assi director Chandra Prakash Dwivedi for reportedly hurting religious sentiments. The complainant is an organisation, Sarvajan Jagruti Sanstha, whose members have alleged that not only does the film violate moral ethics, but it also shows Varanasi in poor light. The organisation filed the

Mumbai, Jun 22: Peepli Live co-director Mahmood Farooqui was arrested on Saturday by Delhi Police on charges of rape. Farooqui has been accused of raping a 35-year-old American national three months ago. The police registered an FIR charging Farooqui with rape (section 376 IPC) at the New Friends' Colony police station in New Delhi on 19 June and Farooqui was arrested from his home on Saturday

Chennai, Jun 20: Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan is "sorry" for riding a bike in his forthcoming Tamil thriller "Papanasam" without a helmet, but says it's common sense to wear one when one steps out on a bike. "We shouldn't have shot the bike scenes without a helmet, and I'm sorry for it," Kamal said. A poster featuring a helmet-less Kamal riding a moped along with co-stars Gauthami, Nivetha Thomas

New Delhi, Jun 20: Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor is a man of words and how! The senior actor is known for being quite an avid social media user these days. However, this habit has more than often landed him in a soup over his bold and blunt statements. The Kapoor senior recently took to his Twitter handle and shared a funny meme on Alia Bhatt's general knowledge. In that meme, an indirect reference

Mumbai, Jun 19: The trailer of Sunny Deol's upcoming film 'Mohalla Assi' has not gone down well with the Hindu activists, who are now demanding removal of a scene which hurts the sentiments of Hindus. In one of the scenes in the film, a man dressed up like Lord Shiva is seen mouthing offensive words. Members of the Kash Viddhat Parishad have staged a protest demanding removal of the scene as Lord

Mumbai, Jun 19: In a reprieve to actor Saif Ali Khan, who is an accused in a three-year-old hotel brawl case, a court in Mumbai sent the matter for mediation on Thursday. Saif and his two friends Bilal Amrohi and Shakeel Ladak, have been accused by NRI businessman Iqbal Sharma of assault following an argument at the Wasabi restaurant at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai in 2012. Saif's lawyer Girish

San Francisco, Jun 18: Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan has been making a splash in the international film scene for quite a few years in hit shows such as “In Treatment” and films such as “Life of Pi.” His most recent foray as Simon Masrani in the latest addition to the “Jurassic Park” series, “Jurassic World,” captures a more sophisticated and chic side of the actor. Masrani replaces John Hammond