The Expendables 2

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Director: Simon West
Writers: Sylvester Stallone, Dave Callaham (characters), and 1 more credit »
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth and Randy Couture

'Man on a Ledge'

Sometimes in life, all you are is a man on a ledge. David Hume said that. And now, Sam Worthington is living it.
In the upcoming film, Man on a Ledge, Worthington plays a ex-cop who was framed for criminal activity. He decides he cannot take life any longer and heads onto the ledge of a Manhattan complex to commit suicide.
...or DOES he?
Elizabeth Banks plays the NYPD negotiator trying to talk Worthington's character down. However, she begins to suspect that this whole "man on a ledge" thing might be more than meets the eye.
Man on a Ledge also stars Ed Harris, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Bell and Genesis Rodriguez. It will be Asger Leth's feature directorial debut.

Salman-Katrina, off to Cuba!!

Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan are all set to leave for Cuba, to continue the shooting of Kabir Khan’s Film, Ek Tha Tiger. It’s a month long shooting schedule this time.
But why Cuba of all the places??
Well, if reports are to be believed, the weather in Cuba is pretty warm and so it will be safe and comfortable for the film’s actor Salman Khan to continue his work smoothly, considering his neurological condition.
A source close to the project says, “Salman’s neuro-condition which is not fully cured, was aggravated when he shot in the freezing cold in Ireland for the film some months ago. Kabir likes to shoot in difficult locations.”
It is also heard that Salman will be seen performing a few deadly stunts in the film and so having Katrina by his side, he should be safe.
Says a friend of the actress, “Their relationship has now gone to another level where he continues to look out for her, and she for him. While they’ll be shooting in Cuba she will be keeping an eye on his health.”
Katrina states, “I’ll be gone for quite a while. I’ve never been to Cuba before. It sounds exciting.”

Dhanush and Mallika Sherawat declared Hottest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2011

Kolaveri Di singer, who has turned international sensation, Dhanush and Bollywood beauty Mallika Sherawat have been announced as the ‘Hottest Vegetarian Celebrities of 2011’. Both are truly excited after getting awarded by PETA.

As per the reports, a huge number of people around thousands who cast their votes determine the leading winners of PETA India’s title. Other celebs included in the list were Vidya Balan, Sonu Sood, Shahid Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini and Kareena Kapoor.

After learning the news, Mallika uttered to the media that it was nice to win the title by PETA. She said that the best thing about being a vegetarian was my crystal clear conscience.

Dhanush said that he loved being a vegetarian and it kept him fit and healthy always.

Dhanuhs’ 3 has been making big noise in the media due to the popularity of the song ‘Kolaveri DI’ that turned a sensation in the world. Dhanush is starred opposite Shruti Haasan in the movie. Well, 3 is a numerical title and the title is getting much popular in the media. The popularity shot to fame among the industry as well that is the reason other filmmakers too came into the scene with the titles like this. Shyam is making his return in the films and he is coming back with the film ‘6’. Shyam sports an altogether different avatar for the movie.

Well, it is obvious that when a trend is strengthened, others are bound to follow and the same is happening in the south industry as well.

Dhanush, where he has been getting applauds for the song, has also been under controversies as he was recently roped in the romantic linkup with Shruti Haasan but his wife denied all the reports and Dhanush took a sigh of relief (seems so).

Priyamani is super excited and Mahesh Babu forgets wife’s birthday

Priyamani is on cloud nine. Why? The reason behind is that she is going to enact the main lead alongside her favorite actor Mohanlal. Priya is essaying the role in Mohanlal’s Grandmaster. She started off filming last week and is in Kochi these days where she is to doll up the rest of the sequences of the movie. Mohanlal is busy these days with other project rather than the film currently. Well, he is playing the Celebrity Cricket League.

Well, no matter if Mohanlal is not filming, Priya is giving her shots for the movie. She is playing an important character in the film that is about a criminal lawyer. In this film, the gorgeous beauty is sporting a modern wardrobe of desi casual dresses. Apart from this movie, she is also finishing the shooting for her Kannada movie, Anna Bond. Priya is enjoying the success of the Kannada flick ‘Ko Ko’.

On the other hand, we have learnt that Mahesh Babu, who is enjoying the success of his current release ‘Businessman’, has forgotten his wife’s birthday. His wife is a former actress and beauty queen Namarta Shirodker. Mahesh wrote on micro blogging site that he forgot wife’s birthday in his quite busy schedules. He said sorry to wife on the site and wished her as well.

Businessman has been receiving super response from the audiences and the collections from the box office show that the movie is going superhit. It has been learnt and the reports reveal that Mahesh Babu’s Business has broken the records. The sources say that the makers of the film are now planning a the sequel to the film. And seeing the response from the audiences, it appears that the masses too would like to watch the sequel to the film. Let’s wait and see if the sequel is announced.

Ranbir Kapoor on erotic movies

Actor Ranbir Kapoor has always been a candid guy and he certainly has no qualms about talking of taboo stuff like porn. He was recently quizzed by the media on whether he likes to watch the kind of erotic films (the B-grade movies of Bollywood like Junglee Jawaani and Jungle mein Mangal as he did in ‘Rockstar’), he was quick to admit that he was game for it. While other actors would have been diplomatic and shy about it, Ranbir was outspoken and honest in his confession that he has grown up watching such semi-porn flicks.

“In fact, I grew up on Junglee Jawaani. Guess I realised I was a man when I started going for those kind of films,” is what he said. Surely, the actor’s candidness and brutal honesty stumped the media personnel.

Meanwhile, Katrina Kaif has found a new partner. No, we are not referring to a dating partner but to a singing partner. Katrina, who knows a thing or two about music, is all set to record an album with Ali Zafar, her co-star of ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’. Ali, as you may be aware, is already a pop star and has a flair for both music as well as acting. Reportedly, it was him who provoked Katrina into exploring her music talent and go for an album. However, thanks to her hectic shooting schedules, the princess of popcorn hadn’t got time to chase her music dreams.

But now it seems like Kat and Ali are gearing up enthusiastically to floor all music lovers with their own brand of music. Reportedly, Ali has already composed some songs and has even got Kat’s approval about them. All is now left is for Katty to record them.

However, the two are keeping mum about the project but we can surely wait for our beloved Katrina to add another feather to her heavily-laden cap.

Salman Khan: Fans want him to tie the knot in 2012

Salman Khan is 46 and pushing 50. An age where men are proud daddies, he has not even tied the knot. Yes, he has come close to getting married with some extremely serious relationships with a host of girls including Aishwarya Rai and Katrina Kaif. But, till now, he has stayed away from walking the aisle. And surely, millions of female hearts will get shattered the day he does so.

But guess what? In an online poll, Salman has been chosen by fans as the star whom they want to see getting married this year (that’s to say before the world ends on 21.12.2012). The fans had some really big stars to choose from including Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham, Kareena Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Bipasha Basu and even Karan Johar. But such is the aura surrounding the eligibility of Salman, that he got overwhelming votes in his favour.

As much as 61% voters professed their wish to see the Bodyguard actor get into a nuptial knot. But we wonder if that’s even a likelihood given that he, right now, is in no serious relationship. There have been tongues wagging that he may be seeing Angela Johnsson, the hot model, but these are merely rumours and certainly Salman looks in no mood to settle down.

Not just fans but even co-stars like Aamir Khan and Akshaye Khanna have been pretty vocal about their desire to see Salman getting married. And coming to some other celebs, Saif and Kareena are very likely to get married this summer itself while John’s secretive marriage to Priya Runchal is already doing the rounds. Rani looks all set to marry friend Aditya Chopra while Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza are doing their ‘vivaah’ on the first week of February.

But as for Salman, we wonder if he would ever get married……That will certainly be a big day for the entire country.

Isha Koppikar says she can dance better than Katrina Kaif

from Bollywood scene and hardly seen there in movies these days, has shown her jealously over none other than the top notch Bollywood actress and item number specialist Katrina Kaif. Isha’s focus for jealousy is Katrina’s item song ‘Chikini Chameli’. Koppikar has claimed that she can do far better than Katrina Kaif.

Seems a new catfight is going to happen now between Isha and Katrina. Isha has ignited the flame and now it is Katrina’s turn to catch the flame to throw it back to Koppikar.

Actresses’ throwing nasty comments on each other is quite common in Bollywood and since it is woman’s nature to feel jealous of other women, Bollywood’s women are not the exception – they too are women. Isha Koppikar is not able to swallow the popularity of Katrina and in particular the fame she has been receiving in return of Chikini Chameli has been disturbing Ms. Isha a lot.

Isha recently performed at an event where she danced on ‘Komdi Pallai’ where she claimed that the original number is far better than Kaif’s Chikni Chameli. Koppikar has also been uttering it to people that she could have dolled up this item number far better than Katrina Kaif, if given a chance.

She says that she track seems much better in Marathi. She mentioned that she when got to listen the song, she found that the original was much better than the Hindi version. She then uttered that Katrina did better in the song but had she given the chance, she would have showed her class far better than Katrina Kaif.

Previously Rakhi Sawant has alleged Katrina Kaif of copying her dance style in Chikini Chameli. Katrina has been the victim of unpleasant comments by the Bollywood women since the day the song got popular among masses. Katrina is really an intelligent actress who maintains silence and this is what makes her sailing through steadily and successfully.

Shaurya Chauhan Hot Pictures & Wallpapers

Shaurya Chauhan is a model turned Bollywood actress. Shaurya was born on 7th August in Hyderabad, India. She is a well known face in the Television industry as she has hosted quite a few shows on TV. But before doing televisions shows she was a model. Shaurya Chauhan was discovered by ace photographer Atul Kasbekar, who shoots the Kingfisher Swimsuit Calendar. Shaurya even shot for the 2006 edition of this Kingfisher calendar. She has done many ad films and was into ramp modeling before making it to the big screen.

Her most famous TV appearance was in the show ‘Dadagiri’ which she hosted and was a part of it. ‘Dadagiri’ is a reality based show which use to air on the channel UTV BINDASS and it was through this show that she gained popularity.

But Shaurya Chauhan made her Bollywood debut long back in the movie ‘Kyon Ki’ which was released in the year 2005 and had Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead, Shaurya played a small role in that movie. But she played the lead role in her next movie which was ‘Mumbai Salsa’ and it released in the year 2007 but didn’t quite make an impression. After that she didn’t do any film and was busy with her television commitments until this year. She was recently seen in the movie ‘Sadda Adda’ which released this year.

Hosanna, A.R. Rahman’s song lands in trouble

A.R Rahman has achieved success in the music industry with songs that are soulful. However this time Rahman seem to have landed up in trouble. Rahman’s latest track from the film “Ek Deewana Tha” has been very popular. But unfortunately there has been series of protests for the inclusion of a word “Hosanna” in the song. The song has become one of the most top grosser and has created lot of buzz in the film industry .The track is slowly becoming popular but there has been serious protests by Christian Secular Forum (CSF) who wants the word Hosanna to be deleted from the song . The Christian Secular Forum (CSF) commented that the word “Hosanna” is considered to be sacred and therefore its inclusion in a song is not acceptable. They further added that the word “Hosanna” is there in the Holy Bible and is being used by the Jews and the Christians. In the movie they have a dance and song routine with the word “Hosanna” in it. To make matters even worse in the movie, the boy proposes to the girl by singing the particular song that has the word” Hosanna “in it.

The Christian Secular Forum (CSF) has not take this mater lightly and they have demanded a public apology along with deleting the word “Hosanna” from the entire song. They also added that the song has hurt the feelings of Christina and Jews so they have demanded an apology by sending an email to composer AR Rahman, Javed Akhtar the lyricist and all those related to Fox Star Studio and Sony Music. The Christian Secular Forum (CSF) has even threatened to move to court against Fox Star Studios and Sony Music and have even decided to lodge a police complaint. However amidst such controversy one could hardly get any comments from the makers of the movie.

Kareena acts like a link between Aamir and Imran..

Kareena Kapoor has now become a messenger for the bhanja-mama jodi, Aamir and Imran. Wondering what we are talking? Well, since both Aamir and his bhanja, Imran are busy with their respective films, the two have hardly met each other in a while now.

Imran, is busy promoting his upcoming film, Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, while Aamir is shooting for Talaash. Now, Kareena being a part of both the film, is playing a messengers role to both, the mama and the bhanja. The actress lets out all teh information about Imran to Aamir and vice versa.

Says a source, “Imran always ends up inquiring about his mamujaan and Kareena happily gives him all the updates. And likewise on the sets of Talaash, Aamir wants to what his bhanja has been up to.”

Choosing Theatrical Over VOD, Sundance Midnight Title 'Black Rock' Chooses LD Distribution

LD Entertainment is closing a North American distribution deal for Black Rock, the thriller that premiered last night in a midnight screening at The Library. I’ve heard six figures [UPDATE: Several sources say price was in the seven-figure range] and it’s going to be a theatrical release. Directed by Katie Aselton and written Mark Duplass, stars Kate Bosworth, Lake Bell and Aselton. Deal was made this morning by Submarine’s Josh Braun and LD president David Dinerstein and principal Mickey Liddell. The film’s described as a mix between Deliverance and Thelma and Louise. Three female fiiends set aside personal issues and organize a girl getaway weekend on a remote on the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns into a deadly fight for survival.

I’ve heard several distributors chased this, including Gold Circle, Lionsgate, Magnolia and IFC. This is the third deal for Submarine in the last two days, after The Queen of Versailles to Magnolia and Searching for Sugar Man went to Sony Pictures Classics.

Magnolia Buying ‘The Queen Of Versailles’: Sundance

Magnolia Pictures is making a deal for The Queen Of Versailles, the documentary that made its Sundance Film Festival debut Thursday at Eccles Theater. I’m told the deal will be for all rights in North America except TV. Plans are for a theatrical release later this summer. Several companies chased the film including Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions together, and Sony Pictures Classics, which today bought Searching for Sugar Man.
The Queen Of Versailles focuses on the odyssey of timeshare magnate David Siegel and his 30-years younger wife Jackie. Riding high, they decided at the peak of their wealth to build Versailles, a 90,000-square-foot home that would have been the largest in America. Modeled after the Palace of Versailles, the plans included an indoor ice skating rink and 10 kitchens. When the 2008 economic collapse hit, their plans were dashed and they struggled to live like the unwashed masses. The docu caused a stir here when David Siegel sued Sundance for a catalog description of him as a rags-to-riches-to-rags story. He might be on shaky legal ground as those who’ve seen the movie said that those words come right out of his mouth. Lauren Greenfield (Thin) directed it, and while David Siegel wasn’t at yesterday’s screening Jackie was. Also present were several producers, and there could be a remake rights deal in the offing.
Pic is an Evergreen Pictures production, produced by Greenfield, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Frank Evers and Dan Cogan. Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles said the film “brilliantly encapsulates the salient issues of the American economic downturn, while also being one of the jaw-droppingly entertaining films I’ve seen in a very long time. Lauren Greenfield is an exceptionally talented filmmaker with a wonderfully humanistic touch, and she has found a truly magnetic, charismatic star in Jackie Siegel.”
Magnolia’s Dori Begly made the deal with Submarine’s Josh Braun and David Koh. TV rights are being shopped as we speak.

Julie Dash To Direct ‘Tupelo 77′: Sundance

Julie Dash (The Rosa Parks Story) is in final negotiations to direct new featuring Tupelo 77, Angel Entertainment’s Bob Crowe said this afternoon at Sundance. Written by Rich Mancuso, the feature is the story of a group of people from various backgrounds in a small town in Mississippi who struggle to overcome obstacles of poverty, racial and religious differences and wounds of war. Crowe (Stained) and Sean Hewitt (Carry Me Home) will produce and shooting is set for this summer. Casting is underway.

Lawrence Kasdan, Harlan Coben Team On New Thriller Novel ‘Stay Close’

Lawrence Kasdan and bestselling author Harlan Coben are teaming on a feature adaptation of Stay Close, Coben’s latest thriller novel which Dutton will publish March 20. Kasdan, who came to Sundance to watch yesterday’s premiere of son Jonathan Kasdan’s The First Time, will direct the film. Kasdan’s latest, Darling Companion, opens the Santa Barbara Film Festival on January 26th. In Stay Close, a past crime returns to devastate the lives of a photojournalist, a suburban mother with a hidden past, and a homicide detective obsessed with a series of unsolved disappearances. The Hitchcockian thriller plunges all three into a dark world of sex, secrets and shocking violence.

Both Coben and Kasdan told me that they expect to have a script ready by the time the book is published. It’s not the usual way a book by a big author like Coben is brokered. But despite the fact his last four novels debuted atop The New York Times Bestseller list, the only movie adaption of Coben’s work was 2006’s Tell No One, and that was a French film directed by Guillaume Canet. It wasn’t until after that film’s success that Warner Bros acquired remake rights, with Ben Affleck attached to direct. All Coben’s books have been optioned repeatedly, only to languish in development hell.

“Everybody told me I was crazy to make that deal with Guillaume, but in hindsight I was enormously lucky,” Coben told me. “That book was optioned first by Mike Ovitz’s AMG, which maybe was a kiss of death, and then Sony tried before the rights came back to me and this crazy young French guy came along with great ideas and a plan to set the film in France. Every one of my books has either been optioned or is under option, and it seems to me that this situation with Larry isn’t much different than an option deal where a producer gets somebody to acquire, then has a script written and then something goes wrong.”

Kasdan told me that after he made Darling Companion, which was stylistically reminiscent of his film The Big Chill, he wanted a potboiler reminiscent of his earlier film Body Heat. “Harlan and I met at a conference organized by Jeff Bezos, and we just hit it off,” Kasdan said. “I’d read a couple of his books, and after asking him why they hadn’t been made into his movies, he told me his tale of woe, of having everything optioned and developed to death. We agreed to look through his stuff, and he said, I just finished a book today, do you want to read it? I think it’s the most adaptable of his books, with a tight plot and strong characters. We’ll have the script ready by March, and at that point we’ll see who salutes. When you boil Harlan’s fiction to its core, it’s intensity, momentum and tension and this will be a medium budget sexy and violent film.”

Coben is represented by the Aaron Priest Literary Agency for publishing and WME for features. CAA reps Kasdan.

Tribute To Spielberg At PGA

Accepting the Producers Guild’s David O. Selznick Career Achievement Award last night, Steven Spielberg said about the people who stitched this video together: “I think we should have them working for us.” It was edited by Todd Sandler.

Steven Tyler National Anthem Rendition: An Epic Fail?

Steven Tyler spends the bulk of his time these days critiquing aspiring artists.But the Aerosmith frontman/American Idol panelist is the one facing harsh judgment today, as is performance of the national anthem prior to the 2012 AFC Championship game is being met with severe rebuke.
"Steven Tyler far more obscene than Janet Jackson's t*tty," Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock Tweeted of the rendition, comparing it to another famous, scandalous moment in NFL playoff lore.
Was the song really that abysmal? Decide for yourself:

Rajinikanth's next film 'Kochadaiyaan

New Delhi: After Enthiran (Robot), before Rana, Super star Rajinikanth's next release would be a hi-tech 3D film titled Kochadaiyaan. This is the first time that a 3D film with performance capturing technology is being produced in India.
It is worth mentioning that all time box office hit Avatar directed by James Cameron and the latest sensation creating new records The Adventures of Tin Tin Directed by Steven Spielberg have been produced with the same performance capturing technology, in Hollywood.
KS Ravikumar has written the story, screenplay, dialogue and is doing the direction supervision for Kochadaiyaan. The film is directed by Soundarya Ashwin Rajinikanth.
The film is produced by Eros International and Media One Global Entertainment Limited. The work is progressing in a fast pace and is scheduled for release in August 2012. Rajinikanth would act in Rana following Kochadaiyaan in 2012.

Nanban Latest News

Nanban certified by Censor board with U certificate. Trade sources say that Nanban has been certified during the fag end of 2011. This means, the film will qualify for 2011 awards. The film has been well-received by the Censor Board officials and they have certified it with a clean U.Nanban is from director Shankar who has tried out a remake for the first time in his successful career. It is the remake of the Hindi movie 3 Idiots. Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana, Sathyaraj, SJ Suryah and others play vital roles in Naban. Harris Jayaraj has scored the music for this film.

Arulnidhi to don the lead role in Samudrakani’s film

After Poraali, Samudrakani will be directing a film which will have Arulnidhi in the lead role. Arulnidhi made his debut in the film Vamsam directed by Pandiraj who had directed Pasanga. Arulnidhi had won laurels for his acting in his latest film Mouna Guru. Because of this Arulnidhi is overjoyed. Now he has been signed for the lead role in the film to be directed by Samudrakani. Everyone is aware that Samudrakani will give importance even to the people who don small roles. His films Nadodigal and Poraali have done well at the box office.