. To translate the song literally, being gay is being 'spoilt'.

If Bollywood's only 'openly gay' film calls it that, then the lesser spoken about other references of homosexuality in Bollywood, the better. While it may have the audience in splits, it's far from a joke for the LGBT community that gets portrayed with comic undercurrents, more often than not.

Ranbir & Imran present a gay act and make merry at an award show, and movies like Kal Ho Naa Ho and Dostana , treat the issue lightly by romanticizing the relationship between straight men. Serious films on the same (I AM and My Brother Nikhil) are far and few, face criticism from the moral police, and get a short run at the B.

O. While on the verge of a transformation, with gay rights, movements and support from the junta, is Bollywood fair in the way it portrays homosexuality onscreen? This week 'Bollywood Big Story' debates: Bollywood: 'Gay' and loving it? Are we, as an industry, aware of our responsibilities? What are films doing to contribute to this change in mindset and sexuality? Can the industry lend support and give it a voice by simply 'humourizing' the community.

Tune in to Bollywood Big Story this Sat, Nov 26 at 12.30 pm on zoOm - India's No 1 Bollywood channel (less)

7 million people on Monday (September 19). The Nielsen Co.

said Tuesday that was more than any other episode in the show's first eight seasons, when Sheen was the star. The sitcom's previous best came in May 2005 following the final episode of Everybody Loves Raymond .

Meanwhile, Sheen appeared Monday as the "victim" of a Comedy Central roast that reached 6.4 million people.

That is the second most-watched telecast in the cable network's history, behind only Jeff Dunham's holiday special in 2008. The season-opening episode of Two and a Half Men , television's most popular comedy, was much anticipated.

Producers kept it a secret how they would kill off Sheen's character and introduce Kutcher's. Sheen had been fired from the show last season for drug use and erratic behavior.

He launched a weeks long tirade against his bosses, including show creator Chuck Lorre, and Lorre got revenge in Monday's episode. Sheen's Charlie Harper character was killed when he was hit by a subway train in Paris.

Meanwhile, Kutcher appeared as an Internet billionaire unsuccessful in a suicide attempt over a crumbled relationship. He fell right into the show's randy ways, picking up two women during a bar visit that same night.

The success of Two and a Half Men gave a boost to the premiere of CBS' new comedy 2 Broke Girls that followed it. That show had an audience of 19.

4 million, the largest audience for a fall sitcom premiere since Inside Schwartz a decade ago. The veteran CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother had its best season premiere numbers.

By contrast, the season premiere of Hawaii Five-0 had a relatively modest audience of 12 million. Subsequent episodes will reveal Kutcher's ability to build on the blockbuster opening.

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"We saw some amazing people. Scarlett Johansson was great.

It was a great audition, I'm telling you. But the thing with Scarlett is, you can't wait for her to take her clothes off," Fincher said.

Before finally casting Mara in the role, Fincher said, he was worried he wouldn't ever find the right actress to portray the character. "I had seen a lot of actresses.

I was beginning to get to the point where I was thinking, 'Maybe conceptually you are talking about a person who doesn't exist'," he added. Tweet (less)

"I think funny women have been around forever -- Carol Burnett, Madeline Kahn. I mean, there have always been genius female actors in comedy.

The coolest thing about this movie is that a male could have played this lead role. It's a great thing to see a female can do it and do it as well as Cameron does it," the 30-year-old said.

While Bad Teacher was released in the US, Canada and Britain in June, the film will be releasing in India on Friday and the singer-turned-actor sees no problem if the censor board gives Adult rating to the film. "One can also argue that if you take away the Adult rating, it's going to take all the fun out of being a teenager and sneaking in.

So let's be honest, they're going to do it," he said. Tweet (less)

"In my younger days, I looked ridiculous, I've tried to forget the way I looked! Seriously, I like myself more now than I ever have. I think it's because you just get to a point where age becomes attractive to you in a way.

When you accept the inevitability that you are ageing, that you are getting older, I think it becomes a thing you settle into. I have no desire to be young again.

I'm still young. I still feel very young and I'll always feel very young, but I'm excited to progress," he said.

Timberlake, who shot to fame with boy band N*Sync in the 90s, also said how he loved taking on his first leading role in new movie In Time as he could really to his character. "It was a great, great adventure.

This is the most personal experience I've had with a character and I think it's because it was a leading role so I accessed a lot more of myself to play it," he added. Tweet (less)

"Most gay people are very tasty people. They like beautiful stuff in their lives.

If they like me, it means they have taste. They don't follow me for my butt shots.

They like me for me," said Damme. The actor recently signed up for a sequel to Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables, opposite Jason Statham, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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"The animated version of the movie is being made, for which I am giving my voice," said the 37-year-old actress at an event here. The "mast-mast" girl of Bollywood had taken a sabbatical after her marriage to industrialist Anil Thadani in 2004.

But now, the mother-of-two is eyeing Bollywood again and has signed a couple of projects. "I have just signed a few films.

Shooting of one of them 'Gin Liya Aasmaan' has started and other films 'E-dil Sambhal Zara' and 'Shovna Seven Nights' will go on the floor in 3-4 months," she said. The National Award winning actress has acted in films like " Mohra ", "Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi", "Ziddi", and "Shool".

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Michael started the performance 40 minutes late, but received rapturous applause from the audience when he finally started the show and during the concert he thrilled John by playing a cover of one of his songs. "This next song was written by someone I hope has made it in here already - Elton.

It's a song he wrote in the late '70s and it's about an ageing pop star. Funny that," Michael said.

Proceeds from the event will go to Elton's AIDS Foundation and the Elizabeth Taylor Memorial Fund, which the star created in honour of the late Hollywood veteran. Tweet (less)

Timberlake and Ms. Kunis exchange inappropriate texts or emails.

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The insistence that there is any inappropriate correspondence between the two parties is entirely false," said a statement. It was reported that Kunis' phone account was hacked and photos of the actress in a bathtub along with pictures of Timberlake, 30, lying on a bed were discovered, reports people.

com. "We would like to confirm that the photo addressed in the media of Ms.

Kunis was in fact not from any phone but from an inactive email account that has not existed in three years. In regards to the other photos in question, they were never exchanged between the two parties," said the statement.

Both Timberlake and Kunis are working with authorities and contemplating legal action. "In closing, Mr.

Timberlake would like us to make it clear that while he might write songs about putting things in boxes, he never has and definitely doesn't make a habit of taking any photos of them and sending them," the statement said. Tweet (less)

co.uk quoted Seyfried as saying.

Seyfried has also revealed that Timberlake loves to sing on the sets. "We didn't have any sing-a-longs on set but he does sing a lot.

I don't sing when I'm around Justin, I'd be too embarrassed because he's so talented. He was singing Cee Lo Green a lot," she said.

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We didn't do this movie thinking we were doing a PG or PG-13. We were doing an R-rated movie," she told MTVindia.

com. "Bad Teacher", set to releases in India Aug 19, will see Diaz playing a teacher who not only drinks alcohol but also smokes marijuana.

And instead of teaching her students, she sleeps through her class. She admits it was tricky filming the adult movie, revolving around a school and students.

"Before we started filming, we made sure that all the kids and all the parents knew what the project was going to be like," she said. "I said: 'There's going to be swearing here and completely irreverent and inappropriate behaviour.

If you have any issue with that, we respect that, but this isn't the place for you.' And then we got started.

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Winners Davis and Spencer won Sunday as black maids going public with uneasy truths about their white employers in 1960s Mississippi. Jean Dujardin won the lead-actor honour for The Artist as a silent-film superstar whose career crumbles when the sound era arrives.

Christopher Plummer of the father-son tale Beginners and Octavia Spencer of the Deep South drama The Help won supporting-acting honors at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards, firming up their Academy Awards prospects next month. Stars on the red carpet Plummer, who won for his role as an elderly dad who comes out as gay after his wife's death, would become the oldest actor ever to win an Oscar at age 82, two years older than Jessica Tandy when she won best actress for Driving Miss Daisy .

"I just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second oldest profession," Plummer said. Spencer, a veteran actress who had toiled in small TV and movie parts previously, had a breakout role in The Help as a brassy maid joining other black housekeepers to reveal uneasy truths about their white employers in 1960s Mississippi.

"I'm going to dedicate this to the downtrodden, the under-served, the underprivileged, overtaxed -- whether emotionally, physically or financially," Spencer said. On the television side, Alec Baldwin won best actor for a comedy show for 30 Rock , and Betty White won for best actress in a comedy series for Hot in Cleveland .

Before the official ceremony, the Screen Actors Guild presented its honor for best film stunt ensemble to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 . The TV stunt award went to Game of Thrones .

Nominees for the lead-acting honors, which were to come toward the end of the ceremony, include Globe winners George Clooney for the family drama The Descendants , Meryl Streep for the Margaret Thatcher tale The Iron Lady , Michelle Williams for the Marilyn Monroe story My Week with Marilyn and Jean Dujardin for the silent film The Artist . Spencer's The Help co-star Viola Davis also is in the running, along with Leonardo DiCaprio for the J.

Edgar Hoover biography J. Edgar , Brad Pitt for the baseball story Moneyball and Glenn Close for the Irish drama Albert Nobbs .

The winners at the SAG ceremony typically go on to earn Oscars. All four acting recipients at SAG last year later took home Oscars -- Colin Firth for The King's Speech , Natalie Portman for Black Swan and Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for The Fighter .

The same generally holds true for the weekend's other big Hollywood honors, the Directors Guild of America Awards, where Michel Hazanavicius won the feature-film prize Saturday for The Artist . The Directors Guild winner has gone on to earn the best-director Oscar 57 times in the 63-year history of the union's awards show.

SAG also presents an award for overall cast performance, a prize that's loosely considered the ceremony's equivalent of a best-picture honor. However, the cast award has a spotty record at predicting what will win best picture at the Oscars.

While The King's Speech won both honors a year ago, the SAG cast recipient has gone on to claim the top Oscar only eight times in the 16 years since the guild added the category. Airing live on TNT and TBS from the Shrine Exhibition Center in downtown Los Angeles, the show features nine television categories, as well.

Receiving the guild's life-achievement award is Mary Tyler Moore. The prize was to be presented by Dick Van Dyke, her co-star on the 1960s sit-com The Dick Van Dyke Show .

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Her debut directorial venture Yeh Dooriyan is making way to theatres on August 26. However, the actress is extremely hurt with the wrong perception of the film by people.

Apparently, some of the so-called proponents of Indian society are considering V1 Creation and Siroya FM's film Yeh Dooriyan, to be encouraging divorces and lending a complete disregard to the lives of divorcees. But the actress wants to change these perceptions.

Voicing her opinion on this issue, Deepshika said, "Doesn't a woman have any right to live her life on her own terms after a divorce? Why is she rendered at the mercy of society that looks down upon such women? I want to make some change in such a society through my film and I hope the right message reaches the audience!" (less)

The Hollywood pair has not yet confirmed the status of their relationship, but the stars made a statement by stepping out at a party following the Los Angeles premiere of Timberlake's new thriller In Time . Timberlake and Biel were also spotted kissing at the bash, and they even stayed behind past midnight after most guests had gone home.

"(They) became more and more affectionate, sneaking kisses, whispering to each other, and sharing quick back rubs and caresses. At one point, she pretended to punch him a couple times and he gamely bounced up and down like a jack in the box," an onlooker said.

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"Ryan Murphy had told me, 'Don't wear black. You should never wear black.

So my stylist pulled floral, beautiful colours. As I'm walking to the bathroom to try them on, I see the Oscar [de la Renta] dress hanging up in her closet.

I said 'I'm wearing that.' And I called Ryan, and said 'Ryan, I'm wearing black!,'" she said.

However, it seems Murphy wasn't upset about her not taking his advice. "When I met Lea, she was only sort of interested in clothes-- but in the last two years she's become a red-carpet star.

I think what happened is Lea went to an event, and someone said, 'Oh, you look pretty.' It was an interesting moment for her," he added.

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"You're going to have a completely new, all-Canadian production opening at the Royal Alex in July, 2012 . I would love to hear Justin Bieber sing 'Empty Chairs at Empty Tables'.

Please spread the word that he'd be more than welcome in the show," Mackintosh said. The 64-year-old has reworked the musical - which is based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo and the musical by Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain Boublil, which follows the lives of several characters during the French revolution.

The revamped production - which first opened at the Barbican Centre in London in 1985 - features new staging and a totally new set design, inspired by Hugo's paintings. "I was inspired to do a new version when I realised that the show was going to be 25 years old.

You always have a different point of view on something after 25 years and just for my own sanity's sake, I had to see it fresh again," Mackintosh added. Tweet (less)

"I don't think it should go on past this year. I just think that people are there because there's nowhere else to go.

Yet. Hats off to Ashton for doing the best job that he can.

I don't think that he's working with the best writing because [Lorre is] doing too many shows. He and [Jon Cryer] and [Angus T.

Jones] deserve better material," he said. Despite his comments, Sheen, who is now working on a new comedy show 'Anger Management', says he doesn't care what happens to the show because he has moved on and now feels "free".

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"I don't think it should go on past this year. I just think that people are there because there's nowhere else to go.

Yet. Hats off to Ashton for doing the best job that he can.

I don't think that he's working with the best writing because [Lorre is] doing too many shows. He and [Jon Cryer] and [Angus T.

Jones] deserve better material," he said. Despite his comments, Sheen, who is now working on a new comedy show 'Anger Management', says he doesn't care what happens to the show because he has moved on and now feels "free".

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However, a spokesperson said that the blonde beauty isn't dating Combs but is working with him, reported New York Post. "(They) are longtime friends and have been seen together recently because they are developing a film project.

They had lunch..

. with a producer who is also involved in the project.

(They) are not romantically involved," the represenative said. Diaz split from baseball star Alex Rodriguez in September, while Combs has been linked to singer Cassie.

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Jones playing Cryer's son. Series creator Chuck Lorre seemed to get revenge for Sheen's spectacular, insult-spewing exit last spring with a series of insults.

Monday's premiere picked up at the funeral for now-deceased Charlie Harper (Sheen), who we learn was hit by a subway train and "exploded like a balloon full of meat," according to the possibly psychotic woman he'd run off with in the middle of season eight. Kutcher plays Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt, who appeared at the doorway of Harper's old home wet from a suicide attempt in the ocean.

It seems Schmidt may be tall, good looking and rich, but he's morose about a lost love. Cryer's character, Alan Harper, takes Schmidt out for a drink, where Schmidt meets two women and brings them home to Harper's home.

"I dig your house," he said. "I'm going to buy it.

" At the Emmys on Sunday night, troubled star Charlie Sheen shocked many. He had nothing but words of support for his former Two and a Half Men colleagues.

It began backstage, where the actor who was fired from TV's hit sitcom, tweeted a picture with Ashton Kutcher who will play an Internet billionaire with a broken heart named Walden Schmidt as he joins the cast this season. Sheen tweeted: Giving the new kid a little advice.

.! With @aplusk backstage at the Emmy's.

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On stage, before his presentation for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Sheen said: "I want to take a moment to get something off my chest and say a few words to everybody here from Two and a Half Men . From the bottom of my heart, I wish you nothing but the best for this upcoming season.

We spent eight wonderful years together and I know you will continue to make great television." Sheen posted another pic with Ashton and tweeted: "Seriously.

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@aplusk great talking to you! We'll all be watching! Make us proud!!" Acknowledging Sheen's tweets, Kutcher tweeted: "@charliesheen good to meet you too. Wishing you the best on your new gig.

" That done, he tweeted on the much-awaited premiere: "2.5 men airs tonight!!! I'm really excited for you all to see what we've been working on.

" Meanwhile, when asked by television show host Matt Lauer whether he was open to a cameo on the show, Sheen said, "Absolutely. If they wanted or needed it or thought that was a good idea, I'd be completely on board for that.

There's your closer. I'll be in the final episode," he said.

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And this year, the big screen has seen all sorts of teachers - from the idealistic to the irreverent. Lillete Dubey: She has played the role of mothers to perfection.

But this year, Lillete played the part of a feisty English teacher in Always Kabhi Kabhi, who spouts Hamlet to a bunch of rambunctious teenagers. Amole Gupte: Can teachers be greedy? Writer-director Amole Gupte proved it in Stanley Ka Dabba, in which he plays a boorish Hindi teacher named Babubhai Verma, a man more interested in the kids' lunchboxes than teaching - especially Stanley's.

Though his character in his directorial debut was far from lovable, the grumpy, mean-spirited Babubhai left quite an impression on audiences. Bradley Cooper: Bradley's teacher character Phil in Hangover 2 was more involved in bar brawls, drinking games and getting shot in the arm than enlightening children.

Cameron Diaz: Cameron's loud, drunken and surly Elizabeth Halsey elicited quite a few laughs and raised eyebrows in her last film, Bad Teacher. She takes regular swigs of alcohol from behind a desk and shows the students movies while she sleeps during class.

Her wardrobe - which on one occasion included shorts and a knotted shirt - hardly befitted a student, let alone a teacher. Julia Roberts: Julia has played an inspirational teacher in Mona Lisa Smile, but her professor character in Larry Crowne is far less passionate about enriching her students' lives.

In fact, she has something in common with Cameron's character in Bad Teacher - she loves to hit the bottle. Amitabh Bachchan: The Big B has played a teacher several times in various avatars - from the comical Sukumar Sinha in Chupke Chupke, to the idealistic Narayan Shankar in Mohabbatein.

This year, Amitabh played the idealistic Prabhakar Anand in Aarakshan, who doesn't take things lying down when the issue of commercialization of education looms large over the institution. Compiled by Richa Bhatia (less)

"If we don't, at least ABC knows that people all over the world don't want to have a 2-year-old saying the 'F-bomb' on TV." "We hope they know better," said Hatch.

He's asking his club's members, whom he said number 35,000 in the United States and about three-dozen other countries, to complain to ABC. ABC has yet to respond, he said Tuesday.

The network had no comment, a spokeswoman said. In the episode titled Little Bo Bleep airing 9 p.

m. EST Wednesday, 2-year-old Lily shocks parents Mitchell and Cameron (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet) with her first expletive.

The dads, who are preparing Lily to serve as flower girl in a wedding, now have an added parenting challenge. The tot is played by Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who says the word 'fudge' during taping.

It will be bleeped on the air and her mouth will be obscured by pixilation, and viewers will get the impression that her character used the actual F-word. Steven Levitan, creator and executive producer of the sitcom with Christopher Lloyd, told the Television Critics Association last week that he's 'proud and excited' about the F-word plotline that ABC was persuaded to allow.

"We thought it was a very natural story since, as parents, we've all been through this," Levitan said to EW.com.

"We are not a sexually charged show. It has a very warm tone so people accept it more.

I'm sure we'll have some detractors." The program, which won the Emmy Award for best comedy last fall, was named best musical or comedy series at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony.

Hatch, who is from South Pasadena and attends Brigham Young University in Rexburg, Idaho, said he began his anti-profanity club in 2007 when he noticed how rampant cursing was at his school and how it was linked to bullying. "If kids are accountable for their choices, then adults should be as well," and that includes media, he said.

TV profanity was an issue before the Supreme Court last week, which heard arguments about whether regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast stations is sensible when cable and satellite services offer channels with few restrictions. A decision is expected by late June.

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com, "Adam, Blake and Blake's wife Miranda all bowled. Other guests played board games like Connect Four, checkers and backgammon.

Christina's really competitive and wanted games to be part of the party." Christina's boyfriend Matthew, who she has been dating since shortly after splitting from husband Jordan Bratman in 2010, surprised her with a special Marie Antoinette cake.

The source added, "Christina loves costumes and period pieces so it was perfect. Everyone had a great time.

" The Burlesque star, who has a three-year-old son Max with Jordan, has previously praised Matthew as "lovely", saying she is delighted to have found love again after the breakdown of her marriage. Christina said, "There is someone very lovely in my life.

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"I'm not ready to buy a house. It feels like marriage or something.

It's like such a commitment. I don't like it.

I do love being with my parents, but I also just really fear domestication. I just don't have a home.

I actually sleep at my best friend Bo's, in her apartment a lot. She kicks her boyfriend onto the couch and it's really funny.

We stay up and watch movies," she said. Gaga is also releasing her new book 'Lady Gaga x Terry Richardson', which was shot by the famed photographer over the last year and says she wants her fans to be able to get an insight into her life.

"This is me in my most completely vulnerable state. Terry was with me during break-ups, during get-togethers, during party times, sad times, landmark moments in my career.

When I wake up in the morning, going to sleep. he was there during these completely unadulterated, unmanufactured, completely authentic moments," she added.

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"Simon (Cowell) is 'the man' and all his shows are awesome, but America seems to think the show got it wrong sacking Cheryl (Cole)," femalefirst.co.

uk quoted the 17-year-old as saying. "She went down very well, but anybody who knows Cheryl knew she would.

She's made it up with Simon as he can still help her a lot over there," he added. Tweet (less)

"I had an amazing time playing that character. I loved her dearly, but they killed her.

She's dead," she said. Sheridan went on to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry last year, accusing him of slapping her.

But Cherry sparked rumours that he was preparing to make amends with Sheridan over the weekend when he announced the upcoming season of the show would be its last. "I don't know how I would do that, but I have an idea for the last episode in which I want to pay homage to everyone who's been on the show before.

So, we'll see what happens with that," he said. Tweet (less)

The 4-minute long video will be played in all the music channels. "I relate closely to the issue.

I lost my father when I was 13-year-old because of his fondness to tobacco. That time I was 13-year-old.

So, without giving any second thought to it, I took up this project and will always contribute my best to it," Shaan said, while launching tobacco control campaign by Health Ministry and Salaam Bombay foundation. The singer, who has voiced numbers like Main hoon Don and Jane Kya Hoga Rama Re featuring smoking scenes, says he will try to distance himself from projects which promote smoking.

"I am the voice behind many such songs but from now onwards I will try myself not to associate with such songs anymore. I don't smoke and people should take inspiration from this side of mine, rather than relating themselves with the song," he added.

The singer said that he will promote the good cause in his forthcoming concerts to raise the awareness towards it. Nata Menabde, the WHO representative to India, said that the tobacco addiction is a growing problem in the country.

"It is huge and we are extremely concerned. Tobacco addiction is very high but it is difficult to compare India with other countries because India is predominantly using smokeless tobacco.

But it is a big issue as India has a huge young population. "Health Ministry alone can not solve this problem.

It is a very multi-sectorial issue, it requires commitment and messages related to health." Tweet (less)

"I'm meeting with Anne in the next couple weeks. We're not going to do guest stars at all the first half of the season, but I would love to work with her and she supposedly has the whole thing mapped out.

I'm curious as to what she wants to do. I love her.

I think she's great," Murphy said. Hathaway has previously spoken of her desire to appear in Glee , revealing she even has specific song ideas in mind for her character.

"I would love to be on Glee . Can I make a confession? In my head I've written a part for myself! It's so arrogant and obnoxious, it's like, 'Ryan Murphy no one else wants to be on your show.

' "But in my head I've cast myself and I know which song I'd sing. I would want to play Kurt's long-lost aunt, his mother's sister who is also gay, who comes back to help him deal with his sexuality and I would sing No One Is Alone from Stephen Sondheim's epic show Into the Woods ," she said last year.

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"This is me in my most completely vulnerable state. Terry was with me during breakups, during get-togethers, during party times, sad times, landmark moments in my career.

When I wake up in the morning, going to sleep..

. he was there during these completely unadulterated, unmanufactured, completely authentic moments.

"For those of you that ask me, 'What do you look like in the morning?' 'What do you do when you get milk?' 'What do you look like at the grocery store?' You're going to get all of those answers in this book, because he doesn't believe in farce," she added. Tweet (less)

E --told The Sun newspaper: "Madonna is planning a huge comeback and was determined to do it at Hyde Park while the Olympics are on. "She's been out of the limelight musically for a while but is ready to jump back into the saddle and thinks there's no better time to do it than when London hosts the Olympics.

" Earlier this week, it was also revealed Madonna is to perform at next February's Super Bowl, where she will headline the annual NFL match after beating off competition from Lady Gaga. A source said: "When Madonna heard Gaga was in the frame, she knew she had to step up her efforts.

She is going to deliver the kind of show never seen before in NFL history." In headlining the prestigious sporting event, Madonna is following in the footsteps of stars including the Rolling Stones, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake and the late Michael Jackson.

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"Ryan Murphy had told me, 'Don't wear black. You should never wear black.

So my stylist pulled floral, beautiful colours. As I'm walking to the bathroom to try them on, I see the Oscar [de la Renta] dress hanging up in her closet.

I said 'I'm wearing that.' And I called Ryan, and said 'Ryan, I'm wearing black!,'" she said.

However, it seems Murphy wasn't upset about her not taking his advice. "When I met Lea, she was only sort of interested in clothes-- but in the last two years she's become a red-carpet star.

I think what happened is Lea went to an event, and someone said, 'Oh, you look pretty.' It was an interesting moment for her," he added.

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"This is extraordinary! I'm stunned that she has time in her schedule that she's coming to our studio to record. She's playing herself, and the writers describe her as the happiest, most optimistic person in the world.

She comes to Springfield to try to cheer up Lisa, but she can't," said Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa. The 'Judas' singer said appearing on the programme is one of the coolest things she has ever done and hopes she has done a sincere job.

"I make music, but I don't do voice-overs every day of the week, and their characters are so awesomely convincing and sincere and wild and funny, I had to remind myself constantly of the sincerity of the humour. That's what I was trying to focus on, not putting on a character too much and really being as sincere as I could with the lines.

"I would say this is one of the coolest things I've ever done. My dad's probably going to do 80 backflips when the episode comes out," Gaga's guest appearance in the episode 'Lisa Goes Gaga' will air next spring.

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"It's not something I'm thinking about right now." The New Year's Eve star recently admitted she is in no hurry to get married.

She said: "I was never one of those girls who dreamt of my wedding and my Prince Charming. To p**s off my mom, I used to say, 'I'm never having kids, and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid living in a house with cute butlers and dogs.

' " Although Jessica refuses to talk about her relationship with Justin, she has insisted actors don't just date fellow stars for publicity. She said: "I think those (actors) are the people you meet and so it just kind of happens.

Let me tell you: It never happens on purpose." Tweet (less)

"I'd like to have children one day but I don't have any timetable for that. It's not something I'm thinking about right now," Biel said.

The New Year's Eve star also said that she is in no hurry to get married. "I was never one of those girls who dreamt of my wedding and my Prince Charming.

To annoy my mom, I used to say, 'I'm never having kids, and I'm going to be a fabulously rich old maid living in a house with cute butlers and dogs'," she added. Tweet (less)

"First time I met her, she was kind of a daft, dopey person, like, just wandering around, a little bit crazy. She just seemed like an ordinary girl with extraordinary hair.

The first time though I heard Amy Winehouse sing, I thought, 'This isn't just another London chancer, not just another person milling about, trying to be famous'..

. I didn't even know it was her.

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I thought, 'What is this incredible sound, like a timeless sound, like a roar from the guts of humanity; the kind of voice that Billie Holliday sung with, the kind of voice that Ella Fitzgerald sung with..

. I turn into the arena and I see Amy Winehouse singing," he said.

The Arthur actor then introduced Tony Bennett to the VMAs stage for the first time since 1993. "Of all the young artists I've ever met in the last 20 years she was a true jazz artist in the tradition of Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holliday; she had the gift," he said.

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The announcement came after more than two weeks of silence about performers for the Oct. 8 show at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

While the event is endorsed by the singer's mother and some of his siblings, brothers Randy and Jermaine Jackson have protested its timing. The concert is scheduled during the trial of a doctor charged in Jackson's death.

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. I don't believe in measuring the success of a year based on my professional life.

For me, a year is fantastic only if I've achieved my goals, personally and professionally. The year 2011 will be a high point for me because it was the year I married Avantika.

My journey with her has been great. I couldn't have asked for more.

Yes, on the professional front too, both my films "Delhi Belly" and "Mere Brother Ki Dulhan" did well at the box office..

. So, yes, the year has been good.

So you expect the good run to continue this year as well? Well, in our business you never know what to expect. Everything is so unpredictable that no matter who you are - big star or small -you have to leave everything to fate.

As far as I'm concerned, I believe in giving my best. After that I just sit back and let the audience decide the fate of the film.

But yes, as an actor I do try to do something different each time. "Delhi Belly" was different from the usual Imran Khan fare.

But then after that you did "MBKD" and now, "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu". Critics say it's a return to your comfort zone.

I don't think so. Look, I believe in striking a balance as an actor.

With "Delhi Belly" I went risque and then to balance that out I did "MBKD", which was a complete masala flick. Similarly, now I'm doing "EMAEK", which is a typical commercial fare that the usual movie-goer likes.

After that I'll be starting work on Vishal Bharadwaj's "Matru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola", which again is not commercial. Yes, post "DB" people expected me to do movies like that, but no one knows that the film sat in the cans for three years with no one willing to buy it.

I don't believe in restricting myself at all. And honestly it's tough to know what the audience will like.

So how do you decide on your films? Like I said, you cannot second guess the audience. You make a film and by the time it reaches the theatres, it's almost a year and by then, the tastes of the audience has changed.

So, I chose my films depending on what I would like to see. I ask myself if this is the film I would watch and only then do I sign on the dotted line.

Apart from that, the script, director and producer are very important to me. The script has to be appealing and entertaining.

The director - even if he is a first-time filmmaker - needs to know how to translate the story on celluloid. And finally a good producer is important to market your film well to the audience.

See, it's tough to make a movie relevant with times. I think it's a movie that makes time relevant.

Look at "DDLJ" or "Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak" - people watch them even today. Coming to "EMAET", many are drawing similarities to the Hollywood flick "What Happens in Vegas".

The only similarity between our film and "What Happens In Vegas" is that the characters get married in Vegas after a drunken night in town. But this premise has been used in other films as well - "Hangover", "Two to Tango" heck, even in an episode on "Friends", Ross and Rachael get married after a drunken night.

But that's where the similarity ends. "EMAET" is a coming of age film.

My character is rather sad, because he has never done anything fun in life. He has only done what his parents tell him.

And this changes after he meets Kareena's character. So, rest assured, there are absolutely no similarities between our film and the Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz flick.

The film is also been talked about for your pairing with Kareena. Ah! Working with Kareena is such a joy.

I've been friends with director Shakun Batra since my "Jaane Tu..

." days and he wrote the script keeping Kareena and me in mind.

When I read the script, I knew exactly why the movie needed an actor like Kareena. Her character has shaped up so well and to tell you the truth, no one could have played that role other than her.

Do you mind playing second fiddle to an actress in a film? I always believe in one thing - there are no small parts, only small actors. I would love to do a role in a heroine-centric film.

Look at what Vidya did in "The Dirty Picture". She carried the entire film on her shoulders and it's one of the top grossers of 2011.

You know, there is no dearth of good leading ladies in our industry. It's only the scripts that fail them.

Once you have a strong script for them in place, it works wonders. Hats off to directors like Milan Luthria who came up with "TDP".

Priyanka propelled "Fashion" to number one slot, Vidya did the same with "TDP", and now Kareena will steal the show with "Heroine" later this year. Any wish-list for 2012? I don't have any expectations as such.

I don't believe in them. I only hope that my endeavors bear fruit this year too.

As a person, I'm very optimistic in nature. I take life head-on and see the best in it.

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"It is flattering to be called a gay icon," Imran told the magazine in an exclusive interview. "`I have always been a supporter of gay rights.

" When asked if he was ready for a desi Brokeback, he quipped: "Sure, why not!". In the accompanying candid interview, Imran talked about the success of Delhi Belly , his new films with Katrina and Kareena and why he 'locked lips' with dost Ranbir Kapoor on Karan Johar's show (less)

"If we don't, at least ABC knows that people all over the world don't want to have a 2-year-old saying the 'F-bomb' on TV." "We hope they know better," said Hatch.

He's asking his club's members, whom he said number 35,000 in the United States and about three-dozen other countries, to complain to ABC. ABC has yet to respond, he said Tuesday.

The network had no comment, a spokeswoman said. In the episode titled Little Bo Bleep airing 9 p.

m. EST Wednesday, 2-year-old Lily shocks parents Mitchell and Cameron (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet) with her first expletive.

The dads, who are preparing Lily to serve as flower girl in a wedding, now have an added parenting challenge. The tot is played by Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who says the word 'fudge' during taping.

It will be bleeped on the air and her mouth will be obscured by pixilation, and viewers will get the impression that her character used the actual F-word. Steven Levitan, creator and executive producer of the sitcom with Christopher Lloyd, told the Television Critics Association last week that he's 'proud and excited' about the F-word plotline that ABC was persuaded to allow.

"We thought it was a very natural story since, as parents, we've all been through this," Levitan said to EW.com.

"We are not a sexually charged show. It has a very warm tone so people accept it more.

I'm sure we'll have some detractors." The program, which won the Emmy Award for best comedy last fall, was named best musical or comedy series at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony.

Hatch, who is from South Pasadena and attends Brigham Young University in Rexburg, Idaho, said he began his anti-profanity club in 2007 when he noticed how rampant cursing was at his school and how it was linked to bullying. "If kids are accountable for their choices, then adults should be as well," and that includes media, he said.

TV profanity was an issue before the Supreme Court last week, which heard arguments about whether regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast stations is sensible when cable and satellite services offer channels with few restrictions. A decision is expected by late June.

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Jones playing Cryer's son. Series creator Chuck Lorre seemed to get revenge for Sheen's spectacular, insult-spewing exit last spring with a series of insults.

Monday's premiere picked up at the funeral for now-deceased Charlie Harper (Sheen), who we learn was hit by a subway train and "exploded like a balloon full of meat," according to the possibly psychotic woman he'd run off with in the middle of season eight. Kutcher plays Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt, who appeared at the doorway of Harper's old home wet from a suicide attempt in the ocean.

It seems Schmidt may be tall, good looking and rich, but he's morose about a lost love. Cryer's character, Alan Harper, takes Schmidt out for a drink, where Schmidt meets two women and brings them home to Harper's home.

"I dig your house," he said. "I'm going to buy it.

" At the Emmys on Sunday night, troubled star Charlie Sheen shocked many. He had nothing but words of support for his former Two and a Half Men colleagues.

It began backstage, where the actor who was fired from TV's hit sitcom, tweeted a picture with Ashton Kutcher who will play an Internet billionaire with a broken heart named Walden Schmidt as he joins the cast this season. Sheen tweeted: Giving the new kid a little advice.

.! With @aplusk backstage at the Emmy's.

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On stage, before his presentation for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Sheen said: "I want to take a moment to get something off my chest and say a few words to everybody here from Two and a Half Men . From the bottom of my heart, I wish you nothing but the best for this upcoming season.

We spent eight wonderful years together and I know you will continue to make great television." Sheen posted another pic with Ashton and tweeted: "Seriously.

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@aplusk great talking to you! We'll all be watching! Make us proud!!" Acknowledging Sheen's tweets, Kutcher tweeted: "@charliesheen good to meet you too. Wishing you the best on your new gig.

" That done, he tweeted on the much-awaited premiere: "2.5 men airs tonight!!! I'm really excited for you all to see what we've been working on.

" Meanwhile, when asked by television show host Matt Lauer whether he was open to a cameo on the show, Sheen said, "Absolutely. If they wanted or needed it or thought that was a good idea, I'd be completely on board for that.

There's your closer. I'll be in the final episode," he said.

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org, which praises stars for their philanthropic efforts over the last 12 months, reports dailystar.co.

uk. Bieber claimed second place, just days after he made a pre-Christmas trip to visit a local food bank in his native Canada.

The singer is also a supporter of children's charity Pencils of Promise. Meanwhile, Hollywood actor George Clooney, Will Smith and his wife Jada, and Leonardo DiCaprio rounded off the top five.

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"I had an amazing time playing that character. I loved her dearly, but they killed her.

She's dead," she said. Sheridan went on to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry last year, accusing him of slapping her.

But Cherry sparked rumours that he was preparing to make amends with Sheridan over the weekend when he announced the upcoming season of the show would be its last. "I don't know how I would do that, but I have an idea for the last episode in which I want to pay homage to everyone who's been on the show before.

So, we'll see what happens with that," he said. Tweet (less)

"I like a lot of green things like nature and money and things like Kermit the Frog, golf greens, Al Green, hell - I even love Seth Green. I like all sorts of green herbs, some of which I take with medical prescription.

It's legal! Uh, green tea. That's what I was referring to.

Green tea," he said. EMA President Debbie Levin has praised Timberlake and fellow honouree the Producers Guild of America saying they "demonstrate taking a green lifestyle to the next level".

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Gaga has scored her second consecutive appearance just inside the top 10 and is the highest-placed female ahead of Harry Potter author JK Rowling at 16 - and the 25-year-old singer is also the youngest person to make the cut. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg tops the list for the second year in a row, while the co-founders of Google, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, are placed second in the countdown, which recognises people who are "an innovative new breed of buccaneering visionaries, engineering prodigies, and entrepreneurs".

Actor Johnny Depp and filmmaker Tim Burton share the 14th position on the list. Other celebrities featured include director Judd Apatow (20), rap superstar Jay Z (21), Hangover director Todd Philips (22) actor/producer Mark Wahlberg (29), Ashton Kutcher (43) and Justin Timberlake (50).

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It's actually a birthday gift to myself," laughs Imran, when asked about what his plans are for the customized car that will put him in the league of Hollywood biggies like Hugh Grant and Justin Timberlake . The actor, who will celebrate his birthday on January 13, says, "What will Avantika do with the car anyway, given that she doesn't drive?" Imran also celebrated his first wedding anniversary yesterday, but says it was a working day.

"I was busy from morning to night promoting my new film," he says. Imran, who is on a high post the commercial successes of Delhi Belly and Mere Brother Ki Dulhan (MBKD), says 2011 was "the best year I could hope for".

However, living up to expectations has never been easy, he confesses. "As someone who works in the creative field, this is something you have to deal with every day.

You are always trying to live up to the critics' and the media's expectations. I am always nervous about what Friday will bring," admits Imran.

He then puts to rest rumours about the similarities his next film shares with the Cameron Diaz- and Ashton Kutcher-starrer, What Happens in Vegas. "The similarities start and end with the fact that both the films are set in Vegas and that the characters get married in the end," is all Imran will say about the matter.

Will Vishal Bhardwaj's experimental Maatru Ki Bijli Ka Mandola mark a departure from Imran's loverboy image? "I'm looking forward to working on Vishal's film as it offers a lot of scope for me to grow as an actor. Also, the audience will get to see a new pairing when Anushka Sharma and I are seen onscreen together," he signs off (less)

"I had an amazing time playing that character. I loved her dearly, but they killed her.

She's dead," she said. Sheridan went on to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against show creator Marc Cherry last year, accusing him of slapping her.

But Cherry sparked rumours that he was preparing to make amends with Sheridan over the weekend when he announced the upcoming season of the show would be its last. "I don't know how I would do that, but I have an idea for the last episode in which I want to pay homage to everyone who's been on the show before.

So, we'll see what happens with that," he said. Tweet (less)

"That's a dangerous path. When you're making a film with someone, you get to know them very well indeed and it's too easy to develop a sort of obsession with them that you think at the time might be love.

But it isn't. "Earlier in my career, I had a couple of relationships with co-stars and both times it was a disaster," he said.

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"If we don't, at least ABC knows that people all over the world don't want to have a 2-year-old saying the 'F-bomb' on TV." "We hope they know better," said Hatch.

He's asking his club's members, whom he said number 35,000 in the United States and about three-dozen other countries, to complain to ABC. ABC has yet to respond, he said Tuesday.

The network had no comment, a spokeswoman said. In the episode titled Little Bo Bleep airing 9 p.

m. EST Wednesday, 2-year-old Lily shocks parents Mitchell and Cameron (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet) with her first expletive.

The dads, who are preparing Lily to serve as flower girl in a wedding, now have an added parenting challenge. The tot is played by Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who says the word 'fudge' during taping.

It will be bleeped on the air and her mouth will be obscured by pixilation, and viewers will get the impression that her character used the actual F-word. Steven Levitan, creator and executive producer of the sitcom with Christopher Lloyd, told the Television Critics Association last week that he's 'proud and excited' about the F-word plotline that ABC was persuaded to allow.

"We thought it was a very natural story since, as parents, we've all been through this," Levitan said to EW.com.

"We are not a sexually charged show. It has a very warm tone so people accept it more.

I'm sure we'll have some detractors." The program, which won the Emmy Award for best comedy last fall, was named best musical or comedy series at Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony.

Hatch, who is from South Pasadena and attends Brigham Young University in Rexburg, Idaho, said he began his anti-profanity club in 2007 when he noticed how rampant cursing was at his school and how it was linked to bullying. "If kids are accountable for their choices, then adults should be as well," and that includes media, he said.

TV profanity was an issue before the Supreme Court last week, which heard arguments about whether regulating curse words and nudity on broadcast stations is sensible when cable and satellite services offer channels with few restrictions. A decision is expected by late June.

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Asked why he picked the Baby singer, Mark told MTV: "Intuition. I'm pretty intuitive.

"I see the guy and spent time with him and you see what he does and how he does it, and then you actually have a conversation with him and it's there." Although 17-year-old Justin has had little previous big screen experience - aside from his documentary film Never Say Never - Mark is confident he can make the project work, adding: "It's there - and if not, I will extract it.

" Mark has previously likened the project to The Colour of Money , a 1986 film about an old pool player and his young protege, starring Paul Newman and a young Tom Cruise. He added: "Wait till you see me and Bieber in the flick.

Think of, like, The Colour of Money ." Mark is hoping the film can go into production in 2012.

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Gaga teamed up with Richardson during her Monster Ball tour and while recording her album Born This Way . "This is me in my most completely vulnerable state.

Terry was with me during breakups, during get-togethers, during party times, sad times, landmark moments in my career. "When I wake up in the morning, going to sleep.

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he was there during these completely unadulterated, unmanufactured, completely authentic moments," dailystar.co.

uk quoted her as saying. "For those of you that ask me, `What do you look like in the morning?` `What do you do when you get milk?` `What do you look like at the grocery store?` You`re going to get all of those answers in this book, because he doesn`t believe in farce," she added.

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