The 36-year-old was at the centre of a fan campaign to get filmmakers to cast her as the superhero for an upcoming standalone film. Though the role in the 2019 project ultimately went to Brie Larson, Sackhoff isn't too disappointed because she doesn't think she'd have enjoyed the role, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"No, it wasn't meant to be. I had meetings with Marvel but I don't know if it was for 'Captain Marvel' specifically. I don't like playing the hero anyway - it's boring," Sackoff told Metro newspaper.

Sackoff thinks the fan campaign she did for getting the part ended up pushing the role further away from her grasp.

"They don't work. They potentially do the opposite. No executive wants to do what the masses tell them to. They always go for the unexpected because they all want to be the hero that saves the series. They don't want to jump on a bandwagon. I can't think of an example where it's ever worked," she said.

The American singer was awarded the prize in October but failed to travel to pick up the award, or deliver the lecture that is required to receive the $900,000 prize, BBC reported.

The academy said it would meet Dylan, 75, in private in the Swedish capital, where he has two concerts.

He will not lecture in person but is expected to send a taped version, said the report.

If he does not deliver a lecture by June, he will have to forfeit the prize money.

"I've always wanted to venture into digital, mainly because that's a platform where you get to create what you've always wanted to, without restrictions and apprehensions. With this collaboration with Thoughtgasms (a channel on YouTube), we aim to kick-start this journey," Basu said in a statement.

"Spooks", directed by Shray Rai Tiwari, features actors Kunj Anand and Aanchal Goswami.

The first episode is scheduled to release worldwide on Saturday.

At the age of 13, Jasu, whose father is an alcoholic, took the responsibility of his family on his shoulders and paid household bills by singing at marriages and parties. 

On the other hand, Adnan's family worked really hard to pay for his singing lessons. 

"Childhood is a crucial stage of life and it lays the foundation for the years to come. Everyone should be given a chance to live their carefree childhood because those precious years never come back," Bhosle said in a statement.

"I have grown up listening to lot of Hindi film music whether it is Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle among others. I want in their (twins's) nursery; some of my favourite music should play all the time," Karan told the media during the book launch of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's "Master on Masters".

"So that my babies to listen to them because I love their song and they should listen what I love, to love me," he added. 

The 44-year-old filmmaker says he got the habit of listening to iconic playback singers and late rocker Elvis Presley from his mother Hiroo Johar. 

The book was unveiled on Tuesday evening by Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar in the presence of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's wife Subhalakshmi and sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash.

The book release was followed by a reading session and conversation between Karan and the Ustad that revolved around sharing memories, changing culture of music and how technology has taken away heart-to-heart connection amongst people.

In the book, published by Penguin Random House, Khan recalled his earlier memories with iconic musicians like Bade Gulam Ali Khan, Amir Khan, Ustad Alla Rakha, Kesarbai Kerkar, Kumar Gandharva, Bhimsen Joshi and Ustad Bismillah Khan, among others.

"I find conversation among people has become very rare about art and artists. Phone has become like a part of our body now. We are always distracted for various reasons," Karan said at the launch of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's book "Master on Masters" on Tuesday.

"I don't see people talking to each other at all. People in families also don't communicate with each other quite often. Just like technology has killed the romance, now it has also killed the conversation," Karan said.

"...I have been in and around the filmmakers all my life. I have had the pleasure to see Raj Kapoor on film set, saw Yash Chopra directing a film and be in music session with Laxmikant-Pyarelal. I clearly remember that generation communicated, engaged and shared their work and experience and so much," he added.

Jolie was in Cambodia for her film "First They Killed My Father".

A source told eonline.com that Pitt was in Cambodia "most of the time except when it conflicted with his own shoot schedule". 

A second source said that the former couple's six children, Shiloh, Maddox, Knox, Vivienne, Zahara and Pax, split time between Pitt and Jolie while they go to see Cambodia's sights. 

"All through production and filming, and on her most recent press trip, Brad came to Cambodia in secret to spend time with the kids," the second source said. 

The Qingdao-Amazon Web Services (AWS) centre aims to provide cloud-computing services -- including web services, new technologies such as cloud-computing and big data, and capital and services support -- to global startups.

AWS Global Vice President and AWS China Executive Director Rong Yongkang said the centre would fuel Qingdao's innovation and development, Xinhua news agency reported.

"In the next five years, the centre will work with Qingdao government to support 750 innovation firms," said Rong.

A short clip of the film was shown to an audience assembled at Sony's CinemaCon presentation attended by its cast members Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Jack Black.

The footage featured four high-schoolers in detention who, after being ordered to clear out the school basement, discover a video game console featuring a version of the game Jumanji, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

After picking a character, you are transported to the jungle -- meaning the main cast are playing a different version of high-school students (a teenage girl ends up as a character played by Jack Black).

The 42-year-old actress appears with Rihanna in the new Gary Ross-directed movie. Paulson spent much of the time on set trying to stop herself from singing some of Rihanna's hits, reports etonline.com.

"A lot of us spent a lot of time not singing Rihanna songs. We all sort of covertly were like, 'Are you doing it, too?'," Paulson said.

Paulson said her co-stars Sandra Bullock, Mindy Kaling and Anne Hathaway, would feel an especially strong urge to hum Rihanna's tunes whenever she would turn around and look at them.

"Everyone would be like, 'Stop'. It was a lot of collective winking," she said.

Simpson, who split from Lewis Bloor just weeks ago, says she has been in touch with Horan and singer James Arthur, reports dailymail.co.uk.

"I've been speaking to them. We've said hello and I've spoken over DMs with both of them," Simpson told The Sun newspaper.

"It's just friendly - they're both big fans of the show (‘Geordie Shore')," she added.

While Arthur confirmed his relationship with his on-off dancer girlfriend Jessica Grist in February, Horan is currently single.

"I hate not being in a relationship," the 19-year-old wrote on Twitter, reports femalefirt.co.uk.

Her comment comes after Thorne said dating a celebrity is the "worst thing".

The "Blended" actress, who split from Posey late last year, said it is difficult dating other celebrities like her former beau as they have a lot of girls who are "really in love with them".

"Dating in Hollywood is literally the worst thing. People are really crazy on social and, unfortunately, I date people that have girls, like, in love with them. They're, like, really in love with them and they want to kill me. Literally, I was getting death threats, full-on death threats on Twitter," she said.

"Manto" is a biographical film based on the Pakistani writer, and it will not only emphasise on Manto and his writings, but also on his personal life in which his wife Safia stood beside him strongly.

For her role as Safia, Rasika is speaking to different writers' wives to understand the nuances of a relationship of such nature. She is also talking to directors of the plays who have worked with his characters.

A theatre artiste herself, the actress said in a statement: "The interesting thing about Manto is that everyone has something to say about him. Ever since the film has been announced, I have had several conversations with friends from the theatre who have performed Manto's short stories, journalists who know about him or just people who are avid readers of his work.

"These conversations have been lovely. They have given me titbits of anecdotal information which are priceless and hard to find in any book."

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui is playing Manto in the movie.

Manju Kothari (Creative Director at Entice Jewellery), Rajesh Tulsiani (Director at Dwarkadas Chandumal Jewellers) and Chitwn D Malhotra (lead designer and founder Dillano Luxurious Jewels Pvt Ltd) have tips on jewellery trends that could be followed:

* Pearls can never go out of style and have always been a constant favourite adornment on weddings for all the right reasons. They balance your entire look with royalty and go well with all skin tones and wedding lehenga colours. 

They are a meek epitome of a gleaming bead but without being overly dramatic, and are multipurpose.

"I have not seen the old 'Ittefaq'. So for me, I am doing a new film. And I am sure a lot of people from our generation have not seen the original 'Ittefaq' either. The way film is rewritten and adapted to fit in today's scenario and time, makes it a fresh film. I am looking at it as a new film," Sonakshi said on Monday during an interview here.

The 1969 classic was directed by late filmmaker Yash Chopra and starred Rajesh Khanna, Nanda and Madan Puri in pivotal roles.

Sonakshi, who is selecting strong women-oriented roles, is stepping into the role Nanda played.

"I would like people to know me as a versatile actor who can perform all kinds of roles," said Sonkashi, who is paired with Sidharth Malhotra in "Ittefaq".