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Pratt makes his love for Katherine public
The Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt made his love for girlfriend Katherine Schwarzenegger public on her birthday.
He took to Instagram on Thursday to wish Katherine happy birthday. He shared a collage of intimate photographs of the two, which include Schwarzenegger giving Pratt a pedicure and both wearing face masks.
"Happy birthday Chief! Your smile lights up the room. I've cherished our time together," Pratt wrote alongside the collage, which marked the first time he has shared a photo of the two together, reports of media.
"Thrilled God put you in my life. Thankful for the laughs, kisses, talks, hikes, love and care."
On Wednesday, a source said that the two, who were first spotted together in June, are in a "serious relationship and everything is going well", yet Pratt isn't rushing to get engaged anytime soon.
"Chris just finalised his divorce from Anna (Faris) a couple months ago, and he's happy with just dating Katherine for now. The couple has a lot of fun together and is fully involved in one another's life," the source said.
While they have remained out of the public eye, they have been spotted attending church, going to dinners and even hanging out with her star father Arnold and brother Patrick.
Ariana Grande drops new song
Singer Ariana Grande is back with another song, just a little over a month after dropping her last single.
The 25-year-old released the song called Imagine on Friday, reports of leading publication.
The R&B pop ballad touches upon her reflection of what-ifs and if-onlys in regards to her "failed yet important beautiful relationships".
After a tumultuous year, which included the death of her former boyfriend Mac Miller and her whirlwind failed romance with Pete Davidson, the song is a change-up from the last track, Thank u, next, she released.
The song also dropped at the same time that singer Miley Cyrus released her single War is over, which Grande tweeted about ahead of the release.
"Guys, I know there are grown men arguing online but Miley and I dropping our beautiful, new songs tonight so if you all could please just behave for just like a few hours so, the girls can shine that'd be so sick. Thank you," she wrote, referencing the Twitter feud between rappers Kanye West and Drake.
In response, Cyrus tweeted, "Didn't they hear the news? War is over! Thank you, next!" alongside several rainbow hearts.
Kanye accuses Drake of threatening
After slamming rapper Drake for taking underhanded shots at him, rapper Kanye has now accused him of threatening and bullying him.
"Drake called trying to threaten me," read Kanye's first tweet, reports of leading publication.
Kanye continued with a slew of tweets, some in which he referenced Pusha T's Toronto show last month that ended in a brawl, leaving one man in critical condition after he was stabbed.
"The kid he had run on stage at Pusha's concert is in critical condition. Since the pool line he's been trying to poke at me and f**k with me. So Drake if anything happens to me or anyone from my family, you are the first suspect. So cut the tough talk," he wrote.
Repeating what he had tweeted earlier on Thursday, Kanye accused Drake of ignoring him, as well as sending him purple devil emojis when the rapper would talk about his mental health issues. He also seemingly tried to accuse Drake of being the one responsible for the fight.
"There would never be a drake without a Kanye West so never come out your mouth with a threat," he tweeted.
"You trying to be a bully. I never been bullied in my life and I never will be. That's why I made it this far in a pink polo. You pick on people with mental health issues."
It stop there, as Kanye implored Drake to stop the bullying and just speak to him. "Drake this is what they want," he wrote.
"You would be so sad if anything ever happened to me."
"Leave me and my family alone bro," the father of three continued.
"This year has been really tough and you have added to the confusion. I'm Ye bro. Remember that I love you. I would never intentionally hurt you. That's what I've been saying to you."
Kanye and Drake have been involved in an on-going feud all year, reports of media.
In September, Kim Kardashian's husband last took to Instagram to slam Drake regarding rumours that the 32-year-old rapper had an affair with Kim -- which she quickly shut down.
Kanye later apologised to the Canadian rapper, saying, "Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew. I haven't seen the show in person but the images look incredible online. I understand where the confusion started."
World War I drama '1917' set for Christmas 2019 release
Sam Mendes' World War I drama 1917 will release on 25 December 2019, Universal Pictures has announced.
Steven Spielberg's Amblin Partners is producing 1917 through its DreamWorks Pictures brand.
1917 will open in limited release on Christmas Day then go wide two weeks later on 10 January 2020, reported by leading publication.
Mendes wrote the script with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, and will direct and produce the film.
Pippa Harris, Mendes' partner at Neal Street Productions, will also produce it with Jayne-Ann Tenggren and Callum McDougall.
The cast includes George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman.
1917 marks a reunion for Mendes and DreamWorks. The British director won an Oscar for his first feature, 1999's American Beauty and also directed Road to Perdition and Revolutionary Road for DreamWorks.
Mendes also helmed Jarhead, Away We Go, and the last two James Bond movies, 2012's Skyfall and 2015's Spectre.
JLo's direction ambition
Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez says she wants to direct films and TV shows.
Lopez recently directed her first music video Limitless, the track which featured on her new rom-com Second Act.
"Absolutely, absolutely," Lopez responded when asked by a leading publication if she wants to direct more in television and film.
"It was a lot of fun," she said about directing the music video in which her daughter appears.
"This is a song that Sia wrote for the movie. It's the anthem for Second Act. I asked her watch the movie and tell me what you think - if you're inspired, write something, and she wrote Limitless, which is: I thought I had to be somebody else, but look at me now, I'm limitless," Lopez said.
"I love that sentiment. That's exactly what the movie is about. It's that perfect holiday movie with this perfect song. My daughter is in the video. It's a dream project for me, so I'm excited for everybody to see it," she added.
In Second Act, Lopez features as Maya, a 40-year-old woman who is frustrated with her unfulfilling life while working in a box store. It tells how her life turns around when she finds herself in the position to land her dream job in Madison Avenue. Brought to India by PVR Pictures, the film will release on 4 January next year.
Oscar nominee Sandra Locke dead at 74
Actress and director Sondra Locke, who received a supporting actress Oscar nomination in her first movie role for The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, is dead.
She died on 3 November at 74, but the news has emerged now. The Los Angeles County Public Health Department confirmed her death, reported by media.
She died due to breast and bone cancer, according to Radar Online, which reported that she was laid to rest at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary.
Locke had a contentious relationship of more than a decade with Clint Eastwood, who first cast her in The Outlaw Josey Wales.
In her early 20s, she won a nationwide talent search in 1967 for the part of teenager Mick Kelly in the movie adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Locke starred opposite Alan Arkin, who was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar. She also received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer.
Locke then starred in Cover Me Babe, Willard, A Reflection of Fear and The Second Coming of Suzanne and took TV roles in The F.B.I., Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Kung Fu, A Feast of Blood and Gondola.
She started working with Eastwood in The Outlaw Josey Wales in 1976, followed by The Gauntlet, Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can, Bronco Billy and Sudden Impact, in which she murders the men who had raped her and her sister.
As a director, she helmed 1986's Ratboy, 1990's Impulse, 1995's TV movie Death in Small Doses and the independent film Do Me a Favor, starring Rosanna Arquette.
She sued Eastwood for palimony in 1989 and for fraud in 1995 and brought a separate action against Warner Bros. for allegedly conspiring with Eastwood to sabotage her directorial career. She settled the three cases out of court, reported by leading publication.
Locke underwent a double mastectomy in 1990. Her autobiography The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly - A Hollywood Journey, was published in 1997.
Locke starred recently with Keith Carradine in Alan Rudolph's drama Ray Meets Helen.
She is survived by her husband Gordon Anderson.
Diego Luna, Scoot McNairy to return for 'Narcos: Mexico' season 2
Actors Diego Luna and Scott McNairy will reprise their roles from Narcos: Mexico season 1 for the second chapter.
Netflix on Friday announced that Luna and McNairy will star in the upcoming second season of Narcos: Mexico, read a statement.
Production recently began on season two in Mexico. Luna was recently honoured with a Critics' Choice Award nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the show. The series itself also garnered a WGA nomination in the episodic drama category.
Originally intended as a fourth season of Narcos, which focused on the rise of the cocaine business in Colombia under Pablo Escobar and his Medellin Cartel, Narcos: Mexico became a new series, shifting the focus to the beginnings of the Mexican drug trade and how it became what it is today.
The first season tells the story of the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s as Felix Gallardo (Luna) takes the helm, unifying traffickers in order to build an empire.
When DEA agent Kiki Camarena (Michael Pena) moves his wife and young son from California to Guadalajara to take on a new post, he quickly learns that his assignment will be more challenging than he ever could have imagined.
Narcos: Mexico is produced by Gaumont Television for Netflix. Eric Newman will return as executive producer and showrunner.
(Source : IANS)
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