Los Angeles, Nov 9 (IANS) Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson has paid tribute to her late mother Darnell Donaldson on what would have been her 66th birthday.
The 35-year-old shared on Instagram on Monday an emotive quote from Donaldson, who was, along with brother Jason and seven-year-old nephew Julian King, murdered by her sister’s estranged husband William Balfour in 2008, reports people.com.
Sharing a vintage photograph of her mother, Hudson wrote: “Today would have been my late mothers 66th birthday. In her words, ‘If you think you’ve seen it all, just keep on living’.”
This comes just three months after Hudson donated school supplies to under-privileged children in honour of her late nephew Julian on what would have been his 15th birthday.
She said at the time: “I wanted my sister to look forward to her son’s birthday. My mother always told me, ‘What I love about you is no matter how negative things are, you always seem to find the positive’.”
Balfour was found guilty of killing Darnell, Jason, and Julian.
He is currently serving life in prison.

Stockholm, Nov 9 (IANS) American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, will not talk to the press, should he come to Stockholm to pick his award up in December, media reports said on Tuesday.
Dylan has yet to confirm whether he will attend the Nobel awards ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall on December 10, but his staff have told the Swedish Academy that he will not hold any press conference or hold any interview with journalists, should he come to Sweden, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.
Dylan has promised to hold some form of lecture within six months of the awards ceremony, which will be followed by a lavish banquet at the Stockholm City Hall.
On October 13, the Swedish Academy conferred the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature to Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.
A few days after no repsponse from Dylan about the award, The Swedish Academy on October 28 said that Dylan had called the Academy and accepted the prize.
“The news about the Nobel Prize left me speechless. I appreciate the honour so much”, Dylan said.

Los Angeles (IANS) Actor Eddie Redmayne doesn’t think “anything could have prepared” him for fatherhood.

The 34-year-old, who has four-month-old daughter Iris with his wife Hannah Bagshawe, says becoming a father to the little girl has opened “different parts of his heart” and it gives him something to smile at after a long day at work.
“I don’t think anything can prepare you. The amazing thing is everything that everyone tells you beforehand — which is all cliche — is true,” Redmayne told etonline.com.
“You’ve heard it all before and yet when you’re experiencing it, it feels like the first time and you suddenly start telling everyone these things as if they’re completely new and original thoughts. And they’re like, ‘Yeah that’s the cliche’.
“But all the things, like different parts of your heart opening… It’s really extraordinary. There’s this amazing thing with children — whenever you’re having a bit of a tired moment or something, it’s like she’s always just one stop ahead of you, smiling you along. It’s great,” he added.

Los Angeles, Nov 9 (IANS) Actor Jaden Smith reportedly went up to “Geordie Shore” actress Chloe Ferry at the 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards thinking she was his former girlfriend and reality TV star Kylie Jenner.
During the event, held earlier this week, Smith later spent the entire night chatting with Ferry, reports mirror.co.uk.
“Chloe got a shock when Jaden came bowling over to her but she lapped it up,” a source told The Sun newspaper.
“He told her he thought she was Kylie Jenner who he used to date and is still friends with,” the source added.
Despite the initial confusion, Smith and Ferry “flirted loads” and were said to have spent plenty of time with each other at the ceremony’s after-party.
“After that they kept bumping into each other all night and got on really well. They spent a lot of time together at the after-party and flirted loads,” the source said.

Los Angeles, Nov 7 (IANS) Actress Naomi Watts says she loves to explore the thriller genre and likes to play with fear in her projects.
Watts will be seen in another thriller “Shut In”, which will be released in India by PVR Pictures on November 18.
“I’ve always enjoyed the thriller genre. So many different emotions come with fear, and I like playing fear,” Watts said in a statement.
Directed by Farren Blackburn, “Shut In” tells the story of a widowed child psychologist who lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
The actress was attracted to the challenges of capturing Mary’s fragmented state of mind.
“She is completely consumed with taking care of one person, and not really relating to anybody in the outside world,” she said.
The actress added: “‘Shut In’ is filled with mysteries around every corner. Uncovering those mysteries is part of the thrill of the film. It’ a good, fun ride with some great scares.”

Los Angeles (IANS) Singer Lady Gaga will be playing fashion designer Donatella Versace in the upcoming third season of “American Crime Story”.
The ten-episode instalment of the drama focuses on the murder of designer Gianni Versace at his Miami Beach home by serial killer Andrew Cunanan in July 1997.
A source confirmed the news of casting to usmagazine.com.
“Versace/Cunanan: American Crime Story” will air after the second season of the anthology, set to focus on Hurricane Katrina. Both seasons will begin filming in early 2017.
“American Crime Story” is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, for whom Gaga’s given a Golden Globe-winning performance on “American Horror Story: Hotel”. She is also featured on the current series of that programme, which is subtitled “Roanoke”.
Murphy hinted at the casting during a panel in late October.
When the panel moderator suggested that Gaga would be “the perfect Donatella”, Murphy said: “Ya think?” with a grin.
The second season of the show will air in India soon on Star World Premiere HD.

Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) Singer Lady Gaga joined forces with rockstar Jon Bon Jovi at a special midnight rally in support of the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, saying she “is the one”.

Gaga and Bon Jovi appeared together on stage in Raleigh, North Carolina for a performance of the rockers’ 1980s classic “Livin’ on a prayer”, while Gaga stayed a little longer in the spotlight for a handful of solo numbers, reports billboard.com.
Dressed in black with a red armband, the pop singer gave a few well timed shout-outs as she appealed to Democrats not to “hate his (Donald Trump’s) followers”.
“Hillary Clinton is the one,” she said. “Hillary Clinton is made of steel. Hillary Clinton is unstoppable.”
Gaga added: “I can promise you that she will protect us not just from the outside but on the inside as well.”
She finished it off by donning a pair of mirrored aviators and imploring the crowd, “Why don’t you put your voting shades on, practice your walk to the polls, and go out and vote for Hillary Clinton. I think it’s time to come to Mama.”
Earlier in the evening, Bon Jovi and singing sensation Bruce Springsteen showed their support for Clinton at a rally in Philadelphia.
Bon Jovi performed a four-song set that included a cover of The Beatles’ “Here comes the sun”, while Springsteen performed “Thunder road,” “Long walk home” and “Dancing in the dark”.
Polling opened in the US early on Tuesday for the highly-anticipated presidential elections, with pollsters giving a slight edge to Clinton over her rival Republican Donald Trump.

Los Angeles, Nov 8 (IANS) Actor Joe Alwyn, who will be making his debut with Ang Lee’s “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”, says the star cast of the war drama was put through boot camp to get the role of being a soldier right.

“Seven of us did two weeks of boot camp in Atlanta. And that was a condensed version of what you would actually go through for boot camp,” Alwyn – who will essay role of Billy Lynn, said in a statement.
He added: “So we had no contact to the outside world, we all lived together in this tiny little motel in Georgia and every day went through this training which was incredibly intense and tough and pushed us to breaking point. But also bought us together as a group of boys, made us come together as a unit.”
Directed by Ang Lee, “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is based on a novel by Ben Fountain.
The drama is set in Iraq and the US, and is told from the perspective of a 19-year-old private Billy Lynn (played by Alwyn), who gets famous after a video capturing his rescue of a comrade in Iraq went viral.
The film shines the light on the celebrations to honour the war heroes, and what really happened in the field.
The Sony Pictures Entertainment film will release in India November 11.

Los Angeles, Nov 8 (IANS) Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached an agreement on the custody of their six children, who will be with their mother.
A statement issued by Jolie’s representative on Monday said the six children — Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne — will remain in the custody of their mother.
The agreement was reportedly reached more than a week ago. It was also included in the agreement that Pitt will continue “therapeutic visits” with the children, reports people.com.
“We can confirm that childcare professionals have encouraged a legal agreement accepted and signed by both sides over a week ago. In accordance with this agreement, the six children will stay in their mother’s custody, and the children will continue therapeutic visits with their father. This has been determined by childcare professionals to be in the children’s best interest,” the statement read.
“We are not in a position to discuss the details. We hope now that it is clear that the events which led to the dissolution filing involved minor children and their well being, there will be understanding of the sensitivity of the family situation. We believe that all sides are committed to healing the family and ask for your consideration during this difficult time,” added the statement.
Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in September, citing “irreconcilable differences” as the legal grounds.
Jolie and Pitt first became a couple in 2004, and were married in August 2014.