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‘The Rookie’ helmer John Lee Hancock is in negotiations to direct the movie based on the story of McDonald’s food empire ‘The Founder’.

Hancock, 57, hasn’t confirmed yet whether he will be a part of the film or not, said The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie is written by Robert Siegel which portrays the true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running their burger business in South California and how they created a billion dollar empire.

Jeremy Renner and Don Handfield are producing the film. The cast has not yet been decided.

Actor-director David Arquette has flashed his new gold teeth after getting tired of his chipped ones.

The 43-year-old actor was spotted at Bootsy Bellows in West Hollywood, California, where he was happily showing-off his new teeth, reported E! Online.

“I go through them like crazy. I’m breaking them and cracking them all the time. So I said to my dentist, ‘How do I not do this?’ and he said, ‘Well, we can put gold for a little while’,” he said.

Arquette is engaged to his Fiancee Christina Mclarty, whom he proposed twice.

Music mogul Simon Cowell has blasted Lily Allen’s allegation of corruption in the music industry and told her to stop “bleating” on.

The ‘X Factor’ boss was angry when the ‘Smile’ hitmaker criticised the early release of Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ new single, Uptown Funk, after it was performed on the UK reality show by contestant Fleur East.

Ronson’s single has already raced to the top of the iTunes chart following the early release and Allen has sent a series of tweets, which she later deleted, slamming the move.

Noel Gallagher has revealed that he has “albums worth” of unheard Oasis songs.

The former guitarist and chief songwriter said he’s never entered the recording studio with less than 30 songs, reported Digital Spy.

“I’ve had a stockpile of songs since 1993. I’ve never written for a specific project, I’ve never been in the studio with less than 30 songs. I’ve just recorded an album, but I’ve still got another 30 songs,” Gallagher said.

Gallagher explained that he wrote at a faster rate than the band released records.

Actor Johnny Depp has purchased a nude portrait of pregnant Duchess of Cambridge from a street artist named Pegasus.

The 51-year-old actor splashed out a five figure sum and has commissioned the artist to make a portrait of Catherine with nothing but a crown placed on her belly, reported Female First.

“I knew Johnny was coming and wanted the two Kate Middleton works. I didn’t even tell my wife and daughters, but I was expecting him. He was extremely charming and immediately bought the painting and put down an offer for the second one.

Angelina Jolie has recently revealed that she and her husband, Brad Pitt, are against their kids of having tattoos for themselves.

The 39-year-old said that the topic of getting inked was especially hard for dads and girls, because men get a little more sensitive when the daughter gets a tattoo and Pitt, who was “mush” in daughters’ hands, thinks the girls can do no wrong, Us magazine reported.

Jolie revealed that she’s already screened requests from Maddox and Zahara about getting permanent body art.

Actors James Franco and Seth Rogen’s upcoming action comedy film “The Interview”, which is said to have been the trigger for the devastating hack on Sony Pictures, will reportedly not get a release in Japan, South Korea or other Asian territories.

Earlier, a group of activists calling themselves Guardians of Peace, warned movie executives at Sony to scrap plans to release the film.

Actor David Arquette has added a new bling to his look — a pair of gold teeth.

The 43-year-old stepped out at Bootsy Bellows in West Hollywood, California Tuesday, where he was happy to show off his new golden grills, reports eonline.com.

Arquette, the former husband of actress Courteney Cox, was happy to flash a smile to show off the new bling, said a source.

“David said he was tired of his chipped teeth, so he got gold caps. He was really happy and acting silly,” the source added.

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“Spider-Man” actress Kirsten Dunst has been roped in for the second series of TV comedy thriller “Fargo”.

The 32-year-old actress and actor Jesse Plemons will play a married couple Peggy and Ed Blomquist in the TV drama, reports contactmusic.com.

According to broadcaster FX, Peggy is “a small-town beautician with big city dreams”, while Ed is a butcher’s assistant “who wants to be supportive of his wife’s self-discovery, even if he doesn’t quite understand it”.

Singer Katie Price says that she is worried about the health of her daughter.

Bunny, who is Price’s second daughter, was born two weeks premature in August and is the fifth child for Price.

Price admits that she is a bit paranoid when it comes to the health of her children because of her first child Harvey, who was born with a series of different problems, including autism, ADHD, and partial blindness, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Comic book legend Stan Lee has confirmed that he will have a cameo in ABC show ‘Agent Carter’.

The 91-year-old ex-chairman of Marvel comics has made many cameos in Marvel films and TV shows in the past, reported Digital Spy.

At a book signing for Roy Thomas’s 75 Years of ‘Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen’, Lee said, “Oh by the way, I do have a cameo in a new show coming out, a TV show called Agent Carter, I think.”

He has previously featured in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Spider Man’, ‘X Men’ and ‘The Avengers’.

Singers Pia Toscano and Frankie J paid tribute to the latin singer late Jenni Riveria.

Toscano, 26, performed at a concert which was held in the honour of Riveria, reported Contactmusic.

“I am honoured to be part of today’s event which is paying tribute to an incredible fellow artist and woman. She was an inspiration and it’s great that her family is continuing her legacy,” Toscano said.

Singer Frankie J also performed along with Mexican singer-actress Sheyla Tadeo. Tadeo closed the night with covers of Riveria’s greatest songs.

‘True Blood’ actress Carrie Preston and ‘The Wire’ star Andre Royo have joined Steve Coogan in the cast of ‘Happyish’.

The pair join the Showtime comedy pilot which focuses on one man’s pursuit of happiness, Deadline reported.

The show sees Coogan play a 44-year old whose position is jeopardised when a 25-year-old becomes his boss.

Preston will play Debbie Dubonte, who must reinvent herself after losing her job, while Royo stars as corporate lawyer Barry.

Kathryn Hahn and Bradley Whitford also appear in the pilot. Molly Price will star as Royo’s divorced wife.

The trailer of Joseph Gordon-Levitt-starrer ‘The Walk’ has been revealed.

The film, originally titled ‘To Reach the Clouds’, tells the true story of highwire walker Philippe Petit’s walk between the twin towers of New York City’s World Trade Centre, reported Entertainment Weekly.

‘Back to the Future’s Robert Zemeckis directs the biopic and Ben Kingsley also stars in it.

The story previously inspired 2008 documentary Man On Wire.

It was recently announced that Gordon-Levitt will play Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone and Moritz Borman’s film about the CIA whistleblower.

Filmmaker JJ Abrams is reportedly producing a top-secret untitled alien flick at Sony Pictures through Bad Robot.

The details of the film upcoming film have been kept under

wraps and it’s said that it will be about aliens and have a Cloverfield feel when it’s complete, reported Deadline.

The movie will apparently be the feature debut of director

Chris Alender, who earned some notoriety in 2011 for his short film ‘Eye of the Storm’.

‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Evangeline Lily said she has no interest in pretending to be a man and would never compromise her womanhood.

The 35-year-old star, who will be seen in the role of a warrior elf Tauriel in Peter Jackson’s upcoming film, said she doesn’t want to compromise her womanhood, reported Contactmusic.

“I don’t like the idea of playing a one-dimensional character who is just fearless, strong and killer and has instincts and just thrives in dangerous circumstances – that’s really boring to me and I don’t think it represents what most women feel inside.

Coldplay wants to collaborate with Sam Smith and London Grammar.

Coldplay bassist’s Guy Berryman, 36, has been keeping an eye on the emerging star and electronic pop trio as the top stars hope to work with them, reported Contactmusic.

“I love London Grammar, I think they’re amazing, and Sam Smith’s, he’s amazing. Disclosure, fantastic. There’s a lot of great music around at the moment,” said Berryman.

The University of Texas has refused to release the contract and purchase price for the archive of Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and said it will ask the state attorney general for permission to keep those details secret.

The university previously has disclosed the prices of such purchases, which can often push into millions of dollars, and the effort to keep the cost of the Garcia Marquez archive secret is likely to draw attention in literary and legal circles for its impact on future archive negotiations and Texas public records law.

British pop star Jessie J has debuted the official music video for ‘Masterpiece’, a song from her newest album Sweet Talker.

Premiered on Vevo, the clip was shot in Los Angeles last month by director Tabitha Denholm, reported Ace Showbiz.

‘Masterpiece’ was written by Emily Warren, Josh Alexander and Britt Burton and was originally released as a promotional single before her Sweet Talker album arrived back in October.

‘Butler actor Cuba Gooding Jr and ‘American Horror Story’ actress Sarah Paulson will star on ‘American Crime Story: The People vs OJ Simpson’, a new anthology series from Ryan Murphy.

Academy Award-winning actor Gooding Jr will portray the retired football player and convicted felon, while Paulson will play prosecutor Marcia Clark, reported Ace Showbiz.

Actress Felicity Jones said her latest movie ‘The Theory of Everything’ which is a biopic of famous physicist Stephen Hawking, is a unique love story.

The 31-year-old star, who has played the role of Jane, Hawking’s wife in the movie, said the film portrays the couple’s special bond, reported Contactmusic.

“It’s an incredibly unique love story and Stephen and Jane are both such phenomenal people and when you meet them, they’re so witty. You know, there’s nothing that you can say that can compete,” ‘the Invisible Women’ star said.

Marvel’s ‘Agents of SHIELD’ will feature a tie-in to ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’.

Executive producer Jed Whedon has confirmed the news, reported Entertainment Weekly.

“You should expect something. The ‘Avengers’ is the big tent that all the franchises play under. Obviously, we’re included in that,” he said.

It’s unclear how ‘The Avengers’ sequel will impact the ABC series, but the ripple effects will be smaller than the ones caused by the event in ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’.

Singer Avril Lavigne has revealed that she is experiencing some health issues.

During a twitter exchange with her fans, the 30-year-old ‘Complicated hitmaker asked a fan to “keep me in your prayers”, reported Ace Showbiz.

The fan asked Lavigne, “Hey Av! It’ been like two years since you completed your last album. Are you in the studio right now or working for something?

Crime drama ‘Rizzoli & Isles’, which is based on the works of best-selling novelist Tess Gerritsen, will return for a sixth season in 2015.

The show stars Sasha Alexander as Dr Maura Isles and Angie Harmon as Detective Jane Rizzoli, who together form an offbeat crime-fighting team. The sixth season will contain 18 episodes, reported Entertainment Weekly.

Former ‘Battlestar Galactica’ actor Jamie Bamber recently joined the cast of ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ and plays prosecutor Paul Wescourt, who has been accused of murdering his lover.

Actresses Kate Beckinsale and Paula Patton will announce the Golden Globe nominations on the “Today” show Thursday morning.

The duo will be joined by two-time Golden Globe nominee Peter Krause and “Mr Selfridge” actor Jeremy Piven, to reveal the names in contention to take home the prestigious awards, reports contactmusic.com.

Nominees in 25 different categories for the 72nd annual award ceremony will be revealed over the course of the “Today” show.