Brad Pitt is Achilles in Homer's epic

Brad Pitt is heading for ancient Greece.

The superstar has signed on to star in Wolfgang Petersen's Homeric epic Troy, according to Variety. He'll play heroic Achilles in the adaptation of The Iliad.

This announcement throws a big wrench in the works for Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, which Pitt just recently dropped, despite having stuck with the sci-fi flick through more than a year of delays. Reportedly, Pitt bailed because he had concerns about the script's complexity. The Fountain has been indefinitely shelved by Warner Bros. Read more...

Asha sings a delicious tune

Asha Bhosle’s all set to begin a new innings with her second love — cooking. Taking a leaf out of Sachin Tendulkar’s book, the singer is set to start a chain of restaurants in Dubai christened Asha’s.

With plush interiors, painted in deep, rich colours, the restaurants will have a main bar area where a DJ will play Bhosle’s biggest hits, combined with modern, ethnic beat lounge music. " Read more..

J P Dutta oversteps the LoC

All's not well on the Line Of Control. And this time round, it's not the enemy across the border, but director J.P. Dutta to be blamed. After Refugee, his next venture LoC, which boasts of a multi-star cast, has got Dutta into the bad books of his unit. Read more...

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