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Shotgun to play NTR in RGV's upcoming mega movie - Indolink
'Crucible' tickets go on sale; movie, music at BR Gallery - Baton Rouge Advocate
How to be a movie star - New York Post
50 Cent wanted to play MR. T. in A-Team movie remake - Thaindian.com
Telugu movie ‘Gamyam’ bags four Nandi Film Awards - Hindu

Shotgun to play NTR in RGV's upcoming mega movie - Indolink

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:59 PM PDT

New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) 'Bihari Babu', Shatrughan Sinha is all set to play the role of late Telugu leader N T Rama Rao in Ram Gopal Varma's latest flick 'Rakha Charitra'. "I have accepted the proposal of leading filmmaker Ram Gopal Verma for his latest movie," Sinha told PTI.

'Rakta Charitra' will be made in three languages -- Hindi, Tamil and Telugu -- and Shotgun would take up the role of NTR in the movie's Hindi version.

Sinha said the film is similar to the 'Mahabharata' in tone and spirit.

Preparations are underway for the movie and shooting is expected to start very soon, Sinha, who is BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Patna Saheb in Bihar, said.

Sinha said his part in the film would be to play role similar to NTR, himself a great actor in Telugu films.

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'Crucible' tickets go on sale; movie, music at BR Gallery - Baton Rouge Advocate

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:59 PM PDT

Tickets are on sale for Ascension Community Theatre's production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, set for Thursdays through Sundays, Nov. 5-8 and Nov. 12-14, at the Pasqua Theatre, 823 Felicity St., Gonzales.

The play will be directed by Heidi Alford Frederic. Thursday through Saturday shows are at 7 p.m. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m.

Set in 1690s Salem, Mass., The Crucible tells the story of what happens when a fear-ridden town puts truth on trial. The story is based on the true events of the Salem Witch Trials and asks, "What will one man do to protect his name? What will one woman do to protect her family? And how far will a town go when faced with complete disaster?"

Also, Ascension Community Theatre will conduct auditions for its upcoming production Little Shop of Horrors at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22.

For tickets or audition information call (225) 647-1230.

Movies & Music

Baton Rouge Gallery will conclude its Movies & Music on the Lawn series at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct 31, with the 1920 version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

Live musicians will accompany the silent film with both rehearsed and improvisational material. This installment will feature the musical style of Cohen & the Ghost.

Admission is $5 to all non-gallery members and includes free popcorn.

For more information, call (225) 383-1470 or visit http:www.batonrougegallery.org.

At LSU

Several events will take place this week in the LSU School of Music:

The LSU Gospel Choir will perform a concert at 7 p.m. today, Oct. 25, at First Baptist Church, 529 Convention St. Everrett Parker is the conductor. For tickets, visit http://www.music.lsu.edu.
The LSU Percussion Ensemble will perform a concert at 7 p.m. today, Oct. 25, in Room 115 in the LSU School of Music on Dalrymple Drive on campus. Brett William Dietz is the conductor. For tickets, visit http://www.music.lsu.edu.
The LSU Wind Ensemble will perform a concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at First Baptist Church, 529 Convention St. Frank Wickes is the conductor. For tickets, visit http://www.music.lsu.edu.
The LSU Octubafest concert, featuring a student solo recital, will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Room 115 of the LSU School of Music on Dalrymple Drive on campus. The concert is free.
The LSU Octubafest concert, featuring Danny Walley in a junior tuba recital, will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in Room 115 of the LSU School of Music on Dalrymple Drive on campus. The concert is free.
The LSU Octubafest concert, featuring Brett White in a euphonium recital, will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in Room 115 in the LSU School of Music on Dalrymple Drive on campus. The concert is free.

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How to be a movie star - New York Post

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:17 PM PDT

Arguably the most famous superstar of Hollywood's golden era, Elizabeth Taylor fascinated a world from the time she was 10 years old with her magnetic beauty and vivid violet eyes.

It wasn't just her screen siren good looks or her impressive acting chops that made her one of the world's famous faces, it was the many men that she attracted, ensnared and eventually dumped that made for obsessive tabloid fodder.

"I can choose any man I like," Elizabeth was reported as boasting to a friend, according to biographer William J. Mann. "I don't see why everyone is making such a fuss."

Mann shows what the fuss was all about. He starts with the first man in her life, her father Frances, who was "discreetly homosexual, pursuing a clandestine affair with the art collector Kurt Stempler."

From there, Mann follows Elizabeth's soaring career — and equally engaging sex life — in chronological order from the 1950s to the 1980s, from the words of her lovers, close friends and Taylor herself.

First Husband, Hotelier Conrad Hilton

Taylor wedded millionaire Conrad Nicholson Hilton, a.k.a. "Nicky," the great-uncle of Paris and Nicky Hilton, when she was just 18 years old in 1950.

But the wedding was based more on giving Taylor an image of stability than for love. Taylor would later admit to crossing her fingers during the nuptials. The couple was a match made in heaven on paper, but behind closed doors, things turned nasty really quickly for the Hiltons.

Nicky was cheating, gambling and hitting Taylor. Once, he struck her so hard that she had a miscarriage.

"Nick kind of got sick of beating the s - - - out of me," Elizabeth admitted years later. One year after they wed, Taylor filed for divorce. "Divorcing Nick was the first grown-up decision I ever made absolutely alone."

Second Husband, British Actor Michael Wilding

One divorce down, Taylor, only 19, met, and proposed to, the much-older (at 39) Wilding.

Taylor wore the pants in the relationship — a fact that would later lead to their breakup. To make matters worse, the prevailing rumor around the Hollywood world was that Wilding was secretly gay.

Though she bore two children with him, it remained mostly a sexless marriage. Husband and wife, Taylor later revealed, lived more like "brother and sister."

Taylor would try to incite Wilding with no results. One night, while he was reading the newspaper, she snatched it from him and exclaimed, "So much for you and your stupid games! Go on hit me, why don't you?" When he refused she groaned, "If only you would. That would prove you are flesh and blood instead of a stuffed dummy."

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50 Cent wanted to play MR. T. in A-Team movie remake - Thaindian.com

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 09:38 PM PDT

London, Oct 25 (ANI): Rapper 50 Cent had auditioned for the role of '80s icon MR. T. in the upcoming A-Team movie remake.

The hip-hop star is a big fan of the hit TV show. And after hearing about the plans to revive the classic series on the big screen, he vowed to land the role of Sergeant Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus. But had to pull out of because the shoot would have clashed with his music schedule.

"I went for the B.A. Baracus role in The A-Team a few weeks ago but they'd already started shooting, so it would have kinda jammed things up at my end, because I've got my new album coming out," the Daily Express quoted him as telling 'Total Film' magazine.

Meanwhile, film bosses have hired mixed martial arts tough guy Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson to take on the iconic role.

The cast also includes Bradley Cooper as Faceman Peck and Liam Neeson as A-Team leader Hannibal Smith. (ANI)

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Telugu movie ‘Gamyam’ bags four Nandi Film Awards - Hindu

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 08:41 PM PDT

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Telugu movie 'Gamyam' bags four Nandi Film Awards

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For Best Director, Best Lyric Writer, Best Song, Best Supporting Actor

HYDERABAD: 'Gamyam', the Telugu movie about two friends on a motorcycle, bagged the Golden Nandi award for the Best Film while Ravi Teja (for 'Neninthe') and Swathi ('Ashta Chamma') won the awards for the Best Actor and Actress respectively.

As many as four awards were bagged by 'Gamyam', including Best Director award for Jagarlamudi Radha Krishna, Best Supporting Actor for E. Naresh and Best Lyric Writer for Ch. Seetharama Sastry and Best Song 'Enthavaraku and Endukoraku'.

The Nandi Film Awards – 2008 were announced by the 14-member AP State Nandi Film Awards Committee headed by Thammareddy Bharadwaja on Saturday. Commissioner for Information C. Parthasarathy said that the awards would be presented in December first week. The Nandi TV awards would be announced in November and Nandi Theatre awards in January, 2010.

'Vinayakudu' and 'Parugu' won the second and third best feature film awards while 'Ashta Chamma' got the best home-viewing feature film and 'Ready', the best popular feature film award. The special jury awards went to Anushka for her role in 'Arundhati', Allu Arjun for 'Parugu', and the film 'Bathukamma'.

There were no eligible entries for the first best film award under the children's, documentary and education film categories. Mr. Bharadwaja said that the quality of the film entries they received was much better this year. The jury also sent a message, by not giving 'first best' award when there were no deserving entries in some categories, that only quality work would be considered for the awards.

Following are some of the Nandi awards won under various categories: Best feature film on national integration: 1940 Lo Oka Gramam; Best character actor - Mukku Raju; Best comedian – Brahmanandam (Ready); Best Villain – Sonu Sood (Arundhati); Best child actor- Master Bharath (Ready); Best child actress- Baby Divya Nagesh (Arundhati); Best first film of a director- Sai Kiran Adavi (Vinayakudu); Best screenplay writer - A. Karunakaran (Ullasanga Uthsahanga) ; Best story writer – R.P. Patnaik (Andamaina Manasulo); Best dialogue writer – Puri Jagannadh (Neninthe); Best cinematographer – Chotak K. Naidu and Best Music Director - Mickey J. Mayer (Kotha Bangaru Lokam); Best male playback singer – Shankar Mahadevan; Best female playback singer - Geetha Madhuri.

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