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Emraan Hashmi's six son Ayaan was in the news of late, due to his battle with the dreaded cancer. Emraan Hashmi, who nicknamed Ayaan as a 'superhero', went onto author a book titled 'Kiss of Life: How A Superhero and my Son Defeated Cancer'. It is this very superhero Ayaan, who has now made his acting debut with a short film Kids For Tigers that has been produced by Dia Mirza. Speaking about Ayaan's acting debut, the proud father Emraan Hashmi said that just like Ayaan, he too had made his acting debut at the tender age of six years (in an ad for a mosquito repellent). He added that Ayaan had so much ease in his body language and he mouthed his lines without any signs of discomfort or inhibition. Emraan Hashmi also added that, Ayaan liked acting and telling stories, which, apparently, were all signs...

With the release of his first book, 'The Kiss Of Life: How My Son Defeated Cancer', Emraan Hashmi aims to spread awareness about cancer and help victims as well as their families to deal with the traumatic experience. Adding to his fight against the illness, the actor has decided to give away the money he would receive as a royalty from the sales of his book.

Emraan Hashmi has decided to donate the money for the treatment of cancer patients whose families cannot afford it. It is being said that the actor is currently trying to finalize a plan for the same. He is in a dilemma as to donate the money to cancer hospitals or NGOs who can fund these cancer patients. Emraan Hashmi's four year old son Ayaan who is a cancer survivor, inspired the Bollywood star to not just write a book on it but...

After turning author with 'The Kiss Of Life: How A Superhero and My Son Defeated Cancer', Emraan Hashmi has decided to contribute some more to the social cause. The actor, whose four year old son Ayaan was diagnosed with cancer, has decided to make a documentary to spread awareness about the disease. Emraan Hashmi recently revealed that he will be extending the book into a documentary and will be producing the same. Though it is the first time for Emraan Hashmi to be a producer, he maintained that now that he has written a book, this too will be a new experience. The said documentary will look varied aspects of cancer, from medical to how to change the lifestyle. On the Bollywood front, Emraan Hashmi recently kick started the promotions of his upcoming biopic Azhar along with co-actors Prachi Desai and Nargis Fakhri. Directed by Tony D'Souza, the film...

Earlier we had reported that Emraan Hashmi was turning author with a book titled 'The Kiss Of Life--How A Superhero & My Son Defeated Cancer'. Well the actor who has co-authored the book with Bilal Siddiqui that is absed on how his son Aayan defeated cancer at a young age has already garnered massive anticipation. Now we hear that none other than politician Arvind Kejriwal will be launching the actor turned author's book. Published by Penguin, the book traces the effect the disease can have on a child and his emotional journey from diagnosis, through the treatment, to being cancer free for 2 years. While the cover of his book was unveiled at the Penguin Books India's Spring Fever 2016, the book will be formally launched by Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.

Highly respected producer worked on Joanna Hogg’s Archipelago and Sally El Hosaini’s My Brother the Devil.

British producer Gayle Griffiths has died following a battle with cancer. She was 49.

Griffiths, who died on Friday (Oct 23) in London, was perhaps best known for producing Joanna Hogg films Archipelago (2010) and Exhibition (2013), which both starred Tom Hiddleston, as well as urban drama My Brother The Devil (2012).

Sally El Hosani, director of My Brother The Devil, wrote on Facebook: “I can honestly say that the film wouldn’t have been what it was without her input and wisdom. She had real vision and believed in the film when many others in the industry didn’t. She was a fighter with a truly generous heart and empathy for the underdog.

“She was never one to make a fuss about her health and all through the filming of My Brother The Devil nobody would have guessed she was also having cancer...

We—like most of Hollywood—are over extreme nail art. But in Minnie Driver's case we're about to make an exception. Because the Behind the Lights star just posted what could easily be the manicure of the year. Yesterday, the actress shared a close-up of her four-finger tribute to…Sade! Yes, itty bitty photos of the queen of cool and singer of "By Your Side," "No Ordinary Love," and "Kiss of Life" adorned Driver's digits. The image used for the nail decals was from a shoot with photographer David Montgomery in 1980. In it, the crooner rocks a denim shirt, gold hoop earrings, red lipstick and an over-the-shoulder braid—Aka classic Sade style. "#Tbt...

Oscar-nominated UK director Tanel Toom and Estonian documentary maker Jaak Kilmi are among 22 film-makers with film projects in the fifth edition of the When East Meets West (Wemw) co-production forum (Jan 18-20).

Estonian-born Toom, who was nominated for The Confession (his graduation film from the UK’s Nfts), will be in Trieste with his fiction feature debut, the sci-fi thriller Gateway 6, to be produced by Matt Wilkinson and Ben Pullen’s Stigma Films, while Latvian producer Antra Gaile of Mistrus Media will be pitching Kilmi’s People From Nowhere.

A total of 10 documentaries and 12 fiction feature projects from 13 countries were selected from a record 285 submissions, including 57 from Italy, 38 from the UK, 19 from Canada, 15 from Ireland, 13 from the Us, and 143 from Eastern Europe.

Since Wemw’s 2015 edition has a focus on English-speaking countries, the line-up includes:

veteran Canadian film-maker Anne Henderson’s documentary project Missing Persona;

the Us-Italian co-production The Oldest Man Alive by Antonio Tibaldi, to be produced...

Entertainment One Films has released the first trailer for Veronika Decides to Die starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. The story centers on a severely depressed woman who rediscovers her will to live after learning that she has only days left due to the irreparable damage done to her heart as a result of her recent suicide attempt.

Based on the international best seller by Paulo Coelho, Emily Young (Kiss of Life) directs the film with Sriram Das producing, while Larry Gross and Roberta Hanley adapted the screenplay from Paulo Coelho's novel. Veronika Decides to Die opens in select theaters and on demand January 20, 2015.

Check out the first footage featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar as she learns that confronting death is discovering life. She stars alongside Jonathan Tucker (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and Academy Award Winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter). If you had a second chance at life, what would you change?...

After facing monsters in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and creepy ghosts in The Grudge, this time Sarah Michelle Gellar finds terror in her own mind. Veronika Decides to Die is an adaptation of Paulo Coelho's book of the same name, and the first trailer for the thriller has arrived, even though the film was shot in 2008 and release internationally in 2009. The story follows a twentysomething woman who decides to kill herself, despite the fact that she seems to have it all: youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But when her sleeping pill fueled suicide attempt finds her waking up in a mental hospital, she's told she only has days to live. Is this a twisted It's a Wonderful Life remake or something? Here's the first trailer for Emily Young's Veronika Decides to Die, originally from Yahoo: Veronika Decides to Die is directed by...

Friendly Fires played to a soaked crowd at T in the Park today. The St Albans trio's frontman Ed McFarlane, sporting a Hawaiian shirt, headed straight out to the drenched audience, however, before playing a storming set on the NME stage. The band performed recent single 'Live Those Days Tonight', as well as 'Skeleton Boy' and set closer 'Kiss Of Life'. Friendly Fires discussed the possibility of being nominated for this year's Mercury Prize for second album Pala before the gig. Guitarist Edd Gibson told NME: "I don't know - we're pretty good at getting nominated for things. There's been a spate of decent music out though. "Adele, she's done something incredible herself. Pj Harvey, Metronomy. There's been some (more)...

'Soldier of Love' singer performed classics and recent hits after John Legend warmed up the crowd.

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Uniondale, New York — If the name Sade only conjures up a melancholy Diddy-Dirty Money lyric (from "Ass on the Floor"), then her reemergence on Tuesday night at Nassau Coliseum, a week into the North American leg of her 2011 world tour, might not seem significant. But it's been a decade since the iconic, often reclusive singer hit the road, and her presence onstage seemed to prove that pop still has its constants.

Over the course of about 90 minutes, the Nigerian-born Brit waded through a discography that spans nearly 30 years and never seems to collect dust. In fact, her opener, "Soldier of Love," is a pounding battle hymn that shares little of the DNA of her '80s classics. Dressed in all-black and perched atop strappy stilettos,...

Friendly Fires have announced that they are to play a handful of shows across the UK this May. The 'Kiss of Life' band are to play the concerts in the run-up to the release of their second album Pala on May 16. The trio are to play London's Heaven on May 9, Glasgow's Arches on May 11 and Manchester's Sound Control on May 12. The gigs will be one of the first opportunities (more)...

Friendly Fires have announced that they are to release their second studio album Pala on May 16. The 'Kiss of Life' group first released details about the record back in January, revealing that a majority of the record was written in a cottage in Northern France. The band are to premiere new single 'Live Those Days Tonight' on chatshow Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on March 23. It will then be available to stream via the group's website. The trio have also been (more)...

Best Love Songs for V-DayPlay another slow jam...Love is in the air, and whatever your forecast this Valentine's Day, be sure to add a soundtrack to it. Love can be so complicated, but good music always makes it that much simpler. So grab your iPod, dust that record off, or find that old mix tape from your high school boo and sing along to 50 of the best love songs for Valentine's Day.Al Green: "Love and Happiness""Can make you do wrong/Make you do right." That about sums it up.Cherelle and Alexander O'Neal: "Saturday Love"Because sometimes all you end up with is the weekendAnita Baker: "Sweet Love"The only thing sweeter than this song is love itself.Aretha Franklin: "Natural Woman"Because a good man brings the best out of any womanBaby Face: "Soon as I Get Home from Work"He gives good love,...

Best Love Songs for V-DayPlay another slow jam...Love is in the air, and whatever your forecast this Valentine's Day, be sure to add a soundtrack to it. Love can be so complicated, but good music always makes it that much simpler. So grab your iPod, dust that record off, or find that old mix tape from your high school boo and sing along to 50 of the best love songs for Valentine's Day.Al Green: "Love and Happiness""Can make you do wrong/Make you do right." That about sums it up.Cherelle and Alexander O'Neal: "Saturday Love"Because sometimes all you end up with is the weekendAnita Baker: "Sweet Love"The only thing sweeter than this song is love itself.Aretha Franklin: "Natural Woman"Because a good man brings the best out of any womanBaby Face: "Soon as I Get Home from Work"He gives good love,...

Regular Screen Rant readers will know that 20th Century Fox has been slowly and ever so quietly developing a Planet of the Apes prequel, which is tentatively titled Caesar: Rise of the Apes . Well, it looks the special effects maestro Aaron Sims (shouldn’t that be simian?) is now attached to the project.

Sims spoke to MTV about the Planet of the Apes prequel at the Clash of the Titans premiere, and when he was quizzed about the potential primate project, he said:

“They’re just starting. There was another director. It’s in the process right now.”

When asked to confirm if there was a director Sims said:

“No–. We’re just starting on that project, it’s just coming around.”

This seems to gel with what we already know about the new Pota film, which (at this early stage in development) will be a prequel to the 1968 Charlton Heston original.

Jo Reynolds returned to Melrose Place last night, while Riley's breasts (sort of) made their first appearance on the show.

We encourage fans to review our detailed review of "Windsor" and also to visit our Melrose Place music section for a complete look at the singles played on the series this week.

TV Fanatic offers viewers an opportunity that can't be found on any other fansite on the Net: the (quick and easy) ability to purchase songs from your favorite shows.

Below, for instance, we've listed a few singles heard on last night's Melrose Place episode. Just click on the iTunes link to make them yours...

Friendly Fire - "Kiss Of Life" Esmee Denters - "Outta Here" Howie Day - "40 Hours"...

PARIS -- The Festival de Cannes on Wednesday named the six young filmmakers chosen to attend a four-month residence in Paris to prepare a movie project. Those selected by a jury headed by Gallic director Claire Denis are Brazil's Karim Ainouz, Argentina's Veronica Chen, Britain's Stephen Ellis, Finland's Kirsi Liimatainen, Hungary's Kornel Mundrunczo and Italy's Marta Parlatore. Mundrunczo's first film was selected in the Cannes sidebar Un Certain Regard in 2002, while Ainouz's directing debut screened in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar this year. The Festival Residence is organized under the auspices of the Cinefondation and provides an opportunity for filmmakers to develop a first or second feature-length movie. Previous participants include U.S. filmmaker Peter Sollett (Long Way Home) and the United Kingdom's Emily Young (Kiss of Life), both of which unspooled in Un Certain Regard.