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Diwali is here! The celebration of the festival lights is a wonderful time for families and friends to get together. We know many fabulous Diwali parties will be held with food, card games and more, and we thought we would suggest some music for the perfect soundtrack for your Diwali bash!

First, we thought we would list some of the Diwali songs that have appeared in movies!

‘Happy Diwali’ – Home Delivery

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‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Title Song)’ – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

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‘Pairon Mein Bandhan Hai’ – Mohabbatein

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‘Aayee Hai Diwali’ – Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya

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‘Aaye Abke Saal Diwali’ – Haqeeqat (1964)

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Now check out what we would suggest would be a Bollyrific playlist from the films of 2014! From ballads,...

First 'Gilmore Girls' and now 'Friends' will be streaming on Netflix.

First Gilmore Girls and now Friends will be streaming on Netflix. Who needs actual friends when there's so much binge watching to be had?!

Video: Is the Cast of Friends Still Friends?

Netflix broke the news via Twitter Wednesday that the beloved NBC sitcom would be available for streaming come Jan. 1, 2015. Happy New Year, indeed!

The tweet included a video of The Rembrandts singing an acoustic version of their now iconic Friends theme song, "I'll be There For You," on location at New York City's Central Perk Pop Up on Oct. 6. Just like old times, Gunther (James Michael Tyler) was on hand in the video to work the coffee machines.

Photos: 6 Most Important Moments at Central Perk on 'Friends'

They will all be there for you, Jan.1, 2015 https://t.co/EdGNWtFsZl

— Netflix Us (@netflix) October 15, 2014

Friends aired on prime-time television from 1994-2004, and just this...

Movie lovers across the globe have been waiting with bated breath for what could be Ben Affleck’s best role till date in David Fincher’s Gone Girl.

Indian fans can now rejoice as this festive season Gone Girl is in theaters!! The movie will release on Diwali 23rd October post a phenomenal American Box Office opening and rave reviews by expert critics. With staggering positive reviews the movie has already got bumper box office numbers in us and uk territories with numbers expected to grow even further.

Gone Girl, based on a best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, earned strong reviews from critics, with an 87 percent positive rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes.

Affleck stars as a writer who is caught in a media circus when his wife goes missing and the police suspect he is responsible. Rosamund Pike plays his wife.

It stars Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris,...

Wd, a Western Digital company and digital storage leader, has entered in an association with Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd., where the company has provided the production house with some of its key storage products. These products have been used by Red Chillies for the on-spot storage of shoot footage and in its studio for editing, post-production, and storing world-class special effects. Wd is the 'Digital Storage Partner' for Red Chillies' upcoming and much-awaited movie, Happy New Year. Wd products will also be featured in the narrative of the movie. "We are delighted to partner with Red Chillies. Our products provide high capacity, come with dependable safety features and cater to the intense workload requirements of a movie production house. Wd ensured that the production team at 'Happy New Year' had access to reliable and blazing-fast storage devices to experience stress-free digital storage while making the movie," said Subroto Das,...

Olivia Palermo and her longtime partner, model Johannes Huebl, tied the knot in Bedford, NY, on Saturday. Olivia was her usual stylish self in a white Carolina Herrera ensemble and blue Manolo Blahnik heels for the civil ceremony, while her new husband wore a matching suit by Marc Anthony Hamburg. Olivia announced the happy news on her style blog, saying, "We really wanted to keep this beautiful day very private and special to us and enjoyed the whole day with our family and two friends. Bedford is such an amazing and romantic countryside." Johannes popped the question after six years of dating during a January vacation in St. Barts. Shortly after their engagement, the pair showed sweet Pda on the beach together, and Olivia shared her excitement via social media, saying, "Happy New Year to my fiancé! #cloud9 #dreaming #endlesslove." While rumors swirled on Thursday that Olivia and Johannes actually...

South Korean filmmaker, Joon-ho Bong, has never been afraid of mixing genres. In his latest and most challenging film to date, Snowpiercer, Bong mixes action, sci-fi and satire to create a delightfully twisted prison break story. Snowpiercer owes much of its effectiveness to an ingenious script that uses 3 discrete acts to effortlessly shift its tone and genre. The first act establishes the prison; delineating the rules, hierarchy and surreal conditions. The second act takes us through the prison; peeling away each layer of corruption with frenzied action and violence. Finally, the third act deconstructs the prison; exposing the true face of tyranny and the rationale behind it. It’s an audacious script that warrants deeper consideration.

The key to any good prison break movie is establishing the prison as its own character. Whether it’s the evil warden’s twisted idea of justice or the intricate kingdoms built by the inmates,...

He may have announced his next ambitious project but Madhur Bhandarkar's film has now created a buzz of rumours. The filmmaker, known for his women-oriented films, was rumoured to have approached Deepika for his next but the actress has now denied the news. Deepika who had little idea about the script or the project in totality was left surprised when the news started doing the rounds. Deepika is currently busy with Happy New Year and will soon start shooting for Imtiaz Ali's next with Ranbir Kapoor. Besides these two films she will also be seen in Homi Adajania's Finding Fanny and Rajinikanth's Kochadiiyaan Spokesperson of Deepika confirms the news.

T-Series acquires the music rights for the upcoming big banner films of 2014. Bhushan Kumar, the head honcho of T-Series, is proud to announce the acquisition of the most awaited films of the year - Jagga Jasoos, Kick, Happy New Year and many others. After the successful endeavor with Yaariyan, Jai Ho, Highway, Shaadi Ke Side Effects, Queen, T-Series holds music rights of Kick starring Salman Khan & Jacqueline Fernandez produced and directed by Sajid Nadidwala releasing in Jul...

Sarah-Jane Dias, who will be seen this year in films like O Teri, Happy New Year and Angry Indian Goddesses, is taking western singing lessons these days for a reason. Sources close to the actress suggest that she will be lending her voice for a few tracks in her untitled upcoming film. When contacted, Sarah did confirm about the vocal training but refused to give any information about the film or its title. Sources also confirm that since a month she has been taking vigorous training in both singing and contemporary dance and was recently spotted at Ashley Lobo's dance school.

The Warner Animation series of direct-to-disc features has apparently said farewell to the past as this week’s release of Justice League: War and May’s Son of Batman are both from the New 52 era. A pity given how many cool stories remain unadapted. Readers who picked up Justice League #1 in August 2011 were treated to a brand new take on the tried and true characters from DC Comics, but it was clearly early in their collective careers. It was the first time many were meeting one another and dealing with the threat of Darkseid from Apokolips.

A fresh start but far from a clean one but discussions of that title and the entire New 52 belong elsewhere. Right now, we’re examining the latest feature from director Jay Oliva to see how well it stands up on its own. He’s working from a script by Heath Corson, making his DC...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I've been reposting some of our 2013 highlights. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's a piece originally published in July that's caused quite a stir, and is still drawing the occasional comment today. Happy New Year to you all! To get to the short explanation of this loaded assertion I have to narrowly define what I mean by “Black” movies. Black movies are those films with a majority Black cast that situate Whites, if any, in peripheral or non-influential...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlight published last year (2013). Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's a piece originally published in September ahead of the release of 12 Years A Slave. With today's Oscar nominations announcement, I thought it was worthy of a repost. Happy New Year to you all! One of the striking things about Lupita Nyong'o is the passion and intensity with which she speaks about her role in 12 Years a Slave. While some actors live with a role for...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlight published last year (2013). Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's a piece I originally published in March 2013. Happy New Year to you all!  The success and signature appeal of Spike Lee's early films have Ernest Dickerson's cinematography to thank as much as Spike's own cinematic flourishes. Dickerson's eye helped make a Spike Lee joint, a Spike Lee joint. For the distant observer, theirs seemed like a kind of symbiotic pairing...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlight published last year (2013). Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's a piece I originally published in June. Happy New Year to you all!  There's a running joke amongst black people who weren't born and raised in America, but who, at some point in their lives, moved to America, that goes something like this: I didn't know I was black until I came to the USA. Those aren't the exact words (they escape me at the moment), but I think you...

Editor's note: As 2013 comes to an end, I'll be reposting some of our most popular pieces published during the year. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's the second of many to come, which I thought was perfectly timed, as the 2014 Sundance Film Festival kicks off in 2 days, and I'm sure those of you who are going (whether for the first time, or if you're a veteran) have already planned out your trips. This was written for the 2013 festival, but still applies. Happy New Year to you all!  Official...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published in 2013 that you may have missed. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For others, they will be new items. Here's the 22nd of many. Happy New Year to you all! I saw a recent tweet from a fellow Dp. It went something along the lines of “Filming in NYC. That's a lot of brick”. I understood the frustration. Beyond the miles of concrete and cliched shots, how do you tell a New York story that’s uniquely your own? Without "Men in Black 3" money? You have to think differently. Why are we discussing NYC? I am a native New Yorker. I went to New York...

SimCity didn't have the best of launches, and despite a few patches and updates, many game critics still feel the title has fallen short of it's potential. Various reasons are listed for this, but one of the primary complaints gamers have had, deal with it's always online connection and inability to play unless connected. Well, Maxis is seeking to correct that problem and announced that an offline single-player mode is coming for the game. Come inside for the details!

Well this is kind of a surprise. After months of hearing from Maxis (the game's developer) that it was "literally impossible" to make the game offline due to conflicts with coding and the cloud server, the company has backtracked and announced an offline version of the game is coming. The announcement came via a blog post from Maxis' General manager Patrick Buechner who started by saying this:

"Let’s get right to it.

2013 has undoubtedly been an eventful year with a plethora of movies, brilliant performances, songs and so much more! We all had our bets on some of the biggest successes of the year, but there were quite a few releases that didn’t exactly have a very appealing trailer, electrifying buzz pre-release or glamorous promotional activities but managed to stand out and surprise us with their level of entertainment and substance. We have short listed 10 such movies here and thereby have the Top 10 surprise packages of 2013. Read on!

10. Chashme Baddoor:

Remakes are not everyone’s cup of tea, and we have seen some terrible remakes recently. Chashme Baddoor at some level can be an exception though. The film is slightly unique in the comedy genre with a certain amount of originality in it, making it an entertainer by one of the legends of comedy in Indian cinema, Mr. David Dhawan.

Happy New Year, FanCast listeners! Your favorite movie podcast is back and ready to tackle another year packed with movies. On the first episode of 2014, our own Erik Davis and Sean O'Connell celebrate a podcast milestone (100,000 plays) and go genre by genre listing the 2014 movies you should anticipate the most. Of course there are hundreds of movies arriving this year, and we only have a half hour, so stay tuned to the FanCast podcast all year long and we'll keep you up to date on everything you need to know about what's arriving in theaters. As always, thanks so much for listening and please let us know your thoughts on this week's conversation below. You can listen using the player below. And you can fulfill your New Year's resolution by subscribing to...

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Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published in 2013. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts, they will probably be new items. Here's the 21st of many. Happy New Year to you all!  There's still so much  to learn about the black experience during WWII (broadly-speaking), and I'm glad to see that more current films centered on stories about the black experience from that specific period, are being made. Like this one, which has been in circulation for about 2 years now, since its it's North American premiere at the...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published in 2013. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts, they will probably be new items. Here's the 20th of many. Happy New Year to you all! Last month a New York judge ruled against Fox Searchlight in a lawsuit brought against them by two interns who had worked on the feature film, “Black Swan.” The judge in the case ruled that the interns were entitled to compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act and New York labor law. For the record, I call this ruling – for lack of a...

Here’s the first Girl Meets World sneak peek of 2014.

Ben Savage has posted the above Matthews family photo, presumably from one of the episode tapings, to his Instagram. The picture shows the whole Matthews gang (complete with a very Topanga-esque headband on Danielle Fishel), as well as some of the other actors who’ll fill out the rest of the show.

For those who need up-to-the-minute news about the show, the recently launched Twitter account @GMWWriters is a peek inside the writers room — and that group sure knows how to tease. A recent tweet asked, “Happy New Year! Who...

Happy New Year, FanCast listeners! Your favorite movie podcast is back and ready to tackle another year packed with movies. On the first episode of 2014, our own Erik Davis and Sean O'Connell celebrate a podcast milestone (100,000 plays) and go genre by genre listing the 2014 movies you should anticipate the most. Of course there are hundreds of movies arriving this year, and we only have a half hour, so stay tuned to the FanCast podcast all year long and we'll keep you up to date on everything you need to know about what's arriving in theaters. As always, thanks so much for listening and please let us know your thoughts on this week's conversation below. You can listen using the player below. And you can fulfill your New Year's resolution by subscribing to the...

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Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published during the last year+, as the site has grown. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts, they will probably be new items. Here's the 19th of many, originally published in Match 2013. Happy New Year to you all!  My last recommendation was the pioneering black female cartoonist Jackie Ormes (read that post Here). This time around, it's Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie, aka Alexandre Dumas, aka "Black Devil" by some of the armies he fought against (let's just say he was good at his job),...

It's that time of year again. Time to start fresh and make a "new you." Maybe you vow to hit the gym more, or keep your dorm room clean, or watch more horror this year. To celebrate the time of the year when people refocus their lives and attempt to change themselves we've put together a list of our favorite horror movie good guys gone bad. These characters embraced change… and ended up becoming horrible monsters or raving lunatics. These aren't characters who spent the whole movie scheming behind the protagonists backs; these are characters who undergo a deep and often sudden change, who are drastically different at the end of the film. They may not have resolved to lose weight or do their taxes early, but these horror turncoats have made a resolution... to kill their friends and loved ones!

Jack Torrance in 'The Shining'

Okay, this...

Happy New Year, comics fans! The column took a rest the last couple of weeks because of holidays/limited comics releases over the festive season, but it’s back this week for the first new comics day of 2014! After a tiny release schedule over Christmas, the Big 2 have returned with a massive array of titles to kick off the new year as the second wave of Marvel Now! launches this week and DC celebrate an iconic Batman issue with a massive line-up of creators.

In comics news this week, one of Marvel’s battiest and most popular characters, Deadpool, is getting hitched in April! Marvel sent out wedding invites teasing the identity of the bride as “Wouldn’t You Like to Know” and an accompanying image with the veil covering the bride’s face (with Nightcrawler as the ordained minister!). If you’re interested in attending, the wedding – which promises...

Madonna has found herself a new boyfriend in 26-year-old Timor Steffens – a dancer from the Netherlands – a month after splitting from Brahim Zaibat.

Madonna's New Boyfriend

Madonna, 55, spent New Year’s in Switzerland, and attended Valentino Garavani’s private party in Gstaad, where she spent some quality time with Steffens, according to Radar Online.

“Some people at the party were whispering about how Madonna had just broken up with her ex, and now she’s already with a new guy,” a source told Radar. “It’s that kind of crowd. Plus, you can’t really ignore the fact that Timor is so much younger than Madonna.”

“I mean, he’s basically a replacement for her ex. He looks just like Brahim,” the source continued, adding, “Madonna didn’t give a f--k that people were whispering! She was really showing him off, drinking and dancing with him all over the place.

Vamping it up for a walk down the aisle! Vampire Diaries star Olga Fonda is engaged, her rep confirms to Us Weekly. The actress and her boyfriend Liam Waite got engaged on New Year's Eve. "Happy New Year! Let the new year bring lots of love, happiness, and prosperity!!!" the Russian- born model tweeted on her proposal night. "Hoping all your dreams come true!!! Xoxo." Fonda, 31, and Waite dated for two and a half years before taking the next step. On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the blushing bride-to-be [...]...

Alison Sweeney is the host of NBC's The Biggest Loser, the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, and author of The Star Attraction and The Mommy Diet. She's also a director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past three seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter: @Ali_Sweeney. Happy New Year! I hope all of you had a great holiday! I was able to take time off to be with my family and we had a blast skiing and snowboarding. Then I rang in 2014 by...

Editor's note: As 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published during the last year+, as the site has grown. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts, they will probably be new items. Here's the 18th of many to come. Happy New Year to you all! It’s wonderful that Shadow and Act asked me to write a monthly column about my experiences as a Cinematographer. For those who don’t know me, I primarily shoot features, commercials and documentaries. Beyond loving every second of being a Dp, I also teach occasionally, paint, travel whenever possible,...

Alison Sweeney is the host of NBC's The Biggest Loser, the award-winning star of Days of Our Lives, and author of The Star Attraction and The Mommy Diet. She's also a director, producer, wife and mom. Like she has for the past three seasons, Alison will blog each week about the latest episode of The Biggest Loser. Follow her on Twitter: @Ali_Sweeney.

Happy New Year! I hope all of you had a great holiday! I was able to take time off to be with my family and we had a blast skiing and snowboarding. Then I rang in 2014 by...

Whoa, Wendy Williams! The talk show host wore nothing but a revealing bikini in an Instagram snapshot taken during a vacation in a gorgeous, tropical destination with husband Kevin Hunter. "I know it's Freezing, but I'll be Back Tomorrow with all New Shows and Juicy, Juicy #Hottopics...get ready...I Am!!! Happy New Year!" she wrote in the caption. Wearing geometric-printed bikini bottoms and a busty, black top, 49-year-old Williams gave her best swimsuit model pose, bending to her right in the crystal clear waters of the locale. The [...]...

Okay, it’s time to sick Gary Busey on some people. Yesterday, I reported on a few items from a recent mailbag on Batman-On-Film. In the report, I made it clear that none of this was to be taken as fact. I even included the author’s own disclaimer at the top of the mailbag. Then, when it got down to this item regarding Wonder Woman’s origin in Batman vs Superman I specifically prefaced it with “He also speculates that she, and the island of Amazons from which she comes, will be descendants of the Kryptonians that landed on earth centuries ago to survey the planet.”

But then what happened? Everyone and their mother Lost Their Minds. There was a mass deletion in people’s brains of what the definition of “speculation” is, and people started reporting on it and discussing it as if they’d just heard Zack Snyder say it himself.

Editor's note: As 2013 ends, and 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published during the last year. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's the 18th of many to come, originally posted in late mid-April 2013. Happy New Year to you all! Tell me what’s wrong with this sentence: Anthony Mackie is currently, and consistently, one of the best supporting actors around. Answer: the word “supporting.” In anticipation of next week’s wide-release, “Pain & Gain,” (which I’m really hoping is...

Jonathan Appleton is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.

An intriguing meeting of two of the biggest names in television sci-fi recently took place, with Mark Gatiss and Joss Whedon hanging out together. Gatiss let slip about the meet-up via Twitter as follows: “@josswhedon Great to meet you the other week, Joss and thanks so much for coming. Happy New Year!” the Doctor Who writer

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Editor's note: As 2013 ends, and 2014 begins, I'll be reposting some of our highlights published during the last year. Those who've already read each one can obviously skip them, or revisit if you'd like. For those who joined us later in the year, missing many of these posts from earlier in the year, they will probably be new items. Here's the 17th of many to come, originally posted in late April 2013. Happy New Year to you all!  This is something that comes up in conversations I have from time to time - whether casual conversations, or formal panel discussions on "the state of black cinema" in these United States, broadly speaking.  I was reminded of it earlier today, while...

Time for "The Bachelor," you guys! Happy New Year to us, right?

Juan Pablo's opening montage lasts approximately five seconds before he's shirtless, but at least he's not soaping up in the shower like Sean Lowe. Remember that? It was weird.

There's some pretty sexy footage of Jp playing soccer, which he did professionally for seven years. But it all gets cuter when there's footage of him goofing around with his daughter Camila, who is named Camila Valentina because she was born on Valentine's Day. She's so cute you could eat her right up.

Plus, Camila and Juan Pablo's parents are going to live in Los Angeles with him while the first few weeks of the "Bachelor" tape, which is terrific. He keeps calling her "my chiquituri," and are they the most adorable parent/child pair to appear on this show? Very possibly.

Guy Time

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Gearing up for their return to work, Ginnifer Goodwin and her fiancé Josh Dallas arrived on a flight at Vancouver International Airport on Sunday (January 5).

The pregnant “Big Love” lady proudly showed off her baby bump in a grey sweater with black trousers and black boots as she navigated through the terminal with her hunky beau.

Ginnifer and Josh are back in Vancouver to begin shooting new episodes of their hit show “Once Upon a Time,” and Goodwin will also return to Twitter today (January 6) after an extended holiday break from social media.

In December she tweeted, “Twitter ladies and twitter gents, I am going on twittercation for the holidays. I’ll return January 6, 2014. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!”...

So, did you make it through the holidays all right? Are you ready for 2014, now that we’re fully into it? We here at SciFi Mafia hope that all your dreams, fantastical or not, come true this year. Joining us in the good wishes are the lovely folk from Ronald D. Moore‘s upcoming time travel series Outlander:

Featurette: Outlander – Happy New Year from Outlander

Okay, okay, here’s what you Outlander-the-book-series fans are looking for. It’s the first pic of Claire and Jamie together, and it’s lovely:

In other Outlander news, Simon Callow has been cast as the Duke of Sandringham, and I’m hoping it’s a nice juicy part, he’s a wonderful actor. He’s been in many terrific projects over the years, but Doctor Who fans know him as Charles Dickens from “The Unquiet Dead”, an early Rose and Ninth Doctor episode,...

Batman-On-Film's source 'Dr.Detroit' gave them this small information regarding a chase scene to be filmed in the summer. "Happy New Year! I have a minor update regarding location shooting BvS. I was told that location shooting of vehicle chase scenes (read: Batmobile scenes) will not take place until the Summer. I am under the impression that other location shooting, including exteriors -- in addition to studio shooting -- could begin as soon as next month, but that has not been confirmed. I'll continue to keep my ears to the ground." Production on the sequel is expecting to start next month and we should be getting some set photos and maybe a look at the new Bat-suit. What do you guys think? Just leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

American wedding story! Emma Roberts is engaged to boyfriend Evan Peters, a source confirms to Us Weekly. The 22-year-old actress began dating her 26-year-old American Horror Story costar in spring 2012. Extra was first to report news of the couple's engagement, which reportedly occurred over the holidays in New York City. According to Extra, Peters proposed with a pink, gold diamond ring. The bride-and-groom-to-be haven't yet confirmed their engagement news. On Jan. 1, Roberts tweeted, "Happy new year everybody!!! Let's make 2014 the best year yet." The couple made [...]...

As 2013 rolled in to 2014, celebrities sure stayed busy! Here is a look at what caught our attention this week at GossipCenter.

Kaley Cuoco & Ryan Sweeting Tie the Knot!: Ready to start the New Year as a married woman, Kaley Cuoco tied the knot with her honey Ryan Sweeting in a New Year's Eve ceremony. The "Big Bang Theory" beauty shared pictures of the big day (and her pink wedding dress) via Instagram, including one captioned “Yep:) #thesweetings @ryansweething.”

Olivia Palermo is Engaged!: Throwing in a big surprise during their holiday get away, Olivia Palermo's beau Johannes Huebel proposed to the "City" star. After she accepted, the German hunk posted a video of the proposal on Instagram captioning it,“Happy New Year to everybody and this is how we celebrated it: Op said Yes.”

Beyonce Stirs Up Controversy: Finding inspiration in an odd place, Beyonce came under fire...

This week, Porsha purchased a house she probably can’t afford, NeNe and Phaedra yelled platitudes at some children, and Cynthia’s sister gave her the world’s worst surprise this side of herpes. Happy New Year! Kenya put on shoes made out of curtain tassels to meet with Lawrence and further prove that her only valuable contribution to the show is to explain what is happening with every other cast member. Kenya is basically a walking voiceover. She pronounced Savannah Sah-vah-naaaah, talked smack about literally every other cast member, and revealed that she sleeps on a silk pillowcase like she was royalty and not, in fact, like all the rest of us black women going down to Sally’s Beauty Supply so our shit will stay tight for a few more days. She also said Preach! a lot when Lawrence was helping her talk smack about Phaedra. That’s it.

Well, 2014 is six days old, and though I’m not too maudlin about it, I’m glad 2013 is over. It wasn’t my worst year ever – that was pretty much 2006, though 2009 does come close, for reasons that I’m not going into here because some things do have to stay off this page – but 2013 was the year I lost my father. No, he isn’t dead, but he is gone for good, and this is how I know.

We (Glenn, Alix, Jeff, and Meyer Manuel) were visiting my parents on New Year’s Day. I had brought my father up to an apartment from the nursing home division; my parents live in a continuous care adult community. We were having either a late lunch or an early dinner, and one thing about my dad, he hasn’t lost his appetite. He eats everything put in front of him, even eggs,...

Happy New Year! It was certainly happy for Disney, at any rate. Frozen showed heavy longevity this weekend, taking the top spot in the box office despite being in its seventh week in theaters. The animated feature added more than $20 million to its almost $300 million domestic total. That was enough to outpace newcomer Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones which took second place with $18 million, and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug which slipped to third after three weekends at number one. Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, the fifth entry in the franchise, had the worst wide-opening in the series, falling well behind the $52 million and $29 million debuts of Paranormal 3 and Paranormal 4 respectively. While the steady decline points clearly to waning audience interest, the fact that this latest movie made $18 million in three days against a very modest $5 million production budget shows there's still some profit to be milked from the...

Taking charge of his morning duties, Ashton Kutcher took his two doggies for a walk in Lake Hollywood, CA today (January 5).

The former “That 70’s Show” stud was scruffy in a gray sweater and white shorts, pulling his pups behind him on their trek.

In related news, the 35-year-old also took to Twitter on New Year’s Eve in order to ring in the Happy New Year with friends and followers.

His Tweet read, “Happy new year. Make generous resolutions! Fight for love! And don't take anything too seriously. Xo ak.”...

Taking her loves for some high-flying fun, Camila Alves went with her kids to Sky High Sports trampoline park in Camarillo, CA on Friday (January 3).

The 31-year-old was casual in black skinnies, keeping a close eye on Levi, 5, Vida, 4, and Livingston, 11, as they prepared to launch into the air in honor of Vida's birthday!

In related news, the Brazilian model joined in with the impressive list of celebrities to tweet about the changes coming in with the New Year.

She took to Twitter on New Year's day, writing, "Out with the old and in with the new -- wishing everyone a wonderful and very Happy New Year!"...

New York, Jan 5: A relatively rare two-headed calf was born in the village of Sefrou in Morocco on Dec. 30, 2013.

The unusual cow, which has brought an influx of visitors to the rural village, has been named Sana Saida that means "Happy New Year" in Arabic, the New York Daily News reported.

Even though two-headed animals usually do not survive long after birth because of the abnormality, Sana Saida is still alive. (Ani)...

Whoa! Happy new year to you, Lea Michele! The singer-actress finished off her week-long vacation in Mexico on Jan. 3 by posting an extremely sexy shot of herself in a thong bikini.

Hey, who wants tan lines, right? Clearly not Lea Michele. After a couple of busy weeks promoting her new music, the Glee star decamped to Mexico for a vacation, and apparently spent the week taking in the beautiful warm weather in nothing but a skimpy thong bikini.

Lea Michele Flaunts Her Butt In Mexico

Lea posted a picture on Jan. 3 showing off her vacay-wear, as well as her absurdly toned body. With her back (and booty) to the camera, Lea posed next to a pool on a balcony that overlooked a gorgeous, oceanside vista.

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Clearly proud of how she’s looking and feeling, she captioned the photo, “What an amazing week in Mexico…...

Happy New Year! And with a new year comes the same crap. Kidding. It’s new and improved crap. To kick off the year and our 100th episode, Kate Mac, Ryan and Ingrid discuss one of the best cartoons (and TV shows in general) on air right now, Bob’s Burgers.

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