Hugh Jackman has no political aspirations, Dev Patel happy to be a part of Hotel Mumbai, Lady Gaga says fame is unnatural, and other Hollywood updates

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Affleck steps out for haircut between rehab treatment

Actor Ben Affleck, who is going through rehab treatment, stepped out of for a haircut.

The Gone Girl star was seen coming out from the Malibu Wave Salon looking sharp with his new haircut, reports suggest so.

Affleck was spotted wearing blue jeans and a tight gray T-shirt. He represented his roots with a Boston Red Socks cap.

As per sources, Affleck has been allowed to take a break only if his sober coach is around him at all times.

In August, the Batman vs Superman star was admitted to the rehabilitation centre for the third time in order to get rid of his alcohol addiction. He went to rehab for the first time back in 2001 and then in 2017.

David Guetta wants to make life changes

A DJ-record producer David Guetta is determined to make lifestyle changes following world-renowned Swedish DJ and electronic music producer Avicii's death earlier this year.

Guetta, 50, said everyone in the EDM world was "incredibly shocked" when the 28-year-old star passed away in an apparent suicide in April. It was a wake-up call for him to "reorganise" his own career and personal life to avoid slipping into a depression, reports suggest so.

He said, "We were all incredibly shocked by what happened. It's forced me to make some hard decisions, to change my life. I could see it coming in myself, this depression. And I'm a happy person, I'm really not a depressive type.

"But I realised I needed to reorganise my life to stay like this. I remember Avicii telling me how many shows he was doing a year and thinking, 'This is horrible. It's torture.'

"But it's hard to say no. You want to do what's right for your career. But if you keep saying yes, one day you'll fall."

The "When Love Takes Over" said the "deeply strange lifestyle" that people live in his industry can be damaging.

"In our world, we all have one thing in common, which is this deeply strange lifestyle that puts you in a weak place emotionally.

"If you're an artiste, in my opinion, it means you feel you have something to say, and you look at the world in a slightly different way. And the fact that we can do that is probably because we're hypersensitive.

"But to be hypersensitive and have that lifestyle, that's combustible," Guetta told Sunday Times Culture magazine.

I felt compelled to be part of 'Hotel Mumbai': Dev Patel

Slumdog Millionaire actor Dev Patel, who plays the role of a Sikh waiter in Anthony Maras' Hotel Mumbai based on the November 2008 terror attacks, said he felt compelled to be part of the film after his family watched the city burning across TV screens.

Underlying his old link with the Taj Mahal Palace hotel from "Slumdog", the actor said Danny Boyle did a dance sequence there as an ode to India and its cinema.

"As much as I hated doing it, the dance sequence captured the movie. Then to see in my house in London my parents looking at the TV screens and watching Mumbai burning, it was horrible... And when there is a film being made on it, I felt very compelled to be a part of it," the actor said here.

About his role of Arjun, the Sikh waiter, he said, "This film has so many amazing characters. For me, I wanted to do more with the character of Arjun. I had read this article about Sikh cab drivers in New York being targeted and attacked after the September 11, 2001, attacks and being labelled terrorists.

"I thought we can make this Sikh man, a community extremely underrepresented in cinema, to break stereotypes and educate the audiences about a culture."

Patel said before filming, he visited the hotel and spoke with some of the staff.

"I spoke with the real chef. They want to put this behind. It is a very delicate subject... It is still a very raw for a lot of people." he added.

Hotel Mumbai premiered at the on-going Toronto International Film Festival on Friday.

Fame is unnatural, says Lady Gaga

Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga, who finds fame unnatural, has urged Hollywood and the global entertainment industry to rescue artistes struggling with substance abuse and other mental health issues in their pursuit of stardom.

Gaga spoke at a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), reports suggest.

"I think that would be wonderful, not just for artistes, but the whole world, if we intervene early in life when we see people struggling," said Gaga, who was here to promote Warner Bros' A Star is Born remake.

Gaga, who goes by her legal name Stefani Germanotta in the film's credits, plays an up-and-coming starlet, Ally, who struggles to break into the entertainment world with guidance from an industry veteran, Jackson, played by Bradley Cooper, on the way down.

"Fame is very unnatural. And we see that Jack is struggling is this film. There's substance abuse, there's trauma. Ally also, for me, is struggling from depression at the beginning of the film, in not believing in herself," she said.

Gaga said while successful artistes don't change with fame, as much as others around them to, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"The truth is, people think we change. It's not us that change, it's everyone around us who changes," stressed the popular singer, best known for her pop music career.

While she has starred in "American Horror Story: Hotel", the anthology FX series from Ryan Murphy, Gaga gave credit to Cooper, who is making his directorial debut with A Star is Born, for having faith in her acting skills.

The film is based on the 1937 film, and centers on a movie star who helps an aspiring young actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

It was subsequently remade in 1954 by director George Cukor, with Judy Garland and James Mason starring, and again in 1976, with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson headlining.

Warner Bros' A Star Is Born, starring Gaga and Cooper, is set to hit theaters on 5 October.

Tapping into painful past for 'A Star Is Born' was 'cathartic' for Cooper

Actor Bradley Cooper couldn’t avoid remembering his darker days while making A Star is Born.

In the Oscar remake, Cooper co-stars as Jackson Maine, a rocker battling alcoholism and drug addiction as he falls in love with his musical protégé Ally (played by Lady Gaga).

The movie also marks Cooper's directorial debut.

In 2016, Cooper revealed in an interview with Barbara Walters that he struggled with drugs and alcohol.

It's that past that Cooper now says helped his work as Jackson.

"Anytime you're trying to tell the truth you need to go to places and use things that have happened to you, or you've read about or experienced," Cooper told Variety.com at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere.

"And that's all part of the beauty of turning whatever things you've gone through into a story. I find that to be very cathartic. I remember learning that in grad school, our teacher said all the insecurities, all the dark stuff you get to use that and that's really the truth," he added.

At the time of the Walters interview, Cooper said he was sober from drugs and alcohol for 11 years.

Kourtney upset over Scott Disick introducing kids to Sofia Richie

Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian is upset over the fact that TV personality Scott Disick introduced their kids to his girlfriend Sofia Richie without giving their mother a head's up first.

On Sunday's episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, the exes got into a bitter argument, reports suggest so.

When Kourtney, 39, found out she started crying revealing to sister Kim Kardashian West that she and Disick had been going to therapy together and had agreed to wait before bringing Richie around.

"You know, I think it's just more of a principle thing - that they made this rule and they've been going to this co-parenting therapy together," said Kim, 37.

"I definitely want to be there to support Kourtney and Scott, but it's just kind of their thing and I don't get involved. I kind of agree with Scott on this one but it's Kourtney, she's got to be difficult," added Kim.

Disick, meanwhile, sought advice from Kris Jenner and told her they had agreed to hold off on the introduction until after the holidays.

Roxanne Pallett accused of 'acting' by 'Celebrity Island' co-stars

Actress Roxanne Pallett has been accused of "acting" by her Celebrity Island co-stars while viewers branded her a 'drama queen' during Sunday night's episode of the show.

The Emmerdale actress, who recently walked out of Celebrity Big Brother after accusing Ryan Thomas of "deliberately" punching her, left the show after five days because the smell of smoke reminded her of a house fire, reports suggest so.

Pallett's antics, including screaming and sobbing throughout the episode, left Julia Robert's brother Eric questioning her behaviour.

During the show Pallett swims out to sea in search of fish for the group to eat, which results in her catching her feet in a net and screaming for help.

When she returns to shore she describes how she felt trapped and "couldn't even kick", telling her fellow contestants that it's "deep out there" as she is comforted by Reality TV star Pete Wicks.

Fans were quick to brand the actress a 'drama queen' following her theatrical screaming from the ocean.

Cardi B wants to be Kim's vice president

Rapper Cardi B wants to join forces with Kim Kardashian West as her vice president, if the reality TV star ever becomes the President.

Asked about rapper Offset's hope for a potential Kim's presidential run, Cardi told Tmz.com that Kim has been thinking about politics for some time.

Cardi said Kim talked about the presidency, and said that's the real reason why Offset may have said he would vote for Kim.

GoT, black actors shine at Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Games Of Thrones got the maximum honours with seven wins out of its 15 announced categories at the first night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which hit a diversity milestone as black actors swept all guest categories.

Westworld co-creator/executive producer Jonathan Nolan noted the dominance of Game of Thrones as he picked up his trophy for interactive media within a scripted program.

He expressed his thanks to Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff "for wrapping up so the rest of us can win some f***ing Emmys", reports suggest so.

The Assassination of Gianni Versace took four statuettes, and The Crown, The Handmaid's Tale and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel followed with three awards each at the gala here on Saturday night.

Guest acting honours went to Tiffany Haddish for Saturday Night Live, Ron Cephas Jones for This Is Us, Samira Wiley for The Handmaid's Tale and Katt Williams for Atlanta.

The award for outstanding television movie went to USS Callister, the first episode of the fourth instalment of anthology series Black Mirror. USS Callister also won outstanding sound editing for limited series, movie or special.

Awards were given out in 53 categories, honoring outstanding technical and creative achievement for scripted programming, including comedy, drama and limited series, while the ceremony on Sunday will cover the remaining 26 categories in animation, documentary, reality and variety programming.

Neil Patrick Harris, Jane Lynch, Carol Burnett, RuPaul Charles, Bryan Cranston and the cast of Fuller House were among the presenters for the awards.

The Governors Award was given to Star Trek.

Clips from Star Trek over the years rolled out on the screen.

Celebrity scientist Bill Nye said. "We could go on and on celebrating Star Trek's social and cultural influences but time and space does not permit. Star Trek may have started out as an entertainment series but it changed the world."

Over 100 crew members from Star Trek: Discovery were at the event.

Actor William Shatner said, "Thank you so much. 52 years. What a gift. We're grateful... Star Trek has endured because it represents an idea - one that's greater than the sum of our parts... We watch and we reach to see the best version of ourselves… Star Trek is a phenomenon….I accept this award with honour."

Hugh Jackman has no political aspirations

After essaying the role of politician Gary Hart in Jason Reitman's political drama The Front Runner, actor Hugh Jackman says he has no interest in joining politics in future.

"Looking into that world, it makes me want to run away further," the X-Men star told media while promoting Reitman's film at the Toronto International Film Festival, reports suggest so.

The movie is about Hart's 1988 presidential campaign, which was scuttled by reports of the candidate's sexual misconduct and extra-marital dalliance with Donna Rice.

Jackman observed that after former President Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, every journalist and voter assumes politicians have flaws that need exposing.

He said, "Thank God as an actor we don't have that standard, because there wouldn't be many actors left."

The Front Runner is adapted from Matt Bai's book about the Hart campaign, "All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid".

To get into the role of Hart, Jackman had researched a lot and met with the politician several times.

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