Rizwan Manji, an American actor of Indian origin, will be seen in Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer "The Wolf of Wall Street".

The “Outsourced” actor plays the role of Khalil, a stockbroker in the firm of Jordan Belfort, portrayed by DiCaprio. Directed by Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street" also stars Margot Robbie and Matthew McConaughey, among others.

Rizwan has also played small parts in Hollywood movies like “The Guru” and “Transformers” in the past, but this is the first time he has bagged a crucial role, said a statement.

“The Wolf of Wall Street”, distributed by MVP Entertainment and PVR Pictures, will release Dec 25.

DiCaprio's another film “The Great Gatsby”, which came out this year, saw Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan in a small role yet interesting role.

If you are not a fan of bling and sequins then opt for lace, one of the hottest trends this party season. Designer Michelle Salins suggests that one can't go wrong with a “delicate fabric like lace” for parties and nightouts.

“The beauty, femininity and classic style embodied through lace is exactly the feel you want your dress to encompass. It is all about the delicate fabric landing on everything from colourful dresses to sexy metallic or nude layered pencil skirts,” said the designer in a statement.

So if you are looking for a new look to define your feminine side, the designer suggests a few looks that will help in bringing out the sensuousness within you.

- The royal blue skirt: The lacy skirt can give a 'vintage chic with a modern twist’ look. It is a ‘must have’ in your closet to dress up or dress down depending on your desired style or special event. Step out in stilettoes for the evening or go from brunch to cocktail teaming it with either a fitted tee or a satin blouse with pearls.

- The black and red lace dress: Bring out your sensuous and extra feminine side in this versatile dress that can be worn to an elegant evening out or be seen in it for a red carpet event. Dress it up with black patent pumps and hanging diamonds.

Multi-brand luxury kidswear stores Les Petits and Cherubs will host a children's carnival here Sunday.

The event, to be held at Vivanta by Taj (Ambassador) 11 a.m. onwards, marks two years of the two brands. The carnival will also feature the new winter 2013 collection.

A kids fashion show displaying designs by brands like Baby Dior, Baby Fendi, Baby Versace, Miss Blumarine, Paul Smith Junior and more will display the current Winter 2013 collections available at Les Petits and Cherubs stores.

There will also be a fashion show and creative activities such as jewellery making sessions, car racing competitions, exciting magic shows and more.

"We are excited to celebrate two years of success of Les Petits and Cherubs. Our customers have come to expect a certain level of quality from us and appreciate the fact that our brands are the finest luxury brands," Swati Saraf, CEO, Prive Luxury, said in a statement.

Prive Luxury operates the brands in the country.

As the Supreme Court Wednesday held same gender consensual sex an offence, superstar Aamir Khan said it is violative of basic human rights while gay filmmaker Onir called it "a dark day in the history of judiciary".

"I am most disappointed with this judgement. It feels very intolerant and violative of basic human rights. It's a shame," Aamir said in a statement.

Section 377 of the IPC holds that a same gender sexual relationship is against the order of nature and is an offence.

"My Brother…Nikhil" director Onir expressed his views on his Twitter handle.

He wrote Wednesday: "A dark day in the history of judiciary and human rights in India. I am angry by the Supreme Court ruling on IPC 377."

Actor-producer John Abraham, who acted as a cross-dresser in Vishal Bhardwaj's "7 Khoon Maaf", is also disappointed by the decision.

"India has harboured archaic prejudices once again. The Supreme Court has criminalised homosexuality," John tweeted post the judgement.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan might be busy shooting for his upcoming projects but he takes time out to pamper his two-year-old granddaughter Aaradhya.

The 71-year-old took to Twitter to talk about the joy he felt when he saw her playing with some balloons he bought her.

“Stopped by on the road and bought some large balloons for Aaradhya! Squeals and screams of excitement as they bounce about! Ecstasy,” he posted on the micro-blogging site Tuesday night.

On the movies front, Bachchan is currently busy shooting “Bhootnath Returns”.

"Fukrey" actor Pulkit Samrat is all set to shoot a dance sequence in Dubai for his upcoming comedy “O Teri" opposite actress Sarah Jane Dias.

The actor took to Twitter to share his feelings.

"It's the team (of) 'O Teri'! Off to Dubai to shake a leg with Remo, Sarah Jane Dias," he posted on the micro-blogging site Wednesday.

The film has been produced by Alvira Khan Agnihotri and Atul Agnihotri and is directed by Umesh Bist. It will hit the screens March 7 next year.

Freida Pinto's rise to global fame is "courageous", says Hollywood actor Josh Brolin, who starred with the Indian beauty in Woody Allen's "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger".

"She's incredible. I have a tremendous amount of respect for anyone who comes out of a best picture situation. I think that takes a lot of courage and she worked really hard. But she's doing extremely well. She is very courageous," Brolin said of Freida in a statement.

Freida, who was a model in Mumbai, bagged a key role in Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire", which won multiple Academy Awards. There has been no looking back for Fredia since then as she is spotted at key red carpet events and even bagged plum international projects like "Miral" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

Brolin's latest movie "Oldboy", a Hollywood remake of the cult South Korean thriller "Oldboy", is set to release in India Friday.

The film follows the story of an advertising agent who is locked in a hotel room for 20 years without knowing his captor's motives. When he is finally released, he finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence.

Filmmaker Kiran Rao, who is a hands-on mom to her son Azad, is all praise for her husband Aamir Khan's ex-wife Reena's parenting skills.

Aamir and Reena together have two children - son Junaid and daughter Ira, with whom even Kiran shares an amicable relationship.

"Reena is just wonderful and she has just done such a great job with these kids. They are super kids. I lucked out. I got Aamir and I got a great package deal with this super family," Kiran said during a tete-a-tete with Karan Johar on his chat show "Koffee With Karan".

Aamir ended his 15-year-old marriage with Reena in 2002 and during the shooting of Ashutosh Gowariker's "Lagaan", he and Kiran, who was working in the film as an assistant director, ended up being together. They tied the knot in 2005.

Kiran and Aamir welcomed Azad Rao Khan via surrogacy in 2011.

Kiran says when she first met Junaid and Ira, "they were quite young".

"Ira was a little girl and we became friends instantly. They are very intelligent kids, very perceptive and they quite instinctively knew that I was a friend. That I was going to come into their life, more in that capacity... I think I am very lucky.

"Even if we had not had Azad, I would have felt really complete because of Junaid and Ira," she said.

The "Koffee With Karan" episode featuring Kiran and Aamir will air Sunday 9 p.m. on Star World.

A new TV show, "Chivas Studio - Gentlemen's Code", going on air Sunday, Dec 22, attempts to delve into what it takes to be a modern man.

To be aired on Star World, the show will have six one-hour specials hosted by writer-journalist Aatish Taseer.

It will celebrate and simultaneously decode the Indian man of the 21st century by giving a ringside view into a man's mind, read a statement.

The show will touch on themes including relationships, money, status symbols, style and friendships.

Foraying into television with the Bengali serial "Dusahobas", based on her story, exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen Wednesday slammed certain serials for "glorifying submissive women" and not portraying women in strong characters.

She felt the makers of such small screen ventures do not see women as figures of authority and emphasised "Dusahobas" will portray women in strong roles, fighting against oppression and demanding their rights.

"Some women-based serials portray women being submissive and glorify submissive women. I will not show the women in my serial like that...I will not glorify submissive women," she told the media here during a video conference to launch the serial.

"Women are so decked up (in some Hindi and Bengali serials)...the way they are shown to serve their husbands, in-laws as if they are meant to do this.

"I think people, who are misogynist who see women in bad light probably, make these serials. They do not show women as doctors, engineers or philosophers...in majority of Hindi and Bengali serials, women are relegated to the role of housewives," she said.

The celebrated feminist writer rued that audiences are deprived of thought provoking content on the telly.

"I do not agree that one has to make serials according to what's popular with the audience. Why can't you give them the choice of something better? You can influence them and give them something better, which is thought provoking," said the author of controversial book "Lajja".

"Dusahobas" will be screened Monday to Saturday at 10p.m. on Aakash Aath, beginning Dec 19.

"I hope it will make the audience, including housewives, think. TV shows women being oppressed, but I will tell the tales of brave women who take stands."

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is eagerly waiting to start shooting for director R. Balki's next project, says that some part of the movie will be shot abraod.

The 71-year-old was seen in Balki's unconventional film "Cheeni Kum", which was majorly shot in London.

“Work on Balki’s film shall start by the middle of March ... and continue for some time ... there is material to be done overseas; I don't know where, but somewhere worth its travel,” Bachchan posted on his blog srbachchan.tumblr.com.

Actor Kamal Haasan's younger daughter Akshara will make her debut with the film, which will also feature southern actor Dhanush.

Highly acclaimed progeria-based "Paa" was Amitabh and Balki's last film together.

Big B is currently busy shooting “Bhootnath Returns”.

Every time southern superstar Rajinikanth delivered a dialogue in his own trademark style, audiences have cheered and rooted for him in unison.

On his 63rd birthday Thursday, IANS lists some dialogues that were made famous by the actor in his over three-decade long career:

- "16 Vayathinile": Rajini as the film's antagonist introduced us to one of the popular catch-phrases of a long forgotten era - "Idhu eppadi irukku?" (How's this?). This line was so admired that even after three decades since the film's release, it still lingers in the minds of the actor's fans.

- "Murattu Kaalai": Rajnikanth as a villager in the film popularised the dialogue "Seeeviduven" (I'll chop off your head).

- "Baasha": As long as auto rickshaws ply in Tamil Nadu, the line "Naan oru thadava sonna, nooru thadava sonna maadiri" (Anything I say once is equivalent to saying it a hundred times) will be remembered. Rajinikanth as an auto driver delivered a knocker of a performance in this commercially successful outing.

- "Arunachalam": His dialogue "Andavan solran. Arunachalam seiran" (God commands, Arunachalam acts) from the film will be recalled as one of the shortest yet powerful line mouthed by the superstar in his career.

- "Padayappa": Another highly successful film that's remembered for the actor's line "En Vazhi, Thani Vazhi" (My way is my own) and actress Ramya Krishnan's brilliant portrayal of greedy Neelambari in the film.

- "Muthu": One of Rajinikanth's popular films that enjoyed a successful run even in Japan, the line from the film "Naan eppo varuven, epdi varuvennu yarkum theriyathu. Aana vara vendiya nerathile vandidven" (Nobody knows when or how I will come, but I will come when the time is right) has a strong recall value even today.

- "Sivaji": Contrary to the other films of the superstar, "Sivaji" had two popular dialogues - "Summa pere ketta athrudula" (Doesn't the earth shatter at the calling of my name?) and "Kanna, panni than kootama varum aana Singam single than varum" (My dear, pigs always come in an army but a lion always walks alone).

Actor Arshad Warsi is very fond of veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, with whom he has worked in "Dedh Ishqiya". He says one reason they gel well is both of them hate retakes.

"I'm very fond of Naseer saab. Why Naseer saab and me get along well with each other or why we are fond of each other is purely because I hate retakes. After my third take, I get fed up and start losing my patience, it becomes monotonous and I think so is the case with Naseer sir," Arshad told IANS.

Directed by Abhishek Chaubey, "Dedh Ishqiya" also features Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi.

Arshad says if not acting, he just likes to sit and and do nothing.

"I am the laziest man in this world. I don't like to do anything. I do a lot of internet shopping. I like to do nothing, it's so beautiful to do nothing. Movies take up a lot of energy, it's difficult and pressurising," said the 45-year-old.

Legendary actor Dilip Kumar's 91st birthday was attended by stars like Dharmendra and Asha Parekh. His family and doctors were also part of the quiet celebrations.

The actor turned a year older Wednesday.

Asha Parekh, who recently lamented that she hasn't yet got a chance to work with Dilip Kumar, is said to have spent quality time with the thespian and his wife Saira Banu.

The celebrations also saw writer Salim Khan and Helen in attendance, while from the younger lot there was Rani Mukerji, a source told IANS.

A team of 30 to 40 doctors who have looked after him, also participated in the party of the star of films like "Devdas", "Madhumati", and "Mughal-E-Azam".

Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Thursday criticized a Pakistani court's order to stop the screening of Indian content on TV channels, saying that films and serials are ideas that can't be stopped.

In a tweet, Tewari said: "Pakistani jingoists should know Films & TV serials are ideas & ideas can't be barred/ banned Pak govt must remove them from negative list ASAP."

The Lahore high court Justice Khalid Mahmood Khan Tuesday stayed the beaming of foreign content and ruled that Indian films and television serials were included in the "Negative List" under the current bilateral trade regime.

He also directed the federal government and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) to submit a detailed reply in this regard.

The order was issued in response to a petition filed last month by TV talk show host Mubashir Lucman, a former film producer who had contended that Indian films and TV serials were being imported in violation of Pakistani regulations.

The court move came days after 10 entertainment television channels in Pakistan were slapped with Rs.10 million fine for airing excessive Indian and foreign content.

Tamil actors Vijay Sethupathi and Jayam Ravi, ardent fans of quality cinema, participated in a flash mob dedicated to the 11th Chennai International Film Festival (CIFF), starting in the Tamil Nadu capital Thursday evening.

"Both Vijay and Ravi voluntarily came forward to participate in a flash mob. We had initially planned to do this with some local dancers for the promotion of CIFF, but when they came to know about it, they expressed their interest to participate," festival director E. Thangaraj told IANS.

The flash mob featuring Ravi and Vijay was performed Wednesday evening at the Express Avenue mall here.

The film festival, scheduled for Dec 12-19, will screen 163 films from 58 countries. It is being organised by Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF) in association with the state government.

Bollywood actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan along with his southern counterpart Kamal Haasan will grace the inaugural ceremony of the fest.

Actress Anushka Sharma, who completed five years in Bollywood Thursday, has thanked her fans for their continued love and support.

"Thank you for the beautiful wishes and the unflinching love and support over the years. Five years of Anushka Sharma. I love love love love love you all," Anushka tweeted.

The 25-year-old started her acting career with the 2008 movie "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi", in which she played the vivacious Taani. She debuted against superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Thereafter, Anushka featured in movies like "Badmaash Company", "Band Baaja Baaraat", "Ladies v/s Ricky Bahl", "Jab Tak Hai Jaan" and "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola". Her innings have been fairly successful, and her confidence on and off screen is often talked about.

Anushka’s upcoming films include "Bombay Velvet", "Peekay" and "NH 10".

Actor Ruslaan Mumtaz, who was recently in Lucknow, says his biggest female fan is from the city of Nawabs.

The 31-year-old, who made his Bollywood debut with "MP3 - Mera Pehla Pehla Pyaar", is currently seen as Dhruv Goel aka DV in TV show "Kehta hai Dil...Jee Le Zara".

Talking about his fan, Ruslaan said in a statement: “She has been in love with me from the time I came in a music video (a remix version of ‘Aap jaisa koi’ by Pamela Jain), which was some 10 years back. She always keeps in touch with me on Facebook.”

"Kehta hai Dil...Jee Le Zara" airs on Sony Entertainment Television.

After being in the news for his six-pack abs in his latest film "R...Rajkumar", actor Sonu Sood finds himself fit to give fitness advise.

He says there’s a connect between gymming and eating right.

"I've realised if you work hard in your gym, you will never eat junk, (and) you tend to cheat on your diet when you don't know the efforts put during workouts," Sonu tweeted Thursday.

From his washboard abs, one can make out the efforts he would have put in for “R...Rajkumar”.

On the work front, Sonu will next be seen in Farah Khan directed "Happy New Year", which also features Shah Rukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Deepika Padukone.

On the eve of the 27th death anniversary of his late mother, actress Smita Patil who died due to childbirth complications, her son Prateik reminisced about his “angel” and hoped to become her “sunshine kid”.

"It isn't far from the time the heavens got the better of her worth and soul...27 years ago...remembering someone I never knew”," Prateik posted on Twitter Thursday.

"She, the few that make me want to smile, to shine, to make her proud...got to be her sunshine kid...got to be your sunshine kid...my angel..love you," he said.

Known for films like "Manthan", "Bhumika", "Aakrosh", "Namak Halaal" and "Shakti", Smita Patil had married actor Raj Babbar. She died Dec 13, 1986 due to complications in childbirth.

Prateik is also an actor and he was last seen on the big screen in "Issaq" with newbie Amyra Dastur.