Blake Lively addresses her fears about motherhood

Actress Blake Lively has admitted she felt anxious the first time she took her baby daughter home. The Gossip Girl star has Hollywood Gossip gushed about being a mother to three-month-old James but she said things didn't come naturally at the start. The 27-year-old added, "I remember leaving the hospital thinking, 'I have no idea what I am doing. 

I have a life in my hands and I'm not equipped to do this'. It felt like being a passenger on a plane and being told, 'By the way, now you are going to be piloting the plane'. But you take her home and you figure it out." Blake, who is married to Ryan Reynolds, also told a magazine that she is excited about her future. She said, "The older I've got, the more enriched my life has become."

James Cameron juggling four screenplays for three Avatar sequels, says composer James Horner

According to a recent interview in the media abroad with composer and orchestrator James Horner, James Cameron is reportedly juggling four screenplays and trying to distill all of that over a course of three planned Avatarsequels. 

"Right now Jim has... four sequels Hollywood Gossip script-wise, and he's trying to make it into three. And that is where his effort is going right now, to keep it to three sequels. Because he's got so much going on... trying to keep it from expanding into a fifth movie," said Horner.

Earlier in the year, Cameron had himself spoken about the next series of Avatar movies, the first of which is due in the Christmas season of 2017. "There's nothing I need to say as an artiste about the state of the world and human affairs that I can't do through the lens of the Avatar universe. We've had a couple of years to think through the story arc of the next three films, and every day that goes by, I believe in the stories I'm telling more and more. We're not coming out of the block fast to capitalise on the last film," Cameron reportedly said.

While We’re Young Movie Review

STORY: Josh (Stiller) and Cornelia (Watts) are a middle-aged couple whose lives are re-energized when they meet a Hollywood Gossip much younger, hip couple Jamie (Driver) and Darby (Seyfried). However, the exchange of influences between the two couples doesn't turn out to be all that symbiotic in the long run.

REVIEW: Josh and Cornelia pretty much have nothing to complain about the way life treats them, except for the proverbial white elephant in the room that they can't ignore - their lives as individuals and as a married couple, are empty. Their sex life is in the doldrums and they go about day-to-day tasks like automatons. So it's no surprise that when Darby and, more specifically, Jamie enter their lives one day after Josh winds up giving a lecture in a college, it's like a breath of fresh air. Josh and Jamie's 'bromance' blossoms and the former loves everything about Jamie - from his worn sneakers to his expansive LP collection. In a short while, Josh and Cornelia learn to loosen up and live a little.

this also means adopting various forms of hipster cred, going to underground gatherings, taking hip hop dance classes and Josh sporting a fedora (de rigueur for a hipster) with dogged determination. But the smoothly shrewd Jamie is no slouch in the ambition department. He'll not only squeeze Josh for every benefit, but also treat his own girlfriend like a glorified assistant. The relationship dynamics between the couples and a tongue-in-cheek look at generational gaps are the most delightful aspects of the film. Baumbach weaves in elements of playful-but-pointed social satire well enough, without making it all seem too heavy.

The casting is spot-on. Stiller is endearingly sincere as a filmmaker desperate for funding, but won't compromise on his ethics. Seyfried and Driver go about their job without an ounce of hamming and Watts' performance is a lesson in disarming straightforwardness. And Adam 'Ad-rock' Horovitz (of hip hop group Beastie Boys) is a natural at playing a stay-at-home dad. Other than that, the deft editing and the quick pace makes this a fun watch.

Hollywood A-listers give indie films a shot in the arm

While independent cinema was largely the domain of unknown faces, 2015 has a host of mainstream Hollywood actors featuring in indie films. While Hollywood Gossip some are attracted to the low-budget guerrilla style of filmmaking and the intimate slice-of-life themes of this genre, other stars like the freedom that smaller films offer them for them to display their acting chops.

Tiny rewards

Upcoming film Cake stars a deglamourised Jennifer Aniston as an LA-based woman who has recently separated from her husband and Anna Kendrick as the woman who haunts her. Indie filmmaker Richard Glatzer's last film Still Alice this year, won Julianne Moore an Oscar for her portrayal of a professor with early-onset Alzheimer's. "Working in the indie space has helped my career longevity. All of my successes sprung from these teeny tiny movies," Moore said in an interview after the awards. Apart from Alec Baldwin, it also features Kristen Stewart, who's making unusual choices after bidding goodbye to the Twilightfranchise.

James Marsden and Kristen Wiig in Welcome To Me and Jennifer Aniston in Cake

Small but meaningful

Stewart has lined up a slate of indie films including Crazy Love, Wendy And Lucy as well asClouds Of Sils Maria where she plays French actress Juliette Binoche's daughter. "I am obsessed with ignoring the idea that we're creating products. I really choose every single project I do based on the desire, and based on really just wanting to experience making that story happen," Stewart said about her penchant for independent movies. John Cusack and Paul Dano depict the young and old reclusive Beach Boys musician Brian Wilson in the biopic Love And Mercy.

New ideas

Spike Lee's first crowdfunded film Da Sweet Blood of Jesus is a reinterpretation of Bill Gunn's horror cult film Ganja And Hess and stars Williams of Children Of God fame. The director dipped into the global crowdfunding craze to raise funds for the project. Naomi Watts and Ben Stiller are essaying a troubled couple in While We're Young. Stiller may be famous as a funnyman to mainstream audiences, but the indie film circuit knows he is a perfectly capable thespian in any genre. His earlier outings in the indie genre were The Royal Tenenbaums and Your Friends And Neighbors.

Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore in Still Alice and Stephen Tyrone Williams and Zaraah Abrahams in Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

Spontaneous projects

After The Skeleton Twins last year, Kristen Wiig — of Bridesmaids fame — will now play a girl who starts her own talk show in another indie movie, Welcome To Me. British actor David Oyelowo of Selma fame, is set to co-star with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o in the indie film version of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Americanah and later this year, in Five Nights In Maine.

Christian Bale nad Natalie Portman in Knight Of Cups

Meanwhile, Batman star Christian Bale appears alongside Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett in Terrence Malick's indie project Knight Of Cups. Bale told a website after the premiere, "I prefer being a part of shorter movies... it sort of feels like guerrilla filmmaking. Free, because you don't have hundreds of crew all staring with the expectations. You don't feel like it's a massive village that's being created. I love the impulsiveness and the spontaneity you get much more with smaller films."

Sawyer was more than a brother: Madylin Sweeten

American actress Madylin Sweeten, opening up on her brother Sawyer Sweeten's Hollywood Gossip suicide, says he was a strong and a selfless friend. 

Sawyer, who starred on "Everybody Loves Raymond" alongside Madylin and their brother Sullivan, passed away on April 23. 

He was just 19. 

"Sawyer was more than just a brother. He was a strong and selfless friend. When confiding in one another, Sawyer always had the kindest words of encouragement. He will live on in my head and those shared moments forever," Madylin, 23, said.

Her younger sister Maysa Sweeten also said her memories with Sawyer have been one the best she ever had. 

"Although my memories of my brother hurt now, they are some of the best I've ever had and deserve to live on in my mind and in the minds of my family forever. There isn't a single day I won't miss him," she said. 

Sullivan has yet to comment on Sawyer's death.

Bradley Cooper, Helen Mirren nab top nods at Tony Awards

Hollywood stars Bradley Cooper and Helen Mirren bagged nomination in the best Hollywood Gossip actor in a leading role (play category) at the 69th annual Tony Awards for their performance in "The Elephant Man" and "The Audience" respectively.

Cooper, 40, will face competition from Steven Boyer ('Hand to God'), Ben Miles ('Wolf Hall Parts One & Two'), Bill Nighy ('Skylight') and Alex Sharp ('The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time') in the category. 

While Mirren, 69, will fight Geneva Carr ('Hand to God'), Elisabeth Moss ('The Heidi Chronicles'), Carey Mulligan, ('Skylight') and Ruth Wilson ('Constellations') to bag the award, said The Hollywood Reporter. 

Nominees for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical are Michael Cerveris ('Fun Home'), Robert Fairchild ('An American in Paris'), Brian d'Arcy James ('Something Rotten!'), Ken Watanabe, ('The King and I') and Tony Yazbeck ('On the Town'). 

Kristin Chenoweth ('On the Twentieth Century'), Leanne Cope, ('An American in Paris'), Beth Malone ('Fun Home'), Kelli O'Hara, ('The King and I'), Chita Rivera, ('The Visit') comprise the nomination for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical. 

The play "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two" sits at the top with eight nominations, including the best play category, best actor in a leading role, best direction for Jeremy Herrin and best costume design. 

It will see competition from "Disgraced", "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" and "Hand to God" for the award in the best play category. 

"Hand to God" comes close to "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two" with five nominations. Besides the best actor and actress category, it is also nominated for the best direction for Moritz von Stuelpnagel and in the best actress in a featured role category for Sarah Stiles.

The nominations for the best musical includes "Fun Home", "An American in Paris", "Something Rotten!" and "The Visit". 

Other nominations in the best direction of a play category include Stephen Daldry ('Skylight'), Marianne Elliott ('The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'), Scott Ellis, ('You Can't Take It with You'). 

Nominees in the best direction of a musical category are Sam Gold ('Fun Home'), Casey Nicholaw ('Something Rotten!'), John Rando ('On the Town'), Bartlett Sher ('The King and I') and Christopher Wheeldon ('An American in Paris'). 

Tommy Tune will receive the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the theatre. 

The awards are set to be handed out June 7 in a ceremony, to be hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming.

Hilary Swank to star in 'Denial'

Actress Hilary Swank will play the lead role of historian Deborah E Lipstadt in the Hollywood Gossip true-story drama, "Denial". 

Mick Jackson ("The Bodyguard") will serve behind the lens, and two-time Oscar nominee David Hare will pen the screenplay based on Deborah E Lipstadt's book "History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier", reported Aceshowbiz. 

Swank, 40, will play Lipstadt, who was sued for libel by fellow historian David Irving after she called him out as a Holocaust denier.

He lost the case and the court found he did deliberately misrepresent historical evidence in order to depict Adolf Hitler in a favourable light. Tom Wilkinson is cast to play a barrister in the film.