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Sunny Fong may not have had the worst design on “Project Runway All Stars” for the “Top of the Class” challenge, but the judges sent him home anyway for disregarding the assignment. Our readers aren’t sure that was the right call, though. Many of them thought Irina Shabayeva should have been sent packing. Scroll down for our complete poll results at the bottom of this post.

The challenge was for the contestants to design a look for a high-class graduation party using two colors. Fong was given yellow and blue, but the dress he made was entirely yellow, and his only nod to blue was a brooch lazily pinned to the back. I for one thought the judges were right to eliminate him, and so did 42% of our respondents. If he had done the bare minimum and added a blue belt or sash or hem — anything! — he would have been safe.

You know that scene in Cinderella where the film’s leading lady stands helplessly as her jealous stepsisters rip her dress to shreds? That’s pretty much what goes down on Wednesday’s Project Runway All Stars, subbing designer Irina Shabayeva in for the Disney princess.

In TVLine’s exclusive sneak of the episode (Lifetime, 9/8c), the judges pick apart Irina’s latest design, with Georgina Chapman criticizing it for looking cheap and being too short. Isaac Mizrahi even compares it to a quinceañera dress.

But all of those comments are far kinder than what guest judge Kiera Chaplin — granddaughter...

She may be Hollywood royalty thanks to her famous grandfather, but Kiera Chaplin isn’t afraid to get a little extreme.

The 34-year-old granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin is participating in the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc — an off-roading rally in the Moroccan desert that has the women-only participants rely on old-school navigation techniques to get through a series of obstacles and checkpoints every day. After two weeks, the team who completes the race with the fastest time and the least number of miles wins the rally — but Chaplin isn’t thinking that far ahead.

“I’m a little scared and nervous,...

Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's Samba, stars Omar Sy, Tahar Rahim (Grand Central) and Charlotte Gainsbourg Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

At The Paris Theatre, the greats of the past - Ernst Lubitsch, Billy Wilder, Charlie Chaplin and Frank Capra - and Italy's recent past - Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli - blended with Ken Loach, Michel Gondry and Woody Allen as Samba co-director Olivier Nakache and Omar Sy spoke with me on the red carpet. Sy also starred in Nakache and Eric Toledano's The Intouchables. Omar Sy will soon be seen in John Wells' (of August: Osage County fame) Adam Jones with Bradley Cooper and Alicia Vikander and is filming Ron Howard's Inferno with Tom Hanks, Ben Foster and Felicity Jones.

Samba co-director Olivier Nakache: "We like to discover something about society, but with humor." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Omar's wife, Hélène Sy, was joined by guests Michael Avedon,...

The rebranding of sulky-drawers Murray got off to an unpromising start, while a timely reminder of workhouse inhumanities made powerful viewing

Andy Murray: The Man Behind the Racquet (BBC1) | iPlayer

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India: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman (BBC3) | iPlayer

Andy Murray - The Man Behind the Racquet seemed to be part of the ongoing drive to reframe Murray, from number two-seeded, Us Open-winning, sulky-drawers face-ache, to someone, well, nicer, or at least more marketable.

Presented by Sue Barker in the wistful preoccupied way of a woman who finds it hard to forget how fine Jimmy Connors once looked in his tight white shorts, it wasn't entirely unconvincing. Though I'm still not persuaded that crying because you've lost a Wimbledon final means you're any "nicer" than you were before you became publicly emotionally incontinent. Nor am I convinced that...

Check out these arrivals from the film screening of Rock Of Ages in New York yesterday, June 6, 2012, featuring Adam Shankman, Julianne Hough, Kiera Chaplin, Lenay Dunn, Mick Jones, Rob Thomas, Marisol Thomas, Norman Reedus, Zani Gugelmann, Dylan Lauren and John Waters. Directed by Adam Shankman Hairspray, New Line Cinema's adaptation of the smash hit Broadway musical Rock Of Ages hits theaters June 15th.

Bollywood seems obsessed with foreign bombshells! And why not? One after the other, the international beauties seem to keep making a mark. So the list is growing.

Arab Brazilian model Bruna Abdullah generated quite a buzz with I Hate Love Storys alongside Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor, while Welsh model Lisa Lazarus impressed with Salman Khan in Veer. Swedish-Iranian model and dancer Maryam Zakaria got a chance to shake a leg with Kareena Kapoor in Agent Vinod; that too for a mujra number.

Half-Sri Lankan half-Malaysian beauty Jacqueline Fernandez has been managing to bag quite a few movies like Housefull, Murder 2, Housefull 2 and even Aladin; co-starring megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

Half-Czech half-Pakistani American fashion model and actress Nargis Fakhri became a sensation of sorts opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar, while South African Playboy model Candice Boucher romanced dashing debutant Sachiin Joshi in Aazaan. Not to forget the Uruguayan-Mexican actress...

Bollywood seems obsessed with foreign bombshells! And why not? One after the other, the international beauties seem to keep making a mark. So the list is growing.Arab Brazilian model Bruna Abdullah generated quite a buzz with I Hate Love Storys alongside Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor, while Welsh model Lisa Lazarus impressed with Salman Khan in Veer. Swedish-Iranian model and dancer Maryam Zakaria got a chance to shake a leg with Kareena Kapoor in Agent Vinod; that too for a mujra number.Half-Sri Lankan half-Malaysian beauty Jacqueline Fernandez has been managing to bag quite a few movies like Housefull, Murder 2, Housefull 2 and even Aladin; co-starring megastar Amitabh Bachchan.Half-Czech half-Pakistani American fashion model and actress Nargis Fakhri became a sensation of sorts opposite Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar, while South African Playboy model Candice Boucher romanced dashing debutant Sachiin Joshi in Aazaan. Not to forget the Uruguayan-Mexican actress...

Mumbai, Mar 17: ‘Chaurahen’, the low- budget film, directed by Rajshree Ojha in 2007 is finally seeing the light of the day after 5 years of lying in the cans without a distributor for releasing it.

Kiera Chaplin, Grand- daughter of the world- renowned comedian and director Charlie Chaplin, plays a character of a foreigner in the film and is only too delighted about the film hitting the theaters. Kiera, a model turned actor, met Ojha at the Student Academy Awards where Ojha’s film ‘Moment’ won a prize. It was there Ojha narrated the film’s story to her and Kiera agreed pronto to be a part of the film.

She says that she.

After directing a film that is as commercial and Bollywood as they get, Rajshree Ojha returns to the screen with her film Chaurahen, and this time commercial is anything but what the film looks like. Originally completed in 2007, Chaurahen went on to screen at 11 international film festivals before securing theatrical distribution in India by PVR Cinema and global online distribution by Mela.

Chaurahen (Crossroads), a film directed by Rajshree Ojha, who previously directed Aisha, in addition to two other popular specialty projects, boasts an impressive ensemble cast that includes Soha Ali Khan, Victor Banerjee, veteran Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman, and Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of the silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin. The film is an adaptation of short stories by celebrated author Nirmal Verma. Ojha describes the three vignettes that comprise Chaurahen as “snippets of collected photographs, bringing together similar disconnected people trying to find their path.”

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Director: Rajshree Ojha, Writers: Rajshree Ojha, Anuvab Pal (based on the stories of Nirmal Verma), Actors: Victor Banerjee, Roopa Ganguly, Soha Ali Khan, Ankur Khanna, Kiera Chaplin etc.

There aren’t many literary adaptations in Indian cinema these days. So an effort to render Nirmal Verma’s stories on celluloid is a welcome endeavor. However, it is also a tad too ambitious. The stories that are simple yet delve into the complexities of human relationships may appear visually-oriented, but to hold them together cinematically via an engaging narrative demands much more than an adept ensemble cast. This is where Chaurahen disappoints: it limits itself to a high-flown, philosophical montage of scenes where it is difficult to identify with or feel for any of the characters. Because they spent most of their time philosophizing about life instead of behaving like mere mortals with motives. Not to mention, the fact that they...

After Sudhish Kamath’s Good Night Good Morning, the next film to release under PVR Director’s Rare banner will be Rajshree Ojha’s Chaurahen (Crossroads).

Ojha made this film before her Bollywood debut Aisha in 2010. It travelled to several film festivals in 2007 like South Asian International Film Festival – New York, Mumbai International Film Festival (Mami), Osian’s Cinefan Film Festival and Cairo International Film Festival among others.

The film stars Soha Ali Khan, Ankur Khanna, Victor Banerjee, Kiera Chaplin, Roopa Ganguly, Zeenat Aman, Shayan Munshi, Karthik Kumar, Suchitra Pillai, Arundathi Nag, Nedumudi Venu and Siddharth Makkad. Kiera Chaplin, who is the grand daughter of the legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin makes her debut in Indian cinema with Chaurahen.

Chaurahen features three separate stories set in three different cities in contemporary India. There is a troubled adulterous affair in Kolkata, a family dealing with the loss of a son in Kochi...

Charlie Chaplin's grand-daughter Kiera Chaplin is preparing to release her first Bollywood film Chaurahen. The Rajshree Ojha-directed project gets its theatrical release next month, four years after it was originally completed, reports Hindustan Times. Speaking about casting Chaplin in the film, Ojha explained: "She had watched my first film Moment, which I made when as a student in America. It fetched me a Student Academy Award. "She showed an interest in working with me and I told her that I was shooting it in India. She had no issue with that, so I sent her the script, which she liked." The 2007 film, (more)...

Johnny Depp and Keith Richards took to the stage at the afterparty for "The Rum Diary" NYC premiere, joining The Jd Band for a six-minute set. Among the lucky guests who caught this moment: Maxwell, Neil Burger, Kiera Chaplin, Sky Ferreira, Gina Gershon, Cuba Gooding Jr, Albert Hammond Jr, Jessica Hart, Dree Hemingway, Lindsay Ellingson, Ally Hilfiger, Jim Jarmusch, Betsey Johnson, Zoe Kravitz, Leigh Lezark, Behati Prinsloo, Alexandra Richards, Keith ...

Michelle Williams joined her "My Week With Marilyn" co-star Eddie Redmayne last night at the world premiere of Simon Curtis' biopic at the 49th New York Film Festival. Prior to the screening at Alice Tully Hall, the two attended a party at the Hudson Hotel hosted by Dior. Among the guests at the pre-bash: Curtis, Kiera Chaplin, Jamie Colby, Paul Dano, Gina Gershon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Dayle Haddon, Zoe Kazan, Elizabeth ...

Ferrari's new 458 Italia sports car. From PatrickMcMullan.com. On Wednesday night at New York’s Ferrari showroom on Park Avenue, the centerpiece of the party celebrating the newly revamped corporate space was not the boldface guest list, but instead a white model of Ferrari’s new 458 Italia sports car, with a starting price north of $225,000. Scrubs star Zach Braff, The City star Olivia Palermo and boyfriend Johannes Huebl (who made their appearance particularly short and sweet, doing a once-around-and-out in about 10 minutes), model Kiera Chaplin, and actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux, were among those milling about the venue, paying homage to the luxury-car purveyor. Many of the guests, who looked particularly dressy for an early-evening affair, were current Ferrari owners. While they perused the memorabilia and collector’s items that lined the walls, and, most important, checked out other attendees’ recently released 4G iPhones, they also swapped joyride stories. One...

Anyway, at the mention of Aamir Khan, my Rapchik Rajni claims to have some khabar about him from Berlin. Yeah, the actor was there for a charity dinner over the weekend, where jaane-maane celebrities from Hollywood too were present. But I’m told that apna Aamir bonded most with Kiera Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin’s grand-daughter and a well-known Irish actress) and Sean Hepburn Ferrer (Audrey Hepburn’s son). I’m also informed that Sean had organised a charity screening of Taare Zameen Par for dyslexic children a couple of years ago, so it was a renunion of sorts for him and Khan. That’s not all. ...

Veronica Webb attending the 2010 American Ballet Theatre Annual Spring Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.Photo copyright by Wild1 / PR Photos. Maria Bartiromo attending the 2010 American Ballet Theatre Annual Spring Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.Photo copyright by Wild1 / PR Photos. Bebe Neuwirth attending the 2010 American Ballet Theatre Annual Spring Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.Photo copyright by Wild1 / PR Photos. Hillary Gumbel and Bryant Gumbel attending the 2010 American Ballet Theatre Annual Spring Gala at The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.Photo copyright by Wild1 / PR Photos. 05/17/2010 - Kiera Chaplin - 2010 American Ballet Theatre...

Daniel Radcliffe and his "Harry Potter" co-stars dominate the list of Britain's richest young stars. The actor, who has the title role in the hit wizarding movie franchise, was named fifth richest in the young millionaires category, with a fortune of 42 million pounds, and his co-star Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, was placed joint 10th with a 22-million-pound fortune.

Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the films was placed 12th in the list, which takes into account the earnings of stars aged under 30, with an estimated 20 million pounds wealth. Former "Harry Potter" actor Robert Pattinson, who has gone on to find success as the star of the "Twilight" series of films, is placed 14th on the list with a 13-million-pound fortune. The top spots on the young millionaires list were taken by inheritors and businessmen.

A source said, "The 'Harry Potter' franchise has been massively successful worldwide and boosted the U.

1. Johannes Huebl and Olivia Palermo. 2. Dustin Hoffman. 3. Joyce Carol Oates. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Vf Daily’s picks for the top three parties around the globe last night. Society Sleuths What: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh premiere and after-party hosted by the Cinema Society and Links of London. Where: The Landmark Sunshine Theater and the Cooper Square Hotel, New York City. Who: The film’s stars, Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard, and director Rawson Marshall Thurber. Also, Anna Wintour, Richard Johnson, Beth Ostrosky, Bobby Kennedy III, Gilles Bensimon, Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl, Kiera Chaplin, Megan and Todd Diciurcio, Rachel Roy, Russell Simmons and Julie Henderson, Rachel Zoe, Carlos Souza, Emma Roberts (who has been to every party in New York City recently), Giles Mendel, Jennifer Creel, Jessica Joffe, Justin Giunta, Kate Schelter, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Amy Sacco, Sabine Heller, Olympic fencers Tim Morehouse and Jason Rogers, Zoë Kravitz, and Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict.

BERLIN -- Fred Caruso and D. Constantine Conte have given the green light to a $60 million epic based on the legend of Swiss freedom fighter and apple-shooting bowman William Tell.

Ian Quinn, a veteran stunt coordinator, will make his directorial debut with "The Adventures of William Tell", which Caruso and Conte will bankroll through equity financing and their joint pan-European film fund. Cornelius Schrengle will write the script, based on the 19th century play by Friedrich von Schiller.

According to the legend, Tell was forced to shoot an apple off his son's head to win his freedom from Austrian occupiers. The event made him a hero to Swiss freedom fighters, who joined him in a revolt against the Austrian Empire.

Caruso and Conte said they plan to shoot "Tell" on location in Switzerland with a 2010 release target. Swiss-born actress Kiera Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter, will star as Tell's wife.

Movie director Ridley Scott is being guarded by hundreds of soldiers on location in Morocco - after receiving death threats from Islamic extremists upset about his new movie. The 'terrorists' are offended by battle scenes in Scott's new movie about the Crusades, Kingdom Of Heaven, particularly those between Christian King Richard The Lionheart and Muslim Saracen soldiers. A crew member reveals, "There is concern, but everyone is getting on with the job in hand." King Mohammed of Morocco has ordered increased security for the Gladiator director and the cast which includes Liam Neeson, Kiera Chaplin and Jeremy Irons.