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Mila Kunis sued by childhood friend for stealing pet
Friends With Benefits”     star Mila Kunis has     been hit by a lawsuit for stealing a chicken from a woman claiming to be an old childhood friend. Kristina Karo, who is trying to launch a music career – is suing Kunis, 31, for USD 5,000, claiming that the “Black Swan” actor stole her pet chicken 25 years ago in Ukraine. Karo claims that Kunis stole the pet chicken, named Doggy, and later apologised, saying: “You can have any other chicken as a pet.” Kunis is being sued for causing “emotional distress”. However, in a video, uploaded by Kunis’ husband Ashton Kutcher, the actress is seen making fun of the unusual claims. “I was devastated. I was weeping. I was dumbfounded,” Kunis says sarcastically of finding out about the legal action. “I was like: ‘Which chicken did I steal?’ I was obviously in the village when I stole these chickens so I apologised to this woman.” (PTI)
‘Lego Movie’ directors to bring out animated ‘Spider-Man’
Sony Pictures is expand     ing the ‘Spider-Man’     universe by tapping ‘The Lego Movie’ directors Phillip A Lord and Christopher Miller to write and produce an animated version of the web-casting superhero. The animated movie will take the character back to his graphic roots and has nothing to do with the new live-action movie to be re-introduced at Marvel Cinematic Universe, announced Sony’s new Chairman Tom Rothman, reported Ace Showbiz. The movie will “explore the graphic roots of the character and co-exist with our live action entries… This is something quite unlike anything you have ever seen before. The highly technical term for it is it’s awesome,” Rothman said at CinemaCon. The new live-action film is scheduled for July 28, 2017, while the animation is expected to arrive a year later on July 20, 2018. Meanwhile, the animated webslinger will involve Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, the producers of “The Amazing Spider-Man” series which was cancelled after only two movies. Amy Pascal, former Sony chief who now works as a producer for the studio, will serve as a producer for both the love-action and animation projects. (PTI)
Elizabeth Olsen calls Scarlett Johansson ‘coolest’
Actress Elizabeth Olsen, who stars as Scarlet Witch     in “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, finds co-star Scar    lett Johansson, who plays Black Widow in the movie, to be “the coolest chick”. “It’s the most talented group of people, I feel like a tag-along. I am such a fan of Scarlett. She’s really cool. She’s the coolest chick,” Olsen told bangshowbiz.com. In fact, Olsen said she would like to try her hand at Johansson’s role, which she thinks is the most desirable part in the film. She said: “I would like to know what it feels like to be such a bad-a** like Black Widow.” Olsen, who’s the younger sister of actresses and fashion designers Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, also revealed that she thoroughly enjoyed reuniting with her “Godzilla” co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who she considers to be her brother. “He feels like a sibling to me. We’re actually very comfortable. I thought working with the cast would be more overwhelming than it was. But everyone was so gracious and kind and collaborative,” she said. (IANS)