Coldplay have unveiled the video for a brand-new single, titled Midnight. It was posted on their official website on Wednesday. The Blair Witch Project-like video is directed by Mary Wigmore and is the band's first single since Atlas for The Hunger Games. The clip features black-and-white photonegative images and what might be heat-sensitive silhouettes of Coldplay's members walking through a forest. – The National staff
Alec Baldwin to play meddling newsman on Law & Order
Alec Baldwin is putting a twist on his rocky relationship with the media: he's playing a meddling newspaperman on an NBC drama. The network said on Tuesday that Baldwin will guest star as a New York columnist on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit who questions the motives of police investigating a rape case as a possible hate crime. The episode is directed by the series' star Mariska Hargitay and will be broadcast on March 19. – AP
Big B launches Bhoothnath Returns
The Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is back as the friendly host in the sequel to Bhoothnath. Bachchan launched the trailer of his forthcoming horror comedy Bhoothnath Returns in Mumbai on Tuesday. The film is directed by Nitesh Tiwari. It features Ranbir Kapoor and co-stars Boman Irani and is out on April 10 in the UAE. – The National staff
As I Lay Dying singer admits seeking wife’s murder
The lead singer of the Grammy-nominated metal band As I Lay Dying pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife. Timothy Lambesis, 32, remains free on a US$2 million (Dh7.35m) bond until he is sentenced on May 2 on one count of solicitation of murder. Lambesis was recorded telling an undercover agent that he wanted his wife killed, according to prosecutors. The investigation began last April after Lambesis allegedly told a personal trainer at his gym that he wanted to get rid of his wife. – AP
Die Hard director released from jail
The Die Hard director John McTiernan was released from prison on Tuesday after nearly a year behind bars in connection with a wiretapping scandal, his wife said. Tiernan, whose films also include The Hunt for Red October and The Thomas Crown Affair, was freed from prison in South Dakota. He spent 328 days in jail, according to a "Free John McTiernan" Facebook page last updated shortly before his release. He was jailed last April. McTiernan has already signed to direct the action movie Red Squad following his release, according to Variety. – AFP
Bieber’s bodyguard and driver arrested in Atlanta
A security guard and a driver for Justin Bieber have been arrested near Atlanta and charged with stealing a photographer's camera. Police said in a statement that the Canadian singer was at an entertainment complex north of the Georgia capital on Tuesday evening when his 32-year-old bodyguard Hugo Hesny got into a confrontation with a photographer who he said had "gotten too close to the singer". Hesny and the 49-year-old driver Terrance Johnson followed the photographer to a car park and took his camera. Apparently, Bieber was not involved and the camera has been recovered. It was not known if Hesny and Johnson had lawyers. – AP
