Sinéad O'Connor has been found safe after going missing on Sunday in Chicago. Police said the Irish singer left her home for a bike ride at 6am on Sunday, and about two hours later, a rambling message was posted on her official Facebook page that cited an upcoming court hearing and a child-custody dispute. On Friday, a long message posted as an "open letter to my son Shane" encouraged the 12-year-old to bring his own case against Tusla, a child-welfare agency in Ireland. O'Connor was reported missing on Monday morning, but she was found later that day having apparently been staying with friends. O'Connor was diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than a decade ago and has spoken publicly of her mental-health problems. – AP
Actress injured on day one of veerappan shoot
Actress Usha Jadhav was injured on the first day of shooting for Veerappan, Ram Gopal Varma's film based on the life of the notorious Indian bandit of the same name. Jadhav, who plays Muthulaksmi, Veerappan's wife, said that she was hurt during an action sequence. "We were shooting in the jungle," she said. "I had to run here and there and to move from one stone to another and I felt: 'Do I have to actually do all this?' I had never done an action sequence before. That was challenging for me and I got hurt on the hands and legs – they were bleeding, so it was physically challenging." She added that she spent several months researching the role. The film is due for release in India on May 27. – IANS
Loving is ‘one of the most important films in history’
Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga has received so much critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival for her new film, Loving, that she is already tipped for an Oscar, People magazine reports. The film, which had its world premiere at Cannes, tells the story of real-life couple Mildred and Richard Loving, who were arrested in 1958 in the bedroom of their home in Virginia for the "crime" of interracial matrimony. Their prison sentences were suspended on the condition that they leave the state for 25 years, a ruling they defied. Ultimately, their case led to the landmark US Supreme Court ruling that declared that marriage is a basic human right. Negga, who appeared in The Samaritan in 2012 with Samuel L Jackson and was also in 12 Years a Slave – but her scenes didn't make the final cut – says that Loving is the most important film she's ever made and "one of the most important films in history." – The National
Indian producer calls for limit on English films
Bhushan Kumar, who co-produced the film Sarbjit, which stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and debuted at Cannes this week, has said that the number of English-language movies released in India should be limited. Sarabjit is releasing in India on the same day as the Hollywood superhero movie X-Men: Apocalypse, a clash that Kumar said proved to be "tough competition". During a conversation on #fame, a live video platform, Kumar said: "English movies releasing in India should be confined to a certain number." However, he then went on to add that "each of these two movies have their own niche audience, so there's not much to worry about". Sarbjit is based on the life of Indian farmer Sarabjit Singh, who strayed into Pakistan, was convicted of terrorism and spying and sentenced to death. He died following an attack by fellow prisoners in Lahore jail in 2013. It releases in the UAE on Thursday. – IANS
