Washington, Jan 17 : Hollywood actor Patrick Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, has been released from the hospital.

The `Ghost' star's representative confirmed that the actor was released from the medical centre after a brief hospitalization for pneumonia.

"I am happy to announce that Patrick Swayze is home after a brief hospitalization for pneumonia," People magazine quoted Annett Wolf, as saying.

Washington, January 17 : Jerry O''Connell showed first pictures of his twin baby girls with wife-actress Rebecca Romijn on an American TV talk show.

The `Stand By Me' actor, who became a first time father on December 28, had beamed with pride as he revealed pictures of little Dolly Rebecca Rose and Charlie Tamara Tulip.

"I don''t want to be one of those guys who is like, ''Look at my babies,'' (but) the second you have kids, you can''t help but be like, ''I happen to have some photos of my children,''" Contactmusic quoted him as saying on ABC''s Live with Regis and Kelly.

Telling of his fatherhood experience, the 34-year-old further said: "I really try to not speak in baby talk. I want them (twins) to be intelligent."

London, Jan 17 : Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has denied criticizing the makers of `Slumdog Millionaire' for projecting India as "third world dirty underbelly."

Dismissing the claims, Bachchan said that the comments posted on his blog criticising the film were made by others.

The actor said that he put up negative and positive opinions from other people about the film in order to generate a debate.

London, Jan 17: Cate Blanchett has said that she won't be working with Brad Pitt, her co-star in `The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', again - because he is ''annoyingly'' in love.

The actress jokingly said that of all the challenges she faced during the making of the film, the biggest problem came courtesy of Pitt.

"Honestly, to see how in love with Angelina he is, it was really quite disgusting. Awful in fact. It''s in my contract now: I won''t ever work with him again," The Telegraph quoted her as saying.

The two actors, who earlier worked together in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu''s 2006 drama Babel, are now playing lovers in `Button'.

Washington, Jan 17 : After carving a niche for himself as an actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman is set to make his directorial debut with a romantic comedy `Jack Goes Boating.'

The film is an adaptation of Bob Glaudini''s Off Broadway play. The 41-year-old actor will also star in the film alongside actress Oscar-nominated Amy Ryan.

The play is described as an unconventional romantic comedy set in New York City, laced with cooking classes, swimming lessons and illegal drugs.

New York, January 17 : Guy Ritchie, who officially ended his marriage with Madonna this month, is not interested in women - at least for the moment.

The `RocknRolla' director was spotted at a "table full of young model types" at Lafayette Street eatery but "didn''t pay attention to any of the girls sitting with them."

"He was very low-key and kept to himself," the New York Post quoted a source as saying.

His fellow diners allegedly included Lou Reed, Lily Donaldson, Tony Shafrazi and Salman Rushdie.