Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Biel, Timberlake together again?

Actress Jessica Biel is reportedly dating her ex-flame, singer-actor Justin Timberlake. The pair, who split earlier this year, were seen enjoying a romantic rendezvous at Ella's Uncle coffee shop in Toronto, Canada, reports contactmusic.com. Also, they were spending time together at a cafe over the weekend. "They seemed so comfortable, happy and at ease (and) they literally couldn't stop staring and smiling at each other. Justin seemed completely...

Eid Mubarak, says Kim Kardashian

It's not only Bollywood which is celebrating Eid but some international celebrities are also wishing people on the occasion, including socialite Kim Kardashian."Eid Mubarak to my friends across the world. I can't wait to see you at Millions of Milkshakes in Dubai in October," Kim posted on micro-blogging site. Rapper will.i.am of the hip hop band The Black Eyed Peas also wished his fans. "Happy EID to everyone who celebrates...have a good day enshalla,"...

Mansoor's 'Bol' mirror to patriarchal Pakistan

New Delhi: Shoaib Mansoor's next film 'Bol' has already been acclaimed in Pakistan. Shoiab Mansoor, the brain behind some immensely successful television shows in Pakistan, is known for the brave comments he makes via his stories.A well known face in Pakistan's popular culture circuit, Mansoor is everything from writer to music composer to director.He decided to be a film director with critically appreciated 'Khuda Kay Liye', in 2007.Later, it was...

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Wildly Popular to Get London Homecoming?

Following weeks of increasing public demand, it seems the Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Exhibition may soon be heading home to London. The exhibition, which showcases the work of deceased British fashion icon Alexander McQueen, set attendance records at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art all summer long.More than 660,000 folks hopped on trains, buses, and flights to New York City to catch a glimpse of McQueen’s finest work. Since Savage...

Beyonce's pregnancy reveal breaks Twitter record: Why do we care so much?

When Beyoncé unbuttoned her purple sequined jacket Sunday night at the MTV’s 2011 Video Music Awards and revealed that she has something baking in her oven—her first child, to be exact—the building roared in celebration.If you weren’t at Nokia Theater L.A. Live to experience it in person, the next best thing was logging on to your choice social network and shooting off your reaction. For millions, Twitter was their first destination.Techland reports...

Miranda launches anti-suicide drive

Supermodel Miranda Kerr has launched a TV campaign in a bid to prevent youngsters committing suicide, after her family was rocked by tragedy.Orlando Bloom’s wife was left devastated when her cousin took his life in 2009 and she has been vocal in her bid to raise suicide prevention awareness. Kerr, along with her mother, father and brother, launched an Australian TV campaign for the Too Many, Too Soon Kids Helpline over the weekend, and the star has...

Celina Jaitley marries partner Peter Haag in Austria

Celina Jaitley has announced that she got married last week.The Bollywood actor told her Twitter followers that she wed partner Peter Haag in a private ceremony in Europe.Jaitley posted: "With great pleasure I would like to announce my wedding with @peterhaag on the 23rd of last month at a thousand year old monastery in Austria. "We seek your blessings and good wishes, and apologise for the delayed announcement due to a family tragedy."The star also...

Monday, August 29, 2011

Katrina Kaif's winning formula

Looks like Katrina Kaif has already learnt a lot from her experiences and has found a winning formula to find in peace. She believes that the best way to go about is by not getting overly emotional . And that is one of the reasons she doesn't believe in taking pictures and documenting anything in life. "I don't click pictures. People carry camera with them while travelling, take pictures, keep them as memories, but I don't. I don't even have a camera....

2011 MTV Video Music Awards: The Show, The Winners

With another year's show come and gone, the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards offered up plenty of action while honoring the best in the music business.The big winners at the Nokia Theatre LA Live show on Sunday night (August 28) included Katy Perry as Video of the Year honoree for "Firework" while Lady Gaga nabbed Best Female Video for "Born This Way" and Justin Bieber's "U Smile" took home the Moonman for Best Male Video.Meanwhile, Britney Spears and...

Jada stole JLo’s hubby?

After news of Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s split, reports that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are divorcing after 13 years of marriage spread like jungle fire on the Internet. In a strange turn of events, In Touch magazine has released its latest issue stating that Jada and Anthony are seeing each other, leading to Jada’s rumoured split with her star husband.The headline of the magazine’s cover reads Two Marriages Destroyed: Jada Steals J.Lo’s...

MTV video awards honor Britney Spears, Katy Perry

Pop star Lady Gaga opened the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday dressed in drag and singing her "You and I" while Britney Spears and Katy Perry took awards, but it may be Beyonce who stole the show. The R&B singer whose hits include "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" appeared visibly pregnant as she showed up on the red carpet outside the show, posing for photographers and outlining a baby bump with her hands under her long gown.Beyonce, who is...

David Beckham 'hires armed guard to protect family'

David Beckham and his family are under protection from an armed guard, it has been claimed.The footballer was shadowed by a minder, thought to be an off-duty policeman, as he played with his three sons on Malibu Beach in LA recently, the Daily Star Sunday reports. The guard wore a holstered pistol, without its magazine of bullets."I can't comment on any individual case, but the practice of celebrities hiring off-duty officers for private security...

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Salman Khan to be treated for nerve disorder

Actor Salman Khan is heading out to the US next week to treat a nerve disorder he was diagnosed with earlier this month.Khan, 45, whose ‘Bodyguard’ opens in cinemas next week, will be in the US for treatment after the film's release."It's a non-surgical procedure and doctors have told I'll be back to work within four days," Khan told.The actor had been suffering from pain in his jaw and the condition was recently diagnosed as trigeminal neuralgia."It's...

Vidya's strip tease in

Vidya Balan, who is portraying Southern siren Silk Smitha in Ekta Kapoor's The Dirty Picture, can be seen in a sensual avatar in a red hot sari. Tusshar Kapoor holds her sari by one end and Vidya swirls away from him stripping off her sari.The film also stars Naseeruddin Shah and Emraan Hashmi. It's a biopic on sex icon Silk Smitha. The actor was found dead in her Chennai apartment in 1996.Vidya Balan, who is portraying Southern siren Silk Smitha...

Stallone and Schwarzenegger in film stand off

Hollywood's screen rivals --Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are likely to clash over the title of the next Rambo movie. The script for the latest installment in the action series is complete and has been named as Rambo: The Last Stand.And the former Californian governor, who is set to make his action return in the similarly titled Last Stand is likely to have a clash over the same title, reported Sun online. The Terminator star announced...

Rihanna spends over 3000 a day on booze!

Rihanna is said to have drunk her way through her relaxing no-expense-spared holiday to St Tropez, Cannes and Italy’s Portofino and Sardinia.The 23-year-old singer splashed out 200,000 pounds to hire a yacht for herself and her pals, drinking the boat dry by spending almost 3000 pounds a day on Champagne and meals as well as tipping waiters around 100 euros a time.“The crew ordered the maximum amount of Laurent-Perrier Champagne they thought a few...

Charlize reveals adoption plans

Charlize Theron is desperate to have a baby. The 36 year old actress has ditched her boyfriend of 10 years, Stuart Townsend, and is ready to adopt a baby. Theron tells Germany’s In Touch magazine, “I want a baby. If it would happen tomorrow I would be very happy.”When asked if she would consider adopting as a single mother she said, “Why Not? I’m open to everything in life.” Charlize has previously spoken out about adoption when she said, “There...

Saturday, August 27, 2011

'James Bond' Shoot stuck in India

The shooting of a new "James Bond" movie in India has been stalled after the production house couldn't get the permission to shoot. The makers of the movie, tentatively titled "Bond 23", wanted to shoot high-speed stunts on the Indian Railways.However, they could not get the permissions due to safety issues and as a result director Sam Mendes is now looking for alternative locations."It has been one thing after another. The scenes are very ambitious...

Friday, August 26, 2011

Salman is suffering from trigeminal neuralgia and aneurysm

Salman Khan leaves Saturday for the US for treatment of a medical condition that causes him unbearable pain in the head, jaws and cheeks.Amdist pain Salman wrapped up his commitments to promote his forthcoming film "Bodyguard". "Though he is suffering from severe pain, he finished off his interviews scheduled till last night. He is leaving for the US Aug 27 for the treatment," a source from the unit of "Bodyguard" told. He would miss Ganesh Chaturthi,...

Shabri (Movie Review)

Life can be tougher that we can ever imagine in certain alleys and corners of this city. Hundreds of people go through endless struggles just to make ends meet. So a story about a woman stuck in such a situation resorting to murder to avenge the injustice done to her family should ideally hit a nerve. But, alas, Shabri is far from the gripping film it had the potential to be.Shabri (Eesha Koppikar) runs a flour mill, and has a drunkard father, a...

'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'

It's the thing you don't see that's always the scariest part of a horror movie. And it's those places you can't see as a kid -- underneath the bed, inside the closet, up in the attic -- where the horrible child-eating monsters are always waiting to get you.Put those things together, and you've got "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark," a goosebump-y haunted-house flick where the floorboards and the mattresses and the big old furnace in the basement really...

Atif’s music goes global

Singer might collaborate with John Mayer, Coldplay and Jimmy PageHe is looking forward to the Indian release of his acting debut, ‘Bol’, but if all goes well, Pakistani singer Atif Aslam will be part of a much bigger partnership, reports the Times of India. He might just end up collaborating with big-ticket musicians like John Mayer, Coldplay and Jimmy Page (the founder of famous hard rockband Led Zeppelin). Aslam is a member of The Sonic Peacemakers’...

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie selling Californian mansion

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are selling their Californian mansion for $13.75 million.The Hollywood couple - who have six children, Maddox, 10, Pax, seven, Zahara, six, Shiloh, five, and three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne - have decided to put the sprawling property, which has views of the Pacific Ocean, up for sale after making huge renovations to it.The home is split in two, and despite the huge asking price it only has four bedrooms and four...

Liz Taylor named most photogenic celebrity ever

Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor has been named the most photogenic celebrity of all time, beating figures such as Jennifer Aniston and David Beckham.The late Cleopatra actress, famed for her classic beauty, held the Friends star at bay, pushing her into the runner-up position in a survey.Third place went to football hero David Beckham, who recently became a dad for the fourth time with the birth of his daughter Harper Seven last month.Other late...

Matt Damon: 'I'm not running for president'

Matt Damon has insisted that he has no plans to run for the US presidency.Filmmaker Michael Moore recently praised Damon for standing up for his beliefs and called on the star to launch a presidential campaign.Moore said at the time: "I think that [Damon] has been very courageous in not caring about who he offends by saying the things that need to be said here, and if you want to win, the Republicans have certainly shown the way - that when you run...

Actress Margot Kidder arrested during White House protest

Superman star Margot Kidder was arrested during a White House protest on Tuesday.The actress led a rally against the proposed TransCanada Corp's Keystone oil pipeline, which will stretch from Canada to Texas.Kidder, a Montana resident, insisted that the pipeline will cause dangerous oil leakage and urged President Barack Obama to block its construction."We're the first state the pipeline goes through. It's bound to leak, there's no way it's not going...

Angelina Jolie visits anti-landmine charity in Scotland

Angelina Jolie visited the HALO Trust charity group on Sunday to support its landmine removal campaign.The Salt actress met with HALO campaigners in Dumfriesshire, Scotland to endorse the organisation's attempts to defuse landmines in war-torn regions.Jolie said of her visit: "It was a privilege to visit the HALO headquarters and meet their committed staff. In the aftermath of war, HALO's mine-clearing efforts are fundamental to a safe return and...

Shahid Kapoor plays three characters

Actor Shahid Kapoor doesn't want to talk about Kunal Kohli's film for which he was shooting in London, but says he plays three different characters in the yet untitled movie."I don't want to speak much about the film but it has three different characters," Shahid told reporters at a radio station in Mumbai on Wednesday.After "Kaminey", Shahid has once again teamed up with Priyanka Chopra in the movie.Right now the young actor is geared up to promote...

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Amy had no illegal substances in her system when she died !

Amy Winehouse had no illegal substances in her system when she died, according to toxicology results.The tests revealed the 'Rehab' singer – who was found dead in her home in Camden, north London, on July 23 at the age of 27 – had alcohol in her body at the time of her passing, but it is not known if it contributed to her death.A statement released by her family today (23.08.11) read: "Toxicology results returned to the Winehouse family by authorities...

'One Day' feels like it lasts years and years

Vague approximation of a guy meets sketchy notion of an intelligent woman, and then they spend two decades circling each other for no apparent reason. It's not exactly "boy meets girl," but that's the best that the new romance "One Day," based on a best-selling novel that I have not read, has to offer.Author David Nicholls may have made these characters more substantial on the page, but in the big-screen adaptation (which he wrote), the leads are...

Kate Winslet escapes fire at Branson holiday home

British Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet was among the guests who escaped unhurt from a fire which swept through Richard Branson's Caribbean holiday retreat overnight. Branson said the blaze was caused by a lightning strike on The Great House on Necker Island, and that the building was completely destroyed.Branson, his wife Joan and son Sam were staying in a nearby property, but among those who fled the affected building were 35-year-old Winslet,...

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

'Heroine' Kareena slashes fee, to share profits

Kareena Kapoor who had demanded a whopping Rs 10 crore from UTV for Heroine has settled for Rs 8 crore. But the actor would now be sharing profits with the producers. This makes Kareena the first ever female actor to enter this space. "Kareena had earlier demanded Rs 8 crore. After several meetings, she has now decided to slash her fee. However, she will now be a part of the profit sharing rights. The producers have worked it out in a way that Kareena...

Salman Khan to slow down professionally

Speculation about Salman Khan's health has been rife and now the actor's brother Sohail Khan has confirmed that a nerve has been troubling him for a couple of months now and would take it easy professionally for a while. "It's just a nerve that has been troubling him for a couple of months now. He got some tests done to get it diagnosed. That's it. Nothing more. Now that the problem has been identified, he has been taking medical advice. We're in...

Britain’s youngest drag queen

Most children’s hobbies consist of playing football or belonging to the Brownies. But not flamboyant Redvers Stokes, who at the tender age of 12 has picked a slightly more unique pastime - slipping into his mum’s clothes to perform as a drag queen.And the schoolboy, whose drag persona is Naughty Nora, is already showing great promise, as he has been crowned the country’s youngest drag queen.Redvers, from Sticker, Cornwall, has been sporting slinky...

Katie Price,"Poolside Bikini Babe"

She’s never been known for her modesty, and this past Friday (August 19) Katie Price was all about showing some skin.The model/author was spotted laying out by the pool at her Spanish resort, sporting a pink bikini that barely managed to keep her covered up.As for the constant rumors that she’s pregnant, Ms. Price, who is dating 25-year-old Leandro Penna, took to her Twitter page to set the record straight.Katie tweeted, “Pregnant where has that...

Monday, August 22, 2011

Top-Earning Couples

With both parties doing their fair share to bring in the bucks, Forbes has unveiled its annual list of the top earning celebrity couples in the world.Based on money raked in between May 2010 and May 2011, this year's highest paid duo happens to be supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her New England Patriots quarterback hubby Tom Brady.In garnering the top spot, the good-looking pair's total of $76 million stems from Gisele's jaw-dropping $45 million income...

Sonam Kapoor empathises with military wives

Sonam Kapoor has said that she empathises with women whose boyfriends and husbands serve in the armed forces.The Delhi 6 star plays the love interest of an Air Force officer in the film Mausam. Speaking to The Hindustan Times, she said: "I play a ballet dancer in the film, and I eventually get involved with someone who is in the Air Force. You have to be a different person to handle that. "That made me empathise with a lot of people in the country......

Shilpa Shetty shoots challenging scenes in bald lesbian monk role

Shilpa Shetty has been given challenging scenes in her latest film The Desire: A Journey of a Woman. Shetty, who plays a bald lesbian monk in the movie, shot the scenes with Chinese co-star Xia Yu. According to Mid Day, Shetty said: "I had no qualms in doing these scenes as these sequences are an integral part of the film, and have been aesthetically shot." The 36-year-old actress had reportedly been looking for a challenging script following her...

Bipasha Basu signs up for 4D film 'Raaz 3'

Bipasha Basu has signed up for Raaz 3 with Mukesh Bhatt. The actress, who first rose to fame with Vikram Bhatt's Jism and Raaz had reportedly angered the directors after she turned down the lead role in Mukesh Bhatt's last film Murder 2.According to Mid Day, Mukesh Bhatt said: "It is a homecoming for both Bipasha and Vikram. Yes, we did have issues earlier but, in a family, there are always different points of view that arise till the members realise...

Sunday, August 21, 2011

$1.5m for wedding photos,"Kim Kardashian"

Kim Kardashian will reportedly be paid a sum of $1.5m for her wedding ceremony photos.The reality star will marry NBA star Kris Humphries later today, and The Hollywood Reporter claims that People have outbid several other publications to land exclusive rights for the event.It is believed that between the photo deal and an E! deal for a two-part television special covering the event, Kardashian will be one of the few brides to actually make money...

Drew Barrymore's Neiman Marcus Fall Campaign

Utilizing her charming beauty to help peddle products, Neiman Marcus called upon Drew Barrymore to front their fall advertising campaign.The "He's Just Not That Into You" actress swapped in and out of a range of the department store's high-end offerings as she posed for photographer Norman Jean Roy.Talking about the campaign, Eddie Nunns, vice president of Neiman Marcus brand creative, told WWD, “The shoot tells the story of a star’s transformation...