Bono charity faces fraud charges
Rock philanthropist Bono, the frontman of U2, has come under attack after it was revealed that his anti-poverty foundation ‘ONE’ gives only one percent of it’s funds to charity.The non-profit organisation set up by the Irish rock icon received almost 15 million in donations in 2008 but handed out only 190,000 to good causes, reported [...]
Ali Lohan is grabbing headlines
Even as elder sister Lindsay Lohan faces another stint in jail, 16-year-old Ali Lohan is grabbing headlines with a racy new advertisement where she models a series of revealing outfits. Ali posed in a series of outfits from her sister’s clothing line ’6126′, including cleavage baring frocks and sheer dresses. The teenager has shocked fans [...]
Katy Perry too risque for Sesame Street
Popstar Katy Perry’s much talked about ‘Sesame Street’ cameo has been chopped after producers of the cult children’s show received complaints about her risque outfit. The complaints flooded in after the release of a trailer which showed the 25-year-old chasing beloved character Elmo around a cartoon set to a child-friendly version of her hit ‘Hot [...]
Jolie casts actress for Bosnian film
Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie, who is debuting as a directed with a love story set during the Bosnian war, has roped in Zana Marjanovic as the leading lady.Marjanovic will play the main character in the project, a love story between a Bosnian woman and a Serbian man. The 27-year-old confessed she had read the screenplay [...]
Kate Hudson is obsessed with scarves
Hollywood superstar Kate Hudson has a collection of over two hundred scarves from the iconic Hermes brand. The actress who is known for her elegant red-carpet gowns said that she hunts for the prized possessions on the Internet and in stores around the world, reported People magazine. “I have nearly 200 Hermes scarves and I buy [...]
Ryan wants to pair up with Sandra
Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds is keen to make another movie with actress Sandra Bullock following the success of their 2009 romantic comedy ‘The Proposal’.The 33-year-old hunky actor said he would be delighted to reunite with the Oscar-winning actress on the big screen, hinting that a project could be in the pipeline. “Me and Sandra have [...]
Naomi Campbell doesn’t regret her wild past
Naomi Campbell doesn’t regret her wild past, but says the “party’s over” for her now. The supermodel has battled addictions to drink and drugs in the past, and famously won a legal battle against a newspaper after she objected to them printing pictures of her attending a narcotics anonymous meeting in 2001. Naomi has also had several [...]
Bruni still a part of Midnight in Paris
Filmmaker Woody Allen has refuted reports he cut scenes featuring French First Lady Carla Bruni from his upcoming film, insisting he is delighted with her work. The former model and singer joined Owen Wilson on the set of ‘Midnight in Paris’ to film scenes as a tour guide back in July. Reports surfaced earlier this month claiming [...]
Kidman takes another literary twist
Her turn as writer Virginia Woolf won her an Oscar and now Nicole Kidman is all set to play author Ernest Hemingway’s love interest in a bio-pic. The Australian actress is also producing the movie Hemingway and Gellhorn, about the love affair between the ‘Farwell To Arms’ author and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn. The 45-year-old actress will [...]
Jolie’s tattoos a reminder of ‘crazy’ past
She is a dedicated mother and a avowed humanitarian now but Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie had a “crazy” past and she says that her tattoos are reminders of her hell-raising days. The Academy winning actress who has a large collection of body art says that she did not plan most of her inkings, reported Sun online. ”I [...]
Beating Akshay, Aamir, SRK is highest taxpayer
Shah Rukh Khan has proved that he is indeed the ‘Baadshah of Bollywood’ as he emerged as the No.1 Tax payer for the second quarter of Financial Year (FY) 2010-11. The actor paid Rs. 5 crores to the Income Tax (IT) Department as compared to Rs. 3.5 crore that he paid during the same quarter [...]
Keira zooms on a Ducati for Chanel
Keira Knightley showed off her sporty side riding a Ducati motorbike while filming a new ad campaign for fashion label Chanel. The 25-year-old British beauty shot the advertisement at Concorde Place in Paris in a figure hugging beige catsuit and matching boots, perked upon the vintage two-wheeler. The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star was also seen donning [...]
Cheryl Cole to judge US X Factor
Pop star Cheryl Cole has landed a multi-million deal to join music mogul Simon Cowell as a judge on the US X Factor. The 27-year-old will quit the British X Factor to be a judge on the new version of the television talent show which will debut in the US next year, Daily Mail reported. “I [...]
Zeta-Jones ‘furious’ at doctors
Catherine Zeta-Jones admits having a hard time watching husband Michael Douglas battle throat cancer and has told People magazine she is furious with doctors for not detecting his disease sooner.Douglas, the Oscar winner of “Wall Street” and a veteran of Hollywood movies and television, told the celebrity magazine that he spent months seeking attention for [...]
Paris banned
A casino official says celebrity socialite Paris Hilton has been banned from two Wynn resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and her boyfriend has been dismissed as nightclub manager following their arrests.Wynn spokeswoman Jennifer Dunne said on Wednesday that Hilton won’t be allowed at the properties anymore.Dunne also says Cy Waits has been “separated” from [...]
Kelly Osbourne performs with dolls
Kelly Osbourne donned a skimpy outfit to perform with the Pussycat Dolls in Los Angeles.The 25-year-old reality star dropped several dress sizes when she appeared on US show Dancing with the Stars last year and has worked hard to lose even more weight over the past few months.She is now extremely svelte and chose to [...]
Big Boss-4 coming soon
Big Boss is a reality show in which 15 contestants have to live with each other under one roof and they have no contacts to their family and friends, the house is full serviced with garden, kitchen, bedrooms, hall etc. This is a telivision studio itself as it has camera and microphone in all of [...]
Shiney Ahuja free from rape charges- will appear in Big boss-4
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was charged of raping his housemaid some time back. The whole Bollywood was set ablaze by his shameful act. “I am not a saint, but also not a rapist” were the remarks of Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja. Today he is a free man for once and all. The maid has taken [...]
SpiceJet to begin international operations from Oct 7
New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) Leading low cost carrier SpiceJet today announced that it will fly to international destinations from October 7, with the first flight from New Delhi to Kathmandu. “Driven by the confidence vested in us by our stakeholders and their encouragement over the past five years, we are now excited to begin [...]
Christian Dior slammed in China over ‘racist’ images
London, Sep 7 (PTI) Luxury French label Christian Dior is at the centre of racism allegations in China over a series of promotional images clicked to adorn the brand’s Shanghai flagship store. The series of photographs show white models in haute couture posing in front of identical Chinese extras in workgear. The images from the [...]
Celebrities and their dangerous dieting habits – Part 2
Dangerous Boundary Anorexia and hazards of extreme diets are being widely discussed. Yet, increasingly more beautiful and famous people catch this merciless virus. Brittany Murphy, 32 The actress/singer was overwhelmed with work last year. She was starring in several blockbusters, sang in a band, and was getting ready for an animation film project. She was [...]
Celebrities and their dangerous dieting habits – Part 1
Could extreme diets cause disease? Lately, increasingly more celebrities fall victims of weight loss. In this article you will get to know about the hazards of extreme dieting and I have made an attempt to make the obsessed people aware of the hazards of extreme dieting. “I’m on a very strict healthy pop star diet. [...]
Lohan in hit and run controversy
Lindsay Lohan has been engulfed in another controversy with accusations of a hit and run incident with a baby stroller.A videographer claimed to have caught the ‘Mean Girls’ star running a red traffic light in Hollywood on Wednesday, and colliding with a pram being pushed by a nanny.But the reports were rubbished by a photographer [...]
Great Indian Advertisements part-2
How creative one can get in advertising of a cup of ‘chai’? Visuals of tea gardens in Assam and Darjeeling, freshly brewed hot cuppas? Tata tea To take the metaphor of waking up in the morning and awakening of one’s conscience and responsibilities is sheer brilliance. (‘Har subah sirf utho mat, jaagore’) What’s even more [...]
Great Indian Advertisements-Mind blowing
Ads are boring. Ads interrupt great movies. They are the manifestations of broadcaster’s greed – We can say a lot of things the annoyance in name of Ads. Some 90% of them are indeed stupid. It is quite hard to spot the creative spark of the genius in Ad companies. But when they do they [...]
Barrymore’s life is a disaster!
Drew Barrymore has said that she has good organisational skills as a director but her real life is a disaster. The Charlie’s Angels star, who directed the 2009 film Whip It, admitted she is disciplined on the sets but has messy habits. ”My real life is a disaster. You should see my hotel room right now. It [...]
Concept Car Lawn at The Lodge, Pebble Beach
By Rowena Cherry “Do not wear heels,” the uniformed guard told me. “Do not turn your wheels. Do not have more than one friend at a time on the lawn…” The lawn in question was the Concept Car Lawn in front of The Lodge, at Pebble Beach. The date, August 15th 2010. For the rest [...]
U.S. OPEN NEWS
•Roger Federer moved on with a routine 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 victory against Paul-Henri Mathieu. In fact, afterward Federer was more interested in talking about Rafael Nadal’s pursuit of the career Grand Slam than his own victory. “Clearly, he has a chance because he’s young enough,” Federer said. •Novak Djokovic reached the U.S. Open’s fourth round [...]
Katy Perry admits she is a thief
Katy Perry has admitted that she is a thief when she stays at hotels. The singer who is engaged to Russell Brand has admitted that when she stays at hotels she cannot resist stealing pillows. The singer admits that it does not matter what hotel in the world she is staying at, she will always [...]
Oprah plans talk show finale in open air stadium
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is planning to host the finale of her talk show in a huge open-air football stadium.The 56-year-old TV mogul will host a star-studded finale in September 2011 when The Oprah Winfrey Show will end its 25 years run on American television.She wants to move the production from her Chicago, Illinois [...]
Nanny McPhee is back to teach unruly children a lesson
Animated films may come to dominate the family-film genre, but they’ll never entirely edge out their live-action counterparts — not so long as there exist characters like Nanny McPhee, whose charms could never be properly rendered in a computer. After a half-decade away from the big screen, Emma Thompson’s magical governess is back to take [...]
Three days to go for Fear factor season-3
The third season – titled Khatron Ke Khiladi Tiguna (2010) – is hosted by the famous Bollywood film actress and Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra. Just three days to go for Fear factor season-3 to knock on tol the TV sets and I am sure it will mesmerize the audiences.In the mean while the rest of the [...]
WE ARE FAMILY- BOLLYWOOD’S LATEST RELEASE
Kareena enjoys playing the second fiddle in “We Are family”. Kareena’s character is much more appealing and challenging as she needs to convince the audiences as to why she chose to be the second fiddle? Yes, my character is a power-packed character. It is more challenging for me because being the second. Far from an [...]
Brad Pitt visits Katrina town
Hollywood actor Brad Pitt visited New Orleans sans partner Angelina Jolie to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In an interview aired Friday on NBC Nightly News, Pitt recalled what he saw when he visited New Orleans after the hurricane. ”It was unfathomable. I mean, just — you had no idea that there were families. It [...]
Emma Watson wants a break from acting
The 20-year-old actress, who recently finished shooting the final two films in the Harry Potter series, feels she wants to do something else for a while, ShowbizSpy reported online. “I think I need to find some real belief in myself away from (acting). I know that I can play Hermione but I don’t know. I [...]
Mallika Sherawat and Sharon Stone jelled like toast and butter
Mallika Sherawat now nowhere seen in Bollywood. She is almost a lost name in Bollywood but making her foot firm in Hollywood. She now very often hit the headlines for her association with Hollywood celebrities. Mallika Sherawat and Sharon Stone spotted bonding together: Mallika Sherawat continues to get the attention of Hollywood stars. The Bollywood bombshell [...]
Dabang-Music review
Dabang is yet to release and the rocking music of Dabang has alreaday created excitement among the masses. We must give credit to the great dance moves of Salmaan. The album starts with a wonderful Tere mast mast do nain sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Shreya Ghoshal. As Rahat sings the yet another beuatiful [...]
Pregnancy is ‘spiritual’ for Mariah Carey, says hubby Nick Cannon
After Mariah Carey addressed rumours of her pregnancy, thanking fans for ‘well wishes’ but noting she is ‘very superstitious,’ husband Nick Cannon has said that it’s more of a spiritual thing. ”I think superstitious might be the wrong word,” Cannon told UsMagazine.com at Sunday’s Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day tennis event in Flushing, New York. ”I think it’s [...]