Celebrity Gossip

Katrina Kaif signs a film for free

2012-01-06T09:17:00.000-08:00

Katrina Kaif may have secured her position as one of the leading ladies in Bollywood, but she also has a philanthropic side. The actor recently signed her make-up artist Subhash Singh’s production venture as the female lead. And to top it all, she will not be charging him for it. - the news, he says, “Yes, she has signed my film and she is supporting me, by not charging a single penny for it.” Subhash recently launched his company Hari Om Sai Productions. He will produce this film, which is the Hindi adaptation of the 2007 movie P.S. I Love You starring Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank. “It is untitled as of now, but I have signed Aziz Mirza to direct it,” says Subhash, who is yet to find a male lead to star opposite Katrina. “I had approached John (Abraham) and Ranbir (Kapoor), but they didn’t agree. So, I am still looking.” Subhash plans on taking the film on the floors by the end of 2012. Meanwhile, Katrina has three big films to look forward to this year — Ek Tha Tiger with Salman Khan, Dhoom 3 with Aamir Khan and filmmaker Yash Chopra’s untitled film opposite Shah Rukh Khan. “She sat idle for three months as she had kept that time for me. But we couldn’t start without a male lead. Hopefully, we will start after she finishes the three big projects,” adds Subhash. Interestingly, this is not the first time Katrina is supporting her staff’s professional endeavours. In 2011, she did a cameo for her hairdresser, Ramila Manjrekar’s, production Main Krish Hoon. Unfortunately the film is yet to see the light of day.

Rihanna in search of love

2012-01-06T09:13:00.000-08:00

Rihanna has urged her friends, on Twitter, to find somebody to kiss at midnight by next New Year’s Eve.

The Bajan star tweeted her request for a boyfriend on Sunday.

“Fyi, we gotta find me somebody to kiss midnight by next NYE!!!! Melissa didn’t cut it for me lastnt,” she tweeted.

According to sources the singer’s New Year resolution is to quit smoking, make more cash and find a new man.

The 23-year-old reckons there’s no better time to quit smoking, than after finishing her grueling world tour.

“She thinks it’s a good time to do it as she has some down time. She’ll be able to dedicate even more time to working out as she’s worried she’ll pile on weight once she stops,” the Sun quoted source as saying.

“As for the men, she’s always on the lookout but she’s pretty fussy,” source added.

David Guetta to visit Delhi

2012-01-06T09:03:00.000-08:00

He's worked with music royalty across genres - from the Queen of Pop,Madonna, on the Grammy-winning track "Revolver", to the big daddy of hip-hop rap,Snoop Dogg And when French DJ and house music producer David Guetta (of the superhit "I Gotta Feeling") makes his first trip to India in March, he will enthral fans of electronic dance music (EDM) with the tracks for which he has been voted the top DJ by a UK EDM magazine.

David Guetta will come to India in March 2012 on a three-city tour. He will play in Delhi on March 9, in Mumbai on March 10, and in Bagalore on March 11," confirms Pragdish Roy, who is involved in organizing David's India tour.

After his tour of India David will head back to his native France where he will play gigs across the country.

Amy Winehouse found dead

2012-01-06T08:45:00.000-08:00

Police confirmed that a 27-year-old female was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London the cause of death was not immediately known. Ambulance Services said Winehouse had died before the two ambulance crews it sent arrived at the scene.I didn't go out looking to be famous," Winehouse told the Associated Press when "Back to Black" was released. "I'm just a musician." But in the end, the music was overshadowed by fame, and by Winehouse's demons. Tabloids lapped up the erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, stints in hospital and rehab clinics. Performances became shambling, stumbling train wrecks, watched around the world on the Internet.

Google doodle guitar

2012-01-03T11:01:00.000-08:00

All you have to do to create your own little theme and annoy all of those around you is to hover your mouse over the doodle's strings and pluck your way to mellifluousness.
You can even play the fruits of your labors back to anyone who will listen or whom you have first tied down to a chair.
This could even become a simultaneously more fascinating and annoying doodle than the one that had a Pac-Man game that one or two people found somewhat trying. (Especially the old lady who phoned tech support asking them to turn it off.)
Everyone should brace themselves for all kinds of creative and joyous guitar solos ringing through the firmament. Surely someone will attempt the middle part of the Carpenters' "Goodbye to Love."

Charlie Sheen reportedly splashed out on $790,000 worth of cars in the last month for the various women in his life

2012-01-02T00:01:00.000-08:00

Charlie Sheen reportedly splashed out on $790,000 worth of cars in the last month for the various women in his life.
Charlie Sheen spent $790,000 on cars in the past month, including two for his porn star friends.
The 'Two and a Half Men' star - who was hospitalised following a 36 hour- hour drink-and-drug with adult film stars last month - is also reported to have bought vehicles for his soon-to-be ex-wife Mueller and his new girlfriend Natalie Kenly.
According to a ,Charlie bought a Bentley worth $320,000 and a Porsche Turbo costing $150,000 for two adult film star friends.
He also purchased a $160,000 Mercedes-Benz S63 for his new 24-year-old girlfriend and splashed out another $160,000 on a Mercedes-Benz CL 600 for Brooke, with whom he has 23-month-old twins, Bob and Max.
This is not the first time Charlie - who earns $2 million an episode for his TV show 'Two and a Half Men' - has splashed the cash for his porn star pals.
Kacey Jordan had sex with Charlie the night he was hospitalised and recently spoke about the aftermath of their wild night, saying: "I had to go, it was already the afternoon the following day he was still going on drugs...
"I called my driver and I was like,'You need to pick me up now'... he grabbed the cheque book and says 'I'm going to give you $25,000...' and he says 'You know what, I like you, I'm going to give you $30,000.' "
Friends have also claimed the actor dreams of creating a 'porn family' and wants to buy a house close to his own where adult film stars can live.
Charlie - who also has daughters, Sam, six, and Lola, five, with ex-wife Denise Richards, as well as a grown up daughter Cassandra from a previous relationship - has also offered to by homes for both his former spouses.

Aamir Khan names son after Maulana Azad

2011-12-11T05:16:00.000-08:00

Bollywood couple Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have named their newborn son Azad Rao Khan after scholar and freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Aamir's "great grand uncle".
"Hey guys, most excited to share with y'all that we have finally chosen a name for our baby boy...Azad. Azad Rao Khan. I left the final choice to Kiran, and she has named him after my great grand uncle Maulana Azad,the great freedom fighter, whom the family is most proud of," Aamir revealed on social networking site Facebook.
"Azad means free or liberated. We want to thank everyone for their warm wishes and blessings, and needless to say we are absolutely overjoyed and feel most blessed. Much love," added the actor-producer.
Aamir-Kiran's son was born Dec 1 through IVF to a surrogate mother at a private clinic in Mumbai. The couple resorted to IVF due to medical complications.
This is Kiran's first baby, but Aamir has a son, Junaid, and a daughter, Ira, from his first wife Reena.
Aamir ended his 15-year-old marriage with Reena in 2002, and during the shooting of Ashutosh Gowariker's "Lagaan", he and the film's assistant director Kiran ended up together.
They tied the knot in 2005.
In 2009, Kiran got pregnant, but she had a miscarriage. However, the duo now feel "blessed" with the newborn.

Tanu Weds Manu Movie Review

2011-02-26T03:39:00.000-08:00

The Times of India
Story:Manu (R Madhavan)is a sad and serious NRI doctor in London who comes looking for a bride in India. He flips for a sozzled small town girl, Tanu (Kangna Ranaut) who lives with her extended family in Kanpur. But there's a hitch. Tanu loves a goonda from Lucknow and threatens Manu with dire consequences if he doesn't say No to the wedding. Poor Manu! He not only says No but tries his best to get his dream girl marry her boyfriend.
Tanu Weds Manu is a striking sense of familiarity. It wasn't long before you saw Shahid Kapoor playing a similar sacrificial lover to Kareena Kapoor in Jab We Met. And like poor Kareena, who tries too sort out her confused emotions against the backdrop of the big fat Punjabi wedding, Tanu too must decide who is better husband material, first amidst the hustle bustle of her best friend's boisterous going-balle-balle baraat and then at her chaotic Kanpuria community haveli.
But the deja vu doesn't last long. For despite the predictable -and paper thin -storyline, the film manages to hook you with its sheer atmospherics. The director creates an extremely busy and colourful canvas brimming with characters who are anything but cardboard cut-outs. If Madhavan fleshes out a heart-tugging, oh-so-lonely and acutely desi NRI, winning you over with his shy smiles and well-mannered chutzpah, then Kangna Ranaut's wild cat rebel is endearing too. The Friends Inc also pitches in an inspired act with the groom's best buddies Deepak Dobriyal and Eijaz Khan adding fun and games to the raucous proceedings. On the bride's side, it is the spunky Payal (Swara Bhaskar) who infuses verve, even while emerging as Kangna's counsel and guide. As for Jimmy Sheirgill, must we reiterate: Give him a role, guys; he's good! In fact, the highpoint of Tanu weds Manu is not so much the confused romance between Madhavan and Kangana. Instead, it is the `bromance' (dosti-dushmani) between Madhavan and Jimmy that grabs eyeballs with its volcanic undercurrents, which alas, are too few and far between.
And then come the sundry cityscapes.... Tanu Weds Manu lives more through its psychedelic backdrop than its drama. The film maker along with his cinematographer (Chirantan Das) and music director (Krsna) captures mofussil India with all its bustling beauty. Kanpur, with its overriding chaos and its criss-cross alleys almost begins to breathe on screen, even as the great Indian family emerges as one helluva character in one more desi paean to the joint parivaar.
Fun while it lasts, Tanu Weds Manu throws up Bollywood's newest obsession -- small town girls and their gunas (values) -- once again. A meatier storyline and a less messed up climax would have worked wonders for the film.

Satrangee Parachute Movie Review

2011-02-26T03:32:00.000-08:00

The Times of India
Story:Pappu(Siddhartha Sanghani),a precocious kid, wants to find a parachute for his visually impaired friend Kuhu. He sets out with a bunch of friends from Nainital to Mumbai in order to fulfil his mission. But Mumbai is murky city..Pappu and his buddies get embroiled with a gang of terrorists who are determined to create terror in the city with dubious parachutes.
Movie Review:If Iran can have it, why can't India have it too: a viable children's film movement. Why does the world's biggest film industry dish out the saddest kiddie films, week after week? Why can't Bollywood go the Hollywood way and treat children's film as hardcore, high market entertainment? Why must our film makers give the tween and teen film market a step motherly treatment.... Questions that need to be addressed urgently as the young viewers become more and more vociferous.
Sadly Satrangee Parachute fails to address any of these questions with its narrative that appeals neither to kids nor to adults. The storyline may be interesting and hold potential as a drama about a bunch of kids trying to blow up a terrorist plot. But its delineation is so serious, so tedious and so unfunny, it makes us adults fidgety. Can't imagine what it would do to an audi full of restless kids!

If the bachcha party lacks characteristic badmashi, then the adult cast looks totally confused. Both Jackie Shroff and Kay Kay Menon are clueless cops, while fine actors like Sanjay Mishra and Zakir Hussain haven't much to do. Please let's get less uptight about kids and start treating them as an intelligent and naturally bratty audience.

I'm Accountable to my Parents: Priyanka

2011-02-26T03:24:00.000-08:00

The Times of India
Her dark comedy 7 Khoon Maaf has under-performed at the box office, but Priyanka Chopra is confident it won't lose money as it was not a big budget film.
"We haven't really spent that much on it. No, it isn't an expensive film," said the 28-year-old who enjoys being one of the top actresses in Bollywood.
It wasn't easy for Priyanka to go through seven different looks and emotions in "7 Khoon Maaf", which is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.On top of it there were all those stories about the intimate scenes with her leading men.
"After seeing the film, I've had people ask, 'Where is the kissing scene with John (Abraham), the love scene with Neil (Nitin Mukesh)?' Did I say there were love-making scenes? The one really lengthy bedroom sequence I have was with Irrfan (Khan) and that was done in a salwar-kameez. It was hardly pleasant. For the love-making sequence with Anu Kapoor, I wasn't even present on the sets," she said.
The near-seduction sequence with Vivaan Shah was also done with a body-double. And Priyanka selected the body!
"The bare back had to be that of a 50-year old woman. My back just wouldn't have worked. I was shown dozens of backs. I finally chose one that I thought would pass off one which I thought could be my back when I am 50. The hardest part of '7 Khoon Maaf' was ageing in front of the camera without props."
There was a lot of improvisation on location of "7 Khoon Maaf".
"That moment when I slap myself in front of the mirror? It wasn't even there in the script! I was supposed to break down in front of the mirror. I suggested I slap myself," said Priyanka, who is sure she cannot get into a role without preparation.
"I am doing 'Agneepath' and 'Barfee' back-to-back. I've set aside time for preparation. I expect a certain surprise element from myself in every role that I play," said the actress who wowed her fans with her performance in "Kaminey" and "Fashion". In fact, the latter fetched her first prestigious National Award.
The recent weeks have not been too easy on the former beauty,what with the income tax raid in her house and reports that Shahid Kapoor opened Priyanka's the door to the officials in his shorts.
Commenting on the incident, Priyanka said: "First of all, my maidservant opened the door for the officials. Yes, I did immediately call Shahid because he was the closest to me. My parents were in my other house.
"Shahid is my neighbour. He's five minutes away. He did come to help me out during the raid, as he would've for any other friend. But why would he be in his boxer shorts? I was very angry when I read this.
"The IT officials were very kind. But people who made up such stories were not too kind. I've parents whom I am accountable to when such stories come out,"she said.

Ranbir refuses to endorse fairness products

2011-02-26T03:17:00.000-08:00

By Hindustan Times
Bollywood hunk Ranbir Kapoor reportedly said no to a lucrative offer to endorse fairness products. Ranbir was simply not interested in being the brand ambassador, as he does not believe in endorsing such products.
By not endorsing a product like a fairness cream, the actor wants to reiterate that such products only make racist stereotypes, which already exist in our society, grow stronger roots, reported Mumbai Mirror.
Kapoor boy has a huge fan following and knows they would blindly follow what the actor endorses. "Ranbir knows that there may be many who would end up blindly following what he does. He does not want to misguide anyone by saying that fairness creams 'improve your skin,'" a source told the tabloid.
Reportedly, the actor met up with the officials of the fairness brand, but he refused their offer immediately, simply because he felt so strongly against it.
Ranbir has certainly made an exception unlike other big actors who don't mind endorsing fairness products like Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Deepika Padukone.
Well, this is one thing that has surely made Ranbir a "hero" in our eyes.

Akshay Kumar the Latest Superhero?

2011-02-26T03:09:00.000-08:00

If Ajay Devgn can do it in Toonpur ka Super-hero and Shah Rukh Khan in Ra.One, Khatron ka Khiladi Akshay Kumar cannot be left far behind.
Akshay has been toying with idea of doing a super-hero film for a long time. "It's something that I've promised my son Aarav.
Not quite the Western model of a super-hero, but a super-hero more identifiable with our own culture," says Akshay.
Chuck gizmos and gadgets, Akshay wants the super-hero to be inspired by the Hindu mythological character Hanuman.
Reliable sources reveal that Akshay's super-hero epic would be part-mythological part-fantasy and Nikhil Advani will direct it.
Advani, with whom Akshay has collaborated on two projects in the past Chandni Chowk To China and the well-received Patiala House, said, "All I can say at the moment is that I'm going to cast Akshay as a full-on hero. He is the kind of guy that kids look up to as a protector.
He's complete super-hero material."
Says a source, "Akshay doesn't want to make his super-hero film a replica of Superman or Spiderman. He knows the original Hollywood super-heroes are now available in every Indian language including Bhojpuri.
He has asked his director to turn more to Hindu mythology for inspiration. The role-model for Akshay's super-hero would be Hanuman."
While the character is now being developed to accommodate Akshay's vision, the super-hero film would also mark the return of Akshay as a full-on action hero.
"He will perform a lot of his stunts himself. Somewhere down the line he began playing the goofy loser once too often. Son Aarav and wife Twinkle want him to play the super-hero," a source revealed.
"The idea is not to take on Hollywood on their terms but to work our way around their USPs," says Akshay sagely.

Cheryl Cole Ordered To Soften Accent

2011-02-24T01:36:00.000-08:00

The 27 year old beauty who hails from Newcastle, North East England is set for a judging role on the new show but has been ordered by US network Fox to soften her strong regional accent and drop certain phrases that Stateside audiences won't understand.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "If audiences and contestants can't understand her it is actually a regulatory offence.
"Cheryl will be told not to use the word 'babe' to describe a pretty girl.Other key words she's being taught include saying 'pants' and not 'trousers,'butt' not 'bum' and'cookies'not'biscuits'.
"They also want to clamp down on her saying 'pet' which literally means 'animal' in the States."
Cheryl who has been a judge on the UK version of the programme for three years - is thought to be working with Los Angeles voice coach Bob Corff, who has previously worked with Sharon Osbourne.
Though the judging panel for the new show has not yet been announced, it is believed that programme chief Simon Cowell is interested in offering a role to former singer Nicole Scherzinger after she impressed him when she filled in as a guest judge on the UK 'X Factor' last year.
Auditions are said to start in Los Angeles on March 27, before heading to Chicago, Dallas, Miami, New York and Seattle.
The show is to offer a $5 million prize - the biggest ever offered on a TV show.

All About Shahid Kapoor

2011-02-18T07:42:00.000-08:00