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May 14, 2008
Yummy mummy Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek has got back into super sexy shape pretty fast after giving birth to her baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault last September.

Kalyan, the new doc on Nip/Tuck
The star of the American television sitcom Aliens in America will be seen on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning medical drama Nip/Tuck in a recurring part.

Thalluri's Jewel in the making
Two years after his controversial drama 2.37 about teen suicide was feted at the Cannes Film Festival, Australian director Murali Thalluri is back with another film, Jewel. The film, which will be shot in Hindi in India is, according to Thalluri, a tale about two young boys who are sold into slavery but escape with a rare jewel.

May 12, 2008
Justin, Jessica Hollywood's Buffest couple
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have been named 'Hollywood's Buffest Couple' by In Touch magazine. The duo has beaten couples like Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady and High School Musical's lovebirds Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens to land at number one in the list, reports Contactmusic.

Bee Gees songs to become West End musical
Bee Gees' songs have instigated a musical to be written for London's West End. The project, which was already in the pipeline and could be ready for airing in the next 12-16 months, was announced by Robin Gibb as he unveiled a green plaque in central London honouring the group's achievements.

Fardeen's Acid Factory
Sanjay Gupta's White Feather Films launched their new film, Acid Factory, at Aurus, Juhu, in the Western suburb of Mumbai.

May 09, 2008
It's splitsville for Liv Tyler, hubby
The news of the separation came on Thursday, May 8, with Tyler's publicist confirming the news. 'Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon have confirmed their separation,' People quoted the publicist, as saying.

May 08, 2008
There's no stopping Kamal!
Now, 48 years and innumerable awards later, the talented actor is taking on ten roles in his Tamil film Dasavatharam, which incidently was written by him and directed by K S Ravikumar.

May 07, 2008
Tom Cruise launches his website
The website contains the star's complete filmography, news along with biographical information and a personal greeting to fans on his home page.

Kylie Minogue kicks off world tour
Kylie Minogue, who was named a Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution to French culture, lights up the stage in Paris at the opening night of her world tour on Tuesday.

Britney to see more of her sons
The singer, who is embroiled in a custody battle with her ex-husband Kevin Federline after a bitter divorce, has been granted more time with her sons as she continues to make progress in rebuilding her life.

How Mimoh and Kareena are related
It isn't often that we delve into the family tree of filmdom's all-encompassing Kapoor khandaan, but right now we're most amused by the thought of Kareena and Mimoh turning out to be cousins -- no matter how distant.

Rambo goes to Japan
The 61-year old actor who became an international icon of machismo with the huge success of his Rocky and Rambo series was in Tokyo, Japan yesterday to promote his latest sequel to Rambo titled simply Rambo.

May 06, 2008
Priyanka, new face of Ponds
The actress, has been named the new face of Pond's, a range of skin care products.

Meet Dr Akshay Kumar
The Bollywood heavyweight will be conferred an honorary doctorate by the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, on Friday.

Scarlett Johansson engaged!
Scarlett Johansson is all set to tie the knot with fellow actor and boyfriend Ryan Reynolds.

May 02, 2008
It's official: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are married
Rumours were right after all, for it has now been confirmed that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are indeed married. Family member Linda Cannon has made the confirmation that the couple is, in fact, wedded.

David Dhawan's four legged hero!
Yup, the new hero of filmmaker David Dhawan's new movie is a chimpanzee. Tentatively titled C'mon Pappu, the film will also feature Akshay Kumar in an important role.

What's cooking between Akshay and Katrina?
The duo seem to get on like a house on fire.

First Look: Farhan Akhtar's Rock On
Abhishek Kapoor's film, Rock On, looks promising. The film has been produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, and marks the acting debut of the former as well.

Is Mallika Sherawat's dress too revealing?
It took a few days for Tamil Nadu's moral police to see Mallika Sherawat's pictures at the Dasavatharam music launch function on April 25. S R Kaniraj, the Chennai secretary of the Hindu Makkal Kachi, has filed a compliant against the actress for wearing a revealing dress at the function.

April 30, 2008
First Look: Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya
To celebrate the 160th birth anniversary of famed artist Raja Ravi Varma, director Ketan Mehta had a get together with the cast and crew of his latest film, Rang Rasiya.

Gwyneth Paltrow's 'comeback'
After three years of being house-bound with two kids, the Oscar-winning actress will be seen in this Friday release, Iron Man. The film which premiered in London last week, stars Robert Downey Jr as arms manufacturer Tony Stark who turns a crusader of peace.

Amitabh unveils Shobhaa De's Superstar India
Whether or not he means to, Amitabh Bachchan always seems to steal the show. At the launch of acclaimed author Shobhaa De's new book, Superstar India, the Big B delivered the event's main address, before formally unveiling book and posing for photographs with the author.

April 29, 2008
Shahid's Kismet Konnection !
After making a connection with the audience in Jab We Met, Shahid Kapoor's next is Kismet Konnection opposite Vidya Balan. Set to release on July 18, the film is directed by Aziz Mirza.

First look: The Dark Knight
The latest Batman flick, which is directed by Christopher Nolan, stars Christian Bale, late Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart and Maggie Gyllenhaal.

Most awaited debut: Harman's or Imran's?
While it's too early to say which is the better actor, we can't help but ask you, our dear readers, whom do you look forward to see -- will it be Imran or Harman?

Now, Vellitherai in a theatre near you!
Mirchi Movies Limited, the entertainment arm of Times Group, is now gearing up for its foray with South Indian content. Having successfully released its first Tamil film Vellitherai in Tamilnadu and other South Indian states, Mirchi Movies will now release the film on 2 May 2008 in other Indian markets like Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Baroda with English subtitles.

April 28, 2008
Sherlyn Chopra's Dard-E-Disco
Didn't get enough of Dard-E-Disco from Shah Rukh Khan? Then get ready for Dard-E-Sherlyn. The sultry model-turned-actress-turned-singer has announced a new video album.

April 25, 2008
Britain's Richest Young Millionaires
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who has added 3 million pounds to his wealth in the past year and is now worth 20 million pounds, is the richest actor in the young millionaires list.

April 24, 2008
First Look: Chandni Chowk to China
Shah Rukh Khan may be the King of the Bollywood but this year it is for sure that Akshay Kumar will over power him.

First Look: Hari Puttar
After a long wait, Hari Puttar -- seemingly inspired from the blockbuster Harry Potter franchise -- is out. Instead of Daniel Radcliffe, you will meet Zain Khan here. The film also stars Sarika, Jackie Shroff, Sweeni Khera, Sourabh Shukla and Vijay Raaz.

Bipasha's in vogue again!
Bipasha Basu is the cover girl of Vogue India for the second time, in the May issue.

Hrithik: Vogue's first coverboy
Vogue's first ever men's supplement and the ultimate style guide for men has the stylish Hritik Roshan as the perfect choice on the cover.

' Thoda Pyaar is like Mr India , not Mary Poppins '
After giving two hits in Hum Tum and Fanaa, director Kunal Kohli is back with his next film under the Yash Raj banner, called Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic.

April 23, 2008
Rani's next: Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic
The title for Kunal Kohli's new Yash Raj film was revealed in a press conference today. Titled Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, the film stars Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukerji.

Kelly Brook splits up with Billy Zane
The 28-year-old Strictly Come Dancing star became single again after deciding that she is too young to marry the 42-year-old Titanic star.

Beyonce and Jay-Z officially married
A town clerk Donna Conkling, who released the news, said that the license had the wedding date as April 4, reported People magazine.

Soundarya Rajnikanth's pact with Warner Bros
Warner Bros Pictures India has entered an exclusive multi-picture pact with Tamil superstar, Rajnikanth's daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth's ocher studios.

First Look: Salman's new hairstyle
Salman Khan was spotted with a new look at producer-director Pahlaj Nihalani's event.

Another thriller from M Night Shyamalan
M Night Shyamalan is back with yet another thriller, The Happening starring Mark Wahlberg. The trailer doesn't give away much, but the big question is whether the Fox film, with India's UTV as partner, can resurrect the filmmaker's career badly bruised by Lady in The Water.

April 22, 2008
Virginia Madsen in Mira Nair's Amelia Earhart biopic
Virginia Madsen has signed on to join Hilary Swank and Richard Gere in Mira Nair's Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia. Madsen will play Dorothy Binney, publisher-promoter George Putnam's first wife in the film for Avalon Pictures and Fox Searchlight.

Penelope's sizzling sex scene!
Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz is setting pulses racing with her new film Elegy, wherein she goes naked for an onscreen romp with Gandhi star Sir Ben Kingsley.

The desi life, graphically
Thanks to the encouragement she has received from Anjali Singh, her college buddy and an editor at Houghton Mifflin whose acquisition of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis became a successful Oscar-nominated graphic film, Keshni Kashyap is on her way to the bookstore.

April 21, 2008
Liz Hurley tired of wearing bikinis
The star has bedazzled both men and women with her fabulous body, but she admits that she is tired of prancing about in bikinis.

Jessica Alba to tie the knot soon
With the impending arrival of her first baby, Jessica Alba is planning to have a complete family and has therefore set the date for her wedding with beau Cash Warren.

Anna doesn't want to marry Enrique
Enrique Iglesias has revealed that he has repeatedly tried to convince his girlfriend Anna Kournikova to marry him but with no luck.

Ash: I'm still in Robot
Not one to miss out on his son and daughter-in-law's wedding anniversary, who were in the US, Amitabh Bachchan organised a video conference in Mumbai, where he and wife Jaya got to wish the couple. The media were also invited to the event, which also saw the release of promos from the Bachchans' film, Sarkar Raj directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

Ash, Abhishek celebrate anniversary with media
Not one to miss out on his son and daughter-in-law's wedding anniversary, who were in the US, Amitabh Bachchan organised a video conference in Mumbai, where he and wife Jaya got to wish the couple. The media were also invited to the event, which also saw the release of promos from the Bachchans' film, Sarkar Raj directed by Ram Gopal Varma.

SRK flags off Paanchvi Pass
Shah Rukh Khan seems to have all the time to promote his new reality game show - Kya Aap Paachvi Paas Se Tez Hai - on Star Plus.

First Look: Ram Gopal Varma's new girl
After Urmila Matondkar, Antara Mali and Nisha Kothari, Ram Gopal Varma has found another heroine, Amruta Khanvilkar. The actress will star in not one but two RGV films -- Contract and Phoonk.

Jackie Chan, Jet Li on screen together!
Jackie Chan and Jet Li will be seen together for the first time in the film The Forbidden Kingdom, directed by Rob Minkoff. The film was earlier titled, The J & J Project and later changed to The Forbidden Kingdom.

No takers for Norah Jones in Hollywood?
Norah Jones, daughter of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, has received mostly negative reviews for her work in the bleak love story of sorts. It marks the English-language debut of Hong Kong-based filmmaker Wong Kar Wai.

April 18, 2008
The most seductive women of all time!
Marilyn Monroe and Angelina Jolie have been named as the 'most seductive women of all time', according to a British survey.

First Look: Priyanka's red hair
Director Harry Baweja launches his son Harman Baweja in LoveStory 2050--a futuristic sci-fi movie. Harman will be paired opposite Priyanka Chopra who will bear a red hair. The actors will be seen in a whole new different look designed by Thea.

Big B's plans for Ash, Abhi
A special event has been organised on April 20 to mark Abhishek and Aishwarya's first wedding anniversary.

When Asha Bhosle brought the house down!
The singer performed on Thursday at Carnegie Hall to an audience who gave her a deafening ovation, again and again throughout the three hour show.

April 17, 2008
Should Shriya star opposite Rajni in Robot ?
With the heroine in Shankar's Robot still undecided -- the makers are swinging between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Deepika Padukone -- we can't help but wonder why they aren't considering the stunning Shriya Saran.

Uma Thurman to star in Motherhood
The day-in-the-life feature, written and directed by Dieckmann, has Thurman as a harried mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party as myriad urban challenges confront her.

Salman, Kareena become Main Aur Mrs Khanna
UTV Spotboy Pictures and Sohail Khan Productions commence their maiden venture with the Salman–Kareena–Sohail starrer, Main Aur Mrs Khanna.

First Look: Priyadarshan's Mere Baap Pehle Aap
After the critically acclaimed thriller Manorama – 6 Feet Under, Shemaroo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. produces Priyadarshan's Mere Baap Pehle Aap.

April 16, 2008
Spielberg meets UN to discuss 2008 Olympics
The director was seen in a relaxed mood after a 45-minute meeting over the Sudan's Darfur conflict, with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations Headquarters.

April 15, 2008
Salman Rushdie set for movie debut
The author has signed on to star in the new romantic comedy titled Then She Found Me, after successfully auditioning for the part. The movie will be directed by Helen Hunt, and marks her directorial debut.

Rowling sues Potter fan web site
Harry Potter's J K Rowling went to a lower Manhattan courthouse early Monday for her lawsuit against a publisher. Rowling, did not speak as she entered the courthouse where she was to testify. She says her copyrights are being violated by a fan who plans to publish a Harry Potter encyclopedia.

April 14, 2008
Meet the highest earning teen!
According to the upcoming annual 'What People Earn' issue of Parade magazine, 'Hannah Montana' star, Miley Cyrus earned huge amounts of cash for her roles in the TV series, movie and album deals, as well as merchandise.

When Rajeev Khandelwal got lost!
A still from the actor's debut film, Aamir.

April 11, 2008
Meet the hottest bachelors!
Singer John Mayer has landed the top spot in a new poll of Hot Celebrity Bachelors. The other four are John Mayer Jason Lewis, Chace Crawford, Emile Hirsch and John Krasinski.

Fine directors get together in Mumbai Cutting
Mumbai Cutting has been directed by some of the most reputed directors like Sudhir Mishra (Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi), Jahnu Barua (Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara), Ayush Raina, Shashank Ghosh (Waisa Bhi Ho Raha Hai Part II), Ruchi Narain (Kal), Rahul Dholakia (Parzania), Manish Jha (Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women), Revathy (Phir Milenge), Kundan Shah (Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron), (Rituparno Ghosh (Raincoat) and Anurag Kashyap (Black Friday).

Aussie cricketers bat for Bollywood
The players in question are Aussie cricketers Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Stewart Clark and Mike Hussey, who are all set to shoot for the Bollywood film, Victory starring Harman Baweja and Amrita Rao.

April 10, 2008
Wedding bells for Penelope Cruz?
The Hollywood actress is reportedly set to exchange wedding vows with actor beau Javier Bardem, later this year.

Liz, Gwyneth in hot pinks
The two celebrities were at the party, aptly named 'Hottest Pink Party', organised by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

What SRK's Billo Barber is all about
We have all heard about Shah Rukh Khan's new film, Billo Barber, to be directed by Priyadarshan. The director dips into the pool of Malayalam cinema for inspiration once again. This time, he picks last year's hit, Kadha Parayumbol, starring Sreenivasan and Mammootty.

April 09, 2008
The Indian connection in Devotion
The practicing Jew who discovered Vedic culture in India in the '60s, Cheb's recently released his album Devotion, his seventh album on Six Degrees Records, which was recorded and produced entirely in New Delhi.

Meet the peace-loving jailbird!
Introducing her 'husband and President' from the hit television show The West Wing at a benefit in New York, Stockard Channing recently confessed she has known of many actors who have been to jail for drugs and violence. But, she said, Martin Sheen -- who, in the Aaron Sorkin-scripted serial played President Josiah Bartlett while she played his wife Abigail -- was quite unlike any other jail bird in Hollywood.

April 07, 2008
Hollywood actor Charlton Heston dead
Heston rose to fame in the 1950s with starring in movies like Ben Hur, for which he won an Oscar. He played Moses in the Ten Commandments. Known for his political activism, Heston was a high-profile supporter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He was also President of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2002.

April 04, 2008
Deepika snubs Gauri Khan
First, it was the film's director Farah Khan, whom Deepika forgot to wish on the former's birthday. Now, the latest to get the 'Deepika treatment' is Shah Rukh's wife, Gauri Khan. The story goes that Deepika ignored her co-star's wife at the recently concluded Lakme Fashion Week because she was too busy with her boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor's mother Neetu Singh.

Now, Naomi spits on cop!
British supermodel Naomi Campbell was released on bail after she was arrested for allegedly spitting at a police officer.

April 03, 2008
Danny DeVito joins Aliens and dinosaurs!
India's first integrated arts and film museum-archive-entertainment centre, The Osianama, has added to it's growing collection of Sci-Fi and Horror artworks from Hollwyood cinema, the latest being items from Jurassic Park and Aliens.

April 02, 2008
Jennifer Lopez goes blonde
Four weeks after she gave birth to twins, Max and Emme, Jennifer Lopez has not only regained her svelte figure, but gone blonde too. To have her look changed, the 38-year-old singer-actress left the kids at home in Old Westbury to visit the Rita Hazan salon, accompanied by her sister, Linda.

Meet the RJ in Mussanje Maathu
After playing an action hero in the hugely successful Gooli, Sudeep will be seen as a young radio jockey in his latest Kannada movie, Mussanje Maathu (Talk in the Evening). Giving him company is the film's heroine, Ramya. The pair was last together four years ago in Yogaraj Bhat's Ranga S.S.L.C.

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