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Singer Kalpana-Hope of 16 lakh bhojpuri speaking people

2008-07-14T23:23:00.000+05:30

Singer Kalpana-Hope of 16 lakh bhojpuri speaking people

This singer Kalpana is making it big in the small screen. She is one of the strong contender of NDTV IMAGINE’s new musical reality show JUNOON…..Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka ! Kalpana is represent the folk team “Maati Ke Laal”, presenting folk songs from UP/Bihar/ Assam .

The show started with a very grand opening by dashing ever charming talented actor Hritik Roshan. Hritik’s presence in the show revealed the glamour of the show. The show is hosted by none other than the legend of silver screen Annu Kapoor. His presence shows the deftness of the show.

Illa Arun represented Kalpana from folk group as Triveni of river Bhramaputra and Ganga as she has taken the responsibility of three states-UP, Bihar & Assam. Kalpana’s performance of bihu of Assam was the greatest hit. She was asked by Illa Arun to sing Bhupen Hazarika’s hit song Manuhe Manuhor Babe and got great applaud from the judges and the audience.

Says Kalpana, I am from northeast, ASSAM . Northeast is a reservoir of talent but it hurts when people consider the region different from India . She feels that north-eastern India is a reservoir of talent but it has not been given due recognition because the region suffers from a sense of geographical and social alienation. She is 'hurt' that many people do not consider the northeast as a part of India . For example, in the television music talent hunt reality shows contestants from our region do well. And the nation must realise that they (participants) reach there because of their talent, not favouritism. I want the rest of the country to cherish it, but respect for the region is lacking,' KALPANA told. Kalpana holds the local residents equally responsible. 'Talents from the region are not being recognised. To a certain extent, we (northeast residents) are also responsible for it because we don't remind them about our potential.

But without any support she made it big in Mumbai film industry. She has truly confirmed that language has no barrier. It would be injustice to put a tag (Bhojpuri Singer) on Kalpana. If we correctly analyze she can really sing in different languages.

Says Kalpana,I had no support or godfather in Mumbai .But thanks to the people of UP & BIHAR who gave me full support and made Kalpana a big name in Bhojpuri music industry. She says, today with this show JUNOON people are getting to know the richness of Bhojpuri music. I wish if Laluji extend his best wishes & moral support to promote Bhojpuri as he is the only international super star.

Kalpana’s get up, her performance, her confidence and above all her signing in the show is mind-blowing. She is the most versatile singer. What a tremendous power & performance Kalpana has. Kalpana, you are a very big bridge in between Assam & Bhojpuri. You are the voice of 16 lakh Bhojpuri speaking people. I some times suspect that how u pronounces such good Bhojpuri language. Anyways keep it up... I pray God to make you NDTV's Junoon Champ. All the mentors including Annu Kapoor ended up with commenting Kalpana as a complete package of performance & singing.

By : ASHOK BHATIA P .R.O. 09221232130

2008-07-14T23:21:00.000+05:30

Shradha Sharma Signed By G.P.Sippy Film

50 films in forty five years is no mean achievement and there is no stopping G.P.Sippy Multimedia as they unveiled their plans for fourteen movies in the next two years in association with Boutique cinema. Present on this occasion was their chairman Ajit Sippy and Sunil Khosla with Vibha Khosla ( both directors of Boutique Cinema) A Three film contract was signed with Siddarth Koirala and Shradha Sharma (of "Saathi' fame in star plus). After "Anwar", this would be Siddarth's next foray into Bollywood and Shradha would be making her debut on the big screen with this venture. In the past supersatrs like Shahrukh Khan, Rajesh Khanna, Raveena Tandon and many others were launched by G.P. Sippy Multimedia. Even the famed "Gabbar" of Sholay, Amjad Khan was launched by this production house. "Jab Luv Hua ", scheduled to be launched in july 2008 is also the first digital film.

Chiru's "PRAVASA VAARADHI" coming to Chicago

2008-07-09T23:50:00.000+05:30

Chiru's "PRAVASA VAARADHI" coming to Chicago

"PRAVASA VAARADHI", our Sixth International SPARC Meeting by the Pravasa Chiranjeevi Organization, USA on Sunday, July 13^th 2008 at Bloomingdale, IL in support of Padma Bhushan Dr. Chiranjeevi. Pravasa Chiranjeevi Organization has conducted more than 25 events in USA including a successful 5K Walk-a-Thon in California, huge gatherings in Dallas, New Jersey and Los Angles and a NRI Ratha Yatra from Tirupathi to Srikakulam in raising the awareness and support for Padma Bhushan Dr. Chiranjeevi as our Leader for the state of Andhra Pradesh. As we all know the character, determination and the service minded nature of Dr. Chiranjeevi, We want to portrait the need of a Great personality and better direction in the form of Dr. Chiranjeevi for the development of our state in all respects. We invite you all for your royal participation and make this event a grand success in Bloomingdale IL.

Venue: Bloomingdale Court Theatre (Funasia Theatres)

324 West Army Trail Rd, Bloomingdale IL 60108

Date & Time: Sunday July 13^th 2008, from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM

Event Type: Free Shankar Dada Zindabad Movie & SPARC Meeting

Click here for online free registration of the event - http://PravasaChiranjeevi.Org/chiru/chicago_event.htm

On-site Registration will start at 10:30 AM on Sunday, July 13^th 2008 at Bloomingdale Theatres
Short video of Padma Bhushan Dr. Chiranjeevi and also the past events conducted by Pravasa Chiranjeevi Organization will be screened.
Mega Producer Mr. Allu Aravind garu and Mega brother Mr. Nagababu garu will address (video conference) the gathering
Lunch will be provided to all the participants

Noted NRI educationalists, IT professionals, Entrepreneurs and Doctors from different parts of USA will be addressing the gatherings and share their views and open brainstorming session will be conducted to collect the ideas of all the attendees. International SPARC Sessions would mainly focus on the following topics and the role of Pravasa Chiranjeevi Organization and the support of our NRIs

1. Social and Economic change

2. Current Education and Health care systems

3. Best way for the most utilization of the natural resources and self sustainability

4. Present distribution model in all walks of life and how we can minimize the middle man for the betterment of the Hardworking man and woman or the formers

Pravasa Chiranjeevi Organization, USA welcomes you all with your families and friends to participate in the International SPARC (Socio-Political Analysis & Research Center) Meet. For more information, registration and volunteering, please visit www.pravasachiranjeevi.org or

For More details, please contact:

Narasaiah Vadranam @ 678-612-6714, Srinivas Lottala @ 314-374-5375,

Ms. Rajani Akurati @ 630-674-4633, Kishore Pula @ 615-496-2351,

Suresh Mandala @ 913-549-0699, Madhu Vengala @ 309-530-3486 and

Pawan @ 309-363-5274

Playing a character in the film ‘Daughter’ is a unique experience: Actress Rucha

2008-07-09T23:15:00.000+05:30

Playing a character in the film ‘Daughter’ is a unique experience: Actress Rucha

Producers Dr. Medha Mehandale and Manasi Mehandale are soon coming up with their first Hindi film ‘Daughter’. They are also introducing an eighteen-year-old sweet and bubbly girl Rucha who they are sure of winning the audience’s heart. Rucha has been very fortunate to be working with Vikram Gokhale, Reema and Padmini Kolhapure in her debut film itself. Along with being the co-producer of the film, Dr. Manasi Mehandale has also given her voice in one of the songs. Recently we met the main lead of the film Rucha during the promotion of the film. Here are some excerpts of an interview with her:-

* How did you develop an interest in acting?

Director Viju Mane, known to our family, was making a film in Marathi by the name ‘Gujiri’. He proposed me to do a special appearance in this film. I was not too sure of taking up acting that time. I was only 15 years old and thought of giving it a try. Acting excited me a lot even though I had a lot to learn. I thoroughly enjoyed acting and that’s where started off with it.

* Which are the films that you have done after ‘Gujiri’?

As I mentioned earlier, I had never understood acting that well, hence never took it very seriously. Also I didn’t want acting to be my career. I did it as my hobby only. I always wanted to become a doctor and even today I am busy with my related medical studies. That’s how I did not take up any film assignments after ‘Gujiri’. Even today my first preference is to become a doctor.

* Since your mother is also a doctor, is that why you wish to become a doctor?

My mother is definitely my role model and I have received all my inspiration from her. I strongly aspire to become a doctor and have my dream come true.

* How did you get an opportunity to work in ‘Daughter?’

Again through Director Viju Mane. He approached me with the script of ‘Daughter’ when I was in college. Even then I was too confused whether or not to do the film. Later when he narrated the script of the film to me, I was very happy and decided to do it. My passion of being a doctor and my hobby of acting met together through the film. Today I can proudly say that I am a part of a film like this.

* What have you felt in and through the film ‘Daughter?’

‘Daughter r’ is a very unique film. It is very different from the normal league of films. This film is based on adoption of those infants who are left alone by their parents due to various reasons. It is a story of such kids who spent their lives in ashrams and grow up with people who they understand to be their parents. The film has various emotions along with being a very fun filled one. It is a very beautiful message that the film is giving to its audiences.

* In this film you have worked with stars like padmini kolhapure and ayub khan along with Vikram Gokhale, Reema, and Arun Nalawade and Vinod singh. How do you feel working as a lead along with these stars?

In the film ‘Daughter’ I play an orphan girl whose name is Rucha. A girl whose grand father leaves her to live in an ashram since a very tender age of an infant. As she is growing she is adopted by Vikram Gokhale’s family and she goes and stays with them as a trial of 20 days. She gets love and affection from some and hatred and in affection from the others. The story is about how this young and innocent girl copes up with all the circumstances that she is put in. The character of Rucha is very strong by itself. Hence playing the same was not very difficult. Also the director always inspired and supported me for doing better. It became an easy job to do in the midst of these stars as my colleagues.

* The film has thrown light on couples that are against adoption?

Yes, the film reveals the existing shortcomings of our society, the existing mentality of the people of today’s century who consider money and wealth much above love and affection towards orphans.

Yes, before the shooting for the film began, I visited an orphanage in Thane. There I saw children like Rucha and understood their thought process. You can call it my homework for the film. It was a very touchy experience.

* Any remembrance during the shooting of the film that you would like to share with us?

Oh yes. I remember the first day of my shoot for the film. It was scheduled for 4:00 pm. I was to give the first shot and it rained quite heavily. Due to the delay the first shot happened only at 12 in the night. I had to appear smoking a cigarette in the shot. After the shot, we realized that I was holding the wrong side of the cigarette in my mouth. To be frank, I was quite nervous.

* Who are your favorite stars from Bollywood?

I like madhuri dixit and hrithik roshan a lot.

* Which directors do you wish to work with?

I wish to work with Mr Rakesh mehra who directed ‘Rang De Basanti’ and with Mr. Shamit Amin who directed ‘Chak De India’. Getting an opportunity I would also like to work with Aamir Khan and ShahRukh Khan.

* As an actor what are your aspirations?

I am only 18 and ‘Doctor’ is ideally my first film. I have got a great experience working in this film. It is a unique film with a very challenging role for me to do. I wish to do more of such challenging roles in other films as well. But as I mentioned earlier that I wish to become a doctor, I need to first fulfill that dream of mine. Mean while my acting career will keep going.

Best & Worst Dressed at Cannes

2008-05-23T22:06:00.001+05:30

Jennifer Aniston looking for sperm donor

2008-01-08T14:56:00.000+05:30

Jennifer Aniston is reportedly desperate to have a baby and wants a friend to donate sperm.

The 38-year-old actress, who is said to be dating Sex and the City hunk Jason Lewis, has reportedly told best pal Courteney Cox that she wants one of her male friends to help her conceive a child.

A source close to the actress said: "With her biological clock now ticking urgently, Jen's weighing up the relative qualities of all her make friends to soon make the decision which of them is her best bet as a sperm donor.

"Looks, intelligence and personality are all in the equation because she wants beautiful, bright children to make her life complete. Once she's reached a decision, she'll pop the question to a surprised bachelor, explaining she doesn't want marriage - just babies!"

Potential candidates allegedly include current lover Lewis and ex-boyfriends British model Paul Sculfor and Vince Vaughn.

The source added: "While Jen may have soured on marriage after her divorce from Brad Pitt, she's still desperate to start a family. She has a beautiful mansion complete with nursery all fitted out, millions in the bank and a select band of eligible guys, one of whom she'll soon pick to be a daddy."

Bucknor sacked, Harbhajan can play in Perth Test

2008-01-08T14:50:00.000+05:30

Melbourne(IANS) Team India heaved a sigh of relief as controversial West Indies umpire Steve Bucknor will not be officiating while Harbhajan Singh can play in the third Test against Australia in Perth starting Jan 16, the top International Cricket Council (ICC) official announced here Tuesday.

In a hurriedly convened press conference at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said that Billy Bowden of New Zealand would replace West Indies' Bucknor, an Elite Panel umpire. Pakistan's Asad Rauf will join Bowden in Perth.

Speed said that some people would be unhappy with ICC's decision at India's insistence to remove Bucknor.

"I can understand that people will take that view," he said. "It is an extraordinary set of circumstances and we want to take some of the tension out of the situation."

The move comes a day after the Indian cricket board drew the ICC's attention to the horrendous umpiring mistakes that cost India the Sydney Test Sunday.

Umpiring was one of the two issues India were unhappy with following that match, along with the three-Test suspension imposed on off-spinner Harbhajan.

The off-spinner was Sunday suspended for three Tests after he was found guilty of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds in Sydney by allegedly calling him a "monkey".

India have appealed against the ban, and a fresh hearing is to be held.

But Speed could not say when that hearing would be held. He was hopeful it would occur before the next Test, starting Jan 16.

If the hearing on Harbhajan's ban was not held before the start of the third Test, the Indian off-spinner would be eligible for the match in Perth, Speed said. The ICC chief executive was hopeful India's tour would continue, but could not guarantee that.

Speed said the ICC needed to take a "pragmatic view" towards the issue, and needed to be "flexible" to resolve the crisis.

He was confident Bucknor, 61, would umpire again at Test level. Speed said match referee Ranjan Madugalle, the former Sri Lankan captain, would be appointed as a mediator between the Australian and Indian sides.

Meanwhile, a racism hearing against Australian spinner Brad Hogg will also go ahead, after the Indians alleged he called captain Anil Kumble a "bastard" in Sydney. Hogg's hearing will be held some time before the third Test by match referee Mike Procter.

Speed said Procter and an ICC-appointed code of conduct commissioner would re-hear the Harbhajan case, with the witnesses to be called again.

Britney goes from hospital to champagne

2008-01-07T17:04:00.000+05:30

In yet another nightmarish episode for troubled pop-star Britney Spears, the 26-year-old singer was discharged from hospital on Saturday following a reported suicide attempt.

Ms Spears, had been taken to Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre by paramedics on Thursday, following a custody dispute with her ex-husband Kevin Federline over sons Sean Preston, 2 and Jaden, 1.

Following the hospitalisation, The New York Times reports a judge on Friday suspending Spears' visitation rights and awarding sole physical and legal custody of the children to Federline. Another hearing is scheduled for January 14.

Meanwhile, The Boston Globe reports that Sunday saw Spears evade the paparazzi camped outside her house and hit a popular local restaurant at 10 am, proceeding to drink champagne mimosas from behind dark-glasses accompanied by photographer Adnan Ghalib, himself a paparazzo.

Reese refusing to film sex scene with Vaughn

2008-01-07T10:31:00.000+05:30

The pair have reportedly been clashing constantly on the set of romantic comedy Four Christmases and now Reese is refusing to roll around naked with Vince.

An on-set source told the New York Post newspaper: "Reese has an issue with the scripted love scene. It is meant to be a funny, 'American Pie'-style romp, full of bumps and laughs, but Reese is such a prude, she thinks it's just too much."

Despite being an Oscar winner and a more highly-paid Hollywood star, Reese is unlikely to win the argument as Vince is one of the film's producers.

The 37-year-old actor also oversaw much of the script writing, about a couple whose divorced parents do not get on, so they decide to celebrate Christmas separately with each of them.

It has previously been reported Reese, 31, has been unhappy with Vince's behavior on set.

While she is keen to work hard and film on schedule, he allegedly turns up to work hung-over, forgets his lines and is constantly fooling about on set..

Britney Lost Visitation Rights to Her Sons

2008-01-05T21:00:00.000+05:30

Famous celebrity Britney Spears loses visitation rights to her two sons.

The sole legal custody and sole physical custody of Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1, awarded to Spears' ex-husband, Kevin Federline, until another hearing on January 14 by a Los Angeles judge.

The ruling comes after comes Federline's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan called for an emergency session on Jan 4, following Spears' meltdown.

"I'm not happy about any of these events. There are no winners here," E! Online quoted Kaplan, as saying.

Spears is currently being held for mental evaluation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, following her well-publicised meltdown on Jan 3.

The singer had a face-off with police at her home after refusing to turn over two year-old Jayden James to Federline's bodyguard.

After a police intervention, the frantic singer was strapped to a gurney and taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai, where she will be held for 72 hours to for mental evaluation.

The 'Toxic' singer lost custody of her children in October after being ruled a "habitual" user of drugs, and was granted two day visits per week with her children plus one overnight stay.

Top 25 for 2007

2008-01-05T13:46:00.000+05:30

IMDb.com, Earth's biggest movie database, has released our top 25 stars for 2007. These STARmeter™ rankings were not based upon critical assessments or box-office performance, but the actual search behavior of over 42 million users of IMDb.com. These results are an aggregate of weekly STARmeter rankings from IMDbPro.com, IMDb.com's professional subscription service designed specifically for people in the entertainment industry. IMDbPro.com (try a free, two-week trial) features contact information for over 59,000 names and more than 10,000 companies, international, domestic and daily box-office numbers, news from the Hollywood Reporter and much, much more. Take a look at the 2007 stars below:

25. Al Pacino

(Last year: Uncharted)
The perennial scenery-chewing actor turned in a sly, stealthy, and (for him) understated performance as casino magnate Willie Bank in the better-than-we-expected three-quel Ocean's Thirteen, holding his own with Danny Ocean and company.

24. Rachel McAdams

(Last year: #12)
Wherefore art thou, Ms. McAdams? Despite a second year offscreen, her break-up with longtime boyfriend Ryan Gosling kept the Canadian beauty in the public eye; up next (finally!) is The Time Traveler's Wife opposite Eric Bana.

23. Will Smith

(Last year: Uncharted)
The phenomenally popular superstar (and new pal of Tom Cruise) followed up an Oscar-nominated turn in The Pursuit of Happyness with the monster hit I Am Legend, which took in a little less than $200 million in three weeks.

22. Emma Watson

(Last year: #16)
Hermione Granger was back with a vengeance in this summer's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and the young actress weathered a tabloid tempest that said she might quit the franchise (no worries -- she won't).

21. Nicolas Cage

(Last year: Uncharted)
After a string of box-office underperformances, Cage roared back by turning the comic book adaptation Ghost Rider into a surprise hit, and unpacked even more adventures in National Treasure: Book of Secrets.

20. Vanessa Anne Hudgens

(Last year: Uncharted)

The co-star of High School Musical 2, the-biggest-TV-movie-in-like-the-history-of-mankind, got some unexpected overexposure when nude photos surfaced of her online; fortunately, Disney and her fans both forgave her trespass.

19. Natalie Portman

(Last year: #10)
Portman kept a low profile this year, appearing in the Cannes Film Festival premiere of My Blueberry Nights, family flick Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, and the fetching short film Hotel Chevalier, a mini-prologue to The Darjeeling Limited.

18. Katherine Heigl

(Last year: Uncharted)
The breakout star of the year transitioned effortlessly from television to the big screen with the hit comedy Knocked Up, and snagged an Emmy Award for her work on the primetime hit "Grey's Anatomy".

17. Daniel Radcliffe

(Last year: #22)
The boy wizard grew up fast with the dark and thrilling Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, while Radcliffe ventured out of Potter territory with December Boys and the London stage revival of Equus, coming soon to Broadway.

16. Bruce Willis

(Last year: #23)
Though he started off with the lackluster thriller Perfect Stranger, the enduring action star was back as the heroic John McClane in summer hit Live Free or Die Hard, and made a cameo appearance in Grindhouse.

15. Keira Knightley

(Last year: #6)
She rode the summer of sequels with Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, but by the end of the year had everyone talking about her impressive performance in the literary adaptation Atonement.

14. Gerard Butler

(Last year: Uncharted)
"THIS... IS... SPARTA!" With those words, and his brutally charismatic turn as King Leonidas in 300, the actor became an immediate star, the newest (and most muscular) action hero in Hollywood. P.S. - We already forgive P.S., I Love You.

13. Scarlett Johansson

(Last year: #5)
The comely actress had only one movie in 2007 -- the flop comedy The Nanny Diaries -- but continued to be a hit with fans, and with Woody Allen, who cast her (yet again) in the Spanish-location comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

12. Jessica Biel

(Last year: Uncharted)
This was the year Ms. Biel ascended from one-time TV star to full-time movie and tabloid presence, turning heads with both her role in I Now Prounounce You Chuck & Larry and her romance with singer Justin Timberlake.

11. Leonardo DiCaprio

(Last year: Uncharted)
Thanks to the one-two punch of The Departed (Best Picture Oscar winner) and Blood Diamond (which earned him a Best Actor nomination), and his crusading environmental work, the superstar rode the 2007 wave like a prime surfer.

10. Tom Cruise

(Last year: #8)
No couch-jumping this year, but his marriage to Katie Holmes, his filming of the controversial Valkyrie, his supporting part in Lions for Lambs, and friendships with David Beckham and Will Smith helped generate headlines aplenty.

9. Matt Damon

(Last year: Uncharted)
He co-starred in the Best Picture winner The Departed, lent his star power to Ocean's Thirteen, and continued to redefine the action genre with The Bourne Ultimatum -- and was named Sexiest Man Alive. Busy, busy!

8. Lindsay Lohan

(Last year: #7)
It was only thanks to a certain pop star that Lohan didn't receive the Train Wreck of the Year award, and while she started the year onscreen (in Georgia Rule and I Know Who Killed Me), she finished it offscreen, fresh out of rehab.

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7. Zac Efron

(Last year: #19)
Once merely a teen dream sensation, Efron zoomed into the stratosphere with the bigger-than-big TV movie High School Musical 2 and a winning turn on the big screen in Hairspray -- not to mention all that Disney merchandise!

6. Jessica Alba

(Last year: #3)
After a two-year break, the lovely starlet returned to the big screen in both Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck, and announced her pregnancy and engagement at the end of 2007.

5. Angelina Jolie

(Last year: #2)
When she wasn't turning heads offscreen with her personal life and philanthropical work, the paparazzi's favorite actress was magnetic onscreen in the drama A Mighty Heart and the 3-D action flick Beowulf.

4. Christian Bale

(Last year: #13)
Though The Dark Knight doesn't premiere until July 2008, the build-up started early -- and fortunately for Bale fans, they could catch his solid performances in Rescue Dawn, I'm Not There and 3:10 to Yuma.

3. Hayden Panettiere

(Last year: Uncharted)
Save the cheerleader, save the world, save NBC... IMDb users were enamored with the new TV hit "Heroes", and especially the beautiful, indestructible young heroine who lit up the small screen as well as every red carpet she sailed down.

2. Brad Pitt

(Last year: #4)
Hollywood's dreamiest dad continued to make headlines with partner Angelina Jolie, rejoined the gang in Ocean's Thirteen, and went low-key and indie for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.

1. Johnny Depp

(Last year: #1)
Yes, Mr. Depp is now the IMDb's favorite for four years in a row, thanks to two wildly disparate roles in 2007. In Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, he continued to charm as the rascally Captain Jack Sparrow, bringing the highly lucrative PiratesTim Burton's musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which could earn him a third Academy Award nomination. What's up next? An announced role as John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies. trilogy to a rousing close (we think). But he chilled the blood as the title character in Michael Mann's Public Enemies.

Vanessa Hudgens: No more nude photos!

2008-01-04T10:38:00.000+05:30

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens says that her risqué photos, including a full frontal nude, leaked out because she trusted the wrong person not because she was trying to gain attention.

"Nobody was supposed to see it. It's unfortunate that everybody did," the nineteen-year-old told Seventeen magazine for its February issue.

"It shows that you can't trust everyone . . . I'm much better now. But truthfully, I don't like talking about it," she adds.

Hudgens has learnt her lesson and even is she clicks more nude photos of herself you are unlikely to see them.

"With the Internet these days, you don't have a personal life. Nothing is private: Everyone knows everything, and they can find out everything about you. You're not as safe as you think you are, and you have to be aware of the people you're around," she says.

Hudgens became globally famous when risqué photos that she clicked using her own digital camera, before embarking on her career, leaked out over the internet in September last year.

Following the incident, Hudgens asked for forgiveness from her fans, and said that the situation has left her embarrassed.

The scandal did not adversely affect her job with Disney Channel and her relationship with boyfriend and costar Zac Efron.

Hudgen's mother too remained unfazed by the incident. Hudgens recalls how she reacted when Hudgens broke the news to her.

"Well, everyone can be naked if they want to," her mother said.

Tom Cruise could end up broke!

2008-01-03T20:08:00.000+05:30

Tom Cruise is in danger of going broke if he does not control his wild spending, it has been claimed.

The Top Gun star - whose estimated fortune is $250 million -enjoys splashing his cash so much sources close to the actor fear he could squander it all.

A source said: "Tom is really into money. He has no problem spending it. It makes him feel powerful. He loves to brag about his Porsches, his homes, his planes and his motorcycles.

"When Tom takes Katie out, he has his security people hand $100 bills to anyone who helps them, even someone who opens a door! He's a big giver."

The 45-year-old actor and wife Katie Holmes have a 20-month-old daughter Suri together, and Tom also has two adopted children, Connor, 12, and 14-year-old Isabella with his ex-wife Nicole Kidman, who stand to inherit his fortune.

As well as funding his lavish lifestyle of expensive meals and shopping sprees for Katie and Suri, Tom also spends a vast amount of money running his four private planes.

Last year, he spent a staggering $1 million on fuel alone.

Britney Spears and Paris Hilton in strip club war?

2008-01-02T20:16:00.000+05:30

It seems that Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are welcoming 2008 with a bitter bitch fight - the two are planning to launch their own chains of Las Vegas strip clubs.

Britney, who is annoyed with the hotel heiress for flirting with her ex-husband Kevin Federline, has been in secret talks about a 40million pounds project to open her chain of strip clubs across Sin City.

However, after learning about the pop star's plans, Paris has decided to beat Spears to the punch by opening her chain of strip clubs in Las Vegas.

"Britney was excited about this project for months and is really pissed with Paris that things have come to this. And that's even before she heard Paris has been partying with Kevin," the Daily Star quoted a source, as saying.

"Britney has always thought of stripping as a bit like art - as a skill. So when some Vegas-based developers approached her about investing money into three exclusive strip joints, which she wants to call Toxic Heaven, she jumped at the chance.

"But then Paris heard about the plans through her younger sister Nicky, who is a hotelier, and jumped on the bandwagon.

"She wanting to open her own strip joints, calling them Shagadillic. Paris is now in talks with business developers about the idea and wants to involve Nicky to keep it within the family. She thinks they can trounce Britney," the source added.

Jessica's words of wisdom for girls in love

2007-12-31T14:26:00.000+05:30

Pregnant actress Jessica Alba has some words of wisdom for young girls who are in a relationship.

In a recent interview for CosmoGIRL magazine, which also features the actress on the cover page, Alba said that young girls should wait for at least a year before succumbing to their partners’ wishes.

"Most guys, especially when they're younger, really are only after one thing. To all the girls out there, I don't want to say, 'Don't give your heart to somebody like that,' But wait at least a good year,” People quoted her, as telling the mag.

“You can be in a relationship and do some things, have fun, get to know each other – but don't give them everything,” she added.

Addressing the issue more seriously, the 26-year-old actress cited her own example, saying that she also committed the same mistake as a youngster.

"That was something I did at a young age, fell in love and gave him my everything, and I was left with nothing,” she said.

“It took me a long time to put myself back together, and I wish someone would have told me back them to hang on to some of myself,” she added.

Alba recently confirmed reports of her engagement to long-time beau Cash Warren.

New Year Greetings

2007-12-30T15:17:00.000+05:30

2007-12-29T22:07:00.000+05:30

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and sister Monica can be seen getting a little naughty in their brother Eduardo’s latest music video, Cosas Que Contar.

In the video, the sisters, who play sexy translators, are dubbing a lesbian scene from a film.

And as they watch the saucy footage, it turns them on for some similar naughty behavior, reports The Sun.

According to reports, the scene shows Penelope in various states of undress as she is kissing Monica.

Eduardo wanted his sisters' help to launch his pop career by getting the track publicized around the world.

Eduardo is obviously grateful for the promotion for the record which will come from such scenes featuring his sisters, and has commented that it was a dream come true seeing the two girls dancing together.

Penélope has commented that the song means a lot to her and that the melody is very special as it reminds her always of the day that the song was composed in Madrid.

Paris not to benefit from the Hilton fortune

2007-12-28T15:04:00.000+05:30

The ‘heiress’ tag that comes with Paris Hilton may soon lose its weight, with the socialite’s grandfather having decided to give 97 per cent of his multibillion dollar fortune to charity.

Barron Hilton, whose net worth is currently estimated at 2.3 billion dollars, is reported to be unhappy with Paris’ lifestyle, and has announced that he would donate most of his wealth to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, named after his father who founded the Hilton hotel chain in 1919.

The foundation said that its chairman would place 1.2 billion dollars from the sale of Hilton Hotels Corporation and the pending sale of Harrah's Entertainment into a charitable trust to benefit the organization.

However, the decision is unlikely to hurt Paris financially, because of her own business ventures that are said to be very profitable.

“She is a celebrity in her own right,” Times Online quoted Matthew Miller, an editor of Forbes magazine’s “rich list”, as saying. Forbes estimates the former jailbird earned 7 million dollars last year from The Simple Life TV show, her perfume line, mobile phone games and appearances.

Hole in the Wall for Smokers

2007-12-27T17:43:00.000+05:30

A German bar owner has got round a smoking ban by cutting holes in the wall so customers can stick their heads out to have a cigarette.

Michael Windisch, owner of the Maltermeister Turm bar and restaurant in Goslar, Lower Saxony, cut three holes next to tables in his restaurant after local authorities introduced the ban on smoking in all eating places.

Customers who want to smoke can stick their heads through the large holes and their hands through the other two so they can have a cigarette. A curtain has been mounted to keep out the cold.

Mr Windisch said that using the "smoking point," customers could put their heads through a large hole and their hands through two smaller side-holes, then legally enjoy a cigarette without having to go outside.

Windisch said, "Now my customers can legally enjoy a cigarette without having to leave the comfort of the restaurant."

Local media have claimed the idea is likely to catch on in other parts of the country where blanket bans in smoking in restaurants are to be introduced from the New Year.

Britneys' Behaviour could end in Suicide

2007-12-26T21:29:00.000+05:30

Troubled singer Britney Spears' illusive behavior could lead her to commit suicide, a Beverly Hills analyst and addiction expert has warned.

Marty Brenner said that the 26-year-old star is living in a "bubble of illusion" which "could end in suicide" if she doesn't get help.

"She's losing it now, and she's going to eventually lose it altogether if she doesn't get the help she needs," the New York Post quoted Brenner, as saying.

Though Brenner has not treated Spears, he thinks that the singer's wacky weekend in Los Angeles, where she made numerous gas station bathroom stops and hooked up with a member of the paparazzi, was an extension of her psychological problem.

"She's exhibiting bipolar signs and she's clearly fighting depression," claimed Brenner.

The troubled mother of two had her antics showcased on TV when she went on a busy road to snap a photo of a mural and got miffed when photographers refused to move out of her way.

Brenner insisted that this might be Britney's latest ploy for gaining attention after her 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn's announced her pregnancy.

"Britney now needs to cry out for even more attention. She's really going for it . . . no one stops to pee that many times. She has a major problem," he said.

Brenner theorized that Spears picked a photographer to fool around with because for her "it's a power trip."

"She thinks this guy's going to fix her. We've seen her do this before," he added.

Brenner also said that the reason behind Britney's bizarre behavior is that she is not happy with what all is happening around her.

"She appears to be crazy. She is disconnected from life. Look how she changes outfits all day . . . she's saying, 'I don't like who I am right now, maybe I can change it,'" he said.

"Britney also doesn't listen to anybody. Her mom is out of the picture, her kids are gone and everyone surrounding her is enabling her world of illusion," he added.

Gallery: Spicy Curves, Sexy Looks and Buxom Babes

2007-12-26T12:28:00.000+05:30

Angelina Jolie loves filming sex scenes

2007-12-25T13:10:00.000+05:30

Angelina Jolie admits that one of her favorite parts of being an actress is filming sex scenes. The 32-year-old mother of four says during sex scenes you can “just enjoy each other” with not strings attached.

“A physical thing is, for some people, like me, very easy. You find something about that person that you love and you enjoy, that you truly embrace and have fun with, and you just enjoy each other,” said Jolie.

“You’re two adults and you enjoy each other and you know that doesn’t mean anything – whatever it was is left there.”

Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt filmed a sex scene in ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ and soon after began a relationship and a family. The couple now have a biological daughter and three adopted children.

Earlier this year, Angelina shared a sex scene with Brad's good friend Matt Damon when she played his wife in 'The Good Shepherd'.

Jolie still insisted the scene wasn’t awkward saying, “In reality both people we’re involved with couldn’t have cared less about that because they know us. It’s one of those things where it’s like the least threatening person. You know, ‘Good luck to you guys, I hope it’s not too awkward.”

“The difference between kissing Matt and kissing Brad is simple,” added Jolie. “One’s a friend and the other is my lover.”

Matt said at the time, "Doing a love scene with the girlfriend of a good friend is weird. We all know each other."

Merry Christmas

2007-12-25T08:04:00.000+05:30

Lindsay's lover reveals her sex addiction

2007-12-24T17:11:00.000+05:30

Lindsay Lohan might have washed her hands off drug addiction, but now the troubled star’s rehab lover has revealed that she has traded the habit for a manic compulsion for sex.

The snowboard daredevil Riley Giles said that the Mean Girls star craved marathon nights of lust as she broke off her bond with drink and cocaine.

"Lindsay's definitely a nymphomaniac. She's wild in bed. We'd have sex a couple of times in the day and then go to it through the night,” News of the World quoted him, as saying.

"We once did it four times in a row straight. That was crazy. Lindsay was insatiable. She'd demand sex again and again. We'd go at it for hours. She'd have worn out most guys,” he added.

The 24-year-old Giles met Lohan while they were both having treatment for hard drug addiction at the Cirque Lodge centre in Utah.

Take off your clothes: Magazines to Jessica

2007-12-23T09:04:00.000+05:30

Pregnant Jessica Alba has been offered three separate magazine deals to pose nude.

The stunning Fantastic Four star, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Cash Warren, has reportedly been approached about stripping off to recreate a shoot in the style of Demi Moore and Britney Spears.

A source close to the actress said: "Jessica keeps getting phone calls from magazines who want her to pose naked when she is about seven months into her pregnancy. They know it will make their magazines sell."

However, Jessica, 26, isn't said to not be particularly keen on the idea, having seen the controversy that both Demi and Britney caused by stripping off while with child.

The source continued: "She had three offers on the first day, but she doesn't intend to take any of them up. She thinks her pregnancy should be a personal and private thing."

Jennifer offered a 'Hugh' fee to pose for Playboy

2007-12-21T17:56:00.000+05:30

Jennifer Love Hewitt has been offered a huge fee to pose for Playboy magazine.

The I Know What You Did Last Summer star - who was branded fat after photographs of her in a bikini in Hawaii were published last month - has been offered a substantial amount by Playboy boss Hugh Hefner to show off her curves by posing naked.

A representative for Jennifer revealed the actress has refused, saying: "She was flattered but has turned down the offer."

A source added to In Touch Weekly magazine: "She is pretty conservative, but is very proud of her body and did not deserve to be called fat."

The 28-year-old actress - who is the spokesperson for Hanes' lingerie - hit back at the cruel comments made about her size 2 (UK size 6) figure.

She fumed: "Size two is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size zero doesn't make you beautiful.

"I know what I look like and so do my friends and family. And like all women out there should, I love my body.

"I've sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women's bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I'm not upset for me but for all of the girls out there that are struggling with their body image.

"To all the girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini - put it on and stay strong."

Lindsay Lohan fuels lesbian rumors

2007-12-20T12:50:00.000+05:30

Lindsay Lohan has fueled lesbian rumors after holding hands with new best friend Courtenay Semel.

The Mean Girls star and her pal, the daughter of Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel, have become inseparable recently and last week attended a housewarming party at the Los Angeles home of "Power Lesbian" Jeanette Longoria together.

A fellow partygoer told the New York Post newspaper: "Lindsay came with Courtenay to the party around midnight and they stayed for an hour.

"The girls held hands and were with each other the whole time. Every time I see Lindsay, there's Courtenay. They are always together."

While at the party, Lindsay, 21, and Courtenay, 28, referred to themselves as "roommates" and told guests they had been living together in Los Angeles for about a month. They left the party together and were seen shopping in Beverly Hills the next day.

A representative for Lindsay: "The two are good friends, nothing more."

Lindsay - who split from snowboarder Riley Giles, who she met in rehab this summer - has previously been linked to her DJ friend Samantha Ronson, the sister of producer Mark Ronson.

The troubled actress - who was treated at Utah's Cirque Lodge for drug and alcohol addiction after being charged with DUI (driving under the influence) - was said to be nervous at Jeanette Longoria's party, where other guests included Diana Ross' son Evan Ross and Brandon Davis.

The party insider said: "Lindsay seemed really nervous. It was the first time she's seen a lot of people from her past life and she seemed socially awkward - like she was sticking by Courtenay for support."

Semel infuriated her billionaire father by agreeing to star in E! reality show Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive alongside Fabian Basabe, Brittny Gastineau and Katy Benetar. The show, produced by Joe Simpson, featured a group of spoiled, rich kids trying to rough it on a Colorado ranch.

Britney Spears' Kid Sister Pregnant

2007-12-20T01:57:00.000+05:30

Britney Spears is going to be an aunt.

Britney Spears' sixteen year old sister Jamie Lynn Spears, a high school junior not known to be in a serious relationship, is pregnant.

Jamie, 16, and her mum, Lynne, confirmed the pregnancy to America's OK! magazine. She's apparently 12 weeks along, and the father of the baby is her long-term boyfriend, Casey Alridge.

Jamie told OK!: "It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected. I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

She waited two weeks before telling her parents and told the magazine: "I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision. Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me."

Mum Lynne told OK!: "I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious. She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."

Casey's mum, Joyce, told TMZ she was aware of the interview and pregnancy, and that "we are in agreement with everything that was said by Jamie Lynn".

When asked whether she was in a relationship, Jamie recently told the Associated Press:

"I kind of just keep my options open. I have a bunch of friends that I always hang out with, a bunch of guy friends."

Jamie stars as a schoolgirl in the comedy television show Zoey 101 produced by American cable television network Nickelodeon.

A statement issued by Nickelodeon states:

"We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being."

Hugh Grant has a crush on the Queen

2007-12-18T20:20:00.000+05:30

Hollywood actor Hugh Grant is a secret admirer of none other than the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II.

And, the news comes straight from his ex-girlfriend Jemima Khan.

According to Jemima, the Notting Hill star would often dream about the 80-year-old royal leading to a "stalkerish obsession", reports Contactmusic.

Jemima also revealed that the 47-year-old star would not leave any chance to meet the Queen.

"He'd dream about her regularly and would accept the most unlikely invitations just for a chance to see her,” she said.

Hugh’s ex-flame also narrated one of the meetings between the British actor and the monarch.

"She asked him politely what brought him to a reception for the Italian president, for example, and he claimed to have a passion for Italy,” said Jemima.

To which Jemima said: "I put her straight, 'He came to gawp at you again, Ma'am'. She nodded wearily."

Hugh and Jemima split amicably this year in February.

Holmes teases Cruise with mini skirts

2007-12-17T15:22:00.000+05:30

Katie Holmes has revealed just how she keeps her sex life with hubby Tom Cruise interesting – mini skirts.

The Batman Begins star revealed that nothing works better to light the sparks in the couple’s love life than the suit and a mini every now and then.

"Tom likes me in a suit and a mini every now and then. I like it when he likes it. It makes me blush," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.

"He'll say, 'You look good. I hope security's going with you.' Now that gives me attitude."

However, while miniskirts turn on her hubby, Holmes also revealed what it was about her spouse that did the same for her. The answer - his new hobby flying planes.

"He knows what he's doing. When he decides to do something, he does it. It's great. It's hot," she said.

The couple celebrated their first anniversary in November this year. They wed in a Scientology ceremony in Italy in 2006.

Mischa Barton ready to strip naked on screen

2007-12-16T11:35:00.000+05:30

The St. Trinian's star has no problem baring all if the role requires it, but claims she just hadn't the opportunity yet.

Mischa, 21, said: "I don't mind nudity. I just don't do it that often. It depends on the film and if I trust the director and if the context is emotional or just sexual."

The actress is rumored to have been offered the starring role in the new Supergirl movie, and admits she would love to play the sexy heroine.

She said: "It would be pretty awesome. But everybody in Hollywood goes up for those films. I haven't been offered anything."

The former star of The O.C. has also spoken about her last appearance as rebellious teenager Marissa Cooper in the hit US TV show.

Mischa admits she loved filming Marissa's car crash death scene and kept demanding it be made gorier.

She added to Maxim magazine: "You have no idea how much fun I had doing that scene. I was on the set, yelling, 'More blood! More blood!' She needed to go out with a bang."

I Am Legend Movie Review

2007-12-14T17:14:00.000+05:30

I Am Legend is believable

Will Smith is back at the multiplexes and he's battling an army of man-made vampires. Sounds like fun? Lets find out.

The film opens in New York in the near future. But it is nothing like tourists and residents know it. Hollywood's favourite city for wreaking havoc upon wears a deserted and overgrown look. Wild animals roam the streets (possibly escapees from the zoos that were abandoned when everybody died or moved away). A deathly calm hangs over what was once one of the liveliest cities in the world. Vehicles lie abandoned. Stores, office parks and even aircraft carriers are deserted.

It all began when a scientist (Emma Thompson) discovered a cure for cancer. Three years later, the mutating virus that was supposed to be the miracle cure decimated the world's population, leaving scientist Robert Neville (Will Smith) as the sole survivor in New York City.

He hunts, he works out, he swats golf balls off the wing of a grounded Air Force plane, he broadcasts a message of hope for any other survivors that might be accessing AM frequencies, he cooks meals and he plays with his dog, Sam. When his wristwatch alarm clock alerts him to the arrival of nightfall, he goes home, locks and bolts all the doors and windows and waits out the night during which a class of infected humans prowl the city.

Before too long, Neville is engaging with these beasts. Once to save his dog and another time to avenge her. Along the way, as the sole person immune to every form of the virus, he attempts to find a cure for the man-made strain that has transformed the majority of all the people it didn't kill into rabid creatures of the night.

This film is a remix of a lot of tales and cinematic tropes already familiar to the viewers of blockbuster cinema. Part 28 Days Later, part Cast Away, part post-apocalyptic saga and part monster flick, Legend also reuses the present-intercut-with-flashback storytelling technique so effectively employed by cult television show, Lost.

Neville's solitude is admirably depicted through sedately paced sequences that may disgruntle quite a few Will Smith fans who expect things to go boom with increasing frequency. Make no mistake, things blow up. But this version of Will Smith is not the hyper-energetic go-getter who has little else to do other than kick some ass and take some names. This guy is worn out and losing his grip on reality. He perseveres (in his search for survivors and a cure) and yet he is very close to giving up. He is a mature hero, completely at odds with the character of Mike Larry that made him a silver screen star to be reckoned with in Bad Boys. It is a solid performance by Will Smith, whose age is beginning to show in the lines on his face and the white in his hair.

Abandoned New York is dramatically depicted and it is quite chilling to see what only three years of neglect could do to a megapolis like that. The moments of tension in the dark where we know that something lurks just beyond the pool of light cast by a flashlight are well done. The sudden appearance of the strong and feral creatures that fear little other than sunlight delivers a jolt of scary surprise. The film also owes its visual styling to graphic novels like DMZ and Pride Of Baghdad.

There are a few good examples of letting tension build through silences and an almost documentary illustration of one man's struggle for survival against seemingly insurmountable odds.

But Legend is not without its shortfalls. The creatures of the night, sometimes called The Infected and otherwise known as Dark Seekers, look like an army of Gollums or a slightly more humanoid version of the robots from I, Robot. The cutaways to the past that led to this present don't really offer much by way of back story and seem to have been put into the film solely to break the monotony of watching one man and his dog try and live their lives without any other company. While we feel his pain, it is almost simultaneously impossible to buy Will Smith as a man who suffers to no perceivable end.

Since it all feels familiar, it also feels believable. The message of man messing with nature without fully considering the implications inherent in that messing about is a resonant one. Still, I am not sure how big a market there is for a film, even a Will Smith-starrer, set in a depressing time. Especially now, as people prepare to celebrate the end of another year.

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Exclusive Slim and Sexy Kareen Kapoor Gallery

2007-12-14T15:36:00.000+05:30

Cindy Crawford Swears Never to Pose Nude

2007-12-14T00:25:00.000+05:30

Supermodel Cindy Crawford is disappointing all her male fans by deciding to stop having nude pictures of her taken.

As for why Crawford has decided not to pose in the buff anymore, well that?s because she is worried about her two children being teased about it.

"Having children has made me consider offers differently. I probably wouldn't pose nude again because I have a six-year-old who might get teased about it," the Sun quoted her as saying.

"I take my job very seriously. Coming from a model that might sound silly.

"But at this point in my life I'll only do things that I feel really passionate about. The money I make is nice but it's not the motivating factor any more," she added.

Crawford with her model-turned-entrepreneur hubby Rande Gerber, has son Presley, eight and daughter Kaya, six.

Innovations for Everyday Life ( Must See )

2007-12-13T11:58:00.001+05:30

@~*~Innovations for Everyday Life - Must See ~*~@

Things that make life easier...

CUP & COOKIES
Smart cup in which you can put 2-3 of your favorite cookies. You don't need extra plates. It's made for right handed and left handed.

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BANANA GUARD - Protect Your Banana!
Are you fed up with bringing bananas to work or school only to find them bruised and squashed? Banana Guard allows you to safely transport and storage individual bananas letting you enjoy perfect bananas anytime, anywhere.

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LOCK-CUP
Lock Cup - Anti-Theft Coffee Cup. Are you tired of others stealing your coffee cup? Well now there's a solution. The Lock - Cup has a hole which prevents most people from using it. Only the owner of the cup can use his/hers shaped key to close the hole.

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PENGUIN TEA TIMER
Making tea, though easy to do, is also time consuming. Once you pour the hot water into the cup, you must patiently hover over it, waiting for the tea to steep. Well, the Penguin Tea Timer happily does the waiting for you.
Place your tea cup under the beak and set it to the desired time. As you turn the timer dial, the beak lowers the tea into the hot water. When time is up, a bell sounds and the penguin automatically lifts his beak, removing the tea bag from the water.

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TRANSPARENT TOASTER
You love toast, but you always burn it? Than, this invention us for you.
This transparent toaster allows you to see the bread while it is toasting so you just have to take it out when the colour is right. This idea is based on a transparent heating glass technology.

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BUTTER CUTTER
One Click Butter Cutter controls your portion as an important part of staying healthy. This ingenious butter cutter delivers one standard pat with each click of the handle.

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GIANT REMOTE
Never lose your remote again!
With giant buttons, this extra-large remote is easy to use and impossible to lose. It's a 6-in-1 remote so you can use it to control your TV, VCR, DVD player, satellite, cable and auxiliary A/V device. It even features glow-in-the-dark buttons, so you can easily find the remote in the dark.

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DAYCLOCK
What day is today? You don't know? Then you need a DayClock. It's uniquely designed to keep track of weekly events like your golf day, card night, movie night, and so much more. It's ideal for vacations and cruises when it's easy to lose track of the day.

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CRIME SCENE TOWEL
Chalk outline crime scene beach towel - be the coolest person on the beach!

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LASER SCISSORS
Laser ScissorsCutting a straight line has never been easier. Just aim the pin-point laser and follow the line. The scissor blades are stainless steel and cut very clean with a micro serrated edge.

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TOILET SEAT LIFTER
'Who left the Toilet Seat up?' The PeaceMaker will end the battle of the toilet seat. Merely step on the pedal to activate the lifting mechanism. When finished, remove your foot from the pedal and the seat gently comes to a rest where it started.

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ILUMINATING CAR SLIPPERS
Do you get up at night to drink water, go to the toilet...Do you wish you could see in the dark? Remarkably bright LED lights are triggered by your footsteps and light up the floor 30 feet in front of you; ultra-soft plush style are extra comfortable and cozy warm.

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"THE THING" - INFANT PILLOW
The Zaky is an ergonomic infant pillow designed by a mom to mimic the size, weight, touch, and feel of her hand and forearm to help her baby with comfort, support, protection, and development. The Zaky can help calm your baby and help your baby sleep better through the night.

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TRAVELER'S PHRASE BOOK T-SHIRT
If you are traveling a lot and don't always know the language of the country you are visiting, then this T-shirt is for you. It has a phrase book printed on it so just point a finger at the pictogram you need and then point it twice at the question mark, which means, "Where is it?" and in no time you have found what you were looking for. or not.

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MODERN LADDER

Realy cool modern ladder.

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LATEST DESIGN WAITER/WAITRESS TRAYS
Anatomic tray, for waiters. No more dropping trays. We just don't know is it comfortable.

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WHEEL-MOVING BENCH
Whether you want to sit on the sun or in the shade, near the river or under the tree... now you have your movable bench, to sit wherever you like.

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Jessica Simpson ready to strip naked

2007-12-13T10:09:00.000+05:30

The blonde beauty wants to be taken seriously as an actress and believes baring all is the best way to earn the respect of Tinseltown, even if it goes against her family's wishes.

A source said: "Jessica is in the running for a role that, if she gets it, will put her right on the map in terms of acting.

"The only hitch is that the script requires a number of quite graphic scenes including a full-frontal nude scene. Jessica is so desperate to land the role and get the industry's respect that she's ready to go against her better judgement, and her family, by agreeing to bare all."

Earlier this year, Jessica's father Joe Simpson forced her to turn down a potentially Oscar-winning role as a porn star - insisting she keep her clothes on.

He said: "The last script that came to us was for Jessica to be a porn star. We were promised we would win an Oscar with that. I told them, 'I think we'll just buy a statue of a little man and keep our clothes on.' "

Jessica's movie career has stalled of late, with her most recent film Blonde Ambition failing to gain a cinema release and being branded a "disaster".

Cool Cover Girls (ooo Lalalla)

2007-12-12T01:25:00.000+05:30

Recently, Bipasha, Priyanka, Preity & Deepika Padukone made it to the cover of Vogue magazine. Also Kangana Ranaut suddenly caught a lot of attention when her picture appeared on the cover of a film magazine in a transparent body suit.
Our Indian actresses, we learn, make for impressive Cover Girls. So we list the actresses who make it to the Top Cover Girls list.
Their physical beauty matched with their intelligence and success degrees make them 'Most Wanted'!

Kangana Ranaut
What makes her a Cover Girl?
Kangana Ranaut is the new happening girl in Bollywood. She has managed to capture the attention of audiences with her unconventional looks and striking performance in Gangster.
The actress, known for her reclusiveness and who-cares attitude, has recently posed for a magazine where she dressed in a body suit that gives the impression of nudity.
From the start of her Bollywood career, Kangana has shown no discomfort in wearing revealing clothes, always selling point for Cover Girls !.

Aishwarya Rai
What makes her a Cover Girl?
Aishwarya has not only launched a thousand products but has also helped sell many mags! The damsel is known to be the most beautiful girl in the world. With a face worth a million bucks, and an equally beautiful body, Ash is one stylish Cover Girl.
And the most popular within our Bollywood circle. With a penchant for style, and well-spoken demeanor, she's more than just a visual treat.

Malaika Arora Khan
What makes her a Cover Girl?
She may not be a full-fledged actress, but model-actress Mallaika Arora Khan has a certain sex appeal that remains unparalleled.
In spite of being a mom, the sensuous damsel makes it to the covers of mags more often than not and is more popular and preferred by the males than most other actresses.
With a perfect ten bod, she is one helluva Cover Girl!

Kareena Kapoor
What makes her a Cover Girl?
Actress Kareena Kapoor shoots straight from the lip. And besides her gutsy nature, and tremendous ability of calling a spade a spade, Bebo enjoys one of the freshest and most beautiful faces that oozes tremendous amounts of sex appeal.
She may not have the perfect figure, but the way she carries herself is almost perfect and makes for a close to perfect Cover Girl.

Deepika Padukone
What makes her a Cover Girl?
Her first film has just hit the screens, but supermodel Deepika Padukone's face has hit the cover of a couple of magazines already. Hailing as a combination of the beautiful Aishwarya Rai and the sexy Priyanka Chopra, Deepika is one to watch out !
She has an attractive face and a perfect 10 body, which makes her a visual treat. And with a launch pad in the form of Om Shanti Om, success doesn't seem too far away either for this new Cover Girl.

Preity Zinta
What makes her a Cover Girl?
She is the most vivacious girl around, the girl with the best dimples and an extremely innocent face. It's often you'll see her stare at you from magazine covers constantly opining and sharing her intelligent point of view.
Not known so much for her body as her peaceful demeanour, Preity is a symbol of calm.
And makes for a pleasant and classy Cover Girl.

Bipasha Basu
What makes her a Cover Girl?
She has the spunk and the oomph! And several success stories tucked under her belt. Bipasha Basu is another who is applauded for her honesty and at the same time makes a pretty picture atop magazine covers.
Known for stable relationships, Bips has proved that she is serious when it comes to her men, and though having fun is what she enjoys, sensibilities is not what she is fond of having fun with.
Quite sporty in nature, that athletic and great figure has everyone saying Ooh la la!

Priyanka Chopra
What makes her a Cover Girl?
The girl's performance curve along with her poise and composed stature puts her in an enviable position. Actress Priyanka Chopra has met with much success, and yet remains a down-to-Earth, approachable actress, with no high qualms and claims.
A good looker coupled by a sexy body, and her much humane quality, makes her more than just an attractive Cover Girl.

Sushmita Sen
What makes her a Cover Girl?
She always had the oomph and sex appeal. Not only in the way she looked and carried herself but also when she spoke. The 'seductress' is an epitome of confidence and a great personality and makes for one great Cover Girl.
She isn't as successful an actress as she is a human being.
Quite the perfect lady any man would like to court, Sush remains real and makes for a complete Cover Girl.

Posh`s shrunken boobs explained

2007-12-12T01:05:00.000+05:30

Victoria Beckham reportedly had her breast implants removed to stop her boobs falling out on the Spice Girls tour.

Victoria, also known as Posh, was worried her ample bosom may pop out of her tight Roberto Cavalli outfits while performing the band's dance routines and decided to have her implants taken out to avoid any embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions.

A source is quoted as saying: "There is speculation she had her implants taken out for the tour so she can fit into the costumes without the risk of them falling out during some of the more energetic routines."

Victoria, 33, previously denied having a boob job until court papers were released in 2005 proving she had undergone surgery.

Last week, Victoria - who is the only member of the group not to perform a solo track on the reunion tour - defended her vocal talents.

She said: "I'm no Mariah Carey, but I can sing.

"It became very obvious from the start that I was never going to be the best singer or the best dancer or the best actress. I was never a 'natural.' You know, I've never been that good at anything, to be completely honest."

The girls continue their tour in Las Vegas tonight (10 Dec 2007) before starting a 17-date stint at London's O2 arena on December 15.

John unveiled Kingfisher Swimsuit Special 2008 Album

2007-12-11T15:47:00.000+05:30

I might have more than 9,000 kids: Nicholson

2007-12-11T09:50:00.000+05:30

Oscar winning actor Jack Nicholson says he lived "so freely" that he could be the father of more than 9,000 children.

He says: "There could be 9,000 for all I know - I used to live so freely."

The 70-year-old has been involved with several famous actresses, including Angelica Houston, and admits he has been calming down with age. He has four acknowledged children with three different women, the sun.co.uk reports.

He added: "You can't get too wild these days but I'm as wild as you can get."

A source said, "He loves women - it's as simple as that."

Nicholson also admits that he often cries in the presence of his children with Rebecca Broussard.

He said: "Ray's the youngest player on his varsity team, and he's bigger than me! I cried watching my son's first touchdown. I got tears in my eyes from laughing with joy.

"I look at Ray and Lorraine now, and I see grace. They both have it. I don't think it came from me. But they're relaxed within their own grace. I'm rich in knowing that."

Spicy Stills 12-10-2007 Album

2007-12-10T09:39:00.000+05:30

Keira Knightley`s Good Sex scene in Atonement

2007-12-08T21:56:00.000+05:30

British actress Keira Knightley has given the sex scene in her latest flick Atonement a first grade rating.

The 22-year-old star steamed up the scene with co-star James McAvoy in the film.

"It was the sex scene, which I have to say I think is a really good sex scene," New York Daily News quoted her, as saying.

"But it was such a specific thing and it had to be so erotic that we did just say to Joe, 'Come on, talk us through it,'" she said.

Earlier, Knightley's partner in the film McAvoy had said that he hated the sex scenes between himself and Keira Knightley in the film- because he found them "sweaty and uncomfortable."

The 28-year-old actor, best known for his role in British television show Shameless, admitted that he dreaded shooting for the sex scenes with Knightley.

"Sex scenes are always a nightmare. It's never easy and it's always a little bit sweaty and uncomfortable."

"When they call action, if you feel the lady's breast, it's your decision to feel the lady's breast. It's like, this is wrong. You have no parameters," he added.

Keira, according to the actor, was also just as embarrassed, but the pair apologized to each other afterwards.

"We carried on and about 10 seconds later we just said very sheepishly, 'Sorry about that,'" he said.

Atonement was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on September 7, 2007 and in North America on 7 December 2007.

Indian American student sues New York police

2007-12-08T21:02:00.000+05:30

New York(IANS) A civil liberties group has sued the New York Police Department (NYPD) on behalf of an Indian student who was detained in July while photographing a subway station here.

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) filed the suit Thursday in the district court of Manhattan, alleging that police officers unlawfully handcuffed Arun Wiita, 26, a Columbia University graduate student.

Wiita was spotted using a digital camera near 207th Street and Tenth Avenue in Manhattan.

A resident of New Jersey, Wiita is seeking compensatory damages and reimbursement of legal fees.

"I was surprised and upset that I could be handcuffed on the street for taking a photograph," Wiita said. "What was really disheartening was that I knew this has probably happened before and that it could happen again to anyone."

"Wiita's arrest came within hours of his having embarked on a carefully planned 10-day project to photograph all 468 subway stations in New York," the lawsuit read.

"Though he was subsequently released without formal charges, Wiita was humiliated and confused by the arrest, and he believes that he was targeted in part because of his South Asian or Middle Eastern appearance," the lawsuit added. Wiita's mother is from India. He was born in the US.

Earlier this year, the police settled a suit brought by NYCLU on behalf of an award-winning documentary maker Rakesh Sharma, who was detained for filming with a handheld camera on a Manhattan street.

As a result, the mayor's office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting twice revamped its rules regarding the use of cameras on streets, parks or public property, tailoring them to apply only to potentially disruptive movie and television productions.

Police sources said officers question people photographing the city's rail infrastructure on "rare occasions", citing instances in which law enforcement officials have identified Iranian intelligence agents and suspected Pakistani terrorists taking photographs of the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges.

Aishwarya at Longiness Event Album

2007-12-08T20:50:00.000+05:30

Miss China Wins Miss World 2007

2007-12-04T13:59:00.000+05:30

Miss China Zi Lin Zhang was crowned Miss World 2007 at a glittering event at the Chinese tourist resort of Sanya Saturday, beating 106 participants. India's Sarah-Jane Dias failed to make it to the semi-finals.

Miss Angola Micaela Reis, 18, was the first runner up while 19-year-old Carolina Mor n from Mexico was the second runner up at the gala Saturday night held in the Crown of Beauty Theater at Sanya in Hainan province.

Zhang was crowned by last year's Miss World, Tatana Kucharova, from the Czech Republic, after Julia Morley, chairperson of the Miss World Organisation and of the international panel of judges, announced her name as the winner.

Valene Maharaj of Trinidad and Tobago and Annie Oliv of Sweden were the other two in the last five at the pageant, the second largest edition after Miss World 2003.

The delegates reached Sanya on November 2 and visited a number of popular spots in China.

In the fast track awards, Zhang was the Miss World Top Model, Miss Dominican Republic Ada Aim e de la Cruz the Miss World Beach Beauty, Miss United States Abigail McCary the Miss World Sports and Miss Ghana Irene Dwomoh the Miss World Talent.

The Beauty With A Purpose title was won jointly by Miss Ecuador Valeska Saab and Miss Hong Kong Kayi Cheung.

Unlike 2005 and 2006 editions, this year's event did not have continental zones in the selection of the semi-finalists.

The event, hosted by Chinese TV presenter Angela Chow and Latin American celebrity Fernando Allende, also witnessed some high voltage and touching dance performances.

One of the highlights was Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, introducing his grandfather's televised message on World Aids Day. It was followed by children from South Africa and a local school and all the contestants joining in singing the World Aids Day song.

Neha Sharma Album

2007-12-03T16:02:00.000+05:30

Bipasha Basu Album

2007-12-03T15:55:00.000+05:30

Yana Gupta in MAXIM Album

2007-12-03T15:51:00.000+05:30

Spicy Stills 12-03-2007 Album

2007-12-03T15:47:00.000+05:30

Miss China is Miss World 2007 Album

2007-12-02T12:29:00.000+05:30

Sarah is one of the unsexiest women alive

2007-10-26T18:37:00.000+05:30

Britney Spears' frequent show of skin and more notwithstanding men find her one of the Unsexiest Woman Alive. Topping the list of celebrities who don't turn on men is 'Sex and the City' actress Sarah Jessica Parker.

The 'Sex and the City' actress, who is most famous for her role as sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw in the hit US TV show, was given the dubious honor in the online poll by men's website maxim.com.

In a scathing attack on the 42-year-old actress, Maxim.com writers - who compiled the poll - likened Sarah Jessica to famous US racehorses Barbaro and Secretariat and insisted they would rather get up close and personal with her 'Sex and the City' co-star Chris Noth.

One Maxim.com writer said: "How the hell did this Barbaro-faced broad manage to be the least sexy woman in a group of very unsexy women and still star on a show with "sex" in the title?

"Pull your skirt down, Secretariat, we would rather ride your co-star Chris Noth!"

Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse - whose beehive hair and prominent eyeliner has been copied by teenage girls worldwide - finished in second place.

Another Maxim.com writer revealed: "When we first heard this chick boast about her reluctance to go to rehab we thought, now there is a girl we can party with! But upon beholding her openly hemorrhaging translucent skin, rat’s nest mane and lashes that look more like surgically attached bats, we were the ones screaming, 'Nooo, nooo, nooo!' "

'Grey's Anatomy' star Sandra Oh is in third place, while 49-year-old "menopausal" singer Madonna finished fourth and was ridiculed for her adoption of Malawi boy David Banda.

The survey said of Madonna: "Madonna traded pioneering sexuality for, like other old Jewish women, self-righteous bellyaching and rapid postnuptial deterioration.

"Combine a Paris Hilton-like pet accessorizing fetish - only for dirt-poor foreign babies - with a mug that looks Euro-sealed to her skull, and you've got Willem Dafoe with hot flashes."

Britney Spears - whose behavior has spiraled out of control this year with her wild partying, drug taking, shaving her head and bizarre performance at the MTV Video Music Awards - rounded up top five.

One Maxim.com contributor claimed: "Britney has lost the ability to perform, but gained two kids, two useless ex-husbands, and about 23 pounds of pudge."

Maxim.com's Five Unsexiest Women Alive poll:

Sarah Jessica Parker
Amy Winehouse
Sandra Oh
Madonna
Britney Spears

Jennifer wants to have an affair with Daniel

2007-10-19T13:05:00.000+05:30

The former 'Friends' beauty has a crush on the James Bond actor and fantasizes that she is a government spy who gets up close and personal with special agent 007.

Jennifer said: "I'd be a spy, a very glamorous spy who plays poker and lives in Monaco. And has affairs with Daniel Craig."

Jennifer - who split from husband Brad Pitt in 2005 - is keen to move to New York to get away from the constant scrutiny she's under in Los Angeles.

The 38-year-old actress - who was recently rumored to have purchased a Manhattan apartment - said: "I can actually visualize it again, for some reason. I don't know, I'm just tired of Los Angeles. In New York, you're not just in that same car, looking at that same dashboard, driving down the same street.

"In New York, if you can get away from the paparazzi and they don't know where you are, you can actually walk, walk, walk!"

Jennifer has also decided not to worry what the public think of her.

She added to Harper's Bazaar magazine: "I used to care a hell of a lot more about what people said or thought. But that had to change when my life was under a microscope being scrutinized and my personal life was being talked about. You have to go, 'This is not acceptable in any way,' whether it's about me personally or in business, success versus failure. It's so negative. It's such bizarre negativity."

I gave Tendulkar out wrongly against England: Umpire Dar

2007-10-19T10:46:00.000+05:30

Mumbai, Oct 19 (IANS) Pakistani umpire Aleem Dar has, for the first time, admitted he gave Sachin Tendulkar out wrongly in the deciding seventh One-Day International against England in London last month.

"Immediately after I gave Tendulkar caught by wicket-keeper Matt Prior off Andrew Flintoff I realised from his reaction that I had given a wrong decision," Dar told IANS in an interview here.

Tendulkar, who scored 30 off 46 balls, was visibly stunned and he uncharacteristically stood in his crease for a few seconds, suggesting he had not snicked the ball, before returning to the dressing room.

Batting first, India were reduced to 59 for four with Tendulkar's dismissal and eventually lost the match by seven wickets at Lord's and with it the series 3-4.

Dar, who was here to officiate in the India-Australia One-Day Internationals, said that the mistake had occurred because of a brief lapse in his concentration.

"On that ball Flintoff was very close to bowling a no ball and as I was looking at his foot my concentration was disturbed," said Dar, widely considered one of the best umpires in the world.

Asked if he felt like taking his decision back to enable Tendulkar to continue batting, the 39-year-old member of the International Cricket Council's Elite Panel said that he had never recalled any player.

"Since I had never called any batsman after giving a decision I did not call him back. So, if I were to call Tendulkar I would also call the last man if given wrongly out," reasoned the man from Lahore.

"I knew that match was the decider. And I was upset after giving that decision. It was tough match (for me)," he said, referring to the 3-3 series score before that match.

Dar, however, showed his regret and tried to show his feelings to Tendulkar immediately after the match.

"After the game when players shake hands with the umpires, Tendulkar also shook my hands on the field. As he did that I said to him 'hard luck'," disclosed the affable official, who became the first Asian to officiate in 100 ODIs here Wednesday.

"Players also know that how good an umpire is. They understand that mistakes are not made deliberately and they respect good umpires."

A former first-class player himself, Dar revealed that if he is not satisfied with one of his decisions early in a match it bothers him.

"If I give an erroneous decision early in a match it plays on my mind. But I try not to let that decision affect me for the rest of the match," he said.

Dar, who also officiated the final of the 2007 ODI World Cup, was recently short-listed among the three umpires for the annual ICC's Best Umpire Award, which eventually went to Australian Simon Taufel.

He is thankful to his parents and his wife for their sacrifices to enable him to be away for long periods and concentrate on his job. His work entails him being away from home for seven-eight months a year, which forces him to miss his three young sons.

That is why Dar, who has also officiated in 39 Tests, has decided to quit umpiring at 50, 10 years before the retirement age prescribed by the ICC.

Cricket: 6 Ducks with Highest Score 7

2007-10-19T10:45:00.000+05:30

If you are wondering if this is individual player statistics.. You are mistaken.. It's the total team statistics..

WestIndies Under-19 were wrapped up for 18 in match against Barbados with 6 ducks and highest score of 7.

The second highest score is extras (6). The complete batsmen score read 1,0,0,0,0,7,2,0,2,0 and 0 not out.

Barbados player Pedro Collins produced a record spell of 7 for 11.

This created the new lowest score in domestic circuit. The previous record of lowest score was 23, set 23 years ago. (Middlesex Vs Yorkshire,1973).

Well, No prize for guessing who won the match.. Yes..

Indian cricket board is worth nearly Rs.10 bn

2007-10-17T15:58:00.000+05:30

Mumbai, Oct 17 (IANS) Irrespective of the national team's performance, the Indian cricket board is getting rich each year and its current total assets stand at a whopping Rs.9.6 billion ($245 million; 120.6 million pounds), thanks largely to its marketing policy and investments by sponsors.

In addition, the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) has made investments worth nearly Rs.7.5 billion ($190 million; 93.5 million pounds) and its 'current assets, loans and advances' stand at almost Rs.2.1 billion ($53 million; 26.2 million pounds), as per its 2006-2007 annual report, a copy of which is with IANS.

Out of its total assets of Rs.9.6 billion, the board has 'fixed assets' of Rs.71 million ($1.8 million; 891,268 pounds) at the end of the 2006-2007 fiscal year. The worth of the fixed assets has shot up from Rs.16.3 million ($416,007; 204,657 pounds) during the previous fiscal year.

BCCI's marketing committee, headed by vice president Lalit Modi, is credited with bringing in most of the money during 2006-2007. Income from grant of media rights alone stood at Rs.3.1 billion ($80 million; 39.3 million pounds).

The BCCI spent Rs.37.5 million ($956,301; 470,459 pounds) on its brand new, all-glass headquarters, 'Cricket Centre', built on the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) land inside the Wankhede Stadium, venue of the seventh India-Australia One-Day International Wednesday. This amount is an additional expenditure during the year and is in "excess of the budget", says the report.

The prominent fixed assets include 'improvements to leasehold premises' worth Rs.26.1 million ($664,299; 326,805 pounds); furniture and fixtures worth Rs.13.9 million ($354,646; 174,470 pounds); 'intellectual rights' under intangible assets worth Rs.3.9 million ($99,390; 48,896 pounds); office equipment worth Rs.8.5 million ($217,685; 107,091 pounds); air conditioners, refrigerators and water coolers worth Rs.7 million ($179,453; 88,283 pounds); 'buildings' representing the National Cricket Academy Indoor School constructed on land owned by the Karnataka State Cricket Association in Bangalore, worth Rs.3.7 million ($95,229; 46,848 pounds) and trophy replicas and cricket memorabilia worth Rs.1 million ($26,413; 12,994 pounds).

I want to leave a mark on this world: Hilton

2007-10-17T10:55:00.000+05:30

Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has supposedly grown up and is vowing to change her image by using her name and fame for good causes.

Her first stop is Rwanda where she will visit schools and health care clinics as part of a five-day charity mission. She will be accompanied by a children's charity called Playing for Good.

Dailysnack.com reports her as saying: "I'm scared, yeah. I've heard it's really dangerous. I've never been on a trip like this before.

I love having everything documented. It shows people what everyday life is like for me, how hard I work. There are a lot of misconceptions about me."

Hilton was in jail for 23 days for breaking her violation in a drunk and reckless driving case.

Commenting upon her reckless lifestyle, she said: "There are a lot of bad people in LA.

Before, my life was about having fun, going to parties - it was a fantasy. But when I had time to reflect, I felt empty inside. I want to leave a mark on the world."

II, III or IV?

2007-10-16T14:13:00.002+05:30

The part Cherokee, part Irish and part German actor has a simple enough birth name -- John Christopher Depp II.

He performed a wee bit of surgery on his name when he reached Hollywood, slicing off those undesirable Roman numerals.

By the way he almost didn't reach movieland because of a childhood obsession with music. Right till his late teens Depp was in and out of garage rock bands where he played the guitar until he landed a role in a Fox TV production.

Photograph: Johnny Depp attends the Tim Burton Golden Lion For Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony in Venice at the 64th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy. Photograph: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

A Wonderful name

2007-10-16T14:13:00.001+05:30

Stevland Hardaway Judkins (later Morris) aka singer Stevie Wonder (I just called to say I love you), who was born blind, was a child star.

He earned the moniker Little Stevie Wonder when he was signed on by Motown at the age of 12.

By 13 he was a star with a song called Fingertips and had dropped the 'lil' bit.
Photograph: Stevie Wonder performs at Century Park in Century City, California. Photograph: Michael Buckner/Getty Images

The power of a name

2007-10-16T14:12:00.002+05:30

Meet Demetria Gene Guynes...

Er, now known as Demi Moore. Actually, Demi Kutcher.

The Ghost actress's parents' names were ordinary enough -- Virginia and Charles. But her mom decided to name her after a beauty product she saw in a magazine, possibly the Demetria Clark herbal lotion line. And the name Guynes came from her stepfather whom her mom married after her birth.

When she married singer Freddy Moore, she became just plain Demi Moore.

By the way, in between she was nicknamed Gimme Moore because of the demands she made on producers while filming.

Photograph: Demi Moore poses for photographer after the screening of her film Flawless during the 55th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Photograph: Rafa Rivas/AFP/Getty Images

A town like Winona

2007-10-16T14:12:00.001+05:30

Actress Winona Ryder's birth name reflects a rather eccentric childhood.

Mom was a Buddhist and a writer (Mainline Lady: Women's Writings on the Drug Experience, Shaman Woman).

Dad Michael Horowitz sold valuable old books and was an author too.

She was named Winona after a town in Minnesota near where she was born. And Laura was her middle name in honour of English writer, and author of Brave New World, Aldous Huxley's wife with whom her mom was buddies. But Winona Laura Horowitz was considerably tamer than the names her siblings got stuck with: Yuri, Jubal, Sunyata.

And where did Ryder come from? Winona, who grew up on a television-less, electricity-less, remote Californian commune, happened to be listening to a record of music by Mitch Ryder when a director called up to ask her what she wanted her screen name to be.
Photograph: Winona Ryder arrives at the 35th AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Al Pacino held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Photograph: Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images

When Mr Zeiger met Mr Dwight

2007-10-16T14:11:00.002+05:30

Sir Elton John was 20 when he legally changed his name.

Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in Middlesex, southern England, the singer took on the name Elton because of his deep respect for saxophonist and jazz musician Elton Dean and John in deference to British blues singer Long John Baldry at the start of his musical career.

And can you spy Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in this pic? Yes, he's better known as the talk show host, Larry King.
Photograph: Sir Elton John (right) on the Larry King Show. Photograph: Rose M. Prouser/AFP/Getty Images

The name's Spidey

2007-10-16T14:11:00.001+05:30

Tobey Maguire spliced different parts of his original name -- Tobias Vincent Maguire -- to become a star.

Incidentally, Vincent Maguire was his dad's name. His parents divorced when he was very young and Maguire spent his childhood hopping between Oregon, Washington state and California.

He was all set to become a chef when his mom persuaded him to take drama classes.
Photograph: Toby Maguire poses for a photocall of Spider-Man 3 Photograph: Michael Kappeler/AFP/Getty Images

You know my name?

2007-10-16T14:10:00.002+05:30

The When Harry met Sally star was all set to become a journalist under the byline Margaret Mary Emily Hyra (her given name) but success in a few television commercials while in college, at New York University, led her to change careers and her name.

She appeared in Rich and Famous in 1981 as Meg Ryan and never looked back. For a time she was Mrs Dennis Quaid but she and the Traffic actor split up after 10 years of marriage in 2001. Her daughter's name is Daisy True; Daisy was adopted from China in 2006.
Photograph: Meg Ryan at the 2006 National Magazine Awards at Lincoln Center in New York City. Photograph: Evan Agostini/Getty Images

Unravelling Shakira's name

2007-10-16T14:10:00.001+05:30

Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll is more commonly known as just Shakira, the hip-waggling Colombian singer.

Shall we unravel that name? Well Shakira is of Spanish-Italian-Lebanese extraction.

Take a load of this: her mom's name was Nidia del Carmen Ripoll Torrado and her dad's William Mebarak Chadid. Shakira (which means thankful in Arabic) got away lightly with four slightly more easy to handle names, no?
Photograph: Shakira performs during the Live Earth concert in Hamburg in July 2007. Photograph: Roland Magunia/AFP/Getty Images

2007-10-16T14:09:00.000+05:30

My name is fame
To make it big in Hollywood/Bollywood or showbiz, it does not help to have a clunky, double/triple-barrelled or boring name like -- yawn -- Rajeev Bhatia (Akshay Kumar) or Spangler Arlington Brugh (Robert Taylor).

In the early days of Hollywood, in the 1920s, actors invariably found themselves a sexy, captivating screen name hoping it would catapault them to fame.

So Rodolpho d'Antonguolla became Rudy Valentino and American moviedom's first sex symbol.

Hispanic actress Margarita Cansino Carmen could never have been Hollywood's love goddess. But as Rita Hayworth she was.

And who can remember Issur Danielovitch Demsky? But we all loved triple-Academy-Award-nominated Kirk Douglas (Michael Douglas ke papa) in It Runs In The Family..

Actors or singers these days don't find it that important to adopt screen names or funky titles. So we have folks like Cameron Diaz (yes, that's her real name) and Halle Berry making it big on their original names, even if they are mouthfuls or a bit strange sounding.

But there are a few, intriguing exceptions:

Ever heard of Thomas Cruise Mapother IV? Yup, Tom Cruise was born with that whopper of a name. Mapother has been handed down to him courtesy his Welsh ancestry. Incidentally from his mom's side, he is related to George III of England.

By contrast his wife Katie's screen name is not very different from what she was born with -- Katherine Noelle Holmes.

But hey. why did name their child Suri? We thinks that if she follows in her parents' footsteps, she is going to need a snappy screem name like her dad.
Photograph: Tom Cruise with wife Katie Holmes and daughter Suri on the sets of the film Rubicon in Berlin in which Cruise is starring as Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, an aristocratic Nazi officer who mounted a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944 as Germany was losing World War II. Photograph: Sebastian Willnow/AFP/Getty Images

I'm not stupid like Hilton and Lohan: Reid

2007-10-16T11:34:00.000+05:30

Actress Tara Reid, infamous for her partying ways, compared herself to Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan and said she was not as stupid as them because she followed the rules.

"I think the reason I never ended up in as much trouble as Paris or Lindsay is that I'm not stupid, so I'd never do a lot of the things those girls do," pagesix.com quoted Reid as saying.

She added: "You'll never read a story about me going out and partying when I'm supposed to be working, showing up on a set drunk or missing a day, never.

But when I'm not working, why shouldn't I have fun? Am I supposed to stay at home and live in a cage? I was a party girl, but I played by the rules."

I don't miss Twenty20 cricket: Sourav Ganguly

2007-10-16T10:22:00.000+05:30

Mumbai, Oct 16 (IANS) Sourav Ganguly's explosive batting style - which he rediscovered in the Nagpur ODI against Australia - would have made him a successful batsman in Twenty20 cricket, but the former Indian captain says he doesn't miss the newest and fastest version of the game.

"I don't think I miss Twenty20 cricket. I don't know what it would have been if this kind of cricket was introduced during my younger days. But now I don't think I would have really missed it," Ganguly told IANS in an interview here.

Ganguly along with Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid - known as the 'Big 3' of Team India - made themselves unavailable for the Twenty20 World Cup. Their non-availability put wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on the hot seat of captaincy. Dhoni led a bunch of young players to victory at the inaugural world championship of the newest form of cricket in South Africa.

That win gave India some of its future stars, who rose to the occasion when it mattered the most. They beat Pakistan in a nerve biting finish at the final, and the squad is now tipped to be the future of Indian cricket.

"I think this team has all the ingredients to be the world champions. The new guys are really good and they all are talented and will do the country proud in the coming days," said Ganguly, who won the best captain in 75 years of Indian Test cricket award.

Ganguly beat some of the biggest names of Indian cricket like Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavsakar and the late C.K. Nayudu and late Vinoo Mankad for the prestigious award.

"It is a great honour to be adjudged as the best captain of 75 years of Indian Test cricket. My best success as a captain, I think, will always remain beating Pakistan in their home in 2004," said Ganguly.

India defeated Pakistan for the first time on their soil to win a Test series in March 2004. The series was also memorable because Virender Sehwag became the first Indian to score a triple century with a solid knock of 309.

Ganguly had words of praise for Dhoni and said the 26-year-old should be given more time to click.

"I am sure he will take India to new cricketing heights. The only thing he lacks is experience and he should be given more time to gain it," said Ganguly.

On his role in the Indian team as a senior player, Ganguly said: "The only thing I have to do is to keep on performing. I have to keep on scoring runs.

"Performance and not age should be the criteria for selection in the team," he said.

Wanna Cool Bath?

2007-10-15T20:18:00.000+05:30

Sachin back into top 10 ODI batsmen rankings

2007-10-15T20:00:00.000+05:30

DUBAI(ANI): Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has moved back into the top 10 of the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for One-Day International (ODI) batsmen. In the latest rankings issued on Monday, Sachin moved up three places to sit at joint 9th, alongside Chris Gayle of the West Indies.

He is the only Indian batsman in the top 10. Vice-captain Yuvraj Singh is at 15th place, while captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni occupies the 16th position.

On the debit side of the ledger, however, former captain Rahul Dravid has slipped seven places and is now lies in 22nd place. India's highest-placed bowler in the relevant table is Harbhajan Singh, down in 29th position.

Australia's Andrew Symonds is within touching distance of top spot in the ODI batsmen rankings.

The powerful right-hander, who bludgeoned a brutal 107 from just 88 balls against India in Nagpur on Sunday, has rocketed up six spots to second place and is now just eight rating points behind his captain and team-mate Ricky Ponting.

That rise is a reflection of his outstanding form during the ongoing series as he is the leading run-scorer from either side with 365 runs at an average of 91.25 and a strike-rate of 110.94 runs per hundred balls.

Symonds, who has reached a career-high tally of rating points, forms an impressive Australian 1-2-3 at the top of the batting table, behind Ponting but ahead of Matthew Hayden, the winner of the ODI Player of the Year award at the ICC Awards in September and the second highest run-getter in the current series.

Three other Australians are in the top 11 - Michael Hussey (5th), Michael Clarke (8th) and Adam Gilchrist (11th).

The news is just as good for Ponting's men in the bowling list with left-arm wrist spinner Brad Hogg breaking into the top 10 on the back of being joint leading wicket-taker (alongside team-mate Mitchell Johnson) in the India series with 11 victims.

Hogg is one of three Australia bowlers in that top 10 with Nathan Bracken (3rd) and Brett Lee (9th) also featuring.

I am not pregnant: Pamela Anderson

2007-10-15T15:19:00.000+05:30

Pamela Anderson, a newlywed of less than a week, is shooting down rumours that she is pregnant with husband Rick Salomon's child.

"Please tell everybody - categorically - I am not pregnant," Anderson told Las Vegas celebrity blogger Robin Leach.

"It's just not true. I would tell you if it was," the mother of two told Leach, who interviewed her at a party for airline magnate Richard Branson.

To underscore it, Anderson was "celebrating her marriage last weekend with bottles of expensive Cristal champagne" at the party, people.com quoted Leach as saying.

Eva Longoria not allowed to conceive

2007-10-13T17:13:00.000+05:30

Eva Longoria, the star of "Desperate Housewives", has been banned from having children by the show's bosses.

Longoria recently married basketball star Tony Parker but will have to wait at least a year before they can think of having children, reports mirror.co.uk.

The show's creator Marc Cherry doesn't want to go through the same complications as when Longoria's co-star Marcia Cross got pregnant.

Longoria said: "Marc's not kidding because he maps the year out and really knows the storyline. When Marcia became pregnant it was unexpected and it was hard for him to write around.

Tony and I are excited about starting a family, but because Marc has forbidden me to get pregnant this year we're going to spend time as a married couple and build a solid foundation together before we bring our child into the world."

Kelly Brook Turns Sex Guru

2007-10-12T16:30:00.000+05:30

Women wishing to spice up their love lives may now find a sex guru in model/actress Kelly Brook, as she has some potent bedroom tips.

She says that one should not rush to turn off the lights when it comes to seducing a partner.

She insists that illuminating the bedroom with a fluorescent strip-light or a subtle candlelight can be incredibly flattering.

Brook strongly feels that a woman who is ready to get intimate should celebrate the fact that her partner wants to be with her, and enjoy the confidence that comes with it, the Mirror reports.

She has also insisted that women should always remember that men hardly notice the bits women are conscious about. Instead he is more interested in the sparkle in his partner’s eyes, the smile she breaks into when he gives a compliment and the way her body responds to his.

The swimwear designer said that women should maintain a level of mystery, and therefore she suggested taking some time to master the art of undressing.

She further added that whether a woman undresses for her man or he undresses her, do it slowly and enjoy discovering what lies below.

The 27-year-old designer emphasized on wearing beautiful, soft-to-the-touch clothing that feels good against the skin, such as velvet, cashmere, Angora or satin.

She also recommended not to put too much of perfume, for it could be a turn-off to men because they tend to prefer women’s natural smell.

However, she thinks that there is something incredibly seductive about freshly bathed, delicately scented skin.

Therefore, she said that women, if get a chance, should enjoy a long soak and go for a lightly fragranced moisturizer or body oil before getting dressed.

Global Celebrities(F) >> Charlize Theron >> Biography

2007-10-11T11:43:00.000+05:30

Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, South Africa, on the 7th of August 1975. Her father Charles worked on the family's road-construction business, and also had a farm which mother Gerda took over after Charles' death in 1990.

Her hard working parents instilled genuine family values in her. At the age of 6, young Charlize began studying ballet, a pursuit that would command her attention throughout her adolescent years. Whenever she was not dancing, she devoted her free time to a consuming passion for American movies.

Charlize had to use dance and her imagination to entertain herself when not tending for the farm animals. After dancing in Johannesburg, she began modeling in Milan, Italy by the time she was 16.

After tiring of modeling, Theron returned to her first love, dancing, which resulted in a move to New York to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. Unfortunately, her career was halted by a knee injury, which led Theron at her mother's behest to travel to Los Angeles to try her luck with acting.

Charlize eventually ended up in line at a bank with the final check from her various employments in New York, and threw an impressive tantrum when the teller refused to cash the check because it was drawn on an out-of-state bank. Hollywood talent manager John Crosby happened to be standing in line behind her, and, after helpfully explaining that she could cash her out-of-state check at any post office, asked if she were, perchance, an actress. Somewhat flustered, Theron replied that she wasn't, but that she fully intended to become one.

With no money to pay for a coach to perfect her English accent, Charlize set out to lose her South African accent by singing along to popular music and watching television shows to study the American accent.

Months of unsuccessful auditions, enough to daunt the less-dedicated, finally led, in 1996, to a bit part in a Children of the Corn sequel, and a steamy turn in 2 Days in the Valley. She was cast in That Thing You Do!, after Tom Hanks was extremely impressed by her knack for acting. She then appeared in 1997's Trial and Error, co-starring Michael Richards, and had a supporting role in The Devil's Advocate, which starred Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino.

She was noticed and work began to come in steadily. The subsequent Mighty Joe Young, 1998 netted Theron more positive notices. Her ascent was confirmed with her casting in Celebrity, Woody Allen's 1998 cameo-fest that also featured turns from everyone from Kenneth Branagh to Winona Ryder to Leonardo DiCaprio to Isaac Mizrahi.

She was rewarded with more substantial not to mention multilayered work in The Cider House Rules, 1999, Lasse Hallström's Oscar-winning adaptation of John Irving's novel.

The same year she starred in John Frankenheimer's Reindeer Games with Ben Affleck. Next, Theron played Adelle in Robert Redford's The Legend of Bagger Vance with Will Smith and Matt Damon.

She starred in Sweet November, 2001, the last of which reunited her with erstwhile co-star Keanu Reeves. Theron was also reunited with Woody Allen in The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, 2001, another widely anticipated film that, despite a high-profile cast and stylish period design, was both a critical and commercial underachiever.

In 2003 Theron switched gears and dove headfirst into the "serious actress" category with her starring role in Monster, the crime drama based upon the real-life story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

On her personal front, she was reportedly upset by a 1999 Playboy centrefold dating from that time, and had actually sued one purveyor of photos back in 1998. The actor also sued, and won the right to, her web domain name, charlize-theron.com. A flurry of controversy surrounded Theron's appearance in an anti-rape advertisement in South Africa, but the hometown star's support for the campaign, that opponents labelled "anti-man," didn't waver. Charlize previously dated actor Craig Bierko of The Long Kiss Goodnight, while Third Eye Blind lead vocalist Stephan Jenkins, has been her love interest for the past two years.

Charlize named Sexiest Woman in the World

2007-10-11T11:26:00.000+05:30

Charlize Theron has been named the 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by Esquire magazine.

Theron now appears on the cover of the mag's November issue in a slinky photo shoot by Sheryl Nields.

As for why the mag chose the South African beauty, well that's not only because of her stunning looks, but also her stellar career.

She won an Oscar for Monster.

And she's not only ready to take a dig at herself, but also at politicians such has US President George Bush, reports the New York Daily News.

Theron recently said: "I grew up in a country that learned the lesson that you can't impose your way of life on 26 different kinds of people just because you call yourself righteous. I think there are lessons this country still has to learn."

Cricket: Tendulkar set for 400th one-dayer

2007-10-10T23:43:00.000+05:30

India superstar Sachin Tendulkar will on Thursday become the second player to feature in 400 one-day internationals.

Tendulkar will open the batting against Australia in the fifth match of the seven-ODI series against Australia, with the tourists leading 2-1.

Meanwhile, uncapped batsman Subramaniam Badrinath, 27, comes into the squad to replace the injured Gautam Gambhir.

He hit a double century for India A against South Africa and said of his chance: "It's a dream come true."

Badrinath added: "Playing for India has been a childhood dream for me and I am delighted that I am close to achieving that now."

Gambhir will miss the rest of the series after sitting out Monday's victory over the world champions.

The toss in Vadodara on Thursday could be absolutely crucial, with no team yet able to post a win when batting second.

Their batsmen had struggled until that triumph in Chandigarh, in which Tendulkar made a battling 79 and Sourav Ganguly weighed in with 41.

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar warned last week that senior players' places would come under threat from the likes of Badrinath unless their form improved.

He said of the Tamil Nadu right-hander: "Players like Badrinath are waiting for their chance and you cannot ignore them.

"It's a professional set-up and nobody can take their place for granted."

The squad for the remaining two matches will be decided after Thursday's encounter.

Meanwhile, Sree Santh, India's fast bowler, has admitted he taunted Andrew Symonds after the Australian batsman was dismissed on Monday.

Santh told reporters he used the words: "Hard luck, you're going to lose now" to the Queensland all-rounder, but denied allegations that he had also clapped in his face.

The irony was that the hot-headed Santh had been rested for the encounter, but was in the vicinty of Australia's batsmen as they walked back to the dressing-room.

India have lost just once in five matches in Vadodara, a city in the dry state of Gujarat, and racked up 341-3 in beating West Indies here in January.

The only other player to reach 400 caps in one-dayers is Sanath Jayasuriya, 38, who on Wednesday was playing his 402nd match in Colombo against England.

Female Global Celebritie >> Sunny Leone

2007-10-10T11:13:00.000+05:30

Pamela cut a Fake Cake during her Wedding

2007-10-10T11:01:00.000+05:30

Pamela Anderson’s one and a half hour wedding to her friend of fifteen years Rick Salomon Saturday, October 6, was arranged in such a hurry, that she wore a white denim miniskirt and the wedding cake was made of cardboard.

The wedding in a private villa at Las Vegas' Mirage Hotel and Casino took place in between two performances of Hans Klok's magic show, where she is the assistant, reports E! Online.

The wedding planners were only given a day’s notice and the best they could come up with in that time was a four-tier cardboard cake!

A source told US TV channel E!: "Pamela and Rick had a fake four-tier wedding cake. It was made from cardboard because planners weren't able to find a real one in time. They were apparently only given a day to prepare."

The hotel's Stack restaurant provided the 60 guests - including Tobey Maguire, magician Hanks Klok, Pamela's sons, Brandon, 11, and nine-year-old Dylan, and Rick's daughters, Hunter, 11, and Tyson, nine - with pigs in blankets, macaroni cheese, tuna and lobster tacos and 10 bottles of Cristal champagne.

As soon as the wedding was completed Pamela dashed back for her second appearance of the night and shared the news with the audience.

"Hello, I just got married - I did. I'm distracted. It's a big day. A big day at the office."

Guests continued partying late into the night at the Mirage hotel's Jet nightclub.

The marriage happens to be the third for both of them, with the mum of two’s earlier marriages include Tommy Lee and Kid Rock, while Salomon was married to actresses Shannen Doherty and Elizabeth Daily.

Britney's Homemade Sex Tapes Robbed

2007-10-09T22:54:00.000+05:30

The burglars who raided Britney's Beverly Hills home Friday night went for Britney's collection of raunchy homemade sex tapes and a selection of the singer's steamiest photographs rather than cash and jewelry.

Also missing are some of the uniforms Britney allegedly wears for kinky sex games and personal pictures of her sons, two-year-old Sean Preston, and one-year-old Jayden James, were also taken.

"Some people might have gone first for the cash and jewelry, but these guys went first for all Britney's personal stuff," an insider told the Daily Star.

"They seemed to know in the long run this will be worth far more to them, if they can sell it to the highest bidder.

"Britney is beside herself with worry - having your home broken into is bad enough for anybody, but when you're famous and you have had some pretty personal things taken, it's 10 times worse,' the source said.

The 25-year-old star discovered that her $6 million gated property had been burgled when she returned home from a night out at the five-star Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel at around 2am early Saturday morning.

However, this is not the first time the 'Toxic' star has been hit by a sex tape scandal.

Last week, a 26-year-old man claimed that he had recorded the singer having sex in Hawaii.

In 2006, a clip showing the 25-year-old performing a sex act on ex-husband Kevin Federline appeared.

Britney, Lohan, Hilton can't handle Fame

2007-10-08T12:11:00.000+05:30

Jennifer Lopez has jumped to the defence of troubled stars Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

The ‘Waiting For Tonight’ singer insisted that the reason behind their messy lives is nothing but the pressures of fame.

"People wonder why Britney or Lindsay or Paris is acting crazy, but they don't know what it means not to be able to walk outside your house. ‘Oh, but she has $10 million!' they say, but that doesn't help when you can't... feel good,” Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.

"I feel so bad when I see people going through the beginnings of it. Because it's not fun. You have to learn to navigate it because if you don't, it will eat you up,” she added.

According to the singer/actress, the best way to deal with the problem is to keep grounded.

“It's a lot of pressure. And you gotta keep grounded and find a way to deal with it and hopefully have love in your life," she said.

As for her own self, she said, that she and her hubby Marc Anthony consciously avoid socialising in places where the paparazzi are likely to be prowling.

Sex Scenes with Keira a Nightmare

2007-10-06T23:57:00.000+05:30

James McAvoy has revealed his sex scenes with Keira Knightley were a "sweaty and uncomfortable nightmare".

The 28-year-old actor felt so awkward while filming the raunchy scenes for Atonement he kept apologising to Keira when the cameras stopped rolling. James said: "It's always a nightmare filming sex scenes, isn't it? It's never easy and it's always a little bit sweaty and uncomfortable.

"When they call action, if you feel the lady's breast, it's your decision to feel the lady's breast. It's like, this is wrong. You have no parameters. "We carried on and about 10 seconds later we just said very sheepishly, 'Sorry about that'."

The Last King of Scotland star who Keira described as "the best kisser ever" was pleased director Joe Wright ordered them around during the passionate scene.

He said: "What was great about Atonement was Joe Wright was very on the ball with what he wanted, so when you were doing something it was at his behest."

James has just finished shooting Wanted, in which he plays a young man who learns that his long lost father is an assassin.

Gay Peacock tried to have Sex with Car

2007-10-06T11:00:00.001+05:30

An aristocrat claims a peacock caused £4,000 damage to a blue Lexus car - by trying to have sex with it.

Baronet Sir Benjamin Slade has put in a claim to insurers to cover the damage to his employee's car, reports the Daily Telegraph.

He has also put up warning signs at Maunsel House, in Somerset, after the "peacock blue" Lexus was scratched and dented by the amorous bird.

The incident proves the bird is gay, according to Sir Benjamin, because peahens are brown and only males are blue.

He says the male damaged the car because it looked like "another peacock boy".

"He attacked the panels so hard that the car needs a total respray," he said.

"The insurers, Lloyd's of London, are not very happy about it. They've had claims for all sorts of things like lions biting people.

"But never have they heard of a peacock sexually attacking a car before."

He added, "I've had to ban peacock blue Lexus cars from the car park."

Sir Benjamin Slade previously attracted attention when he sent out advertisements seeking an heir for his estate so that he could live in a council house instead.

Britney Spears filmed in Secret Sex Video

2007-10-04T21:37:00.000+05:30

Britney Spears was filmed having sex with a stranger she met on vacation, it has been claimed.

The 28-year-old unnamed man met the 'Toxic' singer while holidaying in Hawaii last June and secretly recorded them having sex in a bungalow at the Four Seasons hotel on the Kona-Kohala Coast.

He claims he has not sold the tape yet because he is embarrassed by his own performance.

The man told In Touch Weekly magazine: "It was just normal, we didn't do anything crazy. It was a little disappointing. It lasted for about 25 minutes and then we passed out."

He claims he met Britney, 25, in a bar at 1am on June 7 2007 and they went back to her room to "party" before "hooking up".

Spicy Calender Wallpapers : October 2007

2007-10-04T11:41:00.000+05:30

Ling Reveals her Sexual connection with Jolie

2007-10-04T11:38:00.001+05:30

Actress Bai Ling admits that she was "irresistibly" sexually attracted to Angelina Jolie when the two worked together.

The stars worked together in two movies - 2004's Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow and the documentary A Place In Time - and Ling reveals that there was 'an attraction' between the two.

"I felt this energy between us, when we look at each other there's an energy, an attraction," Us Weekly quoted her, as saying.

"Her eyes transfer a sexual energy to me that makes her irresistible."

And, according to Ling, Jolie felt a connection too.

"Angelina said, 'Next time we'll play lovers.' We could have hooked up, but it just wasn't the right time or place. But she told me, 'My heart's open to you.' She is like me. She is totally open sexually."

Jolie has previously had a lesbian relationship with her Foxfire co-star Jenny Shimizu.

Halle Berry Refuses to Marry her Baby's Daddy

2007-10-03T12:44:00.000+05:30

Expecting mum Halle Berry has revealed that she will not marry boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.

The Oscar winning actress, who has suffered two failed marriages, admitted that becoming a mother has not changed her decision in favor of marriage.

Referring to her famous vow that she would never marry again, Oprah asked Berry during a taping of her show, "Are you still in that space?" Halle replied, "Yes."

"What Gabriel and I have decided is that we will just redefine marriage for ourselves," she said.

Meanwhile Berry has hired security guards after she received racist threats to harm her unborn baby.

The actress, who was born to a white father and an Afro-American mother, got anonymous letters that said her baby would be 'cut into hundreds of pieces'.

A source close to the star said that Berry doesn't hire security, but after the threats she has roped in two guards.

Pics: 1,010 babes pose in bikini to create a world record

2007-10-01T23:51:00.000+05:30

Harry Potter, wants to be a gay spy

2007-10-01T11:33:00.001+05:30

'Harry Potter' star Daniel Radcliffe is hoping to play a gay spy. He wants to audition for the part in the remake of the movie 'Another Country'. The 18-year-old actor is planning to audition for the role of a boy at boarding school in the 30s who falls in love with his best friend and later becomes an undercover agent in a remake of the 1984 movie.

The film adaptation of Julian Mitchell's play, which originally starred Rupert Everett in both the stage and screen version, is loosely based on the life of Guy Burgess, who became a double agent working for the Soviet Union, and was famously part of the Cambridge Five spy ring.

Earlier this week, Daniel - who appeared naked on stage in the London play 'Equus' - revealed he was interested in playing characters who are exploring their sexuality.

Speaking at a press conference for his latest movie December Boys, he said: "I'd never play a gay character just for the sake of playing a gay character. If the script was good, and it was a good gay character then, I'm 18, and so the parts I'm going to be getting will be open for around that age range.

"And around that age range is when people are exploring sexuality, so those are the parts I think I will be involved in."

I Hate Red-Carpet Events: Keira Knightley

2007-09-30T23:25:00.000+05:30

Actress Keira Knightley has revealed that she hates red carpet events because people criticise her appearance.

Talking to Allure magazine, the 22-year-old actress said that she feels disgusted when people grade her looks and make unpleasant comments.

"All these people were coming up to my face and screaming, 'seven out of ten!' – referring to the way I look," the People quoted Knightley, as saying.

"And you think, you rude f-----.”

"I hate red-carpet events; I absolutely hate them. I don't like the fact that people write, 'Oh, you look like crap' in print. Or 'I don't like your arms,'" she added.

Knightley also said she has self-esteem problems.

"I'm not Wonder Woman. I have self-esteem problems. Everybody does. You know, skinny people are allowed to feel s--- about themselves,” Knightley said.

Knightley 's grandmother and great-grandmother both suffered from anorexia; therefore she gets offended when people criticise her weight.

"I haven't got a clue about how much I weigh. I do not own any scales," she said.

"And I have noticed it creates an anger in people who are not skinny. People like to blame their insecurities on other people," she added.

Sienna Miller upset with nude pictures leak

2007-09-26T22:26:00.000+05:30

Brit actress Sienna Miller isn't happy with the extra attention the nude scenes of her latest film Hippy Hippy Shake has received.

Miller is very upset that her bare pics have flooded the net and reportedly, she has also had a few words with film bosses.

The Factory Girl star shot for the scene in Ladbroke Grove that is overlooked by residential flats.

On the day the sequence was shot, a few more than normal faces appeared on the set.

A source said that the 25-year-old is really hurt, and that she is reluctant to do nude scenes anymore.

"Sienna was really hurt. She took some persuading to do the scenes and spent most of the day in her dressing gown building up to it," The Sun quoted the source as saying.

"She is reluctant to do the rest of her nude scenes,' the source added.

Gallery: Team India Gets Grand Welcome

2007-09-26T22:08:00.000+05:30

Dhoni is best captain at the moment, says Yuvraj

2007-09-26T22:07:00.000+05:30

MUMBAI: Lending support to victorious Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, his deputy Yuvraj Singh said the Jharkhand player, who led the team to Twenty20 World Cup win, is the best possible skipper under present circumstances.

Yuvraj said he was not bothered about captaincy and tried to cooperate with Dhoni during the Twenty20 tournament in South Africa.

"It does not matter who is the captain. Whoever is the captain, we got to support him. Dhoni has captained well in the World Cup and he is the best captain at the moment," Yuvraj said after the felicitation of the Indian team on their arrival from South Africa on Wednesday.

Appreciating the captain, Yuvraj said, "Dhoni is calm and knows what he is doing."

About his six sixes feat in an over against England, Yuvraj said he was "fired up to give the best."

Ace off-spinner Harbhajan Singh said he was confident about his ability and delivered the goods when required.

"I continued to bowl well. I knew what I can do and I can do it again and again. I am just 27 and hope to play my part for the team's cause in future," he said.

On the team's success, Harbhajan said, "we played brilliantly throughout the tournament. Yuvraj was in brilliant form. Obviously it was a batsman's game, but we got ready for the fight. It was grace of god that we won."

"I enjoyed every moment, the way I bowled, my bhangra," he said.

Reliving the catch of Misbah-ul-Haq, which was the most decisive moment in final, pacer S Sreesanth said he moved a bit earlier which helped him take the catch without any problem.

"When he (Misbah) moved, I also moved back. The improvement in fielding was because of Robin (Singh) Sir," he said.

The Kerala speedster said he was overwhelmed by the response of the fans and grand welcome accorded to the team on its return.

Sreesanth's new ball partner RP Singh also echoed the similar sentiments, saying "the rousing reception offered was 1000 times more than what he had expected."

He said the job was "challenging for the bowlers" in the Twenty20 World Cup. (PTI)

India's Twenty20 Cup heroes welcomed home

2007-09-26T10:47:00.000+05:30

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's triumphant Twenty20 World Cup squad arrived home from South Africa on Wednesday with thousands of joyous fans gathering at the airport to greet them.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his team mates were greeted by the region's chief minister before being taken on an open-top bus to the Wankhede stadium for a reception hosted by the national cricket board.

Elaborate security measures were in place on the 35- kilometre journey from Mumbai airport, with giant hoardings on display to congratulate the surprise winners.

India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in a thrilling final in Johannesburg on Monday, a victory to compare with their upset 1983 World Cup final win over West Indies.

The Indian board has announced a win bonus of $3 million (1.49 million pounds) and a special cash award for batsman Yuvraj Singh, who hit six sixes in one over in a match against England.

Pakistunned! India lift Twenty 20 World Cup

2007-09-25T15:51:00.000+05:30

A youthful Indian cricket team, full of vigour and determination, made history here Monday by beating Pakistan by five runs to clinch the Twenty20 World Championship when all seemed lost.

India kept their nerves to clinch the win with three balls to spare and sent the New Wanderers Stadium, packed with Indian supporters, into wild celebrations. There were also millions of Indian across the globe who rejoiced the sweet triumph.

Off the last over, bowled by pacer Joginder Sharma, Pakistan required 13 runs to win with the last wicket remaining - and all seemed lost for India. But Joginder, the man with the golden arm - he had also bowled the crucial final over in the semi-finals upset of Australia - castled Misbah-ul-Haq to help script an epoch-making win with and signal wild celebrations at the New Wanderers Stadium.

Scores: India 157 for five in 20 overs after winning the toss and Pakistan 152 all out in 19.2 overs.

While Joginder successfully bowled the final over, it was left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan who captured three crucial wickets in an excellent spell to tilt the tide in India's favour. His final bowling analysis of 4-0-16-3 fetched him the Man of the Match award and helped India win the maiden edition of the newest version of the game.

On a day when the Indian batsmen - barring Gautam Gambhir's resolute and enterprising 75 off 54 balls (8x4s, 2x6s) and Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 30 off 16 balls (2x4s, 1x6) - failed, the bowlers did the trick again.

Left-armer Rudra Pratap Singh also bowled superbly to start Pakistan's downfall and also ended up with three wickets. Joginder took two wickets.

Their efforts meant that Misbah's 38-ball 43 (4x6s) - the top score for Pakistan - as well as Imran Nazir's 33 (14 balls, 4x4s, 2x6) went in vain.

The only consolation for Pakistan was that Shahid Afridi, who failed to score a run and take a wicket, was adjudged the Man of the Series.

The win wiped out bad memories of the World Cup five months ago, when India - as also Pakistan - had crashed out in the first round, leading to prolonged national mourning and criticism.

The win - achieved without Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly, who all had opted out - also kept India's slate clean against Pakistan in cricket's global competitions. India have never lost to Pakistan in the ODI World Cup - and now in Twenty20 too.

It was India's second win over Pakistan in the 12-nation tournament, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's boys won both. In the Super Eights, India had won the 'bowl out' tiebreaker 3-0 after their scores were tied after the regulation period.

India and Pakistan were playing for the first time in the final of a world-level tournament - if the 1985 World Championship of Cricket is not taken into account - and Dhoni's team gave much to shout about at the end of it.

India had also beaten Pakistan in the final of the World Championship of Cricket in Melbourne. Although all the Test-playing nations had taken part in that competition, it was a one-off venture organised by Victoria.

Wild celebrations erupted when Sreesanth caught a lofty shot from Misbah when the game could have gone either way.

As a despondent Haq sank to his knees while Indian players went crazy with joy, it was jubilation time for Indians.

Good bowling from Pakistan restricted the Indian batsmen, but an admirable and determined counter-attack led to Pakistan's collapse.

Chasing India's total, Pakistan got a shock early on in their innings when R.P. Singh, who is going through a purple patch, struck off the fifth ball of his first over.

As opener Mohammed Hafeez tried to guide the ball over the slips, he managed to give Robin Uthappa an easy catch at first slip. Pakistan: two for one.

With the addition of 24 runs, R.P. Singh struck again, castling an experienced wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal for nought. Pakistan: 26 for two.

Imran Nazir, who looked in ominous form, and Younis Khan then tried to steady the ship, but after adding only 26 for the third wicket Nazir (33, 14 balls, 4x4s, 2x6) became the target of Uthappa's direct throw after he reacted late to Younis's call for a run off Sreesanth.

Younis made 24 in as many balls and hit four boundaries but Joginder in the ninth removed him as he mistimed a fuller length delivery, giving Yusuf the catch at mid-on.

Soon, Malik and Afridi were also back in the pavilion. Misbah and Yasir Arafat (15) added 27 for the seventh wicket to keep Pakistan in the hunt.

Then Misbah and Sohail Tanvir added 34 crucial runs for the eighth wicket. But once Sreesanth got rid of Tanvir, all the responsibility fell on Misbah's shoulders in the company of Umar Gul and Mohammed Asif.

Eventually, Misbah also caved in under the pressure as he tried to play the scoop shot over fine leg off Joginder only to hole out into the hands of Sreesanth - and signal India's win.

Earlier in the day, Dhoni won the toss but the Indian batting failed to live up to expectations after Virender Sehwag was ruled out of the match with injury.

Even the total of 157 would not have been possible but for Gambhir's knock of 75 and young Rohit's cameo towards the end of the innings.

Yuvraj Singh, who has been in fabulous form in this competition, failed to click and managed only 14 off 19 balls (1x4) as the Pakistan bowlers and fielders looked sharp and purposeful.

Debutant Yusuf Pathan, Irfan's elder brother, had a sensational start to his international career by hitting pacer Mohammed Asif for a six as his first scoring stroke. But he scored 15 (8 balls, 1x4, 1x6) before getting out.

Pacer Umar Gul was the pick of the bowlers as he took three wickets for 28 in four overs.

Earlier, India got a scare off the very first ball of the match when non-striker Yusuf barely avoided being run out after hesitating to take a single called by Gambhir.

Undaunted, Yusuf hit the fourth ball of Asif's opening over for a huge six. He hit another boundary off a wide ball from the same bowler in the third over. But off the next ball Asif took his revenge.

Asif had the tall Vadodara batsman caught off a miscued pull shot. As Pathan tried to pull the short delivery over midwicket he mistimed it and captain Shoaib Malik at mid-on ran back to grab the catch.

As Uthappa attempted to hit over the infielders off left-arm pacer Sohail Tanvir he mistimed the shot and Shahid Afridi at extra cover took a comfortable catch.

A 63-run third-wicket partnership between Gambhir, who looked in fine touch, and Yuvraj saved the innings from total collapse and India from complete embarrassment.

However, Yuvraj failed to reproduce his form Monday and was out, top edging a forceful pull shot. Gul easily took the catch off his own bowling.

After that partnership, there was not much fight seemed to have left in the Indian camp, though young Rohit came up with another gutsy knock.

I don't want to be England's Queen

2007-09-24T15:22:00.000+05:30

Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton is having a ‘wobble' over their love affair — because she is terrified of becoming Queen.

Nervous Kate sees herself as a normal middle-class girl and fears she can't match up to the expectations of snooty royal courtiers.

A close pal said: "She and Wills love each other dearly but Kate has just woken up to what the next few years could have in store.

"She is suddenly realising the enormity of what could lie ahead if she walks down the aisle with William.

"It's one thing having an on-off relationship with Wills, it's quite another thing becoming Queen."

Kate and William's romance has been rekindled since they originally split in April.

Wills, who is 25, said he wanted to concentrate on his Army career.

Within six weeks, however, the couple attended a ball at Bovington barracks in Dorset, after the prince completed a tank commanders' course.

Then Kate, also 25, was a guest in the royal box at the Concert for Diana in July—a clear sign the relationship was back on track.

And recently, say friends, the relationship has gone from strength to strength.

So much so that Kate has grown increasingly worried about where it all could lead.

I am Not a Lesbian: Hillary Clinton

2007-09-22T01:20:00.000+05:30

Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has officially declared that she is not a lesbian, but added that there was nothing wrong if someone was.

During an interview with The Advocate to be published next week, Sean Kennedy, the gay magazine's news and features editor, asked the presidential candidate, "How do you respond to the occasional rumor that you're a lesbian?"

"People say a lot of things about me, so I really don't pay any attention to it," Senator Clinton replied.

"It's not true, but it is something that I have no control over. People will say what they want to say," The New York Daily News quoted her, as saying.

I've only slept with four men: Angelina Jolie

2007-09-20T13:32:00.001+05:30

Angelina Jolie insists all those reports about her bedding dozens of men are untrue, and reveals that she has only slept with four men.

The Lara Croft star tells Britain’s Cosmopolitan magazine that she is stunned whenever she is labeled a ‘man-eater’, for she has never been sexually promiscuous.

Jolie insists that apart from current partner Brad Pitt, she has only slept with three other men - Billy-Bob Thornton, Johnny Lee Miller and her first boyfriend with whom she had a live-in relationship at the age of 14.

"It was never true. I had only slept with four men in my life - and I married two of them!" she told the magazine.

Meanwhile, rumors have been swirling that the actress is pregnant with her second biological child, after she was spotted with a ‘baby bump’.

However, friends insist that the rumors are not true, and that Jolie has been told by doctors that she needs to put on some weight before conceiving, for she is just too thin.

Photo Feature: Sania Mirza with Sachin Tendulkar!

2007-09-19T10:34:00.000+05:30

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar and tennis sensation Sania Mirza greet each other at a press conference in Kolkata, on Tuesday, September 18, 2007.

'Britney has nudity, drugs and safety issues'

2007-09-18T21:45:00.000+05:30

Pop icon Britney could temporarily loose custody of her two toddlers following a declaration filed in court by her former bodyguard, Tony Barretto, alleging "nudity, drug use and safety issues post-rehab."

Barretto started working for Spears when she got out of rehab on March 20, and was fired on May 17 because, according to his high profile Los Angeles lawyer Gloria Allred, "He did not hear her when he was asked to pick up her hat."

In a press conference Monday Allred said that Tony, earlier alluded to as a "secret witness" against Spears in her custody battle with Federline, was prepared to testify under oath Monday but Spears' attorney chose not to cross-examine him.

Allred also claims that while Barretto, himself the father of young children, worked for Britney he became "very concerned" about the safety of her two boys and Allred raised those concerns with the County Counsel for Child Protective Services.

Meanwhile, Britney's manager, Jeff Kwatinetz, confirmed that he has parted company with the troubled pop star.

Dhoni to lead in ODIs; Pathan, Harbhajan recalled

2007-09-18T21:21:00.000+05:30

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday replaced Rahul Dravid as captain for the One-day International home series against Australia and Pakistan, while Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh come back to the side.

Dhoni, 26, is currently leading India at the Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa. Dravid, who had opted out of the Twenty20, had made himself unavailable for the captaincy to concentrate on his batting after the recent tour of England.

Announcing a 15-member team for the first three ODIs against Australia at a press conference, cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah said here that Yuvraj Singh, who is senior to Dhoni, would be the vice-captain.

"We thought he was the best man for the job. He is a good (Twenty20) captain and it is the right time to groom him," said Dilip Vengsarkar, chairman of the selection committee.

Referring to speculation that Sachin Tendulkar had declined to lead the ODI team, he said that no one was offered the captaincy before Dhoni was finally picked.

Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar and Munaf Patel, who were part of the team that recently toured England, were dropped for the first three matches.

The three ODIs will be played at Bangalore (Sep 29) Kochi (Oct 2) and Hyderabad (Oct 5).

The team for the remaining four one-dayers will be announced later.

A hard-hitting batsman who can change his game according to the situation, the Ranchi-based Dhoni has played 84 ODIs since making his debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2004 and scored 2,477 runs at 44.23. In 20 Tests, he has scored 1,019 runs at 36.39.

Board president Sharad Pawar, who approved the team, endorsed the choice of Dhoni and the team as a whole.

"Anything that takes the team forward should be welcomed. We also have to see that the young generation is given opportunity and if the captain is also young that's good," he said.

The seven-match One-day International series against Australia will be played from Sep 29 to Oct 17.

The Pakistani team will visit India for five ODIs and three Test matches to be played between Nov 6 and Dec 12.

The captain for the Test series will be named later, said Vengsarkar.

On the recall of left-arm pacer Pathan and off-spinner Harbhajan, both of whom are playing Twenty20 World Championship, he said they have done well to merit a recall.

On Virender Sehwag, who is also playing in South Africa but was again ignored for the ODIs, Vengsarkar said that since the team was only for three matches, "he will get his opportunity" later in the series.

Team: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain/wicket keeper), Yuvraj Singh (vice captain), Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Zaheer Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh.

Australia in India
Date	Match	Venue
Tue, Sep 25	Australia team arrival
Sat, Sep 29	First ODI	Bangalore
Tue, Oct 2	Second ODI	Kochi
Fri, Oct 5	Third ODI	Hyderabad
Mon, Oct 8	Fourth ODI	Guwahati
Thu, Oct 11	Fifth ODI	Baroda
Sun, Oct 14	Sixth ODI	Nagpur
Wed, Oct 17	Seventh ODI	Mumbai

Pakistan in India
Date	Match	Venue
Fri, Nov 2	Pakistan team arrival
Tue, Nov 6	First ODI	Faridabad
Fri, Nov 9	Second ODI	Mohali
Mon, Nov 12	Third ODI	Kanpur
Thu, Nov 15	Fourth ODI	Gwalior
Sun, Nov 18	Fifth ODI	Jaipur
Thu, Nov 22 - Mon, Nov 26	First Test	Delhi
Fri, Nov 30 to Tue, Dec 4	Second Test	Kolkata
Sat, Dec 8 - Wed, Dec 12	Third Test	Bangalore

Tania Sachdev won the Asian Women's Chess Championship

2007-09-18T13:26:00.000+05:30

Tania Sachdev won the Asian Women's Chess Championship on Tuesday i.e. on 11/9/07, at Tehran by beating Chinese Ju Wenjun. She is also a Grandmaster-norm holder. She joined Women Grandmaster (WGM) Club in 2005.

Isn't she cute?