Headlines News:
04/23/2009
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
stars Freida Pinto and Dev Patel caught kissing in Israel
04/23/2009
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Aneesh Chopra named Federal CTO
04/23/2009
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Abraham de Villiers, from South Africa, hits first century as Delhi post highest total
04/20/2009
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Delhi Daredevils second IPL team to register 10 wicket win
04/20/2009
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Oracle to buy Sun in $7.4 billion deal
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Bollywood News:
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Koena Mitra On Cover Of Maxim India April 2009 Issue
Date:
04/20/2009:
Koena Mitra
is being featured on the cover of April 2009 edition of
Maxim India
. The photos will be part of the Maxim India April 2009 edition. Koena has not
had much success in Bollywood with her film, but has managed special appearances
successful in films like
Om Shanti Om (2007)
and
Heyy Babyy (2007)
.
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Milkshake Named After Bollywood Actress Mallika Sherawat
Date:
04/20/2009:
Mallika Sherawat
has now joined league of Hollywood celebrities including
Kim Kardashian
,
Miley Cyrus
,
Victoria Beckham, David Beckham
and
Paris Hilton
, after a Hollywood milkshake was named after her that is made up of blueberries,
raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and chocolate sauce and topped with whipped cream.
Millika is in Hollywood to promote her upcoming horror film
Hissss (Naagin The Snake Woman) (2009)
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Sonakshi Sinha To Debut Opposite Salman Khan
Date:
04/15/2009:
Sonakshi Sinha
daughter of yesteryear's actor and today’s politician Shatrughan Sinha, is ready to make her
debut in a Indian movie opposite none other than
Salman Khan
. The film will be directed by Abhinav Kashyap and roduced by Arbaaz Khan,
under his new banner Arbaaz Khan Productions. Sonakshi has studied fashion designing
and has not shown interest in acting like her twin brothers Luv and Kush. She read the
script and decide to give Bollywood a try. We all welcome her and wish her the best.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan The Most Powerful Female Actor In India
Date:
04/15/2009:
In an recent survey by Hansa Research, Indian film actress
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
came out to be most powerful female actor in India, ahead of
Priyanka Chopra
,
Katrina Kaif
and even
Madhuri Dixit
. Aishwarya was at par with cinematic legends like
Amitabh Bachchan
and cricketing star
Sachin Tendulkar
and was the only female who is part of the top 10 recognized celebrities
from all walks of life. The survey also pointed out that Aishwarya is one
of the most popular faces among classes as well as the masses.
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Akshay Kumar and Wife Twinkle Khanna Could Be Arrested Soon
Date:
04/08/2009:
Akshay Kumar
and his wife
Twinkle Khanna
and the organizers of Lakme Fashion Week could be arrested soon in response
to the complained registered by social activist, Anil Nair. The event in question
is the unbuttoning of Akshay's pants buttons by Twinkle at the Lakme Fashion Week
last week. Akshay, is the brand ambassador for Levi’s unbuttoned jeans, and
walking the ramp at the fashion show for designer Tarun Tahiliani and approached
wife Twinkle and asked her to unbutton his jeans. Given the major box office successes
given by Akshay in the past year, has not held on this year. Akshay's first
two releases of the year 2009,
Chandni Chowk To China, Made In China, CC2C (2009)
and
Tasveer (2009)
, have not done well at the box office and now must wait
to see what happens to his upcoming movie, with some high potentinal, movie release of
Blue (2009)
and
Kambakth Ishq (2009)
in the coming months.
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Rakhi Sawant In Reality TV Show, Swayamvara
Date:
04/08/2009:
Rakhi Sawant
is all set to get married? But she does not have a groom picked out yet. The
item girl of Indian cinema will be starting in NDTV Imagine's new reality TV show
called Rakhi Ka Swayamvara in which with the help from the viewer she will pick
the perfect man to marry. Rakhi was also on reality show
Bigg Boss 2
, and was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The format of the show is
very similar to the American show The Bachelorette. During the show, 15 grooms of her choice
will be brought together under one roof along with her, and will have to go thru
a series of challenges that will test their personality, character, physical fitness,
talent and their compatibility with Rakhi.
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Saif Ali Khan And Kareena Kapoor Smouldering Hot In Agent Vinod
Date:
04/07/2009:
Forthcoming hindi movie,
Agent Vinod (2009)
will feature Bollywood's hottest pair
Saif Ali Khan
and
Kareena Kapoor
in a on screen romance to go along with their off screen romance. The movie is a
also special for Saif, becuase it's his home production that is producing the movie.
The movie is a spy drama, and is being directed by Sriram Raghavan.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan And Akshay Kumar Receive Padma Shri Award
Date:
04/01/2009:
Indian film stars
Akshay Kumar
and
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
along with other from the India's industries were given the Padma Shri awards
2009 by President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday March 31, 2009 in New Delhi. The actors
were among the 62 personalities who received the Padma awards. Bollywood dancing queen of yesteryears,
Helen, was also given with the Padma Shri for her contribution to art and cinema.
We wish all the receipts the best wishes on their continues success.
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Barbie Doll To Be Modelled After Katrina Kaif
Date:
03/31/2009:
Initially Mattel Toys (India) wanted
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
to be the face of Barbie Doll for India, but due to lack of available time for Aishwarya,
Katrina Kaif
is now all set to be the face of Barbie Doll in India. This will be the first time a Barbie
inspired from an Indian actress would hit the market shelves and put Katrina
in the league of Hollywood celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross,
Beyonce Knowles and Cher for whom such a Barbie has already be designed. Katrina
was recently seen walking the ramp, at the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai,
dolled up as a Barbie. The rumor is that a new series of ‘Katrina Barbie’
in a small pink dress will reportedly hit the market in September 2009.
I guess one loss is someone gain.
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Barbie Doll To Be Modelled On Miss World, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Date:
03/25/2009:
Mattel Toys (India) and
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
are in the initial negotiating stages for having a series of Barbie Dolls designed on
Aishwarya. If the deal is signed, then it would be the first time a Barbie
inspired from an Indian actress would hit the market shelves and put Aishwarya
in the league of Hollywood celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Ross,
Beyonce Knowles and Cher for whom such a Barbie has already be designed.
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Nandita Das's Firaaq Not To Be Screened For Modi
Date:
03/18/2009:
Nandita Das
has refused the request of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for a
special screeening of her directorial debut movie Firaaq. The screening was
demanded by CM Modi becuase of the portrayal of certain facts of the Gujarat
riots in the film.
The movie stars
Tisca Chopra, Shahana Goswami, Deepti Naval, Paresh Rawal, Naseeruddin Shah,
Sanjay Suri, and Raghuvir Yadav. The movie has already been released in the
international market and is due to release on March 20, 2009 in India. The
movie has already won awards like Best Film and Best Screenplay at Asian Festival of First Films
and Special Jury Award at International Film Festival of Kerala.
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Tamil and Malayalam Film Actress Priyamani Now In Kannada Film
Date:
03/11/2009:
Priyamani
a popular actress in Tamil and Malayalam films will now be working in a Kannada
film. Many in the past have tried to bring Priyamani into Kannada films and now
producer Aditya Babu has made that happen by signing her in the movie Ram
starring opposite Puneet Rajkumar. The movie has already started to shoot with
the next shooting scheduled for Bangalore.
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Preity Zinta Meets New Zealand’s PM
Date:
03/06/2009:
Preity Zinta
was last seen in the movie
Heroes (2008)
and recently has been in the new regrads to her involvement in IPL team Kings XI Punjab
which is partly ownes alongs with her boyfreind Ness Wadia. She is currently in
New Zealand by invitation from New Zealand Tourism Board and New Zealand Cricket
and during her visit she met up with Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key.
During her visit she plans to watch the cricket one day series between India and New Zealand.
Preity will next been seen in
Har Pall (2009)
which is planned for release later this year.
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Freida Pinto On Cover Of Maxim India March 2009 Issue
Date:
02/28/2009:
Freida Pinto
is being featured on the cover of March 2009 edition of
Maxim India
. The photos will be part of the Maxim India March 2009 edition. Freida has
resien to stardom quickly after her role in world famous and Oscar winning movie
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
. Freida has appeared on many magazine covers (Vanity Fair, Vogue India), on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
offered role in Hollywood film by Woody Allen, and more in just a short time after
the success of Slumdog Millionaire.
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Kylie Minogue To Dance With Akshay Kumar
Date:
02/27/2009:
Kylie Minogue
is currently in
Mumbai
, India to shot a song for the movie
Blue (2009)
. The song will be choreographed by Farah Khan with music by Oscar winning music director
AR Rahman
. The movie stars
Akshay Kumar
in the lead role with
Lara Dutta
and
Katrina Kaif
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AR Rahman and Slumdog Millionaire Rock At The Oscars
Date:
02/22/2009:
AR Rahman
performed "O Saya" and "Jai Ho" and then was given the award for
Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" from the movie
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
. He had earlier received the Oscar for Best Orginal Score. This is a great
step for movies from India. AR Rahman has brought India into the next stage
in world cinema and music. Slumdog Millionaire also received Oscars for Best Sound Mixing,
Best Film Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director,
and closed out the night by winning the Academy Award for Best Picture for 2008.
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AR Rahman Performs On Tonight Show with Jay Leno Feb 19, 2009
Date:
02/16/2009:
AR Rahman
who has already won the Golden Globe for his music in
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
, has also been nominated fr 3 Oscars recently performed the now famous Jai Ho
songs from the movie on Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Watch the performance of
AR Rahman Performs On Tonight Show with Jay Leno Feb 19, 2009
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Awarded French Award
Date:
02/11/2009:
The French government has announced that they will give
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
the Officer Dan Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres (officer of the order of arts and letters),
which is the second highest civilian honour given by the French government.
But unfortunately, Ash has refused to accept the award at the date and time
set by the French government because currently her father's health is not well. Ash would like
all of her family to be there when she receives the award. This will also be the
second person from Bollywood to receive such an honour. The first person to
receive the honour was non other then the King Of Bollywood,
Shahrukh Khan
.
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Mugdha Godse On Cover Of Stuff India February 2009 Issue
Date:
02/07/2009:
Mugdha Godse
is being featured on the cover of February 2009 edition of
Stuff India
. The photos will be part of the Stuff India February 2009 edition. Mugdha was
last seen in the movie
Fashion (2008)
.
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Khan Vs Khan Round 3
Date:
02/06/2009:
For the last two years, two of Bollywood's biggest Khan's
Shahrukh Khan
and
Aamir Khan
have had movie releases in late in the year close to each other. In 2007, it was SRK in
Om Shanti Om (2007)
and Aamir Khan in
Taare Zameen Par (2007)
, then in 2008 it was SRK with
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (RNBDJ) (2008)
with Aamir following with biggest box office hit of the year
Ghajini Remake (2008)
, now in 2009 the two stars will have releases close to each other, SRK's
My Name Is Khan (MNIK) (2009)
is scheduled to release in november 2009, while
3 Idiots (2009)
starring Ammir will release on December 25, 2009. We will have to wait and
see which film hits box office success this time.
Will Shahrukh be able to overcome Ammir last two success and come out on top in 2009?
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Nayathara has been banned from working in Tamil films?
Date:
02/05/2009:
The Tamil Film Producers Council (TFPC) and South Indian Artists Association,
have jointly issued a statement asking the film producers to not sign the
popular south Indian film actress
Nayantara (Nayanthara)
to any films. Nayanthara was recenlty signed for the film, Paiyya, opposite
Paruthiveeran Karthi for a record salary of Rs one crore, and had received
an advance of Rs 20 lakhs from them for film. Given the current market condition
not so good over all, the producers asked her to take a paycut, which she did
not take well and words were exchanged between her and the producers, and
in the end she was replaced by Tamannaah for the film. Nayathara reason for
not returning the funds was that she was had to stay home while the film
for being prepared for and lost out on other assignments.
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Lara Dutta On Cover Of Maxim India February 2009 Issue
Date:
02/03/2009:
Lara Dutta
is being featured on the cover of February 2009 edition of
Maxim India
. The photos will be part of the Maxim India February 2009 edition. Lara also
has a major movie,
Billo Barber (2009)
releasing in February. The movie also stars
Irrfan Khan
in the lead role with many other big Bollywood stars making a guest appearances.
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Priyanka Chopra To Play 12 Different Characters
Date:
02/02/2009:
Former Miss World 2000
Priyanka Chopra
had lots of film releases in 2008 with some flops and some hits. Now she
hope to have more hits in 2009. Currently Priyanka is shooting for
Ashutosh Gowariker
's
Whats Your Raashee (2009)
in which she will play 12 different characters. This will also make her the only
actor in the world to play so many characters in a given movie. She recently filmed
the song from the movie with choreographer Raju Khan in which all 12 characters were
together in all their varying moods and personalities. The movie also stars
Harman Baweja
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01/26/2009:
Lara Dutta On The Cover Of Grazia January 2009
01/28/2009:
Shahrukh Khan Probably Will Have Shoulder Surgery
01/26/2009:
Akshay Kumar And Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Awarded The Padma Shree
01/25/2009:
AskMen List Of 2009 World’s Top 99 Most Desirable Women
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TV Shows
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TV Shows:
American Idol 8,
Indian Idol 4,
Bigg Boss 2
Fear Factor Khatron Ke Khiladi,
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,
Kasamh Se,
Koffee With Karan,
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
Saat Phere Saloni Ka Safar
American Idol 8,
Beverly Hills 90210
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04/08/2009:
Indian American actor
Kal Penn
is heading to the White House as the associate director in the
White House Office of Public Liaison. Kal will be working in the
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located next to the West Wing
and housing most of the White House staff. Born in Montclair, New Jersey,
Kal Penn
has acted in major Hollywood and Bollywood movies and has been part of
TV shows. He acted in movies like Mira Nair's
The Namesake (2007)
, played a terrorist in a recurring role on TV 24, Dr. Lawrence Kutner on Fox network's House (2007 to 2009),
American Desi, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,
and many others.
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Hollywood News:
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Maxim April 2009
Date:
04/01/2009:
The following stars graced the cover of
Maxim magazine
in the month of April 2009:
Britney Spears
(Germany),
Malin Akerman
(USA), Jamie Chung, Mocha Uson (Philippines), Han Jang Hee (Korea), Kourtney Kardashian,
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Maxim March 2009
Date:
03/29/2009:
The following stars graced the cover of
Maxim magazine
in the month of March 2009:
Freida Pinto
, Eliza Dushku (USA), Krista Ranillo (Philippines), Willa Ford, Julianna Guill,
Laura Ramsey, Danneel Harris, and Kim Ha Yul (Korea).
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Scarlett Johansson In Iron Men 2
Date:
03/13/2009:
Scarlett Johansson
has joined the cast for the sequel to Iron Men, Scarlett will star as
the Black Widow in the
Iron Man 2 (2010)
opposite Robert Downey Jr. Mickey Rourke has also been signed to play villain Whiplash. The movie is scheduled
for May 2010 release and will also bring back
Gwyneth Paltrow
returning as Pepper Potts, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Don Cheadle playing Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes.
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03/05/2009:
Megan Fox In More Comic Book Movies
02/09/2009:
Dancing with the Stars Season 8 Cast Revealed
01/24/2009:
Olga Kurylenko On Cover Of Maxim US February 2009 Issue
01/24/2009:
Olga Kurylenko On Cover Of Maxim US December 2008 Issue
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Pictures Of The Day
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Movie Releasing April 17, 2009:
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Movie Releasing May 01, 2009:
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Movie Releases March 2009:
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13B (2009)
Cast:
Madhavan
,
Neetu Chandra
, Sachin Khedekar, Murli Sharma, Deepak Dobriyal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Poonam Dhillon.
Dhoondte Reh Jaoge
Karma Aur Holi
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Aa Dekhen Zara (2009)
Cast:
Neil Mukesh
,
Bipasha Basu
, Rahul Dev, , Sophie Choudry
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Heaven On Earth, Videsh (2008)
Cast:
Preity Zinta
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Straight (2009)
Cast:
Vinay Pathak
,
Gul Panag
, Siddhartha Makkar, Ketki Dave, Damandeep Singh, , Rasik Dave
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