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Actress Pooja Batra, who has been away from the Bollywood radar for a while, is being honoured by the LA County Sheriff’s Indo-American Advisory Council for her contribution to the South Asian-American community. She will also host an auction to raise funds for tsunami-hit Japan. She will receive the award and host the auction April 28, said a source. Pooja shifted to Los Angeles after her wedding to orthopaedic surgeon Sonu Ahluwalia in 2002, but filed for divorce in January. She recently...

So Saif sat like a good student in his room for days and learned Hindi and also took up Amitabh Bachchan’s suggestion to keep saying his dialogues through the day. After Omkara, the 40-year-old actor will be seen in another unconventional role in Aarakshan – of a moustache-sporting village school teacher. Speaking chaste Hindi was a bit of a challenge for Khan, as he has spent quite a lot of his days as a student in Britain. In fact, he also has a slight accent when he talks in English....

Producer-actor Aamir Khan, who is looking forward to the release of his upcoming home production 'Delhi Belly', says he was keen on acting in the movie but stepped back due to weight issues. "I was very keen on acting in the movie. I wanted to play the role of Kunal Roy Kapoor...I just loved his character.he is fat. For that character I had to gain lot of weight. I did not want to gain weight...as I know how it is...it is really tough to lose it," Aamir told reporters here after unveiling the...

As America's top comedians lampooned the former California governor and "Terminator" star, U.S. media hunted down the member of his household staff with whom he admitted fathering a child, while he was married to Maria Shriver. The woman was identified in numerous media reports as Mildred Baena, a 50 year-old separated former housekeeper at the Schwarzenegger household, who has a registered address in the central California city of Bakersfield. Some reports said that Schwarzenegger bought the...

Pakistani starlet Meera is drawing widespread ire in her country for participating in a reality TV wedding show where she is out to select a groom. Kaun Banega Meera Pati, being aired on Pakistan's Geo TV, draws inspiration from the swayamvar format of Indian shows such as Rakhi Ka Swayamvar and the currently- aired Ratan Ka Rishta. On the show, Meera is currently getting acquainted with her 13 prospective grooms, one of whom will win her hand in the finale. The show has been on air in...

It's confirmed that the Bachchans won't be performing at the IIFA this year. The family is miffed with the organisation for some reason, and have opted out of any naach-gaana activity in spite of being offered big bucks, or so we hear! The Bachchans, however, have their own little song-and-dance do back home. Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan recently recorded and shot for a number in the movie 'Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap'. It's a contemporary rap kind of number, and both father and son had such an...

Actor Vidya Balan broke free from the sweet, girl-next -door image with her sensuous portrayal of a widow in 'Ishqiya', in which she was seen with actors Arshad Warsi and Naseerudin Shah. But it looks like she is all set to take it a step further now. Vidya, who has been preparing to play south siren, Silk Smitha in an upcoming film has apparently done her entire homework thoroughly before she started shooting for the film recently.The actor, who even did a bold photo shoot, daring to bare...

After four years of marriage, Elizabeth Hurley is once again ‘available,’ as the 46 year old actress/model finalized her divorce this Wednesday from her husband, businessman Arun Nayar. After a short hearing before London District Judge Penny Cushing, Hurley was granted a divorce on the grounds of “unreasonable behavior” By Nayar. Hurley and Nayar, one of 27 other parties who were also granted divorces, did not appear in court for the routine final hearing. Hurley and Nayar were married in...

In early July 2010, Academy Award–winning director Kevin Macdonald uploaded a video on YouTube announcing his next film: Life in a Day. This film was quite literally to be a documentary about life on one random day. Macdonald requested people from all over the world to send in footage of what they would be doing on July 24, 2010. Four simple questions asked were meant for inclusion in the personal clips: What do you fear most? What do you love? What makes you laugh? What’s inside your pocket?...

Dabangg and My Name is Khan won top honours at the 12th International Indian Film Academy awards here on Saturday, with the Salman Khan starrer Dabangg scooping up six trophies in the popular category, while the best actor and director awards went to Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar for My Name is Khan. Dabangg, which was the highest grosser last year, was adjudged the best film of 2010. Anushka Sharma won her maiden best actress award for Band Baja Baraat. Sonakshi Sinha won the best debut...

The film directed by Abhinav Kashyap won in the hugely important music categories for best female playback singer, best male playback singer and best music direction, as well as best screenplay. Actor Sonu Sood also picked up the award for best performance in a negative role as the evil head of a regional political party in the film. He thanked his mother when accepting the award. “My Name is Khan” followed with four nods for best story, best lyrics, best director for Karan Johar and best...

There were a lot of stars at the film award function held recently in Toronto, but actor Shah Rukh Khan was given a preferential treatment above everybody else. While every other actor was lodged in a downtown hotel in Toronto, Khan was put up at the best suite in one of the topmost hotels there. “He was given the best suite and there was special staff posted for him both for the awards and the hotel. Shah Rukh had also flown in with his own staff and they were all lodged along with him,”...

Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham has described husband David as her soul mate and an amazing father. The former Spice Girl, who is expecting a daughter with the soccer superstar, says her love for David has grown even more since they got married 12 years ago, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "I love David for David. He's my soul mate, my number one. He's the most amazing husband, father, he's talented, he's kind. He ticks all the boxes. He's an amazing soul and has an amazing heart,"...

Reema Khan is lucky to have corporate giant LUX stepping forward to sponsor her film ‘Love Mein Ghum’ which is scheduled to release on this Eid, Fashion Central reported. Love Mein Ghum is expected to bring a breeze of fresh air and quintessential Lollywood romance to the cinemas. The film stars the actress along with Nadeem, Jawed Sheikh, Momi Rana, Gia Ali, Nabeel Khan, Rambo, Ali Saleem and Bollywood actor Johnny Lever. With pop sensation Ali Zafar, singing for the title track of the song,...

Having always preferred the HP books over the movies, I find it hard to compare the last movie with the original text. The film series has been an able adaptation of the extraordinary novels by JK Rowling but if you want to explore the wonderful world of magic that she portrays so elegantly in her writing, your first choice should be the books. As expected, there are certain structural dissimilarities between the two, and many important and fun details are missing. Also, a flashback from the...