26th 2010 Freida Pinto to play a Greek priestess in the war of the Gods

The movie deals with the story of a young warrior Theseus who leads his men into battle with the immortal Greek gods to defeat evil and the powerful elder gods of the Titans in order to save mankind. Freida here plays Phaedra, an oracle priestess joins Theseus to prevent the cataclysmic war from erupting.

Freida Pinto’s role as Latika in Danny Boyle’s multi-Oscar-winning film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has done wonders for Freida Pinto’s career who is now getting fame, recognition and plum roles in Hollywood projects.

She has already completed shooting Woody Allen’s ‘You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger’ opposite Josh Brolin and Naomi Watts, and Israeli film ‘Miral’ under Julian Schnabel’ direction where she plays the lead role.

Now, she has bagged in yet another project where she will play the role of a Greek priestess in War of the Gods. The film, about the Greek mythology, will be directed by Tarsem Singh and begins production in April. The film will be produced by Gianni Nunnari of Hollywood Gang Prods, Mark Canton of Atmosphere Entertainment and Relativity topper Ryan Kavanaugh.




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Sachin Tendulkar become the king of ODI Cricket : Make Double hundered against South Africa

World Record Sachin Hit double century in ODI | Sachin 200 Runs against south africa | Sachin Tendulkar hit double century in ODI | Sachin Tendulkar hit double century in ODI Videos

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Sameera Reddy to go de-glam for Nagesh Kukunoor

Sameera Reddy’s career has been facing a slow down since a couple of years. Lately, the hot siren has signed a project with Nagesh Kukunoor titled ‘Yeh Honsla’ in which she will be seen in a de-glam avatar.

She will portray the role of a Rajasthani village belle in this one without makeup and with a ghoonghat. Talking about her character in the film, Sameera says, “I’m looking forward to Yeh Honsla. Of all the roles that I’ve ever done, Nagesh Kukunoor’s film is ‘it’. It’s where I’ve done my best. I’m a Rajasthani girl, who takes on all the Panchayats. She’s a very strong girl – her name is Rani, and it’s this woman’s story.”

About her de-glam look, she adds, “It’s like you’re bare – you have nothing to work with except your character – and the focus is just on your emotions. Being glamorous is actually much easier!”

Sameera was also seen in a new makeover in her previous film ‘Red Alert’ where she played a tribal woman-cum-Naxalite.

Sameera had won the hearts of millions with her oomph. How much she is admired in her de-glam look, is to be waited and watched.

Aishwarya Rai beats Kareena Kapoor

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan may have chosen to take it easy post her marriage, but a recent development in her career has made all those speechless who feel that the beautiful actress’ career is no longer on an upswing. She has broken the record of Kareena Kapoor with her whopping ten crores contract for her latest film. Earlier, this honor was with Kareena Kapoor with a figure of seven crores.

The film is to be produced Bobby Pushkarna, of the critically acclaimed film ‘Page 3′. Pushkarna was keen on cast Ash only and was determined to shelve the project if the lady did not give an affirmative nod. Finally, after a three-month long chase, Pushkarna was able to persuade her to do his film.

The deal has not yet been finalized in pen and paper but both the parties seem positive.

Vidya Balan styles up for ‘Verve’ and ‘The Man’

Meet the brides-to-be for Rahul Ka Swayamvar

Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, will begin his quest for a bride on TV starting Monday. He will choose his bride from 15 women who were selected after much scrutiny from over 16,000 applicants from across the country. Among the 15 girls who will participate on the show, we introduce you to five of them.

Nikunj Mallik:
This 25-year-old girl is an established accessory designer. Having done her Masters in accessory design and fashion management from NIFT, she has worked with established companies like Wills Lifestyle and Lee Cooper. She wants to marry Rahul because she finds him to be a courageous man.

Harpreet Chabra:
21-yr-Harpreet from Delhi is a model and anchor by profession. She is very religious and goes to the Gurudwara everyday. Harpreet feels her nature and personality are very compatible with Rahul.

Twinkle Mukherjee:
22-year-old Twinkle is a qualified engineer from West Bengal University of Technology. She is an avid sports enthusiast, biker and a part time cricket commentator. Her reason for participating in the show is that she always wanted to marry a Rahul as ‘Dil To Pagal Hai’ is her favourite film.

Rajshree Mishra:
26-yr-old Rajshree Mishra from Kolkatta is a model-cum-actress by profession. She is a member of Brahmakumari, a spiritual organisation that teaches anger management and meditation. She admires the fact that Rahul is an honest and down to earth person despite his high profile family background.

Dimpy Ganguly:
21-yr-old Dimpy gave up a lead role with a leading Bengali filmmaker to come on RDLJ to marry Rahul. Her actual name is Soumasri which means “as beautiful as the moon”, but since childhood she has had very cute dimples which got her the name Dimpy. She finds Rahul to be a very nice, friendly and clean-hearted guy.

Besides these, other participants include Mrinmayi Kolwalker, Tanu Bhatia from Faridabad, Priyadarshani Singh from Varanasi, Sonia Kaur from Jammu, and Rupa Khurana from Rajendra Nagar Delhi

Ameesha Patel and Kanav Puri no longer together

After spending many lonely years post her breakup with Vikram Bhatt, Ameesha Patel found solace in her NRI boyfriend Kanav Puri and they were into steady relationship for the past three years. However, since past eight months, trouble has been creeping into their relationship.

The reason for this trouble is that while Kanav wants to settle down with marriage, Ameesha wants to give another try to her sinking acting career. In fact, he had proposed marriage to her when he had come down to India to celebrate her birthday in June last year but to his dismay, Ameesha has been evading this topic by and again. Currently, there is so much tension that both have stopped speaking altogether.

Insiders also say that since Ameesha has patched up with her parents, she is feeling emotionally secure and does not need her boyfriend’s shoulders any more. So, while Ameesha wants to concentrate on her sinking career, Kanav wants to move ahead of a relationship which seems to have no destiny.

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A.R Rahman brings Grammy to India

A.Rahman never fails to make his country proud, he continued his winning streak for Jai Ho by grabbing two Grammy’s at the recently held Grammy Award. He received the Grammy’s for Best song in a motion picture – Jai Ho and the best compilation soundtrack for a motion picture for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.

I won’t say sorry to Shiv Sena : Bollywood Actress SRK

SRK who is currently in US is clearly upset with the reaction of Shiv Sena against him for supporting Pakistani cricketers inclusion in IPL.

SRK says, It makes me feel that activities like this are unhealthy, undemocratic, its insensitive but this is the world is and you can only say what you believe in and stand by it and hopefully I will have the strength to do so.”

“As an Indian I’m not ashamed, guilty or unhappy about what I said neither am I sorry.Whatever I said, which has created an issue… I said it because I am an Indian… I think that every Indian would say the same that we have a good country and that everyone is welcome as a guest. Every country has tension on its borders but for that tension we can’t teach our children and young people the wrong thing… X is wrong, Y is bad and C is dirty,” he added.

Meanwhile shiv Sena are in no mood to forget and forgive the IPL issue and are hell bent on disrupting My Name is Khan’s release in Mumbai unless and until SRK apologizes.

Shiv Sena leader, Manohar Joshi said, “Whether it’s Shah Rukh or anyone else, the Shiv Sena says he must take back his comments, so he’ll have to do it. It’s better if he understands this well.Shah Rukh Khan will have to apologise or else we will not let his film release in Mumbai.”

Femina awards Katrina with most beautiful woman tag

Katrina Kaif has topped the Femina magazine’s Asia Top 50 beautiful woman. Katrina has beaten the likes of Priyanka Chopra,Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor and Preity Zinta to become numero uno.Do you think she deserves the most beautiful Asian woman tag?

Lindsay wanted to change the date of the Vienna Opera

Haha, Lindsay wanted to change the date of the Vienna Opera. Good luck, crackhead. Yeah, this guy really should have gone with Gaga. She would have killed it on a fake date. Speaking of Gaga, remember those Grammy parties? Well, somebody got the bright idea that Lindsay needs to start up her music career again - I guess in addition to all of the fictitious “work” she’s doing on her multiple television shows, films, and design projects. So, this music producer named Rodney Jerkins wants to pair up Lohan and… Lady Gaga. For the love of…

    Producer Rodney Jerkins seems to believe that Lindsay Lohan would be ideal to join Lady Gaga in the studio for a collaboration effort.

    Jerkins said, “I can pair them up. I would love it. I would love to see what could happen.”

    Either with or without Gaga, Jerkins believes Lohan can pull it off. He said, “If she stays focused, I think she has what it takes. I’ve talked to her, and I said, ‘You’ve got what it takes. I really believe in you.’”

    He obviously really thinks LiLo has something. He added, “I’ve seen a lot of people questioning actresses who have wanted to become pop stars, and they don’t have it. I believe she has it, something deep down. I’ve listened to her in the past, and I think there’s something there. It just needs to be pulled out.”

For 19 years, oddball Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner has paid for nights with beautiful B-list bombshells. He pays them about $150,000 and, in exchange, they sign autographs at one of his shopping malls and then accompany him to Austria’s premier social event, the Vienna Opera Ball.
The 77-year-old, four-times-divorced father of three gets a kick out of the attention — and sometimes outrage — that his buxom rent-a-dates stir up. Over the years, he has squired Pamela Anderson, Paris Hilton, actresses Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch and Andie MacDowell, and burlesque performer Dita Von Teese.
But none have been so demanding as this year’s date — Lindsay Lohan. Lohan, dubbed “the fallen Disney princess” by the Austrian media, accepted Lugner’s offer after his first choice, pneumatic British reality-TV star Jordan (a k a Katie Price), stole his thunder by announcing her selection to the tabloids before he could.
But Lohan had some issues.
“She wanted to change some of the dates,” Lugner told The Post. Alas, the ultraposh Opera Ball, started in 1936, “can’t be moved.”
Then Lohan, 23, refused to pick a gown ahead of time and will wait until just before the Feb. 11 ball to pick “a European gown.” Lugner won’t comment on whether he’s picking up the tab for that. Finally, her handlers called. No champagne. No open bar. No alcohol of any kind must be allowed within Lindsay’s sight.
“Her managers have told us to make sure that she doesn’t drink during her trip,” Lugner said. “We have made arrangements to pull all the liquor from the mini-bar in the hotel room where she’ll stay, and told room service they are not to deliver drinks to her.”
To make sure Lohan will be on her best behavior as 2,000 haute Viennese waltz the night away, “we will be drinking only mineral water that night to avoid any problems.”
Maybe Lugner should have gone with his other finalist, Lady Gaga. More rubber, less trouble.
As part of the shillings-but-no-schnapps deal, Lohan will attend a press conference with Lugner the day before the ball. She’ll also sign autographs for a few hours in his massive mall, known as Lugner City. She’ll go to the dance with Lugner, his current 20-year-old girlfriend, Anastasia Sokol, his 16-year-old daughter, Jacqueline, and the teen’s 25-year-old boyfriend, Helmut Werner.

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“My daughter is the one who chose Lindsay, and she has picked for me in the last three years because she’s more in touch with who’s in the newspapers. Me, I’m a businessman, so I don’t know these things,” Lugner said.
Lugner, who reportedly once got his eyelids Botoxed so he could look more like George Clooney, is infamous in Austria for creating a media circus at the ball with his paid escorts — especially when his guest is willing to take a turn on the crowded dance floor during the celebrated “Alles Walzer.”
“Sometimes with my guest, dancing is impossible, because so many journalists want to talk to them,” the Austrian said. “I recall, though, that Faye Dunaway and Grace Jones were great dancers. I was able to dance with them.”
Von Teese, who accompanied Lugner in 2008, said Lohan should demand extra bodyguards.
“I was trampled in a mob scene by the press. It was very frightening and also unfortunate that I couldn’t actually enjoy the beauty of the music and the dancing,” Von Teese told The Post. “I’m quite good at these partner dances, and it made me sad that I wasn’t able to be on that beautiful dance floor.”

NASDAQ opening bell

Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol have been invited by NASDAQ, the world’s biggest stock exchange, to ring their opening bell in New York on Monday.The stars of director Karan Johar’s upcoming feature film My Name Is Khan will become the first Indian actors to open the market, an honour usually reserved for CEOs of major corporations, when they ring in the first trading day of February at 9:30 a.m. This prestigious event is broadcast live on many television networks across the globe. With over 3,700 companies listed, the NASDAQ has more trading volume than any other stock market in the world.

Khan and Kajol have starred together in many successful films over the years including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai which are both modern classics in Hindi cinema. Their much-awaited on-screen reunion will take place on Feb 12 in “My Name Is Khan” when it releases in theatres worldwide. Shot across much of the United States, the film will also have a star-studded premiere at the 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival during the week of its release.

Priyanka-Gerard hang out together in New York

Sometime back, rumours were rife about Priyanka Chopra’s romantic fling with Hollywood hottie Gerard Butler, as the actor had hinted about his interest in our desi girl.

However, Priyanka was then apparently going around with Harman Baweja. But now, Piggy Chops has fuelled the reports of her romantic fling with Butler yet again as she was recently spotted hanging out with the actor in New York.
According to the latest news, Gerard visited Priyanka a couple of times and the two spent time together too when the actress was shooting for her film in the city. Grapevine has it that Gerard still looked pretty interested in Priyanka, who is single at the moment!
A source said that the two seemed to be trying their luck with each other as they appeared to be enjoying each other’s company. Let’s see if Butler manages to win the heart of Bollywood’s hottest reigning queen!

Kismat Reconnected – Shahid Vidya back together!

Kareena Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Sania Mirza, Priyanka Chopra …  the twists and turns in Shahid Kapoor’s love life will put a bestseller to shame.

After splitting with Priyanka, Shahid’s life has once again taken an interesting turn with former love Vidya re-entering his life recently.
The two had parted on discordant terms post Aziz Mirza’s Kismat Konnection in which they had starred together. It was this film which was largely responsible for bringing Vidya and Shahid close when the latter was heartbroken because of his failed relationship with Kareena. However, their relationship lost its fizz once the film released and Shahid decided to move on.

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Consequently, the two stopped talking to each other altogether. According to sources, they drifted apart because Shahid distanced himself from Vidya due to his attraction to tennis star Sania, who incidentally made an official announcement of having called of her engagement with longtime friend Mohammed Sohrab Mirza yesterday. (read more)
Coming back to Vidya and Shahid, while it is not known as to who took the first step to broker peace, a mere twist of fate might be the catalyst to their reconciliation. As reported by Mumbai Mirror on January 8 (V B confused) Shahid mistook a congratulatory text message signed VB from director Vishal Bhardwaj’s new but unknown mobile number as a message from Vidya Balan. Shahid realised that it was not a message from Vidya only when instead of calling on the number that the message came from, Shahid called Vidya on her number that was saved in his mobile.
A source says, “Vidya and Shahid have ironed out all their misunderstandings. They are definitely not dating but they are once again talking to each other very nicely. They have no bitter feelings and have put the past firmly behind them. The two are starting off all over again on a clean slate.”