Shyamalan's 'Village'
ends 'The Bourne Supremacy' (Go
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Washington:
Maverick film-maker M. Night Shyamalan supernatural
thriller, "The Village" has set cash registers ringing at
the box-office. The movie has made collections worth approximately
50.8 million dollars at the box office last week. The film
is about a village and its strange relationship with the
creatures in the surrounding woods. The top 10's estimated
earnings as released on Sunday by Exhibitor Relations include:
1. The Village 50.8 million dollars 2. The Bourne Supremacy
23.4 million dollars 3. The Manchurian Candidate 20.2 million
dollars 4. I, Robot, 10.1 million dollars 5. Spider-Man
2 8.5 million dollars 6. Catwoman 6.1 million dollars 7.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, 5.1 million dollars 8.
A Cinderella Story, 4.6 million dollars 9. (tie) Anchorman:
The Legend of Ron Burgundy, 3.1 million dollars 9. (tie)
Fahrenheit 9/11, 3.1 million dollars
Beyonce
shells out five million pounds for her London pad (Go
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Washington:
Pop star Beyonce Knowles is reportedly planning to buy
a five-bedroom house for five million pounds in the Chelsea
section of London. According to Star magazine, Beyonce recently
flew to London to make a bid on the sprawling mansion, which
boasts of three luxurious bathrooms, a 30-foot double reception
room, a 32-foot split-level garden and a home theatre with
surround sound.
`Atomic
Kitten' hires The Maldives to get married (Go
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London:
Former Atomic Kitten Jenny Frost has set a date and
hired an entire island in the Maldives to say 'I Do' to
her DJ boyfriend Dom Thrupp. According to The Mirror, Jenny
plans to spend a whopping 200,000 pounds on her lavish wedding
ceremony that will take place in the coming winter. "It
makes me want to cry with happiness when I think about my
wedding, I'm so excited," said Jenny. A close friend of
the singer revealed, "Jenny has always wanted to get married
on a tropical island. And she feels her big day wouldn't
be complete without her close friends and family around
her." Therefore, the couple's 70 guests, including ex-bandmates
Natasha Hamilton and Liz McClarnon, will be flown to the
Maldives.
"It's
pretty pricey and she didn't want anyone to be out of pocket
so Jenny's offered to pay all the air fares. Her close family
will even be treated to business class tickets. To get to
the island from the main airport on Male you have to travel
by seaplane. It's a minimum of 120 pounds per person return,
so she'll be looking at around 8,500 pounds," added Jenny's
pal. "Hiring the entire island in peak season is going to
set Jen back a fortune. It'll cost 100 pounds minimum. And
that's before you factor in the catering and the booze.
As the island is so remote, everything has to be imported.
That really pushes the price up. A bottle of champagne can
set you back 100 pounds," the report quoted a source as
saying. "She's getting ideas from stylists at her favourite
label Dolce & Gabbana. She doesn't know whether to go high
fashion or traditional," added the source.
JK
Rowling to write 8th Potter book for charity (Go
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London:
JK Rowling, the creator of the Harry Potter series,
has revealed that she will be writing an eighth book, the
proceeds from which, will go to charity. According to The
Sun, the book will not see the teen wizard embarking on
a new adventure, instead it will include extracts from the
first seven books and will be like a Potter Encyclopedia.
Knightly,
Bloom all set for `Pirates of the Caribbean' sequels (Go
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London:
British heartthrobs Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom
are reportedly going to be busy with the simultaneous shooting
of the second and the third parts of the 2003 blockbuster
`Pirates of the Caribbean next year.' The two young stars
will also be joined by Johnny Depp, who will reprise his
role of the flamboyant pirate, Jack Sparrow. While Knightly
and Bloom are expected to be paid 12.6 million dollars each
for the movies, Depp is rumored to receive much more.
Brad
Pitt voted sexiest man in the world (Go
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London:
Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt has been voted the sexiest
man in the world. The 40-year old star beat many younger
colleagues to get the top slot in an annual poll conducted
by Company magazine. "It proves turning 40 and donning a
leather skirt can do wonders for a man's sex appeal," Company
Editor Victoria White was quoted as saying by The Sun. The
Top 20 sexiest hunks as per the poll were: 1 Brad Pitt 2
Orlando Bloom 3 Nigel Harman 4 David Beckham 5 Justin Timberlake
6 Colin Farrell 7 Johnny Depp 8 Robbie Williams 9 Jude Law
10 Duncan James 11 Jonny Wilkinson 12 George Clooney 13
Ben Affleck 14 Will Young 15 Heath Ledger 16 Dermot O'Leary
17 Ashton Kutcher 18 Josh Hartnett 19 Peter Andre 20 Hugh
Grant
Madonna
is a sell-out in Lisbon! (Go
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London:
The Material girl it seems is still popular among the
Portugeese if the sales of the tickets to her shows are
to be believed. According to Ananova, organisers had to
arrange a second performance of Madonna after 16,000 tickets
priced between 40 and 100 pounds for her one-night show
in Lisbon were sold out in 10 hours flat. Concert promoter
Musica no Coracao announced that Madonna would perform on
September 13 and then a second show was added for September
14. Mos of the tickets for the second gig are also sold
out.
Kylie
breaks up with Olivier Martinez over his philandering ways
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Sydney:
Pop diva Kylie Minogue has reportedly split from her
actor boyfriend Olivier Martinez after a heated row in a
hotel restaurant in Paris. According to the Sunday Mirror,
Kylie and Olivier were enjoying lunch at the posh 'Hotel
de La Ponche' but the romantic lunch ended up in a big fight
between the celebrity couple. A diner told the newspaper
that Kylie looked very upset and there were tears in her
eyes as she left the hotel. "Olivier looked furious as well.
There were obviously serious issues between the pair of
them," the report quoted the diner as saying. The 'Slow'
star is believed to have checked out and left the hotel
a couple of hours later but the French hunk stayed on for
two more days. Meanwhile, a close friend of Kylie has revealed
that she wanted commitment from the 'Unfaithful' star. "She's
36, her biological clock is ticking and she wants a serious
relationship but it looks like he just wants to flirt, drink
and party," she said. "She's had enough. After getting her
old boyfriend James Gooding out of her system after their
on/off relationship she really thought she'd found 'the
one' in Olivier. It's over unless Olivier promises to change
his ways once and for all," added Kylie's pal.
Hilton's
beau denies being behind her bruises (Go
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Washington:
Pop star Nick Carter, who recently split with his girlfriend
Paris Hilton, has denied reports that he was responsible
for her bruised lips and arms and claims that she might
have got injured during an S M photo shoot. Carter said
that Hilton was scheduled to pose for celebrity photographer
David LaChapelle, explaining, "It was going to be an S M
shoot". The `Simple Life' reality star had recently surprised
people at Hollywood's Concord Club, when she arrived with
a swollen lip and bruised arms. Hilton has reportedly been
telling her friends that Carter often loses his temper,
and she was now scared to death. "He has major anger-management
issues. We have seen bruises on her before and asked her
about them. She has always denied it until now," rate the
music quoted Hilton's pal as saying. Carter's lawyer, Marty
Singer, has, however, denied his client's involvement in
the alleged bruising.
