Ben Kingsley to
turn into a vampire (Go
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London:
Veteran actor Sir Ben Kingsley of `Gandhi' fame is all
set to play the role of an evil vampire in a film based
on the computer game `BloodRayne'. Kingsley will enact the
role of Kagan, the ruler of an army of bloodsuckers, in
the 47 million dollar film, which is about to go into production
in Romania. According to the BBC, `Terminator 3' actress
Kristanna Loken will play the title character of a half-vampire
having the strength of a monster along with the sensibilities
and feelings of a human. In the movie, Loken has to overthrow
Kingsley's character to save the world from the living dead.
Tom
Cruise will `worship' a woman who goes biking with him (Go
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London:
Tom Cruise has revealed that the way to his heart is through
a motorbike. The `Mission Impossible' star, whose latest
action thriller is `Collateral', said that he would `worship'
a woman who came biking with him. "I'd like to be with a
woman who goes 'I've reviewed your schedule, and I'm going
to set up this motorcycle trip for you because you've been
working really hard'," Rolling Stone magazine quoted Cruise
as saying. "We're going to go riding together. And I've
already been working on it for a couple of days so it can
be special. That woman, I would worship," he added. Cruise,
who has an adopted son and daughter with ex-wife Nicole
Kidman, also said that he would consider having more children
in the future. "I might meet a woman, and we'll sit down
and talk about it and see, you know," added Cruise.
Seethrough
swimsuits get 'modesty patches' for Olympics (Go
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London:
To avoid embarrasment, the female British Olympic triathlon
team has made minor alterations to their swimming gear.
According to The Sun, the swimsuits have been fitted with
"modesty patches" to prevent them from turning transparent
in water. To ensure that this change had been effected,
officials attached to the contingent put the costumes through
a "shower test". "The fronts are made of skin-tight white
Lycra and you can see everything if you get water on them.
Now I've sewed extra Lycra panels into the chests," said
seamstress Christine Spencer, who carried out the alterations
on the 16 swimsuits.
Posh,
Becks set to launch sparkling jewellery range (Go
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London:
Victoria and David Beckham might just add some more
sparkle to their lives, as they are reportedly planning
to launch their own range of diamond jewellery. According
to The Sun, Posh and Becks have been asked to come up with
designs by a private gems firm. The couple reportedly owns
an astounding collection of jewellery and is constantly
spotted in top stores, hunting for expensive trinkets to
gift to each other. "David and Victoria were approached
by a diamond company to launch a range of jewellery. They
are interested but the talks are in the early stages," a
source was quoted as saying. "It would be something they
would do together under the Beckham brand. The designs would
be more trendy and bling bling than classic," the source
added.
News-readers
to bare all on `Naked News' (Go
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New
York: Sky Digital is now ready to bare it all, not only
in terms of facts, but bodies as well. According to The
Daily Mail, 'Naked News' will air on satellite television
with a cadre of daring ladies ready to bare all while revealing
the day's main stories. In the show, each of the 12 female
anchors would begin their segment fully clad but would then
gradually disrobe as show proceeds. Naked News will be broadcast
at 10.30 p.m. every night from August 16 on Get Lucky TV,
which can be accessed on Sky Digital. "It's really great
to be involved with Naked News on television," 27-year old
Lily Kwan, one of the show's anchors, was quoted as saying.
Kwan said that there had been a lot of positive feedback
from female viewers, but added that stripping while reading
the news had proved difficult at first. "It required a certain
amount of co-ordination and it was difficult. But I have
a great cast to work with," she added.
Gypsies
invade 'Perfect English Village' of Prince Charles (Go
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London:
Around 60 Gypsies have set up camp in the "perfect English
village" designed by Prince Charles in Poundbury, Dorset
and the Prince's Duchy of Cornwall is planning to get them
evicted. "They've made our lives a misery. The children
ring our doorbells in the middle of the night. They are
noisy and frightening, have late night parties and are often
screaming. They are also dirty," The Sun quoted a resident
as saying. But the gypsies refused to go, saying that a
traveller couple have a sick child in hospital in nearby
Dorchester. "Prince Charles likes it here, so do we," said
the leader of the gypsies. "They'll have to pay us to leave,"
said one of the travellers. However, a woman, who lives
in the estate said, "I'm sure if Prince Charles paid a visit
the officials would find a way of getting rid of them."
"We are in the process of putting in an application to get
them moved. I went to speak to them on Monday morning and
Mrs Hughes told me they had a child in hospital and that
they would be moving soon," said Simon Conibear, a spokesman
for the Duchy, which owns the village.
Kennedy
Jr. wants to burn his house to get rid of bugs (Go
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New
York: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of late US President
John. F. Kennedy's brother, is reportedly planning to burn
his Mount Kisco home and rebuild it because it is infested
with bugs. A source has claimed that that Kennedy, who is
famous for his environment crusading image, is planning
to torch his family home because it is full of "something
like termites, but not termites." According to the New York
Daily News, when Kennedy was queried about his house-torching
plans, he said, "I urge you not to write this - it will
damage the value of my house. We don't know what we're going
to do". However, a member of Kennedy's staff said, "They
are doing renovations. There are no bugs - they're planning
to do work on the inside." In the past, Kennedy has sued
local governments and companies for polluting Hudson River
and Long Island Sound and has gone after sewage treatment
plants to force compliance with the Clean Water Act.
Madonna's
secret show for her gay fans (Go
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London:
Pop diva Madonna, who has a varied fanbase, believes
in catering for all of them, even if she has to take extra
time out for them. According to The Sun, she is rumoured
to be playing a secret show for her gay fans in Manchester
at the Essential club off Canal St.
Nude
calender breaks the million pound mark (Go
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London:
Some people can go to great lengths to fulfill their
charitable ambitions like the members of The Women's Institute
who posed nude for a charity calendar and raised 1 million
pounds. According to The Mirror, Angela Baker and her 11
friends from Rylstone, North Yorks received a donation of
more than 22,000 pounds from an anonymous businessman to
touch the million mark, eight years after they had stripped
off. The man, a Briton living in Monaco, gave them the money
at a fund raiser in France after he was informed by the
head of Leukaemia Research that the women needed 22,666
pounds to reach the million mark. "He said his father died
of it and he wanted to give us the money in his memory.
It's brilliant. We never thought we would raise this much,"
Angela was quoted as saying.
Rappers
join hands to 'Wake Up Everybody' against George Bush (Go
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London:
In yet another attempt to wean voters away from President
Bush, Rap and R&B crooners Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot and
Eve have now come together to record a song. According to
The BBC, the trio is re-recording the 1960s hit 'Wake Up
Everybody', which was earlier used during the 1976 election
to muster black voters to support Jimmy Carter. The album
will also contain songs by Marvin Gaye, Linda Rondstadt
and Yoko Ono. "This song is the spirit of the country and
all these artists have the will to change it," Kenny "Babyface"
Edmonds, the producer of the up-graded track, was quoted
as saying.
