A
film festival to showcase Bollywood movies in Moscow (Go
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Moscow:
A four-day Indian film festival began here with the
screening of the Bollywood blockbuster "Kabhi Khushi, Kabhi
Gam" here. Despite the fact that all the films are in Hindi,
a large number of enthusiastic young spectators are coming
to attend the festival. "I am surprised to see so many young
faces in the hall, I thought, I would see mostly your mothers
and grandmothers here," said Indian ambassador to Russia
Kanwal Sibal. "Love for the Indian films and Bollywood is
still alive in Russia and the new generation of Russians
is also carrying forward the tradition in spite of Hollywood
movies flooding screens in the country," noted Russian film
critic Kirill Razlogov said. The festival would screen a
number of hit Indian movies, including Raj Kapoor's 'Bobby',
Shekhar Kapur's 'Masoom', Mani Ratnam's 'Roja', Karan Johar's
'Kal Ho Na Ho' and 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'.
Britney
Spears sacks manager over her hubby (Go
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New
York: Pop dive Britney Spears has sacked her long time
manager Larry Rudolph for reportedly not agreeing with her
marriage to Kevin Federline. According to The New York Daily
News, the singer has announced that she would not be renewing
her contract with Larry, when it runs out at the end of
this month. "Britney and I simply realised that we have
done all we can do together and have amicably parted ways
after eight years," Rudolph told the paper through his rep.
According to the paper, Britney was reportedly unhappy with
Larry for persuading her to get her wedding with Jason Alexander
annulled and being against her wedding with Kevin Federline.
Larry reportedly aslo forced her to ink a pre-nuptial agreement
with Larry. Britney and Larry reportedly had nasty showdowns
over Kevin's arrival during her world tour this year. "Larry
forced Britney to get the annulment from [first husband]
Jason Alexander. And he forced her to sign a prenup with
Kevin Federline. Bryan Spears, Britney's older brother,
was always trying to push Larry out of the picture. Bryan
has the managing bug," a source was quoted by the paper
as saying. "They parted ways amicably, and Britney wishes
him the best. Bryan has nothing to do with it. Larry had
nothing to do with the prenup,"the paper quoted Britney's
spokeswoman as saying.
Britney
declares war on the paparazzi with coke cannons (Go
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London:
Pop diva Britney Spears has found a novel way to deal
with pestering photographers. She simply throws her coke
at them and shows them her middle finger. That's exactly
what she did when she came out of a fast food joint with
her husband, Kevin Federline and found snappers surrounding
her. The 'Toxic' singer, reportedly wet the snapper's entire
camera kit as she chucked her coke at him, pulled out her
finger and ran laughing into her car. Federline seemed to
support her actions while saying 'That's what happens if
you get too close," reports The Sun.
Richard
Gere inspires Jennifer Lopez to embrace Buddhism (Go
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London:
Celebrities seem to have a strange fascination for Asian
religions, and if it was George Harrison becoming a disciple
of the Hindu guru Mahararishi Mahesh Yogi and Madonna practicing
the Jewish religion kabalah, this time it is Latino diva
Jennifer Lopez who is taking up Buddhism. The 'Wedding Planner'
actress was reportedly so impressed by her co-star Richard
Gere's dedication to Buddhism, that she was inspired to
embrace the religion after she had a number of spiritual
talks with him, reports the Sun. Lopez, who is acting with
Gere in the movie 'Shall We Dance' says that she is now
aware of a higher energy, and the fact that it is very important
to be a good human being. "Now I know there's a force in
the world. There's an energy that if you put out good and
you put out love it comes back to you. That's a basic thing
that works for me," the report quoted her as saying.
Will
J K Rowling kill off Harry Potter? (Go
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London:
British author J K Rowling has revealed that she might
kill of one of the best loved fictional characters of all
time in her next book, the boy wizard Harry Potter, who
she created in her first book 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone.' She let out the information on her website, when
a fan asked her if she was going to kill off any more characters.
She said that she was definitely going to kill one character
in her next book 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince,'
and it could even be Potter himself, reports the Sun. Rowling,
however clarified that it could be anyone of the other characters
like the lovable half-human Hagrid, Harry's friends Ron
and Hermoine or Harry's principal, the master wizard Dumbledor,
who could kick the bucket. Rowling had earlier admitted
that she would be introducing a new character in the book,
which is the sixth in the series.
Johnny
Depp to play Mumbai quack in 'Shantaram' (Go
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Washington:
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has reportedly signed on
to play the lead role in a new movie, 'Shantaram,' in which
he will portray a drug addict who escapes from an Australian
prison to establish himself as a fake doctor in the slums
of Mumbai. The movie, which is based on the real life story
of Gregory David Roberts, who penned down his adventures
in a book by the same name, is being touted as one of the
biggest Hollywood deals of the year, and Warner Bros reportedly
paid Roberts two million dollars for the film role, repots
the Daily variety. Depp, who has earlier received critical
acclaim for playing drug addict in the movie 'Fear and Loathing
in Las Vegas,' was the film makers second choice after Oscar
Winner Russell Crowe. The movie will also star the 'Fight
Club' actress Helena Bonham Carter and 'Harry Potter' actress
Emily Watson.
Charlize
Theron wants to marry Ozzy Osbourne (Go
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London:
Sharon Osbourne had better watch out, as Oscar winner
Charlize Theron has revealed that she has a huge crush on
Sharon's husband, rocker Ozzy Osbourne, and would love to
marry him. The 'Monster' actress said that she likes Ozzy
because she has a fetish for older men. She also said that
she had sworn that she will never get married after she
witnessed her mother shooting her father, but now her current
boyfriend, actor Stuart Townsend has persuaded her that
marriage is a good thing. "I have this thing about wanting
to marry him. I like those older guys. I have this weird
nurturing sense," Female First quoted her as saying.
Cell
phone inventor was refused loan (Go
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London:
Here is another story of great inventors not giving
up in the face of adversity, John Edwards, the man who created
the mobile phone in the 1960's, was refused a start up loan
for the gadget, because the bank manager thought that the
technology would 'never catch on.' Edwards, who was an electronics
engineer, revealed that he had applied for a loan of 150,000
pounds at the Midland Bank in Southport, Merseyside but
his application was shot down, because according to the
manager, the idea was absolute 'nonsense' and people would
never like to carry a 'phone in their pockets,' reports
The Sun. Edwards then borrowed the money from another bank
and created the hefty Ready Call device, which was the world's
first cell phone. However the father of the cell phone also
admitted that shockingly enough, he does not know how to
send SMS's and has to be aided by his grandchildren when
he wants to send a message.
Hugh
Grant hates his 17 homes (Go
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London:
Hollywood star Hugh Grant has revealed that he owns
17 houses and hates all of them. The 'Notting Hill' actor
also said that he is somewhat like a real estate tycoon
because when he gets bored with one house, he buys another.
"I have gone mad with real estate," femalefirst quoted Hugh
as saying. "I now own about 17 houses in London, all of
them horrible and all of them very badly decorated. I seem
to have no talent for it whatsoever," he added.
