Madonna's
Israel visit draws the flak from Jews and Palestinians
London:
Israel might be preparing to honour Madonna for her
devotion to Kabbalah, the cult which has its roots in Jewish
scriptures, but the pop singer's visit to the country for
a five-day spiritual fest for the Jewish New Year, which
began last night, is already marred by controversies. According
to the Telegraph, Madonna's pilgrimage has aroused anger
amongst the Palestinians ,who have accused Madonna of neglecting
their plight, as well as the Jews who find her 'religiously
insensitive'. The protestants, reports the paper are particularly
enraged about Madonna's visit to Rachel's Tomb, the Bethlehem
shrine where a security barrier is being erected for Madge's
protection. This has angered the Palestinians living in
the area, who believe that the barrier is a mere guise being
used by the Israeli authorities to capture their land and
legitimise the occupation. "Rachel's Tomb has become a symbol
of our misery. What they are doing when they come here to
the tomb is endorsing the misery," Michel Nasser, a Palestinian
leader of Bethlehem's Christian community, was quoted by
the paper as saying.
Britney
wants lingerie as a wedding gift from Kevin (Go
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New
York: Britney Spears, who will reportedly become Mrs.
Kevin Federline in next 20 days, wants Kevin to gift her
some lingerie for their wedding. Speaking to 'The Insider'
showbiz reporter Steven Cojocaru, in a TV interview, the
pop diva revealed some of her wedding secrets, including
what wedding gift she expects and her plans for a tropical
beach honeymoon. When asked what gift Kevin could buy for
her for the wedding, "Lingerie. Gimme some lingerie," the
bride-to-be replied. "It's my dream come true. It's going
to be my fairytale dream wedding," a beaming Britney said
in the interview. "If you're in love and you know, go for
it.He's this person that I go to and it's just like, 'Hah.'
He just makes you feel stable and sane and he gives you
love too, so that's not bad," she added.
`Dirty
Dancing' tops 10 all time movie favourites list (Go
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London:
A new poll conducted by the Daily Mail has revealed
that the 1987 classic 'Dirty Dancing' is the all time favourite
movie for Britons. Starring Aussie actor Patrick Swayze
and Jennifer Grey, the movie centred around a naove young
girl who falls in love with her dance teacher. The romantic
flick beat legendary movies like 'The Godfather' and 'The
Lord of the Rings,' which also made it to the list of the
ten best movies ever. The top ten all time favourites were:
1. Dirty Dancing 2. Shawshank Redemption 3. Indiana Jones:
Raiders Of The Lost Ark 4. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship
Of The Ring 5. Pulp Fiction 6. Pretty Woman 7. The Godfather
8. Love Actually 9. Gladiator
'Rolling
Stone' legend's daughter does a Nipplegate in New York (Go
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London:
History repeated itself a la Nipplegate, as 'Rolling
Stone' legend Keith Richards' daughter Alexandra bared her
bust to the audience while sashaying down the ramp during
the New York Fashion Week. According to The Sun, Alexandra
was joined by her famous guitarist father in New York for
the Buddhist Punk fashion show. Pop star Janet Jackson had
created a furore a couple of months back by baring her breast
during a performance in the Super Bowl.
Zeta
Jones's stalker charged on 25 criminal counts (Go
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Washington:
Dawnette Knight, the 33-year old woman accused of stalking
and sending death threats to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones,
will stand trial on 25 criminal counts against her, a Los
Angeles Court announced yesterday. According to E Online,
the judges took the decision after the police found conclusive
evidence that the telephone death threats made to the 'Chicago'
star had come from Knight's Beverly Hills home, including
a death threat to the actress at her hotel while she was
on location in Europe. Knight has pleaded not guilty and
remains restrained in a Los Angeles jail with bail set at
1 million dollars. If found guilty on all charges, she could
receive a ten-year prison sentence. Knight has, meanwhile,
claimed that she had had an affair with Zeta Jones' actor
husband Michael Douglas and that she was 'obsessed' with
him.
Nicole
Kidman is Australia's 'richest young woman' (Go
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Sydney:
Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has been named as Australia's
'richest young woman', according to BRW magazine's young
rich list. The stunning 'Cold Mountain' star has a fortune
estimated at 155 Australian dollars (108 million US dollars).
Supermodel Elle McPherson and pop diva Kylie Minogue were
tied in third place on the list with 60 million Australian
dollars each.
Angelina
Jolie's cathartic talk with Billy Bob Thornton (Go
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London:
"Tomb Raider" actress Angelina Jolie is on speaking
terms with her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton again. "Nobody
actually knows, but Billy and I speak now. We began a few
months ago with one of the most beautiful conversations
two people could have. We talked about how much we said
and didn't really mean," the Premiere magazine quoted Jolie
as saying. The star couple had married in 2000 after a whirlwind
courtship, but divorced in 2003 following irreconcilable
differences.
Is
all well between J Lo and Marc Anthony (Go
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London:
Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony are barely talking
to each other these days it seems! According to the Daily
Star, Lopez is reportedly angry with Anthony for not spending
time with her, and had warned him that she would not attend
his events, unless he apologises for his arguments during
their rows. "Jennifer has always supported Marc when he
performs and in the past has been to all of his shows. But
she wants him to give her the same support and spend more
time with her away from his music," an insider was quoted
as saying.
