Britney's wedding
is over (Go
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London:
Britney, who ended months of speculation about where
and how she will get married, finally went ahead and tied
the knot in a simple, secret ceremony at a friend's house,
clad in a white tracksuit with 'Mrs Federline' written at
the back. According to the Sun, the 22-year old singer wore
a white strapless gown for the wedding, but she later replaced
it with a white tracksuit as she and her dancer beau, Kevin
Federline, exchanged wedding vows. While Ferderline and
his friends also wore white tracksuits with 'The Pimp' written
at the back, the 'Toxic' singer's mother and sister, who
was also the maid of honour, wore pink tracksuits with the
'The Maids' written on them and Federline's dad's tracksuit
read 'Pimp Daddy.' The wedding menu comprised of chicken
wings and hamburgers and later the newly wed couple celebrated
with their friends at a Los Angeles nightclub. However,
the wedding guests were left complaining because they had
to pay for their drinks. Britney reportedly got a lot of
lingerie as her wedding gifts after she had earlier said
that she would want to be gifted sexy underwear at her wedding.
"We can confirm the rumours are true. The happy couple married
on Saturday," the report quoted Britney's spokesperson as
saying. "Britney decided to stick to family guests. Her
sister was her bridesmaid, and Kevin's brother was his best
man. It was a cute ceremony," added a wedding guest.
'Sky
Captain' goes sky high at box office (Go
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Washington:
'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow' topped the box
office with estimated earnings of 16.2 million dollars last
week. According to estimates released by Exhibitor Relations,
the Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie starrer
earned the top spot, while Bernie Mac's comedy "Mr. 3000"
came in second place followed by last week's winner "Resident
Evil: Apocalypse" in the third spot. Here's a listing of
the top 10 movies based on Sunday estimates by Exhibitor
Relations: 1. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 16.2
million dollars 2. Mr. 3000, 9.2 million dollars 3. Resident
Evil: Apocalypse, 9 million dollars 4. Wimbledon, 7.8 million
dollars 5. Cellular, 6.8 million dollars 6. Without a Paddle,
3.7 million dollars 7. Hero, 2.9 million dollars 8. Napoleon
Dynamite, 2.4 million dollars 9. Collateral, 2.3 million
dollars 10. The Princess Diaries 2, 2 million dollars
Pugilism
is Nicole Kidman's latest passion (Go
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Sydney:
Her alleged romance with Russell Crowe seems to have
given Nicole Kidman a new passion, boxing, with her being
spotted at a number of bouts lately. According to The Daily
Telegraph, Kidman , along with Russell Crowe was first spotted
cheering at a bout between Anthony Mundine and Japanese
opponent Yoshinori Nishizawa in Wollongong back in February,
and was amongst the spectators again this weekend, where
former champion Oscar De La Hoya's lost to Bernard Hopkins
at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Dannii
Minogue to make her film debut in psychological thriller
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London:
Singer Dannii Minogue is all set to make her big screen
debut in a psychological thriller. Pop diva Kylie Minogue's
younger sister will play the lead role in the as-yet-untitled
movie, created and distributed by the team behind the super
successful film, 'Four Weddings and a Funeral'. The golden
offer has come to Dannii after she landed a four-album deal
and a huge contract as one of the celebrity faces of Mercedes.
"The film has such a brilliant script and it looks like
it's definitely going ahead, just as I start promoting my
new album at the start of next year. I can't wait," The
Mirror quoted Dannii as saying. "It's not just a cameo part
- Dannii's going to be getting her teeth into a substantial
role," revealed a movie insider. "She is quite apprehensive
as she will be working with some of the most respected people
in the industry but she has done a lot of TV work and they're
convinced she has the talent and looks to carry off the
part," added the source," added the insider.
Halle
Berry pours her heart out to an agony aunt (Go
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London:
Hollywood stars who seem to have the world at their
feet have problems too. Oscar winning actress Halle Berry
reportedly gave vent to her woes in the agony aunt column
of a newspaper, in which she wrote about her failed marriages.
According to The Sunday Express, the star appealed to the
'Los Angeles Sentinel' columnist Deanna Micaud that her
letter, in which she also asked for career advice following
failure of 'Catwoman' at the box office, be published with
her name in the paper. Of her movie miss, the actress reportedly
wrote, "This thing with Catwoman is really affecting me
but I've put up a brave front to get past it." Michaud,
whose column is a hit among African-American women in Los
Angeles, admits that in the beginning she was skeptical
about the authenticity of the letter even though the writer
insisted, "Yes, I'm really Halle Berry, and this is not
a hoax." "I'm satisfied that this is an authentic letter
from Halle Berry. She told me something in her letter which
is so very personal only she would know it," the columnist
was quoted as saying. I've been able to verify that the
very sensitive, confidential information she included, which
will not be published, was indeed, penned by her," she added.
Madonna
says Israel is as safe as New York (Go
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London:
Madonna has waved off any possible security threats
to her during her Israel visit, by saying that being in
Israel was no riskier than being in NY. "It is no more dangerous
to be here than it is to be in New York," she was quoted
by The Sun as saying. Despite facing protests from the Jews
as well as the Palestinians, Madonna and hubby Guy Ritchie
reportedly made a midnight pilgrimage to the grave of the
Kabbalist sage Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag. Madge, who is in Israel
along with 2000 other Kabbalahists to mark the beginning
of the Jewish New Year, also paid a visit to the Wailing
Wall, a part of Judaism's holiest site where the biblical
temples once stood. She touted her Five-day visit to Israel
as a medium to create peace. She added that she and all
the others who had come had "one thing in common - we want
to create peace."
Prince
Harry to join the Welsh Guards (Go
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London:
Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather,
Prince Harry is all geared up to join the Welsh Guards and
will reportedly start officer training at Sandhurst. According
to The Daily Mail, the prince has already met the unit's
commanding officer in London to have an idea of his duties
and responsibilities. As a cadet, Harry will be required
to learn the Welsh language as well as the history of The
Welsh Guards. According to the report the Prince will serve
in their elite Prince of Wales Company and his uniform could
cost as much as 30,000 pounds, as the red tunic is decorated
with gold braid. "It is premature to talk about Prince Harry
choosing a regiment because he has yet to take his RCB (Royal
Commission Board) exams so any reports about regiments at
this stage are pure speculation," a spokesperson for the
prince was quoted as saying.
JK
Rowling reveals 'real facts' behind 'hurtful gossip' (Go
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London:
In an attempt to quash rumours about her private life,
JK Rowling has come up with a new section on her official
website, in which she claims that fans can find out "real
facts" of her life behind "hurtful" gossip. According to
The Mirror, the author denies that her doctor husband Neil
Murray has quit work. "This is one of those stories that
makes me angry because they hurt my family. "So, and hopefully
for the last time, Neil has never given up work and continues
to practise as a doctor in Edinburgh," she writes in the
new section. Rowling has also rubbished rumours that the
character of Gilderoy Lockhart, who teaches Defence of the
Dark Arts at Hogwarts Academy in the Harry Potter books,
is based on her ex-husband Jorge Arantes. She says, "Lockhart
was inspired by a real man. I won't identify him but I can
state categorically I never married him." "This is a great
place to tell the truth about some of the more fiction-than-fact-articles,"
she adds.
The
taxman chases James Bond away from Britain (Go
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London:
A change in British tax laws that could make shooting
films in Britain dearer, could see the country losing it's
favorite fictional hero, as the makers of the James Bond
series are reportedly looking to ditch the Pinewood Studios
where all the Bond films have been made, and shift to studios
in America or other European countries. According to the
Daily Mail, the tax reform would take away an important
tax concession, which allowed film investors to receive
an immediate rebate of twice their initial stake, and they
had to pay tax only if the movie was a success. The new
law could see filmmakers spending a third of budgets in
taxes. The concession was the reason a number of films like
'Gosford Park' and 'Bend It Like Beckham' were able to get
completed on a low budget.
`Angels
in America' shine for HBO at the Emmy's (Go
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London:
HBO miniseries 'Angels in America' clearly stole the
limelight at last night's Emmy Awards by winning a record
seven awards out of the total sixteen that the cable channel
won. According to The BBC, 'Angels in America' won the award
for the best miniseries with Al Pacino winning the best
actor for his role in the series in which he plays a man
dying of Aids. HBO also won best drama for its mobster series,
The Sopranos with Sarah Jessica Parker picking up the best
comedy actress for HBO's Sex And The City.
Sven
Goran Eriksson to wed his 'cheated-on' fiancee (Go
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London:
It seems that the English soccer coach Seven Goran Eriksson's
fiancee Nancy Dell'Olio, has forgiven him for cheating on
her with the sexy FA secretary Faria Alam, with the couple
reportedly ready to tie the knot. According to Newsoftheworld,
the couple are together again and Nancy has reportedly made
Eriksson promise to mend his ways. "There's been talk about
slipping away to marry quietly but they also know that will
quickly become public knowledge. Of course we all expect
Nancy to want a ceremony with all the bells and whistles,"
a close friend of the couple was quoted as saying. "She's
not going to miss the chance of her biggest day, in her
most glorious gown, thumbing her nose at all her rivals
and saying, 'You may have wanted him but I'm the one he
comes home to," he added.
Munroe's
ex-husband pens play on her 'emotional disintegration' (Go
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Melbourne:
Marilyn Monroe's ex husband, American playwright Arthur
Miller, has come up with an autobiographical play, in which
he portrays his tumultuous marriage to the iconic beauty.
According to The Australian, the play 'Finishing The Picture',
a fictional portrait of Monroe's emotional disintegration,
is based on the period in which she was shooting for ' The
Misfits', for which Miller wrote the screenplay. Actor Matthew
Modine stars as a young writer who is powerless to stop
the disturbed star's descent into depression and drug addiction.
"She is having difficulty getting out of bed and going to
work because she is having a nervous breakdown on the scale
of Hamlet," Modine was quoted as saying in an interview.
"It is about the tremendous pressure of being one of the
most iconic characters of the 20th Century. "We all expect
her to wake up bright and fluffy even though she is dying,"
he added.
The
British `Bobby' could soon be speaking to you in Punjabi
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London:
If you are going to London and can't speak English properly,
you can now take heart from the fact that in the near future,
you could actually converse with the London police in Punjabi
or Bengali, after British authorities have passed a new
law which will actually give preference to hiring ethnically
diverse police officers. According to the Minister in charge
of Policing, Hazel Blears, the new law has been passed to
enable the British police force to reflect the of ethnic
breakdown of London's population and also because policing
would be much more effective, if people were checked in
their own language, reports the Independent. The new law,
which ensures that the British police will recruit foreign
speaking candidates before they hire only English speaking
ones, also hopes to give an elixir to the race relations
within minority communities as well as increase the number
of non-white officers in the force. With the move, which
will probably include specifying that candidates applying
for the police should know certain languages, the officials
are also hoping to win some public support for the cops.
"I am thinking about genuine occupational qualifications
where you can stipulate you need people with particular
backgrounds," the report quoted Blears as saying. "I met
some police officers who were policing the Cypriot community
in London and they were desperate for people who could speak
the language. And they found when they got those officers
the engagement with these communities was tremendous which
then reflected in their ability to fight crime," she added.
Big
breasts, hot pants don't make action heroines: Sigourney
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London:
Veteran actress Sigourney Weaver, who heralded the genre
of action heroines with her alien hunting character in the
1979 blockbuster 'Aliens,' has expressed her disappointment
over the action heroines of today, saying that they don't
seem to realise that it takes more than big breasts, hot
pants and a gun to be an action heroine. According to Spiegel
magazine, the 55-year old actress, who revealed that although
there is another Alien movie in the pipeline, she would
not be featuring in it, added that she was not very impressed
by characters like Lara Croft. "I'm not sure I'd say Angelina
Jolie was brilliant in the way they used her in Lara Croft,
Angelina is a great actress, but her role is limited to
fighting evil with weapons," the report quoted her as saying.
"I think it's quite a pity that an actress as good as Angelina
Jolie isn't given more room to portray the character of
Lara Croft with a touch more intelligence. They limited
her to the video game character too much," she added.
Cameron
Diaz thinks her nose is the secret to her success (Go
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Washington:
Hollywood beauty Cameron Diaz has revealed that though
her friends always told her that she would never be able
to make it big in Hollywood unless she got a nose job, but
her refusal to get it corrected actually helped her get
film roles instead of losing them. "I thought it kind of
gave me a different look to all the other surgery-type girls
and, who knows, it may have helped land me some roles too,"
Bang Showbiz quoted her as saying.
Britney
Spears to produce satanic heir to the 'Chucky' throne (Go
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New
York: The evil doll of the successful horror movie series
'Chucky' in the latest horror flick titled 'Seed of Chucky',
will have sex with a Britney Spears look-alike doll, producing
the satanic heir to the Chucky throne. Britney, meanwhile,
is reportedly upset that Rogue Pictures used her hit song
'Baby One More Time' in an inappropriate manner in the new
Chucky film, according to the New York Post. Desist letters
have therefore been sent to Rouge Pictures, and the song
has been taken out from the film. The horror movie, however,
is now being marketed as "the movie Britney doesn't want
you to see."
