Britney's
dad got the shock of his life on her wedding day
Washington:
Pop diva Britney Spears' father Jamie got the biggest
shock of his life on September 18 when his daughter turned
an engagement party into a surprise wedding ceremony. Jamie
had turned up at the private home in Studio City, Los Angeles,
for Britney's engagement party, but didn't read the surprise
invitation that he received upon his arrival properly, and
was thoroughly confused when people started congratulating
Kevin Federline. "My dad said, 'Why is everyone congratulating
Kevin?' I said, 'Daddy, did you read the invitation?' He
said yup. I said, 'You might want to read it again," rate
the music quoted Britney's brother Bryan, as saying. "He
went into shock: 'Oh my God, I don't have my tuxedo," added
Jamie's wife Lynne. The 'Toxic' star, however, was not to
be outdone, as she had all 27 wedding guests' fitted outfits
for her planned October 16 nuptials delivered to the home
of her wedding planner and everyone quickly changed into
new fineries for the wedding ceremony. Federline, meanwhile,
was particularly keen to get the blessings of his father-in-law
on his big day. "I was worried, because you want your wife's
father to be OK with you. But when I saw him, it was great,"
he said.
Dame
Julie Andrews loses her 'Sound Of Music' forever (Go
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London:
Sound of Music's singing legend Dame Julie Andrews has
lost her singing voice, and says she has no hopes of it
being restored. Despite her first singing role in seven
years, in Princess Diaries 2 , receiving a rapturous welcome
in Hollywood, the singer has dismissed all hopes of making
a comeback. For her role in Princess Diaries 2, Dame Julie
said that all she did was "sing-speaking" for the part.
"I try the smallest, smallest moment of a song, but I kind
of sing speak as much as Rex Harrison used to do (in My
Fair Lady). I don't want people to think I'm making a big
comeback or anything like that," the singer was quoted by
the Daily Mail, as saying. "It's about the same unfortunately
and I'm not really going to be singing again, I don't think,
sadly," she added. Earlier the singer was reportedly hopeful
that a pioneering operation, currently being tested on cancer
patients, would eventually restore her vocal chords , but
now she has revealed on an interview to ITV1's Parkinson
Show, that by the time such a technique is developed, it
will be too late for her.
Romanian
woman sells hubby's grave for money (Go
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London:
A Romanian woman has upset her dead husband's family
by digging up his body and selling the grave because she
was in dire financial straits. It is believed that the woman
dumped her dead husband's body somewhere close to the cemetery.
"Did I do anything wrong? Was that a crime? I don't think
so. I only dug him out and sold the grave because he was
my husband - mine. I lived with him for 20 years and not
his family," Adevarul newspaper quoted the Romanian woman
as saying. The dead man's family, meanwhile, recovered his
body and said that they soon intend to re-inter it in a
different cemetery.
Alexander
release postponed to better chances for an Oscar (Go
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London:
Movie buffs will have to wait a bit longer to watch
the highly anticipated, historical movie 'Alexander,' as
the films director has postponed the release date of the
movie, in a bid to win an Oscar. 'Alexander,' which stars
Irish hunk Collin Farrel as the legendary conqueror, was
slated for an early October release, but it has been delayed
by three weeks, because late releases are known to have
more chances at the Academy awards.
Will
Arnie be back as The Terminator? (Go
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Washington:
Rumours are rife that the Californian governor, Arnold
Schwarzenegger will live up to the 'I'll be back' promise
that he made as the 'The Terminator,' and reprise his role
in 'Terminator 4,' which is slated to start production early
next year. The movie, however will not centre around Schwarzenegger,
who has been approached for the role but is yet to give
an answer, instead, it will come up with some entirely new
characters, reports the Daily Variety. According to the
report, Hollywood actors Claire Danes and Nick Stahl, who
had acted in 'Terminator 3,' have refused to act in the
movie. It has also been revealed that the evil machine in
the fourth part of the series will be even bigger and more
lethal.
Bush's
dirty linen tops NYT's best-seller list (Go
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New
York: Revealing the secrets of the American president
George Bush's shady past, has spelt big business for one
Miss Kitty Kelley, whose book 'The Family,' has made it
to the number one slot in the New York Times's best-seller
list. The book, which exposes Bush as a lazy and womanising
youngster, narrates several incidents from the time that
Bush was hooked on dope and drinking and often got into
trouble with the police, but got away with a lot of things
because of his political connections. Kelley's book, which
also writes about the rest of the Bush family has already
sold 722,500 copies. This year's best-seller list, which
will be announced early next month, indicates that with
the oncoming elections in America, peoples reading tastes
have also become more politically inclined, as 9 of the
15 non-fiction books deal with current issues. Seymour Hersh's
"Chain of Command," about the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in
Abu Ghraib, and Bill Clinton's 'My Life' also feature in
the list.
