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Keira's Oscar dress to feed 5000 kids (Go To Top)

      London: British beauty Keira Knightley's Oscar dress is making sure that charity Oxfam will be able to help a significant number of people, after already attracting bids of more than 4,000 pounds on eBay. And, the Vera Wang ensemble is generating so much of interest that the auction site has extended the deadline until 5pm on Monday, in the hope that the gown will raise even more money. Though the auction had started with bids of just 99p, the amount soon increased with the top price 4,160 pounds. A spokes-woman for Oxfam said that the charity was hoping that the bids would climb even higher. "We hope it will go even higher over the next couple of days. We had no idea how much interest there would be and so we are very pleased. People should be aware that #4,000 would be enough money to feed 5,000 children in Tanzania, who are facing the worst food crisis they have known, for a whole month," The Independent quoted her, as saying. The charity is hoping to raise 20 million dollars to help 11 million people in drought-struck east Africa with its biggest appeal in its 60-year history.

Kylie is back on song (Go To Top)

      London: Aussie singing sensation Kylie Minogue is reportedly back in the recording studio, working on a new album, for the first time since she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 37-year-old singer said she was feeling "good" and taking "baby steps" back into work. "I'm working with a few people, just kicking some ideas around. It's fun to be working again and sitting down and making music," she was quoted by The Daily Mail, as saying. "I'm taking it slowly. You know, baby steps. We're taking one baby step at a time. It's early days and I'm not sure what shape things are going to take yet. Really, what we're doing is messing around in the studio with different people and seeing what comes up. I don't know yet what songs I'm going to sing, or how I'm going to sing them, or what they're going to be about,' she added. It is the first time the singer has properly returned to work after being diagnosed with breast cancer in May last year. After a partial mastectomy and months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, doctors pronounced her cancer free at the start of the year.

Kidman and Urban to marry in June (Go To Top)

      Sydney: Oscar winner Nicole Kidman is reportedly all set to tie the knot with beau Keith Urban in a Catholic Church wedding in June. As for the date, the couple is said to have settled for a June 25 nuptial to be held at a church in Sydney. "They seem great together. Real love just happens. You don't plan it," the Herald Sun quoted pals, as saying. The news of the wedding follows reports that the 'Cold Mountain' stunner was told that she would be able to get an annulment of her marriage to Tom Cruise on the basis that it did not conform to the requirements of the Catholic Church.

Shakira sweeps Billboard Music Awards (Go To Top)

      Washington: Colombian singer Shakira had a kitty full after winning a total of six awards at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Florida. The 'Whenever, Wherever' singer not only saw her album Fijacion Oral Vol 1 (Oral Fixation Vol 1) win the Female Latin Pop Album Of The Year, but her single La Torture (The Torture) also won an additional four awards including Hot Latin Song Of The Year. According to Contactmusic, Shakira was also presented with the Spirit Of Hope Award, to acknowledge and honour the Fundacion Piez Descalzos (Bare Feet Foundation) she set up to help Colombian children. Other multiple winners of the night included reggaeton star Daddy Yankee, rapper Juanes, Dominican bachata singer Andy Andy, and Mexican pop group RBD, who all took home three award each.

Clint Eastwood still a 'toughie' at 75 (Go To Top)

       Washington: Actor Jamie Bell is amazed by the enthusiam and energy levels Clint Eastwood exudes at the age of 75, and feels that he single-handedly can beat a bunch of regulars of half his age with consummate ease. Bell was directed by the Oscar-winning director in the forthcoming Second World War flick ,'Flags Of Our Father'. "Clint could kick all of our a**es put together, we were out on the Icelandic sea doing the landing-craft sequence where the marines hit Iwo Jima and Clint's in the boat with us, he's jumping from boat to boat. He's seventy-something, but he flies helicopters and he drives four-wheelers," Contact music quoted him, as saying. Bell is also so inspired by Eastowood's directional skills, that he soon plans to try his hand at direction after gaining couple years experience in acting.

Katie Homes is now called Kate (Go To Top)

       Washington: Hollywood actress Katie Homes has dropped her 'girlish' name Katie in favour a more 'mature' name Kate. The actress decided to alter her name after discussing it with fiance Tom Cruise, and the couple unanimously agreed that Katie sounded too young for a 27-year old, and so concluded that Holmes would henceforth be known as Kate instead. "Katie is a young girl's name," Contactmusic quoted the Tom, as saying. "Her name is Kate now she's a child-bearing woman," he added. Ever since Holmes started dating the Top Gun star, she has been making an awful lot of changes. Despite her strict Catholic upbringing, the former Dawson's Creek beauty converted to Scientology. She also followed the Scientology friendly silent birth while giving birth to daughter Suri, and is determined to bring her up in the controversial religion.

Pamela's breasts are like calf muscles (Go To Top)

      London: By revealing that her implants feel like 'calf muscles', a TV presenter who slept with former 'Baywatch' star Pamela Anderson has answered the one question most men want to know - What do Pammie's breasts feel like? Steve Jones, who got hot and heavy with the 'Playboy's most famous playmate in 2004 after interviewing her on his show 'T4', said that Anderson's famous assets were as taunt as calf muscles. "If you want to know what they're like push your calf muscle to your leg. That's what a pair of fake tits feel like. I find implants very sexy," Femalefirst quoted him, as telling British magazine Zoo. "Anyone who says they hate fake tits is full of shit, because they're great," he added.

Pitt and Jolie may do 'Atlas Shrugged' (Go To Top)

      Washington: After the movie Mr and Mrs Smith, which brought Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt together, the duo is now in talks to star in the movie version of Ayn Rand's famous novel Atlas Shrugged. Lionsgate Films has bought the rights to the film version of the 1957 novel, considered in many polls to be one of the most influential books in history. According to Variety, the pair, who are both fans of the Russian novelist, would play the lead roles of Dagny Taggart and John Gault. The story revolves around the economic collapse of the US sometime in the future and espouses Rand's philosophy of objectivism. Ray producers Howard and Karen Baldwin will adapt the 1,100 page novel into a feature film, reports Moviehole.

Teachers can't go 'topless' (Go To Top)

      London: A teacher at Harvey Grammar School in Folkestone, Kent was handed over the termination letter, after she chose to bare her 'unique' breasts in a woman's magazine. Blonde music teacher Kristina Howells, 33, stripped alongside 14 other women who bared all for a health feature in Cosmopolitan, headlined "How Normal Are Your Breasts?" "I love my breasts because they are different. They have hairs around them and they're small. They're big enough for my partner to be satisfied and he loves them because they are unique," The Sun quoted her, as saying in the magazine. However, to her misfortune, Kristina was called into the head's office and fired. "Miss Howell's services are no longer required," said Deputy head Phil Harding. Kristina, who was upset by the whole incident, claimed that she posed for Cosmopolitan before joining the school in February. "I was really upset. I can't believe it - all I did was appear topless," said Kristina. She was hired after a previous male teacher left over allegations he downloaded adult porn on school computers. "Kids now call Harvey Grammar the Pervy Grammar," a source said.

Jessica-less 'Dukes of Hazzard' sequel (Go To Top)

      Melbourne: Hollywood production house Warner Bros. has announced that they will soon begin casting for the sequel to the Jessica Simpson-starrer 'The Dukes of Hazzard'. However, according to moviehole.net Jessica Simpson fans won't be seeing their favourite singer in the sequel, for it will have an all-new cast. The new "Dukes" movie, set to be released direct-to-video, will chronicle Bo and Luke Duke's first few weeks in Hazzard County. Veteran director Bob Berlinger has been roped in to direct the new movie.

Coming soon, a 'Hills Have Eyes' sequel (Go To Top)

     Melbourne: Wes Carven and son Jonathan will soon write the sequel to 'The Hills Have Eyes,' but director Alexandre Aja will not be directing it this time. Carven said that they had decided to write the script for the sequel as they wanted to continue the story of the miners. "We want to continue the story of the miners....This time, a group of National Guard screw-ups come face to face with the mutants on their last day of training in the desert. We will take the audience underground into the mines as well," Moviehole.net quoted him, as saying. "The studio, Fox Searchlight, wants the sequel out a year to the day after the last one, so we have to deliver our script in a matter of weeks," he added. The shooting for the sequel is all set to begin later this year.

'Legally Blonde' musical to hit Broadway (Go To Top)

      Washington: Robert Luketic directed blockbuster 'Legally Blonde' is soon going to be turned into a musical, and is expected to hit Broadway on April 27, 2007. According to Contactmusic, the musical will play a world premiere, pre-Broadway engagement in San Francisco at The Orpheum Theatre January 2007. Tony winner Jerry Mitchell, who makes his Broadway directorial debut, will also choreograph the musical version of the 2001 "Resse Witherson" starrer. Music and lyrics are by both Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keef.