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James Bond's Aston Martin is up for grabs

    London: For every schoolboy of the 60's, it was the stuff dreams were made of, the incredible Aston Martin, James Bond used in Thunderball and Goldfinger to rid the world of evil. And now, anyone from that era with over a million pounds at his disposal, can make his childhood dream come true, by bidding for it at a forthcoming auction. The 1965 Aston Martin with features such as DB5 Browning machine guns, a wheel-mounted tire slasher, a retractable rear bulletproof screen, an oil slick ejector and a smoke screen system is expected fetch up to 1.2 million pounds at RM Auctions' 7th Annual Vintage Motor Cars Auction on January 20 in Phoenix, Arizona, according to the Scotsman. "The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 is one of the most famous cars in the world. It's just amazing. "This is by far and away the most popular car we have seen in our 26 years of hosting collector car auctions," the paper quoted RM Auctions co-founder Rob Myers, as saying.

Colin Farrell's sex tape hits cyber space (Go To Top)

    Washington: A sex video featuring actor Colin Farrell and a Playboy model has surfaced on the Internet, despite a court order banning its release. Website DirtyColin.com claims they have the exclusive sex video featuring the still shots of the actor and his ex, former Playboy model Nicole Narain making love, reports Contactmusic. The Irish star took Narain to court last year in a bid to keep the sexploits from prying eyes, but in a posting on the website, DirtyColin.com has stated, "Colin tried to stop us from showing you this... Well, here it is anyway." The couple made a 15-minute sex tape in 2003, and had agreed to keep the footage for private use only, but the actor's ex- girlfriend wanted to make money by selling the prints. She was, however, restrained to do so by a court's injunction in August 2005.

It's movies over music for Beyonce (Go To Top)

     Washington: Landing a dream role in upcoming flick, DreamGirls seems to have thrilled Crazy In Love singer Beyonce so much, that she has vowed to put her first love, music, on the backburner, till she doesn't complete filming for the movie. She claims that she was born for the role of Deena Jones in the film, that is about soul singers crossing over into the pop arena, and that work on her next album would not commence till she completes her dream role. "I'm not going to write for the album until I finish doing the movie. "I've never been so excited about a movie in my life. "I want to give 100 per cent to this film, because I know I was born for this role," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.

Jolie adds Pitt to her kids' names (Go To Top)

    Washington: In an attempt to enable Brad Pitt to be a part of her family legally, Hollywood beauty Angelina Jolie, has now placed a name change advetisement in a local LA newspaper, stating that her kids will have the surname Jolie- Pitt. On behalf of Maddox, 4, and Zahara, 11 months, Jolie placed the ad called "Order to Show Cause for Change of Name" in the 'Daily Commerce' four times last December., reports Zap2it. The ads are a part of her court petition to make her children officially linked to Pitt, who reportedly tried to jointly adopt the children but faced legal hassles as he is not married to Jolie. Rumours are abuzz that Brad and Angelina are eyeing marriage, which would facilitate the process of adoption and also change her last name to Jolie-Pitt.

Beckinsale's leading men's 'arousal' dilemma (Go To Top)

    Washington: Just seeing Brit bombshell, Kate Beckinsale on screen is enough to arouse any hot blooded male, but if you happen to be her screen-lover performing the act in front of her husband, you have to leave it up to whether your mind can rule over your matter! That was just the dilemma her Underworld: Revolutions co-star Scott Speedman faced, when he had to literally 'tie-down' his passion in order to save himself from embarrassment. "I was fine because I knew there was nothing creepy going on with Scott and everything was normal (but) Scott was in hell... I thought it was a real hoot. "He's the one with the movable parts - if it moves it's a bad thing, if it doesn't it's kind of insulting. He was just caught between a rock and a hard place... It's just awful. "I think Scott just lashed the thing (penis) to his leg so tightly that tears were running down his face... He was so relieved when it was over," Contactmusic quoted Kate, as saying. "It was just weird," was all Speedman could say of the incident!

Gwyneth Paltrow may give a boost to her bust (Go To Top)

    Washington: Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow has hinted at the possibility of getting a 'breast lift', if they 'sag' after the the birth of her second child. The mother of two-year-old Apple claims that she would like to have a boob job to perk things up again, after suffering the effects of breast feeding. "I think women who have breast-fed will understand what I'm saying - that if you get a boob-job, it's more reconstructive surgery," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. "If you can eat in a healthy way and keep exercising and get a little something done here and there, why not? I'm sure when the time comes, I'll be in there doing something," she added.

Liz Hurley still 'worships' Hugh Grant (Go To Top)

    London: Hollywood beauty Elizabeth Hurley may be planning her nuptials with new love Arun Nayar, but still she has fond memories of ex-flame Hugh Grant and their time tohgether. Hurley revealed that she spent the last month "full of memories and nostalgia" about the period when she dated Hugh Grant. "Through no other reason but sloth, Hugh and I only split up offices last week. And so I spent most of last month going through boxes and boxes of things like that photograph (from the Four Weddings And A Funeral premiere) and press cuttings over the last 12 years and all sorts of memorabilia.," she was quoted by the Daily Mail, as saying. "We don't see a great deal of each other so much now because obviously we've got completely separate lives and we've moved on with new relationships and families, but I still worship him, he's my best friend," she added.

    Meanwhile, Hurley, who recently said she might be buying her wedding dress from Debenhams, denied there were any plans to tie the knot with Nayar. "As a matter of fact, we haven't got any plans to get married, but even my mother doesn't believe me" she said.

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