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Camilla abandons Charles' love boat (Go To Top)

     London: It seems romance has flown out of the window in Prince Charles and Camilla's 15-month marriage, for a romantic cruise alone with the Prince was not enough incentive for the Duchess to stay on board. After a cruise around the Western Isles, the Duchess of Cornwall quite literally abandoned ship, leaving Prince Charles to go alone. Charles and Camilla had joined the Queen on Wednesday for part of her eight-day 80th birthday cruise, which ended on Saturday. However, the Duchess had been expected to remain on board with her husband to make the trip round the northern tip of Scotland to Scrabster, where the former ferry was due to dock. But as the Queen, Prince Philip and other members of the Royal Family trooped off the Hebridean Princess, now a small luxury cruise ship, Camilla was right behind them. The Duchess had only been on board the vessel for three days, and whether she had simply had enough of the sea, or Charles, was not immediately clear. Unable to disguise his anger, the Prince stomped back on board, while courtiers anxiously stressed that the parting, at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, was simply due to Camilla's lack of sea legs. "Camilla is a poor sailor," a royal insider was quoted by the DailyMail, as saying. But according to witnesses, Charles was unhappy at their premature parting. "Prince Charles did look somewhat disgruntled yesterday when he took leave of his wife on the stern of the Hebridean Princess," he added.

'Miami Vice' dethrones the 'Pirates' (Go To Top)

     Washington: 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man's Chest' finally lost its Numero Uno position, after the big screen remake of 1980s iconic TV cop drama 'Miami Vice' took the top spot at the US box office. Dead Man's Chest, was the second instalment of the Caribbean franchise, and had become the fastest ever flick to hit the 100 million dollars mark at the box office. According to Contactmusic, 'Miami Vice' took in 25.2 million dollars in its first week, knocking the Johnny Depp movie into second place with 20.5 million dollars, after three weeks in the number one position. Filling in the next two positions were teen comedy 'John Tucker Must Die', starring former 'Desperate Housewives' star Jesse Metcalfe., which debuted in third place with earnings of 14 million dollars in it's opening week. Grabbing the fourth slot was 'The Ant Bully', an animated family film featuring the voices of Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Nicolas Cage.

Johansson is a lottery for Allen (Go To Top)

      Washington: Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson has worked her charm on director Woody Allen to such an extent, that he just can't seem to stop praising her. In fact the actress has taken over from Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow as his muse. The Lost in Translation star and Allen had so much fun on the set of the 2005 movie Match Point that the veteran movie maker set about quickly writing another film Scoop, in which they could co- star. "She's a total joy. It's like I hit the lottery or something," Allen was quoted by Contactmusic, as saying. "There are certain people I've worked with over the years -- Diane Keaton was one -- who were just hit with the talent stick and had it all. And Scarlett has got it all. It's a treat to work with her. She leaves me for dead," he added.

Uma Thurman blasts journalists (Go To Top)

     Washington: It seems 'Kill Bill' star Uma Thurman is fed up of journalists falsely reporting her shoe size, by often misquoting her 'almost' size 11 feet as size 12. Thurman, who already has a rather masculine foot size, said that the journalists should not present a wrong picture. "The size 12 shoe things is irritating. The thing is that they're almost an 11 after I had kids - but do they have to say 12?" Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. Meanwhile, according to recent reports, Thurman sparked speculation that she is dating director Quentin Tarantino, after the duo was spotted getting mushy at a Hollywood party.

Theron to launch pooches in Hollywood (Go To Top)

     Washington: 'Monster' star Charlize Theron is planning to produce a kids' film, with her pooches Denver and Delilah as the lead actors. "Charlize has an idea for a kids' movie starring Denver and Delilah. She loves the idea of doing a kids movie and she feels her dogs have the right characters to be a part of it", Contactmusic quoted an insider, as saying. Theron is confident that her pets would perform rather spectacularly, as they are quite familiar with the film sets. The Hollywood actress, who is thrilled about her new brain child, further said that the camera will love her pooches. "They're always with her on set so it's not as though they will be spooked by cameras and lights. She's really excited about it", the insider said.

Roberts washes hair once in a fortnight (Go To Top)

       Washington: 'Pretty Woman' Julia Roberts loves the way her stylist does her hair so much that she goes up to two weeks without washing her hair. The Oscar-winning actress revealed her hair was not of the type that would get oily easily, and that when ever her stylist did her hair, she didn't have to wash it out for two whole weeks. "Honestly, after he does my hair, I won't do anything to it for - wait for it - two weeks," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. "My hair doesn't get greasy very fast, so I can go a good ten days without washing it. One of the tricks I've learned over the years is that I can milk a great style to the last possible second," she added.

Johansson threatens to soak Allen (Go To Top)

     Washington: Actress Scarlett Johansson has vowed to drench veteran movie director Woody Allen if she has to get wet in another of his movies. The 'Lost In Translation' has already had to get soaked to the bone in two of Allen's movies, and now threatens that she's going to return the favour if it happens for the third time in a row. "What's that all about? If I have to be soaked one more time, I'm going to soak him," Contactmusic quoted her, as saying. The 20-year old star has had to bear being soaked in 'Match Point', as well as the new film 'Scoop'. She's now determined that there will not be a third time.

3,30,000 pounds for McCartney's guitar (Go To Top)

     London: The guitar on which Sir Paul McCartney learned his first chords has been sold for 330,000 pounds at a London auction. The instrument was expected to fetch more than 100,000 pounds but it greatly exceeded the expectations. As a schoolboy McCartney learned his first chords on the Rex acoustic guitar belonging to his best friend Ian James, who is now 64, who later sold the guitar to help fund his retirement. The instrument also helped the former Beatle to persuade John Lennon to let him join his band, The Quarrymen, in 1957. He impressed Lennon by playing songs and chords on it at a Liverpool fete. The guitar's buyer, Mr Jackson, himself the president of an auction company, said, "This is such an important piece of rock history and I am an extremely happy man tonight. "Without this guitar The Beatles may never have existed and it is a fantastic acquisition," BBC quoted him as saying.

Kidman, Urban to make London home (Go To Top)

     London: Newlyweds Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are all set to make London their home. The move however, is temporary. The Oscar-winning actress will be setting up home in the English capital while she works on the cosmic thriller 'The Golden Compass' - the first of Philip Pullman's best-selling trilogy of novels 'His Dark Materials'. 'The Golden Compass' will the first movie that Kidman will be acting in ever since she and her country singer hubby Urban tied the knot in Sydney, Australia in June this year. The film revolves around the adventures of a gifted young girl called Lyra Belacqua who travels to a parallel universe to save not only her best friend, but also other kids who have been kidnapped by dark forces. kidman will be playing the sinister scholar and socialite known as Mrs Coulter, a woman with a mysterious past and who has secret links to Lyra.

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