Saturday, January 2, 2016

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt staying in USD 18,000-a-night villa

New York: Star couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are reportedly staying in an USD 18,000-per-night villa in Thailand with their six children.

The family is staying in a palatial 10-bedroom pad at the Amanpuri beach resort in Phuket, reported the New York Post.
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt staying in USD 18,000-a-night villa
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.
"The whole family is staying in a two-floor, mammoth spread" that comes with a staff of eight servants, private gym and a pool surrounded by mini pagodas," a source said.
The family has seen "swimming in the sea off a luxury yacht, as well as playing minigolf, shopping at a mall and visiting a local Hindu temple where their mom prayed".

Taylor Swift releases the first look of new music video

One day before the world premiere of her 'Out of the Woods' music video, pop star Taylor Swift shared a first look on her social media sites.


"Are we out of the woods yet?" Swift, 26, wrote along with an image of her looking both angry and frightened. 'Out of the Woods' will debut during the Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve show. The exact time release has yet to be announced.
Taylor Swift's latest song, co-written by Jack Antonoff, will be the sixth official single off her popular 1989 album.
Ryan Seacrest and Jenny McCarthy will host the NYE celebrations live from Times Square while Fergie will host the Billboard Hollywood Party on the west coast.

Monday, December 28, 2015

Priyanka Chopra: Don't believe in number game

"Bajirao Mastani" actress Priyanka Chopra doesn’t believe in the number game and hence refrain getting into the figures that her films collect at the box-office.

Priyanka Chopra
Priyanka Chopra
"Numbers change every Friday, I've never believed in them," she said here late on Friday.
The number game has, of late, become a prominent trend in the Indian film industry, with the success of the flicks being defined on the basis of the money they manage to mint at the box office.
Her latest film, also starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, has been doing great business at the box-office, but despite the good numbers, she said: “I’m not the film’s producer so I don’t even go into numbers.
"I don’t even try to think about it. I’m an artist and I want to do my job which is between ‘action’ and 'cut' and to promote the film..."
Priyanka, who has garnered praise for her portrayal as Kashibai in the movie, says playing the second female lead in the film has not affected her career.
“At the beginning of my career, someone said there are no small roles, there are only small actors and I’m not a small actor. I believe tremendously in my capabilities."
"I had only eight scenes in ‘Kaminey’ and I was just five years old in the industry at that time. Roles are never small or big... you should give your 100 percent always,” Priyanka said.

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West offered over USD 2 million for baby pictures

Pop star Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West have been offered USD 2.5 million for the first photographs of their baby son Saint.


Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
The couple welcomed little Saint into the world on December 5 and since his birth, they have been inundated with offers from publications keen to show him off for the first time.
According to tmz.com, offers range from USD 2 million to USD 2.5 million and request the full family, including Saint's older sister North, two, to take part in a range of pictures, including candid group shots.
However, insiders told the website the couple are "almost certain" they will reject all offers for the pictures.
When North was born, Kanye, 38, showed off a selection of pictures of her on his mother-in-law Kris Jenner's now-defunct talk show, fuelling speculation that Saint's public debut will come on Kim's sister Khloe Kardashian's new programme "Kocktails with Khloe", which launches in the new year.
The family have already been seen in public together since Saint's birth, but during the visit to take the infant to the doctor last week, Kim, 35, and her rapper husband ensured he was kept fully covered and away from view in his car seat.

Bollywood class of 2015: Lessons we learnt this year

As they say, nothing goes waste. As the year comes to a close, hitlist sifts through the hits and flops and controversies of 2015 to see the gems of lessons, some sweet and some bitter, that came out of them...

Music has boundaries and bullies do win sometimes.
Ghulam Ali

Shiv Sena yet again reared its head to protest against Pakistani Ghazal singer Ghulam Ali from performing in Mumbai. Ali chose not to perform anywhere else in India.
Nobody's a holy cow
Bombay Velvet

The giant disaster called 'Bombay Velvet' was a clear example that you could take one of country’s hotshot and maverick directors to pair with one of the most promising stars, but it won’t guarantee success. Some call it lack of focus, some arrogance, but the truth is there is no fixed formula for anything.
Exes can be friends, especially if there is also a film promotion involved
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone

Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone have always maintained that they share a cordial relationship even after their break-up; call us cynical but the professing of undying love for each other just before the release of their film together was a little hard to digest, even then.
In the testosterone-driven world of cricket, a woman’s presence can only be a distraction
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma.

It started from India’s tour of England last year and continued during this year’s semi-finals. When Virat Kohli performed badly on the pitch, fans looking for a scapegoat, chose to blame his ‘jinxed’ actress-girlfriend Anushka Sharma. Ironically, when Kohli regained form, she was not given any credit.
Even the purest can be censored
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo

Who would think that Sooraj Barjatya will be introduced to the special pair of scissors that the Censor Board so proudly possesses (for 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo')?
Sooraj Barjatya
While poor Soorajji must still be reeling under shock, the board continues giving us a free ride on the time machine back to the dark ages.
Free speech is a farce
Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan

The biggest stars of the biggest democratic nation of the world, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan ‘dared’ to speak about growing intolerance in the country, and there was an immediate and ugly backlash from people, political parties, bhakts and their idle uncles.
Success is a responsibility

His supremely confident debut Queen put director Vikas Bahl on a pedestal. However, it didn’t take long for him to be brought down to mother earth, with his drug addled mess called 'Shaandaar'.
Vikas Bahl
Hopefully, he will operate better from here than seventh heaven.
Bond can do everything, but can’t kiss for more than 007 seconds in IndiaJames Bond
The Censor Board’s sometimes archaic, sometimes haphazard manner of functioning, how could one forget that James Bond fans were not allowed to watch their hero smooch the delicious Monica Bellucci for ‘too long’ in Spectre. The board was worried a kiss lasting for a few more seconds would corrupt the impressionable minds. (No looking for logic here, please. We have given up on that exercise a while ago.)
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Kelly Brook shows off 'Baywatch' run

Actress-model Kelly Brook showed off her "Baywatch" run on a TV show.


Kelly Brook
Kelly Brook. Pic/Santa Banta

The model performed her take on the iconic Baywatch-style run on Alan Carr New Year's Specstacular, and also addressed rumours that she'll be replacing Pamela Anderson in the reboot, reported Digital Spy.

"I've read the script and they are rewriting it so I don't know if there is a role in there for me," she said.

"I'm a bit old to play the Pamela Anderson role so I don't know, but I know all the producers and it's funny and we'll see."

Back in August, Brook laughed off reports that she'd be in "The Baywatch Movie", which stars Zac Efron, The Rock and Alexandra Daddario
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Tom Cruise sends Kirsten Dunst cake every Christmas

Actress Kirsten Dunst says she gets a cake from her "Interview With a Vampire" co-star Tom Cruise every Christmas.


Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst
Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst. Pics/Santa Banta
The 33-year-old actress, who worked with the "Mission: Impossible" star on "Interview With a Vampire" when she was 11, gets excited when the sweet treat arrives and admits it doesn't last very long, reported Female First.
"I run into Tom. He sends me a cake every Christmas. I call it the Cruise Cake. It's so good - a coconut cake with white chocolate chips. It gets eaten within a day in my house.
"When the Cruise Cake gets delivered, it's like, 'Cruise Cake's here!' My friends know what that means."