Not right to blame anyone: Sussanne on split with Hrithik

Sussanne Roshan Wednesday spoke out against reports that actor Arjun Rampal was a reason behind her split with her husband of 13 years, Hrithik Roshan. She says nobody is to be blamed.

Sussanne couldn’t avoid queries related to the recent announcement of her split with Hrithik, at the launch of Bandra 190, a luxury concept retail boutique co-owned by Sussanne, Seema Khan and Maheep Kapoor here Wednesday.

Asked to react to reports on Arjun’s involvement, she said: “You can’t blame anyone for this. It is sad to blame anyone. We are close-knit friends. It’s not right to blame anyone.”

Waheeda Rehman to be awarded for excellence

Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with an Excellence in Screen Acting Award at the 12th edition of Third Eye Asian Film Festival, which she will inaugurate Jan 3.

The festival will open with Vietnamese film “Koan of Spring”, directed by Lou Ma Ho.

It will also have a special Marathi package of six films premiering in India, said a statement.

The highlight of the festival is Kamal Swaroop’s “Rangbhoomi”, a documentary on the life of Dadasaheb Phalke, called the father of Indian cinema.

The festival will close with the Chinese film “Aftershock”.

Will viewers splurge Rs.900 to watch ‘Dhoom 3’?

As “Dhoom 3” readies to make its stylised entry at the Indian box office Friday, it seems that it will not just impact audiences visually but financially as well.

If that is not enough, the film is expected to make waves in Pakistan too.

As the film’s release draws closer, the IMAX screens have set their prices at Rs.400-600 for the morning shows and Rs.700-900 for the night shows, according to their official website.

For a family of five, watching “Dhoom 3” could thus mean an expenditure of Rs.4,500, sans any coke and popcorn!

I loved Priyanka Chopra’s album, says Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger has revealed that she finds Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra “talented and beautiful”, saying that she loved her album.

During an interview with FHM India magazine , Scherzinger also appreciated Miley Cyrus, saying that the 21-year-old is a ball full of energy.

Scherzinger, who is universally worshipped for her sex goddess status, also confirmed that she is single at the moment.

She confessed that she is probably in one of the best places in her life. Earlier she wasn’t able to enjoy things because she was working too hard.

Bollywood movies among top Google searches by Pakistanis in 2013

Pakistan-based users of Google reportedly look up for a lot of Indian content like movies and TV shows as revealed by the search giant’s year-end list for 2013.

The Pakistan section revealed that the maximum number of overall searches was focused on Indian content and Bollywood in particular.

According to the Express Tribune, 2013 witnessed a great interest in sports by Pakistani users as the top spot went to PTV Sports Live followed by Bollywood blockbusters like Aashiqui 2, Chennai Express and Krrish 3.

Sunny Leone’s images most downloaded on mobile

Adult film star and Bollywood actress Sunny Leone has topped the imagery downloads category in an annual survey of mobile attitude of customers.

Airtel Mobitude 2013, the fifth edition of Indian annual survey, reveals that Sunny is the most downloaded actor, both in female and male categories, with a whopping 300 percent more downloads than even superstar Shah Rukh Khan.

Shakira’s new song set for January 2014 release

Singer Shakira’s first single from her upcoming album will be released in January next year. The title of the track and the album are currently unknown.

The album, which is her first under Sony label RCA, is set for an early 2014 release, reports billboard.com.

The 36-year-old had earlier mentioned that the new recording, her first since 2010’s “Sale el Sol,” is dedicated to Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué, her partner and the father of her son Milan.

Kushal Tandon leaves the show

Small screen actor Kushal Tandon got eliminated from the popular reality show `Bigg Boss – Saath 7` in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Kushal was nominated for this week`s elimination with actors Gauhar Khan and Ajaz Khan, but the mid-week eviction came as a surprise as the inmates were unaware of it.

The episode will be aired Wednesday on Colors.

The 28-year-old was previously ousted from the `Bigg Boss` house due to his aggressive nature and misconduct towards co-contestant VJ Andy. However, he re-entered the show Nov 21.

A clean-shaven Modi will look better: Chitrangada Singh

Actress Chitrangada Singh thinks BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could try abandoning his beard in favour of a clean-shaven look.

“I think Modi can try a clean-shaven look. I think you (men) all look good. It might just, I don’t know, look better,” the Bollywood diva here told reporters on the sidelines of the “Unshaven is Unbathed” Movement, which was organised by Gillette.

“Kamasutra 3D” among 75 songs vying for Original Song Oscar

Five songs from Kerala-based filmmaker Rupesh Paul’s multilingual film ‘Kamasutra 3D’ are among the 75 numbers in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 86th Oscars.

The ‘Kamasutra 3D’ has made it to the Best Original Song list with “Aygiri Nadani”, “Har Har Mahadeva”, “I Felt”, “Of The Soil” and “Sawariya”, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced.

The songs were composed by Chennai based music directors, Sachin and Sreejith while its lyrics are penned by Rupesh Paul and Pratyush Prakash.

‘Kick’ is different from Salman’s earlier films: Nadiadwala

Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala says his upcoming Salman Khan starrer ‘Kick’ will be different from the films that the superstar has done before.

‘Kick’ is a remake of a 2009 Telugu hit of the same name. The masala entertainer film marks producer Sajid Nadiadwala’s debut as a director.

“This film is going to be different. It is completely different from Salman’s films earlier. I will add my style and touch to it,” Sajid told PTI.

Elizabeth Hurley, Shane Warne split again

Actress Elizabeth Hurley and former cricketer Shane Warne have reportedly called off their engagement for the second time after an initial split in September.

The 48-year-old brunette beauty and the 44-year-old retired cricketer got back together last month, but if a source is to be believed the couple has now called it quits for good.

“It is very sad and they tried to make it work but there were just too many issues in the way. Elizabeth is taking it one day at a time. She will always be extremely fond of Shane,” HELLO! magazine quoted a source as saying.

Khloe Kardashian not dating baseball player Matt Kemp

Khloe Kardashian is not dating baseball player Matt Kemp, according to reports.

According to a source, the 29-year-old reality TV star and Kemp are just friends and have been like that for a long time, People magazine reported.

The source added that the ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star is absolutely heartbroken right now over her estranged husband Lamar Odom and dating someone is the last thing on her mind.

Another insider claimed that they could be heading towards romantice in the future, but Kardashian wasn’t spending time with him when she was still with Odom.

Proud father Fardeen Khan can’t stop smiling

After his father Feroz Khan’s death in 2009, Fardeen Khan has been through some tough times. Now there are no more tears for Fardeen and his wife Natasha, who have been blessed with a baby girl and the actor calls the little one his “bundle of joy”.

After years of waiting and a very tragic miscarriage last year which left the couple shattered, Fardeen and Natasha are finally the proud parents. Their daughter was born Dec 11.

“We’ve named her Diani Isabella Khan,” Fardeen said from London.

Bipasha donates autographed T-shirt for animal support

Actress Bipasha Basu has donated an autographed “BB Love Yourself” T-shirt and two free fitness DVDs to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India for an auction.

The products will be auctioned at ebay.com and its proceeds will benefit Animal Rahat, a non-profit group supported by animal rights organisation PETA India.

“Animal Rahat works tirelessly to alleviate or eliminate this suffering, and that’s something I’m proud to get behind,” she added.

Aamir Khan endorses Amartya Sen’s views on Khans

A day after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen reportedly said that Indian media was obsessed with three Khans of Bollywood and not on development and education, actor Aamir Khan today said he accepted that.

“I think he (Amartya Sen) is accurate in saying that. I agree with him,” Aamir Khan said here.

Sen had reportedly said Indian media was obsessed with three Khans of the Bollywood and was not focusing on pressing issues in the country like development and education.

Can’t reach the stardom that dad achieved: Abhishek Bachchan

Being the son of Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan isn`t easy for actor Abhishek, who says its unimaginable for him to achieve the heights of stardom that his father has scaled and prefers to chart his own course.

Having starred in over 180 films in a career spanning more than four decades, megastar Amitabh Bachchan continues to hold sway over millions of his fans on the big and small screen. Even at this ripe age, the 71-year-old is one of the busiest actors in Bollywood thanks to his knack of adapting and reinventing himself to the demands of showbiz.

Anil Kapoor’s TV show ’24’ to be filmed in Dubai

Parts of the second season of TV show `24` is set to be filmed here in Dubai, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, one of the show`s producer, said.

The Indian remake of the American TV show consists of a day in the life of the special agent as he strives to solve a criminal conspiracy, with each episode chronicling an hour of drama filmed in real time.

“Yes, we will bring `24` here very soon. Dubai is very cinema-friendly. There is a lot of security, great locations, cars and roads – that is why so many people come to film here,” Kapoor told a daily here.

Alia Bhatt hopes to work with Imtiaz again

Alia Bhatt-starrer ‘Highway’ is yet to release, but the young actress hopes to work with its director Imtiaz Ali again.

“The film was supposed to release earlier, but it got pushed. I told Imtiaz sir that we have time and let`s shoot it again, we can do it. So, if I could work with Imtiaz sir once again, probably `Highway` sequel,” the 20-year-old said here Monday at the first look launch of ‘Highway’.

Alia says she wants to do the film`s shooting all over again.

“Today also I want to go back to the first day of shoot and I want to do it again,” she said.

‘Kick’ is different from Salman’s earlier films: Sajid Nadiadwala

Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala says his upcoming Salman Khan starrer `Kick` will be different from the films that the superstar has done before.

`Kick` is a remake of a 2009 Telugu hit of the same name. The masala entertainer film marks producer Sajid Nadiadwala`s debut as a director.

“This film is going to be different. It is completely different from Salman`s films earlier. I will add my style and touch to it,” Sajid told reporters.

Presently, Sajid is shooting for the film in Karjat.

Warne and Liz Hurley call it quits

Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley have finally ended their relationship, it has been revealed.

According to Hello! Magazine, they tried to make it work but there were just too many issues in the way, News.com.au reported.

The source added that the 48-year-old actress is taking it one day at a time and will always be extremely fond of the 44-year-old cricketer.

Warne also took to Twitter writing that the past should be the past and one should let it stay there as it destroys the future.

Dwayne Johnson tops Forbes `top-grossing actors` list

Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson has been named the top-grossing actor 2013 by Forbes magazine.

While Johnson took the first spot, his ‘Fast and Furious 6’ co-stars Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker made to the top six, the New York Daly News reported.

The sixth installment of the highly profitable street-car racing ‘Fast and Furious’ franchise earned 789 million dollars at the box office, and Diesel added the 98 million dollars from the third movie in his ‘Riddick’ series to come in fourth on the Forbes list.

Armaan Kohli arrested from ‘Bigg Boss Saath-7’ house

Actor Armaan Kohli was Monday arrested from the set of “Bigg Boss Saath-7” following a complaint filed by British singer-actress Sofia Hayat for allegedly assaulting her during their stay in the reality show, a police official said.

“Armaan is in the police station and the investigation is going on. He was taken under custody at around 11 p.m. (Monday). The investigation is on and things will be clear after that ,” an official from the Lonavala police station told IANS.

A source from channel Colors, which airs the popular show, too confirmed that Armaan was arrested Monday night.

Paul Walker`s death certificate reveals traumatic and thermal injuries as cause of death

Paul Walker’s death certificate states that the combined effects of traumatic and thermal injuries were the reason behind the actor’s death.

Therefore, this means that the late actor did not die from the impact of the crash alone but was also burned to death in the resulting fire, TMZ.com reported.

However ‘The Fast and Furious’ actor’s friend Roger Rodas, who was driving the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, died upon impact from multiple traumatic injuries.