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Mumbai, June 09: After Madhuri Dixit ,its Vidya Balan, that the infamous MF Hussain is besotted with.

MF Hussain, who made Gaja Gamini especially for Madhuri Dixit, now wishes to work with the southern beauty Vidya Balan, who the painter/director is all praise for after having seen Ishqiya.

Reveals a source “MF Hussain is currently working on a script for Vidya. He was blown away with her performance in Ishqiya and has made up his mind up to work with her ever since. He thinks she’s the quintessential Indian beauty not to mention a powerhouse of talent”

Mumbai, June 09: Shahid who maintains a reverent restrain in front of his father, has lost all his inhibitions in Edinburgh. Because that’s what his father Pankaj Kapoor expects from Shahid in Mausam.

The crew is surprised delighted and confused by Shahid’s constant antics, playful and most uncharacteristic of the actor who likes to stay aloof on location unless with close friends. But on this one Pankaj forbade Shahid from maintaining a distance. Mingle mix and enjoy were the brief that Shahid took dead seriously.

London, June 09: Hollywood actress Salma Hayek says her husband Francois-Henri Pinault helped her beat her fear of computers.

“I just learned how to use the computer last week. My husband’s been begging me to learn to do it, it just makes life easier. I’ve been resistant to it but he tricked me,” contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.

Hayek claims her now favourite ‘Apple iPad’ was not an easy task to learn.

London, June 09: British actor Robert Pattinson is always surrounded with fans. But recently a teenage fan of his landed into trouble when she tried to sneak onto the set of the actor’s new movie “Water For Elephants”.

A 16-year-old girl was spotted by the crew as she was hiding in bushes with a camera eager to catch a glimpse of the “Twilight” on the sets of the film in Piru, California.

The crew immediately called up police and she was forced to vacate her hiding place , reports express.co.uk.

New Delhi, June 09: Critical acclaim or box office earnings — most Bollywood films on politics have been able to manage one, not both. But Prakash Jha’s full-on political drama “Raajneeti” has broken the jinx by earning almost Rs.62 crores (Rs.620 million) in the opening weekend.

Experts feel that the response to the film is proof enough that the Indian audience is opening up to better and intelligent subjects, says noted film critic Anupama Chopra.

Mumbai, June 09: A chartered flight from Colombo saw Salman Khan return to Mumbai in eight hours in stead of the usual three

Salman Khan took a chartered flight to return from Colombo after attending a recent film award event there. However, an otherwise three-hour flight took him eight hours due to several problems.

Several problems
Apart from getting permission to take off at the scheduled time the flight also faced issues like turbulence and air traffic. Bad weather during take-off from Colombo, added to their woes.

Mumbai, June 09: The Kapoors and friends leave on a Caribbean cruise. SRK’s clan will join in later

Today, many B-Town folks are leaving for a Caribbean cruise.

This gang consists of Karan Johar’s mom Hiroo, KJo’s best buddy Kaajal Anand with her mom, Raj Kapoor’s children Rima, Ritu and Randhir Kapoor. Rishi Kapoor is currently shooting in London for Patiala House and Rajiv Kapoor is busy with some work commitments.

The group will be joined mid-way by Shah Rukh and his wife Gauri Khan, along with their children, Suhana and Aryan.

KJo’s busy, won’t go

Mumbai, June 09: Sanjay Dutt and wife Maanayata are will be proud parents by the end of the year. Mrs Dutt is three months pregnant.

A visibly excited Dutt confirms Maanayata’s pregnancy and adds that he’s thrilled to be a daddy again. “I am very happy. Our prayers have been answered.” The couple had been trying since their marriage to concieve. Dutt already has a daughter Trishala (21) from first wife Richa Sharma Dutt.

While Sanju’s away…

Mumbai, June 09: This would be the second time when Aparna Sen and Konkona Sen Sharma, would be sharing the screen. They were seen playing mother and daughter, in the film Titli for the first time. But this time they will play the same character, at different ages, in Aparna Sen’s next venture Iti Mrinalini.

Konkona will be playing the younger Mrinalini and Aparna the older one. Aparna said that she wanted a different actor to do the older version of but as Konkona and herself share the same type of body language she decided to play the character herself.

London, June 09: Boyzone singer Ronan Keating’s wife Yvonne Keating told her friends that she is devastated after the singer betrayed her and it is very hard for her to forgive him.

“It’d be one thing if it was just sex, but this was emotional,” her as saying.

Recently, it was emerged that Ronan was cheating on her wife and had an affair with 26-year-old dancer Francine Cornell on the recent Boyzone tour.

Mumbai, June 09: Critical acclaim or box office earnings — most Bollywood films on politics have been able to manage one, not both. But Prakash Jha’s full-on political drama “Raajneeti” has broken the jinx by earning almost Rs.62 crores (Rs.620 million) in the opening weekend.

Experts feel that the response to the film is proof enough that the Indian audience is opening up to better and intelligent subjects, says noted film critic Anupama Chopra.

Los Angeles, June 08: Teen sensation Miley Cyrus has vowed to take revenge on fellow teen star Justin Bieber for flooding her phone with prank calls.

The “Hannah Montana” star lost her temper after the 16-year-old Canadian singer called her repeatedly in the middle of the night during her recent trip to London, web media reports.

Mumbai, June 08: Actress Shriya Charan hasn’t been doing really well with her film career. Almost all her films, both in Kollywood and Bollywood, have bombed at the box office. Only the magnum opus “Sivaji – The Boss’ managed to salvage her pride somewhat. Now with her upcoming film “Chikku Bhukku’ being all set for release next month, Shriya Charan is excited to say the least.

Mumbai, June 08: With the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, only three days away, football enthusiasts are gearing up to fly there to see the exciting matches and one of them is our very own Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan. Abhishek is planning to attend the finale on July 11th revealed papa Bachchan.

“There is keenness for a group that wishes to be there (World Cup) in the midst of it all to feel the punch of entertainment and game. My home enthusiasts … well just one … Mr. Abhishek Bachchan has expressed his absolute desire to be there for the final,” Amitabh posted on his blog.

Mumbai, June 08: Check out this sizzling combination: A ravishing Bollywood actress and the Fifa World cup that will burn the screen very soon.

If sources are to be believed, then Kareena Kapoor will be part of a music video for the World Cup that kicks off on 11 June, 2010. Kareena will get to rub shoulders with high-profile Hollywood personalities like Matt Damon, Kevin Spacey and Jessica Alba.

Waow!!! I think this will be the most memorable moment not only for Kareena, but for the entire B-town too.
–Agencies

Mumbai, June 08: The beauty queen who rules million hearts is now been ruled by something else. Katrina has finally fallen in love.

“Yes I’m in love,” she announces, “I’ve fallen in love with… online shopping! Believe me it gives me the pleasure to do what I just can’t in Mumbai. To buy stuff without being stared at or people approaching me”, quips Kat.

She loves shopping for clothes.

Mumbai, June 08: Neil Nitin Mukesh made a mark for himself in Bollywood with an unusual role. That was in his debut film Johnny Gaddaar. Neil, who has won various accolades and awards for his performance in the course of his short career, has endeared himself to many

Mumbai, June 08: Manisha Koirala, once, a of the leading actress of Bollywood, has done quite a number of Tamil movies. The bubbly actress is now venturing into the Malayalam movies with director Shyamaprasad’s upcoming project titled Elektra.

The director is renowned for his representation of complex human emotions. This time too, his film Elektra deals with turbulent relationships within a family. The movie is based on a classic Greek play. Manisha is paired opposite the national award winning actor Prakash Raj.

Mumbai, June 08: After a gap of seven years, Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta will share screen space once again.

Lara has been cast as one of the leads in Don 2. “Lara will play a crucial role in Farhan Akhtar’s ambitious venture.

The actress is looking forward to working with Shah Rukh Khan and Arjun Rampal.

She is particularly excited about working with Priyanka once again. Lara’s role.

Mumbai, June 08: Priyanka Chopra, is currently busy with her flicks Saat Khoon Maaf and Anjaana Anjaani. However, the beautiful diva has not let the flicks tie her down; she is in constant touch with people from the industry and her fans on her social networking web page on Twitter.

Mumbai, June 08: Shilpa Shetty brings in her first birthday as a married woman, today (June 8) and husband Raj Kundra is planning special surprises for her.

Says a source close to Shilpa, “Raj has been away in London for a few weeks now. She has been shooting for her reality show Zara Nachke Dikha and taking care of her mom Sunanda, who was recently hospitalised.

It’s unfortunate that Raj wasn’t with her during this stressful time, but he wrapped up all of his work to fly to Mumbai and be with her on her birthday.”

Off to Macao

Mumbai, June 08: Uses London Underground railway system to beat traffic jam.

While in London shooting for Nikhil Advani’s Patiala House, superstar Akshay Kumar, took the London tube (also known as the Underground) to beat the rush-hour throng on his way to work. The actor is known for having no patience with traffic jams.

Mumbai, June 08: Kim Sharma and Apoorva Lakhia bonded at a recent film event.

Kim Sharma and Apoorva Lakhia’s close dosti was on display at a recently concluded awards event held in Colombo.

Says a source at the awards, “Kim and Apoorva were seen at various events at the film awards extravaganza. They hung around and appeared to be enjoying each other’s company a lot. It was apparent that both appeared to share a strong camaraderie. They arrived at the party separately, they stuck by each other’s sides and even left together.”

Mumbai, June 08: Priyanka Chopra has always had a figure to die for, but her fans will see her looking plump in “Saat Khoon Maaf” because director Vishal Bharadwaj wanted her to put on some weight for the thriller. The actress is disliking every bit of it.

“I’ve been on a put-on-some-serious-weight kind of diet for ‘Saat Khoon Maaf”… yuck! I feel so unhealthy!” the actress posted on her Twitter page.

The 27-year-old is now waiting to hit the gym.

Mumbai, June 08: Tanishaa might as well ask the film’s director that, considering she was hardly able to shoot while in Thailand

B-Town buzz is that Tanishaa is having second thoughts about Be Careful. Kajol’s younger sister, who recently shot for the film in Thailand, was taken aback by the happenings in the unit and the way things were handled.

Ajay Devgn’s sister-in-law had agreed to feature in producer-director Chandrakant Singh’s movie. He was keen to have Tanishaa on board and wanted to make a meaningful film. He had earlier directed Rama Rama Kya Hai Drama.