Month: March 2013

A diehard fan of cinema of the 1980s, director Sajid Khan is attempting to recreate the magic with his “Himmatwala” remake that he says has all the elements of a bygone era – mother-son drama, heroism and, last but not the least, “a grand entry for (lead actor) Ajay Devgn” that will force viewers to clap.

Rock band Queen have been honoured with the Music Heritage Award.

The ‘We Will Rock You’ hitmakers, originally made up of Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and the late Freddie
Mercury, were given the accolade at London’s Imperial College, the venue where they performed their first concert in 1970, reported Sun online.

Guitarist Brian said, “It’s very nostalgic. It hasn’t been that long for me because I came back here to finish off
my PhD in 2007, so it’s a familiar place. It was such a long time ago.”

‘Skyfall’ filmmaker Sam Mendes has announced he won’t be directing the 24th James Bond film because of his time-consuming theatre commitments.

The 47-year-old director, who picked up the Outstanding British Film prize at the BAFTAs last month, is too busy with his theatre commitments to helm the 24th chapter of the Daniel Craig-fronted spy franchise.

Mendes has regretfully decided to pass up producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli’s “generous” offer,
reported Empire magazine.

One Direction star Harry Styles cancelled his date with model Millie Brady as he doesn’t have time for a girlfriend at the moment.

The 19-year-old singer hit it off with Brady at a BRIT Awards after-show party last month and the pair had agreed to
go on a date at the weekend after Styles and his bandmates performed their show in Cardiff, Wales, reported Sun online.

It was nothing personal, he just wants to keep things casual with Millie at the moment. He had messaged saying he

Funnyman Russell Brand has revealed he is eyeing ‘Les Miserables’ star Samantha Barks as a potential future girlfriend.

The 37-year-old comedian, who was previously married to pop star Katy Perry, spent most of the post-Oscars Vanity Fair party in Los Angeles flirting with Barks, reported Daily Mirror.

So many ladies caught my eye; it was like an assault on the senses. But I like that girl from ‘Les Miserables’,
Samantha. We chatted and she’s from the Isle of Man. She’s like a bedimpled, little Manx angel. She was a lovely,
beautiful young woman,” Brand said.

Singing legend Elton John has raised over USD 6 million for The Elton John Aids Foundation.

The 65-year-old ‘Rocket Man’ singer’s charity received numerous donations from celebrity guests at his 21st Annual
Academy Awards Viewing Party to raise the incredible amount, reported Showbizspy.

Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler helped the cause by auctioning off a week at his holiday home in Hawaii for the
highest bidding attendee and John himself raised money offering to perform five songs at the lucky winner’s home.

Kanye West thinks his relationship with his pregnant girlfriend Kim Kardashian biases people against his rapping.

The ‘Stronger’ hitmaker, who is expecting his first child with the reality TV star, is unhappy MTV’s Hip-Hop Brain Trust voted him the seventh Hottest MC in the Game and he feels his ranking would have been higher if it were based solely on his music skills, reported Contactmusic.

Yeah, number seven bothers me. To me, I feel like in order for them to put me as number seven, they had to bring up

Singer Taylor Swift says she turned to music for comfort because she had no friends in school.

The ‘We are never ever’ hitmaker, who has found global stardom for her talent in singing, said that her classmates
left her isolated because they thought she was “weird and different”, reported Sun online.

When you’re dealing with something like loneliness or confusion or rejection or frustration, those emotions are so
jumbled up in your head.

For me, the only way to condense them down into one thing is to write a three-and-a-half minute song about it.