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| Don't marry: Devgn to Saifeena Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:13 PM PST 
While one thought that Ajay Devgn coming solo on Karan Johar's Koffee With Karan might turn out to be damp squib, Devgn has conversely turned out to be an absolute shocker. In a statement, which threw Karan Johar almost off his chair, Devgn looked straight into Karan's eye and said that Bebo and Saif should not tie the knot. The story goes that Karan was in his favourite 'Rapid Fire Round', when Devgn blurted out that Saif and Kareena should not marry. What exactly happened? "Well, Karan asked Ajay to render some piece of marital advice to Saif and Kareena. Without batting an eyelid, Ajay said, 'Don't get married'. If it wasn't a 'Rapid Fire Round' Karan would have definitely probed why Devgn holds this opinion about Saif's and Kareena's future," says our source. Is that statement going to remain in the episode? Said the source, "Why not? That's quite a statement, isn't it?" But knowing Karan to be a curious cat, we wouldn't be surprised if he asked Ajay why he said that about Saif and Kareena. What is surprising is that the advice of not to marry has come from a man who himself is rather happily married to KJo's good friend. According to a friend of Devgn, the statement was made in good fun. "Woh usne masti mein bola hoga," he said. Devgn, Kareena and Saif remained unavailable for comment. Ditto for Fazila Allana, managing director of SOL, which produces the show. If it weren' t a ' Rapid Fire' round KJo would have probed further for sure |
| After SRK, Berlin hosts Aamir Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:12 PM PST 
Indian cinema fans in Europe are basking in the company of Khan after Khan and they can't believe their luck. First, it was Bollywood heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan who spent three months in Berlin and now Aamir Khan arrives here early next month . Aamir will be here as a member of the international jury of the 61st Berlinale that opens Feb 10. "It's not that we are in the habit of collecting Khans. But we greatly admire the work of both Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan and are totally excited that Aamir will be with us this year," Dorothee Wenner, Berlinale's special representative for Indian cinema, told IANS. Wenner says the festival has admired Aamir as a producer and actor for many years and has been trying to get him to participate in the Berlinale for a long time. "Of course, it is not enough to want Aamir in our midst. It is about schedules and whether he is free from work to be part of the Berlinale. The logistics were always a problem. Aamir's work schedule did not allow him to be part of the Berlinale earlier. We are very happy that he is with us this year," Wenner said. Festival director Dieter Kosslick saw Aamir's "Peepli Live" at the last Berlinale and liked the film so much that Wenner was asked to work overtime to make sure that Aamir participated in the event this year. "I think it is great that such a versatile filmmaker is on the Berlinale jury. He knows every aspect of filmmaking, from acting, to directing and, of course, producing. I hope he will stay in that last role in the coming years because it means we can look forward to more unusual and surprising Hindi films. Also, if you look at the way he promotes his projects, I would want him as a producer if I were to make a film," Gerlinde Seitner from the Austrian Film Institute told IANS. It is Wenner who first introduced Shah Rukh to audiences here and now she is very happy to host Aamir. Shah Rukh first participated in the Berlinale with "Om Shanti Om" in 2008. Berliners still recall how Shah Rukh had stopped traffic in the German capital with his charming ways. He was again at the Berlinale in 2010 for the world premiere of his last film "My Name Is Khan" and spent the last three months of the last year filming for Farhan Akhtar's "Don 2", which is partly shot in Berlin. Berliners are thrilled that one Khan has barely left the city when Aamir will soon be with them. The Bollywood participation at this year's Berlinale includes the world premiere of "7 Khoon Maaf". It has been selected for screening in the Panorama special section that picks cinema on the basis of innovative narrative styles and unusually critical images of society. Audiences will watch the film in the company of director Vishal Bharadwaj, producer Ronnie Srewvalla and leading lady Priyanka Chopra. Priyanka fans look forward to her return to Berlin after having feasted on her presence just a few months ago when she was in the city shooting for "Don 2". Another Indian film is "Gandu" by Kaushik Mukherjee and Om Puri's "West is West" will also be screened. Award winning Shekhar Kapur will bring no film to the festival but he will join a panel for discussions with production designer Alex Mcdowell and others on "Play as Process: World building and New Ways to Imagine". Berlinale is one of the most prestigious film festivals and the international jury led this year by Italian actress Isabella Rossellini is the last word on which lucky film director gets to take home the Golden and Silver Bears at the end of the 11-day gala which concludes Feb 20. The other members on the international jury along with Aamir are producer Jan Chapman, actress Nina Hoss, director Guy Maddin, costume designer Sandy Powell and Iranian director Jafar Panahi. |
| Ranbir, Kat spotted together Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:11 PM PST 
Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, who are known to have sorted out their differences recently, seem to be back together and very much a couple. What proof? Well, only recently, the two were spotted in Ranbir's red, spectacular sportscar, the Audi R8. Apparently, Ranbir loves driving his sportscar and took Katrina Kaif for a spin in it recently. The couple was spotted on the roads of Juhu in suburban Mumbai. Ranbir was shooting in Gurgaon for 'Rockstar', a film directed by Imtiaz Ali. Once he returned to Mumbai, he went for a drive in his car with Katrina by his side. Ranbir Kapoor was also linked with his 'Rockstar' heroine Nargis Fakhri. However, with things having smoothened out between him and Kat, we don't think Nargis is going to get the opportunity to sit in his two- seater four-wheeler just yet. You see, special places are for special people. |
| Porn star who partied with Sheen says she couldn’ t keep up with him. sexi news Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:08 PM PST 
London, Jan 29 - A porn star who partied with Charlie Sheen hours before he was hospitalised has said that he was "wasted out of his mind." Kacey Jordan said she "couldn't keep up" with the 45-year-old, who was rushed to the emergency room in the early hours suffering "severe abdominal pains." According to TMZ.com, the adult film star, who claims she was at the actor's Beverly Hills home, said their 36-hour bender involved "20,000 dollars worth of drugs," reports the Daily Mail. She claimed a drug dealer was called to the 8-million- dollar house late at night. "This guy comes in with a Gucci satchel, all professional... He sits down at the kitchen table and dumps out like five eight- balls (slang for an eighth of an ounce, or 3.5g each, of cocaine)," she said. Jordan claimed the actor was smoking cocaine from a pipe while watching porn with her and her friends for two hours.he porn star, who has hired a lawyer, said she left the house hours before the 911 emergency call was made. "I had to leave because if I didn't leave I'd be in the hospital. I couldn't keep up," she said. The 'Two and a Half Men' star is now back at home and is likely to return to work on the show soon. (ANI) |
| Oscar win for Best Actress ups divorce risk: Study Posted: 28 Jan 2011 11:06 PM PST 
Washington, Jan 29 - A new study has revealed that Oscar winners in the Best Actress category are at a higher risk of divorce than nominees who do not win. A long line of best actress winners including Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Halle Berry and Kate Winslet experienced the end of their marriages not long after taking home their awards, say researchers at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and Carnegie Mellon University. On the other hand, Best Actor winners do not experience an increase in the risk of divorce after an Oscar. "Research has shown that, in the general population, gender differences have historically given roles with greater power and status to men and roles with lesser status and power to women. Studies have demonstrated that breaching this social norm within a marriage-for example, when a wife earns more than her husband-can strain the relationship," said Tiziana Casciaro, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Rotman School, who co- authored the study with Colleen Stuart, a post- doctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, and Sue Moon, a PhD student at the Rotman School. "It appears that even the marriages of Hollywood actresses at the top of their careers are not immune to the consequences of violating social norms that affect the wider population. Our results suggest that the sudden success reduces the longevity of their marriages," said Stuart. The study looked at the 751 nominees in the best actor and actress categories of the Academy Awards between1936 to 2010. The results show that Best Actress winners have a 63 percent chance of their marriages ending sooner than the marriages of non- winners. The median marriage duration for Best Actress winners was 4.30 years, substantially lower than the 9.51-year marriage duration for non-winners. By contrast, the difference between Best Actor non- winners (median = 12.66 years) and Best Actor winners (median = 11.97 years) was not statistically significant. (ANI) |
