R&B singer Akon arrived in India

R&B singer Akon arrived in India: Popular R&B singer Akon arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday for a three-day visit during which he will perform at a private show in Pune.

Dressed in black, Akon walked out of the airport with a small posse of security personnel. There weren’t many fans to greet him as his visit has been kept hush-hush.

The singer has already left for his private show in Pune after which he’ll return to Mumbai. He’s also likely to meet Shahrukh Khan whose upcoming film Ra.One will have songs by him.

Airin the New foreign babe in Bollywood's next!

Airin the New foreign babe in Bollywood's next!: Airin, the hot babe from the UK, is now set to enter Bollywood, with a sizzling item song.

You could call it an unplanned debut. Director Sachin Karande did not intend to cast Airin in his upcoming film Payback until a chance meeting with her at a common friend’s house set the things in motion.

"I met Airin at a common friend’s house as she was down from England for a holiday. She was really interested in learning about Hindi films and the way they are made, so my friend offered her to visit my set for my shoot which had already begun,” Karande is quoted to have said.

Once Airin started visiting the film’s sets, her interest grew. Finally, she asked the director to rope her in for the item song.

“During the screen test, we saw how excellently she was performing on the song. It was then that we decided to shoot the song with her.” Karande added.

Irrfan Khan to play as an enemy of Spiderman!

Irrfan Khan to play as an enemy of Spiderman!: Indian actor Irrfan Khan who’s gained much popularity abroad is set to play a villain in the next Spiderman film.

From what we learn, Irrfan will play the role of Van Atter in the new Spiderman flick which is still not titled.

The movie will have the American-British actor Andrew Garfield playing Peter Parker aka the Spiderman. Andrew was recently seen in the Hollywood rehook The Social Network.

Irrfan is not the only villain in the new Spiderman film.

Welsh actor Rhys Ifans is also set to play another villain Dr.Connors aka The Lizard.

Bipasha Basu’s First Look: first international film ‘Singularity’

Bipasha Basu’s First Look: first international film ‘Singularity’: Bipasha Basu’s happiness knows no bounds as she has started working on her first international film ‘Singularity’ that too with Hollywood hunk Josh Harnett. She is playing a Maratha warrior in the film and has got a new look.

The actress’ character name is Tulaja. Bipasha has revealed her look for the film on Twitter and writes, “My first ever period character. Tulaja, a Maratha bodyguard.” For looking the character Bipasha has shunned make-up and has gone for simple jewellery.

Though the actress was initially nervous while shooting with international crew members and director Roland Joffe, she is now enjoying her time working for ‘Singularity’. The movie is an action film and recently Bips shot for a scene in a swamp with Josh in Australia.

The movie also has Abhay Deol in a pivotal role.

Freida Pinto happily break the Hollywood stereotypes

Freida Pinto happily break the Hollywood stereotypes: Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto says she is proud to have broken Hollywood stereotypes in terms of leading ladies in films

The 26-year-old actress said she is glad to have broken long held convention of studios casting American, often blonde haired and blue eyed girls as the lead in films, reported Contactmusic.

"I feel really happy that I have broken that stereotype that 'it is not possible'.

Because I personally think that anything is possible. I feel the timing is right as well. The world is getting much smaller and that's the best way to embrace it," she said.

"Those other actresses have their own appeal and they bring whatever they bring to a film while I bring something  that I do not particularly feel has been explored much in Hollywood," she added.

The Mumbai-born actress has been cast by director Julian Schnabel to play the lead role in 'Miral', a film about a Palestinian girl. Pinto is glad that American filmmakers are now more acceptive of actors from other ethnicities like her.

"I strongly believe that I am actually breaking down cultural barriers. I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift," she said.

Pamela Anderson request to Manmohan Singh for PETA

Pamela Anderson request to Manmohan Singh for PETA: Pamela Anderson, who is set to enter the Bigg Boss house this week, is an ardent supporter of animal rights.

The Baywatch bombshell is an active member of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Even before her entry into Bigg Boss, she has reportedly urged Indian Prime Minister to boycott all leather products through a letter in which she writes: “I am calling on person in India and throughout the world to join me in rejecting all leather products in order to help put an end to animal suffering. I am asking every individual never to buy leather shoes, bags, jackets, belts or anything else made of animal skin.”

On several occasions Pamela has energetically endorses causes for protecting animal rights. Her latest PETA ad in which she posed nude was a subject of controversy.

In the letter, Pamela said that the government needs to be proactive in ensuring the rights of the animals.

“Illegal slaughterhouses operate with impunity throughout the country and municipal slaughterhouses have failed to follow the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. The government has also failed to set up any effective scheme whatsoever to address this crisis,” the Baywatch star said.

Game of Kissing between Bipasha Basu and Hollywood star Josh Harnett

Game of Kissing between Bipasha Basu and Hollywood star Josh Harnett: Bipasha Basu is the talk of tinsel town. Not only has the dusky siren bagged a Hollywood project to be directed by the Oscar-winning director Roland Joffe, she is working opposite Forty Days Forty Nights star Josh Harnett with whom she has some steamy scenes too.

So how is the actress feeling? Expectedly, she is on cloud nine these days! “This project is something new and exciting for me. Working with Roland and getting to star opposite a heartthrob like Josh Hartnett is like a dream come true,” tells Bipasha to a tabloid.

She also has no qualms to get up close and personal with Josh Harnett in the film, because it is a passionate love story about an Indian bodyguard and a British soldier set apart in two different time zones. Something we have seen in the film Lake House.

As per the damsel, if she can do steamy scenes (Jism) and kiss co-star Ranbir Kapoor (Bachna Aey Haseeno), who is not her beau, why would she panic to do such scenes in a Hollywood film.

Bipasha Basu signs $33 million International Project

Bipasha Basu signs $33 million International Project: After sizzling on Bollywood screen for almost a decade, dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has signed her first international project — English-French director Roland Joffe’s Singularity.

The 31-year-old is extremely excited and admits she does have butterflies in her stomach. “I am very excited…but have to admit that I am also a little nervous. Everything happened really fast,” Bipasha told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

Bipasha met Joffe in a chance encounter at the Taj Land’s End Hotel in Mumbai in September. The $33 million movie, written by Ajey Jhankar, is a riveting tale of an impossible love set across two time periods and continents.

It is set in the backdrop of the First Anglo-Maratha War of the 18th century and revolves around four characters – a British officer in colonial India and the Indian woman he falls in love with, an American marine biologist and his researcher lover — who gets trapped in a wrecked British merchant ship. The film will be shot in Australia and India.

Bipasha will be flying to Brisbane in the first week of November. Bipasha, who will be missing Diwali for the initial rehearsals for the film, says she would have loved to get some more time to prepare for her role. “I am not getting much of preparation time right now. I have been given just eight days to prepare for underwater scenes and horse riding…I wish I had at least a month’s time for preparation,” she said. As much as she would have liked to, Bipasha is also not getting much time to brush up on her history.

“There is just no time before I fly out! I have finished all my pending endorsement assignments and now I will try and grasp whatever I can there itself,” she said. Nevertheless, she is looking forward to working with Hollywood actors.

“The script is fantastic. They have a lot of expertise in their field…it’s going to be a whole lot of hard work, and it’s going to be great fun to adapt to their system of working,” she said.
Singularity also stars Bollywood Actor Abhay Deol besides Hollywood stars Chris Pine, Josh Hartnett, Olga Kurylenko, Christopher Egan and Shane Briant, among others.

Bipasha will shoot from the third week of November till the last week of December in Brisbane. Her upcoming Indian projects include Dum Maaro Dum and Abbas-Mustan’s Players.

Bipasha is glad that Abbas-Mustan, who gave her a launchpad with 2001 film Ajnabee, were accommodating enough to adjust their dates so that she could give her nod to Singularity.

Angelina Jolie, Aishwarya Rai: psychology survey!

Angelina Jolie, Aishwarya Rai: psychology survey: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie share a similarity with former Miss World and Indian actress Aishwarya Rai. All of them hate their nick names.

Only a few days back, Aishwarya Rai had vehemently revealed how much she disliked being addressed as ‘Aish’. The tabloid and her fan groups often refer to her as Aish in a convenient abbreviation. Some are unable to pronounce her full name and hence, use the easier nick name. But she had blasted everyone and had requested all to quit calling her Aish.

Similarly, Angelina Jolie has now poured forth her annoyance over the nick name she shares with Brad Pitt- ‘Brangelina.’  Ever since, Angelina and Brad began seeing each other since 2005 (when they were filming for ‘Mr and Mrs Smith), the tabloid nicknamed them Brangelina.

But now Jolie has revealed that she hates being thus addressed coz it sounds more like a ‘breakfast cereal’. Recently, she overheard some crew member addressing them as Brangelina on the sets of her Bosnian War drama and she immediately decided to set the record straight.

But, despite the fury of both Angelina and Aishwarya, we wonder if the people and the media would so easily let go of such a convenient and craftily-made nickname that has stuck to our tongues due to overuse in all these years.

Russell Brand's special wedding gift to Katy Perry!

Russell Brand's special wedding gift to Katy Perry!: Now, when a couple ties the knot right next to a Tiger reserve, it makes all the sense for the groom to gift a tigress to his lovely wife.

Russell Brand, perhaps in good humour, has gifted his wife Katy Perry a tigress on their wedding in Aman-e-Khas resort in Rajasthan on Saturday. Brand reportedly shelled out a good amount of money to buy Machli, the Bengali tigress who lives in Ranthambore National Park right next to Aman-e-Khas.

The big cat, described as the “epitome of beauty” by the forest guards, will remain in the jungle but the money given by Brand will go into its welfare and conservation schemes in the park. Meanwhile, according to a dailymail report, a man-eating tiger gatecrashed Katy and Russell’s wedding on Saturday. The predator reportedly jumped over two walls but was beaten away before it could scale the third wall which separated him from the newly weds by just 50 feet.

Angelina Jolie Banned to shoot in Bosnia?

Angelina Jolie Banned to shoot in Bosnia: Bosnian Culture Minister Gavrilo Grahovac has revoked a permit for Angelina Jolie to film her directorial debut in the country.

Reason? After meeting with the local Women Victims of War Association, there were reportedly many problems with the story of the Serbian soldier and the Muslim woman he falls for in Jolie's script with the bunch.

"They no longer have the authorization to shoot in Bosnia," Grahovac said in a Bosnian radio interview. "They will have it if they send us the scenario with a story which will be different from what we have been told by people who read it."

Jolie recently gave this statement of the controversial storyline: "There are many twists in the plot that address the sensitive nature of the relationship between the main characters, and that will be revealed once the film is released. My hope is that people will hold judgment until they have seen the film."

A script has since been sent to the culture ministry to try and reverse the decision, but decision reversal may be hard in a story where a victim falls in love with her torturer.

Anil Kapoor, Tom Cruise together in 'Mission Impossible 4'

Anil Kapoor, Tom Cruise together in 'Mission Impossible 4': Hollywood has doubtlessly been beckoning Indian actor Anil Kapoor ever since he shot to international stardom with the success and Oscar haul of Slumdog Millionaire. Kapoor has already lapped a major role in TV series 24, where he played a leader from middle-east.

Now, the actor has been approached for ‘Mission Impossible 4’ film with Tom Cruise.

“At this point I can only say that have been contacted for 'Mission impossible 4' and I have said yes for the role,” Kapoor said refusing to divulge details about his role.

The actor is reportedly playing a baddie alongside The Girl With Dragon Tattoo actor Michael Nyqvist, who plays the main villain.

Apart from Kapoor, other major stars roped in for the fourth instalment include the Hurt Locker actor Jeremy Renner as Cruise's partner, Paula Patton, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg.