Feb 1, 2009

Showing newest 24 of 37 posts from Feb 1, 2009. Show older posts

Feb 1, 2009

WWE Royal Rumble 2009 “30 Man” - Orton Wins

WWE Royal Rumble 2009 - The Royal Rumble Match 30 Man - Randy Orton Wins The Royal Rumble 2009

WWE Confirms AC/DC for Wrestlemanian 25 , Theme Songs

acdc-wrestlemania-25

Rockin’ to the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania with AC/DC

WWE would like to offer a special thanks to AC/DC for the official theme songs for the 25th Aniversary of WrestleMania! “Shoot to Thrill” (live) and “War Machine” will get the WWE Universe rockin’ all the way to Houston’s Reliant Stadium for the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania on April 5.

The live version of “Shoot to Thrill” is off the 1992 Leidseplein Presse BV/Epic Records release, AC/DC Live ( “War Machine” is off the 2008 Columbia Records release, Black Ice (LISTEN). Both albums are available now.

AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill (Live At Donnington) High Quality!!!

AC/DC Wilkes Barre War Machine Oct 28th 2008

Britney Spears Granted restraining Order

Lutfi and Ghalib are ordered not to contact her.

Britney Spears has acquired a restraining order against three individuals from her recent past.

Britney Spears Granted Restraining Order

The Associated Press says court records indicate that the restraining order is against Britney's former acquaintance Sam Lutfi, her ex-boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, and a lawyer, Jon Eardley.

In the court documents, attorneys for Britney and father Jamie Spears (her legal conservator) contend that the three men have been a disruptive force in Britney's life.

The AP says the documents state: "On the first anniversary of the establishment of the conservatorship, the co-conservators are informed and believe that these three figures are working in concert to disrupt the conservatorship, with an utter disregard for Ms. Spears' health and well being."

The temporary restraining order against the three men forbids them from contacting Britney, her parents and her two little boys. A hearing next month will determine whether the order is extended.

Kim Kardashian Vs Jessica Simpson

As we touched upon in our earlier examination of celebrity quotes on this important subject, Kim Kardashian is sick and tired of celeb gossip sites giving Jessica Simpson such a hard time over new and wildly controversial full figure.

Kimson

"EVERYONE seems to be asking me about Jessica Simpson's alleged weight gain. I think it's absolutely ridiculous," blogged Kim Kardashian, adding that she's "probably twice Jessica's size, so what do you guys think of me then?"

Britney Spears' Father Obtains Restraining Orders Against Adnan Ghalib

Oh Adnan Ghalib and Sam Lutfi, how we have missed thee at The Hollywood Gossip. Jamie Spears, on the other hand? He'd like to never see them again.

Britney Spears' father has obtained three restraining orders - against her ex-boyfriend, her ex-manager and his attorney, according to court documents.

Jamie Spears and lawyer Andrew Wallet, who oversee Britney's affairs as co-conservators, allege that the three men "are now working in concert to disrupt the conservatorship with utter disregard for Ms. Spears' health and well being."

Spears' father says Britney's cell phone records indicate "numerous telephone conversations" as well as text messages with her ex-manager, Sam Lutfi, and former boyfriend, celebrity news photographer Adnan Ghalib.

Adnan Photo Creepy

SHADY AND SHADIER: Britney Spears hangers-on Adnan Ghalib, left, and Sam Lutfi.

"[Britney] innocently informs [Adnan Ghalib] of her destinations and he then arranges for paparazzi to meet and film her to his financial benefit," Jamie Spears says in court documents. "[Adnan] is harmful to Ms. Spears and to her recovery."

Her father also alleges that on December 27 and December 28, 2008, Sam Lutfi tried to contact Britney Spears through her hairdresser with the message that Lutfi was "not responsible for the conservatorship" of Jamie Spears.

The conservatorship has been in effect about a year now.

Sam Lutfi allegedly sent a text message to the hairdresser saying, "I've done everything I can to free her from this. Very close to getting her free now."

The restraining orders forbid Sam Lutfi, 34, and Adnan Ghalib, 36, from contacting Spears or coming within 250 yards of her, her property or family.

Jamie Spears also got a restraining order against lawyer Jon Eardley, who was working with Sam Lutfi in challenging the conservatorship proceedings.

A hearing on the matter is set for February 23.

Sam Lutfi was originally slapped with restraining orders by Jamie Spears' lawyers before. But in July, a lawyer for the singer said they were no longer necessary to renew because enough legal protection was in place.

Last October, Britney Spears' father and attorney Andrew Wallet were named permanent conservators by the court, granting them indefinite control over her legal, financial and personal affairs following her two forced hospitalizations in early 2008

Heidi Klum sounds off on Jessica Simpson's New Look

Heidi Klum is speaking out against critics of Jessica Simpson's new curves.

"I think everyone should be the way they feel comfortable," Klum tells People.com.

The beauty went on to say:

"There are always people who are quick to offer an opinion and when you are in the public eye, people will always talk about you and put their opinions on you. That's what you get when you're in the public eye. But people need to be happy with the way they are."

Jennifer Loves Hewitt Isn't Dating Jamie Kennedy

If Jennifer Love Hewitt is in the market for a dorky white guy born on the east coast, there are a couple of staff members from The Hollywood Gossip she could call.

Jennifer Love Hewitt Lingerie Pic

Instead, reports are linking the actress with The Ghost Whisperer co-star, ultra-geek Jamie Kennedy.

Witnesses spied the pair sharing an intimate dinner earlier this week at Los Angeles restaurant Pace. Two weeks prior to that, they we seen the partying together at West Hollywood's Apple Lounge.

Might Jamie Kennedy really be breaking off a piece of this?!? Someone pop in the DVD of Malibu's Most Wanted and show Jennifer Love Hewitt who she's mixed up with.

Vivek Oberoi’s new girl friend - Who’s that new girl in Vivek’s life?

Vivek Oberoi started his career with dynamic role in Company and that was it. We did not see much of Vivek in any other movie, however, he was in news with his relationships with Bollywood Actress and other girls from the glamour industry. His relationship with Aishwariya Rai was the biggest news in the industry before Ash walking off and finally marrying to Abhishek.

Recently Vivek was spotted with a HOT (hope we aren’t sounding litchy here) friend and immediately there were speculations of a new girl in Vivek’s life. Vivek was one of the special guest for Car Designer Dilip Chabria’s new cars exhibition at Taj lands end. Checkout the Pictures of Vivek with his new girl friend:

vivek_oberoi_with_friend

vivek_oberoi_with_friend1

Indian Idol 4 Gala Round 9 Results - Bhavya Pandit Eliminated

Indian Idol 4 Gala Round 9 Results - Bhavya Pandit Eliminated. Once again, the bottom three were surprisingly one of the best lot, but again the format of the show depends particularly on the voting and week after week Idol did loose top singers. And to everyone’s surprise, one of the most favorite singer Bhavya was eliminated.

Indian Idol 4 - Gala Round 9- Bottom 3

Rajdeep Chatterjee

Torsha Sarkar

Bhavya Pandit

Torsha Sarkar

Bhavya Pandit

Indian Idol 4 - Gala Round 9- Eliminated Contestant

Indian Idol 4 - Gala Round 9- Bottom 2

Bhavya Pandit

Indian Idol 4 - Eliminated Contestants so far [as on 31st January 2009]

Ananya Mishra

Tullika Ganguly

Shini Kalvint

Priyanka Negi

Kuldeep Singh

Mohit Lalwani

Bhanu Pratap

Prasenjit Kosambi

Kuldeep Singh

Bhavya Pandit

Adhyayan Suman: I have not yet tasted stardom

view RAAZ-TMC CELEBRATES FILM

Adhyayan Suman may have won appreciation for the role of a villain in RAAZ - THE MYSYERY CONTINUES and the film may have gone on to become a good success. Still, the young lad believes that he has some way to go before he could pat himself on his back for making a place in the industry.

''It is good to see all the appreciation coming your way, especially when you have committed faux pas with something as forgettable as HAAL-E-DIL. There were some good words for me there too, but I was only disheartened because I knew that the film was never mine. In case of RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES, the film belonged to everyone, be it Kangna, Emraan or me. That's the reason it was a high when the film as well as performances were appreciated'', says Adhyayan Suman who would next be seen in JASHN.

''What still hurts though is when you hear things like 'It was easier for you since you were born with a silver spoon'. Hello? If that was the case, my father would have launched me in a 50 crores film. Here I am about to see my third release soon and still I haven't taken my father's help. I was given RAAZ because Bhatt saab thought that I was talented. And then I got JASHN as well. It requires hard work man!''

Talking about stardom, he says that he is yet to taste it. ''I guess I have achieved that little something now because people are saying that Adhyayan Suman is good in his work. Once this starts to happen constantly and box office also starts talking the same language, then perhaps I could say that yes, I have arrived.''

Interview : Shahrukh Khan

view SRK LAUNCHES TV SERIAL 'GHAR KI BAAT' picture gallery

You are back on television once again but this time as producer.
Yeah...I started my acting career with serials like CIRCUS and FAUJI. I got to learn a lot of things. I got into films because of having worked in serials.

After CIRCUS, you are once again working with Aziz Mirza on the television front.
Yes. Nothing would have been possible without Aziz Mirza's expertise, advice, and guidance. I would have been nowhere without him.

What made you venture into TV when low TRPs have become the order of the day?
You need support and friends who think alike. We have been discussing this since last two-three years. There is risk for sure but NDTV Imagine was confident that we were competitive enough. I want the young people in my film production house Red Chillies to diversify into different arena.

What kind of programmes will your production house churn out?
There is nothing specific that we are planning for television. I have been a film producer for the last eight to nine years and have an acting experience of 20 years. I can bring a difference to television in terms of presentation of content. I will try to bring cinematic value to television.

Ranbir: Mad about Madhuri!


	RANBIR KAPOOR and MADHURI DIXIT

Ranbir Kapoor is one boy who speaks his mind instead of playing it boring like girlfriend Deepika. Be it talking about his infamous 'towel' scene in SAAWARIYA or even lip-locking, the youngster has no qualms in revealing the interesting stuff of his life.

After having confessed his love for Deepika a hundred times over, Ranbir was asked whom he would like to take out on a date if given the chance, besides girlfriend Deeps! Put him in a spot? Nah! RK was quick enough to say, ''Madhuri!'' ''Madhuri Dixit was my first crush'' revealed the actor...

With Mads and hubby Nene in Mumbai city currently, we wonder how the couple is going to react to this honest confession!

Anil Kapoor better than Big B, SRK?


	ANIL KAPOOR, AMITABH BACHCHAN and SHAHRUKH KHAN

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is getting rave reviews world wide and one man who couldn't be happier is director Danny Boyle. When we bumped into Danny recently the director was all praises for apna Lakhan bhai, Anil Kapoor.

Expressing his liking for Anil he stated, ''Anil has been a great ambassador for us, for this film and Mumbai. The way he represents India is phenomenal. He is such a wonderful actor.''

Showing no regrets for not having Big B and SRK in the movie, he further added, ''Amitabh and Shah Rukh have already hosted shows and are legends in their own right but I needed an actor who can be a legend and also make the character his own. I was happy with Anil.''

Emergency landing for Vinod Khanna's plane!


	VINOD KHANNA

Actor and sitting BJP MP from Gurdaspur, the charismatic Mr. Vinod Khanna had a miraculous escape, earlier this week, when his aircraft (belonging to Air India) was forced to land at Bhunter, the domestic airport near the picturesque Kullu-Manali valley in Himachal Pradesh. The emergency landing was done as the weather in the hill state was not fit for flying. Vinod Khanna was on a visit to his constituency, Gurdaspur, Punjab and was on way to Pathankot from Delhi. Pathankot is the nearest airport to Gurdaspur.

Due to climatic disturbances, Vinod Khanna was forced to spend around one hour and fifteen minutes at the Bhunter airport. The veteran actor enjoyed the beautiful Kullu valley and its scenic beauty and mingled freely with the staff of the airport and spoke to them about their problems. Later, he left for Pathankot as the weather improved.

Zayed Khan wants to be Hrithik


	ZAYED KHAN and HRITHIK ROSHAN

Hrithik Roshan is busy collecting accolades and trophies for his performance in JODHAA AKBAR and one man who is extremely proud of his achievements is his bro-in-law Zayed. When we last spoke to Zayed last, we found that the Khan wanted to do something 'monumental' as well.

''I'd love to play a historic role but I have miles to go before I get to do what Hrithik is doing. Hrithik is extremely hard working and for me to reach there will require a lot of maturity'', said Zayed out of utmost respect for bro-in-law Roshan.

Now his saala's compliment must be no less than an award for Hrithik... after all family is family!

BILLU BARBER: Lara Dutta returns as a village belle!

view BILLU BARBER videos

It was very early in her career, 2003 to be precise, when the former Miss Universe Lara Dutta played Kesar, a village belle and Abhishek Bachchan's love interest in the Apoorva Lakhia directed MUMBAI SE AAYA MERA DOST. Though this unconventional (one may also call it somewhat Western looking) beauty with brains, delivered a good performance as a simple village girl, all her efforts were in vain as the film sank at the ticket window. This failure resulted in Lara doing many roles which suited her urban looks and was reasonably successful too with ZINDA, BHAGAM BHAG and PARTNER being a few such examples.

However, Lara, who shares a very warm relationship with Shah Rukh Khan and has always put in a guest appearance in his films (OM SHANTI OM and RAB NE BANA DI JODI), is back in the role of a small town/village housewife in his home banner venture, BILLU BARBER. In the film, Lara plays a mother and is paired opposite Irrfan Khan.

The promos of the desi version of Pritam's hit number, ''Khudaya Khair'', rendered by Soham, has Lara fantacising about Shah Rukh Khan, who plays a superstar called Sahir Khan, much to the chagrin of her husband Billu (Irrfan), and it gives a nice twist to the film. In fact it makes it appear as if it is a triangle between Irrfan, Lara and SRK. Larapaji (as Akshay Kumar refers to her fondly!) is looking absolutely beautiful with minimum make up, unkempt hair, doing the usual chores in an ethnic ghagra choli.

Riteish is fed up!


	RITEISH DESHMUKH

Ritesh Deshmukhhas been through trying times in the recent past and comedy definitely doesn't seem to be on his mind. Err, well we are not talking about his real life but reel life here. After giving a series of successful comedy films the actor seems so bored of it! We've heard Ritesh is now focusing on doing 'serious' cinema.

Seriously! 'I am waiting for ALLADIN to release. I play Alladin in it; Amitabh Bachchan is the genie and Sanjay Dutt, the villain. The film is not a comedy and I am so glad to be doing something different...'

LUCK BY CHANCE: one more attempt to understand the business of cinema

view LUCK BY CHANCE videos

While Hollywood does not think to interpret the business of cinema in Hollywood through films on a regular basis, off late it has become a regular feature in the case of Indian cinema, and LUCK BY CHANCE is another attempt in this direction. May be, the fascination for the tinsel town is what has been the catalytic factor for making movies focusing in one form or the other the underbelly of the Hindi.

The focus towards the world of cinema has been facilitated also by the second generation of film families, who having seen it through the close quarters have the courage to externalize the experience in the form of a cinematic oeuvre. So Zoya Akhtar has wielded the megaphone in LUCK BY CHANCE. Indeed the element of filmmaking is LUCK BY CHANCE more so in Indian context, and particularly in case of LUCK BY CHANCE, as Farhan Akhtar was not destined to do the film originally, but he had it in his luck to act in the film to be directed by her sister.

The underbelly of cinema was for the first time exposed in exquisite details by Guru Dutt's PYAASA and though when it was released, it did not make its mark; it was able to separate the veneer and bring to stark relief the struggle of day-to-day life in the life of an aspirant in the tinsel town. It was followed in a big way by the magnum opus of Farah Khan in OM SHANTI OM, who incidentally also is the second generation Bollywood product, and that too of not much famous figure, so she also must have seen the tribulations from a close quarter to bring it out in a comic manner in OSO.

Zoya Akhtar has seen it all from the close quarters, and she has put it in a modern context otherwise the tribulations associated with the art of film making still continues to be the same. The quotient of luck in being able to make its mark is an underlining factor in most of the first generation stars. In such kind of films the real opportunity is to always treat the subject in a fresh manner as every generation has its own experiences, and Zoya Akhtar has tried to bring in the dilemma associated with the modern times. LUCK BY CHANCE is going to provoke further interpretation of the cinema world, and the more it is deconstructed more the aura associated with it may diminish and the more democratic it may become.

Anurag Kashyap: I want box office success!

view DEV D videos

Anurag Kashyap asserts that DEV D is indeed an important film for him and it's quite important that it succeeds at the box office.

''After NO SMOKING, I don't want people to say ki tumhari picture chali nahi'', says Anurag Kashyap who started off with a bang when BLACK FRIDAY released in early 2007 but received quite some flak with the arrival of NO SMOKING towards the year end, ''I believe that box office success is important for a film maker.''

Agreeing that audience response could be quite funny at times, Anurag smiles, ''There are some strange things that can happen at the box office. This is why I say that it is a fantastic experience that I am looking forward to with the release of DEV D. I want and need all the box office success.''

He makes a point though that in spite of the failure of NO SMOKING, he could make DEV D in the way he wanted. ''Whatever could have been the failure of NO SMOKING but I wasn't forced to do something that I didn't believe in'', says Anurag, ''I have been fortunate to do what I wanted to in DEV D. There is a target audience that should come and watch the movie and this is what the promotion is being aimed at as well.''

DEV D is being pitched in a big way into the market in order to reach out to a majority of people. ''DEV D would most likely be having the widest release ever when it comes to my films. We could possibly be looking at around 200 prints more than that of NO SMOKING. Now I just want to see how people react to the film'', he signs off

Wish Preity Zinta on her Birthday today

The bubbliest, chirpiest and cutest lady of Bollywood Preity Zinta turns a year older on her birthday today. So let's have a quick run through over some of the best performances in her career so far.