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Steven Slater's Monday probably started off no different that yours or mine. He might have hit snooze once or twice on his alarm clock before crawling out of bed. He probably had a cup of coffee on his way to work. In other words, to the outsider, Slater's life probably appeared painfully ordinary. But the way Steven Slater's Monday finished was anything but ordinary. In fact, Slater's Monday turned into something out of a John Waters film, what with a public profanity-laced tirade and an escape down a slide onto the airport tarmac. He is now, for better or for worse, THE JetBlue  flight  attendant , with the now-infamous tarmac incidentdominating the list of top Yahoo! searches. (Among the variations: "jet blue flight attendant," up 9,175% in one day; "steven slater jet blue"; and "fed up attendant jet blue.") And the term "JetBlue flight attendant" is still the top search term on Twitter as of this writing at noon Eastern the da

B-town’s Mr. Perfectionist is not in perfect health of late…. Our birdies came in sadly with this news when they heard it from sources, that Aamir Khan fell ill as soon as he returned from his Australia trip. He said to have got chronic throat infection and high fever, following which his doctor advised him to take complete rest. Moreover the actor was instructed strictly not to speak, unless it’s very important; lest it strains his throat. Owing to his bad health, Aamir cancelled all his promotional activities including several press meets and interviews… Oh poor thing! Now being a good biwi and understanding producer, Kiran Rao said to have taken upon herself to promote their production ‘Peepi [Live]’, which is soon to be releasing on 13th August. Don’t worry Aamir bhai, you have done your best, rest God will take care… Bole toh get well soon!

She is someone who attracts the shutterbugs, for her oomph factor. And these days Neetu Chandra seems to have become a hot choice with fashion designers. For instance, ace designer Rocky S roped her in as the showstopper for his fashion show in Delhi recently, immediately later Neetu was again the showstopper for topline fashion designer Neeta Lulla’s fashion show in Chandigarh. The actress has become a good choice for most designers, simply because she has lost a lot of weight and has been glowing with radiance in her latest lean avatar. Moreover, she takes to stage without needing rehearsals, as if like fish to water. “Being a ramp showstopper gives me a different kind of high and confidence,” says Neetu. “Most of the time, I get piercing looks or raised eyebrows, followed by a lot of instant attention, love, affection and warmth from the audience. It feels as if I got a thousand jadu ki jhappis all together. It’s ecstatic and I love all of it.” Keep sashaying

Oh dear, this handsome Kapoor bachcha is making the bholi bhali kudiyan burst into tears….  Well going by the renovations happening in Ranbir’s paa Rishi’s Pali Hill bungalow which is going for a more spacious and never before look! The lovely aunties of the tinsel town gossip mills and the elite Pali Hill kitty gang are busy with rumours that the idea for extra space is making way for the kapoor bahurani who after entering Ranbir heart will stay in the house. No sooner Ranbir finds the perfect match for him, he will settle down. And the current Bollywood prince charming had added fuel to this fire by stating somewhere that he wants to start a family soon. And immediately after this statement, Ranbir’s father Rishi – the charming lover boy of the seventies decided to convert his bungalow into 14-storeyed building hoping that Ranbir would get married someday. Ranbir confirms the same, “I want to start a family at some point. So we’re only making a bigger house for o

Bollywood smart act Boman Irani, has been named the brand ambassador of NGO Ahead which works for the welfare of physically challenged people, the actor raised funds for the NGO by doing a theatre performance last Sunday. The play called 'The Melody of Love' was held at Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra in Mumbai. Well known theatre personalities like Tom Alter, Lillette Dubey, with popular radio jockey Mantra are in the play which is helmed by actor-director Divya Arora, who is in wheelchair due to cerebral palsy since birth. Versatile actor Boman says he completely supports the idea of theatre for a cause, “Today the audience has become very progressive, they enjoy theatre equally as compared to cinema. In fact, theatre is not only entertaining but also educative. People feel that my voice is inspiring and reaches the audience. That gives me the boost to come forward for such good deeds,” said the actor, who has prior experience in theatre as well

No no no, no de niro, na pacino, neither any Hollywood Tom aur nahi koi Khan ya Bachchan ya koi Kumar, the actor which gets the maximum pyaar from our perfectionist Aamir Khan is none other then the dancing entertainer of Bollywood - the Virar ka chokra and talent ka tokra – Govinda. Recently Aamir praised Govinda and said, “My favourite actor is Govinda. He can really make me laugh. I just love his films, entertains me. He has got a great comic timing and he is a fine actor. Well Govinda will be immensely glad to find another Khan in his fan list; in fact Aamir admiration for Govinda had made him the only proud actor in Bollywood who has the entire Khan brigade of Bollywood SRK, Salman and Aamir standing in his admiration.

B-Town lovely Kangana Ranaut will share screen with the Kannada superstar Shivaraj Kumar popularly known as Shivanna. According to a close hand director Prem is considering her for the role of the leading lady in Jogayya (Jogaiah), which stars Hat-trick star Shivaraj Kumar, the movie will mark the century of films for the Kannada superstar. Bollywood beauties like Amrita Rao, Rani Mukerjee and Prachi Desai where lining up for the role but the role is said to be bagged by the cute girl from the hills of Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut who started her career with ‘Gangster’ and proved her mettle in her very first film. The shoot of the film would commence from August 16, 2010 and the movie and the makers had targeted to complete the film in seventy days. The movie will be shot in Karnataka and Mumbai.

Looking at the various titles that are cropping up on the screen scenarios, one would wonder whether the days slogged at school are worthwhile or not. For our films, these days, either don’t follow the correct spellings or they follow numerology… Well let’s keep this part aside now and allow our birdies to share this gyaan… Of late the hero-with-golden-heart Salman Khan is grabbing attractions through ‘Dabangg’ trailers for his style and witty dialogues… But have you ever thought about the film’s title or the way it is spelt? Well our birdies tried to find out from sources about this matter… According to the producer-actor Arbaaz Khan, ‘Dabangg’ means fearless. In fact the team said to had earlier spelt it as ‘Dabang’ but many people were reading it as 'Da-Bang', explained Arbaaz. Although people might think the extra ‘g’ is for an astrological reason, Arbaaz revealed that the actual reason is to cause a resonance and stress on 'g' so that the w

“Hum bhi kuch kam nahi” – goes the usual saying by any gal gang… And ‘Aisha’ team has proved it! PVR Pictures and Anil Kapoor Films Company’s girl-power movie ‘Aisha’ has set a new benchmark in the Indian Box Office history for a female protagonist led film. The first weekend collections have made an impressive worldwide theatrical gross of Rs 26 crore. 'Aisha', which opened with 475 screens in India and 135 screens overseas, is now one of the biggest films featuring a female lead. The stylishly made 'Aisha' has had an instant connect with the youth and female audiences, and is now being referred to as an effervescent coming-of-age film for the Indian Film Industry.  Commenting on this Mr. Deepak Sharma, Head of Worldwide Distribution, PVR Pictures said, “We are extremely delighted with Aisha's initial response at the box office and expect the film to set a new benchmark for female protagonist centric films in India."  Moreover, the Indian

Finally the Shahenshah of Bollywood will get to romance the hottest gal of the town…. Our birdies excitedly brought in this news that Mallika Sherawat has been offered a movie with legendary icon Amitabh Bachchan. The offer is said to be from PNC for its next romantic venture. A sensation on the international front, Mallika all these while was having her hands full with overseas project. These in turn had kept the sizzler away from Bollywood, yet she had been receiving a lot of Bollywood scripts. And the one which made her grab with both the hands was this script, where she features opposite to her dream star. After bagging roles in Hollywood, Mallika's ultimate dream had been to work with her favourite Indian superstar, birdies reveal. Meanwhile Ms. Sherawat is super-duper excited about the movie and said that she really liked the script. Birdies say that the beauty will be taking the narration once she’s back in India, by the end this month…. Oooo! First it

Coming from a rich cine legacy, it was natural for Nutan to capture hearts effortlessly in 50s and 60s. With her simple beauty and spirited performance, the classic beauty went on to become the only actress to bag five Filmfare Best Actress Awards. ‘Seema’, ‘Sujata’, ‘Bandini’, ‘Milan’, ‘Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki’ – with these she proved her calibre as an actress. Years later when she couldn’t play the lead role, Nutan still had it in her to garner attention with her motherly performances like in ‘Meri Jung’, ‘Naam’ and ‘Karma’. Nutan had always been surrounded by talented personalities; not only were her parents related to cinema, even her sibling Tanuja turned into a noted actress. Moreover Tanuja’s two daughters, Kajol and Tannisha made a niche in this field. Besides, Nutan’s son Mohnish Behl, became a known face on the screens for his villain characters and especially for the good image he created with Rajshri films… “Sawan Ka Mahina, Pawan Kare SHor…” - th

The ladli beti of Anil Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, is gradually climbing the steps of success, with her style, talent and attitude…. Although the tall beauty is only few movies old and has a long way to go, Sonam has surpassed other reigning queens in the list of ‘Maxim Hot 100’. Sonam reported to have bagged the No. 1 slot in the poll conducted by Maxim magazine, racing ahead of Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and last year’s winner Bipasha Basu. The cover page of latest issue of the magazine is graced by Sonam, and an event was held recently to unveil the copy. On being crowned as the hottest girl, Sonam said to sources, “It’s really important to me. I like the words ‘hot’ and ‘sexy.’ It’s fun and at the same time, speaks about your sensuality, passion and depth.” The list of ‘Maxim Hot 100’ also included both actresses and models, among which were Anushka Sharma (at No. 24 position), Amrita Rao (No. 32), Jacqueline Fernandez (No. 35),newbie Trisha Krishnan (No. 93)

Well, the news of Katrina Kaif moving out from Abbas Mustan’s remake of ‘Italian Job’ is stale but we bring to you the tale behind this so called betrayal as the industry insiders puts it. The story goes like this…… Katrina signed Abbas-Mustan remake of Hollywood thriller ‘Italian Job’, the London beauty in her Bollywood duty even gave her dates for the film which had Abhishek Bachchan as her co-star. Abbas-Mustan then got busy in finalizing the other details for this big project and it took more time then expected. Meanwhile, many top actress of Bollywood approached Abbas-Mustan for a role in this film but Abbas-Mustan refused saying that Katrina is already finalized. The twist in the tale occurred a couple of weeks back when the director duo wanted to call Katrina for a pre production work but the actress ignored their calls. Initially, they assumed that she might be busy and waited for Katrina to call back but the call didn’t come. After repeated messages Ka

After ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani’, director Raj Kumar Santoshi is on roll and has found his élan. Feroz Nadiadwala signing Santoshi is no news, but we bring you more on this. The movie will star Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt and last week, Harman Baweja was signed for this project. The movie will go on floors next year and will be shot in India and overseas. The movie is will be an action thriller and promises to be an out entertainer right from the word go……. Stay tuned for more……

Bollywood macho hunk and the man with a heart bigger then his biceps is truly Bollywood’s brave heart. Yeah the man who is known for his lion heartedness goes all out to promote his co-stars contrary to his contemporaries who concentrate more on their image. Bhai is always there when needed and is not bothered whether he may face the danger of getting sidelined. He promoted Govinda when he needed the most in ‘Partner’; previously, he promoted Bhoomika Chawla in ‘Tere Naam’, Sneha Ullal in ‘Lucky’, Ali Larter in ‘Marigold’, Zarine Khan in ‘Veer’, and now Salman is promoting Sonakshi Sinha his co-star in ‘Dabangg’ who makes her Bollywood debut. You need a ‘heart’ to do that and Salman is really an exception to the rule of Bollywood promotions. We wish that other stars also follow this suit which helps not only the film but also its co stars.  Bhai is always there when needed and is not bothered whether he may face the danger of getting sidelined. He promoted Gov

‘I Hate Luv Storys’ had certainly changed the fortunes of Imran Khan; the actor is slowly becoming a hot property. Though his ‘luck’ did not favour him for some time, after ‘IHLS’, the nephew of Bollywood most successful actor in today’s times Aamir (in the ratio of films released and its performance at B.O) is becoming the blue eyed boy of tinsel town’s big banners. He has being signed by Karan Johar for the remake of Hollywood flick ‘What Happens in Vegas’, Kunal Kohli’s untitled flick to be directed by Danish Aslam, YRF untitled flick with Katrina as his co-star, he will also star in his mamujan aamir productions ‘Delhi Belly’. The actor had made it clear that he will consider only reputed banners and the banners are lining for Imran. Keep it up, Imran!  

Yes, our dear Salman will play the lovable Anthony Gonsalves in the remake of the supreme entertainer of the late seventies ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ directed by the master entertainer Manmohan Desai. Yeah, you guessed it right, the remake is finally on. The movie will be produced by Ramesh Taurani, the owner of Tips who recently gave the hit ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani’ starring Salman’s girlfriend and Bollywood’s queen charming Katrina Kaif along with the current poster boy of the tinsel town Ranbir Kapoor. The remake was planned much earlier and now an industry close hand reveals that Ramesh Taurani had acquired rights from Narendra Hirawat and Ketan Desai for the same. It seems that Salman and David Dhawan will patch up soon as and when Salman gives his dates for this ambitious project that will star Arbaaz as Amar the role played by Vinod Khanna in the original, Sohail as Akbar, the role played by Rishi Kapoor (Ranbir Kapoor’s father) and of course Anthony bhai b

Anurag Kashyap’s ‘That Girl In Yellow Boots’ (TGIYB) garnered much adulation at international festivals like Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. But the film has now got an ironic twist, by being an enclosure of several cheap eyes on the web world. The film, which features Kashyap’s girlfriend-actress Kalki Koechlin, is making rounds in the net for its explicit, bold dialogues and some sexual scenes. Sources believe that the content might have leaked out after the screening of the film at the festivals. ‘That Girl in Yellow Boots’ is a thriller tracing Ruth’s (played by Kalki) search for her father, a man she hardly knew but cannot forget. Desperation drives her to work without a permit, at a massage parlour. The film is co-scripted by Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin. 

Now fans of the ‘Desi Gal’ have more reason to get closer to her…. Priyanka Chopra launched her official website on Sunday. Held at Yashraj studio, the event witnessed the beauty in a cute, mini black dress and interacting with the media and audience. Before the website launch Priyanka had excitedly tweeted on her micro-blogging website Twitter: “It's my official website which is totally interactive and everything me.” Later, she also wrote, “My website is a representation of my personality... things I like-dislike... my opinions... we have worked for months to make this happen.” The actress is already a hot favourite among tweeple (people using Twitter) and now with this website, looks like PC will surely go a long way into the hearts of her fans….

Sonam left for Toronto on Sunday night. But not before expressing her happiness over the encouraging opening of Aisha . "I feel like a hero! I feel I'm shouldering the film. It's daunting to know that heroes get an opening at the box-office, and then you see my film get an opening! If I may say so Aisha got a very decent opening. In any case it's not very big-budgeted film." All the budget seems to have gone into Sonam's clothes. "Arrey, but I wore a lot of my own clothes from my wardrobe! And those are paid for by my own money. Do you know I haven't taken any money from my dad from the age of 18. Plus there were around 70 designers who offered us clothes. We put together clothes shoes bags from what we were offered. We mixed n matched from what was sent to us." What about starting the Sonam Kapoor Collection ? She laughs. "That sounds impressive and who knows, I might just do that one day. You know, Sanjay Sir (Bhansali) a

Half a decade has gone by since Madame Neha Dhupia made a famous quote - 'In Bollywood, only Shah Rukh Khan and sex sells'. Well, as a writer you may hate to begin every article - that talks about sex and Bollywood - with this quote. After all you look for originality in your own writing and want something newer in the way you wish to begin a piece. However, the fact remains that while it is secondary to ascertain whether sex sells anymore in Bollywood or not, the truth is that Neha's quote sells for sure. So here is it to you Neha - 'Your quote rocks and will live in for many more decades to come. So more power to you'. And now let's come to the subject under discussion: Whether sex sells any more in the Hindi film industry? Whether the world has moved on where an actress is no more going nude just for the big screen but is also happy to go topless on a social networking site? Whether doing so means getting all the mileage for virtually free

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. It's a f*** up which should never happen if you are a journalist. So let me tell you my side of the story. As the director of Anjaana Anjaani was caught up in a bad traffic jam, I did a few preps. My watch signals 6.30pm. Time to call Siddharth Anand. What began as a steady interview went a bit unsteady mid way as I started to address Siddharth Anand as Siddharth Malhotra. It was embarrassing, at both ends of the receiver. I apologise to Anand and then again a slip of a tongue. We both laugh about it. "It happens", he tells me. "Yes, it happened to me when I addressed Ashmit as Shimit a few weeks backs", I told Anand. Siddharth Anand is all set and ready with his most mature work to hit the screens come September, Anjaana Anjaani . And what's different about this, yet another zillionth love story to hit celluloid? Well, almost everything is different. Siddharth Anand is a changed man. H

Ranbir Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi would no more be clashing with each other at the box office. Though Anjaana Anjaani and Crook: It's Good To Be Bad were earlier supposed to release on the same day i.e. 24th September, there has been change in plans. To avoid a box office clash, Mukesh Bhatt, producer of Crook , has decided to postpone the film by a fortnight. "There is no point clashing when you can arrive solo", says Bhatt whose last production Tum Mile had also starred Emraan Hashmi in the lead, "We would now be coming on 8th October. It is a good date for us since there is no other film for competition and we would be enjoying a solo release." The change in plans for Crook is yet another instance of a filmmaker deciding to change the release plans in wake of competition. A few days back, Karan Johar had no qualms in pre-poning his We Are Family by a week once he found Salman Khan starrer Dabangg to be too strong a competition on 10th September

Amul's is back at it again and this time, the theme of their hoarding is the recently released gangster film Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai . The cheeky line on the ad goes "Once Upon A Slice In Mumbai". The ad shows sketches of the film's lead characters enjoying their bread and butter. The second funny tagline in the ad says 'Don't extort, buy'. All we can say is, no one does it the way Amul does.

Guess who's making waves in the west? It's none other than the leggy curvaceous Mallika Sherawat. After breaking many hearts in India, she is now making one and all in Hollywood to follow her. No kidding! At the India Day parade, an annual event held by the Indian Business Association in association with scores of other Indian American Organisations to celebrate Indian's Independence, Miss Sherawat led thousands of Indian Americans who turned up in New Jersey. Such was Miss Sherawat's clout that the event turned out to be bigger than ever. With thousands of people to the one mile parade route, more than 25 floats, three marching bands, and hundreds of marchers, parade organisers and police agreed that it was biggest in its history.

She is what one can call the latest import to Bollywood. Without much ado, guys and girls please put your hands together for the girl who is responsible for men suffering from insomnia, post the release of Aisha . She is Lisa Haydon, the girl whose eyes speak much faster than her lips. And it is this chic who is making everyone into a bookworm as she is on the cover of the latest edition of FHM. In this issue, the petite lass goes onto speak and confess all about the matters of the heart and art! She talks about her Hindi classes, how she was discovered while eating a burger at McDs, her first ad, her wish list... phew... the list is endless. She also talks about her love for cars, her cooking skills, and the eternal question: is she single or not! Well, that's for you to guess. Some girl she is! 

Paul the Octopus created a worldwide stir with his accurate predictions for the World Cup matches. But nearer home it is Salman the Rock-star who is rapidly building up a reputation for accurate prophecies on the Twitter. Ever since Salman started tweeting, he has been regularly recommending one film or another. And the ones that he has so far recommended have all been successes. It started first with Raajneeti . One of Salman's first tweets was in favour of the film, although he had not seen it. Raajneeti became the first blockbuster of 2010. Then came Salman's tweets on debutant Punit Malhotra's I Hate LUV Storys . That too jelled with the audience. Lately Salman has been gung-ho about another debutant Abhishek Sharma's Tere Bin Laden , apparently because the producer Pooja Shetty is a pal. That too has been very well- received. The aftermath of Salman the Soothsayer's soothing recommendations? Brother Arbaaz Khan is now sure the tweet-magic would

Banner Dream Cuts Status Under Production Color C Release Date August 27, 2010 Language Hindi Genre Drama Producer Jai Tank Apurva Tank Executive Producer / Co-Producer Akash Deep Director Jai Tank Star Cast Pranay Narayan Subrat Dutta Neela Gokhale Swara Bhaskar Varnita Aglawe Singers Altaf Raja Aslam Sabri Raja Hasan Bhupendra Singh Mitalee Singh Lyricist Aslam Sani Music Director Nayab Raja Cinematography Akash Deep Art Chetan Pathak Editor Navendu Sharma Screenplay Jai Tank Sachin Darekar Sound Anup Dev Dialogue Prashant Pandey Veeru Sachin Darekar Story / Writer Jai Tank Sachin Darekar

While on Karan Johar, the other news doing the rounds is that has he finalized the cast of AGNEEPATH remake. Again, a section of the media seems to have finalized the cast of the film - Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra - but the fact is, no actors have been confirmed yet. Nor has anyone signed on the dotted line yet. Also, the news that Karan Johar has started work on his next film, after MY NAME IS KHAN, is unfounded, since Karan is still clueless about what he wants to make next.

Is Karan Johar directing portions of RA.ONE? Ever since Shah Rukh Khan tweeted that Karan visited him on the sets of his film in U.K., the rumour mills have been working overtime. There were reports in a section of the media that Karan was directing portions of the film and had also consented to direct the songs. There was talk that SRK and Anubhav Sinha had agreed to take Karan on board as the second unit director of the film. So what's the truth? The truth is that Karan was present on the sets of the film, but in the capacity of a friend, as a good luck charm. Also, all talk of Karan being the second unit director is absolutely false, for the project is SRK and Anubhav Sinha's baby entirely. They have worked very hard on it and it would be unfair to SRK and Sinha both if news like this is taken seriously. In fact, Karan was in his hotel room almost every single day, which wouldn't be the case if he was co-directing the film. Also, the talk about Karan

After four days in Jaslok hospital, Shabana Azmi is back, finally without pain. It was a membrane under her ear that caused acute pain and landed her in hospital. What is not known is that this is one more near-catastrophic aftermath of her weight-enhancement for Gurinder Chadha's disastrous It's A Wonderful Afterlife . Ever since she saddled herself with 35 extra kilos to look like a well-fed Punjabi housewife in Chadha's film, Shabana has been besieged by health problems. Who would have thought the latest complication would land her in hospital? Though Shabana now weak and resting at home maintains a diplomatic I-am-now-fine stance, she continues to be extremely vulnerable to illnesses. After her latest health complication, she isn't allowed to use the cell phone for some time. Shabana's husband Javed Akhtar says, "The doctors said that the pain was caused by a membrane imbalance triggered off by a drastic gain and loss of weight."

When Aamir Khan produces a film, or is associated with any film in the capacity of an actor, be prepared for the unpredictable. Films like TAARE ZAMEEN PAR and 3 IDIOTS took pot shots at the education system in India and PEEPLI [LIVE], directed by Anusha Rizvi, is a tongue-in-cheek satire on the farmers' suicides and the role of vote-hungry politicians and the over-enthusiastic, TRP-seeking desperate electronic media jostling for eyeballs. Come to think of it, the concept [farmers' suicides] would instinctively translate into a serious, thought-provoking film. But PEEPLI [LIVE] takes a grim and solemn issue, turns it into a satire, garnishes it with populist sentiment and makes a far greater impact than a mere documentary, had it tackled the burning issue. In fact, like all Aamir Khan films, PEEPLI [LIVE] marries realism with a winning box-office formula most brilliantly. A sad fact of our society is that bad news attracts instant attention. In PEEPLI [LIVE],