Monday, November 24, 2008

Kareena Kapoor gets curvy again

Kareena Kapoor gets curvy again
(NSI News Source Info) November 24, 2008: After almost emaciating herself to bones for her size-zero act in Tashan, Kareena Kapoor is regaining her bodily curves again.
What’s a woman without her curves, rightly said Bipasha Basu when she was asked to respond to the size-zero fad that had gripped certain Bollywood belles – Kareena Kapoor prominent among them – at the start of this year. Bebo (as Kareena is fondly called) had drawn a lot of flak for her anorexic look from many quarters even though some thought she looked “sexy” in her thin and almost skeletal body frame.
Now, Kareena is saying goodbye to size-zero and putting on some flesh to acquire her lost curves back.
She has already sported a healthy look for Kambakkth Ishq where she is paired with Akshay Kumar.
“My look is more voluptuous and sexy in ‘Kambakkth Ishq’ so I had to go on a different diet and exercise regime,” Kareena is quoted by a tabloid.Kareena says she even reduced her yoga exercises from seven days a week to three days.
But this is just the beginning. Kareena is set to become chubbier for the Karan Johar production in which she is romantically paired with beau Saif Ali Khan for the first time. In the movie, to be directed by Rensil D’ Silva, Kareena plays a Muslim girl. And to get a natural look, Karan has asked Kareena to shun all the weight-losing exercises and diets, and become chubby rather. Kareena also won’t wear any make-up for her role in the film.
So when Kareena leaves for the US schedule of the movie, she won’t be taking along any fitness trainer. In contrast, she would be munching to her heart’s delight. After all, gaining those curves is not as hard as losing them. Right, Bebo?

Priyanka Chopra is in competition with the Bollywood boys

Priyanka Chopra is in competition with the Bollywood boys
(NSI News Source Info) Mumbai - November 24, 2008: Priyanka Chopra, who is basking in the success of ‘Fashion’ and ‘Dostana’, has announced that she only considers the Bollywood boys as a competition and not anyone else.
According to Priyanka, “Fashion has broken the myth that heroine-centric films don’t work.” The actress is riding high on her newly found success and is considering herself much above her female contemporaries.
When asked why a lot of attention shifted from her Dostana gold swimsuit to co-actor John Abraham’s butt, the actress exclaimed “I’m so glad that it did.
There’s no woman left to compete with... so now I’m competing with the boys.”

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Japan

Beaujolais Nouveau Day in Japan
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Guests drink Beaujolais Nouveau wine to celebrate launching of their spa of Hakone, about 100 km to the southwest of Tokyo, Japan, today Thursday, November 20. According to French law, the red wine of 100 percent Gamay grapes, is released on the third Thursday of November each year.

Japanese drink Beaujolais Nouveau wine in celebration to celebrate like the French in France

Madonna Rihanna at Gucci UNICEF Dinner

Madonna Rihanna at Gucci UNICEF Dinner
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, Madonna and Rihanna attend a Gucci UNICEF dinner at The Oak Room at the Plaza on Wednesday, Nov. 19 in New York.

From left, Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini, Madonna and Rihanna

South Korea: Making Kimchi for the Needy

South Korea: Making Kimchi for the Needy
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Photographs of 2,200 of housewives gathered in front of City Hall in Seoul, South Korea on Thursday, November 20, 2008 to make Kimchi for the needy. Kimchi is a traditional (and quite pungent) Korean vegetable dish.

South Korean housewives, among more than two thousand and two hundred who gathered for an event sponsored by state officials to help the needy, make 'kimchi', the traditional pungent vegetable dish on the grounds in front of Seoul City Hall on November 20 in Seoul, South Korea. The Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish of fermented vegetables, usually mixed with chilli. It is commonly eaten with rice or as a accompaniment dish to a main meal.

Miss World contestants in Johannesburg

Miss World contestants in Johannesburg
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Miss World contestants pose for photogarphers at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg on Thursday. The contestants will assist in the Confederations Cup draw on November 22, 2008.

Miss World contestants From left: Miss New Zealand Julia Kahurangi, Miss Egypt Sanaa Ismail Hamed, Miss Brazil, Sila Almeida Tamara, Miss World Zilin Zhang, Miss South Africa Tansey Coetzee, Miss Italy Claudia Russo, Miss USA Mercia Lane Lindell and Miss Spain Patricia Yurena Rodriguez Alonjo

Obama very popular in Obama, Japan

Obama very popular in Obama, Japan
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Uniformed women sell T-shirts and other goods featuring U.S. President-elect Barack Obama during an exhibition in Tokyo to promote products of Japan's northern prefecture (state) of Fukui Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Fukui Prefecture has a city that happens to be called Obama and residents have started a community movement supporting Obama.

Japanes women sell T-shirts featuring U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. Picture taken November. 23, 2008

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty at grand finale of "Big Boss"

Shilpa Shetty at grand finale of "Big Boss"
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty smiles during the grand finale of "Big Boss", the Indian version of the British reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother", on the outskirts of Mumbai November 22, 2008.

Shilpa Shetty evergreen smiles. Picture taken November 22, 2008


Mariah Carey is 3B (Big, Bold & Beautiful)....Big ?

Mariah Carey is 3B (Big, Bold & Beautiful)....Big ?
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Mariah Carey is an American recording artist and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. According to Billboard magazine, she was the most successful artist of the 1990s in the United States.

Carey was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. She has had the most number-one singles for a solo artist in the United States (eighteen; second artist overall behind The Beatles), where, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, she is the third best-selling female and sixteenth overall recording artist. In addition to her commercial accomplishments, Carey has earned five Grammy Awards, and is well-known for her large vocal range, power, melismatic style, and use of the whistle register.

Zayed's slapping nightmare

Zayed's slapping nightmare
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008 - New Delhi: When Bollywood actor Zayed Khan had to slap Anil Kapoor for a scene in Subhash Ghai's Yuvvraaj, he felt insulted but carried off the act well, realising that it is all a part and parcel of his job - acting.

The show goes on: Showman Subhash Ghai is back with his musical extravaganza Yuvvraaj , which has the real life couple Salman, Katrina starring together for the third time on screen. They were earlier seen together in Maine Pyar Kyoon Kiya and Partner


"I never imagined I would slap Anil Kapoor. For me, Anil is like an elder brother and is very experienced. On a personal level, I felt insulted for having slapped him. But that's what acting is all about," Zayed said in an interview."
Actors do things ordinary people are not allowed to do sometimes. It's the nature of the job," he added.
In Yuvvraaj, which is about sibling rivalry, Zayed has played the role of a materialistic man, who is driven by excess money and power. Despite the presence of industry bigwigs like Anil, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, Zayed said his presence will be felt in the film."
Your presence must be felt by your performance, by how good you make it and how confident you are of yourself. I never felt their presence in the film was threatening because my biggest asset on sets is that I consider myself a student."
Whenever I am working with seniors, I give them their space but once I am in my zone, I forget who is senior, junior, big, small, and I just come in to my own workspace," he said.
Barring films like Main Hoon Na, Shabd and now Yuvvraaj, Zayed has mostly acted in action films. He made his debut in 2003 with Chura Liya Hai Tumne and went on to do others like Dus, Cash, Rocky: The Rebel, Fight Club and Mission Istanbul.
With a family drama like Yuvvraaj, the actor says director Ghai has made him fall in love with acting once again."
While shooting for Yuvvraaj, I was arguing with Subhashji over one or two things and then he came up, discussed the scene and explained it to me. When I saw the outcome on the monitor, I thanked him for making me love acting all over again," said Zayed.
He explained: "I am a physical actor. I have the ability to jump on a horse, scuba dive, jump from a mountain. I can do all of that, considering the kind of sporty guy I am. But I did forget the essence of acting between all this. As an action hero, I feel one cannot really portray the full potential."For Zayed, Yuvvraaj has become a turning point in his career."
When a director of calibre like Subhash Ghai asked me politely 'Zayed, I want you to do this role', I think it says something about my nature towards my job and of course I want the film to do so well that it becomes a milestone," he said.

There is no justice in jail: Sanjay Dutt

There is no justice in jail: Sanjay Dutt
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008 - New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who has been behind bars on four occasions in the last 17 years, says "everything is injustice in jail" due to the prison manual dating to the days of British colonial rule.

Sanjay Dutt married Manyata in February this year in Goa

The outdated rules and regulations make prisoners "dehumanized...less like human beings", according to Dutt."
Everything is injustice in jail. It is (expected to be) a reformatory centre. It's not a place where you turn an innocent man into a criminal but that is what happens in the jails in our country," Dutt said while speaking at a leadership summit here on Saturday.
The interactive session was titled "Leadership Lesson from Munnabhai" after Dutt's iconic character from the hit films Munnabhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munna Bhai."
The jail manual is 100 years old and it has not been changed till today. That (the manual) was for the British to prosecute the Indians, break our will and treat us like dogs and that has continued."
The versatile actor also spoke from the heart and narrated his own experiences behind bars."
I was locked up on Independence Day from noon till seven the next morning despite wanting to celebrate it. The jail manual says that prisoners shouldn't be locked up on any holiday."
When I asked for a spoon with the usual mug and plate that you get there, I was told that there is no such provision in the jail manual. It (the manual) was (meant) to break the Indians down by the British. These things should change now," he said."
I couldn't meet my spouse (Manyata - though they were not married then). A person who is convicted can meet his spouse only once a month and that too because mine was a special request I got to meet her alone - unlike others where 20 prisoners meet their families in one room. I could meet my lawyer (Satish Maneshinde) only for a brief moment and that too in my cage and I couldn't talk as I had cops standing all around."
Manyata, who was also present at the summit, nodded and also shared with the audience her travails.While in jail, Dutt, true to his image of Munnabhai, a lovable rogue, also took up cudgels on behalf of other inmates."
I was with some sardars in jail and there was a guy called Pyada Singh. He was there for nine years under trial. He was caught for possession of a firearm for which he had a license. I called his lawyer to my court (during my hearing) and I warned him about going to the press and he got bail. The lawyer was making money all this while," Dutt recalled amid applause from the audience.
Dutt was convicted for illegally possessing arns in the run-up to the 1993 serial bombings in Mumbai. Soon after the blasts, he was arrested and jailed for 18 months.
Dutt candidly admitted that it was not easy for him to fight on his own at the time of his last imprisonment last year - unlike his previous experiences in prison when he was backed by his late father, actor and MP Sunil Dutt."
As long as dad was alive, I knew he'll be there for me. But this time, when I went to jail there was no dad and I realized that I was the oldest in the family and I have to work around and thanks to my wife and family, I could," he observed.

Kareena Kapoor to sizzle in bikini again

Kareena Kapoor to sizzle in bikini again
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: She may no longer be size-zero, but Kareena Kapoor is ready to slip into a tiny bikini for an underwater scene in ‘Kambakkth Ishq’.
After flaunting her hot bod in a lemon yellow bikini in Tashan, Kareena is set to drop her clothes again. This time for producer Sajid Nadiadwala’s most expensive project to date, Kambakkth Ishq , starring Akshay Kumar as a Hollywood stuntman.
For this particular underwater sequence a costly set has been erected in the suburbs of Mumbai, where a swimming pool was reportedly vacated.
Noted Acropolis group of set designers were hired to create a natural set where acrylic mountains and pool-water were given the look of real mountains and blue waters of the sea.
Not only will Kareena be seen in bikini for this scene, Khiladi Kumar will also sport a Baywatch look, getting into shorts for the scene. It is heard that the fitness freak actor is working on his body for a better toned look.
Kareena will don a bikini designed by Aki Narula , while Akshay’s shorts look will be designed by Shabina Khan.‘Kambakkth Ishq’ is already in news because of its huge budget and cameos by Hollywood stars. The movie is a romantic comedy about an Indian stuntman who lands up in Hollywood but is unable to find true love.
The shooting of the movie has progressed at right pace from Hollywood’s Universal Studios to a serene village of Venice. Now, the next schedule is going to happen in January next year.
Bikini is becoming a favourite among the Bollywood beauties. How can we can forget gorgeous Priyanka Chopra in that golden piece in the recently released Dostana, and Minissha Lamba in white bikini in Kidnap.

Victoria Silvstedt is 3B (Blonde, Bold & Beautiful)

Victoria Silvstedt is 3B (Blonde, Bold & Beautiful)
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Victoria Silvstedt is a Swedish supermodel, Playmate of the Year, movie actress, radio and TV hostess, published singer, wife, and a former national-level skier in Sweden.

Victoria Silvstedt was a member of the Swedish National Ski Team, ranking as high as fourth among her Olympic teammates in the Super-Giant Slalom. Silvstedt claimed that at the age of 16 she competed in a "Best Fake Orgasm" contest at a local bar. The contestants were Silvstedt and 10 men. She won a brand-new TV. When she came home, she told her mother she won it at a game of bingo.
Silvstedt was the first runner-up in the Miss Sweden pageant, edged out by Johanna Lind, and Silvstedt went on to represent Sweden in the Miss World contest, reaching the final eight contestants. She was then signed by a Parisian modeling agent and began a career in high fashion, working for various companies including Chanel, Christian Dior, Loris Azzaro, Givenchy, Valentino, and Giorgio Armani.

Michelle Branch's ancestry....grandmother was a Dutch Indonesian

Michelle Branch's ancestry....grandmother was a Dutch Indonesian
(NSI News Source Info) November 23, 2008: Michelle Branch is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. During this period, she collaborated with Santana on the single "The Game of Love", which won a Grammy Award. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. Michelle Branch will release her first solo album with record company Warner Bros. Nashville, Everything Comes and Goes, in February 2009.

Michelle was named after the Beatles' song "Michelle". Though the surname Branch is French, her father is of Irish ancestry while her mother was born in the Netherlands; her maternal grandmother was a Dutch Indonesian and was held by the Japanese in an internment camp during World War II, while her maternal grandfather was French and Indonesian. She has an older half-brother, David, and a younger sister, Nicole.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Beyonce, Kimutaku appear in Samantha Thavasa ads

Beyonce, Kimutaku appear in Samantha Thavasa ads
(NSI News Source Info) TOKYO — November 22, 2008: American singer Beyonce Knowles, 27, and SMAP member Takuya Kimura, 35, will appear together in ads for luxury handbag brand Samantha Thavasa from Thursday.
In an official comment, Kimura said, “I enjoyed the time with her. She is really sexy and cute. I can learn many things from her to be a nicer guy.” Beyonce was quoted as saying, “Kimura is very handsome, strong, manly and sexy.”
The ads were made at the end of October when Beyonce visited Japan. The two spent about two hours together in the studio. Beyonce said Kimura taught her some Japanese words.
The ads will appear in the brand’s 117 shops nationwide as well as on billboards in Aoyama, Daikanyama and Harajuku. Kimura is the first male model for the brand’s ads.

Rakhi Sawant dumps Abhishek Awasthi

Rakhi dumps Abhishek
(NSI News Source Info) November 22, 2008: Rakhi Sawant has dumped her media hungry dancer boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi for good. Although she broke up with him but did not tom tom it and now when things are getting out of hand for her, she has finally decided to reveal the truth.

She says, “People are not aware of the fact that I have broken up with Abhishek. It just happened.”
Rakhi adds, “Merely two days before Valentine’s Day he left me and just said ‘I’m going because I don’t want you anymore.” But then on Valentine’s Day he came back to me with flowers along with the media. “I was shocked because he got the media, so I slapped him in front of them.”
When asked whether she will forgive her boyfriend this time, she says, “I forgave him the last time. No more chances for him. I would look around for maybe some business tycoon.”
Both are media hungry drama King and Queen, they should’ve stuck together.

Jessica Simpson Hearts Bronx Mowgli Wentz

Jessica Simpson Hearts Bronx Mowgli Wentz
(NSI News Source Info) November 22, 2008: Alleged singer and actress Jessica Simpson totally could not be happier about her sister Ashleeeeeee's new baby with husband Pete Wetz, Bronx Mowgli.


"Bronx is beyond precious," the 28-year-old older sister and new aunt said in a statement. "I'm over the moon with joy. Life is a beautiful miracle."
Ashlee and Pete and healthy, happy and enjoying every moment."
We're sure she is. When your "career" is deteriorating faster than Lindsay Lohan's, any excuse to be in the news does the job! Yee-haw!
Bronx Mowgli Wentz - whose vitals are 7 pounds, 11 ounces, 20.5 inches long, and 9.5 on the Stupid Celebrity Baby Name Meter - was born Thursday night.
"Proud new parents Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz welcomed new son, Bronx Mowgli Wentz, late this evening," a rep for the couple first announced on Friday morning. "[They] thank everyone for all of their well wishes!"

Carmen Electra to shake leg with Akshay Kumar?

Carmen Electra to shake leg with Akshay Kumar?
(NSI News Source Info) November 22, 2008: Former baywatch girl Carmen Electra is likely to shake her leg with Akshay Kumar for a Bollywood movie.
Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is pulling out all the stops to ensure maximum Hollywood presence in his action flick Kambakkth Ishq . After roping in the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards for cameos in the film, the enterprising producer is learnt to be in talks with America’s pin-up girl Carmen Electra for a song in the film.
The number will be a promotional track. Akshay plays a Hollywood stuntman in the movie while Kareena Kapoor plays a celebrity.
It can be recalled that Akshay teamed up with Snoop Dogg for the promotional track of Singh Is Kinng. But dancing with none other than the diva of oomph, Carmen Electra, the bombshell who gets the men drooling over her in less time than it takes to write this – that would be something novel for any actor in Bollywood history.
If reports are to be believed, Carmen is expected to come down to Mumbai in February next year to shoot the said song.
Nadiadwala confirms that he is in talks with “a foreign female celebrity” for the song, but he refuses to confirm her name. It appears that a few legalities are yet to be finished before he can confirm Carmen’s official presence in the film.
Meanwhile, back in the US, Carmen is set to go nude for the 55th anniversary edition of Playboy magazine.

Tanusree Dutta is B & B (Bold & Beautiful)

Tanusree Dutta is B & B (Bold & Beautiful)
(NSI News Source Info) November 22, 2008: Tanushree Dutta was born and raised in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand state (then Bihar), and did her graduation in commerce from Brihan Maharashtra COllege of Commerce in Pune, Maharashtra. She is Bengali.

She won the Femina Miss India title in 2004, and placed among the top ten in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant held in Quito, Ecuador.
She debuted in Bollywood in 2005. She worked on two films simultaneously Chocolate and Aashiq Banaya Apne. Chocolate was intended to be her debut film, however its release was preceded by Aashiq Banaya Apne'.

Ellen DeGeneres performs in Las Vegas

Ellen DeGeneres performs in Las Vegas
(NSI News Source Info) LAS VEGAS - November 22, 2008: Talk show host/comedian Ellen DeGeneres performs with dancers during a taping of, "Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show" during The Comedy Festival at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace November 20, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ellen DeGeneres performs with dancers in Las Vegas, Nevada

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