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Jennifer Aniston could possibly be hiding a baby bump. The “Friends” actress, who is engaged to Justin Theroux, went to great lengths to cover her stomach with her sweater as she was snapped leaving Barney’s in Beverly Hills over the weekend.

Besides the photo evidence, The Daily notes that Aniston has suddenly cleared her work schedule in recent weeks.Last month, she pulled out of “Getting Rid Of Matthew,” after her production company optioned the film rights to the book by Jane Fallon, the partner of Ricky Gervais. She has also given up her role in “Miss You Already,” which is filming in London.

Cast: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Noah Lomax, Judy Greer
Direction: Gabriele Muccino
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes

STORY: A former soccer star intends to win over his exwife and son but ends up charming the single mothers of the kids he coaches!

MOVIE REVIEW: With his dashing good looks and expertise in soccer, George (Gerard Butler)has a way with women. While almost every second woman throws herself at the former Scottish soccer star, his heart is reserved for ex-wife Stacie (Jessica Biel) only. However, George’s bad timing and bad luck when it comes to finances and certain crucial decisions leads to their separation. Stacie finds herself a new boyfriend and son Lewis learns to live with the fact that his dad may never be around for him.

Hoping for a reconciliation, George decides to get his act right. He tries to redeem himself by meeting the expectations of his estranged family. He starts with coaching and mentoring his son’s football team. Although, as luck or bad luck would have it, he ends up charming the hotshot single mothers of the kids instead! Will Stacie forgive her smokin’ hot husband and take him back? Playing for Keeps is a decent one-time watch only for the very gorgeous Gerard Butler.

The film not only revolves around but also depends solely on his ‘sex appeal’ and it scores there. On the flipside, the rom-com/chick-flick is way too formulaic, cliched and predictable for your liking. Various women get cozy with George but there is no surprise element as to who gets him. There is no drama or twists andturns to the story. You don’t sympathize with poor chick-magnet George.

A lack of depth to the characters makes you feel indifferent towards them. The bonding between the father and son is not explored much either. Jessica Biel as Stacie is your typical judgemental wife who plays hard to get. She has few dialogues and scenes. Uma Thurman, Dennis Quaid, Judy Greer and Catherine Zeta-Jones have insignificant roles too. Gerard Butler fits the bill as a studly but vulnerable soccer star. He however falls short of evoking emotions in scenes which require that.

She has taken a break from Ye Jawaani… and Ram Leela to promote the Abbas-Mustan thriller Deepika Padukone, who had famously walked out of Abbas-Mustan’s Race 2 citing date issues, is now using the film as a reason to take a break from both Ayaan Mukerji’s Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela.

It is learnt the two projects she is shooting for simultaneously, will have to be put on hold because she is taking time off in January to promote Abbas-Mustan’s film.

Next month, she will travel to different parts of the world to promote the multi-starrer. A source close to Deepika confirmed the news and said, “She will be occupied for the most part of January promoting Race 2. That is why she requested Ayaan and Bhansali to let her go for some time. Ayaan and Bhansali were not too amused but they relented.” Seems that the makers of Race 2 have happily left the past behind

Priyanka Chopra seems to be making no effort to hide her growing fondness for Salman Khan. Reportedly, the two continued to bond big time in Dubai, where they performed for a show the other night.

Interestingly, Priyanka is very keen to do a film with Salman. And according to industry sources, the actress is not only giving an open date diary to do a movie with her current favorite star, but it’s also believed that she’s even willing to negotiate her market fee for the movie. Of late, all Salman films have had at least a couple of hit songs
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So, that’s an added advantage for Priyanka as she can use them to perform at award shows the following year. And that will surely bring her more moolah than what she foregoes to work in a film with Salman.

Actress Kate Bosworth has been unveiled as the new face of women’s clothing brand Topshop.

The 29-year-old teamed up with her filmmaker fiancé Michael Polish to work on the promotional film for the brand. “This project brings together two important aspects of my life: cinema and fashion.

I have always been a fan of the Topshop brand and it has been an honor to work with Sir Phillip and the team. I hope everyone enjoys watching it as much as we did making it,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Bosworth as saying.

Actress Jennifer Aniston bought a 10-foot Christmas tree for a weekend bash that she threw for her and fiancé Justin Theroux’s close friends.

“She likes (her trees) really full and fluffy!” usmagazine.com quoted a source at Beverly Hills’ Mr. Greentrees store as saying.

According to X17, stars like Demi Moore, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi, Tobey Maguire and Ben Stiller were spotted arriving at Aniston and Theroux’s house.

The source said Aniston “was merely celebrating the start of the holiday season by hosting her annual tree trimming party”.

Supermodel Bar Refaeli – one of the most indemand bikini models – posted a topless photo of herself on her Twitter account on Monday. Leonardo DiCaprio’s former girlfriend had last posted a candid snap of herself during a painfullooking dental examination.

The photograph features the former Sports Illustrated model topless, while submerged in water, with the caption, “Watch your back!” In the black and white image, Rafaeli can be seen from behind wearing nothing but a checkered string bikini bottom – with visible tan lines – as she coyly holds her triangle top, the Daily Mail reported.

She also posted a mysterious picture of herself with five small children, and wrote: “Can u think of a better day to start the day?”

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has teamed up with fitness brand BEYOND YOGA to create a special top, which can be worn for a comfortable exercise routine.

The top will be sold exclusively on her lifestyle blog ‘goop’. The 40-year-old says she decided to design the top because she could never find such a thing anywhere, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “I’ve always wanted a one shouldered exercise top and could never find one so we’ve collaborated with BEYOND YOGA to make my dream top,” Paltrow posted on her blog. “Made from a luxurious high-tech fabric for active wear – Supplex – this oneshoulder cami is great because it is quick drying and offers stretch without stretching out, keeping in shape even after a workout. Subtle monochromatic quilting adds stylish detail to this soft yet durable top,” she added about the new product.

Actress Keira Knightley says she prefers doing “darker” films. The 27-year-old, who has shown the dark side of her personality in movies including “A Dangerous Method” and “Anna Karenina”, admits she always wants to challenge herself as an actor and she chose role accordingly. “I try to do pieces that are as challenging to me as possible.

Now one day that could be a romantic comedy or the Hollywood thriller that I’m currently doing (‘Jack Ryan’), but lately they have taken a much more European, kind of a darker tilt,” contactmusic.com quoted Knightley as saying. “But it’s been more about what I wanted to explore, the worlds I wanted to explore,” she added.

Lara Stone, who recently dared to bare in her raunchiest shoot yet by posing in an eye-popping full-frontal shoot, has described herself as ‘shy’ in an interview with i-D magazine. But the revealing pictures of the world’s 8th-highest earning catwalk queen would say otherwise.

In one X-rated picture, comedian David Walliams’ supermodel wife is naked from the waist down under a sheer black dress.

The 28-year-old recently confirmed she is expecting her first child with comedian David Walliams but her baby bump was not yet showing when she revealed her stomach in another pose where she wears just black Agent Provocateur knickers with an open shirt, the Mirror reported. In an interview inside, the model describes her personality as “shy, closet nerd, loyal, loving and a bit annoying” and admits the best advice she was ever given was to “not to worry about things that may never happy anyway”.

Kareena Kapoor canned an item number for “Dabangg 2” and says it was great fun shooting for the song as she tried something new for it. “It was great fun. I loved the song… for the first time I have done a pelvic thrust.

I have never done that before and Farah Khan has shot it amazingly. I am looking forward to it because it’s a fun song. I hope people love it,” Kareena, who did item number Halkat jawani in her film Heroine, said.

Arbaaz Khan is making his directorial debut with Dabangg 2, which stars his big brother Salman in the lead role. Designer Manish Malhotra has styled Kareena’s costumes for the item song and Farah has choreographed her moves.

There were reports that her sister Karisma was on the sets while she was giving shots for the song and Kareena said: “She came to meet Salman, Arbaaz, Malaika and all and that’s it. She was not there to give any takes.” In Dabangg, Malaika featured in the item song Munni badnaam. Dabangg 2, also starring Sonakshi Sinha and Prakash Raj, is slated for release Dec 21.

The first look of ‘Kamasutra 3D’, starring Sherlyn Chopra, was unveiled at NFDC’s film bazaar which is being held on the sidelines of International Film Festival of India ( IFFI) 2012 in Goa. Directed by Rupesh Paul, the film, based on Vatsyayan’s ‘Kamasutra’, grabbed attention with Sherlyn being cast in the lead.

This is the first major film role for Sherlyn, who has done bit roles in a few Bollywood films including ‘Dil Bole Hadippa’ and ‘Raqeeb’.

The bombshell, who approached Playboy voluntarily to pose nude for them, has shed her clothes in this film as well. “Rupesh Paul Productions Limited, the official production house of the movie is here in the film bazaar, for promotions,” a spokesman for the movie said. “Rest of the cast list will be out by this week.

The posters of the movie have been launched in the American film market,” the spokesman added. The Kerala-born director of the movie has made films such as ‘Laptop’ and the Hollywood production ‘Saint Dracula 3D’. “Yet another highlight is that the most debated text has been turned into a 3D film,” said the spokesperson.

The production team claims that the movie is all set in the backdrop of the real historical milieu. “‘Kamasutra 3D’ would be the first in the ‘Kamasutra’ trilogy and the second and the third would be 4D and 5D respectively,” he said.

Actress Jacqueline Feranandez showed her daring side when she performed a combat sequence in her upcoming slick thriller “Race 2”. In the film, Jacqueline will be seen performing a fencing sequence using swords and knives, with Saif Ali Khan in tow. The film releases Jan 25. Fencing is a sport of armed combat using three weapons – foil, epee and saber. Jacqueline learned and performed the epee and sabre centredfencing sequence, which combines the use of swords, knives and cavalry weapons. “We got two experts from Vietnam to teach her.

A sequence like this needs style and grace and you can’t hurry it up or it will not be justified. Jacqueline, on her part, worked hard for two months to learn the moves,” said Abbas of the director duo Abbas-Mustan. “She wore a fitted costume showing off her curves, with her hair flowing loose. Head gear is worn during fencing, but if we did that people would have assumed a stunt double was doing the scene. So we took cinematic liberty and left her hair loose which looks good with the moves and proves that she’s doing the stunt,” he added. The actress was gung-ho about performing her stunts and refused to use a body double. “When Jacqueline was briefed about the scene, she was quite excited and decided that she wanted to perform the stunt herself,” said an insider. “On the day of the shoot, Peter Haines (action director) and Abbas- Mustan were amazed with how much she had learned. In addition to the fencing combat, the scene also involved front and back flips which she practiced for extensively and finally gave her take without even any harness,” the insider added.

Actress Cameron Diaz has denied rumours that she is dating Tom Cruise. The rumours surfaced after Diaz was pictured with Cruise and fellow actors Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem as she celebrated her 40th birthday Aug 30.

Earlier, Cruise’s representative had slammed the reports and now Diaz denies it. “I happened to bump into Penelope Cruz, Javier, Tom and his son in a hotel and joined them for dinner. At midnight I said, ‘I’m 40’.

So we took pictures and then said ‘Goodnight, see you later, blah, blah, blah’ and I haven’t seen him since.” “But the next thing I know, apparently I am dating him and it’s full on and he is coming after me,” she added.

The actress made the clarification on a chat show. Diaz was in a relationship with baseball player Alex Rodriguez for an year but parted ways in September 2011.

Sienna Miller posed nude for a portrait just weeks before she gave birth to her daughter Marlowe, it has been revealed. The 30-yearold actress posed for British artist Jonathan Yeo in July shortly before her due date, letting him capture her in the later stages of her pregnancy.

Jonathan, whose previous work includes paintings of Dennis Hopper and Nicole Kidman, described the portrait as a “‘tribute to Sienna’s courage and self-confidence’” and praised her for stripping off for the artwork. “I can think of many figures whose public currency in part revolves around their appearance, who would prefer to hide themselves away for nine months,” Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

“Sienna is usually so petite and a wonderful fashion clotheshorse and the fact she is transformed means it has all the more impact,” he said.

Miller, who gave birth to her first child with actor husband Tom Sturridge, first met the artist in Los Angeles, California, eight years ago and the pair have remained close friends since.

This portrait will be the sixth she has sat for in his London studio and Jonathan thinks it is the most important artwork so far.

Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake
Direction: Robert Lorenz
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes

STORY: A cranky old baseball scout is forced to face his daughter, past regrets on what could be his last assignments…

MOVIE REVIEW: Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best Baseball scouts around for a long time. His experienced judgement is however doubted by a younger sports manager who believes mathematical statistics are more important than understanding of the game and the player.

Gus is given one last chance to prove his mettle and that he still has it in him. Gus’ estranged daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) decides to accompany him on his last recruiting assignment. The two end up ‘talking’ for a change,venting the anger, bottled up emotions and unspoken words.

True to Eastwood’s style, Trouble with the Curve is purely an emotional human drama, revolving around buried emotions. The pace is slow but that doesn’t matter as the father-daughter strained relationship touches your heart. You can identify with their dilemmas, rapport, and reservations.

Their issues are as realistic as they can get. An aloof father who’s super protective of his daughter, daughter joining her father on his last trip, keeping aside their past only to save his job..Trouble with the Curve is a film which every father should watch with his daughter. Justin Timberlake plays an unimportant role but is impressive. The film belongs to Amy Adams.

The actress is brilliant as the girl dealing with a constant fear of losing the people she loves. Clint Eastwood is good as ever. No significant events happen in the film, it’s about how you deal with situations when life happens to you. It’s a simple story, brilliantly told.

Rumours of Vidya Balan getting married to Siddharth Roy Kapur have resurfaced. We hear Vid and Sid will tie the knot around December 18. It has also been said that Vidya’s close friend, fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, has been roped in to design her wedding trousseau. We tried to get in touch with Vidya, Siddharth and Sabya but all three chose not to respond.

Vidya and Siddharth have acknowledged their relationship in public. When a story of them being married already was reported in August last year, Siddharth had denied the news via sms to us stating, “Nope, not true.” Siddharth has, however, been keeping mum on the issue this time around.

Actress Sonali Bendre feels director Milan Luthria is a great filmmaker and has come into his elements now.

“Milan is a very good director and I have worked with him before as well. Milan has really come into his groove right now and it is a great phase that he is in. It will be interesting to work with him,” Sonali, who worked with him in 2003 movie “Chori Chori”, said.

She will also be seen in Luthria’s next, a sequel to his 2010 film “Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai”. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, the movie also stars Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead roles.
Luthria became a name to reckon with after the success of “The Dirty Picture”.

Size Zero may be passe, but Bollywood’s A-list women are not over with the weight loss tamasha. Yet.

The latest aspirant seems to be Katrina Kaif who lost five kilo in two months to fit her role for the upcoming YRF action thriller Dhoom 3. Apparently, the production house with a penchant for sari-clad voluptuous beauties, this time around wanted a slimmer and fitter leading lady. “Dhoom 3 is a tough film to shoot. Lots of action. And you need to be very, very fit and agile,” Katrina said.

Katrina who had once reportedly shed a few kilos for fitting into the role of Sheila and be able to belly dance in the much popular song from Tees Maar Khan, started losing weight again around two months back. This was around the time she wrapped up the shooting of Jab Tak Hai Jaan.

“I was or rather am still doing hard-core functional training. I get into it for about 90 minutes every day. Even when I was shooting in London last month, I had a trainer who helped me out. And here in India, I have appointed a trainer as well,” she added.

By her own admission, she would like nothing better than to complete her family of mom and two daughters.However, recent reports that Sushmita Sen will be tying the knot next year have only amused her. “A single article where I’m misquoted has turned into a viral fact!” the ex-Miss Universe laughed.

Rubbishing all such rumours, she protested, “This news about my marriage plans is completely untrue. I was at a press meet for my designer friend Mandira Wirk’s bridal wear, dressed as a bride. All I said was, ‘I will definitely get married, who knows maybe next year.’ That was it.” So isn’t Sushmita anxious to settle down considering she is just days away from her 37th birthday? Says the sexy single mom, “Marriage will happen when it has to happen. I’ve craved for it forever. I’ve always been a home-lover, in spite of living a very public life, which I enjoy in my own way. ”

Actress Kristen Bell is expecting her first child with boyfriend Dax Shepard.The child is due in late spring, their representative confirmed.”They are so excited and ecstatic. They can’t wait to become parents,” people.com quoted a source as saying.

“Kristen had a little bit of morning sickness early on but she just started shooting the second season of ‘House of Lies’ and is feeling great now,” added the source.

Bell, 32, and Shepard, 37, started dating 2007 and have been engaged for nearly three years.

Naomi Campbell has turned the whole world’s attention to Jodhpur and the Mehrangarh Fort. At the moment, inside the fort, there is a festive atmosphere.

There was an event yesterday, a party, and for that, the fort had been decorated in red and kesariya colours, with typical Rajasthani decor elements adding the theme. Each guest was given a traditional welcome, with dhol and nagaras lining the entrance. They were also gifted a multicoloured pagris to wear.

Megan Fox plays an actress-turned-marine biologist who wants to talk to dolphins in a new advert for the Acer Aspire S7 laptop. It has been revealed.

In the commercial, the ‘Transformers’ star meets her agent in a restaurant but is distracted by the lobster tank, and since her “hidden passion” for marine life is so strong she storms to the tank, reaches in returns the two lobsters back to the ocean.

The 26-year-old is then transported to a lab and transformed into a sexy research scientist while a voiceover says “We all have our hidden talents and for Megan Fox it’s marine life.”

“The new Acer Aspire means that she can now follow her dream of talking to dolphins,” the Daily Mail quoted the voiceover as saying.

The nerdy scientists are all star struck when she lands on their lab and call her “brilliant”.

Fox, who is married to actor Brian Austin Green, can then be seen showing a dolphin various objects like an egg and a fish to try and get it to communicate with her.

She is even seen reading it the raunchy book ’50 Shades of Gray’.

After some scientific tweaking, Fox’s new technology is a success and the dolphin says “Hello Megan. Do I get a hug?”

Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw
Direction: Sam Mendes
Genre: Action
Duration: 2 hours 22 minutes

Story: Espionage becomes leaner, meaner and shadowy. Can James Bond still make the earth move — or the sky fall?

Movie Review: The first thing Bond (Craig) blows to bits in Skyfall is all those cracks about mid-life crises. Despite flunking his fitness test, Bond reveals how he’s fab at 50, making his vintage his most powerful weapon. As espionage changes from competing nations to individuals spreading violence for money and thrills, Bond grapples with ‘Silva’ Rodriguez (Bardem), former MI6 agent determined to destroy department head M (Dench) for having left him to Chinese mercy after he overstepped his brief. As Bond and Silva race with whistle- out-loud (WOL) action towards an edgy M, those watching Skyfall have a ball.

Right away, Skyfall is a love-bite to London, celebrating all that’s Brit and Bond-branded – clever since it leaves those younger Yankee spies looking a little plain. Realising history’s cash-worth, Skyfall plugs everything beautiful about the British — Tubes, tunnels and Tennyson, damp, rainy skies, humour sharp like a Savile Row suit, china bulldogs, even manual shaving kits — smoothly blended with explosive American pace. Plus Iberian charm, expressed oh-so-silkily by a beaming Bardem, perfect as the campy Silva, unbuttoning Bond’s shirt to go lovingly where no man has been before. Although Bond does rasp at him, “What makes you think this is my first time?” Well, well, Commander.