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Bollywood’s new hottie Huma Qureshi has got herself elevated to an entirely different league. With offers pouring in and getting recognition post the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ (GOW) acclaim, the actress is gunning for more greasepaint. The perky actress, who is gearing up for her next, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, says that she’s game for more challenges. “I have got a simple take on my life – to continue to surprise my audience each time I perform on screen,” says Huma. The actress shares that she does not feel like an outsider in an industry known for its fondness for filmi pedigree. “I don’t feel like an alien in Bollywood. Adaptability is one thing I am good at,” says Huma. In the meantime, Huma is seeking the rejuvenation mantra by sticking to what she loves doing the best – reading books. “I am a bookworm. Right now I am reading Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood. The romanticism in Murakami’s books interest me since I am a romantic myself,” says Huma.

Preity Zinta has revealed that she has no time to think about marriage, and asserted that she is in no rush to get married. The 37-year-old actress confessed that at this point of time she has time only for her films. “I can only say, wait and watch. Right now I have time only for my film,” Zinta said.

On the other hand, the beauty, who’s upcoming movie ‘Ishq in Paris’ is set to hit the silver screen, doesn’t like to identify this movie as her ‘comeback.’ “I find the term strange. Recently I read about R(Mukerji) making a comeback too. But, she just did a film in January. It’s all hype. Does anyone question Aamir (Khan) when he has a gap of years between his releases?, says the actor,” the beauty said.

Rani Mukerji’s recently released Aiyyaa witnessed the chirpy side of the actress as she gets attracted to Prithviraj. However, Rani claims that her Talaash for life partner continues. Rani Mukerji, Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor will share the screen for Reema Kagti’s Talaash. Bebo tied knot with Saif this week and is Rani planning something similar? “No, my Talaash is still on. Everyone will come to know as soon as I will find someone,” said Rani. While talking about her movie Talaash, Rani was excited and expressed that working with Aamir is always a great experience. “I will be seen in a completely different role. Its great experience working with Aamir as I have always been his fan,” concluded Rani.

Supermodel Kate Moss has gone topless for the latest issue of Love magazine. In a typical unorthodox photo shoot, Moss, 38, covered her head with a white Prada jumper, and wore a chiffon veil to cover her front, reports dailymail.co.uk Moss also wore an 18 carat white gold necklace in the shoot which took place in Houghton Hall, the home of 18th century Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole in Norfolk, England. In August, she was seen partying topless in France.

Christina Aguilera has revealed that she loves going commando, as she finds it librating. “I don’t like to wear underwear,” Contactmusic quoted her as telling chat show host Chelsea Handler . “I like to be as free as possible at all times. “It’s just who I am,” she added.

Nicole Kidman has pulled out of a new movie after being told that scenes of real sex are planned. The 45-year-old actress was set for a role in controversial director Lars von Trier’s project Nymphomaniac. “Nicole will not be a part of this movie,” the Daily Star quoted a source as saying. Other reports state that Kidman decided against doing the film as she is facing scheduling conflicts with her new film Grace of Monaco, which is currently shooting. To ease his suffering, Von Trier has added Uma Thurman, presumably in Kidman’s part.

Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dania Ramirez, Michael
Shannon, Jamie Chung
Direction: David Koepp
Genre: Action
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
STORY:
Wilee ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is the best of New York’s daredevil bicycle couriers. However, when he picks up an envelope for delivery on a ‘premium rush’ priority, he finds himself racing against more than just the clock.

MOVIE REVIEW:
While the plot and premise of Premium Rush is fairly simple and generic – the all-important message that must reach its intended recipient, come what may – this, for the most part, isn’t just a chase film.

The dashing Wilee eschews a nine-to-five desk job for the sheer thrill of being a bicycle messenger with a death wish – dodging speeding vehicles, pedestrians and open doors along the way. As if to underscore his rebellious streak, Wilee rides fast, with no brakes on his sports bicycle. “Brakes are death,” he nonchalantly tells his estranged and concerned girlfriend Vanessa ( Dania Ramirez), who is also a bike courier.

She sees his wild streak as a hindrance to them having a secure future. After all, it would only take a split-second of misjudgment for him to meet with a fatal accident whilst riding. Small wonder then, that Gordon-Levitt needed 31 stitches in his right arm while filming the movie. Wilee’s also got competition, in the form of the muscular and almost comical Manny (Wole Parks), who has his eye on Vanessa.

But this love triangle is put on the back-burner one day, when Nima ( Jamie Chung) hands Wilee a small white envelope that must be delivered downtown by 7.30 pm, the very same day. Enter the menacing bad cop Bobby Monday (very convincingly played by Michael Shannon), who has a nasty gambling habit coupled with a single-minded,almost obsessive need to get his hands on that envelope. Various jump cuts in the movie and cool map-style visuals help explain situations and embellish the story quite nicely.

The conversations between Wilee and Vanessa however, as they zip, dodge and weave their way through traffic come across as unnecessary and cheesy. There’s the obligatory moral dilemma thrown in too. That aside, Premium Rush is fairly coherent, the bike stunts are cool and the film is filled with fast-paced chases that will often have you at the edge of your seat.

The actress plans to go incognito to traditional Navratri pandals to soak in the ambience of Garba and Dandia for her next film ‘Ramleela’. Deepika Padukone is presently working on two films – Ayan Mukherjee’s Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ram Leela.

And while the two films are keeping her busy, she plans to take out some time to visit traditional Navratri pandals. However her visit is more for professional reasons over personal. “For Ramleela, she plans to go incognito to traditional Navratri pandals to soak in the ambience of Garba and Dandia”, says a source associated with the film. Ram Leela is set in Gujarat. “Deepika plans to reserve some time in nights and quietly go with her team to these places. She is keen to soak in the culture and see how traditional set ups of Dandia happens”.

Deepika is known to be involved as an actor and goes through a lot of self learning activities. Deepika in past has been to several Navratri nights during promotions of earlier films but most were modern concerts. Her upcoming projects include Race 2, Ayan Mukherjee’s Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Ramleela.

Porn star-turned-actress Sunny Leone, who debuted in Hindi films with Pooja Bhatt’s ” Jism 2″, is here to stay. The Indo-Canadian performer is learning Bollywood dance. Sunny said: “I am learning Bollywood dance from Shabina Khan. I love Bollywood dance moves and I am craving to learn Bollywood moves.” Asked if she is open to item numbers, Sunny said: “As I said, I love dancing. I would love to do an item number, but I have signed a contract, so I can’t do any item number (for the time being).

But I am looking forward to doing typical Bollywood dance numbers.” Shabina (not to be confused with designer turned producer Shabina Khan) started her Bollywood journey with ” Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon” and praises Sunny for her commitment. “Sunny is a very dedicated student who listens to each and every word very carefully and pays a lot of attention and gives her 100 percent,” said Shabina. “As Sunny is now a full-fledged Bollywood heroine, I’m going to train her in complete Bollywood dancing, which is full of grace, expressions, perfect moves with sex appeal,” she added.

Looks like Poonam Jhawer, who played Raadhe Maa in OMG Oh My God, is going the Hollywood way now. According to sources, not only has the actress signed a Hollywood film that will be produced in collaboration with a Bollywood production house, but has also been offered the role of Nira Radia in a Hindi film. The actress says she’s been waiting to do some quality work and performance-oriented roles. “I believe in quality work and not quantity. I wanted to do challenging, performance-oriented roles, so I waited for it. I was not in a hurry and didn’t want to be in the rat race,” she says, adding, “I thank my producers and directors for finding me capable of playing real-life characters.”

Scarlett Johansson is single again after splitting from her boyfriend of ten months, Nate Naylor. The 27-year-old actress has dumped the advertising executive just days after she was spotted ”completely flirting” with one of Lindsay Lohan’s close friends. ”They never officially lived together, but Nate has moved all of his stuff out and back into his apartment. The relationship is over. It has not been amicable,” Contactmusic quoted a source as telling the Daily Mail. The ‘Hitchcock’ star, who was previously married to Ryan Reynolds, began dating 38-year-old Nate last January after meeting him in New York. The split follows several reports suggesting the actress was seen flirting with multiple men, including her ex-boyfriend Jared Leto recently.

Actress Jennifer Aniston has reportedly invited her ex-husband Brad Pitt’s mother Jane to her wedding. Aniston and Pitt divorced in 2005 after almost five years of marriage, but the actress remained close to her former mother-in-law and wants her to be present when she ties the knot with Justin Theroux. “Jennifer wants Jane to be there. She’s closer to her than she is to her own mother Nancy and it just feels right,” the sun.co.uk quoted a source as saying. “Jane is thrilled that Jennifer has found happiness again. She has been on the end of the phone and in person offering advice and support for the past seven years. She wouldn’t miss Jen’s wedding for anything,” the source added.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart has revealed she fears that her fame might lead to someone killing her one day. The actress – who was bombarded with hate messages from fans after cheating on boyfriend Robert Pattinson – fears someone will log on to a social networking site to find out her location, then travel to where she is and murder her. In an extract from new e-book ‘Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner-In Their Own Words’ by Talia Soghomonian, Stewart told interviewer Sian Edwards: “Nowadays it’s harder because everyone is on Facebook and everyone knows where you are all the time, and everyone’s twittering.” “Like I’m going to die because somebody is going to say where I am and somebody is going to kill me. Someone’s going to twitter my location and then it’s going to be like, boom,” she added.

Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija

Direction: Olivier Megaton

Genre: Action Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes

Story:

Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his ex-wife get kidnapped while holidaying in Istanbul. His daughter manages to escape. Will she be able to ‘save’ the couple? Movie Review: This sequel of 2008 hit Taken follows up a while after where the first film left off. Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) is finding it tough coming to terms with the fact that his daughter Kim is seeing a boy and may be serious about him.

The fact that she had been the recent victim of a kidnapping attempt foiled by her father is not lost on her. Father and daughter are still close and he wants nothing more than to ensure his family is safe.
So, when his ex-wife Lenore complains about a cancelled trip, he consoles her and asks them to join him after ‘work’ (an assignment where he provides security to rich, high-risk clients) in Istanbul.

Meanwhile, in faraway Albania, a village mourns at a mass burial. All the men dead at the hands of Bryan, punished for daring to kidnap his daughter and trying to sell her into prostitution. It is there that the main kidnapper’s father Murad Krasniqi ( Rade Serbedzija) vows to avenge his son and his men by capturing Mills and taking him back to his village for vengeance. As luck would have it, Lenore lands up in Instanbul with Kim and the family spends some quality time together. Their happiness is short-lived as Bryan and his ex-wife are chased and then ‘taken’ soon after.

He manages to send out a call to his daughter at their hotel and warn her of the impending danger.
He asks her to get to the safety of the US embassy but she insists on rescuing them. So he guides her to where they’re being held. After that, it’s a will-she won’t-she affair? Screenwriter Luc Besson and director Olivier Megaton play to their strengths.

Both have made films that have involved either abductions or high-octane action sequences and car chases. Liam Neeson mouths the cheesy lines and still sounds believable.

If you’re a fan of the actor or films with a similar storyline, you will enjoy this one. The car chases and the hand-to-hand fight scenes are not to be missed. Despite his bad-man act, Rade as Murad plays a convincing father driven mad by grief and your heart does reach out to him, never mind the evil he so clearly embodies. Also, this is one of those revenge flicks where you know how it could end but you’ll strap on your seatbelt and go along for the ride anyway.

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s wedding functions and celebrations are scheduled between October 16 and 21 in Mumbai, Delhi and Pataudi. Post her shaadi, the new Begum of Pataudi will shoot for a hot item number with Salman Khan for Dabangg 2. Sources say that Bebo is going to be a conscious bride and eat right because she is doing the Munni Badnaam Hui version in the film. The song will be shot at a Mumbai studio. Says our source, “Since she will be reportedly showing her midriff in the song, like Katrina Kaif did in Chikni Chameli, Bebo is keen to be in perfect shape.”

Model-turned-actress Malaika Arora Khan’s item number Munni in Dabangg was a chartbuster, but for the actioncomedy’s sequel, she is focusing more on behind the scenes activities. “I am not actively involved on the sets of Dabangg 2 in terms of creativity, but I am more behind the scenes. I am more office and literally back-stage, which is a new experience for me because I have always been on the camera,” said Malaika. The 39-year-old turned producer with her husband, Arbaaz Khan, when their company Arbaaz Khan Productions released its first film Dabangg in 2010.

Gwyneth Paltrow is in talks to produce a musical based on the all-girl supergroup The Go-Go’s, according to reports. Working with several prospective co-producers, including Donovan Leitch and Rick Ferrari, Paltrow would base the musical on the life and music of the seminal 1980s all-girl group that includes Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine, Gina Schock and Paula Jean Brown. The LA-based band, which has been touring all summer, was behind such early-’80s hits as ‘Vacation,’ ‘We Got the Beat’ and ‘Our Lips Are Sealed.’ They were the first all-female band that played their own instruments to top the Billboard charts. Given that Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia! (with music by Abba) and, most recently, American Idiot (music of Green Day) have all been hits, it makes sense to bring the all-girl supergroup back to life. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Carlisle and bandmates are considering being involved and possibly penning new songs. According to Sources, some major Broadway writers are being considered for the book, but no deals have been signed.

If reality star Kim Kardashian and her current beau ever exchange wedding vows, she would like to have the ceremony on an island. The twice-wed 31-year-old, who is still legally married to basketball player Kris Humphries, insists her next nuptials will be a simple affair on a beach, reports dailystar.co.uk. With Humphries, Kardashian had a 72-day marriage, which began with a lavish ceremony that was taped for a reality TV special. She is sure she wants subtle celebrations now. “It had always been my dream to have a big wedding, and when people said that I’d made it over the top for the show, that was just me. I am over the top. But the next time, I want to do it on an island with just my friends and family and that’s it,” she told Tatler magazine.

Actress Emily Blunt is tipped to star in ” The Avengers” sequel. The 29-year-old is vying for the role of Ms Marvel in the highly anticipated sequel. She is in competition with fellow British actress Ruth Wilson, though the studio has yet to confirm this, reports dailymail.co.uk. “The Avengers” is one of the highest grossing films in history. It has made more than 500 million pounds worldwide. The sequel is due to begin shooting next year.

Cast: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Natasha Calis, Kyra Sedgwick, Matisyahu
Direction: Ole Bornedal
Genre: Horror
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes

Story:

A girl gets possessed by an evil spirit. Will her father be able to get rid of the curse that plagues his child? Movie Review: A young girl (Natasha Calis) buys an antique wooden box at a yard sale. Intrigued by the box with a Hebrew inscription on it, she opens it. An evil spirit is unleashed, putting her and her family’s life in danger. Will the family survive the demonic attack? The film is apparently based on a true story.

The film title pretty much says it all. Years after The Exorcist (1973) was made, filmmakers still seek inspiration from the horror classic. What distinguishes ‘The Possession’ from ‘The Exorcist’ is merely the mention of demons in Judaism. Barring the Jewish angle, The Possession, too is about a young girl who’s been possessed by a mysterious evil spirit. The girl starts displaying bouts of violent and bizarre behaviour. Her divorced parents fail to decode her dilemma and evidences of demonic possession.

The father ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan), however, senses trouble eventually and wages war against the demon, seeking help of a Jewish exorcist (played by reggae- pop star Matisyahu). Will the demon let go of the girl? The Possession is high on suspense. It even manages to keep you engaged throughout with its haunting background score and quaint big houses. The actors do a fine job.

The very young Natasha Calis is extremely convincing. The film, however, is low on originality and pace. Bornedal’s storytelling drags and gets repetitive, thus diluting moments which could have been scarier. The suspense unfolds a bit too late for it to be too creepy.

Tracks like the parents being divorced and the girl vomiting bugs seem clichéd.

Actress Anne Hathaway exchanged vows with long time boyfriend Adam Shulman at the weekend. Hathaway wore a gown designed by good friend Valentino for her D-day Saturday, reports eonline.com. The newlyweds invited more than 150 family members and friends at a private estate in Big Sur, California.

The guests began arriving for the ceremony around 4 p.m., but many were reportedly on hand for the whole wedding weekend, which started Friday with a rehearsal dinner at the Ventana Inn and Spa. Hathaway, 29, has appeared to enjoy a cuddly, dramafree courtship with Shulman.

They started dating in late 2008 after meeting through mutual friends and by November 2011 Shulman had popped the question, offering up a reportedly six-carat diamond ring he helped design with Kwiat jewelers. The couple held an engagement party February this year at a New York bookstore.

Sofia Vergara, who recently suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Emmy awards, has revealed that she looks better naked. The 40-year-old actress admitted that she was once pressured by her publicist to get her 32F breasts reduced. Her mom advised her to embrace her curves, saying, “God is going to punish you, you can’t chop your boobs out. It’s crazy. All the women are risking their life to get boobs.’ So I didn’t do it.” According to Confidenti@l, she was advised she would “look better in the dresses and look better next to the older actresses because they were a little bit, you know, they looked so great because they were a little less voluptuous. “But I always joked with her (the publicist), you know, they look better in the dresses but I look better naked!” the Daily Mail quoted her as saying.

Drew Barrymore and her husband, Will Kopelman, welcomed their first child – a baby girl named Olive, into the world on 26th September.

“We are proud to announce the birth of our daughter, Olive Barrymore Kopelman, born September 26th, healthy, happy and welcomed by the whole family,” ABC News quoted the couple’s rep as saying in a statement to People magazine.

“Thank you for respecting our privacy during this most special time in our lives,” the rep said.

The couple got married at Barrymore’s Montecito, Calif., home on 2nd June.

Cast: Milla Jovovich, Bingbing Li, Sienna Guillory, Boris Kodjoe
Direction: Paul W.S.Anderson
Genre: Action
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes

Story:

The human race once again faces fear of extinction. And the only hope for survival, as always, is Alice ( Milla Jovovich).

But how?

Movie Review:

Her name is Alice and that is her wonderland — a land you’d love to be a part of, specially if 3D is the way of life. Here cities do not exist for real; they are all but a part of the imagination and holographic representations called Sequences. There’s the New York sequence of bio chemicals, Tokyo sequence of artificial climate, Moscow sequence of snow-covered areas. In short, the setting (hi-tech stuff, we mean) is perfect.

Now for the action and all that scary stuff the Resident Evil series is usually made up of. Well, the fifth installment has its share of action — bullets, bombs and the zombies in thousands — that does make you sit up as the blood and gore hits your face. However, it’s only when the emphasis is too much on all that long drawn conversation leading to longer gaps in the action cuts, do you end up feeling a bit distracted. But then when the zombies and the Red Queen with her death threat – ‘You are all going to die down there’ — are back on screen, you know why the series has a strong fan base.

Finally, over to the main ‘hero’ of this wonderland – Alice, aka Milla. As always, like the quintessential female warrior, she plays the role almost to perfection, battling ogres and monsters of all shapes and sizes, and jumping off here, there, everywhere. What’s more, she also has Ada Wong ( Bingbing Li) to help her spill guts, specially when Milla is seen falling and running from her enemies (a couple of time).

Just one wish: Hope the sixth movies in the series – as made pretty evident in the last scene – has our Alice girl kicking some more butt. After all, that’s what she’s good at…. And that’s precisely what we want to see her do….