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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and his wife Twinkle Khanna were blessed with a daughter on September 25 morning. This is the couple’s second child after 10- year-old son Aarav.

“Twinkle was blessed with a baby girl this morning,”Twinkle’s mother, veteran actress Dimple Kapadia, told IANS.

Twinkle delivered the baby at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai.

“Both mother and daughter are fine,” Vijay Zaveri, a family friend said. Akshay has been busy promoting his forthcoming film Oh My God, set to release Friday. He was by his wife’s side to welcome their daughter.

Actress Eva Longoria posed with her bare back, and covered only her legs, in a photo for a coffee table book titled “Asleep at the Chateau”.

The “Desperate Housewives” actress went completely nude in the photo shoot, not facing the camera while she took the sleeping pose. Covered partly in a white bed sheet, Longoria showed off her perfect rear complete with the tattoo on her back, reports aceshowbiz.com. The photo was displayed at Los Angeles’ The Chateau Marmont.

Other stars involved as models in various states of undress and sleeping are Usher, Kirsty Hume, Orlando Bloom, Sally Singer and Justin Theroux. The book by beauty photographer Jork Weismann will be released in October, but is already available for pre-order.

Actress Emma Watson used to believe love was a “pain” and admits she has had some bad experiences in the past. The 22-year-old is currently dating student Will Adamowicz. “When I started dating, I had this kind of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, fateful, romantic idea about love. It was almost that you were a victim – that there was a lot of pain involved and that was how it should be,” femalefirst.co.uk quoted Watson as saying. “Shakespeare said the course of true love never did run smooth and I had a sense it had to be painful. It was such a revelation to realize it shouldn’t be that way and you get to choose who you love and who you give your heart to.” “The sad thing is you only learn from experience, so as much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn,” she added.

Actress Jennifer Aniston has reportedly banned her ailing mother Nancy, 76, from attending her wedding as she has been talking about her daughter’s private life very openly.

Engaged to actor Justin Theroux, Aniston had a rocky relationship with her mother ever since she blabbed too much about her personal matters in a 1996 television interview. “Being at Jennifer’s wedding to Justin was one of Nancy’s greatest late-in-life dreams, but now that dream is shattered,” showbizspy.com quoted a source as saying. ”

But when Nancy started asking a bunch of questions about the upcoming event, it set off an alarm in Jennifer’s head. She realized her mom was gossiping way too much about her wedding plans. “Now she has banned Nancy from the nuptials, just like she banned her from her wedding to Brad Pitt back in 2000,” the source added.

Theroux, 41, proposed to Aniston, 43, on his birthday last month and told her he wants to have children with her. “After her star-studded $1 million wedding to Pitt, Aniston now wants a much less formal and less publicized ceremony. And she believes Nancy’s loose lips are a threat to her privacy,” said the source. The couple are reportedly planning to walk down the aisle in December.

Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood
Direction: Pete Travis
Genre: Sci-Fi
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes

STORY:

The future of this futuristic city looks unsure.Why? Blame it on the gangsters, the war lords and the drug peddlers.

MOVIE REVIEW:

Even before you step into the theatre make sure you know what lies in store for you. Action and loads of noise. But then if you are an ardent fan of the 2000 AD comic strip titled Judge Dredd — yes, yet another comic book hero comes alive on screen — nothing is a wee bit confusing for you. You know the judges, the jury members, the executioners, the brokers of law etc are all but one people in this future city of America — Cops. And if Judge Dredd ( Karl Urban) is who we are talking about, the word is super cop.

As the uniformed judge — who looks all smart, hi-tech and confident — Karl makes sure justice prevails in every nook and corner of the Peach Tree. Watch out for the shielding of the Peach Tree scene.

In fact, the onus of giving us all that extra dose of action lies with him… and his trainee partner, Anderson ( Olivia Thirlby). Olivia, on the other hand, plays the perfect, obedient helper with an extra ability to predict the past… and sometimes the unsaid. But then the one leading to all that mess is the bad girl, Ma-Ma and her gangsters.
Lena Headey with her bloody eyes and scared face is mean, aggressive and dangerous. The three leads indeed make up for an otherwise great (edge-of-the-sea kinda) plot. So as long as the bullets keep whizzing — there are a couple of slow, dead and non-action moments– Dredd 3D has things going its way.

And if not anything else, it’s over to the scenes that show junkies falling off skyscrapers in super slow motion… stopping time and creating some great, stunning (and brutal too) visuals in 3D.

Kristen Stewart has revealed that her upcoming film ‘On The Road’ director Walter Salles made her so comfortable that filming the topless scene didn’t bother her.

The 22-year-old actress was full of praise for Salles, and said, “You can do no wrong with him.” “He puts so much inside of you. In the four-week rehearsal process, it was okay to ask any question, to bring up any story, to really over-analyze everything and intellectualize everything,” the Mirror quoted her, as saying. The ‘Twilight’ actress admitted that she didn’t mind taking off her clothes in front of everybody on the set of the film. “Once we got on set, it was so about just breathing and letting it happen,” she said.

Pamela Anderson seemed to be recreating her ‘Baywatch’ days, as she slipped into her iconic swimsuit to film a commercial in Rio de Janiero.

The mother-of-two looked incredible, as she recreated that dash along the sand for a Brazilian audience.
She also shared a kiss with a lucky actor on set, but that was all acting, the Daily Mail reported.
The blonde star, who has sworn off men said that she was “being tested.”

“It’s hard when you have a sweaty man pressed up against you every day. I feel lascivious. But I’m trying, I’m trying,” she told USA Today.

Cast: Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoit Magimel, Denis Menochet, Raphael Personnaz
Direction: Stephane Rybojad
Genre: Action
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes

Story: Elsa, a french journalist, is kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Enter the special forces….

Movie Review: If it’s the special forces we are talking about, guns and grenades, state-of-the-art technology and out-of-the-box strategies is what we are primarily on the lookout for. Sadly, here our men in uniforms are seen falling, faltering and giving up as well. No wonder, the special force comprising six super officers on a mission to get kidnapped Elsa safely back to her land end up being killed. Not to say they never try at all. At least the first half sees our men in action. For the rest, over to the story….

Action and the struggle-to-survive (all seen before stuff) aside, there are moments in the movie that do deserve a special mention: the performances by every single cast that holds your attention till the very end; the state of the nation, the diplomatic statement and reactions, the panic in news agencies when a (war) correspondent is abducted; the camerawork that captures the tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan in its extreme form beautifully; the not-so-happening practices being followed in some not-so-fortunate parts of the world — women being sold to the Talibans; a Muslim woman throwing off her veil just to smile (her idea of who-gives-a-damn) before her public execution; children as young as seven forcibly taken away by the Taliban so that they can return to do the same.

Agreed this was never meant to be a Daniel Pearl and Johanne Sutton real life drama come alive on screen, but what really makes Special Forces a little different is the very opening line of the movie that gives us ample food for thought — The only way to change the world is to change the story.

Ajay Devgn loves being a prankster. He teamed up with Sanjay Dutt to challenge their Son Of Sardaar co-star Sonakshi Sinha to eat a few chillies on the movie’s set, and the actress was daring enough to accept the challenge.

Sonakshi is known to have a sweet tooth, but to everyone’s surprise, she ate 10 red chillies in one go. A source close to the team said: “Sonakshi had just started shooting in Patiala with the rest of the crew and Ajay decided to play a prank on her. So Sanju baba and Ajay went to Sonakshi and challenged her to eat few chillies at once. Sonakshi started laughing and accepted the task.”
Now that’s some sporting behavior!

In 2010 Salman Khan delivered the biggest hit of the year: ‘Dabangg. Now that he is coming back with a sequel, producer Malaika Arora Khan says the brand Dabangg will be carried forward. Malaika turned film producer along with her husband Arbaaz Khan for ‘Dabangg’.

“‘Dabangg’ is a brand….When we were making the first film, we did not make it with the intention that we want to make part two. It was later that we realized there is a potential and we can take the film ahead,” Malaika told in an interview.

“We would definitely like to make Dabangg 3,4. But it is too early to say anything right now.” Salman himself had said earlier this year that in ‘Dabangg 3’, his Chulbul Pandey will be posted in Mumbai, as the Police Commissioner!

Talking about Salman, Malaika said, “He is doing fantastic. He has really worked very hard to reach where he is today. Actors have ups and downs, it is not easy. The best part is, his fan following has always been consistent.” Malaika said the combination of Salman and ‘Dabangg’ brand will create magic this year.

“It is obvious that at the end of the day a Salman Khan film will without doubt have a good opening. But let’s not forget that ‘Dabangg’ is also a brand. There are loyal fans that would come to watch.” “People loved the character of Chulbul Pandey, enjoyed the desi hardcore feel.”

The premiere of Sridevi’s comeback film English Vinglish at the Toronto Film Festival’s prestigious ‘Gala’ section on Friday evening was an outright winner. Funnily more than the two ladies Sridevi and her director Gauri Shinde, it was their respective husbands Boney Kapoor and R Balki who were moved to tears to see the love of their lives light up the posh Roy Thompson Theatre and its hard-to-please audience.

“We got a standing ovation for ten minutes,” Balki sobbed right after the premiere. “The local media just can’t stop praising Sridevi and Gauri’s work. They are comparing Sri with Meryl Streep. She is just taking it all in so modestly.” However with the sunshine comes the cloud and Balki sighs, “I truly wish Mr Bachchan was here with us in Toronto. He has a 5-minute cameo with Sri. But the impact he makes is amazing. Everyone is asking about him.”

The Big B tried his utmost to make it. But his prior commitment to the shooting of Kaun Banega Crorepati kept him away. On a brighter note Sridevi along with hubby Boney, her producer Balki and his director-wife Gauri Shinde were invited for tea in the office of Dalton McGuinty, the current premiere of the province of Ontario who apparently was supremely charmed by Sri and just couldn’t stop giving her attention.

Actress Julia Roberts reportedly gave a tip of $500 to the delivery guy who brings groceries for her after she learned that the latter’s car air conditioner was not working.”Julia always tips her delivery guy $100but when he showed up at her house dripping with sweat, she asked if he was ill.

The guy apologized and told Julia he’d been sweating because the air-conditioning in his car had been broken for days,”
National Enquirer magazine quoted a source as saying.”Julia nodded, took her produce and handed the guy his tip, a cheque for $500, telling him ‘now get your air conditioning fixed, it’s on me,” the source added.

Keira Knightley had revealed that she will put her career on hold after getting married to ‘Klaxons’ singer James Right on.

The 27-year-old actress confessed that she wants to concentrate on being a full time wife after tying knot during the premiere of ‘Anna Karenina’ at the Odeon cinema in London. The ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ star declared that her next movie ‘Jack Ryan’ would be her last for a while.”

Keira was saying recently that having a big movie career and being a wife and mother don’t always mix, “the Daily Mail quoted a source as saying.”She wants to focus on being a full-time wife, and then, hopefully, a mum,” the source said.
Knightley is rumored to marry Right on next summer, possibly in France.”Nothing has been finalized yet, but she is saying goodbye to the glitz and glamour of the showbiz world for the time being,” the source added.

Cast: Woody Allen, Judy Davis, Alec Baldwin, PenelopeCruz, Jesse Eisenberg
Direction: Woody Allen
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes

STORY:

When Rome is the place we’re talking about, tales are bound to be plenty, both of those living there, as well as those travelling out there.

MOVIE REVIEW:

Now here is a movie from none other than the maker of the all-time favorite Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen. He not only directs To Rome with Love; he also happens to be the man behind the script (Woody Allenis the writer too)… and he also stars in this movie. And disappoint he does not at least when it comes to his performance. In fact, To Rome with Love scores purely for the huge star cast, and then for the performances put forth by the same cast. The four sub-plots involve

a young small-town Italian couple who arrive in Rome right after their marriage. The duo manages to give you an ample dose of adult humor.

Special mention:

Penelope Cruz who not only looks her glam self, but has the whole of Rome wanting more of Anna (read her).

Then there is a retired opera director (Woody Allen) and his wife ( Judy Davis) who visit Rome to meet their future son-in-law… and eventually end up talent hunting. Now this is the couple that gives you maximum food for thought… and laughter

Next is a famous architect ( Alec Baldwin) who travels down memory lane, literally, courtesy a young architecture student (Jesse Eisenberg) living in Rome, followed by an ordinary citizen of Rome (Roberto Benigni) who one fine morning finds himself as part of the crème de la crème.

Unfortunately, it is the script — too many characters, too many sub plots, too many unexplained fund as /stories– that leaves you rather disappointed. That’s when you realize To Rome with Love is no Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning (Midnight in Paris, Manhattan or Hanna hand her sisters) effort… an effort wherein he managed

Heidi Klum has spoken out for the first time since her divorce from Seal turned nasty after he accused her of “fornicating with the help”. The German supermodel and broke her silence in an exclusive TV interview, insisting, “when we were together, I never looked at another man.”According to sources, the TV host was devastated after Seal made the mean spirited comment, which suggested his ex-wife’s alleged cheating with her bodyguard caused their split.”I preferred Heidi would have showed a little bit more class and at least waited until we separated first before deciding to fornicate with the help,” the New York Post quoted Seal as telling TMZ just over a week ago, after news of her becoming close to bodyguard Martin Kristen broke.

While she has become close to her bodyguard of four years, friends insist this has happened after her split from Seal. The couple separated in January and filed for divorce in April after nearly seven years of marriage.The “Project Runway” host and Kristen were spotted in New York a few weeksago and on the beach in Sardinia with her children.

After making several socio-political films, Tigmanshu Dhulia decided to make his first ‘pure love story’ – Milan Talkies. While ImranKhan was signed on to play the male lead, it was rumored that Sonakshi Sinha will be the one to romance the actor. However, it has been found that Priyanka Chopramay be finalized as the female lead in the project.

When contacted, the CEO of producers Balaji Motion Pictures, Tanuj Garg refrained from revealing the name of the actress but said that they were “speaking to someone and will make a formal announcement once ready.”Interestingly, Garg added, “Sonakshi was never signed so the question of replacing her doesn’t arise.”However, while Garg refused to name an actress, a source close to Priyanka Chopra maintained that the actress has indeed accepted the offer to star opposite mran in the film. Tigmanshu had earlier revealed that Milan Talkies would be a small town romance.

“The crux of the story is that though the communication has become easy thanks to mobile phones and everything, it is still very difficult to fall in love in small towns,” he had said in an interview. “Priyanka loved the subject and wanted to work with Tigmanshu,” said the source.

Deepika is running scared. So far the most abusive word she has usedis ‘slut’ in Cocktail. For Ram Leela she needs to get a lot more colorful. Playing Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Juliet in Ram Leela is not going to be a cakewalk for Deepika Padukone.

It requires a drastic andcomplete makeover, and not just from her Armani outfits to ghagra cholisto look like a firebrand from Kutch. She would also have to work seriously on her Gujarati accent to sound credible. However, there’s a lot more to her character than clothes and diction. Deepika’s character Leela has a peppery tongue. Says asource, “She plays a no-holds-barred daughter of the soil. Uninhibited totally oblivious to the niceties of ladylike conduct, she does and says exactly what she wants to, without caring about what the other person would think. Known to think twice before uttering even a syllable outof line, Deepika has never played such an unabashed character before.

She would have to learn a lot of words, which she has never heard let alone used before.”According to sources, the heroine in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film is “a very earthy woman with a hearty laugh, an earthy Juliet who is like a wild flower in adesert.” The character also has to share many seriously intimate moments with her co-star. This basically meant that whoever played Bhansali’s Leela had to lose all her inhibitions and submerge herself in the soil of Kutch, the area where the film is to be shot.

Surti by birth, Prachi Desai will be blowing out 24 candles today, but her friends haven’t allowed her to make any plans for her birthday just yet! “I just got back from the US and got busy with the preparations for the Hindi remake of the Tamil film, ‘Saamy’ in which she will be paired opposite Sanjay Dutt.

It looks like my friends have been planning a surprise birthday party for a while and now that they have warned me against making any plans, I am eagerly waiting to see what’s in store for me! After that, I am all set to fly to Hyderabad to shoot for Saamy,” says Prachi who’s riding a professional high with her last screen outing Bol Bachchan hitting the BO jackpot.

Talking of her US trip, Prachi says, “I was at Grand Marshal at the Chicago and New Jersey Parade and took a small vacation after that.

I visited the Princeton University and the Coke museum in Atlanta; I saw the most amazing 4D movie and also visited the beautiful and picturesque Helen Village. On one of the days, I went to a care centre for senior citizens and was touched to see how well they are taken care of. I’m sure I left with infinite blessings from them!”