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The best Bond babe!
Halle Berry is Ireland’s favourite Bond girl with 27% of the respondents choosing Berry over others. However, the sexy mum feels that Kate Winslet is more comfortable in her body and wishes she could be like that. According to Berry, her nude scene in Swordfish, though unnecessary, helped her overcome her inhibitions about on-screen nudity. Having topped many Sexiest Women lists, Berry's easily more than just Ireland's fav Bond gal...


Hollywood’s latest hottie!
Teenage heartthrob, Zac Efron is tired of dealing with crazy fans. Recently, a gal followed him all the way to the men’s washroom just to get an autograph, and she was not one bit embarrassed to be there either! Another 15-year-old gave him a big hug while he was shopping for DVDs, then kissed him on his lips and left poor Zac pretty uncomfortable! His fan following doesn’t stop there as even pop superstar, Michael Jackson, is a fan of Efron. Oh boy, now that's one fan this PYT (Pretty Young Thing) better be wary of!

Success mantras…High on the success of her film Fashion, Priyanka Chopra has no time to either celebrate its success or mourn for her other failures at the box office. For, with six releases this year, as soon as one film releases, she is out promoting the other! But the gal says that she was heartbroken when her movies Drona and Love Story 2050 flopped. Well, with Fashion being a hit, she is finally on cloud nine.


Living up to her Dad's name!
Deepika Padukone is learning quite a few things from her forthcoming film Chandni Chowk to China's co-star Akshay Kumar. For one, the dusky beauty is learning martial arts for the movie. But while doing a stunt she twisted her left ankle, which will now remain sprained for life, and she is unable to sit cross-legged and put weight on her left leg. But now this daughter of a sports-person wants to do a sports-based film, which would require her to go for rigorous training. That’s what we call a good sport!

Take a chill pill!
Kangana Ranaut's recent mention of her detesting and having no respect for Bollywood commercial cinema has garnered shocked reactions. The damsel with curly locks admits that hard-core Bollywood commercial flicks tend to have stupidities, which ought to be made fun of, whereas her own projects are on eye-opening subjects. It disturbs her mentally and emotionally when people disrespect characters and films. Looks like Ms Ranaut is taking her films way too seriously!

I am Gay?!
All you ladies, don't let this piece of news weaken your faith in super-sexy straight men as no one knows the 'real' thing yet. Grapevine has it that the I am Legend star Will Smith enjoys best of both the worlds. According to a Hollywood Madame, the actor at various occasions has requested for male prostitutes for sexual services! Will's wife though seems to be the least affected as the hunk is more a man than many out there!

Queen of hearts
Well it seems there's no stopping Katrina Kaif in Bollywood, who after delivering consecutive blockbusters and forging a hit pair with the reigning king of tinsel town Akshay Kumar, is now brushing aside the competition like common house flies! Now comes the news that she's been given the top billing in the posters of Yuvvraaj – Subhash Ghai's return to direction. Mind you, the movie stars the likes of Salman Khan and Mithunda. Maybe Sallu's thinking from his heart rather than his brain?

Queen of Snakes!
Bollywood bombshell Mallika Sherawat, who turned 27 (or was it 37? No one really knows her real age!), on October 24, will be seen in another international project to be directed by Jennifer Lynch. Usually, Mallika leaves everyone else speechless, but this time around the director has left her tongue-tied, quite literally. In her upcoming movie, Mallika plays a snake, and as snakes do not know the human language, in the whole movie Mallika will stay mum! However, she herself was taken aback by the offer but accepted it as a challenge and hopes to prove her mettle in the international arena.

Solutions from Portman
Natalie Portman is quite concerned about world affairs. For one, she has shot a video for YouTube where she pushes the young people supporting Obama to ensure that their parents support him as well, and warns them that they might need more than one conversation for persuading them and hence they should begin on it right away! She has also taken us all by surprise by joining Rashida Jones in jumping about on a bed cuddling pooches and recommending puppies as the solution for the global financial crisis! Let's just say, saving the world is not everyone's forte!

Beauty with brains?
Quick, what's the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Bond girls? Well, hot bods, amazing drop-dead gorgeous looks… great intellectually stimulating conversation?? Naah! Well, the latest Bond girl Olga Kurylenko would like to change your views… Apparently, this Ukraninian beauty is tired of people stereotyping her as a beauty without brains. She wants people to discover her intellectual side as well. Well Miss Kurylenko, becoming a Bond girl might not be the best way to go about it!

Princess' diaries
Recently, Aamir Khan went on a date with Victoria. No, not Victoria Beckham but the Crown Princess of Sweden. Apparently, Princess Victoria had seen Taare Zammen Par and liked the movie so much that on her recent visit to India she invited the superstar for dinner. Aamir was obviously honoured by this gesture and as a token of thanks, he gifted Princess Victoria an antique lithograph (sketches of India during the colonial period) and she in return gifted a DVD collection of Ingmar Bergman's films. Guess after Shabana Azmi, Jaaved Akhtar and Shilpa Shetty, it's Aamir's turn to court international audiences…

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What’s Mallika up to now?

Mallika Sherawat never fails to amaze us, does she? After making sure the audiences feel her ‘presence’ on screen, she’s now bent on making herself known behind the curtain as well. The sultry babe has plans to team up with her brother, Vikram, to start a production house called Blue Velvet. While big-brother will handle the finances, Mallika will handle the men! And by the look of things, she’s already doing a great job; she’s got filmmakers lined up to get their scripts across to her!

Sallu, being human

Salman Khan’s at it again! Always the one to bare himself on screen, he’s now also into exposing his charitable side. He’s decided to start a non-profit organisation that he calls Being Human, to help under-privileged children. He’s even decided how the big bucks will come in! He’ll be raising money by hook or by crook, whether it’s by selling his very own art works that have been unnecessarily piling up in his house, or by ‘extracting’ money from people (as he jokingly states). But, as long as it’s for a good cause, we don’t mind, do we?

Jessica’s serious about humour!

Who would have thought that the ravishing Jessica Biel would have a funny side to her as well! In fact, she’s so wound up in it, that she only plans to date a guy, who’s got the ‘funny bone’. While most girls would choose the stereotypical ‘tall, dark and handsome’ lad as their match, Jessica’s prince-charming would be more of a ‘funny and silly’ type. Even for her forthcoming roles, Biel thinks that sexy is not fun unless there’s the funny element to it! Wonder if she’s the head of her local laughter club!

Love life not ‘Bloom’ing!

Orlando Bloom seems to be finding it very hard to find his way back into love these days. After breaking up with Kate Bosworth last year, he’s been pretty unsteady in his following relationships. The actor was reportedly trying to warm up to a British actress at the launch of his first theatre production – Celebration – but was sadly unsuccessful as the Cinderella coolly walked away when the clock struck 12! Looks like after all the swordswishing classes, Orlando needs some lessons in ‘matters of the heart’!

Paula’s ‘Rush’ for love!

Paula’s finally been bitten by the love bug, and this time it might just be for good. For as long as one can remember, her love life has appeared to be quite like a horror movie, but it seems as though it might just turn into a fairytale, and one with a happy ending too! Although refusing to let out on any details on her current relationship (probably to keep it from getting jinxed), Paula did reveal that her beau JT Torregiani, a restaurateur, was a ‘nice guy’ and that she is looking forward to a life with him. Well at least she is getting her basics right this time... following the better late than never mantra?

All in a day’s work!

Being an actress is no cake-walk. Apart from all the glamour and glory, there’s a whole lot of grit and grind involved as well, and Bollywood’s Neha Dhupia recently got a good dose of the latter. After a strenuous shooting schedule for her upcoming film I Think I Am 24, Neha got dizzy and collapsed on the sets. And before you know it, she had everyone on the sets fussing over her. However, Neha scored brownie-points with her director because after a short break of two hours, Neha was back in action! Attagirl!

Gisele’s bundles of money!

Gisele Bundchen’s proved that she’s the best model on the catwalk, and not just because of her dropdead gorgeous looks. Not only does the 26-year-old Brazilian beauty defeat all competition while on the ramp, she even finds herself raking in the most moolah! Forbes labelled her as the World’s Richest Model after discovering that she was earning a figure that was as breathtaking as her own, and that was still way ahead of her next two immediate competitors’ earnings combined! The magic number? A whopping US$33 million in the past year!