Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has revealed that she has been working on a script for a movie about Afghanistan but she is not very confident about it as of now.
"I don't even think it's good. Maybe I'll dig it out, but I don't have the confidence yet to start even thinking in that way," femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying.
The 36-year-old, stepped behind the camera to make her directorial debut In The Land Of Blood And Honey, a film she wrote herself about a romance between a Serbian soldier and a Bosnian woman. It has been nominated for a Golden Globe Awards this year and also won a Producer's Guild award.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Steve- Nicole ever leave X Factor
Steve Jones has vowed to bed US X Factor judge Nicole Scherzinger – if he is axed from the show.
The Welsh swordsman was warned to be on his best behaviour and not to date any contestants or co-stars after landing the presenting job.
But this will all change if he is sacked from the show next year.
Jones said: "If I ever leave X Factor, Scherzinger's phone will be smoking hot from me ringing it constantly — if we are not colleagues then she's fair game."
Steve — who has dated a string of famous beauties including Baywatch's Pamela Anderson, Oscar-winner Halle Berry and Hayden Panettiere, of Heroes — was originally hired to co-host the show with the former Pussycat Doll.
The pair were said to have "amazing chemistry".
But Steve was left to front the series alone after Nicole was promoted to the judging panel to replace Cheryl Cole. Despite being separated on screen, rumours of their closeness continued throughout the series.
They reached a peak when Nicole announced she had split from long-term love, Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton.
But Steve's chances of returning to US X Factor next year have nosedived after a lukewarm reception from American critics. And his fate appeared to be sealed after his embarrassing handling of 13-year-old Rachel Crow's eviction.
Steve failed to console the sobbing teenager when she was voted off, looking on awkwardly as Simon Cowell and the girl's mum tried to calm her.
He has admitted he finds it hard to say goodbye to contestants saying: "I'm there to ask certain questions and to move the show along.
"If I can't do that, then the programme makers and Simon will find somebody else who can.
"So it can be harsh for people to call me rude because I'm not rude... I am nice."
Simon is planning a shake-up for the second series after admitting being "too cocky" in expecting ratings of 20million. The show — which ended last night — averaged around nine million.
On his chances of returning to the show, Steve said: "There's been no contract conversations and there won't be until the New Year. If I'm back, great, if not, I'll do something else. Simple as that."
The Welsh swordsman was warned to be on his best behaviour and not to date any contestants or co-stars after landing the presenting job.
But this will all change if he is sacked from the show next year.
Jones said: "If I ever leave X Factor, Scherzinger's phone will be smoking hot from me ringing it constantly — if we are not colleagues then she's fair game."
Steve — who has dated a string of famous beauties including Baywatch's Pamela Anderson, Oscar-winner Halle Berry and Hayden Panettiere, of Heroes — was originally hired to co-host the show with the former Pussycat Doll.
The pair were said to have "amazing chemistry".
But Steve was left to front the series alone after Nicole was promoted to the judging panel to replace Cheryl Cole. Despite being separated on screen, rumours of their closeness continued throughout the series.
They reached a peak when Nicole announced she had split from long-term love, Formula 1 racer Lewis Hamilton.
But Steve's chances of returning to US X Factor next year have nosedived after a lukewarm reception from American critics. And his fate appeared to be sealed after his embarrassing handling of 13-year-old Rachel Crow's eviction.
Steve failed to console the sobbing teenager when she was voted off, looking on awkwardly as Simon Cowell and the girl's mum tried to calm her.
He has admitted he finds it hard to say goodbye to contestants saying: "I'm there to ask certain questions and to move the show along.
"If I can't do that, then the programme makers and Simon will find somebody else who can.
"So it can be harsh for people to call me rude because I'm not rude... I am nice."
Simon is planning a shake-up for the second series after admitting being "too cocky" in expecting ratings of 20million. The show — which ended last night — averaged around nine million.
On his chances of returning to the show, Steve said: "There's been no contract conversations and there won't be until the New Year. If I'm back, great, if not, I'll do something else. Simple as that."
Monday, December 19, 2011
Lady Gaga gives...
Lady Gaga gives permission to her British driver for year's supply of nappies after hearing he was about to become a dad for the first time.
Not only that, she's also told her interior design team to transform his spare room into a nursery.
Beats a £10 Mothercare voucher and a box of rusks.
A source said: "Gaga is very generous with her presents and makes a huge effort for those who look after her. As soon as she found out her UK driver was going to be a dad, she was on the phone trying to sort out a gift. It had to be something quirky, too — it's part of her nature."
Gaga has used the same driver for years, since she first started performing in the UK. The poor bloke has to drive her through hordes of screaming fans after gigs. Considering how often she stands up through the sunroof to salute her Little Monsters, he must know every inch of her midriff.
The singer won't be able to hand over the Pampers personally this Christmas as she'll be in the US with her family. Her boyfriend Taylor Kinney will be joining the Gaga clan, meeting her parents for the first time.
On Boxing Day he'll fly from Pennsylvania, where his parents live, to New York for a big dinner.
Not only that, she's also told her interior design team to transform his spare room into a nursery.
Beats a £10 Mothercare voucher and a box of rusks.
A source said: "Gaga is very generous with her presents and makes a huge effort for those who look after her. As soon as she found out her UK driver was going to be a dad, she was on the phone trying to sort out a gift. It had to be something quirky, too — it's part of her nature."
Gaga has used the same driver for years, since she first started performing in the UK. The poor bloke has to drive her through hordes of screaming fans after gigs. Considering how often she stands up through the sunroof to salute her Little Monsters, he must know every inch of her midriff.
The singer won't be able to hand over the Pampers personally this Christmas as she'll be in the US with her family. Her boyfriend Taylor Kinney will be joining the Gaga clan, meeting her parents for the first time.
On Boxing Day he'll fly from Pennsylvania, where his parents live, to New York for a big dinner.
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Monica Bellucci nude shoot again
Monica Bellucci nude shoot again. She looks incredible as she strips naked for steamy scenes in her latest movie. And not only was she 46 when she shot the film, but she had given birth to her second daughter, Leonie, just six weeks before.
The Matrix Reloaded star shot the nude scenes for the aptly-titled Un été brûlant, which translates as A Scorching Summer. And she says that she felt safe stripping for director Philippe Garrel, even though the request came at a "fragile moment as a woman". Monica is married to Black Swan star Vincent Cassell and they have an older daughter, Deva, born in September 2004.
She celebrated the birth of Leonie, in May 2010, with a naked front cover on Vanity Fair.
The stunning star has never shied away from saucy roles.
After stripping off for the 2002 movie Irreversible, she said: "I'm not scared by nudity, because for me, nothing is more beautiful than a body.
"You can have such an amazing emotion from a body. In Irreversible, I treated my body like it was an object and it's great when you can have this kind of relation with your body, it's a part of your job, an object you can work with."
Now 47, she's still got a body to be proud of.
The Matrix Reloaded star shot the nude scenes for the aptly-titled Un été brûlant, which translates as A Scorching Summer. And she says that she felt safe stripping for director Philippe Garrel, even though the request came at a "fragile moment as a woman". Monica is married to Black Swan star Vincent Cassell and they have an older daughter, Deva, born in September 2004.
She celebrated the birth of Leonie, in May 2010, with a naked front cover on Vanity Fair.
The stunning star has never shied away from saucy roles.
After stripping off for the 2002 movie Irreversible, she said: "I'm not scared by nudity, because for me, nothing is more beautiful than a body.
"You can have such an amazing emotion from a body. In Irreversible, I treated my body like it was an object and it's great when you can have this kind of relation with your body, it's a part of your job, an object you can work with."
Now 47, she's still got a body to be proud of.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Lady Gaga Nude sketch auction
Lady Gaga nude sketch auction on Ebay this week, with all proceeds going to both singers' charities.
The drawing is a charcoal sketch on watercolor paper, and features Lady Gaga reclining nude, signed by "Benedetto," the name Bennett signs all his art works with.
The 85-year-old jazz singer, who earlier this year recorded "Lady is a Tramp" in a duet with Lady Gaga for his album "Duets II," posted on Twitter that he was "thrilled" his portrait was up for auction.
Bennett, 85, sketched the picture while Lady Gaga, 25, posed for photographer Annie Leibovitz for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's January issue.
Currently, the highest bid is $6,700, and is expected to rise during the course of the auction, which will end on Dec. 19, with all proceeds going to Bennett's Exploring the Arts charity and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.
The drawing is a charcoal sketch on watercolor paper, and features Lady Gaga reclining nude, signed by "Benedetto," the name Bennett signs all his art works with.
The 85-year-old jazz singer, who earlier this year recorded "Lady is a Tramp" in a duet with Lady Gaga for his album "Duets II," posted on Twitter that he was "thrilled" his portrait was up for auction.
Bennett, 85, sketched the picture while Lady Gaga, 25, posed for photographer Annie Leibovitz for the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's January issue.
Currently, the highest bid is $6,700, and is expected to rise during the course of the auction, which will end on Dec. 19, with all proceeds going to Bennett's Exploring the Arts charity and Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Little Mix girl band win X Factor
X Factor win girl band Little Mix in last night's glittering final.
The four girls won the public vote and beat hairdresser Marcus Collins, 23.
And they are set to rake in millions — with the ITV1 show's boss Simon Cowell laying plans to turn them into the next Spice Girls.
The girls brushed away tears as they told of their delight after the decision at the packed Wembley Arena in North London.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 19, said: "Oh my gosh, wow." Jade Thirlwall, 18, said: "I'm so grateful. Thank you for everybody who voted."
Perrie Edwards, 18, said: "Oh my gosh, that's insane."
And Jesy Nelson, 20, said: "Oh my God, this is never going to sink in. We can't thank the public enough for picking up the phone."
Sporting Marcus said: "The girls really deserve it. They are amazing. I'm really proud of myself. Thanks to everyone who voted."
He was first to sing, choosing an energetic version of Jackie Wilson's (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher as his song of the series.
Judge Louis Walsh told him: "You're a born little pop star." Marcus's mentor Gary Barlow added: "It was an amazing performance.
Little Mix followed with a note perfect version of En Vogue's Don't Let Go (Love). Louis said: "This time next year, this is going to be the biggest girl band in the UK."
Kelly Rowland added: "Y'all have performed your butts off!"
Tulisa Contostavlos, who mentored the girls, thumped her desk and screamed: "Vote for Little Mix!"
The four girls also sang a moving version of the carol Silent Night. [Source: The Sun]
The four girls won the public vote and beat hairdresser Marcus Collins, 23.
And they are set to rake in millions — with the ITV1 show's boss Simon Cowell laying plans to turn them into the next Spice Girls.
The girls brushed away tears as they told of their delight after the decision at the packed Wembley Arena in North London.
Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 19, said: "Oh my gosh, wow." Jade Thirlwall, 18, said: "I'm so grateful. Thank you for everybody who voted."
Perrie Edwards, 18, said: "Oh my gosh, that's insane."
And Jesy Nelson, 20, said: "Oh my God, this is never going to sink in. We can't thank the public enough for picking up the phone."
Sporting Marcus said: "The girls really deserve it. They are amazing. I'm really proud of myself. Thanks to everyone who voted."
He was first to sing, choosing an energetic version of Jackie Wilson's (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher as his song of the series.
Judge Louis Walsh told him: "You're a born little pop star." Marcus's mentor Gary Barlow added: "It was an amazing performance.
Little Mix followed with a note perfect version of En Vogue's Don't Let Go (Love). Louis said: "This time next year, this is going to be the biggest girl band in the UK."
Kelly Rowland added: "Y'all have performed your butts off!"
Tulisa Contostavlos, who mentored the girls, thumped her desk and screamed: "Vote for Little Mix!"
The four girls also sang a moving version of the carol Silent Night. [Source: The Sun]
Amelia Lily X Factor : Amazing night of my life
AMELIA LILY told host Dermot O'Leary that it had been the most amazing night of her life.
Little Mix and Marcus Collins came one step closer to achieving their dream as Amelia Lily, 17, was given the boot from X Factor last night.
The remaining two contestants will face off against each other finale in Wembley Arena.
Axed
Amelia said, "The best moment was performing on this stage with Miss Kelly Rowland."
The pink-haired pop wannabe performed Ike & Tina Turner's River Deep — Mountain High with the Destiny's Child star.
Show supremo Simon Cowell gave his views in a Skype chat from the US, saying: "I thought Amelia sang really well, better than I've heard her before."
And he told Xtra Factor hosts Caroline Flack and Olly Murs that it was one of the best finals that he'd seen — even though he wasn't on the panel.
He said: "It really made me miss being back in England. It was absolutely amazing."
The music mogul said he was backing the group mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos to win the competition, saying that they stole the show and he felt that something special was happening with the band.
Jade Thirlwall, 18, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 20, Jesy Nelson, 20, and Perrie Edwards, 18, remain the bookies' favourite to take the title.
Simon said: "I think tomorrow's show with Marcus and Little Mix is going to be sensational."
Former X Factor contestants JLS said that they had backed the girls since the beginning of the series - but also tipped Amelia to have a long singing career, likening to her to a "young Christina Aguilera".
The contestants joined forces to open the show with an electrifying performance of Take That's Greatest Day, made even more spectacular by the team of backing dancers holding burning torches.
Scouse crooner Marcus Collins, 23, was the first act of the night to perform individually, donning a trademark slick suit for his version of Outkast's Hey Ya!
Little Mix and Marcus Collins came one step closer to achieving their dream as Amelia Lily, 17, was given the boot from X Factor last night.
The remaining two contestants will face off against each other finale in Wembley Arena.
Axed
Amelia said, "The best moment was performing on this stage with Miss Kelly Rowland."
The pink-haired pop wannabe performed Ike & Tina Turner's River Deep — Mountain High with the Destiny's Child star.
Show supremo Simon Cowell gave his views in a Skype chat from the US, saying: "I thought Amelia sang really well, better than I've heard her before."
And he told Xtra Factor hosts Caroline Flack and Olly Murs that it was one of the best finals that he'd seen — even though he wasn't on the panel.
He said: "It really made me miss being back in England. It was absolutely amazing."
The music mogul said he was backing the group mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos to win the competition, saying that they stole the show and he felt that something special was happening with the band.
Jade Thirlwall, 18, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 20, Jesy Nelson, 20, and Perrie Edwards, 18, remain the bookies' favourite to take the title.
Simon said: "I think tomorrow's show with Marcus and Little Mix is going to be sensational."
Former X Factor contestants JLS said that they had backed the girls since the beginning of the series - but also tipped Amelia to have a long singing career, likening to her to a "young Christina Aguilera".
The contestants joined forces to open the show with an electrifying performance of Take That's Greatest Day, made even more spectacular by the team of backing dancers holding burning torches.
Scouse crooner Marcus Collins, 23, was the first act of the night to perform individually, donning a trademark slick suit for his version of Outkast's Hey Ya!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Lindsay Lohan's nude photo on net
Lindsay Lohan's highly classified Playboy photo shoot leaked to the Internet this morning, one week before the issues was set to hit world.
First off the pics aren't bad, it's a Marilyn Monroe thing and it works.
Playboy sources tell, there are fears the leak could significantly damage sales of the magazine, which is expected to be the best seller of the year.
The shoot was a massive investment for Playboy, the mag shelled out nearly $1 million to Lohan for the spread and we're told the company has printed thousands of extra copies in anticipation of a sales boom.
First off the pics aren't bad, it's a Marilyn Monroe thing and it works.
Playboy sources tell, there are fears the leak could significantly damage sales of the magazine, which is expected to be the best seller of the year.
The shoot was a massive investment for Playboy, the mag shelled out nearly $1 million to Lohan for the spread and we're told the company has printed thousands of extra copies in anticipation of a sales boom.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz Divorced
Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson are officially divorced ... after a judge signed off on the split. They said it wouldn't last ... and they were right.
According to court docs filed in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ ... the marriage was formally terminated on November 22 ... after a 3-and-a-half year run.
As for the couple's kid -- Bronx Mowgli -- it's unclear how the couple settled their custody disagreement ... because the details of the divorce settlement are being kept under wraps. Pete wanted joint custody of their son ... but Ashlee had checked the box to get primary physical custody.
The former couple also worked out a secret deal regarding the division of their multi-million dollar empire.
Wentz chalked up the split to the couple simply growing apart.
According to court docs filed in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ ... the marriage was formally terminated on November 22 ... after a 3-and-a-half year run.
As for the couple's kid -- Bronx Mowgli -- it's unclear how the couple settled their custody disagreement ... because the details of the divorce settlement are being kept under wraps. Pete wanted joint custody of their son ... but Ashlee had checked the box to get primary physical custody.
The former couple also worked out a secret deal regarding the division of their multi-million dollar empire.
Wentz chalked up the split to the couple simply growing apart.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Shakira snap hot pants
Shakira gives her new gold pants an airing to promote a new tour DVD, source the sun.
Her briefs are even skimpier than Kylie's career-boosting hotpants and will have gone down well with her boyfriend Gerard Pique.
Not sure if his Barcelona team-mates are the type to pin this snap on the dressing room wall to wind him up.
Doubt anybody would complain if they did.
Her briefs are even skimpier than Kylie's career-boosting hotpants and will have gone down well with her boyfriend Gerard Pique.
Not sure if his Barcelona team-mates are the type to pin this snap on the dressing room wall to wind him up.
Doubt anybody would complain if they did.
Cheryl Cole got boobs back
The Geordie singer has revealed she's back in her biggest bras thanks to some good old fashioned home cooking.
She's returned to her physical peak after a couple of years looking like she's in dire need of a steak dinner.
Cheryl said: "The curves are back, well and truly.
"I've got my boobs and bum back and, yeah, I like it. I think it's sexy."
Using these pictures as evidence, she's not wrong.
The former X Factor judge blames an intense working schedule for the ultra skinny figure she had a few months back.
She said: "When I'm really thin is normally when I am working non stop. I don't put any emphasis on thinking, 'Oh, I'm thin at the moment'.
"Right now I've got my curves back because I've had time off, I'm at home cooking, I'm more relaxed.
"I'm not defined by being 7lb heavier than I was two months ago — I think it is really unhealthy to go there."
The Girls Aloud star has been keeping a low profile over the past few months while recording her third album.
The first single is due out in the spring so it won't be long until she's back on our screens talking about her music. But for now, we'll just have to settle for Cheryl banging on about her new shoe collection.
The first 12 styles went on sale this week, and it's unlikely any of them will get the treatment some of Cheryl's favourite pairs do.
She said: "There is a big chance when you open the fridge in my house there will be a pair of shoes at the bottom."
Didn't have her down as Cold Feet fan.
Cheryl has named some of her collection after a few famous names - including RI RI and Your Royal Hotness, which must reference Prince Harry rather than Prince Andrew.
But blowing the rest out of the water is the brilliantly titled Byker Grove.
Geoff would be proud.
She's returned to her physical peak after a couple of years looking like she's in dire need of a steak dinner.
Cheryl said: "The curves are back, well and truly.
"I've got my boobs and bum back and, yeah, I like it. I think it's sexy."
Using these pictures as evidence, she's not wrong.
The former X Factor judge blames an intense working schedule for the ultra skinny figure she had a few months back.
She said: "When I'm really thin is normally when I am working non stop. I don't put any emphasis on thinking, 'Oh, I'm thin at the moment'.
"Right now I've got my curves back because I've had time off, I'm at home cooking, I'm more relaxed.
"I'm not defined by being 7lb heavier than I was two months ago — I think it is really unhealthy to go there."
The Girls Aloud star has been keeping a low profile over the past few months while recording her third album.
The first single is due out in the spring so it won't be long until she's back on our screens talking about her music. But for now, we'll just have to settle for Cheryl banging on about her new shoe collection.
The first 12 styles went on sale this week, and it's unlikely any of them will get the treatment some of Cheryl's favourite pairs do.
She said: "There is a big chance when you open the fridge in my house there will be a pair of shoes at the bottom."
Didn't have her down as Cold Feet fan.
Cheryl has named some of her collection after a few famous names - including RI RI and Your Royal Hotness, which must reference Prince Harry rather than Prince Andrew.
But blowing the rest out of the water is the brilliantly titled Byker Grove.
Geoff would be proud.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Britney spears going to be bride soon?
Britney spears going to be bride soon? Weekened Mail-
Dear Ted:
What say you about the Britney Spears engagement rumors? And if they are going to get engaged, do you think she'll follow through and tie the knot?
—Sam
Dear Third Time's The Charm:
Brit-Brit—who just turned the big 3-0 the other day (happy belated B-day, girl!)—has really settled down in the past couple years, and it is très possible that she'll get hitched in 2012 (Jason just hasn't popped the Q yet). And let's be real: Has Britney ever had a problem following through and walking down the aisle?!
Dear Ted:
Any thoughts on the Katy Perry/Russell Brand divorce rumors? I know they are denying it but with all of their past and (maybe) present Vicey behavior, it seems possible that their marriage really could be on the rocks!
Dear Till Vice Do Us Part:
This couple hardly keeps their past a secret from one another, so that's a non-issue with these two. And while their current secrets could be a bit nastier, they aren't splitting. Believe it or not, these two will try extra hard to make their marriage stick before giving up.
Dear Ted:
Please, please, please set the record straight on Lea Michele and Cory Monteith secretly dating?! The Monchele fandom is going crazy....please give us some scoop!
—Nicole
Dear Here We Go Again:
I already did, doll. Monchele. Love it.
Dear Ted:
Recently Michelle Trachtenberg has stated that she was a strong contender for Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan, but there were "scheduling conflicts." We know that Jennifer Lawrence was also considered for the role. I don't think that anyone can play Bella like Kristen can, same with Robert Pattinson as Edward. They make those characters their own. My question is did Jennifer and Michelle actually have a good chance or was Kristen Catherine Hardwicke's choice from the beginning?
—M
Dear Bella Swannabes:
Chances are if either of those two fab actresses bagged the role, you'd think they were irreplaceable, too. Remember, folks weren't exactly pleased when Rob was first cast as Edward. Think it's too funny how tres be-otchy Michelle is being about the role so many years later.
Dear Ted:
I know a lot of people are skeptical about their relationship, but I think Ben Affleck and Jen Garner are the cutest. If you look at pictures of them together, they look really happy and in love. I wonder if either one has any Vicey behavior?
—Kathy
Dear Ted:
What say you about the Britney Spears engagement rumors? And if they are going to get engaged, do you think she'll follow through and tie the knot?
—Sam
Dear Third Time's The Charm:
Brit-Brit—who just turned the big 3-0 the other day (happy belated B-day, girl!)—has really settled down in the past couple years, and it is très possible that she'll get hitched in 2012 (Jason just hasn't popped the Q yet). And let's be real: Has Britney ever had a problem following through and walking down the aisle?!
Dear Ted:
Any thoughts on the Katy Perry/Russell Brand divorce rumors? I know they are denying it but with all of their past and (maybe) present Vicey behavior, it seems possible that their marriage really could be on the rocks!
Dear Till Vice Do Us Part:
This couple hardly keeps their past a secret from one another, so that's a non-issue with these two. And while their current secrets could be a bit nastier, they aren't splitting. Believe it or not, these two will try extra hard to make their marriage stick before giving up.
Dear Ted:
Please, please, please set the record straight on Lea Michele and Cory Monteith secretly dating?! The Monchele fandom is going crazy....please give us some scoop!
—Nicole
Dear Here We Go Again:
I already did, doll. Monchele. Love it.
Dear Ted:
Recently Michelle Trachtenberg has stated that she was a strong contender for Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan, but there were "scheduling conflicts." We know that Jennifer Lawrence was also considered for the role. I don't think that anyone can play Bella like Kristen can, same with Robert Pattinson as Edward. They make those characters their own. My question is did Jennifer and Michelle actually have a good chance or was Kristen Catherine Hardwicke's choice from the beginning?
—M
Dear Bella Swannabes:
Chances are if either of those two fab actresses bagged the role, you'd think they were irreplaceable, too. Remember, folks weren't exactly pleased when Rob was first cast as Edward. Think it's too funny how tres be-otchy Michelle is being about the role so many years later.
Dear Ted:
I know a lot of people are skeptical about their relationship, but I think Ben Affleck and Jen Garner are the cutest. If you look at pictures of them together, they look really happy and in love. I wonder if either one has any Vicey behavior?
—Kathy
Veena Malik nude shoot hit Pakistan
Veena Malik nude photo hit Pakistan. Now it is the talk of the World. Queen of controversies Veena Malik may or not have done a nude shoot for an Indian magazine but this time it may not be a hands-down win for Pakistan's custodians of morality because her admirers seem to have multiplied over the year.
Malik, who last ran into trouble for not playing miss-goodie-two-shoes on Indian reality show 'Bigg Boss IV' earlier this year, is back in the spotlight for allegedly posing nude for the cover of FHM India magazine with an "ISI" tattoo on her arm.
She has denied posing nude and has threatened to sue the magazine, whose editor Kabeer Sharma insists that he has a video and an email from Malik that prove the authenticity of the photo.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rahman Malik has said he had not seen the pictures.
However, he contended that if Malik had done a nude shoot, "strict action" would be taken against her.
Women have come out in hordes in the virtual world, at least, to support Malik.
"Veena I am proud of you!" wrote Sonia Wahab on a web page.
The best response came from filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.
She posted on Twitter: "For all you clerics waiting to pounce on Veena Malik better have your excuses lined up about why you were looking at FHM in the first place!"
On the website of The Express Tribune newspaper, Abdul Jabbar posted: "Veena has every right to pose how she wants.
"May be she's showing our moral hypocrisy where we value a woman by her sex life. Maybe she feels she has got nothing to be ashamed of her body, that the female body is not a source of sin and shame. I for one, will not condemn her.
"The Egyptian blogger did it recently and her reasons were valid. There is no need to attach a woman's value in society by the amount of clothes she wraps herself into," he wrote.
But Malik had her share of detractors too. On a Facebook page floated to hate all things Indian, the administrator posted: "Shameless Veena Malik poses naked for men's magazine FHM (India). Notice the ISI tattoo on her arm. This gesture from eastern (sic) neighbour speaks of their frustration and hatred towards the ISI. Veena Malik shame on you".
Over 80 comments that followed requested members of the page to ask Pakistan's Supreme Court to cancel Malik's nationality and to make sure that she does not live in the country again.
Malik has been trending on microblogging website Twitter since the photo became public yesterday.
Actress Meera, Malik's bete noire, called her a "completely mad woman".
The feminists, while supporting Malik's decision to pose nude, wondered if it also amounted to real empowerment.
"Why 'empowerment' and a 'free life' mean no clothes?" tweeted Ayesha Malik.
Some others explained why Malik was in denial. "After all, she probably fears being stripped of her Pak citizenship," wrote blogger Cafe Pyala.
Malik, who last ran into trouble for not playing miss-goodie-two-shoes on Indian reality show 'Bigg Boss IV' earlier this year, is back in the spotlight for allegedly posing nude for the cover of FHM India magazine with an "ISI" tattoo on her arm.
She has denied posing nude and has threatened to sue the magazine, whose editor Kabeer Sharma insists that he has a video and an email from Malik that prove the authenticity of the photo.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rahman Malik has said he had not seen the pictures.
However, he contended that if Malik had done a nude shoot, "strict action" would be taken against her.
Women have come out in hordes in the virtual world, at least, to support Malik.
"Veena I am proud of you!" wrote Sonia Wahab on a web page.
The best response came from filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.
She posted on Twitter: "For all you clerics waiting to pounce on Veena Malik better have your excuses lined up about why you were looking at FHM in the first place!"
On the website of The Express Tribune newspaper, Abdul Jabbar posted: "Veena has every right to pose how she wants.
"May be she's showing our moral hypocrisy where we value a woman by her sex life. Maybe she feels she has got nothing to be ashamed of her body, that the female body is not a source of sin and shame. I for one, will not condemn her.
"The Egyptian blogger did it recently and her reasons were valid. There is no need to attach a woman's value in society by the amount of clothes she wraps herself into," he wrote.
But Malik had her share of detractors too. On a Facebook page floated to hate all things Indian, the administrator posted: "Shameless Veena Malik poses naked for men's magazine FHM (India). Notice the ISI tattoo on her arm. This gesture from eastern (sic) neighbour speaks of their frustration and hatred towards the ISI. Veena Malik shame on you".
Over 80 comments that followed requested members of the page to ask Pakistan's Supreme Court to cancel Malik's nationality and to make sure that she does not live in the country again.
Malik has been trending on microblogging website Twitter since the photo became public yesterday.
Actress Meera, Malik's bete noire, called her a "completely mad woman".
The feminists, while supporting Malik's decision to pose nude, wondered if it also amounted to real empowerment.
"Why 'empowerment' and a 'free life' mean no clothes?" tweeted Ayesha Malik.
Some others explained why Malik was in denial. "After all, she probably fears being stripped of her Pak citizenship," wrote blogger Cafe Pyala.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Marry the Night
We kind of feel like Stefon from "Saturday Night Live" trying to describe the epic-ness that is Lady Gaga's new video for "Marry the Night."
It. Has. Everything. Directed by the singer herself, the 13-minute clip is chock full of everything from choreographed dance numbers to flaming cars to Honey Nut Cheerios. It starts out with Gaga being wheeled into a mental ward that somehow looks like how a movie would portray a mid-century orphanage.
It then segues to some ballet dancing, some odd performance art involving a topless Gaga and some Honey Nut Cheerios, a junkyard full of cars that are on fire with Gaga in a studded Mad Max getup, and then a choreographed dance at a studio with a group of folks that reminds us of that class Jodi Sawyer went to in "Center Stage."
There's also a shot of a full moon, which we're pretending is an ode to boyfriend Taylor Kinney (a.k.a. Hot Werewolf Uncle Mason from "The Vampire Diaries") even though it's nothing but a cinematic scene-setting element.
By the end, we realize this portrait of a self-destructive pop star is definitely a statement on Gaga's own life. But is this a reflection on what she feels her life has become, or what she doesn't want to be? Or is she likening signing to Interscope Records to being in a mental ward?
So many questions, Gaga. Not so many clear-cut answers. What do you think?
It. Has. Everything. Directed by the singer herself, the 13-minute clip is chock full of everything from choreographed dance numbers to flaming cars to Honey Nut Cheerios. It starts out with Gaga being wheeled into a mental ward that somehow looks like how a movie would portray a mid-century orphanage.
It then segues to some ballet dancing, some odd performance art involving a topless Gaga and some Honey Nut Cheerios, a junkyard full of cars that are on fire with Gaga in a studded Mad Max getup, and then a choreographed dance at a studio with a group of folks that reminds us of that class Jodi Sawyer went to in "Center Stage."
There's also a shot of a full moon, which we're pretending is an ode to boyfriend Taylor Kinney (a.k.a. Hot Werewolf Uncle Mason from "The Vampire Diaries") even though it's nothing but a cinematic scene-setting element.
By the end, we realize this portrait of a self-destructive pop star is definitely a statement on Gaga's own life. But is this a reflection on what she feels her life has become, or what she doesn't want to be? Or is she likening signing to Interscope Records to being in a mental ward?
So many questions, Gaga. Not so many clear-cut answers. What do you think?
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Kourtney is pregnant again!
Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant. She said 'Yes I am pregnant!' and I and Scott Disick are expecting second child together.
Kourtney says, “Scott and I are so excited to announce that we are expecting our second child and are thrilled to be expanding the love in our family.” Kourt first confirmed the happy news to Us Weekly.
And what perfect timing! The eldest Kardashian sister just started her web series, Kourtney’s Mommy Blog, on E! Online, where she dishes on what she’s learned raising Mason, shares her kid tips, parenting philosophy and A-list know-how, starting with fashion.
You mean the Kardashians figured out a way to profit off of pregnancy? SHOCKING
Here are pictures of Kourtney out and about in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. You can’t see a baby bump yet, but apparently it’s there!
Kourtney says, “Scott and I are so excited to announce that we are expecting our second child and are thrilled to be expanding the love in our family.” Kourt first confirmed the happy news to Us Weekly.
And what perfect timing! The eldest Kardashian sister just started her web series, Kourtney’s Mommy Blog, on E! Online, where she dishes on what she’s learned raising Mason, shares her kid tips, parenting philosophy and A-list know-how, starting with fashion.
You mean the Kardashians figured out a way to profit off of pregnancy? SHOCKING
Here are pictures of Kourtney out and about in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon. You can’t see a baby bump yet, but apparently it’s there!
Jerry Sandusky scandal! Claim more than 100 times abused
The alleged victim claims he met Sandusky through the Second Mile charity when he was 10-years-old ... and was abused by the coach more than 100 times between 1992 and 1996, says John Doe's lawyers.
Disturbing allegations in the Jerry Sandusky scandal, a 30-year-old man says he will be filing a lawsuit against the former Penn St. coach for sexually abusing him more than 100 times when he was a kid.
The accuser -- who is only being identified as 'John Doe' -- is NOT one of the 8 victims listed in the grand jury report that rocked Penn State -- but his story seems to fall in line with the rest of the allegations.
Doe claims the abuse occurred in multiple locations -- including the Penn State locker room, the Sandusky home, and also during a road trip to a bowl game.
Doe's attorneys are holding a news conference to discuss the lawsuit. (Source: TMZ Online)
Disturbing allegations in the Jerry Sandusky scandal, a 30-year-old man says he will be filing a lawsuit against the former Penn St. coach for sexually abusing him more than 100 times when he was a kid.
The accuser -- who is only being identified as 'John Doe' -- is NOT one of the 8 victims listed in the grand jury report that rocked Penn State -- but his story seems to fall in line with the rest of the allegations.
Doe claims the abuse occurred in multiple locations -- including the Penn State locker room, the Sandusky home, and also during a road trip to a bowl game.
Doe's attorneys are holding a news conference to discuss the lawsuit. (Source: TMZ Online)
Monday, November 28, 2011
Jennifer Lopez serious for relationship
Pop star Jennifer Lopez's serious for relationship. Lopez' romance with backing dancer Casper Smart is heating up as the couple have gone vacationing in Hawaii.
The 42-year-old singer-actress is said to have struck up a close relationship with 24-year-old Smart in the weeks following her split from husband Marc Anthony,the father of her twin babies, in July, reported TMZ online.
But the superstar has now been snapped cosying up to Smart for the first time since news of the budding romance broke earlier this month.
Lopez was seen dressed in a skimpy black bikini as she reclines on a luxury beach bed beside Smart, while another shot shows the new couple cuddling.
Lopez has refused to confirm or deny reports about her alleged new beau.
"I told everybody... 'Until I'm in a really serious relationship, because of the babies, I'm not really gonna be commenting on my personal life'," Lopez said
The 42-year-old singer-actress is said to have struck up a close relationship with 24-year-old Smart in the weeks following her split from husband Marc Anthony,the father of her twin babies, in July, reported TMZ online.
But the superstar has now been snapped cosying up to Smart for the first time since news of the budding romance broke earlier this month.
Lopez was seen dressed in a skimpy black bikini as she reclines on a luxury beach bed beside Smart, while another shot shows the new couple cuddling.
Lopez has refused to confirm or deny reports about her alleged new beau.
"I told everybody... 'Until I'm in a really serious relationship, because of the babies, I'm not really gonna be commenting on my personal life'," Lopez said
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Hot snaps of the Lady Gaga
First she unveiled the meat dress and now here she is bathing in Belgian lager.
She must be trying to win over a new male audience by spitting out Stella in the bath. Then again, it's a bit of a waste.
Celebrity photographer Terry Richardson took more than 100,000 photos of the star over ten months — and 450 made the cut for glossy hardback Lady GaGa X Terry Richardson.
The photos capture GaGa's most intimate moments — including half-naked yoga and spaghetti bolognese in bed.
Here she is in the main picture smiling over her shoulder riding shotgun in a car — without a hamster wheel hat in sight.
She also scrubs up in a diamond-studded leather jacket — the flipside of the cover.
Richardson trailed her over the recording period of Born This Way and up to the final shows of her Monster Ball tour, so there are plenty of snaps of her bloodied and not wearing a lot — apart from steak. Another snap shows her looking the most dressed down I've ever seen her, wearing glasses and a bandana as she eats dinner in bed.
Other photos show her exhausted, inhaling oxygen through a mask after coming off stage. In another she is being wheeled around in the famous "egg" she emerged from at The Grammys in February.
The best in the book are the ones where she is being normal, larking about with Terry and looking knackered after gigs. Most pop stars would have left half of them on the cutting room floor.
The book, published by Hodder & Stoughton, still maintains some of her eccentricities — there are no page numbers or captions.
It will set you back £35 but it's worth it. Definitely one for the coffee table.
She must be trying to win over a new male audience by spitting out Stella in the bath. Then again, it's a bit of a waste.
Celebrity photographer Terry Richardson took more than 100,000 photos of the star over ten months — and 450 made the cut for glossy hardback Lady GaGa X Terry Richardson.
The photos capture GaGa's most intimate moments — including half-naked yoga and spaghetti bolognese in bed.
Here she is in the main picture smiling over her shoulder riding shotgun in a car — without a hamster wheel hat in sight.
She also scrubs up in a diamond-studded leather jacket — the flipside of the cover.
Richardson trailed her over the recording period of Born This Way and up to the final shows of her Monster Ball tour, so there are plenty of snaps of her bloodied and not wearing a lot — apart from steak. Another snap shows her looking the most dressed down I've ever seen her, wearing glasses and a bandana as she eats dinner in bed.
Other photos show her exhausted, inhaling oxygen through a mask after coming off stage. In another she is being wheeled around in the famous "egg" she emerged from at The Grammys in February.
The best in the book are the ones where she is being normal, larking about with Terry and looking knackered after gigs. Most pop stars would have left half of them on the cutting room floor.
The book, published by Hodder & Stoughton, still maintains some of her eccentricities — there are no page numbers or captions.
It will set you back £35 but it's worth it. Definitely one for the coffee table.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Giant boob saved my life
Sheyla Hershey has re-inflated her boobs with new implants following a life-threatening infection in 2010 which saw her assets turn into sagging skin.
She was so depressed that she tried to overdose and says she couldn't go on living when they shrank.
Sheyla, 31, who still holds the Guinness World Record for the largest breast implants in the world, said: "It is a miracle, I am so happy, I never thought I would have my breasts back again."
Brazilian-born Sheyla said she thought she might not be able to go on living without her massive breasts.
She said: "I almost feel whole again. Not having my breasts was killing me, I didn't know if I could make it.
"My breasts had become part of me and I was deformed without them. I felt like I had lost a leg."
"I overdosed earlier this year after accidentally taking too many painkillers, but I had become so sad that I couldn't bear to leave the house.
"I just wanted to go to sleep and wake up and have my breasts again."
Ignoring the wishes of doctors, psychiatrists and her husband Derek, Sheyla organised a tour of cosmetic surgery hotspots in Latin America in September.
She revealed: "My husband knew that I was going to Cancun in Mexico to get my breasts re-constructed.
"He didn't know that I was going to have them re-inflated with saline and that I planned to return to my previous size of 38 MMM and have the largest breasts in the world.
"I had 2,500cc of saline liquid re-implanted back into my re-constructed breasts in late September.
"And then I flew back to Vitoria, Brazil, my home town to have gradual increases added to my new boobs.
"I increased slowly over a two-month period and now my breasts are back at 4,300cc of liquid and are 38KKK.
"In the New Year I will have them back to 5,500cc or 38MMM when I go for surgery."
Leaving her husband, Derek, 29, back home in Houston, Texas, Sheyla deliberately lied to him about her surgery.
Sheyla said: "He was asking me for pictures to see how the surgery had gone, but I kept on telling him to wait till I returned home.
"When he saw me he was shocked and hurt that I had lied to him. I told him that it is my body and I can do what I want to it.
"But he didn't talk to me for a week and he threatened me with divorce.
"I told him if he wants one he should go get one, but he didn't and now he has accepted my breasts are almost back being the way they were. If I am happy, then he is happy."
She was so depressed that she tried to overdose and says she couldn't go on living when they shrank.
Sheyla, 31, who still holds the Guinness World Record for the largest breast implants in the world, said: "It is a miracle, I am so happy, I never thought I would have my breasts back again."
Brazilian-born Sheyla said she thought she might not be able to go on living without her massive breasts.
She said: "I almost feel whole again. Not having my breasts was killing me, I didn't know if I could make it.
"My breasts had become part of me and I was deformed without them. I felt like I had lost a leg."
"I overdosed earlier this year after accidentally taking too many painkillers, but I had become so sad that I couldn't bear to leave the house.
"I just wanted to go to sleep and wake up and have my breasts again."
Ignoring the wishes of doctors, psychiatrists and her husband Derek, Sheyla organised a tour of cosmetic surgery hotspots in Latin America in September.
She revealed: "My husband knew that I was going to Cancun in Mexico to get my breasts re-constructed.
"He didn't know that I was going to have them re-inflated with saline and that I planned to return to my previous size of 38 MMM and have the largest breasts in the world.
"I had 2,500cc of saline liquid re-implanted back into my re-constructed breasts in late September.
"And then I flew back to Vitoria, Brazil, my home town to have gradual increases added to my new boobs.
"I increased slowly over a two-month period and now my breasts are back at 4,300cc of liquid and are 38KKK.
"In the New Year I will have them back to 5,500cc or 38MMM when I go for surgery."
Leaving her husband, Derek, 29, back home in Houston, Texas, Sheyla deliberately lied to him about her surgery.
Sheyla said: "He was asking me for pictures to see how the surgery had gone, but I kept on telling him to wait till I returned home.
"When he saw me he was shocked and hurt that I had lied to him. I told him that it is my body and I can do what I want to it.
"But he didn't talk to me for a week and he threatened me with divorce.
"I told him if he wants one he should go get one, but he didn't and now he has accepted my breasts are almost back being the way they were. If I am happy, then he is happy."
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Kim cried for sex tape
Kim cried for sex tape when it was release on net which became a global sensation after being leaked on to the internet in 2007. And it still haunts the reality TV star and her family to this day.
Kim says, "I made a tape with my boyfriend and it's going to be released"
.Now, in a revealing new book, Kim's mum Kris Jenner tells how she helped her devastated daughter cope with this new-found worldwide infamy.
The 56-year-old says: "Kim told me, very seriously, 'Mom, I need to talk to you'. She immediately burst into tears.
"'I made a tape with my boyfriend and it's going to be released'.
"What do you mean a tape? I started grilling her like a detective. Explain what a tape means? What is this tape? 'We were on vacation', she said. 'We were at the beach and then...'
"What do you mean? I practically screamed. Were you wearing any clothes? She shook her head, then said, 'I know they have us having sex on the tape'.
"I couldn't believe my ears. I felt like I was going to faint. I asked why she would do that?' 'I don't know, Mom', she said. 'We were just being stupid. It was dumb'.
"Hell, yes, it was dumb!
"Kim has always been the hopeless romantic — always dating various guys and falling for someone.
"But she never did drugs, never even drank, never did anything that could prove embarrassing to her. I know for her to do something like that, completely sober, had to be an honest mistake.
"Still, all I could think about was how to stop the tape from being released."
Kris says that out of Kim, 31, and her sisters Khloe, 27, and Kourtney, 32 — all made famous thanks to their hit reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians — it is Kim who has always caused her this kind of trouble.
And, according to Kris, the beautiful telly star's recent doomed 72-day marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries was just another example of the kind of mess she often gets herself into.
In her book, All Things Kardashian, Kris recalls how she went into damage limitation mode after Kim's shocking news about the sex tape, which was made with her then boyfriend, singer Ray J.
A devastated Kim told her an adult entertainment company had the tape and, as it had been leaked on to the internet, there was nothing her family could do to ban it.
Kris writes: "It's everywhere. Forever. And now the production company was planning to release the tape globally. It was a horrible time for our family.
"That kind of thing is devastating, embarrassing, expensive and draining. Kim and I cried for days.
"We were so upset and anxious. Kim knew she'd made a huge mistake and she had disappointed her family. She was so embarrassed that anyone saw her like that.
"A friend referred me to a publicist who would take Kim on. She was so comforting. 'It's going to be OK', she told Kim. 'You're not the first person to have a sex tape and you won't be the last'.
"A media firestorm erupted with Kim at its centre. Sex tape, sex tape, sex tape, that's all we heard for a long time. We ended up settling out of court. Life went on.
"When the dust settled I sat Kim down, not to preach, but to advise. 'Kim, you know now that you can never, ever trust anyone ever again', I told her
Kim says, "I made a tape with my boyfriend and it's going to be released"
.Now, in a revealing new book, Kim's mum Kris Jenner tells how she helped her devastated daughter cope with this new-found worldwide infamy.
The 56-year-old says: "Kim told me, very seriously, 'Mom, I need to talk to you'. She immediately burst into tears.
"'I made a tape with my boyfriend and it's going to be released'.
"What do you mean a tape? I started grilling her like a detective. Explain what a tape means? What is this tape? 'We were on vacation', she said. 'We were at the beach and then...'
"What do you mean? I practically screamed. Were you wearing any clothes? She shook her head, then said, 'I know they have us having sex on the tape'.
"I couldn't believe my ears. I felt like I was going to faint. I asked why she would do that?' 'I don't know, Mom', she said. 'We were just being stupid. It was dumb'.
"Hell, yes, it was dumb!
"Kim has always been the hopeless romantic — always dating various guys and falling for someone.
"But she never did drugs, never even drank, never did anything that could prove embarrassing to her. I know for her to do something like that, completely sober, had to be an honest mistake.
"Still, all I could think about was how to stop the tape from being released."
Kris says that out of Kim, 31, and her sisters Khloe, 27, and Kourtney, 32 — all made famous thanks to their hit reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians — it is Kim who has always caused her this kind of trouble.
And, according to Kris, the beautiful telly star's recent doomed 72-day marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries was just another example of the kind of mess she often gets herself into.
In her book, All Things Kardashian, Kris recalls how she went into damage limitation mode after Kim's shocking news about the sex tape, which was made with her then boyfriend, singer Ray J.
A devastated Kim told her an adult entertainment company had the tape and, as it had been leaked on to the internet, there was nothing her family could do to ban it.
Kris writes: "It's everywhere. Forever. And now the production company was planning to release the tape globally. It was a horrible time for our family.
"That kind of thing is devastating, embarrassing, expensive and draining. Kim and I cried for days.
"We were so upset and anxious. Kim knew she'd made a huge mistake and she had disappointed her family. She was so embarrassed that anyone saw her like that.
"A friend referred me to a publicist who would take Kim on. She was so comforting. 'It's going to be OK', she told Kim. 'You're not the first person to have a sex tape and you won't be the last'.
"A media firestorm erupted with Kim at its centre. Sex tape, sex tape, sex tape, that's all we heard for a long time. We ended up settling out of court. Life went on.
"When the dust settled I sat Kim down, not to preach, but to advise. 'Kim, you know now that you can never, ever trust anyone ever again', I told her
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Holly plans flash dance
Strictly come dancing fans could be in for an eyeful after Holly Valance joked she might get out to boost ratings.
"I might have to get mine out at some point just to get complaints up and get some ratings in."
Holly's raunchy routines with dance partner Artem Chigvintsev have set tongues wagging. And that has reportedly angered his girlfriend Kara Tointon — his partner on the show last year.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Mirnada shows secret site of body
Miranda kerr shows secret site of her body. Mrinda take a snap protecting her modesty while wearing nothing but a pair of jeans.
US fashion firm Rag & Bone asked the model to produce a DIY set of photos without the help of a stylist, and make-up.
So the blue-eyed beauty enlisted Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando as her photographer.
Snapped while the actor was filming The Hobbit in New Zealand, Miranda posed in a variety of places including in their hotel, and on a beach.
With his wife being one of the most naturally beautiful women on the planet, his task wasn't difficult.
Other pictures see the mum-of-one fooling around on a beach while in another frame she's seen standing in the middle of a road.
Further snaps in the collection were taken by Miranda's pal Lily Aldridge during their stay in New York.
In one aerial shot the model is seen lying in the grass. Another side-on image shows her planting a kiss on a business card.
These latest shots have emerged as it was revealed 28-year-old Miranda will wear a bra worth £1.6million in a Victoria's Secret catwalk show next month.
The Fantasy Treasure bra features nearly 3,400 precious gems, including 142-carats of white and yellow diamonds, pearls, faceted citrines and aquamarines, all set in 18-carat white and yellow gold.
US fashion firm Rag & Bone asked the model to produce a DIY set of photos without the help of a stylist, and make-up.
So the blue-eyed beauty enlisted Pirates of the Caribbean star Orlando as her photographer.
Snapped while the actor was filming The Hobbit in New Zealand, Miranda posed in a variety of places including in their hotel, and on a beach.
With his wife being one of the most naturally beautiful women on the planet, his task wasn't difficult.
Other pictures see the mum-of-one fooling around on a beach while in another frame she's seen standing in the middle of a road.
Further snaps in the collection were taken by Miranda's pal Lily Aldridge during their stay in New York.
In one aerial shot the model is seen lying in the grass. Another side-on image shows her planting a kiss on a business card.
These latest shots have emerged as it was revealed 28-year-old Miranda will wear a bra worth £1.6million in a Victoria's Secret catwalk show next month.
The Fantasy Treasure bra features nearly 3,400 precious gems, including 142-carats of white and yellow diamonds, pearls, faceted citrines and aquamarines, all set in 18-carat white and yellow gold.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Lucy start together again!
TOWIE stars Lucky Mecklenburgh and Mario Falcone are back together. LUCY Mecklenburgh has been bombarded with abuse after Mark Wright told her boyfriend Mario Falcone that he bedded her three weeks ago.
The 20-year-old TOWIE star was left in tears after being dumped by Mario on Sunday's show over Mark's claims.
To make matters worse, angry lucy mecklenburgh twitter users have laid into her over her cheating — branding her a "dirty bitch".
But after Sunday's show on ITV2, 23-year-old Mario revealed he had taken her back since the row over Mark was filmed.
When asked on a live webchat if he trusted Lucy, he replied: "Yeah I trust her, we'll just have to see how it goes."
Mario also called Mark, 24, "petty" for trying to split them up. And he said there was more chance of him "going to the moon with the Queen" than ever being pals with his love rival.
The 20-year-old TOWIE star was left in tears after being dumped by Mario on Sunday's show over Mark's claims.
To make matters worse, angry lucy mecklenburgh twitter users have laid into her over her cheating — branding her a "dirty bitch".
But after Sunday's show on ITV2, 23-year-old Mario revealed he had taken her back since the row over Mark was filmed.
When asked on a live webchat if he trusted Lucy, he replied: "Yeah I trust her, we'll just have to see how it goes."
Mario also called Mark, 24, "petty" for trying to split them up. And he said there was more chance of him "going to the moon with the Queen" than ever being pals with his love rival.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Cheryl Cole not coming back in X Factor
Cheryl tweedy cole not coming back to X Factor. cheryl cole promise this Simon Cowell calls her Trouble — yet has given her his seal of approval.
And she says being a judge has "softened" her image, winning her new fans. The fans of cole want to know about cheryl cole x factor.
In a revealing interview from her judge's house base in Greece, Tulisa dismissed reports that Cheryl could be parachuted back onto the panel in her place.
She told TV Biz: "I can 100 per cent reassure fans I'll be sitting in that judge's chair in the final. Cheryl and I talk and laugh at the rumours about her. We've sat down and had the conversation at her birthday party.
And she says being a judge has "softened" her image, winning her new fans. The fans of cole want to know about cheryl cole x factor.
In a revealing interview from her judge's house base in Greece, Tulisa dismissed reports that Cheryl could be parachuted back onto the panel in her place.
She told TV Biz: "I can 100 per cent reassure fans I'll be sitting in that judge's chair in the final. Cheryl and I talk and laugh at the rumours about her. We've sat down and had the conversation at her birthday party.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Super Bass Nicki Minaj wears without...
Super Bass Nicki Minaj wears without necklace. Rapper Nicki Minaj seems to have taken a piece out of Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress The 28-year-old R&B artist, known for her eccentric dressing, wore a necklace which looked like a fried chicken wing at the recently held iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Share Warne propose Liz Hurley
shane warne and liz hurley news.
liz hurley may get propose from Share Warne before Christmas
Former Australian cricketer Warne is reportedly planning to propose to actress Elizabeth Hurley before Christmas.
"Liz and Shane have a really happy, fun and secure relationship. They are forever giggling. Shane absolutely adores her and is keen to make their relationship official," mirror.co.uk quoted a source as saying.
"He plans on proposing before Christmas, with the couple having a low-key wedding late next year. Shane is romantic and a traditionalist, and will definitely get down on bended knee to do the deed," the source added.
Hurley split from her businessman husband Arun Nayar in December. Hurley and Warne have been dating for the past 10 months.
liz hurley may get propose from Share Warne before Christmas
Former Australian cricketer Warne is reportedly planning to propose to actress Elizabeth Hurley before Christmas.
"Liz and Shane have a really happy, fun and secure relationship. They are forever giggling. Shane absolutely adores her and is keen to make their relationship official," mirror.co.uk quoted a source as saying.
"He plans on proposing before Christmas, with the couple having a low-key wedding late next year. Shane is romantic and a traditionalist, and will definitely get down on bended knee to do the deed," the source added.
Hurley split from her businessman husband Arun Nayar in December. Hurley and Warne have been dating for the past 10 months.
Lindsay Lohan and Model Chatwal troubled for kissing
Lindsay Lohan and Model Chatwal are troubled for kissing. Lindsay Lohan got her claws out in a confrontation with the Indian model wife of millionaire hotelier Vikram Chatwal, just days after the troubled starlet and Chatwal were spotted kissing at his home in New York.
Lohan rudely confronted stunning Priya Sachdev at the Dream Downtown on Wednesday night, saying with obvious disdain, “You are his wife?” This was followed by a sour face right out of her movie “Mean Girls,” spies said.
Dream owner Chatwal married Sachdev at a lavish seven-day ceremony in 2006, and they later separated. They have a daughter and have remained close. But Chatwal was seen kissing Lohan on photographs posted on the Internet as they cozied up near a window of his New York home a few days ago.
A source told us, “Lindsay had been staying at Vikram’s house and even installed her hairdresser in the baby’s room, but was told to leave before his wife arrived from India with the child a few days ago. His father, Sant Singh, has tried to order Lindsay out numerous times.
“Lindsay found out Vikram was hosting a dinner at the Dream, and turned up with a friend at the hotel’s Electric Room, waiting for him,” the source said. “That’s when the trouble started. Priya was very dignified, but Lindsay was so rude.
She acted as if she’d had no idea Vikram was married, and tried to make it clear that Vikram was her friend. Others had to step in to calm things down.
Lohan rudely confronted stunning Priya Sachdev at the Dream Downtown on Wednesday night, saying with obvious disdain, “You are his wife?” This was followed by a sour face right out of her movie “Mean Girls,” spies said.
Dream owner Chatwal married Sachdev at a lavish seven-day ceremony in 2006, and they later separated. They have a daughter and have remained close. But Chatwal was seen kissing Lohan on photographs posted on the Internet as they cozied up near a window of his New York home a few days ago.
A source told us, “Lindsay had been staying at Vikram’s house and even installed her hairdresser in the baby’s room, but was told to leave before his wife arrived from India with the child a few days ago. His father, Sant Singh, has tried to order Lindsay out numerous times.
“Lindsay found out Vikram was hosting a dinner at the Dream, and turned up with a friend at the hotel’s Electric Room, waiting for him,” the source said. “That’s when the trouble started. Priya was very dignified, but Lindsay was so rude.
She acted as if she’d had no idea Vikram was married, and tried to make it clear that Vikram was her friend. Others had to step in to calm things down.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Kissing makes me nervous: Bipasha
Bipasha Basu says I am nervous by kissing on screen. Bipasha Basu will experience hindi movies horror again as she starts shooting for Raaz 3. She had starred in Raaz back in 2002, opposite her then-beau Dino Morea and returns for Part 3 is being helmed by Vikram Bhatt as ‘serial kisser’ Emraan Hashmi’s sultry co-star.
Although Bipasha has also kissed Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), will she be fine puckering up with Emraan too if needs be? “As a professional, I have no problems with such a scene if a storyline absolutely demands it,” she says, but admits that while our audience are used to kisses on screen by now, she herself is not comfortable doing it. “Kissing is the first expression of affection for human beings, so it’s actually no big deal. But still, I get all anxious before kissing scenes.”
The actor asserts that the Bhatts, Mahesh and Mukesh, have given her a meaty role in the third part of the Raaz series. But she admits that she is yet to start work on her character or the look. “I always told them that when we work together again, it has to be a perfect script and role. Raaz 3 is that, and I can promise you that you’re going to see a Bipasha you’ve never seen before,” she says.
She’s been busy with Players, Abbas-Mustan’s remake of The Italian Job, and Roland Joffe’s Singularity. Recently, there have been talks about a new film with Shyam Benegal. “It’s an interesting script, but nothing has been finalised,” says Bipasha, admitting that she’s just shot for the “sweet, urban Jodi Breakers” opposite R Madhavan.
Although Bipasha has also kissed Ranbir Kapoor in Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008), will she be fine puckering up with Emraan too if needs be? “As a professional, I have no problems with such a scene if a storyline absolutely demands it,” she says, but admits that while our audience are used to kisses on screen by now, she herself is not comfortable doing it. “Kissing is the first expression of affection for human beings, so it’s actually no big deal. But still, I get all anxious before kissing scenes.”
The actor asserts that the Bhatts, Mahesh and Mukesh, have given her a meaty role in the third part of the Raaz series. But she admits that she is yet to start work on her character or the look. “I always told them that when we work together again, it has to be a perfect script and role. Raaz 3 is that, and I can promise you that you’re going to see a Bipasha you’ve never seen before,” she says.
She’s been busy with Players, Abbas-Mustan’s remake of The Italian Job, and Roland Joffe’s Singularity. Recently, there have been talks about a new film with Shyam Benegal. “It’s an interesting script, but nothing has been finalised,” says Bipasha, admitting that she’s just shot for the “sweet, urban Jodi Breakers” opposite R Madhavan.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Madonna want ...
Madonna songs, pictures of madonna,tell me madonna are popular in world.
Madonna want re-edit love affair. She is being quietly urged to re-edit some scenes of her movie about the love affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, who later became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
If Madonna wants W.E. to be a contender this awards season, she must act fast and have a new version ready by the UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 23.
An executive close to the film said now that it has been shown at the Venice and Toronto festivals, Madonna has a brief window of opportunity to decide how to shape her movie to best advantage.
"We see shots of a lot of corridors, so they can go, and other scenes can be trimmed," the executive said
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Madonna want re-edit love affair. She is being quietly urged to re-edit some scenes of her movie about the love affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, who later became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
If Madonna wants W.E. to be a contender this awards season, she must act fast and have a new version ready by the UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 23.
An executive close to the film said now that it has been shown at the Venice and Toronto festivals, Madonna has a brief window of opportunity to decide how to shape her movie to best advantage.
"We see shots of a lot of corridors, so they can go, and other scenes can be trimmed," the executive said
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Scarlett Johannson’s nude photo hacked
Scarlett Johannson’s nude photo hacked. Celeb sites including Perez Hilton and Media Takeout have posted photos this morning of a scarlett johannson pics.
E! News and TMZ say that johannson scarlett, who is filming The Avengers right now in New York, may be the victim of a cellphone hacker. The two photos that have popped up appear to be taken by the actress. In one, she's on a bed, topless. And in another she's doing the popular bathroom mirror shot.
In March, scarlett's name popped up on a list of celebrities whose cellphones, computers and e-mail accounts were hacked. Now, sources are saying that ScarJo has contacted the FBI to get involved, as they were in March when Vanessa Hudgens was targeted.
The FBI is investigating the release of nude photos allegedly hacked from Scarlett Johannson’s phone, FoxNews.com has learned.
"The FBI is aware of the alleged hacking incident and is looking into it," an FBI official told.
Private cell phone snaps the star allegedly took of herself surfaced on the Internet Wednesday.
One photo, posted to Buzzfeed.com (NSFW), seems to show Johansson draped in nothing but a towel, taking a photo of her exposed backside reflected in a mirror.
Another photo seems to show the Golden Globe-winning actress in a topless self-portrait.
The FBI has reportedly been investigating hacks into as many as 50 celebs' email accounts, including those of Vanessa Hudgens and Jessica Alba.
Johansson's camp has not commented on the photos.
E! News and TMZ say that johannson scarlett, who is filming The Avengers right now in New York, may be the victim of a cellphone hacker. The two photos that have popped up appear to be taken by the actress. In one, she's on a bed, topless. And in another she's doing the popular bathroom mirror shot.
In March, scarlett's name popped up on a list of celebrities whose cellphones, computers and e-mail accounts were hacked. Now, sources are saying that ScarJo has contacted the FBI to get involved, as they were in March when Vanessa Hudgens was targeted.
The FBI is investigating the release of nude photos allegedly hacked from Scarlett Johannson’s phone, FoxNews.com has learned.
"The FBI is aware of the alleged hacking incident and is looking into it," an FBI official told.
Private cell phone snaps the star allegedly took of herself surfaced on the Internet Wednesday.
One photo, posted to Buzzfeed.com (NSFW), seems to show Johansson draped in nothing but a towel, taking a photo of her exposed backside reflected in a mirror.
Another photo seems to show the Golden Globe-winning actress in a topless self-portrait.
The FBI has reportedly been investigating hacks into as many as 50 celebs' email accounts, including those of Vanessa Hudgens and Jessica Alba.
Johansson's camp has not commented on the photos.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Miss Universe 2011 win Angola's Leila Lopes
miss universo 2011 win Angola's Leila Lopes.
Leila Lopes, 25, from Angola was crowned Miss Universe, beating out 88 competitors. In a brunette-dominated field of flat-stomached, leggy contestants, Lopes ' sweet smile and hairstyle (up in topknot, not long cascading curls) set her apart from the start. She's also one of few black women ever to snag the crown, reports AP, and she's Angola's first winner.
Speaking in a timid voice after the pageant last night in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Lopes said her smile was her biggest weapon. She also told reporters that she has never had cosmetic surgery and that her three tips for beauty were to get a lot of sleep, use sun block even when it's not sunny and to drink lots of water.
When asked about racism, Lopes said that "any racist needs to seek help. It's not normal in the 21st century to think in that way."
Lopes also said that "as miss usa 2011 Angola I've already done a lot to help my people. "I've worked with various social causes. I work with poor kids, I work in the fight against HIV. I work to protect the elderly and I have to do everything that my country needs," she said. "I think now as Miss Universe I will be able to do much more."
Her interview question wasn't particularly tough. She was asked what physical trait she would change if she could. "Thank God I'm very satisfied with the way God created me and I wouldn't change a thing," Lopes said. "I consider myself a woman endowed with inner beauty. I have acquired many wonderful principles from my family and I intend to follow these for the rest of my life."
The first runner-up was Olesia Stefanko of Ukraine and the second runner-up was Priscila Machado of Brazil. Miss Philippines took the third spot and Miss China took the fourth.
Unfortunately, USA didn't do too well in last night's contest, hosted by Bravo honcho Andy Cohen and Today show's Natalie Morales. Miss USA Alyssa Campanella didn't make it into the Top Ten. Our most recent winner was in 1997.
Katrina is best choice of Salman Khan
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This is the Salman Khan spoke about his ongoing recovery from surgery and future films at a press conference in London recently.
Of his surgery, he said, "They were looking for something else, but found an aneurysm. There was a problem from the spine. Everything is okay, but right now I'm tired because of the flight and the surgery." On Bodyguard's success at the B-O, he quipped, "All our (Kareena and Salman's) films together have been a disaster salman khan movies'Kyon Ki', 'Main Aurr Mrs Khanna' so we took it as a challenge to make this film a hit.
The reason it's a hit? Because you guys watched it." When asked who he'd like as a bodyguard in real life, he replied, tongue firmly in cheek: "Katrina Kaif." He also revealed that he'd start shooting for Dabangg 2 only next Diwali. Coincidentally, he was in London the night of the premiere of ex-girlfriend Katrina's latest film.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Celina Jaitley denies rumours pregnant
Hot celina jaitley denies rumours pregnant.
Amid flying rumours that the actor made haste in tying the knot to long time boyfriend Peter Haag because she was expecting at the time, celina jaitley pictures is going round shooting down the 'malicious' stories. The actor married boyfriend of three years at a private ceremony in Austria on July
She's furious with reports that she got married in such a rush because she was pregnant at the time, TNN reports.
"Celina is currently recuperating from a stomach ailment at a hospital in Dubai. When the news of her marriage to Peter spread last week, Celina was shocked, disturbed and very hurt to read reports about her sudden pregnancy. There were even allegations that the actress had got married to her beau of three years suddenly as she was expecting at that time. There were all sorts of disgusting speculations and rumors that really upset Celina and Peter," a source told the newspaper.
The real reason the source claims is that Haag's ailing grandmother wanted to see the two married.
"Peter's grandmother passed away soon after that and the couple has been grieving for her. It was for this reason - to comfort Peter - that Celina stayed back in Dubai, despite her work commitments in Mumbai, for a month," the source revealed.
When contacted by the paper, Celina curtly explained, "It is very regressive of people to speculate on my so called time of conception. Marriage is the most wonderful thing to happen to me. I wish people would share our happiness and not worry about our family planning. Marriage and motherhood both are beautiful periods of time for any woman and if I am pregnant like my marriage I will announce it at the right time and with great happiness!"
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Breast reduction rumours denies by Simpson's
Jessica Simpson denies.
Breast reduction rumours denies by Simpson's. Jessica Simpsons has no plans of getting a breast reduction and hasn’t even set a wedding date, according to a source. Recent reports have suggested that the Pop-star-turned-country crooner is fed up with her ample assets that helped bring her fame, and has opted for breast reduction surgery.
“She’s never loved having a huge chest,” the Sun quoted a friend of the star as saying.
The report added that the star is hoping to slim down before her November wedding to NFL player Eric Johnson.
However, fat jessica simpson’s representative declined to comment.
Now a source familiar with the singer’s plans told ABCNews.com that Simpson had no such plans.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
I’m single, I will meet with Ranbir Kapoor: Bipasha
Bipasha Basu broke up with John Abraham, she has constantly been linked to other Bollywood leading men. First, it was Shahid Kapoor. Then, it was suggested that she was cosying up to Salman Khan.
But bipasha isn’t amused. “ranbir kapoor is a great friend and an awesome guy. I’ve known him for many years. If I need to, I can speak to him directly. I don’t have to go through Twitter,” she says.
The actor adds with a laugh, “And seriously, I don’t need to woo men now. I feel I am at a stage in my life where men should woo me. It shouldn’t be the other way around.”
And while hot bipasha basu informs that she met Salman at a Bodyguard premiere, which he had personally invited her to, she refutes talks of shooting a song in his next venture, Sher Khan.
“I was surprised to read that I am bonding with Salman over text messages and poetry. Let me clarify that I am not into poetry. And until I know the person well, I don’t send text messages,” she retorts.
The Lamhaa (2010) actor accepts that she and Salman — who isn’t on good terms with John —didn’t “speak much” all these years.
“But he was very nice to me at the premiere. I have heard he is doing well after his operation in the US, and I really wish him a speedy recovery,” says Bipasha, adding that she has no idea about the “issues” that existed between Salman and her ex-boyfriend.
As far as her current relationship status goes, the actor insists she’s keen on widening her friend circle now. “Since I’m a
single girl, I will go out and meet new people. I won’t be a person who wraps up work and sits at home.
If anyone spots me meeting new people and later writes about it, I’m ok with that,” says the actor.
But bipasha isn’t amused. “ranbir kapoor is a great friend and an awesome guy. I’ve known him for many years. If I need to, I can speak to him directly. I don’t have to go through Twitter,” she says.
The actor adds with a laugh, “And seriously, I don’t need to woo men now. I feel I am at a stage in my life where men should woo me. It shouldn’t be the other way around.”
And while hot bipasha basu informs that she met Salman at a Bodyguard premiere, which he had personally invited her to, she refutes talks of shooting a song in his next venture, Sher Khan.
“I was surprised to read that I am bonding with Salman over text messages and poetry. Let me clarify that I am not into poetry. And until I know the person well, I don’t send text messages,” she retorts.
The Lamhaa (2010) actor accepts that she and Salman — who isn’t on good terms with John —didn’t “speak much” all these years.
“But he was very nice to me at the premiere. I have heard he is doing well after his operation in the US, and I really wish him a speedy recovery,” says Bipasha, adding that she has no idea about the “issues” that existed between Salman and her ex-boyfriend.
As far as her current relationship status goes, the actor insists she’s keen on widening her friend circle now. “Since I’m a
single girl, I will go out and meet new people. I won’t be a person who wraps up work and sits at home.
If anyone spots me meeting new people and later writes about it, I’m ok with that,” says the actor.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Why Mike Scott is Richard Curtis's idol
Why water boys is Richard Curtis's idol.
It's pouring with rain, the waterboys says that I'm standing in a field at the Latitude festival that can probably take 6,000 people, but there are only about 1,000 of us. And one of the greatest pop stars of all time is sitting down at a slightly dinky piano to play one of the greatest pop songs ever written. And it occurs to me, as the raindrops conveniently hide the tears that always fall when I hear The Whole of the Moon, that Mike Scott may not know how great he is any longer, that he may think he's a member of just another band who play gigs from time to time. Which is so completely not true.
Of course, I know no one agrees with no one about nothing in pop. It's a Marmite subject. But I'll lay down my cards at the start: I've listened to a lot of pop and, as the years go by, I'm starting to feel, to my own surprise, that the Waterboys are the next best group after the Beatles. For instance, my two favourite love songs ever are If I Fell and I Love Her, both off A Hard Day's Night. The only comparable two love songs on one record are A Man Is in Love and How Long Will I Love You?, on the Room to Roam album by the Waterboys.
I know there's no consensus on this. Mention the Waterboys to most people and they have a hazy 1980s memory of a song about the moon. What that ignores is that the band – or Mike Scott, who sort of is the band – have gone on making extraordinary music since then. And they are just about to release another great album: An Appointment With Mr Yeats, which sets the Irish poet's words to music – a curious project, of which more later.
To come clean, I don't know that many facts about the band. I know Mike was born in Edinburgh, and sometimes gets criticised for pretending he's Irish. He made two albums of hardcore bluegrass music without lyrics last year. I heard once that he missed his main chance: when he'd written his masterpiece (The Whole of the Moon won the Ivor Novello prize for best song in 1991), apparently he refused to go on Top of the Pops and play it. His attitude was: "Let people find it themselves." The problem is that many didn't.
But the facts and stories aren't what really matter, nor even the man. I don't think I'll ever meet Mike Scott. It's probably best I don't. Like all my real heroes – John Lennon, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan – I suspect he'd despise me, with my big white hair, my large selection of grey jumpers, my four eyes. But I would like to let him hear me say thank you one time. I have loved his music for so long.
When one of the people I loved most died young, we found consolation at the funeral in reading out the lyrics of the beautiful Waterboys song Everlasting Arms:
Lord hold me in your everlasting arms
Enfold me in your everlasting arms
Let striving cease that I may come to rest
In perfect peace renewed and truly blessed
Lord lift me in your everlasting love
Home swiftly in your everlasting love
I'll go to where a temple stands upon a hill
In silence there I'll wait upon your will
In its simple, gentle perfection, that song is a million miles from the "big music", the epic tunes the Waterboys are normally connected with. Which are, incidentally, great. Mike seems to be "an ecstatic": his dreams, aspirations and passions reach the sort of heights I can only muster roughly once a year. If you're ever feeling low on energy and hope, pump up This Is the Sea, Don't Bang the Drum, Love Anyway, or Beverly Penn and life seems worth living again – worth living large.
And then there's The Whole of the Moon. I hope everyone has someone they feel this song is about. For me, it's Bob Geldof, magnificent Bob with all his wildness and passion and instinctive knowledge of what is right and wrong, and the grandeur of his ambitions. He probably hates the Waterboys. That would be typical of the raging, stubborn bastard.
I love the fact it's not a love song. It's about something no other song I know is about: magnificence, someone who's mightier and better than you, who lets you glimpse the biggest picture:
I was grounded, while you flew the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth, you cut through lies
I spoke about wings, you just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried, you just knew.
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon.
Then, away from all the big guns, there's the delicate stuff: simple songs, simply sung, most consistently on the Room to Roam album, and from time to time yet another classic emerges. There are also two or three great songs about God: I'm a committed atheist, but I wish hymns had been as good as this when I was young. And a couple of mysterious songs, such as Strange Boat, that feel like they're about the meaning of life:
We're sailing in a strange boat
Heading for a strange shore
Carrying the strangest cargo
That was ever hauled aboard
Which leads me to the new work: a 14-song album with lyrics by WB Yeats. I approached it with some nervousness, I admit. But I promise you, it's fantastic. Faced by the challenge of Yeats's knotty words, Mike has revived all his best, early tunefulness. He's not gone weird; the words are weird enough. He's gone fully mainstream instead.
Particularly good are the perky Sweet Dancer (sounding like low-tech Bruce Springsteen), the majestic White Birds and the epic September 1913. The irony is that, after nearly 30 years of considering them, I like Mike's words more than Yeats's, and would almost prefer an album of Yeats writing tunes to Mike's lyrics. But since this is how it must be, Billy Yeats being well and truly dead and an infamously bad musician, this is a wonderful album.
When I put on Mike's music, I realise I'm really only living with an intermittent view of the crescent, and he is one of the few people who gives me a glimpse of the whole of the moon. To quote him once more, in his company I feel "my heart beat from the inside out – so lucky just to be alive".
It's pouring with rain, the waterboys says that I'm standing in a field at the Latitude festival that can probably take 6,000 people, but there are only about 1,000 of us. And one of the greatest pop stars of all time is sitting down at a slightly dinky piano to play one of the greatest pop songs ever written. And it occurs to me, as the raindrops conveniently hide the tears that always fall when I hear The Whole of the Moon, that Mike Scott may not know how great he is any longer, that he may think he's a member of just another band who play gigs from time to time. Which is so completely not true.
Of course, I know no one agrees with no one about nothing in pop. It's a Marmite subject. But I'll lay down my cards at the start: I've listened to a lot of pop and, as the years go by, I'm starting to feel, to my own surprise, that the Waterboys are the next best group after the Beatles. For instance, my two favourite love songs ever are If I Fell and I Love Her, both off A Hard Day's Night. The only comparable two love songs on one record are A Man Is in Love and How Long Will I Love You?, on the Room to Roam album by the Waterboys.
I know there's no consensus on this. Mention the Waterboys to most people and they have a hazy 1980s memory of a song about the moon. What that ignores is that the band – or Mike Scott, who sort of is the band – have gone on making extraordinary music since then. And they are just about to release another great album: An Appointment With Mr Yeats, which sets the Irish poet's words to music – a curious project, of which more later.
To come clean, I don't know that many facts about the band. I know Mike was born in Edinburgh, and sometimes gets criticised for pretending he's Irish. He made two albums of hardcore bluegrass music without lyrics last year. I heard once that he missed his main chance: when he'd written his masterpiece (The Whole of the Moon won the Ivor Novello prize for best song in 1991), apparently he refused to go on Top of the Pops and play it. His attitude was: "Let people find it themselves." The problem is that many didn't.
But the facts and stories aren't what really matter, nor even the man. I don't think I'll ever meet Mike Scott. It's probably best I don't. Like all my real heroes – John Lennon, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan – I suspect he'd despise me, with my big white hair, my large selection of grey jumpers, my four eyes. But I would like to let him hear me say thank you one time. I have loved his music for so long.
When one of the people I loved most died young, we found consolation at the funeral in reading out the lyrics of the beautiful Waterboys song Everlasting Arms:
Lord hold me in your everlasting arms
Enfold me in your everlasting arms
Let striving cease that I may come to rest
In perfect peace renewed and truly blessed
Lord lift me in your everlasting love
Home swiftly in your everlasting love
I'll go to where a temple stands upon a hill
In silence there I'll wait upon your will
In its simple, gentle perfection, that song is a million miles from the "big music", the epic tunes the Waterboys are normally connected with. Which are, incidentally, great. Mike seems to be "an ecstatic": his dreams, aspirations and passions reach the sort of heights I can only muster roughly once a year. If you're ever feeling low on energy and hope, pump up This Is the Sea, Don't Bang the Drum, Love Anyway, or Beverly Penn and life seems worth living again – worth living large.
And then there's The Whole of the Moon. I hope everyone has someone they feel this song is about. For me, it's Bob Geldof, magnificent Bob with all his wildness and passion and instinctive knowledge of what is right and wrong, and the grandeur of his ambitions. He probably hates the Waterboys. That would be typical of the raging, stubborn bastard.
I love the fact it's not a love song. It's about something no other song I know is about: magnificence, someone who's mightier and better than you, who lets you glimpse the biggest picture:
I was grounded, while you flew the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth, you cut through lies
I spoke about wings, you just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried, you just knew.
I saw the crescent, you saw the whole of the moon.
Then, away from all the big guns, there's the delicate stuff: simple songs, simply sung, most consistently on the Room to Roam album, and from time to time yet another classic emerges. There are also two or three great songs about God: I'm a committed atheist, but I wish hymns had been as good as this when I was young. And a couple of mysterious songs, such as Strange Boat, that feel like they're about the meaning of life:
We're sailing in a strange boat
Heading for a strange shore
Carrying the strangest cargo
That was ever hauled aboard
Which leads me to the new work: a 14-song album with lyrics by WB Yeats. I approached it with some nervousness, I admit. But I promise you, it's fantastic. Faced by the challenge of Yeats's knotty words, Mike has revived all his best, early tunefulness. He's not gone weird; the words are weird enough. He's gone fully mainstream instead.
Particularly good are the perky Sweet Dancer (sounding like low-tech Bruce Springsteen), the majestic White Birds and the epic September 1913. The irony is that, after nearly 30 years of considering them, I like Mike's words more than Yeats's, and would almost prefer an album of Yeats writing tunes to Mike's lyrics. But since this is how it must be, Billy Yeats being well and truly dead and an infamously bad musician, this is a wonderful album.
When I put on Mike's music, I realise I'm really only living with an intermittent view of the crescent, and he is one of the few people who gives me a glimpse of the whole of the moon. To quote him once more, in his company I feel "my heart beat from the inside out – so lucky just to be alive".
Monday, September 5, 2011
Shahid Kapoor 'confused' in love
Shahid Kapoor 'confused' in love.
The usually calm and reserved Shahid Kapoor is very rarely seen chatting up women and being the party boy.
shahid kapoor pictures
The Bollywood actor recently made a visit to Mumbai-based newspaper office and surprised the staff there with his quips, flirtatious banter and funny qoutes. DNA quizzed the 30-year-old actor about his style and fashion statements such as torn jeans and hoodies, and the actor replied in good humour by saying, "Yaar, main baal ugaa raha hu. Toh, I just use the hood to put them back. A lot of people told me that they see me in the same pair of jeans everywhere. I’m working on it, man, I’m working on it — under Sonam’s Kapoor advice. That there is more to life than torn jeans and tee-shirts."
Sonam Kapoor plays his lady love in dad Pankaj Kapur's directorial venture Mausam, Shaid upcoming release. It might appear to some, but Shahid insists that Sonam is NOT taller.
"No Sonam is not taller than me but I think when she wears these 3 inches heels she becomes taller. Bahut lambi hai yaar…!"
But his non-committal diplomatic answers resurfaced when they asked about his relationship status.
"Main khud nahin jaanta mera kya status hain. Even on Facebook my status is ‘Confused’… ‘It’s Complicated’!"
Here's hoping some pretty young lady comes by to clear his confusion soon...
The usually calm and reserved Shahid Kapoor is very rarely seen chatting up women and being the party boy.
shahid kapoor pictures
The Bollywood actor recently made a visit to Mumbai-based newspaper office and surprised the staff there with his quips, flirtatious banter and funny qoutes. DNA quizzed the 30-year-old actor about his style and fashion statements such as torn jeans and hoodies, and the actor replied in good humour by saying, "Yaar, main baal ugaa raha hu. Toh, I just use the hood to put them back. A lot of people told me that they see me in the same pair of jeans everywhere. I’m working on it, man, I’m working on it — under Sonam’s Kapoor advice. That there is more to life than torn jeans and tee-shirts."
Sonam Kapoor plays his lady love in dad Pankaj Kapur's directorial venture Mausam, Shaid upcoming release. It might appear to some, but Shahid insists that Sonam is NOT taller.
"No Sonam is not taller than me but I think when she wears these 3 inches heels she becomes taller. Bahut lambi hai yaar…!"
But his non-committal diplomatic answers resurfaced when they asked about his relationship status.
"Main khud nahin jaanta mera kya status hain. Even on Facebook my status is ‘Confused’… ‘It’s Complicated’!"
Here's hoping some pretty young lady comes by to clear his confusion soon...
Dia Mirza marry next year
Dia Mirza marry next year. Bollywood actors may be infamous for keeping Dia Mirza wedding plans under the wrap, but actor-turned-producer Dia Mirza is completely candid about her relationship with Sahil Sangha, business partner and director of her first production venture. “Yes, we are dating, and I will marry him soon…may be next year itself!” says the actor.
The 29-year-old, who turned producer, joining hands with actor Zayed Khan and Sahil, to form Born Free Entertainment Pvt Ltd, plays the lead in her maiden production venture, Love Breakups Zindagi that releases on October 7.
The romantic comedy that also stars Zayed, has been directed by beau Sahil, and the actor can't hide her excitement talking about him.
“Sahil is not just a great director but a wonderful human being too. What I like best about him is his honesty and sincerity in whatever he does. He has brought magic into the film,” said Diya in an interview to HT City on the sidelines of an event in Tokyo, Japan, where she was recently invited by the Japan National Tourism Organisation and Japan Airlines to promote tourism between Japan and India.
Dia and Sahil’s moms happen to be good friends but it was Sahil’s wonderful script that had floored the actor.
“We just loved his script and both Zayed and I didn’t want to let it go. It was like…straight from the heart and in Born Free we intent to make movies that we really believe in,” said the actor, adding, “I believe true creativity can happen in an environment of freedom, and that’s why we zeroed on the name ‘Born Free’ too. In fact, during the shoot, Zayed and I sometimes fought like crazy but it was all for the sake of good cinema.”
And what about Shah Rukh’s reported cameo in the movie?
“The film will have a lot of surprises, so just wait and watch,” the actor signed off, refusing to divulge more.
The 29-year-old, who turned producer, joining hands with actor Zayed Khan and Sahil, to form Born Free Entertainment Pvt Ltd, plays the lead in her maiden production venture, Love Breakups Zindagi that releases on October 7.
The romantic comedy that also stars Zayed, has been directed by beau Sahil, and the actor can't hide her excitement talking about him.
“Sahil is not just a great director but a wonderful human being too. What I like best about him is his honesty and sincerity in whatever he does. He has brought magic into the film,” said Diya in an interview to HT City on the sidelines of an event in Tokyo, Japan, where she was recently invited by the Japan National Tourism Organisation and Japan Airlines to promote tourism between Japan and India.
Dia and Sahil’s moms happen to be good friends but it was Sahil’s wonderful script that had floored the actor.
“We just loved his script and both Zayed and I didn’t want to let it go. It was like…straight from the heart and in Born Free we intent to make movies that we really believe in,” said the actor, adding, “I believe true creativity can happen in an environment of freedom, and that’s why we zeroed on the name ‘Born Free’ too. In fact, during the shoot, Zayed and I sometimes fought like crazy but it was all for the sake of good cinema.”
And what about Shah Rukh’s reported cameo in the movie?
“The film will have a lot of surprises, so just wait and watch,” the actor signed off, refusing to divulge more.
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