Pink, Carey Hart enjoy a romantic weekend

Agencies - May 18, 2009

It seems Pink and husband Carey Hart do not believe in wasting any time, as just days after announcing that they are back together, they were spotted enjoying a romantic weekend together.

The couple enjoyed a lunch together and looked very happy to be with each other.

“They looked very much in love and happy to be back together. The way Carey treated Pink was so sweet. He was a gentleman and even opened the car door for her,” People magazine quoted a source as saying.

“Carey kept caressing her back. They looked very much in love,” the source added.

Though the couple were spotted without their wedding rings, they looked very content to be in each other’s company.

“Pink looked very happy and Carey couldn’t keep his hands off her. Carey kept stroking her back as he walked Pink back to her car after their organic lunch. They acted very affectionate and Carey seemed very protective,” the source added.

Source: http://www.freshnews.in

Hanks, Hathaway make special appearance on Saturday Night Live finale

Agencies - May 18, 2009

Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, and Green Day came together for a special appearance marking finale of comedy show ‘Saturday Night Live’.

The stars joined show guest host Will Ferrell for a rendition of Billy Joel’’s Goodnight Saigon during a comedy sketch about a man scarred by a vacation to Vietnam, reports Contactmusic.

The supergroup also consisted actor Paul Rudd and Elisabeth Moss, who is engaged to show star Fred Armisen along with

The skit served as the climax of the season finale.

While Green Day was the show’s musical guest, Hanks portrayed himself as a contestant on a celebrity edition of U.S. game show Jeopardy

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Akshay Kumar arrested for obscene behaviour

Agencies - May 18, 2009

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was arrested and later released on bail for allegedly indulging in obscene behaviour during a fashion show in March here. 

"Akshay, who arrived in Mumbai from abroad, surrendered before the police today. He was accompanied by his lawyer," a senior police officer said. 

"He was then arrested under section 294 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code for his alleged obscene behaviour," the officer added. 

Akshay's wife Twinkle was also arrested under the same charges last month and immediately released on bail.  

Akshay Kumar, his wife Twinkle and the organiser were booked after an "unbuttoning" act during the Lakme India Fashion week. 

Twinkle had unbuttoned Akshay's jeans in public when he asked her to do so while he was on the ramp. 

A Mumbai-based social worker had lodged a police complaint against Akshay, Twinkle and the organisers for his alleged obscene behaviour in public.

Source: http://www.screenindia.com

Shakila Zafar celebrates 30 years of music

By Ariful islam Mithu - May 18, 2009

Celebrating thirty years in the music scene, noted singer Shalika Zafar delighted the audiences by performing in a solo musical programme.

Amra Surjomukhi, a cultural organisation, arranged the programme at the auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum on Saturday evening. Eminent cultural personality Syed Hasan Imam inaugurated the programme while journalist Rahat Khan was present as the chief guest.

 Noted lyricist Shahidullah Farazi, media personality Atiqul Haque Chowdhury, Shakila Zafar’s present music teacher Sanjib Dey, actor Dr Enamul Huq, dance artiste Shamim Ara Nipa, and Shafiqul Islam Salim of Amra Suryamukhi among others was present at the ceremony. Shakila Zafar started performing with a raag song along with her current Ustad, Sanjib Dey.

Later, Shakila rendered some songs of her own choice including two Nazrul songs, Bone chole bono mali and Kholo kholo duar. Later she sang some popular modern songs, like, Jaagi eka nijhum rate, and Kije tumi chau. As a response to the requests of the audiences Shakila also sang some additional songs including Bondhuder bhalobasia kandi.

She performed the first song of her career Tare bolbo amar monar katha which she had sung along with Fatema Tuz Zohra and later performed a few playback numbers like Morone tare pabe, and Patharer prithebite ache hriday.

She also presented songs on request by the audience such as Bhulite parina tare bhola jayna, Tumi mistikore ektu bolo along with some Tagore songs like Amar bela je jay sanjh belata and Aj jotsna raate.

She concluded her performance by singing the romantic number, Tumi amar pratham shakal. Shakila was accompanied by Biswajit Sarkar on tabla, Richard Kishore on bass guitar, Zahid Hossein on keyboards, Hanif on octopad, and Monir Hussein Tutul on lead guitar. ‘She is a fantastic singer and I enjoyed the show thoroughly,’ said Shahidul Alam, a service holder after the show.

Mahmuda Khatun, a senior school teacher told New Age, ‘I am overwhelmed after seeing the programme. Moreover, her gestures and smile create an impact when she sings. I have really enjoyed it.’

Source: http://www.newagebd.com

MTV Awards show to air 'New Moon' preview

United Press International - May 18, 2009 

New York -- Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are to present a preview of their film "New Moon" at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, Calif.

"The never-before-seen clip is a first look at the much-anticipated next installment in the Summit Entertainment ('Twilight Saga') vampire film franchise that became a pop-culture phenomenon," MTV said in a news release Monday. "MTV will continue to increase the star power as movie megastars Sandra Bullock, Dwayne Johnson, Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Thomas Lennon, Danny McBride and Sofia Vassilieva are added to the growing list of Hollywood's hottest names to hand out popcorn awards this year."

The stars join the list of previously revealed presenters Denzel Washington, Cameron Diaz, Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Vanessa Hudgens, Leighton Meester, Jonah Hill and Lil Wayne. The prize presentation is to be broadcast live from the Gibson Amphitheatre May 31, MTV said.

Source: http://www.themoneytimes.com

Jon & Kate Celebrate Sextuplets' Birthday Together

By Cristina Gibson - May 18, 2009

Jon, Kate, their eight, a certain bodyguard and a TLC camera crew all convened this weekend for a belated birthday bash.

Cameras rolled as the Gosselin sextuplets were feted by the whole family and hangers-on Saturday—nearly a week after they turned 5 on May 10. First, Kate took all eight kids to Party City in Reading, Pa., to stock up on streamers, balloons, candy and two piñatas.

Although Jon didn't join them on that outing, he showed up for Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel's party at the Blue Falls Grove Water Park. Also present and accounted for was security dude Steve Neild, who's been accused of guarding Kate's body a little too closely.

Not on the guest list for the kids' party? DeAnna Hummel, whom Jon was spotted stepping out with. Both Jon and Kate have denied any cheating. But while the family appeared all hunky-dory for the cameras, Us Weekly reports the two parents left in separate cars.

Their hit TLC series returns May 25...We know we'll be watching.

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Amitabh Bachchan mourns Prakash Mehra's death

Agencies - May 18, 2009

‘An entire era of cinema passed away with him,’ that's how superstar Amitabh Bachchan remembered his mentor director Prakash Mehra. 

Mehra, who passed away on Sunday after multiple organ failure, gave Bachchan his first success and the much loved 'Angry Young Man' image through blockbuster film 'Zanjeer'. The duo later delivered back to back hits like 'Laawaris', 'Muquaddar ka Sikander' and 'Sharabi'. 

"Prakash Mehra passed away early this morning. An entire era of cinema and my association with him passed away with him," Bachchan wrote in his blog. 

Ironically, it was through Bachchan's blog that public first came to know about Mehra's illness a fortnight ago. Bachchan and Mehra were one of the most successful actor-director duo in the 70s and gave some memorable hits together. 

"A long fruitful and incredible period of his remarkable films that he did with me, flashed past. His first meeting with me at Raj Kamal studio where he had come to cast me in 'Zanzeer' in 1971 right through to the mid 80's, year after year of unbelievable successes," the superstar added. 

It was widely reported that Mehra had a fallout with the actor after their last film 'Jaadugar' failed at the box office but the actor had dismissed the allegations in his blog. Talking about their last movie together, Bachchan said, "He had always maintained that the day I cannot make a successful film with you I shall stop working with you. He never did anything after 'Jaadugar'". 

The actor said Mehra was a "simple man who had the capacity to narrate great stories through the medium of cinema in the most simple manner".  Bachchan remembered him as a "writer, a lyricist, a musician" saying, "He added all these qualities to his creativity behind the camera and gave me some of my most challenging roles."  The mega star also rued the fact that Mehra was never recognised for his contribution to the cinema. 

"Never rewarded by any institution. And never sought one either. His films have lived out longer than him. A true mark of excellence. A friend and a colleague, gone forever," Bachchan wrote.

Source: http://www.screenindia.com

Eva Longoria's starry tantrums at Cannes

Agencies -May 18, 2009

Eva Longoria could not keep aside her starry tantrums when she asked the Cannes beach to be shut down while she enjoyed a lunch with husband Tony Parker at a restaurant. 

The 34-year-old 'Desperate Housewives' star demanded that the nearby private beach was closed while the couple had lunch at the La Plage Vitamin Water restaurant, the ‘Daily Mail’ online reported. Longoria and husband Parker arrived Friday for the screening of the film 'Bright Star' at the French Film festival. 

"Eva insisted the staff put screens around her table to shield her from the crowds who had gathered to watch," a source told the newspaper. 

"Mariah Carey and Patricia Arquette were laughing at the fuss she made," the source said adding, "Eva touched nothing other than a vitamin water."

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Jaisa Ka Taisa delights audience

Rahad Abir - May 18, 2009

A four day ‘Comedy Festival’ organised by the Dhaka-based theatre group ‘Swagatam Theatre’ is being held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Bagicha that started on Friday.

‘Swagatam Theatre’ is celebrating their seventeenth founding anniversary.On Sunday, the second day of the festival, ‘Theatre School Praktoni’ staged the play ‘Jaisa Ka Taisa’ directed by Bhaswar Bandapadhay. The play is written by legendary Bengali playwright and director Girish Chandra Ghosh, based on a play by Moliere.

 The story of ‘Jaisa Ka Taisa’ centres around a girl named Ratan, the only child of a single wealthy parent. But as her father is a miser and he doesn’t want his daughter to get married, because he has to give dowry. Then the maid servant, the only mate of Ratan, plays some tricks. At the end Ratan gets married to her lover.

The duration of the play is one hour. Though it is a comedy it has some satirical elements as well. The play delighted the audience thoroughly and the artistes performed well. However, many a viewers expected a better performance from the character Ratan, as she portrays the heart of the story.

Today, on the concluding day, the organisers will arrange a discussion and a cultural programme along with staging another play titled ‘Harkipte’ based on a drama by Anisul Haque. The programme will start at 5:00pm at the National Theatre Hall.

Source: http://www.newagebd.com

'Angels and Demons' to release on May 29 in India

Agencies - May 18, 2009

Tom Hanks starrer 'Angels and Demons' is all set to hit the theatres in India on May 29th after getting the green signal from censor board, the distributors said. 

The highly anticipated prequel to 2006 hit 'Da Vinci Code' was earlier scheduled to release on May 15 in India but "due to some censor formalities and requirements" its release date was pushed further, said Kercy Daruwala, MD, Sony Pictures Entertainment, who are marketing and releasing the film in India. 

"We are hopeful of getting the censor certificate in the next few days and then after the censor process will take a few more days to clear another three dubbed versions of the movie," Daruwala said in a statement here. Ron Howard directed film is an adaptation of author Dan Brown's religious-mystery. 

Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard professor and symbologist Robert Langdon in the movie, which also stars 'Trainspotting' actor Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgaard and Armin Mueller-Stahl among the supporting cast. The film will release in four languages-- English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu ¿ across the country. 

The makers are hoping to cash in on the long drought of Bollywood films in theatres due to the producers-distributors strike. The film was released in US on May 15.

Source: http://www.screenindia.com

Rachel Weisz never uses a body double

Agencies - May 18, 2009

Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz has said that she is confident about her body to appear naked in her latest film 'Agora' and that she never uses a body double. 

The 38-year-old actress plays a real-life 4th century Greek philosopher and astronomer named Hypatia in the film, ‘Daily Mail’ online reported. The film is a love triangle between Weisz, Max Minghella who plays the devoted slave of Hypatia (Weisz) and Oscar Isaac, who stars as one of her students. 

'The Mummy' actress was in Cannes to attend the screening of her film at the occasion said that she felt fit enough to do all her own nude scenes in the movie. Asked if a body double was used she said, "Absolutely not. It was all me, never even thought of using a double," the actress said. 

'Agora' also takes up the issue of religious persecution and how Christian zealots of that time treated women.  Weisz said that the film was also an echo of how women are treated today in some Middle Eastern countries. 

'Women are still treated as second class citizens, they are denied education. There are many countries where women are treated badly,' Weisz said.

The actress attended the film's premiere at the French Film Festival in a revealing thigh-splitting green gown.

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