Kareena Kapoor To Launch Her Dietician’s New Book On January 15

Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor is counted among the fittest actresses in the country and no one can forget her size zero avatar in Tashan. So, when her dietician Rujuta Divekar is planning to launch her latest book, she found Kareena to be the best person for the job.

Bebo has earlier launched Rujuta’s book titled ‘Don’t Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight’. For the latest one, Kareena has also given her voice for the narration of the complementary audio-book, which will be offered with the main book.

Kareena will fly down from Switzerland to launch the book titled ‘Women and the Weight Loss Tamasha’ in Mumbai on 15th January. The actress is now enjoying her holidays with beau Saif Ali Khan. Bebo has also written a personal note for each copy of the book.

The book will deal with on issues like food and everything, related to a woman’s health starting from puberty to marriage to pregnancy and then menopause. Bebo has been part of the entire process of bringing the book in front of the readers

Rujuta added that Kareena is very busy with her film projects, so she never thought the actress can give the narration. But to her surprise, Kareena expressed her desire to narrate her part when she came to know about the audio-book.

Well, that is definitely a nice gesture from Bebo to her dietician!

Shweta Tiwari Wins Bigg Boss

After raising far too many eyebrows along its 14-week run, “Bigg Boss 4″ has ended. With over-the-top cat fights, verbal abuse galore, a much publicised wedding, and romance that was often too intimate for viewers’ comfort, the season did in a way live up to its promise of being bigger. But was it better?

Colors’ “Bigg Boss 4″ had newer attractions, a state-of-the-art house, a live wire host in Bollywood star Salman Khan, interesting contestants, including two from Pakistan, and special appearances by film stars.

Season four saw incessant verbal abuses hurled over trivial matters, a sensation caused by the televised wedding of participant, actress Sara Khan with her beau Ali Merchant, and then the government hauling it up for “offending good taste”.

It started with 14 contestants, including Mumbai terror attack accused Mohammad Ajmal Kasab’s former lawyer Abbas Kazmi; thief-turned-detective Devinder Singh alias Superchor Bunty; actor Ashmit Patel, who was involved in an MMS scandal; former dacoit Seema Parihar and filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s son Rahul Bhatt, who was friends with terror operative David Headley, accused of scouting targets for Mumbai attack.

There were two contestants from Pakistan – actress and former girlfriend of fast bowler Mohammed Asif, Veena Malik, and cross-dressing diva and television personality Begum Nawazish Ali, apart from Indian TV actresses, Shweta Tiwari and Sara Khan, former MTV “Splitsvilla” contestant Sakshi Pradhan and model Aanchal Kumar, who hardly managed to raise the glamour quotient.

Others who participated in the competition of survival in a secluded house without any communication with the outside world, were Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari, model-turned-actor Sameer Soni and model Hrishant Goswami, later joined by WWE wrestler, The Great Khali and subsequently by the boisterous Dolly Bindra.

Hollywood bombshell Pamela Anderson was flown in to raise the mercury level as a special guest for three days on the already heated show!

This season courted quite a few controversies and troubles – starting Day 1 with Superchor Bunty’s ouster following unruly behaviour in the house. Then followed objections by the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) against inclusion of Pakistani celebrities on the show.

The entry of The Great Khali, whose humungous size of 7′1 and heavy voice, sent jitters down the spine of other contestants. The atmosphere in the “Bigg Boss 4″ house was quite calm, cool and friendly until Dolly Bindra made a wildcard entry, and shook the atmosphere with her loud and overbearing nature.

Abuses, fights and melodrama became a way of life after Dolly and Shweta began to settle personal scores violently. The fights got others like Ashmit, Sameer, Khali, Veena, Sara and Manoj involved too. In fact, Sameer and Dolly were asked to leave the show for their bad behaviour, only to return a few days later.

Where illwill was flourishing between many, romance was also in full bloom with Rahul-Aanchal’s silent chemistry, Veena’s one-sided attraction for Hrishant as well as Ashmit and Sara’s growing closeness there for the public to see.

The Ashmit-Sara angle didn’t last long – how could it when her long time beau Ali Merchant entered the show and proposed marriage to her. The two were set to say ‘kabool hai’ on national TV – but even that was replete with controversy.

The show was in a mess as the Sara-Ali love story took an ugly twist when Sara’s family claimed that both Sara and Ali were already married, and a petition was filed in court against them for cheating the public.

Then the information and broadcasting ministry stepped in. The ministry sent a notice to Colors for “offending good taste” and for the use of vulgar language in the show, and even went to the extent of asking it to shift the telecast time after 11 p.m.

Meanwhile, love was brewing elsewhere too – Veena changed loyalties and shifted focus to Ashmit, who willingly reciprocated. The two cosied up under a blanket, kissed and hugged each other often and shared sweet nothings, until Veena had to bid goodbye to the show.

After Sameer’s elimination in the 13th week – four candidates remained – the consistent Shweta, loud mouthed Dolly, confused and restless Ashmit and The Great Khali.

But it was Shweta who finally emerged the winner and walked away with the trophy and a cash prize of Rs.1 crore at a befitting, star-studded finale.

All in all, a controversial – yet entertaining season of “Bigg Boss”!

Film director files cheating case against Bollywood actress Tulip Joshi

Kochi, Jan 8 (IANS) Film director Sohan Roy said Saturday he has filed a cheating case against Bollywood actress Tulip Joshi for not completing the shooting for his film 'Dam 999' despite taking part of her remuneration amounting to Rs.8.5 lakh.
'The actress asked for half of the payment (Rs.7 lakh) before the film. Biz TV Network also paid her Rs.1.5 lakh as the installment for the first schedule. The actress came and shot for two days and then just left. Tulip was asked to return the payment and settle the matter, but we haven't heard from her,' said a press release, issued from the office of Roy, along with a copy of the FIR that has been registered at the Kalamassery Police Station.
'Dam 999', a tribute to the victims of the 1975 Banqiao dam disaster in China, is getting closer for release as its shooting has been completed.
It will be released in both English and Malayalam shortly.
The cast includes National Award-winning actor Rajit Kapur, Ashish Vidyarthi, Linda Arsenio, Joshua Fredric Smith, Jaala Pickering, Megha Burman, Vimala Raman, Vinay Rai and Jineet Rath.
Megha Burman has now replaced Tulip Joshi for the role of Razia, a Pakistani character in the film.
The film is produced by Middle East-based Marine BizTV and directed by Roy, CEO of Aries Telecasting Limited, the parent company of Marine BizTV in Dubai.
Tulip is best remembered for her role in 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai', her debut movie opposite Jimmy Shergill.

Kate Moss earns £7m by winding up Skate Enterprises

Kate Moss reportedly earned 7 million pounds in December last year by winding up one of her companies.

The windfall was on top of the 6.1 million pounds she earned last year – which had already made her the third highest-paid model in the world, reports the Sun.

The 36-years-old beauty set up private firm Skate Enterprises in 1993 to take in all her modelling fees.

She decided to close it in 2008 due to tax law changes, but its complex finances meant it was only finalised last month.

Kate drew 69,885.65 pounds for each of her 100 shares – a total of 6.9million pounds.

Documents lodged with Companies House also showed the firm had to pay 1.25million pounds in tax. (ANI)

J-Woww asks court to stop Tom Lippolis from leaking nude pics

‘Jersey Shore’ star J-Woww has filed an order to show cause at Nassau County Supreme Court after her ex Tom Lippolis tried to sell unflattering naked pictures of her.

Lippolis said J-Woww, whose real name is Jenni Farley, filed the suit to avoid the world seeing her before she was cleaned up by plastic surgery, reports RadarOnline.com.

“Before she had her second breast augmentation, she was uneven, scarred, deformed and had tons of cellulite,” the New York Daily News quoted the Lippolis as saying.

The allegations came hours after the premiere of the third season of “Jersey Shore,” a show in which J-Woww is known for showing off her breats with some questionable clothing choices. In one episode of the show last season, she appeared wearing nothing but stickers over her nipples and a mesh top.

That’s a huge change from what Lippolis claimed he has captured on camera.

“There were 2-inch scars on her nipples, and after the surgery, they had stretched the skin and removed the scars,” he said.

While Farley hasn’t publicly commented on the allegations of the botched boob job, her lawyers did send Lippolis a letter in December suggesting that he was in possession of “derogatory” material about the reality star.

Lippolis said the whole thing is just over Farley’s resistance to pay him for the unpaid wages he claims she owes for his duties as her manager.

The two broke up last year after Lippolis claimed the reality star cheated on him.

“She is just upset because I have this over her head,” he added. (ANI)

Shahid Kapoor Disappoints Audience Of Awards Night

Shahid Kapoor was the biggest disappointment at a recently held awards function in Mumbai. No, not because he failed to secure any awards for his performances, but because he failed to perform at all! According to reports in the media, Shahid Kapoor botched the lines that he was supposed to speak out as the host of the event that will be broadcast on television. But there was apparently no problem because the King Khan of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan took care to cover up the faults of his co host Shahid Kapoor.

If reports are to be believed, Shahid Kapoor was not present at the rehearsals of the awards event in which Shah Rukh Khan made it a point to come and therefore could not deliver his lines at the required time. It was SRK who applied his trademark spontaneity and wit for 45 minutes out of the 1 hour that was allotted to the Shah Rukh Khan – Shahid Kapoor duo. But the Bollywood Badshah did not mind at all, rather he was more than supportive because Shahid Kapoor could not make it to the rehearsals as he failed to avail a flight from fog laden Chandigarh. Shah Rukh Khan also encouraged Shahid Kapoor to concentrate more on his solo act rather than worrying about their duet.

Whether Shahid Kapoor’s ignorance was very prominent may be deciphered when the awards event will be broadcast on television.

Deepika Padukone to attend Imran Khan’s pre wedding bash

Bollywood heartthrob Imran Khan, who has kept his pre-wedding rituals a complete family affair, is expected to have his movie “Break-Ke Baad” co-star and friend actress Deepika Padukone to be part of the ceremony.

Imran is tying the knot with his childhood sweetheart Avantika Malik Jan 10.

“Being a Mehndi and Sangeet ceremony, it would be a complete family affair and no Bollywood actors are to be seen today (Saturday). Only Deepika, Imran’s close friend, is expected to be part of the ceremony,” said a statement by his publicist.

The family, which includes Imran’s parents Anil Pal and Nuzhat Khan, uncle actor Aamir Khan with wife Kiran Rao and children Junaid and Ira, among others, would be present during the ceremony.

The ceremony would conclude with a night-long party, which would start at around 9 p.m.