Saturday, August 27, 2011

Hilary Swank is a spin class fan

At 37, actress Hilary Swank can easily flaunt a bikini, and she has her fitness regime to thank for it.

The actress was pictured on the Hawaiian island of Kauai wearing a skimpy black two-piece with her long-time agent and boyfriend John Campisi, dailymail reported.

When the Los Angeles-based girl is not on a holiday, Swank works hard at maintaining her figure with rigorous workout sessions. She wakes up at the crack of dawn most days and heads to Santa Monica for an hour-long workout.

She often meets her personal trainer for a gruelling session, including a mix of boxing and sparring and free weights.

"She is also a big fan of the spin class," a fellow gym-goer said.

"Hilary just looks incredible. She is tiny and so toned. Everyone looks at her with these envious eyes, but when it comes to her exercise she is not the one to hold back. She goes for it full throttle," said the source.

James Bond shoot stalled in India

The shooting of a new James Bond movie in India has been stalled after the production house couldn't get the permission to shoot.

The makers of the movie, tentatively titled Bond 23, wanted to shoot high-speed stunts on the Indian Railways. However, they could not get the permissions due to safety issues and as a result director Sam Mendes is now looking for alternative locations.

"It has been one thing after another. The scenes are very ambitious and we’re all just desperate to get started but there have been obstacles at every stage,” mirror.co.uk quoted a production insider as saying.

India’s railways minister Dinesh Trivedi has now decided to “look into the matter”, but added: “I can’t jeopardize the safety of passengers.”

The shooting is likely to move to South Africa, where producers already have permission to shoot some scenes, but not until January.

Salman breathes and eats cinema | Bodyguard will release Aug 31

Director Siddique says he loved working with "dedicated" Bollywood star Salman Khan in Bodyguard, and would be more than glad to work with him again.

But he has clarified that he hasn't signed any new film with the actor as yet. "I haven't signed any more films here in Bollywood. But I would love to work with Salman. I have a project in mind, but we haven't spoken about it or finalised anything on it," Siddique told IANS.

The southern director is all praises for Salman. "Salman is very passionate about his work. He is very fit and strict about his workout regime. He literally breathes and eats cinema, by that I mean that he thinks about cinema 24 hours. In all the months that we worked, not even for a minute did I see him tired or restless. He is a very dedicated actor," Siddique said.

Bodyguard will release Aug 31, but Salman will miss it as he leaves on Saturday for the US for treatment of a medical condition that causes him unbearable pain in the head, jaws and cheeks.

Aamir Khan in Ramlila Maidan with Anna Hazare to Support him

Today, Aamir Khan in Ramlila Maidan with Anna Hazare to Support him.

Aamir, who left Mumbai on Saturday morning, was expected to break his ramzan fast at the Ramlila Maidan with other Anna supporters.

Aamir's appearance is likely to give a boost to Anna's movement.

Aamir is believed to be the brain behind Hazare's call to the people to protest outside MPs' homes for a strong Lokpal Bill. The actor, reportedly, also wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to give in to Hazare's demands.

Earlier in the day, famous playback singer Sonu Nigam also visited Ramlila Maidan and met Hazare. He enthralled the crowd with his songs.

Nargis Fakhri takes Ranbir Kapoor for a ride

Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri
Ranbir Kapoor had the fright of his life when he had to shoot a bike sequence with newbie Nargis Fakhri in Rockstar.

Ranbir was required to ride pillion with Nargis. Since Nargis had never ridden one, Imtiaz asked his team to teach Nargis. To everyone's surprise, after just half an hour of practice, Nargis claimed that she was ready for the shot. Ranbir expressed his concern - wondering how Nargis could learn riding a bike in just 30 minutes.

However, once the shoot commenced, Ranbir realized that Nargis was indeed a fast learner and was handling the bike quite comfortably, he eventually relaxed and even enjoyed his short spin with Nargis. For a change, RK was taken for a ride!

Kareena Kapoor sari tales

Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor has always been partial to chiffon sarees as can be seen in these photographs.

The actress who believes that chiffon sarees are easily the sexiest outfit a woman on screen can wear

says she and her designer Manish Malhotra have made Bodyguard special, especially in the songs by wearing chiffon saries.

Kareena says that even in 3 Idiots she worn the chiffon sari in the rain song and got compliments galore for the same. When it comes to making a style statement on screen, nothing works better than chiffon saris,'' says the size zero girl, who looks good in everything from a bikini to a sari.

Model Katie Price reveals her secrets in new magazine

Jordan has confessed why she’s wearing a sparkler on her engagement finger – and it’s not because she’s planning to tie the knot again.

The glamour model reveals the bizarre truth in her new mag Katie – soon to be seen in a newsagent near you.

A quick scan of an advance copy of the £3.99 glossy publication is truly eye-opening stuff for fans of the 33-year-old.

Currently in Marbella with boyfriend Leandro Penna, Katie reveals she’d love to marry “someone very special”, but admits the ring on her engagement finger is just because “I like my rings to be symmetrical, so I’ll only wear rings on my ring fingers”.

There’s also a step-by-step guide to the perfect Sunday roast – “buy cauliflower cheese ready-made and stick it in a dish” – followed by fascinating features on our heroine’s pets, cars, body art and favourite fruit smoothie.

Next, readers of the 115-page Katie: My Magazine are treated to her turning agony aunt to solve the woes of 18-year-old Ben, who fancies his girlfriend’s mum.

And later we discover her favourite smell is “sweaty horse”.

In Getting Ready For A Party, Katie gets in a plug for her book, Standing Out, alongside 14 photos of her shampooing, blow-drying and curling her locks and then applying mascara.
A pair of KP exclusives sees the mum-of-three interview TOWIE “stars” Lauren Pope and Kirk Norcross.

Then, Things You Might Not Know About Me (really?) tells about her OCD – “I can’t just leave one Rice Krispie in the bowl: there has to be two” – and her love of Balderdash, Monopoly and the junior version of Trivial Pursuits. “I still don’t know any of the answers,” she admits.

My Pets shows Katie, aka Jordan, getting cuddly with various four-legged friends and, saving the best till last, pages 80 and 81 showcase Inside My Bathroom Cabinet. Yes, finally, we learn that Katie likes bath salts, bath oils, bubble bath and wears a “bath hat”.

Naturally, there are plugs for her novels, perfumes, equestrian range, fake tan, clothing and false lashes, and a spread about her reality TV show.

Plus with ads from Cadbury, Galaxy, Kinder and Wrigley, her latest brainchild is expected to net her an annual £370,000 profit.

So, she may struggle with Junior Trivial Pursuitz but Katie Price is nobody’s fool.

My hubby's my enemy: Manisha Koirala

Bollywood Actress Manisha Koirala's marriage to Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal is back in the news. Six months into the marriage, Manya announced on her social networking page that she was contemplating divorce from Dahal, seven years her junior, and hoped her parents wouldn't be angry.

She later deleted the post saying she had written it in a fit of anger, but the cracks in the marriage had appeared for all to see. Although she stressed that everything was fine with her marriage later, on Thursday the actress once again posted a message on her profile saying, "My husband has become my enemy... how much worst (sic) can it become for a women (sic)?"

We wonder if this message too will be retracted soon, or is the marriage over for good this time? Manisha was unavailable for comment.

Anna Hazare fervour takes over Bollywood events

Mumbai: The Anna Hazare wave seems to be sweeping through Bollywood events as well.

When Chief of Army Staff V K Singh met film personalities on Wednesday evening to talk about their role in redesigning India, the discussion apparently diverted to a debate on corruption and how to fight it. "We ended up discussing Anna Hazare and corruption that are the current hot topics of the nation," film distributor Shyam Shroff said. Even the music launch of Mumbai Chi Porgi Mona on Tuesday looked like an Anna show. Film writer Dilip Thakur said, "I have never seen a film event where the national anthem was sung. Jagjit Singh, who was the chief guest at the event, walked in wearing a 'Mee Anna Hazare' cap."

Bollywood veterans claim that the formation of the Janata Party and V P Singh quitting the Congress were the two other political events that overshadowed the tinsel town world.

Thakur added, "Bollywood is often blamed for shirking social responsibility but Anna Hazare's fight against corruption has brought everyone together and express his views on it."

There have been events where actors Dev Anand and Naseeruddin Shah declined to comment on Anna. A source said, "They didn't want their show to turn into an Anna Hazare event and so, they avoided making any statement. But in every production office and film set, all that people can talk about is when would Anna break his fast.''

Although cinema halls are showing low occupancy and it is not related to Anna Hazare Vishal Anand, head of operations of Fun Cinemas said, the mood for entertainment is definitely not buoyant right now. The movies at the box office is not going to strong because of lack of strong content and secondly the mind space of people is being occupied with what is happening around them and with Anna Hazare's fast. People in some way or the other have connected with the movement .''

Movies will get a strong starting with Eid and release of Bodyguard and hopefully there will be a headway in talks to make it a double celebration for all of us.''

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