Akshay Kumar donates Rs 2cr for ice hockey

Actor Akshay Kumar is leaving no stone unturned to promote his first international production, Speedy Singhs or Breakaway (international title), with ice hockey as the backdrop. So, after dismissing reports that he is not planning to donate Rs 2 crore to the Ice Hockey Association of India (ICHAOI), Kumar has actually ended up donating over £250,000 (Rs1.9 crore) to the association.

“Akshay has donated over £250,000 to the Ice Hockey Association in India to promote the sport in the country,” confirmed his spokesperson on Tuesday. 

The actor, who will make a cameo appearance in Speedy Singhs, had however completely dismissed reports of this donation during his visit to the Capital on Monday. “It is not true. We will try to do something for ice hockey but not in this manner. Just wait as you will soon hear about it in the right way,” he had said.

Well, Kumar surely loves his country and that is reflected not only through his love for Indian sports but also through his loyalties towards Bollywood. “I’m very happy acting in Hindi films right now. Though I’m producing an international project, I’m not thinking of acting in Hollywood right now,” says the 44-year-old, adding, “When I started my production house, I hadn’t thought that I would be producing an international film one day.”

The actor also spoke about his affiliation towards sports’ films. “I’m more inclined towards sports’ films. But, this film is not just about ice hockey, it is an emotional father-son story. People will love watching the Punjabi culture showed in the film ,” he said. When asked if he fears any competition from Shahid Kapoor starrer Mausam, which also releases on Sept 23, he said, “Both the films are very different from each other. I hope both films do well.”

Katie Price: 'I get caught up in things'

The glamour model formerly known as Jordan is scouting for a protégée to mould in her image. But surely one Katie Price is more than enough? She talks, with refreshing candour, to Stella magazine.

I first encounter Katie Price in the bowels of the Café de Paris, the once-legendary haunt near Leicester Square in London. 

In days gone by it was a rather louche place, a celebrity hangout, somewhere to be seen. Today it is hosting the final of Katie Price’s new television show, Signed by Katie Price, in which the 33-year-old looks for a model to sign to her new agency, Black Sheep. 

Over the weeks the contestants have been taking part in Apprentice-style tasks and Price has whittled them down to two finalists. 

Today the pair are promoting their own 'celebrity’ perfume. At the end of the day Price and two other judges (television producer Glen Middleham and casting director Bayo Furlong) will decide the winner.

I’d like to say it’s exciting. I’d like to say the tension is high – but it isn’t. 

It’s very hot in the basement. Members of the film crew are milling around. Intermingled with them are the former contestants. 

The girls, who are heavily made-up, wear clothes the size of bandages. The boys are camper than Julian Clary. Then, just as everyone’s energy has started to lag, Katie Price appears on stage. 

They just stare at her. There she is: Katie Price, aka Jordan, in towering heels, a tiny, tight black dress, teeth whiter than a porcelain plate, fake tan, uplifted boobs, cinched-in waist, false eyelashes, make-up caked on her face, and lots and lots of teased hair cascading down her back. 

People gasp, clap and cheer.This girl, this not particularly remarkable girl whose biggest assets are – let’s be honest – her boobs and a pretty face, has somehow turned herself into an icon. 

Some people think she’s a good thing – a living, breathing emblem of in-yer-face girl power; others think that with her fake-everything and out-of-control love life she has denigrated what it means to be a female. 

She’s a businesswoman worth £40 million-plus, a horse-mad country girl who struck gold. 

She’s hard-faced, hard-nosed, surrounded by yes-people – yet she’s continually having her heart broken by men. She is also, according to her, a loyal friend, a fiercely supportive mother. 

Whatever she is, we all think we know her. 'The Pricey’, as she has taken to calling herself, has somehow become part of our national identity. 

A week later I am sitting with The Pricey in a plush hotel in Soho. She looks entirely different from the coiffed version of the week before. 

Back then, on stage, putting the contestants through their paces, she seemed as tough as nails – mouthy, defensive, constantly fiddling with her uncomfortable dress, staring at everyone as if challenging them to a duel.
'Why do you want to be famous?’ she asked the contestants in her distinctive voice, Sarf London-meets-Essex.
'Do you know what it is? It’s hell.’ She then rolled her eyes as the audience whooped. 

'I just want to be like you,’ the girl contestant said. 

'No you don’t!’ The Pricey retorted. 

Today she is much more relaxed. She looks about 10 years younger. Her hair is long and straight. She has very little make-up on and is wearing white, ripped jeans, brown boots and a T-shirt, She is – and always was – a very pretty girl. 

'D’ya know, when I was at school no one thought I was pretty,’ she says. 'I used to tell everyone I was going to be famous but everyone used to laugh at me.’ 

But famous she is. She’s a one-woman, money-making machine. Her books, of which there are 45, including her autobiographies, novels and children’s stories, sell by the cartload. 

'No one wanted to know when I first suggested I did an autobiography,’ she says. 'I got turned down by everyone but then John Blake said he’d publish me. I made a fortune for him! 

'Then he signed Jodie Marsh to do a book. I’m very loyal but how dare he! She was supposed to be a rival of mine!’ 

Price then jumped ship to Random House and has made the company a fortune. 

'Yeah, they are very popular, my books,’ she says. She’s quite happy to give credit to her ghost-writer, Rebecca Farnworth. 'I think of the plot; Rebecca writes them,’ she says. 

Her television programmes, of which there have been many, are watched by hundreds of thousands of fans.
We’ve all seen her life, warts and all. How, then, can she complain about media intrusion? 

'Yeah, I know,’ she says, 'but that don’t mean those photographers should camp outside my house. I deserve some privacy, don’t I?’ 

Yet she seems to be hopeless at running her private life. She’s had loads of boyfriends, including the pop singers Gareth Gates and Dane Bowers, all of whom she writes about in her autobiographies. 

She’s had two marriages – to the singer Peter Andre, the father of two of her three children – and to Alex Reid, a cage fighter. 

She is now going out with Leandro Penna, an Argentine television presenter who speaks very basic English.
She met him at a party in America earlier this year and he now lives with her. He goes everywhere with her. He’s here today – tall, dark, handsome, smiling sweetly at everyone and looking utterly confused. 

Price tells me he’s brilliant with her kids. 'He takes them riding. He’s really good at riding. He played polo in Argentina.’ Leandro nods at me and smiles. He must be the ultimate male accessory: a good-looking man you don’t have to talk to. 

When I first met her seven years ago Price was just pregnant with Junior, her son with Andre. She was accompanied by her PR, who represented Andre too, and Price was very muted. 

'I bet every time I went to say something, they told me not to say it?’ 

Yes, they did. 

'Yeah, well, I’m not with them anymore,’ says Price. CAN Associates and Price severed their relationship when she and Peter Andre broke up. 

'It wasn’t great,’ she says of that period, when the world turned against the partying Price, who was in Ibiza getting drunk and misbehaving. 

'But really I don’t care what people write about me. I got over that years ago, you know?’ 

Then she leans towards me. 'How do you think I am now?’ she says in a challenging fashion. She looks at me. 'You answer it. Am I different now?’ 

'Relaxed?’ I say hopefully. 'You seem more relaxed.’ 

She sinks back into her seat. 'Good,’ she says. 'Yes, I am more relaxed.’
I sink back into my own seat. Thank goodness for that. 

When she first started out, in the 1990s, she was Jordan. 'Jordan was wild,’ says Price, laughing. 'Jordan liked to drink and party and fall out of dresses.’ 

Jordan slept with men and then told everyone about it. Jordan posed topless, did Playboy and became famous for having her breasts enhanced. 

Back in 1994 Katie Price had finished school and didn’t know what to do with herself. 'My uncle’s in the music business and he told me I didn’t have a good enough voice to sing and that I was too short to model.’
She was working as a temp when one day a girl in her office said she was a part-time photographer and she’d like to take some photos of her. 

'We went down to Brighton beach and we did some shots and we sent them to Page Three and…’
'They were topless?’ I ask her, shocked. 

'Yeah,’ says Price, not turning a hair. 

'On a public beach?’ 

She laughs. 'I’ve never had any problem with that!’ she says. 

'I grew up in a very relaxed family. My dad walked around naked all the time. Most of my friends have seen his todger!’ 

Page Three turned her down but the pictures were spotted by someone at an agency. 'They signed me up and the next thing I knew I was doing Page Three. 

'That’s what I want other girls to know: just because people initially turn you down, it don’t mean nothing. You gotta keep trying.’ 

She used the name Jordan because she didn’t want her family to be embarrassed about what she was doing. 'My mum was working in the City. She didn’t want people to know I was her daughter.’ 

Her brother’s friends had posters of her on their walls. 'He never even said I was his sister!’ None of this seems to bother her. 'Why would it? We’re a close family.’ 

I ask her what she thinks has made her so special. After all, there are hundreds of glamour models looking for a break. 

'I worked really hard,’ she said. 'I went to every single casting, whether or not I thought I’d get the job. I drove around London every day in my little VW just to get anything that was going. 

'Believe me, I really worked for it. I did my homework as well. I bought all those calendars, the Pirelli one and that, and I studied them.’ 

Yet none of this explains her all-encompassing celebrity status. Some people assume that she is just incredibly single-minded, using everything about herself for publicity. 

On the one hand, she’s undeniably a commercial wizard, on the other a disaster. 

'Look at my marriage to Alex,’ she says, rolling her eyes. 'I really pick ’em, don’t I?’ 

Strangely, I end up bumping into Reid a day later and he isn’t impressive. He seems rather annoyingly vain.
That aside, anyone could have told her that bouncing out of a marriage, going through a very public fall-out and then, a nanosecond later, marrying a cross-dressing cage-fighter was not the best thing to do. 

'Oh, I dunno,’ she says. She fiddles with her hair. 'I just get caught up in things.’ 

I think it would be fair to say that The Pricey doesn’t do introspection. Personally, I think she hurls herself from one thing to the next to avoid dealing with any of it. 

The only area of her life that she protects from public view is her children. She has Harvey, nine, her son with the footballer Dwight Yorke, and Junior, six, and Princess, four, with Andre. 

She kept them very much out of the limelight until the comedian Frankie Boyle made an extremely distasteful joke about Harvey, who is severely disabled, on Channel 4. 

Price was incensed. 'I had no apology,’ she says. 'It was horrible and not at all funny. I just thought it was disgusting.’ She decided then to make a documentary about her life with Harvey. 

It showed the daily traumas of dealing with a child who is severely autistic and suffers from debilitating illnesses. 

'I didn’t do it to get sympathy,’ she says. 'I don’t want sympathy from no one. I did it to try and show people what it’s like to have a disabled child.’ 

The programme was well received. 'I had a lot of letters from other families,’ she says. 'I hope it helped people. It’s bloody hard work.’ 

But, as she says, she likes working hard. She says what she’s really interested in now is modelling again.
'You can tell everyone that,’ she says. 'I want to get my kit off. I want to do Playboy, full-on and that.’ Everyone in the room giggles nervously. 'No, I do!’ she says, pretending to be hurt. 

And now she’s looking for another 'her’… 

'Not another me,’ she corrects me. 'If I was looking for another me, I’d be doing myself out of a job wouldn’t I?’ 

She says that, in fact, she’s looking for someone quite different. 'I want to launch someone,’ she says, 'but they’ve got to be the right person. 

'What I’m giving them is a fast track. I’m telling them all about the business and how to cope with the press’ – she gives me a look – 'but they’ve got to do the rest.’ 

Just as I am about to leave I ask her what she’d do if she did meet another her. She looks round the room. There is silence. 

Then she throws back her head and laughs. 

'Another me?’ she says. 'You gotta be joking! There’s no one else like me.’


Source: telegraph.co.uk

Daniel Radcliffe: Potter is modern Star Wars

Daniel Radcliffe thinks the Harry Potter series and Star Wars has a lot in common.

Daniel plays the leading role in the film series adapted from J.K. Rowling’s incredibly successful Harry Potter children’s books. With worldwide earnings of nearly $1 billion for each of the eight film adaptations, the Harry Potter franchise is a tremendous Hollywood institution. Daniel compares Harry Potter’s cinematic success to George Lucas’ Star Wars franchise, but believes there is one key difference.

“What Star Wars and [Harry] Potter have in common is a huge devoted fan base,” Daniel explained to Moviefone. “Where they differ, I think there is a slightly more balanced split between the sexes in the fan base of Potter. I associate Star Wars as being a predominantly male thing. And I think Potter is split more evenly.”

Daniel believes that both franchises have acted as cultural catalysts of sorts. Star Wars and Harry Potter both had lasting effects on generations of viewers.

“I think the difference is because Potter started out as a book, it's created a generation of literary nerds in a way that Star Wars perhaps didn't,” Daniel explained. “But, basically, it's all the same. I mean, I do think of Potter as being this generation's Star Wars. It's something that an entire generation has lost themselves in and it's a meticulously created, detailed world. So I do think that's the closest thing to compare it to.”

Lindsay Lohan Is Upset About All Of Her Bad Press From Fashion Week!

This is just like lighting a match, burning your fingers with it, and then whining to anyone who will listen about how upset you are that you're hurt while all the while taking no responsibility for your actions.

As we've reported on numerous occasions, Lindsay Lohan was up to her old tricks again all over fashion week, causing a ruckus and making scenes pretty much everywhere she went - to the point that she was shunned by party hosts and celebrities alike - and now, of course, her rep, Steve Honig, is crying to the media about how false all these stories are and how they hurt his client's feelings.

He says in a statement:

“Lindsay attended Fashion Week on business to see the collections, meet with designers, stylists and retailers and fulfill a few appearance commitments. She was extremely distressed at the level of media attention her presence attracted as well all the rumors that abounded during the week. These reports were completely false and made-up by people looking to exploit her for their own benefit and self-promotion.”

Insert eye roll here.

The sad truth is, it doesn't matter whether or not these stories are true - although we don't doubt that we are.
She's given the public NO REASON to not believe them, EVER.

Instead of getting out of Hollywood, taking time to herself away from the spotlight, and attempting to help herself with the massive amounts of therapy she clearly needs, she insists upon thrusting her way into the public eye and El Lay/New York pAArty scene any chance she can, embarrassing herself despite being already unhirable in the industry's eyes, and then refusing to take any accountability for her behavior.

Seriously? How long can you blame the big bad media for all of your problems, gurl?

If you don't want bad press, then we'd suggest not perpetually putting yourself in situations from which you can give people ammunition.

But everyone knows, Lindsay does what Lindsay wants, when Lindsay wants - regardless of the law, her career, and most importantly, her mental and physical health. It's not even worth discussing anymore because we seriously doubt she could change, even if she wanted to.

So sad.

Source: perezhilton.com

Salman Khan to play a cross-dresser in next!

If Box Office collections of Salman Khan’s last three Eid releases are anything to go by, it wouldn’t be wrong to state that the star has found a magical formula of doing remakes of South Indian hits, the upshot of which has elevated Salman’s status to that of a demigod amongst his fans.

With South remakes really working wonders for the actor, Salman Khan once again plans to work on a remake of a southern hit. Industry insiders reveal that the star intends to buy the remake rights of Telugu hit ‘Kanchana’.

Interestingly, Salman Khan will be seen in the role of a transvestite in the remake of the film!

Apparently this would be a first for Salman essaying the role of a cross dresser.

However, Bollywood sources revealed that the director of the original ‘Kanchana’ is insisting on at least Rs 4 crore to sell the remake rights. And though Salman is eager to remake the film in Hindi, insiders say that his brother Sohail is against paying such a huge sum to the makers of the film.

Kareena Kapoor to marry before Sept. 2012?

Kareena Kapoor, undoubtedly, is amongst the top contenders for the number one position amongst Bollywood heroines. But what do numbers have to say about her future. On the eve of her birthday, astro-numerologist Bhavikk Sangghvi tells us what's in store for Bebo as she completes 31 tomorrow.

"Kareena was born on the 21st September, 1980 which makes her a Number 3 (Jupiter) person in numerology. She is a Virgo (ruler Mercury – Number 5) and her destiny number also adds up to the same Number 3 (Jupiter). In that case, she is ruled by Number 3 (Jupiter) twice which is the planet of 'knowledge and wealth'. No wonder she is minting money be it her films, endorsements, stage shows etc. She also has a slight cusp of Libra (ruler Venus and Saturn – Numbers 6 and 8)" explains Bhavikk.

"Being a Number 3, Kareena is very practical towards life and takes her decisions herself. The mercurial effect of Number 5 can make her impatient and restless by nature. At the same time, she can also be a fast learner. She looks at things very rationally and thinks from the mind first and heart later".

"Kareena completes her 31st year and now enters the 32nd, which indicates 'speed' in both – her personal as well as professional life. There will be mostly positive developments and there are strong possibilities that even the 'wedding bells' will be heard before September next year. Yes, the chances are that bright for Bebo of getting hitched", says Bhavikk. Saif, are you listening? What are you waiting for?

"On the film front, after the super success of her last release 'Bodyguard', her work in ' Ra.One ' will be liked by one and all, but after that in ' Agent Vinod '; she will not only gain appreciation but even the film will be a box office hit".

Kareena Kapoor Turns 31: Same Wine, Older Bottle

Kareena Kapoor turned a year older on September 21, but don't think her sizzle is about to fizzle, nor is her proclivity to put her foot in her mouth reduce! 

A talent powerhouse, Kareena will endure as Bollywood's most charming loud mouth. She says it the way she sees it, which is with a lot of self serving bias. Modesty is not a trait you associate with Kareena, especially when it comes to her (considerable) talent, (dubious) style and (good) looks, in that order. 

Unlike the last few years that saw her fly off to exotic locales with beau Saif on her birthday, this year, she chose not to celebrate owing to Saif's father's illness. 

Kareena is currently basking in the glory of the super success of Bodyguard and the much-anticipated Diwali release of Ra.One with Shah Rukh Khan. 

Kareena made her debut in the industry when she was just 20 with Refugee and in the 11 years since has given remarkable performances in movies like Chameli, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Jab We Met, 3 idiots etc. She is often cited as the highest paid actress in Bollywood. 

Other than her work, Kareena has constantly been in the news for her personal life as well, be it her relationship with ex- Shahid Kapoor or current flame Saif, or her much talked about size zero figure (for just zero plus one day! She was recently in the news for replacing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, and allegedly charging a whopping Rs 8 crores for it. 

Kareena calls herself health conscious, is a vegetarian and does yoga regularly. 

She will soon be seen in Agent Vinod with Saif, and Reema Kagti's tentatively titled Dhuan with Aamir Khan. 

Saif recently said in an interview that he may be looking at next year for wedding, and Kareena has herself said in the past that 2012 may be the year when she gets hitched. We might just see a happily married her on her next birthday. 

Meanwhile, best wishes to the birthday girl!

Tere Naam 2 in the making: Satish Kaushik

Actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik says the script of the sequel to his 2003 Salman Khan-starrer hit movie Tere Naam will be locked soon.

"Already working on the script of Tere Naam 2... it will be ready soon," Kaushik, who is best remembered for his role as Calendar in Mr.India, posted on his Twitter page.

Tere Naam, which was directed by Kaushik, was a remake of the 1999 Tamil film Sethu. It featured Salman as Radhe Mohan, a young boy who falls in love with a girl, but loses his mind when he is attacked by goons and is admitted to an asylum.

Farhan Akhtar stunned with 3D trailer of RA.One

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar was bowled over when superstar Shah Rukh Khan gave him a sneak peek into the 3D trailer of his mega-budget project RA.One. "@iamsrk showed us two songs and the trailer of RA.One in 3D last night... to put it simply... Outstanding!!!!" Farhan posted in his Twitter page Tuesday.

RA.One, a superhero film, is releasing this Diwali. Meanwhile, Farhan is busy wrapping up Don 2: The Chase Continues, a sequel to the 2006 film, Don: The Chase Begins Again, which itself is a remake of the 1978 film Don.

"Last song of Don in the cans... now the film is officially complete," he added.

The film, starring Shah Rukh in the lead, is set for release in December 2011.

The Glee actress Lea Michele has reportedly split from boyfriend Theo Stockman

Lea Michele is back on the market.

The Glee actress has reportedly split from boyfriend Theo Stockman.

The couple have been dating for over a year and vacationed together in Hawaii in July.

Michele went solo to Sunday night’s Emmy Awards and later hung with costar Amber Riley at FOX’s Emmy bash at Fig & Olive.

Lea has previously admitted she likes being in a relationship.

“I’m a relationship girl,” she told Glamour magazine in 2010.

“I would rather be in a long distance relationship with him than not have a relationship at all.”

'M.B.K.D.' touches Rs 50 cr in 10 days, Hit

Film	Cast	Plusses	Minusses	Verdict
Mere Brother Ki Dulhan	Imran Khan, Katrina Kaif, Ali Zafar, Tara D'Souza, Parikshit Sahni, Kanwaljeet Singh, John Abraham [sp. app.]	Fresh pairing, super music and several entertaining moments	Dips in its post-interval portions	Collected approx Rs 12.1 cr nett in Weekend 2. Total so far: approx. Rs 50 cr nett. Hit
Bodyguard	Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Aditya Pancholi, Rajat Rawail, Hazel, Asrani, Vidya Sinha	Salman Khan, the twist in the love story and musical score	Screenplay could've been tighter in its first hour	Collected approx Rs 5.62 cr nett in Weekend 3. Total so far: Rs 141.63 cr nett. Blockbuster

(Ratings are based on the box office collections and the cost of the film)

Source: Bollywoodhungama

Jennifer Aniston is a nuisance neighbor

The former Friends actress is said to be causing mayhem in her Hollywood Hills neighborhood — which she moved into this summer — because of the paparazzi who follow her every move.

A swarm of photographers have moved into the area have been creating problems for a number of weeks, enraging locals.

“They have been causing traffic problems, blocking driveways, and even causing a few minor car accidents,” a source said. “The neighbors have had enough.

“Several complaints have been filed. Police have drastically increased their presence in the surrounding areas in a bid to maintain peace in the area.”

Recent reports claimed Aniston — who has moved in with boyfriend Justin Theroux — is keen to replace her old pooch Norman.

“Jen wants to get a dog as soon as she is settled,” says a source close to the star.

“Justin has offered to get her a pedigree dog but she only wants a rescue animal. She’s checking out shelters for something suitable although she knows she will never replace Norman.”

Daniel Craig And Rachel Weisz To Start Family

Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are reportedly planning to have a child together!

The couple — who married earlier this year — are keen to start a family.

“They really want to make their own family,” an insider tells Star magazine. “It’s very important for them to have a child together — and soon.

“Rachel and Daniel fell hard for each other. He’d give her the moon and stars if she wanted, and what she really wants is a baby. He’s completely happy to have a child with her.

“Rachel was pretty much a workaholic throughout her 30s and privately has said that her relationship with Darren failed because she didn’t have a healthier work-home balance. She doesn’t want to make the same mistake twice — and she thinks Daniel is amazing. She already jokes that their child will be Baby Bond!”

The couple both have kids from previous relationships. Rachel, 41, is mommy to five-year-old son Henry with ex-partner Darren Aronofsky, and 007 star Daniel, 43, has a 19- year-old daughter Ella with ex-wife Fiona Loudon.