Jessica’s house panic

Jessica Alba is terrified her house won’t be ready before she gives birth.The Fantastic Four actress — who is expecting her first child with fiance Cash Warren in May — has been redecorating her whole house in preparation for the baby, but says time is running out to finish it. She said, “I’m just trying to get my house ready before the baby comes. It’s kind of hectic, it’s getting close and the house isn’t even ready yet. I’m used to having to be somewhere all the time, and it’s kind of the first time in my life where I really haven’t been working in a while, and now it’s just about the baby being healthy, the house being ready, and nesting,...

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Scarlett Johansson blasts Lindsay, Paris

Scarlett Johansson has blasted Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton for attempting to forge music careers.The Match Point actress — who will soon release Anywhere I Lay My Head, her cover album of Tom Waits’ songs — thinks the starlets recorded songs solely to dance to when they go out clubbing.She said, “I have no relationship with either Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton, even as far as my lifestyle or the music I listen to. They probably made music that fits with their lifestyle: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if I were dancing to my own song in the club?’ However, Scarlett, 23, is confident her album will be better received as she isn’t trying to follow in...

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Beyonce’s Crazy row with hubby

Beyonce Knowles had a furious row with husband Jay-Z over one of her biggest hit singles.Beyonce, who is believed to have married the hip-hop mogul earlier this month, reportedly lost her temper at a concert when Jay-Z told the DJ to stop playing Crazy in Love — a track which also features the rapper. Jay-Z allegedly said, “Not that. Sorry Beyonce, but not that, let’s play something else.” A source said, “Beyonce had been side stage for most of the night, dancing and singing along. Jay-Z meant it as a joke, but she didn’t see it that way. After he came off stage, she confronted him, demanding to know what the hell his comments had been about....

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Lohan to visit India for charity work

Troubled Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan, who has had some image problems in the recent past, will visit India to campaign against child slavery and AIDS.Her father Michael said that they would be travelling next February, a website reports.He said, “Lindsay has made it clear that she definitely wants to visit India. Lindsay’s very spiritual. She has a wonderful heart, loves people and is very charitable.”Source: timesofindia.indiatimes....

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All the Presidents’ women

TOI on how the first ladies are getting a younger, sexier, snazzier makeover.Here’s the scenario: Powerful man meets beautiful woman, falls in love and they have a secret affair. Then obviously, the affair doesn’t remain a secret for long because of who the couple is. But like all nice men who have affairs, the man returns to his not-so-beautiful but loyal wife and all’s well.Now, fast forward to Circa 2007. The meeting, the love and the affair happens. But this time, out goes the wife, a second wedding happens and all’s well again.Could have been any other story in these times but it gains significance because the man we are talking about is...

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‘There’s no trouble in my paradise'

Mahima Chaudhry is glowing these days.And yes it is love, says the happily married actress, who’s enjoying mommyhood to the hilt. “I am absolutely content and relishing this phase,” adds Mahima. Top this “picture-perfect phase” with the icing of Mahima’s first English film Hope And A Little Sugar and “Life,” Mahima says, “couldn’t have been better.”Nestled comfortably in her Lokhandwala pad, she shares with her parents, Mahima’s looking more stunning than ever. However, the yum mum insists that shedding the post-pregnancy pounds was never her aim. “I only worked out towards being fit!” And she seems to have done a fab job too, if her svelte post-pregnancy...

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How Kareena became so thin...

All the stories about Kareena Kapoor going on a crash diet and crashing on the sets are absolutely false. Here’s the real story and that too right from the original source, the actress’s nutritionist and dietician Rujuta Diwekar. She told us how Bebo changed her diet and eating habits. Read on..“Kareena gave me a brief saying that her character requires her to be lean and sexy and she wanted a diet that will help her lose weight. I knew that Kareena is pure vegetarian and wondered if she’d be able to achieve her target by just having a vegetarian diet.Kareena and I met in May 2007 and I have been her dietician ever since then. But besides that...

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Ravi and Juhi connect

It’s been 25 years since they acted in the landmark super duper hit film, Prema Loka. But the film’s heroine and hero Ravichandran, remain friends even today.So when Juhi arrived in the city for the recent IPL match, the first person she called was the Crazy Star himself!Says Ravichandran, “We’ve been in touch off and on. And since it’s been a while since we’ve spoken, I was surprised when she called me! Juhi’s come to Bangalore after a long time and asked me about the well-being of my family,” says the actor. Now do we also see plans for a sequel to Prema Loka?Source: timesofindia.indiatimes....

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Bombay to Bangkok

From lights, camera to even the action now has moved from Mumbai to Bangkok. Bollywood’s getting drawn towards the land of the golden temples.The already busy tourist destination is now having an added attraction in the form of our Bollywood stars. Filmmakers are flying their cast and crew to the city to shoot their films and their tourism ministry is not complaining either.Apparently at present, there are about four Hindi films and a Bhojpuri film being shot there. Right from Chandni Chowk to China starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone, De Talli featuring Aftab Shivdasani, Ayesha Takia and Riteish Deshmukh, Loot starring Mimoh, Govinda,...

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'NYC Freedom Tower plans found in trash'

The government agency building a 102-story skyscraper at the World Trade Center site is investigating the discovery of two sets of blueprints for the building that a homeless man says he found in the trash. The schematic documents for the Freedom Tower, under construction at ground zero, were marked "Secure Document — Confidential", the New York Post reported on Friday. The documents, dated October 5, 2007, contain plans for each floor, the thickness of the concrete-core wall, and the location of air ducts, elevators, electrical systems and support columns, the Post reported. Michael Fleming said he found the documents on top of a public trash can in downtown Manhattan, with written warnings on it to "properly destroy if discarded". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owned...

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