Reality TV star's wedding sparks death debate

Monday, February 23, 2009

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Jade Goody, a reality television star who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, was married on Sunday. A former dental nurse, Jade Goody shot to fame in 2002 as a contestant on the TV programme, Big Brother. She becoming a figure of ridicule in the media, depicted as a pig by one tabloid newspaper and denounced for being two-faced and ignorant. She milked the adverse publicity, courting the media through newspaper and television interviews. But the fame machine backfired in 2007 when she was accused of the racist bullying of Bollywood star, Shilpa Shetty, on the celebrity version of Big Brother.

Slumdog Millionaire bags 8 Oscars; India celebrates

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It was the day of the Slumdog at the Oscars!

Out of the ten Oscars that it was nominated for, Slumdog Millionaire swept eight Oscars, which included two Oscars for music maestro A R Rahman, Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty.

The film opened its Oscar account by winning in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for Simon Beaufoy.

After that, there was no looking back as the film went on a dream run to win awards in Film Editing for Chris Dickens, Best Cinematography for Anthony Dod Mantle and Sound Mixing for India's Resul Pookutty.

36-year-old Resul Pookutty created history by becoming the first Indian to bag the Oscar for Best Sound mixing. Pookutty shared the Oscar with Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke for their collaborative work for the film.

"This is unbelievable. I share this stage with two magicians...I dedicate this award to my country," Pookutty said while accepting the award.

The biggest success for India came with a double Oscar treat for Rahman for Best Original Music Score and Best Song (Jai Ho).

The composer was overwhelmed and interspersed his speech with Hindi as well as Tamil on receiving the coveted trophy here Sunday.

"There is a dialogue from an old Hindi film - "Mere paas ma hai" - which means I have nothing but a mother.

My mother is here, I have her blessings. I am glad she could be here," said Rahman. He ended the acceptance speech by saying "God is great" in Tamil, something he says after winning every award. He shared the second Oscar for best original song for the film's theme number Jai Ho with noted Indian lyricist Gulzar. "All my life I had a choice between hate and love. I chose love and I am here," said Rahman after receiving his second golden statuette.

British filmmaker Danny Boyle won the Best Director award. Boyle was visibly excited and overwhelmed as he said "I want to thank my dad, my sisters and my wife... one person we haven't thanked is the choreographer who directed the last song in the film - Longines. I want to thank him too," said Boyle after receiving the award. The film also won an Oscar for Best Motion Picture. The announcement for Best Picture saw a jubilant cast and crew of the film, celebrating together on the stage.

Big B to visit ailing SRK at Mannat

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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Amitabh Bachchan has plans to visit Shah Rukh Khan at his residence Mannat here after the latter underwent a successful shoulder surgery. "I had sent him (Shah Rukh) a message for his speedy recovery. He called back to thank and inform me that he is home. 'I was getting depressed in hospital, so came away', he said," Amitabh posted on his blog. Amitabh messaged him: "I was planning to visit you in the hospital" and Shah Rukh replied saying: "Come home sir, we shall play some games." "Don't take after surgery too lightly, I warned him and take rest and do not get into any kind of activity. He sounds a little groggy. I shall visit him tomorrow," he added. Shah Rukh underwent an arthroscopic surgery Monday for a nagging pain in his left shoulder at the Breach Candy hospital in south Mumbai. He was relieved from the hospital Tuesday evening. The actor has been advised six weeks' rest

I pray for a miracle for Jade: Shilpa

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It’s ironic that Jade Goody, who earned worldwide notoriety for being rude and racist towards our Shilpa Shetty when they were competitors on the Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty More PicsUK reality show Celebrity Big Brother, should invite the Bollywood actress for the last two reality shows she will ever be involved in. These are Jade’s wedding this Sunday in London reportedly at Sir Elton John’s home; and, her funeral! Yes, Jade has little time left. The cervical cancer that she discovered when in Mumbai to participate in the Bigg Boss show, has spread and almost consumed the young woman’s life. In the few days that she has, Jade intends to get married and then orchestrate the rites of her own funeral. It sounds macabre, true, but she’s doing it to raise enough money for the future welfare of her sons Bobbie (5) and Freddie (4). Shilpa, whose own life changed after that incident, is in a way beholden to Jade. Not only did she go on to win global sympathy (and the show) for Jade’s taunts, but Shilpa’s career in Bollywood too picked up; and, the icing on the cake, she met the love of her life — Raj Kundra, whom she intends to marry, because of Jade and the Celebrity Big Brother show. Now all of Shilpa’s finer emotions have come to the fore. She has no ill-feelings, no malice, towards Jade. Only heartfelt sympathy. Shilpa told BT yesterday, “I knew she was suffering from a terminally ill disease but I thought she’ll be cured. When I learned that she’s got just a couple of months to live, I was shocked. I just hope a miracle takes place... at least for her children’s sake.” Jade did try to make amends with the Bollywood hottie when she travelled to Mumbai last year. Shilpa, who hosted the Indian version of the popular UK reality show, and who is shaken by the news of her former foe’s terminal illness, said, “I have forgiven and forgotten all that and have asked everyone else to do the same. We kept in touch and called each other up some time. We were just getting to know each other and this happened! Nobody deserves to go through this pain. Nobody...” Sadly, Shilpa is busy with the IPL when this crisis has taken over Jade’s life, but she intends meeting Jade in London where she will be shooting for Sunny Deol’s The Man soon. “When I spoke to her on Sunday, she sounded strong and invited me for her marriage to her 21-year-old fiancé Jack Tweed,” said Shilpa. “I don’t know if I will be able to attend that but I am meeting her for sure.” Jade is apparently selling the media rights of her wedding to a television channel to create funds for her two sons after her death. “After our chit-chat, she casually invited me for her funeral saying that I’ll be informed through Max Clifford, our common publicist. It’s so heart wrenching,” added Shilpa. “Imagine accepting the fact of death with a smile. I want to reach out to her but I feel so helpless knowing that all my efforts will be in vain. I have been praying for her and her kids.”

Smoking Hot and Sexy

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If you are not sure who we are talking about then it is none other than the dusky sex kitten Celina Jaitley who has been associated with the film industry from the past few years and though she has not been able to deliver a significant success, she is still the wanted girl thanks to her smoking hot body. However, off late the pretty girl has been making a lot of news for the wrong reasons, she is often linked to her co-stars and the latest in her kitty was actor Fardeen Khan. Celina has decided to drop curtains on this once and for all and confirmed that she has no interest in married men and she is as yet single. She also mentioned that she is on the lookout for love from the past three and a half years.

Madonna shoots for mag with naked Jesus

Thursday, February 12, 2009

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Pop Queen Madonna, who is said to have turned to Jesus after her marital split with Guy Ritchie, has appeared in a raunchy magazine shoot with the 22-year-old Brazilian toyboy model. 50-year-old Madonna is pictured in a series of steamy shots with Jesus, who is rumoured to be her new boyfriend, in the new issue of W magazine which carried out the photo spread in Rio de Janeiro, according to 'The Daily Telegraph'. While Madonna keeps her clothes on throughout the shoot, wearing a succession of black dresses with a crucifix necklace, Jesus appears naked, modesty protected with a white towel, in some of the images.

In one, Jesus lies spread-eagled on a hotel bed in a pair of black briefs while Madonna locks the door; in another, they're writhing around on the sheets and sharing a passionate kiss in a black and white photo, the report said.

Madonna, who recently divorced husband Guy Ritchie and has moved to New York, was earlier linked to a baseball player Alex Rodriguez who was in the news this week after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs earlier in his career.