Oscar winning actor Nicolas Cage to star in 'Frozen Ground' !!!

London, July 30: Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage will star in the forthcoming Hollywood movie "Frozen Ground" that tells the story of a notorious serial killer.
Cage has signed up to play an Alaska State Trooper who investigated the murders by notorious serial killer Robert Hansen, reports contactmusic.com
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Hansen, who got the nickname 'The Butcher Baker' was convicted in 1984 after confessing to killing 17 women and raping 30 more in a span of 12 years.

Producer by Randall Emmett, the shooting of the movie is scheduled to start in Anchorage, Alaska from Oct 10.

British Singer Amy Winehouse Dies at 27 in her home!!!

London, July 23 : English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, known for her powerful contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of various musical genres, was found dead Saturday in her London home, police said. She was 27.

Even though Police confirmed that Winehouse was pronounced dead at the home in Camden Square northern London, the cause of her death has been described as "unexplained”.

The news release from Metropolitan Police did not specify Winehouse by name, but said, "Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05 hours today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.”

“On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. Inquiries continue into the circumstances of death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained,” it added.

Born in 1983 to taxi driver Mitch Winehouse and his pharmacist wife Janis, Winehouse’s distinctive musical career was overshadowed by her self-destructive habits
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The musician, whose brand of music was a curious amalgamation of genres including R&B, soul, and jazz, was set on a showbiz career from an early age but it was her erratic stage appearances, drunken fights, stints in hospital and rehab clinics that stuck on most tabloid frontpages
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Winehouse , who had shot to fame with her 2006 album ‘Back to Black’ that even earned her five Grammys cementing her name as an international star, canceled her European tour last month, and has long struggled with substance abuse, MTV News said.

Sanjay Dutt and Salman Khan to host Big Boss Season 5!!!


The reality show ‘Big Boss’ is one of the most popular and controversial of the shows on Indian television. It has been running successfully for past several seasons and is about to start its fifth edition now. 
 
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Along with the curiosity about the identity of the contestants, there is also much anticipation as to who will host the season. In the past, many well known film personalities such as Arshad Warsi, Shilpa Shetty, Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan have hosted the show. Among these, the finale of the last season, hosted by Salman Khan generated enormous revenues for the TV channel ‘Colours’ with a TVR of 6.7! 
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Reportedly, the channel, in order to ensure even wider audience for the show, has roped in actor Sanajy Dutt for the fifth season. What is more, he won’t be alone. Sanjay will be co-hosting ‘Big Boss 4’ along with his close friend Salman Khan. The two actors have always displayed great chemistry on silver screen with films like ‘Saajan’ and ‘Chal Mere Bhai’. Let us see if together they can create the same magic on the small screen.
 

Indian singing sensastion Sonu Nigam to sing with Britney Spears!!!

Well, once upon a time every Bollywood celebrity wanted to be a part of Hollywood films (remember Aishwarya Rai Bachchan?). Well, things now have changed and these days Hollywood celebrities want to appear in Bollywood. We get to hear the news of lots of such east meets west collaboration stories these days and Britney Spears is the last one to join the bandwagon (few weeks ago Enrique had collaborated with Sunidhi Chauhan)
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 Britney collaborates with Sonu Nigam and posted on her twitter profile: "So excited about having @sonuniigaam on I Wanna Go. His vocals add such a different feel which I love. "Watch out Bollywood, it's Britney and Sonu," she further posted.
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While Sonu tweeted back saying,: "India loves you Britney @britneyspears. Welcome to Bollywood!
Am loving the fact that it's OUR Collaboration that marks your first step here. God bless you and more power to Great Music." Hope this duo will bring good music to viewer and people will love it lot. 
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Sonu, who is currently shooting for a video in Ladakh, had kept the news under wraps as he wanted Britney to announce it. He has composed and written his bits in the song. Sonu had also collaborated with Jermaine Jackson and had jammed with him at a recent film awards event in Toronto.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie reportedly set to marry in intimate ceremony soon!!!

eAfter six years together and six children, Hollywood super star Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are set to marry, according to US Weekly
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The magazine claims three sources have confirmed the supercouple are planning to marry in an "intimate and informal" ceremony in the next few months.
The vows could take place at their newly renovated multi-million dollar Chateau in Correns, France, which features a 16th-century chapel
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Pitt and Jolie have previously said they would only marry when it was legal for gay couples to do the same. However in May, Pitt revealed, "The kids ask about marriage. It's meaning more and more to them."
The couple are parents to Maddox, 9, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6, Shiloh, 5, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 3.
Pitt was previously married to actress Jennifer Aniston and Jolie has been married twice, to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton
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They met when they starred as a married couple in the film Mr & Mrs Smith in 2005.
Previous claims that they were getting hitched in India, the Seychelle Islands and New Orleans all proved to be false.

Mumbai Blast took around 21 life and 141 injured

Once Again the business Capital of India and city of Indian cinema Mumbai came under the bomb attack.Three co-ordinated bombings tore through the heart of India's busy financial capital during rush hour Wednesday, killing 21 people and wounding 141 in the worst attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai siege
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Bloody bodies were strewn in the dirt of Mumbai's crowded neighbourhoods and markets. Doors were ripped off storefronts, motorcycles were charred and a bus stop was shredded. After the blasts in three separate neighbourhoods, police set up checkpoints and were put on high alert
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Arup Patnaik, a top police officer, said the attackers used improvised explosive devices  and the explosives ammonium Nitrtae in the bombings, hidden in an umbrella in the Jhaveri Bazaar jewelry market and kept in a car in the business district of Opera House.
The third blast in Dadar area was caused by an explosive device concealed in an electric meter at a bus stop, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned the blasts and appealed to the people of Mumbai "to remain calm and show a united face."
The bombings came just months after peace talks resumed between India and Pakistan, which New Delhi has blamed for past attacks
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and Indian officials refused to speculate on who might be behind the blasts.
Indian officials have accused Pakistan's powerful spy agency of helping co-ordinate and fund earlier attacks, including the Mumbai siege, which killed 166 people over three days. Peace talks between the countries were suspended after the siege and resumed only recently.
Pakistan's government expressed distress about the loss of lives and injuries soon after Wednesday's blasts were reported.
Leaders condemn bombings
Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the attacks a "stark reminder that terrroism is alive and active around the globe and can strike at any time."
“On behalf of all Canadians, Laureen and I offer our deep and profound sympathy and condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and injured by these heinous acts of violence, including Canadians who may have loved ones in Mumbai," Harper said in a statement.
"We offer our support as India works to bring to justice those responsible for these cowardly attacks against innocent people," Harper said.
Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Canada is ready to offer assistance to India if help is requested.
A Foreign Affairs spokesperson said officials from the department as well as the Canadian Consulate in Mumbai are closely monitoring the situation.
"At this point, we have no reports of Canadians being affected," Jean-François Lacelle said Wednesday afternoon.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks, as did U.S. President Barack Obama.
"The American people will stand with the Indian people in times of trial, and we will offer support to India's efforts to bring the perpetrators of these terrible crimes to justice," Obama said in a statement. "I have no doubt that India will overcome these deplorable terrorist attacks."
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she will go ahead with her plans to visit India next week despite the bombings. Standing with India "is more important than ever," she said.
Opera House, Mumbai
The bombings began with an explosion that ripped through the famed Jhaveri Bazaar jewelry market at 6:54 p.m. A minute later, a blast hit the busy business district of Opera House, several kilometres away in southern Mumbai. At 7:05 p.m., the third bomb exploded in the crowded neighborhood of Dadar in central Mumbai, according to police.
Because of the close timing of the blasts, "we infer that this was a co-ordinated attack by terrorists," Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said.
Bleeding victims crowded into the back of a cargo truck to be taken to a hospital, where wards were filled with the wounded, slathered in white burn cream.
At Jhaveri Bazaar, a witness described two motorcycles exploding in flames and saw at least six bodies.
"People were shouting 'Help me, help me,"' the man told Headlines Today television.
People hugged and wept. Crowds gathered in the blast areas as police questioned witnesses, and investigators wearing gloves sifted through the debris for clues.
"India is not going to cow down," cabinet minister Farooq Abdullah said. "Let those perpetrators of this terror remember, we will find them and Inshallah [God willing] we will give them the justice that India believes in."
The blasts marked the first major attack on Mumbai since 10 militants laid siege to the city for 60 hours in November 2008. That attack targeted two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and a busy train station.

Lady Gaga takes interest in Hinduism!!!!

Nevada, July 13: A US-based Hindu group has welcomed American pop star Lady Gaga's reported interest in Hinduism and reincarnation.
In an interview published in an Indian daily, Gaga (Born This Way), 25, was quoted as saying: “I actually find that a lot of my philosophies about art are mirrored in the Hindu religion, “The idea of reincarnation.”

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) said that as Lady Gaga explored Hinduism further, she would appreciate rich, diverse and long tradition of Hindu philosophy; and its interpretation of the nature of reality
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Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said that if Gaga needed any help in deeper Hinduism exploration, he or other Hindu scholars would be glad to assist.
Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta), who was raised as Roman Catholic, has won five Grammys and her album “Born This Way” sold one million copies in five days on iTunes

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Oscar winner Hollywood star Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) joined the Hindu fold in the recent past. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
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Drinking Too Much Water Could Be Harmful To Your Health... Says Experts!

Experts warn that drinking the recommended eight glasses of water a day could actually be harmful to a person's health
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Glasgow-based GP Margaret McCartney says benefits of drinking water are often exaggerated by organisations with a vested interest, such as bottled water brands. Writing in the British Medical Journal she also claims that drinking when not thirsty can impair concentration.

A report claims that the benefits of drinking copious amounts of water are quite simply myths, suggesting there is no evidence behind claims that water prevents multiple health problems.

According to Dr McCartney, consumption of excessive amounts of water can in fact lead to loss of sleep and even cause kidney damage instead of preventing it.

Professor Stanley Goldfarb, a metabolism expert from the University of Pennsylvania also claims there is no evidence to suggest that water suppresses appetite.

'If children drank more water rather than getting extra calories from soda, that's good - but there is no evidence that drinking water before meals reduces appetite,' he says.

Around 2.06 billion litres of water was consumed in Britain last year in comparison to just 1.42billion litres in 2000.


Ricky Martin gets death threats

London, July 12 : Enrique "Ricky" Martin Morales (born December 24, 1971), better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.
 Ricky Martin Tuesday called in the police after he received a death threat online. Martin, who is currently on tour to London, and while taking his show to London's HMV Hammersmith Apollo Tuesday, he received a tweet on microblogging site Twitter which said: "They will cry soon because you're dead." Ricky Martin, who is a homosexual, had earlier said that his dad told him to be free. "My parents had known for a long time. I was worried about their reaction when I told them, but my dad said, 'Come here and give me a kiss.
 Then go out there and be free and happy.' It was more difficult to come out to my family than it was to the world," Hello! Magazine quoted the singer as saying.” My own dad was such a good father that I wanted to pass that on to my own children. I've always wanted to be a daddy. It is the most amazing thing that has happened in my life," he added.

Oprah Winfrey may host 2012 Oscars Ceremony!!!

Washington, July 11: Oprah  Winfrey he most acclaimed women celebrity  just ended her 25 years talk show in May and now TV mogul Oprah Winfrey is apparently being counted as the top candidate to host the Oscars ceremony next February. According to Chicago Sunday Times, academy honchos are keen to lift the ratings after last year's ratings dropped 10 pc on the previous years, after being hosted by actress Anne Hathaway and actor James Franco, whose performance was widely lambasted by critics.
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The aim was to target a new and younger demographic with attraction of both Hathaway and Franco, however the plans backfired and lead to what was described as "strained and weird."
Hence the apparent keenness to get Winfrey on board and her legion of fans and give the Oscars a much-needed boost, reports Contactmusic
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However, the Academy Awards head honcho has rubbished speculation on this matter.

“The camera loves Oprah. Oprah's a genius. But it’s not true, and I don’t know where that story even came from,” Tom Sherak told Hollywoodreporter.

Jennifer Lopez to return to 'American Idol'

Washington, July 11: Jennifer Lopez is reportedly staying on as a judge on famous reality show ‘American Idol’ following her continued involvement with the show.
According to E! Online, Lopez, 41, has allegedly signed on the dotted line for the 11th season of the Fox show, and will be joining current judges, Randy Jackson and Steven Tyler.
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She had initially told Radio One DJ Scott Mills that she was unsure about her future on the Idol judging panel.

“I don’t know. I haven’t been forced to make a decision and I’m glad about that because honestly I’m very on the fence about it,” Radar Online quoted her as telling Mills.
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“I had an amazing time doing it and I loved it, but I have a lot of other things happening and it’s going to come down to me making a decision of what I want to do for the next year,” she added.
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