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Saturday, June 6, 2009

INDIAN GOVERNMENT GIVE SLUMDOG CHILD STARS NEW HOMES

Saturday May 30,2009

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE's young stars AZHARUDDIN ISMAIL and RUBINA ALI have been offered new homes by the Indian government - just days after director DANNY BOYLE purchased apartments for the child actors.

Boyle and the movie's producers plucked Ismail, 10, and Ali, nine, from impoverished obscurity to appear in the Oscar-winning film and established the Jai Ho Trust last year (08) to help fund their education.

But the kids' plight has captured headlines in recent weeks after both children's families were booted out of their homes and forced to live on the streets of India by local authorities.

They had been homeless for weeks before Boyle flew into Mumbai this week (begs25May09) and revealed he had bought Ismail a brand new apartment, with plans to do the same for Ali.

And now India's chief minister, Congress party member Ashok Chavan, has waded into the controversy - revealing both stars' families have already been alloted new homes which will be ready in days.

A statement from Chavan reads, "The regional head of the Congress party said these two child actors were talented but were living in the slums and therefore should be given homes."

As WENN went to press, it was unknown whether the two families would have to choose between the homes.

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Lorraine's Hot Makeover

12:17PM, Jun 04, 2009

Lorraine TigheWowsers, Apprentice star Lorraine Tighe's got a fab new look.

She's swapped her garish lippie and glasses for a sexy blonde hue.

She might have been ditched by Sir Alan, but she certainly comes out top in the glam stakes.
Week 5 Preview: Lorraine Lorraine before her makeover
The 36-year-old single mother revealed her new look on GMTV this morning and spoke about the challenges of being part of a hit TV series.

"I totally feel sorry for Susan Boyle. I'm surprised I haven't ended up in The Priory myself."

But she said she won't let her sacking get in the way of her goals: "I will put it right and watch this space. I will come back." she said.

You go, girl.

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Jolie-Pitts In India

Angelina, Maddox and Brad in India here's never a dull moment in the lives of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie - and their brood of kids.

This time, the Jolie-Pitts are in India.

They're in the Indian city of Pune, where Angelina is filming scenes for her new movie, A Mighty Heart - about the life of murdered journalist Daniel Pearl.

Brad's production company, Plan B, is behind the film - and it was thought the role of Daniel's wife, Mariane, was originally meant for Jennifer Aniston.

But ever the ambassador, Angelina has spoken about her happiness at being in India with her family:

"We deeply appreciate the warm welcome we have received from the people of Pune, India, where we are filming A Mighty Heart," Angelina told People magazine in a statement.

"We are excited to have this chance for our children to learn about India's wonderful culture and history."

The story is meant to be set in Pakistan, where Daniel Pearl was abducted and murdered in 2002, but as Angelina explained:

"I had hoped to make this film in Pakistan, but after discussions with Pakistani officials it became clear that they would be more comfortable for us to film in India.

"I am disappointed that we could not shoot the film in Pakistan, a country that I love and have visited three times. We look forward to visiting Pakistan soon.

"A Mighty Heart is a film about cross-cultural understanding and the values that people of all faiths share.

"This is not a film about terrorism or conflict, it is a story of people of all faiths working together to find the truth."

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Sonam Kapoor Calls Aishwarya Rai 'AUNTY' !!!!

Sonam Kapoor has finally managed to take revenge from Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
and that too in a very unique way.

If rumours are to be believed then Ash had reportedly stopped Sonam from walking the
red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Reportedly Sonam on the other hand has now started calling Ash as Aishwarya 'Aunty ji'.

To clarify herself Sonam even explained that since Ash and her father Anil Kapoor have
worked opposite each other she calls her aunty out of respect.

Ash has not reacted to this statement yet, but this can be a beginning of yet
another cat fight between Ash and Sonam.

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RIHANNA: How the Good Girl went Bad! ✜

'Umbrella girl'. That's probably the most popular and positive name she's earned in her young career.
The others include 'Chris Brown's ex-girlfriend' and 'Beyonce wannabe' in the early days.

Robyn Rihanna Fenty crossed over the latter-most tag with ease considering her star power was hard to
escape no matter what the critics said. But will she get rid of the Chris-Brown-bashing-session
that none today can refrain from mentioning?

Maybe with an upcoming album she might. But till then, it's our turn to pick apart
the pieces of Rihanna's life in the limelight.

The 21-year-old singer was born in Saint Michael, Barbados. Her mother, an accountant, split from Rihanna's father,
a warehouse supervisor, because of his crack and cocaine addiction. As most star stories go,
she too was a shy individual who took up music as a means to express herself.
How many of them do we have? Most recently - Susan Boyle.

Sometimes it's not all about luck and talent. Good friends count, too. And Little Riri certainly had some.
They introduced her three-girl band, which she created when 15, to Evan Rogers who helped
Christina Aguilera shoot off to fame. And then, it was history.

She landed up in the USA to live her American dream. And she didn't have to try too hard.
The 16-year-old cut a demo-tape with her big hit Pon De Replay. It landed up with none other than Jay-Z.

Her first two albums - Music of the Sun and A Girl Like Me - did well commercially,
but didn't win favourable criticism. Promoted as a reggae artist, her music had elements of anything but reggae.

Her lead single from the first album was described as 'a dancehall-pop mixture that owes plenty of its sweat and shimmy
to BeyoncÃ©'s Baby Boy,' by Slant Magazine. Nevertheless, the single hit number two on the Billboard Hot 100.

Rolling Stone had to say this about A Girl Like Me: Like her filler-packed debut album, this similar
but superior follow-up doesn't deliver anything else as ingenious as its lead single.

But the public was lapping up her SOS, Unfaithful, We Ride, and Break It Of.