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Baseballer Reggie Bush reportedly ended his relationship with reality show star Kim Kardashian because he was not happy with the sex tape she made with ex-boyfriend Ray J.
"Reggie's mom just could not get over the fact that Kim had a sex tape. Reggie and his family are very conservative, and he told Kim that a marriage is never going to happen between them because of the tape," contactmusic.com quoted a source as saying.
Kardashian is said to be regretting the video more than ever now. She feels she would still be with Reggie, if it had never been made public.
"She's still crazy about him. If she didn't have the sex tape, she could have been Mrs. Bush," source added.
Reggie and Kim's separation came less than a month after the couple, who had been dating for almost three years, reportedly bought a $4.8 million love nest together in Beverly Hills.
Supermodel Kate Moss has bared all for a steamy beach photoshoot.
Moss frolicked without any clothes in the sea for photographer Mario Sorrenti's shots, which will appear in the top men's fashion publication Vogue Hommes, reports contactmusic.com.
It's not the first time Moss has worked with Sorrenti - he helped to launch her career by photographing her for the iconic Calvin Klein Obsession ads, for which also she disrobed.
Just after the release of Lahore, leading lady of the film Shraddha Das tells Jyothi Venkatesh that though she has no barriers as far as exposing in films, she would not go to the extent that Mallika Sherawat is ready to show her skin, because she has her own limitations.
What is your role in Lahore?
I play the role of the Pakistani girl Ida Akhtar, who happens to be the psychiatrist to the Pak kick-boxing team. Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan felt that I suited the part of the Pak girl and hence offered me the role which literally fell into my lap.
Is Lahore your first film as an actress?
I am not a novice to films though Lahore is my debut film. I have already acted in around eight films in Telugu including Maro Charitra and Arya 2 with leading men like Varun Sandesh, Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Jagapathy Babu etc.
You have a glamorous image down South. How easy was it to play Ida?
Yes. Though I have a glamorous image down South if I was able to get into the skin of my character in Lahore with effortless ease, the credit ought to go entirely to Piyush Mishra, Salim Shah and Chitranjan Giri who trained me in acting by teaching me the nuances of acting.
How did the offer to act in Lahore land in your lap?
I am a B.M.M graduate from S.I.E.S College in Mumbai and hail from a totally ‘non-filmi’ background. Though I have acted in Telugu films, Lahore was the first film that was offered to me.
Though the role fell into my lap, it was not easy to get it, because I had to go through a lot of look tests before I was zeroed in for the part. I had earlier done a stint in modeling but was more interested in acting than anything else.
How tough was it to get into the skin of Ida in Lahore?
I am glad that I have made my debut in Hindi films with a challenging role like that of Ida Akhtar, who is a catalyst to many things which happen in the film, which is not a typical love story. Ida is tough.
Though it was quite easy for me even to mouth my dialogues in Telugu in Telugu films, to play the character was quite tough. As far as my performance in Lahore was concerned, I had to be neither loud nor low as an actress.
I had to show only my face since I was covered from top to toe and just rely on my eyes to show my expressions. Almost throughout the film, I was asked to wear just salwar and kameez, like a typical Muslim girl.
I am glad that since I was not required to show my skin and project glamour, now people would take me seriously. It was not difficult for me to mouth dialogue in chaste Urdu, because my mother hails from Uttar Pradesh.
To what extent are you game for exposure in films?
I am not at all averse to exposing in films. I have absolutely no barriers about exposure but I would not go to the extent that say a Mallika Sherawat is ready to show her skin, because I have my own limitations, though I do not have anything against her, because I feel that to each one her own.
As an actress, conveying with my eyes is my forte, because I am a very sensitive person in real life.
To what extent could you relate to your character in Lahore?
I could easily relate to the character of Ida in real life too since my minus point is that I am a very straight forward person. In real life too, I would not be scared to voice my opinion even if there are five boys standing next to me.
I like women who are strong like Sushmita Sen, who has always been my idol. To tell you the truth, I kept Benazir Bhutto in mind when I set out to play the character of Ida in Lahore.
What according to you is the USP of Lahore?
What I like about Lahore is the fact that it is neither a cliché of a typical stereo typical Hindu Muslim love story nor a jingoistic anti Pak film. Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan has woven a vendetta film with a difference and Lahore is a film on friendship between India and Pakistan.
I should confess that my view about Pakistan has actually undergone a radical sea change after watching films like Lahore and My Name Is Khan, which was about Muslims and Pakistan.
Were you scared of the syndrome of the ‘casting couch’ in films?
‘Casting Couch’ happens to you only when you want it to happen to you, not otherwise. No one in the industry can force you but once you succumb to it, you are finished.
You should know how to handle it. It is like killing your soul. I, for one, would never encourage this syndrome and would rather get what I want due to merit than resort to the short.
Carmen Electra
has admitted she could have done without getting a boob job. The actress had increased her size from a 32B to a DD cup more than 10 years ago.
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“I didn’t want to go as big as that,” the Daily Star quoted her as saying. She added: “It’s nice that I don’t have to wear a push-up bra any more, but I could have left myself alone.”
Actress Katherine Heigl faced an embarrassing situation when one of the straps broke on her red dress in the middle of her acceptance speech at an award function in Las Vegas.
The 31-year-old actress was being honoured with Female Star of the Year Award at the ShoWest convention for her work in films like "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth".
She couldn't finish her speech as she battled with the broken strap, reports dailymail.co.uk. Billy Bush, host of the show, stepped in as a savior by holding her strap in place and giving her a chance to say a few words without worry of showing too much flesh.
After receiving her award, she went backstage and found a pin to secure the strap before heading to the photographers' enclosure to show off her new award.
They turn heads on the red carpet, are besieged by the world's top designers, give tearful acceptance speeches, and go home with a little gold man called Oscar.
But shortly after many actresses win the movie industry's highest honour, their most important relationships fall apart in what has become known in Hollywood as the "Oscar curse."
Sandra Bullock and Kate Winslet, the 2010 and 2009 best actress Oscar winners, this week joined Halle Berry (2002), Julia Roberts (2001), Reese Witherspoon (2006) and Hilary Swank (2005) on that list.
Bullock's husband of five years, motorcycle enthusiast Jesse James, responded to allegations of cheating on Bullock with an apology on Thursday for the grief he had caused. The reasons behind the separation of Winslet from her film director husband Sam Mendes have so far remained private.
Tom O'Neil of the awards website TheEnvelope.com, pondered the link between such breakups and Oscar glory.
"Is it because victory goes to their heads and these women become impossible divas?," O'Neil wrote in a blog. "Or is it because their men are overly macho types who can't tolerate being upstaged?"
In Bullock's case, In Touch Weekly magazine this week quoted a model in California as saying she slept with James while his wife was in Atlanta last year filming what would be her Oscar-winning role in dramatic movie The Blind Side.
New York divorce lawyer Paul Talbert dismissed the notion of an Oscar curse, saying such breakups were more likely a result of long absences by one partner in a marriage.
"The reality is that these women are extremely successful, hard working women who must spend months away from their families shooting and promoting their films," Talbert said.
"It is no different than the situations of high income New York families where one spouse is often on the road several times per month raising capital for their hedge funds or researching businesses to invest in," he added.
But Hollywood can bring extra temptations in the form of beautiful men and women and the intimacy that can spring from long hours on film sets, especially in romantic scenes. And while nearly 50 percent of marriages fail, it seems the stars have an especially hard time making marriage work.
"Celebrities are uniquely exposed to a lot of very attractive people," said Bonnie Fuller, editor-in-chief of website HollywoodLife.com. "You have to be especially strong to resist that."
Bullock's recent Golden Globe and Screen Actor's Guild acceptance speeches were ironically peppered with heartfelt tribute to James, who despite brief appearances in a number of TV reality shows does not move in A-list circles.
"You get dressed up in monkey suits, and you sit at a table with people you don't know. I love you so much, and you're really hot!," she told him, and the world, in February.
Yet for some men, playing second fiddle in such high profile occasions may be too much to take, said Fuller.
"A lot of guys cannot handle a strong, successful woman, and the Oscar has to be one of ultimate accolades one can receive," she said.
Film producer/director Judd Apatow has revealed that he still has reserves about using 3D, especially when it comes to sex scenes.
Apatow, 42, who is behind raunchy comedies such as ‘Knocked Up’, ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’, which saw Jason Segel strip off, believes that sex scenes in 3D is a little too close for comfort.
“I don’t want everything in 3D because I don’t want to be in the middle of everything,” the Sun quoted him as saying.
“Sometimes I want to be distant from it… I don’t think anyone wants to see Jason Segel’s penis in 3D,” he added.
Rumours of Ryan Reynolds and his wife Scarlett Johansson
hitting splitsville have been dismissed after the couple were said to be eyeing a permanent move to New York. A source close to the actress claimed the couple had reached an agreement to keep a lid on their relationship since it began in April 2007.
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"People have been saying that they are on the rocks because they haven't been spotted together recently, but that's only because they are both busy working," the New York Daily News quoted the source as saying.
"She's been doing up to eight shows a week on Broadway, and he's been shooting the 'Green Lantern' in New Orleans. It's been tough, but they're making it through just fine," the source added.
Explaining the pair’s alleged plans to shift to the Big Apple, the source said: "Scarlett is extremely close to her sister, Vanessa, who lives in Chelsea, and she wants to live full-time in the city.”
Jessica Simpson feels men imagine undressing her after ex boyfriend John Mayer compared her to "sexual napalm” in an interview.
The singer revealed that she felt uncomfortable being in public.
"I''ll walk into a restaurant and I feel like men are looking at me. I feel like they''re undressing me," the New York Daily News quoted her as saying on The View.
The blonde also dismissed Mayer’s apology.
She added, "He''ll never have this napalm again!"
Pamela Anderson has said that she doesn't mind being single but misses having sex. The 'Baywatch' star recently parted ways with toyboy Jamie Padgett. "I always get my heart broken. It's not so bad being single. I miss sex - it helps me relax. And I'm so unrelaxed at the moment," the Mirror quoted her as saying. However, the hottie is presently focused on bringing up her children with ex-husband Tommy Lee.
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She said: "But my kids are 12 and 13 and I want to make sure they get their schooling. I need to focus on them and go to their games. My life is about them and me right now. I just haven't met the right person yet who fits into our world. I don't know why people consider me stupid. I'm actually really smart."
Anderson plans to move to Malibu in the later stage of her life. She said: "Hopefully, I'll rent out my house in Malibu when it's done, live in Malibu and rescue cats and dogs forever."
The 32-year-old model-turned-author - who married jazz musician Jamie Cullum in January - is still getting used to married life but gets a thrill out of speaking about her spouse.
She said: "My husband is a good cook. I love saying 'husband'. It's funny that something so universal should make you so excited to say."
My husband is a good cook. I love saying 'husband'. It's funny that something so universal should make you so excited to say.
Sophie - the granddaughter of late children's writer Roald Dahl - and Jamie tied the knot in a small low-key ceremony and are pleased they kept the ceremony private.
She said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "Making that promise is a sacred thing and not really for anyone else. It's to be witnessed by your close family and your close friends, and that's it. It was wonderful and joyful, and that's all I want to say.
"There is a reason why we didn't want to have our wedding 'out there' as a lot of people do, and I want to remain true to that. I think one has to be allowed to have things that are the property of your own heart and this is one of them."
Husband Jamie has previously spoken about how he and Sophie have always shunned the showbiz lifestyle.
He said: "I live an extremely unglamorous life. I choose to hang out with my friends who aren't in that world and I choose to go to concerts and to the pub and play soccer.
"To be honest, I'm a geek and so is Sophie. We're just two people who met and swiftly fell totally in love. That's the end of the story."
"Avatar" actress Zoe Saldana has revealed her passion for sex and claims she cannot live without it.
"S is for Sex. Love it, love it, love it... can't live without it. I love sex. I love skin. I don't believe the body is something to hide. I think in American society we're messing up our kids by taking away the education on, and awareness of, our sexuality and replacing it with violence, guns and video games-and we're breeding little criminals," she said.
Saldana, who lives with her long-term boyfriend Keith Britton, says she is proud of her body and thinks people should be encouraged to take a greater interest in their sexuality from a young age to stop them turning to crime, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
The 31-year-old star also admitted she won't rule out ever starring in a graphic sex scene in any of her movies.
"If you asked a painter, 'Are you going to paint in red?' the answer would be, 'I'm going to paint paintings and if one day there is red in it, there's red in it'," she said.
Actress Miley Cyrus has finally confirmed that she is romancing Australian actor Liam Hemsworth. The couple is rumoured to have been dating since working on ‘The Last Song’ over the summer.
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Appearing on the E! pre-Oscar show Sunday night, Cyrus, who has been spotted locking lips and holding hands with Hemsworth, finally admitted to the relationship. When asked if she and Hemsworth are dating, the 17-year-old singer-actress replied, “Yes.”
However, the ‘Hannah Montana’ star was less enthusiastic about answering whether she’s in love. “Maybe,” is all she said, reports the New York Daily News.
Olivia Wilde is radiant on the red carpet at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by editor Graydon Carter at the Sunset Tower on Sunday (March 7) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Before the 2010 Oscars, the 25-year-old actress presented at the Independent Spirit Awards with John Waters - Eddie Izzard served as the host!
“If he wears the same dress as me, i SWEAR TO GOD…” Olivia jokingly tweeted before the show.
FYI: Olivia sported red satin Ferragamo peep toe shoes with high heel and double platform.
Johnny Depp's long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis has banned him from shooting a passionate love scene with The Tourist co-star Angelina Jolie, it has emerged.
French singer Paradis, who has two kids with the actor, is not comfortable with Depp's impending love scene, according to the New York Post.
"Infact, Paradis has told Depp to find another gig," reports the Daily Telegraph.
"Paradis found out that there was a real long and intense love scene between Depp and Jolie," a source close to the project said.
In the film, Jolie plays an Interpol agent who seduces a tourist, played by Depp, in order to flush out a criminal she slept with in the past.
The couple - who married in a surprise low-key ceremony in Las Vegas last month - are trying for a baby but the cage fighter admits they are unable to practise as much as he would like.
He said: "Someone recently said Katie and I are having sex three times a day to get pregnant. Three times a day? I wish! We do have to work, you know! I like to keep things like that private but some days we don't even do it at all.
"Getting pregnant is on our to-do list, but for now we're just enjoying each other. When it does happen, I'll be the happiest man on earth and will shout it from the rooftops."
Getting pregnant is on our to-do list, but for now we're just enjoying each other. When it does happen, I'll be the happiest man on earth and will shout it from the rooftops.
Despite insisting they are exercising restraint with their sex life, Alex says he is so much in love with 31-year-old Katie - who has three children, Harvey, seven, Junior, four, and two-year-old Princess Tiaamii from previous relationships - that he finds it hard not to show her affection.
Writing in his column for Britain's Star magazine, he added: "The other day, we did play a game where we weren't allowed to show each other affection for an hour - I gave up after 13 minutes and grabbed her for a kiss."
Alex, 34, also laughed off reports that he and Katie have had a series of furious rows since getting married.
He said: "There have been stories that Kate and I are fighting already and that our honeymoon period is over. That's nonsense - we haven't had a single argument since we got married.
"There's nothing about her that annoys me and she says the same about me. She doesn't even mind me leaving the toilet seat up or farting and burping!"
It was a flight from Jaipur to Mumbai that the passengers won't forget in a hurry. On Monday Deepika and her Karthik Calling Karthik team was to fly back on a private jet. But the pilot informed the team that they couldn't head for Mumbai due to a cyclone that was to hit Mumbai.
Says Deepika, “We had to return on Monday night because many of us had to leave for Dubai for the premiere on Tuesday morning. So we from Jaipur to Mumbai we all booked ourselves into the economy class of a commercial airline.”
What could've turned out to be a nightmare turned out to be a joyride for Deepika and her team and perhaps not such a pleasurable experience for the other late-fliers on board.
Says Deepika gleefully, “We had blocked a whole row and instead of sleeping after a super-hectic day we started playing Mendicot. We forgot we were in a commercial flight. So we were yelling and screaming in excitement while the rest of the passengers were trying to sleep.”
And now for the first time in her life Deepika is seriously addicted. “I can't stop playing Mendicot. Ritesh and Farhan introduced me and director Vijay Lalwani to the game. When we took off on Sunday from Mumbai on our private jet the first thing Farhan and Ritesh did was to teach us this game. I've become addicted.”
This could qualify as the biggest irony of the the entertainment industry in recent times.
While going a whirlwind tour of cities across the country to promote her new film Kartik Calling Kartik Deepika Padukone has gotten addicted to playing cards, which is what this week's rival film Teen Patti is about.
Deepika flew out of Mumbai in private jet on Sunday and Monday with her co-star Farhan Akhtar, director Vijay Lalwani and producer Ritesh Sidhwani.
Sighs Deepka, “I l-o-v-e-d the whirlwind tour. For two days I had more fun than I've had in my entire life. Throughout the trip we played Mendicot –not teen patti, please! We didn't sleep at all for two days because some of the flight- duration was less than two hours. So all we did was play Mendicot on flight.”
Now Deepika is hopelessly addicted to the game.
On Tuesday Deepika headed for Dubai.”It has been a hectic time. We covered six cities in two days. …three cities a day. It was possible only because the producer hired a private jet.”
