Beta First: Akshay Gives Up IIFA For Family Holiday

September 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - What was planned as an explosive stunt featuring Akshay Kumar with the all-girl contestants of the daredevil reality show "Fear Factor 2" turned out to be a damp squib. At Mukesh Mills, the entire prop from which Akshay was supposed to plunge 30 feet below came crashing down in the torrential rain that hit the city Monday afternoon.

September 14th, 2009 After appearing in a series of comedy and action films, Akshay Kumar will be seen in a romantic film after a gap of three years. The film, directed by Kunal Kohli, will go on floors soon.

September 9th, 2009 Akshay Kumar, who was shooting in Italy for Sajid Nadiadwala’s House Full, flew back to Mumbai to celebrate his birthday. "Akshay wanted to ring in his birthday with his family.

September 9th, 2009 MUMBAI - Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who turned 42 Wednesday, completed his shooting in Italy before schedule to be with his family here on his birthday. "Akshay wanted to ring in his birthday with his family.

September 4th, 2009 Akshay Kumar, who is busy shooting for Sajid Khan's House Full, took up his fitness trainer and driver's challenge to perform a stunt in real. The bet was that Akshay run right in the middle of the busy traffic of London lane.

August 20th, 2009 Hollywood action director James Bomalick of The Fast and The Furious and Tokyo Drift fame was so stunned by Akshay Kumar's passion for action that he could not stop singing praises of the Bollywood star. James, who worked with Akshay in Blue, noticed that Akshay was always hungry and enthusiastic to do action scenes.

July 4th, 2009 Abhishek Bachchan has performed the grand finale act at the IIFA 2009, held at Macao. Those who have missed out watching it live at The Venetian, Macao shall now get a chance to watch it during the telecast of the IIFA Awards 2009 on Sunday.

June 13th, 2009 The first look of forthcoming Indian films Jail and Do Knot Disturb unveiled at the Videocon IIFA Weekend 2009   As IIFA celebrates a decade of magic, it continues with its vision of building bridges across cinema, businesses, communities and nations. A key focus of IIFA is to highlight the achievements of Indian cinema on a global platform.

June 11th, 2009 MACAU - Terrorism in an unnamed but well-developed country was now being defined in terms of pre and post the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards being hosted there, according to IIFA director Sabbas Joseph. Speaking at the launch of IIFA here Thursday, Joseph did not name the country, but it could easily be deduced that he was referring to Britain, where the IIFA Awards have been held twice.

June 11th, 2009 MACAU - Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor's bubbly nature took a toll on her when she saw a friend at the Hong Kong airport and tripped. At the Hong Kong airport Sonam saw a friend and stepped forward without looking where she was going to wave at her -- and tripped.

June 11th, 2009 MACAU - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchans wax figure, which was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds museum in New York last month, has been especially flown in to be showcased at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards event here. Amitabhs wax figure, dressed in a traditional black sherwani suit with a heavily embroidered gold and black shawl, is the first figure to be part of Madame Tussauds New York's all-new Bollywood Zone.

June 8th, 2009 Shahid Kapoor has had to change his plans of attending IIFA and performing there for his upcoming film Kaminey. Though the actor was looking forward to his performance, the dates could not be adjusted as 3 of his films (Kaminey, Pathshala and Yashraj Films untitled) are ready for release and there is patchwork shoot remaining for Ken Ghosh’s untitled film.

June 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Forget about performing live, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar won't even be attending the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards night in Macau June 13. The actor has kept aside the month for a family vacation, specially chalked out with his son.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Brand ambassador of International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA), Amitabh Bachchan, said on Tuesday that the aim of the organization while choosing a new location each time was meant to spread the Bollywood awareness across the globe. "The idea really is to be as expansive as possible to reach various parts of the universe and go places which are relatively unheard of as far as Indian cinema is concerned and be able to carry our cinema there," said Amitabh Bachchan in a conference in New Delhi.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Yesteryear's superstar Rajesh Khanna will be given the lifetime achievement award at the 10th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Macau next month. Rajesh, who gave hits like Aradhana, Kati Patang, Anand and Amar Prem, will be felicitated at the award ceremony of the 10th IIFA celebrations on June 13, an IIFA press statement said.