Lack of skin show disappoints ‘Iss Jungle…’ participant

October 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Item girl Rakhi Sawant's mother Jaya Friday became the first to be evicted from the "Bigg Boss" house. And her exit from the reality show was as dramatic as her entry.

October 1st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan looks older than her age 23 as she is suffering the ill effects of smoking and years of late-night drinking sessions, says a cosmetic surgeon. "She looks at least ten years older.

September 18th, 2009 LONDON - British pop singer Robbie Williams fears that talent show "X Factor" contestant Olly Murs is so talented that he can take Williams' place. "There's this one guy on the X Factor who is amazing.

September 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After two months of performing deadly stunts and struggling to survive in Malaysia's largest tropical rain forest, TV actress Mona Wasu was voted and crowned the 'Jungle Queen' Friday at the grand finale of Sony TV's "Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao" reality show. "I am very thankful to the audience for recognising my fight and struggle throughout the show," Mona said after the results were announced.

August 23rd, 2009 KOZHIKODE - They have been singing on trains and in other public places to make a living all this while, but now 17 families of street singers in Kerala will find themselves in the spotlight, showcasing their talent on TV. "VKC Street Light" is a new reality show with a difference - its 100 episodes will not have any competition or elimination.

August 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - Ram Gopal Varma is set to go ahead with a sequel to his just-released spooky thriller "Agyaat" that has garnered mixed reviews. The director says in part two the story will shift from the jungles to the city.

July 30th, 2009 LONDON - Actress-singer Lindsay Lohan has no plans to experience wildlife by participating in a jungle reality TV show, says her representative. There were reports that Lohan was in talks to lead the cast for the upcoming series of "Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!, reports contactmusic.com.

July 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Truth always prevails. And it certainly does on Indian television, as the ratings of two newly launched reality shows indicate.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Celebrity contestants on television reality show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao have walked out of the show after being made to perform dangerous tasks in Malaysia's dense jungles. They are now demanding more money to stay put in the adventure show.

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Director Ram Gopal Varma says his forthcoming film "Agyaat" is based on real life eerie incidents that his unit members experienced while shooting his 2000 movie Jungle. "Agyaat", a spooky crime thriller about a film unit shooting in dense jungles, was conceived after certain unnatural things transpired on the sets of the Urmila Matondkar-Fardeen Khan starrer.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - King of Pop Micheal Jackson was hooked on to painkillers after acid treatments to burn and whiten his skin left him in agony, according to a former nurse. The pop legend underwent countless laser facial peels and bleaching treatments as his obsession with peeling back layers of skin grew but the processes were so painful he took a cocktail of drugs, including tranquilliser Diprivan to numb his senses, and allegedly begged doctors to sedate him for three days at a time, reports thesun.co.uk.

July 14th, 2009 Album: "Agyaat"; Music Directors: Bapi-Tutul; Lyricists: Prashant Pandey, Sandip Singh and Sarim Momin; Singers: Runa Rizvi, Earl, Banjotsana, Shweta Pandit, Vickey B. Joshi, Bapi, Keka Ghoshal, Jankee Parikh, Imran; Rating: * Ram Gopal Varma's movies like "Rangeela", "Satya" and "Mast" offered great songs that went on to become huge hits, but the music of his latest venture "Agyaat" disappoints.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After doing soaps and anchoring shows, popular television stars Shweta Tiwari and Aman Verma will now be seen struggling to survive in a jungle in Sony's new adventure reality show "Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao", starting July 13. They are among the 10 participants who have agreed to be part of the reality show shot in Malaysia's' oldest and largest Taman Negara tropical rain forest.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has slammed former Spice girl Victoria Beckham for supporting a fashion chain that uses crocodile skin in its products. The singer-turned-designer, who is regularly seen with a Hermes handbag on her arm, has been urged to give up the luxury brand as it frequently uses animal skin, reports contactmusic.com.

May 30th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - King of pop Michael Jackson, who has been detected with skin cancer, is in constant fear of dying and is terrified that his nose will fall off. Though the music star has seen top doctors here after cancerous skin cells were found on his nose, chest and arm, he continues to fret about the effects of the ailment, thesun.co.uk reported.