Pakistani reality show contestant drowns in Bangkok

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 17th, 2009 BANGALORE - Bollywood actress Celina Jaitley is playing a glamorous woman in her first Kannada film "Sreemathi", a remake of Hindi film "Aitraaz", and the former Miss India bought all her costumes from Paris and Bangkok for it. "My designer wanted me to have the looks of glamorous heroines like Parveen Babi and Zeenat Aman -- they were the style icons of the Hindi film industry in the 1980s.

August 30th, 2009 Pakistan reality TV contestant drowns in challengeISLAMABAD — A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show drowned while performing a challenge for the program, a spokeswoman for the show's sponsor said Sunday. Pakistani contestant Saad Khan, 32, was swimming across a lake while wearing a 15-pound (7-kilogram) backpack when he called out for help and then disappeared underwater, according to Fareshte Aslam, information officer for Unilever Pakistan, the show's sponsor.

July 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - Raj Kumar Santoshi may have moved Lahore in his adaptation of the play "Jis Lahore Nahin Dekhya Woh Jamiya Nahin" to Hyderabad, but filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is all set to shoot an entire Bollywood film - a Hindu-Muslim love story - in Pakistan's cultural capital. The romance saga will star Pakistani singing sensation Noumad opposite an Indian girl who's still to be finalised.

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Talented Shreyas Talpade is travelling to Bangkok so often for his film shoots that the actor jokes he might apply for citizenship in Thailand. I have been to Bangkok so many times and for so many of my films from 'Bombay To Bangkok', 'Golmaal Returns' to 'Paying Guests' that I better take citizenship there.

July 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Los Angeles-based polygraph test reading expert Herb Irvine has been especially flown in to India for the reality show "Sach Ka Saamna". He will help the organisers in deciding whether the contestants are lying or telling the truth.

June 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Singer Adnan Sami said his father, a prominent Pakistani diplomat, passed away in a hospital here Monday and as per his last wish the body will be flown to Islamabad to be buried near his home. Arshad Sami Khan died from cancer of the pancreas and the funeral is to be held Friday, the singer said.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is teaming up with US TV personality Ryan Seacrest for a big-money show and will give a lucky contestant $1 million. The "Mean Girls" star is discussing business with the "American Idol" host, who works behind the scenes in Hollywood producing TV hits "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" and MTVs "Bromance", reports contactmusic.com.

June 17th, 2009 PANAJI - Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt feels that steady, subtle infiltration of Indian cinema into Pakistani households is one of the reasons which has kept both countries from an all out war. Speaking in Panaji Wednesday to announce the launch of the South Asian Film Festival (SAFF) being held here June 26-29, Bhatt said that the medium of storytelling automatically dissolved political boundaries.

June 9th, 2009 Canning of a song would be taken up at Bangkok for ‘Maa Nanna Chiranjeevi’ (Antay Pedda Hero) directed by Arun Prasad and produced by Jayasri on the banner of Laughing Lord Entertainment with Jagapatibabu, Neelima and Master Atulith in the lead, from June 10 to 15. Speaking on the occasion, Jagapatibabu says, ‘I liked the story of the film very much.

June 4th, 2009 Actor David Carradine found dead in BangkokBANGKOK — Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok. A news report said he was found hanged in his hotel room and was believed to have committed suicide.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton's reality show 'Paris Hilton's My New BFF" is heading to the United Arab Emirates as a part of her expanded search for her show. The House of Wax actress has already picked a new BFF (Best Friend Forever) from the US and the UK for the MTV show and now she is headed to the Middle-East after signing a new deal there, reports contactmusic.com.

May 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Television star Ram Kapoor, famous for his portrayal of Jai Walia in TV serial "Kasamh Se", is now set to host controversy queen Rakhi Sawant's wedding on reality show "Rakhi Ka Swayamvar". In the show, to be aired on NDTV Imagine, the item girl-cum-actress will choose a groom for herself with the help of the viewers.

May 3rd, 2009 Singing based reality show has helped actor Bala to find his life partner. Bala was judging a Star Singer show on a private channel and in the process fell for the contestant Amritha who has just appeared for her Plus 2 examinations.

May 3rd, 2009 The Jagapathi Babu starrer Adhineta has completed the shooting and is now in PP. Two songs remain balance for the film and the unit has flown to Bangkok after shooting the climax in Khammam.