Lady GaGa is download queenSeptember 7th, 2009 LONDON - British pop star Lady GaGa has been crowned queen of the downloads as new figures show she is on the top of the all-time download charts. Her single Poker Face has notched up 779,000 sales on downloads alone to top the charts while her first British release Let's Dance is at number three with 700,000, reported mirror.co.uk.
Varma to make sequel to 'Agyaat'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.
Lohan won't do jungle reality showJuly 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.
Priyanka Kothari lived with eight lizards during 'Agyaat' shootJuly 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Actress Priyanka Kothari is petrified of lizards, but she had to share her room with the reptiles for a month while shooting in the Sri Lankan jungles for her forthcoming film "Agyaat". "I had to live with eight creepy lizards who used to roam around in my room.
'Uncomfortable truth' beats 'jungle adventure' on TVJuly 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Truth always prevails. And it certainly does on Indian television, as the ratings of two newly launched reality shows indicate.
Fed up, celebs demand more money to stay on in 'Iss Jungle Se...'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.
Genelia back to 'Pappu dance' in 'Life Partner' (Snippets)July 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - Genelia DSouza surprised her choreographer on the sets of "Life Partner" when she requested him to include the signature step of the song "Pappu cant dance" from "Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na" in the song "Teri meri ye zindagi".
'Agyaat' based on spooky experiences during 'Jungle' shoot: VarmaJuly 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.
Lack of skin show disappoints 'Iss Jungle...' participantJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Palak, one of the most controversial participants of "MTV Roadies 5", wanted to stir up another controversy by wearing revealing clothes on Sony TV's new show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao. But the only chance she got to wear short clothes was during a promotional photo shoot for the adventure reality show.
Shweta Tiwari, Aman Verma to be part of 'Iss Jungle Se...'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.
No 'Short Kut' to success for Amrita Rao (Film Snippets)July 7th, 2009 MUMBAI - She has been hogging the limelight for her dare to bare act in "Short Kut: The Con Is On" that releases Friday. But Amrita Rao says she believes in hardwork and not taking shortcuts to achieve success in life.
Megan Fox goes topless for horror filmJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - Model-turned-actress Megan Fox has gone topless for a scene in her new horror movie Jennifer's Body. Fox roamed around through a jungle topless for the scene in the film, which has her in the role of a demon-possessed cheerleader who turns men into bloody pulps, reports thesun.co.uk.
Priyanka Chopra latest to catch the Twitter bug (Snippets)June 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - After many national and international celebrities, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra is the latest to have taken to social networking website Twitter in a big way. Priyanka has recently taken to Twitter and she is quite regular as she updates her account at least once a day, a source close to the actress told IANS.
Rare photos of Marilyn Monroe released onlineJune 3rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Rare photographs of movie icon Marilyn Monroe, which were taken almost 60 years ago, were released online to mark her 83rd birth anniversary. Imdb.com reports that the photos were posted on website life.com.
I miss Mona Singh's chutzpah as co-host: Rohit RoyMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If actor and anchor Rohit Roy had his way, TV actress Mona Singh would have been co-hosting the ongoing season of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' like they did last year because the actor feels she has the 'chutzpah' that very few in the industry can match. 'I have to admit that I miss Mona.