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Monday, August 29, 2011

Celina Jaitly is married!

The latest Bollywood beauty to join the marriage bandwagon is none other than Celina Jaitly. The actor married her hotelier boyfriend Peter Haag in a quiet ceremony in a 1000-year old monastery in Austria. She posted pictures of her new husband, father and brother-in-law on Twitter.

And officially announced the marriage by tweeting, "Beloved tweeple. ..With great pleasure I would like to announce my wedding with @peterhaag n the 23rd of last month at a thousand year old monastery in Austria. We seek your blessings and good wishes, and apologize for the delayed announcement due to a family tragedy ..."

Peter Haag is a hotelier based in Dubai. He describes himself on twitter as, "Hotelier. Marketeer. Brand Strategist. Passion for Luxury, Hotels, Fashion, Photography, Design, Innovation and Nature. Apple-fanatic."

The couple has been together for one-and-a-half-years.

They were engaged in a small ceremony in Mumbai earlier this year. At that time, Celina, tourism ambassador of Egypt, had insisted that they would only tie the knot in Egypt.

"I'm sure everything will be back to normal in Egypt by September. Peter and I will take our marriage vows in Egypt and nowhere else. We had decided that when we decided to get married. That won't change."

She insisted that she was in constant touch with Egyptian authorities to ascertain a date for the wedding.

Wonder what changed their plans. Anyway, we wish the newlyweds a happy married life!

Does This Bike Ride Mean Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake Are Back Together?

Forget the tour-de-France! The tour-de-tabloids seems to be the hottest bike race of the year.

Because A-list celebs seem to be realizing that an afternoon of peddling with your beau is the best way to shake off breakup rumors. Or to rekindle a relaysh, as is the case with Justin Timberlake and his ex-girlfriend Jessica Biel.

Will Freddie Prinze Jr. Come to Ringer? Sarah Michelle Gellar Opens Up on Buffy, Marriage and More

Newsflash (if you've been living at the bottom of the sea with no internet): Sarah Michelle Gellar is coming back to TV!

The Buffy star is poised to return in the CW's new suspense drama Ringer, and our E! News cameras caught all the action as she sat down with Entertainment Weekly for the magazine's cover story, out now.

So what does she have to say about her time on Buffy, her return to All My Children (spoiler alert: Find out who she's playing!) and how she's kept her marriage so private? Plus, what's this about the possibility of hubby Freddie Prinze Jr. coming on Ringer?

First, the quote that shocked us the most:

"I don't have a burning desire to accomplish anything," SMG tells EW editor Jess Cagle.

But wait, before you start thinking that TV's best-ever butt-kicking babe has become something of a slacker, please note that this clearly driven working mom is anything but! She's referencing the fact that her time on Buffy feels like the pinnacle of a lifetime achievement—something with which you fellow Buffy fans can wholeheartedly agree, right?

"[Buffy] was so fulfilling for me in every way and everything I do now is the cherry on top," Sarah explains. "I don't feel the pressure to do this, or have to do this or go here because I feel like I've already won." Love.

Sarah also reveals how she managed not to spiral out of control despite all the fame and fandemonium she experienced at such a young age: "I think it's tricky. If you don't have that support system at home to begin with, then it's so easy to believe all the hype. I guess at the end of the day, I know who I am. If I see myself on a magazine cover at the supermarket, I don't even realize that it's me."

As for  ABC's All My Children, Sarah reveals, "I'm playing a mental patient," since her original character, Kendall, has been recast. She also finds the cancellation of AMC and other soaps "devastating," adding,  "I don't see the shows they're replacing it with lasting 40 years. I don't see that happening."

Despite starring in Scooby Doo with real-life husband Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah credits their longtime approach with the media for keeping their private lives out of the public eye.

"I think if you're able to walk that line from the beginning you'll find people have to be respectful of it," Sarah explains. "We've never flaunted our relationship."

So any chance Sarah and Freddie will work together again?

"I don't think it's an option now. Because we make it a point that one of us is home with our daughter. I'd love to get him to guest star on [Ringer] for an episode because it would be fun, but we'll see."

As not only the show's two leading ladies (she plays twin sisters), but also a producer, we're guessing Gellar can probably make that guest spot happen if she wants to. Just a hunch.

Check back tomorrow for part two of this Sarah Michelle Gellar interview. And this Wednesday, we'll have extended bonus footage not seen anywhere else.

Spoiler Chat: Exclusive Scoop on Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Glee and More!

Does Chuck Bass have a new love interest? Will Blaine (Darren Criss) switch teams on Glee? Will Jeremy's hot ex-girlfriends muck up everything for his romance with Bonnie on The Vampire Diaries?

If these are the questions that keep you up at night, well, you are welcome! 'Cause we have some exclusive answers to put your mind at ease.

Get the juice in our roundup of exclusive TV scoop...








Rebecca: What can you tell us about Dan and Blair? Or Chuck and Blair? Is there any hope for either?
Not hearing of anything the works for Dan and Blair, and it quite honestly pains me to tell you that! But Chuck and Blair fans, there is some good news for you. Aside from what I've mentioned about Blair's feelings for Chuck being quite the issue with her fiance prince, I can also tell you that despite the photo above, which looks like a meet cute between the Chuckster and a new love interest, a source tells me this little gem of good news: Chuck does not have any sort of new love interest in the works. At least not early on in the season. Cause to celebrate, mayhaps?

rrrrrrroxanne: Is it true that Blaine will be joining the New Directions? #GLEE
Let's just say Darren Criss has already been spotted at McKinley High with his boy Kurt (Chris Colfer) not in his Dalton uniform. First step transfer. Next step…New Directions!

redfox1998: any wemma scoop will do...seriously....anything you've got.
Er, call this scoop Wemma-adjacent. Flashback time! Glee is looking for someone to play a young Emma (Jayma Mays). It'll probably be a quick flashback, because this Emma won't have any lines. Maybe we'll finally get some insight into why Emma is the way she is. How about this for some speculation (you know how we love to do that): Emma is spilling to Will (Matthew Morrison) about her past. She cries. He cries. They hug and kiss. Then get married. The end!

 MamatoMicah: We haven't heard anything about Finn in season 3! I want to make sure Cory's cute mug keeps gracing my TV!
 Don't worry, Cory Monteith's cute mug isn't going anywhere! He's one-half of one of the most fan-obsessed couples on TV right now! But what's even better news is the fact that we hear he'll be getting lots of solo storylines…meaning stuff that has to do with being just Finn, and not half of Finchel.

Monica: Hey, any scoop on Lauren Graham on Parenthood? I'm slightly obsessed with her.
Get in line. Sources tell me that Lauren's character Sarah will be doing a very good deed in the coming season: Helping her ex Seth, aka John Corbett, find his way back to rehab. (Poor dude really just never got over Carrie! Oh wait, wrong show.) Corbett's back for multiple episodes and I'm hearing great things about the storyline. Word is the scenes with Lauren and John could be some of the best ever on the show.

Phoebe in Northville, Mich.: I love Rachel Bilson! Do you have anything on Hart of Dixie?
I'll be on the set of Hart of Dixie this week, so to answer you question with another question: Would you send us your Q's for the cast? Hit the comments or tweet me @kristindsantos. I'll probably tweet out a photo of me trying to break into Scott Porter's dressing room cause that's how this FNL fan rolls.

OTHMIOBIFreak: OTH scoop please, After CMM and Barbara Alyn Woods returning, any chance Ashley Rickards that played Sam in s6 might too?
When we chatted with the Awkward. star, she told us:"I would definitely be open to coming back for some sort of closure for Sam, absolutely. It would be wonderful to go back there because I kept in touch with everybody. I talked to Hilary [Burton] about a week ago." But has she been approached to return to Tree Hill? "I'm still waiting on my contract for Avatar 4," she jokes, "So we'll see."

Cathy: One Tree Hill's final season is going to be epic! Any scoop?
Now that Chad Michael Murray is coming back, season nine is indeed going to be epic. According to Tyler Hilton, creator Mark Schwahn is going all out. "One of the reasons why I am such a fan of this last season is because Mark said that last season he thought it might be the last season, so he ended it the way fans wanted it to end," he tells us. "This season he knows it is going to be the last season, and since he already kind of gave the fans their season last time, he said that he really wants to make this season what he wants. He said that since the show is done after this season, he has no one to impress, he can just do whatever he wants." Mark Schwahn writing without anyone holding him back? OTH's final season is going to be cray-cray!

 Suzanne in Portland, Ore.: Modern Family? Can't wait for it to come back!
 Get your chaps ready, because the season premiere is all about the Wild West. "The family went to a dude ranch and there are going to be a lot of surprises in that episode," Nolan Gould tells us. What kind of surprises? Well, Cameron (Eric Stonestreet) wants to capture the memory of the dude ranch by posing with guns, and Phil (Ty Burrell) takes up the fine art of skeet shooting. We also hear there's going to be some truly authentic-looking cowboy gear involved.

wingster55: What major couple will be splitting on Parks and Recreation?
 Not Andy and April. As far as we know, there are no current plans to split 'em up. So that's something?

Lance in Orlando, Fla.: Anything on Happy Endings? Particularly on my favorite non-couple: Max and Penny?
 Remember when Max (Adam Pally) and Penny (Casey Wilson) were "double Snooki's" for Halloween? Prepare for another double costume in a big Halloween episode this season. Wilson wouldn't give us any hints on what the costumes entail, but she seemed borderline giddy over it. Can't wait!

Moira in Nashville, Tenn.: What do you know about Megan Mullally's episode of Happy Endings?
Three words: song and dance. One more word: duet. A few more words: The Happy Endings people sent their food truck to our place of business to feed us today so I am changing this column title to "Watch Happy Endings with Kristin." Everyone's cool with that, right? I'm easy.

ParisDreamer93: The Lying Game—any news??? Please please please! I'm shamelessly obsessed :)
 Remember that smokin' hot (and slightly rude) ballet teacher Eduardo (Rick Malambri)? Expect Nisha (Sharon Pierre-Louis) to put the moves on him when she goes to the studio for dance lessons, something her tennis coach is forcing her to do. The ice queen doesn't mind working on her footwork quite as much after Eduardo agrees to give her private lessons.

haustonst: What can you tell me about Secret Circle that hasn't been told yet?
Hmm...How about that fans of the original book series (written by L.J. Smith) may see some familiar faces pop up in unexpected ways? "I think it's a really fun way to introduce characters, especially for people who love the book series," executive producer Andrew Miller tells us. "We'll definitely do that." Black John, perhaps? "We might incorporate a character like Black John," Miller teases. "He might be renamed."

 secret_circle: Any Secret Circle goodies?
A key difference between TSC and Vampire Diaries? Cassie (Britt Robertson) isn't exactly a goody two-shoes like Elena (Nina Dobrev). Cassie falling in love with Adam (Thomas Dekker), even though she shouldn't, "brings her into these dark feelings in herself," Miller explains. "We start this journey with Cassie between good and evil inside herself that relates to her mom and dad."

PerfectAnomaly: Is there anything coming up for CSI:NY's Det. Flack?
You might be pleased to hear that the prodigal sister of Detective Flack (Eddie Cahill) will be reappearing in his life. Only time will tell if she's still on the wagon or perhaps face down on the sidewalk. We think it's safe to say that she'll bring some drama to the CSI: New York detective's life because no long lost siblings ever show up just to check-in or grab a drink—er, coffee.

jmorgue: Thanks so much for coverage/spoilers of #CSINY! Anything else we can squeeze out of you? Danny/Lindsay, Flack or ...?
You are very welcome. And we have more! We asked Anna Belknap about her favorite moment in premiere, she told us: "The first episode had a nice scene between Lindsay and Adam, which I thought was really sweet. He has a really touching monologue about where he was on 9/11 and it's…painful."

Maureen: Will Alison Brie be back on Mad Men next season?
Seems very likely! Alison Brie coyly tells us: "I've heard that I may be able to get back over there and so that's good news. I'm excited that that's seeming to work out." So did she blab about Trudy Campbell's role on the award-winning drama? Nope. Brie remains tight-lipped: "I'm just terrified. I'm really not allowed to say anything else."

Kb_toyzz: Any hints on Degrassi? ;)
After Thursday's sure-to-be intense finale, fans can get their next Degrassi fix in October when TeenNick will air a one-hour Halloween special. What can fans expect from Mr. Eli Goldsworthy (Munro Chambers)? "That's like his New Year's," Munro teases. "He does New Year's on Halloween." Sounds like a party!

zindzijade: can you help ease some concerns for Brenda on The Closer? please? thank you!
 Wish we could, but it sounds like Brenda is in for a rocky season. "This whole season is about this lawsuit and Brenda operating under this specter of this lawsuit that she is responsible for," Kyra Sedgwick tells us. "So I think that that takes its toll on her, but I don't know how [the show] will finally, finally end." But here's some silver lining: looks like Brenda and Fritz will not be on the fritz. (We love puns!) "Well, I think Brenda and Fritz stay together," Jon Tenney says. "I don't know what's going to happen with Fritz, that's all up in the air. But I would like to believe that Brenda and Fritz stay together." So would we, Jon.

 Harrison: Can. Not. Wait. For The Vampire Diaries to return. Can you tell us what's up with Jeremy seeing the dead chicks? How long will they be on? And does this mean things are over with Bonnie?
Nothing like some "dead chicks" to really liven up the place, eh? I'm hearing some very good things about that storyline—It's gonna be twisty and turny and cool. Also hearing Malese Jow (Anna) and Kayla Ewell (Vicki) will be in about a handful of episodes (somewhere around six) and they will be recurring throughout the season. So you'll get some fun "dead chick" splashes there for a while, but they won't be around enough to muck things up with Bonnie. Win-win-win.

brandon120: Is there going to be paintball this year on Community?
We think there is always going to be a special place for paintball on Community but Yvette Nicole Brown tells us the first episodes of the season are less zombies and space shuttles and more "grounded." She dishes: "I think they are going to take some time now and find out why these people are friends...There've been quieter but more intensive adventures." Quiet intensive adventures you say? We think this calls for a Dungeons and Dragons redux! Oh, and speaking of "quieter" and "grounded," we also heard from our friend Joel McHale that there was a turtle on set last week. Sorry, forgot the major spoiler alert warning on that one! Is the whole season ruined?

Find Out Which Voice Coach Is Coming to Parenthood!

Blake Shelton? Christina Aguilera? Cee Lo Green? Or Adam Levine?

Sources confirm to us exclusively that one of the celebrity coaches from this summer's blockbuster reality hit The Voice has been cast on NBC's addictive drama Parenthood.

So who is it? And what's the role?

MORE: Feud Alert! Adam Levine to MTV: "F--k You"

Cee Lo Green. Playing...wait for it...Cee Lo Green. How's that for a perfect match!

According to sources, the deal is this close to being finalized, and the "Forget You" star is set to appear in one episode, recording at a new studio now owned by Adam (Peter Krause) and Crosby (Dax Shepard). The brothers are buying an old recording space from the '60s-'70s that was beloved by Jerry Garcia and the San Francisco-Berkeley music scene, and it will be a permanent set piece for Parenthood this season, so don't be surprised if more recording-artist guest stars come on board.

Christina, Blake, Adam...Here's looking at you.

Parenthood is the first NBC premiere out of the gate for the new season on Sept. 13. If you haven't been watching this show, get on board. It's crazy good.

Bollywood is creatively satisfying: 'Bodyguard' director

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) After spending more than two decades in the southern film industry, director Siddique has entered Bollywood with "Bodyguard" and says that he finds the Hindi film industry creatively satisfying.

"The market of the Hindi film industry is bigger in comparison to the south. Here one can think big and execute it as well. There are no limitations. It is a creatively satisfying place for any filmmaker," Siddique told IANS in an interview.

"One does not need to worry about funds. The bigger you imagine, the bigger your dreams are, the bigger a film can be," he said while praising Bollywood.

Siddique has made "Bodyguard", a remake of his Malayalam film, in Hindi with Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles. The film is releasing Aug 31.

This is the third time he has directed the same script - the film was also made in Tamil as "Kaavalan".

When asked about the difference in the treatment, he said: "Language dosen't really make much of a difference if the story line has meat in it. A few changes have been made keeping in mind Salman's fan following.

"I am very happy to enter Bollywood, that too with Salman Khan. I feel very lucky to have him in my first Bollywood project. One does not need to give him briefing. He understands all the aspects of filmmaking."

Siddique feels language is not a barrier while adapting a script, but it certainly posed problems for him when he had to interact with people while making the film.

"It wasn't that easy for me to make a film here because I was out of my comfort zone and my working style. I was also among new people. The most difficult part was that I didn't know the language and so it became a little difficult to make others understand with my 'tuta-futa' (broken) Hindi."

"Salman and Kareena watched the other versions of the film. They understood the main plot of the characters. They understood what I wanted from them. When we started shooting, I didn't have to explain much to them as they had the idea about what I expected from them in a particular scene," he said.

After starting his career in the early 1980s, Siddique made films in Tamil and Malayalam. Priyadarshan is known for adapting Siddique's films - he turned "Ramji Rao Speaking" (1989) into "Hera Pheri" (2000), "Godfather" (1991) into "Hulchul" (2004) and "In Harihar Nagar" (1990) into "Dhol" (2007).

But he has no qualms about it as he feels the "give and take" process between Bollywood and Southern filmdom is "bridging the gap between the two industries."

"I had offers even before, but I didn't accept them at that time. But I think it was wise of me because this is the right time for me to enter Bollywood," he said.

Before foraying into Bollywood, Siddique saw over 60 Hindi films to understand how Bollywood movies are made.

Comparing the two industries, he said that the southern film industry is still in a developing stage.

"It's not that there are any problems with the southern industry. But it is still in its developing stage. We have great artists, good technicians, but the problem arises when it comes to funding," said Siddique.

"In South the movie market is growing. They are experimenting with story lines. The difference in cinema of both the industries is basically of the language. Otherwise, Indian emotions are same all over the country. Their understanding of a subject is more or less the same," he added.

He also feels regional films are finally getting their due.

"Not only in their own country but even across the globe. Now, their reach is not limited. They have set a mark in global market thanks to international festivals. Earlier the Kannada market was around Rs.80 lakh to Rs.1crore. But now it is around Rs.40 crore, alone," he said.

Though the director is smitten by Bollywood, there is one area that Siddique feels Bollywood needs to improve upon.

"We (people down South) start work early. Usually, we start our day at seven in the morning or maximum by nine. But here that is not the case. The working hours are a little odd for us. It is my humble request that if the industry here inculcates the practice of starting early, the atmosphere would become perfect. It will become more disciplined," he said.

Amitabh Bachchan ignored!

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- You'd imagine that Amitabh Bachchan doesn't often get ignored. But if there is one person who can afford to give the actor a cold shoulder, it would be the skipper of the cricket team, MS Dhoni.

According to a faithful jasoos, Big B's World Cup celebrations had a wrench thrown in, when his myriad congratulatory text messages to Dhoni went unanswered.

So when the two met recently at an event, Bachchan made his displeasure known to the captain. Turns out Dhoni thought someone was pulling a prank by using Bachchan's name, so he didn't respond. Spouting profuse apologies, he saved the number, promising to reply ASAP the next time Big B felt like chatting. Dhoni, I'll buy you some extra credit so you won't think twice about replying next time.

John's muscle weight now 96 kg!

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- The promos of Force are evidence of lead actor John Abraham's muscular physique and hardcore action sequences. But not many know of the rigorous regime he had to undertake to achieve the look.

John is widely known as one of the biggest fitness freaks in the industry, and has been building his body for years now. For Force, though, he faced a huge challenge - to achieve a whopping 96 kgs of pure muscle weight for his character. And to hit the target, he had to stick to set calculations of weight training.

Working hard to achieve the bulked-up look, John took great care of his meals and exercise regimen, besides working out in the gym. Of course, he has been in the news for his eight-pack, which he developed especially for Force. But besides the taut abs, filmmakers also wanted John to gain muscle weight.

Eating the right kind of food and not starving himself was his mantra to good health and physique. "And for Force too, he religiously followed the diet charts and training schedules designed by the trainers in order to attain those muscles," says a source.

Apparently, John was very keen to flaunt a super muscular look for the film. When contacted, Force producer Vipul Shah says: "John, Nishikant (Kamat, director) and I had several discussions on the body aspect. We were very clear that we needed John's character to look super muscular, but gaining this kind of pure muscle weight was not an easy job. However, John took up the challenge."

In his action avatar, John bruised himself 282 times, and cut himself repeatedly while filming the action sequences, most of which he performed himself, without the help of a body double.

The staggering tally came to the fore after the production house started maintaining a log for the cast and crew to ascertain what sequence the artistes have performed and who might not be available to shoot due to injury.

Ranbir's blind date!

umbai, Aug. 29 -- My Bandra birdie has been busy scouting in her neighbourhood she's just informed lately, and she's just informed me that there's been unusual activity outside Ranbir Kapoor's house. I wonder if she's noticed any Katfights.. but luckily, she says it's just a group of giggly teenagers who've made a habit of dropping by the actor's house every day, begging to see him.

The Rockstar's security guards told them that he was in Kolkata for the longest, shooting for Anurag Basu's Barfee. But to the utter shock and awe of the lovelorn Lailas, Ranbir was at home when they came knocking one day, and he actually invited them in. Seems the charmer gave them a private tour of the house, even feeding them lunch. Hmmm... Since when are stars so nice to stalkers, even if they come in pretty packages?

Eesha plays dusky don!

Mumbai, Aug. 29 -- For the Khallas girl to play a deglamourised role was a "challenge." Eesha Kopikkar Narang says that when director Lalit approached her to play a female don who looks like a street urchin, she was amused and thought he was joking. "But the script hooked me. It's an author-backed role."

She adds, "I have nothing against multi-starrers and playing a femme fatale, but after getting married and settling down, I wanted to do something more meaningful. This fit the bill." Eesha married her friend, businessman Timmy Narang, a year ago.

She adds, "In a male-dominated domain, people rarely write scripts featuring a powerful female character. I also loved the character, because she's a strong person, like me." The actor has herself been practicing martial arts for eight years and loves action. For Shabri, she did a couple of breathtaking stunts including jumping from a building, but admits the most difficult bit was to inhabit a character "seven shades darker than her." She says, "For a whole week, I used to sit in the sun for hours, but that only burnt my skin. I didn't even get a slight tan." The actor then used cosmetics and make-up. "Imagine doing that every day. It requires a lot of patience," she says. The female don, Shabri, is burdened with family responsibilities and is the only breadwinner.

She lives in a slum where the 'matka' (form of betting) system is rampant. Of the film, she says, "My character works in a flour mill to support her family. Her life takes a turn when a policeman rounds up her brother by mistake, and tortures him to death, turning her into a dreaded gangster." Eesha also walks with a slight slouch in the film, which she attributes to the mental connotation of being "burdened with responsibility."

Film fraternity came out in full strength to support Anna's movement

New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption campaign attracted people from all walks of life and the members of Indian film industry were not far behind. From Southern stars like Rajnikanth and Nagarjuna to Bollywood celebrities like Aamir Khan and Om Puri -- all came out to extend their support to the campaign.

Hazare began his fast Aug 16 and broke it Sunday morning after parliament Saturday agreed to three key demands of his civil society group to battle corruption.

If students and professionals showed their solidarity towards the anti-corruption movement, so did the celebrities from the film industry.

Superstar Aamir Khan and director Rajkumar Hirani flew down to Delhi Saturday to pledge their support to the Jan Lokpal bill framed by Hazare and his team. The actor sat next to Anna through the day and even broke his fast (roza) at the Ramlila ground.

Aamir had expressed concerned about Anna's health and urged him to end fast, saying: "I would like to request to Annaji to bring an end to his fast. We are all very worried about him. It has been 12 days. The bill will take time and it should undergo the process, a lot of debates will have to take place... and they are mandatory."

A day before, actor Om Puri visited Ramlila Ground. The 60-year-old-actor, know for his roles in films like "Ardh Satya", "Hera Pheri", said the struggle does not end here as the people of the country also have electoral reforms to fight for.

The father-daughter duo of Kabir and Pooja Bedi along with singers Kailash Kher and Sonu Nigam also visited the Ramlila ground.

Kailash provided entertainment by singing the song "Ambar tak yahi naara gunjega", which he had composed specially for Anna.

Actor Raghuvir Yadav also joined Anna at the Ramlila Maidan. Bhojpuri actor and singer Manoj Tiwari was also seen there.

Mumbai's Azad Maidan also saw a number of celebrities coming out in support of the 74year-old activist's struggle. The gathering saw participation from Vishal Dadlani of musical duo Vishal and Shekhar, actor Purab Kohli, producer-actor Raghu Ram, Celina Jaitly and Shreyas Talpade.

Other celebs like Bipasha Basu and Shekhar Kapur chose to show their support through social networking sites.

The Anna wave not only gripped Bollywood but also southern film industry.

Telugu film industry members took out a rally and observed a day-long fast in Hyderabad to express their solidarity for Anna. Eminent filmmaker and former union minister Dasari Narayana Rao, actor couple Jeevitha and Rajasekhar, actor Babu Mohan and others participated in it.

Kannada superstars Vijay Raghavendra, Srinagara Kitty, Shivaraj Kumar, Ganesh and veteran actor Master Hirannaia Vijay came together and took out another anti-corruption rally in support of Anna in Bangalore.

South Indian celebrities also took to social networking sites to show their support. Among them were Nagarjuna, director Ramesh Arvind, actress Ramya, pop singer and actress Smitha and Kannada singer Chaithra.

MTV Video Music Awards: Who Won?

It was an evening that started with major news - Beyonce is pregnant! - continued with a story about a snake and concluded with the regular cast of characters taking home trophies:

Adele, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and more. Read on for a full list of winners from the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, including the unofficial title of Biggest Gaga Wannabe to Nicki Minaj, pictured here...


BEST NEW ARTIST
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”
BEST MALE VIDEO
Justin Bieber, “U Smile”
BEST FEMALE VIDEO
Lady Gaga, "Born This Way"
BEST COLLABORATION
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West, “E.T.”
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”
BEST ROCK VIDEO
Foo Fighters, “Walk”
BEST POP VIDEO
Britney Spears, “Till the World Ends”
BEST VIDEO WITH A MESSAGE
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Beyoncé, “Run the World (Girls)”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West, “E.T.”
BEST ART DIRECTION
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
BEST EDITING
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Katy Perry, "Firework"

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva Resolve Custody Battle, End Epic Feud

Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva have resolved their issues.

The custody battle and legal drama that has made headlines for two years appears to be kaput after they officially reached a financial and child custody agreement, ending the staggering fallout from one of the all-time worst celebrity breakups.

Gibson's spokesman Alan Nierob tells E! News, "I can confirm the parties have settled the matter and we appreciate all the judge's help."



L.A. County Superior Court released a statement Friday reading: "As a result of a multiday settlement conference, the court announces that Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva have achieved a settlement in their ongoing dispute."

Terms and conditions of the settlement were not announced.

Mel and Oksana are due back in court next week to discuss financial arrangements as well as the issue of custody of 1-year-old daughter Lucia.

Back in March, the actor pleaded no contest to battery against the Russian musician in a deal that allowed him to avoid jail time in the case.

Grigorieva went to police six months after the Malibu incident in which she said the actor punched her, and that he threatened her and Lucia.

Subsequently, the Mel Gibson tapes surfaced, featuring now-infamous rants in which he said she "deserved" the assault and he'd "bury" her.

The settlement will hopefully put this to bed for good.