SUSHMITA SEN TURNS 35 TODAY

Today, Sushmita Sen turns 35 who born on 19th November 1975 is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former beauty queen, Sen was crowned Miss Universe 1994. She was the first Indian woman to win the competition.

BIOGRAPHY:-

Sushmita was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh to a Bengali Hindu family. Her father, Shubeer Sen, is a former Indian Air Force Wing Commander and her mother, Subhra Sen, is a fashion artist and jewelry designer. She has a brother, Rajeev Sen. She was born in St. Theresa's hospital, Hyderabad, and grew up in New Delhi. She attended school at the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute.

In 2000, she adopted a daughter, named Renee. On 13th Jan, 2010 she adopted a three-month-old girl and named her Alisah.

MISS UNIVERSE:-

In 1994, at the age of eighteen, Sushmita won the title of Femina Miss India beating Aishwarya Rai, who was the runner up. Sen represented India at the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant, held in Manila, Philippines and won there.

At Miss Universe, Sushmita ranked third overall in the preliminaries, right behind preliminary winner Miss Colombia Carolina Gómez, and Miss Greece Rea Totounzi, who ranked second but won the preliminary swimsuit and evening gown competitions. Sushmita went on to place second, fifth and third in the swimsuit, interview, and evening gown semi-final competitions respectively, placing third place behind Miss Colombia and Miss Venezuela Minorka Mercado. All three women went on to be the final three contestants. In the end, the judges placed their votes on Sushmita, making her the first woman from India to become Miss Universe.

FILM CAREER:-

After her reign as Miss Universe was over, Sushmita became an actress. Her first movie, Dastak was in 1996, in which she played the victim of a stalker. The movie did not do well at the box office. However, two years later her appearance as Rupali in David Dhawan's movie Biwi No.1 won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1999. Biwi No.1 was the highest grossing movie of 1999.The same year, she was also nominated for her role in Sirf Tum in the same category, making her an obvious choice for winner. She received critical acclaim and box office success for film Aankhen.

So far, her biggest hit has been the 2004 movie Main Hoon Na, in which she starred as Shahrukh Khan's love interest. The film grossed a total of Rs 340,000,000 and was the second best selling movie of that year.Later, Sushmita played a lawyer in Main Aisa Hi Hoon opposite Ajay Devgan. In 2005, she also starred in a remake of Cactus Flower, called Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya: Sen played the lead opposite Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif. Her most recent movies include Karma, Confessions and Holi (2006) opposite Naomi Campbell, Do Knot Disturb, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007) and Dulha Mil Gaya (2010) opposite Fardeen Khan.

It has been reported that Sushmita will portray the slain Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto in a film co-produced by Zaid Aziz and Henna Rai of the Karachi production company Vox Vision, and Leicester-based Sum Films. Tentatively titled Benazir Bhutto: The Movie, the film will be shot in locations in Pakistan, the US, Britain and Dubai, where Bhutto spent years as a student and later as a political leader in exile. When Sushmita was asked about this big opportunity, she excitedly said, “Yes, I am keen to play the role.”

Recently she starred in Do Knot Disturb with long-time screen partner Govinda. The film failed to do well.Sushmita plays the role of a successful supermodel called Shimmer in Dulha Mil Gaya.

NICOLE SCHERZINGER - PLAYBOY ENERGY DRINK LADY

Back in London after supporting her race car driving beau Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi over the weekend, Nicole Scherzinger was looking stunning at the Funky Buddha.

In a cute black frock, Nicole Scherzinger posed for pictures while attending the launch party for the new Playboy Energy Drink.

In career news, Nicole recently put out the vibe that she would be interested in doing an American version of “X Factor” if Simon Cowell gave her the opportunity.

She told press, “If Simon Cowell were to approach me I would really have to think about it because it is a huge commitment. I would definitely be open to it.”

SAIF ALI KHAN IN CHETAN BHAGAT'S "2STATES"

                

After 'One Night At The Call Centre' and '3 Idiots' another Chetan Bhagat’s novel is going to make as a film i.e, '2 States'. Siddharth Anand directing this un-titled film with Saif Ali Khan. '2 States' story about Punjabi who will marry his Tamilian.

Saif Ali Khan has been chosen to play the lead and the actor plans to spend time with Chetan Bhagat to understand his character, Krish, and get into Krish’s mind. Says Bhagat on the film, “It is not important for Krish to be played by a Punjabi or Ananya to be played by a Tamilian. I’m aware Saif is not a Punjabi. To me that serves the story’s purpose even better. The whole idea of 2 States is to convey a pan-India appeal. The novel is about an inter-state union. What better way to show this than to have a non-Punjabi actor playing my Punjabi protagonist?”

Bhagat admits that 2 States is his most personal novel to date and the screen adaptation most precious to him.

RACHEL ZOE CONFIRMS HER PREGNANCY

The celebrity stylist, Rachel Zoe, 39, finally broke her silence on Twitter Wednesday: "Hey everyone! I want to officially confirm to my loyal friends and followers that I am pregnant!"

Last month, Zoe denied the pregnancy rumors. When asked by people if she was pregnant, Zoe reportedly showed off her flat stomach and said, "Not at all. I'd be home sleeping."

The couple's decision over whether this was the right time for them to have a child was a major topic on this season of her Bravo reality show, 'The Rachel Zoe Project.'

"Rachel isn't getting any younger and I'm starting to feel like if we don't get on it, we'll miss the opportunity, which would be a complete shame as I know that Rachel would make an amazing mother," Berman wrote on his bravotv.com blog on Aug. 10.

The couple started dating 19 years ago and tied the knot in 1997.

AMIR AND KIRAN KHAN'S DHOBI GHAT

Dhobi Ghat is Kiran Khan’s movie with husband Amir Khan, produced and also Directed by Kiran herself.

The film has Aamir Khan and Prateek Babbar as lead. The movie revolves around four people primarily, said Amir. The movie has Amir, Prateek & two other actresses. The musical score of Dhobi Ghaat is composed by Argentinian composer Gustavo Santaolalla.

The movie making process is going on, and will soon be on the silver screen.

The movie is a new concept, much different from the ongoing movie tales and characters. With Aamir plays a painter who owns a small studio in Mumbai, Prateik is touted to play the part of a dhobi. The movie is centered on the Dhobi Ghaat in Mumbai which is where the traditional dhobis live and earn bread from primarily. The film is to be released on 21 January, 2011.

EVA LONGORIA AND TONY PARKER NOT DIVORCING

Eva Longoria denies a TMZ report that husband Tony Parker filed for divorce in Texas after three years of marriage. The story later disappeared from TMZ's homepage, replaced by a retraction.

Longoria, 35, and Parker, 28, met in November 2004 and were engaged in November 2006. They exchanged vows during a small civil service and again, a day later, on July 7, 2007, at Chateau of Vaux le Vicomte, a 17th-century castle on the outskirts of Paris.

Even in light of a spate of celebrity splits, the news of Parker and Longoria's split was surprising as the couple is frequently photographed cuddling and generally appearing happy together. Just last month, Longoria stopped by the "Ellen" show, where she told host Ellen DeGeneres that Parker surprises her every year for their anniversary and that this year he took her to Croatia. Mid-story, Longoria seemed to sense that DeGeneres might be planning one of her signature "scares," and when the actress turned around, Parker was standing on set. He ran out and gave her a hug and kiss in front of the audience.

DEEPIKA PADUKONE IN ROHIT DHAWAN'S "DESI BOYZ"

Bollywood most sexy actress, Deepika Padukone will be one of the two heroines in Desi Boyz, the directorial debut of Rohit Dhawan, son of David Dhawan. Produced by Eros, the film stars Akshay Kumar and John Abraham.

It was reported that John and Akshay will be showing their buff bodies in the film as pole dancers. The two loose their jobs and compete with each other as pole dancers at the same night club.

The film will reportedly have a second female lead, with names of Lara Dutta and Anushka Sharma featuring in press reports.

Anushka's manager, however, told Sawfnews that she is not in the film.

While Deepika and Akshay are not currently shooting for any other films, John Abraham has recently started filming Kaakha Kaakha with co-star Genelia D'Souza.

Deepika and Akshay last featured together in Chandni Chowk to China (2009) and Housefull (2010). 

KOURTNEY OUTSOURCED BEAUTY TO INDIA

Hollywood most famous celebrity, Kourtney Kardashian has outsourced her beauty to India.

The reality star is featured in a sexy pictorial as part of that country's November issue of Maxim. Indeed, critics can say what they want about Kourtney - she's annoying, starved for attention, talentless, unashamed to exploit her child for publicity and money... - but it's hard to deny Kourtney is by far the best looking of all these Kardashian sisters.

Unfortunately, we can't even sit back and enjoy that fact because only one thought crosses our minds when looking at the pics below: Scott Disick gets to go home every night and tap this?!?

BIG BOSS GET'S HOTTER WITH PAMELA'S ENTRY

Indian reality TV can’t get bigger than this. Pamela Anderson, the Baywatch star is set to take entry into Bigg Boss.

The bosses at Bigg Boss are pulling every string to grab more and more eyeballs. After the Ali Merchant-Sara Khan marriage on the show, the show’s set to become more interesting and no doubt hotter with the entry of Pamela Anderson.

“Pamela Anderson is landing here on Monday from the US and will enter the 'Bigg Boss' house next week,” a Colors channel spokesperson is quoted as saying by a news agency.

Earlier also there was talk of Pamela’s entry into Bigg Boss, but now it has been confirmed.

JAMES VAN DER BEEK WITH KIMBERLY BROOK

Settling into his fatherly role quite nicely, James Van Der Beek enjoyed a family outing in Los Angeles.

The former "Dawson's Creek" star was joined by wife Kimberly Brook and their two-month-old daughter Olivia - with the sighting offering up the very first pictures of the couple's baby girl.

As previously reported by GossipCenter, James and Kimberly welcomed Olivia into the world on September 25th. Upon her little angel's arrival, Van Der Beek excitedly tweeted, "Had the blessing of becoming a father over the weekend... Couldn't come close to describing this bliss even if I had 140 million characters. I apologize in advance for any obnoxiously precious new-dad tweets that may follow. I'm under her spell..