After two children and four years together, Nicole Richie andJoel Madden invited about 130 close family and friends in their wedding party.
But one attendee stood way out: a trained elephant was seen being led into the Los Angeles estate of Richie's father, music superstar Lionel Richie, where two tents were set up for the ceremony on a warm evening.
Otherwise, the couple appeared to be sticking to tradition. Richie wore a wedding dress by Marchesa, and their rings were by jeweler Neil Lane, who also crafted Richie's 4-carat engagement ring.
According to source "They're going all-out with the decor." "Nicole wanted a memorable, elegant affair for only their closest friends and family on their special day."
How the elephant fit in wasn't immediately known.
Guests included the groom's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji Madden, 31, Sam Ronson, as well as Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale.
Richie, 29 and Madden, 31, announced their engagement in February, and Richie's friends threw her a luxurious bachelorette party in Mexico in September.
Bollywood celebrity Sonakshi Sinha will now be seen in "Race 2", which has a very westernized image, but the actress has made clear that she is not going to do steamy love-making scenes.
Sonakshi is however totally influenced by Salman Khan, who is her mentor and the person who launched her, without his consent the actress won’t take a single step. It seems that Sallu bhai has advised her to maintain her graceful and shyimage and even the filmmaker’s oblige to it.
The producer of "Race 2", Ramesh Taurani and directorsAbbas- Mastan are very happy to have a fresh face on board.
According to sources, “It goes without saying that Ms Sinha will not perform any lovemaking or kissing scenes in the film. Adjustments have been made to suit Sonakshi, who was being considered for the film for quite some time. Knowing her Indianimage and shy nature, this was more or less expected. The producer of the film, Ramesh Taurani, and the director, Abbas-Mustan, are very happy to have her on board.”
Putting her stunning beauty on full display, Amy Adams adorns the cover of the January 2011 issue of Marie Claire magazine.
The 36-year-old actress donned a variety of stylishly sexy ensembles for the magazine's accompanying spread which coincides with Miss Adams' promotional efforts for her upcoming movie due out on December 17th titled "The Fighter".
As for the issue's interview, Amy reminisced on a past Q&A session with a reporter who stunned the actress after seeming to be surprised about the fact that she's had sex.
Adams tells, "I did one interview when I was pregnant and the writer said he thought people would be surprised to know that I had sex."
She continued, "I didn't know what to say. I was like, 'Excuse me if it takes a minute to process the fact that you think I'm asexual.' Anyway, there's something great about the world thinking I'm so innocent. Only it's not true."
Today Bollywood famous celebrity, Dia Mirza Handrich who popularly known as Dia Mirza turns 29 who born on 9th December,1981. She was second runner up at Femina Miss India, 2000 and was subsequently sent to Miss Asia Pacific, 2000, where she won. She completed the hat-trick of India winning international pageants in the year 2000 (Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe title and Priyanka Chopra won the Miss World title in the same year) when she won the Miss Asia Pacific title on 3rd December 2000 in Manila, Philippines, also making her the first Indian contestant to win this title in 29 years.
PERSONAL LIFE AND EDUCATION:-
Dia Mirza was born in Hyderbad, Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Frank Handrich, was a German graphic and industrial fair designer, architect, artist and interior designer from Munich and her mother, Deepa is a Bengali Indian who is an interior designer, landscaper and currently does social work as a volunteer to help alcoholics and addicts. They separated when she was six years old. Her father died when she was nine and her mother remarried Ahmed Mirza, who died in 2004. She adopted her stepfather's surname Mirza and has recently adopted the last name of her birth-father and became Dia Mirza Handrich.
When living in Khairatabad, Hyderabad, she attended Vidyaranya High School for Boys And Girls, a school based on the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and later Nasr School, in Khairtabad.She completed her graduation in Bachelors of Arts from Open University, Hyderabad.
CAREER:-
Mirza started working at the age of 16 years while continuing her college education.She worked as a marketing executive in a multi-media firm called Dr. Neeraj’s Multi media studio.She simultaneously modeled for the print and television advertisement campaigns of various brands such as Walls, Lipton, Emami etc. Mirza wanted to complete her graduation in Arts by correspondence, but decided to postpone it as it was becoming difficult to juggle between the Miss Asia Pacific competition, modeling assignments, traveling and training. She was assisted by Sabira Merchant on diction and etiquette; diet with Anjali Mukherjee; gymnasium and physical fitness with Talwalkars; clothes from Ritu Kumar and Hemant Trivedi; skin care with Dr. Jamuna Pai; and make-up and hair-care from Bharat and Doris Godambe.She is proficient in Telugu,Bengali, Hindi and English.
FILM CAREER:-
Mirza made her cinematic debut with Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein opposite R. Madhavan.Though, the film was not a box office success, but she received a nomination for 'Best Female Debut' at the Zee Cine Awards.
In 2005, Mirza appeared in Parineeta, a Vidhu Vinod Chopra production. She also starred in the music video, Kajara Mohabbat Wala alongside Sonu Nigam from his album Kajara Nite. The album contained multiple remixes, but was mainly advertised with the title song, sung by Sonu Nigam and Alisha Chinai.
She also appeared in the films Dus and Fight Club. She was the only female actor among the six key characters in the film, Acid Factory in which she played a femme fatale who is also a gangster.
COMMUNTY SERVICES:-
Mirza has been involved with Cancer Patients Aid Association, Spastics Society of India, and has worked extensively with government of Andhra Pradesh to spread HIV awareness, prevention of female foeticide, PETA, CRY and most recently the NDTV Greenathon – an effort to find tangible solutions against pollution and book, "Deke Dheko" by Radio Mirchi (a campaign initiated to collect books for underprivileged children). Her other hobbies include writing, reading, painting, pottery, horse riding and theater. She has written several articles for The Hindustan Times and various other publications as a guest writer. She is on the board of the Coca Cola foundation that works towards development in rural India.She recently adopted 2 cheetah cubs at the Prince of Wales zoological park in Lucknow.
Not planning on letting the perpetrator get away with his/her actions, Christina Aguilera is quite upset by semi-nude photos which were stolen from her computer by a hacker.
The “Candy Man” singer’s rep released a statement saying, “The photos were taken in the privacy of Ms. Aguilera’s home and were used only in a personal exchange between the star and her stylist."
“The photos of Christina Aguilera being leaked to the press were illegally obtained by a hacker who tapped into Christina’s personal stylist’s detail.”
“We are attempting to determine the identity of the hackers and will pursue them aggressively,” the statement continues. “Their conduct is reprehensible.”
TodaySharmila Tagore(Begum Ayesha Sultana) turns 64 who born on 8th December, 1946 is an Indian film actress. She has won several National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.
She has led the Indian Film Censor Board. In December 2005 she was chosen as an UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
EARLY LIFE:-
Sharmila Tagore was born in a Hindu Bengali family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India to Gitindranath Tagore who was then Dy. General Manager of the British India Company owner of Elgin Mills. She attended St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School and Loreto Convent Asansol.
CAREER:-
Tagore began her career as an actress in the 1959 Satyajit Ray film Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), as the ill-fated bride of the title character. As noted on the official website for Ray, "She was just a fourteen-year-old then, with no previous acting experience. As the shooting began, Ray had to shout instructions to Sharmila during the takes. None of this, however, is reflected on the screen. Ray cast her in his next film Devi too." She appeared in a number of Ray films, often co-starring with Soumitra Chatterjee.
She established herself as a popular Hindi film actress with Shakti Samanta's Kashmir Ki Kali in 1964. Samanta again cast her in many more hit films, notably An Evening in Paris (1967), the first appearance on a two-piece bikini of an Indian actress,(Sadhana had appeared in one-piece bikini in earlier films) which not only shocked conservative Indian audiences but also set off a wave of bikini-clad actresses carried forward by Parveen Babi (in Yeh Nazdeekiyan, 1982), Zeenat Aman (in Heera Panna 1973; Qurbani, 1980) and Dimple Kapadia (in Bobby, 1973), but established Tagore's role as somewhat of a sex symbol in Bollywood. Wearing a bikini put her name in the Indian press as one of Bollywood's ten hottest actresses of all time, and was a transgression of female identity through a reversal of the state of modesty, which functions as a signifier of femininity in Bombay films. But, when Tagore was the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, she expressed concerns about the rise of the bikini in Indian films.
Samanta later teamed up Tagore with Rajesh Khanna for movies such as Aradhana (1969) and Amar Prem (1972), where played the role of Pushpa, the courtesan in city of Kolkata, again opposite Rajesh Khanna, who himself gave his often quoted dialogue in the film, "Pushpa I hate tears..". Other directors paired them together in Daag (1973), Maalik (1972) and Safar (1970). She starred in Gulzar's 1975 film, Mausam, and she played a supporting role as heroine Sarita Choudhury's mother in Mira Nair's 1991 film Mississippi Masala.
Her latest release is a Marathi film Samaantar by Amol Palekar. Her earlier releases were Vidhu Vinod Chopra's film, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, brings together real life mother and son, Sharmila Tagore and Saif Ali Khan. They share screen space for the first time since Aashiq Awara (1993).
PERSONAL LIFE:-
Tagore converted to Islam and married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Nawab of Pataudi in a Nikah ceremony held on 27 December 1969. She took on the name Ayesha Sultan after her marriage. They have three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan and Soha Ali Khan (b. 1978).
AWARDS:-
1969 - Filmfare Best Actress Award - Aradhana 1970 - nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award-Safar 1976 - National Film Award for Best Actress - Mausam 1997 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award 2002 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award 2004 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress - Abar Aranye 2004 - Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France 2006 - Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Viruddh... Family Comes First 2007 - Lifetime Achievement National Award (Actress) - By Journalist Association of India
Kicking off the New Year with a red hot cover, Katy Perry is on the front of the January 2011 issue of Maxim magazine.
The “Hot N Cold” songstress shows off her own unique flair in the photo spread, dressed in several different black outfits.
And in the interview, Katy gives guys some advice on how to be more appealing to the fairer sex - take a shower!
Perry explains, “I think boys should take care of themselves hygienically. Some boys don’t - they just don’t realize how important that is to some females. Eating well and not living off of TV dinners, maybe trying to culture themselves. It doesn’t even matter what kind of world they come from or if they have money or no money- if you’re taking care of yourself physically, mentally, and spiritually, then you’re going to be in a good place.”
For past sometime Indian beauties were unable to win any major beauty contest for their country.But an 20-years-old Miss India Earth 2010Nicole Faria, from Banglore,India has made her country proud once again after winning Miss Earth 2010 Beauty Pageant which was held at Vinpearl Resort & Spa in Nha Trang,Vietnam on December 4,2010.
Miss Puerto Rico Yeidy Bosquez was announced Miss Earth Fire and Miss Ecuador Jennifer Pazmino won the Miss Earth Air title. Miss Thailand Watsaporn Wattanakoon grabbed the Miss Earth Water crown.
Faria,also won the 2010 Earth Talent Competition with a scintillating belly dance which was the combination of Oriental and Middle Eastern style.It was the first time that India,won Best Talent in Miss Earth.
Vietnam's representative Luu Thi Diem Huong was voted among top five contestants with her performance of folk dances that are inspired by traditional dances in the northern, central and southern region of the country.
The event raised 100 million Vietnamese Dong, which will be transferred to the local Red Cross to support flood victims in the central region of Vietnam.
There have been new reports of different photos that can be viewed via the Internet of "The Beaver" now. Summit Entertainment has provided them with this new photo of Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson in the Beaver.
The release date for this film has been set yet, although they are shooting for July of 2011. It is being released by Summit Entertainment of course and Starring Mel Gibson and an outstanding cast of members. This is a comedy and drama type film and one that will keep you on the edge of your seat in suspense wondering what is going to happen next. The rating for this film is not available yet.
If you love a good comedy combined with a drama then this is a must see for those interested. There are already people anticipating it coming out because they have seen previews of the film. It will probably be a movie for the entire family, however only time will tell for the rating to be announced.
The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster, stars Gibson as a man who suffers a midlife crisis so extreme and bizarre that he starts communicating exclusively via a beaver puppet on his hand. The movie seemed to have been made as a kind of comeback vehicle for Gibson, who hasn’t starred in a hit in the last decade and was just starting to move beyond, uh, that other awkward moment when he harassed someone and revealed himself as a racist. The Beaver is very likely to be a good movie– Jodie Foster is certainly a talented director.
Although she is being paid more than them, but Priyanka Chopra refused to join the bandwagon of Bipasha Basu, Mallika Sherawat & Co.
The actress has kicked a Rs 3 crore offer to shimmy at a 5-star hotel for this New Year’s Eve. This amount being offered to her is actually double of what she would demand for a role in a film (Rs 1.5 crore, at last count).
The time it would take to earn this amount is as little as 3 hours of actual work. The schedule of a film is much longer, going into months. So why has Chops turned down such a profitable offer?
The answer is her diva image that she has been painstakingly building up over the last few years. A source close to Priyanka told, “A 5-star hotel in Andheri came up with an offer to Priyanka asking her spin аt thе stirring Nеw Year’s Eve. Priyanka turned them down politely.” Explaining why Priyanka declined, the source added,Priyanka is very uncomfortable dancing in hotels in front of a live audience.
