SALMAN'S DABANGG WINS NATIONAL AWARD

Salman Khan couldn't have asked for more. As per the latest reports, his much popular film DABANGG, which has sweeped the maximum awards this year, has now bagged the wholesome entertainer award of 2010 at the prestigious 58th National Awards announced in New Delhi.

Rishi and Neetu Kapoor starrer DO DOONI CHAR won national award for best hindi feature film, while Vishal Bhardwaj's ISHQIYA won 2 National Awards - for best music and for best female playback singer, his wife Rekha Bhardwaj. Suresh Wadkar bagged the best playback singer male award.

The national award for best actor is shared by Malayalam actor Salim Kumar for ADAMINTE MAKAN AVU and Tamil actor Dhanush for AADUKALAM. Tamil filmmaker Veerimaran was named best director.

Marathi actress Mitalee Jagtap Paradhar and Tamil cinema's Saranya Privannan won the National Award for best actress for their performances in the films BABOO BAND BAAJA and THENMERKU PARUVAKKAATRU respectively.

KATE UPTON'S NEW BEACH BUNNY BRIDE CAMPAIGN

Her career keeps getting hotter, and Kate Upton's latest contribution to the men of the world is her participation in the new Beach Bunny Bride campaign.

The “Victoria’s Secret” stunner looks sexy and fun in the shots, sporting a variety of white bridal-themed bras, panties, and other pieces of lingerie.

Additionally, Kate has been hand-picked by SoBe advertising honcho Andrew Katz to help launch a campaign for the brand’s Fuji Apple Pear beverage.

Katz noted that the initiative is meant to “celebrate the flavor in a quirky and unexpected way while getting celebrities to try things that are somewhat uncharacteristic to them."

ASIN'S BIKINI ACT IN "HOUSEFULL 2"

Good times times for actress Asin has started. After a lull in her career, her calendar suddenly looks overactive. Now, with READY opposite Salman all set to roll, the actress is also getting set to shoot for Sajid Khan's HOUSEFULL 2 soon.

But, amidst all this frenzy, Asin is harbouring a few dilemmas too. According to our sources, one of the biggest confusions Asin has for the moment is about her bikini act in HOUSEFULL 2 and the poor actress can't seem to decide.

Our sources further add, "Asin's dilemma is rooted in her earlier stand when she had not done any bollywood films. Over the years, Asin has cultivated an image of being true to her traditions, but it seems her brush with bollywood has shaken her fundamentals. Now, Asin knows that to survive in bollywood she has to have some hot-quotient too and donning a bikini might be the introductory step in that direction."

The issue now for Asin is how to take that plunge. Though, all reports and predictions seem to hint that Asin would have to strip-down in HOUSEFULL 2, but the actress seems to be undecided still. The confusion seems to be only getting complex by the day. Well, let's hope this two piece act is only one step away for Asin.

LEA MICHELE'S TOP SECRET PHOTO SHOOT

Hollywood, celebrity, Lea Michele was seen, showing her posing prowess at an outdoor photo shoot at a Brentwood mansion in California.

The singer/actress spent the whole day shooting at a pair of nearby locations and wore more than ten different getups.

As for her “Glee” gig, Lea and her costars spent some time in New York City to film the much-anticipated season finale.

Michele will perform “For Good” with Chris Colfer as part of the Broadway show “Wicked” –themed episode. It hits FOX airwaves on May 24th.

25 YEAR OLD MODEL TURNED ACTOR, KIRTI KULHARI IN "SHAITAN"

"SHAITAN" is becoming the talk of the town for its unusual promos but no one is more excited about its release than the 25-year-old model-turned-actor Kirti Kulhari, who is playing the role of a lower middle-class girl. She is the one who brings sense and sensibility to the frivolous group of youngsters and is the turning phase of the film.

Kirti Kulhari who has been the face of many a brands in the past stepped into cinema just a while back and made her debut in the film KHICHDI as Parminder. Kirti has also been a national badminton player in her school days in Mumbai. With no family connections in bollywood she maintains that, 'I'm finding my own way into meaningful films as I don't have a godfather'.

But meaningful cinema turned quite the opposite for her when she was shooting for one of the toughest scenes in the film, which was being shot in Navrang cinema. The scene required her to be really edgy, nervous, screaming a lot but she was feeling from that. What really got her into it was when shooting the scene, the slap that Gulshan was to give her, respectively, turned out to be a little realistic. The scene involved Kalki slapping her & while they were screaming at each other, Gulshan comes and slaps her & bangs her head on the wall.

The rehearsals of the same went fine, but during take the scene went slightly out of hand, where by mistake Gulshan really slapped her hard, which took her by surprise and before she could react, he banged her head to the wall hurting her head as well as she was not prepared. She broke down crying and all these reactions which came so naturally during that time were canned by the director and he mentioned that he would never get another take which was so real without realising that Kirti was actually hurt.

Though they took another take of the scene but this one has been retained in the film & one scene that Kirti will never forget in her life. 'I have scenes which were very tough. For me, it was a very disturbing experience. Because even though you are an actor, you don't always act, there are moments when you actually feel what is happening in a scene. Many a times during the shoot I cried to vent my emotions; it was very tough,' she said.

REBECCA BLACK - CONFESSED THAT SHE IS NOT PREGNANT

 She hasn’t even been in the spotlight six months, and already Rebecca Black has fallen victim to Hollywood rumors.

Over the weekend, the “Friday” singer was forced to deal with a bout of gossip claiming that she was pregnant.

Putting the rumor to rest, Black tweeted on Sunday, “I thought it was May 15th…not April Fools Day. I’m absolutely NOT PREGNANT.”

According to E! Online, a CNN iReport picked up the false story, which then spread like wildfire until Rebecca set the record straight.

MAHESH BHATT MAKING FILM ON IRAQ

Bollywood most popular filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt is currently making news for his first play as a producer that highlights the plight of the Iraqi people. The play titled: THE LAST SALUTE, is based on a book written by the Iraqi journalist Muntazer-al-Zaidi, who became world famous after hurling shoes on American president George Bush in 2008.

The play is getting rave reviews in India. Mahesh Bhatt had invited the Iraqi Journalist to watch the play in Delhi recently.

Speaking to us about his play, Mahesh Bhatt says, "It was heartening to see the response to this play. It is for the time that we are looking beyond the biased media reporting and touching the real issues that the people of Iraq are beset with. Sometimes I feel if I as a filmmaker can see what is happening in Iraq, I wonder why the media can't fathom the real issue."

So, would we see him making a film on this play that depicts the angst of the Iraqi people, the filmmaker adds, "It would really need courage to make a film on this subject. At the moment I am trying to showcase my play to more people and we are planning to take it to Dubai soon."

Mahesh Bhatt, who has always been vocal about the plight of the Iraqi people, has taken the lead to bring the suffering of the Iraqi's on a public platform.

JESSICA ALBA WITH HER DAUGHTER, HONOR MARIE

Hollywood celebrity, Jessica Alba was seen with her daughter, Honor Marie arriving on a flight at LAX Airport in Los Angeles.

Back from a sunny Cabo San Lucas getaway, the expecting actress was fresh-faced as she made her way through the airport in a pink scarf, gray t-shirt, and baggy beige pants.

Prior to her out of town excursion, the momma-to-be opened up about pregnancy the second time around, telling Us Weekly, "It's just simply not as daunting of a process. Before everything was happening for the first time and it's like, 'What's going on?' and 'What does this mean?'"

Miss Alba continued, "I would look everything up online, I had all my books; I diagnosed myself with everything that can go wrong. Of course nothing went wrong, thank God! I guess I'm sort of more at ease with it all."

OM PURI IN A NEW LOOK IN HIS NEXT MOVIE "KHAP"

Produced by Sangita Sinha and Siddhant Sinha of Ananda Film & Telecommunications Pvt. Ltd., and Directed by Ajai Sinha- best known for his TV shows Hasratein, Astitva, Justujoo and Ghar Ek Sapna. Film KHAP, a story about the Khap Panchayat and the much talked about issue of Honour Killings is all set to release in cinemas on 29th July, 2011. The film stars veteran actors like Om Puri, Govind Namdev, Manoj Pahwa, Anooradha Patel and Mohnish Bahl amongst the new talent Yuvika Choudhary who has acted in films like TOH BAAT PAKKI, SUMMER 2007 and OM SHANTI OM in a cameo and recent release NAUGHTY @ 40. KHAP also introduces a new actor Sarrtaj. The film is being distributed by Percept Picture Company.

The land where KHAP rules, a marriage is not made in heaven. Here, nothing matters, not even true love. What matters is the age old custom that no one has ever dared to challenge. KHAP is a tale of two different worlds colliding each other over a love story which we take as a norm in our world. Till then, in the world of KHAP, a marriage is only sanctioned if it satisfies age old customs. If someone defies their diktat, an unofficial illegal death sentence is passed and executed in the most gruesome manner. But when the guardians of the old faith do it to lovers from Delhi, they challenge their supremacy in a way, no one ever dared to do. Is their marriage made in heaven?

The music of KHAP is by Annujj Kappoo and the songs in the film have been sung by ace singers like Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal, Jagjit Singh and Rekha Bhardwaj amongst others.

Ananda Film & Telecommunications Pvt. Ltd., the producer of KHAP has produced many T.V soaps over the years. They have to their name some fabulous work of fiction in Television World like Hasratein, Astitva, Justujoo, Gudgudee, Samay, Ghar Ek Sapna, Rishtey and many others.

Ajai Sinha has also directed a film titled STOP, which released in 2004 and in 2011 he has another film, 3 BACHELORS starring Sharman Joshi, Riya Sen and Riama Sen, lined up for release other than KHAP. All the mentioned TV serials have also been directed by Ajai Sinha, who is now all set with his new directorial venture, KHAP.

VANESSA HUDGENS AND JAMIE FOXX IN BELVEDERE RED PARTY

Hollywood most hottest and sexiest, Vanessa Hudgens was seen at the Belvedere Red party in Cannes.

The former "High School Musical" star was on-hand with a gal pal as they pair of ladies joined up with actor Jamie Foxx for the celebration of the European launch of Belvedere Red featuring a performance by Duran Duran at the VIP Room Famous Club.

The previous night, Hudgens was busy socializing at the Calvin Klein party in Cannes, during which time she spoke with MTV about her upcoming big screen indie film, "Gimme Shelter."

She told, "It's really exciting. It follows a young girl that's been in foster homes and abused her whole life and is practically homeless and ends up turning into a mother. So it's an amazing character."

As for her filming plans, the 22-year-old told, "I leave from [Cannes] and go straight to New York and start my prep."