Sienna Miller loves having Indian curry on London streets

Actress Sienna Miller loves to dig into Indian curry when she gets a chance.
The 28-year-old star confessed she loves to spice up her palate when she is in London.
“I enjoy going for a curry on Brick Lane and wandering around Spitalfields market. I miss that when I’m away,” the Mirror quoted her as saying.
Miller is best known for her roles in Layer Cake, Alfie, Factory Girl, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.

Arnie may return to acting, says James Cameron


Muscle-man-turned-actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger may return to the big screen, reveals director James Cameron.
The ‘Terminator’ star’s term as the 38th Governor of California is coming to an end in just under a year, and speculation has been going around as to what Schwarzenegger, 62, will be doing next.umours are that he may run for the United States Senate, but Cameron, 55, who won the Golden Globe for best director and whose film Avatar is up for nine Oscar gongs, has hinted he might return to acting.
“It’s a possibility. We haven’t talked about anything specific. And I’m not sure he’s even interested in coming back to acting,” the Daily Express quoted Cameron as saying.
“I have got a suspicion he wants to but only if he can come back as a movie star. When he’s done running the fifth largest economy in the world he’ll probably want to come back to acting.
“Although I can’t speak for him I know he loves it,” he added.
Adding fuel to the fire we hear that Schwarzenegger is set to present Cameron with a treasured award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival.
Organisers say he is making a surprise appearance at the ceremony to honour his friend and present him with the Modern Master Award, the international film festival’s highest honour.

Russell Crowe, Beyonce in ‘A Star Is Born’ remake

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe and singer Beyonce Knowles will star in a remake of classic movie ‘A Star Is Born’.

The ‘Gladiator’ star Crowe is the new favourite to play an ageing, alcoholic musician who mentors and falls in love with a younger female star, reported contactmusic.com.
The film was a big screen hit in the 1930s and it has already been reworked twice, with Judy Garland and James Mason in 1957 and Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson in 1976.
Nick Cassavettes is onboard to direct the film.

Kate Moss taking painting classes

British supermodel Kate Moss has signed up for a private art course at her north London home.
Moss was also spotted stocking up on paint and canvases at a nearby art shop. She also had dinner at The Wolseley in London with legendary artist Lucian Freud to pick his brains about her new hobby, reported thesun.co.uk
‘Kate has always been a big collector of art and has several valuable works in her home. But she has been getting more into painting herself,’ said a source.
‘She has a very hectic life and that is one of the few things that relaxes her. She has hired someone to tutor her at home and has told boyfriend Jamie Hince that he will be her first subject,’ added the source.

‘My Name Is Khan’ will entertain, not make statement: Shah Rukh (Interview)

It has some religion, a bit of politics and it’s set in the backdrop of a world shaking event, but for Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan his latest venture is not so much about Islam post-9/11 as it is entertainment.
‘The film is mainly entertainment,’ Shah Rukh said in a lengthy interview with IANS over the phone from New York on a trip last week to promote his new film, ‘My Name Is Khan’ (MNIK), releasing in the US Feb 12.
‘If some issue is taken back home, I always tell people if they can take back a little more than an empty pack of popcorn, that’s interesting…that’s an added advantage to an entertaining film.’
Shah Rukh, who plays a Muslim Indian with Asperger’s syndrome living in the US, finding his marriage to a Hindu single mother (played by Kajol) crumbling post-9/11, wouldn’t agree that it’s the Islam angle that is grabbing the most attention in the US.
‘A film normally deals with lots of issues, comedy, or it’s a tragedy or a serious film or a dramatic love story like ‘…Khan’ is meant to be,’ he said. ‘If one starts talking or deciding on issues before a whole film is seen, it’s kinda not right to do, specially as a filmmaker.
‘Normally, a film is more than the sum of its parts. It’s not like it’s a love story, it’s got a Karan Johar touch to social cinema, it has an angle of religion, it also has a part of politics, it has a world-shaking incident as a backdrop, it also has a lot of sweet songs. It combines all that.
‘To me as a filmmaker, or part of a film, any aspect of the film can only be decided once one has seen the whole film. But there’s no denying that there is an aspect of religion in the film.’
Nor would Shah Rukh look at this and other recent Bollywood films about the fate of Indian Muslims in the US post-9/11 as an effort to redress any negative images people may have formed about Islam over the last nine years.
‘Films normally are for entertainment. One doesn’t really make a conscious decision to make a statement with it. Within entertainment, if a statement gets made, it’s really nice for a filmmaker.
‘You know, maybe ‘3 Idiots’ talks about education, but it’s an entertaining film. Similarly ‘Chak De! India’ talks about patriotism, but it’s a sports film.
‘You can have issues related in a film, but when filmmakers of commercial proportions like Karan, myself and Kajol and all get together, it’s not to highlight an issue because it’s too expensive as a commercial venture to make a film about an issue and not entertain.’
To Shah Rukh, ‘the most interesting part of the fact as an actor is that I’m playing a character who’s got Asperger’s. It’s also not in any which way to show it in a light which is not nice…but for an actor that’s a great thing to do, you know, to play a (person with a) disorder like this which very few people know about.’
‘Hopefully, I’ll be able to convince people about it when they see (the film). I don’t think at least commercial filmmakers from India really make a big-time film which is localised or even localised by an international issue,’ he said.
‘Commercial we will only know once the film releases,’ said Shah Rukh when asked if MNIK isn’t one of Karan Johar’s least commercial offerings so far.
‘…Yes, the only thing it has amiss is big set dance pieces, but we just felt with the disorder we were dealing with, it would look very unrealistic for the character Rizwan Khan to indulge in dancing of the order of we normally see in a Hindi film of Karan’s, or you might have seen earlier.
‘Except for that, I think the venture is extremely commercial,’ he said.
‘In the last five years, there’s a whole paradigm shift as to what people accept as a commercial film,’ Shah Rukh said describing it as ‘Karan’s evolution from making and keeping up with the trends of new commercial cinema in India and elsewhere’.
On professional challenges he faced during its filming, Shah Rukh said it was a ‘very difficult’ character to play. ‘If I was to just put it simply, it’s very seldom that I’ve really gone ahead and played a character which exists in real life.
‘And whenever you’re dealing with a disorder or a near…atypical situation, the first thought is that the sort of parameters you have to set that in no which way you are derogatory or deriding the disorder.
‘You have to make the protagonist very proud of what it is. The second part is you have to come as close to reality in depicting that characterisation and so one had to study a lot and one does get worried…’
But a couple of people affected with the same disorder who were shown the film had told them ‘…it’s a great portrayal, it’s very close to someone with this kind of disorder’.
‘Of course, having said that, I have taken a few cinematic liberties with it, because I’ve used three or four traits which may not exist simultaneously in one person and tried to create one character who has Asperger’s, called Rizwan Khan.’

Kelly Preston is a hot fox: Robin Williams


Known for his witty and wicked remarks, Hollywood funnyman Robin Williams was in awe of actress Kelly Preston’s beauty, so much so that he describes her as a ‘hot fox’.
‘Fox. She (Preston, 47) is hot. Hot,’ said Williams. ‘But a wonderful woman, too. But sweet and once again like a comedienne who’s not afraid to try anything. And that’s cool. That’s nice when you have someone that way,’ he added in a media interaction conducted via email.
He had teamed up with Preston for comedy ‘Old Dogs’.
Williams was also gaga over Preston’s star husband John Travolta and his friend of ‘thirty years’ - who also stars in the movie.
‘John is just like the closest thing to a human panda I think you’ll ever get. You know, just huggable. Constantly just tactile, like, ‘Get over here. Try this’. And I was like, ‘Damn man. You’re the brother I never had.’ It was kind of wonderful,’ he said.
Distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the 88-minute comedy has been directed by Walt Becker. The film, which released in the US Nov 25 last year, released here Friday.
Apart from Williams, Travolta and Preston, it also stars debutante Ella Bleu Travolta, Seth Green, Justin Long, Lori Loughlin and Matt Dillon.
The story revolves around two best friends (Williams and Travolta) who have their lives turned upside when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of seven-year-old twins while on the verge of the biggest business deal of their lives.
Williams who is famous for his comedy quotient guarantees unlimited laughter with the movie.
‘(It’s a) comedy and take home comedy. The trailer only has a couple of gags in it, which is wonderful because there is a lot of stuff that we couldn’t put in the trailer, obviously, because it’s a PG trailer, you can’t put it in. There’s more,’ he said.
The actor also promises a message with the outing.
‘The idea that I kind of learned after a long time. You don’t have to work so hard. You can take it easy and kind of enjoy this, ‘because they (your kids) are not young for long. (They are) much like sea monkeys, they’re gone,’ he said.
‘They grow really quick. But when they’re that age, seven, about from six to about 10, there’s kind of like the golden age. It’s kind of like you are something special to them, and then around 12 it’s like not as much. There’s something really special about that age, which is kind of wonderful,’ he added.
The 58-year-old who underwent heart surgery last year is also thankful for getting a second chance.
‘Being alive! After heart surgery, you really kind of dig that part. Breath. After coming through all that and you just (survive), it’s pretty amazing. Just to have a second shot is like, ‘Thank You’ pretty great,’ he said.

Naomi Campbell to host Haiti charity event


Naomi Campbell is lending her support to a charity event to help victims affected by the massive earthquake in Haiti.
The British supermodel will team up with Sarah Ferguson and columnist Rob Shuter of Popeater to host a Fashion for Relief show at Bryant Park.
Sources claimed Campbell was “calling all of her model and designer friends to take part”, reports the New York Post.
The first Fashion for Relief event in 2005, which saw the presence of Beyoncé, Kelly Osbourne, Iman and Tyson Beckford, managed to raise 1 million dollars for Hurricane Katrina victims.
As many as 212,000 people were confirmed to have died and more than one million left homeless after a 7.0-magnitude quake struck Haiti on January 12 this year.

‘Jordan told nanny to tell five-year-old son about her marriage’


Jordan reportedly got her nanny to tell her five-year-old son Junior about her marriage to Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid.
The glamour girl, a.k.a Katie Price, was said to have sent the nanny to little Junior’s school without his dad Peter Andre’s knowledge.
“Katie realised it was possible that Junior would have heard about it from one of the other kids or a teacher. So she decided it would be better coming from one of his nannies,” the News of the World quoted a school insider as saying.
“She asked one to go to Junior’s school to break the news. The school staff were surprised but assumed Peter knew about it,” the source added.
The mum-of-three was purportedly recovering from a boozy wedding night at a strip club while the nanny entered the school premises and broke the news to Junior, who was apparently confused.
An insider said: “He spent a lot of time with Alex before Celebrity Big Brother, then there’d been no contact for over a month because Alex had been in the CBB house.
“Then all of a sudden he’s being told Alex is his mummy’s new husband and his stepdaddy. He doesn’t know what to make of it all.”

Keira Knightley talks about English press’ "shit actress" tag


Keira Knightley has complained that the English press tag her as a “shit actress.”
The ‘Atonement’ star admitted that people question her acting skills despite her success.
“Oh, they still say that! Every time I do an interview with the English press, one of their questions is, ‘How do you feel knowing that everyone thinks you’re a shit actress?’” the Huffington Post quoted her as telling the March issue of Elle magazine.
She added: “You have to be selective about the people whose advice and opinions you take. I know [my parents] would never tell me I was shit because they were trying to hurt me. It would always come from a very sincere place.”
Also, she spoke about her upcoming film ‘Last Night.’
She said: “When we were making it, the arguments on set were just amazing about whether mental infidelity is better or worse than physical infidelity.
“There was a huge gender divide on the question. Every single woman said that mental infidelity is 10 times worse than [an emotionless assignation]. And most men I spoke with said that it’s the physical act that would be the ultimate betrayal.”

Lady Gaga thought she’d die of cocaine binge

Lady Gaga has confessed that she was so addicted to cocaine and LSD that she felt she would die of it.
The ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker said that she did “bags and bags” of cocaine, getting inspired by rock stars.
“I thought I was gonna die. I wanted to BE the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol - and I thought the only way to do it was to live the lifestyle,” the News of the World quoted her as saying in a new biography.
She added: “My cocaine soundtrack was always the Cure. I would lock myself in my room and listen to Never Enough on repeat while I did bags and bags of cocaine.
“It was about being an artist. I wasn’t a lazy addict. I would make demo tapes and send them around. At the time I didn’t think there was anything wrong with me, until my friends said, ‘Are you doing this alone?’ Um, yes. Me and my mirror.”
However, the singer wanted to fulfill her dead aunts’ dream, which pushed her to quit drugs.
She said: “But then I realised my father’s sister Joanne, who’d died at 19, had instilled her spirit in me. She was a painter and a poet - and I had a spiritual vision I had to finish her business.”
Lady Gaga won two Grammys last week.

Alex Reid heads to India to shoot new reality show


After winning Big Brother, Alex Reid is has headed to India to shoot another reality show.
Hottie Katie Price’s husband has flown to the city of Nashik to film ‘Alex Reid: The Fight Of His Life’.
He will spend two weeks looking at different fighting techniques.
“He’s basically going to spend all the time getting beaten up by some brilliant Indian fighters,” the News of the World quoted a source as saying.
Meanwhile, Price is apparently planning to fly in to meet her husband.
However, show insiders are not keen on her being around.
A source added: “We’re not keen to have her distracting Alex. We’ve tried to put her off, explaining that it really is the slums with no posh shops or hotels. But we know she’ll do whatever she wants in the end.”

Madonna ‘rents English manor in the Hamptons for summer’

Madonna has rented a house on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton to beat the heat this summer, sources say.
The Queen of Pop has reportedly purchased Coxwould, the English-flavored, six-bedroom house from real-estate developer Lowell Shulman.
The 2-acre property was listed for 425,000 dollars for the season, reports the New York Post.
Now Madonna will be a neighbor of Jerry Della Femina and Martha Stewart.
Meanwhile, she is set to fly to Rio, Brazil to see the Samba Parade during Carnival on February 14.

Drew Barrymore not losing sleep over wrinkles


Drew Barrymore is having the ‘best time’ of her life and says she isn’t worried about having wrinkles.
Barrymore, 34, recently made her directorial debut with ‘Whip It!’ and claims if ageing will take its toll on her body, she’ll just stay behind the camera.
‘It’s the best time of my life - it’s not traumatic at all. I don’t think I’ve ever been happier. It’s like the older I get, the better I get. Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They’re a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart,’ contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.
‘If my breasts fall down to the floor and everything starts to sag and becomes hideous and gross, I won’t worry. I’ll just stop appearing in front of the camera. That’s fine with me because I love producing and directing.’
The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ star, who is dating actor Justin Long, believes her contentment with life is the key to her good looks.
‘I’m happy and I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness,’ she told Cosmopolitan magazine.