Britney Spears' mother a killer?

Britney Spears’ mother Lynne accidentally killed a 12-year-old boy when she was 20-years-old, it has been revealed.

The 53-year-old hit the boy, Anthony Winters, with her car in 1975 in Kentwood, Louisiana, when he was riding on his bicycle.

He later died as a result of the injuries he suffered from the accident. Lynne’s representative said: “Anthony Winters and his friend were in the road on a curve on a bicycle. As Lynne rounded the curve she could not avoid the boy in the street as there was oncoming traffic in the opposite lane. “Lynne realised the boy was struck immediately and to this day is grieved by the Winters’ loss of their son.”

A friend of Lynne – the mother of troubled singer Britney and new 17-year-old mom Jamie Lynn – said she is still haunted by the incident. The friend said: “To this day, Lynne hasn’t gotten over what she did. She gets that terrified look in her eye when she is thinking about it. She has told only a few people about the accident and always says, ‘Please don’t think I’m a bad person.’

Mallika planning to sue Ramu?

Mallika Sherawat plans to take filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma to court for misusing her photograph in his film Contract.

A scene in the movie, shows a police inspector talking suggestively to Mallika’s photograph.

“They will be getting a legal notice pretty soon,” Mallika is quoted as saying.

This will not be the first time that RGV has taken potshots at his fellow colleagues — in Company he ridiculed Karan Johar and in Road, he took a dig at Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Bebo kisses Stallone, offends beau

Kareena Kapoor’s romantic scene with Hollywood superstar Sylvester Stallone didn’t go down well with boyfriend Saif Ali Khan. The actress who is shooting Kambakht Ishq with Sylvester Stallone in Los Angeles kissed the actor on his cheek as part of an action sequence, coordinated by the Hollywood action director Spiro Razatoss.

It took Kareena three takes to get the shot right. Saif who was also present at the shoot, allegedly objected to the kissing scene. A stand Kareena did not take kindly to.

“If you can’t see me doing a kissing scene, then stop coming on the sets of my shootings,” Kareena was heard shouting at Saif.

According to a source, she is also reported to have told him to be more broad-minded. This is another in a long sequence of spats between Kareena and Saif; the last was at the IIFA awards, when Saif was reportedly unhappy with her clothes. Most of their fights seem to have have been triggered by Saif ’s possessiveness.

Saif has gone on record that he wants to marry Kareena immediately. “If I had my way, I’d marry her today,” he said earlier in the month. Revealingly, Saif has admitted that he is anxious about his relationship with Kareena. “Of course, I’m anxious. You must understand this is the most important part of my life... so much so that at times I find even my career taking a backseat to my relationship. I’ve to guard against that. I must quickly learn to separate the professional from the personal.”

He has also said that “after my marriage to Amrita and my two kids, this is the most important relationship I’ve had.” After yelling at Saif, Kareena is reported to have continued shooting unfazed. In fact, she was visibly excited about shooting with Sylvester Stallone. According to the source, “Kareena spent a lot of time chatting with Sly.”

I'd do anything for Amitabh Bachchan: Akshay Kumar

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who took time out from the shooting of Sajid Nadiadwala's Kambhakt Ishq in Los Angeles to be part of the Bachchan's Unforgettable tour opening show in Toronto, says he wouldn't mind going out of the way for the Big B.

The concert kicked off July 18 and the actor performed with the Bachchans - Amitabh, Abhishek, Aishwarya Rai. Preity Zinta and Riteish Deshmukh also participated in the event.

"Amitji is the most respected actor in our country. I'd do anything he asks me to. I wanted to do the concert in Toronto and I'm glad it went well," Akshay, who resumes shooting for Kambhakt Ishq, told IANS on phone from Los Angeles.

"I joined the Bachchans for the first of their Unforgettable concerts in Toronto. With the shooting and the rehearsals, I didn't know whether I was coming or going," he added.

This is the only concert that Akshay participated in. "There's no time for me to cram in any more activity."

"I'm far away from the maddening gossip and idle talk in Mumbai. I'm not bothered with what they're saying about me at home. And I'm happy that way," he said.

Akshay, who plays a stuntman in the film, was especially happy to work with Sylvester Stallone.

"Since it's a stuntman's role, Akshay has been asked to do some of the most complicated stunts of his career. And there's no question of using body doubles. Akshay has decided to do all the stunts himself, although producer Sajid Nadiadwala thought some stunts were way too dangerous. Out there at Universal Stuidios all Hollywood actors are insured against dangerous stunts," said a source.

Film Reveiw (Money hai to honey hai)

When crores bore


Cast: Govinda, Hanssika Motwani, Celina Jaitly
Direction: Ganesh Acharya
Rating: *

After all these decades, dear old Prem Chopra is still as mean as a cobra. Before he kicks the bucket, he calls up this caboodle of wackos (Govinda and Co), informing them that he’s leaving them his factory worth crores. And all the beneficiaries turn out to be mega-bores.

Govinda is a wealthy scamster, Aftab Shivdasani is an ad copywriter (what he writes for a restaurant is total cuckoo), Manoj Bajpai has a fetish for his bicycle and mercy be, Upen Patel is a gigolo whom Archana Puran Singh keeps barking at, “Again..again..again.” It’s one of those kind of crude-coms.

On the girlie side count Celina Jaitley as a Marxist designer (really, she wants her clothes to reach everyone) and Hanssika who’s awfully hysterical. Plus, there are spoofs of Ekta Kapoor and Vijay Mallya. Oh, and Ravi Kissen fetches up to do absolutely nothing.

Excruciatingly juvenile and as annoying as a traffic jam, the outcome does have a surprise though. Director Ganesh Acharya performs an earthquake-like item number. He shouldn’t have. Like you shouldn’t have made the mistake of stepping anywhere in the vicinity of this Money Hai to Pakav Hai.

Film Reveiw (Mission Istanbul)

Such a long journo
Cast: Vivek Oberoi, Zayed Khan, Shreya Saran
Direction: Apoorva Lakhia
Rating: **

Now just imagine that my 18-year-old son and I had this discussion (and a rather serious one at that) after seeing Apoorva Lakhia’s Mission Istanbul, pronounced Meeeshan Isthanbool for some reason by the title song here.

Herculean attempts have been on to take the son’s mind away from the family career, journalism, towards something less perilious like say deep sea diving or fire eating. Alas Lakhia has sealed the matter for Mohamed Jr. He wants to be a TV reporter, go to Isthanbool, cavort with the belly dancers, wear hats-‘n’-glares and, enjoy a guest boogie by Abhishek Bachchan, all in the midst of a gruelling reporting session. Our conversation went like this:

Son: See abba, after graduating in fashion design I’ll take up a job in Aaj Tak as its senior news reader. You can recommend me. The degree will help me to wear designer gear like Zayed Khan. With a correspondence hair-styling course, I will be able to gel my hair like him, over the eyes, so I don’t see anything. Yes?

Me: No.

Son: You probably didn’t understand the plot. Neither did I actually. It seems because Zayed is divorcing his wife, Shreya Saran, he takes up a job with a channel called Al Johara (Johar?). Why the channel wants him is a mystery. Next:Suniel Shetty shows Zayed a corridor full of photos of dead editors. Shortly Suniel lands up in a photo-frame too. Were you laughing because that meant the end of Suniel Shetty’s role?

Me: No, not at all.

Son: You’re being very difficult abboo. I just loved watching Zayed run, like Lola, all over Afghanistan and Istanbul. Then that line of dialogue uttered by a terrorist — that he dreams about eating limitless biryani in heaven — was funny. The channel head Ghazni Nikitin Dheer was very menacing..his physique was so much better than yours.

(Continuing) And Niki’s henchmen were hilarious, especially Shabir Ahluwalia who looked at the sky and cried out loud. Was he homesick? Actually everyone was crying, killing and killing. Remember the two red hands chopped off from a guy’s body? At least a 1,000 guys and two women were killed. Didn’t you love the violence?

Me: Never, never, my son..

Son: Chill abboo. I did notice you sighing with relief when Vivek Oberoi entered the movie. Like you, I thought he was convincing, even jumping on and off helicopters. He was meant to be Turkish hero, methinks. Do you know?

Me: No.

Son: The best, of course was this year’s sensational discovery, Brent Mendenhall, a carbon copy of American President George Bush. I liked him confusing Turkey with something you eat..his effort to pronounce the name of our Prime Minister right..and also saluting our call center employees. Decent of him. As for that Bin

Laden morphed lookalike..it was all very vague..did you get it?

Me: No.

Son: The chase scenes through the Istanbool streets were terrific..see even you’re nodding, so like Bourne Ultimatum. The fights and fights went on but so did they in the dhishum dhisham 1970s. Lyrics and dialogue were so today, with so much use of “shit, shit, shit, shit.”

Music by practically every composer in the business was kind of inconsistent, very Sanjay Guptaish. Vivek Oberoi was the only actor on the scene, Zayed was much too teakwood..and the girls Shreya Saran and Shweta Bhardwaj (Charlie’s Angel type) were quite cute. Agree?

Me: Absolutely not.

Son: Tell me abba, are you upset because you can’t sing, dance, run, fight, swim and say, “I love you” very often to ammi like Zayed Khan does. You don’t want me to grow up and become a journo like him?

Me: (pause)

Son: Abba, I do get a sneaking suspicion that you didn’t like this Istaan bhool..was that you making odd, angry noises in the auditorium?

Me: YES.

Vidya Balan on a two-month break

Vidya Balan is going to be on vacation for the next couple of months. Reason: the shooting of her next two films, Chenab Gandhi and Pa, has been pushed back.

Family time
"No, the shooting hasn't been postponed. It's just a coincidence that I haven't signed any new projects lately. So, it's going to be a two month vacation for me. From mid September, I start shooting for a Vishal Bharadwaj film. But for now I'm getting to spend some quality time with my family," says a delighted Balan.

"My elder sister is home too. I'm loving it."

The other day she was telling didi how five years ago, she had never imagined she'd be a movie star. "Today, I'm nine movies old of which five have been big hits. Even Kismat Konnection is doing well," she says.

Balan is busy reading scripts. "And I'm also watching the Sex and the City series, back to back. It's great fun," she says.

Ask her about her recent release, Kismat Konnection, and Balan admits that she was a little nervous before the release.

Facts and figures
"For the first time in my life, I was calling up people from the trade and quizzing them on net and gross collections," she laughs. "Today, since I have all the time in the world, I'm keen on knowing the exact business the film does."

Priyanka Chopra, the Femina Golden Girl

Priyanka Chopra had red hair in love Story 2050 - now after Love Story mayhem is over… Priyanka gets in all Golden avatar on the latest issue of Femina Magazine. Mag cover reads “.. Why I need attention”.



Well, when you have such a beautiful face - attention comes to you naturally, right Priyanka?

Bebo feels suffocated by Saif

Bollywood's ‘It' couple aren't feeling the love anymore.

According to a source close to Kareena Kapoor, the actress has started shooing away boyfriend Saif Ali Khan because he has become too possessive.

The source reveals that Saif calls Kareena numerous times during the day to check her schedule.

And recently when the duo were at a party and Bebo wanted to be with her girl-gang, Saif wouldn't let her.

It all got too much and Kareena asked Saif to either leave, or let her be, said the source. "Bebo is too much a free spirited girl. She could be in love, but would never like to give minute-tominute accounts of herself. His over attention has started suffocating her in the relationship."

"Between Kareena and Shahid, Kareena was more active and insecure. Shahid was always chilled out. Initially, Kareena was enjoying all this attention, but now, it has started getting unnerving."

Shahrukh Khan Kajol in New Movie

Nikita goes Bond girl's way!!!

The sensuous beauty Nikita Anand has now got a connection of sorts with the bond girl Eva Green, apparently Eva played the role of banker in the last Bond film 'Casino Royale' where she impresses even 007 himself. Now, Nikita is all set to play a similar role in the upcoming film 'Monopoly- The game of Money' which is being directed by Nilesh Malhotra. She will be pairing up with Karan Khanna who is better known as the nephew of Vinod Khanna.

Saif and Kareena on a Plane

Here are some rare photos of Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan on a plane. It seems that they are on a holiday. Anyways, they are enjoying the company and the flight Let’s hope they stay together longer than their previous relationships.

Aziz gets back with SRK, Juhi

It is known news that the noted filmmaker Aziz Mirza is currently busy with the shaping up of the film 'Kismat Konnection' and for this he has counted on his regular favorites Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla. While SRK has done his bit by giving the voiceover, Juhi has contributed in her way by acting as a crystal ball gazer in the film. Speaking about it, Aziz expressed happiness that the circle is complete for him since both his favorites are associated with it.

Sudhanshu's dual role for Sanjay

Sanjay Gupta is one man who knows how to get things done and also make others feel good about it, he is right now busy with the shooting of the film 'Alibaug' and for this he has roped in actor Sudhanshu Pandey for a key role. Sudhanshu was once a singer with the group 'Band of Boys' and keeping that in mind, Sanjay asked Sudhanshu to record a song for the movie. After Sudhanshu obliged it and went ahead with his number, much to his surprise he got his remuneration for singing too which has overwhelmed the actor-singer.

Akki reveals his 'Mantra' behind stunts

Hot star Akshay Kumar is one man who is miles ahead of all the stars in the industry when it comes to some death defying stunts on the screen. Recently, he let out the secret behind his ability to do them and said that each time he is to do something dangerous and risky, he chants the Gayatri Mantra which helps him calm down and also increases his concentration a great deal. Let us wait and see how many follow his secret and match his caliber.

Saif Ali Khan on Man’s World

Here’s Saif Ali Khan on the cover of men’s lifestyle magazine Man’s World.
Hmmm…what has happened to Saif Ali Khan? I guess this picture was taken after the release of Tashan. Probably Saif must be thinking, “Kareena left Shahid because their onscreen pairing was not working…so what if she leaves me too because our pairing […]

'Kismat Konnection' edited by Amitabh

The upcoming film 'Kismat Konnection' starring Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan has been making waves even before it has hit the screens and those who have managed a sneak peek are simply wowed by the sleek editing of the film. After a lot of digging, it was found that the editor is none other than Amitabh Shukla, the man behind 'Chak De India'. He has been coming up with some really crisp editing and now it looks like the Kismat of 'Kismat Konnection' will also get good.

Aamir becomes 'TATA Sky' man

Bollywood News > Aamir becomes 'TATA Sky' man

Aamir Khan is one man who looks at quality and perfection in everything he does, the same applies to him even when he is doing the ads. We have seen his penchant for quality in the Titan Ads and his perfection for music in the Samsung ad. Now, he is all set to promote the dish network and has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the 'Tata Sky' network. This means that Aamir has again become a competitor to Shahrukh Khan since he is the brand ambassador for Dish TV, the main rival for the Tatas.

Shahrukh to romance Anushka

Aditya Chopra went on a national hunt to find a young girl who could play a bubbly Punjabi girl in his movie Rab Ne Banadi Jodi. Finally it was Anushka Sharma who was selected to star opposite Shahrukh Khan. Anushka is a banglore based model, who has modeled for many high profile brands including Silk & Shine, Whisper and Fiat Palio.




Do you guys know something? This girl Anushka is not even half the age of Shahrukh Khan. SRK is definitely one lucky guy!

Madhur to show the dark side of jails

Bollywood News > Madhur to show the dark side of jails

Madhur Bhandarkar who is known for his hard hitting and realistic feel to films is currently busy with the finishing touches for his film 'Fashion' and before that is completed, he has got into his next one which has been titled 'Jail'. Speaking about it, Madhur said that it will give a 'as is-where is' situation of the Indian Jails and does not glorify it like other movies do. The film has the blue eyed boy Neil Nitin Mukesh as the leading man.