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The petite Sonam Kapoor has chosen to break her silence after popular columnist Shobhaa De poked fun at the actress in one of her blogs.

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Full Story: Sonam Kapoor slams Shobhaa De, calls her a `porn writer`!

Macho man John Abraham might be an icon for many for his perfect abs and his sexy muscular body, but he feels no hesitation in praising Aamir`s eight-pack look in `Ghajini`.

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Mumbai, Dec 29: The much-talented, choreographer-director-producer Farah Khan, who’s made a name even in the small screen, is all set to host a chat show while good friend Shah Rukh Khan will be the show’s ‘line’ producer.

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Farah Khan who’s already got her hands full with the umpteen projects and her triplets is in no mood to call it a day anytime soon. Farah and her husband Shirish Kunder have a started a new production ‘Three’s Company’ and Farah’s chat show will be it’s first venture on the small screen. The show is set to commence only by March 2009. However, the schedules for shooting are lined up from January 2009.

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Mumbai, Dec 28: ‘Ghajini’ has sort of broken records even before its release. The advance bookings of tickets has made the action-thriller earn Rs 35 crore already. Going by the comparisons running rife between Aamir’s ‘Ghajini’ and Shah Rukh’s ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’, Aamir has scored one over SRK.

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The phenomenon is so novel, that it is the first time that a film has been mentioned in the business pages of major news-dailies of the country! Another booming release of the year ‘Singh is Kinng’, that collected a whopping 44 crore the first week, competed with ‘Om Shanti Om’s over 40 crore collection. With these figures for a start, ‘Ghajini’ needs a mere 10 crore to break the record! This seems like a child’s play for Aamir with the kind of fan-mania he has already created. Now ‘Rab Ne…’ stands not much chance for much record breaks, for it has collected a mere 10crore the first week. Buit the response overseas has been tremendous with the Shah Rukh starrer featuring among the top 10 movies of US this year.

Full Story: Ghajini`s advance booking totter first-week BO collection record!

Bangalore, Dec 27: Taking strong exception to the way Aamir Khan-starrer 'Ghajini' was released throughout the state in violation of its guidelines, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has limited the number of theatres where it can be screened.

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Mars Suresh, vice president of KFCC, said the issue was discussed in a meeting that lasted till late Friday and the film's distributors were advised to take corrective steps immediately. 'We called the film's distributors to a meeting and advised them that they have not followed the self-regulation code of the film chamber. Since they have breached this code, we wanted them to make amends,' Suresh said.

Full Story: Karnataka film chamber restricts `Ghajini` screening!

Los Angeles, Dec 27: 'Marley and Me', starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston, had the largest Christmas Day opening in Hollywood's history with estimated ticket sales of $14.75 million, according to figures released by box office tracking firm Media by Numbers.

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The previous record was $10.22 million for 'Ali', the Will Smith-starring biographical film on boxing champion Muhammad Ali, released on Christmas Day in 2001. 'These are phenomenal holiday numbers,' said Bruce Snyder, president of the 20th Century Fox, which distributed 'Marley and Me'.

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London, Dec 27: Singer-actress Beyonce Knowles has bagged the number one spot on two of Billboard's song charts.

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Knowles hit 'Single Ladies' outshone the competition on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R+B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, in its third and sixth week respectively, a website reported. Rapper TI held his spot on the Hot 100 at number two with his track 'Live Your Life', featuring Rihanna, while Lady GaGa's 'Just Dance' remains at number three.

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New York, Dec 27: Influential US political scientist Samuel Huntington, author of "The Clash of Civilizations" and a professor at Harvard University, has died at the age of 81, the university announced on its website Saturday.

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Huntington, who retired from teaching in 2007 after 58 years at Harvard, died on December 24 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, the university said. He was co-author or editor of 17 books, mostly on US government, democratization, military politics, civil-military relations and political development.

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New Delhi, Dec 26: With debutant Asin hogging all the limelight opposite Aamir Khan in 'Ghajini', the other lead character Jiah Khan says she is happy with her role in the film and hold no grudges against anyone.

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"As far as I am concerned I am very happy with my character in the film," the actress told reporters when asked about the media reports that she was upset by not getting enough attention despite playing an important role in the film. "Asin has done a fabulous job in the film. We have only met twice and I don't even have any scene together in the film. I am not the kind of person to hold grudges against anyone," Jiah said.

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Mumbai, Dec 26: In keeping with the latest image makeover fad, Amitabh Bachchan, the ‘shenshah’ is the latest in tinsel town to have hopped on the style-changing brigade. The actor, who is one of the biggest competitors for actors half his age; has once again stood up to claim the best makeover title.

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But unlike the other B-town bigwigs who stunned us all with their 8-6-pack abs ditching the mid life budge, Amitabh is in no mood to pump iron and sweat his gut in the gym. The ‘shenshah’ will instead have the best of talent at his command to give him a new look for his upcoming flick ‘Pa’. According to reports, world-renowned make up artist Stephan Dupuis, who has walked away with two Oscars for his expertise, will be in charge of Big B’s ‘Pa’ look.

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Mumbai, Dec 26: Akshay Kumar’s goofball Singh avatar might have made the Sikh look a rage amongst his peers but the actor’s astounding success left an impression so strong on Harman that the Baweja scion has decided to add the ‘Singh’ factor to his name.

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Come next year, the Baweja lad will be known as Harman Singh Baweja. According to reports, the actor will be billed as Harman S Baweja. A little birdie told us that Harman was much too impressed by Akshay’s ‘Singh’ act. But the actor denies that Akshay has been the reason behind adding an extra ‘S’ to his name.

Full Story: Harman wants to be the `Singh-Kinng` of Bollywood!

Washington, Dec 26: Eartha Kitt, the sultry singer and actress who played the popular character of Catwoman in the Batman television series, has died at the age of 81 in New York, her publicist said Thursday.

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Kitt was being treated for colon cancer, her publicist Patty Freedman told a broadcaster. Her daughter Kitt Shapiro was with her at the time. Kitt, who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, became famous for her portrayal of Catwoman in the television series Batman in the 1960s as well as her Christmas song "Santa Baby".

Full Story: Singer, actress Eartha Kitt dies at 81 in New York!

Mumbai, Dec 25: Katrina Kaif is very accident prone. A month ago, Ranbir Kapoor missed his cue and slapped her so hard on the sets of "Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani" that her face got swollen badly and shooting had to be cancelled.

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According to cast members at Film City here, Katrina was doing an underwater sequence with Akshay Kumar when her foot got tangled under water. "The more she tried to extricate herself the more her leg got tangled. She tried to scream for help, but because of the noise on the sets including the stunt co-ordinators who were shouting instructions to the entire cast, no one heard Katrina's screams of pain," a source said.

Full Story: Sexiest actress Katrina Kaif is highly prone to accidents!

Playwright Harold Pinter is dead!

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London, Dec 25: Leading British post-war playwright Harold Pinter has died, aged 78, his wife said Thursday.

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The London-born author, director, actor, poet and political activist had become widely known for the sarcasm and moral vigour that inspired his work over more than 50 years. Pinter was well-known for his left-wing political views and was a vociferous critic of US and British foreign policy, voicing opposition on a number of issues including the bombing of Afghanistan in 2001.

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