Monday 10 October 2011

Bollywood people not very stylish: Kangana

Actress Kangana Ranaut, who walked for designer Shantanu Goenka at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) Monday, says the people in Bollywood are not very stylish except for her contemporaries Priyanaka Chopra and Sonam Kapoor.

"I don`t want to hurt anyone with my remarks, but I find that the style quotient is missing in Bollywood except for Priyanka and Sonam who know how to carry well," Kangana told reporters here.

The Kolkata-based designer presented a line inspired by the French queen Marie Barrios.

According to him, Kangana was the perfect muse for this collection.

"I wanted Kangana to look feminine, I didn`t want to go overboard and I thought she completely justified the theme," he said.

Dressed in a white and beige gown, she looked confident while sashaying down the ramp.

"I never feel uncomfortable while walking the runway as I have done it in films like `Fashion` and `Raaz 2`. So it has become a part of my character," Kangana said.

"Also, I love Shantanu`s design and admire his creativity. He always makes something which suits my complexion and figure," she added.

When asked about her future projects, she said: "I am working on the sequel of `Tanu Weds Manu` and `Ishqiya`."

Saturday 24 September 2011

Anil Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor dies

Bollywood producer Surinder Kapoor, passed away in Mumbai on Saturday evening following a massive cardiac arrest. He was 87.

He is survived by his wife, three sons - film producer Boney Kapoor, actors Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor and daughter Reena Marwah.

Sources said that Kapoor suffered a heart attack at his residence in Lokhandwala on Saturday evening.

Even though he was not related to the Prithviraj Kapoor family, he shared close relationship with late Shammi Kapoor and his actress wife Geeta Bali.

Kapoor produced movies like 'Mr India', 'Judaai', 'Loafer', 'No Entry', among others. He was an assistant director for epic film Mughal-e-Azam

Wednesday 4 May 2011

With Osama dead, man finally shaves



When a middle school teacher vowed not to shave until Osama bin Laden was caught following the terror attacks, he thought it would only be a matter of months. So when Gary Weddle (50) found out the al-Qaeda leader was dead, he was probably more happy than most. In almost 10 years the science teacher from Ephrata, Washington, had managed to grow a grizzled beard that reached his chest.


Parting with his hair: Gary Weddle rushed in and shaved on his itchy
friend which he had for the last 10 years.

He certainly could have joined band ZZ Top and ironically bore a resemblance to Bin Laden himself. "I spent my first five minutes crying and then I couldn't get it off fast enough," said Weddle. Unsurprisingly Weddle's wife Donita was also rather relieved to be able to see a bit more of her husband's face. "He looks 10 years younger," she said. "It's a very happy moment for us. It's a very happy moment for the whole nation." Weddle had been working in his garden on Sunday evening when a colleague called to tell him the news.

Sceptical at first Weddle turned on the news and then when it had sunk in rushed to the bathroom to hack away at the itchy creation. Friends and neighbours even headed over to his house to watch the symbolic moment. And yesterday Weddle's school principal Jill Palmquist honoured him, telling students they should admire the teacher for sticking to his vow not to shave for 3,454 days.

But he had made a vow and was going to stick to it even if special forces had never captured the terrorist.
In 2003 Weddle had said, "If they want to shave it off my body in the coffin, they can, but I'm going to hang onto it... I'm not going to forget and I'm not going to let anyone forget."

3,454 Number of days Gary Weddle went unshaven