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Owner of Kings XI Punjab Preity Zinta hugs team captain Yuvraj Singh after their team’s win in the IPL T20 championship match against Bangalore Royal Challengers at PCA Stadium in Mohali

Well the title for Shahid’s upcoming flick is really strange. As reported earlier Vishal Bhardwaj has signed Shahid Kapoor for his next movie and Shahid will have double role in Kamine.

A source said, “Shahid will have two interesting roles in the film. It is also believed that Priyanka Chopra has been signed as the leading leady for this film”. This is for the first time that Shahid and Priyanka Chopra will be paired opposite each other.”

Vishal Bharadwaj had earlier worker with Shahid Kapoor’s father Pankaj Kapoor in Maqbool and Blue Umbrella. Vishal is hoping that Shahid Kapoor matches the success of his father in Kamine.

I wonder why the film is called Kamine, it would have been better to call it Kutte Kamine since there is a double role in the movie.

Teaming up with SRK in her debut movie did wonders for Deepika Padukone and now another model Anuskha Sharma will get to repeat the same wonder.

The 21-year-old model has been signed by Aditya Chopra to play the lead again SRK in his upcoming movie Rab Ne Banadi Jodi. Rab Ne Banadi Jodi shows a 40-year-old guy (SRK) falling in love with a 16-year-old girl.

Yash Chopra confirmed the news saying,” We were looking first and foremost for someone who could truly embody the spirit of small-town Punjab and we know we have found her in Anushka. And while she has no previous acting experience, we have seen that unique spark in her that makes us confident that she will be a standout even opposite Shahrukh.”

Aditya Chopra is back on the directors seat for Rab Ne Banadi Jodi after 8-long-years. Lets hope the movie is a super-duper hit.

Akshay Kumar is no longer just Akshay Kumar he is now Dr. Akshay Kumar as he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree by University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada for his contribution to the film industry and his philanthropic work.

The star was nervous during the ceremonial occasion, “Wow! This really is one of the most nerve-racking days of my life. My hands are shaking. I don’t think even an Oscar would mean as much as this means to me.”

Humble Akki ended the occasion on a great note, “Indians believe that our success lies at the feet of our parents. It’s not I who should be receiving this award, but my parents.”

Akshay Kumar is the Indian Ambassador for the Special Olympics and has been associated with Trillium Health Care Center and Vancouver Children’s Hospital.

Congratulation Akki

Bollywood actor Riya Sen has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Indian Premier League’s official website, www.iplt20.com.

According to an agreement, Riya’s role will require her to attend the IPL matches, interact with cricketers and post her interactions and views on the website.

Talking from Dubai, Chief Technical Architect of www.iplt20.com, Akash Aurora confirmed Riya’s appointment. He said, “Yes, we have appointed Riya as the brand ambassador of our website.”

Explaining why they chose Riya, Akash said, “We saw Riya attending a couple of the IPL matches. We observed that she was quite well-versed with the game and its proceedings.

Rather than having somebody naive on board, we preferred getting someone who knows about the game. Riya was our first choice and we went ahead with her.”

“Riya has already signed the contract. The duration of the contract will depend on the response we get from our readers,” Akash added.

Neetu Chandra made her debut with Akshay Kumar and John Abraham in ‘Garam Masala’ and ever since then there hasn’t been any looking back for this young woman.

With three successful films in a row (her ‘Traffic Signal’ was an average performer while ‘One Two Three’ has been a decent money spinner as well), Neetu Chandra is looking forward to an exciting phase ahead.

However, she continues to be rooted to reality and is far from flying high. Just recently, Nargis, Neetu’s counterpart in ‘Garam Masala’, was seen in ‘Pranali’ after quite some gap.

Does she feel that she has moved on by quite some miles while Nargis and Daisy (the third girl in ‘Garam Masala’) are still trying to find a foothold?

“I don’t think so”, reflects Neetu, “I am happy that Nargis is working and having a film release to her name. It’s a matter of whether you are working or not. As long as you are working and visible, it is a matter of time before things fall in place.”

“Yes, there is hard work involved and I have to admit that my perseverance over the years has paid. 2008 should be my year with number of prestigious films in the pipeline.

I have to watch my steps quite carefully from hereon since these are crucial times ahead for me”, says Neetu who has as many as four major films lined up for release in the second half of 2008.

While Rahul Dholakia’s ‘Mumbai Cutting’ is round the corner and is also traveling festival circuits, she also has to her name UTV/Dibakar Banerjee’s ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’ with Abhay Deol and Paresh Rawal.

In addition, there is Adlabs’ ‘Flat No. 13 B’ where she is paired with Madhavan while shooting for Gary Grewal’s tentatively titled ‘Khusarprasad Ka Bhoot’ is currently on in Bhopal.

This is not all as after the success of ‘One Two Three’, the film’s producer Kumar Mangat has signed her for two more films where she would be enacting the role of a leading lady.

Apart from that, Shree Ashtvinayak, which has been fast catching up to become one of the premier film making companies of the country today, have signed Neetu Chandra for not one, but as many as three films!

It appears that a lot on her plate is indeed not too much for Neetu Chandra who is happy while being busy!

Bebo’s super hot look in Tashan is bringing her super accolades.

Everyone’s been trying to copy Kareena’s cool look in Tashan, just like it happened with Jab We Met earlier and of course, her never forgotten style icon appearance in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.

She wowed everyone as Poo and now she’s wowing everyone all over again as Pooja in Tashan. Her red hot look has caught the eye of the industry and endorsement wallahs alike and designer Aki Narula the man behind the magic is hounded by clients asking him to give them ‘ the Bebo look.’

Everyone’s raving about her va va voom hot bikini shot. Almost Hollywood straight out of James Bond film, Bebo positively scorched the scene in her bikini shot.

She can play the hottie and the girl next door effectively as proved by her in Tashan. And obviously Ms Kapoor’s very thrilled with the response. And she’s all fulsome praise for Aki.. Nirula the designer, not to be confused with her co star Akki!

“Words fall short to praise the kind of talent Aki has. He is one of the most talented designers we have.

He is just fantastic and what he has done for me in this movie is commendable he just changed my entire look; it is something that has never been seen before.

I think the whole idea of keeping it very grunge and rugged for me has really worked because I don’t think an Indian actress has really done that on screen before..

We have all worked together as a team to give me a unique look.. I particularly love Pooja’s signature outfit - A white shirt with nice jeans and boots. I think I live in that always and that’s my style mantra!”

No wonder Bebo’s our favourite style icon!

LOS ANGELES, Calif. –

Exactly three months have passed since Britney Spears left a psychiatric ward and promptly stirred up a paparazzi car chase, a scene that looked like the beginning of even more erratic behavior for the troubled pop star.

In the weeks that followed, Spears started acting out of character, all right: She laid low and avoided the cameras. She spent time with family members. She found work, and succeeded at it.

With that stability and momentum to build on, it would appear Spears’ child-custody hearing Tuesday had the potential for a positive outcome — as long as she gets it together to show up this time. All indications are that she will.

The troubled 26-year-old pop star, who has been under the conservatorship of her father since her one-week-early release from UCLA Medical Center, is expected to attend the custody status hearing in a downtown courthouse with her parents. Her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, will also attend, said his spokesman, Elliot Mintz.

Federline has had full custody of his two sons by Spears, 2-year-old Sean Preston and 1-year-old Jayden James, since January, when police were called to Spears’ home after she refused to relinquish one of the boys to a Federline bodyguard. Spears was taken by ambulance to a hospital after the incident. Her visitation rights were suspended at the time, but have been gradually restored in recent months.

Tuesday’s hearing will include discussion of a psychiatrist’s evaluation of Spears, a person close to the case told The Associated Press. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the case and requested anonymity.

Commissioner Scott Gordon, who will preside over the hearing, could modify the couple’s visitation agreement Tuesday based on Spears’ recent conduct, the person said.

Spears was a constant media presence before the conservatorship took effect. Photographers captured her every visit to Starbucks and gas stations around Los Angeles, and documented a bout of bizarre behavior that included appearing in public without underwear, shaving her own head and beating a car with an umbrella.

Since Spears’ father, James, took over her affairs, the pop star has been relatively invisible to photographers, only occasionally snapped shopping or having dinner with her mother, Lynne. A traffic accident last month turned out to be a minor bumper-to-bumper incident in which no one was injured, and for which no one was cited.

Spears’ public appearances have been limited to a well-received cameo on CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother,” a role she reprised during a taping last week, a CBS spokeswoman said. The episode is set to air May 12.

“We’re thrilled to have Britney joining us once again,” series executive producer and co-creator Craig Thomas said in a statement last month. The show’s audience increased by a million viewers the week Spears appeared.

The pop star also made news last month when she took on full-time exercise and nutrition coaches from Bally Total Fitness.

Once known for her flawless figure, Spears was widely ridiculed for her flabby form in September during a universally panned performance on the MTV Video Music Awards that was meant to herald her comeback.

Spears has been elusive at recent court hearings, her every anticipated appearance drawing a circus of media and paparazzi. In January, she arrived at the courthouse wearing cocktail-party attire — a black minidress and gold platform shoes — and left before the custody hearing began. A lawyer for Federline said that behavior may have played a role in the commissioner’s decision that she remain barred from seeing her sons. Federline has allowed Spears limited visitation rights since Feb. 22.