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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Sherlyn Chopra out of 'Bigg Boss' house

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Sherlyn Chopra wasn’t able to make many genuine friends ever since the third season of ‘Bigg Boss’ kicked off. On Friday, the hottie was nominated to be evicted out of the Bigg Boss house.
Chopra who had earned maximum nominations with housemates voting against her continuously for four times, spent about a month in the house.
She was nominated along with Dara Singh's son Bindu, who might be the next to get the boot.
Sherlyn is the third inmate to be evicted from the house, after Rakhi Sawant's mother Jaya and actor-producer Kamaal Khan, who had thrown a bottle at fashion designer Rohit Verma and was booted out because of his unruly behaviour.
Sherlyn, whose hopes for a boost in Bollywood were dashed after the poor run of Dil Bole Hadippa, was looking forward to use Bigg Boss to gain more popularity.
However, all hope is not yet lost for Sherlyn. She still has a chance to return to Bigg Boss’s house through wild card.

Judge orders 3 to trial in Anna Nicole drug case

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LOS ANGELES – Three key players in the troubled world of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith have been ordered to stand trial after a hearing that plumbed the drug-fueled depths of her final years and the alleged roles of her boyfriend and two doctors in feeding her addiction to prescription drugs.

A judge who heard sometimes shocking testimony about the flood of drugs provided to Smith ruled Friday there was sufficient evidence to try the defendants on charges of conspiring to give Smith sedatives and opiates.

Defense lawyers had argued that lawyer Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and psychiatrist Dr. Khristine Eroshevich tried desperately to save the doomed model in her waning years, including a period when she gave birth to a daughter and lost her grown son to a drug overdose.

One of the last pieces of prosecution evidence introduced was a transcript of an investigator's interview of a Smith friend who said she saw Stern placing pills in her mouth.

"He poured them in her mouth like you would a bird," Gina Shelley said in the interview.

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Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry stressed that his ruling required only minimal proof that would cause a reasonable person to suspect the defendants committed the crimes. He dropped one charge that Eroshevich gave Smith placebos, finding there was not sufficient evidence.

With attorneys battling over whether Smith was addicted, the judge proclaimed, "I think you've proven (Smith is) an addict."

All three defendants pleaded not guilty, If convicted they each could face more than five years in prison. A Dec. 11 arraignment was set.

Eroshevich was the only defendant to comment after the hearing.

"I understand that I have to go through this process," she said.

Smith died of an accidental overdose of at least nine medications in February 2007 at a Florida hotel. The defendants were not charged with causing her death but were accused of conspiring to illegally provide her with controlled substances and supplying drugs to an addict.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091031/ap_en_ce/us_anna_nicole_smith

Kartik confesses all

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Things are looking up for the ‘cool dude’ of Tamil cinema.

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The guy with suave NRI looks who innocently asked Shalini — Na ok va, ok illai ya —in Mani Ratnam’s Alaipayuthe has come of age with his latest release Ninaithaley Inikum. Despite rubbing shoulders with actors like Prithviraj and Shakthi, Karthik Kumar has managed to establish an identity of his own, portraying the role of an angry and fiery college student with audacity and arrogance.
“I don’t want to be a star,” starts off Karthik Kumar. “Acting is my forte and Ninaithale Inikkum helped me transform from a chamathu boy to a character with grey shades. It proved to the audience that I can pull off negative roles too,” beams the actor.
“And guess what?” he asks like an enthusiastic kid. “People say that I have the talent to be the next Raghuvaran. He was one actor who had the opportunity to perform a variety of roles in his career. I want to be like him. Let the commercial heroes do all the singing and dancing. I am happy with my roles and I don’t want to be a mass hero. I think it’s a waste of time, because the scope for experimentation as an actor reduces,” explains Karthik.
The actor surely seems to be on a roll with diverse roles in his kitty. He is currently shooting for a rip-roaring comedy, Kola Kolaya Mundhirikka, and the psychological thriller, Yedhuvum Nadakkum. “In KKM, I play a petty thief who is on a treasure-hunt. There are a whole bunch of crooks trying to get hold of the treasure.Debutante Shika plays my partner-in-crime. In Yedhuvum Nadakkum, there are just two characters — myself and Aparna Nair. It’s an interesting project and I play a psycho in the film.”
There is a surprise in store for the audience in KKM. Wondering what? Well, this typical American maaplai guy actually shook a leg for a kuthu number. “Hard to believe, isn’t it?” he chuckles. “I did some heavy kuthu in KKM. We shot in a kuppam on ECR and the ambience was just perfect. Dancing doesn’t come easily to me. It was a challenge to prove myself and live up to my choreographer’s expectations,” he recalls.
Quiz Karthik about his definition of mainstream and art films and he replies pat, “Cinema is like walking a tightrope. A good actor should realise that cinema is a business, as well as an art. A good artiste is one who balances both efficiently. I think Kamal Haasan, Suriya and Prakash Raj are doing this job pretty well.”
And that may be the reason that even Karthik is juggling between theatre and cinema. “Theatre keeps your mind fresh. In theatre, you have to satisfy the audience, while in films, you adhere to the director’s vision. It’s all about striking a balance. I am happy with what I am and I want to die this way — as a middle-class man.”
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/news-interviews/Kartik-confesses-all/articleshow/5084276.cms

Bloggers Note: I met Kartik today  i.e 31.10.2009 at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. Chatted with him on way to Chandigarh. A really pleasing personality and a great friendly down to earth attitude. Wishing him all the best for his career as an actor. Hope I can meet him again sometime in the future too…

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Lindsay Lohan coming to India

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Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan, best known for her wild antics and numerous romantic liaisons, is coming to India to shoot a documentary about child trafficking.

The 'Mean Girls' star has teamed up with the British Broadcasting Corporation and is set to travel to India next month to front a show highlighting the plight of deprived children in the country, reported Contactmusic.

The 23-year-old was inspired to support more good causes following a meeting with British businessman Richard Branson in Dubai.

"I'm going to India soon, actually, before Thanksgiving. And I'm doing a documentary for the BBC Network. I like to support charities. I think it's important to kind of have a voice when you can have one, and make a difference," said Lohan.

The actress who derailed her Hollywood career with her partying lifestyle, is hoping to turn a new leaf by focusing on charity work in the future.

"It's basically on the trafficking of children in Bihar, India. So it'll be starting soon. We're just trying to work out the times and the dates. I'm a little nervous, but I'm excited to do something like that," she added.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Shilpa Shetty gets engaged

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Shilpa Shetty got engaged to Raj Kundra, a London-based millionaire businessman at his apartment in surbuban Mumbai on Saturday evening.

'I seek everyone's blessings. Thank you very much,' said Shilpa.

The 34-year old actress looked beautiful in an exclusive creation of Manish Malhotra while her partner wore a white sherwani.

According to reports, only family members and close friends were invited for this engagement ceremony. Shilpa's younger sister Shamita was absent, as she is currently lodged in the Bigg Boss house.

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Sushmita Sen :: Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi :: October 25, 2009.

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Bollywood actress Sushmita Sen presents a creation from designer Sanjana Jon's Spring/Summer 2010 collection at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in New Delhi October 25, 2009. India's biggest fashion event will run from Oct. 24-28 where 110 designers will vie for the attention of around 175 buyers.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

My new man's gorgeous and funny. Pity my husband wasn't: Bo Derek on the Sex And The City hunk.

Okay, so, according to Bo Derek, there are women that do and those that don't.

Bo doesn't - do plastic surgery, that is. Oh, and while we're at it, she doesn't do Botox or collagen, either. There are times, she says, she's tempted to - days she sees a photograph of herself and 'gets scared'. But no, at nearly 53, Bo remains gloriously filler-free.

'When you look at women who have had plastic surgery, they have lost something - usually an expression, something unique to their faces,' she says.

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Beach beauty: Bo Derek, who is against surgery, shows no signs of ageing at 52

'They start to look the same. I've always admired the women who didn't do it, so I have to keep reminding myself that I'm one of them and not the other. When I look at some photographs of myself, I think, "Oh, I look all right." But, in others, I scare myself; I wish I had my old skin.'

Believe it or not, it's 30 years since Bo, her hair braided and wearing a flesh-coloured swimsuit, was filmed running along the beach in Blake Edward's 10 - the highest score a woman could achieve for desirability.

The movie, she says, was a defining moment in her life; more so than any other roles, more so, too, than her extraordinary 22-year marriage to the late film director John Derek.

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Love at first sight: Bo with new boyfriend John Corbett

Bo was just 16 when they began their affair in Greece, on the set of his film And Once Upon a Love. A notorious womaniser, Derek was 30 years her senior and married to Linda Evans (his previous wives, Pati Behrs and Ursula Andress, were also actresses).

Because Bo was considered a minor in the US, where Derek could have been charged with statutory rape, they lived in Germany, only returning when Bo turned 18.

Few believed the relationship would last, but they married in Las Vegas when Bo was 20 and stayed together until Derek's death from heart failure in 1998. Many considered him to be a controlling, Svengali influence in Bo's life.

She denies this, but suffice to say she remained happily single for five years after his death until she agreed to a blind date with the actor John Corbett, 48.

Today, they share a ranch in California.

'I was completely content and settled after my husband died,' she says.

'I had a lot of girlfriends who kept saying, "You've got to meet this person or that person."

' But I said, "No. Some day it'll be love at first sight or not at all."

I was so averse to dating. With some men I felt like prey. I never knew if someone wanted to meet me because they wanted to meet me or whether it was because I was some kind of prize, so I just avoided dating.'

Until, of course, she met Corbett, who played Aidan, Carrie Bradshaw's-boyfriend, in Sex And The City.

'I was going to the Oscars with a girlfriend and heard from a friend that John was also going and wanted to escort me,' she says.

'I thought it would be fun to show my girlfriend the Hollywood experience if we went with someone like John, so I said yes. He knocked on my hotel door and it was love at first sight. I was crazy about him from that moment. He's charming and funny - so different from my husband. And he's younger than me.'

But the other John is not far from her thoughts. For decades, their relationship had intrigued the movie industry and public alike.

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Ten out of ten: Bo with co-star Dudley Moore in 1979

Bo says now that she was 'too young to have that experience' of falling in love at first sight with her husband. Instead, she says, she was 'interested and fascinated' by him.

Derek was alone at the couple's Californian ranch when he had a fatal heart attack. Bo had spoken to him on the telephone from New York the night before. '

That was the last conversation we had. The next day I got a call that he'd been rushed to hospital. It was catastrophic heart failure.

'Luckily, within three weeks of him dying, I had the blessing of going off to Hawaii for filming. I'd taken a part on this really fun TV series, Wind On Water. John had been furious that I'd taken it. He never let me know if he was jealous, but other people have said he was when I went off on films. He knew what went on with leading men and ladies on set. I was in Hawaii for three months. It

was such a magical place. If I'd stayed at home, it might have been different. I think I avoided a lot of pain and grief.'

Bo admits that their three-decade age gap was beginning to make itself felt and acknowledges for the first time the difficulties that existed between them.

'There were things he couldn't do physically,' she says. 'He was starting to see his own mortality and it was bothering him. It wasn't his nature to be infirm in any way.'

She says she'd never fall for someone so much older now.

'I was so young when I met him,' she says. 'I think people have to be very young to fall in love like that. They're more malleable, and I was to a point.

'He was 46 and that's a great age for a man, so the age thing wasn't there yet. I thought, "I'll deal with the future when it comes. Why worry now?" I was young, I was in love, and it was so exciting and wonderful. When you're young you just think you know everything.'

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Naive: Bo with former husband John Derek, who she met when she was 16

Bo, the oldest of four children, was born Mary Cathleen Collins. Her parents divorced when she was 14 and, within a year, she was truanting from school, hanging out on the beach and experimenting with drugs, until she signed with a theatrical agent.

Within a few months, she was introduced to Derek.

'The name John Derek meant nothing to me,' she says. 'But my mum was excited. She said he was very handsome. I was very shy. I think I managed to say hello and that was about it.

Her mother, Norma, accompanied her to Greece to film Once Upon A Time, but soon began a romance with a Greek man, leaving her daughter alone much of the time with Derek.

'I think John and I were meant to be,' says Bo. 'We had everything going against us. My mother was very concerned and wanted me to go back to the US. But I am rebellious. I decided I wanted to stay with him, so I did.'

'I loved John, but he's gone. I'm intelligent enough to know that my life has been embarrassingly good. Okay, so some people wouldn't choose to be with a man 30 years older - but that was my choice. John Corbett is a bonus - a gorgeous bonus.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1222531/Bo-Derek-Sex-City-hunk-whos-given-new-lease-life.html#ixzz0UySRcaFP

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Animal lover Pamela Anderson issues emotional SOS... Save Our Seals.

Save the Seals wasn't the most widely known charity campaign - until Pamela Anderson started supporting it, that is.

Dressed in printed T-shirt dress, the actress showed off her enviable figure and cosied up to a grey seal mascot, all in the name of protecting the animals.

The 42-year-old is fronting a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) campaign against Canada's commercial seal hunting.

Speaking to reporters at the launch, the Baywatch star said she was getting involved to save her native country from the international 'embarrassment' of its actions.

 

Each year, seal hunting begins in spring with the slaughter of seal pups.

According to PETA, more than 330,000 harp seals in Canada were slaughtered last year.

Still smiling: Pamela modelled for designer Richie Rich at Toronto Fashion Week

Upfront message: Pamela modelled for Richie Rich at Toronto Fashion Week

Celebrity backing: Pamela Anderson campaigns outside the Ontario Legislature building in Toronto

Celebrity backing: Pamela Anderson campaigns outside the Ontario Legislature building in Toronto

Sadly for Anderson, the deaths of seals is not the only issue she has to worry about at the moment.

Earlier this week, she spoke about about the disastrous home-building project which has left her hopelessly in the red.

The 42-year-old has been forced to move into a trailer park during construction of her beach house in Malibu, California.

Now she fears she may have to sell it altogether after going massively over budget.

She said: 'I am $3million over budget and I should have moved in over a year ago. I’m tiling the whole pool in platinum — that’s expensive!'

The Playboy and Baywatch star sobs whenever she visits the house, which she bought for £850,000.

She said: 'I’m going to sell it. I hate it. People commit suicide over constructions.

'Relationships break down over constructions and I can see why. It rips your heart out'

Anderson was speaking to former EastEnders star Joe Swash for a documentary called Pamela Anderson: At Home With Joe for Living TV.

She showed Swash, 27, and his film crew around the house and told him the financial situation was so bad that she lives in a trailer with her electrician boyfriend Jamie Padgett, 42, and her two sons Brandon, 13, and Dylan, 11.

She reportedly has just $4,000 (£2,400) in the bank and needs to spend at least $800,000 (£480,000) more to make the house habitable.

Last week it was revealed that she has signed up for a two-week stint as the Genie in Aladdin at the New Wimbledon Theatre.

When her guest appearance was announced, box office takings increased by 800 per cent, but she will reportedly earn only £375 a day.

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Young pup: Kelly Osbourne is supporting the campaign with Pamela Anderson

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1222396/Pamela-Andersons-tears-platinum-swimming-pool-sent-3m-budget.html#ixzz0UyPKgtUM

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Rainbow Girl

Rainbow coloured hair::

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Hair color is the pigmentation of hair follicles due to two types of melanin, eumelanin and pheomelanin. Generally, if more melanin is present, the color of the hair is darker; if less melanin is present, the hair is lighter. Levels of melanin can vary over time causing a person's hair color to change, and it is possible to have hair follicles of more than one color

Hair color can be changed by a chemical process. Hair coloring is classed as "permanent" or "semi-permanent".

Permanent color, as the name suggests, permanently colors the hair - however because hair is constantly growing, the color will eventually grow out as new, uncolored hair grows in.

Permanent hair color gives the most flexibility because it can make hair lighter or darker as well as changing tone and color, but there are negatives. Constant (monthly or six-weekly) maintenance is essential to match new hair growing in to the rest of the hair, and remedy fading. A one-color permanent dye creates a flat, uniform color across the whole head, which can look unnatural and harsh, especially in a dark shade. To combat this, the modern trend is to use multiple colors - usually one color as a base with added highlights or lowlights in other shades.Semi-permanent color washes out over a period of time – typically four to six weeks, so root regrowth is less noticeable.

 
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Theron kisses woman for $140,000

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http://www.hindustantimes.com/Theron-kisses-woman-for-140-000/H1-Article1-468660.aspx

South African-born actress Charlize Theron auctioned off a kiss for $140,000, (Rs 64, 40,000) and the winning bidder was a woman, US magazine reported Friday.

Theron, 34, took part in a live auction during a gala for the charity OneXOne Thursday in San Francisco. She was initially selling a 2010 trip to South Africa that included World Cup tickets, a safari and a meet-and-greet with Nelson Mandela.

But she raised the stakes after bidding stalled at $37,000, far less than actor Jeremy Piven had just raised.

To sweeten the deal, she offered up a seven-second kiss for $130,000 to a male bidder, but a woman in the audience quickly bettered the deal with a $140,000 bid.

Theron is in a long-term relationship with actor Stuart Townsend, 36.

"My boyfriend is not here tonight," she joked before a smooch that lasted 20 seconds

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Mara Carfagna - the most beautiful minister in the world!

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Mara is an Italian politician and former showgirl. After obtaining a degree in law, Carfagna worked for several years on Italian television shows and as a model. She later entered politics and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Forza Italia party in 2006.

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On May 8, 2008, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appointed her Minister for Equal Opportunity, a move that received international attention due to her special background and her appearance. Carfagna has been called "the most beautiful minister in the world" and was ranked number one on Maxim's "World´s Hottest Politicians".

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Same dress in the city?! Miley Cyrus and Kim Cattrall appear in matching outfits in SATC sequel.

There's nothing more embarrassing than turning up to a party wearing exactly the same outfit as someone else.

But if that person is significantly younger than you? Tears and tantrums are probably the only response.

So women everywhere should feel for Kim Cattrall's character Samantha Jones in the latest leaked scenes from the Sex and the City sequel.

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Hot and young: Kim Cattrall's character Samantha is caught on the red carpet wearing the same outfit as much younger starlet Miley Cyrus

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Same difference: Kim and Miley show there's no bad feeling between the two actresses after filming the red carpet scenes for the movie

In the film, Samantha is invited to the premiere of her boyfriend, Smith Jerrod's, new film.

She says she wants to look 'hot and young' on the red carpet, and buys herself a sexy, strapless silver dress.

But when she turns up the premiere, she spots Miley Cyrus wearing exactly the same dress.

Rather than make a swift exit, poor Samantha is caught by the paparazzi as gay best friend Anthony Marentino yells out, 'Mother of God. She's wearing the same dress as Hannah Montana!'

Both stars team the short silver sequined dress with a studded black belt and identical knee-high brown suede boots.

But while Kim, 53, opts for a large necklace with brown stones, Hannah Montana star Miley, 16, goes for a studded dog collar and elbow-length black leather gloves.

Miley does not have any lines in the scene, but still manages to leave Samantha lost for words!

Luckily Kim looked much more glamorous than a few days ago.

The actress was spotted on set without a scrap of make-up and wearing Ugg boots - something her character Samantha would never be caught doing.

Sex and the City 2 is due to be released in May 2010.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1221027/Same-dress-city--Miley-Cyrus-Kim-Cattrall-appear-matching-outfits-SATC-sequel.html#ixzz0UHlrOpVe

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Unique ID not mandatory: Nilekani

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Mumbai: The implementation of unique identification (UID) will not be mandatory but voluntary, Nandan Nilekani, head of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said. It is mainly done to enable financial inclusion in the country and bring uniformity, he added.

The UID project will create a mass database with demographic and biometric information that can be used by banks, insurance, issuance of passport and ration cards and similar other players. These players would be the partners of the UID project, Nilekani said while talking about his project for the first time in public at Ficci-IBA Banking conference in Mumbai.

“The UID is just an instrument to identify. It will also identify a person online through a central system across the country. The authenticity of an individual will be done only with a 'yes' or 'no' and so privacy of an individual will be maintained,” said Nilekani.

The partners can then go ahead and do additional know your consumers (KYC) according to their requirements. A UID will not provide any specific category, religion or entitlements for an individual and therefore partners will need to go through the additional process on their own.

Nilekani added that the master database will be created after combining the databases of multiple agencies. The UIDAI will partner with multiple registrars like states(food supplies like Ration shops, Panchayat and Education), oil ministry (LPG agencies, oil companies), health insurance( Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY)) and banks.

Nilekani has been time and again talking about coming over dublication in the process and therefore the UID number issuance will be just once in the life time. An individual however can go ahead and bring a change in address, when ever required. He adds that there would be a uniform standards across the systems for enrolment process, biometrics and KYR norms across all the agencies. The project will also provide flexibility to the registrars in terms of delivery and authentification. The UID project will provide a number and then the registrars can provide additional authentication devices like bar codes, smart cards, magnetic stripes or simple cards. The project will have a strategy to enrol entire familities and underserved areas and partners with outreach groups.

Nilekani also added that banks are key partners for UIDAI and can be registrars as well as users of the authentication services. “We would publish the standisation for the banks in the next six month so that when we...

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/unique-id-not-mandatory-nilekani/515064/
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Return of the great suspenders: Sexy lingerie sales rise by third as celebrities inspire fashion revival.

Stockings and suspenders are back in fashion thanks to stars such as Katy Perry and Dita Von Teese, retailers have reported.

Sales of the sexy lingerie soared by up to a third in recent weeks after both celebrities were seen wearing a pair.

Online underwear store Figleaves is reporting a 35 per cent leap in year-on-year sales of stockings since August.

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Hey big suspenders: Lily Allen, left, Katie Perry and Rhianna put their best leg forward in a pair of suspenders

Its sales of suspender belts and knickers with suspender belts have also jumped 40 per cent.

Agent Provocateur has seen stockings sales up 14 per cent and its racy silk stockings with seams are a best-seller.

Last week, the burlesque model Dita Von Teese launched her new Wonderbra lingerie range with provocative photos of her leaning against a bicycle in black stockings, suspenders and a lacy bra.

Pop princess Katy Perry, who is dating comedian Russell Brand, stripped down to a corset top and suspenders in a sizzling photoshoot for Esquire magazine.

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Teese me: The Dita effect has seen sales of hold-ups and suspender belts soar by up to a third

Lily Allen, 24, wore daring, bright blue suspenders at a nightclub earlier this year and two-tone tights with a suspenders motif at London's Groucho club last week.

And R&B singer Rihanna, 21, recently put the sex factor into Paris Fashion Week with her outfit of thigh-high S & M boots and rubber suspenders.

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Here's to you, Mrs Robinson: Anne Bancroft used her suspenders to seduce Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate

Agent Provocateur has seen stockings sales up 14 per cent and silk stockings with seams are a best-seller.  

Denise Fraser, lingerie buyer for Figleaves, said: 'We have seen a very significant increase in sales of stockings over last six weeks.

'Stockings and hold-ups are 35 per cent up on the year for the same period whereas tights are only marginally up on last year.

 

'The Dita Von Teese effect has certainly taken hold. Women are desiring a more feminine, sexy look and in the recession, they are buying something sexy to improve their mood.'

'We are also attributing it to the return of Forties and Fifties trends, which we have been seeing on the catwalk.

'Ladies' briefs with built-in, detachable suspender belts are proving particularly popular.

'There are such beautiful fabrics and styles available that it is impossible for women not to feel glamorous and sexy.'

Stockings were a symbol of Hollywood glamour in the Forties and Fifties and in the Sixties Anne Bancroft's Mrs Robinson famously used hers to seduce a young Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate.

But sales slumped in more recent years with tights outselling stockings by 40 pairs to one in 2007.

A 2007 Mintel report found that profits from stockings sales had halved in four years from £10million to £5million annually.

But if the Hollywood pack isn't enough to persuade women to return to the garter belt, perhaps the catwalk will be.

With Henry Holland's trompe l'oeil tights for Pretty Polly and Chanel's two-toned must haves, it looks as though stockings could be here to stay - for the season at least

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1220073/Return-big-suspenders-Sexy-lingerie-sales-rise-celebrities-join-fashion-revival.html#ixzz0TvhYH6Pt

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Ramu has a secret daughter!

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A new truth about filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has come out. He has publicly admitted that he doesn't believe in the institution of marriage.

A daily claims that Ram Gopal Varma has an illegitimate daughter in Hyderabad. His daughter reportedly is in her early twenties and is studying medicine.

Although news abounds about him having a family in Hyderabad, the filmmaker has always been tight-lipped about it.

The daily reports, that Ramu who is shooting in Hyderabad for Rakta Charitra met with his family last week.

Don't you think RGV, it's time to accept your truth?

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ramu-has-a-secret-daughter/H1-Article1-465224.aspx