After her miserable electoral debut in Lok Sabha elections, Bollywood starlet Rakhi Sawant today joined Ramdas Athawale-led RPI and said she would not hesitate to contest the upcoming assembly polls against MNS chief Raj Thackeray.
	"I am scared of none," she said when asked if she would throw her hat in the electoral ring against Raj Thackeray.
	In a departure from Thackeray clan's tradition of not contesting elections, the MNS chief had recently announced he would be in the fray in assembly polls due in October.
	Sawant, who had polled barely 1,995 votes in her maiden tryst with electoral politics, contesting from Mumbai North-West seat as a candidate of 'Rashtriya Aam Party' founded by her just before the polls, was appointed chief of RPI(A)'s state women's wing.
	Announcing her induction into the party Athawale said, "Rakhi is a known face in every household. She is known not only in cities, but in villages as well. Her popularity will definitely help us in the forthcoming ...

Rakhi Sawant joins RPI, says ready to fight against MNS chief

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Disappointed at not being able to dress up like Narendra Modi in Vadodara following protests, actress Vidya Balan today said she was only trying to pay her tribute to the Prime Minister.
	"I didn't want to politicise it. Whatever happened is unfortunate. I was only trying to pay tribute to a great Prime Minister in his city of Vadodara. I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings and so I decided not to go," Balan told reporters here.
	As part of a promotional plan for her detective thriller film 'Bobby Jasoos', the National-Award-winning actress had gone to Vadodara yesterday where it was planned that she would don a get-up like Modi and visit some places in the city including a tea vendor's stall who was one of the proposers of Modi as a Lok Sabha contestant.
	However, she cancelled it following protests. She, instead, concluded her visit to the city by visiting an educational institute in disguise.
	In the film which releases next Friday, Balan is seen taking up 12 various disguises as 

Modi disguise my way of paying him tribute: Vidya

Sajid Nadiadwala, who is turning director with Salman Khan starrer 'Kick', says he is extremely nervous about the project.
    The trailer of 'Kick' has so far crossed ten million views.
	"I am extremely nervous and excited about my directorial debut 'Kick'. I have been a creative producer for 27 years but I still feel like a newcomer where 'Kick' is concerned," Nadiadwala said in a statement here.
	The film also starring Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Jacqueline Fernandez will be releasing on Eid this year.
	Sajid is on a high after three back to back successes -- 'Highway', '2 States' and 'Heropanti'-- as a producer.

Nervous and excited about 'Kick': Sajid Nadiadwala

Actress Shilpa Shukla, best known for her roles in 'Chak De! India' and 'Khamosh Paani', says she was offered Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs of Wasseypur' but had to decline it as she needed a break.
	"I refused the movie because I was tired. I just went to Banaras and stayed there for some time. I took some time off from films and I think I needed that break. I just came back to complete my film 'Coffin Maker'," she said.
	The 32-year-old actress is looking for a change after starring a slew of serious roles.
	"My stereotyped image will be broken by the next two comedies I am doing. One is produced by Prakash Jha and I am all geared up for it," Shilpa said.
	Meanwhile, she is enjoying her stint at the third Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF).
	"I have hosted an award show earlier but there it was all rehearsed. Here everything was impromptu so I was nervous as well as happy," she said, adding that she is looking forward to watch Iranian films to be screened at the three-day festival.

I refused 'Wasseypur' because I was tired: Shilpa Shukla

Filmmaker Govind Nihalani, who is planning to direct the sequel of his cult 1983 film 'Ardh Satya', says he will make sure he gets Om Puri to be a part of the new movie.
	The 73-year-old director has collaborated with Puri in many films in the past including 'Ardh Satya', which won the actor a National award and the two share a good rapport.
	"I don't knows who all will be in my film, but I will make sure Om is in it. I have not thought about other casts because my selection of actors depends upon characterisation," Nihalani said, adding that he does not base his casting on star power of an actor.
	The director is keen on making the sequel of the classic but is struggling to get the right script.
	"I am yet to get the right script. My struggle is to break the stereotype and do something different. Story of 'Ardh Satya 2' will not continue from where the first film finished. I am waiting for that fresh script," he said.
	Nihalani, associated mostly with serious, path-breaking films, is 

Will make sure Om Puri is in 'Ardh Satya 2': Govind Nihalani

"Man of Steel" star Amy Adams gave up her first-class ticket to a soldier on a Los Angeles-bound flight.
	The 39-year-old actress asked a flight attendant if she could swap places and hurried back to his seat, the New York Daily News reported.
	"I didn't do it for attention for myself. I did it for attention for the Troops," she said.
	Adams, the daughter of an Army officer, was flying from the Detroit set of "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice," reprising her role as ace reporter Lois Lane.

Amy Adams gives up first class seat to soldier

'Chak De! India' star Shilpa Shukla, who is here to attend the third Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF), says she is planning to extend her trip to attend 'Kalachakra' ceremony, to be hosted by His Holiness Dalai Lama.
	Shukla, who practises Buddhism, was moved by the presence of spiritual guru of the Drukpa lineage, Thuksey Rinpoche at the festival.
	"My brother is a Rinpoche too and I am essentially a Buddhist. I will also stay here for 'Kalachakra' hosted by his highness Dalai Lama. I am his follower," she said.
	'Kalachakra' ceremony is scheduled to begin on July 3 and will go on till July 14.
	The 32-year-old actress initially decided to stay for the whole festival but has now cut short her trip.
	"My brother told me 'You are an actress, if you attend the whole Kalachakra, sun rays will harm your skin', So, now I am contemplating. But I would stay for two-three days," she said.
	The 'Kalachakra' ceremony is likely to see the attendance of almost 25,000 Buddhists from ...

Shilpa Shukla to attend Dalai Lama-hosted 'Kalachakra' in Leh

After months of fuelling romance rumours, bisexual rapper Angel Haze has revealed that she is dating Ireland Baldwin.
	The pair met during New York Fashion Week through Baldwin's cousin, reported Daily Mirror.
	Haze, 22,  also spoke about how the media have treated their relationship, saying they're usually referred to as 'best friends'.
	She also said she did not think America was ready for their relationship.
	"An interracial gay couple, I mean that's just weird for America right now," Haze added.

Angel Haze confirms lesbian relationship with Ireland Baldwin

Calling her tryst with the students of cerebral palsy as the most humbling experience, 'Game' actor Subhosree says she finds them more receptive than the normal children.
	"Being exceptionally gifted, they are more sensitive and truly precocious. One of my most valuable moments of life to watch the blockbuster Game with them together. And they could understand the sequences more than the kids we see around," Subhasree told PTI over phone after watching the Jeet-starrer here in the company of around 40 children from the institute.
	"As I know Jeetda (Jeet) is already involved with their cause and is a regular visitor.He had infact told me how lovable these children can be,I need to visit them now at their insttute in future. I would like to do something for them": the poopular mainstream heroine said.
	"It was amazing how they followed the film, the shots, the songs and sequences," Subhosree said.
	"My children knew Subhosree for her screen appearances.They also do follow trends and ...

Popular actor mingles with spastic children

Popular contemporary musician Neel Dutta, having national awards and other honours under his belt, doesnot think Tollywood movies have ever touched the musical benchmark.
	Neel, who affirms having evolved as a musician in senior Dutta's last work Sesh Boley Kichhu Nei, told PTI, "While I love to hear many Bengali playbacks, our films never made the cut to musical."
	Neel, who said doing the musical scores in Sesh Bole Kichhu Nei was a refreshing change from any type of work he did previously, said, "I consider Oliver in Hollywood as the best musical I had ever watched."
	About working under the Dutta senior, he said "Since father knows exactly what he expects from me, in what way he expects from me, and pens lyrics often fitting me as the music director, it becomes more instinctive."
	"With other directors, they mostly explain the situations to me and when they are not so sure I chip in with my creative inputs."
	"With Moinak Bhowmik in Aami Aar Amar Girlfriends being of same age and .

I truely evolved as musician in Sesh Bole..

'Transformers' star Mark Ruffalo said that his friendship with Jennifer Garner ended after she started dating Ben Affleck.
	Ruffalo, 46, who shared screen space with Garner in '13 Going on 30', said her husband Affleck is to blamed for not being in contact with her, reported People magazine.
	"We had a great time together (while filming the movie). But then Ben came on the scene," he said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live.
	Ruffalo and Garner's romantic comedy '13 Going on 13' hit theaters in 2004, and the actress went public with her romance with Affleck that same year.
	She tied the knot with Affleck in June 2005. They have since had three children together.
	When host Andy Cohen asked, "I heard he doesn't allow her to have male friends?, Ruffalo just shrugged without confirming or denying anything.

Mark Ruffalo no longer friends with Jennifer Garner

Orlando Bloom, who visited Syrian child refugees in April, said kids there have witnessed a lot of pain.
	The 37, who traveled to the Zaatari refugee camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border, met families who have been uprooted from their homes due to civil war and unrest in Syria, reported People magazine.
	"Kids are seeing far too much violence and torture. They have witnessed such pain. They need help. They've lived lives like you and I. All they want to do is go home. Their kids are desperate for an education," he said.
	The 37-year-old actor said that the real issue was donor fatigue which was another crisis in the Middle East.
	"The real issue is donor fatigue. Another crisis in the Middle East. Okay. But we're talking about children. Everyone's scared of the issue, I get that, but you don't have to be afraid to support the work that UNICEF is doing to save these children," he added.

Kids are seeing far too much violence and torture: Bloom

Shia LaBeouf  started spitting at a police officer and yelling 'Do you know who I am?' when he was arrested for disrupting a Broadway production.
	The 28-year-old actor has been formally charged with one count of criminal trespass in the third degree, one count of trespass, two counts of disorderly conduct, and one count of harassment in the second degree, reported Us magazine.
	The star started ranting when he was being removed from the theatre. In an expletive-filled rant, LaBeouf said, "Do you know my life? Do you know who I am?". He then started spitting at the police officer.
	The star caused problems at a performance of the Broadway show 'Cabaret'. He was in the crowd at the musical, which currently stars Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming.
	Seated in Manhattan's Studio 54 theater, the actor started "interacting with strangers during the show and slapping peoples' backsides."
	Another insider adds that he was "harassing audience members, harassing actors on the stage, and chain .

'Do you know who I am?: LaBeouf to policeman when arrested him

Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw continue to share a great friendship following the success of their 1970 romantic drama 'Love Story' but the actors don't agree with its most famous dialogue.
	The film is still considered one of the most liked movies and MacGraw said she had fun shooting the movie.
	"Making it was actually unbelievably fun the whole time," MacGraw, now 75, told the Hollywood Reporter.
	"I was stupid and new enough in the business to think it was always like that," she said.
	O'Neal, now 73 said, "It's the best time I ever had on a movie. And I've made thousands."
	The longtime friends also spoke about its most famous line, "Love means not ever having to say you're sorry".
	The dialogue has been voted among the most famous movie lines list.
	"It's a crock!" MacGraw quipped of the line, prompting O'Neal to say, "You'd better say you're sorry!"
	The film saw O'Neal playing the role of a wealthy Harvard student who falls in love with MacGraw's character, a working-class ...

O'Neal, MacGraw don't agree with famous dialogue in Love Story

Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 2011 documentary film 'Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told' had its Indian and Asian premiere at the ongoing Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF).
 	Produced by Shekhar Kapur and co-directed by Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist, the film was premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 2011.
	The documentary was screened last evening at the Druk White Lotus School here, popularly called, Rancho's School.
	"We recently completed 100 years of Indian cinema and I was asked to do something to mark the 100th year," Mehra said, citing the reason for making the 81 minutes long documentary.
	The film traverses journey of Indian cinema from the era of post Independence to the modern time, with quotes from actors like Amitabh Bachchan, late Shammi Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai, among others, and film writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar and Prasoon Joshi.
	The premiere saw the presence of filmmaker Govind Nihalani, head of the jury at LIFF, Deepti Naval, Rajit Kapoor, actress ..

Mehra's documentary gets its Asian premiere at LIFF

Comedian Kathy Griffin has stripped off and posed naked for celebrity snapper Tyler Shields.
	The 53-year-old comedian perched poolside with her back to camera and her hair swept over her left shoulder in one of the pictures, reported Daily Mirror.
	While another shows her staring into the camera as she stands in the pool with her arms outstretched.
	"Sometimes my clothes fall off and I pose," she wrote on Twitter.

Kathy Griffin goes nude for poolside photoshoot

'Basic Instincts' star Sharon Stone has slammed dating reports with Antonio Banderas and said they were "unkind and unfounded".
	There were reports that Stone, 56,  and the recently single 'Mask of Zorro' star were romantically involved following his split from Melanie Griffith, reported Us magazine.
	"Antonio is a brother to me, and Melanie has been with me for each and every birth of my three children. They are my family.
	"I find this salacious, unkind, unfounded reporting to be the typical pretense of what passes as 'journalism' today," she said.
	Banderas and Griffith parted ways earlier this month.

Sharon Stone slams Antonio Banderas dating reports

Supermodel Cara Delevingne, whose friendship with Michelle Rodriguez has sparked rumours about her sexuality, says she is not afraid of what people think about her.
	In an interview to the Telegraph, the 21-year-old British model said she is having a good time in her life.
	"What do I think? I think people shouldn't be scared of that. I'm young, I'm having fun, I don't want to pretend to be something I'm not," Delevingne said.
	"So I don't really care on that matter. People can say what they want, but I'm having a good time. I know what people are doing who are my age. I just think it would be a lie to pretend that I'm not having a good time."
	The rumours first surfaced in January this year, when Delevingne and Rodriguez, 35, were spoted making out in their seats during a game.
	"The funny thing is, I always used to have more guy friends. At school, I was a tomboy and it would be me and all my guy friends. But now... I don't know. It's kind of changed quite a bit... I don't meet men .

I'm young, I'm having fun: Cara Delevingne

Heidi Klum is selling her Los Angeles mansion for USD 25 million after overseeing extensive renovations on the house.
	The 41-year-old German supermodel, who is dating 27-year-old art dealer Vito Schnabel and has four children, Leni, 10, Henri, eight, Johan, seven and Lou, four, from previous relationships, put her 12,300-square foot Italian-style villa in Brentwood, California on the market this week, reported Forbes magazine.
	 Purchased in 2010 with her ex-husband Seal, the estate has been renovated by Heidi to create a stunning retreat.
	 "Sometimes I sit in the garden, drinking my coffee, looking at the Pacific, and really feel it is a little piece of Heaven.
	"We worked extensively for over six months to replace every window, re-stain all the gorgeous woodwork, upgrade all the appliances and fixtures and designed dream closets. We built a master bath with views of the ocean. By the time we finished, the house was as incredible as its grounds and views," she said.
	The ...

Heidi Klum puts house on the market

Rapper Nicki Minaj is reportedly furious with R&B Rihanna for breaking her friend Drake's heart for the second time.
	The 'Pills N Potions' hitmaker, 31, is planning to write a song to get back at her long-time rival Rihanna, reported Contactmusic.
	"Drake has been pretty down since Rihanna dumped him. She really broke his heart. Nicki wants to call Rihanna out on it. She's very protective of Drake," a source said.
	Rihanna dumped Drake, 27, last month after a series of arguments, and the source said that the Canadian star blamed her ex-boyfriend, Chris Brown, for the demise of their romance.
	"Drake is convinced that Rihanna has self-esteem issues and is pushing him away because she doesn't believe in or trust true love, which isn't surprising after the crazy stuff that happened with her and Chris," the source added alluding to the assault case in 2009.

Nicki Minaj furious with Rihanna?

Simon Cowell is hoping for a sister for his four-month old son Eric with girlfriend Lauren Silverman, says media mogul's close friend Sinitta.
	Sinitta, 45, said that Cowell's wife wanted a girl next, reported Daily Star.
	"Eric is adorable and I'm godmother now. Lauren has said that he wants more children and he wants a little girl next," she said.
	When asked how is Cowell as a father, the 'Toy Boy' hitmaker said, "He's still naughty and crazy, but he's very open and very tender. He's always been like that but people are getting to see it now. He's fascinated (by Eric). He just holds him and just stares.

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