"Josh and I started talking about it before we were even engaged. We have talked about having biological children as well, but we decided to adopt first.

I'd like to adopt again," Heigl said. The actress also said she loved daughter Naleigh from the moment she was put into her arms.

"Anyone who doesn't have experience with adoption wonders, 'Does love for a child come through DNA?' I knew it didn't. They're yours.

You love them the moment they're put into your arms. Josh had to learn that, but he was so gracious and accepting.

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"I think Victoria Beckham is another girl who killed it this year. I love Victoria, I love her clothes and, actually, my festive wish would to be wearing more of it next year," Cole said.

Despite seeing her profile peak during her stint as a judge on UK TV show 'X Factor', for which she became known for her style, Cole said that fashion was the last thing on her mind when she was on the show. "At the moment, I'm not constantly on TV, it's not as intense as it once was.

I feel more relaxed because I'm judging doing music, going to the studio. To be honest, when I was on 'X Factor', what I wore was the least of my worries.

But it's nice now not to have to even think about it, just to have a weekend," she said. Tweet (less)

It wasn't forced - we have mutual friends and the sessions just got set up. "I was overwhelmed because Stevie is one of my favourite artists of all time.

I've listened to him from as early as I can remember. "And then there's John.

He's hugely talented too. So I was really happy.

"If someone had told me before I started I'd get to work with John Legend and Stevie Wonder I wouldn't have believed them. I'm a massive fan.

" The 'All About Tonight' hitmaker is preparing to launch her career in America and is hoping to do well Stateside. She told more! magazine: "I haven't released anything yet, but my first album is about to debut in America.

"I think it'll be a mix of the best from the first and second albums. I hope it goes according to plan - it's such a big market.

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Smith, whose last album Lost and Found was released in 2005, is back in the recording studios for prepare for his comeback album, said producer La Mar 'Mars' Edwards. "We're working on Will Smith, bringing him back.

That's actually him on the other line right now," femalefirst.co.

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| "L A Reid is the man. My experience was he signed me, he believed in me, he got me.

He always gave me my freedom to be who I was, to make the type of record I wanted to," Lavigne said. | "On my first album, I was so young - I was 16 when I was making it.

Everyone figured that people would write songs for me, and I was like, 'No, I want to write my own music.' It was so different from anything that was out there.

LA was like, 'She's onto something. Just let her do her thing.

' So it was great," she added. Tweet (less)

"I've started a little bit of work in the studio and then when I go back to New York I'll be recording until the end of the year," she said. Madonna is currently attending the Venice Film Festival - where she is promoting her new directorial W.

E . When asked what fans can expect from her latest album, she replied nothing else than "more good music.

" The first single from the record is expected to be released in February. Earlier, her manager Guy Oseary had said that Madonna was back in the studio working on her 12th studio album.

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I changed my date three times as I was not ready. He was also very busy with RA.

One and Don2 but he still obliged and said whatever date you finally fix I would make time for you," Hegde told IANS. He regards SRK as his mentor, said Hegde.

"I have been doing lots of work with SRK since the last 15 years. He was very instrumental in helping me with my first album G .

He is like a mentor and elder brother to me," said Hegde, who choreographed film Don and Temptations Reloaded (2008) tour of SRK. Hegde has choreographed for films like Agni Sakshi (1996), Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), Fiza (2000), the song Mitwa from Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) and Koi.

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Mil Gaya (2003). Hegde's Lets Party is an endeavour to revive Indian pop music.

Actor Hrithik Roshan and actresses Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu feature in different hip-hop numbers of the album. Tweet (less)

Luckily and happily, Loot is the last of my terrible film career," said the actress who recently married Kenya-based businessman Ali Punjani. Kim now divides her time in three cities - Mombasa in Kenya, Dubai and Mumbai - and sees no reason to cling to a non-existent Bollywood career.

"So it's farewell to Bollywood. My message to Bollywood, see you later, Beautiful," said the actress who is paired with singer Mika in Loot -- in not a major or noticeable role.

Kim started her career in Aditya Chopra's Mohabbatein . The film clicked, but the careers of all the newcomers in the film - Kim, Shamita, Preeti Jhangiani, Uday Chopra, Jimmy Shergill and Jugal Hansraj - failed to take off.

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The deal was unveiled on October 18 and it has yet to be revealed how big a stake the Smiths hold. They'll have to wait to make their debuts as co-owners at a game as the National Basketball Association league is currently in the middle of a lock-out over a pay dispute between the players and team owners.

The couple join close pal Jay-Z - who is a minority shareholder in the New Jersey Nets - as celebrity NBA investors. Tweet (less)

But anyone who watches it will feel like it is their own story. It is like in the genre of The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith.

It's that kind of a film where there is drama and a sense of comedy and all. Like even when I watched Pursuit .

. it reminded me of all the struggle that I made to enter Bollywood," Shirish told PTI, on the sidelines of a launch of a devotional music album, last night.

The Pursuit of Happyness is an American biographical drama based on millionaire stock broker Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, the film featured Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker.

Smith's real-life son Jaden Smith co-starred as Gardner's son Christopher Jr. The film was a hit and won several awards.

"This is the kind of story that only people like me who is an outsider and have struggled to come in Bollywood can only make. Not anyone who is already here as they don't come across the kind of struggle we all outsiders go through to come into a place where we are not allowed.

So we identify with the story ," he said. After six years, Shirish has managed to finally rope in Amitabh Bachchan for his dream film.

The director's previous film Jaan-E-Mann bombed at the box office. He is currently working on Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha starrer 3D film Joker which releases in August 2012.

Ask him how Big B came on board, he says, "It was during Jaan-e-mann when we had kept a preview for Bachchan Sir, he saw and brought his family next day to see it again. He told me we should work together but bring a role for me with meat in it.

I started working and wanted a solo film for him which is about him. I was hunting.

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thinking of a story and it took me long time." "After that he had told me to put some meat in it.

I was scared that I cannot go with any rubbish to him. I wanted to be very sure when I went to him that he will not say 'NO'.

Mr Bachchan plays a common man. It will inspire every person be it a rickshaw driver or cashier using their skills how he can achieve something special," he said.

The film goes on floors soon and will release next year. About the leading lady, Shirish says, "We haven't finalised it yet.

He gave his nod for the project just a few days ago and till then it would have been pointless to think of who to cast. There will be one opposite him of the older generation, then there will be a son and a girl opposite him.

" So, is he considering real life son, Abhishek Bachchan for the film? "No. It will not justify him.

.He needs a bigger role than this.

Here the film is about Mr Bachchan. But I would like to do other film with Abhishek in it," Shirish said.

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The Vancouver-based Macklam Feldman, founded by Steve Macklam and Sam Feldman in 1995 and whose clients include Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, had represented the jazz singer since 2003. The same year her debut album Come Away With Me won eight Grammy Awards and catapulted the singer to international acclaim.

It has since sold more than 10 million copies in the US. John Silva is a respected industry veteran who started his career working with the Kurt Cobain led band, Nirvana .

Jones' most recent album, 2009's The Fall , debuted at No 3 on the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified platinum. Tweet (less)

Luckily and happily, 'Loot' is the last of my terrible film career," said the actress who recently married Kenya-based businessman Ali Punjani. Kim now divides her time in three cities - Mombasa in Kenya , Dubai and Mumbai - and sees no reason to cling to a non-existent Bollywood career.

"So it's farewell to Bollywood. My message to Bollywood, see you later, Beautiful," said the actress who is paired with singer Mika in "Loot" -- in not a major or noticeable role.

Kim started her career in Aditya Chopra's "Mohabbatein". The film clicked, but the careers of all the newcomers in the film - Kim, Shamita, Preeti Jhangiani , Uday Chopra , Jimmy Shergill and Jugal Hansraj - failed to take off (less)

And now that her much awaited album is nearing completion, the actress has been meeting her friends and gushing about her first music album whenever she can get the time, reveal industry insiders. Mumbai Mirror has learnt that when Priyanka was shooting for Kunal Kohli's Teri Meri Kahani in London, she had dropped in on the sets of London Paris New York to discuss 'music' with her good friend Goldie Behl.

On the sets of that film, she met Ali Zafar and started chatting with him about music. When contacted, Ali Zafar confirmed the news and added, "She seemed very excited about her music album.

"And Zafar was not the only one who had to discuss the actress' new love 'music' with her. After she returned to India, she played it for Ranbir Kapoor on the sets of Anurag Basu's Barfee.

Goldie, Zafar and Ranbir were followed by Vishal Bhardwaj . When contacted, Priyanka, who was busy shooting said, "I'm very fortunate that my friends in the industry have shown such genuine interest in my upcoming foray.

It is now part of all the conversations (laughs). There is still a long way to go for the album to be completed.

Yes, I have played the demos to friends in the industry." (less)

"I'm sad, but I'm really excited to help pick the next girl and that I got to be a part of this process," she said. Osbourne, 27, said it was inspiring seeing all the girls audition in New York and knows whoever wins the contract is extremely lucky.

"They get on stage in the middle of Macy's on a microphone in front of the mall. It's really intimidating - really scary.

But it gave me faith in the female kind again seeing these awesome young girls on stage spilling their guts. One girl drove 20 hours! "I can't even tell you what it's done for my confidence.

To be a face of a fashion line? I'm not even a model citizen," she added. Tweet (less)

In it, she shares screen with her brothers and famous dad, reported Ace Showbiz. In the video, Snoop gives his inspiring singer daughter a lesson about maintaining and developing her creativity without abandoning her responsibility.

Snoop plays an ice cream store owner in the clip and Cori is a troubled daughter who wants to work on her music rather than sit at the shop. "I'm here every weekend.

I've never had time to be with my friends and I've never had time to work on my music. I'm just always here working," she says.

Snoop says, "I want to take 5 minutes in your life to write down all your emotions and put them in this book." Once she opens the journal, Cori falls into a dream sequence singing and dancing in a colourful world with her pals.

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The format of the special show is different and in her exclusive interview, Simi presents Lady Gaga's life story interspersed with her interview and her chartbusting music that has put her on the international map in no time. The maverick singer, who is known for her bizarre fashion sense and outlandish hairstyle, opens up to the veteran host about her love for India besides other things.

On being asked if she aware there is massive craze about her visit to India, the singer said she is aware but is sad about the mis-reportage of her. She added money has never been her criteria.

"I don't have money - whatever I have I spend on my shows," she added. On her plans of coming to India, Simi says, "She was quite upset at the media reports that she will not be doing a concert in India because she wants more money.

She said it was entirely untrue. She is dying to connect to India, loves Indian food and she knows she has hordes of fans in India.

So she is coming to India in October, she said, not for a concert, as she has to shoot for her new video, but for a promotional tour". What may take Lady Gaga's Indian fans by surprise is that she not only is aware of Indian film industry but finds Bollywood interesting and wants to know more about it too.

The singer confessed on the show that she is in awe of Bollywood. "I love it.

It's completely surreal and genius," she said. Lady Gaga's love for India is not just limited to Bollywood, as the 25-year-old singer also vows her love for Indian cuisine.

"I love Indian food. I love spicy curry.

I used to eat Indian food in New York," she says. As a special gift, Simi gifts Lady Gaga Farah Khan's Bollywood dances DVD.

And this is what Simi had to say about it, "You know I had a feeling, with her pace of life, Gaga couldn't have seen much of our Bollywood stuff. Who better to give an introduction to Bollywood dances & songs than Farah Khan? So I asked my dear friend Farah to please make a DVD for Gaga.

Farah got it done for me overnight. I specially asked her to put Chaiyya, Sheila, Munni, Dhoom Tana and Gaga was thrilled to get the DVD! "Oh my God I would love to see this!' she said, 'I'm going to watch this tonight!' She gave it to her assistant, 'Please give this to me tonight'.

Again, I put all Farah's contact details on the label. You never know when good things can happen.

" And that's not all, Simi also gifts Lady Gaga a beautiful lehnga designed by Anamika Khanna. The lehenga is black in colour and fully encrusted in pearls, gold and silver and weighs as much as 10 kilos! Later on in the show, Lady Gaga compliments Simi for her dress.

She said: "You are not dressed regularly. You look like a fashionista in my eyes.

" Gaga, who is popular for making outrageous comments every now and then also said, "All my lashes are in the shower. Every morning I obsessively line them up.

" And while she may be the reigning pop star and have the world swooning to her numbers, but Lady Gaga claims that she is a loner at heart. "I'm lonely and married to loneliness," Lady Gaga said.

The singer also disclosed her greatest fear on the show. "I am afraid of missing out on a creative idea because of lack of time.

" Gaga claims that music is her life and that "I would die without my work. I'm reborn every time with my new song and new album," she said.

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As his father, I thought I should record his childhood thing. I want to protect him right now.

He is too young to be over-exposed," said the 38-year-old singer who began his singing career at the age of three, joining his father on stage for a Mohammad Rafi song. Sonu admits he never thought his son's version would become such a rage.

"We did it only for the posterity's sake. We never thought that it will be such a big hit.

I knew that if it is put on YouTube, it will have lots of hits, but didn't know that it will become so big," said Sonu at a press conference at the Aamby Valley's annual New Year bash Glitterati 2012. Sonu came to Mumbai at the age of 19 and after years of struggle, he hit the jackpot with Sandese aate hain in Border (1997).

Two years later, his album Deewana became a super hit and later the song Yeh Dil Deewana from Pardes made him a name to reckon with. He went on to sing hits like Kal ho na ho , Panchhi nadiyan , Suraj hua maddhham , Main hoon na, Saathiya, Main agar kahoon, Shukraan allah and Jashn e bahara .

Sonu is currently working on an English album, Spirit Unfolding . Tweet (less)

I loved the whole slacker look, like, 'Hey, I don't care or whatever,' but if I didn't turn my homework in, I would panic," Stewart told GQ magazine. Her career eventually got in the way of her schooling in the early teens and Kristen started being tutored at home.

The actress blames her teachers who refused to support her, reports contactmusic.com.

"I was feeling a little self-conscious about the acting thing with my peers..

.also my teachers became a problem.

They didn't want to do the extra work or put packages together so I could keep up while I was away. They failed me.

My teachers failed me. Not one but all of them," she said.

"I'm always slightly ashamed in a way about what I do. I'm slightly embarrassed as I had such serious ambitions when I was younger, I just never imagined that I would ever have a reason not to go to school.

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"There is indeed a 3D project in the very early stages of production! We wish we could tell you more, but we don't have all the finer points nailed down just yet. We tend to pay for these things ourselves.

The minute you take somebody else's money, you have to consider their opinions. And that's no fun," said Lars Ulrich, drummer of the band.

The group, which includes vocalist James Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo, originally had reservations about making the film, but were convinced when they found out it will involve the "biggest" live show they have ever performed. Tweet (less)

While the film, 3 , has been making headlines thanks to its single, Why this kolaveri di , Aishwarya, who was an assistant director in Baba and Aayirathil Oruvan , has gathered a lot of attention herself. The film is produced by Dhanush's father, Kasturi Raja, and also stars Shruti Hassan.

"People can expect a new Shruti, a role she has never played before," promises the director. As for the storyline, Aishwarya wants to keep people guessing.

"It is an emotionally charged romantic movie that every person can relate to," is all she says. More from the classical dancer and director: What started with Kolaveri The 'happy love failure' song, Why this kolaveri di , has been attracting both praise and criticism, and Aishwariya reveals how the song happened.

"I did not expect the song to become a hit. We did not make much efforts with it as it was written in an hour.

I wanted the song to be different and when Dhanush came up with the 'tanglish' version, we adapted it," she recalls. Incidentally, the song has among its fans Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwariya's superstar dad, Rajinikanth.

"I think I owe so much to the person who leaked the video online," she says. "My father was shocked that the song had reached different parts of the world.

" Made at leisure "After being associated with two big names (Rajnikanth and Dhanush), the pressure is high but it is a driving force for me to work better. 3 was initially not a feature film but a short movie.

Dhanush asked me to work on it. I was pregnant with my second child and I had nine whole months to myself.

Dhanush did not accept the script at once. He agreed to do the movie after a week," she recalls, admitting that her dream movie would be something along the lines of Pirates of the Caribbean .

As real as it gets The music for 3 is by Anirudh, an alumnus of A R Rahman's school of music. "Anirudh and I have worked on several documentaries and shorts previously.

I wanted a music director who would sit with me the entire day and comeup with an extraordinary tune. It's a healthy trend, of actors turning into singers.

People can relate to the song more when the singers perform it," says Dhanush. Everybody on board With her hectic schedule, there seems to be no free time for the new director, who admits that her parents were very supportive.

"My father was officially the babysitter. I spend my free time with my children.

I like to take them to Landmark or Mothercare," says Aishwarya. Recalling her own childhood, she adds, "My father acted in five to seven movies per year, so his schedule was crazy.

He spent time with us when he could and regularly took us on summer vacations." Up close and personal On my iPod: Carnatic, hip hop, sometimes heavy metal too.

I like Aruna Sairam and Pink Floyd. Unwind special : London and Singapore.

Singapore has everything under one roof. There is something for everyone, right from my kids to my husband.

I have spent a lot of time with my parents in London. We used to shop a lot.

We even watched the World Cup together there. Most wanted actor : Apart from my father and husband, Johnny Depp.

And Kajol, for she is a wonderful person and a brilliant actress. Last watched : The Twilight: Breaking Dawn 1 was brilliant.

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"Oh yeah..

.didnt I promise everyone I would tell them who my last special guest is on my Christmas album," he tweeted.

"I mean the fact that I might be singing with one of the greatest voices ever one of the greatest songs of Christmas ever," he added. Bieber then tweeted a link to a video of Carey.

"Well like I said..

It is not your normal Christmas album.right Mariah Carey," he wrote on Twitter.

In the video, Mariah said: "What's up I'm Mariah Carey and I'm here today to tell you a little secret. Justin and I are doing this duet together, it is my song 'All I Want For Christmas', which I wrote and produced.

"I'm very excited about it. I'm sure many people are surprised and you're going to be more surprised when you hear it.

The song sounds great and I'm very excited for you all to hear it this Christmas and be totally festive with our festive collaboration," she added. The 'Baby' singer has worked with high-profile stars on a selection of duets for the festive record - including Busta Rhymes, Boyz II Men, Usher and The Band Perry.

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"I think Chris Martin is a special guy. His songwriting is just beautiful and I am a huge fan.

If they want me to sing with Coldplay, I will be waiting for the call. I'd love to perform with them," she said.

The Don't Stop the Music hitmaker has just wrapped a world tour in support of her fifth studio album, Loud , finishing with three dates in London's O2 Arena before Christmas. She even released her sixth album Talk That Talk at the end of last year.

Rihanna is currently in Barbados to party with her friends and family over Christmas. Tweet (less)

com quoted Hilton as saying. Hilton shared the update while partying at Google Music's Sundance venue, Tao.

"There are a lot of very cool collaborations on my album. It should be out in the next few months.

We just finished doing my single with (band) LMFAO, then I'm recording with Snoop Dogg," she added. Tweet (less)

The actor-turned-singer will be using natural harmonies and very few digital effects on the tracks. A source reveals, "PC won't be using any auto tune on the song.

Instead, she will try and showcase different variations of her voice on the tracks." The album will have a mix of ballads and uptempo songs (less)

"TNT has decided not to order a fourth season of Hawthorne . TNT truly appreciates the tremendous dedication of everyone involved in Hawthorne .

"The series gave TNT the opportunity to work with many outstanding people, including Jada Pinkett Smith and the rest of the show's talented cast, crew, producers and writers. We wish everyone involved with HawthoRNe nothing but the best," a network representative said in a statement.

The finale of the third series, which also starred Michael Vartan and singer-actor Marc Anthony, aired in the US last month. The cancellation news comes just weeks after tabloid reports suggested Pinkett Smith had had an affair with Anthony, prompting his split from wife Jennifer Lopez.

The salsa singer has vehemently denied the claims, branding them "laughable", while Pinkett Smith and her husband, superstar Will Smith, have also been forced to defend their 14-year marriage amid separation rumours. Tweet (less)

"We're not afraid to try different things. Brian Eno brought a friend in and the four of us were playing music under hypnosis.

We have been in a band long enough where we are comfortable to explore new ideas. It didn't really come to anything.

You try 10 ideas and only one works. But nothing is too stupid for us," frontman Chris Martin said.

The singer also spoke about people who have accused them of plagiarism. "Its fine to not like the band, but it's not right to accuse us of plagiarism.

It's a very big difference between criticism and accusation," Martin said. Earlier the band's single, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall , was compared to Peter Allen track I Go to Rio and dance track Ritmo De La Noche by Sacados.

The band were also subject to a 2008 copyright infringement lawsuit from guitar player Joe Satriani, who claimed their track Viva La Vida had copied his song If I Could Fly , but this was dismissed by a court. Tweet (less)

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"I didn't want to make it such a big deal, like what hair color. I wanted to go back to something simple, something flexible, something a little more natural.

It's more about the music," she said. "I don't want to become a gimmick, ever," she added.

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"That's one of the things that is going to be happening this next year, is we're going to be in the studio working on a new record," said singer Howie D. Howie, who is joined in the group by Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and A J McLean, also said, despite the band having been recording and performing since 1993, they have their "finger on the pulse" and their new record will see them work with top producers to sound fresh.

"That's always the challenge working on new albums; trying to push the envelope, trying to always top the last album. But that's what we do.

That's one of the reasons why we take our time to make the record the best it can be. To not rush it and to keep your finger on the pulse of what's hot," he added.

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She was admitted in hospital on December 3 following a pneumonia attack. She was discharged on December 13 and taken home, but re-admitted two hours later, after she suffered convulsions on the left side of her body.

She was put on a ventilator and was in the intensive care unit (ICU) for 15 days. Kalpana's daughter Preeti Mansukhani and son-in-law Harish were at her side through the ordeal.

Her final rites were performed at the Vaikunth crematorium amidst family and close friends. Harish said that the family had kept Kalpana's death under wraps.

"We didn't want to talk about her death as we knew that many people had their eye on her property," Harish said. Kalpana was in the news recently when she filed a complaint at the Khadak Police Station in Pune, claiming that three people had forged her signature to make a fake memorandum of understanding (MoU), and then sold the 56.

18 hectare plot she owned in Mauje Visagar village to Sahara City builders in 2007. Harish said that Kalpana had been anxious and tense ever since, and the episode had left her very weak.

"However, now we know that the police have arrested those she complained against, and the matter is sub-judice," added Harish. Remembering Kalpana as a spirited, straight-spoken person, Harish said, "I remember when Preeti and I had just started dating.

She came to my house and asked me what my intentions were - if I was going to marry her daughter. She was always very protective of Preeti.

" Preeti remembers her mother fondly. 'She was always so brave.

She raised me alone and made sure I got the best education possible. She was a self-made woman and was proud of it.

" Kalpana had a brief but successful stint in Bollywood in the 60s and 70s, starring with actors like Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor, but stopped after she got married. Later, she moved to Kalyani Nagar, in the eastern region on Pune, and spent her remaining years there.

Knowing Kalpana Kalpana Mohan was born in Srinagar on July 18, 1946. Her father, Avani Mohan, a freedom fighter, was close to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and an active member of the All India Congress Committee.

Kalpana, who trained in Kathak, was often invited by Nehru to dance at the Rashtrapati Bhavan whenever dignitaries visited. She was spotted by actor Balraj Sahani and Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai, who encouraged her to come to Mumbai.

Kalpana got her first break in the movie Professor in 1962. In 1967, she married a navy officer, but divorced him in 1972.

She continued to live in Mumbai for a while but stopped acting, allegedly, depressed over the divorce. Kalpana moved to Pune about 20 years ago when her health started deteriorating as doctors prescribed a change of climate (less)

"This is extraordinary! I'm stunned that she has time in her schedule that she's coming to our studio to record. She's playing herself, and the writers describe her as the happiest, most optimistic person in the world.

She comes to Springfield to try to cheer up Lisa, but she can't," said Yeardley Smith, who voices Lisa. The 'Judas' singer said appearing on the programme is one of the coolest things she has ever done and hopes she has done a sincere job.

"I make music, but I don't do voice-overs every day of the week, and their characters are so awesomely convincing and sincere and wild and funny, I had to remind myself constantly of the sincerity of the humour. That's what I was trying to focus on, not putting on a character too much and really being as sincere as I could with the lines.

"I would say this is one of the coolest things I've ever done. My dad's probably going to do 80 backflips when the episode comes out," Gaga's guest appearance in the episode 'Lisa Goes Gaga' will air next spring.

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Na Jane Kyun After winning awards and standing ovations at Australia, America, Israel , and England India's first gay love story Dunno Y..

Na Jane Kyun is being screened this October in a festival which is held in five cities of Germany. This is the only Bollywood film that got screened at Tel Aviv .

In fact, after watching the film, a Norwegian women band signed its lead actors Yuvraaj Parashar and Kapil Sharma to act in their next International album. This makes Kapil and Yuvraaj India's first actors to act in a music video for a European band (less)

When I called Wrights (sic) Show in March I told him 3 things. That Kenny had not left me, that he had never threatened to, and that I still loved him.

All of those three things remain true. "Love is not always enough when the past isn't finished with us.

Kenny and I have learnt that the hard way, and it put us both, and unfortunately others, especially our loved ones, through great pain. I pray he is searching for peace of mind as hard as I am.

In the meantime I have a huge family of friends in the people I sing for," Michael wrote on his Twitter page. The singer insists his career is helping him move on from the love split.

"Music, the great healer. More fun than time too.

Time just means waiting to heal, music reminds you right now that there's a good reason to, that one day you will wake up and count your blessings again," he said. Tweet (less)

"What's happening is: Get off this tour, and then my [holiday] album's coming out, so I have to go back out and promote that album and then after that it's almost time for my next album, so then everything starts over again. Hopefully next summer I can start on a movie or something," said the Baby hitmaker.

Bieber has tried his hand at acting after he starred on crime drama TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' last year and he has since admitted that he's caught the acting bug. "I definitely want to do more acting, and further my career in that area, that's something I would love to do," he said.

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"It's complicated because of where and how Smith wants to shoot, he wants to be close to home, to the kids. There's also been talks about him wanting Jada and maybe even Willow in the movie too," a source said.

Roland Emmerich is set to direct the movies, and studio Fox is keen to have the scripts delivered soon, and is reportedly prepared to do the films without Smith. Tweet (less)

Rihanna heaped praise on Martin's songwriting skills after the studio session, and insisted she was desperate to perform live with the rockers. They have now arranged a date to team up - at the Grammys on 12 February 12.

In a post on her Twitter page, Rihanna writes, "My friends Coldplay and I will be sharing the stage for a performance at this year's Annual Grammy Awards!" The pop star has also been nominated for four awards at the event. Tweet (less)

But the singer is planning to make it special for the actress. Apparently, Ali Zafar had planned to come out with an album and had discussed his plans with actress Katrina Kaif while they were shooting for 'Mere Brother Ki Dulhan'.

Katrina was keen that the movie do well, and told Ali Zafar that if 'Mere Brother Ki Dulhan' lands up being a box office hit, she will feature in his music video. Excited about the whole deal, Ali Zafar was more than confident that the film would do well.

He is heard to have claimed that now that it has indeed made some money at the box office, Kat may have to keep her word and feature in his music video after all. So after her stint as Sheila, and those few seconds in Bodyguard, Kat may be shaking her booty all over again! But this one is going to be even more special, claims Ali Zafar.

Ali is planning to compose a song especially for Katrina Kaif. "We will work on it together - the music and even how she wants to be stylized and the whole look of the music video," he said.

"Of course, there is no compulsion that she has to do the music video. It'll just be nice to work together again.

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But anyone who watches it will feel like it is their own story. It is like in the genre of The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith.

It's that kind of a film where there is drama and a sense of comedy and all. Like even when I watched Pursuit .

. it reminded me of all the struggle that I made to enter Bollywood," Shirish told PTI, on the sidelines of a launch of a devotional music album, last night.

The Pursuit of Happyness is an American biographical drama based on millionaire stock broker Chris Gardner's nearly one-year struggle with homelessness. Directed by Gabriele Muccino, the film featured Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker.

Smith's real-life son Jaden Smith co-starred as Gardner's son Christopher Jr. The film was a hit and won several awards.

"This is the kind of story that only people like me who is an outsider and have struggled to come in Bollywood can only make. Not anyone who is already here as they don't come across the kind of struggle we all outsiders go through to come into a place where we are not allowed.

So we identify with the story ," he said. After six years, Shirish has managed to finally rope in Amitabh Bachchan for his dream film.

The director's previous film Jaan-E-Mann bombed at the box office. He is currently working on Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha starrer 3D film Joker which releases in August 2012.

Ask him how Big B came on board, he says, "It was during Jaan-e-mann when we had kept a preview for Bachchan Sir, he saw and brought his family next day to see it again. He told me we should work together but bring a role for me with meat in it.

I started working and wanted a solo film for him which is about him. I was hunting.

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thinking of a story and it took me long time." "After that he had told me to put some meat in it.

I was scared that I cannot go with any rubbish to him. I wanted to be very sure when I went to him that he will not say 'NO'.

Mr Bachchan plays a common man. It will inspire every person be it a rickshaw driver or cashier using their skills how he can achieve something special," he said.

The film goes on floors soon and will release next year. About the leading lady, Shirish says, "We haven't finalised it yet.

He gave his nod for the project just a few days ago and till then it would have been pointless to think of who to cast. There will be one opposite him of the older generation, then there will be a son and a girl opposite him.

" So, is he considering real life son, Abhishek Bachchan for the film? "No. It will not justify him.

.He needs a bigger role than this.

Here the film is about Mr Bachchan. But I would like to do other film with Abhishek in it," Shirish said.

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"There will never be a reunion - as I will never do anything with Will Smith. He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up.

This constant reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn't know the word," Hubert said. The actress was replaced on the show by Daphne Maxwell Reid in 1993, and blames her departure from the comedy series on the fact she wasn't prepared to tolerate Smith, who had become the star of the show aged just 22.

The 43-year-old 'Men in Black' star previously said he believes Hubert had a bad attitude, and refutes the idea he was personally responsible for her departure. "Janet said once, 'I've been in the business for 10 years and this snotty-nosed punk comes along and gets a show.

' No matter what, to her I'm just the Antichrist," Smith said. Tweet (less)

They landed here Friday. "Our music is head banging, loud and explosive that is exactly we are planning to do.

That is exactly what we want to give to our fans here," Hetfield told reporters here at a press conference, before the announcement of the gig's postponement was made. The performance was shifted to Saturday following "technical faults", and ensued chaos at the venue thanks to angry fans, who shelled out money between Rs.

1,650 to Rs.2,750 for the event.

The band members were surprised that over 20,000 fans had gathered at the venue, the Leisure Valley Ground here, to watch their performance. Fans were looking forward to hear their popular songs like Nothing Else Matters , Fade To Black and Seek And Destroy among others.

"We are thankful to the people here who have popularised our songs, our beliefs. Want to thank them for playing our music on our behalf.

I hope our energy inspired people to create their own music," added Hetfield`. The singer-cum-guitarist says it would be no wonder if India and its people influence their future music.

"Nothing happens unnoticed, unobserved. It is quite possible we take back notes of a few things from here which could be an influence, a reflection of India which could be used in our future works," he said.

The band is known for albums like 1986 release Master of Puppets , 1991 album Metallica , which reportedly sold over 15 million copies in the US and 22 million copies worldwide and their last release Death Magnetic . Metallica's members feel Indian talent has crossed borders and made a mark overtime.

"We create very rooted music which is also the flavour of India. Some of the best musicians that we know of are from India.

I attended a concert of Zakir Hussain sometime back, he is amazing..

.," said Hammett.

Among other flavours of the country that the band members wish to taste, is Goa's special vindaloo curry . The band is due to perform in Bangalore Sunday.

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Next in making is Pakistani singer turned actor Adeel Ch , who has already lend his voice in Bollywood movies 'Kismet Konnection' and 'Juggad' is all set to release his new music album 'Rukh Jaa'after a gap of two and half years and plans to enter Bollywood films soon. Adeel who plans to visit India this month shares, "I had released my first album 'koi chehra' in 2008 in India.

Interestingly, I will be soon releasing my second album after a gap of two and half years again in India. My new album is called ""Ruk Jaa"" which has 8 track songs and will be released in Pakistan in mid October and in India end of October.

Currently, we shot 2 music videos one in Ibiza and the other one in London . The song 'ajj raat ruk jaa' is a typical club popping number which will feature Miss Brazil in the Music video album.

" Talking about his Bollywood plans he discloses, "In my future projects I'm doing a bollywood film for the producer Vivek Kumaar fame of Lakeer movie. The movie is titled 'Rhythm' and I will be playing the main lead role in the movie.

It is a musical film. The movie has already been shot in Poland and is set to release in 2012.

I have also given the music and have sung two tracks for the movie." Piyali Dasgupta (less)

"We share a common vision and have been wanting to collaborate for quite some time," said Shakim Compere, co-founder of Flavor Unit Entertainment. This won't bet the first time Latifah hosts a daytime talk show.

Back in 1999, she hosted a daytime talker 'The Queen Latifah Show' which ran in syndication, but it only lasted for two years. Tweet (less)

Dabangg , the highest Bollywood grosser of 2010, stands a chance to win an award for its music album, music director (Sajid-Wajid and Lalit Pandit), film song ( Munni badnaam hui ), music debut (Mamta Sharma), male playback singer (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan), music arranger and programmer (Sandeep Shirodkar), background score (Sandeep Shirodkar), engineer-film album (Eric Pillai) and engineer-theatre mix (Leslie Fernandes). The Chevrolet GIMA awards, which was launched in Mumbai in 2010, received a total of over 1,500 entries, including those from 40 film albums and 160 non-film albums, said a press statement.

The preparations of the awards ceremony, to be held towards September end, are underway at live entertainment destination Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon. GIMA is an effort by event management company Wizcraft International Entertainment to recognise Indian music transcending genres in the country, while giving the music industry a unified platform to celebrate its talent.

"In its second year, GIMA is proud to have garnered the incredible goodwill and support of the music fraternity taking the awards from strength to strength. Wizcraft is committed to the music Industry at large and see the Chevrolet GIMA Awards as a bridge connecting people throughout the nation," Sabbas Joseph, director, Wizcraft International, said in a press statement.

This year, even the nightingale of India, Asha Bhosle has been nominated for the best semi-classical album category for her album Naina Lagaike which she released in collaboration with Ustaad Shujaat Khan. A new category addition to the awards ceremony is the best pop-rock single.

Nominations for the award include Indian Idol 5 winner Sreeram Chandra, Raghav Sachar, Advaita and the band Agnee. GIMA nominees were adjudged by a jury of 33 members from the Indian music fraternity.

The final winners will be voted upon by the GIMA Academy comprising 250 members, including lyricists, singers, technicians, instrumentalists, music directors, music producers and film directors. The Academy Voting will be held later in August to choose the final winners.

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"Thank goodness they have a father and I don't have to raise them alone. Having been raised by a single mother I'm very clear on what the difficulties of being raised by a single mother are," contactmusic.

com quoted the 39-year-old as saying. "It's very hard when you don't have a male component in the home to create balance and help in the decision making.

Sometimes it's nice to be able to just pass the ball, like, 'tag, you're it, you got this one'," she added. Tweet (less)

org, which praises stars for their philanthropic efforts over the last 12 months, reports dailystar.co.

uk. Bieber claimed second place, just days after he made a pre-Christmas trip to visit a local food bank in his native Canada.

The singer is also a supporter of children's charity Pencils of Promise. Meanwhile, Hollywood actor George Clooney, Will Smith and his wife Jada, and Leonardo DiCaprio rounded off the top five.

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A. Woman - the band's sixth and final studio album that featured seminal tunes like The Changeling, Love Her Madly and the title track.

It marks the group's first release of new music in over 40 years. She Smells So Nice features vocals from the late Jim Morrison and was discovered by producer Bruce Botnic, who helmed the band's L.

A. Woman sessions.

The popularity of The Doors has endured despite their active career ending in 1973. Frontman Morrison developed an alcohol and drug dependency and died in Paris in 1971 at 27, due to a suspected drug overdose.

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The project will feature a number of classics by the late star performed by Scarlett Johansson, Iggy Pop and Rufus Wainwright. Depp, 48, is no stranger to the music industry and the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star has rocked out onstage with his movie father Keith Richards and recently played with ZZ Top rocker Billy Gibbons after receiving an award at the Austin Film Festival.

He has also showed off his talents on the guitar on Oasis track Fade In-Out and was a member of rock supergroup P, alongside singer Gibby Haynes, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones. Tweet (less)

. says VJ and actor Cyrus Sahukar , who has sung his songs in his school band What's your favourite bathroom number? Zindagi Aa Raha Hoon Main from the movie Mashaal (1950), sung by Kishore Kumar.

When do you listen to music? All the time, every waking moment. What kind of music do you like listening to? Lots of 60s, 70s (classic oldies), nouvelle vague, old school rap and The Incredible Bongo Band, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Too many different artistes. What musical instrument do you play or would like to learn? Blues harp, Djembe (African drum).

And both equally badly. Your favourite singer? Leonard Cohen, Elvis Presley, Geeta Dutt, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Asha Bhonsle and Kishore Kumar.

A song that holds special meaning for you? Castles In The Air by Don McLean. Listening to it is like meeting an old friend, it used to play in the house when I was a kid.

One song that always puts you in a good mood? Suspicion by Elvis and Yaar Bina Chain Kaha Re from Sahib. What's playing on your mp3 player at the moment? Nouvelle Vague's Dance With Me, Parov Stelar's Chambermaid Swing and How To Increase Your Memory, a self-help audio book.

A music icon you would love to meet and why? Leonard Cohen, because he is smarter and wiser than I will ever be, so there's lots to learn. Music to you is.

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The only reason why I did not jump onto that alien ship in March. The one voice that speaks to you is.

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Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and every song Gulzar has written. The song that you work out to.

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No Love by Eminem and Everloving by Moby. The song/album that you cry to.

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Tujhe Jaaney Bina by Ankur Tiwari . This song always moves me.

The song/album that makes you nostalgic and why? Baby Love by The Supremes. I was four and walked out of the room and saw my parents drunk for the first time and dancing to it.

Everyone seemed really happy and I got to eat chips (which I still love doing). If you could, you would like to sing a duet with.

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Billy Joel, because I was the lead singer in my school band and always sung his songs and never won. So hopefully with him around, it would sound better (less)

She said: "I'm just glad I survived. My drinking was out of control and I was addicted to sleeping pills.

It was an awful combination." The 30-year-old beauty also alluded to late singer Amy Winehouse - who died from alcohol poisoning last year aged 27 - and admitted she went through "something similar" to the Rehab hitmaker during her darkest days.

She added: "Poor Amy - she lived round the corner from me in Camden. "I remember everyone saying, 'We have got to go and see her before she dies.

' I thought that was so f***ing morbid, but in a way everyone kind of expected it. But when it happened it was unbelievable.

It was awful." "The mad thing was, she was coming off the alcohol - and I have been through something similar.

" Sarah started drinking more to cope with her fame when she first tasted success with girl band Girls Aloud, who were formed in 2002, because she found alcohol gave her extra confidence. She explained: "I never even enjoyed getting drunk before the band.

"The drinking was more to give me more confidence - especially when I was going through my little wild child stage. It was trying to maintain that f***ing image that got me in all this trouble.

" And the singer's drink problem got worse when she split with DJ boyfriend Tom Crane in September 2010. She said: "I was lonely out at my house in the countryside on my own.

I was isolated and depressed. I was drinking to deal with my emotions after the split.

" But in October 2010 Sarah checked herself into rehab in Cape Town, South Africa to deal with her issues and she was put on Valium for three days to help her get off alcohol before checking out of the centre. However, her spell in the facility sparked a disastrous relationship with Dutchman Theo De Vries which came to a violent end on New Year's Day (01.

01.12) when the pair had a drunken holiday bust-up in Austria.

Sarah claims Theo - who was being treated for addictions to alcohol and crack cocaine during his time in rehab - smeared blood over her face during their violent spat, as well as bit her ear and dragged her across the floor when he flew into a rage during their seasonal getaway. Tweet (less)

"I ended up writing the record by myself, so the fact that you would honor it this way, you have no idea what this means to me," said Swift after winning the trophy for favorite country album for Speak Now . She was also awarded the prize for favorite country female artist.

Nicki Minaj, the pink-loving hip-hop diva, won two awards on Sunday. She kicked off the 39th annual fan-favourite ceremony by sporting a pair of speakers on her much-talked about posterior and was later honored as favorite rap/hip-hop artist, besting a group that included mentor Lil Wayne, and won favorite rap/hip-hop album for Pink Friday .

"There's so much love in this room," beamed the pink-haired Minaj. Adele had been the night's leading nominee with four nods, but didn't have much of a presence at the show: She was absent from the ceremony because she is recovering from recent throat surgery.

Adele tied Swift with three awards: favorite pop/rock female artist, adult contemporary artist and pop/rock album for 21 . Other winners included Maroon 5 as favorite pop-rock band/duo/group, Blake Shelton as favorite country male artist, Lady Antebellum as favorite country band/duo/group, Beyonce as favorite soul/R&B female artist, Rihanna for favorite soul/R&B album for Loud and Hot Chelle Rae as new artist of the year.

The ceremony inside the Nokia Theatre in an unusually rainy Los Angeles was drenched with 17 musical performances. Justin Bieber got in the holiday spirit among a forest of neon lights with Under the Mistletoe , and Kelly Clarkson, wearing a glittery red gown with her hair swept to the side, delivered a swinging rendition of her hit Mr.

Know It All as back-up dancers dressed as 1930s-era photographers snapped the first-ever American Idol champion. Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony shared custody of rapper Pitbull, who joined the former couple in a pair of separate performances.

Lopez performed essentially a live version of a car commercial starring the "Idol" judge set to "Papi" -- with the car onstage -- before launching into her hit On the Floor . Pitbull later returned to the stage and joined Anthony for Rain Over Me .

Lopez expressed surprise when she won the favorite Latin music artist award. "It's been up and down and just exciting and overwhelming and so many things," Lopez said of the last year.

Several artists delivered stripped-down performances: The Band Perry crooned an emotional If I Die Young , a pink-haired Perry accompanied herself on guitar for The One That Got Away and a platinum-blonde Chris Brown simply sang "All Back" before being joined by a troop of helmet-clad back-up dancers for a flashy interpretation of Say It With Me . There were collaborations, too.

Lopez joined a glowing-in-the-dark will.i.

am for his new single Hard . Christina Aguilera dueted with Maroon 5 on their Moves Like Jagger , and then Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine teamed with Gym Class Heroes for their hit Stereo Hearts .

Bieber joined LMFAO in animal-print pants for the show's finale, which ended with everyone on stage -- including David Hasselhoff -- stripping down to smiley-face underwear. Tweet (less)

"The charity shall be for all those police families that lost loved ones, who have no means of existence - ignored and forgotten. Men from the forces, who sacrificed their lives so we could live peacefully.

Tremendous courage and duty towards their vocation," he said. ".

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And our thoughts and prayers go for all those families of the force who gave up their lives so we could live in peace," he posted. On the third anniversary of the 26/11, music composer Aadesh Srivastava launched his album "Sound of Peace", an initiative that talks about peace and co-existence of all communities.

Akon, Ustad Rashid Khan and Wyclef Jean have been roped in to lent their voices for the album. ".

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It is quite remarkable that Aadesh has been able to convince stalwarts such as Akon and VanCleef and the London Philharmonic Orchestra to lend support and talent and creativity to this music concept," Big B posted on his blog bigb.bigadda.

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