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    Kim Cattrall becomes national spokeswoman for ‘Beyond Tribute’

    New York, May 18 (ANI): Hollywood actress Kim Cattrall has become the national spokeswoman for ‘Beyond Tribute’, which aims at supporting the treatment of armed-services vets with post-traumatic-stress disorder and other neurological afflictions.


    Big B, Abhishek in French director’s film?

    Cannes, May 18 (IANS) French director Jan Kounen, whose latest film will be screened on the closing night of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, is headed to India for his next project that may star Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan in the main leads.

Why don’t we hear folk songs in Bollywood films nowadays?

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) There was a time when folk songs were part and parcel of Bollywood films, but now popular rustic tunes seem to have gone missing from movies even though composers are experimenting with different genres far more than they used to.



Penelope left badly bruised in new film

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

London, May 17 (IANS) Hollywood actress Penelope Cruz was left badly bruised by her vigorous dance efforts in new film “Nine”.

Also starring Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie and Daniel Day Lewis, Cruz reveals filming the burlesque scenes was quite an ordeal for her, reports thesun.co.uk.



Hollywood stars gather for Aids charity

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

London, May 17 (IANS) Hollywood stars, including Eva Longoria Parker, Katy Perry and Pamela Anderson, gathered to support an HIV charity AIDS Life event at the 2009 Life Ball Saturday.

The event, held in the town hall of the Austrian capital Vienna, played host to 4,000 guests in a bid to raise awareness for the worldwide fight against the disease, reports contactmusic.com.



Now a fourth ‘Hannibal’ film

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

London, May 17 (IANS) Hollywood legend Sir Anthony Hopkins is teaming up with director Ridley Scott again to bring infamous villain Hannibal Lecter back on the big screen in a fourth installment of the film.

The actor will reprise his role as a cannibalistic serial killer for the fourth time in a second sequel to the 1991 hit film “The Silence of the Lambs”, for which he won a Best Actor Oscar, reports Hollywood.com.



The latest hip pastime of Hollywood: ‘nerdy’ table tennis

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

London, May 17 (ANI): Dismissed after being dubbed “game of nerds”, table tennis has now officially become cool, thanks to its new army of fans – Hollywood A-listers.



Sir Ben Kingsley returns to India with Teen Patti

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

London, May 17 (ANI): After almost three decades, ‘Gandhi’ star Sir Ben Kingsley has returned to India – as a Bollywood star.



Veteran filmmaker Prakash Mehra dead

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Veteran Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Mehra died here Sunday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 69.

Mehra died of pneumonia and multiple organ failure at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, said family sources.



Indian polls take backseat to Bollywood in South Africa

May 17th, 2009 | By Sindh Today | Category: Entertainment, UnCat

Johannesburg, May 17 (IANS) Indian politics took a backseat to Bollywood in the biggest South African weekly, the Sunday Times, with photographs of film stars participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) gala finale hogging page three, while the Congress party win at the general elections got only two short columns on page 15.