Archive for April, 2009

The Future's White (not Brown or Orange)

Actress Elizabeth Banks (who you’ve probably seen in Scrubs, the Spider-Man films, The Uninvited, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, W., Zack And Miri Make A Porno and Role Models) has been honored as Face of the Future 2009 by Women in Film and ( Italian fashion house) Max Mara.
So you’re saying the face of the future is [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Saif splurges on a luxury holiday for Kareena

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, are currently in New York (on their slightly delayed holiday) shooting for Rensil D’ Silva’s film. They finish in a few days after which Saif plans to whisk Kareena off on a 10-day luxury (is there any other kind for Bollywood’s hottest?) holiday in Italy’s exclusive resort the 16th [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Is Hrithik in the doghouse with Daddy too?

The Roshan saga continues as sources swear that tensions abound between father Rakesh Roshan and son Hrithik Roshan and cite this as the main reason why the actor hasn’t returned home, even after he mended fences with his wife Sussanne Roshan.
A source from Juhu, Mumbai says, “The father and son had a rift. It started [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Indigo Deli gets a Butler

This just in; guess who was spotted having lunch with Yash and Avanti Birla at Indigo Deli, Colaba (Mumbai) today? Gerard James Butler, the Scottish actor known for his portrayal of King Leonidas in 300, The Phantom in the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, Gerry Kennedy in P.S. I Love You, [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Angels in Cape Town

So remember Shah Rukh Khan’s televised hunt for the Kolkata Knight Riders cheerleaders? Well the relocation of the Indian Premier League to South Africa made Shah Rukh Khan’s angels  unable to perform since the rule is that all umpires and cheerleaders had to be hired locally. But before you launch into the collective awww-ing get [...]

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Here come the Zoozoos!

Now that we’ve all come to know and love the little “Zoozoo” (the new brand ‘endorser’ for Vodafone, the scrawny white creatures with giant heads which pop up during every “strategic break” of the IPL matches) which some liken to aliens; others insist are animated cartoon characters (but actually they’re not) while the rest don’t [...]

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Vote for my main man Milind!

As election fever heightens for Thursday’s big voting day here was an unexpected sight to see outside the Trident Hotel yesterday. SoBo’s elite and Page 3 regulars (usually considered part of the politically vapid) turned up in droves to support Congress candidate Milind Deora in his election campaign. The Deora family, including mother Hema, [...]

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Abhay Deol's kiss with a mystery Miss!

Ever since Dev & Freida got caught kissing it seems to have turned into a bit of an epidemic (and now we know where desi celebrities go to make out; literally out of the country!) Dev D. himself Abhay Deol, who is currently in New York, was spotted locking lips with a young Indian girl [...]

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Flamboyant and Flamboyanté

Last week Bacchus Beverage Academy (basically the brainchild of Amrish Arora of Flamboyanté , flash bartender Eric Lobo and sommelier (I finally know what that means) George Varghese.) launched at Flamboyanté, the restaurant in the courtyard of the World Trade Centre, Mumbai.
The New Cocktail Menu at Flamboyanté is a heady mix of tropical fruits [...]

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

White Russian anyone?

For the second year in a row, the High Street Cruises and Entertainment Pvt Ltd in association with RWITC Ltd. (boy that’s a mouthful) celebrated “The Casino Royale Multimillion Day” on Sunday hosted by Jaydev Mody of the Delta Group,  Rahul and Madhur Bajaj even made a rare appearance at the Mumbai race course. Besides [...]

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009