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Newbie Neha Sharma, who was seen as Emraan Hashmi`s love interest in the recently released 'Crook', said she was not concerned about her co-star's serial kisser image while giving nod for the film.
"I was not sceptical before saying yes for this role. The story is most important to an actor, so when I heard the narration, I realised that it's a brilliant film and there is no way that I'm going to miss out on this," Neha told reporters in an interview.
"As far as the kissing

Tanishaa Mukerji will soon be seen essaying a character that is said to have been inspired by the life of hotel heiress and celebrity socialite Paris Hilton.
Tanishaa, who has been cast for the film titled 'Chemistry' will be playing the lead role along with Shreyas Talpade and Soha Ali Khan. Sources close to the movie say that her character has been totally modelled over Paris Hilton's extravagant lifestyle.
We hear Tanishaa has already started preparing and working on

Hollywood stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are reportedly planning a commitment ceremony to be performed by a voodoo priestess in December.
The couple, who has refused to confirm they are dating since meeting on the set of the 'Twilight Saga', reportedly want to show their commitment to each other at the unusual ceremony in December.
"Kristen is quite dark so she wants a ceremony performed by a New Orleans voodoo priestess," a source told.
"They've both had

Malaika Arora Khan walked into a very happening restaurant recently wearing figure hugging clothes, glares, a designer hand bag and her good-looking son Arhaan.
And the entire coffee-shop stopped to stare. As Malaika had her freshly squeezed apple juice and ordered a take away of some croissants and pastries, the women in the coffee shop discussed her looks that were flattering courtesy the tight clothes.
Some NRI sorts who happened to stroll in were in raptures over the

Kim Cattrall has revealed that she often hates her 'Sex And The City' fame because it has made her a target for over-eager fans, who interfere with her privacy.
The actress shot to international stardom with the role of man-eater Samantha Jones in the hugely popular TV show.
And the star admits she finds fame a burden, especially when strangers approach her in her free time.
"I try not to be rude to fans but I need to have boundaries. Recently I was enjoying a quiet

British comedian Russell Brand's wax statue was unveiled at Madame Tussauds museum here.
The statue is clad in a well-fitted grey suit, open black shirt and Brand's trademark silver jewellery. The waxwork joins the likes of Dame Helen Mirren, Robert Pattinson and Angelina Jolie.
"We are delighted to welcome Russell to the attraction. He is a one off; a uniquely eccentric English entertainer with international box office hits under his belt and an ever-expanding fan base,"

Bipasha Basu is itching to do action roles. While her latest film "Aakrosh" is about honour killings where she plays her most fragile character yet, the actress says in real life she is fit enough to beat her boyfriend John Abraham's energy levels.
"I want to do action. I think I am too fit at this point in time and that is a zone that I have not tapped fully and in India we don't have too many films where the woman gets to do action. Hopefully, somewhere I see that I will be

Just a day after gossip-mills went abuzz with reports that Salman Khan has had a surgery to sport youthful eyes, the actor has come out to rubbish all such reports. And if Salman is to be believed then it's the scratch under his eye and not any surgery that is forcing him to sport glares.
Posting a picture of his bruised eye on his Twitter homepage, Salman tweeted, "I was okay to walk the ramp without the glares but everyone who saw my eye got scared. So I thought it best to wear

Renowned makeup artist Rukaiya launched her first bridal salon in Karachi. The jam packed event featured an informal bridal show with some of the industry's best ramp queens showcasing their talent. The launch event was organised by Catwalk Productions.

In a study, men who were played recordings of a range of women's voices judged those with higher-pitched tones the most attractive - especially when asked to choose who they would favour for a one-night stand.
When women listened to the same range of voices, they accurately predicted which would be the most appealing to the men.
The researchers, at Pennsylvania State University, believe that higher voices in women may have evolved to sound youthful, flirty and attractive

New Zealand's national museum on Tuesday warned pregnant or menstruating women to stay away from some of its exhibits or risk an encounter with angry Maori spirits.
The Te Papa Museum in Wellington confirmed it had invited regional museum staff on a behind-the-scenes tour of its collections on the condition that women who were pregnant or menstruating did not attend.
The museum's Maori adviser Michelle Hippolite said the condition was because some of the Maori artifacts had

Having breezed through several world records in the culinary field Lebanon has now gone for the big one - the world's largest national flag, and so huge it needed an airfield.
The Lebanese military on Sunday released a picture taken from air of the massive flag, stitched in Kuwait, assembled in Lebanon and covering 65,000 square metres (645,600 square feet) "unfurled."
Morocco is the current holder of the Guinness world record for the largest flag, at a mere 60,000 square

The Russian military has come up with an inventive way to deceive the enemy and save money at the same time: inflatable weapons. They look just like real ones: they are easy to transport and quick to deploy.
The decoys are a hundred times cheaper than the real thing, which means Moscow will save a lot of money by blowing up its own weapons.
On the edge of Moscow, two men carry a black duffle bag into a field, then drop it on the ground. When they open the bag, they take

An iron used for a wedding suit, a rear-view mirror broken in a jealous fit and a lower leg prosthesis -- at first it's hard to find any link between the items on display at a new museum in Croatia.
But every exhibit in the Museum of Broken Relationships has one thing in common -- it tells the story of a lost love.
These material remnants of failed romances down the years are sometimes mundane, sometimes bizarre, sometimes funny, sad or even kinky.
The prosthesis is

Soccer crazy Abhishek Bachchan recently bonded with Dutch soccer star Wesley Sneijder, who is looking to come down to India. Junior Bachchan met Wesley at a recent event and has become friends with him.
Both of them hung out for hours together as Abhishek and Wesley kept chatting over football. Wesley informed Abhi that he was fascinated about India and was planning to come down to the country with his wife. Abhi immediately told the footballer to inform him when he is flying

Vivek Oberoi is known to get into the skin of the character and he does the same in his upcoming film 'Rakta Charitra'.
Playing the role of Ravi and a messiah for many in the film, the character just like Chandu (Company) and Maya (Shoot out Lokhandwala) demanded him to smoke. However, Vivek is one actor who has been participating actively in the No Smoking campaigns and also discouraging people to use tobacco. Hence, he refused to smoke on screen. He believes tobacco is

Minissha Lamba who was in the city a couple of days ago told us what's keeping her busy these days. She said, "Films and launch parties keep me busy." But what about her butt insurance - has she got it done yet? "No, I haven't yet," she chuckled, and added, "And I am not going to do that ever. It was just a rumour that I was planning to get my butt insured. I don't know where that came from." But she isn't complaining. "It happens. Rumours are floated around, and often you get to know