The Military man
About myself: I am from Dehradoon and am part of the army band
Nickname: Fauji bhai
Family: Dadi, parents, two elder brothers, sister-in-law, nephew. My father is retired from the army. Both my brothers are in the army
Inspiration:Shaan
Fears: God
Passion: Love to dance—have done many shows
One thing I would like to change in myself: I don’t want to change anything in life
Indian Idol judge I am most scared of: Javed Akhtar
Pals on Indian Idol 4: Remo, Sunakshi
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Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Bedtime Stories
Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler) is a handyman at a hotel his father once owned. When Skeeter’s dad sold it to Mr. Nottingham (Richard Griffiths), it was with the proviso that Skeeter would one day become manager, but unfortunately, the job is given to Skeeter’s main nemesis Kendall (Guy Pearce). But Skeeter’s luck is about to change. While babysitting for his niece and nephew (Laura Ann Kesling and Jonathan Morgan Heit), Skeeter starts telling them bedtime stories that come to life the next day, using characters from his real life, including the kids and their mom’s best friend, Jill (Keri Russell). Set in Medieval Times, Ancient Greece, the Old West -- and even outer space -- the stories usually show Skeeter triumphing over the bad guys like The Booger Monster and Sir Buttkiss. And beware of raining gum balls; it’s that kind of movie.
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sleepless nights to Bollywood hotties
Bollywood beauties need to beware of the recent competition that they are about to face. Yes you guessed it right, Asin the Ghajini girl who inspite of not having enough publicity in the north will be all over the place once her film Ghajini turns out to be a hit.
The Tamil version of the film was a big hit and Aamir feels that Asin is the main reason for the film to be a hit. He felt that she was the one in limelight and her acting remarkable.
At the age of 23,Asin is already a sensation in South. She is a complete package of a pretty face, beautiful hair, perfect figure and a rocking performer. She has won a couple of Filmfare awards in South.
She can speak multiple languages like English, French, Telugu, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil and Hindi while the actresses in Bollywood find it difficult to speak in Hindi.
Therefore this damsel from South who is a perfect example of beauty with brains, will she be a threat to the Bollywood beauties?
A debut performance with Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan is something any Bollywood actress would want to do. Kareena after being in the industry for 10 years gets the opportunity to work with Aamir in the film 3 idiots. While Katrina and Priyanka still haven't got the chance to work with him!
Another added feather in Asin's cap is her next venture with Salman in London Dreams. Vipul Shah the director with a magic touch is said to directing her.
This director is the one behind Akshay's transformation from an ordinary Bollywood hero to a superstar. Asin who is a good actress is supposedly going to be a threat to all the actresses in bollywood who cannot act!
This southern beauty is definitely going to make a place for herself in the north as well, especially after the viewers are craving to see new actresses after Rani and Preity,who are no longer in the league!!
Asin has also made the cover of Vogue even before the release of her Hindi debut film. One actress who is already facing the Asin threat is Jiah Khan. Asin being Aamir's favourite is getting all the publicity while Jiah is completely neglected.
Asin is amongst those privileged few who seem to have made it straight into the Aamir camp and hence her start of the Bollywood career definitely seems to be very promising. Its time for all the Bollywood beauties to watch out!!!!
The Tamil version of the film was a big hit and Aamir feels that Asin is the main reason for the film to be a hit. He felt that she was the one in limelight and her acting remarkable.
At the age of 23,Asin is already a sensation in South. She is a complete package of a pretty face, beautiful hair, perfect figure and a rocking performer. She has won a couple of Filmfare awards in South.
She can speak multiple languages like English, French, Telugu, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil and Hindi while the actresses in Bollywood find it difficult to speak in Hindi.
Therefore this damsel from South who is a perfect example of beauty with brains, will she be a threat to the Bollywood beauties?
A debut performance with Mr Perfectionist Aamir Khan is something any Bollywood actress would want to do. Kareena after being in the industry for 10 years gets the opportunity to work with Aamir in the film 3 idiots. While Katrina and Priyanka still haven't got the chance to work with him!
Another added feather in Asin's cap is her next venture with Salman in London Dreams. Vipul Shah the director with a magic touch is said to directing her.
This director is the one behind Akshay's transformation from an ordinary Bollywood hero to a superstar. Asin who is a good actress is supposedly going to be a threat to all the actresses in bollywood who cannot act!
This southern beauty is definitely going to make a place for herself in the north as well, especially after the viewers are craving to see new actresses after Rani and Preity,who are no longer in the league!!
Asin has also made the cover of Vogue even before the release of her Hindi debut film. One actress who is already facing the Asin threat is Jiah Khan. Asin being Aamir's favourite is getting all the publicity while Jiah is completely neglected.
Asin is amongst those privileged few who seem to have made it straight into the Aamir camp and hence her start of the Bollywood career definitely seems to be very promising. Its time for all the Bollywood beauties to watch out!!!!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Yes Man(2008)
Story Carl Allen (Jim Carrey) is a drag -- a recent divorcee in a dead-end job, who basically has one word for everything: “No!” Then one day he is dragged to one of those super positive, self-help seminars that forces him to say “Yes” to everything or face dire consequences. Thing is, it works. Need Viagra? Yes. Bungee jumping? Yes. A quick hummer by his over-sexed septuagenarian neighbor (Fionnula Flanagan)? Uh … yes? Carl’s newfound, agreeable self gains him more than he ever imagined. He even finds the love of his life, a kooky musician/amateur photographer named Allison (Zooey Deschanel). Of course, all this goodwill does have its consequences, and Carl learns some valuable lessons. Sound familiar? Hey, if Liar Liar worked once why not go back to the comedy well?
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Romanic Dinner
One evening a man walked into a fast-food chicken place and bought a nine-piece bucket of chicken. He took his chicken to the park for a romantic dinner under the moonlight with his lady.
Upon reaching into the bucket, however, he received a surprise. Instead of chicken he discovered what was apparently the restaurant's night deposit - some nine thousand bucks. The young man brought the bucket back to the store and asked for his chicken in exchange for the money.
The manager, in awe of the young man's honesty, asked for his name and told him he wanted to call the newspaper and the local news station to do a story on him. He would become a local hero, an example of honesty and morality that would inspire others!
The hungry man shrugged it off, "My date's waiting. I just want my chicken."
The manager's renewed amazement over the young man's humility almost overwhelmed him. He begged to be allowed to tell the story on the news. At this the honest man became angry with the manager and demanded his chicken.
"I don't get it," the manager responded. "You are an honest man in a dishonest world! This is a perfect opportunity to show the world that there are honest people still willing to take a stand for what is right. Please, give me your name and also the woman's name. Is that your wife?"
"That's the problem," said the young man. "My wife is at home. The woman in the car is my girlfriend. Now let me have my chicken so I can get out of here."
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Upon reaching into the bucket, however, he received a surprise. Instead of chicken he discovered what was apparently the restaurant's night deposit - some nine thousand bucks. The young man brought the bucket back to the store and asked for his chicken in exchange for the money.
The manager, in awe of the young man's honesty, asked for his name and told him he wanted to call the newspaper and the local news station to do a story on him. He would become a local hero, an example of honesty and morality that would inspire others!
The hungry man shrugged it off, "My date's waiting. I just want my chicken."
The manager's renewed amazement over the young man's humility almost overwhelmed him. He begged to be allowed to tell the story on the news. At this the honest man became angry with the manager and demanded his chicken.
"I don't get it," the manager responded. "You are an honest man in a dishonest world! This is a perfect opportunity to show the world that there are honest people still willing to take a stand for what is right. Please, give me your name and also the woman's name. Is that your wife?"
"That's the problem," said the young man. "My wife is at home. The woman in the car is my girlfriend. Now let me have my chicken so I can get out of here."
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
New Wife
It is a myth that when a son gets married and a new daughter-in-law arrives in the family, everything changes.
The new wife (progressive Indian woman), was being welcomed at the husband's home in a traditional manner.
As expected she gave a speech, "My dear family,I thank you for welcoming me in my new home and family, firstly, my being here does not mean that I would want to change your way of life, your routine. No, I will never do that, never in a million years."
"What do you mean my child?" asked the father-in-law.
"What I mean dad is (looking at her in-laws); Those who used to wash the dishes must carry on washing them. Those who used to do the laundry must carry on doing it. Those who cooked should not stop at my account, AND Those who used to clean should continue cleaning !!!
"And what are you here for Bahurani?" enquired the mother-in-law.
"AS FOR ME, I'M HERE JUST TO ENTERTAIN YOUR SON !"
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The new wife (progressive Indian woman), was being welcomed at the husband's home in a traditional manner.
As expected she gave a speech, "My dear family,I thank you for welcoming me in my new home and family, firstly, my being here does not mean that I would want to change your way of life, your routine. No, I will never do that, never in a million years."
"What do you mean my child?" asked the father-in-law.
"What I mean dad is (looking at her in-laws); Those who used to wash the dishes must carry on washing them. Those who used to do the laundry must carry on doing it. Those who cooked should not stop at my account, AND Those who used to clean should continue cleaning !!!
"And what are you here for Bahurani?" enquired the mother-in-law.
"AS FOR ME, I'M HERE JUST TO ENTERTAIN YOUR SON !"
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The Killer Jigsaw Puzzle
One morning a blonde calls her friend and says, "Please come over and help me. I have this killer jigsaw puzzle, and I can`t figure out how to start it."
Her friend asks, "What is it a puzzle of?"
The blonde says, "From the picture on the box, it`s a tiger."
The friend figures he`s pretty good at puzzles, so he heads over to her place. She let him in and shows him to the table where she has the puzzle spread all over the table. He studies the pieces for a minute, then studies the box.
He then turns to her and says, "First, no matter what I do, I`m not going to be able to show you how to assemble these to look like the picture ofthat tiger."
"Second, I`d advise you to have a cup of coffee and put all these Frosted Flakes back in the box!
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Her friend asks, "What is it a puzzle of?"
The blonde says, "From the picture on the box, it`s a tiger."
The friend figures he`s pretty good at puzzles, so he heads over to her place. She let him in and shows him to the table where she has the puzzle spread all over the table. He studies the pieces for a minute, then studies the box.
He then turns to her and says, "First, no matter what I do, I`m not going to be able to show you how to assemble these to look like the picture ofthat tiger."
"Second, I`d advise you to have a cup of coffee and put all these Frosted Flakes back in the box!
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Young people have embraced me: Mallika
Mallika Sherwat has just returned to Mumbai after a globe trotting spree.
The actress arrived in Mumbai a couple of days ago from Malaysia where she was invited as a guest speaker at the Global Brand Forum 2008, which was held in Kuala Lumpur last week.
Mallika was a part of an expert panel where she shared her thoughts & comments with personalities like renowned Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone & Dato' Farah Khan, President of The Melium Group, which is into the retailing and brand managing of international lifestyle and fashion labels.
The actress impressed everyone present at the discussion with her insightful & original views about the exciting challenges and opportunities facing the movie business and the impact of Indian films in brands and business.
The discussion was moderated by none other than celebrated international TV interviewer Riz Khan.
Says a delighted Mallika; "It was a huge surprise for me to be invited to the global forum along with Oliver Stone - What do we have have in common, I asked myself.
I guess for better or for worse we both have our own brands - and as Oliver Stone says - people either love or hate his films, but certainly have a strong opinion about him, his politics and his films."
I guess its the same for me - there are young people around the country who have embraced me, and on the other hand there are lots of people in the country and in the film industry and in advertising who think I'm too controversial, radical etc., for their liking", she adds.
"Besides that he has a genius who has achieved so much and I've just begun my tough climb. But to share the same stage with someone who's made JFK, Platoon, Natural Born Killers and U Turn - All I can say is Wow", she says visibly excited.
The Global Brand Forum is Asia's leading organization dedicated to thought leadership, bringing the world's most inspiring and influential leaders to Asia.
In the past, the forum brought together global icons such as Rudi Giuliani, Francis Ford Coppola, Dr. Warren Bennis, Dame Anita Roddick, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Tom Peters, Prof David Acker, Faith Popcorn, Jack Trout, Martin Lindstrom, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and several others for the first time on the same platform to speak on brands, business and leadership.
Mallika also recently won the 2008 Renaissance Artist Award at the 16th Annual Diversity Awards held at the Universal City in California.
The actress is currently working on 'Hissss', a Hollywood-Bollywood film directed by famous Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch. The actress will be seen essaying a never-before seen role of a snake woman.
The actress arrived in Mumbai a couple of days ago from Malaysia where she was invited as a guest speaker at the Global Brand Forum 2008, which was held in Kuala Lumpur last week.
Mallika was a part of an expert panel where she shared her thoughts & comments with personalities like renowned Hollywood filmmaker Oliver Stone & Dato' Farah Khan, President of The Melium Group, which is into the retailing and brand managing of international lifestyle and fashion labels.
The actress impressed everyone present at the discussion with her insightful & original views about the exciting challenges and opportunities facing the movie business and the impact of Indian films in brands and business.
The discussion was moderated by none other than celebrated international TV interviewer Riz Khan.
Says a delighted Mallika; "It was a huge surprise for me to be invited to the global forum along with Oliver Stone - What do we have have in common, I asked myself.
I guess for better or for worse we both have our own brands - and as Oliver Stone says - people either love or hate his films, but certainly have a strong opinion about him, his politics and his films."
I guess its the same for me - there are young people around the country who have embraced me, and on the other hand there are lots of people in the country and in the film industry and in advertising who think I'm too controversial, radical etc., for their liking", she adds.
"Besides that he has a genius who has achieved so much and I've just begun my tough climb. But to share the same stage with someone who's made JFK, Platoon, Natural Born Killers and U Turn - All I can say is Wow", she says visibly excited.
The Global Brand Forum is Asia's leading organization dedicated to thought leadership, bringing the world's most inspiring and influential leaders to Asia.
In the past, the forum brought together global icons such as Rudi Giuliani, Francis Ford Coppola, Dr. Warren Bennis, Dame Anita Roddick, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Tom Peters, Prof David Acker, Faith Popcorn, Jack Trout, Martin Lindstrom, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and several others for the first time on the same platform to speak on brands, business and leadership.
Mallika also recently won the 2008 Renaissance Artist Award at the 16th Annual Diversity Awards held at the Universal City in California.
The actress is currently working on 'Hissss', a Hollywood-Bollywood film directed by famous Hollywood director Jennifer Lynch. The actress will be seen essaying a never-before seen role of a snake woman.
Shocked Bush
Donald Rumsfeld gave the president his daily briefing. He concluded by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."
"OH NO!" the president exclaimed. "That's terrible!"
His staff was stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sat, his head in his hands.
Finally, the president looked up and asked, "Just how many is a brazillion?"
"OH NO!" the president exclaimed. "That's terrible!"
His staff was stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sat, his head in his hands.
Finally, the president looked up and asked, "Just how many is a brazillion?"
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Romanic Dinner
One evening a man walked into a fast-food chicken place and bought a nine-piece bucket of chicken. He took his chicken to the park for a romantic dinner under the moonlight with his lady.
Upon reaching into the bucket, however, he received a surprise. Instead of chicken he discovered what was apparently the restaurant's night deposit - some nine thousand bucks. The young man brought the bucket back to the store and asked for his chicken in exchange for the money.
The manager, in awe of the young man's honesty, asked for his name and told him he wanted to call the newspaper and the local news station to do a story on him. He would become a local hero, an example of honesty and morality that would inspire others!
The hungry man shrugged it off, "My date's waiting. I just want my chicken."
The manager's renewed amazement over the young man's humility almost overwhelmed him. He begged to be allowed to tell the story on the news. At this the honest man became angry with the manager and demanded his chicken.
"I don't get it," the manager responded. "You are an honest man in a dishonest world! This is a perfect opportunity to show the world that there are honest people still willing to take a stand for what is right. Please, give me your name and also the woman's name. Is that your wife?"
"That's the problem," said the young man. "My wife is at home. The woman in the car is my girlfriend. Now let me have my chicken so I can get out of here."
Upon reaching into the bucket, however, he received a surprise. Instead of chicken he discovered what was apparently the restaurant's night deposit - some nine thousand bucks. The young man brought the bucket back to the store and asked for his chicken in exchange for the money.
The manager, in awe of the young man's honesty, asked for his name and told him he wanted to call the newspaper and the local news station to do a story on him. He would become a local hero, an example of honesty and morality that would inspire others!
The hungry man shrugged it off, "My date's waiting. I just want my chicken."
The manager's renewed amazement over the young man's humility almost overwhelmed him. He begged to be allowed to tell the story on the news. At this the honest man became angry with the manager and demanded his chicken.
"I don't get it," the manager responded. "You are an honest man in a dishonest world! This is a perfect opportunity to show the world that there are honest people still willing to take a stand for what is right. Please, give me your name and also the woman's name. Is that your wife?"
"That's the problem," said the young man. "My wife is at home. The woman in the car is my girlfriend. Now let me have my chicken so I can get out of here."
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Four Christmases Movies)
No one enjoys the holidays more than Brad and Kate. Every December 25th, this happily unmarried, upscale San Francisco couple embark on a holiday tradition they have shared every year since they met--ditching their crazy families for a relaxing, fun-filled vacation in some sunny exotic locale. There, sipping margaritas by the pool, they toast the season, knowing they have once again avoided the chaos and emotional fallout of their four respective households: divorced parents, squabbling siblings, out-of-control kids and all the simmering resentments and awkward moments that are the hallmarks of every family Christmas.
But not this year. Shorts and sunglasses packed, Brad and Kate are trapped at the San Francisco airport by a fogbank that cancels every outbound flight. Worse yet, they are caught on camera by a local news crew, revealing their whereabouts to the whole city--and to their families. With no escape and no excuses, they are now expected home by Brad’s father. And Kate’s mother. And Brad’s mother.
And Kate’s father. Four Christmases in one day. As they brace themselves for a marathon of homecomings, Brad and Kate expect the worst--and that’s exactly what they get. But as Brad counts down the minutes to their freedom, Kate surprisingly finds herself tuned to the ticking of a different clock.
At the end of the day, each will gain a new perspective on where they cameFrom--and where they’re going. Getting to know themselves and each other as they really are could finally give them a chance at the kind of love they’ve only been playing at.
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But not this year. Shorts and sunglasses packed, Brad and Kate are trapped at the San Francisco airport by a fogbank that cancels every outbound flight. Worse yet, they are caught on camera by a local news crew, revealing their whereabouts to the whole city--and to their families. With no escape and no excuses, they are now expected home by Brad’s father. And Kate’s mother. And Brad’s mother.
And Kate’s father. Four Christmases in one day. As they brace themselves for a marathon of homecomings, Brad and Kate expect the worst--and that’s exactly what they get. But as Brad counts down the minutes to their freedom, Kate surprisingly finds herself tuned to the ticking of a different clock.
At the end of the day, each will gain a new perspective on where they cameFrom--and where they’re going. Getting to know themselves and each other as they really are could finally give them a chance at the kind of love they’ve only been playing at.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Ameesha and Kanav: Lost in Love
Love is surely in the air for Ameesha and her boyfriend Kanav Puri.
The Gujju babe's acting career may not be at an all time high but it's her personal life that's been more in the news off-late.
At present Ameesha and Kanav spending are spending some lovey- dovey times with each other and needless to say the duo seems really happy in each other's company.
Ameesha and Kanav are seen having a ball of a time in some of the world's exotic locations such as 'The Louvre' in Paris. Kanav even seems to be enjoying the cake off Ameesha's fingers on the occasion of her birthday.
Must say, this is one couple who certainly seem 'Made for Each Other'.
The Gujju babe's acting career may not be at an all time high but it's her personal life that's been more in the news off-late.
At present Ameesha and Kanav spending are spending some lovey- dovey times with each other and needless to say the duo seems really happy in each other's company.
Ameesha and Kanav are seen having a ball of a time in some of the world's exotic locations such as 'The Louvre' in Paris. Kanav even seems to be enjoying the cake off Ameesha's fingers on the occasion of her birthday.
Must say, this is one couple who certainly seem 'Made for Each Other'.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
B-R-O-W-N
A Texan went up to the airline check-in counter and boomed, "Howdy, ma'am. My name's Brown, spelled B-R-O-W-N. Ah'm from Dallas, Texas. Ah'm 6-foot 3-inches tall. Ah'm white from th' top of mah head to th' tip of mah toes, and I hate the Irish."
Well, she didn't know what else to do, so she took his ticket and showed him onto the plane.
He sat down in his seat, and turned to the fellow next to him, "Howdy, suh. My name's Brown, spelled B-R-O-W-N. Ah'm from Dallas, Texas. Ah'm 6-foot 3-inches tall. Ah'm white from th' top of mah head to th' tip of mah toes, and I hate the Irish."
The little fellow turned to him, "Well now, how d'ye do. My name is Patrick Michael O'Donnell. I'm from Dublin, Ireland. I'm 5-foot 6- inches tall, and I'm white from the top o' me head to the tip o' me toes, except for my rectum, which is brown. Spelled B-R-O-W-N."
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Well, she didn't know what else to do, so she took his ticket and showed him onto the plane.
He sat down in his seat, and turned to the fellow next to him, "Howdy, suh. My name's Brown, spelled B-R-O-W-N. Ah'm from Dallas, Texas. Ah'm 6-foot 3-inches tall. Ah'm white from th' top of mah head to th' tip of mah toes, and I hate the Irish."
The little fellow turned to him, "Well now, how d'ye do. My name is Patrick Michael O'Donnell. I'm from Dublin, Ireland. I'm 5-foot 6- inches tall, and I'm white from the top o' me head to the tip o' me toes, except for my rectum, which is brown. Spelled B-R-O-W-N."
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Aishwarya makes up with Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has fulfilled another one of her dreams.
She has patched up with her 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' and 'Devdas' director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
The inside buzz is that she's been trying that for a long time. Quite understandably so! After all, many have felt and said that he's one director who brings out the best in her.
Well, that seems quite a correct analysis considering the fact that even though her films with others like 'Dhoom 2' and 'Guru' have done well; she hasn't really walked away with all the accolades.
The icing on the cake is that the venture will also be on a grand scale like 'Devdas'. Moreover in the movie she's opposite Hrithik Roshan with whom her on screen chemistry simply rocks.
Not surprisingly Ash on her part is quite grateful to the director who has given her two of the biggest films of her career.
She doesn't really care about the fiasco that 'Saawariya' was. If all goes well, the film will go on floors by the middle of next year
Bhansali has finally got over the sorrow he felt after his poetry in motion-'Saawariya' flopped. That movie was slammed by audiences and critics alike.
By the way, SRK's loss is Hrithik's gain.
The buzz is that the director was quite angry at the actor for making fun of 'Saawariya' at a film award function and calling it a 'blue' film. The news is that he's sworn never to work with SRK again.
As for Ash, she and The Bachchans just celebrated the 70th birthday bash of her sick father.
She managed to take some time off from the jungles of Kochi where she is currently shooting for Mani Ratnam's biggie 'Raavan'.
This is one actress who really knows how to balance her personal and professional life!
She has patched up with her 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' and 'Devdas' director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
The inside buzz is that she's been trying that for a long time. Quite understandably so! After all, many have felt and said that he's one director who brings out the best in her.
Well, that seems quite a correct analysis considering the fact that even though her films with others like 'Dhoom 2' and 'Guru' have done well; she hasn't really walked away with all the accolades.
The icing on the cake is that the venture will also be on a grand scale like 'Devdas'. Moreover in the movie she's opposite Hrithik Roshan with whom her on screen chemistry simply rocks.
Not surprisingly Ash on her part is quite grateful to the director who has given her two of the biggest films of her career.
She doesn't really care about the fiasco that 'Saawariya' was. If all goes well, the film will go on floors by the middle of next year
Bhansali has finally got over the sorrow he felt after his poetry in motion-'Saawariya' flopped. That movie was slammed by audiences and critics alike.
By the way, SRK's loss is Hrithik's gain.
The buzz is that the director was quite angry at the actor for making fun of 'Saawariya' at a film award function and calling it a 'blue' film. The news is that he's sworn never to work with SRK again.
As for Ash, she and The Bachchans just celebrated the 70th birthday bash of her sick father.
She managed to take some time off from the jungles of Kochi where she is currently shooting for Mani Ratnam's biggie 'Raavan'.
This is one actress who really knows how to balance her personal and professional life!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Madonna .A-Rod Share Turkey
Rumor has it the pair plans to spend Thanksgiving together at Alex Rodriguez’s place in New York.
Could Madonna and A-Rod be stepping out as a couple? Well, more like stepping in.
Access Hollywood broke the story after receiving a copy of an email from Rodriguez’s ex Cynthia to a friend. The email reads, “My 6-foot-3, 220-pound soul-less, soon-to-be ex-husband is abandoning his kids on Thanksgiving to be with Madonna … She called and he ran on her command back to New York City ... Gross!”
And who’s on the guest list? According to Page Six; Madonna, her kids Lourdes, Rocco and David and their mutual manager, Guy Oseary will attend the holiday feast at A-Rod’s Manhattan apartment.
Cynthia filed for divorce from her New York Yankee husband last July after five years of marriage while Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie just received a preliminary divorce on Friday.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Error Messages
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer.
When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
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When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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Nelson Mandela is at home watching the box, when there is a knock at his door. He gets up and answers it, there is a Chinese bloke with clipboard, and behind him is a lorry full of exhaust pipes.
"You sign, you sign," yells the Chinese.
Nelson looks at the truck and tells the Chinese bloke that he has got the wrong bloke.
Next day Nelson is watching a film when there is a knock on his door. It's the same Chinese bloke and behind him is truck full of brake parts.
"You Sign, You Sign," screams the Chinese bloke and pushes the clipboard under Nelson's nose.
"Look you Twat,” snarls Nelson "You've got the wrong bloke. I don't want brake parts, you've got the wrong bloke again."
Next day Nelson is sitting in the chair reading a magazine, when there is a knock on the door. It's the Chinese bloke again, behind him are two trucks filled with engine parts.
The Chinese bloke screams at Nelson, "You sign, you sign."
Well that's it Nelson loses his wig and picks the Chinese bloke up by his shirt and yells, "Look, I don't want these! Do you understand? You must have the wrong man! Who do you want to give these to?"
The Chinese bloke looks at his clipboard and says, "You not Nissan Maindealer?"
A true story from the Japanese Embassy in US:
Laloo Prasad was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets with President Bill Clinton.
The instructor told Laloo, "Laloo ji, when you shake hand with President Clinton, please say how are you . Then Mr. Clinton should say, "I am fine, and you?" Now you should say me too. Afterwards we, translators, will do all the work for you."
It looks quite simple, but the truth is ....
When Laloo Prasad met Clinton, he mistakenly said, "Who Are you?".
Mr. Clinton was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor: "Well, I am Hilary`s husband, ha ha...”
Then Mori replied confidently, "Me too, ha ha ha."
Then there was a long silent moment in the meeting room.
Next jokes-Law/Lawyers
Nelson Mandela is at home watching the box, when there is a knock at his door. He gets up and answers it, there is a Chinese bloke with clipboard, and behind him is a lorry full of exhaust pipes.
"You sign, you sign," yells the Chinese.
Nelson looks at the truck and tells the Chinese bloke that he has got the wrong bloke.
Next day Nelson is watching a film when there is a knock on his door. It's the same Chinese bloke and behind him is truck full of brake parts.
"You Sign, You Sign," screams the Chinese bloke and pushes the clipboard under Nelson's nose.
"Look you Twat,” snarls Nelson "You've got the wrong bloke. I don't want brake parts, you've got the wrong bloke again."
Next day Nelson is sitting in the chair reading a magazine, when there is a knock on the door. It's the Chinese bloke again, behind him are two trucks filled with engine parts.
The Chinese bloke screams at Nelson, "You sign, you sign."
Well that's it Nelson loses his wig and picks the Chinese bloke up by his shirt and yells, "Look, I don't want these! Do you understand? You must have the wrong man! Who do you want to give these to?"
The Chinese bloke looks at his clipboard and says, "You not Nissan Maindealer?"
A true story from the Japanese Embassy in US:
Laloo Prasad was given some Basic English conversation training before he visits Washington and meets with President Bill Clinton.
The instructor told Laloo, "Laloo ji, when you shake hand with President Clinton, please say how are you . Then Mr. Clinton should say, "I am fine, and you?" Now you should say me too. Afterwards we, translators, will do all the work for you."
It looks quite simple, but the truth is ....
When Laloo Prasad met Clinton, he mistakenly said, "Who Are you?".
Mr. Clinton was a bit shocked but still managed to react with humor: "Well, I am Hilary`s husband, ha ha...”
Then Mori replied confidently, "Me too, ha ha ha."
Then there was a long silent moment in the meeting room.
Next jokes-Law/Lawyers
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Kareena:I want to get married and have children with Saif
Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan have been together for more than a year now. Her love life with Shahid Kapur never really made so much news but with Saif, she's been painting the town red for months now. They have been 'joined at the hip' and their off screen pairing has made more news than their careers.
Bebo has recently opened up more in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE magazine and has talked in detail about family approval, marriage, kids and the challenges of being in love.
She's said, "I want to get married and have children. I would do anything to keep a relationship going. For me, time is a very precious commodity and I'm always there for Saif.
And that says a lot. It's very easy to talk about fidelity, loyalty and swimming the seven seas but considering the lives we lead, I think the most important thing in a relationship is the amount of time you can spend with each other."
She's made it clear that she has had no problems with Saif being married before. In fact she respects Saif's ex wife Amrita a lot!
She adds, "Not really. I respect the fact that Saif was married before and has two lovely children. I have been a fan of Amrita Singh.
haven't met her ever but I know her through her films. For me, she'll always have a place of importance in his life because she is Saif Ali Khan's first wife and the mother of his children. And, I've told Saif this.
I would want her to have that kind of respect always. This is what my parents have taught me. At the end of the day, it was just a marriage that didn't work out. I have always encouraged Saif to be friends with her because I think that would be great.
I guess they will just need time but that's something that they would need to deal with. I will always respect her. As far as any other relationship of Saif is concerned, I don't think they really mattered."
She sees a future ahead with Saifu too.
She's said, "Of course, we do talk about the future. If I was to imagine what it would be like 30 or 40 years from now, I see Saif and me on a yacht, sailing across the world."
It will be great to see another rare real life pairing lasting so long in the big bad world of Bollywood.
Bebo has recently opened up more in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE magazine and has talked in detail about family approval, marriage, kids and the challenges of being in love.
She's said, "I want to get married and have children. I would do anything to keep a relationship going. For me, time is a very precious commodity and I'm always there for Saif.
And that says a lot. It's very easy to talk about fidelity, loyalty and swimming the seven seas but considering the lives we lead, I think the most important thing in a relationship is the amount of time you can spend with each other."
She's made it clear that she has had no problems with Saif being married before. In fact she respects Saif's ex wife Amrita a lot!
She adds, "Not really. I respect the fact that Saif was married before and has two lovely children. I have been a fan of Amrita Singh.
haven't met her ever but I know her through her films. For me, she'll always have a place of importance in his life because she is Saif Ali Khan's first wife and the mother of his children. And, I've told Saif this.
I would want her to have that kind of respect always. This is what my parents have taught me. At the end of the day, it was just a marriage that didn't work out. I have always encouraged Saif to be friends with her because I think that would be great.
I guess they will just need time but that's something that they would need to deal with. I will always respect her. As far as any other relationship of Saif is concerned, I don't think they really mattered."
She sees a future ahead with Saifu too.
She's said, "Of course, we do talk about the future. If I was to imagine what it would be like 30 or 40 years from now, I see Saif and me on a yacht, sailing across the world."
It will be great to see another rare real life pairing lasting so long in the big bad world of Bollywood.
Santabanta
G-Salma Hayek still waiting for soccer lessons from Beckham
Salma Hayek is still owed a soccer lesson by David Beckham.The ‘Frida’ actress paid £175,000 for a one-hour private lesson with the soccer star at a New York charity auction hosted by Madonna in February — outbidding formidable American Vogue editor Anna Wintour in the process — but has yet to claim her prize.
The pair have reportedly had difficulty securing a date for the coaching session due to David’s sporting commitments and Salma’s acting obligations.
A spokesman for David said: “As yet, we haven’t been able to sort out a date that suits all parties.” As yet, we haven’t been able to sort out a date that suits all parties.
However, it seems unlikely the lesson will take place in the near future.David, who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy, is to move to Italy early next year, following his decision to sign a short-term contract with AC Milan.
Salma, 42, can next be seen in action adventure movie ‘Cirque du Freak’ alongside Willem Dafoe and John C. Reilly.
The pair have reportedly had difficulty securing a date for the coaching session due to David’s sporting commitments and Salma’s acting obligations.
A spokesman for David said: “As yet, we haven’t been able to sort out a date that suits all parties.” As yet, we haven’t been able to sort out a date that suits all parties.
However, it seems unlikely the lesson will take place in the near future.David, who currently plays for Los Angeles Galaxy, is to move to Italy early next year, following his decision to sign a short-term contract with AC Milan.
Salma, 42, can next be seen in action adventure movie ‘Cirque du Freak’ alongside Willem Dafoe and John C. Reilly.
Bars & Drunkards -jokes
Wife`s Photograph
A businessman entered a tavern, sat down at the bar, and ordered a double scotch on the rocks.
After he finished the drink, he peeked inside his shirt pocket, then he ordered another double scotch.
After he finished that one, he again peeked inside his shirt pocket and ordered another double scotch.
Finally, the bartender said, "Look, buddy, I'll bring you drinks all night long. But you gotta tell me why you look inside your shirt pocket before you order another."
The customer replied, "I'm looking at a photo of my wife. When she starts to look good, then I know it's time to go home."
Drunk Fart
There was a husband and his wife sitting next to a drunk in a bar.
Suddenly the drunk stands up and yells, "ATTENTION ALL" and farts loudly.
The wife is extremely embarrassed, and the husband looks at the drunk and says, "Excuse me, you just farted in front of my wife."
The drunks replies, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was her turn."
Drunk & The Nun
There was a guy in a bar one night that got really drunk, I mean really, really, really drunk. When the bar closed he got up to go home.
As he stumbled out the door he saw a nun walking on the sidewalk. So he stumbled over to the nun and punched her in the face.
Well the nun was really surprised but before she could do or say anything he punched her again.
This time she fell down and he stumbled over to her and kicked her in the butt, then he picked her up and threw her into a wall.
By this time the nun was pretty weak and couldn't move very much, so then he stumbled over to her, put his face right next to hers and said.........."Not so strong tonight, are you Batman?"
Thirsty Drunk
A drunk walked into a bar crying. One of the other men in the bar asked him what happened.
"I did a terrible thing," sniffed the drunk, "Just a few hours ago I sold my wife to someone for a bottle of Champagne."
"That is awful," said the other guy, "And now that she is gone you want her back right?"
"Right!" said the drunk, still crying.
"You're sorry you sold her because you realised, too late, that you still loved her, right?"
"Oh, No," said the drunk. I want her back because I'm thirsty again!"
Lovely Jokes
Flirt-sms
A businessman entered a tavern, sat down at the bar, and ordered a double scotch on the rocks.
After he finished the drink, he peeked inside his shirt pocket, then he ordered another double scotch.
After he finished that one, he again peeked inside his shirt pocket and ordered another double scotch.
Finally, the bartender said, "Look, buddy, I'll bring you drinks all night long. But you gotta tell me why you look inside your shirt pocket before you order another."
The customer replied, "I'm looking at a photo of my wife. When she starts to look good, then I know it's time to go home."
Drunk Fart
There was a husband and his wife sitting next to a drunk in a bar.
Suddenly the drunk stands up and yells, "ATTENTION ALL" and farts loudly.
The wife is extremely embarrassed, and the husband looks at the drunk and says, "Excuse me, you just farted in front of my wife."
The drunks replies, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was her turn."
Drunk & The Nun
There was a guy in a bar one night that got really drunk, I mean really, really, really drunk. When the bar closed he got up to go home.
As he stumbled out the door he saw a nun walking on the sidewalk. So he stumbled over to the nun and punched her in the face.
Well the nun was really surprised but before she could do or say anything he punched her again.
This time she fell down and he stumbled over to her and kicked her in the butt, then he picked her up and threw her into a wall.
By this time the nun was pretty weak and couldn't move very much, so then he stumbled over to her, put his face right next to hers and said.........."Not so strong tonight, are you Batman?"
Thirsty Drunk
A drunk walked into a bar crying. One of the other men in the bar asked him what happened.
"I did a terrible thing," sniffed the drunk, "Just a few hours ago I sold my wife to someone for a bottle of Champagne."
"That is awful," said the other guy, "And now that she is gone you want her back right?"
"Right!" said the drunk, still crying.
"You're sorry you sold her because you realised, too late, that you still loved her, right?"
"Oh, No," said the drunk. I want her back because I'm thirsty again!"
Lovely Jokes
Flirt-sms
Monday, November 10, 2008
Jackie Chan
Full Biography
If Buster Keaton were alive and well and living in Hong Kong, directing and starring in kung fu comedies, the end eroduct would probably resemble the films of Jackie Chan. Chan's action sequences, while at least as thrilling as the very best of Hollywood, are further distinguished by meticulous, witty choreography that transforms potentially lethal action into elaborate clowning. As in Keaton's films, the viewer's laughter is sometimes stifled by awe at the sheer physical prowess on display.
With his disarming smile and compact (5'9", 150 lbs) yet muscular frame, Chan does not look or act like a traditional action hero. As The New York Post film critic Jami Bernard observed: "Unlike American action heroes, Chan often takes his lumps, takes the easy way out, or even opts to run." Most of the films that built his reputation have the amiable atmosphere of boys' adventures; they are light, good-natured and surprisingly chaste. Chan offers a benign alternative to such macho Hollywood stars as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme. What's more, as a trained martial artist, he could effortlessly kick their pampered butts.
Reputedly a veteran of more than 100 films (more than 40 as an adult), Chan first starred in cheaply produced martial arts movies (e.g., "New Fist of Fury" 1976), in which he aped the fearsome fighting style of the late, great Bruce Lee. He only became Asia's number one box-office star after perfecting his own disarming comic persona and a deliriously slapstick, yet acrobatic, fighting style to match. Chan does all his own stunt work and has almost been killed on several occasions. With his notoriety, no insurance company will underwrite his productions. He had to form the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association after so many stuntmen were injured during the making of "Police Story" (1985) that none were willing to work with him again. Once he had assembled his own team, Chan trained them personally and paid their medical bills out of his own pocket. He also formed Jackie's Angels, a casting and modeling agency, to cast his increasingly elaborate productions.
Chan's life is already the stuff of Hong Kong legend. He has claimed that his family was so poor at the time of his birth that they offered to sell him to the British doctor who delivered him because they could not afford to pay the medical bill or feed their child. (They eventually reconsidered the sale.) Chan's father and mother found work, as a cook and maid respectively, at the French consulate in Hong Kong before moving to Australia to work at the US embassy when Chan was a small child. The six-year-old was sent back to HK alone in 1961 to be indentured to a ten year stint with the Chinese Opera Research Institute.
From five in the morning to nearly midnight, the young Chan endured an exceedingly rigorous training program in the techniques of Peking Opera. This entailed singing, dancing, mime, acrobatics and a variety of martial arts, all under threat of corporal punishment (caning) and food deprivation. Yu Shan Yuan, the strict master of the school, placed Chan--then called Yuan Lou--in a student performance group called the Seven Little Fortunes, where he began his more than three decade association with the supremely talented Samo Hung and Yuen Biao. The Three Brothers, as they came to call themselves, formed an awesomely coordinated action-comedy trio and performed in "Wheels on Meals" (1983) and "Dragons Forever" (1988), both directed by Hung, and the Chan-directed classic "Project A" (1983).
Chan began his film career at age eight in the Cantonese feature "Big and Little Wong Tin Bar" (1962). He went on to appear in a number of HK singing films. Chan is said to have been in more than 25 films by age ten. He graduated at age 17 and, using the name Chen Yuan Long, found work as a stunt man, martial arts fighter and extra at the Shaw Brothers studios. Chan was gratified to receive a compliment from Bruce Lee while serving as the stunt double for the dreaded Mr. Suzuki in "Fist of Fury/The Chinese Connection" (1971). Chan successfully executed what was reportedly the highest fall ever attempted in a HK film, duly impressing Lee.
Becoming the highest paid film artist in Hong Kong and cultivating an international following, Chan has surpassed the prematurely deceased Lee to become the biggest box-office draw in Japan and the rest of Asia. He has repeatedly set and broken box-office records with some of the most lavish productions in Asian cinema. Chan is also a sensation as a pop recording star; many of his films feature him singing the themes and performing numbers.
Beginning with "The Big Brawl" (1980), Chan also made several attempts to cross over to fame on the American screen with limited success: as part of the large comedy ensembles headed by Burt Reynolds in the two "Cannonball Run" racecar movies (1980, 1983) and as an unlikely NYC cop opposite Danny Aiello in "The Protector" (1985). Chan did not have creative control over these efforts nor did he coordinate the stunts. Though there was a devoted cult following in the English-speaking world familiar with his superlative HK productions developed, most Americans were not given a genuine chance to sample his creative wares. Chan avoided these pitfalls with "Rumble in the Bronx" (1996), his fifth English-language release.
Teamed with former stunt man/precision driver-turned-director Stanley Tong (who had helmed Chan's 1992 "Police Story III: Supercop") and pop star-actress Anita Mui (sometimes described as "the Asian Madonna"), Chan had creative control over "Rumble in the Bronx". Shot in Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, this joint venture between Hong Kong's Golden Harvest and the US's New Line Cinema served up an old-fashioned story with state-of-the-art stunts bolstered with a major marketing campaign. Chan had arrived, turning up in numerous publications, getting keys to various cities and chatting on TV with David Letterman and Jay Leno. In the film, he portrayed a vacationing HK cop dealing with gangs and the mob in a quirky and rather quaint Bronx of the imagination. The nonsensical story provided an excellent showcase both for Chan's peerless athleticism and his engagingly boyish personality. Despite some unconvincing dubbing, reviewers and audiences were charmed and astounded. Raking in a quick $10 million, the modestly budgeted ($6 million) "Rumble" became the number one film of its opening week. America had finally discovered Jackie Chan. Executives promptly scrambled to bring in more of Hong Kong's most famous export.
While his next few films stumbled at the box office (i.e., "Mr. Nice Guy" 1998), "Rush Hour" (also 1998) proved to be a crowd pleaser, teaming the martial artist with rising comic actor Chris Tucker and led to the inevitable sequel (2001's "Rush Hour 2"). The immense popularity of the "Rush Hour" films set the tone for the next stage in Chan's U.S. career -- instead of being called on to carry a picture on his own, he would be teamed with a popular sidekick in action-oriented buddy comedies. The actor's next successful outing was with Owen Wilson in "Shanghai Noon" (2000), a highly amusing comedy-Western casting Chan as the Chinese Chon Wang (sounds like "John Wayne") seeking a kidnapped princess in the Old West with the help of Wilson's scalawag Roy O'Bannon. Once again Chan showed real charm as a fish-out-of-water, and provided a great foil for an up-and-coming comic actor.
In 2002, Chan joined with the less-comedically gifted Jennifer Love Hewitt in the action comedy "The Tuxedo," which was made with some verve and ingenuity but didn't lure large audiences; and in 2003, he rejoined Wilson for the sequel "Shanghai Knights" which took the two leads to London for a further dose of slapstick action. That same year, Chan starred in the English language Hong Kong actioner "The Medallion," playing a detective who suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. Most critics found the film to be a fairly standard Chan outing, with a few eye-popping action stunts and a potent dose of Chan's charms, but otherwise unexceptional.
Chan next appeared headlining the all-star ensemble of "Around the World in 80 Days" (2004), a loose, comedic version of the classic Jules Verne novel in which Chan played Phileas Fogg's traveling companion, Passepartout--repositioned this time as the true star of the story, a Chinese thief traveling incognito and defending the eccentric Fogg from a variety of menaces and bizarre situations.
Family
father:Charles Chan (Worked at the French consulate in Hong Kong; subsequently worked at the American embassy in Australia; died in 2008, after battling with prostate cancer)
mother:Lee-Lee Chan (Worked at the French embassy in Hong Kong; subsequently worked at the American embassy in Australia; died in 2002)
son:J C Chan (Born c. 1982; sees his father three or four times a year)
wife:Lin Feng-jiao (Taiwanese; separated from Chan)
Profession(s):
Actor, producer, director, stunt choreographer, guild president, singer, executive, stuntman, extra, comic book creator, martial arts coordinator, dishwasher, bricklayer
Sometimes Credited As:
Chan Kong Sang
Chan Kwong-Sang
Chen Gang Shen
Chen Yuan Long
Cheng Leng
Cheng Lung
Fong Si Lung
Jacky Chan
Sing Lung
Yuan Lou
Yuen Lou
Companion(s)
Elaine Ng , Companion , ```..Was at one time crowned Miss Asia; Chan admitted to having a relationship with Ng during filming of "Gorgeous" (1999) at which time she became pregnant with his child
Education
Nah-Hwa Primary School Hong Kong
Chinese Drama Academy Hong Kong 1961
Education
Nah-Hwa Primary School Hong Kong
Chinese Drama Academy Hong Kong 1961
celebs
If Buster Keaton were alive and well and living in Hong Kong, directing and starring in kung fu comedies, the end eroduct would probably resemble the films of Jackie Chan. Chan's action sequences, while at least as thrilling as the very best of Hollywood, are further distinguished by meticulous, witty choreography that transforms potentially lethal action into elaborate clowning. As in Keaton's films, the viewer's laughter is sometimes stifled by awe at the sheer physical prowess on display.
With his disarming smile and compact (5'9", 150 lbs) yet muscular frame, Chan does not look or act like a traditional action hero. As The New York Post film critic Jami Bernard observed: "Unlike American action heroes, Chan often takes his lumps, takes the easy way out, or even opts to run." Most of the films that built his reputation have the amiable atmosphere of boys' adventures; they are light, good-natured and surprisingly chaste. Chan offers a benign alternative to such macho Hollywood stars as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Jean-Claude Van Damme. What's more, as a trained martial artist, he could effortlessly kick their pampered butts.
Reputedly a veteran of more than 100 films (more than 40 as an adult), Chan first starred in cheaply produced martial arts movies (e.g., "New Fist of Fury" 1976), in which he aped the fearsome fighting style of the late, great Bruce Lee. He only became Asia's number one box-office star after perfecting his own disarming comic persona and a deliriously slapstick, yet acrobatic, fighting style to match. Chan does all his own stunt work and has almost been killed on several occasions. With his notoriety, no insurance company will underwrite his productions. He had to form the Jackie Chan Stuntmen Association after so many stuntmen were injured during the making of "Police Story" (1985) that none were willing to work with him again. Once he had assembled his own team, Chan trained them personally and paid their medical bills out of his own pocket. He also formed Jackie's Angels, a casting and modeling agency, to cast his increasingly elaborate productions.
Chan's life is already the stuff of Hong Kong legend. He has claimed that his family was so poor at the time of his birth that they offered to sell him to the British doctor who delivered him because they could not afford to pay the medical bill or feed their child. (They eventually reconsidered the sale.) Chan's father and mother found work, as a cook and maid respectively, at the French consulate in Hong Kong before moving to Australia to work at the US embassy when Chan was a small child. The six-year-old was sent back to HK alone in 1961 to be indentured to a ten year stint with the Chinese Opera Research Institute.
From five in the morning to nearly midnight, the young Chan endured an exceedingly rigorous training program in the techniques of Peking Opera. This entailed singing, dancing, mime, acrobatics and a variety of martial arts, all under threat of corporal punishment (caning) and food deprivation. Yu Shan Yuan, the strict master of the school, placed Chan--then called Yuan Lou--in a student performance group called the Seven Little Fortunes, where he began his more than three decade association with the supremely talented Samo Hung and Yuen Biao. The Three Brothers, as they came to call themselves, formed an awesomely coordinated action-comedy trio and performed in "Wheels on Meals" (1983) and "Dragons Forever" (1988), both directed by Hung, and the Chan-directed classic "Project A" (1983).
Chan began his film career at age eight in the Cantonese feature "Big and Little Wong Tin Bar" (1962). He went on to appear in a number of HK singing films. Chan is said to have been in more than 25 films by age ten. He graduated at age 17 and, using the name Chen Yuan Long, found work as a stunt man, martial arts fighter and extra at the Shaw Brothers studios. Chan was gratified to receive a compliment from Bruce Lee while serving as the stunt double for the dreaded Mr. Suzuki in "Fist of Fury/The Chinese Connection" (1971). Chan successfully executed what was reportedly the highest fall ever attempted in a HK film, duly impressing Lee.
Becoming the highest paid film artist in Hong Kong and cultivating an international following, Chan has surpassed the prematurely deceased Lee to become the biggest box-office draw in Japan and the rest of Asia. He has repeatedly set and broken box-office records with some of the most lavish productions in Asian cinema. Chan is also a sensation as a pop recording star; many of his films feature him singing the themes and performing numbers.
Beginning with "The Big Brawl" (1980), Chan also made several attempts to cross over to fame on the American screen with limited success: as part of the large comedy ensembles headed by Burt Reynolds in the two "Cannonball Run" racecar movies (1980, 1983) and as an unlikely NYC cop opposite Danny Aiello in "The Protector" (1985). Chan did not have creative control over these efforts nor did he coordinate the stunts. Though there was a devoted cult following in the English-speaking world familiar with his superlative HK productions developed, most Americans were not given a genuine chance to sample his creative wares. Chan avoided these pitfalls with "Rumble in the Bronx" (1996), his fifth English-language release.
Teamed with former stunt man/precision driver-turned-director Stanley Tong (who had helmed Chan's 1992 "Police Story III: Supercop") and pop star-actress Anita Mui (sometimes described as "the Asian Madonna"), Chan had creative control over "Rumble in the Bronx". Shot in Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia, this joint venture between Hong Kong's Golden Harvest and the US's New Line Cinema served up an old-fashioned story with state-of-the-art stunts bolstered with a major marketing campaign. Chan had arrived, turning up in numerous publications, getting keys to various cities and chatting on TV with David Letterman and Jay Leno. In the film, he portrayed a vacationing HK cop dealing with gangs and the mob in a quirky and rather quaint Bronx of the imagination. The nonsensical story provided an excellent showcase both for Chan's peerless athleticism and his engagingly boyish personality. Despite some unconvincing dubbing, reviewers and audiences were charmed and astounded. Raking in a quick $10 million, the modestly budgeted ($6 million) "Rumble" became the number one film of its opening week. America had finally discovered Jackie Chan. Executives promptly scrambled to bring in more of Hong Kong's most famous export.
While his next few films stumbled at the box office (i.e., "Mr. Nice Guy" 1998), "Rush Hour" (also 1998) proved to be a crowd pleaser, teaming the martial artist with rising comic actor Chris Tucker and led to the inevitable sequel (2001's "Rush Hour 2"). The immense popularity of the "Rush Hour" films set the tone for the next stage in Chan's U.S. career -- instead of being called on to carry a picture on his own, he would be teamed with a popular sidekick in action-oriented buddy comedies. The actor's next successful outing was with Owen Wilson in "Shanghai Noon" (2000), a highly amusing comedy-Western casting Chan as the Chinese Chon Wang (sounds like "John Wayne") seeking a kidnapped princess in the Old West with the help of Wilson's scalawag Roy O'Bannon. Once again Chan showed real charm as a fish-out-of-water, and provided a great foil for an up-and-coming comic actor.
In 2002, Chan joined with the less-comedically gifted Jennifer Love Hewitt in the action comedy "The Tuxedo," which was made with some verve and ingenuity but didn't lure large audiences; and in 2003, he rejoined Wilson for the sequel "Shanghai Knights" which took the two leads to London for a further dose of slapstick action. That same year, Chan starred in the English language Hong Kong actioner "The Medallion," playing a detective who suffers a fatal accident involving a mysterious medallion and is transformed into an immortal warrior with superhuman powers. Most critics found the film to be a fairly standard Chan outing, with a few eye-popping action stunts and a potent dose of Chan's charms, but otherwise unexceptional.
Chan next appeared headlining the all-star ensemble of "Around the World in 80 Days" (2004), a loose, comedic version of the classic Jules Verne novel in which Chan played Phileas Fogg's traveling companion, Passepartout--repositioned this time as the true star of the story, a Chinese thief traveling incognito and defending the eccentric Fogg from a variety of menaces and bizarre situations.
Family
father:Charles Chan (Worked at the French consulate in Hong Kong; subsequently worked at the American embassy in Australia; died in 2008, after battling with prostate cancer)
mother:Lee-Lee Chan (Worked at the French embassy in Hong Kong; subsequently worked at the American embassy in Australia; died in 2002)
son:J C Chan (Born c. 1982; sees his father three or four times a year)
wife:Lin Feng-jiao (Taiwanese; separated from Chan)
Profession(s):
Actor, producer, director, stunt choreographer, guild president, singer, executive, stuntman, extra, comic book creator, martial arts coordinator, dishwasher, bricklayer
Sometimes Credited As:
Chan Kong Sang
Chan Kwong-Sang
Chen Gang Shen
Chen Yuan Long
Cheng Leng
Cheng Lung
Fong Si Lung
Jacky Chan
Sing Lung
Yuan Lou
Yuen Lou
Companion(s)
Elaine Ng , Companion , ```..Was at one time crowned Miss Asia; Chan admitted to having a relationship with Ng during filming of "Gorgeous" (1999) at which time she became pregnant with his child
Education
Nah-Hwa Primary School Hong Kong
Chinese Drama Academy Hong Kong 1961
Education
Nah-Hwa Primary School Hong Kong
Chinese Drama Academy Hong Kong 1961
celebs
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Lawyer's Secretary
Two lawyers had been life long friends: they were partners and shared everything, including their hot-blooded secretary.
One day the secretary announced she was pregnant. They told her not to worry and assured her that they would pay all medical costs and would act as co-fathers when the child was born and provide all expenses thereafter.
The day of delivery arrived. Both the lawyers were at the hospital pacing the floor in the waiting room.
Finally one of them said, "I can't take this, I'm going down to sit in my car and wait there. Please come down and tell me as soon as the child is born!"
The partner agreed to do that. About an hour later the partner approached the car with a very grave look on his face.
"What happened?" asked the waiting car occupant.
The other partner announced, "They were twins and mine died!"
LOYAL WIFE JOKES!
flirt-sms
One day the secretary announced she was pregnant. They told her not to worry and assured her that they would pay all medical costs and would act as co-fathers when the child was born and provide all expenses thereafter.
The day of delivery arrived. Both the lawyers were at the hospital pacing the floor in the waiting room.
Finally one of them said, "I can't take this, I'm going down to sit in my car and wait there. Please come down and tell me as soon as the child is born!"
The partner agreed to do that. About an hour later the partner approached the car with a very grave look on his face.
"What happened?" asked the waiting car occupant.
The other partner announced, "They were twins and mine died!"
LOYAL WIFE JOKES!
flirt-sms
Saturday, November 8, 2008
The Loyal Wife!
There was a man who had worked all of his life, had saved all of his money, and was a real miser when it came to his money.
Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the +after-life+ with me."
And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him. Well, he died...
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait, just a minute!"
She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away.
Her friend said, "I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there in the casket with your husband."
The loyal wife replied, "Listen, I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him !!! ?"
"I sure did" said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a cheque. If he can cash it, he can spend it."
Secret of sucesses
Just before he died, he said to his wife, "When I die, I want you to take all my money and put it in the casket with me. I want to take my money to the +after-life+ with me."
And so he got his wife to promise him with all of her heart that when he died, she would put all of the money in the casket with him. Well, he died...
He was stretched out in the casket, his wife was sitting there in black, and her friend was sitting next to her. When they finished the ceremony, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, the wife said, "Wait, just a minute!"
She had a box with her, she came over with the box and put it in the casket. Then the undertakers locked the casket down, and they rolled it away.
Her friend said, "I know you weren't fool enough to put all that money in there in the casket with your husband."
The loyal wife replied, "Listen, I can't go back on my word. I promised him that I was going to put that money in that casket with him."
"You mean to tell me you put that money in the casket with him !!! ?"
"I sure did" said the wife. "I got it all together, put it into my account and wrote him a cheque. If he can cash it, he can spend it."
Secret of sucesses
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Aamir loves Kareena's hot bod
Kareena Kapoor's size zero frame has found many admirers and the latest to join the bandwagon is Aamir Khan.
The religious workout schedule is paying rich dividends for Bebo.
The very talented Aamir who's her co-star in '3 Idiots' has confessed that Kareena has a ravishing body.
The actor said this in a recent interview, "Kareena has a great body. She is a fitness freak and her devotion towards her workouts has definitely made an impact on me."
Aamir usually keeps to himself during the shoots but he has become close to Kareena. It's all because of the common interest (fitness) that they share!
Aamir is impressed with her dedication and he wants people to take her as an example to religiously stick to a workout regime.
Thanks to tedious workouts and dieting, Kareena created a lot of buzz with her super slim body in 'Tashan' (though it didn't really help the cause of the film). Aamir is doing the same with his great physique in the promos of 'Ghajini'.
And there were many who thought that Aamir can never have that kind of a body!
The perfectionist sure has a thing for all dedicated and sincere folks of the world.
The religious workout schedule is paying rich dividends for Bebo.
The very talented Aamir who's her co-star in '3 Idiots' has confessed that Kareena has a ravishing body.
The actor said this in a recent interview, "Kareena has a great body. She is a fitness freak and her devotion towards her workouts has definitely made an impact on me."
Aamir usually keeps to himself during the shoots but he has become close to Kareena. It's all because of the common interest (fitness) that they share!
Aamir is impressed with her dedication and he wants people to take her as an example to religiously stick to a workout regime.
Thanks to tedious workouts and dieting, Kareena created a lot of buzz with her super slim body in 'Tashan' (though it didn't really help the cause of the film). Aamir is doing the same with his great physique in the promos of 'Ghajini'.
And there were many who thought that Aamir can never have that kind of a body!
The perfectionist sure has a thing for all dedicated and sincere folks of the world.
'F ' in Sex
Little Johnny asks his mother how old she is.
Her reply is, "Gentlemen don't ask ladies that question."
Johnny then asks his mother how much she weighs.
Again the mother's reply is, "Gentlemen don't ask ladies that question."
The boy then asks, "Why did daddy leave you?"
To this, the mother says, "You shouldn't ask that," and then sends him to his room.
On the way to his room, the boy trips over his mother's purse. When he picks it up, her driver's license falls out.
Little Johnny looks it over and goes back to his mother saying, "I know all about you now. You are 36 years old, weigh 127 pounds and daddy left you because you got an 'F' in sex#"
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Her reply is, "Gentlemen don't ask ladies that question."
Johnny then asks his mother how much she weighs.
Again the mother's reply is, "Gentlemen don't ask ladies that question."
The boy then asks, "Why did daddy leave you?"
To this, the mother says, "You shouldn't ask that," and then sends him to his room.
On the way to his room, the boy trips over his mother's purse. When he picks it up, her driver's license falls out.
Little Johnny looks it over and goes back to his mother saying, "I know all about you now. You are 36 years old, weigh 127 pounds and daddy left you because you got an 'F' in sex#"
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Karan Johar finds Shilpa Shetty the hottest
There were many options open for Karan Johar to do the sizzling item song – Shut Up and Bounce in his produced Dostana. Many top line actresses were willing to do this number shot in Miami for free for the sake of working under his prestigious banner – Dharma Productions. But Karan zeroed down on Shilpa Shetty. Why you may ask? Well Karan's reply is, "Because she is the hottest!"
He adds, "We finally zeroed in on Shilpa because she has the best body in town. She has done a fantastic job but credit also goes to choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant and music director Vishal Shekhar. Shilpa's number will be the introductory song along John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan."
Tarun Mansukhani who is making his directorial debut with Dostana too was impressed by Shilpa's professionalism. He says, "Shilpa was comfortable wearing anything for the song. We were to shoot the song in seven days but completed it in four days flat."
Shilpa agreed to be a part of Dostana immediately, not only because it was a Karan Johar production but also because it had her favorite team of film crew members such as – Manish Malhotra as the stylist, Mickey Contractor for the make up and Latika for her hair.
He adds, "We finally zeroed in on Shilpa because she has the best body in town. She has done a fantastic job but credit also goes to choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant and music director Vishal Shekhar. Shilpa's number will be the introductory song along John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan."
Tarun Mansukhani who is making his directorial debut with Dostana too was impressed by Shilpa's professionalism. He says, "Shilpa was comfortable wearing anything for the song. We were to shoot the song in seven days but completed it in four days flat."
Shilpa agreed to be a part of Dostana immediately, not only because it was a Karan Johar production but also because it had her favorite team of film crew members such as – Manish Malhotra as the stylist, Mickey Contractor for the make up and Latika for her hair.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
New Cadillac
The Pakistani President, Gen Pervez Musharraf, is visiting his friend, U.S. President George Bush, in Washington, DC.
The U.S. President offers a gift to his guest. "Here you go, Mush" says Bush. "Try out this shiny new Cadillac. It's their finest model."
"Thank you, Mr. President, but I cannot accept this magnificent gift," replies the Musharraf.
"Oh. I understand about gift limits. I understand the problems you are having in Pakistan with your non-profit associations. Ok then ... give me a half dollar for it. Then it won't be a gift," replies Bush. Musharraf gives Bush a dollar.
"I don't have any change ... too bad," says the President.
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"No big deal... you'll just give me two Cadillacs" retorts Musharraf.
The U.S. President offers a gift to his guest. "Here you go, Mush" says Bush. "Try out this shiny new Cadillac. It's their finest model."
"Thank you, Mr. President, but I cannot accept this magnificent gift," replies the Musharraf.
"Oh. I understand about gift limits. I understand the problems you are having in Pakistan with your non-profit associations. Ok then ... give me a half dollar for it. Then it won't be a gift," replies Bush. Musharraf gives Bush a dollar.
"I don't have any change ... too bad," says the President.
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"No big deal... you'll just give me two Cadillacs" retorts Musharraf.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Russell Crowe
Profession(s):
Actor, singer, musician, songwriter, producer, director, screenwriter, street performer, bingo-number caller, waiter, bartender
Sometimes Credited As:
Rus Le Roq
Russell Ira Crowe
Full Biography
A galvanizing presence whose prodigious talents earned him Hollywood's highest acting accolades, but whose mercurial – and occasionally violent – temperament put him in hot water publicly, actor Russell Crowe ultimately built a reputation as an A-list leading man, whose electric performances well overshadowed his so-called bad boy nature. With an intense breakout performance as a racist skinhead in the Australian-made “Romper Stomper” (1992), Crowe established himself as an actor on the rise. Crossing the Pacific, he exploded off the screen as a violent 1950s police detective in “L.A. Confidential” (1997), announcing loudly to American audiences that he had arrived on U.S. shores. Two years later, Crowe earned his first Academy Award nomination with a sterling performance as a tobacco executive trapped between telling the truth and protecting his family in “The Insider” (1999). But it was his turn as a Roman general-turned -professional fighter in “Gladiator” (2000) that brought home Oscar glory and cemented Crowe’s status as one of the truly gifted actors of his generation.
Born on Apr. 7, 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand, Crowe grew up in and around show business. His grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer whose footage of World War II earned him the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire. His parents, Alex and Jocelyn, were both film set caterers who moved the family to Australia because of better job opportunities, providing Crowe ready access when he began acting at age six. His first onscreen role was in an episode of the Australian TV series "Spyforce,” starring Jack Thompson – a part he landed thanks to his mother, who worked on the show. When Crowe was 14, the family moved back to their native New Zealand where his father took over managing a pub called The Flying Jug. About this time, Crowe began performing in rock bands under the name Rus Le Roq, though much of his early music was not especially well-received.
Determined to pursue a career in show business, Crowe returned to Australia when he was 18. Within a year of his return, Crowe landed a role singing and dancing on stage in an Australian production of "Grease.” While he spent two years (1986-88) touring as Dr Frank N Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show,” it was his turn in Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers" (1989) that caught the attention of director George Ogilvie, who cast him in a leading role the triangular drama "The Crossing" (1990). It was on the set of this film that he met his longtime girlfriend and later wife, actress-singer, Danielle Spencer. Playing a dishwasher who befriends a blind photographer in Jocelyn Moorhouse's "Proof" (1991) earned Crowe strong reviews, as well as the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute. He copped a Best Actor trophy and international fame the following year for a blistering, yet nuanced performance as the vicious leader of a skinhead gang lashing out against a growing number of Asian immigrants in the controversial "Romper Stomper.” That same year, Crowe – who had been a musician since he was a teenager – formed the rock band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts with his old mates from Australia. Over the years, the band recorded several albums, none of which achieved any notable recognition or success.
With several films achieving success on the art house circuit, Crowe was established internationally and began to invoke comparisons with another transplanted Aussie, Mel Gibson. He followed up with an intriguing variety of offbeat projects, ranging from the historical drama "Hammers Over the Anvil" to the children's film "The Silver Stallion King of the Wild Brumbies" (both 1993). Crowe gave another splendid performance as a virginal Welsh Baptist in "Love in Limbo" (1993) and shone as a gay plumber living with his middle-aged father (Jack Thompson) as both search for love in "The Sum of Us" (1994). It was inevitable for Hollywood to woo him with roles like his gunslinger-turned-preacher in the punchy Sharon Stone-produced western, "The Quick and the Dead" and as the malevolent computer-generated serial killer in Denzel Washington’s star vehicle, "Virtuosity" (both 1995).
Thanks to Crowe’s brooding onscreen intensity, director Curtis Hanson offered him the plum role of Officer Bud White, a quick-tempered, brutal homicide detective in the superb adaptation of James Ellroy’s noir thriller "L.A. Confidential" (1997). Paired with fellow Aussie mate Guy Pearce and Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, the actor completed a trio of detectives who investigate a web of police corruption and public scandal in 1950s Los Angeles. With a higher profile and an armload of good notices, Crowe next played a hockey player who gets the chance to play against a professional team in the David E. Kelley-scripted "Mystery, Alaska" before landing the choice role of tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in Michael Mann's fictional take on a true story, "The Insider" (both 1999). Crowe won particular acclaim – including a Best Actor Oscar nomination – for his characterization of a family man who risks his life and reputation to refute public testimony given by cigarette manufacturers. The fact the he was able to morph into a paunchy, balding middle-aged man believably, also added to the growing comparisons to Brando and DeNiro.
As a follow-up, Crowe buffed up and undertook the title role in Ridley Scott's big-budgeted summer release "Gladiator.” Playing Maximus, a fallen Roman general-turned-professional fighter, the actor more than dominated the film – he tore a hole in the big screen with his intensity – earning rave notices and a Best Actor Academy Award for his efforts. The role solidified Crowe as one of Hollywood's top actors and most bankable male movie stars. He rounded out the year playing a professional negotiator in kidnapping cases who comes to the aid of an American woman in a fictional South American country in "Proof of Life." The movie, however, was overshadowed by the media’s reporting of his brief fling with co-star Meg Ryan, whose then-marriage to Dennis Quaid was falling apart. A critical drubbing coupled with audience indifference – and some disgust over Crowe’s assumed corrupting of “America’s Sweetheart” by the press – put a final stake into the film, making it one of Crowe’s least memorable.
The disappointing box office and domestic scandal notwithstanding, Crowe emerged unscathed. He next portrayed John Nash, a real-life mathematician who descended into schizophrenia only to overcome his illness and go on to win a Nobel Prize in Ron Howard’s biopic "A Beautiful Mind" (2001). His beautifully realized, nuanced performance ranked as one of his best to date and earned the actor his third consecutive Best Actor Academy Award nomination, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Unfortunately, the well-earned Oscar slipped through his fingers following the first of a series of public altercations which cast a temporary shadow over his onscreen accomplishments. During Crowe’s acceptance of a BAFTA for Best Actor for “A Beautiful Mind,” the BAFTA show’s producer cut him off mid-speech and mid-poem, causing a fracas backstage when Crowe reportedly pinned the producer against the wall, threatening him and hurling obscenities. Feeling put upon by the media's excessive attention to his personal life – especially his reputation as a brawler – Crowe retreated from the limelight for a spell, emerging only to marry longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend Danielle Spencer and to subsequently announce his impending fatherhood in 2003.
At the end of that year, however, Crowe's name was again on the lips of filmgoers, critics and the Hollywood elite following his much-praised performance in director Peter Weir's "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." In the rollicking, harrowing high-seas adventure based on the series of 20 historical novels by Patrick O'Brien, Crowe made for a perfect screen incarnation of Capt. "Lucky" Jack Aubrey, the skipper of the beleaguered British naval vessel the H.M.S. Surprise during the Napoleonic Wars, who wrestles with his conscience as he forces his crew to embark on a perilous pursuit of their enemy. Crowe's turn was immediately hailed as award-worthy, and the actor yet again demonstrated his lack of vanity and commitment to his craft when he physically bulked up to match the heavyset literary description of Lucky Jack. Though no Oscar nod was forthcoming, Crowe did receive a nomination for Best Actor in a dramatic role at the 2003 Golden Globes.
After a yearlong absence from the big screen, Crowe reunited for the third time with director Ron Howard for "Cinderella Man" (2005) and received yet another round of glowing reviews – and another Golden Globe nod – for his effective, charming turn as Depression-era fighter and folk hero Jim Braddock, who defeated heavyweight champ Max Baer in a 15-round slugfest in 1935. In his initial public appearances to promote the film, Crowe seemed more relaxed and at peace with himself than ever before. So it came as a bit of a shock when, in an even more publicized smackdown, the actor was arrested for assault in New York City the week of the film's debut after he allegedly threw a telephone at a hotel concierge in a fit of pique when he could not reach his wife in Australia. The actor subsequently appeared on “The Late Show” (CBS, 1993- ) alongside host David Letterman to publicly apologize for his by-then infamous short fuse, while pleading guilty in November 2005 to third-degree assault in a court of law. He paid $160 in court fees and was told to behave himself for a year, avoiding a more serious charge that could have landed him in prison and cost him his U.S. work visa.
With the ugliness of the assault behind him – at least legally – Crowe went back to work, starring in a couple of small budget films – perhaps, in part, to maintain a low profile. In “A Good Year” (2006), his second collaboration with Ridley Scott, Crowe played an investment banker operating in the cutthroat world of London finance who reluctantly agrees to take over a small vineyard after the death of his uncle (Albert Finney). It is in the open French countryside where he eventually learns – thanks in part to a local café owner (Marion Cotillard) – that life is meant to be savored. After providing the narration for “Bra Boys” (2007), an Australian documentary about a much-maligned surfer community living near the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, Crowe returned to high profile features with the gritty western “3:10 to Yuma” (2007). In it, he played an imprisoned desperado who convinces a desperate rancher (Christian Bale) to help him escape in exchange for a share of hidden loot. Also in 2007, Crowe played a detective who teams up with a former drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) in order to expose corrupt cops and foreign nationals profiting from smuggling heroin in the true-to-life drama, “American Gangster.”
Family
brother:Terry Crowe (older)
cousin:Martin Crowe
cousin:Jeff Crowe
father:Alex Crowe (married Crowe's mother in 1961)
grandfather:Stan Wemyss (named an MBE for his work shooting footage during WWII; Crowe wore the MBE to the 2001 Academy Awards)
mother:Jocelyn Crowe (married Crowe's father in 1961)
son:Charles Spencer Crowe (born December 21, 2003; mother, Danielle Spencer)
son:Tennyson Crowe (born July 7, 2006; mother is Danielle Spencer)
uncle:David Crowe (father of Jeff and Martin)
wife:Danielle Spencer (met while filming the "Crossing"; the pair had a lengthy on-again, off-again romance; engaged December 2002; married April 7, 2003)
Companion(s)
Jamie O'Neal , Companion , ```..dated in 1988
Meg Ryan , Companion , ```..began highly publicized relationship during filming of "Proof of Life" in 2000; separated in December 2000
Nicole Kidman , Companion , ```..rumored to have dated in 2002; a report was later released that the source who claimed to have witnessed them kissing, dancing, etc in Mexico had lied
Awards
BAFTA Award Best Actor "A Beautiful Mind" 2002 Australian Film Institute Global Achievement Award 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 ShoWest Male Star of the Year 2001 The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 London Film Critics' Circle Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 Oscar Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 San Diego Film Critics Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 National Board of Review Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 Australian Film Institute Award Best Actor "Romper Stomper" 1992 Australian Film Institute Award Best Supporting Actor "Proof" 19
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Actor, singer, musician, songwriter, producer, director, screenwriter, street performer, bingo-number caller, waiter, bartender
Sometimes Credited As:
Rus Le Roq
Russell Ira Crowe
Full Biography
A galvanizing presence whose prodigious talents earned him Hollywood's highest acting accolades, but whose mercurial – and occasionally violent – temperament put him in hot water publicly, actor Russell Crowe ultimately built a reputation as an A-list leading man, whose electric performances well overshadowed his so-called bad boy nature. With an intense breakout performance as a racist skinhead in the Australian-made “Romper Stomper” (1992), Crowe established himself as an actor on the rise. Crossing the Pacific, he exploded off the screen as a violent 1950s police detective in “L.A. Confidential” (1997), announcing loudly to American audiences that he had arrived on U.S. shores. Two years later, Crowe earned his first Academy Award nomination with a sterling performance as a tobacco executive trapped between telling the truth and protecting his family in “The Insider” (1999). But it was his turn as a Roman general-turned -professional fighter in “Gladiator” (2000) that brought home Oscar glory and cemented Crowe’s status as one of the truly gifted actors of his generation.
Born on Apr. 7, 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand, Crowe grew up in and around show business. His grandfather, Stan Wemyss, was a cinematographer whose footage of World War II earned him the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire. His parents, Alex and Jocelyn, were both film set caterers who moved the family to Australia because of better job opportunities, providing Crowe ready access when he began acting at age six. His first onscreen role was in an episode of the Australian TV series "Spyforce,” starring Jack Thompson – a part he landed thanks to his mother, who worked on the show. When Crowe was 14, the family moved back to their native New Zealand where his father took over managing a pub called The Flying Jug. About this time, Crowe began performing in rock bands under the name Rus Le Roq, though much of his early music was not especially well-received.
Determined to pursue a career in show business, Crowe returned to Australia when he was 18. Within a year of his return, Crowe landed a role singing and dancing on stage in an Australian production of "Grease.” While he spent two years (1986-88) touring as Dr Frank N Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show,” it was his turn in Willy Russell's "Blood Brothers" (1989) that caught the attention of director George Ogilvie, who cast him in a leading role the triangular drama "The Crossing" (1990). It was on the set of this film that he met his longtime girlfriend and later wife, actress-singer, Danielle Spencer. Playing a dishwasher who befriends a blind photographer in Jocelyn Moorhouse's "Proof" (1991) earned Crowe strong reviews, as well as the Best Supporting Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute. He copped a Best Actor trophy and international fame the following year for a blistering, yet nuanced performance as the vicious leader of a skinhead gang lashing out against a growing number of Asian immigrants in the controversial "Romper Stomper.” That same year, Crowe – who had been a musician since he was a teenager – formed the rock band 30 Odd Foot of Grunts with his old mates from Australia. Over the years, the band recorded several albums, none of which achieved any notable recognition or success.
With several films achieving success on the art house circuit, Crowe was established internationally and began to invoke comparisons with another transplanted Aussie, Mel Gibson. He followed up with an intriguing variety of offbeat projects, ranging from the historical drama "Hammers Over the Anvil" to the children's film "The Silver Stallion King of the Wild Brumbies" (both 1993). Crowe gave another splendid performance as a virginal Welsh Baptist in "Love in Limbo" (1993) and shone as a gay plumber living with his middle-aged father (Jack Thompson) as both search for love in "The Sum of Us" (1994). It was inevitable for Hollywood to woo him with roles like his gunslinger-turned-preacher in the punchy Sharon Stone-produced western, "The Quick and the Dead" and as the malevolent computer-generated serial killer in Denzel Washington’s star vehicle, "Virtuosity" (both 1995).
Thanks to Crowe’s brooding onscreen intensity, director Curtis Hanson offered him the plum role of Officer Bud White, a quick-tempered, brutal homicide detective in the superb adaptation of James Ellroy’s noir thriller "L.A. Confidential" (1997). Paired with fellow Aussie mate Guy Pearce and Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, the actor completed a trio of detectives who investigate a web of police corruption and public scandal in 1950s Los Angeles. With a higher profile and an armload of good notices, Crowe next played a hockey player who gets the chance to play against a professional team in the David E. Kelley-scripted "Mystery, Alaska" before landing the choice role of tobacco industry whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand in Michael Mann's fictional take on a true story, "The Insider" (both 1999). Crowe won particular acclaim – including a Best Actor Oscar nomination – for his characterization of a family man who risks his life and reputation to refute public testimony given by cigarette manufacturers. The fact the he was able to morph into a paunchy, balding middle-aged man believably, also added to the growing comparisons to Brando and DeNiro.
As a follow-up, Crowe buffed up and undertook the title role in Ridley Scott's big-budgeted summer release "Gladiator.” Playing Maximus, a fallen Roman general-turned-professional fighter, the actor more than dominated the film – he tore a hole in the big screen with his intensity – earning rave notices and a Best Actor Academy Award for his efforts. The role solidified Crowe as one of Hollywood's top actors and most bankable male movie stars. He rounded out the year playing a professional negotiator in kidnapping cases who comes to the aid of an American woman in a fictional South American country in "Proof of Life." The movie, however, was overshadowed by the media’s reporting of his brief fling with co-star Meg Ryan, whose then-marriage to Dennis Quaid was falling apart. A critical drubbing coupled with audience indifference – and some disgust over Crowe’s assumed corrupting of “America’s Sweetheart” by the press – put a final stake into the film, making it one of Crowe’s least memorable.
The disappointing box office and domestic scandal notwithstanding, Crowe emerged unscathed. He next portrayed John Nash, a real-life mathematician who descended into schizophrenia only to overcome his illness and go on to win a Nobel Prize in Ron Howard’s biopic "A Beautiful Mind" (2001). His beautifully realized, nuanced performance ranked as one of his best to date and earned the actor his third consecutive Best Actor Academy Award nomination, as well as a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama. Unfortunately, the well-earned Oscar slipped through his fingers following the first of a series of public altercations which cast a temporary shadow over his onscreen accomplishments. During Crowe’s acceptance of a BAFTA for Best Actor for “A Beautiful Mind,” the BAFTA show’s producer cut him off mid-speech and mid-poem, causing a fracas backstage when Crowe reportedly pinned the producer against the wall, threatening him and hurling obscenities. Feeling put upon by the media's excessive attention to his personal life – especially his reputation as a brawler – Crowe retreated from the limelight for a spell, emerging only to marry longtime on-again, off-again girlfriend Danielle Spencer and to subsequently announce his impending fatherhood in 2003.
At the end of that year, however, Crowe's name was again on the lips of filmgoers, critics and the Hollywood elite following his much-praised performance in director Peter Weir's "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World." In the rollicking, harrowing high-seas adventure based on the series of 20 historical novels by Patrick O'Brien, Crowe made for a perfect screen incarnation of Capt. "Lucky" Jack Aubrey, the skipper of the beleaguered British naval vessel the H.M.S. Surprise during the Napoleonic Wars, who wrestles with his conscience as he forces his crew to embark on a perilous pursuit of their enemy. Crowe's turn was immediately hailed as award-worthy, and the actor yet again demonstrated his lack of vanity and commitment to his craft when he physically bulked up to match the heavyset literary description of Lucky Jack. Though no Oscar nod was forthcoming, Crowe did receive a nomination for Best Actor in a dramatic role at the 2003 Golden Globes.
After a yearlong absence from the big screen, Crowe reunited for the third time with director Ron Howard for "Cinderella Man" (2005) and received yet another round of glowing reviews – and another Golden Globe nod – for his effective, charming turn as Depression-era fighter and folk hero Jim Braddock, who defeated heavyweight champ Max Baer in a 15-round slugfest in 1935. In his initial public appearances to promote the film, Crowe seemed more relaxed and at peace with himself than ever before. So it came as a bit of a shock when, in an even more publicized smackdown, the actor was arrested for assault in New York City the week of the film's debut after he allegedly threw a telephone at a hotel concierge in a fit of pique when he could not reach his wife in Australia. The actor subsequently appeared on “The Late Show” (CBS, 1993- ) alongside host David Letterman to publicly apologize for his by-then infamous short fuse, while pleading guilty in November 2005 to third-degree assault in a court of law. He paid $160 in court fees and was told to behave himself for a year, avoiding a more serious charge that could have landed him in prison and cost him his U.S. work visa.
With the ugliness of the assault behind him – at least legally – Crowe went back to work, starring in a couple of small budget films – perhaps, in part, to maintain a low profile. In “A Good Year” (2006), his second collaboration with Ridley Scott, Crowe played an investment banker operating in the cutthroat world of London finance who reluctantly agrees to take over a small vineyard after the death of his uncle (Albert Finney). It is in the open French countryside where he eventually learns – thanks in part to a local café owner (Marion Cotillard) – that life is meant to be savored. After providing the narration for “Bra Boys” (2007), an Australian documentary about a much-maligned surfer community living near the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, Crowe returned to high profile features with the gritty western “3:10 to Yuma” (2007). In it, he played an imprisoned desperado who convinces a desperate rancher (Christian Bale) to help him escape in exchange for a share of hidden loot. Also in 2007, Crowe played a detective who teams up with a former drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) in order to expose corrupt cops and foreign nationals profiting from smuggling heroin in the true-to-life drama, “American Gangster.”
Family
brother:Terry Crowe (older)
cousin:Martin Crowe
cousin:Jeff Crowe
father:Alex Crowe (married Crowe's mother in 1961)
grandfather:Stan Wemyss (named an MBE for his work shooting footage during WWII; Crowe wore the MBE to the 2001 Academy Awards)
mother:Jocelyn Crowe (married Crowe's father in 1961)
son:Charles Spencer Crowe (born December 21, 2003; mother, Danielle Spencer)
son:Tennyson Crowe (born July 7, 2006; mother is Danielle Spencer)
uncle:David Crowe (father of Jeff and Martin)
wife:Danielle Spencer (met while filming the "Crossing"; the pair had a lengthy on-again, off-again romance; engaged December 2002; married April 7, 2003)
Companion(s)
Jamie O'Neal , Companion , ```..dated in 1988
Meg Ryan , Companion , ```..began highly publicized relationship during filming of "Proof of Life" in 2000; separated in December 2000
Nicole Kidman , Companion , ```..rumored to have dated in 2002; a report was later released that the source who claimed to have witnessed them kissing, dancing, etc in Mexico had lied
Awards
BAFTA Award Best Actor "A Beautiful Mind" 2002 Australian Film Institute Global Achievement Award 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 ShoWest Male Star of the Year 2001 The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role "A Beautiful Mind" 2001 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 London Film Critics' Circle Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 Oscar Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 San Diego Film Critics Award Best Actor "Gladiator" 2000 Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 National Board of Review Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "The Insider" 1999 Australian Film Institute Award Best Actor "Romper Stomper" 1992 Australian Film Institute Award Best Supporting Actor "Proof" 19
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Secret of Success!!
A young reporter was given the opportunity to interview a very successful, very wealthy banker. The reporter asked him, "Sir, What is the secret of your success?"
He said "Two words, young man."
"And, Sir, what are they?"
"Right decisions."
"But how do you make right decisions?"
"One word." he responded.
"And, sir, What is that?"
"Experience."
"And how do you get Experience?"
"Two words"
"And, Sir, what are they?"
The banker replied with a wry smile, "Wrong decisions."
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He said "Two words, young man."
"And, Sir, what are they?"
"Right decisions."
"But how do you make right decisions?"
"One word." he responded.
"And, sir, What is that?"
"Experience."
"And how do you get Experience?"
"Two words"
"And, Sir, what are they?"
The banker replied with a wry smile, "Wrong decisions."
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Diwali Dhamaka Shopping Sale
Rumors of the sale and an advertisement on the web and newspaeres were the main reasons for the long line that formed in front of the store by 8:30, the store's opening time.
A small man pushed his way to the front of the line, only to be pushed back amid loud and colorful curses.
On the man's second attempt, he was punched square in the jaw and knocked around a bit, then thrown to the end of the line again.
As he got up the second time, he said to the person at the end of the line:
"That does it! If they hit me one more time, I won't open the store!"
It was the day of the big sale.
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A small man pushed his way to the front of the line, only to be pushed back amid loud and colorful curses.
On the man's second attempt, he was punched square in the jaw and knocked around a bit, then thrown to the end of the line again.
As he got up the second time, he said to the person at the end of the line:
"That does it! If they hit me one more time, I won't open the store!"
It was the day of the big sale.
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
britenyney friends with ex-husband
Britney Spears has reignited a friendship with her ex- husband Jason Alexander -the man she married and diteched after a centroversia Las Vagas ceremony.
The pair tied the knot in a Sin City chapel on 3 January 2004- a union that was annulled just 55 hours later. the brief marriage appeared to have ended Spears and Alexander s romance and longterm frienship,but the 27-years -old clothing entrepreneur s manager Susan Ferris,four yeard on from the headline-grabbing weding.Ferris tells Us Weekly,"They are friend again and have been for six or eight month."
The pair tied the knot in a Sin City chapel on 3 January 2004- a union that was annulled just 55 hours later. the brief marriage appeared to have ended Spears and Alexander s romance and longterm frienship,but the 27-years -old clothing entrepreneur s manager Susan Ferris,four yeard on from the headline-grabbing weding.Ferris tells Us Weekly,"They are friend again and have been for six or eight month."
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Julia Roberts
Profession(s):
Actor, producer, model, salesperson Sometimes Credited As:
Julia Fiona Roberts
Sometimes Credited As:
Julia Fiona Roberts
Education
Campbell High School Smyrna, GA 1985
Full Biography
A winsome beauty with a large, incandescent smile and a mane of hair, Julia Roberts was one of the few bankable female stars of the 1990s whose love affair with the public and world's press continued into the next century. Critics have long speculated on the secret of her undeniable appeal, but it remained one of those enigmas of contemporary pop culture. Roberts lacked the technical polish of some of her contemporaries, but was able to command the screen like no one else, even while surrounded by heavy hitters like Sally Field, Denzel Washington and Susan Sarandon. Her public life was also key to her longevity. From the trail of broken-hearted beaus she left in her wake to her self-imposed post-"Pretty Woman" exile to getting pregnant with twins – the public ate it all up with a spoon.
Born Oct. 28, 1967 in Smyrna, GA, Roberts originally planned to be a veterinarian, but later studied journalism instead. She was introduced to performing at an early age by her theatrical parents, who ran the Atlanta-based Actors and Writers Workshop out of their home. She made her screen debut opposite her brother Eric in "Blood Red," although the 1986 film went unreleased for three years. Noticing that her old brother was scoring some success in Hollywood, Roberts decided to try acting as a career. She first gained notice starring in two youth-oriented movies in 1988 – "Mystic Pizza" and "Satisfaction" (1988). In the former, Roberts played a memorably fiery Portuguese waitress. Only a year or two into her new career, the young actress earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as the doomed diabetic heroine, Shelby, of "Steel Magnolias" (1989).
With her performance as a warm-hearted prostitute who transforms cold executive Richard Gere in Garry Marshall's saccharine but immensely successful rags-to-riches saga, "Pretty Woman" (1990), Roberts became one of Hollywood's most popular and bankable stars – certainly its top female – and earned a surprise Best Actress Academy Award nomination. The iconic role would forever label her America's "pretty woman" – even over a decade later. While her contribution made the routine thrillers "Flatliners" (1990) and "Sleeping with the Enemy" (1991) popular successes, she faltered a bit at the box office in late 1991 with the weepie romance "Dying Young." She finished the year with the supporting role of Tinkerbell in Steven Spielberg's lavish but disappointing update of the Peter Pan myth, "Hook." Roberts' toothsome portrayal of the feisty fairy revealed no insights into the tiny winged character, and she struggled gamely with the physical and artistic rigors of doing most of her scenes alone on a special effects soundstage. Rumors of bad blood between Roberts and Spielberg cast a pall on the project, sending the increasingly reclusive star into a self-imposed exile, which only fueled the press more.
It was at the peak of her early '90s fame that Roberts took an unannounced break from acting to get her highly publicized personal life in order. Romances with co-stars Liam Neeson, Dylan McDermott and most notably Kiefer Sutherland – whom she reportedly left for his best friend Robert Patrick only days before the wedding – all petered out, though her romance with the odd-looking actor/singer Lyle Lovett ended in a brief bare-footed marriage in 1993. Roberts made a cameo appearance as herself in Robert Altman's "The Player" (1992) before making her much ballyhooed return to the screen after two years, reasserting her commercial magic opposite Denzel Washington in the political thriller, "The Pelican Brief" (1993), but lost a bit of ground opposite Nick Nolte in the middling romantic comedy, "I Love Trouble" (1994). Her next few film roles proved spotty: she was passable as a journalist in Robert Altman's high-fashion comedy "Ready to Wear/Pret-a-Porter" (1994), spunky as a woman coping with marital problems in the romantic comedy "Something to Talk About" (1995), and dour in the period horror film "Mary Reilly" (1996), all of which failed to find much audience favor. As Woody Allen's leading lady in his musical comedy "Everyone Says I Love You" (1996), she fared slightly better (and displayed a pleasant if not spectacular singing voice). Cast opposite old beau Neeson as his love interest in Neil Jordan's biopic of Irish revolutionary "Michael Collins" (also 1996), Roberts gave a gallant try but was hampered by a wavering Irish accent.
1997 saw the actress reassert her position as both America's sweetheart and a box-office performer with her starring role in the hit comedy, "My Best Friend's Wedding." Cast as a scheming restaurant critic who sets out to break up the wedding of the man she thinks she loves, Roberts turned what could have become an unsympathetic character into an audience favorite through the sheer force of her natural charm and vibrancy. She was abetted by Rupert Everett's scene-stealing supporting turn as her editor and a subtle script by Ron Bass that inverted many of the clichés of screwball comedy. Roberts' much-anticipated teaming with Mel Gibson in Richard Donner's "Conspiracy Theory" (also 1997), however, proved to be somewhat disappointing thanks to a muddled script. Ron Bass was one of several writers who worked on the script of "Stepmom" (1998), a comedy-drama that cast Roberts as the much younger girlfriend of a divorced man coping with his two children and his saintly ex-wife. Most critics dismissed the film as pap but audiences lapped it up and made it a modest box-office success. She followed with a turn as a world-famous movie star who falls in love with a bumbling British bookseller (Hugh Grant) in "Notting Hill", an uneven romantic comedy, which nevertheless, did well at the box office. The much ballyhooed reteaming with Gere under Garry Marshall's guidance in "Runaway Bride" (both 1999) brought out the crowds, but the film could in no way compete with the "Pretty Woman" legacy that came before. Together these films earned over $300 million domestically, justifying the actress' standing as the highest paid female actor.
Just as critics thought she was all charm and no real acting chops, Roberts took on the role of her life, essaying the real-life legal secretary who assisted in turning a water poisoning case into one of the largest class-action lawsuits in U.S. history, in "Erin Brockovich" (2000). Her stellar work under the direction of Stephen Soderbergh, earned her just about every accolade in 2001, including the Best Actress Oscar.
After such a heavy project, Roberts returned to comedy, playing the frustrated girlfriend of a low-level, somewhat bumbling gangster (Brad Pitt) in the "The Mexican" (2001). Although she and Pitt were not on screen together for very long, the pair shared a nice easy chemistry – but the actress had better rapport with James Gandolfini, as the hitman who kidnaps her as insurance. Despite fielding many offers and after already playing a movie star on screen, Roberts opted this time to play the personal assistant to the movie star (Catherine Zeta-Jones) in the disastrous, critically reviled comedy, "America's Sweethearts" (2001). To recover from that disaster, Roberts re-teamed with Soderbergh for a small role in his remake of "Ocean's Eleven" (2001). Playing Tess Ocean, George Clooney's perpetually disappointed wife, Roberts did her best to keep up with the hunky boys, including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Andy Garcia. Robert's next project was also with Soderbergh, in the non-narrative sequel to his 1989 film "Sex, Lies and Videotape" – "Full Frontal" (2002). Roberts' character, wearing an extremely unattractive hairdo, was shockingly uninteresting and unimportant to the story, such as it was. Worse was her limp turn in new buddy George Clooney's directorial debut, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (2002), the supposed life story of game show producer/host-turned-government agent Chuck Barris, in which she played a spy femme fatale in a performance so purposefully arch as to defy belief.
Roberts fared better in her next project, the harmless "Mona Lisa Smile" (2003), playing Katherine Watson, a liberal-minded educator who takes a feminist position at Wellesley in the 1950s and quickly comes under fire for teaching her female students to aspire to something other than marriage and kids. While the film's premise and storyline – a female spin on the familiar "Dead Poets' Society" model – was predictable, Roberts' delivered a mature and engaging performance that, in ways different from her previous efforts, had audiences once again rooting for her.
Just as Roberts began filming the anticipated sequel "Ocean's Twelve" (2004), the actress, who was by then onto her second marriage to cameraman Danny Moder, announced to the world that she was pregnant with twins. Perhaps due to the impending birth, Roberts appeared to be having more fun than in the first "Oceans," gamely playing off of her pregnancy and – in a harder-to-swallow plot spin – her character's uncanny resemblance to movie star Julia Roberts. Just prior to the release of that film, Roberts made international headlines when she gave birth to a boy and a girl, Phinnaeus and Hazel, in November, 2004. Hot on the heels of that arrival was the debut of the Mike Nichols-directed drama "Closer" (2004), in which she played an American photographer in London caught up in the heated, sometimes erotic, often cruel love/sex gender war amid two shifting sets of couples (Jude Law and Natalie Portman; Roberts and Clive Owen). The highly literate film received excellent reviews and brought Roberts' her best notice since "Erin Brockovich."
After taking time off to enjoy her twins and family time on her Taos, NM ranch, Roberts returned to work – this time, surprising many by accepting a role on Broadway. In April of 2006, Roberts headlined the Richard Greenberg drama, "Three Days of Rain," co-starring Paul Rudd and Bradley Cooper. Although her reviews were lukewarm, the play sold out its 12-week run, proving Roberts' appeal extended beyond the big screen and various magazine covers.
Family
brother:Eric Roberts (Born April 18, 1956; older; stayed with father in Atlanta after parents' divorce; estranged from sisters)
daughter:Hazel Patricia Moder (Born Nov. 28, 2004; twin of Phinnaeus Walter; father, Daniel Moder)
father:Walter Roberts (Born in February 1930; wed Betty Motes in 1955 after touring military bases in a production of "George Washington Slept Here", directed by Ron Howard's father, Rance; co-founded Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop with wife in 1963; divorced from Roberts' mother in 1971; died of cancer in March 1977)
half-sister:Nancy Motes (Born c. 1976)
husband:Danny Moder (Met on the set of "The Mexican" in 2000 and they began an affair; Moder was married to Vera Steinberg Moder when their relationship began in summer 2001; he filed for divorce in October 2001; Roberts and Moder married July 4, 2002 in Taos, New Mexico; father of Roberts's three children)
husband:Lyle Lovett (Born on Nov. 1, 1957; introduced by Susan Sarandon during filming of "The Player" (1992); married on June 27, 1993 in Marion, Indiana; divorced in March 1995)
mother:Betty Motes (Divorced from Roberts' father in 1971)
niece:Emma Roberts (Daughter of actor Eric Roberts and Kelly Cunningham; played the lead in the series "Unfabulous" (Nickelodeon); known for her roles in the films "Aquamarine" (2006) and "Nancy Drew" (2007))
sister:Lisa Roberts (Born c. 1965; moved with her sister and mother to Smyrna, Georgia after her parents' divorce)
son:Phinnaeus Walter Moder (Born Nov. 28, 2004; twin of Hazel Patricia; father, Daniel Moder)
son:Henry Daniel Moder (Born June 18, 2007; father, Daniel Moder)
Companion(s)
Benjamin Bratt , Companion , ```..Born in 1963; began dating in November 1997; she made guest appearance on "Law & Order" in 1999; separated in spring 2001
Daniel Day-Lewis , Companion , ```..Together c. 1994-95
Dylan McDermott , Companion , ```..Briefly engaged; played her husband in "Steel Magnolias" (1989)
Jason Patric , Companion , ```..Involved right after her break-up with Sutherland in 1991
Kiefer Sutherland , Companion , ```..Met during the filming of "Flatliners" (1990); became engaged; their scheduled marriage on June 14, 1991 did not take place
Liam Neeson , Companion , ```..Co-starred in "Satisfaction" (1988); lived together in Venice, California
Matthew Perry , Companion , ```..Met while filming episode of "Friends" in 1995; briefly dated
Pat Mannochia , Companion , ```..Former hockey player; together c. 1995 to 1996
Ross Partridge , Companion , ```..Born c. 1967; dated in late 1996
BAFTA Award Best Actress "Erin Brockovich" 2001
MTV Movie Award Best Female Performance "Erin Brockovich" 2001
Screen Actors Guild Award Best Actress "Erin Brockovich" 2001
Academy Award Best Actress "Erin Brockovich" 2000
London Film Critics' Circle Award Best Actress "Erin Brockovich" 2000
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Hello Hello
Some stories are interesting to read. They may be bestsellers, no arguments on that. But cinema is a different medium altogether and not all stories are cut out for cinematic adaptations. That's the problem with Hello.
Wait, there's one more hiccup. The screenplay, credited to Atul Agnihotri and Chetan Bhagat, lacks the power to hold your attention from start to end, barring a few stray moments in the second hour.
Based on Chetan Bhagat's book 'One Night @ The Call Centre', Hello makes an attempt to peep into the lives of those working at call centres, but things are presented in such an amateurish manner that it fails to cut ice.
Perhaps director Atul Agnihotri wanted his second directorial venture to be a complete departure from stereotypical movies, but, believe it or not, there's hardly any story to tell in the first hour. Defining character sketches of the principal players should constitute maximum 15 odd minutes of the film. You don't devote your entire first hour to it.
Post interval, there's some movement in the story, but not enough to take the film to a different level. Even the culmination is so filmy. Suddenly, everything seems to be going right for the call centre personnel. It's a screenplay of convenience.
Hello talks of the events that happen in one night at a call centre. Shyam (Sharman Joshi) is losing his girlfriend because his career is going nowhere as he trudges his way around in a call centre. His girlfriend, Priyanka (Gul Panag), also works at the call centre, but her mother (Bharti Achrekar) wants her married to a wealthy NRI.
An aspiring model, Esha (Isha Koppikar), is hoping for the break that seems to be eluding her... Varun aka Vroom (Sohail Khan) loves Esha, but she's more focused on her career!
Radhika (Amrita Arora) is constantly at the receiving end of her mother-in-law. Even her husband (Arbaaz Khan) is having an affair... A beleaguered grandfather, Military Uncle (Sharat Saxena), has been barred from interacting with his grandchild!
The screenplay tends to get so amateurish at times that you actually want to ask the writers, Hello, do you know the basics of screenplay development? Also, the call centre personnel look more like a bunch of college kids, while the Americans, calling up call centre executives to sort out their problems, come across as nincompoops.
Saddled with a poor screenplay, there's not much that director Atul Agnihotri can do to salvage the show. Sajid-Wajid's music is pleasant. The Salman song at the very outset, 'Bang Bang', and 'Karle Baby Dance Dance' are energetic. Sanjay F. Gupta's cinematography is alright!
Salman Khan looks haggard, as if he has been woken up from his sleep. The eye bags and double chin are too evident.
Besides, the actor has been given main prominence in posters/billboards, but the fact remains that he's hardly there for a song and scene at the start, a brief scene at the interval and a scene and promotional video at the end. Katrina Kaif looks angelic, but even she has a 5-10 minute role.
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Wait, there's one more hiccup. The screenplay, credited to Atul Agnihotri and Chetan Bhagat, lacks the power to hold your attention from start to end, barring a few stray moments in the second hour.
Based on Chetan Bhagat's book 'One Night @ The Call Centre', Hello makes an attempt to peep into the lives of those working at call centres, but things are presented in such an amateurish manner that it fails to cut ice.
Perhaps director Atul Agnihotri wanted his second directorial venture to be a complete departure from stereotypical movies, but, believe it or not, there's hardly any story to tell in the first hour. Defining character sketches of the principal players should constitute maximum 15 odd minutes of the film. You don't devote your entire first hour to it.
Post interval, there's some movement in the story, but not enough to take the film to a different level. Even the culmination is so filmy. Suddenly, everything seems to be going right for the call centre personnel. It's a screenplay of convenience.
Hello talks of the events that happen in one night at a call centre. Shyam (Sharman Joshi) is losing his girlfriend because his career is going nowhere as he trudges his way around in a call centre. His girlfriend, Priyanka (Gul Panag), also works at the call centre, but her mother (Bharti Achrekar) wants her married to a wealthy NRI.
An aspiring model, Esha (Isha Koppikar), is hoping for the break that seems to be eluding her... Varun aka Vroom (Sohail Khan) loves Esha, but she's more focused on her career!
Radhika (Amrita Arora) is constantly at the receiving end of her mother-in-law. Even her husband (Arbaaz Khan) is having an affair... A beleaguered grandfather, Military Uncle (Sharat Saxena), has been barred from interacting with his grandchild!
The screenplay tends to get so amateurish at times that you actually want to ask the writers, Hello, do you know the basics of screenplay development? Also, the call centre personnel look more like a bunch of college kids, while the Americans, calling up call centre executives to sort out their problems, come across as nincompoops.
Saddled with a poor screenplay, there's not much that director Atul Agnihotri can do to salvage the show. Sajid-Wajid's music is pleasant. The Salman song at the very outset, 'Bang Bang', and 'Karle Baby Dance Dance' are energetic. Sanjay F. Gupta's cinematography is alright!
Salman Khan looks haggard, as if he has been woken up from his sleep. The eye bags and double chin are too evident.
Besides, the actor has been given main prominence in posters/billboards, but the fact remains that he's hardly there for a song and scene at the start, a brief scene at the interval and a scene and promotional video at the end. Katrina Kaif looks angelic, but even she has a 5-10 minute role.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Miley Cyrus
Full Biography
On the Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana” (2006- ), Miley Cyrus played a perky, charming middle-school student who just happened to lead a double life as the pop queen Hannah Montana, disguising her true identity by means of a wig. While the premise was the definition of hokey TV fabrications, it was actually not too far removed from Cyrus’ own life. The decidedly normal young girl from Nashville, TN, also happened to be the daughter of ‘90s country chart-topper-turned-actor Billy Ray Cyrus, and began launching her own singing career in addition to fronting “Hannah Montana.”
Born Nov. 23, 1992, Cyrus was the middle child of six, earning the name “Miley” due to her sunny outlook and beaming grin while still a baby. Dad Billy Ray dubbed her “Smiley,” which was later shortened to “Miley” (Cyrus’ birth name was Destiny Hope). Cyrus got an early taste of performing, thanks to her dad’s juggernaut music career, culminating in his best-selling (but since that time, much maligned) single, “My Achy-breaky heart.” As a toddler, she frequently appeared onstage at his concerts to perform a song or two with him. When the elder Cyrus moved into acting, his daughter caught the bug and wrangled a few appearances on his TV series “Doc” (PAX, 2001-04). This led to a small role in Tim Burton’s fantasy feature “Big Fish,” (2003) for which she was billed as Destiny Cyrus.
Bolstered by these appearances, Cyrus began pursuing an acting career in earnest, and at age 11, caught the eye of Disney Channel producers (including Michael Poryes, co-creator of the network’s biggest then hit, “That’s So Raven”) when they began casting for “Hannah Montana.” Concerns over her age and height (Cyrus is 5’ 4”) were dismissed once they saw her way with both a line and a song (Cyrus had a surprisingly mature voice for her age), and by the time she turned 13, the multi-talented girl was starring in her own Disney Channel series. Making it a true family affair, Dad Billy Ray joined her on the show to play her father-manager and dole out countrified advice (and to lend the exceptionally manic series a moment or two of quiet).
“Hannah Montana” debuted on The Disney Channel on March 26, 2004 to record ratings, solidifying the show as the network’s newest hit. The inevitable tie-in products soon followed – a soundtrack CD, with five songs crooned by Cyrus, including the title theme, “Best of Both Worlds,” which cracked the Billboard Top 100 singles charts; “Hannah”-related DVDs; video games; and other ephemera were snapped up to the delight of the young fans. Cyrus also contributed a version of “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” to the fourth volume of the phenomenally popular Disney Mania CD series in April of 2006 (she could also be heard on her father’s 2006 release, “Wanna Be Your Joe”). In June of that year, she performed as Hannah Montana live concert as Hannah Montana at Disney World, as well as signed a four-album deal with Disney’s Hollywood Records.
After an extremely lucrative and higher-profile 2007; one in which her "Hannah Montana" tour sold out astronomically – with parents desperate to appease their children by paying unreasonably high prices on E-bay or through scalpers. It was, simply, the tour of the year, dollar and hype-wise. However, the same week Cyrus graced the cover of People magazine in April of 2008, and only two weeks after performing two fan-friendly numbers on Fox's "American Idol Gives Back" charity special, Cyrus posed for a spread in Vanity Fair shot by legendary photographer, Annie Liebovitz, which erupted into a firestorm of controversy after the pictures were leaked onto the Internet. Posing semi-topless, with only a white sheet held in front, the backless photos of Disney's 15-year-old cash cow erupted into a mainstream media topic – the question of whether children, particularly young girls, were growing up too fast; too sexual, and whether the many outraged mothers who took to blogs or TV talk shows, were justified in their anger. Cyrus, herself, immediately issued an apology, proclaiming the shots were supposed to be "artistic," and that she never meant to offend the millions of tweens who looked up to her.
Profession(s):
actress, singer, musician
Sometimes Credited As:
Destiny Hope Cyrus
Hannah Montana
Miley Ray Cyrus
Family
brother:Braison Cyrus (Born c. 1994; mother, Leticia “Tish” Cyrus)
father:Billy Ray Cyrus (Born in 1961; best known for the 1992 hit single “Achy Breaky Heart”; co-starred in the Disney Channel series, "Hannah Montana" starring his daughter Miley Cyrus)
godmother:Dolly Parton (Appeared in an episode of “Hannah Montana”)
half-brother:Christopher Cody Cyrus (Born c. 1992; Billy's son from a previous relationship)
half-brother:Trace Cyrus (Born c. 1989; from mother’s previous relationship with Baxter Neal Helson; legally adopted by Billy Ray Cyrus)
half-sister:Brandi Cyrus (Born c. 1987; from mother’s previous relationship; legally adopted by Billy Ray Cyrus; guitarist in Miley’s band)
mother:Leticia Cyrus (Born c. 1967; AKA Tish; Miley’s manager; married Miley’s father Dec. 28, 1992)
sister:Noah Cyrus (Born c. 2000; mother, Leticia “Tish” Cyrus)
Companion(s)
Nicholas Jonas , Companion , ```..Born c. 1992; member of the rock trio The Jonas Brothers
Education
Heritage Middle School Franklin, TN
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