A look at Salman’s comedy flick Ready…

From the bone-crushing action of Dabangg, Salman Khan now switches to comedy for director Anees Bazmee’s next film Ready.
The movie, starring Asin opposite Khan, is produced by Bhushan Kumar and is slated to release on May 27, 2011. It’s been partly shot in Sri Lanka for which there was a lot of protest down south in Tamil Nadu. Nowadays, the film is being shot in Mumbai.

Akshay demands Rs.27 cr to play Dawood…

It seems Salman Khan isn’t the only one in Bollywood demanding pay hikes; Akshay Kumar is trying to be a better khiladi at this game. But Akki overdid it a bit recently and he may have blown his chances of playing the dreaded underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Ekta Kapoor’s sequel to Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.
Balaji Telefilm’s head honcho, Ekta Kapoor offered Akshay to step into Emraan Hashmi’s shoes in the second part of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai.
Says a source close to the film,“Ekta wants to take the sequel of Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai to the next level. She felt that Akshay would be ideal for playing Dawood Ibrahim’s role.
She likes the way Akshay acts and feels that he has a lot of potential for playing challenging roles.”
But it turns out that the actor is not doing the project despite what Ekta feels about him. Grapevine has it that Akshay asked for a whopping sum of Rs 27 crore from Balaji for his role in the film.
He was told that it would be difficult to generate profits if he was paid this large a fee.
Akshay was then asked if he would reconsider the situation and reduce his fee. It seems Balaji is still waiting for a revertal on that. After that discussion, Balaji and Akshay never arrived at a negotiation.
Rumour also has it that Akshay wanted Balaji to sell the film to a corporate, so they could incur ready profits. But so far Balaji has never involved a corporate giant in their projects, so this did not work out either.
However, all’s not lost. Akshay’s name is apparently still being considered for Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Part 2 at the Balaji office. But if Akki chooses to ride his high horse, he stands a chance of losing the film.
Agreed,
it’s fashionable to make big-budget films nowadays. But if actors’ fee skyrocket at this rate, it is bound to affect the quality of cinema. That actors are consistently bleeding productions houses dry is a fact the entire industry is grappling with.
While films in Bollywood continue to lose money, will actors develop a conscience and cut down a little on their remuneration? Only time will tell. In the meantime, Akki seems to have lost out on a relatively challenging role.
Besides Ekta Kapoor, Akshay too remained unavailable for comment.

Winona Ryder Worried of Having Children in Her Career

Worried, the actress Winona Ryder feared that bearing kids will reduce her possibility of having more acting careers in the future.
The female actress is planning not to start a family later on if this will damage her career in the show business. If she wanted to have a family now, she asked if there is still a great chance that she will be coming back to the movie scene after several years.
The American actress is not willing to get pregnant not only because of her role in “Black Swan”, but as well as the Hollywood’s approach to ageing actresses. She will portray Beth Maclyntyre as the prima ballerina who was then substituted by a younger dancer Nina played by the actress Natalie Portman.
She even added that it was a cool parallel being substituted by fresh others. She said that she knows that this is happening in the Hollywood today, and that it is difficult to locate excellent roles when there are newer girls around the business.

President Obama To Sign Bill To End DADT!

Victory!
Earlier today, the Senate passed a vote to repeal the 17-year-old policy, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
President Obama praised Congress and sent a letter to the Democratic National Committee and his supporters on his behalf. This is what he wrote:

Moments ago, the Senate voted to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
When that bill reaches my desk, I will sign it, and this discriminatory law will be repealed.
Gay and lesbian service members — brave Americans who enable our freedoms — will no longer have to hide who they are.
The fight for civil rights, a struggle that continues, will no longer include this one.
This victory belongs to you. Without your commitment, the promise I made as a candidate would have remained just that.

Sharon Takes On Cher!

She's giving her opinion on EVERYONE lately!
Former X Factor judge Sharon Osbourne recently weighed in on the just-finished last season, and had some pretty harsh opinions about finalist Cher Lloyd!
She explains:

"I thought it was a fucking act. I like her and I think she's a sassy little thing. But Cher knew what she was doing and she's as fragile as I am. But she's too young to be a diva - she hasn't earned that right. Cher wants to be a mini Cheryl Cole. We've already got Cheryl - we don't need Cher. And I wouldn't put her in Amy Winehouse's league. She hasn't got the talent and individuality that Amy has."

Don't be so quick to write her off, bb!
We think she has quite a bit of originality for such a young performer, but we do agree that the rumored diva-tude needs to go!
What do U think?? Is Sharon right about Cher??

Lindsay Lohan Tailed By ‘Psychotic’ Paparazzo

Rehabbing starlet Lindsay Lohan is reportedly being stalked by a paparazzo who surveys her every move at the Betty Ford Clinic.
As we reported last week, Lohan has been moved to a private, secure facility after she received harassing phone calls and text messages from unknown numbers.
The unidentified caller has been making repeated calls to the starlet, making disparaging statements about her recovery and family, reports TMZ.
The website is also claiming that Lohan is “scared stiff” of a paparazzo who tails the actress in a car with tinted windows, yelling at her every time her car comes to a stop.
TMZ claims that the snapper “seems to live outside Lindsay’s digs”, and that she’s convinced the shutterbug as “psychotic.”
Lohan’s reportedly so rattled by the pap attention, she’s asked her lawyers to seek a restraining order.
Meanwhile, Lohan’s father Michael has trashed escalating reports that Britney Spears’ former manager Sam Lutfi is allegedly stalking his daughter.
“I don’t know how Sam got..
Lindsay’s number but what I do know is that Sam Lutfi only sent Lindsay one text which said negative things about Dina,” Michael tells RadarOnline .
“I don’t know what his deal is but I told him, ‘Don’t you ever text my daughter again.’” he fumed.
“Someone is trying to say Sam is the stalker and Sam has nothing to do with that and it has nothing to do with Sam or the press,” Michael said.
“It has to do with two particular individuals and they [Betty Ford] had to move Lindsay to a secret place because of them, not Sam.”

Bigg Boss brings the couple back together on one platform…

When Salman Khan is in the mood to have fun, expect a blast. The dashing star welcomed his ex girlfriend Katrina Kaif on the show Bigg Boss 4, and together the duo brought the house down.
Surprisingly, there was no awkwardness between Salman and Katrina. Dressed in a jazzy red sari, Katrina appeared on the show to promote her upcoming film Tees Maar Khan.
Salman, who’s the show’s host, teased Katrina, made her laugh, made her dance and the lady seemed to enjoy every moment of it. At one instant he posed her a tricky question that got Katrina thinking.
He asked her who is her favorite co-stars? He gave her two options: Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan.
Katrina was at a loss for a moment. Then she gave the answer.
Don’t miss the show today..