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	Aamir Khan shooting in Portugal Date: 02/15/2006 Aamir Khan is currently shooting for his Aditya Chopra's Fanaah Fanaah in Portugal, which also stars Kajol .
	Aishwarya Rai's Provoked to be screened at Cannes Date: 02/07/2006 Aishwarya Rai will make another appearance at the Cannes film festival in May, this time for her role of a woman struggling for dignity in the film Provoked . The film is directed by Jag Mundhra and stars Aishwarya Rai and Naveen Andrews. Ash has also being a jury member at the Cannes and four years ago her film Devdas was screened at the Cannes. The film is produced by Dr. J Murli Manohar, who will have another film, Infinite Justice, also screened at Cannes. Provoked is being distributed by an American company – Lee Daniel's Entertainment which also distributed a Halle Berry starrer, Monster's Ball.
	Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif together in a movie Date: 02/07/2006 Director Raj Kanwar has announced that he is currently shooting his next film Humko Deewanaa Kar Gaye in Himachal Pradesh's resort Manali with Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. with a expected April 2006 release date. The film is based on a true love story and also stars Bipasha Basu .
	Abhishek celebrates his birthdate with the stars Date: 02/06/2006 Abhishek Bachchan’s turned a year older and moves closer to being the next superstar. His birthday party was celebrated at Bachchan residence Pratiksha with all the Bollywood stars making an appearances. The guest list included Aishwarya Rai , Rani Mukherjee , Preity Zinta , Urmila Matondkar , Saif Ali Khan , Ajay Devgan to mention a few of the star that came to wish the junior Bachchan the best wishes of the day and a succesfull 2006.
	Preity Zinta turns 32 Date: 02/06/2006 Preity Zinta turned 32 on January 31st and hopes year 2006 bring her great success like her past year. In year 2006 Preity will be seening in Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna , Rakesh Roshan's Krrish and Shirish Kunder's Janeman . Preity Preity hopes that there releases bring her as much success as Dil Se and Kal Ho Naa Ho and Veer Zaara.
	Krrish to release in early summer Date: 02/06/2006 The release date for Krrish is set for the month of June, much before the other two anticipated movies of 2006, Don and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna . Krrish stars Hrithik Roshan , Priyanka Chopra and Preity Zinta in special appearance.
	Tentative Release Date for Umrao Jaan Set Date: 02/04/2006 J P Dutta's Umrao Jaan with Former Miss World Aishwarya Rai to heat up the summer. The shooting of Umrao Jaan , a remake of the 80s hit Umrao Jaan starring Rekha, came to a completion last week in Jaipur. With only some final touches left to be completed over the next month, the movie is rest to release in May or June 2006. The movie star cast also includes Abhishek Bachchan (in the role of Nawaab Sultaan), Shabana Azmi, Suniel Shetty, Divya Dutta, Ayesha Julka, Bikram Saluja and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. In this movie, Aishwarya Rai will be dance to Alka Yagnik's mujra song before Abhishek Bachchan . Anu Malik is the music director of the film and has given brilliant ghazals.
	Actress Celina Jaitley and Sean Teeg Date: 02/04/2006 Actress Celina Jaitley recently confessed that she is seeing an officer, Sean Teeg, of a Californian production company. Sean Teeg met Celina at the premiere of her Jaanasheen. Celina has a scene in Jawani Deewani in which she is wearng an metallic red bikni.
	First it was Saif, and now Abhishek has turned down Veeru's role Date: 02/02/2006 The role os Veeru in Ram Gopal Verma remake of Sholay was earlier turned down by Saif Ali Khan and now Abhishek Bachchan has turned down the role becuase he had given the dates to Maniratnam to act in a English movie. Ramu still has Amitabh Bachchan signed to play the role of Gabbar Singh.
	Now it's Kareena On The Cover Of Maxim Date: 02/01/2006 Kareena Kapoor , daughter of the Randhir Kapoor, will be on the February cover of Maxim India. He follows Priyanka Chopra whom was on the first issue of Maxim. The magazine will also include an exclusive bikini shoot of a famous model and ex-Mrs. India Naina Dhaliwal.
	Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor on Indian Idol Date: 02/01/2006 Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor are scheduled to the guest judges on the Sony TV Show Indian Idol on February 06, 2006. Kareena Kapoor will also be featured on the February edition of Maxim to follow the apperance of Priyanka Chopra on the cover of the 1st issue of Maxim in January 2006.
	Preity Zinta turns 32 Date: 02/01/2006 In a recent interview Karan Johar talked about his friend Preity Zinta , whom he has directed in 2 films, Kal Ho Na Ho and now Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna . Preity started her career with a small role in Dil Se and then Kya Kehna.
	Niharika Singh to enter Bollywood Date: 02/01/2006 Niharika Singh , Miss India Earth 2003, in a recent interview mentioned that her next step would be to work in Bollywood.
	It's father vs son for the top award Date: 01/30/2006 Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan has both being nominated for the ZEE Cine Awards 2006 Best Actor award. The Big B has been nominated for his role in Black and the junior Bachchan has been nominated for his role in Bunty Aur Babli . The ZEE Cine Awards award this year will be held in Mauritius on Saturday 4th March and shown Live on ZEE TV India. Others who have been nominated for the best actor award are Ajay Devgan (Apaharan), Akshay Kumar (Waqt), Saif Ali Khan (Parineeta) and Shahrukh Khan (Paheli).
	Bajirao Mastani keeping Sanjay Leela Bhansali busy Date: 01/26/2006 Sanjay Leela Bhansali is currently busy with his next mega movie starring Salman Khan opposite Kareena Kapoor in Bajirao Mastani . His previous masterpeices include Devdas starring Shahrukh Khan , Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit and Black starring Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee .
	Bollywood to spend more then Rs 500 crore this year Date: 01/29/2006 Bollywood will spend more then Rs 500 crore in year 2006 to bring the world many films with some sequels like Dhoom 2 starring Aishwarya Rai , Hrithik Roshan , Uday Chopra and Abhishek Bachchan , Phir Hera Pheri starring Akshay Kumar , Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, Kya Kool Hai Hum, Krish starring Hrithik Roshan , and Darna Zaroori Hai . This year will also bring remakes of past success to include Sholay with Amitabh Bachchan , Don starring Shahrukh Khan , Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam with Priyanka Chopra , and Shiva with Mohit Ahlawat.
	Kaun Banega Crorepati Cancelled Date: 01/29/2006 Star TV has cancelled Kaun Banega Crorepati anchored by Amitabh Bachchan . The show has been not shot since Amitabh Bachchan has become ill and now Amitabh and Abhishek have declined to anchor the show due to preoccupation with their movie shooting schedules.
	Priyanka Chopra makes an appearance on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Date: 01/27/2006 Priyanka Chopra made a guest appearance on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for their Republic Day special.
	What do Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor and John Abraham have in common? Date: 01/22/2006 What do Priyanka Chopra , Kareena Kapoor and John Abraham have in common? They are all have recently been signed by Pepsi to endorse its products. Kareena Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra have signed to endorse coffee flavor Pepsi, while just last it was announced that John Abraham had endorsed Diet Pepsi. Only time will tell if the endorsers use the product they endorse. As it was previously announced that Aishwarya Rai only endorses those products that she uses in her personal life, as she is user of Loreal. Watch the TV commerical . Not to get left behind Miss India Tanushree Dutta , recently inaugurate a jewelry store in Kolkatta named Senfo Gold.
	Tabu to star in two big releases in 2006 Date: 01/22/2006 Tabu will soon be seen in two big movies in year 2006. The first one is Fanaah , starring Kajol and Aamir Khan ; the other is Meera Nair's Namesake opposite Irfan Khan. In Fanaah, Tabu and Aamir Khan play a role of a terrorist and Kajol of an Kashmiri girl.
	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna one of the most awaited film of 2006 Date: 01/21/2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (KANK) directed by Karan Johar is one of the most awaited film of 2006. Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is currently been filmed on location in New York, USA. The film stars been names from bollywood like Amitabh Bachchan , Shahrukh Khan , Preity Zinta , Rani Mukherjee , Abhishek Bachchan , Urmila Matondkar and Arjun Rampal . Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna is a story about romance in which Rani is married to Amitabh and Shah Rukh is married to Urmila.
	Bipasha Basu comes out ahead of Aishwarya Rai and Priyanka Chopra Date: 01/21/2006 Bollywood's Bengali Beauty, Bipasha Basu beat out Aishwarya Rai , Priyanka Chopra , and Sushmita Sen, to win the title of India`s “Most Desirable Woman" in a poll conducted by Zoom, India’s premier glamour and lifestyle television channel. Bipasha was choosen from a list of 50 contenders. Aishwarya Rai came second while Priyanka Chopra took the third place. Mallika Sherawat and Sushmita Sen, wound up with the forth and fifth place respentivaly.
	Next Sushmita Sen release delayed Date: 01/21/2006 Release for Sushmita Sen, next movie, Chingari , has been delayed since Sushmita has refused to promote the film. The reason for her refusal to promote the film is that a paper has released a interview of the film's romantic lead, Anuj Sawhney, bragged about how many retakes he did for a kissing sequence with Sushmita. Kalpana Lajmi's cannot take the movie to the audience without support from her leading lady, Sushmita. Beside all of this, soon Sushmita will own a restaurant and a nightclub in Kolkata, her hometown. She will also be playing the role of Indian Cleopatra opposite Hollywood star Richard Gere in The Great Emperor .
	Saif Ali Khan declines a Mani Rathnam and Ram Gopal Varma offer Date: 01/19/2006 Saif Ali Khan declined an offer by Mani Rathnam to work on a bi-lingual film (Hindi and English) and also declined the role of Veeru on Ram Gopal Varma's remake of the hit movie Sholay . Saif had to choose between three big projects he had been offered and he choose the role of Iago on Vishal Bharadwaj's adaptation of Othello .
	Kalpana Lazmi, Sushmita Sen and Aishwarya Rai Date: 01/18/2006 Kalpana Lazmi soon to be released movie Chingari has Sushmita Sen, , a former Miss Universe 1994 and Miss India 1994, starring in the lead role. Her next project will be to direct Aishwarya Rai , former Miss World 1994 and Runner up Miss India 1994, in Singhasan , if a producer can be found to fund the project. Kalpana is known to make movies that have an artistic value
	Rimi Sen to star in a sequel Date: 01/18/2006 Rimi Sen will next star in the sequel of a great comday of the past, Hera Pheri. She has been signed to star with Akshay Kumar , Sunil Shetty, Paresh Rawal and Bipasha Basu in the next installment of the comday Hera Pheri to be release later this year, the movie will be directed by Neeraj Vora and is title Phir Hera Pheri (Hera Pheri 2) . Rimi latest release were Kyunki and Garam Masala.
	For Salman, the trail goes on... Date: 01/15/2006 On Thursday, Salman Khan pleaded innocence at his hearing for a case against him related to the poaching of black buck deer in Rajasthan back in 1998. The hearing lastet more then four hours. Salman appeared in court with Satish Shah and four others whom the police booked in Jodhpur Oct 11, 1998 under the Wildlife Protection Act for allegedly killing a deer and two black bucks at Ghoda farms and Bhawad.
	Amitabh and Rani get Screen awards for Black Date: 01/14/2006 Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee received the best actor and best actress awards at the Hero Honda 12th Annual Star Screen Awards respectively. Amitabh was also nominated for best supporting actor for his role of DCP Dashrath Singh in Bunty Aur Babli whom is starred opposite his son Abhishek Bachchan , who collected the award on his father's behalf. Abhishek Bachchan himself picked up 2 awards, best actor in a comic role in Bunty Aur Babli and Jodi No.1. Black won all together 10 awards out of the 12 categories it was nominated for including best film and best director for Bhansali.
	Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapur together Date: 01/14/2006 Kareena Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor have signed the next film of Priyadarshan's, titled Chup Chup Ke . They are also working together on 2 other films, Boney Kapoor's Milenge Milenge and Subhash Ghai's 36 China Town .
	Amitabh Bachchan disassociates himself from his forthcoming movie's publicity banners Date: 01/12/2006 Amitabh Bachchan has been given a legal notice for appearing in an advertisement showing him smoking a cigar in publicity banner for his next release, Family . He has also apologised to an anti-tobacco group and has promised not to not promote smoking in future Bollywood promotions. In fact, the anti-tobacco NGOs have asked the actor to express his solidarity with the movement since the megastar apperance in electronic and print media and denounce smoking can help convice the people that he is a teetotaller and hates smoking.
	Sexy Goswami in Aksar Date: 01/13/2006 Udita Goswami career started her in sexy roles being part of the Bhatt camp. Her sexy role reappeared in other such movies as Paap and Zeher. But her role in Aksar is published as even more sexy then her past movies. The promos have her intense lip locking scenes with smooch king Imraan Hashmi.
	Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on screen chemistry Date: 01/12/2006 Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on screen chemistry is great as it can be seen in the now famous song, Kajra Re, of the movie Bunty Aur Babli. They have also worked together in the past in Na Kaho and Dhai Akshar Prem Ke, which did not have much box office success. Let's see what 2006 bring for both the stars, it would be great to see the onscreen chemistry become sometime off screen, only time will tell.
	SRK signed as ICICI banks global brand ambassador Date: 01/12/2006 One of India's largest bank, ICICI Bank Limited, has signed Shahrukh Khan as their global brand ambassador. The bank hopes that Shahrukh popularity internationally will help the bank.
	Shaahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia to star in Full and Final Date: 01/12/2006 Ayesha Takia will be once working with Shahid Kapoor . They both had worked on Yeh Dil Maange More in the past. Their new film is titled Full and Final and will be directed by Ahmad Khan and produced by Feroz Nadiadwala. Other stars in the movie include the likes of Vivek Oberoi , Sunil Shetty and Sunny Deol. In other news, Shaahid has been nominated for the Best Actor category for his work on Shikhar and his recent release Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi with Sanjay Dutt is also doing well at the box office.
	Aishwarya Rai turns down an endorsement offer for Ganga in America Date: 01/11/2006 Aishwarya Rai has endorsed many products within India as well as all over the world, but now she has refused an offer to endorse Ganga mineral water in America. The reason for declining the offer was she felt that it would be wrong to portray that the Ganga has come to America. Aishwarya endorses brands like L’Oreal and is the only representative in the L’Oreal Paris dream team from India. Aish has also endorsed other famous brands like Coca-Cola and DeBeers diamonds.
	Hrithik turns 32, hopes to have a spectacular 2006 Date: 01/10/2006 Hrithik Roshan celebrates his 32nd birthday and hope to have a great 2006. Hrithik started off well with his debut in his father's, Rakesh Roshan, film Kaho Na Pyar Hai back in 2000. Since then his has been a little quite, but hopes to turn that around in 2006 with the release of Krrish , a sequel to his last film Koi Mil Gaya, due out sometime in late March. Hrithik and Suzzane's first child is also due around the time of the release of the film. Hrithik's other forthcoming Bollywood movie release include Sanjay Ghadvi's Dhoom 2 Dhoom 2, in which he is playing a negative role, and Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodha Akbar .
	Now an Indo-Chinese project for Diya Date: 01/06/2006 Diya Mirza Dia Mirza is negotiations to star in an Indo-Chinese movie as Aishwarya Rai and Mallika Sherawat have done in the past. The title of the film is Meet The Parents. Diya Mirza is hoping to have a bright 2006 which includes the release of her following films: Neeraj Bohra's Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha , Anshu Trikha's Alag , Raju Hirani's Munna Bhai Meets Mahatma Gandhi and Sohail Khan's Fight Club starring Dino Morea and Zayed Khan .
	Shekhar of Vishal-Shekhar has jaundice Date: 01/06/2006 Shekhar Ravjiani of the team Vishal -Shekhar, has come down with jaundice. Vishal-Shekhar is the music director duo that has in recent times provided great music in some big name movies like Shabd , Karam , Dus , Salaam Namaste , Home Delivery , Ek Ajnabee Ek Ajnabee, Bluffmaster and will be providing music in Taxi Number 9211 (2006) starring John Abraham , Nana Patekar , and Sameera Reddy .
	Aishwarya Rai now a film distributor Date: 01/05/2006 Aishwarya Rai has ventured in film distribution by acquiring the rights to distribute her film The Last Legion , directed by Doug Lefler and starring Colin Firth and Ben Kingsley. She also has Mistress of Spices , directed by Paul Berges husband of director Gurinder Chaddha, releasing on April 14, 2006 and other 2 films to be release later in the year including Provoked , also featuring actress Nandita Das.
	Priyanka to appear in Maxim Date: 01/03/2006 Priyanka Chopra has been selected to appear on the cover, in a red revealing outfit, of the first international men's lifestyle magazine to enter India, Maxim. The magazine is available in major Indian cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore and will provide information on celebrities, sports, movies and the auto industry.
	Aishwarya Rai in the top 10 of the E! 101 Sexy Bodies list Date: 01/03/06 Aishwarya Rai is starting 2006 the same way she started 2005, she has made the elite list of 101 sexiest bodies put together by TV channel E!, it was impressive to make the into the list, but it's more impressive since she beat out Hollywood names like Halle Berry, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and Madonna to end up in the top 10. Others on the list include Beyonce Knowles, Angelina Jolie , and Brad Becks.

Movie Releasing February 03, 2006:

Aksar (2006)
Cast: Emraan Hashmi , Udita Goswami

Mere Jeevan Saathi (2006)
Cast: Akshay Kumar , Karisma Kapoor

Movie Releasing February 10, 2006:

Jigyasa (2006)
Cast: Mukesh Tiwari , Hrishita Bhatt

Holiday (2006)
Cast: Dino Morea , Kashmira Shah

Mr 100 The Real Player (2006)
Cast: Aryan Vaid , Mahima Choudhary

Expected Movie Releases Feb 2006:

Gahraee (2006)
Cast: Mukesh Khanna , Isha Koppikar

Haseena Smart Sexy Dangerous (2006)
Cast: Rajan Kapoor , Isha Koppikar

India News

02/03/2006 Moderate Quake shakes Gujarat's Kutch region
At about 6:24 a.m. earthquake of slight intensity, 4.4 on the Richter scale, some parts of the Kutch region along the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat. The epicentre of the quake was 23.9 degrees north of latitude and 70.5 degrees east of longitude

02/02/2006 Reliance alleges rigging in airport bids, goes to court
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Airports Developers Ltd on Thursday filed a complaints in the Delhi high court to seek cancellation of the contracts to GMR and GVK to modernisation of Delhi and Mumbai airport.

02/01/2006 Young Indian director readies feature film
Kishan S S at the age of 10 is making his directorial debut with a feature film on children in the street. The film is about 85% complete and is being scheduled for release in April 2006. The film is being produced by Kishan's mother, Shailaja and stars Bollywood actor, Jackie Shroff.

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Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid near record
On the forth day of the first test match, Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid are nearing a opening-wicket partnership record of 413 runs set by another Indian batsmen pair against New Zealand back in 1955-56. Sehwag is batting at 247 while Dravid is batting at 128.

Younis leads four Pakistani centurions againt India
Younis Khan scored 199 before getting runout scoring his 200th run at close of play on the second day of the first Test against India at the Gaddafi Stadium. Others who scored centuries were, Mohammed Yusuf, Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal. India was were 65 for no loss at close of play on second day.

Pakistan 326/2 at close at Lahore
Younis Khan batting at 147 and Mohammad Yousuf at 95 at close of play on the first day of the first Test against India at the Gaddafi Stadium.

Tennis News:

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01/23/2006: Davenport loses top ranking
Davenport was knocked out of the Australian Open quarter-finals by losing to Justine Henin-Hardenne 2-6 6-2 6-3.

01/19/2006: Sania Mirza out in second round of the Australian Open
Sania Mirza lost to Michaella Krajicek from Dutch in the 2nd round of the Australian Open in less then 81 minutes. If this was not enought, Sania Mirza and her American partner Corina Morariu also lost there doubles match against Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) and Amelie Mauresmo (France).

Lotto launches Sania Mirza signature collection

Muslims burn effigy of Sania Mirza

Hollywood News:

02/10/2006:
According to People Magazine Neve Campbell is engaged to British actor John Light. This would be a second marriage for Neve, who was previously married to Canadian actor Jeff Colt from 1994 to 1997. Neve Campbell engaged to British actor John Light

02/07/2006:
Scarlett Johansson , Keira Knightley, and Tom Ford will appear on Vanity Fair magazine's cover edition of yearly Hollywood issue. Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley are on the cover in the nude while Tom Ford with a traditional black suit. Others in the magazine include Angelina Jolie naked in a bathtub. Knightley is also nominated for a best actress Oscar for her performance in Pride and Prejudice. Read more...

01/02/2006: 'Narnia' beats out 'King Kong' at the box office
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe took over the number one spot at the box away from King Kong. Read More...

01/02/2006: 2006 Hollywood Movie Preview
Big Mommas House 2 (1/27), Curious George (2/10), Final Destination 3 (2/10), The Pink Panther (2/10), The Break Up (2/10), Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (3/10), Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (3/31), Scary Movie 4 (4/14), Mission: Impossible 3 (5/05), Omen 666 (6/06), Cars (6/09), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (6/16), Superman Returns (6/30), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest (7/07), Miami Vice (7/28), September (a.k.a. 9/11 project) (8/11), Both Spiderman 3 and Shrek 4 will be released around May 2007. Read More...

01/01/2006: Aishwarya Rai, Paris Hilton and Birtney Spears Read More...

01/01/2006: Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear in clips from 'The Matador.' Read More...

01/01/2006: Mission Impossible III - Coming this summer Read More...

Money & Finance News:

01/05/2006:
On Thursday, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. announced that Howard Stern will receive 34 million shares of stock -- worth about $220 million at today's prices. The main rival for Sirius is the Washington, D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. Howard Stern to Get Sirius

01/05/2006: Court Dashes Steve Jobs' Dreams

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