Sherlyn Chopra In Victoria Secret
Date:
06/26/2007:
Sherlyn Chopra
will be featured in the world known Victoria Secret catalog. She
will be wearing sexy lingerie with chains and whips in her hands in the ad
campaign for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Other bollywood
stars that have in the past supported PETA include Rakhi Sawant, Celina Jaitley and Yana Gupta.
'The Unforgettable' World Tour
Date:
06/26/2007:
The Unforgettable world tour will feature the following Bollywood movies stars
Amitabh Bachchan
,
Aishwarya Rai
,
Abhishek Bachchan
,
Lara Dutta
,
Bipasha Basu
and Ritesh Deshmukh. The tour is scheduled to start April 2008 and will
span across six continents, covering eighteen countries. The show will also feature a
TV series that will capture all the excitement of being on the road with the Bollywood stars.
Rani Mukherjee Engaged To Aditya Chopra
Date:
06/22/2007:
Finally,
Rani Mukherjee
and Aditya Chopra have announced their plans to get married
by getting engaged on Monday in Mumbai.
Actress Rani Mukherjee will marry Aditya Chopra, son of producer Yash Chopra and owner
of Yashraj Films.
Chak De India Hockey Team
Date:
06/22/2007:
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)
's women hockey team for
Chak De India (2007)
introduced in the new video. The team
includes Priti Sabarwal, Komal Chautala, Bindiya Naik, Vidya Sharma, Balbir Kaur,
Aliya Bose, Gunjan Lakhani, Nethra Reddy, Gul Iqbal, Rani and Suimui.
IIFA 2007 To Be Held In Yorkshire
Date:
06/04/2007:
This year the IIFA 2007 awards will be held at Yorkshire on June 09, 2007. The
award will feature many awards and many dances by top Bollywood movie stars. The IIFA
award will be hosted by Boman Irani and
Lara Dutta
with special awards section will be done by
Karan Johar
. Scheduled performance include
Abhishek Bachchan
,
Salman Khan
,
Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Aftab Shivdasani,
Saif Ali Khan
,
Shilpa Shetty
,
Bipasha Basu
and
Raima Sen
.
Mahima Chaudhary Expecting A Baby
Date:
06/01/2007:
Mahima Chaudhary
has been quite for sometime and been able to avoid the Bollywood
media for a while and keep her marriage and a baby a secret. Per articles online, Mahima
married Bobby Mukherjee, an architect, back in March 2006 in Las Vegas, USA.
She was discovered by Subhash Ghai's and started in the successful movie, Pardes, opposite
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)
.
IIFA 2007 To Be Held In Yorkshire
Date:
06/04/2007:
This year the IIFA 2007 awards will be held at Yorkshire on June 09, 2007. The
award will feature many awards and many dances by top Bollywood movie stars. The IIFA
award will be hosted by Boman Irani and
Lara Dutta
with special awards section will be done by
Karan Johar
. Scheduled performance include
Abhishek Bachchan
,
Salman Khan
,
Akshay Kumar, Emraan Hashmi, Aftab Shivdasani,
Saif Ali Khan
,
Shilpa Shetty
,
Bipasha Basu
and
Raima Sen
.
Mahima Chaudhary Expecting A Baby
Date:
06/01/2007:
Mahima Chaudhary
has been quite for sometime and been able to avoid the Bollywood
media for a while and keep her marriage and a baby a secret. Per articles online, Mahima
married Bobby Mukherjee, an architect, back in March 2006 in Las Vegas, USA.
She was discovered by Subhash Ghai's and started in the successful movie, Pardes, opposite
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)
.
Sushmita In Don 2
Date:
05/28/2007:
After the great success of
Don 2
, director Farhan Akhtar and
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)
are ready to start on the next Don. The rumor has it that
Sushmita Sen
will replace
Priyanka Chopra
but the rest of the cast will remain the same. The movie had left the ending open
so a sequal cannot be left completly ruled out. Let's see what time bring us.
Indian Idol Is Back On Sony TV
Date:
05/27/2007:
Indian Idol has finally begun, they have narrowed the final list of contents to 28 vs the
usual 24, to include 14 males and 14 female singers. The show is a big hit and is hosted by
Mini Mathur and Hussain and the judge include Annu Malik, Alisha Chinoy, Udit Narayan and
Javad Akhtar. This year Indian Idol search for talent outside India by visiting London and Dubai.
05/19/2007:
The Cannes Film Festival, May 16 to May 27
05/11/2007:
Juhi Chawla In Krazy 4
05/11/2007:
Shilpa Shetty In Sydney and Melbourne
05/08/2007:
Chini Kum To Be Released on 25th May 2007
04/23/2007:
Newlyweds Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Visit Tirupati Temple
04/20/2007:
Finally Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Have Tied The Knot
04/20/2007:
Preity Zinta signed as brand ambassador
05/10/2007:
The Kapoor family will be the guest on the next episode
Koffee with Karan
. The Kapoor family is well known throught the Indian cinema with five generations
of film contibution as either actors, producers or directors. The guest stars on the show
will include Randhir, Rishi, Rajiv, Reema and Neetu Singh.
06/04/2007:
Paris Hilton
reported to Los Angeles County jail to serve her
three-week stay for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.
She was booked on Sunday and will serve 23 days out of the original 45 days asked by the
judge because of good behavior. Eariler in the day she has attented MTV Movie Awards where
she spoke to reporters briefly.
05/08/2007:
Amazon.com reported today that it has already received more then 1 million
advance orders for the next book to be released in the Harry Potter series.
The new book is titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and is scheduled to
be released on July 21, 2007 right after the release of the new Harry Potter
movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which is scheduled to be
released on July 13, 2007.
05/08/2007:
Paris Hilton
has been ordered by a California to report to county jail by June 5 for
violating her probation in an previous alcohol-related reckless driving case.
Paris is the star of reality TV show The Simple Life which is scheduled to
premieres May 28.
04/26/2007
Shrek the Third will release on May 18th, 2007. As before Shrek's will be voice will be
provided by Mike Myers, Princess Fiona by
Cameron Diaz
, Donkey by Eddie Murphy, Puss In Boots Antonio Banderas and Artie by Justin Timberlake.
The movie is rated PG.
Money, Finance, Technology News:
06/16/2007:
Apple's iPhone to be launched on Friday, June 29 at 6:00 pm Eastern time (2200 GMT). The
new device from Apple promises to bring together mobile phone, camera, web browser,
music and video player in a single pocket-sized personal unit. AT&T is the sole
telecoms carrier authorized to provide service for the iPhone. The iPhone will sell
for $499 or $599 depending on the model.
06/07/2007:
Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has signed a multi year contract with Vivo,
a Brazilian mobile phone operator.
05/28/2007:
Qatar Airways puts in a order to buy 80 A350 XWB long-range planes from Airbus SAS
worth $16 billion. The plans are to be equipped with engines made by Rolls-Royce Group.
Delivery of the Airbus A350 will begin in 2013. Boeing has beaten Airbus so far for the
new bigger planes with about 567 order with Airbus having about 13. Airbus is based
in Toulouse, France. Singapore Airlines Ltd has also places an order for 20 A350 XWBs and
Russia's OAO Aeroflot to buy 22 A350s.
World News:
05/31/2007:
An Atlanta lawyer has been diagonsed with a dangerous strain of tuberculosis.
He is now under quarantine in a Denver hospital as ordered by the U.S. government.
05/31/2007:
Xiang Xiang, first panda bred in captivity, died after less then a year
after being released in the wild in China. Central China mountain forests
contain about 1,600 wild pandas.
Sania Mirza Defeated In Second Round At DFS Classic 06/14/2007:
Sania Mirza
out of the DFS Classic. Sania , in her second round match,
was defeated by eighth seeded Mara Santangelo of Italy 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6).
Sania, 20-year-old Hyderabadi, will now team up with Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova
to play Tiantian Sun of China and Meilen Tu of USA in the first round of the doubles match.
Sania Mirza Into Second Round At DFS Classic 06/11/2007:
Sania Mirza
beat Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second
round at the DFS Classic in Birmingham. Sania will now face No.8 seed Mara Santangelo.
Sania winning some matches at the recently completed, French Open, has helped
her climb 8 spot in the WTA rankings, and clain spot 42.
Maria Sharapova Out Of French Open 06/06/2007:
Maria Sharapova
, world number two from Russia, was beaten by Ana Ivanovic of Serbia.
Ana beat Maria 6-2, 6-1 to advance to her first grand slam tournament
and will face world number one Justine Henin.
Maria Sharapova Moves Onto Semi Finals At French Open 06/06/2007:
Maria Sharapova
beat Anna Chakvetadze to advance to the French Open semi-finals for the first time.
Maria beat Anna, also from Russia, 6-3 6-4 to advance, and will not face Ana Ivanovic.
06/03/2007:
Sania Mirza
and her doubles partner Fabrice Santoro were defeated by Katernia Srebotnik of Slovakia
and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia at the French Open.
05/30/2007:
Sania Mirza
won againt Alberta Branti in the first round of the French Open,
being played at Roland Garros, Paris, to advance to the second round.
This is mark a great vicitory for Sania since being upset in
her previous two apperances at the Morocco Open and Istanbul Cup.
Hyderabadi girl beat out Alberta Brianti of Italy in just under an hour
at the score of 6-1, 6-1. Now Sania will take on seventh seed Ana Ivanovic in
the second round.
The second-ranked Russian,
Maria Sharapova
, beat out Emilie Loit of France 6-3, 7-6 (4) to advance to the second round at the French Open.
05/29/2007:
Sania Mirza
world rank improved to 50th after her play at the Morocco Open and Istanbul Cup. She
did not do well in the singles competition but won the doubles title at Morocco Open
and reached the doubles final at the Istanbul Cup. Sania is next due to play
Italian Alberta Brianti in the French Open and will be partnered with
Eva Birnerova of Czech Republic for the doubles matches.
05/26/2007:
Sania Mirza
and her doubles partner Y-J Chan were upset in the finals by the Polish pair in the
Istanbul Cup women's tennis tournament in Turkey. Sania Mirza and her first time partner
Yung-Jan Chan of Taiwan were beaten by Agnieszka Radwanska and Urszula Radwanska. Sania had previsoly
won the doubles crown at Morocco Open.
05/25/2007:
Sania Mirza
and her doubles partner Y-J Chan were able to move into the final round of
the doubles at the Istanbul Cup. She has eariler won the doubles title
at the Morocco Open. They beat Kloesel-Koumantou in the Quarterfinals to enter the
final round.
05/22/2007:
Sania Mirza
is having some difficulty upon her return from knee injury. She was knocked out by Meghann Shaughnessy from the
$200,000 Istanbul Cup tennis tournament during the 1st round. She also lost
in the 1st round in the Morocco Open, but did win the doubles crown at the
Morocco Open.
05/16/2007:
Top seeded
Sania Mirza
did not have a great return. She was defected by Maria Emilia Salerni in the
first round of the Morocco Open. Sania was playing after two months of
being away from tennis due to her injury. Sania did advance into the second
round with her doubles teamat Vania King.
05/14/2007:
Sania Mirza
is seeded number one in a WTA event making her the first Indian tennis
star to have such a seeding. She has been out with a knee injury,
which she suffered a ligament injury while playing in the Qatar Open in Doha back in
, in February 2007. She is making a comeback at the Morroco Open.
She has teamed up with American Vania King for the doubles competition.
Her next stop will be playing in Istanbul, followed by Birmingham, and Holland
to get her prepared for Wimbledon.
Neha Uberoi is another Indian who is taking part in the open and will play
with Italian Silvia Disderi in the doubles competition.
05/02/2007:
Sania Mirza
unveils a giant hoarding of Sprite, brand of Coca Cola at
Park Street Rawdon Street crossing in central Kolkata to launch the soft drink.
Sania will next been seen playing in the German Open in Berlin, Germany. She
has been sidelined with a knee injury but hopes to recover and play in the
German Open which is scheduled to start May 7, 2007.