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Car Czar
Cate turns teacher
Revolutionary revelation
— Beyonce Knowles
On a new tune
Cheryl, my friend
Lily bids bye to beau
Talking cricket
Karishma Randeva
Spade
work
Verses of Lohri
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Old songs are melodious and old wine tastes better always. Age might be a prominent depreciating factor in general but for some, it guarantees an unmistakable rustic charm. It also goes for our old beauties on the roads - vintage and classic cars. But ever wondered what keeps them going and what makes them win praise from everybody when they are out of garages for rallies? At least in our city, we can say, it is the efforts of Balbir Singh, an auto electrician by profession, who adds longitivity to these heritage pieces.
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett may turn her rusty shack to help train budding actors. The Elizabeth star was said to have kept the ownership of the old woolshed in central western New South Wales a hush-hush matter until now. According to a source, Blanchett has been silently letting students from three Sydney universities to camp at the old station known as Riverslea. Sydney rchitect Dylan Gower, allegedly managing the property for the actor, had been unwilling to say much on the activities that took place in the woolshed. He said: “It’s still in the development stage, there are a few projects going on and we’re trying to take it to the next level. “Some of the projects are in relation to architecture and design but we want to take it beyond that. We don’t want any publicity until it gets to the right level.’’ However, Sydney Aboriginal designer added: “I believe eventually they want to make it into an educational training facility, perhaps for acting workshops.”
—ANI — Cate Blanchett
Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed that he could feel tension in the air as he prepared to perform sex scenes with Kate Winslet in the new movie Revolutionary Road, with her husband Sam Mendes directing. Mendes was looking on intently as the Titanic stars got ready for the cameras. And DiCaprio asaid that doing an intimate scene with his co-star in front of her husband made things a bit uncomfortable. “Kate seemed very nervous. She kept on saying, ‘This feels so weird.’ I just told her, ‘It doesn’t feel weird to me — it’s only acting,’” DiCaprio was quoted as saying. “Then Sam broke the tension by telling me how and where to hold Kate’s bottom. He said, ‘Put your hand here,’ showing me the position. “After that, Kate just went for it, like the great actor she is. I can’t think of anyone in the world of her generation who is better,” he added.
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Paris Hilton is set to re-launch herself as a singer after the socialite revealed that she was working on her new tunes. The hotel-heiress apparently owes her inspiration to Sarah Brightman, with whom she appeared in rock opera-musical Repo! The Genetic Opera.
“It was an honour working with Sarah, she’s incredible,” she was quoted as saying. Paris said that she would jump on the opportunity should she be given a chance to perform the rock opera on stage.
She added: “I’ve been offered roles on Broadway before and I’ve turned them down, but if they did Repo onstage I would do it.” The pop singer further insisted that she was getting back in the studio, saying: “I’ve been working on my singing and I have another album coming out soon with songs I wrote like Jailhouse Baby, which is about my time behind bars.”
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Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has been voted the celebrity women would most like as their best friend in a new poll. The 25-year-old won the votes after her successful stint as an X Factor judge. A spokesman for Internet market research company www.onepoll.com, which carried out the poll, said: “Cheryl would make a great best friend. She might be a famous singer and TV star but she still comes across as being a normal girl you could have a good night out and gossip with.”
Former Friends star Jennifer Aniston, 39, came second while Big Brother host Davina MccCll, 41, landed the third spot in the poll. Radio One DJ Fearne Cotton stood fourth and Holly Willoughby, soon to hit our TV screens fronting this year’s Dancing on Ice, rounded off the top five.
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Lily Allen has reportedly parted ways with her 100-million-pound beau, who is twenty-two years her senior, less than a month after the two allegedly got together. The 23-year-old singer was said to have been “smitten” with the 45-year-old art dealer Jay Jopling, and had been spotted kissing and cuddling while holidaying in St Barts in the Caribbean.But sources have now revealed that the Smile star has opted for splitsville owing to their age difference, and her professional commitments as she prepares to tour UK and Europe.“It was her decision to split as she’ll be away a lot this year and wouldn’t have got to see Jay much,” a close friend was quoted as saying.“ She also felt the age gap was a bit too big. She felt that both his and her friends disapproved. She’ll definitely miss sharing his lifestyle. She loved staying at his huge London pad and talking about art. Their break-up wasn’t acrimonious and they’re still on really good terms,” her pal added.
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Who says you need to know cricket like the back of your hand to talk about it, or even host a show on it. Take it from Archana Vijaya, an anchor on Neo Sports for shows Extra Cover Tour Diary and Cricket Tarka Maar Key, who used to go blank when it came to cricket. In fact, she was completely blank about everything that happened to her in the recent times. "I never thought I would take part in Channel V's Get Gorgeous contest and then go ahead to win the title. Never thought I would wear heels and strut down the ramp, and well, I have done that too on national and international stage," says Archana, who anchored the recently held England tour of India.
Celebrating the festival of Lohri can be fun when it is done with freshly written poems and stories. So, it was in the city on Monday evening with poetry recitations by Pal Kaur, Jaswant Deed, Taran Gujaral and Surjit Kaur Bains at a Literary Lohri organised by the Sunday Indian, Punjabi.
The occasion also included the release of Pal Kaur's new book of verse called Paun Taragi and litterateur Rana Nayar perfomed the release ceremony. Taran Gujaral's book of short stories Rimjhim Barse Meghla was released by Punjabi writer Gulzar
Sandhu. Veteran Punjabi writer Mohan Bhandari released the special Punjabi literature issue of The Sunday Indian, Punjabi, which carried paintings of local artist Malkit Singh.
