Dream girl
For Ekta Choudhary, no dream is too big to achieve
She's the quick-witted, dusky damsel with an hourglass figure, who courted fame after winning the coveted Pantaloons Femina Miss India-Universe title. She's Ekta Choudhary, the new kid on the celeb block. In Zirakpur for a Pantaloons event, the beauty queen starts the conversation, "Wearing the Miss India crown was my childhood dream. And right now I'm living my dream." And when she says childhood, it goes back to when the lady was just six. Hmm... that sure was early. Back to the question and answer round. Ask her how has the title changed her life and she is quick to say, "I have visited the city a couple of times, alone, with friends and as a model too, but the kind of attention I am getting today spells what I have achieved." Delhi-based, it was Ekta's conscious decision to join the glam world.

Divine intervention
Today, the terms; faith, God, spirituality form an indispensable part of Monica's vocab. So much so that each statement appears a rehearsed rephrase of 'I believe in God'. Yeah, it's Monica Bedi, no introductions required. In the city for the music launch of Ik Onkar, a devotional album by her, she gets talking but not candid.

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'Boy meets girl and falls in love' may not be intellectually stimulating. But hey, at least this chik-lit culture is grabbing Gen Y attention!
A new geography teacher comes to Boughton High and the Style Sisters go green! Not with jealousy, but the passionate eco-warrior guy River Trent impresses all the girls with his idealistic views and high principles. And soon Carry and Chloe are tie and dying old t-shirts in their efforts to become green goddesses Take another one. When Carrie realises she's been neglecting them in favour of a boy, she resolves that from now on friends must come first. That was Style Sister's Friends First. It's not about style or sisters or friends or even fiends, but all of them clubbed with heartbreaks, high school, boyfriends, 'special friends', proms It's about chick-lit.

Loving Snowy
This hunky actor can’t do without Snowy’s affection and also her sixth sense
Snowy is the best thing that has happened to my family," says actor Sonu Sood of Singh is Kinng fame. The white Labrador is the most pampered and mischievous member of the family. "Snowy plays the dual role-- that of a security guard and of a stress buster," adds the actor who is shooting in Hyderabad for his upcoming Telugu movie. "One look at Snowy and you will know what I mean. He is a brat. One minute you will see him jumping around my father, but when I give him a stern look, he gives a look of indefinable innocence," says the pet lover. However, Sonu would want to share more on pets….

On the run…
As a nation, we are yet not into running. We are only into cricket and thumb exercises like the ones with remote," laughs Rahul S. Verghese, the 'official runner'. Listen to this. Twenty-five years into marketing, corporate career with blue-chip Motorola, the very multinational Levi's, everything's going fine, he's 48 and then he gives it all up to run! Is still running and running and you guessed! And making the nation run too. It all began in Chicago.

The five-letter word
Humming Phil Collin’s hit number Hard to Say I Am Sorry, is one thing, but saying it with sincerity is the hardest thing to do
The day the results of the Lok Sabha elections were announced, BJP leader L.K. Advani called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and and apologised for the personal comments made during the campaign. Manmohan Singh had said, "Well, I was compelled to reply (to the allegations) and I did say a few things (during the campaign) which Adavaniji said had hurt him. Then he rang on May 16 and he expressed regret. In exchange, I apologised to him if I had said anything to hurt his feelings. I look forward to a close relationship with the leader of the opposition."

Flirt with fire
A game called ‘Secret Flirts’, for Nintendo DS, has come under fire because it teaches young girls how to flirt. Family groups have condemned the game that claims to show girls how to "make everyone fall for you," and have described it as a dangerous sexualisation of youth culture. A promotional video that gives a preview of Secret Flirts begins a groovy young girl giving a sly wink and a Cupid’s arrow piercing a pink heart.

Daddy can do it!
A father, who changes his baby’s diapers and keeps a check on the child’s day-to-day activities, is more likely to be more involved in the kid’s school years as well, according to a University of Illinois study. The study explores the role of parent involvement on student achievement. “If we want fathers to be involved in school, we need to focus on men building close, loving relationships with their children in the preschool years. When fathers do this, they’re writing a script that says they’re involved in their child’s life, and their expectation is that they’ll go on being involved in that child’s life,” said Brent McBride, a professor of Human Development.

Weighty issue
Heavier women have lower quality relationships which is not true for men
Heavier women are more likely to have a lower quality relationship, but the same is not true for men, according to a latest study. Dr Janet D. Latner, a professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii and her colleagues examined body image, weight, romantic relationships and differences between men and women. The study suggested that heavier women had lower quality relationships, which they predicted were more likely to end. They also partnered with less desirable men and believed that their partners would rate them as less warm or trustworthy.

Some mania this!
Kylie Minogue has reportedly roped in songwriters behind the success of Girls Aloud for her big comeback. The Aussie singer was said to have asked hit-making duo Xenomania, who helped the all girls band score 20 consecutive Top Ten singles, to pen smashes for her next album. "Kylie has been a huge fan of Xenomania for ages," a source said. "With the girls off pursuing solo plans before their next album, she feels the time is right to work with the team who provided them with such staggering success," the source added.

• Generous Oprah

• Megan says sorry

• Sounds from underground

• Zero credibility