Bebo & beyond
In the city, Kareena Kapoor talks about her movies, size-zero, her skin secrets and much more…
If you’ve met her (chances are bleak) or you’ve seen her smile ear-to-ear during interviews on television, you wouldn’t have missed the monosyllable (or depending on her mood), telegram replies — ‘Let’s see. What can I say? Yes. Maybe. No’. This gossamer skin actor lets her work do all the talking or need we say her lineage speak for her. Neither is she unmindful of it nor does she carry it on her sleeves… Kareena Kapoor has better things to talk about.

BUY the way… 
Eminent artists such as Prem Singh and Viren Tanwar have moved to the nation’s capital, which they also perceive as the art capital. So what’s lacking in City Beautiful? 
Chandigarh is not a destination but a milestone.” No famous words these, only an observation of city-based artist Neenu Vij that succinctly sums up why the city has failed to emerge as an art nucleus, and why eminent artists like Prem Singh and Viren Tanwar are compelled to move bag and baggage to the nation’s capital, which they also perceive as the art capital.

Recently in Mumbai
To promote their upcoming film Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Bollywood actors Emraan Hashmi and Ajay Devgan interacted with mediapersons in Mumbai. Hashmi stated on Saturday that the film is not based on any real life character. “As far as I know, the creative team didn’t tell me that the film is based on real-life characters,” said Hashmi.

Rising to the occasion

Bollywood actor Riya Sen poses with Model Julfi Syed and veteran actor Akbar Khan (L) to spread awareness against female foeticide and AIDS in Bangalore on Saturday night. — PTI

Beyond Bong Connection
After Bong Connection, model-turned actor Shayan Munshi now wants to dig his roots deeper into the crossover Hindi and Bengali films.Before Bong Connection by Anjan Dutt happened, Shayan did small roles in masala flicks like Ahista Ahista and Home Delivery.

Igniting the spark
Hollywood actor Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes are heading for a romantic break in an attempt to save their marriage.In March, they announced their seven-year marriage had come to an end. Just weeks after the split, however, both stepped out together for a family day with their son Joe and Mia Honey, Winslet’s nine-year-old daughter from her ex-husband Jim Threapleton.

On the job
Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson admits that he wants to keep working as much as he can because he still remembers when he had no offers.

Who’s fighting?
A representative for Nicolas Cage has denied reports that the actor fought with another guest at a bar in Manhattan.

Spiel-ling the beans
Veteran Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg thinks directors should not use special effects unless it is relevant to the story of the film.The Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull director admitted that it is up to individual filmmakers how to use new technology in movies, but he prefers a simpler approach.“There are so many tools we have now in the tool shed and it’s just a matter of individual choice how we use these tools,” Spielberg said.“I frankly think that special effects are becoming too special.

Coffee table story
Hollywood actor Drew Barrymore used to work in a coffee shop, despite rising to fame aged six with the movie ET the Extra-Terrestrial. The actor admits she had a host of normal jobs when she was a child and used her movie knowledge to her advantage after failing as a waitress. “I’ve been acting since I was 11-months old but I have had normal jobs too. I worked at a coffee house and I was terrible.

Drew Barrymore

No botox for Pammy
She looks glamorous even at the age of 42 and former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has said she doesn’t use botox to keep looking young.Unlike many Hollywood stars, the blonde bombshell is against undergoing any artificial treatment in order to look good. “I haven’t done botox. I don’t like all that facial stuff. 

Home Front
Pure elegance
Sheer opulence is exuded from each corner of Sunny and Nirmal Sandhu’s house, which sprawls across five kanals in Sector 10. The house is young and contemporary with Spanish influence. Unique slate stacked pillars at the gate, kind of prepare you for what is inside. A wooden deck over the water among the green lawns makes for the front of the house. A huge porch covered in textured wooden ceiling takes one through the grand Spanish antique-look door.

Street wise
Yet another attempt at taming the population! The students of Dikshant International School staged a nukkad natak, Sacch Ka Saamna, based on the issue of population control. The play was directed by Yaveesh Kashyap, Vanshika Bansal and Rishabh, class X students of the school, to spread the message of population control and the importance of family planning at Sector-17 Chandigarh, to celebrate World Population Day. The students were trained for almost a week.

Kitchen king
Big Bazaar, a Future Group venture and one of the largest hypermarket chains in India, is holding a Kitchen Mela at Big Bazaar outlet in tricity. The mela which began on July 9, showcased a complete range of kitchenware. The 16-day-mela concludes on July 25.

Fork tale
The first round of Mallika-e-Kitchen Cooking Contest 2010 - a unique initiative to promote the spirit of healthy cooking in the country at Hotel Southend, Sector-35, Chandigarh began on Monday. Vineet Chopra, Chef-Shivalik View was present to judge the participants. Around 17 participants from the city pursued the first round of the contest.

Spade work
Cut paste
Last week we discussed about propagation media like sand, soil, peat, moss and water. We also learnt about their merits and demerits. Now it’s time to learn how the new saplings are obtained using these media. The plant multiplication is the most satisfying operation for a gardener. Success of a plant multiplied gives the same satisfaction to the gardener as the birth of a child in the family.

Within reach
With every second company and even designers like 
Gucci launching their own mobile phones, the ‘affordability’ factor for the buyer has increased manifold
Sometime back, photographs of 'sadhus' at Kumbh Mela talking on mobile phone or a rickshaw-puller calling up someone with a sleek mobile would have made front-page news.

Geek SPEAK
Speak out!
Outdoor speakers are specifically designed to withstand the vagaries of weather and allow your music systems to play anywhere, anytime
Music knows no boundaries, but music systems do. And in times when music is all around us - from our living room to car to the cell phone - one longs for bigger speakers that could be connected to iPods or any other device when one is outdoors.

Game for more?
India's biggest online gaming tournament, Gillette Mach 3 India Gaming Championship 2010, announced the city winners in Chandigarh on Friday The city finals were a huge success and received an over-whelming response from gamers across the county. The city finals were held at Zapak Gameplex in Sector 36 D.

Street drive
SkodaAuto India initiates a month long 'Fabia Float Campaign' covering the interiors of Punjab . The float displaying Skoda Fabia; a test drive car traversing through places like Patiala , Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Amritsar and covering various other places in the state of Punjab.