This summer, really chill
Summer is the time to just pack your bags and go for a holiday into the hills. So, where are you going this time?
Where do you think the word vacation or adventure came from? Let's see…someone sitting in the cosy comfort of a home suddenly decides that it's enough of slogging, a call is made to others who feel the same, and a declaration is issued to everyone, which it's a HOLLY-HOLLY-DAY. We might not be bang on with the story, but the idea is declaration for this season has been issued!

Bloom Time: Chandrawal Kunj

HAIR we go!
Kérastase, a haircare brand under the professional products division of the L'Oreal Group, comes to city
Everyday is a great hair day! This is an assumption, but how nice it would be if this was to be a norm. There is one haircare brand though, which promises healthy and fashionable hair everyday. Kérastase, a luxury haircare brand developed by Recherche avancée L'Oréal (L'Oréal advanced research) under the professional products division of the L'Oreal Group, comes down to Tress Lounge, Sector-8, Chandigarh, offering hi-end services and a promise that everyday will be a great hair day!

Bland and boring ...
A good teaser and extended promo do wonders for a film. People can gauge whether a film is good or bad from the promo.

Oscar was bought: Ismail
Bollywood music director Ismail Darbar has alleged that the coveted Oscar award conferred upon movie Slumdog Millionaire in 2009 was compromised and had been "bought" by the recipients.

Warsi gets whackier
He is one of Bollywood's best actors who can easily play any role, get into the character and make it famous. You will remember his comic roles from Munnabhai series, Dhamaal and Golmaal series but he has also given mind blowing performances in serious films like Sehar and Ishqiya. We catch him for a candid chat…

comic timing: A still from Ishqiya

Lindsay's colourful approach
Troubled star Lindsay Lohan is planning to paint and read scripts while she is under house arrest. The 24-year-old has began her time under house arrest at her beach side home in California and is looking at her confinement as a time to relax, focus on her recovery and figure out her new game plan for her life and career.

Knot, a problem
Once Upon a Time in Mexico actress Eva Mendes doesn't like marriage because she thinks the institution is archaic and unromantic. The Hitch actress - who has been dating Peruvian filmmaker George Augusto for nearly a decade - believes marriage is ''over the top'' and ''not personal''. "It's not personal. There are all these wedding shows and it's so over-the-top, it's so not about what it should be about," she said."I'm not like anti-marriage or the institution for other people. I love the idea of a union, that's very beautiful. 


WEDDING WOES : Eva Mendes 

Not so wanted
Wanted star James McAvoy hardly gets noticed while walking on streets. The 32-year-old actor, who has been in the film industry for quite sometime now and has also done major role in his films but still he is not bothered by fans on the streets.

Rob loves 'Brat Pack'
Hollywood actor Rob Lowe was proud of being a member of the notorious Brat Pack during the 1980s and says he loves the moniker. 

Hangover opened doors for me: Bradley Cooper
Hangover' opened "more doors" for Bradley Cooper as an actor but the Hollywood star feels it is still difficult to get good roles in the business. Cooper, who reprises his role in the sequel of the comedy, says he still has to audition to get parts in the movies.

Salman hints at Aamir collaboration on Andaz Apna Apna 2 
Salman Khan has hinted at a reunion with fellow Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan in the sequel to their cult hit comedy Andaz Apna Apna.The two starred as conmen vying for the attentions of a heiress in the 1994 hit directed by Rajkumar Santoshi and talks are on to rope the duo in for the animated part two.

Aamir Khan

New meanings
This lawyer when not digging in tomes, picks up a book to unwind. Not a voracious reader like her mother or siblings (they read 'all the time'), Devaki Anand, when not consulting legal tomes, prefers fiction. Her favourite genre - inspiration fiction.

Puppy love
Dogs can help reduce stress in parents of children with autism, a new study has suggested. Researchers at thee University of Lincoln compared 20 families with dogs with 20 without. They found the canines had helped the families in many ways, from developing language and establishing a routine to using the pet to request action in a non-confrontational way.

75 and happy
It seems happiness comes with the 75th birthday, at least for Britons, as a new study has found that people feel less lonely and more satisfied with their local neighbourhood after reaching the milestone.

Entice your husband & how
Are you still the one who spend hours in front of the mirror to get that perfect look and pamper yourself with those luxurious beauty parlor sessions to be at your beautiful best always? Post marriage many women tend to lose that beautiful side in them and complain of ruffled hair, skin which has lost the entire glow and their eyes missing the sparkle.

Stress buster
Panic no more
The breath quickens, palms sweat, the pulse rate is fast, eyes blur...you are actually heading for a panic attack. Why did you allow yourself to reach this stage where stress has overtaken your life so much that suddenly a panic attack catches you unawares?

astro turf

The year ahead

Chatter box

Skintillating

Models Aanchal Kumar, Parul Chaudhary, Sonali Raut, Rupali Suri, and TV actor Vivan Bhathena made an appearance in the Chandigarh to launch L'Oreal's luxury segment of skin care products, Keraskin Esthetics on Saturday at Looks Salon-17.