English actress Kate Beckinsale has vowed to keep her clothes on in movies because she remembers how terrible she felt as a child when her mother bared all onscreen. According to contactmusic.com, the movie star has no plans to put her own daughter Lily through the humiliation she suffered at the hands of cruel schoolmates. She was taunted when her mother Judy Loe stripped for TV in Britain. "The mortification of going to school! People said, 'I've seen your mother naked.' I literally had to beat up nine of them," Beckinsale recalled.
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Madonna set to make record earnings from tour
Pop diva Madonna's current Sticky & Sweet world tour is set to rake in $282 million (185.7 million pounds), making it the biggest-selling solo jaunt ever. The tour kicked off in Cardiff, Wales August this year and the run is due to end in Sao Paulo, Brazil later this month, reports contactmusic.com. Madonna held a previous record of $193.7 million (127.5 million pounds) with her Confessions tour in 2006.
I've proved all my critics wrong: Katrina Kaif
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Five years into Bollywood, Britain-born actress Katrina Kaif is proud that she could prove wrong all those people who wrote her off during her initial days in the industry. She is one of the few actresses who can boast of giving six hits in a row.
"When I started, people were not only writing me off for my strong British accent, there were many others who tried to prevent me from making it till here," Katrina told IANS in an interview here.
"They didn't do so in an aggressive or excessive manner, but they used to say things like 'I don't know...' and 'I'm not sure...' that would suggest a not-so-positive approach towards me. But I proved myself ultimately.
"I always try and push myself to exceed expectations. I use this ideology in a positive way," she explained.
Katrina was emphatic when she spoke of her belief in destiny.
"The great thing about life is that you never know what can happen and there's no limitation to it. Someone can tell you that you can never be this and never be that. It's not true. Anyone can be what he wants to be and destiny plays a major part in it. God has of course been very kind to me.
"I believe that everyone should try and live their dreams, follow them and they might just come true someday," Katrina said.
From her disastrous debut with "Boom" in 2003 to five hits in a row in 2007, the 24-year-old has not only worked hard on her acting skills, she has also shown a marked improvement in her Hindi dialogue delivery.
Commenting on her improved accent, Katrina - born of a Kashmiri father and a British mother - said: "Interacting with various people on and off the sets and doing some eight Hindi movies, dealing with Hindi scripts, practising dialogue delivery ... I think that in itself has taught me and helped me improve my accent."
Katrina is in the news nowadays for having delivered one box office dud "Yuvvraaj" after delivering six back-to-back hits including "Namastey London", "Apne", "Partner', "Welcome", "Race" and "Singh Is Kinng".
After so many hits, she was tagged as a lucky mascot for producers by trade pundits, but the actress is not pleased with the "lucky" label.
"'Lucky mascot' doesn't make any sense. It is such an illogical statement. A successful film is a combination of a good director, good music, intelligent script, good timing, destiny, everybody's efforts and audience's reaction. There isn't a reason or an explanation that you can tag a person as lucky," she remarked.
In her career, Katrina has predominantly dabbled in comedies, but she has lately "felt the need to progress a bit" and try her hand at different things.
"If you see Akshay Kumar, he was an action hero and then he went to comedy and found out his real calling. It took him to new heights of superstardom. I think it is important to take risks and figure out what really suits you.
"Every actor has a strength like Aamir does romance and Akshay does comedy, but I don't know my strength yet.
"If I get a contrast role in one film like where one get-up has me play a simple, shy and homely girl, the other has me as a brass and loud girl, I would definitely do that," she said in an excited tone.
As of now, Katrina has a number of films in her kitty.
She is doing two films with Ranbir Kapoor including "Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani" by Rajkumar Santoshi. She is also working with Prakash Jha on his multi-starrer "Rajniti".
These apart, she has one comedy film in hand and a two-film deal each with UTV and TV 18 respectively.
Aamir Khan features in the December issue of men's magazine GQ
How will you react if you were offered a date with someone who is perfection personified! Well, we are tad sure of the fact that the moment we utter the 'P' of perfection, the one and only name that pops up in everyone's mind is that of Aamir Khan - better known as Bollywood's Mr. Perfectionist! Well, as his much-awaited film Ghajini is ready to hit the theatres this month, Aamir is bound to be all over the place for sure, and one of the early-birds is the world-famous lifestyle magazine 'GQ' that has got none other than Aamir Khan on the cover of its latest edition!
All that you have to do is pick up the recent issue of the world-famous lifestyle magazine 'GQ' which has got none other than Aamir Khan on the cover! 'If looks could kill...then we have a Killer in Aamir', who is all set to take the whole of not just Bollywood, but the whole universe ...all in one go with his forthcoming release Ghajini.
This edition of GQ has got none other than Bollywood's very own 'Midas Man' Karan Johar doing the honours of being the Contributing Editor of this mag.
The editor of this mag says, "Aamir Khan doesn't appear on many magazine covers. The fact that he has chosen to work with GQ is a testament to the magazine's 50-year old reputation as a publication featuring and read by intelligent, successful men. What makes the cover story even more special is the fact that Karan Johar, allegedly a member of a rival camp in the film industry, has interviewed Khan - for the first time. The result is an entertaining, candid conversation that even Bollywood skeptics would find engaging."
We just couldn't argue on that!
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