Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu launched Bengali general entertainment channel Mahuaa Bangla here Monday evening.
An initiative of Mahuaa Media Pvt Ltd, the channel was co-launched by P.K. Tewari, chairman and managing director of the Mahua group, and Brazilian football legends Romario and Branco at the ITC Sonar.
'Mahuaa Bangla will just not cater to entertainment but will strive to revive the heritage and value and at the same time bring newer thoughts and ideas to its viewers,' said Tewari.
The event unfolded with a traditional Durga Vandhana by Tanushree Shankar and her dance troupe, which was followed by a laser show. The dusky actress - wearing a red-bordered white embroidered sari and red bangles - arrived in a palanquin amidst Shankar's second dance recital depicting Bengali culture and tradition.
Hosting the programme were Bollywood actress Konkana Sen Sharma and Tollywood superstar Jishu Sengupta.
Music composer Bappi Lahiri and singers Alka Yagnik and Debojit Saha made the audience swing to their tunes.
American socialite Paris Hilton was spotted topless as she enjoyed her Italian
holiday. The ’House of wax’ star was spotted jet skiing, and sunbathing topless and hanging with her friends on a yacht.
The heiress and her friends were off the coast of the Italian island of Sardinia, and wearing a top didn’t seem to be necessary. Previously, Hilton was questioned and released by police at the airport in Corsica when they discovered less than a gram of marijuana from here.
"Friends" star Jennifer Aniston has bared all in a series of promotional shots for her new perfume line and she looks fit and fabulous in them.
Aniston, 41, posed topless with only a white skirt positioned low on her hips and the photographs were taken at her favourite holiday getaway spot in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, reports dailymail.co.uk
Her debut perfume line is called Lolavie, which means "laughing at life". She will be launching it Wednesday at luxury departmental store Harrods where the perfume will be sold exclusively.
Aniston will be at the department store herself, signing bottles for customers.
She says she has been involved with every step of developing the fragrance.
"It wasn't just about showing up for a shoot and putting my name on the bottle. I felt like a little chemist. It's turned out to be an extension of myself as opposed to slapping my name on something," said Aniston.
She says her scent will smell "sexy and clean...floral but not too flowery".
"I am not a big perfume-y fragrance fan. I want people to go 'what is that? You smell great!' But most of all, I wanted it to smell natural," she added.
Victoria Beckham gives her friends style advice.
The singer-turned-fashion designer has thrilled her pals with how well her new career is going and delights in sharing her knowledge and expert tips.
Her former Spice Girls bandmate Emma Bunton, who was recently pictured wearing one of her pal’s creations revealed, “I chose it myself and I love it. Victoria’s dresses always make you feel so stylish. I am so lucky to have a great friend who designs wonderful outfits! She is an amazing designer.
“It is so difficult to go from music and do something else and there is real pressure, but it’s worked out so brilliantly for her.
“She has given me her advice before and told me to keep it classic.”
Emma, who was also joined in the group by Geri Halliwell, Mel B and Mel C, also spoke of how much she enjoys spending time with her former bandmates’ children.
She added, “It was so nice on the last tour. I had just had my son Beau at the time. Mel C hadn’t had Scarlet at that point and she spent a lot of time with Beau. And so when I found out she was pregnant, I was so pleased. We all go, ‘Look at us with our bubbas!’ ”
However, the quintet don’t pass on parenting advice to one another.
Emma added, “Do we swap tips? No, we are gossiping girls!”
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she's always been naturally slim and doesn't really need to workout.
"I really don't workout. I've always been kind of slight and I've always loved to run and jump around and be physical, so action roles are not a huge challenge for me. I enjoy them," femalefirst.co.uk quoted her as saying.
Jolie revealed that during filming the first "Tomb Raider" movie, she was given a special diet plan to make her feel healthier.
"It was such a challenge physically. A special diet also helped me shape my body. I ate steamed sea bass or steamed beef and vegetables and I had no sugar and only drank soy milk.
"I'm all for curves on a woman and feeling sexy. I never felt healthier or stronger than during the filming of this movie," she added.
Actress Cameron Diaz admitted that though she isn’t exactly curvaceous, her bum is her best asset. “Most booties that propel girls are usually the bigger booties. I have a little tiny one but it is, nonetheless, juicy,” the Daily Express quoted her as telling Harper’s Bazaar magazine.
The leggy 37-year-old, who has had a string of Hollywood lovers including Justin Timberlake, 29, and Matt Dillon, 46, also said that she is a great girlfriend. “I don’t get hung up on what boys do,” she said. “I don’t have a nagging nature. I feel like I can be a woman but also relate to a man,” she added.
Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson is reportedly being lined up to enter the "Big Brother" house.
Anderson, 43, is reportedly being lined up to enter the Channel 4 compound in a bid to spice up the show and keep the male housemates entertained, reports newsoftheworld.co.uk.
"Pamela Anderson is one of the world's most iconic women. She oozes sex appeal and feistiness. If we can manage to get her into the house it will be a real coup. The boys on the show won't know what's hit them and we are certain it will make great television," said a source from the channel.
"Whatever happens a female celeb will be going in the house," the source added.
It is believed bosses on the show are seeking a celebrity 'cougar' - a woman over 40 known to have a penchant for younger men - to help make the final series finish in style.
As well as Pamela, former model Janice Dickinson, 55, and actress Brigitte Nielson, 46, are also apparently being considered.
"Whichever cougar we sign up to go into the house, you can be sure that it will liven up proceedings. They will be sexy, sassy and brash. Red-blooded 'Big Brother' fans are in for a real treat. We think all our other viewers will be pleased as sparks are bound to fly but we're not sure that the lads will want to be rescued from our cougar's grasp," said the source.