I'm going to let you in on a couple of things. I'm not the biggest horror genre fan. Sure, that comes as a huge shock to you all but it's not entirely my fault. My parents, who were rather cool with me watching all R rated movies that weren't horror related pretty much banned me from the category unless it was a sci-fi themed deal that my dad could enjoy. So I just didn't grow up on the stuff and as an adult have been watching a lot of fan classics and not been all that scared. The first PARANORMAL ACTIVITY movie I fell asleep watching. But with the latest installment, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES taking place in Oxnard, California - the very city that I grew up horror movie-less in - I've taken a new interest. Let's check out one of its stars, shall we?
Like I pointed out, the first of this PA movies put me to sleep, I was so bored with it. While I was one of the people who bought into the hype of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, one of the few horror movies that I went out of my way to see at the theater and ended up nauseated by its overusage of shaky-cam, I never have never considered the "found footage" subgenre to be all that frightening. But it stands as the movie which introduced us to Katie Featherston, one of the members of the new wave of scream queens.
Each suite is equipped with a 23-inch television and comes with sliding doors and self-adjustable roller-blinds. See that chair the lucky so-and-so in the picture is sitting on? That`s hand-stitched by a world famous Italian craftsman, Poltrona Frau.
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Guess who came for dinner at Anushka Sharma's house late at night to celebrate the New Year? Onlookers were probably not very surprised to see Virat Kohli's car roll into the complex of the actress's Versova apartment building. The duo as an item has been doing the rounds in the gossip grapevine for a while now.
What did surprise many was the fact that the Indian cricket vice captain headed straight for Anushka's pad after landing at the Mumbai airport along with his teammates from South Africa where the team was on a tour.
What's more Anushka sent two cars to pick up Virat.
The team arrived around midnight at the Mumbai International airport and Virat was picked up by Anushka's chauffeur- driven BMW. His luggage arrived in Versova in the SUV Range Rover Anushka is usually spotted zipping around in.
The paparazzi waiting at the airport to capture the Indian cricketers, who lost to South Africa in the recent series, did not miss a single chance to click Virat as he got into Anushka's car instead of going to the designated hotel along with the rest of the team.
A few photographers even followed the car Virat travelled in, to Anushka's residence in Versova's Ambernath Tower. However, even after waiting for a couple of hours, Virat was not spotted making an exit from the residential complex.
According to the buzz, Virat celebrated New Year with Anushka and a couple of their common friends at the private party she hosted at her place. The party went on till the wee hours.
Rumours of a romance between Anushka and Virat started doing the rounds after the two shot for a shampoo ad recently. Stories of Anushka's neighbours spotting Virat in her apartment complex have made news lately.
Anushka categorically denied dating Virat in an interview recently, though she did admit the he was a good friend. " There is no relationship," Anushka declared in the interview.
" If two people are friends, they are bound to visit each other," she added.
As the team returning from South Africa went to the designated hotel, Virat got into one of the two cars Anushka had sent and left Tage: virat kohli, anushka sharma
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and superstar Shah Rukh Khan are on top of the Bollywood scene, but they aren't as competent when it comes to competing with their grandchildren and children at video games and adventure sports.
Amitabh, who is busy spending the New Year with his family, shared his experience of a Jet Ski adventure with his grandchildren. The 71-year-old has three grandchildren - Agastya, Navya Naveli and Aaradhya.
"The Panama...the sea...and after getting beat on Jet Ski by grandchildren," Amitabh posted on the microblogging site Tuesday.
Shah Rukh Khan, who enjoys playing a video game version of FIFA invited Amitabh for a friendly game as he is tired of being "beaten at all games" by his kids.
"Sir, take out time tomorrow (Wednesday)...let's do a little FIFA...I am also tired of being beaten at all games by kids since last few days," SRK posted on Twitter Tuesday.
SRK, who is married to Gauri Khan, has son Aryan, daughter Suhana and surrogate son AbRam. Tage:shah rukh khan, amitabh bachchan, aryan, gauri khan, abram, suhana
2013 has been an eventfull year for the entertainment industry whether it be for our own Bollywood or all the way to Hollywood. From Shah Rukh Khan-Salman Khan hug to Miley Cyrus turning all wacky, from Ranbir-Katrina's trip to Ibiza to Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy, the year was full of such events. We take a look at a few controversies, celebs, films and all things that made 2013 the year that it was.
This year has been a blockbuster year for Bollywood. While 8 films entered Rs.100 crore club this year and 3 amongst them made it to Rs.200 crore club. It was a record breaking year, Chennai Express became the biggest grosser of all time leaving behind 3 Idiots, but soon Krrish 3 was the one to mint maximum money and then came the Hurricane Dhoom 3 which is still going strong. Adult film like Grand Masti also made it to Rs.100 crore club.
Shah Rukh Khan-Salman Khan hug
It was a Kodak moment for Bollywood, infact for India when Bollywood's arch rival superstars hugged each other and apparently patched up. Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, who had fallen out over some unknown issue during Katrina Kaif's birthday party five years back, hugged each other at the Iftar party hosted by Congress leader Baba Siddique in Mumbai on July 21. But the question was is that hug really a patch-up or was just a compulsion out of courtesy. And soon the answer was clear for world to see, both the stars on separate occasion made it clear that they can never be friends again. Sigh!
Miley Cyrus and her wacky antics
This year was clearly of pop sensation Miley Cyrus, who shook off that Disney princess image and became the pop phenomenon. She started making news in 2012 after she chopped her hair and in 2013 the series of Miley's antics started with the infamous appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards. Dressed in a bear-inspired leotard, Miley not only stripped down to latex lingerie, she also gyrated, showed the middle finger, and stuck out her tongue (a lot) and twerked with Robin Thicke. Then came the video of her music video Wrecking Ball. Miley wore just her favourite boots and climbed atop a wrecking ball. She also licked a sledgehammer. If that was not all she also smoked weed at MTV EMAs. Apart from all these antics, sticking out her toungue, twerking, spanking became a regular part of her performances throughout the year. Well, all her moves paid off as she became the most searched celebrity of the year and her singles Wrecking Ball and Bangerz did extremly well. Lets see how she will shock or surprise us on 2013.
Ranbir-Katrina's trip to Spain
Their relationship was a secret that everybody knew but was still under the wrap till the pictures of Katrina in a white and red bikini and Ranbir in a pair of bermuda holidaying together on a beach in Ibiza went viral. Later, Katrina wrote an open letter to the media stating that she felt upset, distressed and this was an invasion of her privacy. But after that the couple became a little less and were spotted together many times in parties, movie dates etc.
Clebrities breakup
The year 2013 saw a number of relationships coming to its end. The most shocking was Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Roshan's seperation. The two couples decided to part ways and instead of allowing nasty speculation about their relationships, they chose to make dignified announcements. Hrithik Roshan sent out a statement to all the media houses about how his wife Sussane and he have mutually decided to part ways; pleading for "some privacy".
Kalki Koechlin and Anurag Kashyap too officially announced about their seperation. "We are not filing for divorce, we are taking time off from each other to sort our issues," she announced.
Among Hollywood celebs the most prominent splits were of Justin Bieber-Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus-Liam Hemsworth. Selena Gomez confirmed her split from Justin Bieber to friends at the Golden Globes this year. Miley and Liam finally called their relationship off after being engaged for a year in September.
It was long rumoured, but Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom parted ways in October officially. Nicole Scherzinger and Lewis Hamilton ended their five year on-off romance in July this year.
On and off couple Rihanna and Chris Brown finally parted ways in April. According to reports the split was Rihanna's choice, as the 25-year-old singer wanted to focus on her business and career opportunities. Rihanna had given Brown, 23, a second chance despite fears among fans that he could mistreat her again after he battered her in a pre-Grammy row in 2009.
Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy
In an op-ed in the New York Times, Angelina Jolie revealed about the preventive double mastectomy she had undergone. Her decision to go public about her medical treatment was brave, bold and appreciated by everyone. Angelina Jolie was talked and wrote about a loty for her decision to go public with her medical decisions and to create awareness among women.
New year, new pairs. That is one of the big tricks Bollywood always loves lining up at the turn of every year, to add freshness and boost box office prospects. The year 2014 will not be any different.
Several films that are being readied for release this year have cast actors who have never been paired opposite each other before. While some of these pairs comprise seasoned actors, others will be interesting because they cast relatively newcomers opposite established stars.
An interesting trend that one can spot is the casting of top heroines opposite budding male stars.
Bollywood's diva of the hour Deepika Padukone, for instance, will be seen opposite the two- filmold Arjun Kapoor in Finding Fanny . In Fitoor , superstar Katrina Kaif gets to romance Aditya Roy Kapoor, 2013' s hottest loverboy after Ashiqui 2 . Priyanka Chopra is another seasoned female star on the same path. She is paired with Ranveer Singh, her junior in the industry as well as age, in Gunday . Substantial buzz is also generated around the teaming up of Ranbir Kapoor with Anushka Sharma in Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet. The chemistry that the couple strike on screen will be important because, shot lavishly on extravagant sets in Mumbai and Sri Lanka, the film is rumoured to be riding a budget of nearly Rs.100- crore.
An interesting pair to watch out for, if you love a different brand of entertainment, will be Farhan Akhtar opposite Vidya Balan. The duo plays a young middle- class couple in Shaadi Ke Side Effects , meant to be a hilarious take on marriage.
Vishal Bhardwaj has opted for budding star Shraddha Kapoor as Shahid Kapoor's heroine in Haider , a Bollywood take on William Shakespeare's Hamlet set against the backdrop of Kashmir terrorism.
Salman Khan will be seen opposite newcomers in both his releases this year. Newcomer Daisy Shah is his co- stars in Jai Ho, but don't expect them to do much beyond being eye candies in the typical action flick. Rather, Jacqueline Fernandez in Kick might get some footage opposite Salman, although that film too, is primarily the story of its hero.
It remains to be seen which new pair strikes the hottest chemistry.
Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapoor to come together in Fitoor
Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor to come together in Finding Fanny
Deepika reunites with her Cocktail director Homi Adajania to play Fanny in Finding Fanny , a story about a young man ( Arjun Kapoor) on the hunt for his childhood love. The bilingual film - in English and Hindi - is set primarily in Goa. Reportedly, Deepika has a profit- sharing clause for the film.
Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor to come together in Haider
Haider is Vishal Bhardwaj's Indianised version of Hamlet , and completes the director's Shakespeare trilogy after Maqbool and Omkara . The movie is set in troubled Kashmir. Shahid and Shraddha will play the Bollywoodised versions of Hamlet and Ophelia. Tage: katrina kaif and aditya roy kapoor, fitoor