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Shahrukh Khan's wax statue in Paris After Madame Tussauds

Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan has more reason to smile - he will have a second wax look alike coming up in the West, this time in France.

Barely a year after his wax statue was unveiled at Madame Tussauds, London, Paris's Grevin wax museum will present King Khan's wax statue next month.

This will make Shah Rukh the second Indian celebrity after Mahatma Gandhi to have a wax statue in Grevin and the first Bollywood star to have two wax statues in the two most prestigious wax museums worldwide.

Stating this in Mumbai on Friday, Grevin's marketing director Frederic Gouguidis said that this was the outcome of its exclusive partnership with the travel major, Cox and Kings, in the Indian market.

Khan is extremely popular in France with a huge fan following and the wax statue would give Indians another reason to travel to that country, he added.

Paris Convention & Visitors Bureau managing director Paul Roll said that Paris is a hot destination among Indian tourists. 'Last year, over 300,000 Indians visited France, the second largest number after China,' Roll said.

A 19th century French journalist Arthur Meyer conceived Grevin's wax museum. He collaborated with Alfred Grevin, a cartoonist, sculptor and costume designer to work on the project.

When the wax museum doors were finally thrown open to the public in June 1882, it was a grand success.

Some of the wax statues in the Grevin collection include Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Pope John Paul-II, Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson.

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Bachna Ae Haseenon starring Ranbir, Deepika Padukone , Minissha Lamba and Bipasha Basu

First there were four females. Now, they are reduced to three. And Ranbir Kapoor is the lucky guy who gets to romance them all, on screen, that is.

Finally the title of Yashraj Films next venture, starring Ranbir, Deepika Padukone , Minissha Lamba and Bipasha Basu , has been finalized. It is called Bachna Ae Haseenon .

Directed by Siddharth Anand, the movie was originally meant to chronicle a man's romantic journey through his relationships with four different women. Katrina Kaif was supposed to play the fourth lady. But since the movie was getting too long, Katrina's role was deleted because she was the only actress who hadn't shot the film till then.

So, as the film's title suggests, is Ranbir playing a Casanova in the story?

Ranbir refuses to reveal anything about the story as he is contractually bound.

Meanwhile, the young lad has admitted in a media interview that he is dating Deepika Padukone and that love blossomed between him and her during the shooting of this film in Australia.

Well, it was something we all knew and only needed to hear from Ranbir's lips. Good that he has done it.

Black And White Movie Review

Subhash Ghai, the proverbial showman and the maker of many memorable masala movies, comes up with a pertinent, hard-hitting, slice-of-life film, appropriately titled 'Black And White'.

The film is about a sombre and brooding suicide bomber who has a change of heart and mind after witnessing the harmony-in-diversity of the friendly people of Chandni Chowk.

Newcomer Anurag Sinha plays a fidayeen from an Afghan terror camp who comes to Delhi on a deadly mission. His target is Red Fort. And he will execute his mission on August 15.

While in Delhi, the would-be bomber takes shelter in the house of a polite and wise poet (Habib Tanvir) in Chandni Chowk and passes himself off as Numer Qazi, a victim of Gujarat riots. In the same locality live the Urdu professor Rajan Mathur ( Anil Kapoor ) and his sharp-tongued social activist wife Roma ( Shefali Shah ).

Rajan, who sternly believes in religious tolerance and secularism, takes a liking to the quiet and grim Numer.

In the days leading up to his mission, Numer encounters a number of friendly characters in Chandni Chowk, including a pretty girl Shagufta ( Aditi Sharma ) who falls for him. The sullen and stone-hearted Numer struggles with his emotions. On top of it, professor Rajan, his wife Roma and the genteel octogenarian poet give Numer a different perspective of life.

As days pass, Numer finds himself in an unexpected dilemma. On one hand are his deep-rooted fundamentalist beliefs. On the other hand is a faint spark of love, and values of mutual tolerance and humanity that take root in his heart.

'Black And White' could easily have fallen into the trap of being a preachy film. Though the film does have a few such moments, it mostly manages to steer clear of the expected, in-your-face clichés that a Bollywood film with a message of communal harmony could have easily pandered to. And the credit for this should go to its director Subhash Ghai, who shows commendable restraint in handling the sensitive subject.

The only time Ghai seems to lose his grip over the plot is in the last half hour of the film when the screenplay is contrived to the director's convenience. It is in a few of these portions leading up to the climax that the movie becomes unreal and unconvincing.

The film's leading man Anurag Sinha exudes a simmering intensity befitting his character of a terrorist. The newcomer has few dialogues in the film, yet he gives a palpable persona to his Numer. A notable debut indeed.

Anil Kapoor keeps himself carefully restrained for most part of his role. Shefali Shah is terrific in a brief role. Aditi Sharma just about manages not to ham. Theatre veteran Habib Tanvir towers with his screen presence and imposing voice.

'Black And White' deals with a very relevant issue in the times of terrorism and racial profiling. Not only does the movie gives a message of hope that terrorists could be reformed, it also questions the way the state goes about dealing with terrorism.

It is an honest and commendable effort by Ghai. And it deserves to be seen at least once.

Hayden a liar and Gilchrist no saint, says Harbhajan

Controversial spinner Harbhajan Singh further deepened the animosity between India and Australia on Thursday when he called Matthew Hayden "a big liar" and Adam Gilchrist "no saint."

The Indian has been in the headlines on the acrimonious tour of Australia ever since he was banned for three matches for allegedly racially abusing Andrew Symonds during the second Test in Sydney in January.

The suspension was later overturned following an appeal hearing, but the relations between the two sides deteriorated as Hayden called Harbhajan an "obnoxious weed" on radio during the subsequent One-day series.

Harbhajan said he was upset when Hayden and wicketkeeper-batsman Gilchrist both supported Symonds in the racial row.

"Don't talk about Hayden's credibility, he is a big liar," Harbhajan told the Delhi-based tabloid Mail Today .

"He (Gilchrist) is also not a saint. He, of course, pretends to be a saint - someone who doesn't say an offensive word on the field.

"But this is completely wrong. There are times when he doesn't let an opportunity go (to) waste," Harbhajan said, adding Gilchrist said nasty things on the field.

Gilchrist, who earned the reputation of being a "walker" during his illustrious career, retired from international cricket after the triangular finals, won 2-0 by India on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka, knocked out earlier, were the third team in the fray. Harbhajan described Australia as an "arrogant side" but added he never expected they would give his team "so much crap" on the field.

"The whole world knows how the Australians target individual players to break their confidence. This was not new for us either, but calling me a racist was something we never expected," he said.

"When we had enough of it, we also gave them back and they started complaining to the umpires about me. It was stunning... how low they can stoop to break a player's confidence."

The off-spinner was, however, all praise for Brett Lee, saying the Australian fast bowler was different from his team-mates.

"Lee never spoke in the same manner as the rest of his team-mates. He never uttered any nonsense to us and kept visiting our dressing-room even after Sydney," he said.

Harbhajan said he was happy his side gave a fitting response to Australia by capping their testing tour with a stunning victory in the One-day finals.

"It was like Harbhajan vs Australia after that (Sydney Test). It was, of course, very difficult to focus on cricket," he said.

"I was proud of the way our team played and I believe we have the potential to be the number one side in the world."

Harbhajan has been a thorn in Australia's flesh since 2001 when he claimed 32 wickets in three home Tests to play a key role in ending their 16-match winning streak under Steve Waugh.

Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan pose at the premier of the Telugu dubbed version of Jodhaa Akbar in Hyderabad

Bhoomika Chawla inaugurates Shahnaz Hussain's Parlour

Herbal queen Shahnaz Hussain had her new Spalour, at Novatel inaugurated by the lovely Bhoomika Chawla. Bhoomika, a regular patron of the spalour, was more than happy to do the honors "I have been using Shahnaz's herbal products right from my childhood. I love spending time at her spalour and come here almost every day. It is like coming to a resort. You can even party here with all your friends and get some good service at the same time." The petite actress did her bit of advertising quite well.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder is world's youngest billionaire

Mark Zuckerberg, the 23-year-old founder of social networking site Facebook, is the youngest ever self-made billionaire, according to an annual list published by Forbes magazine.

"He is the youngest billionaire in the world right now and we also believe he is the youngest self-made billionaire in history," said the magazine's Associate Editor Matthew Miller, unveiling this year's super-rich list.

The magazine put the former Harvard student's personal wealth at 1.5 billion dollars, based on what it said was a conservative valuation of five billion dollars for Facebook and Zuckerberg's estimated 30 percent stake.

It played down speculation that the site could be worth as much as 15 billion dollars, which was based on Microsoft paying 240 million dollars for a 1.6 percent stake in the company last year.

"Would it really fetch that much today? Some analysts - and a few Facebook investors - doubt it," the magazine said. It said it based its valuation on Facebook's estimated annual sales of 150 million dollars.

Kangana Ranaut at her newly bought Home

Pooja Chitgopikar Femina Miss India Earth 2007 Photoshoot

Pooja Chitgopikar Femina Miss India Earth 2007 Hot Photoshoot. She is the one of the Hottest Model of India and Miss Earth too. She has done so many advertisement's and Ramp walk for big brands. Here is her New Sizzling Hot Photoshoot Pics.

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Shivaratri - Greetings Of Shivaratri

Shivaratri 2008 is on March 06, Thursday

Auspicious festival of Mahashivaratri falls on the 13th or the 14th night of the new moon during Krishna Paksha in the Hindu month of Phalgun. The Sanskrit term, Krishna Paksha means the period of waning moon or the dark fortnight and Phalguna corresponds to the month of February - March in English Calendar. Shivaratri Festival is celebrated on a moonless night.

According to Hindu mythology, Shivaratri or 'Shiva's Great Night' symbolizes the wedding day of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Many however, believe, Shivaratri is the night when Lord Shiva performed the Tandava Nritya - the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. Celebrating the festival in a customary manner, devotees give a ritual bath to the Lingam with the panchagavya - milk, sour milk, urine, butter and dung. Celebrations of Shivaratri Festival mainly take place at night. Devotees of Lord Shiva throng Shiva temples across the country and spend 'the Night of Lord Shiva' by chanting verses and hymns in praise of the Lord. The festival holds special meaning for the ladies. They pray to Goddess Parvati also called 'Gaura', the giver of 'suhag' for good husbands, marital bliss and a long and prosperous married life.

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