The Weekly Gazette

Kareena-Shahid back on talking terms after bitter split

2010-03-05T00:04:00.000-08:00

Shahid and Kareena who ended their relationship on a bitter note after Jab We Met, have finally started to talking to each other once again. Thanks to Karan Johar's 'peacemaking' skills the duo were seen exchanging pleasantries and having a conversation that lasted quite a while.

u8232 The venue for this patch up was SRK's abode, Mannat, where King Khan had hosted a celebration for My Name Is Khan.

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Police bolster protection services

2010-03-03T00:06:00.000-08:00

Police in KZN have created a news policing unit to protect and escort soccer teams and players teams and players during the 2010 World Cup.

The Protection and Emergency Services (PES) have recruited 40 experienced police officers from various stations to bolster the unit.

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MNIK becomes higgest Bollywood grosser in Britain

2010-02-26T02:01:00.000-08:00

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan's new movie 'My Name is Khan' has become the most successful Bollywood film in British box office history.The film garnered 887,198.98 pounds (Rs.64.4 million / $1.4 million) in its opening weekend.

The movie shot to number six in the British box office countdown, making 'My Name is Khan' the highest grossing Bollywood film opening ever in Britain.

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Storm ravages city

2010-02-24T00:42:00.000-08:00

Clean up operations have begun to repair the damage caused by Tuesday night's storm, which left homes flooded, shacks destroyed and road surfaces cracked.

The storm is believed to have started is belived in the Giant's Castle area of the Drakensberg and headed for the coast. Hill crest, Pinetowm and Durban were the three worst hit areas.

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They were busy celebrating my fall: Kajol

2010-02-12T00:13:00.000-08:00

Filmmaker-host Karan Johar lets out another of Kajol's secret on Sony's popular show 'Lift Kara De'…that she is a great one for tripping and falling down during shoots. She has had a fall during each one of his films and each of the films has gone on to become super hits.

So much so that everyone in his gang believes that it is their good luck charm. But it became a cause of concern when she did not have a single mishap during the making of 'My Name is Khan'.

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Anil outstages his '24' Co-Stars

2010-02-10T00:48:00.000-08:00

The American press has gone ga-ga over Anil Kapoor. Writes the Los Angeles Times, “The most promising (actor) this season is Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor), president of the Islamic Republic of Kamistan, who is negotiating a peace treaty with U.S. President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones). He’s regal and decent.”Anil Kapoor is known to be such a thorough professional .So why are his co-stars in his just-premiered American series 24 upset with him?

Anil is very happy with the way his television debut was received. “It was overwhelming. I had made sure that the Indian media was also invited on the red carpet.

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Preity jumps

2010-02-05T00:00:00.000-08:00

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta pulled off a stunt by jumping off the wall of a toilet at the Delhi airport after she got stuck inside for more than 10 minutes. "Spent 10 minutes stuck in the toilet at the airport...Finally had to climb the wall and jump over... People were calling out my name," Preity posted on her Twitter page Tuesday.

The 34-year-old says she felt she would die in there, but managed to escape.

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Imran gits imported red Bettle to finance Avantika

2010-02-03T00:05:00.000-08:00

Imran Khan, who exchanged rings with his longtime girlfriend Avantika Malik on Saturday night at a farm house in Karjat in the outskirts of Mumbai, has gifted her a Volkswagen Beetle, especially imported from Europe.

"Imran gifted her a red Beetle as her engagement present. He got the car from Europe and was at it for a month and a half," a close hand informs.

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All eyes on Miss India South Africa

2010-01-29T00:07:00.000-08:00

All our titles will carry exclusive stories, pictures and a sparkling new competition with just over 500 tickets at stake for our readers who can watch the Talent Night of the Pageant in comfort at the air conditioned ICC Durban Arena. Thirty contestants from various parts of the world are due to arrive in South Africa on March 20 to prepare for this dazzling event which has attracted world wide attention. This is the last of three Miss India Worldwide Pageants to be staged in South Africa. In 2008, the Pageant was held in Johannesburg, last year in Durban on the beachfront and now at the ICC Durban Arena for the grand farewell.

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SCOOP: Salman and Shahrukh Khan to patch up

2010-01-27T00:08:00.000-08:00

Are Salman Khan and Shah Rukh heading for a truce? Well, we hear, with the release of ‘Veer’ just around the corner, Salman is indulging in garnering social niceties with his long time rival Shah Rukh Khan.

News has it that when Salman saw the rushes of SRK's My Name Is Khan', the temperamental star called up Karan Johar and congratulated him.

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Shahrukh Khan parties hard as Hrithik turns 36

2010-01-22T00:18:00.000-08:00

Bollywood badshah Shahrukh Khan works hard but he partied harder at the birthday bash of another tinsel town sensation- Hrithik Roshan.

As Hrithik Roshan turned 36 on Sunday the entire Bollywood showered him with good wishes. Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor and Karan Johar joined the party with SRK, said the actor in his twitter post.

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I'll be back in business with lots of films Preity

2010-01-20T01:19:00.000-08:00

Preity Zinta has been off the Bollywood radar for a long time as she was preoccupied with the Indian Premier League (IPL) and a management course at Harvard Business School in the US. She has reassured fans she will be seen in a whole lot of movies in 2010.

"Guys I am back in business. Its nice to be back after a freezing New Year. Well my New Year resolution is to work in more films, work out five times a week and learn how to drive in Mumbai traffic," Preity posted on her Twitter page.

"You all will see me doing a lot of movies this year! Please be patient and wait for announcements," she added.

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I don't know why I didn't get married earlier: Shilpa

2010-01-15T00:02:00.000-08:00

Shilpa Shetty-Kundra couldn't have asked for more. After a giddying round of partying and holidaying Shilpa Shetty is now in London for her wedding reception on Wednesday in the House Of Commons.

Excited and nervous Shilpa said on Tuesday, "The House Of Commons reception is being thrown for Raj and me by British MP Keith Vaz who's a dear friend of ours."

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Shah Rukh Khan gets naughtier with age

2009-12-23T00:00:00.000-08:00

The first look of 'My Name Is Khan', which reunites superstar Shah Rukh Khan with Kajol on screen after eight years, was unveiled by Star TV network Wednesday night at a star-studded event here.

The first look was launched by Shah Rukh, director Karan Johar and Kajol at the JW Marriott hotel. The promos were aired at 10 p.m. across 70 countries.'It is one of the nicest love stories I have participated (in),' Shah Rukh said while the promo was unveiled.

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Rocket Singh to be screened at Dubai film fest

2009-12-18T00:19:00.000-08:00

YashRaj Films' 'Rocket Singh - Salesman Of The Year', slated for Dec 11 release in India, has been selected to be screened at the 6th edition of the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

The film, starring Ranbir Kapoor and helmed by 'Chak De! India' director Shimit Amin, will be part of the Indian cinema section in Out of Competition DIFF programme.

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Sameera to dance for Sachin Tendulkar

2009-12-15T23:23:00.000-08:00

It is learnt that Sameera Reddy is busy gearing up for a special number which she is planning to perform for the Ambani's. Sources reveal that the Ambani s group is organizing a show for their cricket group. The show is specially arranged for cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and is called Powers.

Sameera will be performing a special act for them. Sameera who has been busy otherwise has managed to squeeze in time for the act as she is an avid sports lover. Sameera has been an athelete since her school and college days informs a source.

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Shahid does an Aamir, to lose his 8-pack

2009-12-11T00:07:00.000-08:00

Shahid Kapoor has to go the Aamir Khan way now. After Aamir had to get rid of his Ghajini eight-pack look for his role in 3 Idiots, it is now Shahid’s turn to lose his abs for a boyish, skinny look, not unlike the one he had in Ishq Vishq and Fida, for his new film, Mausam.

Shahid plays an inexperienced, young lover boy in Mausam for which he needs to lose the beefed up look he had to especially get for Kaminey and Chance Pe Dance.

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Salman is aiming to make it big like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir

2009-12-09T00:00:00.000-08:00

Salman Khan is moving forward in the league of Khans as he decided to go one step further with the up coming flick, Veer. Yes the actor will be turning producer with the release of his film.

Also the actor is taking few tips from his father Salim and implementing it on the company. The actor feels that Sohail is unable to promote the company in right ways thus now he will be taking charge which will start with the release of Veer. Sohail’s production had given few flops in the past and now with Sallu bhai in the panel, things seems to clash between the two brothers.

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Multiplexes gear up for AVATAR release

2009-12-04T00:00:00.000-08:00

Just when movie enthusiasts across the globe are eagerly awaiting the release of James Cameron's magnum opus 'Avatar' on Dec 18, multiplexes across India are gearing up to en-cash on the extraordinary buzz around its release.

Made with a fusion camera developed by Cameron himself, ‘Avatar’ is expected to revolutionize the film-watching experience and multiplexes are investing huge sums in upgrading their infrastructure to bring this extravaganza to moviegoers.

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What a Burden

2009-12-02T01:40:00.000-08:00

Who says acting is easy? Not when you have to carry a boy weighing 45 kgs on your shoulders. Just ask actress vidya Balan, who had to go through the exercise for her film “Paa” and ended up falling.

“In a scene, Vidya had to shoot with a child who is playing the younger version of Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Paa’. The scene required Vidya to carry him on her shoulders,” said a source.

“Vidya weighs 45 kgs and so did the boy. Vidya carried him on her shoulders nevertheless.

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Crocodile gets snappy with local farmer

2009-11-27T00:09:00.000-08:00

A Reservior Hills vegetable farmer had a close encounter with a two metre crocodile when he was attending to his herbs last week in his farm situated along the banks of Umgeni river near Siripat Road.

Nivash Dhookran told the Weekly Gazette that the crocodile was well camoufalged in his garden and that he had not seen it untill opened its mouth to grab hold of him.

"I had just cut some herbs when i heard a roar. In an instant his big mouth with teeth snapped infront of me. I ran for my life to call for help," said Dhookran.

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Workshop-Clean up your Wallet Campaign

2009-11-25T02:24:00.000-08:00

She spent, she scratched and she won!!!

The Workshop Shopping centre hosted the final grand prize give away event in their Clean up your Wallet Campaign, Sylvia Fleurs was the lucky finalist selected to pay for the R50 000 cas and she picked two boxes and won the following prizes which were sponsored by stores at the Workshop:

Workshop Gift Card-R 2000, oriental

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Aamir, Kareena to video chat with fans

2009-11-20T02:08:00.000-08:00

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan excels at innovative promotion for his films and this time the star has taken the internet route to pitch his forthcoming film "3 Idiots" - where the film's star cast will video chat with fans on the web.

Film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, director Rajkumar Hirani, other technicians and actors, including Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan and Boman Irani alongside Aamir, will have a visual chat with the masses, after releasing the music of the film on the internet.

"We are launching the music of '3i' ('Three Idiots') on the 9th of November, but for the first time this is happening on the Internet...

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Our Tatum jets off to London

2009-11-18T01:52:00.000-08:00

Miss South Africa, Tatum Keshwar has jetted off to London to join other Miss World contestants for the Miss World Charity Dinner as they kick off the month long festival leading up to the final pageant in South Africa on Saturday 12 December at the Gallagher Estate Convention Centre.

The Miss World Charity Dinner will bring all 120 finalists to London for a night of International fundraising. From there all the contestants will be going to Abu Dhabi for the next round of events, prior to coming to South Africa.

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Hrithik to play Leonardo's role in 'The Departed' remake

2009-11-13T03:43:00.000-08:00

According to the latest buzz Vishal Bhardwaj is gearing up to bring a remake of Academy Award winning movie, ‘The Departed’. Hrithik will be playing the character played by Leonardo Di Caprio in the English version.

The movie being a dark thriller will be shot at an apt location in Mumbai. And just like Leo, Hrithik will play an undercover cop in the movie. Hehas to be fully fit by the time movie starts to roll; right now, he is suffering from a knee injury and has been warned not to indulge in any kind risky stunts.

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