202_CH_26_July_2016

CITY
HILIGHTS
Vol 1, Issue 202 `.1.00/-
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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ENTERTAINMENT
KAREENA KAPOOR UPSET
WITH DEEPIKA PADUKONE
Deepika Padukone’s
recent statement saying,
“I am not getting married
and I am not pregnant,”
may have been innocent.
But the Begum of Bollywood
who is currently
pregnant for some reason
thinks it is a dig at
her. Blame her pregnancy
hormones or just being
extra sensitive but Kareena
Kapoor Khan has taken
this comment very personally.
Says an insider,
“While it makes sense for
Dips to deny her engagement
and marriage rumours,
which have been
doing the rounds, Bebo
can’t understand why she
denied being pregnant,
because no one said she
was! KKK is also annoyed
at the unsaid implication
that actresses who are
in the family way are no
longer serious about the
career or scare producers
away. Kareena is gearing
up to begin shooting for
her next film and with big
belly and all, she will rock
it.” We have no doubt she
will.
SALMAN KHAN AND PRABHU
DHEVA TO REUNITE AFTER
SEVEN YEARS
It’s been seven years
since Wanted. Now it
looks like director Prabhu
Dheva and Salman Khan
are ready to reunite for
another film together.
So far, all attempts to
encore Wanted’s success
hadn’t worked. Now Prabhu
has found a script
that he feels would justify
their coming together.
Says Prabhu, “When
you work with Salman Sir,
you can’t just do it just for
the heck of it. Or because
you have access to his
dates. Wanted was a very
important film in my career.
It marked my debut
as director in Bollywood.
It was also an important
film for Salman Sir.”
Wanted started the new
power-packed phase in
Not to forget, an angry
Kareena had recently even
lashed out at the news
mongers for discussing
her pregnancy like a ‘national
casualty.’ She had
said, “I’m pregnant, not a
corpse. And what maternity
break? It’s the most
normal thing on earth to
produce a child. It is high
time the media back off,
and stop treating me any
different than I ever was.
Anybody who is bothered
shouldn’t work with me…
but my work goes on as
is, like always. Stop making
it a national casualty.
We are in 2016, not in
the 1800s. Probably, even
at that time, people were
way more civilised and
normal than the way the
media is behaving and
speculating now,” Says
Kareena, adding, “I’m just
fed-up of people making
it (her pregnancy) to be a
death of some sort. In fact,
it should be a message to
a lot of people that marriage
or having a family
has absolutely nothing to
do with my career.”
Salman’s career. Prabhu
concludes, “We have to
make sure that our next
project together packs in
a greater punch.”
Currently Sultan hero
is busy with his next film
Tubelight director by
Kabir Khan. The film is
based on Sino-Indian war.
The film was supposed
to roll from July end in
Kashmir. But the latest
reports suggest that the
shooting in Kashmir has
been on hold due to the
ongoing political situation
there. The makers have
been suggested to stay
away from the heated environment
for now. Well
it was Bajrangi Bhaijaan
star who had insisted his
buddy Kabir to shoot in
Kashmir.
REAL HOUSEWIVES
REUNITE FOR A CAUSE
SALMAN KHAN ACQUITTED IN
CHINKARA POACHING CASES
Bollywood actor Salman
Khan was on Monday
acquitted by the Rajasthan
High Court in two
cases related to poaching
of Chinkaras in Jodhpur in
1998.
The court held that the
pellets recovered from the
Chinkaras were not fired
from Khan’s licensed gun.
The driver of the jeep
that was used by Khan
and his co- stars on their
alleged hunting mission
has been missing, weakening
the prosecution’s
case against the movie
star.
Khan, 50, was jailed in
2007 for nearly a week for
shooting an endangered
gazelle in 1998.
Appeals of Khan against
sentence in the two cases
relating to poaching of
Chinkaras in Bhawad and
Mathania were allowed
by the high court which
acquitted him in both the
cases.
Justice Nirmal Jit Kaur
rejected the plea of the
state government against
the actor.
Two separate cases had
been registered against
Khan under section 51 of
Wildlife Protection Act for
poaching of two chinkaras
in village Bhawad on 26-
27 September, 1998 and
one chinkara in Mathania
(Ghoda Farm) on 28-29
September, 1998.
The trial court (CJM)
had convicted him in both
the cases sentencing him
to one year and 5 year
imprisonment on February
17, 2006 and April 10,
2006 respectivel.
The convictions were
challenged by Khan in the
session’s court, which dismissed
appeal in Mathania
s case and transferred
appeal to high court in
Bhawad s case, where already
two appeals by the
state government had
been pending.
Hearing on both these
petition in high court had
begun on November 16,
2015 and were completed
on May 13, 2016, after
which justice Nirmal
Jit Kaur had reserved her
judgement.
While arguing the case
in the high court, defence
counsel Mahesh Bora
had contended that Khan
had been falsely framed
in these cases, merely on
the statements of a key
witness Harish Dulani,
the driver of the vehicle,
which was allegedly used
in poaching in both these
cases.
Bora argued that Dulani
was never available to
them for cross examination
and hence his statements
could not be relied
upon in conviction of
Khan. He also argued that
both of these cases have
been built on circumstantial
evidences and there
was no eye-witness or any
material evidence against
Khan.
Besides this, the major
observation by the court
was that it did not find the
pellets recovered from
the vehicle matching with
those, recovered from the
possession of Khan.
ANISTON GIVES EMPOWERING
SPEECH AT ITALIAN FILM FEST
Former “Friends” star
Jennifer Aniston gave an
empowering speech to
young girls as she was
honoured for her television
and film career at the
46th Annual Giffoni Film
Festival in Italy.
The 47-year-old actress
was the guest of honour
at the Amalfi Coast event
and she spoke to the attendees
of the children’s
festival to talk about her
career in Hollywood.
When Aniston was
asked to suggest a solution
for more female-centred
stories to be told
in Hollywood, the star
encouraged the aspiring
writers and filmmakers in
the audience to step away
It’s safe to say Jill Zarin
still runs with a fabulous
circle of people.
As the Real Housewives
of New York City alumna
celebrated another summer
in the Hamptons,
the reality star decided
to host a party for all of
her Bravo friends who
showed up.
from the obsession with
social media and create
projects grounded in the
real world, source said.
“I think we need to
empower women to not
just be about dresses and
beauty and selfies. We
need to start having conversations
and put our
phones down and get out
of social media, take social
media breaks. That’s
why we’re not seeing the
right stories being told,
because everyone is stuck
in their phones,” she said.
The actress was also
moved to tears by one
teen, who asked the A-lister
if she ever woke up in
the morning and didn’t
recognise who she really
The O.G. of the O.C. Vicki
Gunvalson represented
the West Coast while
Cynthia Bailey made the
trip from Atlanta. Kathy
Wakile from New Jersey
arrived for a quick weekend
stay.
As for Big Apple
fans, you certainly had
a handful of cast members
in town. Kelly Bensimon,Kristen
Taekman,
was.
“There are not enough
fingers and a toe in this
entire room to count how
many times that moment
has happened to me,”
Aniston confessed as she
wiped tears from her eyes.
“We’re all human beings
at the end of the day,
whether we’re a waitress
or a baker or a student or
whatever we are, at the
end of the day you kind of
hit walls and think I kind
of can’t go any farther. Or
this is too much.
“My heart can’t take it
or the pain is too great, or
am I good enough? Will
I survive? And you just
have to sort of somehow
miraculously overcome.
You just go, ‘I can’t, yes I
can, yes you can.’
“And also know that
your actors, your idols,
your icons, whatever you
call them, have all had
that experience in their
lives many, many times.
Aniston added, “There’s
nothing that separates us
from you, because we all
started at the same place.
We all came out of nowhere.
Don’t punish yourself
if you feel that. Go talk
to people and seek help
and always find something
to inspire you.”
Aniston’s speech at Giffoni
echoed similar sentiments
in an emotional
letter she penned earlier
this month hitting out at
the constant media furore
surrounding her private
life.
Cindy Barshop and Ramona
Singer came together
to attend Jill’s charity
event benefiting St. Jude
Children’s Hospital.
“Love my Bobby and
my REAL girlfriends,” the
hostess wrote on Instagram
with a group photo.
“Love you and thank you
all for coming to my #jillzarinluxlunch.”
WOULD LOVE TO STAR IN A BOLLY-
WOOD FILM: RICK HOFFMAN
Actor Rick Hoffman,
currently seen on American
legal drama “Suits”,
says he wishes to feature
in a Bollywood movie one
day.
According to the sources
the actor said “I honestly
haven’t, but have heard
that they’re great and,
of course, I’d love to be a
part of an Indian movie
one day.”
Meanwhile, the actor is
all geared up for the upcoming
season of “Suits”,
currently being aired on
Comedy Central.
Hoffman plays the popular
role of lawyer Louis
Litt on the drama “Suits”.
If there is one thing
which his popular onscreen
character likes the
most it is a good mudbath
but Hoffman says he
does not enjoy them at all
in real life.
“I do not like mud baths
at all. To add to that, unlike
Louis, I’m deathly allergic
to cats and am a die-hard
New York sports fan. As
for what rejuvenates me -
deep tissue massages.
I am addicted to massages,”
Hoffman said.
“Suits” chronicles the
lives of talented college
dropout Mike Ross (Patrick
J Adams) who initially
works as a law associate
for Harvey Specter (Gabriel
Macht) despite never
actually attending law
school.
Hoffman’s character
swings between jealous,
highly suspicious and
snobbish and has a rivalry
with their law firm’s topnotch
lawyer, Specter.
During the season five
finale, it was shown that
Mike turned himself in
for a two-year prison sentence
for faking to be a
lawyer, thus casuing trouble
in the law firm.
Hoffman, 46, says his
character will now be on
his toes after the events
on the series.
“He’ll be quite intense
about it and if anyone
eats, sleeps, breathes the
firm, it’s Louis. He’s very
loyal to the firm, so you
can only imagine what
his blood pressure is like
at the moment - he’ll be
quite excitable.”
The actor also said fans
“shouldn’t put their expectations
too high” with
regards to his on and off
love-track with Shiela.
ROHIT BAL’S FUSION OF BLING,
ROYALTY AT ICW
With combination of
rose motifs and embellishments
as the mainstay,
ace designer Rohit Bal’s
Kashmir and Russia inspired
line, “Kehkashaan”
closed India Couture
Week 2016.
Bal, 55, made his love
for roses more apparent
with the line as the outfits
featured flower embroidery
in almost every outfit
on display.
Gold embroidery with
mirror-work was another
highlight of the show.
Perhaps, in an attempt
to balance the heavy embellishment
on tops, jackets,
maxi tops and capes,
the designer kept his lehengas,
sarees and gowns
extremely simple with
least to no work on it.
The flair of his silhouettes,
however, added a
regal touch to the clothes.
In terms of colour palette,
the designer kept
himself restricted to bold
tones of white, black and
burgundy.
Bal’s collection began
on a ‘white’ note as models
sashayed down the
ramp in simple traditional
wear, which had Kashmiri
designs.
With similar work on
every outfit in the section
and lack of innovation, it
seemed the designer ran
out of ideas while designing
the ensembles.
Then came the all-in
black section, which had
interesting combinations
like gypsy tops and jackets
with lehengas and sarees,
and capes with evening
gowns.
An embellished cold
shoulder top worn over a
long skirt was a highlight
of this section.
A few men’s jackets
with different gold embroideries
drew applause
from the audience.
Bal went with the ‘save
the best for the last’ saying
as some of the most
wonderful and creative
pieces from his collection
turned up towards the
end of the show.
The closing outfit, a
burgundy colour lehenga
worn with a red choli
and a short jacket, also in
burgundy, was among the
best on the show.
Crown-like headgears
complemented the overall
feel of the collection.
The show had other designers
like JJ Vallaya and
Varun Bahl cheering Bal
on from the sidelines.
The designer chose
not to speak to the media
about his collection
post the show and instead
chose to stay by the side
of his close ones.
BONO VISITS MEMORIAL FOR NICE
ATTACK VICTIMS
Rocker Bono has returned
to the site of the
Bastille Day attack in
Nice, France to honour the
memory of those killed
with a floral tribute.
The U2 frontman was
at a restaurant nearby
on July 14, when a driver
drove a truck filled with
weapons and explosives
into a crowd watching
a fireworks display on
Promenade des Anglais,
leaving 84 people dead.
Bono and his fellow diners
at La Petite Maison reportedly
had to be rescued
by armed police after the
attack, which prompted
staff at the eatery to pull
down the venue’s shutters
and lock themselves inside
for safety.
The 56-year-old singer,
who owns a home in the
nearby town of Eze, headed
back to Promenade des
Anglais to join mourners
as they marked the tragedy
with a minute of silence,
source said.
Bono, who was dressed
in all-black, was photographed
laying flowers at
the crash site, and in the
accompanying message,
he wrote, “There is no end
to grief, that’s how I know
there is no end to love” -
words are borrowed from
the lyrics to U2’s song California
(There Is No End To
Love).
He concluded the poignant
note by adding,
“With respect for lives lost
here on 14/7/16.”
Following the attack,
the group had posted on
the U2 Twitter page, “Love
is bigger than anything
in its way - Bono, Edge,
Adam, Larry.”
Bono and his bandmates
were also close
to the atrocities in Paris,
France in November last
year, when 89 people were
killed in a series of co-ordinated
bomb and gun
attacks, one of which took
place at the Bataclan concert
hall.
The stars were in the
city rehearsing for their
concert the following day,
but they cancelled their
shows due to safety fears
and rescheduled them for
December.
The rockers also offered
their private jet to the Eagles
of Death Metal, who
had been playing at the
Bataclan at the time of the
attack.
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