Salman hikes his fee to Rs.50 crore

t seems Salman Khan has decided to catch up on his counterparts Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan, who have been paid huge amount for their films. Riding on the back-to-back success of his films Dabangg and Ready, the actor has reportedly hiked his fee to Rs.50 crore.

Sources said that Salman has been charging only Rs.40 crore per film till date. However, his command at the box-office following the success of his recent releases has pumped in lots of confidence. Now, he is said to have decided to charge Rs.50 crore per film in the days to come ......... read more>>

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Native tongues wag over Miss Fiji winner

OUTRAGE erupted in Fiji over the country's contestant for the Miss World 2012 beauty pageant - initially because she is only 16 but now because she does not look "native" enough.

Schoolgirl Torika Watters - who is of mixed European/ Fijian heritage - has been criticised since beating a bevy of full-blooded indigenous women to win the Miss World Fiji crown on the weekend.

Furthering the controversy, the competition was overseen by New Zealand supermodel Rachel Hunter and other non-Fijian judges.

The ugly race row has even included attacks on Watters' hair, with many claiming the model chosen to represent the island nation should have a "buiniga" - the local word used to describe the naturally-fuzzy Fijian hairstyle............... read more>>

 

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Yousuf Gilani not disqualified after verdict: Aitzaz

The counsel for Prime Minister in the contempt of court case Aitzaz Ahsan, on Thursday said that the prime minister was not disqualified after the verdict and that an appeal challenging the decision would soon be filed, our sources reported.

Aitzaz Ahsan said Thursday that the Supreme Court charged Gilani for scandalizing the court which was not in the charges framed.

"The prime minister was not convicted according to charges," Aitzaz told reporters during a news conference alongside Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira.

The counsel for Prime Minister Gilani said the order condemned his client for judicial and criminal contempt adding that "new charges warrant a new trial." ............ read more>>
 

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The search for candor in the presidential campaign

Expecting presidential candidates to be candid with voters is such a quaint idea you'd expect to find it on Pinterest. There it is, next to the adorable confectionery and wedding dog photos. Well, I like quaint, and if you also like a Dr. Seuss saying stenciled on an ambiguous decorative item, then join me on my search for candor in the 2012 presidential campaign. I need your help.

We need honesty now more than ever. There are big decisions to be made. A $1 trillion deficit requires a retooling of much of the federal government and a reworking of the tax code. At the very least, Americans are going to have to accept big changes in what they've come to expect from their government. Or they may have to face brutal reductions in public services they count on like the military or quality medical care for the.............. read more>>

Mitt Romney attacks President Obama for not being candid, saying his hot mic moment with the Russian president "calls his candor into serious question." The Obama team makes the same charge about nearly every word that comes out of Romney's

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Sights—Should Gwyneth Paltrow Be Worried?

Iron Man has already got his leading lady: Pepper Potts, played by Gwyneth Paltrow. But the possible arrival of a nemesis for her man's attention could force Gwynnie to brush up on her fighting skills.

Per Deadline, The Help's Jessica Chastain is in talks to join the growing cast of Iron Man 3, and the ubiquitous actress should know a thing or two about superheroics: She starred in six films last year—and even nabbed an Oscar nom for Best Supporting Actress for The Help.

But whom will Chastain be playing?

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Chastain will reportedly take on the role of a "sexy scientist" who'll conceivably go toe-to-toe (or is it brain-to-brain?) with Downey's genius Iron Man alter ego, Tony Stark.

It seems the actress was offered the role before, but scheduling snafus kept her from committing to the project. Producers supposedly considered Diane Kruger and Isla Fisher for the part, but an unexpected opening in Chastain's shooting schedule has now catapulted her back into the Iron Man fray.

She's the latest A-lister to circle the project, following news that Ben Kingsley is close to signing on as the film's villain. (Exactly which villaIn he'll play has inspired its own guessing game.)

The Shane Black-directed flick, which reportedly starts shooting in five weeks in North Carolina, is shaping up to have an ultra-prestigious cast that includes two Oscar winners (Paltrow and Kingsley) and three Oscar nominees (Downey, Chastain and ........ read more>>

 

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