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Mumbai, Feb 5: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar is all set to launch a martial arts school to give self-defence training to women in suburban Mumbai by May this year. Akshay has joined hands with Yuva Sena Chief Aditya Thackeray for the social initiative and by May, they will inaugurate a martial arts training institute for women in Mumbai. "I am thankful to Aditya Thackeray for coming up with the

Mumbai, Feb 3: Speaking of gems and royalty, we recently spotted actor Poonam Pandey at the photo shoot for an international jewelry brand. The actress was dressed in royal attire and with matching regal Jewellery portrayed the sight of a princess. The Photo shoot was done by ace Bollywood photographer Hitesh Kaneria and the gem necklace around Poonam’s neck looked like it came right from the sets

Mumbai, Feb 3: Actress Shabana Azmi is all set to receive her fifth doctorate this week from a university. TERI University is offering the 63-year-old veteran actress her fifth doctorate for her contribution to the world of entertainment. "Honoured and humbled to be getting a Doctorate from TERI university on Feb 5. It is my 5th!," Shabana posted on Twitter. Earlier, Jadavpur University, Leeds

New York, Feb 3: Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment of a suspected drug overdose on Sunday, law enforcement officials said. He was 46. The enigmatic star, who was hailed as the finest character actor of his generation, won an Oscar in 2006 as best actor for "Capote" and was nominated for three further Academy Awards. A substance thought to be heroin

Mumbai, Feb 2: Director Rohit Shetty, whose last film 'Chennai Express' was a blockbuster, says superstar Shah Rukh Khan is now like a family to him. Rohit teamed up with Shah Rukh for the first time in 'Chennai Express'. "No equations have changed for me after this film in the industry. It is just that I have made a great friend... a family member in Shah Rukh Khan," Rohit said in an interview

Mumbai, Feb 2: Actor Shahid Kapoor says he is done dating actresses and is now scared thinking about it. Shahid will be seen in an upcoming episode of celebrity chat show 'Koffee with Karan'. He was asked by Karan who would he like to date and Shahid promptly replied "not an actress.... I am so done with that. I am a little scared of dating an actress for sure," the actor said. To a query by Karan

Mumbai, Feb 1: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been voted the world's fourth most beautiful woman in a recent poll conducted by online magazine 'Hollywood Buzz'. Rai ranked fourth on the list of 'Top 30' Most Beautiful Women after Italian actress Monica Belluci, American model-actress Kate Upton and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie. The poll conducted in December 2013 saw more than four

New Delhi, Jan 31: No Abhay Deol, no. You cannot be shattering my hopes like this. You, mister, have been the coolest actor I have known. So featuring and producing a sleepy, boring film called 'One By Two' makes your fans and devotees like me cringe in pain and embarrassment. And that shouldn't be the case, ideally. Because while the world swooned over Dhanush's charming smile in 'Raanjhanaa', I

Mumbai, Jan 31: In a relief for actress Preity Zinta, Bombay High Court today quashed a non-bailable warrant issued against her by a magistrate court for failing to appear before it to record statement in a cheque bounce case. Justice Sadhana Jadhav, while quashing the warrant, observed, "the approach of the magistrate in issuing the warrant was pedantic." The Andheri metropolitan magistrate had

Mumbai, Jan 29: Actress Sneha Ullal, who debuted opposite Salman Khan in ‘Lucky’, is all set to make a comeback in Bollywood following her stint down South. Salman, 48, who launched the starlet in 2005 film ‘Lucky -No Time for Love’, is now guiding her for the second innings in Hindi movies. Though ‘Lucky’ failed to garner attention at the box office, Sneha, 28, was noted for her striking