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Chace Crawford - READY TO MINGLE

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Matters of heart!

Some people are just lucky. Chace Crawford is one such person. The Gossip Girl star was unable to return to the US from the UK capital, because of the now-lifted flight ban caused by the volcanic ash from Iceland.

But instead of staying in his hotel room, Chace busied himself with romance, Yes, the actor was romancing a British actress while stranced in London.

The handsome actor took Tessa, the blonde beauty, to a restaurant and an exclusive nightspot, after being introduced to her by a mutual friend. A source said, "Chace was trapped in London. so he spent his time with Tessa. They were introduced by a friend and they really hit it off." Al though Chace has now go9ne back to America, he plans to see Tessa again. The source added, "He had to return to the US for work, but he hopes he'll see her again." It seems Chace has changed his mind in the matters of heart as in the beginning of the year be insisted he was happy to be single. The 24-year-old star had previously dated Carrie Underwood.

Shraddha Kapoor - LOVE ALL

Animal instinct

Newbie Shraddha Kapoor, actor Shakti Kapoor's daughter who made her debut with Teen Patti, has more than just movies on her mind. The girl is known to be a passionate animal lover. Besides being fond of animals, Shraddha says she can't put up with cruelty towards animals. In fact, she would love to set up a welfare organization for animals in the future. Shraddha isn't the only Bollywood celebrity who wants to do something for this cause. Actors like John Abraham and Raveena Tandon had also taken up the cause, earlier.

Raima Sen - HOT

Raima's

single

no more

Boys, hold your breath, Raina Sen is not single anymore. It was at a do where we discovered that Raima Sen might just have a new man in her life.

Kolkata-based businessman Vikram recently hosted a house warming party at his new house in Delhi, and Raima was among the guests from Bollywood who attended the do. There was the usual smattering of Delhi's social circuit fegulars. Are you wondering what this has to do with the new guy in Raima's life? Well, we found out that guy's name is Aman Sondhi, and he's a model and Vikram's first cousin. Vikram confirmed the news. and said. "Both they've known each other for a log time as they both hail from Kolkata. Aman's been dating Raima now for a long time."

Deepika Padukone and Sendhilk Ramamurthy - SMITTEN

Senthil wants

to catch

Deepika's eye!

Sendhil Ramamurthy who plays the lead in Bend IT Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha's It's A wonderful Afterlife may have just started his innings in Bollywood, but the actor has already started expressing his thoughts on our actresses. And it seems the guy has a big ttime crush on Deepika Padukone. Says Sendhil, "I think Deepika is the best looking girl in Bollywood. I happened to meet her at a party and thought she was really pretty." Now that his film is about to release, he has requested director Gurinder to hold a special screening of the film, for the few friends he has made in India. He has asked her to extend a personal invite on his behalf to Deepika! Even though Sendhil won't be there in person to receive her, he is trying to ensure that the Bollywood beauty notices him!

Akshaye Khanna - SULKING

Colour me green

The grapevine says that Akshaye Khanna, who has always been a recluse, is getting more and more into his shell. The only two people this talented actor enjoys spending time with are his best friend Anil Kapoor and producer Rajat Rawail, who is making No Problem. Other than that, Akshaye,it seems is a tough cookie to deal with. Sources say he reportedly refused to pose for some publicity material of his film Aakrosh with Ajay Devgn and Hipasha Basu because he was sulking.

Some say Akshaye reportedly had payment issues with his producers and so he kept Ajay and Bipasha waiting. It's strange that Akshaye should be sulking with Ajay because both actors have worked together wonderfully in the past (Remember Deewangee?). And, they're actually quite pally. It seems hard to believe that one delayed cheque would drive a wedge between friends. Let's hope all this is more gossip than truth.

Humanity's wiiled contact with aliens,.....

Humanity's willed contact with aliens, Stephen Hawking warns, could mean devastation

The scientist has a point

When one of the world's leading cosmologists delivers his considered opinion on something intrinsically connected to his area of expertise, it pays to sit up and pay attention. The first part of Stephen Hawking's argument - that some where in the universe, alien life is certain to exist - is really not problematic at all.

To believe that in a universe with trillions of stars, life has evolved on just one planet would be an act of monstrous, misguided anthropocentriusm. And that leads to the second part of Hawking's argument. If we have not been able to effectively explore even our soar system, What makes us so eater to find life on other planets, and is it reasonable to search for it? answers, in order, are 'misguided optimism' and 'no'.

For once, ironically, hollywood might beright on this issue.While the numerous alien invasion movies it has churned out over the decades might be over the top and entirely lacking in coherence in many instances, their basic premise holds true - what reason do we have for assuming that any alien life we come into contact with will be well disposes to us? If we do find more developed alien life forms - or they find us - they are farmore likely to perceive us as alien elements in their environment and react accordingly. And if they have technical capabilities more advanced than humanity, it could be cortains for us.

As Hawking says, we need only look at ourselves to rrealise the likelihood of such a scenario. Our history is littered with the bones of conquered peoples. In any contact between two alien groups, uncertainty and resultant hostility are always likely to be the dominant factors, with the more powerful group trying to exploit the weaker.

Humanity's wiiled contact with aliens,.....

Humanity's willed contact with aliens, Stephen Hawking warns, could mean devastation

Don't stop reaching out

We're not alone, suggests celebrated scientist Stephen Hawking. The universe has 100 billion galaxies, so it's logical to expect life to exist out there. True Given that a single galaxy contains hundreds of millions of stars, we can scarcely cling to an inflexible belief in the earth's monopoly on life. But it's harder to support Hawking's idea that we earthlings souldn't try to contact extraterrestrials.

Human nature, he argues, is a clue that visitors from outer space may be hostile. If men have fought, looted and plundered down history, aliens too may be resource-seeking raiders. We should, therefore, lie low rather than court devastation by encountering space nomads on possible missions of inter-galactic conquest and colonisation.

Hawking's position is deeply problematic. Pursuit of knowedge is science's defining core. This quest bears risks that can't always be pre-assessed. Abiding optimism is yet the basis of the scientific enterprise, not paralysing fear. Science means pushing frontiers-from particle physics to space probes-and space may not even be the final frontier. Seeing everything in their own image is a peculiar-and dangerous-proclivity humans need to overcome. To believe aliens will be a mirror image of man-that too, of his darker side-is to lean on an anthropcentrism that has no scientific basis, Indeed, the earth's biodiversity itself suggests the universe may bear life in multifarious forms.

Even if intelligent aliens exist and do resemble us, it's hubris to think they couldn't have superior social and moral systems based on civilised values like non-violence and harmony. Why should they necessarily be evil rather than good? The point is simple. Aliens may come with fangs bared. Or they may come in peace. If we-being true to the best in the human spirit-don't reach out, we'll never know, will we?

Chiled Care - Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis a childhood

ailment that strikes later?

Washington: Osteoporosis, long considered as a disease of the elderly, could actually e a pediatric ailment which surfaces later in life, says a study.

"While the importance of calcium nutrition throughout childhood and adolescence is well recognized, our work suggests that calcium nutrition of the neonate may be of greater importance to lifelong bone health due to its programming effects on mesenchymal stem cells," Dr Chad Stahl from the North Carolina State University, said.

"It also points to a potential paradigm shift in which health professionals might want to begin thinking about osteoporosis not so much as a disease of the elderly, but instead as a pediatric disease with later onset," said Stahl.

Stahl and his team studied the nutritional regulation of growth and development for which they used neonatal pig as a surrogate for the human infant. The team bottle-fed 12 piglets a calcium-rich diet and another 12 piglets a calcium deficient diet during the first 18 days life.

In both the groups, the team found no differeces in terms of blood markers of calcium status and growth, but there was a marked difference in bone density and strength such that the calcium-deficient piglets were compromised.

An analysis of the bone marrow tissue showed that many of the calcium-deficient piglets' cells appeared to have already been programmed to become fat cells instead of bone-forming osteoblast cells.

As per the research, fewer osteoblast cells in early life may lead to a reduced ability for bones to grow and repair throughout the remainder of life, thus suggesting that early calcium nutrition may have more impact than earlier thought.

The Drug Of Intercourse

In a first, a pill to

make men last

three times over

The drug, taken one to three hours

before intercourse, works by altering

seratonin levels in the brain. This

helps a man to have more control over

his moment of climax

London: The first pill proven to prevent premature ejaculation

is about to launch in the United kingdom.

The drug, taken one to three hours before intercourse, works by altering seratonin levels in the brain, which helps a man to have more control over his moment of climax. The drug, Priligy has been shown to make men last three times as long.

However, it is expensive at Euro 76 for a pack of three Prillgy 30mg tablets. Priligy, which is available for men aged 18 to 64, is already in the markets of some European countries. It will be sole exclusively online, for private prescription only.

The drug can't be used after boozing as this increases the risk of side effects. Men will be able to get a private prescription for Prillgy following an online consultation t "Lloyds-pharmacy.com

It could prove even more popular than the anti-impotence drug Viagra, which has been taken by around 35 million men since it was launched a decade ago.For while impotence tends to affect men later in life, premature ejaculation can be a problem at any age.

"Prilligy has the potential to do as much for men's sixual health as Viagra," the Sun quoted Nitin Makadia, head of male sexual health at Lloyds-pharmacy, as saying.

"It will give sufferers a chance to improve the quality of their relationships and their general well being. :It has been well received by men elsewhere in Europe and we are really pleased to be bringing this treatment to the UK. Some men are understandably reluctant to discuss the problem with their GP so we are removing this barrier to treatment,"Makadia added.

Scarlett Johansson; SEXY CURVES

Scarlett's in love

with sexy catsuit

Scarlett Johansson wanted to take her Iron Man 2 catsuit home. The actress -- who plays undercover spy Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, in the comic book sequel -- had to work out hard to fit into the sexy costume,but got so much pleasure from wearing it that she didn't ever want to take it off. Scarlett said, "One of the biggest motivators was when I first saw the catsuit. I was like, "If I got to get into that thing, I better start now' The challenge was to get into the suit, I wish I could have dept it afterwards, but unfortunately it's a studio property. So, after i took it off for the final time, I said, "Ta-ta for now. I love you! Hopefully I'll see you in the future'!"

The 25-year-old beauty took on a complex exercise regime and diet plan in order to squeeze into the skintight outfit. She explained, "I did a lot of weight training, mixed martial arts and hand-to-hand combat."

Vivek Oberoi - LUCKY CHILD

Oberois are

vegetarians

An actor's success is often related to the prayers offered by his family. Vivek Oberoi is very lucky in this aspect. His parents Suresh and Yashodara dote him.

When Vivek's latest release Prince opened well in single screens in north India, his parents were elated. Naturally, they will anot talk about their secret wishes for the well being of their star son, but one learnt that the entire Oberoi Khandaan has turned vegetarian now. In fact, Vivek's mother Yashi has even decided to give up sweets for a while. The Oberois are perfect hosts, say sources. However, when it comes to their personal choice, they stick to their veg meals.

Vidya Malavade - FLOORED

Salman Khan

refuses to scare

Recently, while shooting for an interview, Salman Khan was asked to pretend to be upset with host Vidya Malavade. The crew wanted him to pretend to be offended at a question and threaten to walk out.

However, Salman, who was interacting with Vidya for the first time, refused to scare the actress. Instead, he complimented her on her compering skills. Vidya says, "Salman was extremely gracious and polite. Initially, I was intimidated by his persona, but he's a real softie. I was in fact floored by his charm and wit. It was like a dream come true for me."

Kim Sharma - UPSET

A 'VIRTUAL' LOSS

Kim sharma, who loves keeping in touch with her friends via networking websites, is upset because her account has been hacked into. She can't communicate with friends over Internet anymore. Besides this, the actress is upset about losing the far in that she had built online. Well, looks like this Sinam beaty has a lot of virtual worries on her hand.

Nayanthara - EXCITED

BACK TO

BASICS

After flooring the audiences with her performance in her last Mollywood venture Bodyguard, Nayanthara is all set to woo them again in Electra, directed by Shyam Prasad. And according to sources, the film is all set to go on the floors from tomorrow near the backwaters of Alleppy.

We hear that the Indian girl Manisha Koirala plays Nayan's mother and Prakash Raj, her father, Nayan, who's currently shooting for a filom with Upendra in Kannada. Will join the Electra team soon.

The actress, in an earlier interview, had said, "It;s an interesting script and I'm looking forward to start shooting. I've a powerful role in the film and I'm just too excited. If all goes well, I will also dub for myself in this movie.

It's no news that this PYT started her career with a Malayalam flick , Manassinakkare with Jayaram. After a couple of films, she debuted in Kollywood with Ayya, opposite Sarath Kumar. Since then, there's been no looking back for her. But now, Nayanthara has just one film in Kollywood, Boss Engira Baskaran with Arya, and another in Telugu and Kannada. We only pray that this pretty actress' kitty fills up with alot of films soon.

A STILL FROM MAGHADHEERA

Maghadheera in Tamil

Telugu superstar Ram Charan Jeja's mega blockbuster in Telugu Maghadheera is going to be partially re-shot and dubbed in Tamil as Mannathi Mannan, which also happens to be the title of a 1960 MGR smash hit.

Leading Tamil producer Kalaipuli S Thanu, who has purchased the dubbing rights, will be re-shooting some of the scenes to ensure the new version suits the taste of Tamil audiences. A source said, "A separate comedy track will be shot. Vivekh is likely to do it, though nothing has been confirmed. We are also planning to re-shoot Sri Hari's scenes with a Tamil actor." The trouble is that it would be very difficult to rebuild the sets and recreate the grandeur and richness of the original.

The idea seems to be that if the dubbed version of Arundathi, without any re-shoot, could work big time in Tamil Nadu, Mannathi Mannan, with better graphics and special effects, could work even better with its title value. The buzz is that Ram Charan Teja will dub in his own voice. Keeravani's music will certainly be a plus for the film.

Anushka Sharma - Nostalgic

'YOU'RE OKAY WITH MY

JOKES ?'

...that's what Akshay Kumar

asked his co-star Anyshka

Anushka Sharma seems to have fond memories of shooting with Shah Rukh Khan for Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

Recalls she, "He never let me feel out age difference, didn't treat me like the 19-year-old that I was. I won't even call my second co-star Shahid a friend. Shahid and I( share a great working relationship....In fact, I don't have any friends in the industry. How do I meet the people in the industry after working hours? I don't even party. I'd much rather be with my close friends and family."

Anushka's mother stays with her in Mumbai. At the moment, her father, who is the army and posted near Baroda, and her brother, who's in the navy, have also joined her in Mumbai, "I couldn't ask for more.I barely landed in Mumbai from the US after doing Parmeet's film and I'm ready to shoot for Patiala House. There's no breathing space."

For the first time in her career, Anushka Sharma plays a girl close to her heart.

"In Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, I was so quiet that people used to wonder if that was the real me. When Nikhil Advani met me, he was surprised at how much I spoke, He was relieved. Because the girl I play in his film Patiala House speaks non-stop."

When Anushka met her co-star Akshay Kumar, she couldn't stop talking."Akshay struck me as being very simple and down to earth. He dept cracking these jokes and then turned to me to ask, "You're okay with my jokes?' Of course, I was okay."

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