[ItzToday.com] 'Bigg Boss' allowed prime time slot but no obscenity

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• 'Bigg Boss' allowed prime time slot but no obscenity
• Salman Khan celebrating his 45th birthday in Dubai
• Jim Carrey hates homophobic bullies
• Ajay Devgan, Katrina Kaif announced most profitable actors of 2010
• Adnan Sami gets notice on Mumbai properties
• Gwyneth Paltrow hates Christmas cake
• Madonna showers Malawi orphans with gifts
• Hollywood Actor Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz an item?
• Hema Malini says I had a superb time directing Dharamji

'Bigg Boss' allowed prime time slot but no obscenity Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:27 PM PST Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Monday allowed reality TV show "Bigg Boss" to be aired at prime time slot of 9 p.m. but directed that "no obscene language and visuals, including beeps" will be allowed. The court observed that the channel could air season 4 of "Bigg Boss" at 9 p.m. following an undertaking given by the petitioners Viacom18 that they would not screen any dialogue that is required to be beeped or any obscene gestures made by the participants. They are also not to give out the footage of the show to news channels. A vacation bench of Justice S.J. Kathawalla and Justice U.D. Salvi had earlier allowed Colors channel to air the show at 9 p.m. while directing the information and broadcast ministry (I&B) to file its reply. Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd last week filed a petition in the high court after the I&B ministry issued a fresh order, directing them to shift the show from the 9 p.m. slot to 11 p.m. slot as its content was objectionable and not fit for children. On Dec 8, a division bench of the high court had directed the ministry to issue a fresh show-cause notice to the petitioners, giving specific material against which it had objections. The I&B ministry was also asked to pass an appropriate order only after hearing Viacom18's reply. Initially, the ministry had issued notice to Colors Nov 16, directing it to shift the reality show away from prime time as the show offended "good taste and decency". "Yes, we can now air the show on its original time of 9 p.m. The court has given this ruling," a source from Colors channel told IANS. "Bigg Boss" features a group of celebrity participants locked up in a house for three months without any access to the outside world, including to newspapers or television.

Salman Khan celebrating his 45th birthday in Dubai Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:24 PM PST New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Bollywood's "Dabangg" star Salman Khan, who is celebrating his 45th birthday in Dubai Monday, has been wished many more blockbusters and lots of happiness by his friends from tinsel town. Some actors took to micro-blogging site Twitter to wish Salman, who gave the highest grosser of 2010 with "Dabangg": Sonakshi Sinha: Chulbul Pandey/Robinhood Pandey/Salman Khan ko janamdin ki shubhkamnayein (Wishing Salman a very happy birthday)! Pretty sure he is bringing the house down in Dubai! Preity Zinta - Hey Salman! Wish you a very happy birthday and may all things wonderful big and small always come your way! Lots of love always. Amrita Arora - Happpppy b'day Salman Bhai. Hope you have a superrrr year! Sophie Choudhry - Wishing u a very very happy b'day! May the year ahead be filled with happiness, good times & blockbusters! Lots of love! Riteish Deshmukh - Wishing Salman Khan a very happy birthday. Even Salman's brother Arbaaz wished him on the social-networking site. Arbaaz Khan: Happy birthday Salman bhai. Have a great day and a 'Dabangg' year ahead. We all love you.

Jim Carrey hates homophobic bullies Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:20 PM PST London, Dec 27 (IANS) Actor Jim Carrey has revealed that he dislikes people who bully others on the basis of their sexuality. "This is a horrible thing to be bullied, and to feel like an outcast is a terrible thing. It's just so an old thing, an old antiquated way of thinking that you can't have anymore. It doesn't belong in the new paradigm," showbizspy.com quoted Carrey as saying. "Anybody who bullies anybody for any reason is no friend of mine. Frankly, I can't imagine hitting a human being for any reason except self-preservation, if I was attacked. Your sensibilities are different when you're a school kid and there's gang mentality, but it ain't cool," Carey said. "Some of the most valuable people in my life are gay. People that bring magical, amazing gifts and contributions to my life." "I would say to kids out there when they're engaging in these kinds of isolations of people, someday you're going to want those people in your life. You're going to need those people in your life, and you're not going to want that on your conscience," he added. In "I Love You Philip Morris", Carrey plays a gay who falls in love with his fellow inmate while serving a sentence in prison.

Ajay Devgan, Katrina Kaif announced most profitable actors of 2010 Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:15 PM PST New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Bollywood actors Ajay Devgn and Katrina Kaif will be crowned the most profitable actors of 2010 at the "ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010 - Evaluating Movie Moghuls" Tuesday. First timer Abhinav Kashyap will get the most profitable director trophy. On evaluating the industry players on the basis of return on investment for the first time, the actors have won the top spots after the economic quotient of their movies was taken into consideration as a cornerstone for mapping their success. "Figures talk, you cannot manipulate it, you cannot play games with it," said Ajay, who has had six releases this year including "Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?" "Raajneeti", "Golmaal 3", and "Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai" and except "Aakrosh" and "Toonpur Ka Superhero", all his movies did good business. The research done by ETC indicated that Indian audiences paid a cumulative sum of Rs.282 crore to watch Ajay's films throughout the year vis-a-vis Rs.142 crore to watch Katrina's "Raajneeti" and "Tees Maar Khan". Breaking all records is Salman Khan starrer "Dabangg" that has been named as the top grosser of the year. Debut director Abhinav Kashyap bagged the most profitable director trophy for the corrupt cop saga with audiences paying a cumulative sum of over Rs.140 crore to watch his film. "It is a fair assessment of the recipient's work and his popularity and mass appeal," said Arbaaz Khan, winner of the most successful producer for "Dabangg". This will be the first time in India where an initiative has sought to recognize even the marketers, distributors, production houses and exhibitors on the basis of business the industry has generated in 2010. "All those who represent the industry, actors, musicians and directors have only been judged on creative parameters. No one had thought of evaluating them on how much business they had generated," Anurag Bedi, business head, ETC, said in a statement. "Such an evaluation will bring forward the workings of Bollywood as an industry," he added. The ceremony also has first time categories such as marketing (best marketed film of the year - "My Name Is Khan"), distribution (special award for film distribution) and promotion (most successful banner/corporate house/production house of the year), among others. While the award for the most profitable multiplex chain of the year goes to PVR Cinemas, the most successful small-budget film of the year trophy will be handed over to "Peepli Live". Corporate house of the year is Shree Ashtvinayak Cinevison Ltd. The ceremony will also recognise the most successful Hollywood film of the year with "Inception" taking centrestage. "ETC Bollywood Business Awards 2010 - Evaluating Movie Moghuls" will air Tuesday at 8.30 p.m. on ETC channel.

Adnan Sami gets notice on Mumbai properties Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:08 PM PST Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistani singer-composer Adnan Sami has been issued a notice by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for owning eight flats and five car parking spaces in Mumbai. A fine of Rs.20 lakh has also been slapped on the singer. Sami said: "I have received an order from the ED which says my properties will be confiscated if I do not file an appeal in the next 45 days." He rubbished media reports claiming that his flats have been confiscated. "The order was received Dec 21 and we have 45 days from then to file an appeal, which we will move at the earliest. But the properties have not been confiscated yet," said Sami's lawyer Vibhav Krishna. The ED order mentions that Sami's application for buying property in Mumbai was rejected by the Reserve Bank of India in 2003 owning to his Pakistani nationality. Sami, however, denies any knowledge of the rejection. Sami owns eight flats and five car parking spaces in Oberoi Sky Garden in suburban Andheri. Shifting the onus on the builder, Sami said: "I was friends with Vikas Oberoi, the builder of Oberoi Sky Garden. In 2003, I had told him I want to buy a property in Mumbai. He had told me about his upcoming project and that his legal team will take care of all the formalities if I want to buy property." "In fact my bank loan was also cleared and the property registered in my name. I had no idea that the RBI has rejected my application." Sami had purchased the flats in 2003 at the cost of Rs.2.53 crore and had taken a loan of Rs 1.5 crore for the purchase. Sami has been served the confiscation order under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). Vikas Oberoi could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.

Gwyneth Paltrow hates Christmas cake Posted: 27 Dec 2010 09:02 PM PST London, Dec 28 (IANS) Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't eat traditional British Christmas cake because she can't stand the thought of consuming a treat cooked months before. The "Shakespeare in Love" star was introduced to the festive delicacy - which many bakers leave to mature for up to a year - by her Coldplay rocker husband Chris Martin, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "Brits have this Christmas cake, which sounds fine. Except they make it in, like, August. Seriously, you're going to eat something you made in August? No," she said.

Madonna showers Malawi orphans with gifts Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:58 PM PST London, Dec 28 (IANS) Pop star Madonna made sure orphaned children in Malawi had a merry Christmas as she sent boxes of toys, clothes and other gifts to her charity in the African country. The "Holiday" hitmaker and Michael Berg founded the Raising Malawi foundation in 2006 to bring an end to the poverty and hardship suffered by orphans in the landlocked region, reports contactmusic.com. The 52-year-old singer brought some festive cheer to parentless children by shipping the aid packages which also contained chocolate and sweets. She also included a handwritten note which read: "To my Malawi children on Christmas and Boxing Day. I wish I was with you. See you soon, M."

Hollywood Actor Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz an item? Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:53 PM PST London, Dec 28 (IANS) Bond star Daniel Craig has sparked off rumours that he is seeing fellow Hollywood star Rachel Weisz after the two were pictured strolling hand-in-hand. The pair, who recently wrapped filming together an upcoming horror movie "Dream House", was seen during the festive period staying at a cottage in Dorset, south England, reports newsoftheworld.co.uk. They spent Christmas Eve together laughing and drinking at a nearby pub and were also photographed holding hands as they walked along a street in the town. Weisz split from filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, the father of her four-year-old son Henry, earlier this year, while Craig was reported to have split from his fiancee Satsuki Mitchell in November, but he declined to comment on the reports.

Hema Malini says I had a superb time directing Dharamji Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:47 PM PST Mumbai, Dec 28 (IANS) Directing your husband and daughter could have its tricky moments and so it was for Hema Malini too. But it was enormously enjoyable and everything eventually fell into place, says the Bollywood diva and director whose forthcoming "Tell Me Oh Khuda" stars husband Dharmendra and daughter Esha Deol. "Directing Dharamji was superb. In the beginning, however, he did not listen to me. He used to ask me 'What is this, what is that'. Then I used to tell him that I want it like this, so just do it. So he realised I knew the job and then left it entirely to me. He didn't interfere at all after that," Hema, who has wielded the megaphone after 18 years for the movie, told IANS in an interview. The crackling chemistry between the couple was in evidence in blockbusters like "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Sholay", "Razia Sultan" and "Pratigya". Hema, 62, who earlier directed the Shah Rukh Khan-Divya Bharti-starrer "Dil Aashna Hai" in 1992, is making "Tell Me Oh Khuda" for her daughter Esha. "I'm very excited about my film. It's a very interesting story of a girl's passionate quest to know her origins. The film might get delayed a little bit because of the whole process of change in directors. But I'm trying to release it latest by March," said the actress, looking graceful as ever in a green silk sari. She has roped in Arjan Bajwa, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor for the film. It was earlier being directed by Mayur Puri but Hema decided to take the reins in her own hands. The film is in the post-production stage and work is expected to get over by Jan 10. How was it directing Esha? "We have a different relationship on the sets, but still we are mother and daughter and so that does come across. After every scene she used to ask me if it was okay or not. It was really a pleasure directing her and the whole process was very sweet," said Hema. That's not all what is keeping the multi-faceted actress occupied. She is also producing a TV show for Colors called "Maati Ki Banno", which hit the small screens Monday. This is her first television show in eight years. In the past, she has produced shows like "Nupur", "Women of India" and "Aap Ki Saheli" as well as the Marathi shows "Songti" and "Umberta". Discussing her long absence from the small screen, the actress, who was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, said: "Nothing great came across. Also, I got busy with parliament. I had to spend time there. My term got over last September and next month this happened." The show follows the journey of an orphan girl from Mauritius married into a family in Bihar and details her struggles with her new life overshadowed by secrets that haunt her husband's family. So is it difficult to manage direction, production, dance shows and the family? The multi-tasker says she manages it all. "You need to take out time for everything. If you want to, you can manage things and that's what I do. I'm very happy with whatever I have done in the past and whatever I am doing now. But, yes, there are times when I feel like going away to some place for some time, doing just nothing. "However, that's just a momentary thing because we are creative people and we can't sit without doing anything for long," added Hema, whose younger daughter Ahana has evinced interest in becoming a director.

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