[ItzToday.com] Actress Mandy Moore joins fight against malaria in Africa

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• Actress Mandy Moore joins fight against malaria in Africa
• Son of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Douglas dyslexic
• Actress Elizabeth Hurley creates world record
• Peter Andre denies dating Kim Kardashian
• Actress Ananya's new film 'Shikar' a hit in Kerala
• Superchor Bunty thrown out of 'Bigg Boss 4'
• Singer Nicole Scherzinger wants to play a nerd
• Serial Kisser Emraan Hashmi likes playing grey characters

Actress Mandy Moore joins fight against malaria in Africa Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:32 AM PDT Actress Mandy Moore has joined hands with UN to fight against malaria in Africa. The star has teamed up with UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign and joined workers in handing out insecticide-treated mosquito nets. She spent the last week with aid workers in the Central African Republic. "It was an honour to join this trip to help prevent malaria, which continues to kill nearly one million people every year," aceshowbiz.com quoted Moore as saying. "This week, I've met mothers who have lost children to malaria and worry daily about losing others. It is life-changing to be able to give them nets to protect their babies from malaria-carrying mosquitoes while they sleep," she added.

Son of Catherine Zeta-Jones and Douglas dyslexic Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:27 AM PDT Hollywood star couple Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas's son Dylan suffers from dyslexia. Douglas, who also has daughter Carys with Zeta-Jones, recently revealed the family moved to New York so that 10-year-old Dylan could attend a special school. "New York is where we live now. We lived in Bermuda earlier. One of our kids has some special needs and it was recommended he go to a special school in the New York area," he said. "Dyslexia runs in the family, even my brother has it. My son goes to a special school. We're old-fashioned parents, our kids have got British nannies and we get nice compliments from people. Our children make us proud," contactmusic.com quoted Douglas as saying. "We just want them (kids) to be good citizens of the planet. They're not spoiled or obnoxious. They're well-mannered, confident, pretty worldly," he added.

Actress Elizabeth Hurley creates world record Posted: 04 Oct 2010 03:22 AM PDT Actress Elizabeth Hurley has made it to the Guinness World Records after lighting 39 iconic world landmarks as part of a new Estee Lauder breast cancer awareness initiative. Hurley has been the cosmetics company's celebrity breast cancer champion for the past 15 years and for 24 hours across Thursday and Friday she helped turn monuments around the globe pink. She was in New York to flick the switch on the Empire State Building's lights, and other landmarks to be turned pink included the Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel in Mumbai. A total of 39 buildings were lit up - enough to gain the Guinness World Record for Most Landmarks Illuminated for a Cause in 24 Hours. And Hurley is delighted with the accolade and awareness drive. The model along with Evelyn Lauder of Estee Lauder, which Hurley endorses, were presented with an official certificate at the Empire State Building in New York Friday in recognition of Most Landmarks Illuminated for a Cause in 24 Hours. "It's wonderful to see the global impact that these illuminated landmarks have, motivating women to see their doctors regularly, perform a monthly breast self exam, and get an annual mammogram if they're over the age of 40. Our goal is to spread this message to women in all corners of the world," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Hurley as saying. The effort began in Australia, with the illumination of Federation Square in Melbourne and the National Library of Australia in Canberra, before around the world to places including the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, Burj al Arab in Dubai, Lentos Museum in Austria, Mexico's Angel de la Independencia and Tokyo Tower in Japan, culminating with the Empire State Building.

Peter Andre denies dating Kim Kardashian Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:47 AM PDT Singer Peter Andre has dismissed rumours that he is dating Kim Kardashian, although he finds her sexy. "Rumours keep surfacing about my so-called 'relationship' with Kim Kardashian but I've never even met the girl! At least when we do meet, we'll have something to talk about, though. She's not a bad person to be linked to, given how sexy she is!" contactmusic.com quoted him as saying. The "Unconditional" hitmaker - who raises three children, Harvey, eight, Junior, five, and three-year-old Princess Tiaamii, with ex-wife Katie Price - admitted, despite being up against Price at the upcoming National Television Awards, he is thrilled to be nominated. "The press have made a big deal of the fact that both mine and Kate's reality shows have been nominated for a National Television Award, and they are making out that there's huge competition between us," he said. "I can only speak for myself, but I'm honestly just so happy to be nominated that winning isn't important. I've never been nominated before and that's like a prize in itself," he added.

Actress Ananya's new film 'Shikar' a hit in Kerala Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:39 AM PDT Upcoming actress Ananya, whose Tamil film "Nadodigal" was a big hit, has repeated history with her latest Malayalam film "Shikar" that is doing good business in Kerala. Playing the role of Mohanlal's daughter, Ananya not only impressed the superstar with her acting skills but got a tremendous response from the audience too. After a special screening of "Shikar" here Sunday, Ananya told reporters that she has got many offers from the South Indian film industry. "When I was told of the scene that was dangerous, I told them that I will do it myself because I felt it would be good for the film," Ananya said. The dangerous climax scene was shot from the top of a hill in which she hangs from a vine for a long time. A slight mistake by Ananya would have plunged her into a 100 feet deep gorge. "I am really happy that it went of well. Since the film has been released, I have been getting huge appreciation and I have got a good number of new offers too," Ananya said.

Superchor Bunty thrown out of 'Bigg Boss 4' Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:32 AM PDT Devinder Singh alias Superchor Bunty has been asked to leave reality show "Bigg Boss 4" following unruly behaviour in the house on the first day itself. Bunty entered the "Bigg Boss" house in Lonavala with 13 other contestants Saturday night and was asked to leave the show Sunday night. "Bunty kept breaking all the rules and he kept sleeping throughout the day which is not allowed in the house. He even covered the cameras with socks and used abusive language against the 'Bigg Boss'. So he was asked to leave," a source from Colors told IANS. In fact, before leaving the house, he even tampered with the microphones, the source added. During his stay, Bunty received the maximum number of votes when the "Bigg Boss" asked the contestants to nominate any one person. While the inmates thought the nomination was for eviction, Bunty was actually made the captain of the house. However Bunty, who got the sobriquet of "superchor" for his compulsive and audacious thefts, kept flouting all the rules of the show. "Bigg Boss" requires the contestants to survive in a house for three months without communicating with the outside world, and being under constant camera surveillance. The launch episode of the show was aired Sunday night.

Singer Nicole Scherzinger wants to play a nerd Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:27 AM PDT Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger is eager to play nerd in a romantic comedy. "I would really love to do a romantic comedy because I am pretty much the nerdiest, goofiest girl you have ever met," contactmusic.com quoted her as saying. The singer also has ambitions to take to the stage as a theatre actress, but won't sacrifice her music career to make it happen. "Once I have done more music and some movies, there will be a time when I will want to do some theatre," she said. "With acting, I want to be taken more seriously and look for roles that challenge me as an actress. I don't want to do cameos and stuff like that. I won't ever give up music though, I adore singing," she added.

Serial Kisser Emraan Hashmi likes playing grey characters Posted: 04 Oct 2010 12:19 AM PDT Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, known for his on-screen kisses, says he enjoys essaying grey characters even as he is trying to be a good father in real life. In his new release, "Crook", he will be seen playing a dark role. "I have always played characters with grey shades and I like it. I like a certain realism to the characters I'm playing. In reality too, I always suspect people who claim they have done only good things in their lives," Emraan, 31, told IANS in an interview. "I don't believe people who say they haven't experienced jealousy, greed, because I feel all these emotions are felt by everyone. We all go through a phase where we feel guilty about doing something. I have made mistakes." Any plans of doing a goody-two-shoes role? "I might do something very positive in future, but as of now I'm quite happy doing the roles I've been offered," said Emraan who was seen as a baddie in films like "Murder", "Gangster - A Love Story" and "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai". Slated to hit the screens Oct 8, "Crook" has been directed by Mohit Suri and revolves round the issue of racial attacks on Indians in Australia. "I play a character who is aggressive but at the same time is endearing and funny. He believes in this weird motto that it's good to be bad because he feels that good guys finish last." There were reports that he had a rift with producer Mahesh Bhatt over a kissing scene in "Crook". "I just wanted to trim the duration of the kissing scene a little bit, but Bhatt saab wanted to retain the original length. There was no verbal dispute and no rift at all. It was just a discussion. If a role demands something, I'm all for it," he clarified. In real life, Emraan is trying to be a doting father - he became a dad early this year and says he loves the experience of fatherhood but is very bad at carrying out the duties of a parent. "I'm very bad at daddy duties. I try and change diapers but I fail, can't do that. It's quite a task to take care of a baby, so I leave it to my wife. Playing is easy, I do that," said a visibly amused Emraan who tied the knot with Parveen Shahani in 2006. Emraan and Parveen have named their son Ayaan and the actor tries to get back home to spend some quality time with his little boy. "I try to be on time to meet my son before he sleeps so that he doesn't start calling me uncle one fine day. I don't want that after six months or so he doesn't recognise me. When I go out for promotional tours, he doesn't recognise me when I come back," he said. "I just keep shuffling time between my work and my family and my kid. It gets tough but you have to be around. I have become disciplined but I have not really changed as a person. I have not become matured - what usually happens with a lot of people," he said.

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