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As actress Shilpa Shetty gets set to wed fiance Raj Kundra on Sunday, preparations are on for one of the most lavish weddings in Bollywood in recent times.

The Burn After Reading star had been due to attend the Grand Prix Ball Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates on October 31, but failed to show up.

He?s back with a vengeance. Kamal Rashid Khan, the contestant everybody loves to hate, has returned to the TV show Bigg Boss with this promise to the audience: ?I?ll defeat the three villains inside ? Vindu (Dara Singh), Rohit (Verma) and Raju (Shrivastav).? Speaking to HT City just before re-entering the house, Khan said, ?The audience will not think of me as a star if I don?t get back at them.

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The Bollywood links in the sensational case of David Coleman Headley, the Pakistan-born US national arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting terror attacks in India and Denmark, are getting stronger.

Here comes Madhu my Mottu Maid, with some tiddy-bitty on Aftab Shivdasani. Dunno if he?s suddenly not too happy in his apartment in Bandra, but he has moved to Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri. Mots adds that Affy has moved in with girlfriend Aamna Sharrif. Yeah, she swears that the couple have moved closer despite their Aao Wish Karein not being on anyone?s wishlist.

Call it coincidence or a quirk of fate, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt?s son Rahul was to make his acting debut playing a suicide bomber.

Salman Khan?s film Veer and Vivek Oberoi's Prince will be releasing on the same date. This will be Vivek's solo venture after a really long time. It'll be interesting to note as to which star gets chosen by cinegoers. It's battleground at it's symbolic best.

Despite doing very few films, your visibility is high due to the products you endorse. Is it a career strategy? I don?t think of it as a strategy. I never sat down and planned. It just happened. I did what was best at that particular time.

Raj Kundra will most likely whisk Shilpa Shetty away to the Bahamas for their honeymoon after their wedding (November 22) and reception (November 24).

The 38-year-old star, who was previously married to actor Julian McMahon and was engaged to racing driver Jacques Villeneuve - had vowed never to wed again but admits she has had a change of heart since meeting model Kris Smith.

What Florist company Ferns & Petals announced its tie-up with fashion designer Tarun Tahiliani at an event held in the Capital.

Fans tore his shirt, grabbed him and kissed him while he was promoting his film Tum Mile, but actor Emraan Hashmi says that he enjoys ?this kind of fan attention?. ?I was in a mall minutes before this (the interview) and they were shouting excitedly. I would be dishonest if I said I don?t enjoy it,? says the actor, who was in the Capital to promote his film.

There will be no golden jubilee tribute to actor Kamal Haasan at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa. The IFFI, scheduled between November 23 and December 3, has a special segment ?Golden Jubilee in Indian Cinema? where thespians Sharmila Tagore, Asha Parekh and Soumitro Chatterjee will be honoured. Three films of each will be screened in ?tribute?.

What does truth mean to you? Truth is what is in the present, nothing after or before. It is only by being in the present that I can face the mysteries of life. Being in the present brings me in touch with my inner strengths and fallacies. Who do you turn to when faced with perplexing questions? Myself. That is the only self that can come to your rescue; going to any other source has never helped.

Remember the little white cuties in the TV commercial for a mobile service whose gibberish became a rage during the IPL. Fans who miss the eggheads, can now bring them home ? Zoo Zoo t-shirts are already on the stands. Kidswear, mugs, bed and bath accessories featuring the mascot will also be available soon in the market.

It?s the latest beauty pageant in India, an online ?superstar contest? in which the winner will get a one-lakh modelling contract. But eligibility is restricted?to babies only. It?s the Huggies Superstar Contest 2009, and Huggies, the popular diaper brand, has invited photographs and videos from ?cute and cuddly babies?. The winner will feature in its commercial campaigns.

The Marrakech Film Festival, to begin its ninth edition on December 4, has been a boon not just for the fledgling Moroccan/African cinema industry, offering an effective platform for their directors, but also for the city?s tourism.

If life begins at forty, does fashion end at the same age? That?s the question that tends to come up at ladies? lunches an awful lot as women creep up to the dreaded Four-O. Does bidding goodbye to their thirties mean giving up on fashion as well? Or can they be as fabulous as ever in their forties?

The box-office is in for a Rs 400 crore party. And that too hosted by the big daddies of Bollywood. Aamir Khan?s 3 Idiots, which is slated for a December 25 release, is closely followed by Hrithik Roshan?s Kites on January 15, Salman Khan?s Veer on January 29 and Shah Rukh Khan?s My Name is Khan on February 12.