IIFA Awards 2008: And the winners are…

Spicezee Bureau

Bangkok - The three-day star packed IIFA Awards 2008 extravaganza, which drew to a close on Sunday in the Thai capital Bangkok, proved to be an event of its kind and is surely getting bigger and better year after year. The event that kick-started with a bang as the who’s who of the Indian film industry walked down the red carpet followed by the premieres of Bollywood’s most awaited films this year ‘Sarkar Raj’, concluded with fireworks as the most sought after awards were announced.

Though the event has been much criticised for promoting the Bachchan family, the IIFA Awards once again proved their credibility, as the trophies were bagged by the most deserving nominees.

And without much ado here is a look at this year’s award highlight:

Best Film

A category that had some of the best pictures of the previous year like Guru, Jab We Met, Partner and Life In A Metro vying for the number one spot, saw the much acclaimed Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Chak De India' bagging the prestigious award.

Best Director

'Chak De India' surely swept the IIFA grand awards ceremony as director Shimit Amin lifted the Best Director trophy. The film about a coach inspiring the Indian women's hockey team to World Cup victory also won awards for story and screenplay.

Best Actor

Well, Big B may bag the prize for blogger of the year but it is King Khan who earned the award for the Best Actor for his mind boggling performance in Chak De India where his role was much inspired by the real life hockey hero Mir Ranjan Negi.

Best Actress

Yes, the ‘Koi doubt mat rakhna’ bodylicious babe from Jab We Met, Kareena Kapoor added yet another trophy to her bag full of awards for her refreshing youthful performance in 'Jab We Met'.

Best Debutant Male and Female

The hottest young couple in tinsel town, Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone, surely got the maximum eyeballs as they got on the stage to collect their respective awards. While, Ranbir thanked mentor Sanjay Leela Bhansali for his award, Dips once again recited her accepting speech mentioning Farah Khan - the brain behind ‘Om Shanti Om’.

Best Style Icon (Male)

He might not have the six pack abs or the sizzling off shirt item numbers to his credit, nevertheless actor Abhishek Bachchan earned the Best Style Icon award for his raunchy masculine beard look.

Best Style Icon (Female)

We don’t know whether she is the ‘Most Sexy Women in the World’ or not, but Katrina is surely the most stylish woman of B-town The sultry beauty won the Best Style Icon for her sensuous and inspiring style.

Best Performance in a Negative Role

Actor Viveik Oberoi won the bad man award for his role in the flick, ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’.

Best Screenplay

Anurag Basu - 'Life in a Metro' and Jaideep Sahni - 'Chak De! India’ shared the best screenplay award. The two movies also jointly won the best story trophy.

Best Cinematography

The award for the Best Cinematography went to 'Chak De! India', making it the maximum award garnering movie in IIFA 2008.

Best Dialogues

Debutant director ‘Imtiaz Ali’ bagged the award for writing one of the most memorable dialogues in recent history for ’Jab We Met’.

Music Direction

AR Rahman won the award for his chartbuster number ‘Barso Re’ in Mani Ratnam’s 'Guru'.

Best Lyrics

Javed Akhtar’s beautiful melody of words in the song ‘Main Agar Kahoon’ from ‘Om Shanti Om’ won him the award in this category.

Playback Singer (Male)

The ever so charming singer Shaan bagged this one for ‘Jabse Tere Naina’ in the movie ‘Saawariya’.

Playback Singer (Female)

Youth melody queen ‘Shreya Ghoshal’ bagged the trophy for her melodious singing of ‘Barso Re’ in Guru.

Best Performance in a Comic Role

Govinda, who is popularly known as Chi-Chi, was surely in his element as he went to grab this one for his performance in Partner.

Fresh face of the year

Bollywood’s latest eye candy, Neil Nitin Mukesh was named the Fresh Face of the Year.


For more of IIFA Awards 2008, log on to Spicezee.com »

Courtesy: zeenews.com

Aishwarya Rai Pictures

Deepika Padukone Wallpapers

Katrina Kaif Wallpapers

Kareena Kapoor Photos

Vidya Balan Wallpapers

Abhishek looses his temper over Ash at IIFA

By: Subhadeep Bhattacharjee

All is not well between the Bollywood's most famous couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Bachchan. Aishwarya who is seen comfortable in company of her hubby and family members had a heated argument with Abhi during the recent IIFA Awards ceremony in Bangkok. The couple later stormed into their hotel room and were heard screaming at the top of their voice.

The trouble started when Aishwarya was being over expressive at the award function in company of actor Kunal Kapoor. Abhi who did not appreciate that requested her to keep low but she still continued grabbing attention. Abhi then took her to the hotel lobby and tried to put his point across to her. The actress however blasted at him over the issue.

The couple are said to have argued art the top of their voice for a long time after which Abhi lost his temper completely. He asked his personal security guards to escort Ash out of the room. Is it just an one off incident or just the beginning of more to come? Only time will tell.

Aishwarya Hot Wallpapers

Download Free Wallpapers Limited Offer - Download Now

Courtesy: entertainment.oneindia.in

Chak De! India rules IIFA, won best actor award for SRK

Mumbai - , De! India still rules. Not just in slogans, it won best film award for Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) at IIFA. It is still attracting attention from all quarters including the critics, common people and also the people who matter in the film industry.

Chak De! India director Shimit Amin also won the best director award and Jaideep Sahni, who wrote Chak De! India won the best screenplay award.

Another Shah Rukh Khan film Om Shanti Om also won a couple of awards on the occasion, making IIFA sort of Shah Rukh Khan show. It was despite the fact that the actor did not attend the IIFA award

Chak De! India is unlike any other film. It shows how sheer determination coupled with hard work can do unlikely feats. It was what Shah Rukh Khan did with the girls’ hockey team, in the film.

The film’s title became a national slogan within a few months. And even Chak De India was the most often heard slogan during matches, be it cricket, hockey or football.

While fans say they are proud of him for choosing an unusual film like this, critics across the globe are raving about how effortlessly he plays a coach who travels to glory from gloom.

"After 'Swades' Shah Rukh has again essayed a role where he has totally negated his own superstar self and completely become the character he is supposed to play. There is not a single trace of the superstar that we have seen in most of his films like 'Don'," said Anuradha, a Shah Rukh fan.

Critic Andy Webster in his review in New York Times writes: "For his part, Mr. Khan, to his credit, lets his co-stars' youthful charisma carry the movie. He also laudably portrays a man who vigorously and unabashedly advocates the advancement of women."

The film is based on former India goalkeeper Mir Ranjan Negi who lost his glory after conceding several goals in a match against Pakistan in the 1982 Asian Games final. He was dropped from the team. Negi returned to the hockey field, most grudgingly, 16 years later as a goalkeeping coach and helped India in winning the 1998 Asian Games men's gold at Bangkok and the women's gold at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002.

Shah Rukh convincingly portrays the shame, disillusionment of the disgraced hockey player and determination to win back his prestige.

Negi, who was roped in as a technical director of the film, said he was impressed by Shah Rukh's performance.

Courtesy: khabrein.info

Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic to attract you if you like kiddie stuff

Directed by Kunal Kohli

Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukherji, Amisha Patel

Mumbai, June 28: The just releasefilm produced by Yash Raj Films starring Saif Ali Khan and Rani Mukherjee besides Amisha Patel, Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic, will attract you if you like kiddie stuff.

Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic directed and partially produced by Kunal Kohli has all stamps of the powerful director as he is, but not enabling the Yash Raj Films to reap great harvest at the box office. It is not an extraordinary film, neither is it a great film to say the least. An average film coming from Yash Raj Film studios.

It is notwithstanding the fact that everyone involved with the film had great hopes with it hoping it would make a turnaround for them. From Saif to Rani and above all Yash Raj Films.

May be it has the capacity to salvage their image a bit, but definitely not be a great extent. Kunal Kohli seems to have put in a lot of efforts to give that extra touch to the film, that at times has resulted in too much special effects, not doing too well for the film. The costumes too at times look shabby. This is true specially in the case of Rani Mukherjee.

If I am right, then only Ameesha Patel was dressed rightly and beautifully, always looking fresh, unlike other leading lady in the film, Rani Mukherjee.

The film is about one of the leading industrialists in the country, Ranbeer Talwar (Saif Ali Khan), who is a loner, not out of his free will but just because he lost everyone, he ever loved. Life turns around 180 degrees when he faces the most uncomfortable situation of his life. In a very unusual court verdict, he is to look after four orphan children.

Unfortunately, the orphans hate him and want revenge from him for some reason and Ranbeer cannot meet their eye for certain reasons. The children do not want to live with a man they hate and they go ahead to make it quite evident. Their life together is very unhappy, one day they pray to God for help, and he does help them. He sends his most mischievous, childlike, lovable angel to the rescue, with a mission to bring Ranbeer and the kids together.

Geeta (Rani Mukerji) comes cycling down a rainbow and bursts into Ranbeer's house as the self-proclaimed new nanny.

The bad news about the film is that Saif and Rani fail to live up to the storyline and they lack chemistry.

Rajeev Masand says about the film, “the film overstays its welcome when it drudges on for a good 15 minutes after the kids have resolved their issues with Ranbir Talwar. The romantic track between Ranbir and Geeta seems obligatory at best, and it doesn't help that Saif and Rani have zero chemistry together.

Courtesy: khabrein.info

Bachchans get richer as Anil signs them up for Rs 1,500 cr

Spicezee Bureau:

Mumbai - ,Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya are all set to rake-in the moolah as business tycoon Anil Ambani, who is also Big B�s friend, has signed an Rs 1500 crore deal with B- Town�s first family.

Yes, it�s a mother of all deals. According to reports, Reliance Big Entertainment is close to finalizing the mega deal with the Bacchan�s and will then use their brand value in films, production, TV series, internet, reality shows and mobile content.

So how will it work?

Well, each party will do what they do best. While, RBE will look at the business aspect of the deal that would include the managing marketing and the distribution of projects, the Bachchans would come up with the creative inputs and would be handling the entertainment aspect of the project.

For films, the company has signed some of the leading directors like R Balakrishnan, Sujoy Ghosh, Rohan Sippy and Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The list is sure to get bigger with time as the company is in talks to rope in several other top directors.

Speaking to a news daily, Amitabh Bachchan said, "We will provide the creative inputs and also share the profits. As of now, we plan to start with film projects and work in a way that will benefit us mutually. Also, they have given us the liberty to work outside and there is an unwritten understanding that we have the first right of refusal."

Well, deals are turning into mega deals in B-town and it�s the top stars that are walking away with big bucks. And right now it�s the Big Bachchans who are one step ahead of the rest.

Courtesy: zeenews.com

Amisha Patel Blonde Style Walls

The lazy lamhe girl Amisha Patel has shocked everyone with her hot comeback in Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic. So, I thought of adding few of her blonde style wallpapers here.

'Anything for Salman,’ says Preity

The no make-up and tee-wearing Preity Zinta has vanished and the Bollywood actress is back to doing what she does best – looking glamorous!

“IPL was the summer movie I did and enjoyed thoroughly. And after it is over, I am missing every single member of my team,” says the actress who was known to hug her players after her team had a home run.

But she never got a chance to do it in semi-finals after her team bowed out? “The semi-final was our worst-performance day. But irrespective of that, I feel that the team performed really well. I am very proud of the boys,”

So, it is back to the greasepaint? “Totally! I am back in the world of action. My movies Har Pal and Heroes are almost ready. You will see me a lot on the silver screen after seeing me on the small screen,” she laughs. Her movies are very special to her. “That’s because I live for myself and no one else. So the movies that I have done are the ones I wanted to be a part of. And when I am a part of something, I give my heart and soul to it.”

And what about going super-glam in an item number she is doing in Salman Khan-starrer Main Aur Mrs Khanna . “We are still discussing that. It is a special song and nothing has been finalised yet. But the deal is – I will do anything for my buddy Salman,” PZ clarifies.

But many of her friends are nursing bruised egos because she didn’t invite them to watch her team’s matches. “I apologise to the people who expected me to send them invites to watch my team play. However, it was work and not a party. When I don’t have to send invites for the premieres of my movie, why should I send invites for the matches? In fact, I would have felt great if these people would have come, bought the tickets and watched our matches. But it was definitely not a party,” Preity says.

Courtesy: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Salman Khan is just another Bollywood actor for me, says Katrina Kaif

Bollywood stars lie to the press, with a straight because they are good actors, as often as the tabloid press spins falsehoods about them. Our new column, Celebrity Fib, focuses on star duplicity and offers a prize of Rs 2,000/- to anyone who can logically explain it.

Sawf News - Bollywood stars lie to the press, with a straight because they are good actors, as often as the tabloid press spins falsehoods about them. Our new column, Celebrity Fib, focuses on star duplicity and offers a prize of Rs 2,000/- to anyone who can logically explain it.

Every week, Celebrity Fib will ask a straightforward question to a star, the answer to which we and our readers already know, but a question that the star will not answer honestly.

Our question this week is directed at Katrina Kaif. "Who is Salman Khan to you?"

Katrina says, " Just another Bollywood star."

However, since we don't equate pedantry with honesty, and are not amused by facetiousness, we reject her answer and take it upon ourselves give one.

Katrina is Salman's girlfriend of nearly four years. Salman is also her mentor in the industry, guiding and shaping her career.

Katrina is frequently seen at Salman's house, and is known to host many of his parties. By Indian ethos, and Salman swears by them, Katrina and Salman are an item.

So why won't she admit it?

We think because she is not completely sure of her relationship as yet, but, honestly, it could also be because she is too smart, too dumb or too scared to do so.

In a recent press interview, she admitted to having been in love, but would not say if she still is.

Though Katrina is often asked about her relationship with Salman, the press never poses a similar question to Salman; we are guessing for fear of being thrashed!

Why can't Katrina and Salman simply say they are dating?

If you have a convincing answer, post it as a comment.

The best response will get the prize money mentioned above. If no response is up to the mark, the prize money will be carried over to next week's Celebrity Fib.

We will contact the winner using the email address that you register with. Please do not include address, email or phone information in your posts.

Responses posted after midnight Wednesday, June 25, will not be considered.

The discretion of Sawf News in the selection of the winning response is absolute and final.

Courtesy: news.sawf.org

Salman, Ajay's London Dreams

Subhash K Jha, IANS

Filmmaker Vipul Shah, who's cast Akshay Kumar in most of his films, is now set to work with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan in London Dreams.

But he wants a "trial shoot" to just get comfortable with the two actors.

"Just a couple of shooting days with Salman and Ajay so I can establish a comfort zone with them for whenever we begin our principal shooting. I wouldn't want to go on the sets for a major schedule and then get to know my principal actors," Shah explained.

And he is also to cast a completely new face opposite the seasoned stars. "We've zeroed in on two girls - both of whom are almost completely new. We'll decide on one of them. I'd have finalised the girl last week, but I got stuck in the controversies regarding the Sikh community (over the film Singh is Kinng)."

Singh is Kinng once again has Akshay Kumar in the lead. The actor has previously worked in Shah's Aankhen, Waqt and Namaste London.

While Shah is producing the film, the director is Anees Bazmi. "Generally when two directors come together as producer-director like Subhash Ghai and Mukul Anand did for Trimurti or Aditya Chopra and Pradeep Sarkar in Laaga Chunri Mein Daag, the film doesn't work. I want to prove that wrong in Singh Is Kinng. I can proudly say I wasn't a selfish producer. I let Anees Bazmi do what he wanted. I stayed in the background completely."

Courtesy: ndtvmovies.com

Shah Rukh brings 'sunshine' to Rotterdam

ROTTERDAM - Screaming fans from across Europe showered flowers, notes and trinkets as Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan performed at Ahoy, Rotterdam's large cultural and sports complex, to launch the world premiere of Temptations Reloaded, a live song and dance show that saw a number of Indian stars descend on the city on Saturday night.

Shah Rukh performed on stage with Bollywood favourites like Arjun Rampal, Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor in an auditorium with a capacity of 25,000 before a mixed audience of Asians and Europeans.

In between the two-and-half-hour long show, Shah Rukh and Arjun Rampal drove through the aisles of the auditorium in light vehicles and the venue echoed with the adoring screams of fans, some of whom showered them with trinkets, flowers and notes.

Some European fans were dressed in Indian clothes and referred to the Bollywood superstar as the 'Saudagar of Sunshine'. And Dutch fans preferred to watch Shah Rukh instead of the Euro 2008 football champion semi-finals between Holland and Russia played around the same time.

In a continent starved of warmth for most parts of the year, King Khan is called 'sunshine' by his fans here.

Ignoring weather forecasts that had predicted clouds and rainfall, fans travelled from all over Europe to witness the live performance.

With stars in their eyes, cine buffs arrived here under clear blue skies to watch the midsummer night performance and to sigh that the mere presence of Shah Rukh Khan makes clouds part.

"Shah Rukh Khan is our sunshine! When he is close to us, the worst day becomes bright. He fills my life with light and warmth," an Indian female fan said rubbishing weather forecasts.

"Bollywood makes you happy" is the slogan for marketing popular Indian cinema in Europe, suggestive of the fact that Hindi movies create a state of emotional well-being that goes far beyond mere entertainment.

This is the reason for a dramatic increase in Bollywood fan communities on this continent whose activities revolve mostly around Shah Rukh Khan and his work.

"Bollywood makes European audiences happy because the films are like life seen in dreams," Ségoléne Roudot, a French fan who is researching fans of Indian cinema in France, said.

Colours, costumes, music, dance and Shah Rukh's charismatic screen presence have brought much joy into many lives here.

An online Swiss fan forum has a special web page filled with thank you notes to Shah Rukh for coming to Europe. The notes thank the superstar for the colour that he brings into lives and for being the light for fans in the dark.

"Such feelings become stronger at the possibility of a meeting with Shah Rukh Khan. The desire is to touch him in an attempt to experience some more of the joy and happiness that he radiates," Elke Mader, a professor of Vienna University who monitors the behaviour of non-South Asian fans of Shah Rukh Khan for Bollyglobal, a research project, told IANS.

Mader gives the example of Christina Zück, a Berlin-based artist who has publicly confessed that her life was magically transformed after she touched Shah Rukh at the Berlin Film Fesival of 'Om Shanti Om' earlier this year.

"The experience of fans like Christina goes beyond admiring Shah Rukh Khan as a movie star. Shah Rukh is seen much more than just an entertainer here. He is happiness and love personified. Fans want to touch him and to talk to him because he is able to transfer a lot of joy to those who are lucky enough to cross his path," Mader said

Hosted by Netherland's Sekier Entertainment Service, the next European stop of Temptations Reloaded, a sequel to the 'Temptations' tour Shah Rukh started in 2004, is Berlin.

Founded in 1999 by Ishaq Sekier, a Dutchman originally from an Indian family from Surinam, with an evening of songs by Manna Dey, the entertainment service has since sponsored Sonu Nigam, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan, Shreya Ghosal, Kavita Krishnamurti, KK and Jagjit Singh here.

"We would like to see Bollywood activities increase around continental Europe," Monique Dabloe, a Sekier staff member, said.

Courtesy: dnaindia.com

Knightley's mother is ok with her sex scenes

LONDON: British actress Keira Knigtley's mother Sharman MacDonald is fine with her daughter doing love scenes.

Sharman is an acclaimed playwright and screen writer. The mother and daughter worked together on 'The Edge of Love', which features a few erotic scenes, reports thesun.co.uk.

“She is playing a character so it doesn't feel weird watching her in 'The Edge of Love'. It's never been like watching my daughter in any of her pieces because she inhabits the character," Sharman said.

"I don't watch her shooting the sex scenes. And I didn't add to any of the sex scenes when she decided to play the character of Vera. Watching her, she is a character. So it doesn't bother me. The scenes have to be well shot," she added.

Courtesy: dnaindia.com

E Niwas's De Taali

Cast: Aftab Shivdasani, Riteish Deshmukh, Rimi Sen, Ayesha Takia

Director: E Niwas

Shopping Corner:

Mayank Shekhar, Film Critic

E Niwas's De Taali, can barely be reviewed. It seems at first a Dil Chahta Hai sort of urban, breezy romantic comedy.

Aftab Shivdasani is the richer, super-sentimental version of Archie Andrews. He has a closed circle of two childhood friends. A sweet, tomboyish Ayesha Takia. A Jughead sort of best friend, that's Ritesh Deshmukh. There's then the hottie Veronica that's Rimi Sen, who's after our Archie's money.

We don't know where these friends live. It looks like somewhere between Singapore, Bangkok and Bombay. We also don't know how old they are.

They have a personal tree-house with dumb graffiti. Only the three hug-happy buddies are allowed into this tree-house. Still, so far so ok.

Everything merely goes berserk only in the latter half, really. The filmmaker spends quarter of the film justifying and justifying some more the greedy, bitchy Rimi Sen's character.

The romantic comedy also goes completely elsewhere into a comedy about a hostage drama gone wrong; the sorts of Darwaza Bandh Rakho or Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega.

I have a feeling the writers were quite excited about this movie to begin with. But at some point, either the devils of fiction took over or, they just left the remaining sheets of the screenplay completely blank.

The film's crew could do whatever they wanted to. Anything begins to happen. And none of it is even half funny.

I don't feel sorry for the director E Niwas. His last two films are called My Name Is Anthony Gonsalves and Bardaasht. But I do feel sorry for the lead actors here, Ritesh, Ayesha Takia and Aftab. They seem in top perform.

Rarely do you find performers so incredibly comfortable with comic timing on screen. While I am feeling sorry for them, you can feel sorry for me too. I had to sit through this. You may not have to.

Courtesy: ndtv.com

‘I wish I had done SRK’s role in DDLJ’

Aamir Khan’s nephew Imran Khan talks to AVEEK BHOWMIK about his girlfriend, ‘identifying’ with Shah Rukh Khan and his ‘competitor’ Harman Baweja

It’s just two weeks to go to the release of Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and debutante Imran Khan presents a picture of a composed, confident man.

He is a study in contrast from his uncle Aamir Khan, who had mentioned in his blog a few days ago, that he had started smoking to combat the pre-release stress. Imran is quick to answer, “Maybe as I grow older, even I would be prone to such bouts of nervousness. For the moment, I am quite relaxed and calm.”

Jaane Tu… is a campus romance. It’s about youngsters in college and their lives just after college. So will it touch a chord with the older audience? “The film is about young love and ultimately how the relationship matures. So when young people watch it, they would easily relate to the emotions, and older people would definitely get nostalgic about their younger days,” says Imran.

Imran and Abbas Tyrewala, who makes his directorial debut with the film, had to face the test of convincing Aamir to be a part of the project. However, it was not as difficult as they had thought.

“Abbas and I had gone to narrate the script to Aamir. He heard us out. We had even recorded a couple of songs, including Kabhi Kabhi Aditi, which we played out before Aamir. After hearing the narration and listening to the songs, his reaction was, ‘I like it. I am with you’.”

However, Aamir then began directing Taare Zameen Par (TZP). He felt that he wouldn’t be able to give attention to Jaane Tu… as his focus was on TZP. So Aamir got in touch with his cousin Mansoor Khan as he felt that he was the only one whom he could rely on. That’s how Mansoor, Imran’s other uncle, came on board and Jaane Na… finally took off.

For More Click Here

Courtesy: dnaindia.com

Windows Se7en Wallpapers

Varios Wallpapers

Vectorals Wallpapers

Orb Wallpaper Pack

Kit Kittredge cult comes out for 'American Girl' premiere

By Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY

NEW YORK — What Sex and the City: The Movie was to women, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl is to their far younger counterparts.

The film adaptation, based on the popular American Girl dolls, stars Abigail Breslin as the titular Kit. It opens in limited release June 20 and expands nationwide July 2.

American Girl aficionado Isabella Rhodes, a 7-year-old, Brooklyn-based second grader, hit the Manhattan premiere Thursday night to grill the cast about dolls, dogs, and tree houses:

•Producer Julia Roberts on going behind the scenes: "It's fun. It's challenging, but we got really good actors. We were very lucky." When she was a kid in Georgia, Roberts preferred the written word to the big screen: "I loved Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, but it was really more books. I didn't watch a lot of movies. I read a lot of books."

•Abigail Breslin on being an American Girl: "The most fun thing about making the movie was getting on the set. Everyone was so nice to work with. Also, I liked coming on set and working with the dog and the monkey. It was really cool in the tree house. It was cool to learn how to climb up the ladder and get into the tree house. Everyone was so nice to work with. We always hung out after work."

Jane Krakowski, who plays the film's dance instructor, on learning the film's cool moves: "I enjoyed it because I do dance in real life. What was fun about this one was that I had to learn the dances of the time period. I learned how to Charleston and Jitterbug — dances that were popular back then."

Chris O'Donnell, who plays Breslin's dad, had one highlight from filming: "It was when I got to have my daughter, Lily (who's 8), visit on set. It was a great daddy-daughter weekend. I've had a very good experience playing a father in real life, and it was fun to be Abigail's dad on screen."

Courtesy: usatoday.com

Anne Hathaway versus Jessica Alba

By Susan King, Times Staff Writer

Funny guys Mike Myers and Steve Carell aren’t the only stars duking it out this weekend when their comedies “The Love Guru” and “Get Smart” open. So are their popular, glam leading ladies Jessica Alba and Anne Hathaway.

Alba, who has kicked major butt in such TV shows and movies as “Dark Angel” and the “Fantastic Four” franchise in which she plays Sue Storm, goes comedic as the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club who inexplicably falls under the spell of Guru Pitka (Myers), a Pillsbury doughboy- shaped guru who has worn a chastity belt since he was a preteen.

Hathaway, who came to fame in the Disney comedy franchise “The Princess Diaries,” plays Agent 99 in the updated version of the 1960s classic sitcom “Get Smart.” More “Honey West” and Emma Peel than the original 99 Barbara Feldon, the secret agent finds herself falling madly in love with new field agent Max Smart (Carell) who is brilliant but bumbling.

Competition is always healthy, so we have pitted the two actresses together to see who is the fairest of them all.

For More...Click Here

Courtesy: latimes.com