For Shakira fans, this news promises to be exciting. Although the singer’s date with Bollywood has been going awry for some time now, debutant actor-producer Sachin Joshi insists she might still be crooning for his film, Azaan, soon.

"But I think I should comment on it only when the deal comes through. Although other producers have also talked about roping in Shakira for their films, she has always been my first priority since the inception of Azaan. And I am very hopeful about roping her in. The deal should happen," says Joshi.

For the uninitiated, Azaan, a film that marks the debut of gutka baron Jagdish Joshi’s son Sachin, also stars Playboy model Candice Boucher. Last year too, there were talks about Shakira singing a cabaret style song with Latin influences under composer duo Salim-Sulaiman’s guidance. But the deal apparently fell through.

"We are constantly in touch with Shakira’s team and are in the final stages of negotiations with her," says Sachin, who shares screen space with the South African model Candice in the espionage thriller. But Sachin rubbishes talks that Candice will be seen in a sultry avatar.

"Director Prashant (Chadha) felt that she fit the part. Candice doesn’t have any acting experience but she’s done a stupendous job. Just because she is a Playboy girl doesn’t mean that we’d ask her to expose without any reason. She looks beautiful in the film," he says defensively.

Excited about his maiden outing as an actor, Sachin says, "It was an awesome experience to work with a foreign crew. After all, we shot the film in seven different countries." Will good friend Shah Rukh Khan pitch in with tips? Sachin smiles: "He has always been very supportive. I have kept him updated about my film and I hope he likes it in its final form."

By Hindustan Times

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Pirates of the Caribbean latest pic movie trailer and Everything about the Caribbean 4.

Director:

Rob Marshall

Producer:

Jerry Bruckheimer

Writer:

Ted Elliott
Terry Rossio
Stuart Beattie
Jay Wolpert

Cinematographer:

Dariusz Wolski

Music:

Hans Zimmer

Acting credits:

Johnny Depp
Penélope Cruz
Ian McShane
Geoffrey Rush

Distribution Distributor:

Walt Disney Pictures

Release date in USA

May 20, 2011

Release date in INDIA:

May 27, 2011 (may be)

Budget:

 $200 million

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too.
After rumors going around that Caribbean 4 might not start filming for a while, or might not happen at all, the official announcement has been made by Walt Disney Pictures that the film “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” will be released to theaters on May 20, 2011.

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If you happen to see James Bond zipping through the streets of Mumbai in his Aston Martin, don’t be alarmed. You aren’t sleep-walking, it is reality. The 23rd film of the Bond series may be shot in and around Mumbai.

A highly-placed source told Mid-Day that Bond 23, the newest film in the franchise, will be shot in and around Mumbai. "Director Sam Mendes recently made a hush-hush visit to the city along with production designer Terry Bamber in mid-April for the film’s recce."

Buzz is that the movie will be shot in Mumbai and Goa during the monsoon season.

Give the huge Bond’s following in India, the cast and crew of the film is reportedly quite nervous.

Daniel CraigHowever, this is not the first time that a Bond film is being shot in India. Octopussy (1983), the 13th film in the Bond series, was shot in Agra and Udaipur.

-Hindustan Times

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Everything about fast five & fast and furious

Title: Fast Five
Director: Justin Lin
Fast Five Cast List: Featuring

Vin Diesel

Dwayne Joh

Paul Walker

TJ Hassan
Rock
Rated: PG-13

Running Time: 2 hr. 10 min.

US Box Office :$83.6M

Written By: Chris Morgan

Fast Five Release Date: 29th of April
Universal Pictures present has the Fast and Furious and, Fast Five.

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Everything about director Via DIESEL & his new movie fast five .

Actor, director, writer, producer. Born Mark Vincent on July 18, 1967, in New York City. Diesel managed to parley several self-produced, low-budget films into big-budget leading man status.  

Born to a theater director and a psychologist sometimes astrologer. in interviews, Diesel has been guarded about his ethnic background. Diesel made his stage debut at the age of seven in "Theatre for the New City and continued to work with the theater throughout his adolescence. After working as a bouncer at several Manhattan nightclubs, studied English at New York’s Hunter College.

Date of Birth: 18 July 1967,(age:43) New York City, New York, USA Birth Name: Mark Sinclair Vincent Nickname: 6' (1.83 m) Height:  6’3” Country:  USA City:  NEW YORK Father: Delora Occupation: Actor, director, producer, screenwriter Languages:  English Blockbuster Movie:  The Fast and the Furious and xXx. Best Movie: The Fast and the Furious

Salary:

Fast Five (2011)	$15,000,000 (including producer fee)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)	$11,500,000
A Man Apart (2003)	$2,500,000
xXx (2002)	$10,000,000
The Fast and the Furious (2001)	$2,000,000
Saving Private Ryan (1998)	$100,000

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Celebs never let you down when it comes to bad behaviour. It was the year that Mel Gibson was slammed for an alleged racist rant, Charlie Sheen had woman troubles, Lindsay Lohan admitted dabbling in drugs, Dolly Bindra foul-mouthed everyone and more. Celeb antics ensured that there was no dearth of masala in our tabloid. Here’s a birds’s eye-view of celebs that raised eyebrows in 2010.

Lady Gaga
The year saw eccentric pop star Lady Gaga barge into the scene with quite a noisy bang. Be it for her jaw-dropping music videos, eye-grabbing stage outfits, half-naked airport appearances or middle-finger act at baseball game, Lady Gaga screamed from newspapers front page throughout the year. And she was well rewarded for the effort- her craziness as got her a six million fan following on Twitter. Now you can either love or hate her but you can’t ignore her...

Miley Cyrus
The teenage sweetheart has made Madonna’s Papa Don’t Preach the motto of her life. From no-panty leaked pics, giving lap dances, smoking bong video, the wannabe adult has left no stone unturned to prove that she can’t be tamed! With her risqué outfits and saucy attitude, she is this year’s good girl gone bad.

Charlie Sheen
The actor had a rocky year. Just days after a messy divorce from Brooke Mueller, The Two and a Half Men star was back to what he does best - hooking up with pretty girls. But even this went horribly wrong when the porn star accused him of assaulting her in the hotel room. The star’s raunchy lifestyle, and obsession with call girls, drug rehab made for dramatic year.

Lindsay Lohan
Thank God for Lindsay Lohan! If it weren’t for her wild habits, the year would have been without spice. With drunken driving case, cocaine rehab, porn star role rejection, nude magazine covers, the Mean Girl star went berserk this year. Unfazed by controversies LiLo is trying to pull her life together - sitting and brooding in Bert Ford rehab.

Mel Gibson
The year has seen the Braveheart star hit rock bottom and really hard. The actor has been at the receiving end of accusation of domestic abuse from his ex-partner Oksana. Adding to the blow has been Winona Ryder’s revelation that the actor is racist and homophobic. Talk about adding fuel to fire!

Mallika Sherawat
As if sleazy B-town scenes were not enough, the actress decided to bare it all for a Hollywood film - Hisss. But even the star’s bold act couldn’t add fizz to the doomed film. From showing off her friendship with Salma Hayek, hobnobbing with Hollywood celebs at Cannes, Mallika’s antics irritated no end. To top it all was her wardrobe malfunction at a promotional event for Hisss, which added nothing to her crumbling reputation.

Dolly Bindra
The name Dolly Bindra has become synonymous with fighting and bad mouthing. The abusive and violent Bigg Boss contestant raised tempers inside the Bigg Boss house. Be it abusing everyone in the house to hitting Shweta Tiwari, the foul-mothed Dolly picked a fight at the drop of a hat.

Rakhi Sawant
With no more sense than a sheep, the item girl drew flak for being an ignorant judge on the reality show Rakhi Ka Insaaf. The controversy queen was taken to court for abetting the suicide of a participant on Sawant’s reality television show.

Rahul Mahajan
Be it drug abuse cases, or beating his women, Rahul Mahajan has been in the news for the wrong reasons. The incorrigible flirt tied the knot on TV show Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega. But showed his repulsive side when Dimpy accused him of beating her. She says Rahul allegedly punched, kicked and dragged her by the hair. His first wife Shweta Singh, who was his childhood friend, had accused him of physically abusing her.

Salman Khan
Salman Khan had a foot-in-mouth moment for which he got flak from everyone. The actor made irresponsible comments about the 26/11 terror attacks on a Pakistan TV channel saying, "Too much hype has been created around the 26/11 attacks because elite people were targeted. Attacks have happened in trains and small towns too, but no one talked about it so much."

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Twentieth Century Fox film studio and director James Cameron on Wednesday unveiled plans for two new "Avatar" movies, erasing any lingering doubt over whether they would again team up for sequels to the biggest blockbuster movie of all time.

Cameron promised fans of the $2.8 billion global box office bonanza that he would "not back off the throttle" of the original movie`s visual and emotional sci-fi story about the tall, blue Na`vi people who dwell on the lush moon, Pandora.

"Avatar 2" is projected to land in theaters in December 2014 with a third film coming one year later.

"`Avatar` was conceived as an epic work of fantasy -- a world that audiences could visit, across all media platforms, and this moment marks the launch of the next phase of that world," Cameron said in a statement.

The "Titanic" director unleashed "Avatar" on audiences last year with new 3D technology and an emotional tale that mixed Hollywood-style action with a tale of humans trying to exploit the natural resources on Pandora.

The combination of adventure and environmentalism thrilled audiences. Along with the massive box office -- "Avatar" dwarfs the No. 2 film ever, "Titanic," with $1.8 billion in ticket sales -- "Avatar" also became the best-selling Blu-ray DVD of all time.

The movie earned nine Oscar nominations and won three, and it was named the year`s best movie at the Golden Globe Awards.

"We had no higher priority, and can feel no greater joy, than enabling Jim to continue and expand his vision of the world of `Avatar.` Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairmen Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman said in a joint statement.

Cameron promised that the second and third movies would have "self contained" stories that are part of the greater story arc of the Na`vi struggling against humans.

Back in August, he told Reuters he wanted to direct a sequel and a third film, and that when writing the screenplay, he would write two different movies at the same time. Production is scheduled to begin in 2011.

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