Islamabad, September 10 : Pakistani actress Meera may find herself at the centre of renewed criticism after shooting bold scenes for an Indian film.

The Lollywood star was said to have starred with hero Shawar Ali for the movie, which is soon expected to hit the Indian theatres, reports Geo news.

Meanwhile, she continues to battle reports about her alleged marriage with Attiq-ur-Rehman, who claims to be her husband, the Daily Times reported.

Meera recently swore on the lives of her father, mother and brother while denying being married to Rehman.

Stockholm - Fans of the late Swedish director  will be able to bid for items from his estate including a Golden Globe award and possibly the famous chess set from The Seventh Seal, the auction house Bukowski said Thursday.

The auction wwill take place on September 28 and is in accordance with Bergman's last wish, stipulating "no emotional hullabaloo," the auction house said.

Bergman died at age 89 in 2007. Many of the 300 items were from his home on Faro, an isle off northern Gotland in the Baltic Sea.

Venice, Italy  - The film Lola by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza screened Thursday at the Venice Film Festival, becoming the second "surprise selection" to be included by organizers in this year's competition.

Earlier this week German director Werner Herzog's My Son, My Son What Have Ye Done?" was unveiled as the first "surprise" film to join the 23 previously announced films competing for the Golden Lion prize.

Lola, or Grandmother, tells the story of two women who bear the consequences of a crime involving their respective grandsons - one man the victim the other the suspect.

London, Sept 10 : has disclosed that his actress wife Melanie Griffith checked into rehab because she feared controlling her drug urges would be extremely difficult.

This is the first time that Banderas has gone public with his wife's reasons for joining the rehab after she moved into the Cirque Lodge in Utah last month.

London, Sept 10 : Britney Spears is hunting for a new partner, according to reports.

The 27-year-old singer is all low and lonely after reportedly being dumped by boyfriend Jason Trawick.

Sources had recently revealed that Britney had asked Trawick to give her some time by herself.

An insider had said: "She told him she needed to get back on her own two feet before moving forward. Jason was disappointed, but he understood."

However, it is now suspected that all is over between Britney and Trawick.

London, Sept 10 : Celebrity judge Simon Cowell says he would have flunked The Beatles if they auditioned for The X Factor.

Cowell says he could only be game for the Fab Four if they were Beatles minus drummer Ringo Starr.

He was speaking in a US telly interview with his fellow Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, 38.

The Daily Star quoted him as saying in an American telly interview: "No, we would have said: `We'll take those three but probably lose the drummer.'

"Ringo, I'm afraid, we would have said is `bad news'." (ANI)

London, Sept 10 : Ex-Spice Mel B has quit her luxurious mansion to live in a humble house for a new reality TV show.

The 33-year-old singer is now living in a house with a broken window, a dilapidated front door and a junkyard like garden for the new ITV1 show 7 Days On The Breadline, reports the Sun.

Mel now drops kids to their school and collects the Child Benefit from the post office.

Laughter man Keith Allen, ex-rugby star Austin Healey and fashion guru Trinny Woodall are also part of the show. (ANI)

London, Sept 10 : Lindsay Lohan has been appointed as the style consultant for French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro.

It is reported that bosses even fired the brand''''s top designer, Esteban Cortazar, for opposing Lohan as the choice for the top job.

The Daily Express quoted Lohan as telling WWD. com: "To be in a position where I''''m working with a fashion house in Paris sets it apart from every other celebrity brand."

The Ungaro staff is also delighted to have the Mean Girls star with them.

Melbourne, Sep 10 : While meeting Hollywood's hottest hunk remains a dream for some, a passenger on a United Airlines flight was able to not only meet actor Brad Pitt but also film him.

Justin Ross Lee was fortunate enough to be seated alongside Pitt on a recent flight from Los Angeles to New York and he was able to capture the moment on his mobile phone.

He has since posted the clip, showing Pitt tucking into his in-flight meal of chicken, enjoying a beer and catching some shut-eye, on brightcove.

Everyone knows that actor Imran Khan has a sound love life with his lady love Avantika.

The handsome actor had already cleared said that he had proposed Avantika on her birthday, and she too accepted his proposal.

But, Imran shared a shocking secret with Farah on her chat show “Tere Mere Beech Mein” that he was married earlier.

The ongoing promos of chat show have created huge interest in the minds of TV viewers.

Los Angeles  - Janet Jackson is to pay tribute to her brother Michael at the opening of the MTV Video Music Awards show on Sunday, MTV announced.

MTV said that Janet would look back at the megastar's life and career. Kryiss Grant, one of the dancers who will appear at the awards, told website TMZ. com that 20 dancers were rehearsing the segment almost 15 hours a day and that "there won't be a dry eye in the house" after Janet is finished.

Michael Jackson is widely regarded as one of the pioneers of music videos and his 1984 mini-film of the song Thriller is hailed as one of the most influential videos of all time.

Washington  - Iconic American rocker Bruce Springsteen and legendary actor Robert De Niro were named Wednesday among the recipients of the Kennedy Centre Honours, one of the most coveted prizes in the US art world.

Director Mel Brooks will also be among the recipients, along with jazz great Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry.

The recipients will be feted at a special gala on December 5, to be attended by President Barak Obama, which is traditionally one of the highlights of the Washington social season.

Venice, Italy  - Leftwing Italian director Michele Placido lost his temper at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday when quizzed over why his film of the 1968 student revolts was part funded by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's media empire.

Placido, during a press conference to present Il Grande Sogno - a semi-autobiographical homage to the leftist student revolts of 1968 - criticised Berlusconi's government for cutting funds to the performing arts.

London  - Forty-five years after Beatlemania the Fab Four hope to get back to where they once belonged - with the release Wednesday of 14 CD albums, revamped for the digital age.

On what has been dubbed "Beatles Day", retailers in Britain said they were confident that fans would snap up the repolished recordings and propel The Beatles back to the top of the charts.

Record company EMI has shipped 5 million of the recordings to stores in what it said promised to be "the biggest reissue ever conducted in the history of the music business."

She might not have a single release to her credit, but Pakistani actress Meera continues to hit stalls.

The actress claimed that an Indian director Faisal Saif has paid money to Attidur Rehman to pretend to be her husband.

The actress accuses that director Faisal Saif is trying to destroy her career and also threatened her.

Yes, it is true. An unfortunate incident took place in Bhopal when a die-hard fan of Bollywood’s hot and sizzling actress Katrina Kaif commits suicide just because he was not able to meet her.

The actress was in Bhopal to shoot for her forthcoming film ‘Rajneeti” with co-star like Ranbir Kapoor, Ajay Devgan and Arjun Rampal.

A large number of people were gathered around the shoot place to have a look of the Bollywood’s Barbie Doll. It is said that the 25-year-old youth jumped in the near-by lake after he fails to meet Katrina.

The enmity between Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi is well known. Salman finds him stupid and doesn’t want his girl Katrina to work with him. These sentiments of Salman were recently echoed by Katrina herself.

Katrina says that she doesn’t want to work with Vivek but she has not given any specific reason for it. This decision of the 25-year-old actress seems to be affected by Salman although she claims that she takes all her decisions about films and co-stars independently.

Preity Zinta has been absent from silver screen for quite some time and she is planning to make a comeback with a bang. The Bollywood bubbly actress will be soon seen in an item number in UTV and Sohail Khan Production's MAIN AURR MRS KHANNA.  

MAIN AURR MRS KHANNA is being directed Prem Soni. In the movie, gorgeous beauty Kareena Kapoor has been paired Bollywood hunk Salman Khan. The item song of Preity seems to have some similarities with 'Kajra Re' number by Aishwarya Rai.

With the success of New York, Katrina Kaif showed that she is not in industry only for her looks she can act well also.  

These days Brit beauty is the most sought after heroine not only by producers but also by Advertising world for the campaigns of various products.

Bollywood beauty is the new brand endorser of Nakshatra after replacing Aishwarya Rai. She has now replaced Sushmita Sen as Brand Ambassador of international cosmetic giant Olay Natural White (whitening cream). It seems that increasing popularity of the actress is making her, the face of various products.

Bollywood beauty Sonam Kapoor loves Delhi. The actress is these days in the capital to shoot for dad Anil Kapoor’s home production Ayesha.  

The actress is smitten by the buzzing life and culture of the city however she doesn’t like its weather, which is quite unpredictable.

Earlier Sonam Kapoor visited the capital for the shooting of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6. Although the movie was not a hit but it seems that young beauty is still very much in love with the city.

Sonam said: "I'm in love with this city. I love the food, shopping, parties and people of Delhi"