After running into trouble with the forest officials for violating agreement with the Kerala Forest Division, Mani Ratnam has finally begun the shooting schedule in Kochi, for his film 'Ravana', starring Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan in lead roles.

The multilingual film, for which Abhishek shed his weight, and got his hair trimmed to give the character a real feel, is being shot in the forests of Malayatoor - a prime spot for eco-tourism.

According to sources close to the film the forest officials had given Mani Ratnam's team to shoot for 20 days in the well preserved eco-tourism spot.

Making history, on 4th November Democrat Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States. History was again made the morning after when Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host, longtime panelist of 'The View' - a five-woman talk show and a vocal support of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, did not feel any outrage over Obama winning the election. When Joy Behar, her Democratic co-host asked: 'Are you saying I was right all along?', Hasselbeck not only smiled, she also gave Behar a fist bump.

Jean-Claude Van Damme's new action comedy JCVD has the Muscles From Brussels playing a version of himself i. e. a Belgian actor caught up in a random bank robbery, in what one can only assume is a semi-autobiographical movie. There are some funny moments in the beginning, admittedly; however, soon as the movie begins to get serious, one finds them quickly tapering off.

The celebrity couple - Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif - came together for a shoot and gave a 'guarded' interview for DT on the sets of their film, 'Yuvvraaj', directed by Subhash Ghai. Though they did open up their hearts for each other, after going strong for the last four years, is was not typically a romantic, full-throttle down-on-knees confession and proposal that many were waiting for!

London, November 6: Following the historic victory of Barack Obama in the US Presidential elections, Daniel Craig says the world should be prepared to see a ‘coloured 007’.

The 40-year-old, who was himself the target of much criticism for being the first ‘blonde Bond’, humoured the idea at a press conference before the Italian premier of his latest Bond film, ''Quantum of Solace''.

“After Barack Obama's victory I think we might have reached the moment for a coloured 007,” the Telegraph quoted him as telling the Agi news agency.

London, Nov 6: Sir Paul McCartney will be conferred with the title of ‘Ultimate Legend’ at tonight’s MTV Awards, it has emerged.

And U2's lead singer Bono has flown down to Liverpool to present the award to the ex-Beatle.

“Channel chiefs have been in a massive quandary as to who to present the award to Liverpool’s most famous son,” the Mirror quoted a source as saying.

“It is a first ever for MTV Europe to create a gong like this. It’s a one-off,” the source added.