Inside Salman Khan’s grand 48th birthday bash at Panvel....

Salman Khan likes surprises and his 48thbirthday party was also full of surprises. He threw a grand bash at his Panvel farmhouse last night and he has invited many unexpected guests and the party was a gala affair. He had a long list of guests and all gathered at his panvel farmhouse and had lots of fun.

Last night close pals of Sallu from the industry drove to his panvel farmhouse and had a blast. Stars like Aamir Khan and Sajid Nadiadwala joined in the celebration. His family also joined in the celebration.

An insider on condition of anonymity informed, “We all jump into the swimming pool which is a tradition on his birthday. Of course, it happens only when he’s around to celebrate at his farmhouse.”

Another source informed,“There is a long list of people who he has invited and most definitely, they will be those with whom he has been working with. Some of the Bigg Boss contestants, including Armaan Kohli and Salman’s favourite contestant Elli Avram, also feature on his guest list.”

Debutante music composer duo Armaan and Amal Malik, too joined in the birthday bash and informed, “We met him with our new songs and a cake. He loves holding music sessions, so we played live for him.”

Another actor, who is a close friend of the actor, reveals a bit about the cuisines available at the event. “There is always a lavish spread when it comes to food at Khan household even if it is at his house or shooting. And his mother takes personal interest when the menu is drawn up.”

A source reveals, “Director Sooraj Barjatya who returned from Bangalore on Thursday evening was also on the guest list. Salman starts shooting for Sooraj in the second half of next year.”

Group of filmmakers like Boney Kapoor, Ramesh Taurani, director Kabir Khan, filmmaker David Dhawan and his actor son Varun too were invited.We wish Salman Khan a very happy birthday!byy..bollywood manra.com

Justin Bieber announces he is officially retiring

Press Trust Of India : Los Angeles, Wed Dec 25 2013, 17:15 hrs

Justin Bieber broke the heart of many of his fans by announcing on Christmas eve that he was officially retiring. (AP)Pop star Justin Bieber broke the heart of many of his fans by announcing on Christmas eve that he was officially retiring.

The 19-year-old singer, who has been at the centre of many controversies in the recent past, had recently hinted about a planned retirement and now he has gone ahead and spoken about it with his millions of followers on Twitter.
"My beloved beliebers I'm officially retiring," he wrote.
The singer, however, followed the announcement with a confusing tweet about how he would never leave his fans.
"The media talks a lot about me. They make a up a lot of lies and want me to fail but I'm never leaving you, being a belieber is a lifestyle," he further wrote.
Bieber's another tweet read, "Be kind loving to each other, forgive each other as god forgave us through Christ Merry Christmas IM HERE FOREVER (sic)."
The singer's manager Scooter Braun had recently said that he wanted his protege to take a break from music after his new movie 'Believe' releases.byy..indianexpress..

'Dhoom: 3' on record breaking spree worldwide, collects Rs 233 crore in 5 days..

Aamir Khan's latest release 'Dhoom: 3' has taken over the world by storm.

In India, Aamir Khan's 'Dhoom: 3', co-starring Katrina Kaif and Abhishek Bachchan, smashed the opening day and opening weekend collection records set by Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Chennai Express' and Hrithik Roshan's 'Krrish 3'.

'Dhoom: 3' has also broken box office records in Pakistan. In the country's largest city of Karachi, 'Dhoom: 3's box office receipts from 56 screens on its opening day was around Rs 20 million shattering Pakistani film 'Waar's record of Rs 11.4 million on its opening day.
'Dhoom: 3' was released at a time when the screening of Indian movies has come under a cloud because of an order from the Lahore High Court barring the exhibition of "illegally" imported films.
The 'Dhoom: 3' craze in Karachi has reached such heights that multiplexes are running the film on all their screens and having five shows a day on one screen - something unheard of in the Pakistani film industry.byy..indianexpress..

The rise and fall of stars in 2013,

(Merry christmas)

This year saw some overrated bubbles burst while some underrated blooms flourish at the same time in Bollywood

If one sits down to rate Bollywood personalities on the basis of their performance in a film, it won't take much of a criteria to decide whether they were good or not. Given the scale of time considered -- an entire year to be precise -- the process becomes a bit complicated. However, it's worth a try and we think some folks in B-Town were indeed overestimated while others, grossly understated. As a result, HitList points out a few names from both the category with respect to the year that's fast passing by...

Troughs

Priyanka Chopra
Even though it's admirable to witness a Hindi film actress taking key interest in singing (if we're not mistaken, yesteryear star Suraiya was the last one to efficiently balance both the disciplines), it was a cringeworthy year for PC thanks to horrible film choices -- especially after her work in Barfi! -- and two forgettable item songs. Also, Krrish 3 was a superhero film.

Akshay Kumar

Going by his box-office standards, Akki had a rather lukewarm year and it almost bordered on despair given the huge budgets he's known to be part of. Even his commercial films didn't ring a gong at the ticket counter. On the brighter side, his work in Special 26 was appreciated. But then, he seems more comfortable doing guaranteed blockbusters.

Sonakshi Sinha

She had four big releases and two special appearances and none of them made a blast at the box-office. In fact, Sona was pointed out for the repetitiveness in the characters she portrayed. Perhaps signing too many films is the reason. Maybe not. However, what's certain about her is that she can ace a role like Pakhi (Lootera) but masala cinema is too hard to resist.

Abhinav Kashyap

After the negative critical response to Besharam, the director went on an offensive stating that critics unfairly targeted the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer. Well, he deserves credit for convincing a talented actor like Ranbir to sign a debacle like Besharam. Other than that, everything about the Dabangg director seemed extremely overrated before the film released.

Shahid Kapoor

2013 was touted to be his comeback year. There were intense speculations that he's the only one among the younger lot capable enough to dethrone RK. Going by the verdict -- critical and commercial -- nothing of that sort materialised. Both his onscreen attempts, Phata Poster Nikhla Hero and R... Rajkumar could barely prove a point. Next year perhaps?

Crests

Raj Kumar

He's undoubtedly a talent worth investing time in and going by his exploits in Kai Po Che and Shahid, it'd be criminal to overlook him. Last year saw the traces of his command in Gangs of Wasseypur, Talaash and Chittagong. This year took the scale a bit higher and it's beyond doubt that the non-conventional-looker has to be one of the most underrated actors in our country.

Rishi Kapoor

While others in his age category were planning retirement, Rishi decided to make a comeback. And what a journey it has been. If Agneepath set the wheels of second innings moving, 2013 saw massive instances of him dominating even the leading actors -- be it Chashme Baddoor or Aurangzeb, D-Day, Shuddh Desi Romance. He came back in a splendid manner.

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

If you were to draw a list of the most exciting actors in the country today, let alone just Bollywood, Nawaz's name would easily figure in it. But for some inexplicable reason, he comes across as someone who will play the second fiddle to the main character. By virtue of his rich filmography over the past two years, he keeps bettering himself with every role.

Subhash Kapoor
At a press conference, this director was told that his latest film Jolly LLB had left a benchmark in the otherwise neglected courtroom drama. The affable filmmaker quipped, `I don't see any benchmark. Where is it?` before taking on the next question. It'd be nice to have this director churn out films on a regular basis instead of the usual three-years delay.

Hansal Mehta
One of the most outspoken filmmakers today, he doesn't bother to mince words and his films reflect that very aspect. If it weren't for the Shahid (finally) receiving a proper Friday release after travelling on the film circuit, Hansal wouldn't have made the list. His next project should emulate the biopic or else he'd see himself on the other side next year.

Anil Kapoor

When this veteran actor decided to move to small screen with a thriller -- a genre of television audience isn't very used to in the country -- a lot of skeptics were working full time. Now with the 24 season one coming to an end, it's worth noting that the actor merits credit for going ahead with the idea by producing the small screen adaptation and acting in it.

Richa Chadda

This actress often finds herself in the news for all the wrong reasons. Regardless, the critics generally cite her choice of films and courageous performances in each one of them -- so far. Richa had two big-banner releases and one short film in the year. And she earned positive remarks for her work although she still remains in the shadows.
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Hrithik's has none at home to celebrate Christmas

Hrithik Roshan, these days is busy shooting advertisements of products for their publicity plan. But he is going to be in Mumbai for the next 5 to 6 days without Sussanne and children around him.

He is also keen to be around his kids during the festive season.

However, there is no concrete information available on whether Sussanne has alternate plans for their children. The senior Roshans Rakesh and Pinky are currently holidaying in London.byy santa banta news network..

I don't make wish lists: Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift feels there is a sense of achievement in living life in not a planned way.

Country singer Taylor Swift insists she lives her life step by step and does not try to shape her career by making wish lists.
The 24-year-old star feels there is a sense of achievement in living life in not a planned way, reported Contactmusic.
"One thing I've tried to never do is make wish lists. I try to have a very steppingstone mentality about this whole thing, where as soon as you make one step you visualize the next step, not five steps ahead," said Swift.
Swift recently recorded the track 'Sweeter Than Fiction' for the British comedy 'One Chance' based on the life of 'Britain's Got Talent' winner Paul Potts.
She said she enjoys writing songs for films because it allows her to take a break from her personal thoughts and concentrate on someone else's life.
"My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories. There's something so unique about that and I get a special buzz from that. But it's also kind of cool to focus on somebody else's storylines," she said.
"Give yourself a little bit of a break from the introspection," added Swift.byy..indianexpress.com

Bigg Boss 7: Gauahar, Tanishaa's confession and fight

Gauahar and Tanishaa's confessions leads to a fight between the two.

The final five contestants – Gauahar, Ajaz, Sangram, Andy and Tanishaa – of controversial celebrity game show 'Bigg Boss 7' were in for a night of confessions.
This time instead of the confession room of Bigg Boss' house the contestants came out with their confessions in the open. The housemates openly spoke their heart out, revealing good, bad and ugly.

Bigg Boss asked the housemates to indulge in a tête-à-tête and confess whatever they have spoken about their fellow-contestants behind their backs.

In the evening, Gauahar, Ajaz, Sangram, Andy and Tanishaa gather in the living area and spill the beans about each other. Andy is the first one to go and he tells Gauahar that he has never liked Kushal and has always doubted their future. He also tells Tanishaa that he did not appreciate her picking a fight with him and blowing things out of proportion. Ajaz tells Tanishaa that he did not appreciate Tanishaa's cold behaviour and always complained about it to Sangram.

Making most of this opportunity, Ajaz tries to mend his friendship with Gauahar and tells her that he considers her to be a dear friend. Sangram Singh being at his diplomatic best tells Gauahar that he did talk about her being a player and influencing people but has never had hard feelings for her.

Gauahar and Tanishaa's confessions, however leads to a fight between the two where they accuse each other of holding back a lot of things that they have spoken about each other.
With a lot of dark secrets being revealed in this session, what new twists will it bring in the finale week of Bigg Boss?