London, Oct 25 (IANS) Hollywood actress Christina Ricci doesn't like to look at herself in a mirror because of the body issues she suffered as a younger actress. The 'Sleepy Hollow' star, who battled eating disorder anorexia after she was catapulted to fame, couldn't stand seeing herself in a mirror because she had such low self-esteem about her looks and figure, reports celebrifi.com. 'For years, I hated myself

London, Oct 25 (IANS) Socialite Kim Kardashian wishes she looked more like her older sister Kourtney. The 30-year-old is proud of her figure but grew up wishing she was as petite as her older sister, reports contactmusic.com.

London, Oct 25 (IANS) Former Spice Girl Mel B believes her children are more likely to become sports stars than pop stars. The 35-year-old singer, who has 11-year-old Phoenix Chi from her relationship with Jimmy Gulzar, three-year-old Angel with actor Eddie Murphy and a six-year-old stepdaughter Giselle with her husband Stephen Belafonte, thinks her children will more likely go into sports than showbusiness because of their outdoor lifestyle in Los Angeles, reports contactmusic.com.

London, Oct 25 (IANS) Hollywood heavyweight Bruce Willis is done with his wild days and now prefers to stay at home with his wife Emma Heming than go out partying. 'I like to have a drink now and then, but I don't go out. I just kind of back away from society, as it exists in the States,' femalefirst.co.uk quoted him as saying.

London, Oct 25 (IANS) Australian singer Peter Andre has reportedly admitted that he had a fling with ex-wife Katie Price's former assistant. The 'Mysterious Girl' hitmaker has confessed he had a brief romance with Angela Mogridge, but that it stalled because she lives in Brisbane, reports digitalspy.co.uk. 'Angela is one of the nicest girls I have ever met.

London, Oct 25 (IANS) British actor Sean Bean has opened up about his recent marriage breakdown, admitting he has been 'concentrating on work' to take his mind off the split. The 'Golden Eye' star is single again after separating from his fourth wife, Georgina Sutcliffe, over the summer as she filed divorce papers in August in a bid to bring their two-year union to an official end

London, Oct 23 (IANS) Australian singer Dannii Minogue has hired Victoria Beckham to style her talent hunt show 'The X Factor'. According to sources, Victoria got in touch with Dannii after she wore one of her designs on last week's reality show.

London, Oct 24 (IANS) Singer Mariah Carey is likely to replace singer Cheryl Cole on the judging panel of US version of talent hunt show 'The X-Factor'.

London, Oct 24 (IANS) U2 frontman Bono has revealed that he feared he would never walk again after undergoing emergency back surgery in Germany in May. He faced paralysis after a disc in his spine broke into bits

London, Oct 24 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell is planning to launch National Lottery-style game show on television. According to the sources, Cowell has been in talks to make a glitzy interactive prize draw programme along with cash prizes. The scratch cards will apparently be sold before the show to give viewers the chance to play along

London, Oct 24 (IANS) Singer Sarah Harding has said Girls Aloud will make album only when each member of the band decides they want to return. 'If we're going to do it (get back together), we should all do it together - that's what the fans would want. I don't think it would be the same if one of us wasn't there!' contactmusic.com quoted her as saying During Girls Aloud's self-imposed hiatus, Harding has been focusing on her acting career while Cheryl Cole has released a solo album and has been a judge on Simon Cowell's talent hunt show 'The X Factor'.

London, Oct 24 (IANS) Hollywood actors Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart want to achieve a fame like Johnny Depp.

London, Oct 24 (IANS) 'Moulin Rouge!' director Baz Luhrmann has claimed he 'reinvented the musical' genre. 'I go towards things that are challenging for me and scary for me - but I want to see them up there

London, Oct 24 (IANS) No more descriptions of adventurous lovemaking. A new version of 'Kama Sutra', the ancient Indian book known as the ultimate sex manual, will now be updated as a text-only 'lifestyle guide for the modern man and woman'. Instead of the erotic drawings and sexual illustrations that have accompanied various translations of the ancient Hindu text, the new edition, to be published by Penguin, will be a text-only pocket-sized handbook, described as a 'classy' manual 'covering every aspect of love and relationships', The Daily Telegraph reported

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A tinge of inspiration from Paris and Persia, with some influences from Britain and South Africa - designer Kavita Bhartia injected a spirit of fun at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week with 'transculturation' here Sunday. 'The line is an ode to people who have helped me in my journey of fashion.

Lucknow, Oct 24 (IANS) A Khalistani terrorist was arrested in a joint operation of the Uttar Pradesh Police and Punjab Police from Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Nagar district Sunday, police said. Makkhan Singh, a member of Babbar Khalsa International, was arrested early Sunday morning from the railway station near the Nepal border, about 200 km from here, police said. Additional Director General of Police (Law and order) Brij Lal told reporters: 'Makkhan Singh was wanted (to stand trial) by the Punjab police in connection with certain terrorist activities.' 'Makkhan Singh is believed to have crossed over to Pakistan to undergo training in terrorist camps and chose to use the Nepal route to sneak back into India through Uttar Pradesh and move on to Punjab,' he said

Kolkata, Oct 24 (IANS) A Class 10 student was shot at and injured by suspected Maoists in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Sunday, police said. Nobody has been arrested. District Superintendent of Police Manoj Verma told IANS by phone that Kartik Mahato was fired at by the rebels at Chandra village, 15 km from Midnapore Kotwali police station.

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Now this was a major faux pas - the tag outside fashion designer Malini Ramani's stall at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) read 'Malani Ramani' instead! The spelling error was prominent on the first day Saturday, but it was left to be corrected until the second day of the five-day fashion extravaganza in the capital Sunday.

New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Actress Raima Sen admits she is getting choosier and wiser about her films, but says it has nothing to do with beating competition in the film industry. 'I am not in any sort of rat race in Bollywood

Mumbai, Oct 24 (IANS) When asked if Indian women filmmakers need government subsidies like in Sweden, eight emerging women directors in a unison replied 'No', with an underlying message of 'we do fine by ourselves, thank you', at MAMI's 12th Mumbai Film Festival Sunday. There cannot be any more proof of woman power than this, where the nation's filmmakers have moved away from seeking patronage, to being their own person and damn proud of their identity as filmmakers without being singled out as women. Asked whether women were looked as weak just because they cry, Zoya Aktar replied: 'If I'm the director, it's my party