Susan Sarandon’s daughter Eva Amurri strips for TV show

Melbourne, Sep 18 (ANI): It seems budding actress Eva Amurri is following in her mother Susan Sarandon’s footsteps, for she is playing the role of a student who turns to stripping in the latest series of US hit show ‘Californication’.

Sarandon was known for doing similar roles more than 20 years ago- in ‘The Hunger’ in 1983, she dropped her clothes for a controversial lesbian love scene with Catherine Deneuve and has never shied away from nudity in films.

And now Eva, 24- born from Sarandon’s relationship with an Italian director during the Eighties- is kick-starting her own acting career in a racy guest appearance on the show.

She stars as Jackie, a student who moonlights in a strip club, during the third season of the show starring David Duchovmy, reports the Daily Telegraph.

The show sees her writhing around Duchovmy’s college professor character Hank Moody, peeling off a corset to dance for him topless.

And later, she is shown at his place taking their relationship to the next level. (ANI)

Kourtney Kardashian regrets her lesbian kiss caught on camera

London, Aug 25 (ANI): American socialite Kourtney Kardashian regrets kissing a bisexual pal from her art class, named Jackie.

Her lesbian antic, which took place in a Miami nightclub, was captured on camera.

The 30-year-old now feels embarrassed about the incident.

“I’m so embarrassed, I can never talk to this girl again. Jackie is calling me non-stop and I’m so embarrassed I made out with her,” the Sun quoted her as saying.

The lesbian snog will now be aired on her new reality show, ‘Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami’, which she shares with her sister, Khloe. (ANI)

Jackie O had a sexual relationship with Bobby Kennedy, claims book

New York, July 7 (ANI): Author C. David Heymann has come under the fire after he alleged for the third time that late US President John F. Kennedy’s wife Jacqueline and his brother Bobby Kennedy had an affair.

In his new book, ‘Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story’, Heymann has detailed interviews of several on-the-record witnesses who have said that the in-laws had a sexual relationship after JFK’s assassination in 1963.

A neighbour told Heymann that Bobby and Jackie got frisky out in the open over Christmas vacation in Palm Beach in 1964.

Family friend Chuck Spalding revealed that the couple had a very obvious attraction between each other.

“You would have had to be dumb, deaf and blind not to see it,” The New York Daily News quoted him as saying.

However, Kennedy experts have condemned the book and how Heymann highlighted the relationship between the two.

“It’s a new low, and you just wonder how far people are willing to go. [Heymann] is just trying to make a buck. Yes, Bobby and Jackie had a relationship as friends, but [the romance] is a total exaggeration. I feel sorry for Heymann,” said Laurence Leamer, author of ‘The Kennedy Men’, ‘The Kennedy Women’ and ‘Sons of Camelot’

David Talbot, author of ‘Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years’, refused to even comment on Heymann’s tome because he doesn’t believe the writer is a credible source on the Kennedy family.

The backlash against Heymann’s latest book is reminiscent of the criticism he received in 1994, when he first alluded to the affair in an updated edition of ‘A Woman Named Jackie’.

He repeated the claim in 1998′s ‘RFK: A Candid Biography’.

Meanwhile, Kennedy White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, branded Heymann’s claims “bull-.’

‘Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story’ will be available on July 14 from Simon and Schuster”s Atria Books. (ANI)

Bollywood actor promotes anti-tobacco awareness

New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Debutant Bollywood actor Jackie Bhagnani is promoting anti-tobacco awareness ahead of ‘World No Tobacco Day’ in New Delhi.

Jackie who makes his acting debut with the film ‘Kal Kisne Dekha’ said that the celebrities should promote this cause.

“Realistically speaking to eradicate it (smoking) we need one hundred years but we can reduce it and it can happen if the people from the film industry or the sports field who are known if they appeal to the people. The affect will be much more than any other normal person saying it. So you can always try nothing is impossible slowly and slowly it can get less. We know in the cities people are not allowed to smoke in public places and I’m seeing lot of people following it,” said Bhagnani.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has chosen ‘Tobacco Health Warnings’ as this year’s theme for World No Tobacco Day to be observed on May 31 with an emphasis on the picture warnings at making people aware of the health risks of tobacco use and convincing them to quit.

More than 20 countries, including Britain, Iran, Peru and Malaysia, already use visual warnings on their tobacco products.

The WHO, which requires its entire staff to be non-smokers or to agree to try to quit, has been campaigning for more than two decades to discourage smoking and fight efforts by big companies such as Philip Morris International, Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco and British American Tobacco to attract new customers.

Tobacco is the world’s leading preventable cause of death. According to WHO, tobacco has been claiming killing more than five million lives every year.

Around 80 percent of smokers live in developing countries, where smoking rates have risen sharply in recent years alongside a ramping-up of tobacco marketing and production in poorer states.

The WHO supports bans on tobacco marketing and sponsorship, prohibitions of smoking in public buildings, and high taxes on tobacco products. (ANI)

Jacko refuses to reunite with brothers for London gigs

London, April 5 (ANI): King of Pop Michael Jackson has refused to sing with his brothers after they begged him to stage a Jackson 5 farewell.

Tito, 55, Marlon, 52, and Jackie, 57, all asked the ‘Thriller’ hitmaker if their band could reunite for one gig during one of his 50 sell-out performances at London’s O2 Arena this summer.

According to a family source, fifth brother Jermaine, 54, didn’t join his siblings in pleading for an emotional reunion, though he did say he’d appear if asked.

However, Michael has told them there is ‘no way’ he can accommodate a one-off gig with his brothers.

“The London gigs are probably the last chance they’ll ever have to appear together again but Michael just won’t do it,” the Daily Star quoted the source, as saying.

“Marlon, Jackie and Tito are all deeply hurt and furious over Michael’s refusal to sing with them.

“It would be so easy for him to have them on stage for a few numbers on one night in July or August. Jermaine isn’t so bothered because, I think, deep down he expected the reaction the others got.

“They feel badly rejected and believe that if it had been Michael’s sister Janet asking to guest star he’d have jumped at it because she’s much more famous and successful than they are.

“All four could use the cash they could have generated in just one night singing alongside Michael as The Jackson 5.

“The fans would have loved it but Michael has broken his brothers’ hearts by saying No,” he added. (ANI)

Michelle Obama ready to take the world stage

Washington, Mar.30 (ANI): US First Lady Michelle Obama is getting set to take the world stage by accompanying husband and President Barack Obama on their first trip abroad after assumption of office.

Both are headed for London and Paris, where President Obama is to attend this week’s G-20 Summit and a meeting of NATO leaders.

According to Politico, the first couple’s trip to Europe Tuesday takes Michelle Obama to a land that likes her husband but seems positively fascinated by her.

The British press in particular has followed Michelle Obama’s every move breathlessly, from her dresses to the “kitchen garden” behind the White House.

One London paper tracked down her high-school prom date. Another asked plaintively, “Why Doesn’t the UK Have a Michelle Obama?”

Michelle Obama’s official schedule says she will accompany the president to many of his events – they both will have tea with Queen Elizabeth II, for instance – but she’ll have some solo outings as well. She’ll visit an all-girls school in London where the population is mostly minority and the second language is English – an echo of her work in Washington, DC.

Sarah Brown, Britain’s first lady, will give Michelle Obama a tour of a health facility in London Wednesday and will take her and other spouses on a tour in London Thursday during the G-20 economic summit.

In France, Obama will join NATO spouses in visiting a hospital and a cathedral. And at all of these events, she’ll stand next to some of the world’s most high-profile political spouses- including Bruni-Sarkozy, the Italian-born ex-supermodel who is an admirer of the self-described girl from the Chicago’s South Side.

Aides say Michelle Obama is aware of the moment and she has been reading up on her fellow members of the first ladies’ club ahead of the trip.

Michelle Obama’s aides also insist that she is there in a support role to her husband. Yet if history is any guide, first ladies can overshadow their spouses, and the comparisons to Jacqueline Kennedy’s 1961 trip to Paris seem sure to abound, much like some are fond of comparing Michelle O. to Jackie O. (ANI)

Ok! magazine dedicates new edition cover to dying Jade Goody

London, March 18 (ANI): The latest issue of Brit magazine OK! has hit the stands featuring a Jade Goody tribute edition, while the terminally ill reality TV star continues her battle with cancer.

The front cover of the celebrity magazine expressed “In Loving Memory” and “Jade Goody 1981-2009″ so the latest “issue will not end up looking out of date,” reports the Telegraph.

The 27-year-old’s rapidly worsening condition left medics to fear she has just few hours to live before cervical cancer ends her days.

The mum-of-two was granted her last wish after doctors allowed her to go home so that she could spend her final days with her beloved sons at her home in Essex.

Her sons, Bobby, 5, and Freddie, 4, recently brought flowers for their cancer-stricken mum in what could be one of their last visits to celebrate an early Mother’s Day.

Meanwhile, her jailbird hubby Jack Tweed and mum Jackie have been by her side as she slips in and out of consciousness. (ANI)

Posh finally gives her nod to Becks’ Milan move

London, Feb 17 (ANI): After much of convincing Victoria Beckham has finally given her nod to hubby David’s move to AC Milan, while she and kids will stay back in Los Angeles.

Ten days ago, Beckham, who is set to return to training with LA Galaxy in March, had a lengthy discussion in London with Posh about whether to join the Italian giants permanently.

The ex-Spice Girl was initially concerned about uprooting their three sons-Brooklyn, nine, Romeo, six, and three-year-old Cruz-as the move could put them behind at school.

However, the couple have now decided that Posh would stay in America with the kids until the end of the school year.

“Victoria has told David she loves him and nothing will come between the family,” the Sun quoted a pal as saying.

The friend added: “He was thrilled that she has let him pursue his last chance of playing top flight football.”

No deal has been finalised as yet.

However, if the footballer gets a contract for over an year, the family might return to their “Beckingham Palace” home in Hertfordshire.

Becks himself has been taking Italian lessons for weeks, and has even convinced Posh that learning it would be good for their sons.

And the style-diva finally gave her nod for a full-time move after a meeting at swish Claridge’s Hotel in Mayfair with her parents Tony and Jackie.

“It looks like David has got his way after making a very strong case for his career ending in Milan,” the source said.

“David probably only has a few seasons left in him and if he wants to keep his England place and maybe play in another World Cup he must compete at the top level.

“Victoria can see that now – and after his career ends they can settle anywhere they want,” the source added.

While Becks is about to strike a deal with both AC Milan and LA Galaxy, his spokesman said: “Victoria is very supportive but nothing has been agreed on his future.” (ANI)

Michelle Obama’s Inauguration dress gathers mixed reviews

Melbourne, January 21 (ANI): It seems fashion favourite Michelle Obama will continue to remain under the scanner, especially after her Inauguration dress managed to win and loose admiration simultaneously.

The First African-American Lady of the United States gathered mixed reviews for donning a pale gold dress, matched with a coat made of Swiss wool lace, lined with French silk, at President-husband Barack’s swearing-in ceremony.

The designer Isabel Toledo piece, which was paired with a set of contrasting emerald green stilettos, was further bejewelled with a patterned diamante collar.

British newspaper Daily Telegraph saw her attire as “a strong, modern statement”, and The Daily Mail also praised Michelle for being “effortlessly stylish”.

However, the New York Post seemed less impressed, saying “very strange outfit. Far too glitzy and blingie”.

The LA Times, too, held similar doubts.

“Rather disappointing choice for a woman who generally has excellent fashion sense. Going to have to kick it up a notch from this dowdy outfit if she wants to be the next Jackie/Diana,” News.com.au quoted the LA times as saying.

“The dress is rather dull for the moment. It fails to accentuate her figure. This would be a dress for church, and not this memorable day,” another writer added.

The mum-of-two, hailed by fashion experts, had later changed into white chiffon, one-shoulder gown, designed by Jason Wu, for the inauguration balls, which prompted the new President to say: “First of all, how good looking is my wife?” (ANI)

Ann Coulter slams Michelle Obama’s clothing style in book

New York: American political commentator Ann Coulter has blasted U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, for her sense of dressing and called her a freakish Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis imitator.

In a book titled ‘Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and their Assault on America;, sheducled for publication next week, Coulter lashes out at the President-elect”s wife.

“Her obvious imitation of Jackie O”s style – the flipped-under hair, the sleeveless A-line dresses, the short strands of fake pearls – would have been laughable if done by anyone other than a media-designated saint,” the New York Daily News quoted her as having written.

Coulter, 47, facetiously and snidely refers to Michelle Obama as a “saint” and “Mother Teresa” and suggests that her public service career “advanced in lockstep with the political advancement of her husband.”

Coulter also repeatedly refers to the President-elect as “B. Hussein Obama”, and complains that the media “literally wanted to have sex with him.”