Los Angeles, Feb 27 (DPA) Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen and American football star Tom Brady have tied the knot in an intimate California ceremony, news reports said. The couple married Thursday in a Catholic service in Santa Monica with only close family and friends attending, according to the celebrity news site Usmagazine.com.
The bride, 28, wore a strapless ivory lace gown by Dolce and Gabbana while her three dogs wore matching floral lace collars.
There was no official confirmation from the couple's spokesmen.
Bundchen and Brady, 31, the quarterback for the New England Patriots, have been an item for the past two years, their relationship producing much material for celebrity magazines.
The three-time Superbowl champion split from his last girlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan, then heavily pregnant, shortly before his relationship with Bundchen became public.
Brady, however, managed to repair his tarnished image by being a devoted dad to now-2-year-old John Edward Thomas Moynahan.
Bundchen, longtime on-off girlfriend of Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, split from the Titanic actor in 2005.
Media speculation over a possible engagement ran wild over the past months. Bundchen denied reports that Brady proposed during a trip in a private jet around Christmas.
In late 2008, the couple bought an $11 million villa in Los Angeles' upmarket Brentwood neighbourhood.
London, March 2 (IANS) Former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston dreams of starring opposite Daniel Craig in a James Bond movie. Having featured in a string of romantic comedies so far, Aniston is determined to do a action role, reports contactmusic.com.
"I get offered funny, quirky and pretty roles. I'd love to do an action movie say James Bond that has glamour, Daniel Craig and loads of fun," she said.
London, April 23 (IANS) "Slumdog Millionaire" star Freida Pinto appeared in the chart of world's sexiest women for the first time in the British men's lifestyle magazine FHM. She debuted in at the 10th position in the magazine while singer Cherly Cole topped the list, reports thesun.co.uk.
Last month, Pinto was also voted among the top five Hollywood sexiest women by men's magazine Details.
The "Girls aloud" beauty Cole, 25, knocked last year's winner, actress Megan Fox, to the second place in FHM sexiest women list. Cole's victory is the first for a Britisher in three years.
Other additions to the chart included French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni, who was voted 40th sexiest woman in the world.
Almost 10 million votes were cast by FHM readers worldwide for the poll.
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) She has been linked with three actors - Hurman S. Baweja, Shahid Kapur and Hollywood star Gerard Butler of "300" fame - all within a span of one year, but the mystery behind Bollywood's svelte actress Priyanka Chopra's actual love interest continues. The rumour mills started working overtime after Butler, whom she met at the launch of the Atlantis hotel in Dubai last year, was quoted as saying in a leading daily: "I don't mind getting married to an Indian girl. Too bad Priyanka already has a boyfriend".
Now, who that boyfriend is, remains to be known.
Though rumours of a romantic liaison between Shahid and Priyanka have been in the grapevine lately after their joint appearance at filmmaker Tarun Mansukhani's birthday party in Mumbai last week, neither has confirmed the development.
The two will be seen together in Vishal Bharadwaj's "Kaminay".
"Priyanka has always maintained silence on her private affairs. Till date, she has never gone public about her personal life and she will continue to do so," a source close to the actress told IANS.
Even when news of her affair with her "Love Story 2050" co-star Hurman was doing the rounds, Priyanka remained politically correct. While Hurman was very vocal about their relationship as well as their break-up, the supermodel-turned-actress chose not to speak about it.
Now, the news about the friendship between Priyanka and Butler, who is currently in Jaipur, is raising eyebrows.
But the source clarifies: "He (Butler) is in Jaipur with four of his friends as part of an India tour.
"He came to Jaipur and knew that Priyanka was shooting and staying at Shiv Vilas for her film 'What's Your Rashee?'. So he came to the sets to meet her as they are good friends and to see what an Indian film shoot looks like. He also met all important people on the sets and was also introduced to Ashutosh (Gowariker) and Hurman. Priyanka and him are just friends only," the source said.
Butler, who played the role of King Spartan in "300", has also been linked to former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston, which he has denied.
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 25 (IANS) She had shaved her head for Deepa Mehta's "Water" though she wasn't in the final film that released, and had put on a lot of weight to look like a madame in a brothel for Shyam Benegal's "Mandi". Now veteran actress Shabana Azmi has once again put on 25 kg for Gurinder Chaddha's "It's A Wonderful Afterlife".
"Yes, you've heard right. I have put on 25 kg and I'm waddling around unrecognisable to all except those who know who I am," Shabana told IANS over phone from London.
Hugely overweight, Shabana is said to be having the time of her life playing a hysterical Punjabi woman in the movie.
In fact, those who saw Shabana at the Filmfare Awards were wondering what on earth was wrong with her. But Shabana had begun preparing for her part two months ago, tucking into those sinful calorie-enhancing goodies with a relish that only the committed actor in her could enjoy.
This is the look that she must hold in place for the next month-and-a-half. For Shabana, preparation is all.
The experience of working with Gurinder Chaddha is enriching for Shabana.
"Gurinder is in control without being bossy, which is a remarkable quality in a director," she said.
Javed Akhtar has also joined Shabana in London.
"He's here for the London Book Fair. My sister-in-law Tanvi and two of my close friends are coming this weekend. So I'm having a ball," she said.
Inter Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic reacts after missing a goal during their Italian Cup semifinal against Sampdoria at San Siro on Thursday.Photo: AFPSerie A leaders Inter Milan were knocked out of the Italian Cup on Thursday when a 1-0 semifinal second leg win over Sampdoria fell short of overturning a 3-0 deficit from the teams' first meeting.
In the May 13 final in Rome, Sampdoria will face Lazio who completed a 4-2 aggregate win over Juventus on Wednesday.
With three goals to make up, Inter coach Jose Mourinho played three strikers with Mario Balotelli, Julio Cruz and Zlatan Ibrahimovic all starting.
It was Ibrahimovic who was to score the only goal of the second leg with a superb 27th-minute volley although the Swedish international was unfortunate not have celebrated a second when he saw a 37th-minute lob come back off the post.
Sampdoria had their chances with Antonio Cassano and Giampaolo Pazzini both denied by good saves from Julio Cesar.
Inter can now turn their attentions to clinching the league title.
They have a 10-point lead with just six games left to play.
SOME BRAZILIAN FLAVOUR: Bangladesh football head coach Dido (C) executes a 'rabona' while displaying his free-kick taking skills during a training session at the BUET ground. Yesterday's training also remarkably marked the first time that the national team players practised set-pieces on mobile dummies.Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) is all set to host the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup Qualifiers from Sunday three years after staging the final round of AFC Challenge Cup in 2006.
Cambodia, Myanmar, Macao will participate in the meet along with hosts Bangladesh. The competition forms part of the qualifying round for the 2010 edition of the AFC Challenge Cup where the winners of the competition will advance.
Macao and Cambodia have already arrived in the capital yesterday while Myanmar is expected to arrive in the early hours of today.
Myanmar and Macao will play the opening game of the meet at 3.30 pm while hosts Bangladesh launches their campaign against Cambodia later on the opening day.
State run Bangladesh Television (BTV) will broadcast the contest live from the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS).
Tickets for the matches have been priced at Tk.20 for the eastern gallery, Tk.30 for the western gallery and Tk.100 for the VIP enclosures. Students with ID cards will be allowed free entry into the eastern gallery for all matches of the tournament.
BFF local organizing committee chairman Anwarul Huq Helal has expressed delight over hosting a tournament of international stature after almost three years during the launching ceremony yesterday at the BFF headquarters.
"It is a privilege indeed to be able to host the AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers and we will try our utmost to bring the final round here as well. This tournament holds special importance for us as the champions will qualify for the AFC Challenge Cup and winners of that competition also plays in the Asian Cup 2011," said Helal while keying out the importance of the meet.
Meanwhile BFF has also put up national team t-shirts for sale for the first time in two stalls at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) and an attempt to market the merchandise through retail outlet "Meena Bazar" is also on.
"This is an experimental move by us as it is the first time we are doing this and it is a popular practice in other countries. Hopefully fans will attend the matches with the national team t-shirts and inspire us to win," said Helal.
Helal also informed that BFF has received financial support from Citycell, Nokia, Premier Bank and Aamra Network to defray other expenses apart from the central expenses which are borne by AFC.
To make the tournament a success BFF has carried out an extensive publicity over the last few days, which included decorated horse-drawn carriages, leaflets with tournament fixtures at different parts of the city.
BFF has also decided to hand over the unclaimed car of the Super Cup prize to a lucky spectator through a lottery of entry tickets of the opening day's matches of the AFC Challenge Cup.
Australian bowlers unleashed tight line and length to fold Pakistan's innings at 207 in 46.2 overs in the second day-night one-day international here at the Dubai cricket Stadium on Friday.
Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz took 3-41, while pacemen James Hopes and Andrew Symonds chipped in with two wickets apiece as Pakistan's batsmen struggled on a slow paced pitch after captain Younis Khan won the toss and decided to bat.
Pakistan leads the five-match one-day series 1-0 following their four-wicket win in the first match on Wednesday.
Opener Salman Butt top-scored with a resolute 57 while Shahid Afridi hit a 40-ball 41 to anchor the innings after Hauritz removed the middle order with some accurate off-spin.
Butt held one end intact after Pakistan lost debutant opener Ahmed Shahzad (four) in the third over. Younis (28) helped Butt add 53 for the second wicket before edging paceman Ben Laughlin to wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
Hauritz further derailed the Pakistan innings by dismissing Shoaib Malik (seven) and Misbahul Haq (12) in quick succession before removing a dangerous looking Butt in the 34th over.
Butt hit six boundaries during his snail-paced 112-ball knock.
Hauritz could have had a fourth wicket and blown away Pakistan for a much lower total had Ben Laughlin held on to a high catch from Afridi when the batsman was on only three.
Afridi, who was man-of-the-match for his career-best 6-38 on Wednesday, fully capitalised on the chance and hit five boundaries and a six to help Pakistan score 39 in the batting power play.
Shoaib Akhtar used the long handle effectively, hitting four boundaries and a six off to make a fiery 14-ball 25.
Australia made three changes from their Wednesday line-up, leaving out pacemen Stuart Clark and Ben Hilfenhaus, and opener Shaun Marsh. They brought in David Hussey, Doug Bollinger and Ben Laughlin.
Pakistan included Shahzad in place of injured Nasir Jamshed.
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