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Friday, July 31, 2009

Abhishek Bachchan & Aishwarya Rai

Bollywood Actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwary Rai Bachchan failed to return to their hotel just after shooting for their new film ‘Ravan’ on Wednesday evening after an elephant went out of control and killed its mahout.
The incident, which occurred after the shooting around 5 p.m. in Athirapally waterfalls area, blocked the road at nearby Athirapally forest area of Kerala’s Thrissur district.
Kunju, the elephant, stood in the middle of the road, thus, obstructing the traffic to move through the road. As per the latest information ‘Kunju’ had been controlled by chaining it veterinary doctors were on their way from Thrissur to attend the disgruntled elephant, possibly to tranquillise it. . The killed mahout was Andavan, aged 51.
“Ravan”is being shot in Hindi and Tamil at the thick forests near the waterfalls. Abhishek plays the lead role in the Hindi version while Tamil actor Vikram plays the lead role in regional version, with Aishwarya being the heroine in both versions of the film.
Kerala’s Athirapally waterfalls has been one of the favourite locations for major blockbuster films in south India. Noted film director Mani Ratnam’s ‘Dil Se’ song ‘Jiya Jale’, and the film Guru song ‘Barso re’ were shot at the Athirapally waterfalls.
Located at the entrance to Sholayar ranges, it’s a favourite location of film makers. Athirappally Waterfalls is located 78 kms from Kochi (Cochin). The Athirappally falls join the Chalakkudy river after plummeting down 80 ft. The cool spray that covers a large area near the falls makes Athirapally a scenic location.

Aishwarya Rai has All Well by God Grace

It’s common knowledge that Bollywood’s most romantic couple, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai, pine to spend quality time together.But the way they were stranded together on Wednesday in the jungles of Athirapilly in Kerala was anything but romantic.The day started normally and ended up as one of the most calamitous in the couple’s life. Says a source, “Abhi and Ash left with Mani Ratnam in the morning to check out an elephant which was supposed to participate in the shooting. Little did they know what was in store.” During the monsoon season, elephants are given a month off by their owners to relax and go for an Ayurveda treatment, but for the greedy owners, film shooting means Rs 5,000 per animal.
The elephant went berserk, killing the mahout. It went amok, forcing Abhishek, his wife and the director to hide until people who could rescue the trio could reach.Says the source, “For ten hours, Abhishek, Aishwarya and Mani went without food or water. They just hid from the elephant. Finally, they were rescued late at night. But until then, there was no news of their safety. Abhishek and Aishwarya’s parents were delirious with worry.”
When contacted, a shaken Aishwarya Rai simply said, “All is well, by God’s grace.”



































Love Aaj kal Movie

Love Aaj kal Movie Review, Starring: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, debutantes Giselle Monteiro and Florence Brudenell Bruce, Rishi Kapoor and Rahul Khanna (Sp.App)
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Student in London, Jai (Saif) and Meera (Deepika) are in a report/ratio for two years but when the career shows finger, they stop their report/ratio mutually. Meera prepares to go to India to continue its career in old historical restorations of places while Jai waits London with a hope to obtain its work dreamer in the gold Co door. of San Fransico. The couple however stopped decides to remain in contact via the calls of net and telephone and to continue to remain friends. The owner of restaurant transfer Singh (Rishi Kapoor) is a quiet observer with their break to the top the process since it occurs in his restaurant. Incompetent to support the approach far too occasional referred to the businesses of the heart of the couples, it tries to convince reticent Jai which it makes an error. By feeling that Jai does not take it with serious, transfer the beginnings then reporting it its own history of love with Harleen Kaur (Gisele Monteiro) which took place remote in 1965 in Delhi. Consequently begin the deployment of these two stories of love being parallel unit which finish fortuitous upwards with a similar culminating point after much of torsions and of turns which are also similar in spite of the various zones of period.
After manufacture the much liked blow that we met, Imtiaz Ali succeeds in giving us an extremely different history of love of which we before �t�e never pilot on the Indian screen. It marks the high one on its writing and its treatment of film. In initial the 10 minute establishes it successfully the report/ratio of Saif and Deepika and their whims of character. It astonishes you then by putting a song melancholic (YE Dooriyan) as a role of appropriations by opening showing by the assemblies by various important torsions by the piece by ground which is ahead. In fact its scenario is indeed full with ahead surprised, particularly in second half. While you start to envisage a particular thing occurring ahead in the piece of ground, almost 9 times out of 10 it prove to you false. Making film extremely relatable with each one which forever be in the love and stopped with its associate, Imtiaz takes it notch higher by its dialogues which resound simple but transports much. The abundance of the scenes remain with you while you leave. Imtiaz repeated its technical trio of team of JWM - Aarti Bajaj (edition), nounours Maurya (direction of art) and scenario writer (NR. Nataraj Subramaniam) and each one of them excelled in their respective departments. The music of film by Pritam orders already the diagrams and with recognition none songs acts as breakers speed. The picturisation of principal Kya Hoon in showing San Francisco of various changes of Saif is simply fantastic.
Without any doubt, they are the best executions of career of Saif and Deepika and it should not be a surprise if they both finish gaining to the top the majority of rewards during this year. Saif always was at ease playing the expenses no joint type by cords but inside here it also succeeds in playing brooded Sardar that romantic transfer Singh very well and is extremely impressive in the emotive orders of interval of post. Deepika gains hearts not simply by the extremely attractive glance in all but also with the facility without effort which it depicts its complex character. Rishi Kapoor is extremely adorable as ripe transfers Singh and lends enormous dignity to its character. The beginner Gisele Monteiro manages to speak about volumes right by her expressions. Rahul Khanna in a special aspect is good and adapts to the character perfectly well. Raj Zutshi playing the father of Harleen points out the character of Pawan Malhotra of the uncle de Kareena in the blow which we met. Florence Brudenell Bruce playing the Swiss friend of Saif does not have to realize much but to manage it to complete a good work.
The love Aaj Kal is a film certainly not to be missed. It offers something to us fresh and is a single experiment in saying and direction of history which functions of first rank. It is a film whose Saif, Deepika and Imtiaz will be always proud all the times that they look at their career behind.

Pia Bhatti Omer Bhatti's Mother

The mother of Omer Bhatti S, pia Bhatti, the mother of Omer Bhatti, pia Bhatti seems to hold many answers for the rumours about the child of Michael Jackson. Up to now the pia Bhatti refused to give interviews to all the media.� She neither confirmed nor denied that Omer Bhatti is the son of Michael Jackson. Omer Bhatti one thinks that who is the result of a stand of one night with the pia Bhatti lived with Michael Jackson in the ranch of Neverland since 1996.Omer Bhatti denied these rumours and insists on the fact that Michael Jackson was right a figure of father to him.
The father of Michael Jackson insisted Thursday evening that a Norwegian dancer is in fact the king of the child of love of the noise.
It resembles Jackson, Joe Jackson, 80, insisted. It acts like Jackson, it can dance like Jackson.

Money-troubled doctor found lifeline in Jackson

LOS ANGELES – Dr. Conrad Murray needed a big payday when he became Michael Jackson's personal physician last spring.
The Las Vegas cardiologist owed at least $780,000 for settlements against his business, outstanding mortgage payments on his house, delinquent student loans, child support and credit cards. And that doesn't include the $68,000 the distributor of an energy drink says Murray, a one-time business associate, owes for skipping out on payments.
Court records chronicling Murray's woes in Las Vegas, where authorities searched his home this week as part of their manslaughter investigation into Jackson's death, help explain why — beyond basking in a celebrity's aura — Murray might have jumped at the $150,000-a-month Jackson's promoter was prepared to pay him to keep the star healthy through a series of concerts in London.
Murray hooked on with Jackson in May, as his bleak financial picture threatened to worsen. He already was under court orders to pay more than $363,000 for equipment for his heart clinic and $71,000 in student loans dating to the 1980s, a judgment that hit in April. Two lawsuits claiming he owes $240,000 more for unpaid equipment are pending in Nevada courts.
And Murray had appeared unable or unwilling to settle more modest debts — a nearly $3,700 judgment for not paying child support and two recent credit card company claims totaling $2,600.
Murray's 5,268-square-foot home near the 18th hole of a golf course offers no refuge — he's in "pre-foreclosure" after failing to make payments on his $1.66 million loan, records show. He stopped paying the $15,000-per-month mortgage in December and could lose the home by November, said Mary Hunt, the foreclosure officer handling the case for Stewart Title company. More in yahooo

'Had Swine Flu' Harry Potter star

The actor Rupert de Harry Potter that Grint recovers of has soft access influenza of pigs, his publicity agent said.
Grint, which plays Ron Weasley, took a few days off stripping but now returned to the whole of Harry Potter and of death sanctifies.
And it is enough good to deal of the first world one of Harry Potter and the prince of Half-Blood in London Tuesday.
It recovered now and waits with interest to join its similar members of the distribution, its publicity agent said.
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She said that Grint 'doctor of S had confirmed the 20 year old actor had not recovered and were more contagious or in danger to infect others.
Another scene were drawn in its absence which did not require its participation and to film of this fact was not, abrupt it added.
Grint, which comes from the Watton-with-Pierre in Hertfordshire, was held the first role in all films of Harry Potter as well as the British film Thunderpants of comedy and lessons of drive of drama of comedy with Julie Walters.
He currently films Harry Potter and of death sanctifies - the final book of JK Rowling 'of S concerning the magician of teenager and his friends.
Harry Potter and the prince of half of blood is released to RU on July 15.

Call Tape Released 911 Erin Andrews

You could have thought that the bruhaha above the video of peephole of Erin Andrews had died to the bottom, as a his summer a few days for which it has supplemented the tendencies of Google. As I said previously, although, any new news creates another storm of fire of Internet of activity.
In this case, TMZ managed to obtain the audio bands of a call of Erin Andrews with 911 qu ' it made last week. Based on the transcription of the band, Erin Andrews most certainly isn 't being gilded in the attention increased via the video of peephole.
Astonishing, based on the quantity of visual publicity of peephole of Erin Andrews, the shipper did not know his name. I am however astonished that Andrews even brought it upwards. You can read the transcription of 911 calls below.
Sender: DeKalb 911. What 's the address of your urgency?
Andrews: UM, I was in the news recently about being in a naked hotel, and I have paparazzi apart from my window, and I was indicated by police force which if I made to call 911.
Sender: Do you want to meet a leader? Do you want to meet a leader, my 'AM, when they leave?
Andrews: Ouais, these types sit down in a car apart from my house in this moment. I would like to say the leader to make them leave because the cops said to me to call 911 if they 'about apart from my house.
Sender: And what 's your name?
Andrews: My name is Erin. My family name is Andrews. I 'm everywhere the news in this moment.
Sender: I 'familiar of m not.
Andrews: I 'm the girl who was recorded in video without her knowledge, without her clothing above in the hotel.
Sender: Really?
Andrews: And I the 'VE obtained two *ssholes resting apart from my house.
Sender: I 'm so sorry.
Andrews: I am, too. Thank you.
Sender: We will send somebody outside. Which a little vehicle they are inside?
Andrews: They 're in a RAV, a white RAV4. I 'm in a community with d�chenchements periodic, and I put 't know they entered. Mom, can you see their number plates? He 'number plate of handicap of SA which they have. What 's the number of plate number?
Sender: What 's the number of label?
Andrews: Us 'about the test to see. Do you see it, mom? OK, I 'm active to test and go to another part and to see whether I can read it. I can 't believe these jolts strikes my door. F ** *ssholes of king. Mom, you 'on the subject completely to be obvious.
Sender: Is black, the white or the Hispanic one?
Andrews: What?
Sender: Is black, the white or the Hispanic one?
Andrews: They 'about the two white males. I think to him 's - they know, of I 'm here because I make face a car outside. Thus they know I inside 'm. I have a private safety which I 'm functioning with, but with them 'on the subject not with me of currently, and they indicated call 911. OK, here 's the number plate. He 'number plate of handicap of SA for Georgia. They 'about me to look by my window.
Sender: Are you WELL?Andrews: Ouais, King Britney Spears of I of 'm right - I did not do anything badly, and I 'm being treated like F **, and sucks to him. I 'm sorry.
Sender: The OK, the first unit available will see you as soon as possible.
Andrews: Thank you. Do you know at which distance 'about outside?
Sender: Number. They should be inside - they will be here as soon as possible.
Andrews: OK.
Sender: APPROVE, thank you.
Andrews: Thank you.

Maximum alert for 50th anniversary of ETA: Spain

PALMA OF MALLORCA, Balearic Islands - the security forces of Spain 'of the S took place Friday alerts maximum for the fiftieth birthday of the Basque group armed ETA, blamed bombardments which killed two police officers and wounded points of the people this week.
ETA was founded on July 31, 1959, and killed more than 825 people since beginning her violent countryside for a state independent Basque in 1968.
Blame ETA of authorities for two attacks this week - an explosion which killed two leaders close to the barracks of a police force on the island Thursday of Majorque and a bomb of car which wounded more than 60 people in the Scandinavian city of Burgos Wednesday.
If confirmed because the attacks of ETA, the breaths would be in conflict with assertions of government which the group is seriously weakened afterwards of important tightenings of police force in Spain and France these last years. Their synchronization, two days before the birthday of big step, can belong to an effort of ETA to show it is in any danger of the rupture upwards.
Gouvernement gave orders to the security forces to be on maximum alarm, to double their work, to increase much more their efforts and to protect itself from these cheap murderers, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has known as late Thursday.
ETA is now blamed of nine attacks this year.
The authorities envisaged Friday to witness a funeral mass on Majorque for the two killed leaders Thursday, which belonged to the guard responsible paramilitary civilian to maintain the order of the rural sectors and to keep the official buildings.
Several people were also slightly wounded in bombardment of Thursday 'of S in the sector of seaside resort of Palmanova, south-west of the island 'of capital of S, Palma de Mallorca.
The explosion, caused by a bomb attached to the lower part of a vehicle, occurred with the size of the season of summer holidays for the resource of Mediterranean island, which is one of Europe 'of destinations of principal tourists of S.
The images of television showed that the carbonized and mutilated remainders of a vehicle were parked close to the barracks of police force. The civils servant stopped the island 'airports and ports of S during several hours while the police force sought the suspects of bombardment.
The police force believes that the attack was carried out by a cell of ETA which came to the island specifically to carry it outside and was not based there, ministry for official the Ramon Interior that Socias indicated.
Of attack Wednesday morning on the Spanish continent also aimed at a compound of police force and buildings surrounding, in which approximately 120 people including/understanding of the dozen children were per hour of the breath. More than 60 people were brought back wounded.
There was no call of warning before the two attacks, for which no group claimed the responsibility.
Zapatero indicated that the attacks were presented while the Spanish police force in collaboration with the French counterparts struck hard of ETA dismantling her organization, thwarting her action, identifying her members and holding more quickly them each time and in greater numbers.
Spain dedicated itself to crush the separatist group since ETA finished what it had indicated was a permanent cease-fire with a bombardment 2006 which destroyed a garage of parking of airport of Madrid and killed two people.

knock of police activists Dread Midnight

BEIRUT, Lebanon - the activists of human rights of Iran 'of the S say that they live in fear of the stroke of midnight on the door or the car which draws upwards beside them on the street, fearing that constantly they could be stopped in the government 'the tightening of post-election of S.
They take precautions: displacement only of small groups of two or three and positioning close to the corners where there are several routes to make an indent for safety. They avoid telephones, purge email and frequently change passwords.
We fear during our lives. We can be held constantly, Zahra says Saeidzadeh, an activist of human rights, in an interview of telephone of Teheran.
L� 's not much more we can make, it indicated, add that the government is attentive on us to make conceal.
Tightening released after the disputed election of June 12 went well beyond the young protesters who took with the streets the fraud crying in the voice. The government employed the occasion to aim at a range of figures which were a spine in its side a long time - politicians pro-reform, the authors critical and the community of the activists who a long time encouraged larger civil liberties and rights for women.

May ask for more troops for Afghan war,US General

WASHINGTON - the general of the United States responsible for rotation around the war in Afghanistan is likely to recommend the crucial changes towards the United States and the operations of NATO, the civils servant military and others with the current of his next report/ratio indicated. These changes could include the additional troops of the United States in spite of the political head wind against more expansion of the war.
As the Stanley McChrystal generator prepares its evaluation of the war, due the next month, the many civils servant and the foreigners of the United States informed with him which thinks propose that McChrystal requires American troops, probably including/understanding soldiers of navy, being added the next year.
The civils servant and the advisers spoke about the state of anonymity because the report/ratio is not complete, and because the number of forces to be required is in flow. With the current of several people of the report/ratio informed that McChrystal could choose not to require an increase in the whole - an identification which it President Barack Obama and other advisers of the White House would not look at favorably on adding new numbers to us forces after having already agreed to amplify their rows by 21.000 troops earlier this year.
McChrystal 'report/ratio of S contains a list of recommendations which were not released, but the soldiers and the agents of defense proposed that they identify deficits of the size and qualifications of the Afghan forces and recommend the additional trainers or others of the United States to help.
An elder civil servant of the United States declared that the reasoning to need more than forces is attached to a strategy changed to release and hold of the provinces where the insurrectionists talibans run away themselves while they are eliminated elsewhere.
McChrystal is likely also to recommend to rearrange some forces of NATO of the United States and to better meet a mission narrowed to protect the Afghan civilians and to deprive the insurrectionists of the essential support.
The report/ratio was commissioned by the doors of secretary of Robert defense, that McChrystal sorted with the hand to take the bar of the operations of combat against the insurrectionists talibans whom the higher agents of defense conceded are stopped.
Two of McChrystal 'advisers civil of S, Anthony Cordesman of the center for strategic studies and International and Stephen Biddle of the Council of the Foreign affairs, indicated this week when they expect a certain expansion of the troops. Neither one nor the other to advise would measure these numbers.
Biddle indicated Thursday it thinks that all the number of troops in Afghanistan would owe number 300.000 to 600.000, including the United States, NATO and the forces Afghan.
The current forces include 62.000 troops of the United States and 39.000 troops allied, more approximately 175.000 Afghan army and police force. Some of the allies envisage to draw their troops at the house in the next years.
Several of the specific recommendations undergo what the Pentagon calls has to charge with troops for analyzes, to identify if there are the sufficient troops available or adapted to work. One expects that McChrystal discusses this review and its greater evaluation with doors in two weeks following.
Any request of additional us of the forces would require delicate discussions with the White House and the legislators. President Barack Obama approved an addition of surprised of 4.000 trainers of the United States earlier in spring, after his greater advertisement of 17.000 troops of combat, and the civils servant of administration and soldiers had announced that other additions were not very probable for now.
The evaluations of the additional forces that McChrystal can require are extended from some thousand, such as a brigade number 4.000 to 5.000 and assigned to form the Afghan armed forces of beginner, up to 20.000 or more.
Obama 'additions of S will bring the presence of the United States approximately to 68.000 towards the end of this year. It is the harshly double size of the force of the United States when Obama took the office, and although Afghanistan is now considered the nation the 's first priority military, the White House is deeply little laid out to continue to be added, or to fight a congress skeptic above the increase.
McChrystal 'predecessor of S left us a request not filled of an addition roughly of 10.000 of the forces, and one had expected that Obama reviews which request close to the end of the year.
McChrystal was encouraged by superiors to not evaluate the war abruptly and with the obstacle to require the troops, the money, or the equipment, and it knows that it has probably only one short period to make thus, the agents of defense and others in Washington and Afghanistan declared.
To draw up the report/ratio, McChrystal collected approximately dozen soldiers and civil analysts of outside six weeks ago and sent them on an intensive journey of report by Afghanistan. The work finished by group last week.
One of the report/ratio 'authors of S.A. indicated that the group identified some problems of basic organization with the manner that the combat is divided among the United States, NATO and the forces Afghan.
One of truths challenges which the McChrystal generator will have is that up to this point the war is fought like four separate combat: north, is, western and southern, said Andrew Exum, a specialist in against-insurrection and blogger in the center for a new American safety. We try to think holistique.
Report/ratio, is conceived to describe situation on the ground as we saw, speak mission, which it would mean to achieve the mission and then a little about the resources and of the risks that, Exum said.
Speaking for, Exum indicated faces of McChrystal a challenge much broader than providing enough troops and resources. Operational Culture of the war must change says it to mean shift starting from military operation and of traditional procedures.
Our efforts in this war will succeed or fail based on us of reports/ratios 'about able building with our, Afghan of associated with each level Exum said
Him 's very difficult to establish these associations by behind a MRAP, it indicated, to be referred tank-like the carriers of troop which help to protect from the soldiers of the United States against bombs of roadside. There 's going to have to be a true acceptance of risk with which the United States and other allied forces could not feel comfortable.

Texting, talking NY trucker hits car, pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. – Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.
Niagara County sheriff's deputies say 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport, which is outside Buffalo.
The truck then crashed through a fence and sideswiped a house before rolling into an in-ground pool.
Police say the 68-year-old woman driving the car suffered head injuries and was in good condition. Her 8-year-old niece suffered minor injuries.
Sparks was charged with reckless driving, talking on a cell phone and following too closely. It couldn't be determined Thursday whether he has a lawyer.

Brazil police rule Gatti’s death suicide

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP)—Boxer Arturo Gatti’s death was ruled a suicide by police Thursday and his wife, once suspected of killing the former champion, was released from jail.
Investigator Paulo Alberes told The Associated Press authorities decided Gatti killed himself on July 11 while at a seaside resort in northeastern Brazil.
Asked if police had determined the case was a suicide, Alberes said, “Yes.” He offered no other details, though a judge—in ordering the release of Gatti’s wife—cited the police investigation and wrote that “the victim took his own life, committing suicide by hanging.”
The boxer’s widow, 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues, said in a phone interview as she walked out of jail she thinks Gatti may have killed himself because he was afraid she was going to leave him after a violent disagreement in public the night before his death.
“We had an argument in the street. Then he pushed me and I hurt myself. I believe that when we got home and he saw that he hurt me, he thought I would leave him, that I would tell him to just let me go, that I would separate from him,” Rodrigues said. “He did that in a moment of weakness. He was drunk, maybe he didn’t know what he was doing, maybe he thought I would leave him the next day.”
A day after the 37-year-old Gatti was found dead, police said that Rodrigues had strangled him with her purse strap as he drunkenly slept.
But police began to back off the accusation about a week later after a coroner’s report said Gatti may have killed himself since he was found “suspended and hanged.” The autopsy report didn’t exclude the possibility he was slain, but said he also could have died in an unexplained accident, or could have committed suicide.
“The police investigation concluded that Arturo killed himself,” said Celio Avelino, Rodrigues’ attorney. “I’ve said before it would have been impossible for her to suspend and hang a man of that size.”
Judge Ildete Verissimo de Lima ordered the immediate release of Rodrigues after receiving the police report. The judge wrote that police informed the court “the detention of the suspect was no longer needed” since the investigation “excludes the possibility of murder.”
Rodrigues said her priority was to see the 10-month-old son she had with Gatti, grieve for her husband and clear her name—though some of Gatti’s friends said they still suspect her.
“All of my plans and dreams involved Arturo. I haven’t been able to think of anything beyond that,” she said. “My plan now is to stay with my son, my father, mom and sister, nothing more than this.”
Gatti’s body was discovered in the apartment he was renting with Rodrigues in the resort town of Porto de Galinhas. They arrived there a few days before for a second honeymoon. The couple brought their son, who was unhurt and is in the care of Rodrigues’ family in Brazil.
From the accounts of Gatti’s family and friends, the two-year marriage with Rodrigues was tumultuous.
“She was yelling all the time, they were always fighting and she’d say, ‘I’m going to kill you!’ when they fought,” Gatti’s mother, Ida, said in a telephone interview from Montreal shortly after her son’s death.
According to records at the Court of Quebec’s criminal and penal division, Gatti was charged on April 16 for violating a restraining order that had been filed against him. Records didn’t indicate who filed the restraining order, but Gatti’s mother confirmed that it was Rodrigues who had taken one out against him. She offered no other details.
Rodrigues stressed her innocence and defended her relationship with Gatti.
“There is no one who can doubt my love for Arturo or his for me. Arturo got married at 34 years of age, he was never married before, and this demonstrates the love that he had for me,” Rodrigues said. “I was the only wife of Arturo and I want my good name back. Not only just for me, but out of respect for my husband and my son.”
Gatti, who captured two world titles in his 16-year pro career, retired in 2007 with a record of 40-9.
Gatti’s family and friends expressed disbelief that the boxer could have killed himself. “It doesn’t make any sense,” said Howard Grant, a friend and fellow boxer in Gatti’s adopted hometown of Montreal.
That sentiment was evident at a memorial Mass in northern New Jersey, where Gatti honed his craft, his brother said the family may try to have Arturo’s body exhumed and have an autopsy conducted in Canada.
Matchmaker Carl Moretti remembered Gatti as the kind of person that made boxing industry insiders forget the old axiom about never falling in love with a fighter.
“It’s safe to say that every one of us forgot that rule when it came to Arturo Gatti,” Moretti said.
Associated Press Writers Tales Azzoni in Sao Paulo and Amy Luft in Montreal contributed to this report. Thanks

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Kareena Kapoor says: I Get Depressed When People Try To Pull Me Down

Mumbai: Kareena Kapoor admits she gets upset when uncharitable remarks are made about her or her performance. Though the actress doesn`t mind healthy criticism, she isn`t amused when comments are made without any provocation or reason.
“I have realised over a period of time that the higher you go, more and more people will try to pull you down. I used to hear about this from my sister (Karisma) but am experiencing this first hand now. It isn`t really funny actually,” Kareena told reporters.
Kareena was obviously referring to a section of the media coming down heavily on her since the release of “Kambakkht Ishq”.
“Well, the movie has released, done well and it`s time to move on to newer things. Critics had things to say about the film and it`s okay if they didn`t like the film. In any case, audiences had their own take on the film and they made the film a success. It`s all balanced out at the end of the day,” she said.
Some critics did feel that the “Kambakkht Ishq” content was too abusive at places.
“That continues to beat me,” she said in an amused tone. “Come on, it was just a movie. We were not developing any rocket science there. However, I guess some people did take it all personally and equated `Kambakkht Ishq` to World War III,” said Kareena.
She can`t be immune to criticism though, isn`t it?
“Yes, I do tend to get upset and depressed when people try to pull me down. Sometimes it just comes from nowhere and you end up feeling that what did you really do so wrong to be facing such criticism.
“But then I understand that there could be a phase in one`s life when you get attacked from all corners. It`s fine because I know it will pass,” said the actress who is looking forward to the release of “Qurbaan” before year-end.
She is happy though that she has a loyal set of friends, family members and supporters around her who help her keep her chin up.
“And then of course there is Saif,” she perked up. “He has been around for so long and keeps me happy and smiling. Yes, there are detractors, but then there are supporters as well. After seeing Bollywood business closely for so long, I try not to take things too seriously.”
Her “Tashan” didn`t do well at the box office, but Kareena has had impressive releases over the last few years like “Omkara”, “Jab We Met”, “Golmaal Returns” and now “Kambakkht Ishq” doing well at the box office. In between, she also had a special appearance in another box office winner “Don – The Chase Begins Again”.
“Yes, thankfully it has been a nice run. I`m now really looking forward to `Qurbaan`, `Main Aur Mrs. Khanna` and `3 Idiots`.”