Berry Reveals October 31, 2007

Oscar winning actress Halle Berry has opened up about her troubled childhood and said she had to endure watching her father beat her sister and mother. The actress says she is guilty she couldn’t do anything to stop that, mirror.co.uk reports. She said: ‘It was the worst year of my life. The hard part for me was that he never abused me. I felt like a coward because I didn’t do anything and couldn’t do anything.’ Berry grew up in Cleveland with her mother and father until her parents divorced when she was four. But her father moved back when she was 10 because her mother thought she needed a father figure.

Action, Adventure Thrill Priyanka Chopra

Former Miss World Priyanka Chopra may have done more roles as the docile love interest in Bollywood films, but the dusky beauty says it is adventure sports and action scenes that get her adrenalin pumping. “I freak out if I can go for some adventure sports,” Chopra told Reuters. “I’m too lazy to play cricket or football or even to run. I would rather enjoy jumping off a cliff.” Like most Bollywood heroines, Chopra, 25, has acted mostly in films where the girl has to look good and be able to lip-sync and dance. But of late, she has starred in fast-paced action roles in films such as “Don” and “Krrish”. She says she fell in love with action roles while shooting for the slick remake of the hit gangster film “Don” and was now trying out some tough and strenuous acts in her forthcoming movie “Drona”. “Like adventure sports, action excites me anytime now,” she said. “In ‘Drona’ I am doing some great action stunts and I’m loving it thoroughly.” “Drona” is expected to open next year.

Mallika Sherawat Replaces Tabu

Mallika Sherawat has replaced Tabu in writer-turned-director Sanjay Chhel’s latest venture ‘Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam’. Apparently the producers of the film were unwilling to pay the price Tabu asked for. Obviously the role has undergone critical modifications to suit altered conditions. Chhel disagrees: “I’m a writer. So I know exactly how to place an actor into a character. Yes, Tabu was to do the role. But the way I look at it now, the role is perfect for Mallika. If Naseeruddin Shah had done Black wouldn’t it have been different from the way Amitabh Bachchan played the character?” In the past too, the industry has had some incredible casting makeovers, like Tabu stepping into Rani Mukherjee ’s space in Mira Nair ‘s The Namesake and Lisa Ray getting into Deepa Mehta ‘s Water , originally earmarked for Nandita Das . Chhel asserts that his film isn’t a spoof on the classic “Mughal-e-Azam”. “No one in his right mind would satirise that all-time classic. My film is about a theatrical repertoire. Everyone — Rahul Bose, Kay Kay Menon, Mallika — has a comic role.” Rahul and Mallika hit it off like a house on fire during Pyar Ke Side Effects. While Pritish Nandy Productions is still planning a sequel, Chhel has gone and got the unlikely pair together again. It would be interesting to see Mallika do yet another role, after ‘Pyar Ke Side Effects’, where she is not cast in her sex-bomb image.

Kareena Kapoor to Don Bikini?

If rumours are to be believed, Kareena Kapoor is all set to turn hot for Tashan. Though Kareena has played a number of glamourous roles in her acting career, she has never exposed beyond a limit. Now, that limit might be redefined. Tinsel town is abuzz with talk that Kareena will wear bikini for a few portions of the Yashraj Films presentation ‘Tashan’ that has Bebo pairing with her new beau Saif Ali Khan . It is learnt that director Vijay Krishna Acharya and producer Aditya Chopra want to present Kareena in an entirely new avatar in ‘Tashan’. Aditya was previously instrumental in presenting Aishwarya Rai and Bipasha Basu in hot avatars in Dhoom 2 . Now he is apparently doing the same to Kareena. Reports say the reason why Kareena has been shedding her flab and getting in shape in the last few months is for the bikini scenes that will be shot in February next year. However, there has been no official confirmation of this either from Kareena or from the film’s makers. Apart from Kareena and Saif, ‘Tashan’ also stars Akshay Kumar and Anil Kapoor.

Tons of Sex’ Secret Behind Kelly’s Figure!

Strictly Come Dancing star Kelly Brook has revealed the secret behind her striking figure – “having tons of sex”. In an interview for the December issue of ‘Company’ magazine, the model and actress also disclosed that fighting and fantastic lighting keeping the passion in her relationship alive. “Fight a lot. Even if you agree pretend you don’t. It’s about mentally stimulating each other as much as it is about the physical and emotional side,” the Daily Mail quoted Brook, as saying. “Fantastic lighting! When you redecorate, make sure everything’s on dimmers. Either that or candlelight,” she added. However, she confessed that her looks didn’t quite help her to find work. “I have to audition for things. They don’t just hand it to me because I look hot. I wouldn’t keep working if it was just about looks. I’m 27 and there are tons of hotter girls who are 10 years younger than me,” she said. Brook also slammed girls who marry soccer stars for the moneyed lifestyle. “I’m not saying all girls who shack up with footballers do. But I would hate to be a girl thinking, ‘What am I going to do when I leave school?” she said. “I’ve done it all on my own,” she added.