Celebrities stand before a camera more often than they do before a mirror. Public events, private parties, shopping — they cannot escape the autograph hunters or the paparazzi. Like it or not, they have to deal with the camera, and pose for it gamely.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has come through a trial by fire to emerge stronger than ever. Husband Michael Douglas, who was diagnosed with cancer last year, is now free of it. Then when she was at the centre of unwanted attention after the news about her having bipolar disorder was leaked to the press, she took it in stride, saying that her example could help others deal with it better.

If one’s exercise regimen is dragging due to boredom, there’s nothing better, say city fitness trainers, than going to the beach — to work out. This weekend fitness enthusiasts will flood the beach in Chennai to participate in beach boot camps starting from 5 am, this time of year being ideal for such working out.

Rahul Bose is 5’8’’, a National level rugby player and has acted in some jewels of films, like Aparna Sen’s Mr and Mrs Iyer (2002), and some off-beat ones like Pyaar ke Side Effects. He is also part of Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children and Kamal Haasan’s Vishwaroopam, two of the most awaited releases of the year.

We’ve heard of a pre-nup, but pre-wedding photography? And how would it be different from post-wedding photography?

Tamannaah is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Sajid Khan’s Himmatwala opposite Ajay Devgn. Interestingly, the film features the iconic Tathaiya Tathaiya number from the 80’s starring Sridevi and Jeetendra.

Deepa Mehta has worked with some prominent actors in the industry. In Midnight’s Children, she has an ensemble of stars including Shriya Saran, Seema Biswas, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Siddharth, Rahul Bose, Soha Ali Khan and Shahana Goswami.

Deepa Mehta’s Midnight’s Children is set to release in India early next year. The film, based on Salman Rushdie’s famous novel, will premiere at the International Film Festival of Kerala today. Why did she pick this novel to adapt to screen? “Its complexity, depth, cinematic prose, humour and originality drew me.

You may wonder which school on earth has students walking shirtless on a school campus, like they did in the recently released Student of the Year – and you wish you could be there. A college campus in his Kuch Kuch Hota Hai made ‘Friendship Day’ a popular concept to imitate.

India has always been special to Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt. During his visit in 2007, he had said that he has not seen any place which is as beautiful as India.