Shakira to sing for Bollywood
After Akon for Shah Rukh Khan’s Ra.One, it is now the Latin American sensation Shakira’s turn to rock in a Bollywood song. She will sing for a film featuring entrepreneur Sachin Joshi, the key sponsor of Kolkata Knight Riders Indian Premier League team.
To be composed by Salim Sulaiman, the number, a frenzied dance track to be filmed on South African model Candice Boucher, will be recorded in the next couple of months. “It will be a very sensuous cabaret kind of song,” said Salim. Shakira is no stranger to In-dia. In 2007, she performed live in Mumbai and has expressed a desire to be part of the Bollywood.
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Clooney is now in US think tank
New York: Ocean’s Eleven star George Clooney has accepted a life membership at the Council on Foreign Relations.
According to the Daily Beast, Clooney’s role at the foreign-policy think tank will be to tackle US foreign policy issues along with Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright.
The 49-year-old actor was nominated by New York Times columnist Nicolas Kristof and TV host Charlie Rose. “I’m honoured to have been nominated,” the New York Post quoted the blog as reporting Clooney as saying.
“I look forward to participating in the work and programmes of the Council on Foreign Relations,” he added. —ANI
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Pattinson fears he will die by 30
London: Hollywood hearthrob Robert Pattinson is convinced he will die by the age of 30 because he has already achieved so much success at a young age and fame would one day cost him his life.
The British actor landed a part in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when he was a teenager, but shot to international stardom in 2008 when he was handed a leading role in the Twilight franchise.
He’s since scooped a string of awards for his portrayal of bloodsucker Edward Cullen in the vampire movies but the 24-year-old admits he is worried that fame will one day cost him his life, reports contactmusic.com. —IANS
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