New Delhi: In CNN-IBN's Entertainment Wrap, find out why Jennifer Anniston dumped boyfriend John Mayer and why Indian girls Priyanka Chopra and Freida Pinto are making headlines around the world.
PRIYANKA BAGS NIELSON BOX OFFICE AWARD
Dressed in a pink white sequined sari and a hot pink halter Priyanka Chopra looked her stunning best as she walked in to receive the Nielsen Box Office Award at the third Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on Monday evening. The award presented by The Hollywood Reporter, acknowledged Piggy Chops' global appeal.
"The interest in everything in India right now. It's fantastic and it is great for us," she said.
The other big winner at the film festival was Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa whose film Tokya Sonata took home the best film and best screenwriter awards. A family drama, Tokyo Sonata follows the changes in the dynamics of a family after the father loses his job.
FREIDA IN MIRAL
After bagging a role in Woody Allen's next, Slumdog Millionaire's Freida Pinto is now all set to star in a French-Israeli production called Miral. A film by critically acclaimed writer and director Julian Schnabel of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly fame, Miral is scheduled to be shot in April but Pinto has reportedly already arrived in Israel for the same. Set in Jerusalem, the film chronicles Hind Husseini's efforts to start an orphanage in the city following the creation of the state in 1948. It is scheduled to be released in 2010.
THE BOAT THAT ROCKED PREMIERE
London's Leicester square came alive with dancers dressed in 60s costumes and dancing to the soundtrack from the film The Boat That Rocked at the film's premiere on Monday evening with the likes of Paul McCartney and 36-year-old ex-Spice girl Geri Halliwell in attendance. The film directed by Richard Curtis of Love Actually and Bridget Jones' Diary fame, stars Emma Thompson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rhys Ifans, and Bond girl Gemma Arterton. And Gemma had her reasons for doing this comedy.
"I've done, recently, quite serious roles and quite heavy stuff and I came onto this set and it was just the complete opposite, just fun, fun, fun everywhere and colour and music and laughing all the time," says Gemma.
Set in the '60s, the film talks about the United Kingdom Pirate Radio movement which uses a loophole in the legal system to its advantage and sets up radio stations off the UK coast and broadcasts rock and pop music. They come into direct conflict with the government which patronised jazz music. The film hits theatres in the UK on April 1.
JEN AND JOHN IN JEOPARDY
Forty-year-old Jennifer Aniston dumped her 32-year-old singer boyfirend John Mayer, yet again! This time cause he's too busy twittering. According to reports, Jen felt that if John can twitter away for hours then he can reply to her text messages and return her calls. Since they first started dating in April 2008, Jen and John have been on again and off again.
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