Youthful Aamir Khan launches new Samsung phones

Aamir Khan, newly announced brand ambassador for Samsung, attended the launch of five new phone models - SGH-i 45, SGH-G800, i550, D-880 and J210 - at Regal Room, Hilton Towers, Mumbai, Wednesday, March 12.

Attired in a loose fitting purple color crewneck T-shirt with short sleeves and faded jeans Aamir, who recently worked up six-pack abs for a song sequence in Ghajini, looked youthful and very fit. Samsung honcho, H. B. Lee, was on the mark pinpointing Aamir's strengths even if he was relying entirely on hearsay: "The Samsung brand stands for qualities of innovation, change, discovery, self-expression and excellence in performance. And these very same qualities are epitomized by Aamir Khan, whose quality and depth of work as well as versatility as an actor, have made him a much loved and respected actor in India today. We are indeed very proud and privileged to have him as our Brand Ambassador."

On an aside, Aamir initially shot the shirt-less six-pack-abs song sequence in South Africa nearly five months ago. Recently, the film's choreographer, Ahmed Khan, wanted to introduce a variation to improve the song but realized that Aamir had lost his six-packs and even put on some weight.

When Aamir, whose penchant for perfection is legendary, heard about the problem he asked Ahmed for three weeks to get back in shape, and did just that.

Part of the song sequence was re-canned over four days at Film City in Mumbai last month.

Coming back to Samsung, the five phones that Aamir launched are:

The dual-slider music phone SGH-i450, priced at Rs.15,000, comes with touch wheel navigation. The 3D surround sound powered by ICE Power amplifiers by Bang & Olufsen provides a superior sound quality for music. Other features include 2 Megapixel Camera, Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP, 35 MB internal memory + micro SD.

The Samsung SGH-G800, a 5 mega pixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom is priced at Rs.21,799. It supports advanced digital camera features such as anti shake, face detection, Xenon flash and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR). Other features include Mobile blogging, PictBridge, USB 2.0, Bluetooth v 2.0 and Yahoo / Google Search

Samsung i550 is powered by Symbian S60 operating system and incorporates an in-built GPS receiver. It features 3 megapixel camera and supports Bluetooth audio streaming. It is priced at Rs 25,000.

Samsung D880 comes with an in-built GPS receiver and is capable of handling two SIM cards. It offers a 3.2 Mega Pixel Camera, 2.3" wide LCD screen, Bluetooth and Stereo FM radio. It will sell for Rs.13, 799.

J210 costing Rs.6,649 features 2 mega pixel camera phone with FM recording, microSD memory card expansion and Bluetooth music streaming.

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It is Aniston and Owen now!

The litany of speculations surrounding Jennifer Aniston's presumed quest for a father to her child continues. The latest to be linked with the 39-year-old is her current co-star Owen Wilson.

The two are currently in Miami on the set of the comedy film Marley and Me in which they play husband and wife."The hugging didn't end when the cameras stopped rolling," a crew member told Star. "They were very flirty together, far more than you would expect. In between takes they were hanging onto each other. They are very friendly."

Aniston and Owen have known each other for some time now. In October 2007, while Owen was recovering from the trauma of his suicide attempt in August, Aniston sent him some of her favorite books, including The Power of Now, according to Star.

A friend of Aniston confirms to OK! that the Friends star could be interested in Owen who can make Aniston laugh.

However, says the friend, Aniston continues to be also interested in Vancouver- based Brian Bouma, a key grip she met on the set of Traveling in Vancouver. The two were first linked after being spotted leaving BFF Courteney Cox's house late February.

Aniston and Bouma reportedly keep in touch over the phone and Bouma may visit Miami soon.

So what about sighting of Owen spending some quality time with ex Kate Hudson who was in Miami to attend a film festival?

A friend of says, "He isn't seeing anyone seriously; he wants to keep his options open."

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Britney Spears maintains shrine to Justin Timberlake at home

While her former boyfriend may diss her from public platforms, Britney Spears maintains a shrine to him at her home in Studio City, where she spends most of her day now.

The shrine is stocked with Britney's collection of private mementos from her years with the fellow mousekeeter.

"She's obsessed with him," a source told OK! "She has pictures of them together and has devoted a private area just to celebrate him." A story in the latest issue of the magazine also details how the pop star, who is recovering from mental health issues, spends her time alone in her $7.2 million, 7,400-square-foot Mediterranean-style villa. Restricted by her father and conservator, Jamie, from going to clubs, junk-food outlets and gas stations, Britney keeps herself occupied by changing clothes.

"Changing clothes all day long must seem harmless enough, so her dad doesn't interfere with that," says a friend of Britney. "She'll change three or four times on days when she's not leaving the house."

Visitors to her house say Britney keeps it surprisingly ordered and clean.

"Her life may seem out of control, but the inside of her house is very ordered," says a friend a friend. "She's very clean and has no clutter."

Britney does miss her old life though.

"I'm so bored. I hate my life," she recently text messaged a friend.

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Kisses and up-skirt peeks, Neha Dhupia joins the Bollywood bimbos brigade

When Richard Gere forcibly kissed Shilpa Shetty on her cheeks the only complaint she had was against those who protested the incident. Recently Richard Branson forcibly kissed Neha Dhupia and twirled her around giving photogs a good up-skirt view of her…

This is what Dhupia had to say about the incident: "I have taken the whole incident in the right spirit and I don't think there was any harm caused to anyone. I would like to dance with him once again, but this time I will make sure that I am wearing trousers."

O-kay?

All we can say then is - "Welcome to the bimbo brigade, Neha Dhupia," and we are being polite!

See we have a problem when a man forces himself on woman even to peck her on her cheeks. We don't care if the man is rich, glamorous or white. We consider it an outrage of her modesty.

But then some women don't complain so we politely term them as bimbos.

We don't think the accommodation shown by the Bollywood bimbos has anything to do with Indian hospitality.

Richard Gere and Richard Branson would not have dared treat a Hollywood actress the way they treated Shilpa Shetty and Neha Dhupia, unless the actress was a close friend.

But then you get what you deserve, don't you?

It is possible the Branson - Dhupia incident was a pre-orchestrated publicity stunt. If it was indeed the case, we would have no complaints because we would "take the whole incident in the right spirit" to use Dhupia's own words.

Maybe we have this wrong. Give us your take on the incident by using the Add Comment link below.

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Vidya Balan's bedtime secrets revealed!

Vidya Balan is one of our favorite actresses and we don't like what she does in bed late at night! So we will tell it to you in the hope that she will stop! Here it is…

She catches up with all her old friends over the phone! She does not want to forget them.

"I know I am busy shooting, but I try to catch up with friends late night after shoots," she told TOI. Seriously, Balan needs to get a life!! Which begs the question - why doesn't Bollywood have thirty-something male stars? Why are we lumped with ageing heroes? We can think of John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan…but both are taken. They don't sound exciting either. Well there is 32-year-old Akshaye Khanna, and 31-year-old Vivek Oberoi for our 30-year-old lass. Please…if you know a producer, forward this news story to him. Free casting ideas from the www.letusjoy.com team!

Which brings up to another point - What is happening to Balan's film career?

Last we heard she was acting in a Bengali film! Hello! One of Bollywood's most talented actresses can't find a film to act in? That's got to suck!

Anyway, we look forward to her next film Kismet Konnection directed by Aziz Mirza with co-stars Shahid Kapoor, Hyder Ali and Juhi Chawla.

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Britney conservators go ballistic over $1 million lawyer fees

Her custody dispute with ex Kevin Federline has cost Britney Spears over $ 1million over the past five months and her conservators are concerned. They have filed documents challenging the billing and will appear in court Monday, March 11.

Britney has been charged $600,000 by Trope and Trope, her erstwhile law firm, and $500,000 by lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan, who is representing K-Fed, reports TMZ.

Britney is required to pay K-Fed legal costs for the custody dispute, according to a previous court ruling. The conservators are crying foul saying bills have been inflated. Trope & Trope, for example, often sent more than one lawyer to attend a hearing, which the conservators believe was unnecessary since it is a straightforward custody dispute.

Rihanna sexes up her world tour with racy bondage inspired outfit

Rihanna performed in front of a packed O2 Centre in London, Friday, March 7, wearing a racy bondage inspired outfit, identical to the one that she wore earlier during her performance in Dublin late last month.

The 20-year-old stylish Barbadian singer, currently on her Good Girl Gone Bad world tour, wore suggestive thigh-high boots, hot pants and a corset, and sang into her 'badgal' diamond encrusted microphone.

Rich, successful and talented, Rihanna remains a young girl at heart, a fact betrayed by her demands for the tour. At each venue she wants to be supplied two packs of pink bubblegum, two apples, two mangos, two pears, seedless grapes, strawberries, two knives (to cut the fruit) and a teapot!

That is the good part of her diet. She reveals her American antecedents by also demanding 24 warm Buffalo wings, fried chicken and spiced white rice!

Rihanna is dating 18-year-old R&B singer Chris Brown. The two were in Barbados late last month, where Rihanna introduced Brown to her parents.

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