I am yet to accept Dabangg 2 song

Actor Kareena Kapoor has been offered to do an item number is Salman Khan's Dabangg 2 but the actress says she is yet to take a decision.

The 31-year-old, whose item song Chammak Challo in RA.One was a chartbuster, said she hates the term "item song" and finds it derogatory.
"Salman has spoken to me about the song and he wants me to do the number but I haven't decided If I will do it. And I just hate the term Item song, why can't it be called a song.
"When Helen aunty used to do songs back then they were never termed as item numbers. I don't want my songs to be called by this name," said Kareena, who was in the capital to attend the India Today Conclave.
The actor will also be seen doing a mujra in her upcoming film Agent Vinod. The film will release on March.

Bipasha to whip up Chef avatar!

She is busy with back-to-back films, endorsements and fitness DVDs. But Bipasha Basu has a new plan up her sleeve — becoming a trained cook. Apparently, she is keen to join the famous culinary institute, Le Cordon Bleu (at either New York or Paris) for a professional cooking course. But
sources insist Bips is finding it tough to find the time in her packed schedule.

“It has definitely been my dream to be a very accomplished cook/chef. But of late, I haven’t been able to do any cooking due to my super busy schedule. If I really want to push it and cook more, one of the ideas is to go to a proper culinary school. But since the course will take some time — at least a couple of months — I’m not sure how I will be able to make time for it,” confirms Bipasha.
The Race (2008) actor wants “to learn healthy styles of cooking” especially desserts. Ask Bips what cuisines she wants to
master and she chuckles, “Definitely Oriental, Mediterranean and Japanese since they are healthier and greener with a lot of seafood which I simply love. I want to learn to make waffles and cupcakes. I can bake cakes but the idea is to bake crème de la crème desserts.”
Busy with Raaz 3 and Singularity right now, Bips admits that it’s tough to juggle her passion with her profession. “Career wise, it’s a very important time for me. Definitely I have plans (to learn cooking) but I must balance that with my professional life. Let’s see if I can pursue a short-term crash course till then,” she says.
‘Mommy’ Bips to master cooking!
Bipasha feels one can’t become a mother if a woman doesn’t know how to cook. “My friends, such as Deanne (Pandey), are mothers too but they can’t cook. I always tell them, ‘what kind of a mother are you?’ Some day I would like to have kids but before that, I want to polish up my cookery skills. And this doesn’t mean that I want to have a child right now,” says Bips with a laugh. She adds, “For instance, if my mother didn’t know how to cook, I would be very angry.”

Aishwarya's fake passport found!

In a raid by the special operations group (SOG) at a Vadodara residence, officials found an unexpected document amongst other fake papers.

As the officials were raiding the house of one Premchandra Khandelwal after a tip-off, they came across a forged passport in the name of
Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai, according to media reports. The fake passport mentions Aishwarya Rai's passport number, photo, date of birth and birth place.
The photocopy also mentions that the passport was renewed on May 2, 2006. The police are now investigating the matter to find out how the accused got a copy of the actor's passport.
Four persons were arrested during the raid for allegedly using fake documents to send people abroad.

Sonam Kapoor's fairytale days!

In my really early years, when I was four or five years old, my mum would read out stories to me, and she wouldn’t finish them so that I’d want to hear the rest of the story the next time. That’s where my passion for books started — from my mum. I had an overactive imagination and she knew that well, so she figured that the best way to channel it was through reading … I could use the stories to imagine things. And it worked — every time she read out a story, I grew really curious about how the rest of it would unfold.

Back then, we were not even allowed to watch TV and whenever I did, it was just Doordarshan at my naani’s place … Chhaya Geet, remember? That’s how I know all old songs! So, since there was little else to do, by the time I was 8 or 9, I had read every Enid Blyton book, and the Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys too. I loved Malory Towers and so wanted to go there.
And, I had this amazing teacher when I was in my pre-teens ... my elocution teacher. Once every month, she’d take us to a bookstore to pick a book. I picked a Roald Dahl book, and fell in love with him. I also loved Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling and CS Lewis. And I can still read Gulliver’s Travels and A Little Princess and Panchatantra and Baital Pachisi.
All these books you read in your formative years, they give you a sense of empathy and a sense of right and wrong. They give you morals and ethics. When you read Black Beauty from the perspective of a horse, you realise you need to respect an animal. When you read Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, you realise there are children who are not as privileged as you. It takes you to a place you wouldn’t have ever been to … like Alice in Wonderland makes you dream … maybe there’s a magical place like that which really exists!
I always wanted to be a part of the Famous Five. I wanted to be a detective, a teacher, and when I read Great Expectations, I wanted to be a painter. Books open up this world to you… you feel you can do so much more. I don’t know why today’s kids read strange books or just don’t read!

Vidya Balan: Lavani love!

Now this one really takes the cake, or in this case, the laddoo! Vidya Balan is on a high, and everything she does is turning to gold. Case in point, the lavani number she recently shot for the much-anticipated Ferrari Ki Sawaari.

The girl was so happy with the outcome that she ordered not just a kilo or two, but a whole truckload of laddoos for the entire crew to gorge on after the shoot!
Of course she's on a strict diet and trying to lose all the weight she put on for her National Award-winning outing in The Dirty Picture, so she didn't have much, but I won't be surprised if the crew members are all bringing out their weighing scales worriedly. Hah!