UK POP SENSATION ONE DIRECTION BECOME FIRST BRITISH GROUP IN HISTORY TO DEBUT AT #1 IN THE US WITH DEBUT ALBUM

One Direction made history todayas their debut album UP ALL NIGHT entered the US Billboard 200 chart at #1with over 176,000 copies sold. This makes chart history as the first Britishgroup ever to debut at #1 in the US with their debut album release. UP ALLNIGHT went straight to No.1 on the digital chart within minutes of itsofficial release last Tuesday March13th.
Around the world, One Direction fanshave used online platforms such as Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook creating aglobal phenomenon and inspiring a generation of 1D-mania. Dedicated fans of LiamPayne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have takentheir music to the top of charts around the world. One Direction haveaccumulated over 204 million YouTube views, 12 million followers on Twitter andover 3.6 million followers on Facebook. The music video for “What Makes YouBeautiful” has already garnered over 72M views, check it out here: http://vevo.ly/1DWMYB . 
One Direction gained notoriety in2010 after appearing on The X Factor UK. Their global smash debut album, UpAll Night, entered the charts at #1 in 12 countries and has been certifiedtriple platinum in Ireland, double platinum in the UK &Australia, and platinum in New Zealand. In six months they have sold morethan 4.2million records worldwide. Their BRIT Award winning debut single “WhatMakes You Beautiful” entered the charts at #1 in both the UK and Ireland. Inthe U.S., “What Makes You Beautiful” sold more than 131,000 copies in its firstweek, debuting at #12 on the Billboard Digital Songs chart. Their #28 debut onthe Billboard Hot 100 marked the highest debut from a British Group sincethe Spice Girls in 1998.  
Harry Styles says: "Wesimply cannot believe that we are No.1 in America! It's beyond a dream cometrue for us. We want to thank each and every one of our fans in the US whobought our album and we would also like to thank the American public for beingso supportive of us." 
Niall Horan adds: "We justfound out that we are No.1 in America and as you can imagine, we are over themoon! When we got put together as a group, we couldn’t imagine ourselves comingto America, let alone releasing our album here, so for us to be sitting at thetop of the US album charts is unbelievable. We are so grateful to everyone whohas supported us in the US."  
The X Factor group, who were formed andmentored by Simon Cowell on the UK version of the hit TV show in 2010, weresigned to Cowell’s label Syco Music in 2011 in partnership with ColumbiaRecords in the US.   
Simon Cowell says: “Icouldn’t be happier for One Direction, it is an incredible achievement. Theydeserve it. They have the best fans in the world” 
Last week in New York, over 10,000 fansturned out for the band’s first live TV performance on NBC’s Today Show inRockefeller Plaza and record numbers of fans have turned out to see them atalbum signings in the US.  
Later this month One Direction willperform their hit single “What Makes You Beautiful” on the Nickelodeon KidsChoice Awards March 31st, and will appear in an episode of iCarly“iGo One Direction” set to premiere April 7th on Nickelodeon. Theband will also be the musical guests on Saturday Night Live April 7thwith guest host Sofia Vergara. 
Their 2013 UK/Ireland Arena Tour sold outimmediately with more dates needing to be added. An estimated 300,000 ticketswere sold in the first day. One Direction’s tour of Australia & NewZealand sold out in just three minutes. 
One Direction are Niall Horan,Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. All of the group hailfrom the U.K., save for Horan, who is from Ireland. All five of the boys (ages18-20) auditioned for the UK X Factor in 2010 as solo artists. However, at thesuggestion of Simon Cowell they joined forces as a group, quickly becoming oneof the competitions most popular acts of all time, finishing in the final threeand garnering a gigantic fan-base along the way.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan "the iconic woman of worth" awarded at the L'oreal Paris Femina Awards

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was today honored with The ICONIC Woman of  Worth  Award at the L'oreal Paris Femina Awards 2012 which took place at the ITC Grand Central, Parel. She was presented this award by Nathalie Gerschtein, Director, L'oreal Paris
In a rare moment Aishwaraya  Rai Bachan honored her mother on stage with a special She's worth it award, as her mother is  the one person who has inspired her through her life and the one person Aishwarya has always aspired to be.

Aishwarya further added, " She is the nucleus of my existence; who has gently moulded me, shaped me, picked me up when I've been down, has faith in me and taught me to be the very best version of me that i can be".

Aishwarya was there to present the winner of the L'oreal Paris Femina 'Who's worth it award' which was given to Nicola Esteves who was nominated for the award by her husband Anand Esteves.
Aishwarya looked resplendent in an Abu Jani- Sandeep Khosla ensemble which was from their new summer collection.

Will NanaPatekar play dance bar lord Shetty in Sachiin Joshi’s Mumbai Mirror?

While Aazaan star Sachiin Joshi’s forthcoming film MumbaiMirror co-starring Mallika Sherawat is about to go on floors next month, buzzis that ace actor Nana Patekar has been approached to play the main villain. 
Directed by Ankush Bhatt, of Bhindi Bazaar Inc. fame, themovie mirrors the Mumbai underbelly and revolves around the nexus betweenpowerful corrupt dance bar lords and the Mumbai Police. If rumour mills are tobe believed, Nana has been offered the pivotal role of Shetty; the most dreadedcharacter in the story. 
Sachiin plays a quirky cop in this realistic commercialpotboiler, while Mallika essays the role of an irresistible dance bar queen.Mumbai Mirror has music by Anand Raj Anand and shooting is expected to commencenext month with a wrap in three months flat.
The other intriguing part is that Sachiin might go in foreither a bald look or a military-style crew haircut for this movie. He’s alsobeen loosing weight and training hard on his physique to fit into the role of awhimsical cop.

German import Evelyn Sharma enters Bollywood!

She's studied business and dabbled in real estate in far-endGermany! She knows eight languages including English, Hindi, French, Dutch,Spanish, Thai, Russian and Tagalog of Philippines. 

 With an Indian father, a German mother, and a name resemblingone of Hollywood's biggest superstars Marilyn, Evelyn Sharma is the hottestBollywood import since Katrina Kaif! 

Making a mark on the Indian firmament after modeling all overthe world, Evelyn has already completed over a hundred assignments in India inthe last few months, since migrating here! Inspite of her half-foreign origins,she dubs in Hindi for herself! 

This month, she was the showstopper face of ace designerRocky S, setting the ramp on fire before the grand finale of India's most prestigiousfashion and trade event, the Lakme Fashion Week! Next, Evelyn stars oppositeIndia's original rockstar Palash Sen in the forthcoming video of his rock bandEuphoria! 

The girl has been actively involved with charities forchildren around Europe and now supports the SOS Children's Villages of India!She's into yoga, gymming, dance, kick-boxing and loves action! 

What’s more! The newbie in Bollywood has just signed not one,not two, but three movies in a row! Starting with Manish Tiwary's Issaqopposite Prateik Babbar; Evelyn will be seen with veteran filmmaker PramodChakravorty's grandson Prateek Chakravorty in his debut film

From Sydney WithLove; followed by a pivotal role in Ayan Mukerji's Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, theRanbir Kapoor-Deepika Padukone starrer under Karan Johar's banner DharmaProductions. So let’s get ready for this fresh, dainty, humble,breathtakingly beautiful perfect new package the entertainment industry isswooning over! Make way for Evelyn Sharma.

Shahrukh Khan not to follow Salman Khan & Aamir Khan’s footsteps

King Khan has turned down an offer to play a cop because he didn’t want to be seen as trying to ape his contemporaries

Shahrukh Khan is Bollywood’s resident lover boy and he is back to what he does best, with Yash Chopra’s forthcoming film. It came as a surprise when we heard that he is considering playing a cop in a Gautham Menon film, a remake of Vettiyadu Villayadu. Everyone in B-town was wondering if SRK will pull off the cop act; especially because he had recently essayed a negative character in Farhan Akhtar’s Don 2. Comparisons with Salman Khan and Aamir Khan had already begun when we heard that he is not doing Menon’s film after the entire hullabaloo.
Latest news is that the Baadshah has green-lighted AR Murugadoss’s remake of Ramana. We are wondering how the Ghajini director managed to get SRK to play a social activist, which is totally outside his comfort zone. There were talks that Murugadoss had approached Aamir to play the lead, but somehow things didn’t work out. The film will be produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who has been desperately looking for a hit since Guzaarish. Who knows, King Khan might change the director’s fortunes.
Shahrukh’s last outing where he didn’t play a lover boy was in Shimit Amin’s Chak De! India where he was highly appreciated. Wethinks it will be great to see him play an average bloke, not larger than life. Would you like watching SRK as a social activist and taking on the system?