Bollywood Babes Scouting For Houses In LA with An Eye On Hollywood

While getting a huge break in Hollywood remains on that elusive to-do list for B-Towners, some lucky few are already rubbing shoulders with the West.

What started as Bollywood’s jaunt to Hollywood with actor Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan, has now moved on to Bollywood’s latest export,  actor Freida Pinto, who’s known to splash out money at plush properties around the world with Dubai and London being the hot-spots. While Freida has more or less made Hollywood her base, she apparently is still not thinking of shifting to the US permanently. The actor, who has worked with a number of international directors, is currently living in Los Angeles. A source reveals, “Freida has been in LA since her Slumdog Millionaire days. She is currently living in Los Angeles though there were rumours that suggested she had moved to the UK to be with boyfriend Dev Patel.”

For Freida to make a headway in LA is no small  feat, as it’s  known to be the hub of Hollywood. And this is a fact that has caught the Indian film industry’s eye. If industry sources are to be believed, there are a lot of Bollywood actors who are either looking to buy a property there or living there.

Actor Mallika Sherawat, who was conferred with Honorary Citizenship and Official Resolution by Los Angeles, has apparently made the city her home. Grapevine also insists that she  owns a plush property amongst the A-listers of Hollywood.

In recent times, actor Kangana Ranaut, who is supposedly dating a guy in the US,  is also apparently looking out for a property in LA. The actor, who has always wanted to own a house in LA, has reportedly finalised on a house there. Reveals a source, “Kangana has always wanted to own property abroad, especially LA. She has already set her heart on an  apartment and though she remains tightlipped about it, she has splurged on a lovely place in LA. She is also very interested in working in Hollywood, so having a property there only makes sense.”

With Bolly babes making a rush for LA, one won’t be surprised if actor Priyanka Chopra too ends up buying property in LA, as she is been there for most part of the year working on her international music album.

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Mallika Basks In Cannes Glory

Among the Indian celebrity women present at Cannes, Mallika Sherawat raised many eyebrows with her attire on the red carpet.

She made a splash and got wide acclaim for her looks. Mallika got a thumbsup from her fans for wearing French designer Ali Mahdavi's creation.

She even credited the designer with a tweet syaing: "Wow,red carpet HUGE SUCCESS, landed full page GALA mag,thx Ali Madhavi for the beautiful dress:)"

The actress is thrilled about two things: One, the success of Cannes and two, a good review for her film "Politics of Love."

She tweeted a scanned copy of a newspaper clipping with: "GRET review by LA TIMES for Politics Of Love,wanna share with my tweeple:)"

Mallika is one of the few Bollywood stars who's trying to make a crossover to Hollywood. Besides "Hiss" and "Politics of Love", the actress has also starred in a Chinese movie "The Myth" opposite Jackie Chan.
Everytime she goes abroad, she makes it a point to catch up with the star. In fact she did the same during the 65th Cannes International Film Festival too. She tweeted: "Met my old friend Jackie Chan,was great to catch up wt him, Will post pics soon:)"

This was Mallika's fourth appearance at the prestigious international event. Interestingly, she was invited by The American Foundation for AIDS Research (AMFAR) this time.

The bold actress who's presently busy with her next movie "Kismet Luv Paisa Dili", is riding high on Cannes success. An excited Mallika wrote on her Twitter page: "Cannes was a HUGE SUCCESS,feels great to be back home in India,grateful to ma fans 4 their support:)"

Once back home, it was time for some family bonding . And looks like the Cannes has had a great effect on her fashion sense as she posted a picture of her decked up in a sizzling dress for an outing with her bro! She wrote: "Getting ready to go out with my bro @vikramsingh." And her fans aren't complaining about her style statement.

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Bollywood Meets Hollywood

Here's to two heady four letter words that make the world go round... "Food" and "films". Here, in Los Angeles, in the dreamland of creativity and eternal sunshine, I find that Bollywood meets Hollywoodand food reigns supreme.

I love the exuberance of lyrics and poetry and more so that of the high-octane, provocatively witty genius, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shree Javed Akhtar. Here in Hollywood he leads an international "mushaira". And if it's Hollywood, it's got to be the "Pretty Woman hotel" (the movie was shot here) Beverly Wilshire where eight decades of Hollywood history distils itself. Here, elegant history tangos with youthful energy. The grace of stately centuries melds with high octane new age gusto. This is where both Hollywood and Bollywood (No! Javed saab does not approve of that term) stays and dines.

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From Bollywood to Hollywood: Jay Leno Drives Tata Nano [Video]

The story of the Tata Nano starts not in Hollywood, nor in Bollywood, but on the streets of India. That’s where an increasing number of people are finding motoring more affordable thanks to glorified rickshaws like this car.

Inside Tata Motors’ assembly plant, Jay Leno’s own Nano gets built, and a company official describes how this is the best alternative for four-people families who want to stop traveling on a motorbike. Yes, four people on a motorbike - don’t act like you didn’t know they did that in India.

What’s even stranger is that this 2-cylinder car that supposedly costs only $2,700 in America can’t be sold there because it’s totally unsafe. What most likely happened is that Jay just agreed to help Tata promote their cheep car with the power of the internet. This explains why Leno wears a suite that’s twice the price of the car... for the lols.

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