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TIME TO MEL'LOW?

In this Year of Living Dangerously, Mel Gibson has managed to get himself embroiled in another anti- Semitic controversy. When caught driving under the influence of alcohol in late July, he let out a barrage of anti-Jew insults. Being the Good Samaritan that he is, he did apologise profusely for being inebriated & saying things, which he later stated are "despicable." Really Mel! If only apologising were the straightforward solution to "despicable" statements... Sigh!

MILK IT TO PERFECTION

A beauty trend made famous by the world-renowned glamour queen, Cleopatra, milk is now passé for just being a drink. The National Research Centre on Camel (yes, NRCC! There is such an organisation!) in Rajasthan claims that camel milk keeps age at bay by making skin wrinkle-free. With this new research, cows are facing some serious competition, since the NRCC team has already developed an anti wrinkle camel milk cream, cheaper and more feasible than taking milk baths. Trust us Indians on world-class innovations!

Gay PRIDE?

Female fans of Lance Bass, of former boyband *NSync, can kiss any high-fl ying dreams of meeting this heart-throb and having him fall in love with them Bye Bye Bye. Yep, Lance is the most recent to join the alarmingly increasing group of young, good-looking men in showbiz who have taken to "coming out". With their new, er, options, many a woman is left dejected…You sure are Tearin' Up thousands of hearts Lance! d-class innovations!

AMRITA A(U)RORA

It's the same tune that every aspiring actress, yet perpetual "item-girl", sings. Yep, by now we know that item songs are "so great, so wonderful, so utterly fabulous; heck, who needs acting?" So say Rakhi Sawant, Mumait Khan and so says erstwhile VJ, sometime cameo girl and most-of-the-time item girl, Amrita Arora. Amrita hasn't quite managed to make an impact on the big screen yet, one reason perhaps for the acerbic criticism on her cameo roles. But then, did you know that even Robert DeNiro & Angelina Jolie have done cameos? Not to forget big sis Malaika & Aishwarya Rai, who've done item numbers! Unless you do something fast, dear Amrita, the a(u)roar of your career might well be past!

Harry POTT(Y)ER

The famed young wizard is rumoured to be making his West End debut in the (unpronounceable) play Equus, about a mentally un'stable' stable-boy who has an erotic relationship with horses, and ends up blinding 6 of them with a metal spike (Tough love, eh?). Harry Potter fans may want to steer clear of this play since it will feature a stark naked Daniel Radcliff e simulating sexual pleasure while riding a horse; this little one is certainly all grown up now!

'BEARS ARE NOT ITEM NUMBERS'

After shooting to fame in Hollywood with models and celebrity activists willing to stripall for the sake of protesting against the fur trade, PETA is gaining a firm foothold in Bollywood. Now stars like John Abraham, Shilpa Shetty and screen siren Yana Gupta have jumped onto the bandwagon of protecting animal rights. Yana is all set to star in a PETA ad campaign 'bear'ing a message against using bears to provide entertainment, like street dancing, calling it "painful" and "traumatising" for the bears. Thank you 'bear'y much Yana!