Aishwarya Rai appeared on David Letterman's Late Night on February 8^th. While David was downright patronizing and irritating, Ash was totally affected! She came across as a phony, giggling her way through most questions.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has a special appearance in Ramgopal Varma's Darna Zaroori Hain. The current Varma favorite, young Ritesh Deshmukh also starts.

Suniel Shetty and Priyadarshan team up again for a new project. Ajay Devgun, Salman Khan and Priety Zinta have all been signed up. Suniel indicated that this time around he was content being just the producer and had no plans to act in the film.

Anupam Kher has launched a pricey but top quality school in Mumbai. Located in Andheri ,  'Actor Prepares' will admit pupil between 16 and 60 of age.

Bollywood to the rescue! Bollywood stars are known to give openly when the nation comes-a-calling and this time they gave from their hearts!On February 6, a bevy of Bollywood bigwigs conducted a concert and a six hour telethon to raise money from desis and NRI desis to aid the victims of the Tsunami.

Present were Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Mallika Sherawat, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, John Abraham, Priyanka Chopra, Saif Ali Khan, Fardeen Khan, Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt  and many others. Up for auction were offers like tea with the Bachchans and Aishwarya Rai, a bike ride with John Abraham, a gym session with Sanjay Dutt, a day on film sets with SRK and Karan Johar.

Sonali Bendre is pregnant! The mother to be is delighted and cannot wait to hold her little one, we hear. . Sonali was last seen in Amol Palekar's Marathi film Anahat. She has also dabbled in theater with Feroze Khan's Tumhari Sonia.

Poor Ash got stuck in New York traffic and missed the first part at the premiere of Bride and Prejudice, missing the welcoming speeches.

Kareena Kapoor plays a mother of two in Dharmesh Darshan's Bewafaa. Anil Kappor plays her husband and Akshay Kumar her ex boyfriend. The title says it all! She will also be seen in Priyadarshan's next film (adapted from Milos Foreman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) with Salman Khan and Satish Kaushik's Milenge Milenge with her main squeeze Shahid Kapoor.

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