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Yuvraj Singh and Bipasha Basu on Ad Campainfor Reebok

Yuvraj Singh may not have made it to the Indian Test squad that recently played against Sri-Lanka in the Emerald Isle. However, the handsome cricketer surely made the most of his free time by attending reality shows as chief-guest (Chak De Bachche) and even continuing with his string of endorsements.

The actor features in the latest campaign of sports-brand Reebok and giving him company is one of Bollywood's hottest babes- Bipasha Basu. The chemistry between Yuvi and Bips is definitely sizzling what with one known for his 'Six' appeal and the other for her 'Sex' appeal.

'Bigg Boss 2' gets maximum viewership first night

New Delhi, (IANS) The introductory episode of the second season of TV reality show "Bigg Boss" drew maximum viewership in its time slot among general entertainment channels (GECs). Over four million viewers sat glued to their TV sets watching contestants such as Rahul Mahajan, Sanjay Nirupam, Monica Bedi and Jade Goody.

According to Audience Measurement and Analytics Limited's overnight TV audience measurement system, Amap, "Bigg Boss", the Indian version of popular British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother" got an average television rating point (TRP) of 1.4 between its 10:00-11:45 p.m. time slot Sunday in the North, East and West Indian regions.

The channel Colors, on which the show is being aired, emerged winner in the time slot, leaving behind major players like Star Plus that garnered an average rating of 0.8 closely followed by Sony TV whose rating was pegged at 0.7 by Amap.

Though the show was slated to air for only an hour, it went on for 45 minutes more, thanks to a glittering affair when all the 14 contestants were officially introduced.

Television actors Ketaki Dave and Rakhi Vijayan, item girl Sambhavna Seth, actors Payal Rohatgi and Monica Bedi, non-celebrity Elina apart from British TV reality star Jade Goody are part of the female inmates of the "Bigg Boss" house.

Among the men, model-actor Zulfi Syed, music reality show winner Debojit Saha, MTV Roadies 5.0 winner Ashutosh Kaushik, TV actress Shweta Tiwari's estranged husband Raja Chaudhry, Congress member Sanjay Nirupam, Rahul Mahajan - son of late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan - and comedian Ehsaan Qureshi will add to the melodrama.

While all the contestants will be locked in a specially designed house for three months under 24-hour surveillance through multiple cameras with no access to telephones or television, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, who had won "Celebrity Big Brother" in 2007, will be hosting the show.

Shilpa, who will appear only in the elimination episodes each Friday, communicating with the contestants through a TV screen, had emerged winner despite racist remarks in "Celebrity Big Brother" by Goody, who has now come to India to "change people's perception" about her.

Though Goody is expected to have a hard time considering the language barrier in the house (contestants are supposed to converse in Hindi only), Shilpa has advised her to use the "jaadu ki jhappi" (magical hug) whenever she feels low or gets into a fight with someone.

Apart from the excitement, there are expected to be controversies galore on the show.

"God Tussi Great Ho" Banned in UAE.

Dubai, (IANS) Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have ordered the Salman Khan-starrer Bollywood film "God Tussi Great Ho" off screens in this Gulf nation following complaints that it violated Islamic teachings.The National Media Council ordered that the movie, released in India and here Friday, not be screened in the UAE after receiving scores of complaints from viewers, the Gulf News reported.The movie also stars Priyanka Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan, and is considered a remake of the 2003 Hollywood production "Bruce Almighty" starring Jim Carrey.In the film, Bachchan plays the role of god as he meets Salman's character Arun Prajapati who blames god for all his problems."Those who saw the movie told the authorities they were shocked to find that Bachchan played the role of 'god'," the Gulf News report said.

Aamir gets emotional at Golapudi Awards
Aamir Khan did what he rarely does, he was in Chennai on Tuesday to receive the 11th Golapudi Srinivas award for his film Taare Zameen Par. But the ceremony was not only about this, an emotional Aamir couldn't stop himself from crying after receiving the award.

Aamir For Brand India-92% of public flavour.

Aamir thanked all his fans for supporting him and appreciating his directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. He got emotional after he was appreciated by veteran filmmaker K Balachander. He said that he had lost faith in films until Aamir's Taare... was released.
Aamir's movie was chosen from a list of 19 nominations. Taare Zameen Par is the first Hindi movie to have ever won this award. And, therefore as a filmmaker Aamir had some reason to have tears of joy.