BelasiaNews: August 2004

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August 31, 2004

'I fought with my brother over chicken legs'

I always wanted a chocolate world, something like Willy Wonka and his Chocolate Factory, says Ishaa Koppikar

This woman will call the shots at US Open

Mumbai’s Reetu Sethi-Sharma becomes first Indian woman to be umpire at the tennis tournament

August 29, 2004

‘I am, therefore I'm sensual’

From Amitabh Bachchan to love, sex and sensuality, Rekha tells it like only she can

Laura Branigan dies at 47

The Grammy-nominated pop singer was best known for her 1982 platinum hit Gloria

August 28, 2004

Want to look sexy?

Ask Zeenat Aman, yesteryear’s bombshell who finds herself playing the sexiest role of all time

August 27, 2004

She dares to break every stereotype

Perizaad Zorabian must very easily qualify for being the most spontaneous, bubbly and vibrant personality, this side of the equator

Yes, Britney really is naked in Toxic video

Director assures no body stockings were harmed during the making of the clip

Also: Wrigley Spears gum

Senator Coleman's wife bares more than her soul

Laurie Coleman dresses in lingerie and cocktail dress

August 26, 2004

Come away with Norah Jones

The singer/song-writer's TalkAsia interview transcript

August 23, 2004

Maxim promises dates for readers

Greg Gutfeld, an American who was editor-in-chief at the US magazines Men's Health and Stuff, has his work cut out for him as Maxim, among other monthly men's titles, comes under fire from two upstart weekly rivals

Nipplegate

BBC Olympics presenter Sharron Davies says she's bemused by a row centering on her nipples

Seeing the Games through a local lens

Lynn French is a veteran TV photojournalist. She has been doing one-man-band reporting for 13 years, and has served time as an assignment editor, producer, and every job in production

August 21, 2004

Farah Khan: Women like sex, too!

Best known as a choreographer, she took her first step into film direction with Main Hoon Na, starring friend-mentor-supporter Shah Rukh Khan and Sushmita Sen

August 20, 2004

Sonia Gandhi third most powerful woman

No other woman in recent times has been more widely revered in India than Gandhi, 57, says Forbes

August 18, 2004

Is it cyber-flirting or cyber-betrayal?

Cyber-flirtations are attracting growing ranks of women

August 17, 2004

New girl in Schröder's life

Gerhard Schröder is no stranger to sharing his life with members of the opposite sex. On Monday, it was revealed that there was a new young lady on the scene: his freshly adopted three-year old daughter Viktoria

Wardrobe war

A high-stakes fashion battle between ladies at the top

August 16, 2004

'Wife battering is quite common in Bollywood'

Rinki Bhattacharya walked out on her filmmaker husband in the 1980s alleging brutal beatings. The story does not find mention in her book on domestic violence

August 12, 2004

Kabbalah water? Madonna will drink to that

Material Girl in hot water over beverage preferences

August 10, 2004

Meera Syal turning second book into BBC1 drama

The three-part drama, based on Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee, will go into production in November with a broadcast date expected to be March next year

August 09, 2004

From honey I am home, to hubby I am home

It's time you upgraded to new age couple Ver. 2.0

King Kong's girlfriend dies

It wasn't the beast that killed the beauty, it was old age. Fay Wray, the shrieking blond beauty who earned fame as the frightened girl stalked up the Empire State Building, has died at age 96

Oriana Fallaci has cancer

Famed journalist says she stopped caring for self after September 11

August 07, 2004

The dangerously beautiful divas

It's not easy being beautiful. It never was — right from the time of Cleopatra who claimed her own life, Helen of Troy to Madhubala to Nafisa Joseph. So is beauty jinxed?

August 04, 2004

The Pocket Guide to Being an Indian Girl

'A quirky, informal, hilarious and moving first novel. Teenagers will easily relate the voice of the narrator'

Farah Khan gets engaged

The lucky man is none other than the film editor of Main Hoon Na, Shirish Kunder

Leander versus Mahima

Is it as simple as a battle of the sexes?

Ionic Breeze Quadra here

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