The Tribune Online - I have good penis karma: Pamela

LONDON: Baywatch babe and now best-selling author Pamela Anderson has revealed that she has "good penis karma," i.e. all her past lovers have been well endowed. The actress, who recently wrote her autobiography Star said that she had never seen a small penis until recently. She also revealed that as a youngster she was scared that she would not be good in bed and wouldn't be able to stay in a steady relationship, reports Female First.

"I've always had very good penis karma . I used to say I'd never seen a small one, but recently, maybe I have," the report quoted her as saying. "When I first came to California, I was nervous, thinking, 'I don't know if I can handle how to be with someone.' Then I realised it was all talk, talk, talk. Big hat, no cattle, as my dad used to say," she added.

Poland is organising a fair of its own kind that is sure to raise eyebrows. The country is hosting the Eroticon sex fair, a contest to find the world female sex champion. Three women from Brazil, the US and Poland will be pitted against each other for the Sex Champion title.

Organisers hope that one of them will break the World Sex Record which currently stands at 759 'humps' or the 1,000 men mark. "The World Sexual Record is a great chance to meet famous porn stars and enjoy the most important sex show in the world,” spokesman Krzysztof Garwatowski was quoted as saying.

“And the men who take part will also get the chance to compete for the title of Polish Stallion," he said. The erotic fair also includes an erotic fashion show, go-go dancing competitions, body painting and the chance to meet your favourite porn star.

Miss United Kingdom Laura Shields wears the Union Jack as a national costume during the Miss International Beauty Pageant final in Beijing on Saturday.

After being rated as the sexiest woman alive, actress Angelina Jolie has confessed that she loves to have sex with British men. What appeals to her about the Brits is hard to tell. They might be repressed but they're the ones that are good in bed, she recently told The Sun. But this is no good news for the weak hearted, because this wild woman is majorly into sadomasochism and her kinks also involve sex in hotel rooms, tattoos, blood and cutting herself. It is all a part of her personality, insists Jolie.

She, however, wants to make it clear that sadomasochism should not be misinterpreted as violence and insists that sadomasochism is mostly about trust and that she likes to push boundaries - both emotional and sexual - with her mate, which makes her feel the sexiest
The Original Sin starrer has been rather infamous for the dark and wild side to her sexual life. Jolie feels that she is far more wilder and freer today than she ever was before. There have also been rumours linking Jolie to Brad Pitt which she denies by saying that her 'two' lovers already keep her satisfied and she doesn't need a married man to keep her happy.

Jolie says that she prefers lovers to boyfriends simply because she does not want her son Maddox to call anyone one of them daddy unless they are going to stay. Jolie is now single after divorcing her second husband Billy Bob Thornton.

When you talk about scripting a novel that matches star quality Pamela Anderson wins hands down. Her novel Star has all the elements of a bestseller with the heroine enjoying sex in a limo, girl-on-girl action (twice) and an orgy. And that's not the end of it there is a romp in a trailer, on the set of a TV series, in a lift and in the toilet of a posh Beverly Hills restaurant. Some would say it is a far-fetched fantasy but when you know the author is former Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson well then, maybe it is true!

In an exclusive in UK's The Sun , Pamela says, "It is my story. I wanted to tell the truth. I don't talk about my sex life normally but I wanted to tell my life story. The publishers asked me to write an autobiography. Instead I suggested a novel."

Though Pamela who co-wrote the book with Eric Shaw Quinn admits the sex scenes shocked him, says, "I'd have to tell him it really happened. The book could have been worse - we had to cut stuff out." Now that's what you call a suspense thriller!

MUMBAI, Oct 18: Former Miss World Diana Hayden is to play the glamorous lead role in an upcoming Bollywood venture - Adaa - Will Kill U. As the title suggests, Adaa is all about style with dollops of suspense and sensuality thrown in for added attraction, with Diana playing the lead opposite the tall and handsome Rajeev Singh, who won Manhunt International in 2001.

According to director Ajeet Sinha, "Adaa has everything that the audience of today is looking for -- a bold theme, glamour and an aesthetic presentation of beauty which shall evoke desire but will not be vulgar." Other actors in the film are Vasundhara Das, Gulshan Grover and Viswajeet Pradhan. Reshmi Ghosh, a former Miss India is there in a special role.

Singer-actor Vasundhara is excited about the project. "This is my first official Bollywood film," she said. "Though my singing career is going great guns with a national award for 'Shaka laka baby' and 'It's the time to disco', my acting career has been static. I hope to do well with Adaa." Vasundhara plays wife to Rajeev Singh in the film.

The film was launched with the recording of three songs with music by Jaideep Chaudhary. Shooting for Adaa begins October 25. While the director and lead actors refused to reveal the story, the film is reported to have a liberal sprinkling of "bold scenes".

LONDON: Madonna prefers reading a book to a romp in the bed, Marilyn Monroe finds it "wrong" and Andy Warhol declared it "the biggest nothing of all time". Welcome to the world of asexuals! According to a report in the New Scientist , having sex is no longer an item on the most desired list of the human population, and a sizable minority of people reportedly have absolutely no interest in sex, leading to the emergence of a group entitled as "asexuals".

"I suspect there have always been people who haven't been interested in sex and I would think that is related to attitudes in their family during childhood. The amount of sexual imagery all around us now could also have a reverse effect," the Daily Mail quoted Christine Northam, a relationship counsellor with Relate, as saying.

Dr Anthony Bogaert, a psychologist at Brock University in St Catherines, Canada, recently analysed the responses of 18,000 people, and found that one percent agreed with the statement: "I have never felt sexually attracted to anyone at all."

Researchers believe that some asexuals may have extremely low sex drives, but others may have normal levels but are simply not attracted to others. Some, however, still want to form close and lasting emotional bonds with other people and may even want to have children by using IVF to avoid having physical contact.

The report says that recent studies suggest that far from being just a handful of loners, the number of asexuals may be almost as large as the gay community.

Bollywood actress Karishma's hubby, Sunjay Kapur, couldn't believe his ears when his wife broke the news of her pregnancy. "You know how men are. When I first told him about it, he kept asking if I was absolutely sure! Of course, he is really thrilled about it. And I am very happy and content to start a family," says Karishma.

Karishma, popularly known as Lolo, is in the fourth month of pregnancy. "I was planning to shoot for two films when I got this news. It was completely unplanned, so it came as a big surprise - a pleasant one though."

Now, Lolo is all kicked about starting her family. "When we were kids, mom was always there for us. She would run down to help us when we fell down. With her soft touch, kisses and sweet talk, she would gently put us at ease. Years later, I enacted all this whenever I played the on-screen mommy. By now, I think I am an ace as a mother! Even my friends are convinced that I do not really need to prepare for motherhood," says Karishma.

Though everyone in the Kapoor-Kapur khandaan is rejoicing, sister Kareena is the most ecstatic of the lot. "Bebo is so impatient. She has just one question always: How long to go? She is already planning her own stuff," laughs Lolo.

Busy wrapping up the last schedule of her TV serial, Karisma has been "working non-stop" for the past 15 years. "I did not take time off even for my wedding. So, this is a very deserving break." There is no preference for a boy or a girl child. And they haven't thought of any names yet.

"We will start the process soon," informs Karisma, "Naming your child is no easy task. Each one will have a name to suggest, but I am sure Bebo is going to come up with the most names."

Karisma isn't sure about where she would prefer the delivery - Mumbai or Delhi. For now, the mom-to-be will keep herself busy by "watching movies, reading and relaxing at home."

Indian model-turned-actress and writer Salman Rushdie's new wife Padma Lakshmi has stirred up some hot controversy. Readers in the UK have found her picture in the Observer Food Monthly, with a headline titled 'Dish of the Day', unpalatable, reports asiansinmedia.org. Calling the picture sexist, they have lodged a complaint.

The picture shows Padma Lakshmi, who starred in Kaizad Gustad's doomed new-age flick Boom, lying on a metal kitchen table full of lobsters and surrounded by a group of male chefs. The caption for the picture reads, 'Padma Lakshmi: Salman Rushdie's favourite cook'.

However, in a ruling on Thursday, the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has dismissed the complaints. The Guardian Media Group, who owns the Sunday broadsheet, has defended the move saying the picture was provided by Padma Lakshmi herself, reports asiansinmedia.org. The saucy picture, the Group reasoned, was "relevant in the context of Ms Lakshmi's dual careers as a model and as a presenter of a TV cookery programme". And the ASA seems to have bitten into the explanation, saying it "considered that the image was tasteful".

Born in southern India, Lakshmi has not only modelled for Versace, Armani and Ralph Lauren, but also appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Mirabella and Glamour. She presents a show on the Food Network in the US and recently published a successful book called 'Easy Exotic: A Model's Low-Fat Recipes from Around the World'. She can also speak five languages and is working to kick start a movie career.

Bride and Prejudice has taken the UK's top spot in cinema box office receipts despite the expectations of some movie critics, earning nearly £1.7 million over the weekend. The figures show that the horror movie Saw was UK's no. 2 film with Wimbledon in third position, new entry Resident Evil: Apocalypse in fourth and Layer Cake in the fifth.

Although the hype, publicity and column inches for Gurinder Chadha's film seem to have paid off for the time being, the opening is less than what Bend it Like Beckham achieved two years ago. Nevertheless the movie has done well to get to no. 1 with a largely unknown cast (to most Britons) and lukewarm reviews in the press.

She said: "I am thrilled, 'Bride' took over 1.65 million pounds in the UK in one weekend! I have now seen the film with the English, Indian and American public and they have all had mostly the same exuberant reaction. I set out to make a British movie using an Indian musical style for the global audience, from what I've seen so far I am happy I've achieved this."

MUMBAI, Oct 11: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan turned 62 on Monday. Voted as the superstar of the millennium by an opinion poll and one to have his statue sculpted in wax at the world famous Madam Tussaud's gallery, Amitabh has essayed a variety of roles from being an illegitimate son, an alcoholic do-gooder, a criminal with a heart-of-gold, a conman, an honest police official to even a dealer selling jaggery.

Born in 1942 to renowned poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan, Amitabh went to carve his own niche in the film industry through his powerful acting prowess and his legendary deep voice. Faced with rejection at the very outset of his career due to his tall lanky looks and his deep voice, the actor turned the tables to achieve superstardom and make these perceived liabilities as his greatest assets.

Though his initial film `Saat Hindustani' sank without a trace, the tall hero went on to make his mark when he stole the limelight in the film `Anand' with his much loved character of unassuming doctor, determined to save his friend from terminal illness. Though he shared the screen with the then superhero, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh's character of `Babu Moshai' till date remains unforgettable.

However, it was his roles as a young man fighting against a corrupt system single-handedly, his angst with a society riddled with problems like unemployment and corruption, that saw the audience emphathising with him totally.

Sharon goes 'basic', in Hindi

The cold, sexy look. The famous cross-legged position, with a lit cigarette in one hand. The steamy 'tied-to-the-bedpost' lovemaking scene that set hearts and hormones to cloud nine. Paul Verhoeven's 1992 hit " Basic Instinct " has made a comeback in Indian bedrooms as Khatarnaak Chahat. Even as the Censor Board cries hoarse about vulgarity in remixed music videos dished out by Bollywood, 'Shaarun Stone' is out seducing 'Mai-ka-lal Doo-glass'. And that too in shudh Hindi.

A dekko at the way Stone, pouts seducing ones at handsome hunk Douglas. The first time that Douglas (Detective Nick Curran) chances his blue eyes on blonde Stone (Catherine Tramell), in connection with the death of her boyfriend.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 8: Pop diva Britney Spears has made her marriage to dancer Kevin Federline official nearly three weeks after they secretly wed, stifling claims that they faked their wedding, aides said on Friday. The couple filed their marriage license with Los Angeles authorities on Thursday, formalising the union that one report had claimed was faked amid a row over the financial terms of the marriage.

The blond bombshell's spokeswoman Leslie Sloane said the document had been filed well within the official 90-day limit, making the celebrity marriage final. "They are legally married, the paperwork was filed on Thursday," Sloane said.

People magazine said the multi-millionaire singer and her far less rich back-up dancer beau formalized their union after signing their prenuptial that is aimed at protecting the assets of the wealthier spouse. The couple, who began dating in April, married at a surprise ceremony at a friend's Los Angeles home on September 18. But Us magazine later said Spears, 22, and Federline, 26, had staged a "faux wedding." It claimed they delayed formalising their marriage because their lawyers were still wrangling over how much cash Federline would be entitled to if the marriage collapsed.

The magazine said it had obtained a draft of a prenuptial contract stating that if the couple split, Federline would only be entitled to 300,000 dollars a year for exactly half the term of the marriage, instead of 50 percent of Spears' total wealth. Under the draft contract, Spears, who is reportedly worth anywhere from 32 to 100 million dollars, would also not be financially responsible for Federline's two young children by another woman.

But the singer, famed for such hits as " Oops, I did it again " and for her 55-hour Las Vegas marriage to a childhood friend in January, rebuked media claims she had not tied the knot. "I'm really upset that somebody someplace decides to write a false headline about a special day that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl," she told People, which reportedly agreed to pay two million dollars to the couple for rights to the pictures of their wedding.

But even as Spears gained a husband, she lost a manager, parting ways with Larry Rudolph, who has represented her since she was just 13 years old.

MUMBAI, Oct 10: Bollywood star Rekha, who captured cinegoers for decades with her powerful acting style and timeless beauty, has turned 50 today. Born in 1954 to cinestars Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli, Rekha with husky smouldering voice and acting style to match, went on to become the country's leading heroine with her roles in blockbuster films like Silsila, Khoobsurat or Umrao Jaan.

But as they say, 'she was born a star'. Rekha was a success right after her first Hindi film, Sawan Bhadon. She had once said as a teenager, stardom bothered her a lot as she could no longer go to the stores or take walks. One of the industry's ugly-duckling-turned-into-swan stories, the actress has worked hard, very hard, to reach the top. Today the actress never fails to evoke the the words sensual.

LONDON, Oct 4: Exotic fairy light garlands and Indian drummers in traditional tunics have brought Bollywood to Britain with the world premiere of Bride and Prejudice , an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic tale. Director Gurinder Chadha said the film gave Pride and Prejudice a modern twist in an Indian setting. "It's a very British Asian movie that incorporates India, England and America," Chadha told newsmen as a host of stars arrived for the premiere on Monday.

"It is very true to Jane Austen and the spirit of the book, and I think if she came down and went to see it in her local Odeon (cinema), she would like it," Chadha said. Stars walked up a pink carpet, rather than the usual red, into the London Palladium, decorated in Indian fabrics and fairy lights and abuzz with the sound of Indian drummers.

Like the novel, the film features a lower middle-class family's attempts to marry off its daughters to men of a higher social standing. But the film is a million miles away from the setting of Austen's classic - it is an all-singing, all-dancing affair set in India, London and Los Angeles. Heroine Elizabeth Bennett becomes Lalita Bakshi in the film, and is played by Aishwarya Rai, one of Bollywood's most sought-after actresses.

Mr Darcy is played by Martin Henderson, a Los-Angeles based actor from New Zealand. The character is brought up to date in the film - he is a wealthy heir to an American hotel chain. Bride and Prejudice is to be released in Britain on October 8. Chadha's last movie Bend It Like Beckham - the story of an Indian girl born in England whose only desire is to become a football star like David Beckham - was a huge surprise hit around the world and launched the Hollywood career of Keira Knightley.

NEW YORK: Paris Hilton appears to be at the centre of yet another scandal. The London's News of the World has reportedly obtained a 11-minute steamy footage showing her "writhing in the back of a car as she is being groped intimately" by former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, according to the New York Post. It also shows her answering the door naked - wearing only a "pore strip" across her nose. In yet another scene she reportedly puffs on a joint, chirping, "Paris Hilton, part two: How to roll a joint!"

The footage is believed to have been made from 12 hours of video stolen from Hilton's home rented Hollywood Hills home last month. Hilton's spokesman Elliot Mintz warned that Hilton's legal team will sue anyone who tries to give away her X-rated tapes to the tabloids.

NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, civil servant Gautam Goswami and sitar exponent Anoushka Shankar feature prominently in Time 's 20 Asian Heroes under the age of 40. Sri Lankan legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, gutsy Pakistani woman Mukhtai Mai, Afghanistan's prominent human rights activist Ahmad Nader Nadery and John Wood, a former Microsoft executive who is building schools and libraries throughout Asia, also figure in the list.

Others who figure in the list of 20 are Hong Suk Chun, a South Korean actor who was the first public figure in the country to admit he is gay and helped change conservative attitudes towards homosexuality.

Royston Tan, a multi-award winning filmmaker, whose willingness to push the creative envelope has made him a hero to Singapore's independent artists, figures in the magazine. Pham Thi Hue, an HIV-positive mother of one who runs a Vietnamese NGO to educate people about AIDS, and Butset Manurung, an Indonesian conservationist who teaches jungle tribes, also feature in the magazine.

The others are Cambodia's Bokor National Park rangers, Chinese Olympic gold medallist hurdler Liu Xiang, Hong Kong's pro-democracy activist Jackie Hung, Chinese dancer Yuan Yuan Tan, Sabriye Tenberken, a blind German woman who invented Tibetan Braille and teaches blind Tibetan children how to be self sufficient, Japanese fashion icon Nigo, Japanese actor Yuuya Yaqira and Japanese baseball star Ichiro Suzuki. The magazine will honour the heroes at a gala event in Seoul (South Korea) next month.