Just a few days after her co-star Azharuddin Ismail saw his home razed to the ground, Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali’s home has also been bulldozed. The young actress reportedly rushed into the shack in the Mumbai slums at the last minute to rescue the dress she wore to the Oscars ceremony three months ago, [...]
Oscars 2009
Slumdog Child Star Loses Home
Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail,9, has been forced out onto the streets after city authorities in Mumbai demolished his home. Azharuddin’s shanty home was one of several illegally-built homes along a drain that were demolished on Thursday. “When they came I was sleeping, they shook me awake and one policeman even threatened me,” Azharuddin, [...]
Slumdog Star Put ‘Up For Sale’ By Father
In a shocking and sad report, it’s claimed that the father of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali offered to sell his daughter for $300,000. Undercover reporters from the News of the World posed as a wealthy family from Dubai after receiving a tip-off, and met with Rubina’s father and uncle. Desperate to escape their poverty-stricken [...]
Reality Sets In For Slumdog Stars – Life Kinda Sucks
Well, this was destined to happen. All the celebrities who heaped praise on Slumdog Millionaire are snuggled up in their Beverly Hills beds as the kid stars of the hit flick readjust to their former lives. And what sh*tty former lives they are. Azharuddin Ismail, who played the young Salim, is sick and complaining about [...]
Good News Day – Slumdog Millionaire Style!
The amazing Slumdog Millionaire just can’t shrug off that Oscar glow. Fresh from the news that the adorable child stars are going to get their own houses in India is the incredibly exciting announcement that Dev Patel is going to appear in the ACTUAL television show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in the UK. [...]
The Slum-Living Slumdog Kids Get Real Houses
This kind of stuff normally only happens to characters in movies, but in this case it’s happening to the people starring in them. The two child stars of Slumdog Millionaire who portrayed the adult leads – Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail – are being rewarded for their on-camera work with new homes. Both kids currently [...]
Red Carpet Report Card: Oscars Edition
Welcome to Red Carpet Report Card: Oscars Edition, where the stars are put to the biggest red carpet fashion test of the year at the 2009 Academy Awards. See how our Fashion 101 teacher, Libby Keatinge, grades Beyonce, Kate Winslet, Angelina Jolie, and Natalie Portman on their red carpet performances. Did they do their homework, [...]
Paris Wants A Piece Of Vampire Meat
Paris Hilton has always expressed a liking for all things international – Paris Lastis, Stavros Niarchos, and hash. The sex-hungry heiress now has her sights set on the most popular Brit in Hollywood, Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame. Paris apparently zoned in on the actor at an Oscar party, and then dragged him outside to [...]
Evan Rachel Wood Can’t Quit Manson
We had high hopes for Evan Rachel Wood – she killed it in the The Wrestler, demonstrated sophisticated red carpet fashion sense at the Oscars, has creamy skin, and may or may not have boned Mickey Rourke. But this up and coming starlet has thrown it all away once again, to return to the pasty [...]
Kate Winslet Won’t Let Go Of Her Oscar
A day later, a different time zone, and Kate Winslet still hasn’t put down that Oscar. The Reader actress was spotted in JFK Airport yesterday, showing off her Academy Award to onlookers. Winslet said “winning is sure a lot better—a lot better—than losing,” and we have no doubt this is the brightest she’s ever beamed [...]
