Ranbir Kapoor has decided to give up smoking as a b’day gift to girlfriend Deepika. Deepika Padukone couldn’t have had a better beginning to 2009 and her birthday yesterday. A source close to Deepika says, “Deepika didn’t like Ranbir’s smoking habit. As an advance birthday gift, he promised her that he would give up smoking for her.
From January 1 this year, after being a smoker for years, Ranbir has completely quit smoking. Lots of people tried to make him quit but they didn’t succeed. Now he has given it up …

Currently in London, Shilpa Shetty is enjoying the Christmas week. She is reveling in the Christmas presents that beau Raj has gifted her.
Shilpa says it’s amazing to be in Santa land and see the spirit with which all caste and creed celebrate Christmas in London. “I enjoy the trees beautifully lit up, hustle & bustle of last minute Christmas shopping, excitement & warmth on people’s faces” says the actress.
“We decorated the Christmas tree and placing our little gifts for every member of the family & friends at Raj’s beautiful country …

Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini is touted as the big Christmas release, but it has a longer story to tell than is considered healthy for mutilplexes. The action-thriller’s playing time of three hours makes it the second-longest film of the year after Jodhaa Akbar, but the producer is unperturbed.
“It’s not the length. It’s the performance. You could have a really boring two-hour film. On the other hand you could’ve a really gripping film that’s three hours long,” producer Madhu Mantena, who also co-produced the super hit Tamil version of Ghajini with …

New Zealand film director Peter Jackson, tipped to win an Oscar for his The Lord Of The Rings epic, said recently that he would like to make The Hobbit prequel to the trilogy and work with some of the same actors again.
Jackson said he was sad but also relieved that the mammoth project he has worked on for seven years was over. “I’m glad there’s not a fourth Lord of the Rings film next year,” he said. “I feel very tired and exhausted.” “I’ve been working very hard this year. …

Mike Myers has never been furrier than in The Cat in the Hat.
Note that we didn’t say funnier. Just furrier. Even the hairy-chested, wannabe-ladies’-man Austin Powers wasn’t such an attraction as the feline star of this cinematic hairball.
Like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, an earlier holiday season’s Dr. Seuss adaptation, The Cat in the Hat is long on visual dazzle but short on warmth, and the humor is excessively raunchy for a family film. But also like The Grinch, The Cat’s snazzy look may be enough to make the movie …