It is a known fact that the slick ‘n scandalous ‘Dard-e-Sherlyn’ video is Sherlyn Chopra’s ‘tribute’ to the original Dream Girl, Hema Malini’s hit number ‘Dard’ from ‘Dus Numbri’.

But in a recent interview in Delhi, Hema Malini has hit at Sherlyn with stinging sarcasm and said that the newbie is trying to gain mileage on her name, attaching nudity to it.

She said, “It’s (the video) very hot, haan? My God, I don’t even know why she’s (Sherlyn’s) linking me with a hot-hot thing. She’s trying to change her image maybe with my name. If she’s doing this, poor thing, I wish her success, for all those who see nudity will be happy. But my name is Hema Malini and that won’t change for anything.”

Madonna’s done it, Liv Tyler’s done it…heck, even Joe Schmo down the street has probably tried it once! No, we’re not talking about some kinky fetish here; we’re actually referring to mehndi. Mehndi, mehendi, or henna, as it is more popularly called, has become quite the rage ever since Hollywood and the entertainment industry embraced it around the mid-1990s.

MADONNA has defended the anti-war video for her new single ‘AMERICAN LIFE’, after criticism was levelled at her for being “anti-BUSH.”

The star has posted a message on her website, www.madonna.com declaring: “I am not anti-Bush. I am not pro-Iraq. I am pro-peace.”

The Jonas Ackerlund-directed video depicts military outfits being modelled at a fashion show, with Madonna dressed as a superhero throwing hand grenades, cut with images of war victims. Her spokesperson said the fashion show escalated into a “mad frenzy, depicting the catastrophic repercussions and horror of war”.