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Moanotone
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THANKSBUTI{OTHAIKS
Everfeltyou'reseeinganactorallthetimeinthenewsbut
can'trecalltheirlastmovie?hraworldwhereanypublicity
isgood,Bollyrvoodcetebshavenoqualmsaboutusingso-
cialcausestostayinthepubliceye.Caseinpoint,Sonam
Kapoorwhoisnotonly'theface'oftheNGOKhushibut
atsoparticipatesin anti.AIDScampaigrrsandvisitsor-
phanageswhilemanagingtobeimpeccablydressedin
hada outfits.PriyankaChoprawantstohelp"thepoor
labourersofSouthAfricaastheyarefriendlyandinviting
people".However,thequeenbeeofdo-goodercelebritiesis
CelinaJaitleywhoismorelikelytobeseenatagaypride
paradeoraPETAadthanin amovie.It'snotthatwe
mindactivism,butseeingthemdowhattheyareImown
forwouldbearefreshingchange.
(FromL to R) PriyankaChopra,CelinaJaitley,Sonaml(apoor
FashionVictim
It's a seasonofupsetsat
Wimbledon2011.Tennisstars,
knownfor bringinghaute cou-
ture to thecourt,seemto
havetakenit up a notch
this year.If youthought
VenusWilliams' ridicu-
louslycut greektogawas
absurd,thentakea lookat
BethanieMattek-Sands'
attemptat grabbing
eyeballs.Her gown,a ball
of crumpledpaper
adornedwithsevered
spray-paintedtennis
balls,maybea sigrr
that she'staking
herpro-careerto
anotherlevel.
Thoushher lack
of ingeniutyon
the court may
suggestother-
wise.
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RealityTVthesedaysisinundatedwithpeopletearingat
eachothers'hair,hurlingabusesandwashingtheirdirty
lineninpublic.Whetherit'saboutbattlingpettypolitics,
orstayinglockedupforsixdaystosortout"relationship
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HopeCouture
Anitemofclothingthatyoukeeploryearsinuain
hopethatyou'lllitbackintoitsomeday.
Fashion
Victim
Theusuallypoised
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blendatthelarcy
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necklacedoeslittle to
break the monochrome
overkill,her faceis
clearly saytng,"some-
oneis goingtoget
firedfor this."Sadly
for Roberts,the film
didn't fare muchbetter
than this outfit.
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