Hema Malini to be honoured

The classic Bollywood 'Dream Girl' might be absent from the big screen these days, however her talent still reigns in people's hearts.... Hema Malini is reported to be honoured with the Akkineni National Award for the year 2011.

Announcing the same recently in Hyderabad, the committee's chairman, T Subbirami Reddy, said that the award will be presented to the veteran actress at a function to be held on 26th Dec., at the Hitex Convention Center, Hyderabad.

Subbirami Reddy was flanked by Akkineni Nageshwara Rao at the press meet held to make the announcement. Describing her as an evergreen actress, ANR said that Hema Malini was being honoured because she was such a talented actress and a world-famous danseuse.

The award was instituted in the name of ANR on the lines of the nationally-renowned Dada Saheb Phalke Award. For the records, the award went to renowned director K Balachandar in the year 2010.

Playboy advances Lohan issue after leaked photos

Los Angeles: Playboy magazine is advancing the newsstand date for its upcoming issue with nude pictures of actress Lindsay Lohan in part due to photos that were leaked online in advance, Hugh Hefner said on Friday.

The Playboy founder tweeted that the issue will now go on sale late next week, which roughly coincides with the December 15 airdate for Lohan's planned interview on Ellen DeGeneres' TV talk show.

"Because of the interest & the internet leak, we're releasing the Lindsay Lohan issue early," Hefner posted on Twitter. He later added that "her issue goes on sale late next week," although he did not give a specific date.

A spokeswoman for the men's magazine did not immediately respond to an e-mail seeking more information.

Lohan, who has seen her career spiral downward in recent years due to drunken driving, drug and theft convictions, recently posed for the pictures that will be featured in the magazine's January/February issue.

This week, a picture snapped of the cover featuring Lohan was leaked online, and on Friday, nude pictures of the actress also landed on the Web. Those pictures are very similar to Marilyn Monroe's iconic centerfold photograph used in 1953's first Playboy issue.

Bipasha takes the bikes on..

Bipasha Basu, who has been a part of the Abbas Mastan team earlier, plays the role of Riya.

Abhishek Bachchan plays the role of Charlie Masceranhas.

The Hollywood movie starred Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, Edward Norton, Seth Green, Jason Statham, Mos Def, and Donald Sutherland.