Manisha Koirala promotes Taj Mahal as father sacked in Nepal

Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala was in Pakistan to promote her new film Taj Mahal this week.

Manisha recently found herself in a peculiar situation when her grand-uncle led the opposition against Nepal's King Gyanendra. Koirala, on the other hand, publicly supported the monarchy.


Manisha in Sindh, Pakistan on April 28 to promote her new film Taj Mahal. Reuter's photo from Yahoo News.

Prakash Koirala, Manisha's father was thrown out of the Nepali Congress Party Friday, days after his uncle, G.P. Koirala was appointed prime minister designate. Prakash was a minister in the royalist parliament.

The actress may be able to take her mind off her troubles as she prepares to direct her first two films after 15 years in the industry.

Manisha Koirala prepares to direct first films


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Jackie Chan says Oscars are unfair

Jackie Chan said on his website Thursday that film awards like the Oscars can never be fair of the high volume of films and objectivity of judges.

"To be honest, I don't think anything is completely fair except for the Olympics. If you beat someone by one-thousandth of a second, then you won - with your result the only basis for a win - and of course this does not include cheating incidents," he said.


Jackie Chan feeds baby actor held by actress Cherrie Ying during filming of Project BB in Hong Kong, April 25, 2006. Reuters photo from Yahoo News.

Chan wrote the comments in a message congratulating Ang Lee for his best director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain. The film lost to Crash for the best film award.

The martial arts film star also said that juror bias gives the awards an element of uncertainty. "Since everyone has different tastes or favorites, there will naturally be different results," he said.

His latest film Rob-B-Hood, where he plays a character who protects a baby from kidnappers, is expected to open in Hong Kong later this year.


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Shilpa Shetty ordered arrested for exposed belly button

A Madurai court ordered non-bailable arrest warrants for Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen accusing them of "posing in an obscene manner." The editor of the Murugan newspaper that published the photos was also issued a warrant.


Arrest warrant issued against Shilpa Shetty, shown above. AFP photo from Yahoo News.

The dusky actress Shetty, a native of Tamil Nadu, appeared in film stills with a traditional sari exposing her navel!

Shetty complained: "If navel-showing is obscenity, then our traditional Indian outfit - the traditional sari - should be banned in the first place."