Samantha has a full plate nowadays as she is busy with Gautham Menon's trilingual which is Neethane En Ponvasantham, Mani Ratnam's Kadal and a slew of big projects in Telugu. Given her hectic schedule, she is a regular globe trotter and is forever jetting across from one country to another. This is not an issue as she loves to travel. Recently however, Samantha flew by Qatar Airways and to her horror she was told that her bags had been lost in transit. …

Vijay’s timely help has been much appreciated by the people in Cuddalore district. The star was at Kammiyampettai in Cuddalore to distribute five kilos of rice to the Thane cyclone affected people. Cuddalore was the worst affected area in the recent floods and Vijay decided to help these people out by rendering some assistance. His Makkal Mandram administrators arranged for a function at Cuddalore recently where the star distributed rice bags to …

If you don't have any pressing engagement for the day, you'd best stay at home. For, the weatherman has predicted that severe cyclonic storm Thane is heading right at us. Thane is likely to bring with it strong winds, very heavy rainfall and a high surge of waves. A Met bulletin said cyclone Thane, situated about 450 km east-south-east of Chennai, is likely to intensify further in the next 12 hours and move in a westerly direction. It is likely …

Actor John Abraham Monday expressed his support for Anna Hazare’s anti-graft stir by breaking a special dahi handi named ‘Anti Corruption Handi’ with his forehead. “I am with Anna. All chors (thieves) should be thrown out,” he told reporters after breaking the handi at Vihangs Palm Club in Thane. At the handi breaking ceremony on the occasion of Lord Krishna’s birthday there, John supported the girls’ team and cheered for them. The Bollywood hunk, …

Shveta Salve is the dancing queen but this time she left everyone speechless when she made Richard Gere dance to her tunes at a recently held event. Shveta who is keenly involved in Aids awareness programmes was to perform at an event for spreading the HIV/AIDS prevention message in Mumbai and Thane. And at such an event it's no surprise that Richard Gere was also present. Shveta while performing involved Richard who was apparently struggling …