Lara Bingle 'signs deal with photo agency'

Aussie bikini model Lara Bingle has reportedly signed a deal with a photo agency.
She is said to have struck a deal with photo agency Big Pictures for a cut of profits made from her own photos.

It is understood rival agencies are seething over the deal, which are generally commonplace in the US.
The move means Bingle can create and control the pictures released for sale to magazines and newspapers.
Bingle was snapped yesterday looking perfect after a long-haul flight from London.
The photo had a price tag of 250 dollars and it is thought Bingle would receive about 50 per cent of profits in a deal.

News of an alliance came as a surprise to Bingle's manager, Titus Day, who denied the pin-up had struck an agreement with self-proclaimed "Mr Paparazzi" Darren Lyons.

"We haven't done any deals with anyone," the Daily Telegraph quoted Day as saying.
But the millionaire Big Pictures agency owner has been seen lunching with Bingle on several occasions in recent weeks, and the former cricket WAG was seen at Sydney airport recently giving one Big Pictures photographer directions to her location.

Goa gears up for Lara-Mahesh wedding

The 36-year-old tennis ace Mahesh Bhupati and 32-year-old Bollywood actress Lara Dutta will tie knot in a formal church wedding on Saturday, after a star-studded sangeet ceremony held at Club Fresh on the Candolim beach on Friday.

The couple, who legally registered their marriage in a Mumbai Court on February 17, has organized a grand reception at a five-start resort near Sinquerim beach with approximately 200 invitees.


The lounge-club was decked up in white keeping in tune with the theme for the sangeet ceremony.

The entry into the sangeet venue was strictly invite-based. Volley of camera and photo journalists had planted themselves outside the venue but failed to catch proper glimpse of the event.


Sources close to the couple said that live music was played by a dholak party brought from Mumbai. Live performances by acrobatic group Lucien Dossier from California was also a part of the entertainment line up.

Renowned DJ Whosane and Lucent Dossier’s group from Los Angeles rocked the ceremony into a memorable event.

“Lara wore a beautiful marigold coloured lehanga designed by Manav Gangwani and her beau Mahesh look cool with chikankari churidar kurta. The best Goan seafood, sushi, Goan and Pan Asian cuisines was served to the guests,” said the source.

Sources further said that the former Miss Universe will be adorned with classy and beautiful diamond earrings and necklace for the Christian style wedding.

Bollywood celebrities including Boman Irani, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Sajid Khan, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Cellina Jaitley and Tennis sensations like Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes are in guest list.

Shah Rukh Khan who is also invited for the wedding may not turn up but surely his wife Gauri Khan is down in Goa to bless the couple.

Lara goes Goa for a white wedding

It will be a white-themed sangeet for Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and tennis pro Mahesh Bhupathi Friday as the venue will be decorated with white roses and jasmine.Sunil Chawla, whose Club Fresh will host Lara-Mahesh's pre-marriage ceremony, said there's a guest list of 200 guests for the event and Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is also expected to attend it.

"The theme for the entire sangeet is white, which matches with the theme of the club. There will be white roses, jasmine as a backdrop to the event, " said Chawla, whose club also hosted the high profile wedding anniversary of Hrithik Roshan and Suzanne Khan recently.

He further said that well-known musician DZ Whosane Hussain will perform at the ceremony, which is likely to be attended by top celebrities including those from Bollywood and the sports world.

The couple had registered their civil marriage Wednesday in Mumbai.

Lara Stone's new Calvin Klein ad banned

Authorities have banned supermodel Lara Stone's latest Calvin Klein advertisement in Australia, alleging that the photographs promoted 'violence and rape'.

The Dutch beauty is pictured in her underwear lying among a group of men, with one male model straddling her suggestively while the other pulling her hair.

After receiving complaints, officials at the country's Advertising Standards Bureau branded the ads "demeaning to women" and ruled the campaign must be scrapped, reports aceshowbiz.com.

"The board considered that whilst the act depicted could be consensual, the overall impact and most likely takeout is that the scene is suggestive of violence and rape," the organisation said in a statement.

"The board considered that the image was demeaning to women by suggesting that she is a plaything of these men. It also demeans men by implying sexualised violence against women," the statement added.

Douglas blames ‘Saggy Ass’ for rejecting the raunchy 'Basic Instinct 2'

The 65-year-old ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ’ star — who’s married to actress Catherine Zeta Jones — says he stayed well away from the critically panned Basic Instinct 2 because he didn’t feel confident back in the raunchy role.

“The first one was great and Sharon Stone was fantastic but who would want to see my saggy ass?” he said.

“I just didn’t feel like doing another. The first one was a tough one to do and we pulled it off so god bless them but I didn’t go near the sequel.”

Michael recently insisted he’ll never live up to the greatness of his father Kirk Douglas.

“I don’t think of myself as a legend,” he said last month. “My father is a legend. I’ll never match him on that score.

I just love the fact that whatever I do I still get to share with him at the age of 93.”

Douglas will next be seen in Oliver Stone’s ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ that releases in India on September 24th. The actor is battling throat cancer.

Which actor should team up with Sharon Stone if a further sequel to Basic Instinct 2 is planned? Leave your comment below

Model Lara Stone sues French 'Playboy'

Lara Stone has decided to sue Playboy in France after the magazine allegedly used "unauthorised" images of the model.

The Dutch star claims that pictures taken by photographer Greg Lotus were featured in the publication's June edition without her consent.

According to WENN, she said: "It's not the kind of publication I would ever choose to appear in. Playboy had no right to publish these unauthorised photographs.

"I feel I have no option but to take steps to protect my reputation."

Stone married comedian David Walliams in May.