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Charles pays a price for his facsimile (Go To Top)

     London: Prince Charles has been forced to pay for the picture that will appear on stamps, after his chef discovered that it was the same photograph that she had taken, and was being used without her permission. According to the Mirror, Royal chef Carolyn Robb was stunned when she discovered her snap was to be reproduced and beamed around the world. She claims Charles's aides wanted her to waive all rights to the picture without paying her a penny even though experts reckon it could be worth up to 200,000 pounds. The wrangle threatened to end with the stamps being scrapped. But the prince was reported to have paid Carolyn a "modest" sum - believed to be around 5,000 pounds.

Charles bans cameras at his wedding (Go To Top)

     London: The wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles will not be shown on TV, as the Prince of Wales has ordered a complete media blackout on the occasion. "It will be a completely private event," The Sun quoted a spokesperson as saying. According to the report, an official photograph has also been ruled out at the Windsor Castle on April 8, but the Prince is undecided over whether to let in TV cameras for the religious blessing at the ceremony.

Dustin Hoffman becomes 'the perfume maker' (Go To Top)

     Washington: Dustin Hoffman has been signed up to star in the feature film adaptation of Patrick Suskind's international best seller 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story, set in 18th- century France, is about Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, played by Ben Whishaw, who is born scentless, but possesses an extraordinary sense of smell. He apprentices himself to a perfume maker, played by Hoffman, and sets out to re-create unusual scents. Grenouille's obsession turns to murder when he seeks to bottle the scent of a beautiful young virgin, played by Alan Rickman, reports Zap2It.com. 'Run Lola Run' director Tom Tykwer will direct the movie and the production is scheduled to begin in June this year.

Salma Hayek to play a fat and ugly sex-mad psychopath (Go To Top)

     London: Actress Salma Hayek is all set to make herself fat and ugly for her new movie role as a 20-stone, sex- mad psychopath. According to femalefirst, Hayek is piling on the pounds to play the role of real-life serial killer Martha Beck in 'Lonely Hearts'. "Salma won't put on all the weight - she will also have padding. But she isn't worried about looking bad. It didn't do Charlize Theron any harm. She won an Oscar for her ugly role in 'Monster'," the report quoted a source as saying.

Will Smith missed kiss with Diaz due to race (Go To Top)

     London: Hollywood star Will Smith has claimed that he was prevented from kissing co-star Cameron Diaz on screen, due to racial prejudices. The actor said that Hollywood still believes that people have problems with a black man and white woman getting intimate and so there were no love scenes between him and Diaz in their movie 'Hitch'. Hollywood is nervous about a black man kissing a white woman on screen. "That becomes massive news in the US. Outside America, it's no big deal. But in the US, it's still a racial issue," the actor was quoted by Femalefirst, as saying. Ironically, Hollywood is happy to do it if the film is about racism. But they won't simply do it and ignore it," he added.

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