Slum Dog Millionaire Actress Celebrates 11th Birthday
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 @ 07:39AM - Add a comment
Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali celebrated her birthday for the first time in a lavish affair this weekend. The child star, who played the young Latika, had a massive party at her slum in Mumbai, India, to celebrate her eleventh birthday. It will be the last in the slums as she prepares to move to a new flat with her family.
Slumdog Millionaire's Rubina Ali Celebrates 11th Birthday
Posted on Jan 26, 2010 @ 05:03AM - Add a comment
It was Rubina Ali's destiny to party it up Sunday, as the young star of Slumdog Millionaire celebrated turning 11 with friends and neighbors in her Mumbai shanty -- but you may be surprised to learn this was her first actual birthday party.
PHOTOS: Slumdog Star Rubina Ali Celebrates Birthday
Let us explain: Rubina only learned what her date of birth was when doing paperwork for a passport to travel 2009's Academy Awards.
EXCLUSIVE: Slumdog Getaway- Inside Freida Pinto and Dev Patel's Romantic Getaway
Posted on Nov 16, 2009 @ 02:01PM - Add a comment
It's been nearly a year since Slumdog Millionaire stars Freida Pinto and Dev Patel took Hollywood by storm and the real-life couple are still going strong. RadarOnline.com has the details on the adorable duo's weekend getaway in San Diego.
Slumdog Star Freida Pinto Saves Fan From Speeding Car
According to an onlooker, the couple were "wrapped arm in arm, whispering into each other’s ears" as they checked in at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego's VIP green room. Ever the gentleman, Patel even carried Pinto's bags.
TRAVEL REVIEW: Rock Out At The Hard Rock San Diego
Calling it a night after a romantic dinner at Nobu, Pinto and Patel spent the next day checking out the sights of San Diego including both SeaWorld and the San Diego Zoo.
"They brought out this cat called an ocelot named Diego! Have you seen him? He is so soft and cute.” Pinto was overheard gushing as she walked through the hotel lobby after their outings."We did the VIP tour and got the feed the animals. We saw and did so much.”
With a memorable, whirlwind weekend behind them, the two left the city with some flair. They skipped the freeway traffic by jumping on train for a scenic ride back to Los Angeles.
Celebrity-Endorsed Scarves For A Good Cause
Posted on Nov 12, 2009 @ 01:55PM - Add a comment
With Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, we're sure many people will, in the spirit of the season, donate to charity. Here's one we think might interest our readers: $100 for 100 Women in Need is a promotion sponsored by Tonic.com, a news and e-commerce Web site focused on "good news, good style, and good deeds," and Citta, a non-profit organization focused on aiding impoverished nations.
Slumdog Star Freida Pinto Saves Fan From Speeding Car
Posted on Oct 21, 2009 @ 10:56AM - Add a comment
Slumdog Millionaire beauty Freida Pinto rescued a fan in London after she fell into the path of an oncoming car.
The 25-year-old actress was shopping in the capital’s West End on Tuesday evening with her Slumdog co-star and boyfriend Dev Patel when the fan ran towards them to say hello.
PHOTO: Freida Pinto's Jean Paul Gaultier Style
But the actress who was being followed by paparazzi turned around an accidentally banged into the woman sending her flying into the middle of bustling
Regent’s Street as the car approached.
'Slumdog' Director Buys New Homes For Kid Stars
Posted on May 28, 2009 @ 10:01AM - Add a comment
Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle has answered an S.O.S. from two of the Oscar winning film’s young stars by buying them new homes RadarOnline.com has learned.
Both Rubina Ali, 9, and Azharuddin Ismali, 10, were reduced to tears after bulldozers flattened their shanty-like homes in Mumbai, India, to make way for a railway station.
British film-maker Boyle flew-out to India amid claims that that he had abandoned the young stars despite the fact that a trust had been set-up for them.
WTF: New MTV Award
Posted on May 27, 2009 @ 02:21PM - Add a comment
Prepare yourself for a wild ride Sunday night, May 31st, when MTV presents its annual 2009 Movie Awards, with host Andy Samberg. Of all the voting categories, “Best Kiss” has been the audience favorite, but we’re guessing this time ‘round the new fave will be “Best WTF Moment.” Don’t ask us to spell it out for you.
Second Slumdog Millionaire Child's Home Demolished In As Many Weeks
Posted on May 20, 2009 @ 07:43AM - Add a comment
Mumbai officials Wednesday demolished the makeshift home of Rubina Ali, the 9-year-old star of $326 million, octo-Oscar-winning blockbuster Slumdog Millionaire.
"I'm feeling bad," Ali told the AP of the destruction efforts, which commonly claim shanty homes in the city. "My house had been demolished. I'm thinking about where to sleep."
Last week, the shanty home of her fellow Slumdog child star, Azhar Mohammed Ismail, was bulldozed in a similar procedure.
Slumdog Millionaire Star's Slum Bulldozed
Posted on May 14, 2009 @ 09:48AM - Add a comment
One minute, you're a star -- then, your home is being demolished.
The ramshackle house inhabited by one of the child stars of Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire was bulldozed as part of a mass demolition effort by Mumbai city workers Thursday.
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played the youngest incarnation of Salim in the film, said he was rudely awoken by a police officer, who whacked him with a bamboo stick to alert him of the pending efforts.
Mother Seeks Custody Of Young Slumdog Star
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 @ 10:15AM - Add a comment
Khursheed Ali, the birth mother of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali, said she will do "whatever it takes" to win custody of her daughter.
The vow comes just a week after a controversy in which Ali's father and legal custodian, Rafiq Qureshi, was implicated and subsequently cleared of accusations he sought to sell his 9-year-old daughter for $300,000 on the black market.
