Shopping For The Right Piano

Remember back when you were a kid you would go to Grandma's house and she had that little upright piano sitting against the wall? Most likely it was a spinet, and we got to bang on the keys and it was probably pretty out of tune.

Well today the selections are a lot better starting with vertical pianos of different sizes going up to the horizontal grand piano. Starting with the vertical types there is the tallest, fifty two inches tall, called a professional upright. Fortunately all vertical pianos measure in width approximately the same within about three inches. So if you have five feet of wall space, you have plenty of room for a vertical piano. The taller pianos are referred to as "professional uprights" because professional piano players demand better sounding instruments. Most piano buyers in the world buy vertical pianos becase of space limitations. Here in the United States we enjoy larger homes, so we can have the larger "grand piano" sizes. The professional uprights also have the same pedal functions you have on a grand piano, where the smaller uprights have limited usage.

If your question is why people prefer the taller pianos, the answer is quite simple. Every piano is equipped with a sounding board, usually made from spruce, and that is what is referred to as the speaker in the piano. So you realize that the more square inches of sound board we have, the bigger the sound will be. The other factor is the string length. Obviously, the taller the piano, the longer the strings. This means that the bass section of the piano gets fatter, and therefore produces a bassier sound. This provides more depth and warmth to the music.

The shorter the piano, the brighter and more tinkely the sound. Some people refer to it as tinny. So if you can afford the taller types of pianos, you'll enjoy the sound much better. The taller the piano, the more raw materials are in it, and the more expensive it becomes.

Now let's move on the other professional uprights. The forty eight inch upright is generally the preferred size used by most piano teachers and their students. When we were in school, most were equipped with what is called a studio piano which stands forty five inches high.

Lastly we have what is called a console piano. These pianos range from forty to forty four inches in height, and are available in a huge variety of furniture styles. These pianos are generally used for entry level students and are most affordable.

6 Different Guitar Picking Styles

New guitar players will sometimes overlook their right-hand to pay attention to all of the activity on the left. But the picking hand holds the keys to a variety of textures and styles. This summary of various picking techniques will help you to explore some of these textures and then incorporate them into your guitar playing.

Downstroke

This is the first one everybody learns. Using your pick you will stroke downward, towards the ground, then let it come to rest against the succeeding guitar string (known as a "rest stroke"). Make certain that you do not pick out from the guitar and into thin air. To do so results in a longer gap to get to your following note and there is a greater risk that you may come back to the incorrect string. Employing the rest stroke allows the pick to move within a finite space each time, training your hand muscles to come back correctly for the upcoming note.

Double Stroke

Double stroke or "alternate picking" means alternating down strokes with up strokes. It's usually used for 8th notes and faster. Although at times you'll use all downstrokes for 8th notes depending on just how much aggression the song demands. As with the downstroke, you need your pick to come directly back upwards, rather than away into thin air. In order to accomplish this, ensure that you're moving sideways with your wrist not rotating your lower arm at the elbow. Make sure you are alternating: down - up - down - up. You will find picking techniques which will occasionally repeat a down or up movement, nevertheless, you will need to get good at this even double picking first so that you don't develop undesirable habits.

Sweep Picking

This kind of picking style may be used for speedy arpeggio runs. The idea entails stringing together all downstrokes or all upstrokes on adjacent strings in order to sound a quick series of notes. Think of it in this way: Get a barre chord and, instead of a typical strum, pick through each of the guitar strings using a down stroke in a single fluid motion towards the floor. After that do the very same using up strokes. The difference will come in your left-hand. For a sweep picked line your left hand should not hold down all the notes at once, but one at a time, like a normal single note melody. The big aim at this point is to have clean articulation between the notes and don't let them ring together. All using that steady single movement in your right-hand.

This may not be a technique that everybody needs to have, however it's a striking tool for your guitar player tool box. This can also be used in a simpler way, for a few notes as opposed to a massive flurry.

Music artists to listen to: Yngwie Malmsteen, Herman Li (of Dragonforce), and Frank Gambale.

Fingerpicking

This approach calls for losing your pick entirely and simply using your fingers. It is prominent in classical music as well as folk and world music styles, but can also be used for almost anything you would like. In general, the thumb will deal with the bottom two or three strings and your second, 3rd, and 4th fingers are going to deal with the top three strings. You can experiment with a rest stroke, which is similar to the picking option above where by your finger tip comes to rest against the next string. The other option is a free stroke in which your finger tip finishes its motion hovering above the guitar strings. Free strokes are usually used for chord arpeggios in which you want the notes to ring against each other. Rest strokes are used for melodies where you want cleaner articulation between your notes.

Music artists to listen to: Mark Knopfler (of Dire Straits), Andres Segovia, Merle Travis, and Joao Gilberto

Hybrid Picking

This style uses a pick, held as normal between your thumb and second finger, plus your additional fingers used bare. You'll find it's good for articulating clean bass lines as you are playing chords or melodies on the upper strings using your fingertips. You might also use it along with ordinary picking techniques when you have to hit notes on non-adjacent strings.

Music artists to listen to: Buckethead, Brad Paisley, Albert Lee, Brian Setzer

Finger Picks and Thumb Picks

These are guitar picks that are attached to each individual finger (excluding the pinkie) and thumb by a plastic band. The principles are generally basically the same as those regarding fingerpicking. The big difference is that the picks provide a sharper, louder sound as compared to regular fingerpicking. A lot of players use only the thumb pick as a substitute for a traditional pick. Finger and thumb picks are most often used by banjo players, yet also by slack key, Dobro, and slide players.

How to Make a Film Practically for Free!

So you're a filmmaker in the making, but don't have the funds to do your first film. You have a script and a basic idea on how to make a movie. Brilliant! You sit down and put together the budget you will need to complete this film from soup to nuts. Then you have a breakdown upon seeing all the money required and decide you should have become a lawyer instead. You could go the route of fund raising; applying for grants, saving your pennies, but this can take up a lot of time with potentially little to no success.

No one wants to hear that you are an aspiring Filmmaker. The fruits of your labor are your calling card and you need to churn them out sooner than later. One option is to attempt to make a film for free-ish. This is a challenge, but not impossible as I have done this myself.

First of all, decide if you are making a short film or feature length film. This is important. You can do this with any length of film. It used to be, that a short film was more of a calling card that rarely had the potential to earn money. Feature films could win awards the same as a short in festivals, but use too have a greater possibility of being considered as a candidate for distribution. Times have changed due to many Internet sites like Spike TV, YouTube and such. It seems, short is the new long, so go with a short film if at all possible. It's easier and potentially more valuable in the end.

Getting the word out about you and your film should start early in the game. Publicity was always important, but now it is more so than before. In our internet-connected world, word of mouth has returned as one of the most important ways to advertise, with the likes of social mediums such as Twitter. People will want to hear the story behind the story. Often it's important to help gain an audience that will be invested in your journey and therefore, curious to see the final product.

The first thing you'll want to do is go ahead and make that budget. Try to bypass the breakdown though. The approach I recommend is to put up a simple fundraising campaign anyway while you organize pre-production. First you want to get fiscally sponsored so that if you are lucky enough to get donations, they will be tax deductible. This is very attractive to people who may think of tossing a quarter into your pot. I recommend FracturedAtlas.org because they make the application process easy. Basically, you apply and pay a monthly membership fee and Voila you have a Fiscal Sponsor. Next go to a fundraising site such as IndieGoGo.com and put your campaign on their site and connect it with Fractured Atlas.

Set up a Facebook page so people can follow the progress of the film. People want to feel that you are exhausting your every moment and resource trying to make your film happen. If you re silent for a month at a time, they will think nothing is happening. You need to make them feel that the project is progressing even during the times you have to pay attention to your day job. A sentence a day can make a world of difference. It can be about any aspect of your filmmaking journey on this project. Including your frustration of having interrupted your flow with other obligations in your life. If the project is on your mind, it should be on your followers mind.

Make sure you post your campaign link out on all your social networking sites and mailing lists. Two things will be accomplished: Publicity for your film and potential donations. Make sure you stress that they can donate as little as a dollar.

Now after that move forward, make your film anyway. If you get some money great, but if you don't your project is still forward motion. Look at the amount of time you calculated for pre-production, production and post-production. Now, whatever the length of time, multiply that by 5. The "Monkey Wrench Fairy" will throw a lot of stuff your way during every step of the journey. Don't fret; this is just the Universe's way of testing your dedication to your craft. By the way, when you calculate a budget, make sure there is a column titled: "Monkey Wrenches".

Putting together your team can be tricky when you are not offering money. When writing ads looking for crew, remember people always do projects to get something in return. This is not a bad thing. You are making your film to get something in return. It could be for money or just the experience, but everybody wants something. So make the ad sound valuable, enticing and friendly. You don't need to give away your film plot, but put aspects of the film that could be good for someone's demo reel.

For example, if the film has action scenes or special effects, you want to mention that this film will have these types of scenes that are great reel material! At the end of your ad make sure to list the 'Compensation': "Credit and DVD of Film". This can be good enough. See what bites you get. If you don't get many or any responses, you may have to pad the compensation with barter as well. Don't do this at first, because you don't want to fall into a situation where you owe more time than you can give to multiple people. Follow through is super important, so make sure what you offer in return can be done, even if it's later than sooner. Most people want 1] experience, 2] credit and 3] super important: footage.

You will end up doing some bartering which is actually a good thing in the end. When you offer bartering, mention your skill-set. You have to decide which skills to offer and why. You can offer services that you are adept at and would be able to return the favor at a fast pace. Or, you could offer a skill you would like to develop more, or get demo reel material in return for. Bartering can be a great one hand washing the other experience.

• Casting is the same approach: offer credit and a copy of the film. There are tons of actors who are looking for projects. The most important end result for them is the footage. Often, they experience a lot of Directors who never give them a copy of the film. So, make sure that no matter what, they end up with a copy of the film. If the project tanks and never gets finished, you must still give them their scenes, as those will still be reel material for both of you. Above all your, reputation is important! You don't want to be known as a promise breaker.

A few time savers in the casting process are to look at actor reels and see if they can act in the first place. Although, I must say not every reel does an actor justice. I personally didn't like viewing them because it was more important to see what they could bring to my project. There are many factors that can lead to a not-so-good performance. If you can see people in person, it's better all the way round. Time and experience has helped me to see the real abilities behind a bad performance. If you are just starting out, viewing a reel in advance is possibly a better time/money saver.

Make your project non-union so that you can avoid a lot of complications and expenses. Make sure this status is known in the casting call so you don't have a ton of union actors showing up who otherwise would not have. If Union actors decide to come to your non-union audition and fit a part, you will want to ask them if they have a non-union name to use for your production. There are many actors hampered by their union status, because Union jobs are not always plentiful. Make sure you are both on the same page if you decide to do a call back or cast them.

If you can hold casting somewhere for free that would be the goal. It is not unusual to do casting out of a church basement, apartment or house. Just make sure that you make the actor feels comfortable about the situation. There should ideally be at least one woman on your casting crew and she should greet people as they arrive. Everyone should conduct himself or herself professionally. No beer bottles lying about and off color humor allowed. You want people to take your production seriously and feel safe.

You've got your cast and you're ready to make a movie! Weather can impede a shoot even if your production is all indoors. You might still want to consider shooting during seasons known for nice weather. People can be delayed due to inclement weather or bad weather may decide to crash your outdoor scene. May through October is usually ideal in most of America. Southern states July and August can be a bit overwhelming due to the heat and there could be more power outages due to everybody's air conditioner running. Typically cold; snowy or rainy seasons will cause potential complications too. You have to weigh out your needs, but now worry if you can't have the perfect scenario.

Where are we shooting? Believe it or not, you can get locations for free. State film commissions often have a locations department and some can be very helpful to you. For example, the state of New Jersey encourages filmmakers to use the state as your canvas. Their locations department has lists of places used as film sets and will pass this info along to you for free. The location costs range from big time budget down to free! There are other benefits including 20 percent tax credit program and a waiver of Sales and Use taxes. Make sure to check nearby states and their benefits to your project.

• When it comes to insurance, many filmmakers take the risk of not using it on their project. I'm not saying this is a good idea because it is very risky. But if you go this route you have to make sure all your cast and crew have a waiver clause in their release form so they cannot sue you. Then in turn, you have to think what risks there are for shooting. If you are taking the no insurance risk, you would want to avoid scenes using fire, stunts, weapons, animals, etc. I was once on a shoot in the woods where we discovered there was a high tick population. Quite a few people were bitten and gave their hospital bills to the Director. These things can happen so you have to figure out how to make the safest situation for both you and those working with you.

• Lights, cameras, equipment oh my! When weighing out what is the most important part of the whole process, one could argue that the camera is that part. It is best that you shoot any project in HD so you are not limited if opportunity rings. SD [Standard Definition] is now an old school format that no longer meets broadcast standards. Even the Internet is using HD. The good news is it's easier to get an HD camera; even the cheapest one looks good. Each camera has their own look in some cases, but since you are trying to go as cheap as possible you may have to go with what you can get. Ideally, you want to get DP's who have their own camera if you don't already own your own.

You also require the rest of the necessary equipment so you don't have a dark, silent movie unless of course, that's what you're going for. Make a checklist of equipment required for a shoot: Camera, lights, boom pole, microphone, gels, etc. Schools will often lend you equipment for your projects even for up to a year after you've graduated. If you belong to an actors' union, they have recourses for borrowing as well. Put ads out looking to borrow what you need. It is hard to find a DP who has their own equipment, but they exist. Mention this in your ad. Also, people will do things in return for being "an extra" in your film. Just think outside the box for every aspect.

Just remember though, the most important factor is that you have good content and great performances.

• Food is a very important aspect of production. If the engines of your cast and crew are not fed, they won't run. This may be an area you need to spend money on. You don't have to provide elaborate spreads, but food is important. Put ads out on Craigslist, Mandy.com and ShootingPeople.org and see if you are lucky enough to find a culinary student looking for a catering credit. They may have connections to donated food. You can even ask Mom and Pop deli's if they are willing to donate a lunch for the set in exchange for being listed in the credits and/or on the film website. Often things like Chinese food; pizza; rice and beans can be cheap and feed a lot of people. Try to avoid individual meals as they can add up. Also, make sure you are dishing out the food as people bring up their plates so one person doesn't serve themselves a portion for 12. People can come back for seconds once everyone has had their fair share.

• Let's put all the pieces together! First of all, I strongly recommend you learn to edit. This is a skill that will help you on so many levels especially during your first few films. It will save you a lot of money and help you to think ahead while shooting. Post-production should, in a way start during production. Get editing interns to jump on board and organize footage; do rough edits of scenes, etc. This will help you see if things are working or even missing and it's also a good way to audition editors to help finalize the film if you cannot. Just make sure you set up how YOU want things labeled and organized and always have the work done at your place. Important: don't let footage leave your place. You need to use a system that works for you because if you have to take over at any moment, you don't need to play detective with your post project.

• Your film is done and now we come back to publicity! Keep building a mailing list starting with everyone involved with the film in anyway. If you plan to have a screening, this is where you want to hand out those DVD's of the film that you owe your cast and crew. Encourage everybody to give your project a shout out to people they know. Always make them feel like it's our film and they will spread the word.

Heidi Montag bikini malfunction

Heidi Montag bikini malfunction

‘Do These Look Big Enough? I Can Never Tell.’

With her new supersonic breast implants, keeping a tiny strapless bikini in place was always going to be a tough task.

And it's something Heidi Montag found out to her cost when one of her pneumatic breasts nearly escaped from her top as she splashed around in the Costa Rican surf.

The 25-year-old star looked vaguely horrified at her bikini malfunction as she frantically tried to keep things covered up.

Montag, who was wearing a nose plaster to keep her surgically enhanced nose in place, struggled to keep her swimwear on in the Costa Rican surf

Montag's blue and red two piece looked ill fitting on her new breasts as she strolled along the beach in the sunshine

Luckily, she recovered enough to walk down the beach displaying her surgically enhanced figure in blue bikini top and red patterned bottoms with no further mishaps.

The slip up may have given Montag more reason to regret having made her breasts so big - she recently confessed she is already thinking of having her G cups reduced.

'I’m desperate to go back to normal,' she confided to U.S. magazine Life & Style. 'I’m downgrading and going a little smaller, to a D or a double D.

'I'm obsessed with fitness but it’s impossible to work out with these boobs. It’s heartbreaking. I can’t live an everyday life.'

Buff body: Montag showed off her trim figure after undergoing liposuction on her waist, hips and inner and outer thighs last year

The former Hills star was also wearing her nose plaster to keep things in place following her infamous ten plastic surgeries in one day last November.

Montag underwent a mini brow lift, Botox in her brow and frown line area; a nose job; fat injections in her cheeks, nasolabial folds and lips; chin reduction; neck liposuction; had her ears pinned back; a breast augmentation revision; liposuction on her waist, hips and inner and outer thighs; and a buttock augmentation.

The star had headed to Costa Rica to be in supposed seclusion after announcing she was officially divorcing her husband Spencer Pratt who she married last year.

However, the star has clearly not escaped the paparazzi, being photographed with her estranged husband swapping their dogs in a bizarre custody deal, as well as sipping cocktails and posing in the surf.

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Emma Watson Grownup

Emma Watson Grownup

When it comes to the Harry Potter series, however, we make an exception. Not because we’re captivated by the notion that a fantastical world of witchcraft and wizardry may exist just out of sight (because we’re not, we swear), but because with the release of each new film, leading lady Emma Watson grows exponentially more attractive. That’s why we’re going to be first in line for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One. You nerds better not get in our way. We lift weights.

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Mithun Da Indian Autumn

Mithun Da Indian Autumn

Disco King Mithun Chakraborty has finally stepped into the English territory. After a stupendous performance in ‘Golmaal 3’, our yesteryear disco dancer Mithun Chakraborty is all ready to set new benchmarks in the film industry by signing ‘Indian Autumn’.

‘Indian Autumn’ will be helmed by Sudipto Sen and it will be in English and Bengali. According to the director the cross-cultural film will include a whole array of Hollywood and Bengali actors, among which are Moushumi Chatterjee and Soumitra Chatterjee.

The story is about a man’s (Mithun) journey from Bengal to US. The film will be mostly shot in L.A. and its shooting is expected to start from March next year.

Already Mithunda garnered much attention with his terrific comeback in ‘Golmaal 3’. Now let’s see how the veteran star impresses the global audience…

All the best, Mithunji!

Bipasha Basu’s new look in ‘Singularity’

Bipasha Basu’s new look in ‘Singularity’

"Check out Bipasha Basu’s new look in her first international film ‘Singularity’, She plays a Maratha warrior Tulaja Naik."

 
After Aish,mallika and Anil kapoor now Bipasha basu is going to became international by her first international film Singularity.

Bipasha Basu is being pampered on the sets of her English film Singularity directed by Roland Joff and co-starring Josh Hartnett. The actress has been put up at the Palazzo Versace on the main beach of the Gold Coast, a hotel with the signature style and design from the House of Versace.

Bipasha Basu is housed in a condominium in one of the world's first fashion-branded hotels, known for its luxurious surroundings and beauty. According to a source, the actress asked to be put up at this particular hotel.


Says an insider, "Everyone from the cast and crew are staying at different places. Roland and Bipasha are in condos while Josh is at a place on the Broad Beach, as he didn't want to be at the hotel. Bips made her preference known and she got her way."

Her condo includes a living room, master bedroom, attached guest room and guest bathroom. The source discloses, "It has all the amenities of an apartment including a kitchen and enjoys the hotel facility of house keeping as well. Through the day, Bips is on sets and only has dinner at the condo. There's a chef to cook special meals for her. Though she is not on any particular diet, she is particular about what she eats."

Apart from her luxurious surroundings, the actress is slogging it out on the sets, "It's hectic, as the day starts from 5 am and goes on till 6 pm. Tuesday was her first day of the second schedule. She is enjoying the new experience. She is training horse-riding and swimming at the moment and has to start to learn sword fighting and fencing."

Kristen Stewart Movie “Breaking Dawn” - in Search of Bella's Wedding Gown

Kristen Stewart Movie “Breaking Dawn” - in Search of Bella's Wedding Gown

“Breaking Dawn” is set for a late November release this year and one of the most anticipated scenes of the film is the Edward Cullen – Bella Swan wedding. But the crew of the film does not have a wedding gown in their hands yet!

In a statement made to the media, actress Kristen Stewart, portraying the role of Bella Swan, says that her wedding costume is indeed not ready, and she does not even have an idea of what it will look like! Though the inside story is that several designers are being considered for stitching her gown, the producers do not have a particular design in hand as of yet.

“Breaking Dawn” is the last film of the popular ‘Twilight’ saga penned by Stephenie Meyer. When asked about her choice of wedding dress, Kristen Stewart promptly replies “beautiful”, but also adds that she has almost no say in the designing segment of “Breaking Dawn”.

Given a choice she would go for a beautifully tailored costume, but Kristen Stewart feels that writer Stephenie Meyer is the proper authority to decide the type of dress that should be worn by her creation Bella Swan during her nuptials.

Last heard of, Bella’s wedding gown will have a touch of the traditional with the modern.

Nisha Singh hot Bollywood Model Actress all set for Hollywood

Nisha Singh hot Bollywood Model Actress all set for Hollywood

Nisha (Neesha) Singh Bollywood actress, model and performer is likely to be seen in the buff for a Hollywood thriller to come, according to the Bollywood grapevine. Neeshaa Singh signed a contract for two films with a film production company based in Toronto and shooting for the film will begin in mid-December, sources say.

Neesha Singh made no comment and his agent Flynn Remedios would not return our calls, but a little bird told us that there are several scenes in the movie Fat neesh where Singh will be expected to understand everything and put his birthday suit. The film is about a young Indian Punjabi is the illegal trafficking at a young age and is working as an escort high class customer handling Hollywood. The girl is going strong in life and the maneuvers of the same system that made her a slave. She manipulates his captors, eventually becoming an actress in Hollywood.

According to a source close to the producer, the film is based on life on Pamela Bordes a former Miss India who emigrated to the United Kingdom. Pamela Bordes made headlines in the United Kingdom in 1988 and 1989 as the mistress and the escort of several notable people, including arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. She was known in society columns as a social companion Andrew Neil, editor of the Sunday Times at the time, Donald Trelford, then editor of the Observer and the junior minister Colin Moynihan He then discovered she had a House of Commons security pass arranged by MPs David Shaw and Henry Bellingham. The Evening Standard and the Daily Mail published allegations that she was also associated with a Libyan security agent named Ahmed Al Gadaffi Daim. She went into hiding for several years and is now a photographer and filmmaker.

Mission Impossible 4 Villion is Bhaiyaji of Tashan Anil Kapoor

Mission Impossible 4 Villion is Bhaiyaji of Tashan Anil Kapoor


This is great achievement for bollywood industry as well as Anil Kapoor fans.

Anil Kapoor is the latest actor to be cast in Mission: Impossible IV! The 50-year-old Indian actor will play a major villain in the upcoming movie, according to Deadline. Anil Kapoor last time play villain role in Tassan film known as Bhaiyaji Kanpuria.

Salma Hayek hOt Beauty With Bad Man Vilayti Keshariya aka Gulshan Grover

Salma Hayek hOt Beauty With Bad Man Vilayti Keshariya aka Gulshan Grover

Gulshan Grover has been roped in as the lead opposite Mexican beauty Salma Hayek in Hollywood director Bill Duke's next film 'The Driver'.

"I was in LA (Los Angeles) and Bill Duke saw me at a charity event. Later on a meeting was fixed and we met where I read the script, liked it and signed it on," Gulshan told us.

Duke has earlier wielded the megaphone for movies like 'Not Easily Broken', 'Hoodlum', 'A Rage in Harlem', 'Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit' and 'The Cemetry Club' to name a few.

"Because the lead actor in 'The Driver' will be acting with a range of Hollywood stars I wanted to cast an Indian actor with talent, range, experience and ability to improvise, I chose Gulshan Grover over many because he has what I wanted," Duke said in a statement.

A story about hope, the movie shows Gulshan's character as a rank-and-file accountant, who is doing what's expected of him, until he finally decides to risk all and drags his wife (Salma Hayek) with him on a journey to go after his dreams.

Along the way, he encounters numerous people and situations that inspire and often horrify him, sometimes even pushing and shoving him into giving it all before he could reach his destiny.

Various Hollywood stars like Will Smith, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg and Queen Latifa, NBA player Kobe Bryant and many famous comedians will play themselves in guest roles in the movie.

Gulshan is also set to feature in Hollywood movies 'Prisoners of the Sun' and 'Nephilim', British picture 'Honour Killing' and an Indo-French collaboration with participation from Unicef titled 'I Am Kalam'.

He has earlier worked in foreign projects and collaborations like Tibetan film 'We're No Monks', Italian movie 'Les Mysteres de Sadjurah', 'Blind Ambition', 'Sweet Amerika' and 'My Bollywood Bride', to name a few.

Drew Barrymore Debute in Bollywood

Drew Barrymore Debute in Bollywood

Drew Barrymore who is better known for her role in CHARLIE'S ANGELS will soon make her Bollywood debut in a film titled THE LIFESTYLE being made by an Indian production house.

Confirming Barrymore's involvement, the film's producer Santosh Kumar Jain says, 'I really liked her performance in CHARLIE'S ANGELS and decided to cast her in my film. Fortunately, she liked the script and agreed instantly.' Jain, who is a well-known film distributor, is making his debut as a writer and director with this film.
'Drew will certainly be coming to India, but we can only confirm the date once everything is finalised,' avers Jain, who says the budget of the film would be anywhere be between Rs15 million. The film will go on floors in November this year and is expected to release in 2012.

The film, that has Barrymore playing the role of a foreigner, tells the story of three women from different walks of life, trying to assert their identities. The other two will be top Indian actresses. While a major part of the film would be shot in the US, some scenes would be shot in Haridwar and Benaras.

Jain, incidentally acted in films like PARAKH (1960), BLUFF MASTER (1963), MERE HUMDUM MERE DOST (1968), SACHAA JHUTHA (1970), ZINDAGI JEENE KE LIYE and APNA BHI KOI HOTA (1984).

Other Hollywood stars who have starred in Bollywood films include Shakira, playing goddess Kaali in a film called KAALI- THE WARRIOR GODDESS, Nicolas Cage playing the lead in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's BROKEN HORSES, Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh in Akshay Kumar starrer, KAMBAKKHT ISHQ. Ben Kingsley made his Bollywood debut with TEEN PATTI. Barbara Mori in KITES starring Hrithik Roshan alongside and many more.

Kate Winslet Titanic fame Give tips to b-a-r-e all on screen

Kate Winslet Titanic fame Give tips to b-a-r-e all on screen

Hollywood actress Kate Winslet turns adviser to co-star Evan Rachel Wood on sets of their new film Mildred Pierce. Winslet gave tips to Wood on how to face the camera while filming a nude scene. Wood admitted she was worried about baring all for her role in Mildred Pierce but was reassured by her co-star, Winslet who has stripped on screen several times.

"I was quite nervous about it and Kate looked at me and said 'Listen to me alright. I've done everything, alright. And one day you're going to look back on this and you're going to be so happy you've done it. And it'll be great, just do it. OK?' I couldn't really say no," contactmusic.com quoted Evan as saying.katewinslet

The 22-year-old actress also revealed she was recently shocked to discover she has fans.

"I've started to get fans now. It's weird, I was on set and there were all these girls lined up on the sidewalk and I assumed they were all there for Kate and they all shouted at the same time, 'Evan Rachel Wood, we love you' and I didn't know what to say so I just said, 'I love you too!'. I was so shy, that had never happened to me before."