'Slumdog' kid star to move into new home
One of the impoverished child stars from Slumdog Millionaire will
move from his shanty home in one of Mumbai's more wretched slums into a
new apartment next week, his mother said Sunday.
"On Friday we got the keys," said Shameem Ismail, the mother of child
star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played the young Salim in the
Oscar-winning hit. The family started moving in over the weekend,
bringing pots and pans, a television set, and their birdcage.
They plan to fully relocate by Tuesday, she said. Both Azhar and his
co-star Rubina Ali lost their homes in May after civic authorities
demolished parts of the slum where they lived.
Within days of the demolition, Azhar's family rebuilt their home - a
shanty of corrugated metal, wood, and blankets, meager protection
against the pounding monsoon rains sweeping across Mumbai.
But the filmmakers bought Azhar a 23 square-meter one-bedroom
apartment on the ground floor of a building in the Santa Cruz
neighbourhood of Mumbai, not far from where he now lives and attends
school.
The $50,000 apartment will be transferred to Azhar's name when he
turns 18, provided he finishes school, said Nirja Mattoo, who helps
oversee the Jai Ho trust set up by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny
Boyle and producer Christian Colson.
The fund is meant to secure an education, housing and a living
allowance for the two children. Mattoo said Sunday that the trust is
still looking for an apartment for Rubina, who has lived with relatives
in the slum since the demolition.
Source: The Jakarta Post
Emergency at Jackson home - Fan hospitalized
EMTs were called to the Jackson family home in Encino on Sunday. All
of the Jacksons are fine though.
A 13-year old Michael Jackson fan fainted. She was part of the crowd
gathered outside the Jackson home, and LAPD called for the ambulance.
The young fan was taken to Encino hospital. Her condition is unknown.
- TMZ
Exhausted "Transformers" star
The 22-year-old actor, Shia LaBeouf - who stars alongside Hollywood
beauty Megan Fox in the blockbuster - was forced to work 28-hour shifts
to get the movie finished on time. He is quoted as saying: "I don't even
know how to describe that level of exhaustion. When you become jaded and
not bothered by a car flipping over your head because you have been
doing a 28-hour day, then you know you must be tired."
Last week, movie director Michael Bay revealed he almost cancelled
the movie when Shia injured his hand in a car accident midway through
filming. He said: "I actually read it on CNN online and was like, `This
can't be true.
I called my line producer, Ian Bryce, and he said, `It's true, let's
shut down,' and I said, `We can't shut down!' When you've got a train
going, it's so expensive to shut a picture like this down." |
