Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has spent more than half-a-million pounds at an art fair in Switzerland on an oil painting. The "Troy" actor spent 5,85,000 pounds to buy the painting by German artist Neo Rauch, reports mirror.co.uk.
Called Etappe, it's a nine-feet-long picture, which shows a swirling view of a race car on a track.
MS Dhoni’s salary will be delayed next month. Ditto VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, S. Sreesanth and R.P. Singh. Reason: These India cricketers are among the 200-odd sportspersons employed by Air India. Also on the list are India hockey captain Sandeep Singh and Jhulan Goswami who captains the national women’s cricket team. “Frankly, we are still not clear on the status but yes, the salary has been deferred by a fortnight,” said Shekhar Guha, head of Air India Sports Promotion Board. An Air India hockey coach, who didn’t want to be named, also said: “By the 20th of every month we get PLI (Performance Linked Incentive), but we have not got it till now and there are rumours that we won’t be paid at all.”
Some of the big names mentioned above may not be affected by this but for sportspersons, present and former, surviving only on salaries this is a big blow. Neither Raina nor Sandeep, a deputy manager, said they knew about this. “I have been hearing about it in the news, but I wasn’t sure if it was going to happen. I will have to speak to my coach,” Raina, assistant manager, Commercial, said. Sandeep, however, felt if they did not get the salary on time would be a big problem.
Former India wicketkeeper and Delhi coach Vijay Dahiya said he would be hit by this but added that since “Air India takes care of its employees and this is a crisis, I urge all my colleagues to stand by it.”
In Mumbai, Bimal Ghosh, coach of the Air India football team which plays in the I-League, said training hasn’t stopped despite the announcement.
Company spokesman Jitender Bhargava said sportspersons, if hired as permanent staff, are usually recruited as assistant-managers. Their educational qualification too matters, he said. “We don’t employ sportspersons as brand ambassadors, but spot them young and groom them. So, their salaries are not higher than that of the top level managers,” he said.
As of now, the loss-making airline has formed a four-member committee comprising members from finance and personnel departments to look into its salary structure. Air India employs 31,000 people and has an annual wage bill of about Rs 3,000 crore. Its cumulative loss is about Rs 5,300 crore.
Air India has an annual sports budget of approximately Rs 4 crore and officials said, as of now there are no plans to curtail that.
The Transformers actress Megan Fox has topped the 100 'sexiest women in the world' poll for the second successive year.
Kangana Ranaut’s career is going great guns post her break up with Adhyayan Suman. The actress, who walked away with the much-eyed Best Supporting Actress trophy at the IIFA awards this year, has now signed a film with ace actor Amitabh Bachchan. 
Are they together, are they not? Pranks and Shasha keep their fans guessing. Recently Shahid tried to clear the air, but not to much avail, as their electrifying chemistry tells it all. Our filmy birdie tells us, that the couple was recently seen lunching together at a suburban restaurant. Rumour goes that the couple went out on a date to celebrate Priyanka's victory at IIFA awards.
Besides who hasn't heard the latest buzz that the two have taken their romance from Facebook to Twitter. The two are perhaps becoming tech savvy together. Piggy Chops taught Shasha Facebook. And as if as return gift he's taught her how to tweet. And the buzz is that both keep writing regularly on each other's walls.
Now do you have anything to say Shahid?
Well this is what we would title our post after having a peek at Aishwarya Rai’s latest look. Aishwarya Rai was invited at 2009 Royal Ascots race as an ambassador to Longines watches. Aishwarya Rai’s hat is designed by designer Ilda De-Vico which she paired it with a light gray Armani suit.
Like Aishwarya in the hat?
