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Matchmaker? Mamma!

Recently, Salman Khan decided to test his matchmaking skills and his chosen guinea pig turned out to be Saif Ali Khan, the actor who’s still recuperating from his once ‘ros(a)’y affair. All of this started off at a very casual dinner with friends Shah Rukh Khan, Gauri Khan and Karan Johar, when Salman stole Cupid’s bow and arrows and headed off to a neighbouring table occupied by some gorgeous gals, all of course, out of his concern for his heartbroken friend. Marriage bureaus should probably consider signing Salman as their brand ambassador! What say? Silverstone’s golden fitness mantras

Clueless star Alicia sure isn’t clueless about how to stay in shape, and proving that is her whole new lifestyle. To begin with, she’s saying a big no to doughnuts she usually delights in, and more significantly she’s turned vegan, which means she’s given up feasting on another of her favourites – steak. She even has a new work-out routine that’s helping her tone her body, and booty! Not really a dream exercise machine, but just a trampoline that leaves Alicia in helpless fits of giggles!! Dizzy Diaz

First it was Britney and now it’s our dear Cameron Diaz who’s fallen prey to Paris’ partying ways. Like flies attracted toward light, these stars, struggling with their relatively new ‘status singulier’, uncannily end up at Paris’ doors and well that’s precisely where their lives take a tragic nosedive. A chirpy Cameron recently arrived at the hotel heiress’ home for a party and, predictably, even the usually prim and proper Diaz, exited her doors tipsy and toppling over her aide, and just about managed to get to her car. We hope some Charlie will come rescue this Angel asap! Bobby’s getting blobby!

Bobby Deol has been carrying a lot of weight lately, not of the world but has merely put on some extra pounds. Like most in the industry, Deol experiments with his looks too, but his recent transformation has left everyone wondering just what is he up to? Could he be going through just another crazy phase, or is he preparing for a new role? For now all we know is that Bobby has evidently transformed from the once ‘armed’ candy to... well just the candy! Slimming secrets!

Courtney Love has managed to knock off a great deal of weight but nobody as yet knows how she’s pulled it off and as of now no one’s restraining their imaginations! Right from Oprah’s infamous liquid-diet, to macrobiotic diet, to yoga to a major gastric-band surgery; everyone’s guessing away but no one really knows for sure. Meanwhile, an amused and a 44-pound lighter Love is happily flaunting her new body in Hawaii, dressed in all-new itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie bikinis, and the only thing she’s not letting out, is the secret! Our ‘Treasure’ returns!

After her debut in Ishq Vishq, Shenaz Treasuryvala managed a spectacular vanishing act and just when we were about to forget all about this gregarious gal, she’s back, but on international TV! The VJ turned film actress returned to what she does best by playing the host in a new travel show for The Travel Channel. Shenaz has been absolutely thrilled with her ‘dream-come-true’ show Culture Shock, which has opened to some great reviews in the United States. With kudos and bouquets already coming in, Shenaz is all set to travel the world, which means we’ll now see even lesser of the bubbly babe... Getting Berry wise!

Forty-year-old Halle Berry believes that she’s achieved a lot in her life. She’s walked the ramp, been a beauty queen, played memorable roles – like in Monster’s Ball and Die Another Day – won numerous awards including an Oscar, owns a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and more importantly, is getting wiser by the day. However, she attributes her ‘crash’ course in wisdom to her past blunders including a suicide attempt and two troubled marriages, and being taught lessons of independence, indifference and consistency. Good going Halle!