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House arrest not a downside for Lohan
Aishwarya Rai Expecting First Child
New George Clooney movie to open Venice Festival

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:46 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP): Being under house arrest seems to have an upside for Lindsay Lohan.

The 24-year-old actress says that since being confined to her 3,000-square-foot home in Venice Beach, California, she's caught up on movies and TV shows, stayed out of the public eye and, most important, had time to finish decorating her house and patio.

"I probably wouldn't have done it had I not been home," Lohan says in an interview in Life & Style magazine, on newsstands Friday.

Lohan is serving house arrest on a 120-day jail sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 drunken driving case by taking a necklace without permission from a jewellery store in January.

She began serving her sentence last month, and is expected to serve about 35 days. Lohan says that while not ideal, she treasures these moments alone in her home.

"There are so many things you can do," she says. "It's a nice way to just be reading scripts and focusing on what I'm going to do next."

But Lohan says she cannot wait to resume doing things that she had taken for granted, like walking in the neighbourhood, going shopping or dining out.

Her recent request to leave her home to attend her brother's 16th birthday party was denied, she says, which "bummed her out."

In the interview, Lohan also addresses criticism that she got off easy with house arrest by saying it's a common punishment. She says it's a better alternative to a 12-by-8-foot (3 1/2-by-2 1/2-metre) jail cell at the Lynwood facility.

"It's a scary place and a place that I don't wish on anyone," she says. Lohan says she's anxious to get started on the community service portion of her sentence.

"I want to finish that so I can work in August and September," she says. Lohan claims that she no longer drinks, but falls short of saying she'll stay out of nightclubs. "I don't think you should ever say never," she says.

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Aishwarya Rai Expecting First Child

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:44 AM PDT

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is pregnant with her first child, her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan announced on Twitter on Tuesday.

``I am going to become a grandfather Aishwarya expecting. So happy and thrilled!!!'' Bachchan said, confirming the subject of weeks of speculation.

Rai, 37, a former Miss World, has been married to actor Abhishek Bachchan for more than four years and the star couple had been fending off pregnancy rumours in the past year.

On Tuesday, Rai's media manager confirmed the pregnancy but did not give more details.

Rai, who often features on ``most beautiful'' lists, has worked in several Hollywood and Bollywood films but has taken on noticeably fewer projects recently.

She has no films under production but has signed up to filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine, which was announced at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

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New George Clooney movie to open Venice Festival

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 04:40 AM PDT

VENICE, Italy (AP): George Clooney's highly anticipated new movie about a U.S. presidential campaign will open this year's Venice Film Festival.

"The Ides of March" stars Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Festival organisers said Wednesday that the movie will be competing for the coveted Golden Lion award. The film will have its world premiere screening on Aug. 31 following the festival's opening ceremony.

The festival runs through Sept.10. The Oscar-winning Clooney has often attended the Venice film fest.

The Hollywood star has a villa on Lake Como and an Italian girlfriend.

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Rabu, 22 Jun 2011

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