Gulf Daily News Sunday, 25th December 2011
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Baby girl joy
for De Niro
LOS
ANGELES:
Actor
RoBeRt De
NiRo and his
wife GRACe
HiGHtoweR
have become
the proud
parents of
a baby girl
born via a
s De Niro
surrogate.
The child is
the second for De Niro,
68, and Hightower, 56.
She is named Helen Grace
Hightower De Niro.
The Meet the Parents star
married actress Hightower
in 1997, and the couple
have a son, Elliot, born in
1998. De Niro also has a
son and adopted daughter
with ex-wife DiAHNNe
ABBott and two twin
sons with former girlfriend
touKie SMitH.
Divorce finalised
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h garbage collectors in Sao Paulo yesterday.
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WEEKLY FOCUS
21
NEW YORK: A uS judge
has approved a divorce
settlement between
actor MEl GibSoN
and his estranged wife
RobyN, ending their 31
years of marriage.
Robyn Gibson will return
to using her maiden
name, Robyn Denise
Moore, but
other details
of the divorce
were kept
confidential.
the
settlement
becomes
effective on
January 9.
Gibson, 55,
and his wife
s Gibson
married in
Australia
in 1980 and have seven
children together.
the couple separated in
2006 after Gibson was
arrested for drink driving
in Malibu, California,
and made anti-Semitic
remarks that generated
headlines around the
world. the actor’s
wife sued for divorce
in April 2009, citing
irreconcilable differences
following Gibson’s
relationship with
okSANA GRiGoRiEvA,
with whom he has a twoyear-old daughter.
Shah Rukh praised
s Aamir and Kiran at the launch of the CDs and DVDs
of Dhobi Ghat
know who I am. He’s too
young but he knows that
somebody comes and trou-
e rejected
they would be able to rope in
one of the leading ladies from
hollywood to star opposite
aamir. in fact they had a
few meetings with heather’s
managers, but for some reason
things did not work out.”
interestingly this is not the
first time heather has received
her ticket to Bollywood. The
actress who was in india
recently for the Goa film festival met Shah rukh who also
expressed a keen interest in
working with her.
he was even quoted as saying: “i am
rwhelmed at this kind of welcome
m india. i had heard a lot about
h rukh, but did not realise he was
popular. We discussed a lot of things
i am eagerly waiting to see what
be worked out.”
bles him everyday. Every
two, three hours somebody comes and troubles
him.
“So, when he gets a little older, he will get to
know that I am the guy,”
said Aamir, who already
has two children from his
first wife reena – a
son, Junaid, and a daughter named Ira.
“For the first time Kiran
has left the house since
the baby was born. So, we
are also keen to get back
fast. It’s a miracle. A baby
being born is a miracle and
nothing comes close to it,”
said Aamir.
The actor is currently
busy with his co-production Talaash, being directed by reema KaGTi.
Farhan aKhTar and
riTeSh SidhWani are
the other two producers
for the film, which will
also feature Kareena
Kapoor and rani
muKerji.
MuMbAi: Filmmaker
KARAN JoHAR yesterday said bollywood
superstar SHAH RuKH
KHAN has created a
niche for himself in the
remake version of Don
and today’s generation
can identify with the
reconstructed
edition of
the cult
movie. “if
you look
at Shah
Rukh’s
Don it is
brilliant,
magnifis Shah Rukh
cent and
different from what
Amitji did. Shah Rukh
has created a niche
for himself. Today’s
generation knows Shah
Rukh’s version of Don
and they will always
identify with it. it is different from the portrayal of Amitji (AMitABH
BACHCHAN) and his
movie Don,” he said.
n From left, Bahrain Air marketing manager Naeem Mahamoor, Marvida Group PR manager Leila
Dulay, Marvida Group executive director Laith Shukayr, Mr Ratnayake, Marvida Group managing
director Mohammed Khalil Choudhary, Bahrain Air chief executive officer Richard Nuttall, pricing
and capacity control senior manager Raju Pillai, legal adviser Manju S Deshpande and finance
manager Rizwan Khan
Bahrain Air in
tourism push
B
ahrain Air has appointed Marvida
Travels to promote Bahrain Air holidays.
Marvida Travel and Tours, a locally renowned
holiday wholesaler, will be responsible for
marketing holiday packages to destinations on
Bahrain Air’s route network.
With this tie-up, Marvida travels will operate a
dedicated holidays office in Gudabiya, adding a
new flavour while travelling with Bahrain Air to
all its destinations.
Marvida Travel and Tours will be responsible
for catering to all the Bahrain Air customer’s
needs in providing travel related services, including hotel accommodation, package tours, Umrah
packages, car rentals and travel insurance.
Group Inclusive Tours will allow residents in
the GCC to visit Bahrain Air destinations at very
low rates during the off peak seasons and vice
versa, from the Indian Subcontinent to the GCC.
“The travel agency’s main focus will be to
explore new revenue streams in using Bahrain Air
as a meetings, incentives, conference and exhibition (MICE) carrier,” said Marvida Travel general
manager Cecil Ratnayake.