LOL I know Leona, his blog is classic. Thanks for the link. I was looking for it last night :spin2:

No probz! :wink:

Do you think there will be a live eviction with crowd tonight?

WOW! where did you get that sig frm?

Its beautiful isn't it, Madiah posted it at the other site we go on.


Im not too sure. If Jade is going out, for her own safety they might not want to get public in LOL actually they should chuck about 100 police officers in disguise in the audience just in case things get out of hand.

Lee, im going to PM you at the the other site, its really long, but I need for you to read it and give me your opinion, ok?

Oh btw, can you get me the correct words of Jos' when she said Indian people are think because they are sick/undercook their food

^Okidoke!

Brown Urges Viewers To Back Shilpa
Friday January 19, 11:40 AM





Gordon Brown has again waded into the Celebrity Big Brother racism row by urging viewers to back Shilpa Shetty to stay in the house, rather than Jade Goody. The Chancellor, who is on a visit to India, told reporters that by supporting Shilpa, people would be supporting British tolerance.
Jade has apologised to Shilpa, insisting she is not a racist and said she regrets any offence that she has caused.

But the south Londoner, who is favourite to get the boot, is facing fresh controversy

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after branding her rival "Shilpa Poppadum" and will apparently be taken to a safe house by police when kicked out.
Channel 4 has decided to donate all the phone line profits from this evening's vote to charity and media watchdog Ofcom says complaints from viewers about the race row have soared to more than 38,000.

The Indian actress has endured repeated verbal assaults from Jade and faced highly-critical comments from others in the house, including ex-Miss Great Britain Danielle Lloyd.

Jade, who is 50-1 odds-on to be evicted in the public vote, told Shilpa: "I know that what has happened has not been nice for you... and a lot of stuff got said the other day from you and from myself.

"I didn't say it in a racial way... I do not judge people by the colour of their skin."

Shilpa replied: "I know that, I don't think you're racist. I really appreciate that you took the first step."

But out of earshot on another occasion, Jade called her "Shilpa Poppadum".

In the diary room, she explained her comments, saying: "She is Indian, so will have an Indian name.

"What I said about her was not meant in a racial way - it's not acceptable if done in that way. If it's offended any Indians out there I apologise."

Meanwhile, Danielle has said sorry to the Bollywood actress, saying she was "disgusted" by her behaviour.

Earlier in the week, Shilpa thought she was a victim of racism but later changed her mind, believing her row with Jade had not been racially motivated.

Channel 4 continues to defend the programme, saying it has "touched a real nerve" and raised an important debate.

However, Hertfordshire Police have said they are investigating allegations of racist behaviour in the house and will be reviewing the tapes.

Mr Brown previously said: "I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn."

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell branded the show "disgusting" and said it was "racism being presented as entertainment".

^ Yay Gordon LOL :thumbs:

OMG, I really want 2 join this club.

Hey!!!:xyxwave:^^

Your member 73!

shilpa_fan where did you get that sig, it's nice!!!

jade, danielle, and jo are screwed....


Goody's career 'finished' after Big Brother controversy

Media expert Max Clifford believes Jade Goody may have destroyed her career due to her "indefensible" behaviour.

The PR guru said: "Jade is the biggest loser in this, and deservedly so. She will be struggling to keep her career afloat. She clearly showed herself up for what she really is."

The Perfume Shop have already announced they are removing Jade's perfume 'Shh...' after her bullying behaviour inside the house. The reality star's fragrance was one of their best selling products.

The news comes as The Carphone Warehouse announces they are withdrawing their sponsorship deal from Big Brother because the racism and bullying is at odds with the company's brand value.

The company said it did not want its name associated with claims of racist bullying of housemate Shilpa Shetty by fellow contestants.

"We had already made it clear to Channel 4 that were this to continue, we would have to consider our position," Carphone Warehouse said in a statement.

"Nothing we saw last night gave us any comfort. Accordingly we have instructed Channel 4 to remove our sponsorship name and branding with immediate effect," it added.

Max Clifford said he would not work for Jade - who has made £8 million since her first appearance in Big Brother in 2002.

The marketing expert also predicted Danielle Lloyd's career will also be in tatters when she is evicted.

The former Miss England has been dumped from a lucrative modelling contract with motorcycle insurance firm Bennetts as a result of the row.

The contract is believed to be worth six figures.

In a statement, the company said: "Following Channel 4's recent statement with regards to the alleged racism and bullying in the Big Brother house, Bennetts has reviewed its arrangements for Danielle Lloyd to front its 'Bennetts Babes' campaign.

"Bennetts is strongly opposed to any form of racism and bullying and, in light of the accusations which have been made against Miss Lloyd, has taken the decision to terminate its arrangements with her with immediate effect.

"Bennetts will no longer use Miss Lloyd for any promotional activities and will remove all promotional pictures and press materials featuring her from its website."

Meanwhile, music industry insiders said Jo O'Meara's dream of making a pop comeback will be shattered.

One source said: "It will be a cold day in hell before anyone touches her again."
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-The On Sunday Mail

No1MakosiFan added x

I don't feel sorry for Jade at ALL!!:rolleyes:

heyy leona, I don't either, she deserves all of what is happening...though it's nothing in comparison to what she has done and said.....people are starting to feel sorry for her and they've changed their opinion.....bunch of fools

i did for a few seconds :(

I didn't feel sorry for Jade at all. But what was that pathetic acting in the Diary Room. My family was watching and I was embaressed

Shilpa was alway the bigger person for showing her forgiveness.

I totally agree with you, if I were Shilpa I wouldn't have forgiven her that easily....Shilpa has a really big heart not just beacuase of what she has done on this show but even her fellow co-stars have all said the same....she forgets and forgives really easily which is something I can't do.....

SHE'S DONE INDIA AND US INDIANS PROUD!!! I LOVE HERRR <3

^ hear hear.

However now I wish to see more of her bonding with H. I'd like to see more of her with Dirk too and just generally I want to see her fun nature

'Shilpa should've slapped her'

Actor Nana Patekar today said Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty should have slapped those who hurled racial slurs at her during a TV reality show in Britian and walked out.

"Shilpa should have slapped those who passed the racial remarks against her during the show. 'Main hota to chaanta maar deta' (if I was in her place, I would have slapped them)," Patekar told reporters in his trademark style here.

He was here to take part in a shooting championship.

"We are actors and people invite us to take part in shows, but that does not give them any right to dishonour us. She should have slapped those passing such remarks and walked out of the show."

Patekar expressed the hope that the orgnisers of the TV programme would expel those responsible for making the racial slurs.







:cheer:Nana is so bold

can some1 plz make me a sig using some of the pics on page 35

^ Missbling, i'll see if my sister can make you one

Stupid Cupids

Day 18, 12:46
Looks like Shilpa's got an admirer
We know

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All the talk today has been of Dirk. We know what you're thinking, Dirk this, Dirk that. But the man has acquired a certain mystery today. A certain je ne sais quoi. Or maybe that's just because he hasn't showered for four days.

Whatever it is, he's the centre of attention. And Cleo thinks that's because Shilpa's the centre of his attention.

In the Diary Room earlier she confided to Big Brother that she was going to try and get Dirk and Shilpa together.

"He's very nice," said Shilpa when Cleo told her later. "But very old."

Following a rigorous skip, Dirk succumbed and took a shower. Buff and scented, he came out of the shower and immediately began to flirt with Shilpa. "Let me smell you," she cooed, beckoning the freshly scrubbed 62-year-old over.

But displaying all the seduction skills of a teenager, Dirk took the opportunity to cop a sneaky squeeze.

"Hey, is jumping Shilpa better than jumping rope?" teased Cleo.

"It gets your heart beating faster," came Dirk's reply.

"I will have my way with you," he teased as Shilpa screamed and ran away from the beanbag.

"You dirty dog," laughed Jo.

Dirk left the room, and the rest began preparing lunch. But the conversation didn't swerve as the girls discussed ways to get Dirk and Shilpa together.

"Now, it's a competition," said Cleo, warming up for a wind-up. "This is fun now."

What have those girls got prepared???

The following is a long read, but a good read though

Best career move the Body of Bollywood ever made

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After the tumultuous events of recent days, there is a poignant irony to the reason Shilpa Shetty decided to take a place in the Big Brother house.
According to friends in her native India, she had, among other things, expected to broaden her horizons and make new friends.
That she has achieved the former is undisputed, albeit in what has proved to be a deeply unsettling and unexpected way.
She has, undoubtedly, made new friends too - just not, with a couple of notable exceptions, from among her fellow residents.
Instead, the plight of the 31-year-old actress has caused a rush of protective concern among the nation's viewers, with even the Prime Minister and Chancellor taking up her cause.
Until she is evicted, of course, Shilpa remains unaware how much she has become the unwitting heroine of an international drama.
But what is certain is that she will have the final victory against her tormentors when she emerges from the Celebrity Big Brother house.
She will find that her fame has extended a long way beyond her homeland. Already, there is talk of lucrative modelling work in the West, together with British film and television roles as a result of her increased profile.
If this becomes reality, it will prove an extraordinary transition for a woman who, while long a household name in Asia, was more or less unknown in Britain at the start of the year, a fact reinforced by the mulish refusal of some of her housemates to remember her name.
It is also a rather ironic turn of events for an actress who, the Mail has learned, decided to participate in the programme against the advice of friends and her own mother.
A former model, Sunanda Shetty is fiercely protective of her daughter and earlier this month made clear her maternal dismay at her daughter's decision.
"As a mother, I did not think it was a very courageous decision of hers to want to sit in a fishbowl and be watched 24 hours," she said. "As a film star, she does not need to do it."
No doubt, despite a statement of support this week, she feels her instinct has been justified as she watches her daughter wiping away tears of bewilderment under the crude onslaught of the British 'celebrities' with whom she is housed. It is hard not to share her sentiment.
Shilpa's incarceration in Elstree is a world away from the gilded lifestyle she enjoys in India, where, over the years, she has been treated with a reverence usually reserved for royalty, as well as accumulating a vast fortune.
Together with her parents and sister Shamita - also a Bollywood actress - Shetty occupies the entire seventh floor of an opulent apartment building in a district of Mumbai called Lokhandwala, known as the 'Beverly Hills of Bombay'.
The apartment has its own gym, while Shilpa's luxurious bedroom has been lavishly decorated in animal print fabrics and silk and satin.
And then there's the entourage, comprising a heady mix of servants, chauffeurs, a personal make-up artist and hairdresser, together with a supporting cast of bodyguards who accompany the actress everywhere.
Little wonder, given this rarefied backdrop to her domestic life, that even before the particular unpleasantness of recent days Shilpa has found it difficult to conceal her amazement at the crude behaviour of her fellow house-dwellers. (Keen viewers may recall a recent scene in which her nose wrinkled with disgust as she watched Jade Goody's mother Jackiey spit out a mouthful of wine on the floor.)
She admitted that she could not bring herself "to mingle with them". Such sentiments have, as she has found to her cost, not endeared Shilpa to her housemates.
Given her naturally ladylike demeanour, why, then did she chose to take part in a low-grade television reality show?
After all, as a veteran of more than 40 films, commanding a fee of around £500,000 each time - a fortune in India - the rumoured £365,000 she has been paid to appear in the show would not in itself be an enticement. The answer, it would appear, lies in that phenomenon common to all actresses of a certain age.
While she has long been celebrated as 'the hottest body in Bollywood' (one that Shilpa works hard at maintaining - she was said to be dismayed by the lack of gym facilities in the Big Brother house), she is keenly aware that at 31 she is being overshadowed by a new generation of sexy, beautiful female stars.
To that the end, the experienced actress will be milking her Big Brother performance for all it is worth. Her last palpable hit was nearly 18 months ago, and before she arrived in England at the start of the month she had no others in the immediate pipeline.
Put simply, her career appears to be on the wane. Moreover, even when at the top of her game, Shilpa has, according to those that know her, been frustrated-As Bombay-based film critic Anupam Chopra told the Mail: "She had everything an Indian heroine needed but she never actually starred in a real blockbuster."
Instead, with a couple of notable exceptions (she gave a critically acclaimed performance as an Aids victim in the 2004 film Phir Milenge) her career, while hugely successful, has been limited to 'arm candy' roles for which there is now stiff competition from actresses a decade her junior.
"She still has an amazing figure, but there are many much younger women now crowding the market," says another film critic, Shubra Gupta.
"Shetty wants to look outside India to a wider stage. She often says her ambition is to work with actors like Tom Cruise, so she obviously thought that going to Britain to do a show watched by millions would help her career."
Born into middle-class affluence - her father, Surendra, owned a chain of aluminium factories - Shilpa has always demonstrated a quiet confidence common to those brought up in the higher echelons of the Indian caste system.
Privately educated, she was initially expected to enter the family business, even studying commerce at a prestigious business college.
A natural performer, however, Shilpa had different ideas about her future.
At 15, she asked a family friend to take pictures of her and sent the results to various model agencies.
"It was rather ironic as until then Shilpa, while pretty, had not been thought of as the real beauty of the family," a family friend explains.
"Her sister Samita had a much fairer complexion and Shilpa used to complain about being darker. Her mother would tell her she was a beauty and that she must be patient."
Shilpa was initially turned down to be a model as she was not tall enough.
But by 17, she had grown to a statuesque 5ft8in and started to do some photographic work on the side.
Her photographs attracted the attention of directors and producers and in 1993 she was offered a series of minor Bollywood roles. "My father was aghast - a Shetty girl joining films, unthinkable," she told one interviewer at the time. "Today he's known as Shilpa Shetty's father and he's very proud of it." He is also no doubt relieved at his daughter's insistence on preserving her modesty throughout her career.
Shilpa has frequently refused to remove her clothes or film scenes that she deems 'inappropriate.'
What though of romance? In her early 30s, Shilpa is at the age when many of her contemporaries are married with children.
She, though, insists she is single, despite attempts by the Indian press to link her with a high profile married film director.
"That's just not Shilpa's style," one friend insists.
Many friends believe that she has never properly recovered from the breakup of her two-year relationship with fellow Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, whom she dated in her early 20s.
Fans had expected them to marry - but instead Kumar went on to wed another Bollywood star, Tina 'Twinkle' Khanna.
"No one ever quite got to the bottom of what happened and Shilpa doesn't like to talk about it," one source says.
"There were rumours that she had found Akshay in flagrante delicto with another actress, but Shilpa would never dignify the rumours with any comment.
"It was definitely an ugly breakup although the two are now friends again and she is also friends with his wife."
Little wonder that, in one of many startling exchanges with her Big Brother housemates, she refused to comment, despite repeated pressure, on whether she lost her virginity to Kumar.
Given such vulgar exchanges - ones which have come to characterise much of the interaction in the Big Brother house - it seems particularly poignant to learn that Shilpa had been looking forward to making new English friends.
"I don't think she had any idea it would be like this," one Bombaybased friend told the Mail.
"She was genuinely looking forward to meeting new people. She said she thought it would be fun, that it would give her career a boost, but apart from that she had zero expectations."
What she cannot have predicted is that her incarceration in the Big Brother house may yet turn out - for entirely unexpected and rather unpleasant reasons - to be the best career move she has ever made.