Designer Rocky S has clothed bollywood star Akshay Kumar for eight long years and says the actor is the most stylish and metrosexual man around.

“I have worked with Akshay for eight years. I really respect him for the way he has groomed himself. He has become one of the biggest metrosexual stars, most stylish fashion icon and he is so successful that I am proud of him. Just look from where he has come and where he has reached, ” Rocky told.

However, he is no longer designing for Akshay.

“I started designing for Akshay in 1992. But I stopped working with him in 2000 because I had to move on. Also, both of us needed to take a break from each other, ” he added.

Unlike most other Indian designers who started their career by showcasing their collections at fashion shows, Rocky started his stint designing for Bollywood stars.

“I started 16 years back. At that time the only opportunity I got was in Bollywood. I think it was good for me as it has created awareness about my brand. I have met a lot of actors who want to wear clothes designed by me.”

Currently Rocky’s clientele includes big names like John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Bipasha Basu and Shilpa Shetty.

Rocky claimed: “The people I dress up are the best dressed. They are really great with clothes. They have a great body to carry off anything and they have a good style of their own.”

Talking about the likings of his female clients, he added: “Shilpa likes deeper and rich Indian colours. She likes to wear emerald, she loves red and it really suits her. Even Bipasha likes red. Katrina likes pastel and lighter shades.”

His most recent project was the hit flick “Singh Is Kinng”. He dressed Katrina in the film and is also working with her in “Yuvraj”. Apart from that he has designed Bipasha’s clothes for “Pankh” and Kangana Ranaut’s for “Raaz - The Mystery Continues”.

Rocky says designing for the actors is challenging.

“It is fun to work with actors and also challenging to make them look different every time. It is also a challenge for them to get into a character every time with different clothes and looks. A lot of hard work is required in Bollywood.”

On an average, Rocky takes up almost four projects in a year.

The Mumbai-based designer entered mainstream fashion around 1997 to cater to the general public. He introduced the collection under his label Rocky S.

“When I started, fashion was not even taking off in a very big manner and I think it was after four to five years that I felt the need to do creative work for myself. That’s when I started doing clothes that were more wearable and saleable.

“I came at the right time for mainstream fashion. Luckily, I have kept a very good balance between Bollywood and mainstream fashion till now, ” he said.

He is gearing up to participate in the upcoming Spring-Summer edition of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) to be held in the capital Oct 15-19.

When these Angelica Panganiban dressing room pics from”C” appeared in my inbox, I suddenly got nostalgic — remember in November 2006, when this shit hit the fan, and everybody thought Angelica as a “sexy model” was a goner?

For the benefit of those who didn’t know about this “controversy,” these here are pics of Angelica trying on different shiny bikini and shit for her Ginebra calendar photoshoot. What made these pics “controversial” was the obvious difference between the raw pics and the final product [bottom calendar image].

Sure, we already know them girls on the cover of magazines are heavily photoshopped, but seeing this raw fatness shocked the beejesus out of many wankers — it was like seeing your parents having sex — you know they do it, but it’s disturbing to see it in action.

So that’s the tale. Anyway, I’ve added my old pics to C’s submission, so you’ll find six more dressing room pics after the jump. Hey, there’s even a nipple-against-sheer-fabric shot!

New MILF Claudine Barreto Has Just Become Much More Do-able
Back in the early 1990s, I had this crazy teenage crush on Claudine Barretto — those were the days when she hadn’t yet plucked her bushy eyebrows and people referred to her more as “Gretchen’s sister.”
But now, after more than a decade, lots of fucking, some rumored abortions, and a new baby later, here’s Claudine in all her new MILF glory.
Thanks a gazillion to “Buddy Love” for these.
More Pics of Claudine Barretto.

Carole Samaha (Lebanese Actress and Singer)
Born in Lebanon, Carole Samaha grew up with her parents and two brothers having only one dream, since childhood, to be on stage under the spotlights.
From a very early age, she was fascinated by music and captured by theater.
Her talent was very obvious and inevitable.After graduating from school, Carole decided to study drama, It was at St Joseph University of Beirut where she took her master degree in Acting and Directing and graduated in 1999. Since her very first play at University, Carole has been chosen for the leading female role in most important musicals in Lebanon as well as T.V. series.
“Chameleon” is the word most artists and directors who worked with Carole use to describe her. On stage, she is gifted with a multi-faceted personality; exactly like a Chameleon, she swiftly and smoothly changes from one state of mind to another one.Not only Carole proved herself as an actress, her voice is individual with an ability to express character. This allowed her to perform many songs written by great composers in the Middle East such as Mansour Rahbani.
As a result, Carole succeeds in introducing herself as a promising whole artist who can sing and act with equal aptitude.
Carole is currently essentially focusing on her singing career. Her many hits include Habib Alby, Ettale’;a Feya, and Methl El Helm.
Elissar M. Khoury (Elissa)

Elissa the artist within 3 years, could reach after “Badi Doub” song that is still repeated on youth’;s lips, to the duet with Ragheb Alameh “Betghib Bet Rouh”, and after performing along the international artist “Sting”, her cherity concert attended by ex-amenican president “Bill Clinton”, queen “Rania”, and successor of UAE Kingdom , “Sheikh Mohamad Bin Rached Al Maktoum”, today Elissa is scoring another new goal in the international scene along with “Ghris Deburgh” an Arabic-english song titted “Lebanese Nights”, which was written, composed and distributed by Deburgh himself.

He envisioned writing this song while being in Lebanon on his last visit in a Lebanese restaurant. He decided to sing it with a Lebanese singer, the choice fell on Elissa.

This song is produced by “Chris Porter”, a big artist producer such as “George Micheal”, and it has been recorded in his studio in Salisburg, London . It will be relaxed in Deburgh’;s album in August 2002.
Elissa is a Lebanese singer. She’;s one of those rising new stars who are ahead of her generation, though she has released only two albums, she’;s a star. Her start was big. Her first album (Baddi Doub) was released in 1998.

It was one of the largest selling Album in Lebanon and the Middle East. She sold over 100.000 copies Cd’;s and Mc’;s combined. She performed the big hit (Baddi Doub) with a very well known French Artist (Gerard Ferrer) and was supported by a video clip filmed in black and white, and it’;s still on high rotation on most Tv’;s in the Middle East.

Her second Album (W’;akherta Maak) was released in Sep 2000.She performed a Duo with the Lebanese Super Star Ragheb Alame” Bitghib Bitrouh” filmed also in black and white. This Duo was a big success in Summer 2000. Another Video clip was performed from the same album “W’;akherta Maak” which pushed once more the album to a number 1 selling all around Lebanon and the Middle East. Both videos were high raters and still on high rotation. Her third album “Aayshalak” is released in June 2002 supported by a video clip by the title of the album, filmed in Paris by the famous French director “Fabrice Begotti” and she was officially dressed up by Christian Dior-Paris and so as the Make up. This is the first time for Chrsitian Dior to do officially this event with an Arabic Artist. Elissa has recorded a song “Duo with Chris De Burgh” by the title of “Lebanese nights” which was composed and arranged by Chris De Burgh himself and produced by “Chris Porter” and recorded at Chris Porter’;s Studio- Salisbury “United Kingdom”. This song was inspired By “Chris De Burgh” when he visited Lebanon in the year 2000, while he was in a Lebanese restaurant “Abd El Wahab”. At that time he decided to sing for Lebanon with a Lebanese artist and he chose Elissa. This song will be featured on the new Album of “Chris De Burgh” in August, which will be released worldwide. In this song, Elissa has featured as a special appearance and performed in both Languages “Arabic and English”. The single will be played on all Lebanese Radio Stations in July 2002. Elissa’;s events within those years were too many, but the most important were: Performance with Sting on the Pyramids “Cairo”, and as a first and only Arabic Artist, she performed to the Ex President of the United States of America “Bill Clinton” for the “Stars charity show ” in Dubai in the presence of Queen of Jordan “Queen Rania” and Crown Prince of Dubai ” Sheikh Mohamad Bin Rached Al Maktoum”. Elissa’;s latest album “Ahla Donya” was launched in 2004 and contained the beautiful song “Koul Youm Fi Omry” that was a great hit in the Arabic music world.

Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese Singer, Model, Designer, Entertainer

Wehbe was born in a small farming town in Southern Lebanon to a Lebanese father and an Egyptian mother. She grew up listening to Jazz and RandB. She became a Model at a very young age and won the title of “Miss South Lebanon” at age sixteen.
Wehbe’s next distinction came in 1995 when she was runner up for Miss Lebanon. By 1996 She was seen on over 100 magazine covers. In 2006, she was on People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful people list.
She released her first album, titled Huwa az-Zaman (Arabic It is Time) which was a hit thanks to her debut single “Agoul Ahwak” (I say I love you)”.

Personal life

Wehbe is a Shi’a Muslim. Her three sisters are Alia, Hanna and Rola. The singer lost her brother at the age of 24 during the 1982 Lebanon War.
During Wehbe’s marriage, she gave birth to a daughter named Zeinab Zaza. Wehbe has not seen her child since the divorce. Her ex-husband has engaged in parental alienation for over 10 years.
In 2005, she announced her engagement to a Saudi businessman Tariq Al - Jaffali. After only a few weeks, she and her fiance decided to split for personal reasons and family issues.

On June 25, 2007, Wehbe survived a serious car accident while filming a music video for the song ‘Hassa if Benna Haga’ in Lebanon. In the video, an airplane was to chase Wehbe as she drove a car. However, the helicopter inadvertently hit the back of Wehbe’s car, causing the car to crash. Despite the severity of the accident, Wehbe only suffered minor cuts and bruises.

Her second album Baddi ‘Ays’ ( I Want to Live) was released in 2005 and lived up to expectations due to the success of its lead single “Hayat Albi.” Released after the assassination of Lebanese politician Rafik Hariri, the song of the same name is about “freedom, considered to be among the most basic of human rights.” Her follow-up single was her biggest hit to date, “Ana Haifa” ( I am Haifa) which became her novelty song. In 2006 she released a follow up single Bus al-Wawa which so far has sold respectably.
Haifa was exclusively interviewed by CNN, Arte TV, Canal Plus (France) and the first Arabic artist to perform on the Italian TV channel Rai Uno during the “Una notte a Roma” event which took place in “Piazza Navona” in Rome with the presence of celebrities and fashion designers.
Wehbe performed in many concerts and special events in Lebanon and the whole world noting that her performance in Kartaba and Rayfoun in Lebanon has reached an audience of over 20,000 and in Tunisia at the Carthage Festival. In Egypt, Haifa performed a duet with Shaggy.
The readers of Al Jamhouria newspaper have elected Haifa as the ‘Best Arabic Young Female Singer’, where statistics showed that 4 million people voted her for this title.
Haifa won the “Golden Lion” Award in Egypt.
Haifa won the Oscar of “best video clip 2005″ for her song “Baddi Ich” from her second album.
Haifa also won the “Murex d’Or” award for two consecutive years with the title “best artist of the year” 2005 and 2006.
In June 2005, Haifa launched her own jewelry line collection that she designed with world-renowned jewelers. It is sold throughout the Middle East, Gulf countries and Arab world.
In December 2005, following Elaph’s site, Haifa was nominated as the personality of the year with 62% of votes.
In late 2005, Reuter has nominated Haifa as the most beautiful girl in the Middle East.
On June 10, 2006 Haifa became the first artist in the Arab world to perform with rapper 50 cent when she performed as an opening act for his first concert in Lebanon, at BIEL in Beirut.

Ruwaida Attieh (UAE Singer)

Rowaida started playing on the piano when she was 8 years old and she joined a piano concert and got first place for an under 8 competition held in the UAE. She completed her studies in UAE and moved to Lebanon and studied television, broadcast and theatrical direction at the American University of Lebanon. Rowaida joined the program studio Al Fan in 1996 and got a silver medal.

Rowaida signed a contract with Studio Al Fan and then with Al Khoyoul Company and she worked on two songs for the cocktail album with Al Khoyoul. After that she worked in her own album but her contract was terminated before releasing the album.
In 2003 Rowaida released her first album with Rotana and she filmed 3 songs for it. Her latest album was labeled (Agoulik Shay) included 10 songs, two of them were filmed as video clips and the song (Gareeb Al Tobaye’;e) was filmed in a new technique where video graphics and 3D were employed in it and it was Rowaida Idea.

Korean pop star Rain held a fan meeting in Japan on June 30. The star has just finished filming movie Ninja Assassin in Germany and will spend more time with his Asian fans in coming months.