Lara Dutta back after a break

Actress Lara Dutta, who was vacationing till last week, is now back in town and it is back to business. She first took off on a vacation to an undisclosed location with her husband, ace tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, her family, domestic help and pets.

Post that break, she landed in New Delhi and only a couple of hours later, she again left for Paris. Lara accompanied Mahesh to Paris to give him the much needed support during the Grand Slam tournament but unfortunately, Mahesh crashed out of the tournament towards the end. And now with the Wimbledon going on, Mahesh is in London, but this time without his wife.

Lara, who has been a constant source of support for Mahesh in all his tournaments, has not joined him this time as she’s busy with a second film under her own banner.

But this time, Lara is apparently not co-producing her film with Mahesh’s production house. A source close to the actor says, “Lara is not sure if Mahesh is going to be on board or not. They both have their individual visions and are independent people with their own ideas. They had both liked the script of their first venture, Chalo Dilli, which is why they went ahead and produced it together. It really depends on the script this time too and if Lara really needs Mahesh’s help, she can always ask him.”

The film that Lara is working on now was apparently decided on even before Chalo Dilli released and plans are currently being chalked out. Lara is also still deciding if any part in the film fits her so as of now it is not known if she will act in it or not. She is also super excited about her next release, Don 2. Talking about it she had earlier said, “I am not nervous because we are confident about the product. I had a great time shooting for the film. I am hoping the audience likes it too.”

Prince William-Kate to get young Brits their big Hollywood break

In an attempt to promote British talent in Hollywood movies, the Duke and the Duchess of Cambridge will help creative young boys and girls get their big break in different realms of filmdom.

Prince William and Kate are joining Tinseltown bosses at a BAFTA party and plan to pair the executives up with undiscovered actors, directors, writers and designers from home.

The royal couple's private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton revealed that British talent would be seated so they were “buddied” with executives and studio bosses.

“We hope it will get them that big break but also that it will generate greater interest in investment in UK creative industries, The Mirror quoted him as saying.

“The Duke sees this as a tremendous opportunity to build on the momentum of British success in TV, film and video games,” he added.

Aishwarya is pregnant: Amitabh Bachchan

Bollywood's star couple--Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai--are expecting their first baby.

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan, the expectant granddad and Abhishek's father, spilled the beans on the microblogging site Twitter tonight to say his daughter-in-law Aishwarya is pregnant.

"News news news !! I am going to become a grandfather .. Aishwarya expecting .. so happy and thrilled !!!", Bachchan Sr tweeted.

The baby will be the couple's first child.

Abhishek, 35, and Aishwarya, 37, tied the knot on April 20, 2007.

Aishwarya has not personally confirmed she is pregnant. But Archana Sadanand, the publicist for the former Miss World, said there is nothing more to add other than what Amitabh had said.

Aishwarya recently signed Madhur Bhandarkar's ambitious project Heroine.

The cyberspace was abuzz with comments relating to Aishwarya's apparent weight gain seeing her walk the red carpet at the Cannes film festival last month.

Mallika's bikini scene chopped

After the buzz Mallika generated about donning a two-piece and finally settling for a bikini top with a sarong, it was much ado about nothing, as Mallika Sherawat's bikini look has now been removed from Double Dhamaal. And not surprisingly the actress is miffed about the whole thing.

A source informs us, "When Mallika saw that her bikini sequence was edited from the film, she confronted the director Indra Kumar and producer Ashok Thakeria.

Apparently, the Double Dhamaal makers didn't want family audiences to be offended by the sight of Sherawat in a bikini."

But producer Ashok Thakeria clarifies, "We haven't entirely removed Mallika's bikini scene. But we've voluntarily diluted it. Earlier it was an elaborate bathing sequence. But, now it is just a passing shot."

"We didn't want to offend the family audience and their sensibilities. We don't want Double Dhamaal to be considered a sex comedy. Double Dhamaal is a clean fun family comedy," explains Thakeria.

On the point of Mallika being offended, Thakeria plays down the incident saying, "Oh she'll be fine. She leaves with us for an award function in Canada this week, where she will perform her item song from our film. That should make her happy."