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New Pocahontas film slammed for being sexual
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Dec 19 (IANS) Historians have slammed Irish actor Colin Farrell's latest movie for "inaccurate" portrayal of his love affair with an 11-year-old Pocahontas.

According to contactmusic.com, the movie "The New World" has Farrell play the role of mariner captain John Smith, whose life is saved from native Indians by a local princess Pocahontas. 

Experts say the implied sexual relationship between the pair is nonsensical and absolutely not true.

A professor of history at Colgate University, Camilla Townsend, says: "It is extraordinary that they (filmmakers) worked so hard to get the scenes and the costumes correct yet continue to ignore the facts." 
 

A talking Lennon doll next year
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Dec 19 (IANS) Legendary Beatle John Lennon will be honoured in the wake of his 25th anniversary with his own talking doll.

According to contactmusic.com, Lennon, who was shot outside his New York apartment Dec 8, 1980, will be replicated in a 46-centimetre action figure after his widow Yoko Ono sold the rights to his image to a toy manufacturer. 

A spokesperson for the company says the doll would utter "authentic John Lennon phrases". The toy is to hit shops next year.
  

Doherty arrested for 'heroin possession'
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Dec 19 (IANS) Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of heroin possession.

According to contactmusic.com, Doherty was pulled over by police after he was spotted driving erratically in East London. He was first administered a breathalyzer test and arrested after police found a supply of the illegal drug.

He has been struggling with his addiction since he split up from supermodel girlfriend Kate Moss last month. He was bailed and will return for further questioning in the New Year.
  
Take That sacks manager
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Dec 19 (IANS) British boyband Take That has axed its longstanding manager because it sees no role for him in its upcoming comeback tour.

According to contactmusic.com, manager Nigel Martin-Smith who helped the band in its rise to fame in the early 1990s will now play a lesser role. 

The band, which reunited last month without Robbie Williams, has reportedly hired new management for next year's reunion tour and forthcoming album.

Singer Mark Owen says: "Nigel set up the first set of tour dates but the band have always driven the shows, so there isn't really a role for him now." 

Martin-Smith was particularly disliked by Williams who suddenly left the band in 1995 and rumours are rife that he might return and join the band on the tour.
  
Campbell condemns Miller
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Dec 19 (IANS) Supermodel Naomi Campbell has launched a vicious attack on actress Sienna Miller, accusing her of stealing friend Kate Moss's fashion ideas.

According to contactmusic.com, Campbell is angry at the comparisons made between Moss and Miller and insists that the latter is nothing more than a cheap caricature of Moss.

She says: "A lot of people compare the actress Sienna Miller to her (Kate Moss). But I can't stand to hear that. I don't know Sienna Miller but there is no comparison to Kate. 

"I don't like imitations, I like the real thing."
 
Marc Anthony's computer stolen
Indo-Asian News Service

New York, Dec 19 (IANS) Singer Marc Anthony's computer was stolen and the thief is supposedly asking for $1 million for its safe return.

According to pagesix.com, detectives from New York Police's Computer Investigation and Technology Unit were dispatched to Anthony's house. 

The fact that the thief is boldly demanding $1 million has raised suspicions that he might have come into possession of some embarrassing files on the hard drive and or some lucrative pictures of Anthony and his wife Jennifer Lopez.
 
Woody Allen says he is mediocre
Indo-Asian News Service

London, Dec 19 (IANS) Acclaimed director Woody Allen has attacked his own work by calling it "mediocre" and "miserable" at the premiere of his new movie "Match Point".

According to contactmusic.com, the Oscar winning director credits his intellectual appearance for winning over film critics, but rues his lack of commercial success insisting that flocking audiences are the true mark of a great filmmaker.

He says: "I've disappointed myself most of the time. People think I'm an intellectual because I wear glasses and they think I'm an artist because my films lose money. 

"My relationship with the American audience is exactly the same as it has always been: they never came to see my films, and they don't come now. I've often said that the only thing standing between me and greatness is me."