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‘I sell India at global shows’

Flaunting international brands is actress Sonam Kapoor's everyday style statement but promoting desi designers and Indian elements is the motto for the young and stylish diva whenever she makes an appearance at foreign venues.Set to make her red carpet appearance at the 67th annual Cannes International Film Festival, the actress feels that if one embraces one's body the way it is, they will look beautiful.

“Every year, I have been trying to bring in Indian elements with my look and appearance. When I go on an international platform, I try to promote Indian designers as much as I can because we have such a talented crop in our country,” she said. “So whether I am attending fashion shows abroad or press events, I try to add Indian element to my look,” Sonam said.

Mukeshji treats me like his own child. He is guiding me through my new movie career. I consider him my godfather. My first film with him starts in May. I've started preparing.  I can work in others' films as well

— Gurmeet Choudhary

The ShopClues Fashion Week starts today and will showcase a wide variety of clothing, footwear and accessories throughout the week. Each day will feature a different themes and showcase a rich catalogue offered by a number of merchants. ShopClues is trying to give its customers the real pleasure of possessing high end fashion-wear at pocket-friendly prices.

One of Israel's most influential filmmakers, Assi Dayan, died at his Tel Aviv apartment at the age of 68. Dayan, who was an influential film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, was the son of famed Israeli general and former defence minister Moshe Dayan. Assi Dayan had directed 16 films and appeared in 50 different acting roles.

He started his acting career at the end of the 1960s, with a breakthrough performance in an Israeli film called He Walked Through the Fields. He continued to act both in Israeli and international movies.

Sarah’s hurt by nasty comments

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker says that reading “mean stuff” written about her on Twitter often hurts her feelings. The actress said that she scrolls Twitter with one eye closed because she sees awful things written about her on the social networking site every day. “I see mean stuff every day when I look at Twitter and I scroll with one eye open and one closed,” said the 49-year-old actress.

Mother of three, son James, 11, and four-year-old twin daughters, Marion and Tabitha, with husband and actor Matthew Broderick, she lashed back at relationship expert Sarah J Symonds. Symonds criticised Parker in a series of tweets earlier.