Bollywood Press

We know from personal experience that there are very few B'wood stars who are punctual. Most of them get away with being hours late for events, but not this time for Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor. It seems that when Bebo and Saif got to an event in Mumbai almost two hours later than they were supposed to, the media boycotted them. So what was the reason for this delay? Apparently, the couple were stuck in traffic. Surprising, considering that the event venue was just about half an hour away from their home. The organisers say that they kept updating the journos about this, but that didn't stop them from walking out anyway. We hear Saif apologised to everyone, but we think he might have also learnt that you can't keep all the people waiting all the time!

It's official. Karan Johar has finally admitted it is Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra in the 'Agneepath' remake. Speaking officially for the first time about the casting of the 'Agneepath' remake, Karan Johar coolly and cleverly passes on the buck to his novice director Siddharth Malhotra for Abhishek Bachchan's absence in the remake...a decision that jolted everyone who thought that Abhishek was a natural and inevitable inheritor of the 'Agneepth' role. Says Karan: "When my father (late Yash Johar) produced 'Agneepath', he left everything to his director Mukul Anand and kept completely away from the project. I'm carrying on the family tradition." "The casting for the 'Agneepath' remake was decided by the director Siddharth Malhotra. He decided on Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra. Why Hrithik and not Abhishek? I think Siddharth has his own ideas on how to present the character. I think the protagoni...

The Indian edition of Condé Nast Traveler has hit the stands. This is the third title from the Condé Nast stable to be launched in India, after Vogue and GQ. Positioned as "the ultimate luxury travel and lifestyle magazine for the well-heeled, global Indian," the title will be priced at Rs. 100 and will be a bi-monthly. The launch issue cover features Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, photographed by Pascal Chevallier in Paris as she takes readers on a tour of her favourite European capital. Contributing writers in the launch issue include Suketu Mehta, Fatima Bhutto, Richard Quest, Sir Mark Tully and Sunita Williams. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Condé Nast Traveller (India) October 2010

Preity Zinta hopes her Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab, which was axed recently, would overcome adversity. "Thanks for all your support for Kings XI Punjab! If you know you are right and done nothing wrong then god and the forces of the universe have to support you! We shall overcome!" Preity posted on her Twitter page. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) axed the team for violating franchisee conditions, especially on ownership. Preity co-owned the team with her former boyfriend Ness Wadia and two other businessmen.