A Dubai b'day for Salman but Katrina wishes in advance

Salman Khan takes off with family and friends to celebrate his birthday in the UAE

This year Goa is passe and Dubai is the new favourite celeb destination. A number of B-Town folk are in the desert emirate to celebrate Salman Khan's 45th birthday today. 

Every year, the actor brings in his big day at their Panvel farmhouse but this year, the 'Khan'daan and 40 friends flew to Dubai for the merrymaking.

Says a source, "Salman didn't want to bring in his birthday at the farmhouse this time. Though it rocks for the guests, his family members end up playing hosts and don't enjoy themselves. 

So he decided to have them party without the headache of taking care of everyone.

Dubai is almost like Salman's second home and it was an obvious decision. Initially he wanted to take all his pals and family on a friend's aircraft but it wasn't available so

When Priyanka met Kareena: Let's forget and be friends

A French manicured birdie who was present backstage at Umang 2010 -- the annual Police Mela -- called to say that Priyanka Chopra may be telling the world that she and Kareena Kapoor have buried the hatchet. But it's far from true. 

The birdie was flapping her wings backstage when she saw PC go up to Bebo and say 'Let's forget what has happened and begin anew'. 

And Bebo just gave her the famous Poo (Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum) 'Whatever!' look and continued with what she was doing. Doesn't look like the Kapoor girl is in the mood to forget.

Launda Badnaam: Angry Arbaaz trashes Manoj Tiwari

By Subhash K Jha

In an entertainment industry notorious for robbing artistes of their rightful resources Arbaaz Khan's munificence comes as a pleasant surprise. 

After reading the story in Mumbai Mirror (Munni badnaam controversy gets bigger, Dec. 20) Arbaaz touched base to say he is willing to compensate Razia Beghum's family, though Arbaaz also made it clear that he doesn't really owe anyone any compensation. 

Says Arbaaz, “Every week we've someone or the other claiming to be the original composer-singers of Munni badnaam. I can understand the eagerness to make a claim over something as successful as this song. The truth of the matter is, the original version of Munni badnaam (Launda badnaam) is a paaramparik (traditional) song. It therefore belongs to no on, and everyone. ” 

Arbaaz further explains, “When someone comes to me with a script I don't ask him where it came from

Shocked Roland catches Race rip-off, thanks to Bipasha

English-French director Roland Joffe realised that his 1999 film Goodbye, Lover was ripped off by Abbas-Mustan for Race

Director Roland Joffe loves India and Indian films. One is not sure anymore if he loves Abbas-Mustan as much as loves the rest of the Indian movie industry. Eighteen years ago, he shot The City Of Joy with Om Puri and Shabana Azmi in Kolkata (then Calcutta).

Now he's shooting a Maratha period film, Singularity, with Bipasha Basu in Australia.

Bipasha and Roland hit it off instantly in Brisbane. While shooting, they got down to discussing each other's work. And that's when Bipasha unwittingly let the cat out of the bag.

Says a source, "Bipasha and Roland were discussing one another's work. Roland asked Bipasha to name her most well-known films.

Bipasha immediately named Jism, Raaz, Ajnabee, Dhoom 2, Shob Charita Kalponik (Bengali) Corporate, Lamhaa and Race. Roland got interested in Race and Bipasha narrated the

Veena Malik’s item number with Superstar Salman Khan

Sexy Pakistani Actress , Veena Malik, has created a buzz in the media after her exit from the famed Bigg Boss house. After her antics on the reality show Veena Malik is busy giving out interviews and hoping to have some Bollywood offers coming her way. Recently she admitted that she now wants to do an item number along with