Shahid Kapoor shoots two ads simultaneously

MUMBAI: Shahid Kapoor who has returned to Mumbai after his Spanish vacation has a clutter of ads to shoot before he finalizes at least two new film projects. That explains why on Wednesday he was shooting two ads in Madh Island on two adjacent sets, for a paint brand and for a coffee brand, the latter with Priyanka which required them to splash water on one another in a garden.

A bit like the time Dharmendra in the early 1970s shot Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Chupke Chupke and Chaitali on two floors of the same studio.

They’re currently shooting Kunal Kohli’s untitled film together. And Shahid Kapoor is trying to keep as much cordiality as possible in his public rapport with Priyanka Chopra.

When Shahid shot an ad on Wednesday for a paint and a coffee brand at Madh Island, there was a climate of cool cordiality that culminated in a media interaction turning into quite a fiasco.

Apparently, Shahid and Priyanka simply refused to give joint bytes to the waiting television journalists who had gathered at the venue of the ad-shoot. This refusal was most surprising in the light of the fact that media-persons had been invited to cover the shooting as a Shahid-Priyanka event.

Says a source that was present at the shooting of the ad, “Shahid wouldn’t budge from his no-joint-bytes stance, and Priyanka agreed with him. They both felt that at this point in their working relationship, the last thing they needed was televised togetherness.”

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Taylor Swift wins big at American Music Awards

LOS ANGELES: Country music songstress Taylor Swift was the big winner Sunday at the American Music Awards, walking away with three prizes including Artist of the Year.

British soul diva Adele also won three gongs, while Canadian teen sensation left empty handed at the awards, voted for by fans and announced at a star-studded show in Los Angeles.

Bieber, who was last year's big winner at the AMAs, sang a tune from his Christmas-themed album "Under the Mistletoe," but failed to win in the only category in which he was shortlisted, for best pop/rock male artist.

Other winners included Katy Perry, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj, who won both rap/hip-hop gongs up for grabs.

Adele won in three of the four categories in which she was nominated -- but did not attend the show, in Los Angeles Nokia Theatre, as she is out of action after undergoing throat surgery.

But the big news of the night was Swift, who took all three prizes for which she was nominated -- artist of the year, as well as best female artist and best album for "Speak Now" in the country music category.

Swift -- who was named entertainer of the year at the Country Music Awards a few weeks ago, called her AMA triumph "one of the most amazing things that have ever happened to me."

The 21-year-old from Pennsylvania is no stranger to music industry glory: she has son four Grammys, including album of the year last year for her second record "Fearless."

Here are winners in key categories:
Artist of the Year: Taylor Swift.
Best pop/rock female artist: Adele.
Best pop/rock male artist: Bruno Mars.
Best rap/hip-hop artist: Nicki Minaj.
Best soul/R&B male artist: Usher.
Best soul/R&B female artist: Beyonce.
Best country female artist: Taylor Swift.
Best country male artist: Blake Shelton.
Best Latin artist: Jennifer Lopez.
Best new artist: Hot Chelle Rae.
(AFP)

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