Hollywood Producer to Write a Film About the Rise of Facebook

Aaron Sorkin, Hollywood writer-producer and co-creator of The West Wing decided to write a film that tells about the rise of Facebook.

After the announcement of Sorkin's involvement in the project, the writer joked that even his long-dead grandmother was more informed about the web than he is. To start the project Sorkin decide to register on the social networking website, which became extremely popular in the last couple of years, to find out "how this works.

On his page Sorkin wrote: "I've just agreed to write a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about how Facebook was invented. I figured a good first step in my preparation would be finding out what Facebook is, so I've started this page. (Actually it was started by my researcher, Ian Reichbach, because my grandmother has more Internet savvy than I do and she's been dead for 33 years.)"

Sorkin also wrote: "I understand there are a few other people using Facebook pages under my name, which I find more flattering than creepy - but this is me. I don't know how I can prove that, but feel free to test me."

Although Sorkin joined the social network too late to participate in Scrabulous, he asked several members of Facebook to share with him opinions regarding the site.

It is worth mentioning that the social networking site, Facebook, was launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, who at that time were all students of Harvard. At first the site was limited only to Harvard students but later it opened up to everyone around the globe.

Currently about 100 million users are registered on the site. Facebook remains independent in contrast to its rivals MySpace and Bebo who sold out to larger companies.

Source: Metro.co.uk

Priyanka – the latest swimsuit babe

Against the blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the sparkling beaches of Miami, rises a sexy babe clad in a golden swimsuit. With water shimmering on her body in the sunlight, the face turns towards the camera... and we get the first look of Priyanka Chopra in a bathing suit. The vista is mesmerizing.

With bollywood babes going the extra mile to show off their toned bodies, it is now the turn of Priyanka Chopra. Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Amisha Patel, Minissha Lamba have done it and now Priyanka joins the elite gang of those wearing a swimsuit for a film.

In her signature husky voice, Priyanka who is suffering from acute congestion in her throat and chest says, “The compliments are pouring in. The film has been shot in Miami and as we are young people, the best place for frolicking is on the beach. Hence, the swimsuit.”

However, shooting for a swimsuit shot is not easy for filmstars. One heard stories of Amisha and Kareena intense workouts, Bipasha’s diet of just orange juice three days prior to the shoot, so what is Priyanka’s tale?

“Since I was shooting for Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion where I play a supermodel, I really did not have to do much for the shot in Dostana. I was already working out and since I have a very slender frame, the shot did not require me to do anything drastic,” says the former Miss World.

Divya Dutta's slim look gets her 'glamorous' roles

Actress Divya Dutta, known for playing the chubby and bubbly Punjabi girl in films, has gone in for an image makeover. Having lost oodles of weight, she says that she is now being offered "glamorous" roles.

"After 'Veer Zaara', filmmakers used to call me up for only bubbly roles or those which required a hint of a Punjabi accent. But now that I have lost a lot of weight, I am getting a lot of glamorous roles - the kind that are very different from what I have been doing till now," Divya said.

The actress, who was seen in films like "Train to Pakistan", "Baghban", "Aaja Nachle" and "U, Me Aur Hum", feels that directors are now more confident to experiment with the roles they offer her and also with her looks.

"I give a lot of credit for this change to my weight loss," she said.

Divya admitted that losing weight took a lot of hard work and determination.

"Beyond a point, I realised that a person's looks really matter. It was important for me to maintain a fit figure and generally be fit. I had to stop everything I love doing, including giving up on gol gappas, sweets and all good food.

"And then I did a lot of exercise, went to the gym, and it paid. I am getting exciting roles now."

The 30-year-old actress is upbeat that nearly 10 of her films will hit theatres in a year and that she is "not repeating" any one kind of character or look in any of them.

Starting with Arindam Chaudhuri's "The Last Lear", which released Friday, Divya has an interesting line-up of films including Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's "Dilli 6", Shyam Benegal's "Welcome to Sajjanpur", Rohit Kaushik's period film "Chehre" and a political thriller, "Monica".

Divya revealed that she will be playing a "sensuous, intriguing and mischievous" character in "Chehre" and will be donning a never-seen-before look in "Monica".

Apart from these projects, she is also doing a film with Irrfan Khan and three other comedies.

Divya is known to be selective about roles, but says she has no set preferences.

"I think these choices are very intuitive and instinctive for every person. There is no set idea about the kind of roles I want to do, but I guess I have done a good combination of commercial and parallel cinema," she said.

Divya was here to promote "The Last Lear" along with her co-stars Amitabh Bachchan, Shefali Shah, Arjun Rampal, director Rituparno Ghosh and Arindam Chaudhuri.

In the English film, she plays a happy-go-lucky Christian girl, Ivy.

"I (my character) brings in a whiff of fresh air whenever I come into the picture. This film has been a learning experience for me, as it required me to be very simple.

"It was tough because I had to unlearn what I learnt over the years," she said.

Divya has worked with Amitabh in five films earlier, but she said that working with the veteran actor always excited her.

"I have worked with Amitabh Bachchan in five films ... I was not nervous, but excited. In 'The Last Lear', I got to do just a teeny-weeny role with him."