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Indian officials have asked producers of the latest JAMES BOND movie to axe a scene depicting travellers on train rooftops, as the practice is illegal in the country.
The script for the untitled 23rd Bond film called for Daniel Craig, who plays the secret agent, to jump onto the roof of a moving train packed with passengers.
But authorities fear the show-stopping stunt would promote fare-evading and cast a negative light on the government-operated railway.
Indian Railways Minister Dinesh Trivedi tells AFP, "Rooftop travel is illegal in India and it cannot be encouraged. Rooftop travel will not be shown. (Filming) has to be safe and passengers should not be inconvenienced." Shooting is scheduled for February or March next year (12).

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Actress KIRSTIE ALLEY has put her Maine getaway on the market for $2.4 million (£1.5 million).
The former Cheers star is selling her property in the exclusive community of Isleboro, a tiny town which is only accessible by ferry or air taxi.
The shoreside house boasts five bedrooms and four bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, a deck with an outdoor fireplace and a wooden dock leading to the water’s edge.
Her Look Who’s Talking co-star John Travolta also owns a home in secluded Isleboro, as do Chris O’Donnell and Honor Blackman.
Alley also owns homes in Los Angeles; Clearwater, Florida; and Wichita, Kansas; and Ashland, Oregon, according to the Real Estalker website.

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Actor STEVE COOGAN has pledged to use his fame to keep Britain’s phone-hacking scandal in the headlines - to ensure executives are held accountable for their actions.
The Tropic Thunder star launched legal action against the editors of now-defunct U.K. tabloid the News of the World over claims his voice mail messages were improperly accessed.
The publication, which was run by embattled mogul Rupert Murdoch, closed in July (11) after 168 years in print, but Coogan refuses to let those responsible for hacking off the hook.
He tells Britain’s Guardian newspaper, "Because I’m a more populist person and I reach a more generalised audience that goes beyond broadsheets I can help keep it in the popular imagination and I will do everything in my power to keep it in the popular imagination." The comic also reveals he has snubbed an offer from lawyers for News Group, the subsidiary that owned News of the World, to settle the case. He estimates the battle has cost him more than $160,000 (£100,000) so far.
He adds, "It (the settlement) wouldn’t have covered the costs but it would have taken the sting out of what I’d spent."

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Director GUY RITCHIE got an early birthday present on Monday (05Sep11) after his girlfriend gave birth to a son.
The moviemaker’s model partner Jacqui Ainsley delivered a baby boy in a London hospital - five days before Ritchie’s 43rd birthday on Saturday (10Sep11).
The proud parents have not yet announced the tot’s name.
The Sherlock Holmes director already has an 11-year-old son, Rocco, with Madonna, who he split from in 2008.
Ritchie began dating Ainsley last year (10).

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JUDE LAW is set to return to Broadway in 2012 after wowing London theatre fans and critics with his performance in new play ANNA CHRISTIE.
The actor received rave reviews following the debut of the West End production of Eugene O’Neill’s 1920s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which opened in London’s Donmar Warehouse last month (Aug11), and he’ll stay with the cast when the show transfers to New York early next year (12), according to the New York Post.
Law was last seen on Broadway in Hamlet, for which he received a Tony Award nomination, in 2009.

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The Rolls Royce ROWAN ATKINSON’s spy character drives in the new JOHNNY ENGLISH sequel was shipped to Sydney, Australia for Sunday’s (04Sep11) world premiere, so the funnyman could arrive in it followed by a marching band.
Atkinson, who was involved in a car crash that left him with shoulder injuries last month (Aug11), was clearly delighted with his transportation to the event, where he was joined by co-stars Rosamund Pike and Gillian Anderson.
He told reporters, "This is the actual car, this is the actual one that’s in the movie… It’s tremendously powerful."

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British singer PIXIE LOTT wants to scrap social networking websites, because she’s adamant they’ve ruined the glamour and mystery of fame.
The Mama Do hitmaker is a frequent user of Twitter.com and has more than a million ‘friends’ on Facebook, but she insists modern-day celebrities are no longer "proper stars" because their life is an open book online.
Lott tells Britain’s Live magazine, "Maybe we should get rid of social networking. We don’t have proper stars any more and things like Twitter are partly to blame. I long for the old days of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, stars who had real glamour and mystique.
"We only knew so much about their lives, the rest was a mystery. They’d often come out with these wonderful quotes - you wouldn’t be reading their Twitter updates every two minutes. They never looked ordinary - and they would never be photographed jogging in the park.
"That’s how stars should be. Having said that, my fans would be really upset if I stopped tweeting. So I guess a loss of mystique is the price I’ve had to pay."

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THE STROKES star JULIAN CASABLANCAS has signed on to front a new French fragrance campaign.
The singer is the pitchman for Azzaro’s Decibel: The Essence of Rock and appears in the firm’s new ad.
The promo features Casablancas singing I Like The Night before diving into a crowd of fans.

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LENNY KRAVITZ loves his home in the Bahamas - because no one knows who his famous friends are.
The rocker has played host to pals like Penelope Cruz and Mick Jagger at his humble abode on Eleuthera and he admits they love the anonymity the place affords them.
He tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I brought Mick Jagger there once. We went to a shack to get a beer, and they asked, ‘So, what do you do?’ He was like, ‘I make music.’ ‘What kind of music?’ ‘Rock ‘n’ roll’. ‘Oh great.’ "Then the guy started talking about fishing." Kravitz bought his plot of land on the island with the cash he received after signing his first record deal in 1989. The estate came with a rundown shack and he has since set up an Airstream trailer and a recording studio there. He also operates a small farm, which provides him with all the vegetables he needs when he visits his home from home.

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Songwriter and one-time AMERICAN IDOL judge KARA DIOGUARDI will make her Broadway bow on Tuesday night (06Sep11) after delaying her start in CHICAGO due to Hurricane Irene.
DioGuardi was scheduled to take the stage to begin her stint as murderess Roxie Hart in the musical on Monday (05Sep11), but she requested an extra day of rehearsals after her practice time was cut short by last month’s (Aug11) storm, which brought Broadway to a standstill.
The songwriter takes over from Christie Brinkley as Hart for an eight-week limited engagement. She joins stars like Brooke Shields, Marilu Henner, Bebe Neuwirth, Ashlee Simpson, Michelle Williams and Melanie Griffith, who have played Hart on Broadway.

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HUMAN LEAGUE star SUSAN SULLEY has become the latest celebrity to blast reality TV talent shows, insisting wannabe stars who try out for shows like AMERICAN IDOL and THE VOICE are focusing on the wrong things.
The Don’t You Want Me singer had no performance experience when frontman Phil Oakey picked her and pal Joanne Catherall from obscurity and asked them to join his band, and she doesn’t believe today’s talent show hopefuls are prepared for what the big time requires.
She tells Spinner.com, "Nowadays it’s all about vocal acrobats and a wide vocal range, but I don’t think you need all that. You don’t all have to be the same, you can be a bit more individual.
"None of my heroes would get past the audition round. David Bowie, Gary Numan, and Bryan Ferry just wouldn’t stand a chance." And she doesn’t think she, Oakey and Catherall would impress either: "There are three of us, two of whom have never written a song and are pretty average singers. Plus, we’ve got a lead singer who doesn’t consider himself a singer at all and he can’t play any instruments very well."

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Italian opera star SALVATORE LICITRA has died of injuries suffered in a scooter accident 10 days ago.
The singer was pronounced clinically dead on Monday (05Sep11) in a hospital in Sicily. He was 43.
The tenor had fallen into a coma after sustaining severe chest and head injuries when his Vespa crashed into a wall on 27 August (11).
Licitra became an overnight sensation in 2002 when he made his debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, filling in for Luciano Pavarotti when the opera veteran pulled out of a production of Tosca just two hours before show time.
Revered American conductor James Conlon, who oversaw Licitra’s last performance in July (11) at Illinois’ Ravinia Festival, has paid tribute to the star.
Conlon tells the Los Angeles Times, "I was a big supporter of Salvatore from the beginning… and it’s astonishing to have been with him singing three to four weeks ago and now he’s gone. He was an important voice." Licitra is survived by his fiancee, who was riding behind him in the scooter crash but was unhurt.

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Rapper DMX has named his 10th child after tragic singer AALIYAH.
The little girl was born earlier this year (11), while DMX was behind bars serving time for a probation violation - and the newly-released hip-hop star showed his little girl off last week (26Aug11) as friends and family of her namesake mourned the 10th anniversary of Aaliyah’s death.
Appearing on BET show 106 and Park, DMX introduced his newborn daughter, stating, "This is Aaliyah. She is my newest baby. I named her after Aaliyah because that’s how special she was to me… Know that you are named after an angel." DMX, real name Earl Simmons, has fathered nine other kids, including four with ex-wife Tashera Simmons.
He made no mention of who the mother of his baby daughter is.

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Former GOSSIP GIRL star JESSICA SZOHR has signed up to headline a new sex horror film.
Szohr, who played Vanessa Abrams in the hit U.S. teen drama, announced her departure from the show earlier this year (11), and now she’s set to drastically change direction and thrill viewers in The Love Bite, directed by Andy de Emmony.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film will follow four friends who find their dead-end town under siege from a werewolf on the hunt for virgins. Teens decide to have sex in order to boost their chances of survival.
Szohr will begin shooting the movie in Scotland in October (11).

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British funnyman DAVID WALLIAMS embarked on a marathon 140-mile (225-kilometre) swim on Monday (05Sep11) in his latest charity fundraiser.
The Little Britain star is swimming the length of England’s River Thames from Gloucestershire to Big Ben in London.
Hundreds of fans gathered to cheer on Walliams as he began the eight-day bid, which is 120 miles (193 kilometres) longer than his swim across the English Channel in 2006.
Speaking ahead of the challenge, Walliams described his greatest fear heading into the river - swans.
He told reporters, "When I got here last night there were about 30 swans and I have been attacked by swans in the training, so I am actually quite nervous about them. When they’re coming towards you fluffing their wings and hissing when you’re in the water, it’s quite scary." Walliams is donating the money he raises to U.K. charity Comic Relief.

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Playwright/actor SAM SHEPARD is to be honoured with the first Ellen Stewart Award in New York.
Shepard will pick up the honour at the La MaMa 50 Gala at the Ellen Stewart Theatre in October (11).
Stewart, the founder and artistic director of La MaMa, died in January (11).
The award will be handed out annually to an artist who "embodies the courage and pioneering spirit that Ms. Stewart encouraged at La MaMa, an artist who carries on her ideal of challenging conventional theatrical boundaries and expanding our understanding of human potential." Black Hawk Down star Shepard has staged numerous productions at La MaMa.

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British model-turned-actress JODIE KIDD is a first-time mum after giving birth to a son.
The 32 year old delivered baby boy Indio on Monday (05Sep11) morning via Caesarean section. The tot weighed in at seven pounds, 10 ounces (3.46 kilograms).
It is Kidd’s first child with her Argentine polo player boyfriend Andrea Vianini, who also has a seven-year-old son, Lucas, from another relationship.
A statement from the proud parents to Hello! magazine reads, "We are delighted to announce the birth of our beautiful son Indio Vianini Kidd. All are happy and healthy and doing well and we could not be happier."

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SCARLETT JOHANSSON has joined SERGE GAINSBOURG’s son Lulu for a remake of the French legend’s BONNIE & CLYDE duet, which he recorded with BRIGITTE BARDOT.
The actress has re-recorded Bardot’s part in the 1968 song in English for new tribute album From Gainsbourg To Lulu.
The project features a number of Gainsbourg classics re-recorded by his son.
It’s not the first tribute album Johansson has been involved with - her debut release, 2008’s Anywhere I Lay My Head, was full of Tom Waits’ covers.

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