Madonna and Jesus Luz: New entrants of splitsville

Pop queen Madonna and Brazilian model Jesus Luz have parted ways. The pair blamed the 28 years age difference between them and a lack of common interests for the split.


The busy work schedules of Madonna, 51, and Jesus, 23, were also said to be a factor. "It was not only totally amicable but it was Luz who initiated the split," a report claimed.

Mother-of-four Madonna has told friends she and Jesus are at different places in their lives. "The problem is as simple as it is obvious - it's the age difference. How long could it last? How it even lasted a year seems a miracle to a lot of people," said a source.

"They are in such different places in their lives. They both benefited, but it's pretty much over now. Or as Madonna told me, 'We've just run out of things to talk about. It's really pushing it for us to have common ground these days. We have Kabbalah, that's about it'," added the source.

The pair began dating after Madonna's marriage to director Guy Ritchie, 41, ended in divorce in October 2008.

Prakash Raj and Pony Verma to enter wedlock?

Is this rumour all set to turn into reality? Prakash Raj, who is said to be dating Bollywood choreographer Pony Verma, might be getting ready to marry her.


They both were going steady for the past two years.

Prakash’s divorce to wife Lalitha Kumari came through some time ago.

Though the two have gone blue denying any relationship, it’s being whispered the ‘alleged affair’ was the reason for Prakash’s marriage to go kaput.

But now that Prakash is divorced, he and Pony have a chance to set things straight and a marriage can be expected in the next few months.

While Prakash is an established actor, having won two National Awards, Pony is on the verge of joining the big league, having been roped in for projects with by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Priyadarshan.

Katrina ki Ajab Kiss Ki Ghazab Kahani

In all her films so far, Katrina Kaif has kissed only once, in Kabir Khan’s New York.


Katrina has now decided to make it official. She won’t do a kissing sequence, even if the producer-director uses the oldest trick to persuade her: the script demanded it.

A friend of the actress said, “Katrina has said no to kissing scenes in all her films barring New York. And believe me, the directors are very keen to see her kiss her co-stars. Katrina cleverly keeps dodging all the so-called must-kiss scenes. She is a very conservative girl at heart. In fact, when reports claimed that she was going to wear a bikini in Dostana 2, a la Priyanka Chopra in the first Dostana, Katrina protested violently and made it clear to producer Karan Johar and director Tarun Mansukhani: no exposure, no kissing.”

Katrina said, “I don’t deny I’ve done scenes in the past where I did things that I wasn’t comfortable with. But now I won’t. I just don’t feel comfortable doing kissing scenes, or for that matter, wearing a bikini on screen.”

In both, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani and Raajneeti, there was apparently a request for a kiss with Ranbir Kapoor. Katrina said a polite but firm no.

A source revealed, “All the intimate scenes in Raajneeti are between Ranbir and his American girlfriend played by Sarah Thompson. They have lingering lovemaking and kissing shots. In the Indian portion of Ranbir’s story, there’s no intimacy with Katrina. She convinced the director that the character of the dignified politician would not go down well with the audience doing intimate scenes.”

Katrina is quite firm as she said, “It’s true. I’m not at all comfortable doing kissing scenes. Call me a prude or conservative. I just don’t feel kissing scenes jell well with our audiences. So no kissing scenes for me.”