FIFA World Cup 2010 final: Bollywood stars set to watch the Grand Finale

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Mumbai: Soccer fever is at its peak and our Bollywood stars are all set to watch the biggest match of the year as Spain takes on the Netherlands in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final in Johannesburg tonight. While Bollywood actors like Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Dutt, Shah Rukh Khan and Imran Khan have already reached Johannesburg to watch the World Cup final between Netherlands and Spain, some football lovers from the industry had to give the match a miss.

Anil Kapoor had almost cancelled his plans.

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Sighed Anil, 'Some work had come up. It looked like I wouldn't be able to go to Johannesburg, though I had packed and booked seats at the stadium. But, I finally did make it. I am the brand ambassador and this is the biggest sports event,' said Anil as he left for South Africa.

Another football enthusiast, Dino Morea, too seemed unsure of making it to Johannesburg. 'I'm in London, all set to go. But my air ticket is not confirmed, if it doesn't happen, then I'll just have to watch it on television,' he said.

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The model turned actor is a huge football fan. 'I play football and I love watching the sport. I was supporting Italy as I am half-Italian. Now, I'm supporting Spain because they have never won the Cup,' he added.

The football fever has never been more pronounced in Bollywood.

Sanjay Dutt left his pregnant wife in Mumbai for the finals. He will be in South Africa with his two non-filmy best-friends.

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'I wouldn't miss the World Cup for the world. I'm the hugest football fan. I place it above cricket in my scheme of joy. I watched the silliest of games in the Cup. For the finals, I had to be here (in Johannesburg),' said the actor.

Dutt is rooting for Spain all the way. So is Jackky Bhagnani, producer Vashu Bhagnani's son has apparently secured some of the best seats in the stadium for himself and his five friends from Mumbai.

Speaking from Johannesburg, Jackky exulted, 'Man, I've the best view possible! I could never afford these seats, they are among the best in the stadium. An industrialist friend from Russia got me these seats. I can't begin to express my excitement, I feel like an eight-year-old who has got his favourite toy. Me and my friends have our t-shirts, caps and flags ready. We're rooting for Spain.'

Adding to Jackky's excitement is the fact that this is the first FIFA World Cup match he's attending.

Shah Rukh Khan and Imran Khan have already tweeted about their presence in Johannesburg for the finals. However, Shah Rukh's best friend, director Karan Johar will not be able to attend the match.

Other football lovers from Bollywood who had to miss the event are actors Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, who are shooting in Colombo and Delhi, respectively.
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First look: Christina Aguilera stars as queen of 'Burlesque'

Moving past Lady Marmelade: Christina Aguilera graduates from videos to movies with <i>Burlesque</i>.

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After slithering her slinky self through countless music videos, pop siren Christina Aguilera will sizzle on movie screens for the first time this fall in the song-filled fantasy Burlesque.
"It's sexy, it's sensual," she promises. "The whole idea of burlesque has always intrigued me. The art of the tease, the dance, beautiful women — need I say more?"

Her Ali might be a showbiz staple as old as greasepaint: a plucky gal from Iowa who runs off to the big city to follow her dreams and lands a job at a struggling nightclub.

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Yet it was her character's heart and grit that caught her eye. Says Aguilera, 29, who has been candid about her own childhood travails: "It wasn't just a girl who comes to L.A. and makes it big. It was a girl who had suffered and felt pain, been in seven foster homes. She doesn't let her past make her a victim. And that to me was so appealing."

Director/writer Steven Antin was impressed by how quickly Aguilera adapted to a new type of performing. "She figured out how it works within weeks. She is a little bit of a freak of nature and a perfectionist. This girl is a movie star."

The novice actress found the perfect mentors in such castmates as Cher, who hasn't had a major film role since 1999's Tea With Mussolini, and Stanley Tucci, recent Oscar nominee for The Lovely Bones.

"I love no-bull-(expletive) women, and she's the best of the best," Aguilera says of Cher, who plays Tess, owner of The Burlesque Lounge. "An original trendsetter in her time and a legend in mine. I found her kind and warm. She had helpful advice and stories for days."

As for Tucci, whose gay stage manager once had a fling with Tess, "he's such a professional and hilariou

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