Sonam faster, better than me on roads: Anil

Anil Kapoor believes his eldest daughter, Sonam Kapoor, leaves him far behind when it comes to speeding in cars.

"She's faster and better than me. I believe in change and youth, I think we have to make way for youngster... that's very important," said Anil, who was recently in Greater Noida for a casual car race with Ajay Devgn.

Sonam was seen driving high-speed cars in the movie "Players".

Anil was left behind in his race with Ajay at the F1 track in Greater Noida earlier this week. They were promoting their film "Tezz", releasing Friday.

Emraan is USP of 'Jannat 2': Esha Gupta

Model-turned-actress Esha Gupta, who is set to make her Bollywood debut with "Jannat 2", says her co-star Emraan Hashmi is one of the main attractions of the film.

"It's a Bhatt camp (Mukesh and Mahesh Bhatt) film. You know, the film is going to be amazing because of the music. Thanks to Pritam (Chakraborty), we have got amazing music already and the star already, you know, Emraan Hashmi! What else do you think is the USP of the film," the 26-year-old said here.

"Jannat 2" is a sequel to the 2008-film "Jannat" and is set to hit theatres May 4.

According to earlier reports, actress Jacqueline Fernandez was supposed to play the role, which ultimately went to Esha. But the debutante says she is lucky to have bagged the film, directed by Kunal Deshmukh.

"Yes, that's what even I read that Jackie (Jacqueline) was supposed to do it (the film). But for some reason of hers or the director, it didn't work out. As I say... whoever gets it, it's their good luck," said Esha who was crowned Miss India International in 2007.

She also featured in the Kingfisher calendar.

Indian film industry has withstood Hollywood storm: Javed Akhtar

Writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, who has been part of the Indian film industry for more than four decades, says so far only Bollywood has not suffered at the hands of Hollywood.

"Hollywood is such a powerful film industry that it has ruined film industries of the world. Wherever Hollywood films reach, the original film industry of that nation got ruined, except India. Our film industry is flourishing be it Tamil and Telugu films," the 67-year-old said here at the music launch of "Ye Khula Aasman".

The Indian film industry turns 100 next year and Akhtar is happy that it is spreading roots across the world.

"Our films are showcased in around one 30 nations abroad. The number of nations that view Hindi films is increasing and this is not an ordinary thing," said Akhtar.

"We have made some good and bad films. We have made some excellent films as well. I think Indian cinema is at such a point that the future can only be bright and in another 10 years it will reach great heights," said Akhtar, who has penned songs for films like "Mr.India", "Tezaab", "1942: A Love Story", "Dil Chahta Hai" and "Refugee".

Akhtar forayed into Bollywood as a scriptwriter with "Yakeen". Later he joined hands with Salim Khan and the duo together wrote blockbusters like "Zanjeer", "Sholay", "Yaadon Ki Baraat", "Deewar", "Kranti" and "Don".

We've been vindicated, say Bachchans after Bofors revelations

With former Swedish police chief Sten Lindstrom giving him a clean chit in the Bofors gun payoff scandal, Amitabh Bachchan Wednesday said the accusations had led to years of "anguish of petulant blame".

"I speak from personal experience and personal exoneration. 25 years after the incident, I read today from one that pioneered accusation and investigation, of innocence. Of the fault that never lay before me. Of one that remained and shall perhaps remain a darkened spot, blemished beyond all recognition, but in admittance of wrong doing against me," Amitabh wrote on his blog bigb.bigadda.com.

"No one shall be able to understand or even remotely fathom, the hours and days and months and years of the anguish of petulant blame, that I had to go through. But will it really interest another? No it shall not," Amitabh, who was MP at the time, added.

Along with the late Rajiv Gandhi, the 69-year-old star was implicated in the kickbacks scandal on the Rs.1,500 crore gun deal.

His wife, Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan also spoke out. "We knew the truth 25 years back but justice takes its own time and our stand has been vindicated," she said.

In an interview to website thehoot.org, Lindstrom, who had operated under pseudonym Swedish Deep Throat, said there was no evidence to show that Gandhi had taken a bribe in the Bofors deal but he didn't stop the cover-up to protect Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrochi.

He also said the case against actor and then Congress MP Amitabh Bachchan and his family was planted in Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter by Indian investigators.

"Their mission was misguidance, connived to its maximum, for issues that never ever did be of any concern in the execution of their own selfish mercenary agenda. They won momentarily. But lost ultimately. Lost position and strength and power yes, but importantly their conscience. And today that counts the most!" said Amitabh.

The Bofors gun payoff scandal was a major corruption scandal in India during the 1980s and 1990s implicating then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India 155 mm field howitzers. The scale of the corruption -- estimated to the tune of Rs.64 crore -- was far worse than any that India had seen before and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi's ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections.

Justin Bieber Pens Song About Paternity Claim, to Debut 'Boyfriend' Video May 2

Justin Bieber isn't done hitting back at Mariah Yeater, who accused him of fathering her child. After using a "Borat" video to mock the 20-year-old girl, the Canadian teen heartthrob revealed he has written a song about the baby daddy accuser.

"There's a song about that girl - Mariah Yeater - that said she was gonna have my baby," so the boyfriend of Selena Gomez told reporters in London on Monday, April 23 night when asked about his inspirations behind songs for his upcoming album "Believe".

"There are songs about things I'm going through. I wrote songs about different situations," the pint-sized singer went on adding. Claiming that he has recorded 40 songs, he is unsure that the track about Yeater will make it into the cut. "Every song has a piece of me, it's hard to pick. I wrote almost all of them or co-wrote them," he went on sharing.

On another occasion, Bieber announced when the music video for his new single "Boyfriend" will come out. "The 'Boyfriend' video should be coming in like seven or eight days... Pretty soon," he told Capital FM.

His manager Scooter Braun later confirmed that the clip will debut in full on May 2. On Tuesday, April 24, the "Baby" singer also took to Twitter to spread the news as writing, "and yes...the #BOYFRIENDvideo hits next week. FINALLY."

"Boyfriend" is the first single from Bieber's third studio album "Believe", which is set to hit stores in the U.S. on June 19.

Scarlett Johansson Exits 'Iron Man 3', Hong Kong Star Andy Lau in Talks to Join

While her name appears on the casting calls of "Iron Man 3", Scarlett Johansson has made it clear that she will not return to the third armored hero movie. The Black Widow depicter confirmed her departure to Screen Rant by claiming that she would not reprise her role as Black Widow in the next "Iron Man" film.

Though she will not join Robert Downey Jr.'s adventure as Tony Stark in his third movie, Johansson did admit that she hopes there will be a standalone movie for Black Widow. The 27-year-old actress revealed that she has pitched the idea of a Jason Bourne-esque superhero movie about the gun-wielding female agent.

As Johansson confirmed she will not return to "Iron Man 3", another news came out that Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau is in talks to join the anticipated movie. As quoted by Twitch, Hong Kong's Popular tech and style site NeonPunch reported that Lau is in final negotiation to play a scientist friend of Stark.

The site claimed that Lau's character will be "a Chinese scientist who comes to the aid of his old buddy Tony Stark by providing him with some new tech that will help him battle Ben Kingsley's villain, but more importantly Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) and his Extremis biotechnology."

The casting rumor aside, director Shane Black recently spilled some tidbits about "Iron Man 3" when attending the 2012 CinemaCon. The filmmaker said that the upcoming movie will be more of a "technological thriller" and a "crisis movie." The story will take place in the world of "international war, arms and terror" and it will "put Tony Stark through the wringer."

As for the villain, while it has been long speculated that The Mandarin will appear as the major supervillain, Shane remained tight lipped about which bad guy Iron Man will face in the next film. He, however, noted that whoever the villain is, the character will be one that would "frighten in today's world."

"Iron Man 3" reportedly will be loosely based on Warren Ellis' six-issue "Extremis" comic book series, which presents a new origin story that focuses on nanotechnology. The movie is scheduled to begin filming in North Carolina this May, before continuing in China in late summer.

Walt Disney Pictures will release "Iron Man 3" in the U.S. on May 3, 2013.

'Amazing Spider-Man 2' to Be Written by 'Star Trek' Screenwriters

"The Amazing Spider-Man" has yet to open in the U.S. theaters, but already Sony Pictures has tapped screenwriters for its sequel. On Tuesday, April 24, the studio announced that it has picked "Star Trek" scribes Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman to pen the script for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".

On tapping the scribe duo for the next Spidey film, producer Matt Tolmach said, "Alex and Bob have a unique ability to writer great character and spectacular action that makes them pitch perfect for Spider-Man." He added, "They've been friends of ours for a long time and they have an exciting take on the franchise - we're thrilled to have them join the Spider-Man family."

Procuder Avi Arad quipped, "It's a thrill to have Alex and Bob put their stamp in this franchise that we all love so well. They have an innate understanding of what makes Peter Parker not just a superhero, but a hero for all of us."

Sharing their excitement for being attached to "Amazing Spider-Man 2", Kurtzman and Orci said in a joint statement, "We grew up as huge Spider-Man fans so, to us, the opportunity to work on this film is akin to being handed the Holy Grail."

The duo, who also penned the script for Michael Bay's "Transformers", went on gushing, "We love the direction Sony and the filmmakers are taking the Peter Parker/Spider-Man mythology and we couldn't be more excited to be a part of this legendary franchise."

The first draft for "Amazing Spider-Man 2" was written by James Vanderbilt. The production is tentatively scheduled to kick off in the first quarter of 2013, while the film itself is set to arrive in cinemas nationwide on May 2, 2014. As for the first movie, which sees Andrew Garfield as the titular superhero, it will open this summer on July 3.

Aside from the "Spider-Man" sequel, Orci and Kurtzman have been tapped in several upcoming high-end movies, including "People Like Us", "Ender's Game", "Now You See Me" and the untitled Star Trek sequel.