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STAR BUZZ: Smooth sailing
The modish Farah Shah has been around for almost a decade but hardly has she had a more silky patch in her career than recently. Evidently, Farah has finally achieved the end she had been gearing her energies towards; being recognized as a strong performer in the showbiz arena. Seasoned directors like Javed Fazil have approached her for different roles. And that’s not all!
Farah even won the role of a central character in Veera Chawla’s supernatural love story, Blink of an Eye leaving all in the competition far behind. It seems the lady has become a workaholic, and vocational fulfilment is her prime concern in contrast to some of her compeers who are still stuck in the number game. With at least three of her plays running in a week and a couple more in the pipeline, one wonders how she would beat the overexposure.—J.D.
Sean Young’s tale
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Sean Young is many things, but she’s not sentimental. The tempestuous actress is selling her possessions on her web site, seanyoung.com — including her baby blanket, with an asking price of seven dollars. One item she won’t be selling is her on-the-set diary from 1988’s The Boost, where she began her ill-fated fling with co-star James Woods. Young removed it from the sale after we began calling — but not before we obtained some of its pages. For example: Young writes that she first glimpsed Woods in an anti-drug ad, warning against the evils of smoking cocaine. “He looked so cute in that cocaine spot last night,” Young wrote in the journal, “and he’s really not that attractive. But somehow he seemed quite attractive.”Young didn’t expand on her reasons for pulling the diary off the web site. “Maybe my kids will put it on after I’m dead.” But if we can’t get the diary, there are other goodies available on the site, such as ‘Sean’s Finger T-shirt,’ on which she gestures defiantly with both hands; personalized photos; scripts; and $25 “aura colour therapy baths.”—Rush and Molloy
Bordering horizons
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Amir Adnan seems to be making waves on a regular basis either through his designs or through dressing up the President. The Indians couldn’t stop raving about his clothes when he visited the country last year. So impressed are the next-door-neighbours that quite a few people there have suggested that their leader Vajpayee should get his clothes designed by him. That all depends, of course, on the political situation — India seems to have an attitude problem which gets out of control now and then.Adnan’s wife Huma also designs — her department being women’s wear, so there is no stepping on each other’s toes. The couple work as a team and have a complete understanding that’s very rare to see these days. As Adnan said recently in an interview, he would like to see an outlet of his clothes in every country of the world in the future. It might just be possible with Huma by his side. She has definitely inherited the practical side of a politician mother who has a head on her shoulders.—K.H.
Neighbourhood watch!
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It’s amazing what you can do if you have enough money — or credit. For comic John Cleese, it’s selecting the perfect neighbor. The 62-year-old star of Wednesdays at 9:30 (8:30 Central) recently bought the three-level, four-bedroom, 6,000-square-foot house next to his Santa Barbara spread, and put it up for sale.The L.A. Times reported a price of around $5.5 million. “I’m not just selling a house. I’m buying a neighbor,” said Cleese. “(My wife and I) are looking for a film director or maybe a scriptwriter — someone who doesn’t have loud parties. This house has a big, wide front and no garden behind, so it’s not so good for kids.” In addition to a wine closet and an exercise room off the main bedroom, the house features French doors leading to a 90-foot wooden deck on the sand.—Rush and Molloy
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