Top 10 Sex Tape Scandals of 2009 revealed

Recession and climate change worries may have dominated 2009, but the year will also be remembered for some-high-profile sex tape scandals.

This year`s cast of characters ranges from a champ golfer to California`s most embarrassed fifth grade teacher.

The top ten list has its share of politicians, beauty queens, porn stars and athletes, but also regular people who never imagined their sexual escapades would make the front page.

CBS`s Top 10 Sex Tape Scandals of 2009 are:

1. Tiger Woods
"By far the biggest sex scandal of 2009 was the sordid tale of Tiger Woods and his seemingly unending supply of alleged mistresses. After a November car crash, Woods apologized for infidelity, but didn`t name names. That didn`t stop the tabloids, which dug up more than 10 women who might have had sex with Woods, including porn stars, escorts, and cocktail waitresses."

2. Carrie Prejean
"In 2009, Miss California USA Carrie Prejean said she stood for something: a strong belief in God and a dislike for gay marriage. In June, when she was fired from her post, she sued the pageant for religious discrimination. They countersued over her unpaid breast implants. But, according to NBC, the legal battle imploded when pageant organizers uncovered a sex tape featuring the religiously devout beauty queen."

03: Grey`s Anatomy Three-way
"This year, Grey`s Anatomy star Eric Dane lived up to his "McSteamy" nickname, with the help of his wife Rebecca Gayheart and former beauty queen Kari Anne Peniche, who were caught frolicking naked together in a video released to the web August 2009. The couple said the video was "personal and private" and sued Gawker for posting it. Gawker responded "If you don`t want a sex tape on the Internet don`t make one."

04: School Teacher Gave Sex Tape to 5th Graders
"A class of fifth graders in California got a shocking crash course in the birds and the bees courtesy of their teacher, Crystal Defanti, and an x-rated home video she accidently sent to their parents. Surprisingly, the children`s parents came to her defense saying that the woman is a good teacher who made an honest, but embarrassing mistake."

05: Ashley Greene
"Ashley Greene, the fresh-faced actress who played Alice Cullen in the box-office hit "Twilight," went on the offensive this summer when nude photos of the 22-year-old surfaced on the Web. Greene`s lawyer confirmed the authenticity of the shots and threatened to sue anyone who published them, claiming that the photos are illegal and displaying them is unlawful."

06: Grady Sizemore
"Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore managed to make his own waves in 2009, when a series of racy images of the baseball all-star found their way to Web sites in November. Sizemore claimed the shots, including one where he is naked except for a well-placed tea cup, were "stolen" from the e-mail of his girlfriend, Playboy playmate Brittany Binger."

07. Michael Duvall
"In July 2009, California Assemblyman Michael Duvall was caught detailing his sexual conquests on an open mike at an assembly meeting. During the recorded conversation, the married lawmaker talked about spanking his "bad girl" mistress and expressed a liking for her "little eye-patch underwear."

08: Cops Cruising for Love
"Ohio police chief Timothy Escola and his amorous subordinate, Janine England, felt the heat once a dashboard cam video of their steamy antics came out. It didn`t help that there was a prisoner in the back seat. The infamous video, shot on June 2, 2009, shows the two making out. England touches the chief on the neck and face, and kisses him."

09: Miss Universe Trinidad
"Anya Ayoung-Chee, Miss Universe Trinidad and Tobago 2008, found herself in a pickle this year when a sex tape surfaced which featured the beauty queen in a ménage a trois with her boyfriend and another woman. The boyfriend, Wyatt Gallery, claimed the video was stolen from his laptop while it was at a repair shop in Trinidad."

10: Shauna Sand
"Former playmate Shauna Sand got into a fight with Vivid Video when the adult movie firm announced they had acquired several tapes of the buxom blonde having sex with her boyfriend. Sand said the company had no legal right to distribute her private footage." Advertisement

Wettest couple of 09 is...

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1. Wettest couple of the year:

Ideally, it should be Priyanka Chopra and Harman Baweja because their chemistry was arid dry. No love sweat breaking between them under the blanket (read: WET-blanket) lead to no love lost between them, we guess. But we’re talking literal meaning here and the award goes to Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar for gyrating on the wettest song of the year in De Dana Dan. Katz’s clinging saree and Aki’s seducing moves made us go "wheee"!

2. Flop show of the year: It’s none other than platitude-spouting Harman Baweja! He is so trite just like his movies and even more hackneyed is his dialogue delivery. We thought Indians CANNOT tolerate two things a] Cricket mein haar and b] Desh pe waar. With Victory he LOST all his audience but with What's Your Rashee he simply KILLED them. Why are we still tolerating him?

3. Drama Queen of the year: ...or the Drag Queen if you want to call it so – Rohit Verma of Bigg Boss 3 fame. We were thinking that somewhere down the line someone overwhelmingly failed him in some way. Whether its his friends or the fashion institute or the public school system or Posh Spice (noticed his hair-style and the way he walks, its like the fugly version of her) we don’t know but whatever it is, it's made him a huge Melodramatic Male… oops female!

4. Publicity stunt of the year:

1. Rakhi Sawant’s decision to get married on national TV.
   B. Shweta Tiwari in a bikini taking a bath under a waterfall on national TV.
   C. Shah Rukh Khan saying, "You KHAN’T deport me" on international TV.
   
   This is not Filmfare Awards and yet the award goes to Shah Rukh Khan. Mr. Khan if George Bush can be deported, if Abdul Kalam can be deported then so kh-an you! What say?

5. Bloodiest movie of the year: Kurbaan? Gulaal? Baabarr...NO, it’s What's Your Rashee? Didn’t we tell you earlier that this movie killed people? If you think there was no blood involved, you’re right. There was no blood involved because they died of brain hemorrhage which was caused by the extensive hamming by the actor, the director, the scriptwriter and the editor. There was also a rumour that it killed Michael Jackson. Yeah, that doesn’t make any sense but then so doesn’t the movie.

6. Over-exposure of the year: ...And the nominees are Rakhi Sawant, Sherlyn Chopra and Negar Khan but the award goes to Vindu Dara Singh! His blabbering, bantering and bitching must have made him a household name and probably that’s why he won Rs 1 crore but by god watching him day in and day out on TV was excruciating. He was so over-exposed on Bigg Boss that the rest of the housemates were over-shadowed. He got the maximum coverage with minimum effort.

The former nominees had to shed their clothes but all this guy had to say was "Desh Ka Adesh" and the camera would turn to him. Ladies now you know exposing is not just related to clothes.

7. Biggest wannabe of the year: Sushmita Sen came close for being a wannabe Angelina Jolie but lost to Uday Chopra. As rightly pointed by Gossip Girl, he’s copy-catting (see again she’s making her own words) Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan. He tones his body like Salman Khan. He styles like Shah Rukh Khan (his geeky look in Pyaar Impossible is inspired by Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi) and like Aamir Khan he does one movie a year.

Actually he’s a step ahead of Aamir in this area he does one movie in four years because he’s such a wannabe that no one would cast him that’s why he has to now write his own scripts to star in his own movie which big brother Aditya Chopra to produce. How convenient, we say!

8. Statue of the year: Nope its not narcissist Mayawati who poses in front of her own pictures and unveils her own statues. But it’s a good topic probably Miss Style Spy can spy check her wardrobe, it would be fun.

Anyhoo… the statue of the year is Abhishek Bachchan and the person who tells him STATUE all the time is his wife Aishwarya Rai (who learnt this Statue game from Salman Khan, remember Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam?) If she says, "Statue, sit", he does. If she says, "don’t sit", he doesn't. Well that’s not true probably, but what’s with going on a idli diet and tagging along with her at international awards just because she says, "Statue and do what I say".

Yes the official word would be henpecked but there is nothing official about our cheesie awards. MIND IT.

9. Mis-cast brand ambassador:

1. Delicate darling Katrina Kaif brand endorsing IPL cricket team Royal Challengers.
   B. Abhishek Bachchan endorsing beauty soap.
   C. Talented Rani Mukerji endorsing mosquito repellent brand.
   D. None of the above.
   
   The answer is D. Because if Shilpa Shetty can own a team why can’t Katrina endorse one? And if Shah Rukh Khan can endorse soap and John Abraham can endorse men fairness cream, why can’t Abhishek? So who is the winner, you ask? It’s DUSKY beauty Kajol endorsing anti-ageing FAIRNESS cream. If you’ve seen the ad you would know how unnatural she looks. Somebody please tell her ho-lay ho-lay that it looks UGH!
   
   
   
   

10. Popat of the year 2009: We're talking about being a scapegoat, an idiot. And the idiot of the year is not Aamir Khan or Abhishek Bachchan or Harman Baweja or Rakhi Sawant or anyone from Bollywood for that matter. The biggest idiot or idiots we should say is YOU. As in you, aam junta, the common people. You fall for their antiques, pay a bomb for their stupid movies and waste your time reading their stupid interviews.
They make a total POPAT out of you and you gladly let them. Next year please ask this question to yourself are they worth your time and money? In the mean time…the cheese and the mouse and the mouse trap goes to YOU!

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Best of Everything in 2009!

Taylor Lautner, AR Rahman, Tiger Woods

Biggest movie grosser This year was definitely good for the box office. There were so many movies we just had to see! Standing in long lines for tickets didn't even matter. It was a race between vampires, wizards, three idiots and transformers. But box office figures tell us that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was the highest grossing film in the world this year - it made a total of $394 million on opening nights across the world - though it had competition from Twilight sequel New Moon and Avatar, one of the most-hyped 3D movies till date.
Hottest shirtless guy
Apart from being a part-time werewolf, he's also a martial artist who had us drooling as we watched the Twilight sequel. Taylor Lautner, who appears shirtless in many scenes, plays Jacob Black in New Moon, and amazed us with his washboard abs and muscular arms. They don't make guys like that anymore!
Best make-up launch
Which woman can resist make-up? Our make-up bags are already overloaded and yet we couldn't help but shout with joy when Dolce and Gabbana launched their new line in February. The duo designer's trademarks, gold embellishment, have rubbed off on their make-up packaging as well. The line's packaging has pure metal gold. Make-up and gold together? We almost fainted with disbelief. What a treat!
Most secure job
All those years of hard work in medical school have paid off for all the doctors. They seem to have had the most job stability in 2009. With new diseases, and hypochondriacs on the prowl, the services of doctors were in demand all year around.
Most played songs of 2009
Can't read my, Can't read my, No he can't read my poker face (she's got me like nobody), Can't read my, Can't read my, No he can't read my poker face (she's got me like nobody).
Does this ring a bell? How can it not? It's the song that had us humming, and tapping our feet for a while now. Not only that, Lady Gaga's Poker Face reached Number 1 in nearly 20 countries, including all the major music markets of the world, making it one of the most played songs of this year.
Also sharing the distinction is AR Rahman's Oscar Award-winning Jai Ho. The song from Slumdog Millionaire also bagged two Grammy nominations this year.
Juiciest gossip
News of Tiger Woods's many affairs have kept the gossip queen in each of us extremely happy. As more and more women came forward to admit affairs with the golfer, it became increasingly difficult for the media to keep a tab on them. Till date we know of eighteen women he's allegedly had affairs with, and we're wondering if there are any more!
Most shocking news
Tears rolled down cheeks freely when the world woke up to the news that Michael Jackson, the self-styled King of Pop, died on June 25. People all over the world mourned him and couldn't digest the fact that the most influential entertainer of all time was gone. MJ's album, Thriller, still remains one of the best-selling albums.

Amitabh Bachchan as host of Bigg Boss, Katrina Kaif, Shilpa and Raj Kundra

Most watched TV show Bigg Boss Season 3 began airing on October 4, and it's had millions of viewers glued to their TV set. This season, Amitabh Bachchan filled the host's position. The reality show took to a lot of people's fancy, after all, who wouldn't want to watch the drama that unfolds when a group of people with different personalities have to live together in once house. We guess you already know that Vindu Dara Singh won Season 3 and can't wait for the next season to begin.
Most wearable trend
The single-shoulder - tops, dresses, jumpsuits, gowns, sari-blouse, kurtas - ruled women's wardrobes in 2009. The style conscious embraced the trend and the conservatives loved the single shoulder because they could show enough skin without putting the décolletage on show! Whether it was a body hugging mini-dress or a free flowing drape gown, the single-shoulder was adapted by every conceivable piece of clothing (except for the bottoms of course!)
Most scripted reality show
What's the best way to choose a groom? Star in a reality TV show that will help you find one, duh! After all, that what Rakhi Sawant did. On Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, the infamous item girl selected one Elesh Parujanwala from among sixteen prospective grooms after setting for them such hard tasks as love letter writing. The dialogues - everything, really -was so scripted, we're wondering why they didn't include the word 'scripted' in the title of the show.
Biggest Diva
And the title goes to… Katrina Kaif. This Barbie doll, the first Indian face of Barbie, is and will be the world's most famous doll that every little girl wants to play with.
Even though Kaif is Indian, she wasn't brought up in India. So ehen she first came to India, like many others she wanted a shot at Bollywood, except she couldn't speak Hindi, couldn't act or dance and she didn't even have a godfather. But she's been working hard and delivering hits and people applauding her performance instead of her looks, so she deserves this win.
Hottest couple we'd love to hate
We're tired of Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and of that tattoo!
There's a new hot couple on the block, they're rich, famous, rich and did I mention rich? They're none other than Shilpa and Raj Kundra, who recently tied the knot in Khandala in November. Raj has been showering his wife with gifts like a penthouse in London, a Lamborghini and loads of other stuff that cost a fortune. Wise choice, Shilps. No wonder, we love to hate you!
Biggest worry
The recession hit India with a big bang this year and many lost their jobs. Companies all over were cutting costs to break even, if not make a profit. Let's hope the economy booms next year.
Sportsman we couldn't take our eyes off
Girls swoon over him, if not for the sport itself. Yep, we're talking about none other than Cristiano Ronaldo. And - this gets better - he's currently the highest paid football player in the world, thanks to his contract with Real Madrid. We don't have enough space to mention all his achievements, but this year he proved why he's the best by becoming the first Premier League player ever to be named FIFA World Player of the Year.
Designer who rocked the ramp
Anand Kabra is emerging as one of the most talented young designers, a freethinker and unconfined to a predictable style statement that shows in his creations. He's one of few Indian designers who has a mind set on going international. We couldn't get over his collection at Lakme Fashion Week, artful simplicity with a blend of uniqueness. He's the designer who made us stand up and cheer this year.
Weirdest news
How many Indian actresses or former beauty queens do you know who were soldiers? Turns out Celina Jaitley was one. The revelation came on Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, a reality show based on past life regression, which promises to open up the mysteries of rebirth and reincarnation. Turns out jaitley was a 21-year-old German soldier fighting in Italy. Weird or what?

source:idiva

Women who made us proud in 2009

They weren't flashed across your TV screens too often. Their names probably don't ring a bell. Their stories may have slipped you by. But at the end of the year, we can't help but salute these women whose actions made us really proud all of 2009...

1. Rukhsana Kausar
She's the 21-year-old from Jammu and Kashmir who shot the Pakistani militants who forced their way into her home in September this year. When they demanded food and a place to sleep from her father, he refused. But as the militants beat up her father, Rukhsana didn't cower in fear. She took an axe and struck one of her father's assailants and then took his AK47 and shot him dead. She then injured the other militant too. Now that's what we call bravery!

2. Saina Nehwal
Not to be confused with Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal is a badminton champion in her own right. At age 19, she is ranked 6 in the Badminton World Federation. In June 2009, she beat Chinese Lin Wang and became the first Indian ever to win a BWF Super Series title, the most prominent badminton series of the world by winning the Indonesia Open. In August, Saina was rewarded with the Arjuna award!

3. Lubna Hussein
She was fined $200 for violating decency laws in Sudan. Did she walk naked in the streets? No! She wore pants for crying out loud. Well, this lady was not afraid of Sudan or its law enforcers for that matter. She refused to pay the fine and said instead that she would protest the laws by spending a month in prison. You know what else she did? She walked into the court in Khartoum, Sudan's capital, wearing the same pair of loose-fitted green slacks that she had been arrested in. We don't care much for the pants but we really like her style!

4. Nisha Susan
We can't get enough of Nisha and her Pink Chaddi Campaign. While most of us silently detest the self-righteous Muthalik, Nisha dared to do something about this chap's outrageous threats to marry off couples that he spotted together on Valentine’s Day. She engaged women across the country by getting them to send in pink panties. On 14 February (Valentine's Day), she had over 500 pink panties couriered to Muthalik's office. The perfect Valentine's present, we think!

5. Women commuters
You know how when your train halts at a station, you will usually find some cheap a** from the opposite train pass some lewd comment at the girls. More often than not, we are trained to ignore their charade but these women from Kalyan didn't do that. They approached Mumbai Mirror with a letter describing the nuisance and even attached photos of the offending men. The letter was promptly forwarded to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Thane, who immediately swung into action and nabbed some of the offenders.

More recently, a group of girls beat up a co-passenger mid-air when the crew ignored their complaint about his misbehaviour. Bravo girls!

6. Lisa Ray
The beautiful actress was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer called Multiple Myeloma in June this year. It is apparently an incurable cancer of the white blood cells which produce antibodies. But Lisa isn't hiding in the shadows. We recently saw her looking as lovely as ever on the red carpet at the Toronto Film Festival. She's also been blogging about her condition and has used it to bring the spotlight on Myeloma and Cancer Awareness.

7. Anuradha Namashivaya
The only women to have ever competed in the Ms. Fitness Championships in Las Vegas, Anuradha started her own company called Sportz Divas this year. It aims to support sportswomen. She wants to free these sports divas of the worries of the logistics and enable them to perform their best. She wants to share their stories with the world and let people know that sportswomen go beyond Sania Mirza and PT Usha and definitely beyond the Chak De team! Way to go, Anuradha!

source:idiva

Chiru on top in Airtel Mobitude 2009

Despite his adieu to filmdom, megastar Chiranjeevi is still a rage among moviegoers of the State. If the preferences of Airtel subscribers of the State are anything to go by, the actor-turned-politician tops the Most Downloaded Telugu Actor category of the Airtel Mobitude 2009 ahead of Ravi Teja and Venkatesh.

Coming to actresses, Nayantara is the most downloaded beating Ileana and Namitha in the Telugu Actress category. Mickey J Meyer’s ‘Nijanga Nenena’ from the hit film ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’ is the tune most downloaded followed by ‘Pavvu Takkuva Tommidi’ of Nachavule and a sentinmental ‘Anna Chelleli Anubhandham’ from ‘Gorintaku’.

Spread across different parameters, Airtel Mobitude 2009 is a study conducted by telecom major Bharti Airtel based on 220 million downloads on mobiles across music, images and games categories, according to a press release. The results of the annual survey, which captures preferences of 116 million mobile users across the country were released by the company here on Monday.
Aamir most downloaded

In Bollywood, Aamir Khan beat the other Khans, Salman and Shah Rukh, to become the most downloaded actor. Akshay Kumar and new-found heartthrob of the nation Ranbir Kapoor came fourth and fifth, respectively. Among actresses, it was the gorgeous Katrina Kaif who beat other beauties in the race. She was followed by Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Bipasha Basu. Hollywood stars were as popular as their counterparts from the Hindi film industry, the study said.

Not surprisingly, cricket reigns supreme and the boys of the Indian team top the male sport stars category. Most downloaded is master blaster Sachin Tendulkar followed by the Indian captain M.S. Dhoni, Virendra Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and tennis sensation from Spain Rafael Nadal.
Good partners

Beauty and tennis seem to go together. Russian women dominated the Most Downloaded Female Sport stars category. Barring Hyderabadi tennis star Sania Mirza, who came in second, it was the girls from Russia all the way. Led by Maria Sharapova, tennis players Anna Chakvetadze, Anna Kournikova and Ana Ivanoviæ were the most downloaded, the study said.

It is no secret that music and Indians go in sync with each other. The study reflected that music was most downloaded in the States of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Punjab. “Regional music was as popular as Hindi songs in all these States.”

Surprisingly, for an audience that hums music from films most of the time, it is a prank April Fool tune that is most downloaded followed by the Oscar-winning ‘Jai Ho’ from Slumdog Millionaire in the third slot.

The study also revealed that messaging activity peaks during New Year eve. Users send maximum number of messages during New Year followed by Deepavali, Dasara, Hindu New Year and Friendship Day.