Shania Twain tells fans she`s moved on, after split

Country singer Shania Twain is feeling like a woman again, returning to the spotlight with a new man by her side after her marriage broke up last year.

Twain, 44, separated from her husband of 14 years, record producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, just over a year ago after he had an affair, ending a highly lucrative partnership in which Lange produced the Canadian star`s three blockbuster albums.

But after largely disappearing from the public eye for a year, Twain is back, set to appear as a guest judge on television singing contest "American Idol" during auditions this week.

In a letter addressed to fans on her website, which is accompanied by a video, Twain said she spent the past year traveling, reading, sharing time with her son 8-year-old Eja, and "concentrating on moving on and forward."

"I hit a very big bump in the road," said Twain, whose marriage broke down after her husband was reported to be having an affair with longtime secretary and manager of the couple`s Swiss chateau, Marie-Anne Thiebaud.

Twain said she has now made a point of surrounding herself with loving people whom she could trust, referring particularly to a man called "Fred" described as a constant companion who understood her pain as his own family had split up under "the same extreme circumstances."

Her companion is Frederic Thiebaud, the husband of Marie-Anne Thiebaud.

"We leaned on one another through the ups and downs, taking turns holding each other up. We`ve become stronger and closer through it all, as have our children Eja and Johanna (Fred`s 8-year-old daughter)," said Twain.

"When I reflect on it all, it`s clear how remarkably active my life has been since last December -- a time in the life of someone working hard to "move on" and succeeding."

Twain made no mention of when she would be out with some new music.

Paris Hilton can pursue Hallmark lawsuit: Court

The celebrity and heiress Paris Hilton may pursue her lawsuit against Hallmark Cards over its use of her picture and catchphrase `That`s hot` on a greeting card, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.

Hilton had contended that Hallmark violated her privacy and right of publicity by ripping off a scene from her reality TV show `The Simple Life` on a birthday card captioned "Paris`s First Day as a Waitress."

A three-judge panel of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Hallmark`s argument that its depiction of the Hilton Hotels heiress was protected speech as a matter of law.

It sent the case back to a lower court, which had turned aside Hilton`s claim of trademark infringement but rejected other Hallmark defenses.

Lincoln Bandlow, a lawyer at Lathrop & Gage LLP in Los Angeles representing Hallmark, said "the analysis of the First Amendment defense is incorrect. It will leave a lot of speakers subjected to meritless right of publicity claims."

He said Hallmark will evaluate options including a possible appeal to the full 9th Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court.

Brent Blakely, a lawyer for Hilton, was not available for comment.

The card showed Hilton`s face superimposed on a cartoon of a waitress serving a plate of food to a restaurant customer.

Hilton tells the customer, "Don`t touch that, it`s hot." The customer asks, "What`s hot?" Hilton responds, "That`s hot." The inside of the card reads "Have a smokin` hot birthday."

The appeals court rejected Hallmark`s argument that the card was sufficiently "transformative" as to deserve automatic protection because the setting was different and the phrase "that`s hot" referred to the temperature of a plate of food.

While noting differences from the TV show, including that the cartoon body was of a generic female and not Hilton, Judge Diarmuid O`Scannlain said "the basic setting is the same: we see Paris Hilton, born to privilege, working as a waitress."

He concluded that Hilton "has at least some probability of prevailing on the merits before a trier of fact."

The private equity firm Blackstone Group LP took control of Hilton Hotels Corp in 2007. Hallmark is privately held and based in Kansas City, Missouri.

The case is Hilton v. Hallmark Cards, U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (Pasadena), No. 08-55443.

Action, comedy are boring, Akshay wants some romance now

He has done loads of action films and made audiences laugh in rib-tickling comedies, but Bollywood star Akshay Kumar now says he`s bored and wants some romance...on screen of course!

"I want to do more romance. I`ve actually gotten bored of comedy and action. Yes, I just want to do some romantic films. And that`s what my next thing is going to be," Akshay told reporters in an interview.

While his fans enjoyed actioners like `Khiladi`, `Mohra` and `Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi`, Akshay also drew audiences for laugh riots `Hera Pheri`, `Mujhse Shaadi Karogi`, `Welcome` and `Singh Is Kinng` among others.

"...I`ve done quite a lot of comedy now and I don`t know...sometimes an actor is very sensitive about what he`s doing and where he wants to go ahead and do. I know comedy has worked a lot and it has worked brilliantly for me.

"Earlier, when I used to do action I would never think about comedy and then I started getting into it and I was quite successful. So now I`ve never done a complete romantic film. I did `Dhadkan`, which was eight years back. But now I wanna get into it and do at least two or three romantic films now," said the actor, who entered Bollywood in 1991.

One of the highest earning members of the Hindi film industry, Akshay maintains that there is no sure-shot secret to success, but stressed that hard work and being "a producer`s actor" is essential.

"It`s actually your hard work, your punctuality...Even if you`re not a good actor, to be a producer`s actor is very essential...If you finish your films on time, save a lot of money for the producer. I remember there was a time when I had delivered 14 flops in a row. But I still had movies along with me for a very simple reason, because I was a producer`s actor."

"I had good films still coming... I had finished all films in a three-month span. Even if they went for loss, they still preferred working with me. And after that, even I thought my career was over. But it still carried on," Akshay added.

And luck, he said, is of supreme importance for remaining on top.

"I`ve just been lucky... a lot of times I`ve watched my films and I felt it`s not good. And those films worked. Like I tell you another film of mine was "8x10Tasveer". I love that film... When I saw it, it`s good but it didn`t work at all. So I don`t know exactly what works and what doesn`t work. You just flow. I liked "Chandni Chowk To China". I did it with Warner Brothers, I was very confident and it didn`t work at all."

So why didn`t it work?

"I think it was the storyline. Like `Kambakkht Ishq` was another film where that combination got together (Bollywood and Hollywood); so that worked. But this one didn`t. So it`s not the combination, it`s actually the script - and sometimes the script doesn`t work."

The actor also firmly believes that the blessings of his parents too go a long way in making him the star he is today.

"I would say my success lies at the feet of my parents because that`s been my biggest strength and that`s what we Hindus believe in. Every morning before going to work just touch your parents` feet and go ahead in life. That`s my personal belief and I followed that in my life. And I told a lot of people and they have also been successful. People may believe it or not, but that`s exactly what I believe in," Akshay said.

Rani Mukherjee On Hi! Blitz Coverpage

Rani Mukherjee Makes a thrilling back with some bikini shoots and after that Coverpage photoshoot fot the famous Hi! Blitz Magazine..Like it???