Jessica Alba reveals fond of downing bottles

Actress Jessica Alba has revealed to a secret vice - she is fond of downing bottles of whisky. The Hollywood beauty criticizes people who collect bottles of distilled liquor for she considers it to be a waste of alcohol.

Instead, she would rather drink it. “I drink it with friends and my father. What’s the point of collecting it when you are not going to enjoy it,” Contactmusic quoted Alba, as saying.

“It is such a short life that you might as well enjoy it,” she added. The actress, who won the female hottie award at the Teen Choice Awards, once asserted that she has one healthy habit of drinking a lot of water.

The 26-year-old actress is best known for her roles in Dark Angel, Sin City, Fantastic Four, Into the Blue and Idle Hands.

Zeta-Jones plans film set in India

Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is set to visit India with husband Michael Douglas to shoot a new film, a newspaper on Thursday quoted her as saying.

Zeta-Jones told the Times of India newspaper she was currently developing the script with Douglas. The newspaper did not say when it would be ready or when the couple would visit.

“We will take our kids and all of us will come there, set a camp in India and shoot a film,” Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar in 2003 for her role in the musical “Chicago,” told the newspaper. “I’m looking forward to going to India.”

India’s media went into a frenzy last year when Hollywood heavyweights Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, along with their children, stayed in the country for a month to shoot a film.

Asked if she had watched any Indian films, Zeta-Jones replied she had seen a lot of Bollywood movies, “though I can’t remember the names now.”

Charlize Theron attends the Los Angeles premiere of “In the Valley of Elah”

Cast member Charlize Theron attends the Los Angeles premiere of “In the Valley of Elah” in Hollywood September 13, 2007.[Reuters]

Martin and Paltrow name Pegg as godfather

Hollywood couple Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have chosen actor Simon Pegg to be godfather to their 3-year-old daughter Apple.

But the Hot Fuzz star has no intention of providing moral guidance to the celebrity offspring–and insists he wants his young charge to have fun.

He says, “I’d like to think I’m a really great, fun godfather.

“It’s much more interesting than trying to be a good influence on her. I’m a comedian–it’s what they expect.”

Jennifer Lopez gets back to her hip-hop roots with a sexy new video

Getting on down to some hip-hop beats in these colourful revealing outfits, Jennifer Lopez signals a return to pop with a hot new video.

Ever since Hollywood’s richest Hispanic singer and actress married her Latino husband Marc Anthony she has shown a willingness to leave the world of urban music behind and embrace her Spanish roots.

She recorded an album in Spanish and planned a tour with her husband, showing off a more glamorous, old Hollywood image.

But her loyal fans will be pleased to hear her new album, to be released in October, signals a return to form. Her sixth studio album, Brave, is in the bag and these pictures show her shooting the video for its first single, Do It Well.

The video was directed by David LaChapelle over two days in August, and sees the star in a series of stunning outfits including this tight black ra-ra number and canary yellow mini-dress.

Scout Tayor-Compton arrives at the “Halloween” premiere in Hollywood

Scout Tayor-Compton arrives at the “Halloween” premiere in Hollywood, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007.