Akon
May 26 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

There was no Shilpa Shetty at the party. But there was the lissome Katrina Kaif announced as the “reigning Bollywood queen”.

Shilpa Shetty ducked the final closing ceremony stating she had not prepared enough or rehearsed hard enough to...

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R&B singer Akon poses for a photo in New York, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008.