MUMBAI: Meiyang Chang‘s exit leaves the top four in the fray to slug it out for the title of Indian Idol. Best friends they may be but when it comes to performances none of the top four are willing to let the other steal the show. So the tenth Gala Round boasts of superlative performances from Emon Chatterjee, Amit Paul, Prasant Tamang and Ankita Mishra.

With each contestant having to perform any two compositions from the ones suggested by the judges, it turned out to be a treat. Amit set the exciting tone for the evening with his opening song Dil kya kare? from the evergreen hit film Julie which had Javed Akhtar remarking that Amit‘s train on the Indian Idol track has taken off and gathering momentum! And while Amit was basking in all the praise a surprise guest had sneaked in on him. Tushar Kapoor. He had a novel idea to test Amit‘s singing skills. He enacted a song which Amit had to sing. It turned out to be a fun session.

Prashant‘s rendition of Kuch na kaho from 1947 : A love story was proof of his immense improvement from week to week. He followed it up with O mere dil ke chain ? and proved again that he could well be the dark horse of Indian Idol. Ankita once again stole the show with her two thunderous performances like only Ankita can. Emon‘s soulful singing of the title track of Kal ho na ho went down well with everybody except Javed Akhtar who pointed out that he was sounding like Sonu Nigam. Emon proved him completely wrong with his very next performance.. a Kishore Kumar number Dilbar mere?vindicating Annu Malek‘s stand that Emon is a singer par excellence.

The singing had the audience on their feet asking for more. There‘s was in fact more. Sharman Joshi and Kunal Khemu were there too and they sang too with the contestants for company. Annu Malek had the last word. He suggested they stick to acting instead!

Watch all the fun unfold on Indian Idol on Friday 31 August, 2007 only on Sony Entertainment Television.

MUMBAI: India?s favourite politician and Union Railway minister of India, Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav, participated in the special episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 yesterday (Tuesday, August 28, 2007) to encourage the participants. Laluji enthralled the contestants and audiences with his motivational speech on music and government systems.

The channel made special arrangements for the Railway minister. The stage was lit with rural setup. Herd of goats, water well, hut cut-outs, a pan shop along with jute cots created a perfect ambience.

All the Challenge 2007 aspirants left no stone unturned to make Laluji feel special with their traditional performances. Amanat Ali rocked the floor with his breathtaking performance on a Bhojpuri song ?Kashi heele Mathura heele, Chapra heele la, tohri lachke jab kamriya, saara jeela heele la.? Laluji got nostalgic with Aneek Dhar?s performance on his favourite song - ?sa ra ra ra ra, dekho holi aaye re? that he used to enjoy during his childhood days.

While leaving, Laluji extended his best wishes, cheered the participants and gave them moral support.

MUMBAI: This September, Star Movies, India‘s No. 1 English movie channel, keeps up its promise and continues to bring to you the best and brightest of Hollywood! Offering an exciting and unique mix of the best films from around the world, for the first time in India, check out a wide variety of genres on offer this month, ranging from comedy, thriller to drama.You name it, we‘ve got it! Every Friday Night, Star Movies presents Hollywood blockbusters like Crash, In The Mix, The Last Drop and Casanova. That‘s not all, from Sports Extravaganza, presenting the best of sport movies with Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup fever soaring high, Extreme Action to saluting the Hollywood Heroes every Thursday night, it is all happening on Star Movies.

Friday Night Premier this month presents the latest Hollywood blockbusters.

7 September at 9pm
Crash
Starring Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle and Matt Dillon
Directed by Paul Haggis Nominated for six Academy Awardsand winner of three, including Best Motion Picture for 2006. A Brentwood housewife and her DA husband. A Persian store owner. Two police detectives who are also lovers. A black television director and his wife. A Mexican locksmith. Two car-jackers. A rookie cop. A middle-aged Korean couple... They all live in Los Angeles. And in the next 36 hours, they will all collide...

14 September 14 at 9pm
In the Mix
Starring Usher Raymond, Chazz Palminteri and Emmanuelle Chriqui
Directed by Ron Underwood
R&B star Usher Raymond plays his first starring role in this story, which blends crime with romantic comedy. Darrell (Usher Raymond, She‘s All That) is a successful club DJ who one night unexpectedly rescues a woman from a dangerous situation. It turns out the woman in question is the wife of Frank Pacelli (Chazz Palminteri), one of New York City‘s most powerful mobsters.

21 September at 9pm
The last drop
Starring Billy Zane, Michael Madsen and Alexander Skarsg?rd
Directed by Colin Teague
In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, Winston Churchill and the British High Command hatch an extraordinary plan - Operation Market Garden. 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in German occupied Holland. In the midst of the largest airborne invasion in history, one small unit of men, codename "Matchbox" has its own agenda. When Matchbox are shot down short of their landing zone, the odds of their success seem hopeless. Seven very different British soldiers find themselves separated from the Allied invasion, on a collision course with three renegade German soldiers who also want to lay claim to the horde.

28 September at 9pm
Casanova
Starring Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller and Jeremy Irons
Directed by Lasse Hallstr?m
Casanova is loosely based upon the notoriously unreliable memoirs of writer, adventurer, and infamous lover Giacomo Casanova. It‘s a witty, light-hearted romantic comedy, which uses its 18th century setting and renowned hero as a jumping-off point for sexy banter and ruminations on love, lust, and freedom. Oscar nominee Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain) turns on all of his considerable charms in this movie filmed on location in Venice.

That‘s not all, the Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup is on from September 11 to the 24th, and in celebration of this, Star Movies presents Sports Extravaganza, bringing you the best of sports movies! Don‘t miss your favorite games from the silver screen, only on Star Movies on Sundays, 7p.m. featuring movies like The Greatest Game Ever Played, Goal, Glory Road, Rebound and Rocky V.

Get ready for some high-octane, white-knuckle action every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. as Star Movies presents some hard-hitting action! Catch your favourite action movies including The Living Daylights, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Robocop 3 and Red Sonja. Also, catch your favourite Hollywood blockbusters every Thursday night at 9 p.m. with Hollywood Heroes only on Star Movies.

So this September tune in to Star Movies and catch all the fun, action, excitement and adventure, all through the month.

MUMBAI: Roobaroo is a lot of fun. The contestants have fun, Mini Mathur has fun at their expense and some guests go that extra mile to add to the fun quotient like Riteish Deshmukh, Ganesh Hegde and this time its music composer Leslie Lewis.. With only the top four contestants left in the fray, their frazzled nerves must have relaxed with all the music, dance and laughter all around.

Leslie Lewis of Colonial Cousins fame was pleasantly surprised to see the diverse talent of these the youngsters Emon Chatterjee, Amit Pal, Prashant Tamang and Ankita Mishra. Each one demonstrated a little known talent about them. So for the first time one saw Prashant play the guitar while singing a Nepali song. Amit strummed the guitar like a pro as he sang Chand mera dil? Emon played the piano and who can stop Ankita from dancing when the music is on? It was hilarious to see her traipsing with Prashant as she sang Pyar hua iqraar hua. Leslie made some pertinent observations about each of them and offered very useful tips for their future plans. With advice over, Leslie suggested that they all get together and have a music session and it all ended up with a rocking jam session with Mini joining in and shaking a leg too. Leslie was convinced that this Indian Idol team could get together to make a perfect band like Boney M. since they had singers, dancers and musicians all within the group! These enthusiastic youngsters might just take up the idea?

There was more excitement in store. The most popular guy just eliminated made a comeback ? on Roobaroo. Meiyang Chang was the surprise guest much to the delight of all around. Although Chang would much rather have been sitting with his buddies, he spoke like only Chang can -- frank and without malice, straight from the heart and in shuddh Hindi. He said Emon was his first choice for Indian Idol with Amit running a close second on the basis of pure talent. He also sang his favourite song Mahive teri yaad aati hai re?which will now always be remembered as Chang‘s song. And Chang will be remembered and missed for a long, long time.

Do not miss Roobaroo on Thursday 30th August at 9.00 pm only on Sony Entertainment Television.

MUMBAI: Through the words of people who knew her first hand, some of whom have never spoken previously, CNN‘s Soledad O‘Brien reports on the early years of the Princess of Wales in GROWING UP DIANA.