It has been a busy year for actress Kavya Madhavan, who was working in movies back-to-back. Now, the actress is looking forward to a well-deserved break. 

A source close to the actress says that Kavya is planning to take a one-month holiday. "Kavya will be visiting her brother, who is in Australia, along with her parents in December. Though last year they had planned a holiday in Australia, it didn't happen. So this year, she badly wants this break," says the source. For the very reason, the actress has not committed any new projects. "She is in discussions for three movies. However, she will sign on these projects only in January," says the source. 

The actress, who is currently shooting in Kochi for the Mohanlal-starrer Lokpal, has yet another movie lined up for release — Bavuttiyude Namattil. 

 The Eega star Nani picked up a painting by Kamal Kamaraju that depicts Kamal Haasan in his Kshatriya Putrudu avatar. 

Actor Kamal Kamaraju's artistic ability as a painter is well known. While he started off with a series of painting titled My Name is Minnu that revolved around the girl child, the actor is now veering towards filmi subjects even on canvas. Kamal's latest line is all about colourful cinema posters and the theme appealed so much to actor Nani that he got one custom made for his home theatre.

Speaking to Hyderabad Times, curator Kali Sudheer says, "Six months ago, Nani met Kamal at a function and while they were conversing casually, Nani asked him if he could come up with a painting for his home theatre. And knowing that Nani is a big fan of veteran actor Kamal Haasan and would often rave about the movie Kshatriya Putrudu, Kamal Kamaraju decided to paint Nani's matinee idol in his fave avatar." 

While Nani and his wife Anju went gung ho over the painting, Kamal reveals that many socialites have approached him with similar requests. We hear that a prominent lady in the city has asked Kamal to do a life-size painting of Nagarjuna from the film Manmadhudu.

 Shruti Hassan seems to be having a blast on the sets of her upcoming Tollywood flick Balupu. And the person who made her day special is none other than Brahmanandam. 

It's a known fact that Brahmanandam's participation is a must if it is a Raviteja's film. Their combo always rocked on the silver screen and because of that sentiment every director wants to make use of this advantage to tickle the funny bones of the film lovers. Director Gopichand Malineni (Don Seenu, Bodyguard fame) is no different. 

Brahmi plays a full length role in the film Balupu alongside Raviteja and the shooting of his combination scenes with lead pair is going on currently. Shruti Hassan who had tough time shooting at remote areas for Prabhu Deva's film in the past few months is now thoroughly enjoying the company of the Comedy King (known as a stress-buster). "Super fun day at work sooo fantastic to work with Bramhanandam Garu... He is seriously funny! Learning so much!!," shared the beauty. 

 The audio launch of the Karthi - Anushka starrer Alex Pandian is scheduled on December 12th, which happens to be the birthday of Super Star Rajinikanth. It is known that the title of the movie Alex Pandian is Rajinikanth's character name in 'Moondru Mugam'.

The audio launch date was earlier fixed for the 24th of Nov but was later postponed. The film was planned for a pongal release and would probably be released on January 13th.

Directed by Suraj and produced by Studio Green, Alex Pandian is in the final stages of development and Devi Sri Prasad is the music director while the cinematography is being handled by Saravanan.

 Madonna, who strips bare to promote her new perfume, looks several decades younger than her 54 years in the arresting ad to promote her Truth or Dare by Madonna Naked scent.

The Queen of Pop has spent much of the year flashing the flesh at her live shows, and she's gone the whole hog on this occasion.

Only this time, she's arguably had the years turned back by a generous helping of the airbrush.

Striking a seductive pose with her hands behind her head, Madonna's blushes are spared by the bust-concealment of her new perfume's logo, the Sun reported.

The singer has been heavily criticised for refusing to gracefully accept middle age, choosing instead to defy her years onstage by donning youthful attire like a cheerleader's outfit.

However, a recent shot of her in New York showed Madonna looking every bit her age.

She wore a cosy gorilla hat for her low-key visit but her au naturel face appeared wrinkled.

 At age 51, Julianne Moore proves that the ageing process can be defied through healthy living.

The mother of two said that she has little time for exercise and her ideal routine is Ashtanga yoga - a dynamic, energetic form - three times a week, and running a couple of times a week, the Daily Mail reported.

"I really like yoga; I enjoy doing it, so it doesn't feel like the agony of the gym," she said.