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Jessica Alba wants to star in a Bollywood movie.

The 'Fantastic 4' star - who has a 19-month-old daughter Honor Marie with husband Cash Warren - has fallen in love with Indian films and would love the chance to show off a different side to her acting talents.

She said: "Hindi films are very dramatic. They are colourful. And I love the singing and dancing bit. I would love to act in one of them."

Despite her fascination with its movies, Jessica, 28, admits she has never been to India, but is planning a trip there and wants to see as much of the country's culture as possible.

She told DNA India: "India is a beautiful country I have never visited but would love to travel around and see the country soon. It will be a lot of fun."

During her travels, Jessica hopes to make new friends and says loyalty is one of the most important factors in building a lasting relationship with someone.

Jessica Alba tells her daughter not to eat vegetables.

The 'Valentine's Day' actress says Honor Marie - her 19-month-old child with husband Cash Warren - is so stubborn the only way she can get her to tuck in at mealtimes is by forbidding her from doing so.

Jessica explained: "She likes to do everything her way. She loves saying 'no,' it's her favourite word.

"Now, she won't eat unless I tell her not to eat. I have to use reverse psychology. I'm like, 'Don't eat your vegetables!' And she looks at me and, in defiance, eats her broccoli."

Jessica, 28, decided to call her daughter Honor after a friend expressed a liking for the name if she ever had more children.

She explained on US TV show 'Live with Regis and Kelly': "I told my girlfriend that I was pregnant early on, and she was like, 'I'm not having any more kids but if I was going to have one, I would name her Honor.' It was just random and it stuck with us. We liked it."

Jessica Alba's daughter is "a bully".

The 'Valentine's Day' star - who has 19-month-old Honor Marie with husband Cash Warren - admits her girl was quite mean to her little friend during a recent holiday.

Jessica said: "We realised on this trip that my daughter is a bully. She would steal her girlfriend's toys and push her and pull her hair for a stroller or a baby doll or a purse."

Jessica, Cash and Honour went to Mexico over the festive period with a pal, who also has small children, and the stunning actress admits it was a real eye-opening experience.

She said: "Now that you have kids it's different going on vacation. You know, single people aren't really trying to wake up early in the morning. They don't understand a meltdown, and a poopie diaper grosses them out."

Let's get this out of the way up front: In Michael Winterbottom's "The Killer Inside Me," Jessica Alba is pulverized, fist to face, fist to face, fist to poor pretty face, by Casey Affleck for a good three minutes or so. Until her eyes are swollen shut and part of her face has been smashed away, exposing her jaw. What one character later describes as "hamburger," "stewed meat."

It's ultra-real, excruciating to watch and, in some viewers' minds, inexcusable.

When Affleck's sociopathic deputy sheriff, Lou Ford, does something similar to Kate Hudson's character later in the nihilistic noir, Winterbottom and crew lost even more of the audience. Not that they walked out of Sunday's premiere screening, mind you. They waited until the moment the lights came up for a Q&A with the filmmakers, and Winterbottom started fielding vehement criticism about the violence toward women.

First question: "Disgusting!" yelled a woman as she got up and stormed up the aisle.

Winterbottom, after a long pause: "Next question?"

Whether the film, a period noir about a West Texas deputy sheriff with dangerous sexual issues adapted from Jim Thompson's classic 1952 novel, has any theatrical prospects turns out to be less interesting than the perennial debate the film sparks about art vs. exploitation when it comes to violence in cinema.

Does the violence work in the context of a deeper exploration of a character's psyche, or that of society as a whole? Or is it displayed in a vacuum without any redeeming context to provide meaning to a viewer other than an indictment of their being willing to sit through it in the first place?

Try the latter. A wildly improbable and over-the-top finale pushes the film into something more like black comedy, which in turn undercuts the purported realism of the violence earlier in the movie.

Audience members repeatedly prodded Winterbottom to provide some greater meaning or backstory that would help them accept what they had just suffered through. The director protested that, as in Thompson's novel, he wanted to explore the noir theme of "a sense of pleasure in the violence. The violence should be shocking."

Mission accomplished.

Jessica Alba's furniture is mostly second-hand.

The 'Valentines Day' star - who lives in Los Angeles with her film producer husband Cash Warren and 19-month-old daughter Honor Marie - loves scouring the classified advertisements on website Craigslist to find interesting and quirky pieces for her home.

She told Self magazine: "I've bought 70 per cent of my house off Craigslist! I've found so many things; couches, tables, lamps. I love the idea of recycling furniture and there being a history there."

The 28-year-old beauty - who married Cash in May 2008 after four years of dating - also admitted her relationship remains as fresh as ever and she still loves the way the producer makes her feel.

She explained: "I love the way I feel after Cash and I wake up. Or talk on the phone. Everything! Every time I see him or talk to him, I fall in love with him all over again."

Jessica is delighted with the home she and Cash have created but recently admitted her workload was smaller so that she could spend more time there watching Honor grow up.

Canadian actress Emmanuelle Chriqui has been named the Most Desirable Woman of 2010.

The ' Entourage' actress topped a poll of men, conducted by website AskMen.com, who were asked to name the lady they would most like to have as a girlfriend or wife.

Emmanuelle - who came twelfth on last year's list - said: "Hearing what the vote is made of is the biggest compliment of all because it's about being a well-rounded woman. That's really empowering and is just a massive compliment to me."

Emmanuelle, 32, beat American model Marisa Miller into second place, with British actress Kate Beckinsale, Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrosio and 'Fantastic Four' star Jessica Alba rounding off the top five.

Explaining Emmanuelle's appeal to men, James Bassil, editor-in-chief of AskMen.com, said: "It's refreshing to see a respected but relatively low-profile actress like Emmanuelle top the Top 99, while many of the tabloid regulars didn't even make it.

" To me, this outcome really reflects what is unique about our annual list: that it is a real indicator of the kind of women that men want, rather than simply those ones that we are continuously exposed to."

Over 6 million votes were cast in the poll and AskMen.com readers were asked to name the women who have the qualities they most look for in a partner, including sense of humour, intelligence and character as well as their sex appeal.

Canadian actress Emmanuelle Chriqui has topped an annual poll of the world's 99 most desirable women, with organizers saying her appeal was boosted by the fact that she does not feature heavily in celebrity magazines.

The 32-year-old actress, best known for the TV series "Entourage," was on Tuesday named by men's website AskMen.com as the woman with the qualities most men would want in a girlfriend or wife, taking the title from last year's winner Eva Mendes.

Previous winners of the annual list of the world's "Top 99 Most Desirable Women," now in its 10th year, include Katherine Heigl, Beyonce, Jessica Alba and Adriana Lima.

"Hearing what the vote is made of is the biggest compliment of all because it's about being a well-rounded woman. That's really empowering and is just a massive compliment to me," Chriqui said in a statement after coming 12th last year.

In second place in the 2010 poll, which involved about 8 million votes, was American model Marisa Miller and in the third slot was British actress Kate Beckinsale.

AskMen.com's editor-in-chief James Bassil said Chriqui's role in "Entourage" as a sweet, ideal girlfriend had helped her in the survey -- but so had the fact that she is not over exposed.

"We don't see a lot of her. She is not a very public person so it leaves some room to the imagination. She is not out there making a spectacle of herself which could sully her image," he told Reuters.

"A lot of the behavior we see in the media is not the kind of behavior that you want to see in a girlfriend or wife. You can get over-saturation and we don't want to see their real and sometimes stained and depressed sides of their lives."

Chriqui has appeared in a list of films including "Don't Mess With The Zohan," and TV series "The O.C." and "Entourage."

Celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears who appear regularly in the media did not feature at all in the 2010 list. Spears reappeared on the list in 2009 after a few years' absence but was out of favor again in 2010.

"It has to do with a lack of mystery and enigma," said Bassil.

He said it was interesting to note that Megan Fox has fallen from second place to No. 11 in 2010 after a year of heavy publicity for the American actress.

"She has become very much the type we see everywhere, getting a lot of publicity but with not a lot of success driving this. Sure, she's had massive roles in massive movies but they are few and far between compared to many others," he said.

Newcomers to the list for 2010 included Italian model/actress Elisabetta Canalis, 31, debuted at No. 43, which Bassil put down to the fact that she is dating Hollywood idol George Clooney.

He said it was interesting that French actress Marion Cotillard came in at No. 54 as the movie "Nine" has not been that successful in North America.

The list by AskMen.com, a unit of News Corp's Fox Interactive Media, had the perennial favorites like Jessica Alba at No.5 followed by Beyonce in sixth place and Angelina Jolie at No. 88.

"All the top women we see in this list are pretty well behaved and respectable women. We don't see a lot of them parading around in public unless it is in the framework of their careers," said Bassil.

Following is a list of the top 20 women in the list of 99 with their position in last year's poll in brackets where relevant:

1. Emmanuelle Chriqui(12)

2. Marisa Miller(3)

3. Kate Beckinsale (10)

4. Alessandra Ambrosio(6)

5. Jessica Alba(15)

6. Beyonce (50)

7. Penelope Cruz(25)

8. Cheryl Cole (20)

9. Eva Mendes(1)

10. Miranda Kerr(46)

11. Megan Fox (2)

12. Gisele Bundchen(28)

13. Bar Refaeli (34)

14. Erin Andrews

15. Padma Lakshmi

16. Kelly Brook

17. Natalie Portman

18. January Jones (98)

19. Monica Bellucci(18)

20. Paz Vega(53)

(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Miral Fahmy)

Jessica Alba loves her stretch marks and cellulite.

The 'Fantastic Four' actress has learned to love her imperfections because they remind her of the joy she experienced when pregnant with her daughter Honor Marie, now 18 months old.

She said: "Even though some might consider them a flaw, I've learned to love my stretch marks. Pregnancy was the most incredible experience I've ever had. So I'll take the stretch marks. I'll take the sagging boobs. I'll take the cellulite I can never get rid of. If you walk around with your head held high and you're happy and positive, then all that other stuff is irrelevant. Confidence is number one."

The 28-year-old beauty - who is married to film producer Cash Warren - also revealed she hopes to have more children and dreams of settling down with her family in the South of France.

She explained to Self magazine: "My mother-in-law has lived there for more than 20 years, and she has a beautiful set-up. I want to be able to allow Honor and my other kids, who I hope to be blessed with in the future, to maintain their innocence for as long as possible. There is so much time to be an adult."

George Clooney's model girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis (pictured) has a steamy new underwear ad and she has just become the lingerie girl for Roberto Cavalli.  The 31-year-old Italian stars in the world-renowned designer's new advertising campaign for his Spring 2010 underwear collection.

Roberto Cavalli told Glamour: "For my next underwear collection I was inspired by a real woman, with appeal, charisma and sensuality. Elisabetta Canalis and I have been friends for a while now, we have already worked together in the past and so I was sure she was just perfect for enhancing the spirit of this advertising campaign… and I was not wrong! Her Mediterranean beauty and intense appeal interpret an intriguing super-feminine woman…the result is amazing!"
Pictures of the bra and underwear model ads and the photo shoot are here.

More on the couple...Clooney's blissful vacation with Elisabetta Canalis has whipped up rumors the pair will settle down. Clooney has toted the Italian TV presenter to all of his recent movie premieres at top festivals and spent solid time with her and his best friends Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber. The foursome got together in Cabo San Lucas over the holiday break.
A friend who spent New Year with the gang said: "I've never seen George so serious about a girlfriend before. They were really happy together." Clooney, meanwhile, has developed a concern that the world will start a marriage countdown on him.

A friend said: "George is still preoccupied with the paparazzi covering his love life. He kept going on and on about how we need more laws to ban them. It's like he's obsessed." Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Bar Refaeli and Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren joined the glittering group in Cabo.

Two stories from abroad involving major money.  A mystery celebrity has shelled out nearly a million bucks for a palatial Cape Town property, setting up for next year's soccer World Cup.   Details below.  In an unrelated story, the wife of soccer star David Beckham is said to be devastated after a brazen robbery.  Crime reports from Britain details two thieves stole up to 75 dresses from Victoria Beckham's spring/summer 2010 collection.  The value, according to "The Stylist" is $575,000.

Us Weekly Magazine writes: "This operation was meticulously planned. The thieves must feel they can make a fortune selling the collection on the black market," a source told London's the Daily Mail. "Victoria was informed straight away about the incident and was shocked and deeply saddened, although her first priority was the well-being of the driver."

About that expensive rental...A mystery celebrity has shelled out eight million rand (about $1 million) to rent a palatial Cape Town property during next year's soccer World Cup.
The month-long deal is the biggest the South Africa has seen, says Ronnie Matthews Estates director Clinton Braude.  He said: "The villa has been rented to an undisclosed international celebrity to use as a base during their month-long visit while in South Africa during the World Cup in June, and is situated in sought-after Clifton – Cape Town's millionaires' playground.
Many visitors to the World Cup have been holding out for the draw before confirming their accommodation."
Locals, meanwhile, speculated on who the celeb might be - naming Jessica Alba, George Clooney and Tom Cruise as possibilities.
One woman said: "It would make sense for it to be Tom Cruise because he has the money and he often watches David Beckham play for the LA Galaxy; maybe he wants to see Beckham play for England. He would be welcome here."