Britney Spears is coming to India

Saucy popstar Britney Spears is coming to India for a short hush-hush trip.Amid rumours of her dating Paris Hilton’s ex beau, Benji Madden, Britney is set to fly to India for a two-day practice session with renowned Indian choreographer Sandip Soparrkar for the new video of her hit track ‘Womanizer’.

Britney will reshoot the video of the hit single from her latest album ‘Circus’ after the song’s first video leaked on the Internet. If reports are to be believed, Britney was pretty impressed by Soparrkar’s choreography with his partner Jesse Randhawa on Madonna’s 50th birthday recently.Soparrkar has confirmed to an Indian newspaper that the curvy popstar is set to arrive in Jodhpur, in the royal state of Rajasthan, for “rehearsals”.

The choreographer also revealed that the singer was looking forward to try Indian food, especially the curry. She is also eager to get a glimpse of Rajasthani culture, especially the folk music and the traditional dance ghumaar.

Reports also have it that Britney might extend her trip a bit to visit the places in Mumbai that were hit by the recent terror attacks. But that is just speculation at this point.

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Michael Jackson fighting for his life?

According to a British newspaper, pop legend Michael Jackson is suffering from a rare lung condition and is "close to death". The Sunday Express quoted Ian Halperin, who is penning a biography on the singer, as saying that Jackson needs to undergo an emergency transplant operation but he is too weak to be rushed into surgery and may even be fighting for his life. According to Halperin, 50-year-old Jackson has been diagnosed with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic condition that can be fatal in severe cases, and the singer is now so ill he can barely speak and has lost as much as 95 per cent of the vision in his left eye. "He has had alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency for years but it’s gotten worse. He needs a lung transplant but may be too weak to go through with it…He also has emphysema and chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, which his doctors have had a lot of trouble stopping.

“It’s the bleeding that’s the most problematic part. It could kill him," Halperin said. Author Halperin has also claimed that Jackson’s lung conditions, which affects only one in 5,000 Americans, has been difficult to treat due to its associated health problems.

"For years, Michael has been working with his own doctors to try to make sure it doesn’t progress. He has been on many medications that have stabilised him," he was quoted by the British newspaper as saying.

Though Jackson’s official spokeswoman wouldn’t comment on Halperin’s claims but his elder brother Jermaine seemed to have confirmed that the singer has serious health issues."He is not doing so well right now. This isn’t a good time," he told Fox TV News.

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