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By Caitlin E. O’Conner
H
urricane Priyanka Chopra breezed through Tampa Bay
on Tuesday as part of the IIFA press tour to promote the
awards in April.
Priyanka has been on the move all week, having
been at the “fun part,” but not the awards ceremony, of
the Golden Globes in Los Angeles on Sunday, a Hollywood IIFA press conference Monday, the Tuesday conference and a similar
stop in the Big Apple scheduled on Wednesday.
In addition, the former Miss World and new Guess Girl said she’s also in
the U.S. to shoot the music video for her next single, which is being released
next week. With the IIFA press tour, the upcoming single, hosting the Idea
Filmfare Awards next week and her movie Gunday out next month, Priyanka
says she has “quite a few big announcements” going on. One announcement you won’t hear from her soon: an engagement.
The star says that of course she wants a ring on her finger sometime, but
don’t look for it anytime soon.A running joke at the Tampa press conference
began when local cardiologist and philanthropist Dr. Kiran Patel, who was
involved in bringing IIFA to Tampa, accidentally called her “Priyanka Kapoor”
because Anil Kapoor was at the press conference as well. Anil joked that he
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