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**** Prevention’s October cover star is Dr. Mehmet Oz, MD. “The Dr. Oz Show” is now entering the third season and the Oz-ifiation continues this year given Dr. Oz is in the enviable position of taking over 83 of Oprah’s newly vacated time slots. **** Dr. Oz On Dr. Oz’s Secret to Success Dr. Oz first and foremost defines himself as a doctor: he is a professor of surgery at Columbia University Medical Center as well as medical director of the Integrative Medicine Program at New York-Presbyterian Hospital where he still operates weekly in the morning and afternoon and sees patients between surgeries. “Taking care of patients gives me energy and grounds me.” “I think it also makes me a better TV host. Because after a while, you start to believe your own BS. And you don’t want that. You want to stay real.” It’s this genuine ability to stay real that’s the secret to his success. On His Larger Than Life (and goofy) Props: Wrestling a taller th...

Ludacris And Akshay Kumar Fondly known as the Global Ambassador for Bollywood, superstar Akshay Kumar continues to make his mark in Hollywood with the exciting, forthcoming release, ‘Breakaway’ . The industry multi-rounder has produced and makes a cameo appearance in the cross-cultural film, directed by Robert Lieberman (‘D3: The Mighty Ducks’). Akshay presents another industry first as he becomes the first Bollywood star to produce a Hollywood film. Sharing screen space with one of India’s top billing actors is a host of globally respected mainstream artists such as Hollywood heartthrob, Rob Lowe; global comedy sensation Russell Peters and actress Camilla Belle (‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’). After working with international music sensations Snoop Dogg for the title track Singh is Kinng and Kylie Minogue for Chiggy Wiggy for the film Blue, Akshay collaborates with the Grammy Award winning American rap artist Chris “Ludacris” Bridges for the track 'Shera ...