JLo developing TV drama about lesbian couple
July 10th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 10 (IANS/EFE) Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez is preparing a series about a lesbian couple for the ABC Family channel, Deadline.com reported.The project, still without an ... Read more...
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Gloria Estefan to appear on `Glee’
May 10th, 2012 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Miami, May 10 (IANS/EFE) Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan confirmed Wednesday, via Twitter, her upcoming participation in the successful musical television series "Glee" in the role of the mother of ... Read more...
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Is NBC planning an Office spinoff for Rainn Wilson?
January 27th, 2012 - 11:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Several media reports suggest that NBC is planning a spinoff of the highly successful comedy The Office for Rainn Wilson. The actor plays the role of ... Read more...
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Muppets meet horrible fates in Saw Parody
November 18th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The trailer of the mashup “The Muppets: Saw Trailer” has been released. The trailer which was released by the Game Room Films is a parody and ... Read more...
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South Park spoofs the Penn state situation
November 18th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Penn State scandal became the latest addition to the topics that South Park spoofs. Matt Stone and Trey Parker showed their creative side when they ... Read more...
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Parents protest against ‘Glee teen sex scene’
November 9th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Parents Television Council (PTC) has spoken strongly against a scene in the last episode of the highly successful FOX show “Glee.” During the last episode of the ... Read more...
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Mamata greets people on Bijaya Dasami
October 6th, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 6 (IANS) Greeting the people on the occasion of Bijaya Dasami, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday hoped that the occasion would inspire the people to ... Read more...
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US economy needs ‘jolt right now’, says Obama
October 6th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) Urging Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs bill without further delay, US President Barack Obama Thursday said the US economy needs an immediate "jolt"."Our ... Read more...
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‘Arrested Development’ new season coming up
October 3rd, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Oct 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Against the expectations of everyone, the creators of the television series Arrested Development says a new season of the show is coming up. The announcement also ... Read more...
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Republicans reject tax breaks cut for wealthy
September 13th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) President Barack Obama has suggested what he calls a "common-sense approach" of limiting tax deductions for the wealthy to pay most of the cost of ... Read more...
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Women’s role in Hollywood reduced: Study
August 24th, 2011 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) The number of women, both in front of and behind the cameras, in Hollywood has dramatically fallen during the 2010-11 television season, indicating that their roles ... Read more...
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Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy named brand ambassadors for Philips
August 12th, 2011 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Composers Shankaar-Ehsaan-Loy have been roped in as the brand ambassadors for Philips Lifestyle Entertainment in India."It's an honour to be associated with a brand like ... Read more...
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Indians Harish Hande, Nileema Mishra win Magsaysay Award
July 27th, 2011 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, July 27 (IANS) Two Indians, Harish Hande and Neelima Mishra are among the five individuals and one organisation cited for the Magsaysay Award, it was announced here Wednesday.Harish Hande ... Read more...
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Aimi Eguchi is the latest pop star in Japan
June 24th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Tokyo, June 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Aimi Eguchi is the latest pop star in Japan. The only issue is that the singer is not real. Scientists in Japan put together the virtual singer ... Read more...
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Carolina designs Swan’s wedding dress
June 16th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 16 (IANS) Designer Carolina Herrera has designed the wedding outfit for Bella Swan, played by 21-year-old Kristen Stewart in the penultimate film in the series "The Twilight ... Read more...
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US politicians all set to debate on ‘YouTube Town Hall’
May 20th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, May 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) For the first time in the history of US politics, politicians will have the luxury to debate on key issues without their party tags. Thanks ... Read more...
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Patti LuPone to make an appearance on Glee
April 29th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, April 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After months of anticipation and expectations, Patti Lupone will finally be making her “Glee” debut at the show’s season finale. Reports on the Internet say the ... Read more...
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Scottish butcher claims his ‘Devil’s Sausage’ is world’s hottest
April 16th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 16 (ANI): A Scottish butcher has claimed that his "Devil's Sausage" is the world's hottest.The "Devil's Sausage" is so hot, its creators at Rendalls Quality Butchers in Raploch, Stirling, wear ... Read more...
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Now, generate power from wind produced by passing trains!
April 6th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 6 (ANI): Industrial designers in China have developed a device that can generate electricity from the wind produced by trains as they whoosh down the track.The 'T-Box' device is ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga to become fashion journalist
March 31st, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by ANI
New York, March 31 (ANI): Lady Gaga is all set to try her hands at journalism.The singer and entrepreneur will give journalism a try as a new columnist for V magazine, reports ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga had designers up all night for Grammy costumes
February 16th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): Pop icon Lady Gaga caused her fashion designers to stay up all night preparing costumes for her Grammy performance.The singer threw her design team into a panic in ... Read more...
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Chennai students win award for humanoid robot
February 15th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by ANI
Chennai, Feb 15 (ANI) : A group of students from Chennai won the best innovation award for a humanoid robot during the recently held Spring Innovations Competition at Nanyang Technological University ... Read more...
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‘Extreme sitting sport’ is latest fad sweeping across Germany
February 15th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 15 (ANI): A new sports trend sweeping across Germany has emerged in the form of a stool that has been specially designed to perform tricks with and then sit down ... Read more...
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Forget search engines, try the new ‘answer engines’
February 14th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 14 (ANI): Computer wizards have claimed that by using a 'cutting-edge' technology they have created a clever website that gives direct answers to direct questions.According to creators, "trueknowledge.com" site is ... Read more...
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Sheen offers to pay ‘Two and a Half Men’ crew
February 10th, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Actor Charlie Sheen has offered to pay a part of the salaries for the crew of "Two and a Half Men" while filming on the show is halted.The ... Read more...
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iPhone app for church confessions
February 9th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Catholics all over the world have been given a new convenient way to confess their sins.A new iPhone and iPad app called confession app allows people ... Read more...
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Dating site uses pictures, names of 250,000 unsuspecting Facebook users
February 5th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 5 (ANI): A dating site has taken the personal information of 250,000 Facebook users and reproduced it without their knowledge.The creators of Lovely-faces.com, Paolo Cirio and Alessandro Ludovic, ... Read more...
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Online scheme offers bachelors ‘virtual wife’ to get taste of married life
February 4th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 4 (ANI): An online scheme is offering single guys the chance to get a taste of marriage before they go through with the real thing by letting them choose a ... Read more...
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Internet will run out of IP addresses by Friday
February 3rd, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 3 (IANS) The internet will run out of numerical IP (Internet Protocol) addresses by Friday. But the web will not ground to a halt. A new system, Internet Protocol version ... Read more...
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Fantastic Four’s human torch dies
January 26th, 2011 - 9:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Jan 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After half a century, one of the “Fantastic Four” characters will be written out.For years, the creators of the comic series have hinted that one of ... Read more...
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Garfield expected ‘The Social Network’ to be dull
January 24th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 23 (IANS) "The Social Network" actor Andrew Garfield has admitted he didn't think the film would be very exciting until he read the script.The 27-year-old who portrays ousted Facebook ... Read more...
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India’s first comic convention to be held in February
January 17th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 17 (ANI): India is set to hold its very own comic convention this February.The convention, to be held in New Delhi, will seek to bring comics fans, creators and publishers ... Read more...
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New ‘Headphone Hoodie’ lets you play music from your hoodie!
January 12th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Jan 12 (ANI): A new sports garment called Headphone Hoodie incorporates earbuds directly into the drawstrings of your sweatshirt hood.Creators Russell Athletic said said the earbud cable had been incorporated directly ... Read more...
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Book bazaars to mark Delhi’s 100 years as capital
January 7th, 2011 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Weekend book bazaars that feed the literary appetite of book lovers will soon be organised in the city in celebration of the hundred years since the shifting ... Read more...
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Lindsay Lohan: Shifted From Betty Ford Clinic For Security Reasons
December 20th, 2010 - 10:01 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
However, the star was under pressure as she was being stalked not by one but three who kept on text messaging her and calling from unknown numbers making some remarks about ... Read more...
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