B-Town wishes Happy Rakhi, demands women’s safety
August 2nd, 2012 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) Bollywood beauties like Mallika Sherawat and Preity Zinta wished Happy Rakshabandhan to their fans, while filmmakers like Onir and Ken Ghosh hope the values of the ... Read more...
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Satire, Quran and quiz on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
October 13th, 2011 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A meltdown tale of loss and battle, stories of India's three heroines, a compilation of over 1,000 questions and essays arguing for equitable globalization, the ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ - same as before (IANS Movie Review)
July 1st, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Transformers - Dark Of The Moon"; Director: Michael Bay; Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Tyrese Gibson; Rating: **Ever since the first part, the "Transformer" series has been abysmally stupid, ... Read more...
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‘Something Borrowed’ - could have borrowed better (IANS Film Review)
May 28th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Something Borrowed"; Director: Luke Greenfield; Actors: Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Colin Egglesfield, John Krasinski; Rating: ** 1/2Romantic triangles are nothing new. Triangle between three close and long associated friends ... Read more...
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Freida Pinto ‘overwhelmed by speed to fame’
March 27th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 27 (ANI): 'Slumdog Millionaire' star Freida Pinto admits that she is a little overwhelmed by the speed with which she went from being a Mumbai-based model aspiring to be ... Read more...
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‘Little Fockers’ - No original gags in this one (IANS Film Review, Rating:**1/2)
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Satyen K. Bordoloi
Film: "Little Fockers"; Director: Paul Weitz; Actors: Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba; Rating: **1/2 The universally uneasy ... Read more...
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Mexican men blame women for violence
November 25th, 2010 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Nov 25 (IANS) One in four men in Mexico say that rapes and violence against women are associated with the way they act and dress, according to an official survey.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Iraq will need US troops to defend its borders post-2011
August 12th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.12 (ANI): Iraq will need U.S. military support for up to another decade to defend its borders because its army won't be ready to guard the country when American troops ... Read more...
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Sudeep in Ram Gopal Verma’s Rann
April 8th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Sudeep has not only cemented his place as an actor in Kannada films but is also in the process of making in big in Bollywood. After Phoonk, the actor would again ... Read more...
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Less Known Twin: Meet Michael Kutcher
March 31st, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by GD
Michael Kutcher is Ashton Kutcher's lesser known twin, born with cerebral palsy, a disease in which the motor control centers of the brain are damaged. He is Ashton's fraternal twin and had ... Read more...
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NSW chief warns against IPL contracts creating rifts
December 10th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 10 (ANI): Cricket New South Wales CEO Dave Gilbert has urged players not to let the high-value contracts offered by IPL franchises affect the teams performance, warning his players ... Read more...
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Hillary was advised to attack Obamas ”lack” of U.S. roots
August 12th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug.12 (ANI): New Yorks junior senator and one-time Democrat presidential contestant Hillary Clinton was urged by her chief strategist to targetrival Barack Obamas "lack of American roots".
According to an inside-the-bunker ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
‘Red Corridor’: gripping play, but a shade too loud
July 17th, 2008 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Four aspiring actors from small towns in India - among them a Maoist on the run - make an interesting mix of characters in a melting pot ... Read more...
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Heres what got Ashton Kutcher hooked to Demi Moore
April 15th, 2008 - 3:30 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): Ashton Kutcher has revealed just what it was that attracted him to wife Demi Moore when they first got together.Kutcher has dated stars like Brittany Murphy and ... Read more...
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