Big B meets ‘complete sport’ Judi Dench
September 7th, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was recently introduced to Hollywood veteran Judi Dench and said it was a delight to meet her.Big B met her at the ... Read more...
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Kathie Lee Gifford blasted for calling parents of drug addicts as failures
August 9th, 2012 - 5:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, Aug 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The famous television presenter, Kathie Lee Gifford’s complaints about the parents of drug addicts caught her fans by surprise.
Kathie said that the parents who cannot ... Read more...
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Folk gets a new high in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2′ soundtrack (IANS Music Review)
July 21st, 2012 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2"; Music Director: Sneha Khanwalkar; Lyricist: Varun Grover; Singers: Durga, Sneha Khanwalkar, Rasika D Rani (Trinidad), Kids of Musahar Village, Padmashree Sharda Sinha, Piyush Mishra, ... Read more...
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Songs are becoming like jingles: Prasoon Joshi (Interview)
July 12th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Songs are becoming more like advertising jingles, says ad-man and lyricist Prasoon Joshi who feels that he is dealing with a "very distracted generation" ... Read more...
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Nothing extraordinary about ‘Rakhtbeej’ soundtrack (IANS Music Review)
May 22nd, 2012 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Rakhtbeej"; Music Director: Satish-Ajay; Lyricist: Ravi Mantwal, Satish Tripathi; Singers: Mamta Sharma, Ajay Jaiswal, Vinod Rathod, Aishwarya Nigam, Nidhi Prabha, Abhijeet Sawant, Deepak Giri, Chandana Baruah and Shaan, Rating: ... Read more...
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‘Kaun kenda hai’ my personal favourite: composer (With Image)
March 20th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The multi-talented composer Raghav Sachar, who has composed six songs for the forthcoming comedy "Bittoo Boss", says that "Kaun kenda hai" is closest to his ... Read more...
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No strong musical backing for ‘Singham’ (IANS Music Review)
July 3rd, 2011 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
Film: "Singham"; Music Directors: Ajay Gogavale and Atul Gogavale; Lyricist: Swanand Kirkire; Singers: Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Ajay Gogavale, Kunal Ganjawala and Richa Sharma; Rating: **1/2National Award-winning music directors Ajay-Atul are ... Read more...
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Mumbai RJ gets PETA award for saving parrot
June 15th, 2011 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Granting a Hero to Animals award to Mumbai radio jockey (RJ) Mantra for his efforts to free a parrot entangled in electric wires, PETA appreciated ... Read more...
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Elderly tend to be bad liars
May 30th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, May 30 (IANS) Older people cannot lie as convincingly as younger people and are worse at detecting when others are lying, a study says.
Psychology researchers Ted Ruffman, Janice ... Read more...
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Way of speaking key to success or failure
May 16th, 2011 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 15 (IANS) The way we speak - fast or slow, animated or dull - seems to sway our listeners and so determine our success or failure in life, ... Read more...
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Parents’ ‘um’s’ and ‘uh’s’ help kids learn new words
April 15th, 2011 - 12:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 15 (ANI): A study conducted at the University of Rochester's Baby Lab has good news for parents who are worried that they are setting a bad example for their children ... Read more...
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Americans naming their kids after Simon Cowell
February 16th, 2011 - 6:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 16 (ANI): 'X Factor' judge Simon Cowell is so popular across the United States that Americans are now naming their babies after the music mogul.Sources at the Social Security Agency ... Read more...
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Andreas Muller wins Mini Cooper car for a tattoo on his private parts
January 25th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A German man moved extreme ends to win himself a Mini Cooper worth £20,000.Andreas Muller had to tattoo the company’s brand on his penis to win the ... Read more...
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Longer words get message across faster, more effectively
January 25th, 2011 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 25 (ANI): A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge has found that longer words carry more information and therefore, are more efficient in getting a message ... Read more...
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Canada radio stations told to censor Dire Straits
January 14th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Toronto, Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has directed that radio stations in Canada should censor the 1985 Dire Strats’s song “Money for Nothing” because the lyrics of the ... Read more...
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Demi Lovato Vents Anger On Ashley Greene Through Hate E-mail
December 22nd, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
All is definitely not well between the ex and the present girlfriend of Joe Jonas. According to reports in the media, Demi Lovato cannot get over her feelings for the ... Read more...
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Band Baaja Baaraat: Interview Of Anushka Sharma
December 9th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
December 9, 2010 (Showbiz PR Wire): How did you feel when Manish read you the script of Band Baaja Baaraat?I am a sucker for romantic comedies. I love romcoms. Ever since I became ... Read more...
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Can listening to new audio drug get you high?
November 29th, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Las Vegas, Nov 29 (ANI): A web site has claimed that users of a new audio drug can achieve an altered state just by listening to a few beats.The player, called an ... Read more...
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BBC DJ apologises for ‘Chinese eat cats?’ gaffe
November 22nd, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 22 (ANI): A BBC radio presenter was forced to apologise after a 'distasteful' gaffe about the Chinese eating cats.Judi Spiers was discussing a book about Casper the cat, who became ... Read more...
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Bush was lost in ‘Laura’s stunning blue eyes’ when they met!
November 10th, 2010 - 12:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): Former US President George W. Bush has revealed in his memoirs that he fell in love with wife, Laura when he saw her stunning blue eyes."She was gorgeous. ... Read more...
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Kishore’s New Song To be Unveiled On His Death Anniversary
October 13th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 13, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Fans will get to hear a never-before-heard Kishore Kumar number which will be unveiled online on Wednesday, the 13th of October, the eve of the singing ... Read more...
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Michael Douglas all praises for his ’surrogate father’
October 4th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): Michael Douglas, 66, is all praises for step-parents- the 'Wall Street' star said that his mother's second husband was like a "surrogate father" to the him as he ... Read more...
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Cradle Of Filth release new video
September 30th, 2010 - 12:52 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 30, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): "Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)", is the new released video from UK based extreme metal band CRADLE OF FILTH. The video is directed by Dani Jacobs, ... Read more...
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Why are mobile phone conversations so distracting?
September 22nd, 2010 - 4:25 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): Overhearing mobile phone conversations is very annoying. And now, a new study has discovered why: Hearing just one side of a conversation is much more distracting than hearing ... Read more...
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Tom Jones To Perform For Union Chapel
September 7th, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 7, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Following the accomplishment of his appearance at this year's Latitude festival in the earlier part of the summer and thanks to the exceptional response to his ... Read more...
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Facebook Etiquettes That Can Be Helpful
September 1st, 2010 - 6:46 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Sep 1, (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is no denying the fact that social networking has caught up big time with almost every generation nowadays and even the celebrities and media persons ... Read more...
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Music of Sajid Nadiadwala’s Anjaana Anjaani now out on T-Series Cassettes and CD’s
August 26th, 2010 - 3:50 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 26, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Starting with Sajid Nadiadwala's Anjaana Anjaani T-Series has entered into a strategic alliance with Eros International to exclusively exploit the music and audio visual rights of ... Read more...
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Techno Pink Floyd anyone?
August 20th, 2010 - 9:40 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 20, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): What might shock, surprise and stun the thousands of Pink Floyd fanatics from around the world, and the rock music world in general is, Pink Floyd ... Read more...
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How brains help people ‘click’ in conversations
July 27th, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): When two people "click" in a conversation, they are said to have a meeting of minds. Now science has proven the same.The evidence comes from fMRI scans of ... Read more...
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Speakers with foreign accents seem less truthful to listeners
July 20th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 20 (ANI): People with foreign accents appear less credible to listeners, revealed a study at the University of Chicago.The study said that foreign accent undermine a person's credibility in ways ... Read more...
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Listening to sports on radio as risky as drink-driving
July 3rd, 2010 - 9:19 am ICT by IANS
London, July 3 (IANS) Listening to the matches of soccer World Cup and other sports on radio while driving can cause distraction and the habit could be as risky as drink-driving, say ... Read more...
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“Blood Everywhere, I Can’t Deal!” Gary Coleman 911 Tape Released
June 4th, 2010 - 12:24 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 3 (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a very shocking 911 call (embedded below) which was just released by the police, Shannon Price, the 'wife' of Gary Coleman, tells the dispatcher that ... Read more...
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How auditory memories are formed
May 27th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 27 (ANI): In a new study, researchers used "noise"- sound waves formed from many thousands of completely unpredictable random numbers played as a sound-to probe how the human brain acquires ... Read more...
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Photos of Miss USA in stripping contest emerge
May 18th, 2010 - 4:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): It has emerged that Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih had taken part in a stripping contest sponsored by a Detroit radio station.According to MyFOXDC.com, 23-year-old Fakih appeared in ... Read more...
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Scarlett Johansson wants to record her third album
May 6th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 6 (ANI): Despite her successful movie career, Scarlett Johansson is keen to release more music.After releasing a disc of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head, in 2008, as ... Read more...
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