Saurabh Shukla defends adult content in films
August 10th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Noted actor-director Saurabh Shukla has come out in defence of adult content in films these days and says that everything has a motive behind it."People say ... Read more...
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Nude David statue censored on Chinese TV
July 10th, 2012 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) A Chinese television news programme censored footage showing the statue of David, made by Italian artist Michelangelo, by covering the statue's genitals with a digital mosaic.The ... Read more...
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Chinese museum to replicate Michelangelo’s sculptures
June 20th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, June 20 (IANS) A museum in China has decided to duplicate renowned painter and sculptor Michelangelo's four masterpieces of bronze statues.The statues - Day, Night, Twilight and Dawn - ... Read more...
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Michelangelo De Caravaggio’s crimes revealed in Rome’s police files
February 19th, 2011 - 6:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 19 (ANI): Late Italian artist Michelangelo De Caravaggio's police record has been revealed, and they show the tumultuous life he led from the end of the 16th and the beginning ... Read more...
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Belgium Ice sculpture festival displayed Lord Shiv and Ganesh
January 22nd, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Jan 22 (ANI): Internationally renowned 10th annual UNESCO Brugge Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Belgium, which ended on January 16, displayed sculptures of Lord Ganesh and Lord Shiv.Distinguished ... Read more...
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Study: Happy marriage is “The ‘me’ marriage”
January 4th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Jan 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Researchers have identified that being married to the end with your partner does not necessarily makes the marriage a happy one.The research claim that people tend ... Read more...
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Scribbled thoughts reveal Michelangelo was a tortured poet
December 6th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6 (ANI): He was known for his extraordinary achievements in sculpture and painting, but Michelangelo was apparently a tortured poet - a relatively unknown fact to the world.Now, a ... Read more...
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Original model for Michelangelo’s Pieta ‘found’
December 1st, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): An art historian from the US claims that he has found the original model created by Michelangelo for one of his greatest works - the 'Pieta' statue.An Italian ... Read more...
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Michelangelo’s David ‘held secret weapon in right hand’
November 20th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): New research has kicked up a controversy, suggesting that Michelangelo's David might have held a secret weapon in his overly large right hand."Bulging with veins, the right hand ... Read more...
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Male bowerbirds entice females with optical tricks
September 12th, 2010 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 12 (IANS) One of nature's greatest artists was bending perspective long before Michelangelo applied the same technique to his Statue of David.
Male bowerbirds are well known for making elaborate ... Read more...
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Kanye West’s ‘Power’ Premieres On MTV
August 6th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Aug 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is a big week for the hip-hop industry as two of the biggest names released their latest and highly anticipated videos on August 5. With ... Read more...
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Did Michelangelo paint brain in God’s throat in Sistine Chapel fresco?
July 29th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): Could it be that Michelangelo hid an anatomy lesson in the Sistine Chapel frescoes painted by him? The answerer is yes, if new research is to be believed.The ... Read more...
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Did Michelangelo hide anatomy lesson in Sistine Chapel?
July 20th, 2010 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 20 (ANI): Could it be that Michelangelo hid an anatomy lesson in the Sistine Chapel frescoes painted by him? The answerer is yes, if new research is to be believed.The ... Read more...
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Oz woman puts struggling poet husband up for sale on eBay!
April 24th, 2010 - 6:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 24 (ANI): It has emerged that an Ivanhoe woman has put her struggling poet husband "up for sale" on eBay.Sonya Semmens decided to offer up the chance to become patron ... Read more...
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Michelangelo drawings of his muse exhibited in London
February 22nd, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 22 (ANI): Michelangelo's sketches, which he made for a younger man he is believed to have fallen in love with, are being displayed at London's Courtauld Gallery.The exhibition is ... Read more...
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MJ owned a collection of shocking ‘paedo’ art
January 1st, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson had spent millions on a shocking collection of "paedo" art.The legendary artist owned a large number of specially commissioned paintings, in ... Read more...
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Lovers chisel partners to perfection
December 18th, 2009 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) As the sculptor carves and polishes away flaws in a stone to reveal the ideal form, a skillful partner supports the loved one in fulfilling dreams and aspirations.
The ... Read more...
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‘Michelangelo phenomena’: Loved-up couples sculpt each other to achieve ideal selves
December 17th, 2009 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Partners who support each other's ideal selves go on to have a wonderful relationship together, reveals a new study.The researchers have dubbed it the 'Michelangelo phenomena'.Just as the ... Read more...
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MJ’s Michelangelo like painting revealed
December 7th, 2009 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
New York, December 7 (ANI): A painting commissioned by Michael Jackson resembling Michelangelo's statue of David has been revealed in a book about the late star's life.The 1999 art reportedly depicts ... Read more...
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Galileo’s lost fingers, tooth found
November 21st, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 21 (ANI): Father of astronomy Galileo Galilei's missing fingers and a tooth have been found again.Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science, has said that admirers ... Read more...
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Elizabeth Taylor ‘wants to be buried next to MJ’
September 24th, 2009 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 24 (ANI): Veteran actress Elizabeth Taylor wants to be laid to rest next to Michael Jackson, it has emerged.A source told National Enquirer magazine that the 77-year-old actress, who ... Read more...
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Taylor wants to be buried beside Jackson
September 24th, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 24 (IANS) Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor wants to be buried next to late King of pop Michael Jackson.
The 77-year-old actress was close friends with Jackson and wants her ... Read more...
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Michael Jackson’s burial postponed by two days
August 21st, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 21 (IBNS) Joe Jackson father of Michael Jackson said that the King of Pop’s burial has been pushed back by two days to Aug 31.TMZ reported that the decision to ... Read more...
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Jackson burial to be delayed further?
August 21st, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) Pop legend Michael Jackson died June 25, but almost two months after his death he hasn't found his resting place. He was expected to be buried Aug ... Read more...
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Michelangelo’s self-portrait found hidden in his final painting
July 2nd, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 2 (ANI): A self-portrait by renowned Italian Renaissance mastermind Michelangelo has been found hidden in his final painting, the Crucifixion of Saint Peter, believe experts.According to Maurizio De Luca, the ... Read more...
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Woman recreates Michelangelo’s masterpiece in needlework
June 26th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jun 26 (ANI): A Canadian lady has managed to create an awe inspiring vision of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in simple cross-stitch.Joanna Lopianowski-Roberts, 44, who lives in San Francisco, California, used ... Read more...
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Michelangelo’’s David ”on verge of collapse due to traffic and visitors
September 20th, 2008 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 20 (ANI): Michelangelo''s statue of David in Florence is "at risk of collapse" because of its exposure to mass tourism, say Italian experts.According to Antonio Borri, professor of construction ... Read more...
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Michelangelo wasn”t handsome at all
July 22nd, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 22 (ANI): Italian Renaissance painter-sculptor Michelangelo was an ugly and rather unclean man, suggest a series of rare, contemporary portraits and writings on show in Florence.
The The Face of ... Read more...
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I’m proud to have crooned a trilingual album: Smita
May 28th, 2008 - 12:40 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, May 28 (IANS) Playback singer Smita is excited about her trilingual albums in which she has sung in three different languages - Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, and says she is proud ... Read more...
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Hollywood star Charlton Heston dies
April 6th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by admin
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Los Angeles, April 6 (DPA) Oscar-winning Hollywood star Charlton Heston has died in his home in Beverly Hills. Heston (84), who won best actor Oscar for his starring role in Ben Hur ... Read more...
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New technique predicts fractures in bones, buildings
March 19th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 19 (IANS) Researchers have developed a simpler, faster and more dependable technique of predicting fractures, both in the living and the non-living. Called 'Scan and Solve', the technique, developed ... Read more...
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Are Michelangelo’s works held in Britain copies?
November 14th, 2007 - 10:31 am ICT by admin
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