Google co-founder Brin donates $500,000 to Wikipedia
November 20th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 20 (IANS) The co-founder of Google, Sergei Brin, has donated $500,000 to Wikipedia's foundation, Wikimedia, the foundation said on its web site Saturday.Brin granted $500,000 from The Brin ... Read more...
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Strauss-Kahn returns home after sex assault case
September 4th, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS) Former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Dominique Strauss-Kahn returned to Paris Sunday following the collapse of an attempted rape case levelled against him in ... Read more...
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Strauss-Kahn bedded three women the weekend he ‘assaulted’ maid?
July 17th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn had sex with three women the same weekend he allegedly assaulted a New York hotel maid, a media ... Read more...
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James McAvoy’s confusion
June 1st, 2011 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) Actor James McAvoy doesn't know how he has been changed by being a father and thinks he will only find out when his son Brendan grows ... Read more...
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Strauss Kahn’s NY apartment is a new tourist hot spot
May 23rd, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tourists are flocking to the New York apartment where former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being held. DSK as Strauss Kahn is known was granted $1 ... Read more...
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Strauss-Kahn released from jail
May 21st, 2011 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 21 (IANS) Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been lodged in an apartment in Lower Manhattan, where a private security guard will monitor him round the clock, ... Read more...
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James McAvoy won’t move for work
May 8th, 2011 - 5:29 am ICT by IANS
London, May 8 (IANS) Actor James McAvoy insists he will not move to the US for the sake of his career.The Scottish actor insists he is content to stay in ... Read more...
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James McAvoy’s charming ways
February 14th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Hollywood actor James McAvoy owes his successful career to his ability to win over directors and co-stars with his charm during auditions.The 'The Last King of Scotland" actor ... Read more...
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‘Hubby felt powerless over Indian-origin wife’s Cape Town murder during honeymoon’
November 16th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 16 (ANI): Brit-Indian Shrien Dewani, whose wife was killed on their honeymoon in South Africa, has said for the first time how he felt powerless after the taxi they were ... Read more...
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Rafael Nadal opens academy in secret visit to Anantapur
October 18th, 2010 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 18 (IANS) In a secret visit, world's No.1 tennis player Rafael Nadal inaugurated a tennis academy named after him in Anantapur, some 360 km from here, Sunday.The Spaniard's visit ... Read more...
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Olympic Committee chief in New Delhi for CWG
October 2nd, 2010 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 2 (ANI): The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge and wife Anne arrived here on Saturday as a special invitee for the opening ceremony of the ... Read more...
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Michael Douglas’ father moves to NY to support son in cancer battle
September 20th, 2010 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 20 (ANI): Veteran actor Kirk Douglas has reportedly moved to New York to support his cancer-stricken son Michael Douglas.The 'Wall Street' star was diagnosed with stage four-throat cancer earlier this ... Read more...
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Kirk Douglas shifts to New York to support son Michael
September 19th, 2010 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Veteran actor Kirk Douglas has moved to New York to support his cancer-stricken son Michael Douglas.
Michael Douglas was diagnosed with an advanced stage of throat cancer earlier this ... Read more...
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David Walliams marries supermodel Lara Stone
May 17th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) British comedian David Walliams has tied the knot with Dutch supermodel Lara Stone at a hotel here.
The 38-year-old star and Stone, who is 12 years his junior, got ... Read more...
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James McAvoy taking a break from films
April 12th, 2010 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 12 (ANI): James McAvoy is thinking of taking a break from Hollywood to concentrate on establishing a stage career.The 'Atonement' actor pulled out of a starring role in upcoming ... Read more...
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James McAvoy finally gets his driving licence
February 23rd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 23 (ANI): Scottish actor James McAvoy is said to have finally gotten his licence after passing his driving test with just two weeks of lessons.According to the Sun, McAvoy, 30, ... Read more...
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James McAvoy ‘intimidated’ by wife’s acting skills
February 18th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 18 (ANI): Actor James McAvoy says he is "intimidated" by his wife Anne-Marie Duff because she is such an 'incredible' actress.McAvoy, 30, who shares the screen with his 39-year-old spouse ... Read more...
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Kirk Douglas provides dinner to homeless on Thanksgiving
November 27th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 27 (ANI): Actor Kirk Douglas showed the humane side of him on Thanksgiving by serving dinner to the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles.The 92-year-old star was accompanied by ... Read more...
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James McAvoy refuses to star opposite wife
November 26th, 2009 - 4:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 25 (ANI): James McAvoy says he would never play the lead role opposite his actress wife Anne-Marie Duff because he does not want their relationship to become a media "target".The ... Read more...
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Life of ‘first modern lesbian’ to become subject of new drama
October 17th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 17 (ANI): The tales of first modern lesbian Anne Lister have become the subject of a lavish new costume drama.The role of Lister, a.k.a 'Gentleman Jack' to her Yorkshire neighbours, ... Read more...
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Fidel Castro meets Ecuador’s president
August 24th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Aug 24 (EFE) Cuban leader Fidel Castro has met Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the official Juventud Rebelde newspaper reported in an article that featured a photograph of both men standing and ... Read more...
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Obamas’ to have August vacation at Martha’s Vineyard farmhouse
July 28th, 2009 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 28 (ANI): President Barack Obama and the first family will rent a scenic farm house on Martha's Vineyard for their vacation during the last week of August, the Vineyard ... Read more...
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Death list from Air France AF447 includes royalty, doctors, dancers and students
June 3rd, 2009 - 3:08 am ICT by John Le Fevre
While Air France is yet to release a passenger name list of those onboard its ill-fated flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris that disappeared over the Atlantic ocean, some ... Read more...
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Wildfires force Kirk Douglas to flee California home
May 18th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 18 (ANI): Legendary actor Kirk Douglas has revealed that he has had to flee his home in Montecito, California, as wildfires threatened to engulf it.Douglas, 92, was visiting his grandchildren ... Read more...
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Barry Richards son commits suicide
May 16th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
Cape Town (South Africa), May 16 (ANI): Former South African opener Barry Richards has revealed that his eldest son has committed suicide. Richards, 63, who was born and raised in Durban, but ... Read more...
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James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff keen to start family
April 28th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 28 (ANI): Hollywood actor James McAvoy and wife Anne Marie Duff are keen to start a family.Duff revealed that she is keen to have a baby with husband James and ... Read more...
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Music is my first love: Joss Stone assures fans
October 4th, 2008 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 4 (IANS) British singer Joss Stone has assured her fans that she is not quitting music even though she has landed a role in hit TV Show “The Tudors”.Stone makes ... Read more...
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Joss Stone lands royal role in ”The Tudors”
August 6th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 6 (ANI): Singer Joss Stone is set to appear in the third series of historical TV drama ''The Tudors'', as the fourth wife of Henry VIII.The soul star will ... Read more...
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Natalie Portman gave movie bosses Scarlett Johansson ultimatum
February 20th, 2008 - 5:46 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): Natalie Portman told bosses of her new movie The Other Boleyn Girl that the only way they would get her to star in the pic, would be if ... Read more...
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Danish PM meets Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee
February 6th, 2008 - 5:12 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb.6 (ANI): Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen met President Pratibha Patil and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here today.
Rasmussen is on a five-day visit to India to further boost ... Read more...
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Danish Prime Minister to push for stronger business ties with India
February 6th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen today said Denmark looked for further enhancement of business ties with India.
Rasmussen, who is on a five-day visit to India, said ... Read more...
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