Marriage is a ridiculous idea: Matt Damon
Hollywood actor Matt Damon has branded the concept of marriage a ridiculous idea — because his wife drives him crazy. The Bourne Identity star wed former bartender Luciana Barroso in 2005 and the couple went on to have two daughters, Gia and Isabella. Damon also became a stepfather to Barroso’s other daughter, Alexia. Damon confesses his wife [...]
Lakshmi Mittal tops Asia Rich List 2010
With wealth of 17 billion pounds, the 59-year-old NRI, who owns the world’s largest steel company ArcelorMittal, has been named the richest Asian in the world for the year 2010.’ Indian-born business tycoon Lakshmi Mittal heads the Asian Rich List, released by Eastern Eye, a publication of the Asian Media and Marketing Group on Friday, Mar [...]
Cindy Crawford and a straightforward approach
Cindy Crawford has a pretty straightforward approach to maintaining her youthful look: she stays out of the sun and refrains from smoking. Cindy Crawford has revealed how a TV appearance on Wizards Of Waverly Place boosted her profile in the eyes of her children’s friends. The supermodel, who is mum to 10-year-old Presley and nine-year-old Kaia, [...]
Chocolates a Super food
A new study hails chocolate as a super food because of the high levels of health-boosting antioxidants it contains. A recent study at Imperial College, London, showed chocolate can suppress persistent coughing. Another compound, phenylethylamine, is thought to have a mood-boosting effect, reported dailymail.co.uk. Meanwhile, antioxidants in chocolate are said to protect the skin against Ultra Violet [...]
Menstrual cramps
Scientists say that an experimental new drug may ease menstrual cramps by targeting the cause rather than the symptom of the pain. “We hope that the drug will provide a more effective treatment option for millions of women worldwide with this painful condition,” said Andrzej R. Batt. Batt pointed out that Menstrual cramps, known in medical [...]
Sarah Palin at the “Showdown in Searchlight”
Sarah Palin continues to be a political lightning rod – drawing intensely negative reviews from liberal Democrats and far more positive assessments from conservative Republicans, according to a new Washington Post poll. US is ‘the last best hope of earth’ as per her. In her talk, this is what she had to say:- This is [...]
Miley Cyrus’ is ‘Really Dark, Edgy and Cool’ in…
There were rumors floating around that Miley Cyrus was going to star in a movie with Demi Moore called ‘LOL: Laughing Out Loud’. Miley opened up to Reuters about the role she is expecting to play and how it is a huge step away from what we know her as now in Hannah Montana. “It is [...]
Katie Holmes in Son of No One
The 31-year-old actress may be joining Al Pacino, Channing Tatum, and Ray Liotta for a new cop drama called Son of No One. According to the LA Times, Katie is currently negotiating to join the film where she’ll play the wife of a young policeman played by Channing. The movie revolves around a young cop who is [...]
Indian American new chief Agriculture Negotiator
Indian American Dr Islam A Siddiqui has been appointed as the chief agriculture negotiator of the United States on Saturday, Mar 28. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Siddiqui brings to this office incredible agricultural expertise built over years of work in both government and private sectors. He further said, “Siddiqui can be counted on to stand up [...]
Cheryl Cole is most searched on net
Cheryl Cole has topped a chart of online celebrity searches. As per a study of Orange mobile phone users” most searched-for stars, the singer’s name was 40 per cent more popular than Miley Cyrus and Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson, reports The Mirror. Cheryl topped the list among Orange customers, the company’s Orange Digital Media Index showed. Paul Jevons, [...]
Meet Aishwarya Rai in 2010
Internationally-renowned actress Aishwarya Rai may not have been called a great performer, but when it comes to being part of films that ride on billions, none can match to her stature. Year 2010 will probably be termed her most important year as an actress. Last year she was seen in just one film — Hollywood’s “Pink [...]
Barrymore hates celebrity name
If there’s anything that tips off Drew Barrymore, well, it’s being called a celebrity. The ET actress, who has spent her whole life in the public eye, revealed her scorn for the word, dubbing it reductive. ”Celebrity! It’s become the most disgusting word on the planet. It makes me sick to my stomach,” The Guardian quoted her [...]
Madonna’s daughter in her new film
Madonna is planning to give her daughter Lourdes a break in Hollywood by giving her a role in her new film, say sources. The Material Girl’s new film is based on Edward VIII and it will go on the floor in the summers in London. The Sun quoted a source as saying, “She has arranged a [...]
Monica Bellucci does a Demi
ACTRESS Monica Bellucci – at 45 years – has bared her bump a la Demi Moore for the second time on a magazine cover. The beautiful Matrix Reloaded star Monica Bellucci first posed with her bump on show six years ago and enjoyed it so much she decided to do it again. The 45-year-old actress – who [...]
Bachchan and tigers
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has been signed on as the brand ambassador for a tiger conservation campaign. Bachchan joins the Indian cricket and football captains as the face of the ”Save Our Tigers” campaign, spearheaded by the environmental group WWF India and Indian telecom giant Aircel. Bachchan said: “I immediately agreed because I feel it is first [...]
Bullock ‘devastated’ with hubby’s sexcapades
Sandra Bullock is reportedly devastated after the revelation of her husband Jesse James’ alleged affairs with four women. Apparently, ‘The Blind Side’ actress has also decided to skip Nickelodeon Kids” Choice Awards in Los Angeles. “She’s devastated. She’s beyond upset. And she has every right to be,” the New York Post quoted a source as telling RadarOnline.com. The [...]
Taylor Swift romancing Cory Monteith?
Country singer Taylor Swift seems to have moved on from her break-up with ‘Twilight’ star Taylor Lautner and has found romance elsewhere. The ‘Love Story’ hitmaker was spotted bowling with ‘Glee’ actor Cory Monteith in Los Angeles this week, reported Aceshowbiz. The couple were seen hugging and chatting intimately as they enjoyed some sporty fun with Disney [...]
Lindsay Lohan and bushes
Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan tumbled into a prickly plant bush after over-enthusiastic paparazzi got in her way as she tried to enter a house party. The 23-year-old actress was heading to party in Hollywood after a drinking session at a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard on Tuesday night when she fell into a “sharp” plant, reported [...]
Review-Hum Tum Aur Ghost
In Bollywood the horror films turns out to be more of a comedy. Our ghosts are very emotional and loving and their sense of dressing is also very abusing.Ghosts in Bollywood have graduated beyond scaring you. The haunting ghouls of yore have metamorphosed into friendly apparitions with a throbbing heart in their bodiless souls. No [...]
How kite got it’s name “kite”?
He was gazing at the sky, looking at kites flying and the moment inspired filmmaker Rakesh Roshan to pen down his forthcoming romantic saga “Kites” about love going beyond boundaries and cultures. “The idea for ‘Kites’ came to me when I was gazing at the sky and saw two kites flying. It looked very romantic. [...]
Rendezvous with the Mexican hot beauty Barbara Mori
Barbara Mori is in the news along with Hrithik Roshan. She’s being kept under wraps till such time as the full-blown publicity campaign for Rakesh Roshan’s Kites breaks. But we managed a tete-atete with Barbara Mori. Yeah, the Mexican girl loves Mumbai and the movies we make. She is keen to continue in Mumbai Bollywood industry. I suppose the [...]
Kites – indeed very physical
Rakesh Roshan’s Anurag Basu directed Kites has been in the limelight from the day it was launched. First it was inclusion of Mexican Model and Actress Barbara Mori & in a never seen before role Kangana Ranaut and now a passionate smooch that will create more fire. Barbara Mori and Hrithik Roshan smooched in one of the scene [...]
Lady Gaga a billionaire
Lady Gaga has become the first pop artist to be viewed on YouTube more than a billion times. Three of the singer’s promos have become favourites on the site – ‘Poker Face’ has received 374,606,128 hits, her debut ‘Just Dance’ stands at 272,941,674 and ‘Bad Romance’ has been watched 360,020,327 times. It makes the 24-year-old singer the [...]
Freida Pinto – The new bond girl
Frieda Pinto, Mumbai’s Slumdog Millionaire actress, who went to the Oscars but never made it in Bollywood,It’s been just over a year since she dazzled us with the Oscar-conquering Slumdog Millionaire, but Mumbai girl Freida Pinto’s since capped that triumph with several others. She’s completed a film with the legendary Woody Allen, one of the [...]
The Power of Love
By Susan Stackpole “Why dream on a dream that burns me? Why dream on a dream expired? I’m told this dream returns, But lately I’m so tired.” ~ Susan Werner, “Through the Glass” The scales have fallen from my eyes after what seems like several lifetimes of tremendous challenges. My heart is renewed, and my [...]
Sales full-blooded for ‘New Moon’ DVD
“Twilight” fans didn’t show up en masse for recent new movies starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but they snapped up plenty of copies of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” DVD when it went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Summit Entertainment, the studio behind the teen vampire franchise, reported Tuesday that the DVD of the [...]
Ewan Mcgregor in Madonna’s movie
Ewan Mcgregor has reportedly bagged the lead role in Madonna’s movie about the late British royal King Edward VIII.The film – Madonna’s second stint as a director after Filth and Wisdom (2008) – is about the former Monarch who abdicated in 1936 to tie the knot with twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. According to Screen [...]
Your Greatest Hurdle to Hearing God’s Voice
by DavidPaul Doyle This article is probably going to get me into trouble, but I feel like the truth needs to come out. So I’m going to just say it, and then see if I can get myself out of hot water…. Your beliefs about who and what God is impact your experience of hearing [...]
Sophie Dahl cookery – its more than meets the eye
The BBC Two show ‘The Delicious Miss Dahl’ features a mix of recipes from the model Sophie Dahl’s recent cookbook, Miss Dahl’s Voluptuous Delights, and reminiscences about her “personal food memories”. The supermodel ditched the catwalk for the kitchen as she takes an “emotional look” at food. The 31-year-old, whose granddad was Roald Dahl, cooks up [...]
Potter’s invisibility cloak created in 3D
The magical cloak that featured in the Harry Potter series has become closer to reality, thanks to German scientists who’ve created a three-dimensional “invisibility cloak” that can hide objects by bending light waves. Scientists from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany and Imperial College London reported their discovery in the journal Science. The boffins used their cloak, [...]
Winslet planning move to UK
Following the recent split with her husband Sam mendes, Hollywood star Kate Winslet is planning to move to her native Britain. The Oscar-winning actress, who was born in Reading, Berkshire, is keen to give up her New York residence after the seven-year-old marriage with Mendes ended this month, reported Daily Mail online. ”Kate doesn’t know quite what [...]
Wardrobe malfunction leaves Heigl embarrassed
Instead of a big round of applause, Katherine Heigl was the centre of audience’s stares when she went on to receive a trophy at a recent award function, courtesy an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction. The American actress, 31, had been accepting the Female Star of the Year award at Thursday’s ceremony, which is the official convention of [...]
US stocks gain for eighth straight day
The Dow industrials rose for an eighth consecutive session on Thursday, lifted by a rise in Boeing’s stock, while a mixed group of economic figures kept the broader S&P 500 in check. The Dow’s gains came even though more stocks declined than advanced on the broad New York Stock Exchange and on a lower volume [...]
British Airways staff on strike after talks collapse
AFP British Airways (BA) cabin crew began a three-day strike on Saturday after last-ditch talks on a dispute over pay and conditions collapsed, leaving thousands of travellers facing chaos. Thousands of members of Britain’s biggest trade union, Unite, walked out at midnight (0000 GMT) Friday, just hours after face-to-face talks broke down between union joint leader [...]
A potential therapeutic target for breast cancer
Scientists have identified a potential target for the treatment of breast cancer. They have discovered a protein, which could stop cancer tumours from growing and spreading. Professor Reuven Agami, of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, found that the protein, known as BRD7, activates an anti-cancer gene, P53, which is already known to combat breast and other [...]
Being overweight is risky for liver
Obesity and alcohol both increase the risk of liver disease, researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Glasgow show in two separate studies published in the British Medical Journal. While alcohol is well known as a major cause of liver cirrhosis, recent evidence suggests that excess body weight may also play a role. With rates [...]
Freida Pinto still the only one in Bond babe race
Sam Mendes, who is directing the 23rd installment of the 007 series, is looking for the next Bond babe, and as of now it’s only Freida Pinto’s name that has surfaced in the list of contenders. The film is fast tracked for a 2011 release, reports the New York Post. The new flick, starring Daniel [...]
Lady Gaga sued for $30 million
A former producer to pop sensation Lady Gaga has sued his one-time protege for more than $30 million claiming he was instrumental to her success but unable to profit from it when their romance ended. In his lawsuit, filed on Wednesday in New York State Supreme Court, Rob Fusari contends he was a key figure in [...]
Bollywood hottie Priyanka Chopra- an inspiration
Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2010 aspirants, if it’s inspiration you need, a dose of optimism that the title is open to everybody, and that the crown can make and change your life… then look no further than Bollywood hottie Priyanka Chopra. In 2000, by her own admission she was a shy and gawky 17-year-old who [...]
Pantaloons Femina Miss India – Life changing platform
Femina Miss India is an annual, national beauty pageant held in India and organized by Femina, a women’s magazine published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The use of Miss India is in no way trademarked. Femina Miss India continues to be one of the highly recognized and well noted pageants to produce International Beauty [...]
UK’s 10 Cheesiest Chat Up Lines
The UK’s 10 Cheesiest Chat Up Lines (and the celebrities voted most likely to use them) are: 1. “Your dad must be a thief because he stole the stars and put them in your eyes”- Calum Best 2. “If I were to rearrange the alphabet I would put U and I together”- Carol Vorderman 3. [...]
10 ways to boost your libido
A failing sex drive can be frustrating, but there are a number of things that you can do to perform better in the bedroom. And no, we are not talking about aphrodisiacs! Sexpert Susan Quilliam has come up with some effective ways, including exercising, taking a break or heading to a spa, to boost your [...]
Bright make-up a big turn-off for men
Forget wearing bright lipstick or false eyelashes, for a new study reveals that they are big turn-offs for men. The research showed that men tend to prefer girls who stayed natural. One in five men wished his partner would tone down the slap-on while one in ten said he liked women who wear no make-up at [...]
Why you go less to the toilet at night
Brain cells collude to keep animals hydrated while they sleep, which prevents nightly dehydration or trips to the toilet, according to researchers. Neurophysiologists Eric Trudel and Charles Bourque at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, Canada, suggest the body’s internal clock helps to regulate a water-storing hormone. They insist the mechanism [...]
Years of smoking reduces Parkinson’s risk
Smoking for a greater number of years may reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, but smoking a larger number of cigarettes per day may not cut the risk, says a new study. The study has been published in the March 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ”These [...]
What is happening to the advertisements?
In the words of David Ogilvy’s - “I don’t regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information” A bikini clad woman coming out of water and walkingon the shore…suddenly the reel stops and voice over saying “isme kuch khaas hai, isme jaan hai – JKS Cement. Can I please ask the [...]
Enjoy IPL matches live at cinema halls
After all watching matches are very entertaining and Indiantvtoday is always updating the viewers about the latest happenings in the field of entertainment. Here is a fresh and new concept to watch the match. Many cinema halls around the country have decided to create a stadium-like atmosphere by screening live the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches. [...]
DiCaprio planned to quit acting after Titanic
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, who achieved heartthrob status after the huge success of Titanic, almost quit acting as he hated the ‘pretty boy’ tag after the movie. The 35-year-old actor didn’t enjoy the fame he achieved by starring in the Oscar-winning film because his appearance took precedence over his acting ability, reportedMirror online. “At first I hated [...]
Upcoming film to explain role of “Karma” in Tiger Woods’ famous apology
A new film, titled “Karma: The New Revolution”, will explain the role of Karma in the recent golfer Tiger Woods’ apology, according to reports. Reportedly releasing on March 15, it will also explain the role Karma played in the death of entertainment icon Michael Jackson. It will highlight how Karma Yoga has helped everyday individuals overcome [...]
Tiger Woods and Elin ‘spend week together’
In an apparent effort to mend his personal life, Tiger Woods reportedly returned to his family home in Florida where he spent a week with his wife Elin Nordegren and their two children. The disgraced golfer was said to have spent eight nights at the posh Isleworth pad after the media frenzy following the revelation of [...]