I Just Decided I Rule.
By Danielle Boonstra No one decides what I am worth except me because everyone else’s decision will be based on mine. I set the bar. I give the vibes. I, in essence, write the cheque. And I never used to have to think about that. I had a job; I got paid twice a month. [...]
Why Salman Khan refuses to turn superhero!
Unlike his contemporaries like Hrithik Roshan and Shah Rukh Khan bollywood actor Salman Khan is not fascinated by ‘super hero’ films and says he is not doing any film of that sort.”I am not doing a superhero film. I don’t want to be bitten by a spider. I don’t want to be a spider man. [...]
Canada’s Virtue and Moir lead after short dance at world championships
Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir posted a new short dance record score as they opened their bid to defend their ice dancing title at the world figure skating championships here on Friday.Their world record score was no surprise as the mark is less than a year old — the International Skating Union did [...]
U.S. EF-5 tornado (PICS) death toll surpasses 300
The National Weather Service says one of the tornadoes that killed hundreds in the South had winds of 330 kilometres per hour and was the first EF-5 tornado in Mississippi since 1966. The death toll of the violent U.S. storms is now at 318 — the most from a twister outbreak since 1932. That’s the [...]
SRK mania grips Delhiites at Feroze Shah Kotla
Kolkata Knight Riders’ owner Shahrukh Khan stole the show as spectators jostled for a glimpse of the Bollywood superstar during his team’s IPL match against Delhi Daredevils in New Delhi. Shahrukh got a rousing reception from the near capacity crowd at the Feroze Shah Kotla stadium as he entered the owner’s arena near the team’s [...]
$212 million verdict in Botox lawsuit
A federal jury in Virginia has ordered Irvine-based Allergan to pay $212 million to a man who says he was left disabled and brain-damaged by Botox injections that were supposed to ease trembling and cramps in his hand. Thursday’s verdict was the second, and largest, decision against the Botox manufacturer among five similar cases. A [...]
Southern star Rajnikanth admitted to hospital
Tamil film superstar Rajnikant was on Friday admitted to a private hospital here following dehydration and exhaustion, hospital sources said. The 60-year-old-actor reportedly vomitted and was later admitted to Isabel Hospital where he was treated for exhaustion and dehydration, the sources said. Meanwhile, the shooting for his latest film ‘Rana’, in which he stars in [...]
Choose Wisely
By Susan Stackpole The truth about chick hatcheries. The truth about KFC. The truth about farming. ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? ~ ? [...]
Kate Middleton and Prince William marriage pictures
After months of waiting, William and Kate finally tied the knot at Westminster Abbey today. She arrived clutching the hand of her father Michael as her sister and maid of honour Pippa held the long train on her flowing dress. As the happy couple exchanged vows, William appeared to have trouble slipping the ring onto [...]
After Gaga, Beyonce teams with Rihanna
After Shakira and Lady Gaga, R&B superstar Beyonce is set for another high-power collaboration, this time with Rihanna.The ‘Single Ladies’ hitmaker, who is recording her fourth studio album, met Rihanna backstage at the Grammy awards and the duo decided to team up, reported People magazine online.”Rihanna has wanted to work with Beyonce for some time [...]
Air India pilots entered the third day of strike
As the strike by Air India pilots entered the third day today, the national carrier drastically reduced its operation to 50 flights across its network against the regular 320 as all executive pilots joined the stir.”Under the contingency plan, we are operating 50 flights across the network today,” an Air India official said. From Delhi, [...]
Know your neighbour just by looking at his physical structures
A new study has suggested that one has the capacity to judge urban neighbourhood safety just by looking at its physical structures.Through a combination of interrelated studies, Binghamton University researchers Dan O’Brien and David Sloan Wilson showed participants a selection of photos taken in unfamiliar neighbourhoods and then asked them to rate what they perceived [...]
Breastfeeding Mom – Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr proves that she’s one super hot super-mama in this photo she tweeted from a Victoria’s Secret shoot.After returning to work two weeks ago, just three months after giving birth to her son Flynn, Miranda is back to posing in a bikini and managing to juggle the demands of motherhood.The star has been promoting [...]
Witherspoon gets smelly on Easter
Reese Witherspoon has come up with a smelly new game for Easter, a race with eggs stuffed in your socks.The 35-year-old actress who recently wed her talent agent Jim Toth, celebrated the holiday with her two children, Ava and Deacon, whose father is ex-husband Ryan Philippe, reported Contactmusic. “I was trying to think of new games [...]
‘Entourage’ turns into a movie
After a successful run on television, hit drama ‘Entourage’ is set for the big screen.The TV show about the shenanigans of a movie star and his friends in Hollywood will wrap up after the coming season but the producers are planning to reunite the cast in a film, reported New York Post online.Jeremy Piven who [...]
Mother’s day
By Carol Bender My calendar declares today, April 3rd, Mothering Sunday (UK). I love this! To mother sounds more nurturing. You don’t have to be someone’s mother to mother them. You just need to care about them. You can be mothering to animals, people big or small, or our planet. You name it, you can [...]
Javier Bardem joins ‘Dark Tower’
Javier Bardem has signed on to play Roland Deschain, the gun slinging protagonist of author Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ series, on both the big and the small screen.The 42-year-old Spanish actor has signed on the dotted line to star in the eagerly awaited Ron Howard and Brian Grazer adaptation of King’s beloved seven-novel saga, [...]
Denise Richards offers help to Sheen
Denise Richards has offered to take care of her ex-husband Charlie Sheen’s young twins with estranged wife Brooke Mueller.The 40-year-old actress, who divorced the troubled star in 2006, has volunteered to look after the twins whose parents are embroiled in a custody battle, reported Daily Star online. Sheen is currently touring the US with his [...]
The Truth That Unites Us
By Danielle Boonstra I’ll be honest, sometimes I don’t tell the truth. Not so often these days, but it happens. And every time, without fail I think to myself afterwards “Why did I say that? Why didn’t I just say what was true?”. The only reason I am ever not telling the truth is because [...]
Want to burn calorie-while you’re asleep
Want to burn calories, but don’t have time to exercise or hit the gym! No worries, here’s your solution. A dietician has some surprising ways to burn more calories throughout your day, including at the office, at home, outside, with your mate, and even while you’re asleep, reports CBS News. sleeping is my best passtime Sitting at your [...]
Bollywood babes are tantrum queens
Bollywood is growing in Size, business, technology and almost in one and all the fields, every one from top to bottom is making huge profit and money. The part of the film fraternity who are most demanding and full of attitudes are none other then our Bollywood babes and yes not to forget the heavy [...]
New contraceptive pills likelier to double blood clot risk: Study
A U.S. study has found that newer brands of contraceptive pill may increase more than double the risk of dangerous blood clots compared with older types. It is known that all brands of the pill slightly increase the risk of developing clots, which can lead to deep vein thrombosis in the leg or arm and [...]
Madonna reportedly ditching Kabbalah for Opus Dei
First she was a devout Catholic, then a backslidden one. She’s dabbled with Far East inspired faiths and even messed around with the Kabbalah trend. Madonna can’t seem to figure out her position in the cosmos, or whatever you want to call it. Now she’s delving into a new spiritual belief system.It’s called Opus Dei, [...]
Prayers Answered
By Carol Bender I can’t get Charlie Sheen’s bi-winning interview out of my head so I wrote this little poem hoping it helps. Prayers Answered Two farmers live on the very same road. And this is their story so I am told. One prayed and worked to harvest his crops. The other wished and played [...]
‘‘It’s far riskier crossing the street than flying in the air’
If the very thought of flying makes you panicky, then here is some respite. A recent study conducted by US National Safety Council has found that air travel is 22 times safer than travelling by car. one would have to fly every day for 22,000 years to be involved in a fatal aircraft accident. So, [...]
Witherspoon gets smelly on Easter
Hollywood beauty Reese Witherspoon has come up with a smelly new game for Easter, a race with eggs stuffed in your socks.The 35-year-old actress who recently wed her talent agent Jim Toth, celebrated the holiday with her two children, Ava and Deacon, whose father is ex-husband Ryan Philippe, reported Contactmusic. “I was trying to think [...]
Seaweed shake-an effective way to cut your flab: Study
Scientists have found that adding seaweed extract alginate to a chocolate milkshake suppresses hunger pangs. Men and women who drank the alginate-based drink for breakfast felt less hungry by lunchtime than those who had a normal milkshake. The finding paves way for a range of foods that keep us feeling fuller for longer time and [...]
I made Sonakshi a heroine: Govinda
In the background of Bollywood grapevine over “heart burn” between him and fellow buddy Salman Khan over launching Narmada in the tinsel town, actor Govinda said that it was he who made Sonakshi Sinha a ‘heroine’.Speculations are rife in Bollywood that Govinda was not very happy with Salman as the latter did not keep his [...]
Royal Wedding Guest List Revealed
Details about the royal wedding guest list have slowly come out since the invitations were put in the mail in early February. As anticipated, many foreign dignitaries and members of Britain’s aristocracy will be in attendance, but according to The Mail on Sunday, some unexpected celebrities, personal aides, friends and exes also made the cut.As [...]
Vitamin takers more likely to gorge on fast food: Study
A study has indicated that people who take vitamin pills may be more likely to gorge on fast food. Researchers have warned that multivitamins, minerals and other dietary supplements can lull users into a false sense of security – and lead to them over-indulging in unhealthy foods and activities. For the study, one group of [...]
Aishwarya will no more hog Cannes limelight alone
The last time Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor were to walk the Cannes red carpet together it had resulted in a much publicised ‘catfight’. But the two have kiss and made up and will be seen on the French Riviera this year along with another Indian beauty, Freida Pinto.Aishwarya who will complete a decade [...]
Brad and Jolie hunt for super-nanny- ready to pay $1,50,000
Are you looking for a nanny job that too in a Celebes’s house, you are at the right place try your luck for the job. Hollywood’s golden couple Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are looking for superwoman as a nanny, who can look after their six children, and they are ready to shell out up to $1,50,000 for [...]
Sathya Sai Baba is critical -Devotees pray for Sathya Sai Baba’s recovery
The condition of Sathya Sai Baba is very critical with all his organs showing very poor response to treatment, doctors attending on him said today. In view of the deteriorating health of Sathya Sai Baba, the Andhra Pradesh police have deployed additional forces in Puttaparthi to maintain law and order. “Non-functioning of the liver and [...]
Most Catholic women in the US use birth control
Some 98% of sexually active Catholic women in the United States have used contraceptive methods banned by the church, research published on Wednesday showed. A new report from the Guttmacher Institute, the nonprofit sexual health research organisation, shows that only 2% of Catholic women, even those who regularly attend church, rely on natural family planning. [...]
No evidence that coffee increases risk of high blood pressure: Study
Despite previous concerns, downing lots of coffee doesn’t seem to increase the risk of high blood pressure, said a U.S. study. High blood pressure, or hypertension, has been linked to heart disease, stroke and a shorter life expectancy, and some scientists have suggested that coffee might fuel the problem. But according to a report in [...]
Halle back on normal terms with ex
Halle Berry, who was involved in a bitter custody battle with her ex-boyfriend, seems to be back on normal terms with Gabriel Aubry.The former couple have decided to put their differences behind for the sake of their three-year-old daughter Nahla, reported Extra online. “When there’s a child involved, it’s a relief when you can resolve [...]
Violent Video Games bring aggressive attitude in teenagers
A new study by three scientists provides strong evidence that supports exposure to violent video games that could harm teens. This conclusion was drawn after analysing the research output of experts who filed a brief in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving violent video games and teens.Their study found that experts who say violent video [...]
Prince William – a secret honeymoon for his bride-to-be Kate
Prince William has planned a secret honeymoon for his bride-to-be Kate Middleton, but she won’t find out the details until they depart for it. A source close to the couple said they have only talked through the sort of honeymoon Middleton would like. The prince has made the final decision, but his bride-to-be is still in [...]
The Secret to Surviving Super Success
by Susan Biali I often joke that one of the major challenges in being a “successful” life balance expert, is that it becomes harder and harder to successfully balance your life! I recently had coffee (actually, it was more of a steamed soy milk, on my part) with mega-successful radio host Jesse Dylan, of The [...]
Kareena’s obsessive lover at her Door steps
After all everyone is not so fortunate to have such obsessive fan or I should say lover,obviously only Kareena has the world at her feet hmm..I mean at her door steps. Well, Saif please take care of Beboo before someone else give you a tough competion and your tattoo also doesn’t help..sob……….. An obsessed fan [...]
Prince William to spend wedding eve with dad
Prince William is expected to spend quality time with his father on the eve of his wedding to Kate Middleton. Prince Charles will cut short his Easter break at Birkhall, Scotland, to offer his eldest son support as he prepares for the biggest day of his life. The pair will spend the night before the wedding [...]
“I want an arranged marriage” -Cricketer SSreesanth
There’s been buzz inB-Town about starlet Riya Sen and cricketer S Sreesanth, and the amount of time they spend with each other. Broach the topic with Sreesanth, and hesays he has plans to get married, but denies any kind of romantic dalliance.“I am not seeing Riya Sen. There is no romance between us. We have [...]
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding will be streamed live on YouTube
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding will be streamed live on YouTube next week to make it the most accessible royal event in history. Live updates and unique material will also be released on the official royal wedding website, through the British monarchy’s picture-sharing Flickr account, Twitter and Facebook. For the first time, broadcast footage [...]
So,What’s cooking between Basra and India’s off-spinner HarbhajanSingh?
So, what’s cooking between Basra and Singh? Well, looks like both of them want to remain non-committal about the relationship even though they are reportedly quite sure about each other now. Actress Geeta Basra and team India’s off-spinner Harbhajan Singh are being spotted together quite often nowadays. And rumour has it that a lot of [...]
Cleansing
By Kim Badgett I’m sorry I never told you that I don’t like you very much. I’m sorry that I never said you seem really shallow and inconsiderate. I’m sorry I just nodded along while listening to your delusional tales of grandeur, giving you the impression that I actually believed any of what you were [...]
Lizzy Jagger has posed nude for Playboy
Sir Mick Jagger and Texan model Jerry Hall’s eldest daughter Elizabeth ‘Lizzy’ Scarlett Jagger has posed nude in a photoshoot forPlayboy magazine, risking her father’s anger. Lizzy, 27, will feature in the May edition after her 19-year-old sister Georgia May stunned the fashion world by posing topless for a campaign to advertise the US jeans company [...]
Scarlett Johansson moves in with Penn
Scarlett Johansson has moved into her present lover, Sean Penn’s house, who is 24 years her senior.The 26-year-old actress, who is dating the Oscar winning actor for several weeks, has moved into his $3.8 million Malibu house, reported US Weekly magazine.The couple’s romance was first reported after they were spotted together in Mexico but their [...]
Sila Sahin Turkish model poses nude for Playboy
A Muslim model has upset her family by stripping for a series of saucy shots for Playboy.Until now, Sila Sahin, a 25-year-old Turkish German living in Berlin, had been regarded as a glowing example of how a modern Muslim girl should behave in a multicultural society. A successful actress starring in German television soap opera Good [...]
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome – complicates pregnancy
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a common occurrence among women today, especially the younger generation. Fitness expert Wanitha Ashok, who helps women facing this problem, says, “For women who suffer from the PCOS syndrome, it can result in problems with pregnancy. Their menstrual cycles are not regular and they put on weight.” Stress, is often [...]
Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan and Abhishek taking a romantic break
Buzz is that the two are planning to take off on a romantic week-long holiday soon after Ash returns from Cannes next month and before Abhishek launches into his next project.Actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan will be celebrating their fourth wedding anniversary today. And while work commitments will be keeping Bachchan Jr busy in [...]