US urges Green Card holders to become citizens
LOS ANGELESE: US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a campaign emphasising the benefits of being a US citizen with the goal of convincing more than seven million Green Card holders to become naturalised. “It’s very important for people who are already permanent residents to consider citizenship for all the benefits that that will [...]
Swedish king flatly denies improprieties as scandal grows
STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf on Monday gave a rare interview in an attempt to quash a swelling scandal, flatly rejecting media reports he had visited strip clubs and even had indirect contact with organised crime. In a long interview with the TT news agency published late Monday, Sweden’s head of state [...]
Creativity: 6 vital lessons I learned in 2009
by McCall Erickson Creativity: 6 vital lessons I learned in 2009 1. My path isn’t entirely up to me. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard this question “So, when are you gonna be famous?” This question is asked with a what-the-hell-are-you-waiting-for-you-should-be-putting-your-eggs-in-the-getting-famous-basket-now tone of voice. (Mostly from my non-musical friends. Musical friends usually know [...]
Bangladesh woman cuts off ‘attacker’s’ penis
DHAKA (AFP) – A 40-year-old Bangladeshi woman cut off a man’s penis during an alleged attempted rape and took it to a police station as evidence, police in a remote part of Bangladesh said Monday. The woman, a married mother of three, was attacked while she was sleeping in her shanty in Jhalakathi district, some [...]
Oil cos threaten to stop jet fuel supplies to Air India
(PTI) State-owned oil companies have threatened to stop jet fuel supplies to Air India after the cash-strapped national carrier repeatedly defaulted on payment of fuel bills. Air India was put on cash-and-carry from December, but the airline has not been able to pay for even its daily fuel purchases. Oil companies last week sent a [...]
Ferrari makes India debut, prices start from Rs. 2.2 cr
PTI – Thu, May 26, 2011 Italian luxury sports car Ferrari today officially entered the Indian market with popular models such as the California, 458 Italia, 599GTB Fiorano and the latest FF at prices starting from Rs. 2.2 crore onward. “Till yesterday, Ferrari was present in 57 countries. Now we are in the 58th country, [...]
I find marriage ”old-fashioned”: Eva Mendes
Los Angeles, May 29 (PTI) Hollywood actress Eva Mendes considered marriage an ”old-fashioned” idea and she has no plans to marry any time soon.The 37-year-old star said that she has no plans to walk down the aisle anytime soon with her Peruvian filmmaker beau George Augusto, reported Us magazine.”I”m not like anti-marriage or the institution, [...]
2 new ‘Terminator’ films could net Arnie 24m Pounds
London, May 29 (ANI): Arnold Schwarzenegger has been offered to star in two new ‘Terminator’ films that could net him around 24million pounds- the biggest comeback chance in Hollywood history.The former California governor, who is facing a divorce battle over his 242million pounds fortune with wife Maria Shriver, had put his big screen return on [...]
Why Vulnerability Is My Friend : A Short (True) Story
by McCall Erickson So this is how it goes… My boyfriend and I leave town because our souls need intimacy, sun, love, adventure, and recharge after being worn down by smoggy, sunless city life and too many demands on our time. We head for the desert, because we know we’ll get what we need most [...]
Music and a Perfect female body : Jennifer Lopez’s
Latin singer-actor Jennifer Lopez is back with her first studio album in four years. Titled Love?, JLo is vying to hit the right notes after the gap.Multi-faceted Jennifer Lopez is back on the music platform with “Love?” – her first album in four years.Dwelling on, you guessed it, love, the American actress-singer says it is [...]
Al Pacino honoured
London, May 27 (PTI) Veteran Hollywood actor Al Pacino has been honoured for his career achievements at a star-studded ceremony. The 71-year-old star received the Lee Strasberg Artistic Achievement Award from The Actors Fund, which benefits members of the performing arts community. Pacino was handed the honour during a glitzy ceremony at the New York [...]
Shilpa Shetty’s estate taken over by squatter gang
London, May 28 (IANS) A private estate in Britain that is home to a host of celebrities – including Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty – is reportedly being taken over by a gang of squatters. The celebrity residents of the St. George’s Hill community in Weybridge, Surrey, are now being asked to be ‘vigilant’ following the [...]
Beware! Hand sanitizers can get you drunk
A new study has suggested that excessive use of hand sanitizers may cause users to test positive for booze. Researchers analyzed 11 participants who used the hand sanitizer ‘Purell’ once every five minutes during three 10-hour days. After taking twice-a-day urine tests and abstaining from drinking alcohol, all except one of the participants failed, reports [...]
Hollywood star Blanchett under fire over carbon tax
Hollywood A-lister Cate Blanchett found herself under fire for fronting a campaign promoting the government’s planned carbon tax, with critics saying she is out of touch with ordinary Australians.The wealthy Oscar winner features in a new advert, funded by a coalition of unions and green groups, urging Australians to “Say Yes” to a tax on [...]
Pregnant women prone to infections
Obese pregnant women are less able to fight infections than leaner peers, which could affect their baby’s health post-birth. “Women who are obese before pregnancy have critical differences in their immune function during pregnancy compared to normal weight women, which has negative consequences for both mother and baby,” said Sarbattama Sen, who led the study. [...]
Addicted to drugs : Courtney Love
London, May 28 (PTI) Rocker Courtney Love has claimed that her addiction to heroin started during a wild party at Hollywood hellraiser Charlie Sheen”s house. The 46-year-old rocker, who has battled drug and alcohol addiction for many years, said that she tried heroin as a teenager but was not a regular user. However, the ”Hole” [...]
TV presenter Ben Douglas called nigger by a white, middle-class friend of Kate Moss eight times
extract from the daily mail//// Does all this still happen with fools living in paradise…. also read http://www.indiantvtoday.com/indian-ceo-to-fire-1500-british-workers-for-poor-work-culture/2011/05/24/ “It took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, where I had been invited to attend the Bafta awards. Always a wonderful occasion, this year’s event was no different, and it was in a mood of [...]
Many U.S. parents help support adult children – poll
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – More than half of parents in the United States are helping, or have helped, support their adult children who have been hit by high unemployment and stagnant wages, according to a new survey. The online poll showed that current economic conditions are discouraging young adults from leaving home and forcing [...]
David Hasselhoff has healing powers
London, May 27 (PTI) ”Baywatch” heartthrob David Hasselhoff believes he has healing powers after his motivational message helped a youngster emerge out of coma.The 58-year-old star said his positive thinking has saved thousands of lives, reported Daily Star online.The actor also recalled an incident where he spoke in the voice of his ”Knight Rider” character [...]
Make “Someday” Today
By Susan Biali Three years ago, I stumbled across the same parable, in three different books, all in the same week. It hit me pretty hard the first time I read it, but after three times I figured that God was trying very hard to tell me something. It goes something like this: A wealthy [...]
Exposure to sex influences teen pregnancy
A new study, led by an Indian-origin researcher, has revealed that teens who have high levels of exposure to television programs that contain sexual content are twice as likely to be involved in a pregnancy over the following three years as their peers who watch few such shows. This is the first study to establish [...]
Vegan lifestyle ups risk of heart attack
People who follow a vegan lifestyle – strict vegetarians who try to eat no meat or animal products of any kind – may increase their risk of developing blood clots and atherosclerosis or “hardening of the arteries,” which are conditions that can lead to heart attacks and stroke, according to a new study. Researchers come [...]
Vegetarianism, Zuckerberg style: Only meat he eats is what he kills
Facebook’s billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg has taken up a new “personal challenge” to turn “vegetarian” in an unusual way, by eating meat that he has slaughtered. “This year, my personal challenge is around being thankful for the food I have to eat,” Zuckerberg said. “I have basically become a vegetarian since the only meat I [...]
Pippa’s popularity leave sister Kate behind and Has an Embarrassing Wardrobe Malfunction
According to web analysts, the new Duchess of Cambridge has been ‘pipped’ in the popularity stakes by her younger sister Pippa Middleton. Pippa climbed the popularity charts after walking down the royal aisle as Kate’s bridesmaid last month. Ever since taking her bow on the world stage, Pippa has been thrust into the media spotlight, while [...]
Lady GaGa Vs. The Zip-Line At Good Morning America!
Lady Gaga made a spectacular entrance on “Good Morning America” when she performed in New York’s Central Park on Friday.Gaga zip-lined over the huge crowed to the stage where she performed Bad Romance, Born This Way, Judas and Edge of Glory.Her “little monster” fans as she calls them, camped out for three days ahead of [...]
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s Lawyers Complain About NYPD Leaks
Disgraced banker wants prosecutor to act to stop chatter about evidence in explosive sex case. Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn wrote to prosecutors Thursday to demand they stop the torrent of leaks to the media in his explosive sex assault case. The former International Monetary Fund head’s lawyers say the NYPD acted unprofessionally by releasing information [...]
We all vied for Akshay’s attention on ‘Khatron’: Smita Bansal
She is not an adrenaline junkie, but TV actress Smita Bansal braved all odds to perform tasks in the action-based reality show ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ to receive a pat on the back from superstar host Akshay Kumar.The actress, who was one of the 13 female contestants in the fourth season of the Colors show, couldn’t [...]
Gambhir, Yuvraj out; Tendulkar rested for Windies tour
PTI Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh were left out of India’s entire tour of the West Indies as the national selectors announced the 16-member squad for the Test series next month. Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund was the lone new face in the squad announced by the BCCI secretary N Srinivasan after a [...]
How contraceptives cause high BP
Doctors believe the estrogen women consume as oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) pills is good for their hearts. Recent studies, however, have shown that long-term exposure to estrogen can be a danger to women for its link with high blood pressure (BP), a key factor in heart and brain-attacks. Although the process by [...]
World No 1 Wozniacki crashes out of French Open
World No1, Caroline Wozniacki, crashed out in the third round with a 6-1, 6-3 defeat by the 28th seed, Daniela Hantuchova. The second seed, Kim Clijsters, has already been eliminated after throwing away a winning position against the little-known Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus, while last year’s beaten finalist, Samantha Stosur, was also a third-round victim. The match [...]
Gaga’s Judas track is for ex-boyfriend
Lady Gaga says that her controversial single ‘Judas’ is not a dig on religion, instead she is singing about an ex-boyfriend who betrayed her.The Grammy winning singer’s latest release was heavily criticised by religious groups for the Christian imagery used in its video, but the song is about her own heartbreak, said Gaga. The 25-year-old [...]
Spears, Rihanna shock with onstage kiss at Billboard Awards
Eight years after shocking the world by kissing Madonna onstage, Britney Spears repeated a tamer version of the act with Rihanna at the Billboard music awards.The 29-year-old pop princess received a hug and a wet one on the cheek from the R&B star as they performed onstage at the awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.The [...]
Unlike cousin Caterina, JLo has no Bollywood plans!
Her moves have made her a global superstar and sex symbol but you won’t be seeing Jennifer Lopez shimmying to a Bollywood track in the near future.The diva is busy promoting her latest album ‘Love?’, her first in four years, and is a bit too busy for a song and dance stint in the world’s [...]
On Freedom: My Train-hopping Friend and Me
by McCall Erickson When I accidentally wrote my first song 3 years ago and experienced the fiery rush of creativity flowing through my veins, I thought “this is what it feels like to be free.” A few moments later (it might have been 2 days, or 2 minutes later, I can’t remember) I decided I [...]
‘Diplomatic immunity does not apply to family members’
Diplomatic immunity does not apply to family members of consular officers, US State Department has said, a day after the daughter of an Indian diplomat filed a law suit against New York City alleging that she was falsely arrested and suspended for sending obscene emails to teachers at her Queens High School. “The Vienna Convention [...]
Scotty McCreery wins ‘American Idol’ over Lauren Alaina, youngest singer to ever win competition
The country boy beat the county girl for this year’s “American Idol” title Wednesday night. Scotty McCreery, 17, became the youngest singer ever to win Idol, taking the prize over rival Lauren Alaina, who’s actually one year younger than he. Over 122 million votes figured into the tally – at least according to unverifiable figures [...]
Fate and Flamenco: A Story of Persistence and Passion
By Dr. Susan Biali, M.D. (please link to www.susanbiali.com ) Dancing is the one thing I’ve done all my life, since I could walk. Though I yearned for dance classes growing up, I never got to have them. Instead, I studied photos of ballet in encyclopedias and other books, copying the ballerinas’ poses. From about [...]
WHY HAS AUSTRALIA BEEN LABELLED RACIST?
A tough approach to immigration is not the sole reason why Australia has been deemed racist by the UN. The belief that the country is ‘unusually racist’ goes back to the late 1700s when European settlers forced the indigenous population into neighbouring territories. From 1869 until the 1970s the idea was further compounded when Australian [...]
Russell Brand deported from Japan
The past came back to haunt Russell Brand as the funnyman’s criminal offences from a decade ago has led him to be deported from the airport on arrival with pop star wife Katy Perry.The 35-year-old comedian was allegedly held by the immigration officials and eventually expelled from Japan due to to old arrests on his [...]
Jennifer Aniston denies dating rumours
A representative for Jennifer Aniston has insisted that the actress is not dating Justin Theroux, but are just good friends.The former ‘Friends’ actress had set tongues wagging after enjoying a night out with her ‘Wanderlust’ co-star Theroux.The pair was spotted together on Wednesday night at the Sunset Towers Hotel fuelling gossip that they have become [...]
Benefits of Ashtanga yoga
By Janifer Anderson In the Sanskrit language, Ashtanga refers to eight steps of yoga and thus, Ashtanga yoga refers to any or all the eight limbs or steps of yoga. conjointly referred to as the ability yoga, the ashtanga yoga is that the Indian name given to the branch of yoga developed and populated by [...]
Indian CEO to Fire 1,500 British Workers for Poor Work Culture
Author: Allison Reilly Oh, the irony. An Indian is lambasting Brits on work ethic. Ratan Tata, the head of an international steel company Tata Steel, has branded British workers “lazy” and “unwilling to go the extra mile”, a day after his firm announced a possible cut of 1,500 U.K jobs. Tata made the comments as [...]
Death toll from Joplin tornado climbs to 116
Rescue crews dug through piles of splintered houses and crushed cars Monday in a search for victims of a half-mile-wide tornado that killed at least 116 people when it blasted much of this Missouri town off the map and slammed straight into its hospital. It was the nation’s deadliest single tornado in nearly 60 years [...]
Vanessa wants to launch lifestyle blog
Actress Vanessa Hudgens is interested in writing her own lifestyle blog and doesn’t want to use social networking site Twitter.”I don’t know about Twitter. I don’t want to tell people what I’m doing every second. But I do want to start a blog… It’d be fun to blog about fashion, beauty, and just things I [...]
Katherine Schwarzenegger, Laura Ling win Girl Power Award
Arnold Schwarzenegger must be going through hell after admitting that he fathered a child with his household employee ten years ago but his estranged wife Maria Shriver and their eldest daughter Katherine shined at the Women Who Inspire Us luncheon. Shriver was all smiles when her young daughter won Girl Power Award.Heartbroken Shriver made her [...]
Should Maria Shriver or daughter Katherine forgive Arnold as Jane Seymore predicts more illegitimate children…
Maria Shriver is a woman at the centre of the world.She is currently contemplating how to move forward into a new chapter of her life at 55, while dealing with the messy remnants of her marriage and finding out the bombshell that her husband Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered a child with another woman – their housekeeper [...]
Cruz wants to slap women who worry about age
Spanish actress Penelope Cruz says she would love to “slap” women who complain of getting old. “When I hear a woman who is in her early 30s worrying about growing old, I just want to slap her,” contactmusic quoted Cruz as saying. The 37-year-old added she can’t wait to have wrinkles because she believes that [...]
I was afraid to be alone: Lindsay Lohan
Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan’s personal troubles and jail stints have taught her to enjoy her own company, unlike in the past where she was afraid to be alone.The ‘Mean Girls’ actress says there was a time when she had to surround herself with people all the time but she loves being alone now, reported Femalefirst.”I [...]
Hindus, who protested “Love Guru”, congratulate Mike Myers on fatherhood
Hindus, who vehemently protested against his 2008 release “The Love Guru”, have congratulated actor-comedian Mike Myers on the news of his becoming dad for the first time and hope that he would not to attempt to lampoon Hinduism in his future movies. Myers’, 47, married his longtime girlfriend New York café owner Kelly Tisdale, 30-something, [...]
Living Like a Spaniard
By Erin Parker Spain is one of those unique places that vibrates consistently with life during the day as well as into the wee hours of the night. The lifestyle here is markedly more laid back than most Western countries. Whether you are living in Spain or just visiting, here are some tips to keep [...]