Independence

By Amilya Antonetti
Choosing the theme for July was easy for me; Independence. But as I started to think about what I wanted to say, I realized that the word independence has so many meanings in my life. My brother is a Marine and my grandfather and Uncle both served in the military so I was [...]

‘Sikandar’ Shoots Straight to the Heart

by Nina Rothe
One late afternoon this past April, I flopped down into my seat at the Hollywood Arclight cinema, weary and exhausted from a full schedule of movie-watching during one of my favorite film festivals — the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, IFFLA for short. As much as love the yearly event, this time [...]

Filmy Tracks - The Soundtrack of Summer

By E. Nina Rothe
Music is the soundtrack of our lives. A good song, a great musical score in a film is one of life’s most perfect pleasures. With the added bonus that the beloved track continues to play in our minds, popping up from time to time on someone’s car sound system, in the gym, [...]

‘Jab We Met’ hits US Network IFC

By E. Nina Rothe
“These days Bollywood is everywhere! And what is even greater, for someone like me who’s been repeating the “Indian cinema is GREAT” refrain ad nauseam, is the quality of the films being shown. Gone are the days of those high pitched voices which turned everyone West of Jamnagar off to the songs, [...]

‘Bollywood Hero’ To Charm TV Audiences in the US

By E. Nina Rothe
Undeniably, after the success of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, the cross-pollination between Hollywood and Bollywood has been palpable. While US distribution companies are jumping all over themselves to sign deals with Indian production studios, even titans Steven Spielberg and Anil Ambani have shaken hands in a 825-million-dollar deal to make films together.
On August [...]

Sarah Palin steps down

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin offered few hints at her political future after her surprise decision to resign - except to say she’d gone fishing. Palin has stayed out of the public eye since she made the announcement on Friday, but said in a Twitter update yesterday that she was looking forward to joining her family [...]

The Bachelorette

The Bachelorette is a spin-off of the American competitive reality dating game show, The Bachelor. In its January 2003 debut on ABC, the first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up date from the first season of The Bachelor, offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors. The 2004 season of The [...]

“Smile” (for Michael and Elvis)

By Susan Stackpole
“Smile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by. If you smile through your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you’ll see the sun come shining through for you.” The words of Charlie Chaplin echo across continents [...]

America’s Got Talent – Looking For Diamonds In The Rough

By Jennifer Akers
America’s Got Talent returns with celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, and David Hassselhoff, as they search for the next million dollar act. This isn’t the singing contest of American Idol. AGT features a variety of contestants: singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, musicians, ventriloquists, jugglers, gymnasts, and everything in between. Auditions are held in [...]

The Saga of being Sarah Palin

By Erin Parker
On July 3, Sarah Palin announced her resignation as governor of Alaska, throwing in the towel before her term is officially over. Among ambiguous reasons floating around the Universe of Why, the prominent one cited is the issue of insurmountable ethics cases continually rising up against her.
Figures of about $200,000 for the year [...]

Earthquake rocks San Diego CA

By Nancy Kaye
An earthquake measuring 4.5 (approx) has rocked San Diego CA about 15 minutes ago (it was about 7:40 AM CA time on
Saturday 07/11/09) and the people there are ready for aftershocks too. There is no damage reported as of now. The whole offices shook for about 12 seconds. Nothing came down from the shelves, thankfully. But it got [...]

Kate Moss ‘To be TV judge’

Kate Moss is preparing to launch a career in television - the British supermodel is reportedly in talks with American Idol judge Simon Cowell to become a small screen star. Cowell is the driving force behind a string of hit TV talent shows including Britain’s Got Talent and the X Factor, and has reportedly teamed [...]

Some personal thoughts about Michael Jackson

By Kimberly Aislinn Badgett
The death of Michael has incurred sharply divided reactions from many, including markedly unkind. I in particular wish people would stop saying hateful things about him. The man is dead, and you, nor I, nor anyone today is his appointed judge. He gave the world everything he had and we thanked him [...]

RIP Michael Jackson - Stars never stop shining!

By Maya Williams

Great loss to the world of music as the singer and king of Pop, Michael Jackson, died after a cardiac episode, on Thursday evening …The child star who became a King of Pop, but whose musical genius was overshadowed by scandals involving a strange way of life and sexual preferences, died on Thursday. [...]

Pop Culture Icons Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

By Jennifer Akers
In one day, the world lost two pop culture icons: Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. Though the two celebrities were loved for different reasons, they were an important part of social fabric of the 1970’s and 1980’s.
The sexy TV actress, Farrah Fawcett lost her fight with cancer at age 62. Given the rare [...]

The Proposal : the movie review

by Sri Purna Widari

Sandra Bullock has proven to the world that she is still the most hilarious actress in Hollywood. With her co-star Ryan Reynolds, this movie is very entertaining yet touchjes my heart deeply. It starts with Margareth, a Canadian editor with class but super vexatious, anti social and heartless woman in New York city. She [...]

Heart of a Soul Surfer

By Susan Stackpole
Bethany Meilani Hamilton, born in Kauai, HI on 8 February 1990, would go on to inspire thousands of people in her young life. Bethany’s entire family are surfers, and she learned quickly, at age eight winning the “push and ride” division of a Quicksilver surfing competition. She went on to take [...]

Terminator “Salvation” : the movie

By Maya Williams

In 2018 the famous Day of Crisis has left indelible traces. The network Skynet in turn has developed a large army against mankind, leading the world into extermination through nuclear holocaust with billions of victims. But the war between machines and the growing resistance is raging with each side planning the final attack. [...]

Remarkable women in the journey of life

I am very delightful that nowadays the world has many women who shows their roles in all aspects. As a woman from a small island this progress has encouraged me to be persistent to achieve my dreams.
Let’s have a look on Angelina Jolie who was just appointed as the most powerful woman in the world. [...]

Michelle Obama - A Praise worthy woman

By Sri Purna Widari
I took my time to have a look at this extraordinary woman. I read Time magazine on what Oprah Winfrey said about her, I saw the video created by her mother explaining how she is very proud of her, I was crying like never before to see how she did her speech [...]

Surfing in Nicaragua

By Erin Parker
I recently returned from a surfing trip in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. I’m always looking for a new adventure to explore, and I stumbled upon ChicaBrava in the local Houston paper one fateful Sunday. An all girls surf camp? In an idyllic fishing village in Nicaragua? A chance to romp around Central [...]

Burn Notice

By Jennifer Akers
The TV action series, “Burn Notice” starts a third season with its sassy main characters: the handsome and sarcastic ex-spy, Michael Westen (played by Jeffrey Donovan); his sexy ex-girlfriend Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar); his ex-spy buddy Sam (Bruce Campbell); and his chain-smoking, neurotic mom Madeline (Sharon Gless). The show opens with Michael waist-deep [...]

The Hollywood Body Image

By Erin Parker
It’s always there, staring at us from the glossy covers of fashion and gossip magazines, subtly telling us that we still fall short of the mark. There is still a bit more weight to drop, in order to look as flawless as the celebrities we emulate.
I always fall into the trap. I’m standing [...]

The Secret- the movie

by Victoria Bard
Are you in the habit of allowing yourself to dream? Do you allow yourself to look into your heart and see your truest desires, your deepest wishes, your biggest aspirations? Do you go for it when you want something or, do you think to yourself that you’ll never get it because, because, because [...]

Good Celeb Deeds for attention seekers

It’s possible to get attention for doing good deeds! To be fair, though, many times the people who make the news for their good works aren’t doing it to be noticed. They hope to make a difference. However, when a celebrity does a good deed, it gets a lot of attention. Take Britney Spears. She [...]

« go back — keep looking »

  • Weekly newsletter

    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

  • Guest Column

  • Indian Headlines

  • Recently Written