Acclaimed actress Shabana Azmi, who has always tried to portray a strong Indian woman on screen, says it is the responsibility of filmmakers to project women in the right light for society’s benefit. “If we understand that in today’s age and day when girls are being killed at birth for the crime of being a [...]
NTR who celebrates his birthday today, is gearing up for the shoot of his and Kajal starrer Baadshah, which will go on floors in the second week of June. Sreenu Vaitla is going to direct the film and this is the first time he’s teaming up with NTR. Ganesh Babu is the producer. For the [...]
Actress Pamela Anderson put her saucy side on display by treating two male pals to a lap dance during an outing. The former Baywatch actress was seen sipping wine as she dined with a group of friends at the Boa restaurant in West Hollywood. After she raised her glass for a toast, she turned the [...]
The principal shooting of Manchu Manoj, Balakrishna starrer Uu Kodathara Ulikki Padathara has been completed. For the past few days, Manoj had been shooting for the film in Hyderabad and we hear that he even suffered minor injuries on the set when a lights equipment fell on him accidentally. Sources say that Uu Kodathara Ulikki [...]
Singer Hilary Duff wants her husband Mike Comrie to be a stay-at-home dad. Since her husband Mike Comrie is a retired ice hockey player, she feels he should look after their son when she resumes her film career. Duff gave birth to son Luca March 20. “Hilary told Mike that since he’s retired she’s now [...]
Deccan Chargers won their third match this season; a victory that came a little too late but nevertheless. This is their first victory, other than the matches they won against the Pune Warriors, this season. In their bid to salvage their pride, the Bulls would look to defeat Royal Challengers Bangalore when they both clash [...]
Neelam Upadhyaya, who’s making her debut in Mr.7, is living her dream. “Trust me, I have always wanted to be an actress. I know that a lot of actresses say that they entered film industry by chance, but I am not one among them,” Neelam says. After school, she began modelling for MTV and later decided [...]
The other shoe has dropped for NBC’s Community, its creative team and its fans. One week after the co-mingled good news/bad news proposition of NBC ordering 13 additional episodes for the low-rated comedy while rumours swirled that showrunner Dan Harmon wouldn’t be returning, it has been officially revealed that Harmon is out at Community, confirmation [...]
Bafta-winning Moon director Duncan Jones is taking on the man behind James Bond: spy, journalist and 007-creator Ian Fleming. Jones’s third film as director – with his Liberty Films partner, producer Stuart Fenegan – will focus on the events in Fleming’s own life that inspired his books. Though he became famous as the author of [...]
Less than a week after Van Halen added five late-summer shows to its current North American tour, something went missing from band’s website – namely, all the scheduled tour dates after June 2. “This had nothing to do with fights, illness or bad business,” a source says. “They’re simply burned out. After 50 shows, they [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
Reporter’s diary: Who’s this footloose at CCS?
For some time now, staff in the powerful central crime station are being cowed down by a sada home guard who is said to be close to a senior IPS officer. CCS staff whisper that he is the eyes and ears of the officer and therefore gets a free run. Recently, when three ruffians who [...]
Reporter’s diary: Jubilee Hills show
Talking of thick skinned civic officials, one could take a look at the picture above. Here the building contractors of the rich and the mighty make insulting gestures at law and the GHMC. It seems to say, “Right to walk? Forsooth! Building rules? My Right Foot!”
Reporter’s diary: GHMC, practice what you preach
So the GHMC preaches about how cleanliness is next to godliness and has all sorts of clean and green quotes in every other corner of its office and parks. But if you walk into the head office, you’ll wonder what stops the staff from practicing what they preach. The entire office is permeated with the [...]
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