New York: The apocalyptic psychological drama 'Melancholia' was named the year's best film on Saturday by the National Society of Film Critics, which chose its star Kirsten Dunst as best actress and Brad Pitt as best actor for the baseball drama 'Moneyball' as well as 'The Tree of Life'. Lars von Trier lost out on the best director award for his work on 'Melancholia' to Terrence Malick for "The Tree...
01:00 PM, Jan 08, 2012
Vatican City: Pope Benedict XVI marked the end of 2011 with prayers of thanks and said humanity awaits the new year with apprehension but also with hope for a better future. "Another year approaches its end, while we await a new one, with the trepidation, desires and expectations of always," Benedict said at the traditional New Year's Eve vespers service, as he delivered his homily from the central altar of...
09:27 AM, Jan 01, 2012
Los Angeles: Hollywood has picked up a little Christmas bonus. Studios generally underestimated the size of their movie audiences over the weekend, and they're now revising the holiday revenues upward. Leading the way is Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol', which pulled in $29.5 million for the weekend. That Monday figure is $3 million more than distributor Paramount estimated a day earlier. For the four-day period Friday to Monday,...
12:58 PM, Dec 27, 2011
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05:09 PM, Dec 25, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Keralites on Sunday celebrated Christmas with traditional fervour and piety rejoicing the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem bringing hope and peace to humanity. As church bells tolled signalling the moment of Nativity, faithful congregated in large numbers for the Midnight Service in cathederals and churches of various Christian communities where senior prelates and priests conducted the special mass and gave out the Christmas message. The state, where Christians...
11:50 AM, Dec 25, 2011
Vatican City: Pope Benedict ushered in Christmas for the world's 1.3 billion Roman Catholics, urging humanity to see through the superficial glitter and commercialism of the season and rediscover the real significance of the humble birth of Jesus. The 84-year-old pope, celebrating the seventh Christmas season of his pontificate, also urged that those marking the holiday in poverty, suffering or far from home not be forgotten. At the start of...
09:02 AM, Dec 25, 2011
New Delhi: It's time for Christmas and Google has come up with an interactive doodle on the eve of Christmas, playing the celebration tune of 'jingle Bells'. Making the 'Happy Holidays' Google doodle musical and interactive, Google wishes us Merry Christmas, bringing us in a festive mood. The happy holidays doodle has six glowing buttons. Each button plays a sound from the musical notes of 'jingle bells', when we click...
08:47 AM, Dec 24, 2011
New Delhi: It's that time of the year again. Christmas and the New Year are just days away and there is something festive in the chilly air and Google sends us its wishes with a "Happy Holidays from Google!" doodle. This year's Google happy holidays doodle is made up of lit up holiday symbols - snowflake, Santa Claus, bell, snowman, candle and a gift box - on a dark background,...
09:31 AM, Dec 23, 2011
London: Scientists have found that people may be genetically inclined to becoming alcoholics at birth. Researchers studying the brainwaves of problem drinkers have discovered a gene which may be linked to drinking, a Daily Mail report said. In a study, the researchers carried out a brain scan of people who are alcoholic, and discovered patterns common to those at risk of dependence. It was found that children of problem drinkers...
04:22 PM, Nov 25, 2011
New Delhi: 'Gangor', the first Indo-Italian co-production film and based on a short story by well-known writer Mahasweta Devi, has won a prestigious award at the Cinemanila International Film Festival in Phillipines. The film is produced by Vindo K Wuthoo and Angello Barbagallo in a collaboration between India's Nirvana Motion Pictures and Bibi Films in association with Rai Cinema from Italy. 'Gangor', based on the story 'Choli ke Peeche' by...
06:28 PM, Nov 19, 2011
Mumbai: Once thick friends, Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan 'broke up' following their Bollywood debut. Are they back together again? Filmmaker Binoy Gandhi has managed to bring together an unlikely pair after producers like Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala failed. We are talking about Ranbir Kapoor and Imran Khan. Kapoor, who had played truant till now, insisting that he would act only in solo-hero films, was finally convinced to act...
12:38 PM, Oct 30, 2011
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