
US F-16 fighters intercepted a small plane that strayed into restricted airspace as President Barack Obama was due to leave Los Angeles on Friday, following a glitzy campaign fundraiser at movie star George Clooney's home, officials said. "The fighters responded to a temporary flight restriction violation by a Piper 28 aircraft. After intercepting the aircraft, the F-16s followed it until it landed without incident," the North American Aerospace Defense Command...

12:18 PM, May 12, 2012

Mumbai: India is currently witnessing a very small but powerful indie movement with many new films making it big at international film festivals. One film to join this bandwagon is KSHAY, an intense psychological study of a woman's obsession with an unfinished statue of the Goddess Lakshmi. The film just won the 'Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature' at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. Shot in stark...

03:22 PM, Apr 16, 2012

Washington: Describing Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's India visit as a trip "heavy on symbolism if not on substance", the US media on Monday said his pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer sent a message against Islamist extremism. "No breakthroughs were announced, but both sides hailed the meeting as a sign of easing tensions along one of the world's most dangerous borders," The Los Angeles Times...

10:53 AM, Apr 09, 2012

You have heard him sing and you've seen him dance, but Jay Sean dons a new hat and shows us how to make a perfect cuppa. ...

02:06 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Chicago: A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics. It's an issue that raises ethical questions, and some experts urge caution in treating children with puberty-blocking drugs and hormones. An 8-year-old second-grader in Los Angeles is a typical...

11:18 AM, Feb 20, 2012

Los Angeles: Pop star Whitney Houston was found "underwater and apparently unconscious" when she was discovered in a Beverly Hills hotel room bathtub, police said on Tuesday. Beverly Hills Police said in a written statement that they could not yet speculate on the cause of Houston's death. "She was underwater and apparently unconscious," Beverly Hills police said in the statement. "Ms Houston was pulled from the tub by members of...

08:00 AM, Feb 14, 2012

From his custom red military jacket to a copy of 'Beat It' in Jackson's own handwriting, the Grammy museum in Los Angeles houses it all. ...

08:16 AM, Feb 13, 2012

Beverly Hills: It was a surreal scene: Whitney Houston had died at the Beverly Hilton, and hours later and a few floors below, her life was being celebrated at the event where her career was launched. On Saturday night, Clive Davis - Houston's mentor, producer, champion and longtime friend - memorialized her at his pre-Grammy gala, held downstairs in the same hotel where her body was being examined by coroner's...

10:20 PM, Feb 12, 2012

Whitney Houston passed away on Sunday in Los Angeles, casting a pall over the biggest weekend in music as the entire industry descends upon the City of Angels for Grammy awards on Monday. ...

12:14 PM, Feb 12, 2012

Los Angeles: Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48. Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said on Sunday that the singer had died, but the cause and the location of her death were unknown. Meanwhile, an official of the Beverly Hills Police department gave...

07:04 AM, Feb 12, 2012

Los Angeles: Finally, an awards show with some surprises and spontaneity. The Screen Actors Guild Awards featured some unexpected winners, including 'The Help' for best overall cast performance and Jean Dujardin for best actor in 'The Artist' alongside some of the longtime favorites in movies and television. But there was a looseness and a playfulness that permeated the Shrine Exposition Center Sunday night - maybe because it was a room...

04:50 PM, Jan 30, 2012

Los Angeles: Police in riot gear closed in before dawn on Monday on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles who defied a midnight deadline to vacate a camp outside City Hall, but stopped short of clearing the encampment. Police managed to reopen blocked streets for morning rush-hour commuters after a tense standoff with protesters who had taken over a downtown intersection, but remnants of a crowd that had swelled to...

04:49 AM, Nov 29, 2011

Los Angeles: A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday found Dr Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. Murray's sentencing is set for November 29. Conrad Murray is ordered to jail and will not be released with bail while he waits for his sentencing. The order was announced after the Prosecution demanded that Murray be kept in jail and asked for no bail till the court hears Murray's...

03:21 AM, Nov 08, 2011