London: A 49-year-old chef from Los Angeles faces life in prison for murder after he told police he boiled his wife's body for four days to hide the evidence, a media report said. According to the Daily Mirror, David Viens stuffed his wife's body in a 55-gallon drum of boiling water and kept it submerged with weights. In a recorded interrogation presented by prosecutors at the trial in Los Angeles,...
08:47 PM, Sep 28, 2012
Los Angeles: The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video posted to YouTube that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested for violating terms of his probation, authorities said on Thursday. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was convicted in 2010 for federal check and sentenced to 21 months in prison. Under terms of his probation, he was not allowed to use computers or the Internet for five years...
11:31 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Los Angeles: A Los Angeles judge Thursday refused to order YouTube to take down a controversial film clip, "The Innocence of Muslims". Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Luis Lanvin ruled that Cindy Lee Garcia failed to show that she would likely prevail on the merits of her request, despite the actress's claim that she was tricked into appearing in the inflammatory film, reported Xinhua citing the Courthouse News. The...
02:00 PM, Sep 21, 2012
New York: Buoyed by the emergence of Kate Middleton as a top fashion icon, London has been crowned the top global fashion capital, edging out New York and Paris in an annual ranking that has Mumbai in the 38th spot and New Delhi in the 48th. The Global Language Monitor's ranking of the top 50 fashion capitals saw London edging out New York for the second year in a row...
05:35 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Los Angeles: Two masked gunmen kidnapped a bank manager, strapped what they said was a bomb to her midsection and forced her to order employees to "take out all the money" from her Bank of America branch when it opened on Wednesday, authorities said. The bank robbers got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, but no one was injured in the heist. A Los Angeles County sheriff's bomb squad...
11:33 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New Delhi: According to a survey conducted by CNNGo, New Delhi has been found to be one of the most hated cities in the world. "Travel scams happen everywhere. But few cities fuel as much lengthy discussion and strategising about them as India's sprawling capital," said the article on CNNGo website. Surprisingly, it is not just the crime-riddled cities which have been ranked the most hated cities in the world,...
10:56 AM, Sep 06, 2012
Los Angeles/New Delhi: An NRI couple's bid to get justice for their son failed in the US as a Los Angeles Federal Court jury did not find the argument of the party of Bedabrata Pain and Shonali Bose conclusive enough against Wahl Clipper Corp viz-a-viz the couple's elder son, Ishan Bose-Pain's tragic death while shaving himself with Wahl's Groomsman Beard and Mustache Trimmer in the evening of September 2, 2010....
09:41 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Los Angeles: A 100-year-old man backed his car on to a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including nine children, across from an elementary school in South Los Angeles just after classes had ended Wednesday, authorities said. Four of the children were in critical condition when firefighters arrived but they were stabilized and were in serious condition at a hospital, city fire Capt. Jaime Moore said. Everyone was expected to survive,...
09:00 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Los Angeles: Authorities say a small plane has crash-landed in a business district in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, striking two cars and injuring the two people on board. Nobody on the ground was hurt. Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman says the plane went down just before noon Saturday in the Pacoima area, not far from Whiteman Airport. Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott says one person on board was...
11:40 AM, Aug 26, 2012
Director Tony Scott loved fast cars, riding fast motorcycles and creating some of the most memorable action sequences of the past quarter century. He was even planning a sequel to his hit 'Top Gun.' Yet on Sunday, police removed the director's body from Los Angeles Harbor hours after they say he stopped his car on the towering Vincent Thomas Bridge and jumped. His death stunned friends and fans and left...
01:53 PM, Aug 21, 2012
London: Kristen Stewart is reportedly so distraught in the wake of her affair with director Rupert Sanders being exposed that she's "refusing to eat". The 'Twilight' star - who is still in hiding after boyfriend Robert Pattinson walked out of their home - has become a "nervous wreck" and is "living off a diet of cigarettes, Red Bull (energy drink) and crisps", reported Showbiz Spy. "Kristen is a nervous wreck...
12:47 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Los Angeles: Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as 'Top Gun,' 'Days of Thunder' and 'Beverly Hills Cop II,' died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County Bridge, authorities said. The 68-year-old Scott's death was being investigated as a suicide, Los Angeles County Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said. Several people called 911 around 12:35 pm to report that someone had jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San...
10:05 AM, Aug 20, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: Brazil football star Kaka is reportedly being sought by Los Angeles Galaxy as a possible replacement for Englishman David Beckham. Brazil's Estado de Sao Paulo reported the American club had identified the Real Madrid midfielder as the ideal candidate to take over from Beckham as the club's marquee player, reports Xinhua. Beckham, 37, is understood to be undecided about whether to continue beyond his current contract, which...
03:37 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Los Angeles: In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidal might have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing - tall, handsome and composed - and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an aide or courtier. But Vidal made his living - a very good living - from challenging power, not holding it. He was wealthy and famous and committed to exposing a system often led...
10:00 AM, Aug 01, 2012
Los Angeles: The 36-year-old son of Sylvester Stallone was found dead Friday, leaving the actor grief-stricken, his publicist said. Authorities were investigating Sage Stallone's death, but details were not immediately available. "Sylvester Stallone is devastated and grief-stricken over the sudden loss of his son," publicist Michelle Bega said in a statement. "His compassion and thoughts are with Sage's mother, Sasha." Los Angeles police said they were dispatched to investigate a...
09:27 AM, Jul 14, 2012
New York: On the first day newcomer director Benh Zeitlin began shooting his mythical, apocalyptic low-budget film, Beasts of the Southern Wild, he had a real life disaster to deal with - the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The sense of impending danger only served to heighten the rugged, mystical tension Zeitlin was aiming for in his acclaimed indie film that stars non-actors as a father...
05:38 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Los Angeles: Director of the movie and cast member Woody Allen is interviewed at the premiere of To Rome with Love during the opening night of the Los Angeles Film Festival at the Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles, California June 14, 2012. With a cast featuring Alec Baldwin, Penelope Cruz, Ellen Page and others, the film portrays intertwining stories including that of a young man (Jesse Eisenberg) in the love...
07:43 PM, Jun 27, 2012
Los Angeles: Rodney King, who came to symbolize racial tensions in the United States after his 1991 beating at the hands of police led to deadly riots in Los Angeles a year later, was found dead in a swimming pool on Sunday in Rialto, California, police said. He was 47. "Preliminary indications are that this is a drowning with no signs of foul play," Rialto police said in a statement....
01:46 AM, Jun 18, 2012
New York: Rodney King, whose 1991 beating at the hands of police led to deadly riots in Los Angeles the following year, was found dead in a swimming pool on Sunday in Rialto, California, police said. King, 47, whose beating was captured on video by a bystander, was discovered by his fiancee, Rialto police Captain Randy De Anda said. King's death was reported to police Sunday morning in Rialto, about...
11:16 PM, Jun 17, 2012
