Director Ridley Scott talks about his next science fiction film 'Prometheus' and the challenges he faced while filming. ...
12:16 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Giving a breather to Sairam Shankar is 'Romeo'. "Puri rasina prema katha," reads the tag line. What makes this film unique is that PJ has written the dialogues. This is the first time that the director has written for a film not directed by him. The film is set in Verona, where Shakespeare's drama too was set. This is the only similarity between that Romeo and this modern day 'Romeo',...
10:47 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Rome: Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season's best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting on Thursday. The Jamaican world record holder, who managed only 10.04 in Ostrava last Friday, was back to his best against a world class field which included his compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell. Powell, who said later he had not heard the...
08:54 AM, Jun 01, 2012
San Francisco: Google will try to win more converts to a computer operating system revolving around its popular Chrome Web browser with a new wave of lightweight laptops built by Samsung Electronics. Tuesday's release of the next-generation Chromebooks will give Google and Samsung another opportunity to persuade consumers and businesses to buy an unconventional computer instead of machines running on familiar software by industry pioneers Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc....
06:51 PM, May 30, 2012
Rome: A 37-year-old Indian migrant in Italy killed his pregnant wife because she loved wearing western clothes and he wanted to punish her for going against Indian traditions. The Indian, whose name was given as Singhj Kulbir, told police in Piacenza city in northern Italy that he strangled to death his 27-year-old wife - named as Kaur Balwinde - before throwing her corpse in the Po river, a news agency...
10:16 AM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: This Friday, Hindi film 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince' will stand tall to face the big Hollywood release 'Men In Black 3' at the box office. Though the audiences have seen films such as 'Rancho' and 'Roadside Romeo' in the past, still the Indian film market is not very open about animation films yet. Bollywood actor Jaaved Jafferi expresses his opinion about the future of animation films in India,"This...
04:04 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: While you were busy creating new tunes with the Google doodle version of the Moog Synthesizer on your non-Chrome Web browser a little link below the doodle may have missed your eye. It says "Upgrade to a modern browser and see what this doodle can really do" and leads to a Google Chrome download page that suggests that Google doodles are best experienced on Google Chrome. With the...
04:56 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Indian audiences are soon going to watch director Arnab Chaudhuri's animated mythological action film 'Arjun: The warrior Prince'. The film is expected to have used new techniques to create the grandeur of the Mahabharata era. The Indian film industry has come up with films such as 'Rancho' and 'Roadside Romeo' in the past, but the market for animation films is still in a nascent state. Arnab Chaudhuri speaks...
04:11 PM, May 22, 2012
Rome: Rafael Nadal won his record sixth Italian Open title Monday by beating top-ranked Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3. Djokovic made 41 unforced errors in the match, including a double-fault on the last point to give Nadal his 49th career title and his 35th on clay. Djokovic played well at the start but the turning point came midway through the 10th game when a line judge called the Serbian's shot out....
07:24 PM, May 21, 2012
Rome: The seventh seed Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the ATP Rome Masters after suffering a straight-sets defeat at the hands of Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, here. The Spaniards raced to a 6-4, 6-1 win in one hour and five minutes in the semi-finals of the Euro 2,427,975 clay court event. Bhupathi and Bopanna had their chances in the second set, getting two...
11:20 AM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Italian government on Saturday summoned India's Ambassador to the country over the killing of two Indian fishermen by Italian marines, said Ministry of External Affairs sources. Foreign Ministry sources confirmed that the Indian Ambassador was called to the Italian Foreign Ministry on Saturday over the issue. According to the sources, the concern of the Italian government at the charges filed against the marines in custody in Kerala...
07:44 PM, May 19, 2012
Rome: Serena Williams advanced to the semi-finals at the Italian Open on Friday after Flavia Pennetta retired with a right wrist problem while trailing 4-0 in the first set. The Italian player, ranked 21, called for the trainer after falling behind 3-0. She had her wrist re-taped, but conceded during the fifth game after 28 minutes of play when Williams was leading 4-0 and 40-0. The victory extended Williams' winning...
07:09 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: When I was watching 'Ishaqzaade', the first thing that crossed my mind was 'Oh God, not another Romeo-Juliet story!' Why is it that centuries later Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet still sounds alluring to film-makers? Romeo and Juliet in a nutshell is the story of two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families - the Montagues and Capulets. Elements of the tragedy can be found throughout...
05:19 PM, May 16, 2012
Mumbai: While the fate of a controversial study report by certain Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials " recommending shutting down a runway at Juhu aerodrome " rests with the Government of India, MiD DAY has learnt that certain developers attempted to use the information to gain additional height for their proposed projects in the upscale neighbourhood. MiD DAY had reported on Tuesday about the aviation safety department of AAI...
02:36 PM, May 16, 2012
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