Films about fiction becoming facts or writers playing detectives are many. But there are few, which do both. As a filmmaker if you wanted to do both, who had better Edgar Allan Poe - the one who invented detective fiction, who is known for his gothic works, who died under mysterious circumstances and whose most famous poem 'The Raven' talks about a lover distraught over the loss of his beloved....
01:57 PM, May 20, 2012
New Delhi: When dark, gothic thriller 'The Raven' debuts in Indian theaters on Friday, it will mark the return of actor John Cusack to more serious roles from recent forays into comedy with 'Hot Tub Time Machine' and the sci-fi adventure in '2012.' Cusack portrays famed American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), who is known for macabre tales such as 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and poems like 'The...
04:42 PM, May 17, 2012
Los Angeles: Romantic comedy 'Think Like a Man' easily beat four new films to win the U.S. and Canadian box office race for a second time while superhero movie 'The Avengers' stormed into overseas theaters with record-breaking sales. 'Think Like a Man' led domestic charts with an $18.0 million total from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday. New movies including adult comedy 'The Five-Year...
03:57 PM, Apr 30, 2012
The Raven is a fictionalised account of the writer's attempts to stop a serial killer. ...
07:42 PM, Mar 28, 2012
Patna: Bihar has dismissed 26 police officials for corruption, officials said on Saturday. Bihar police chief Abhyanand said the sacking took place in the last two and a half years. "They have been dismissed after charges of corruption were upheld against them following departmental inquiry," Abhyanand told IANS. He said corruption will not be tolerated. "Action against corrupt police officials will continue in future also." He said that over four...
08:46 PM, Mar 17, 2012
London: Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata believes that the west London side "have to start again" following the dismissal of Andre Villas-Boas in order to salvage their season. The Portuguese manager was shown the door with just nine months at Stamford Bridge under his belt after Saturdays 1-0 defeat against West Brom. With former assistant Roberto Di Matteo being promoted into the 34-year-olds position, Mata now believes that it is time...
03:13 PM, Mar 06, 2012
London: Chelsea have become a "serious embarrassment" to the Premier League after firing Andre Villas-Boas just eight months in his reign, the head of England's League Managers' Association said on Monday. Dumping the inexperienced 34-year-old Villas-Boas after only 40 games in charge on Sunday left owner Roman Abramovich searching for his eighth manager since buying Chelsea nine years ago. The instability and uncertainty surrounding Chelsea this season has seen the...
03:52 PM, Mar 05, 2012
It cost Roman Abramovich around 28 million Pounds to sack Carlo Ancelotti and hire Andrew Villas-Boas. Seven months later, history has repeated itself at Stamford ...
02:18 PM, Mar 05, 2012
London: Andre Villas-Boas was fired by Chelsea after barely eight months in charge of the Premier League club on Sunday, leaving owner Roman Abramovich ruing his gamble on the inexperienced Portuguese and searching for his eighth manager in nine years. A regular visitor at training recently, the Russian oligarch lost patience with the 34-year-old Villas-Boas after Chelsea's first loss to West Bromwich Albion since 1979 on Saturday left the club...
07:32 PM, Mar 04, 2012
London: Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker faces a long spell on the sidelines after undergoing ankle surgery only four months before the European Championships. The Germany international injured his right ankle in Saturday's Premier League match against Sunderland. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said that, "unfortunately he has had surgery and we have lost him for a while. How long I don't know. He had reconstruction of his ligaments. So it will...
08:07 PM, Feb 17, 2012
Islamabad: Amid a tense standoff between Pakistan's civilian and military leadership, the government on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has no intention to sack the Army and intelligence chiefs who were accused of acting in an "unconstitutional and illegal" manner in the memo scandal. Attorney General Anwar-ul-Haq informed a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry of the government's position while responding to a petition that had...
07:16 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Lucknow: BJP on Saturday said apprehending defeat of her party in the coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Chief Minister and BSP President Mayawati was making desperate attempts to refurbish her government's image by sacking her ministers. "Sacking of ministers by Mayawati is nothing more than an act of desperation as she is fully aware of her party's defeat in the state Assembly elections," BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said. "What...
03:07 PM, Dec 31, 2011
Ballia: Janwadi Party has forged an alliance with BJP for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The party has entered into an alliance with the BJP and a formal announcement in this regard will be made in Lucknow on Sunday, JP President Sanjay Chauhan said in Ballia on Saturday. Janwadi Party, formed in 2004 in Mau district, will contest on nearly a dozen seats and it would support BJP on...
01:07 PM, Dec 31, 2011
New Delhi:There seems to be more trouble ahead for Suresh Kalmadi. His days as Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman could well be numbered. Attorney general Ghoolam Vahanvati has given an opinion to the government that it can remove Kalmadi as chairman of the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. The highest law officer of the country in its opinion to the sports ministry has said that the government is well within its...
09:03 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Beijing: In China, a former law professor was sacked for defying its three-decade-old one-child policy. Yang Zhizhu was dismissed and fined a sum of $ 35,000 by the China Youth University for having a second girl child. The 44-year-old professor has refused to pay the hefty fine, which amounts to several years' of his income, calling it ridiculous. Experts have warned of looming problems from an aging population and a...
02:40 PM, Sep 25, 2010
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