Mumbai: Bollywood has always opened its gates for budding talent and there seems to be a sudden demand for Bengali actors in Hindi cinema post the box-office success of Vidya Balan starrer 'Kahaani' and Paoli Dam's 'Hate Story'. As 'Kahaani' director Sujoy Ghosh plans to bring Vidya Balan back as Bidya Bagchi in a sequel, Kolkata and the Bengali stars are set to become more important. "Writing begins. I have...
12:23 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Inflation will remain in the range of 6-7 per cent in the current financial year, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday adding a slowdown in industrial output and general price rise remained major concerns for economic policymakers. "Government has been making all efforts to address the demand and supply-side related problems and I am confident that during the current financial year the rate of inflation would see...
05:04 AM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: In the midst of the run-up to the French presidential elections, France has been in dialogue with India to clarify issues relating to the nuclear liability law, and is waiting for New Delhi to establish the legal framework before signing commercial contracts for setting up atomic reactors. Last month, French nuclear experts had come to India and held talks with Indian experts to clarify issues relating to the...
02:58 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: The script has changed in Bollywood in the last 60 years - the women are more worldly, the men more macho and the cinema itself more techno-savvy, almost as good as Hollywood, says veteran cinema writer and critic Bhaichand Patel. "The women in Hindi cinema are more assertive though no less beautiful (than yesteryear ones), they often smoke on screen and they are equal to men. Mainstream cinema...
11:28 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Kay Kay says the current obsession of filmmakers with marketing is "very funny, but very sad also". "You are only interested in marketing. You are not making cinema but gathering star surnames, making a project and that we'll think about the story and other things later," he told reporters on the sidline of an event. He feels filmmakers' dependency on item numbers is unfair. "They (filmmakers) proudly say...
03:41 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Houston: The anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that destroyed communities along the northeast coast of Japan and crippled a large nuclear plant has focused nuclear supporters and foes on safety and the future of atomic power. In the United States, regulators on Friday issued the first formal rule changes to make nuclear plants safer based on recommendations from last year's Fukushima industry task force. Since the March 11 disaster,...
08:21 AM, Mar 10, 2012
Tehran: Iran will load domestically made nuclear fuel rods into its Tehran Research Reactor on Wednesday for the first time to keep it running, a senior official told a national news agency. Tehran had announced in January that it had successfully manufactured and tested fuel rods for use in nuclear power plants, a move to show that international sanctions are failing to stop it making advances in nuclear know-how and...
07:47 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Tate Taylor-directed American Civil Rights era movie, 'The Help', swept the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning three honours, including Best Actress for Viola Davis. Meanwhile, 75-year-old Mary Tylor Moore received the lifetime achievement award. ...
05:38 PM, Jan 31, 2012
New Delhi: In yet another blot on artistic freedom of expression in the country, five unknown men, miffed with kitsch paintings put on show at a gallery, assaulted artist Pranava Prakash on Monday. Prakash was attacked while he was showcasing his paintings of Bollywood celebs in the nude at Espace Alternative gallery in Noida. The miscreants were heard saying that Prakash's paintings were "against Indian culture", before they stormed in...
01:38 PM, Jan 31, 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
London: Actor James Franco is to release his first novel 'Actors Anonymous', which is loosely inspired by his experiences in Hollywood. The 33-year-old has sold the book to online retailer Amazon, reported Daily Mirror. Although its Franco's debut novel it is not his first book - he previously released a collection of short stories entitled 'Palo Alto'. The actor is well renowned for his love of changing his work constantly,...
02:04 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Chennai: It was business as usual at the Kalpakkam atomic power plants, around 80 km from Chennai, even as cyclone Thane lashed the coastal districts affecting normal life on Friday. The two power plants of Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located on the Kalpakkam coast were generating power as usual, though necessary precautions against the cyclone have been taken, said a senior official. "Both the units are generating 150 MW...
05:08 PM, Dec 30, 2011
New York: Some might argue that all stars are overpaid, but Drew Barrymore and Eddie Murphy are in a league of their own, according to a survey conducted by Forbes.com and published on Thursday. Top stars can make tens of millions of dollars on a single film, and the payout can be justified when a movie like 'Pirates of the Caribbean' brings in several hundred million at box offices. But...
02:09 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Los Angeles: Fox Television said on Friday it had renewed animated TV series 'The Simpsons' for another two seasons after settling a pay stand-off that had threatened to end the satirical parody of working-class American life. "Fox has renewed 'The Simpsons,' the longest-running comedy in television history, for an incredible 24th and 25th season," the network said in a statement. Fox Television, a unit of News Corp, said earlier this...
01:49 PM, Oct 08, 2011
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