New York: Actor Mark Wahlberg has apologized for asserting that he would have stopped terrorists from flying an airliner into New York's World Trade Center on September 11 if he had been on the plane. The star of the film 'Contraband' issued his apology Wednesday after comments he made to Men's Journal drew criticism. He told an interviewer in the February issue that had he been on American Airlines Flight...
12:45 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Los Angeles: Celebrities may resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year, after famous people tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011. NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne became the latest celebrity to blunder on Twitter, when he recently had to apologise for a tweet critical of public breast-feeding. But Kahne has been far from alone in discovering...
12:17 PM, Jan 01, 2012
New Jersey: A first-grade teacher in New Jersey who described her students as "future criminals" on Facebook could be fired under a judge's decision issued this week after parents complained her remarks were offensive. Administrative Law Judge Ellen Bass ruled that the Paterson teacher, Jennifer O'Brien, "demonstrated a complete lack of sensitivity to the world in which her students live" and recommended that she lose her tenured position. Paterson is...
08:27 AM, Nov 11, 2011
New York: 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston, who is delighted about her directorial short film 'Five', says reacting to ex-husband Brad Pitt's comment on their marriage is not worth it. The 42-year-old along with friends Demi Moore and AliciaKeys has worked on one of the pieces in the series of interconnected short films about breast cancer, reported Huffington Post. Aniston chose to ignore Pitt's comment who claimed that his marriage to...
02:20 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan today played down former England skipper Nasser Hussain's controversial "donkey" remarks against some Indian players, saying they should not be taken at face value. "Some of the expressions in English language are different. They should not be taken at face value," said the actor at a media conference relating to Nokia Champions T20 League here today. Hussain's comments on TV during the course of...
09:53 PM, Sep 10, 2011
New Delhi: The High Level Committee constituted by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in its first meeting held on Thursday, decided to seek public comments on ways to unearth black money. The Committee, headed by CBDT Chairman Prakash Chandra, was set up last month to examine ways to strengthen laws to curb generation of black money in India, its illegal transfer abroad and its recovery. "The Committee held its first meeting...
07:25 PM, Jun 09, 2011
New Delhi: Writer-activist Arundhati Roy has once again stirred up the hornet’s nest with her comments on Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to the Union prompting the Centre to mull booking her for sedition. Here are some of Roy’s most controversial comments: 1. "Kashmir has never been an integral part of India. It is a historical fact. Even the Indian Government has accepted this." 2. "I write this from Srinagar, Kashmir....
03:37 PM, Oct 26, 2010
Toronto: Posting online comments or YouTube videos anonymously may soon be over if some recent cases are anything to go by. A Toronto cop, who was mocked after videos of his actions during the G-20 summit here in June were posted on YouTube, is suing Google for $1.2 million in damages and seeking the identity of user ‘theforcebewithme’ who posted them and 24 others who made derogatory comments against him....
10:57 AM, Oct 18, 2010
People from all over the world have expressed their views and concerns. ...
01:28 PM, Feb 04, 2010
Karachi: Pakistan cricket coach Waqar Younis has expressed regrets over his comments on the World Cup captaincy issue that he recently made on a television channel. The former Test captain''s comments did not go down well with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and it issued a notice to Waqar to explain his remarks. Yes, Waqar has submitted a reply to the notice that the Board had sent him. And Waqar...
12:42 AM, Dec 04, 2007
Serena Williams says Sania Mirza is a much improved player now than she was two years ago. ...
06:58 PM, Feb 03, 2007
India could miss out on the Olympics for the first time unless changes are made to the organisation, Rasquinha says. ...
06:30 PM, Jan 16, 2007
Real Madrid coach Fabio Cappello came out with a statement saying that Beckham would not play for the club anymore. ...
06:57 PM, Jan 14, 2007
Oza noticed that Rastogi's gesture are in stark contrast to Sania's repeated criticism about the national tennis body. ...
01:07 PM, Jan 11, 2007
Williams said that she was more than capable of returning to the type of form which saw her claim seven Grand Slams. ...
04:48 PM, Jan 06, 2007
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