London: A four-year-old British girl, who was allegedly kidnapped while on a holiday in Portugal in 2007, has reportedly been tracked down to Leh city in India's Jammu and Kashmir state. The parents of Madeleine McCann are, however, awaiting the results of a DNA test after a girl suspected to be the missing child was spotted in Leh, the Daily Mail reported. Kate and Gerry McCann's team of private investigators...
06:24 PM, Jul 28, 2011
London: As India and England tread cautiously for their 100th Test match at Lord's, the women members of the famous Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have reportedly been asked to dress appropriately for the historic match that starts here Thursday. Some members of the MCC are furious that women members are exposing too much flesh at Lord's, which they feel is not cricket. A ban on women members was lifted in...
12:41 PM, Jul 24, 2011
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One day in the library I had an epiphany. It came in the form of a slim little yellow hardbound book that nobody had ...
12:30 PM, Jul 19, 2011
Los Angeles: Who says you have to be skinny, young and glamorous to make it in Hollywood? Not the voters at the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences who spread the love in their Primetime Emmy Award nominations on Thursday to a slew of actors who smash the stereotype of wafer-thin blondes and tall, dark handsome men. Few nominees were more surprised than plus-sized actress Melissa McCarthy, who scored her...
11:00 AM, Jul 15, 2011
Los Angeles: "American Idol" contestant Pia Toscano, whose early exit from the TV show shocked viewers, has signed a record deal with Interscope Records, the company said on Wednesday. The 22 year-old Toscano, with her dark hair and powerful singing voice, was considered one of the front-runners for the top prize on "Idol" this year. But she was voted off by viewers to finish in 9th place. Toscano will release...
10:39 AM, Jul 07, 2011
Washington: It was ISI which leaked the US intelligence information about bomb making factories in Pakistan's tribal areas, a top Republican Senator said as he demanded the Obama Administration establishes strong benchmarks for American aid to Islamabad. "When (CIA Director) Leon Panetta testified about (sharing information with Pak Army and ISI about bomb making factories) they had notified the ISI about the IED factory and they (CIA) watched it, by...
07:57 AM, Jul 01, 2011
Los Angeles: Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman is in talks to replace Sofia Vergara for Lee Daniels Paperboy. Vergara dropped out of the movie recently. Daniels, best known for his Precious, was all set to begin shooting with Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Tobey Maguire and Sofia Vergara this summer. But Maguire dropped out of the project last week, causing production delay. Vergara had to leave the movie as the schedule was interfering...
03:33 PM, Jun 28, 2011
Cairo: Egypt's military rulers are committed to a quick transition to civilian administration, two leading US senators said on Sunday after meeting the general who heads the ruling council. John McCain, R-Arizona and John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, visiting Egypt at the head of a US business delegation, said it was in America's national security interests to see the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak succeed. They said Washington was not interested...
11:33 PM, Jun 26, 2011
Washington: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has the potential to beat Barack Obama in 2012 presidential elections, top Republican leader Senator John Mccain has said. "Of course, she can. She can. Now, whether she will or not, whether she'll even run or not, I don't know," McCain told the Fox news in an interview. Palin was McCain's running mate in the 2008 presidential elections. McCain lost to Obama. While she...
09:42 AM, May 30, 2011
Los Angeles: Deep-voiced country singer Scotty McCreery won the tenth season of "American Idol" on Wednesday, defeating rival Lauren Alaina who had been dubbed the front-runner by the show's judges heading into the night. McCreery, 17, hugged the other "Idol" contestants from the season and his family after host Ryan Seacrest proclaimed him the winner of the television singing competition. "Never in my wildest dreams. I got to thank the...
11:38 AM, May 26, 2011
Wellington: A New Zealand truck driver said he blew up like a balloon when he fell onto the fitting of a compressed air hose that pierced his buttock and forced air into his body at 100 pounds a square inch. Steven McCormack was standing on his truck's foot plate Saturday when he slipped and fell, breaking a compressed air hose off an air reservoir that powered the truck's brakes. He...
04:11 PM, May 25, 2011
London: 'The Rolling Stones' envied 'The Beatles' as all four band members could sing whereas they were solely reliant on Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney has claimed. In an interview published in the 'Radio Times', the 68-year-old Beatle musician said the Stones, formed in 1962, were jealous of his band, formed in 1960, and used to call it a "Four-headed Monster". Sir Paul said, "The four of us were unusual....
12:56 PM, May 24, 2011
New York: Fifty lots of unpublished photographs of The Beatles' first US concerts taken by a teenager in 1964 are expected to fetch about $100,000 when they are sold at auction, Christie's said on Friday. The pristine, black-and-white photographs, which had been stored in a box for 45 years, chronicle The Beatles appearances in Washington, DC and Baltimore. They will be sold in individual lots when they go under the...
10:39 AM, May 21, 2011
Los Angeles: Paul McCartney is set to wed for the third time after proposing to his New York businesswoman girlfriend of four years, Nancy Shevell. The London-based spokesman for the former Beatle confirmed on Friday that McCartney and Shevell were engaged, but declined to give further details. "It's true!", said spokesman Stuart Bell, after People magazine broke news of the engagement. Shevell, 51, who is divorced, and the notoriously private...
05:18 PM, May 07, 2011
Kolkata: The CPM on Saturday accused the Election Commission of being indifferent to the violation of the model code of conduct by the Trinamool Congress and said it might seek legal recourse. After a meeting with state Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta, CPM state committee member Rabin Deb told newsmen that TMC violated the model code during its recent road shows where processions led by party chief Mamata Banerjee disrupted...
08:39 PM, Apr 02, 2011
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe Director: Brad Furman Matthew McConaughey stars as cocky LA defense attorney Mick Haller in 'The Lincoln Lawyer', a slick, cleverly-plotted crime thriller adapted from Michael Connelly's bestselling book. Haller works out of the back seat of his chauffeured car, hopping from one court to another, representing hookers, drug-dealers and the kind of assorted lowlifes that no one else will. His conscience comes into ...
08:20 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe Director: Brad Furman Matthew McConaughey stars as cocky LA defense attorney Mick Haller in 'The Lincoln Lawyer', a slick, cleverly-plotted crime thriller adapted from Michael Connelly's bestselling book. Haller works out of the back seat of his chauffeured car, hopping from one court to another, representing hookers, drug-dealers and the kind of assorted lowlifes that no one else will. His conscience comes into ...
08:20 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe Director: Brad Furman Matthew McConaughey stars as cocky LA defense attorney Mick Haller in 'The Lincoln Lawyer', a slick, cleverly-plotted crime thriller adapted from Michael Connelly's bestselling book. Haller works out of the back seat of his chauffeured car, hopping from one court to another, representing hookers, drug-dealers and the kind of assorted lowlifes that no one else will. His conscience comes into...
08:20 PM, Apr 01, 2011
Seattle: Microsoft Corp has awarded the lion's share of its $1 billion-plus annual advertising budget to Publicis Groupe's Starcom unit, in a blow to incumbent agency Universal McCann. After a periodic review lasting several months, the world's largest software company said on Friday that Starcom MediaVest Group will handle its global media strategy and planning business, and be in charge of buying ad space in North America. Universal McCann, a...
08:04 PM, Mar 20, 2011
London: Actor Matthew McConaughey says he gave $100 to Tom Hanks for indirectly 'babysitting' his son. "My son's main thing is 'Toy Story'! I mean, daily. And so I run into Tom Hanks and I slip him $100. He says, 'What's that for?' And I say, 'Trust me, I owe you a lot more than that for the amount of time you've been babysitting Levi'," McConaughey has been quoted as...
02:05 PM, Mar 19, 2011
