Los Angeles: Pop star Britney Spears' former confidante encouraged her to kick her drug habit five years ago, and brought drug-sniffing dogs to her Malibu home and flushed a bag of white powder down the toilet, he testified Tuesday. "She had wanted to get clean, but she was struggling with it," the former friend, Sam Lutfi, told jurors in his civil trial in Los Angeles against Spears and her parents....
03:06 PM, Oct 24, 2012
Gurgaon: Spanish pop sensation Enrique Iglesias tonight took his fans on a roller coaster ride with his hour-long performance, as he belted out his hits like 'Hero', 'Baby you like it' and 'Bailamos'. Though the singer kept his fans waiting for more than two hours, the audience did not seem to mind the delay as seen in the roaring response he got after entering the stage and greeting everyone with...
10:21 AM, Oct 20, 2012
PSY, whose stage name stems from the first three letters of the word psycho, has always styled himself as a quirky outsider. But he is from a wealthy family and was actually raised and educated south of the Han River, near Gangnam. He's an excellent dancer, a confident rapper and he's funny, but another reason for his breakthrough could be that less-than-polished image, said Jae-Ha Kim, a Chicago Tribune pop ...
10:30 AM, Oct 18, 2012
Grammy Award-winning global pop phenomenon Enrique Iglesias landed in Pune on Tuesday evening. The chart-topping singer, who is in India for a three-city tour, began his tour with Pune on Wednesday. ...
10:32 PM, Oct 17, 2012
London: R&B star Rihanna says she is waiting for a man who is brave enough to deal with her. The 24-year-old, who recently said she hasn't been on a date in two years, says no guy asks her out anymore, reported Sun Online. "No one asks. Trust me on that. I'm waiting for the man who's (brave) enough to deal with me," she said. The 'Diamonds' singer also said that...
12:03 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Cairo: Clashes between supporters of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood and Opposition parties on Friday erupted in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square for the first time since Islamist President Mohammed Morsi took office, leaving hundreds injured. The clashes erupted after supporters of Morsi tore down a stage belonging to leftist politician and ex-presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi's Popular Current. The supporters of Sabbahi were chanting anti-Morsi slogans. Tensions are also high after the...
08:35 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Washington: Mitt Romney's strong debate performance did little to convince more voters he understands them or is a "good person" even though he has narrowed President Barack Obama's overall poll lead, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Saturday. Just a month before the November 6 election, the Democratic president is ahead of his Republican challenger on character attributes that can win over undecided voters who have not been swayed...
09:35 AM, Oct 07, 2012
Faridabad: A hotel manager was on Saturday suspended by Haryana Tourism Department and a complaint filed against the organisers of an event in Faridabad after a British performer shed her clothes while dancing, baring her upper body. The incident occurred on Friday at Rajhans hotel in Surajkund during the International Tattoo Convention, officials said, adding that manager Rajeev Sabarwal was placed under suspension. A complaint has been registered against the...
11:00 PM, Oct 06, 2012
Washington: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southwestern Colombia on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported. The quake was centered 28 miles (45 km) south of Popayan, Colombia, close to the Ecuador border. The initial magnitude was reported to be 7.3. ...
10:07 PM, Sep 30, 2012
Vatican City: Pope Benedict's former butler, Paolo Gabriele, goes on trial on Saturday in one of the most embarrassing episodes in recent Vatican history. The trial of the 46-year-old man who served the pope his meals and helped him dress is due to start at 9:30 am (0730 GMT) in the Vatican's little-used tribunal, a small room with rich panelled wood and a papal emblem on its ceiling. His arrest...
10:12 AM, Sep 29, 2012
A chubby, rapping singer with slicked-back hair and a tacky suit is the latest musical sensation to burst upon the world from South Korea, via a YouTube music video that has been seen by over 260 million people in under a month.In a nation famed for the pretty-boy but often bland bands of K-Pop, nobody was more surprised by the success of the video 'Gangnam Style' than its creator, Psy,...
05:00 PM, Sep 25, 2012
As his latest movie 'Trivandrum Lodge' has opened to encouraging collections, director V K Prakash is giving final touches to his next movie titled as 'Poppins'. The movie will be a multi starrer featuring five couples, who will share equal scope. 'Poppins' will have Jayasurya-Meghana Raj, Indrajith-Padmapriya, Anoop Menon-Ann Augustine, Shankar Ramakrishnan-Mythili and Kunchacko Boban-Nitya Menen as couples. Based on Jayaprakash Kuloor's five plays, this movie will tell the tale...
05:57 PM, Sep 23, 2012
The global music sensation will perform in Pune on October 17, New Delhi (NCR) on October 19 and Bangalore on October 21. Grammy Award-winning global pop phenomenon Enrique Iglesias will perform live in India this October. The chart-topping singer comes to India on a three-city tour, with a concert in Pune at Amanora Park Town, who are also partners on the event, on October 17, HUDA Grounds in Gurgaon on...
11:41 AM, Sep 22, 2012
New York: Popcorn lovers, here is how you can have your snack without getting your hands sticky! All you need to say is "pop!". A new popcorn dispenser locates the origin of your voice and flings popcorn into your mouth even from 15 feet away. The device locates the speaker's mouth by determining the sound's origin and shoots popcorn in that direction, the New York Daily News reported. Popcorn Indiana...
06:10 PM, Sep 21, 2012
More than 2 months have passed since Pranab Mukherjee resigned as Finance Minister but has the great hope that things will change been even partly realised or is it unfulfilled and now looking illusory? ...
10:31 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said Muslims are outnumbering Hindus in Assam not because of the increase in illegal migration from Bangladesh but because Muslims are illiterate and bear more children. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the Chief Minister took full responsibility for the communal riots and said that there were multiple reasons behind it. Here is an excerpt from the interview: Speaking on Devil's Advocate with Karan...
11:07 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Wajahat Habibullah on Sunday took on Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for his remarks against Muslims in the state in an interview. Gogoi, in an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, blamed illiteracy amongst Muslims for their population growth. Saying that the reason for the growth of Muslim population in the state was more local than external, the...
10:51 AM, Sep 09, 2012
London: Pop star Lady Gaga is set to embrace technology with her latest album Artpop by releasing it as an interactive application. The 26-year-old took to her own social networking site Little Monsters to announce the news, reported Daily Express online. "I'm excited to tell you all that Artpop is going to be a multimedia experience that comes in different forms. The most major way to fully immerse yourself in...
10:28 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Hyderabad: Even as Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) honorary president Vijayamma are vying with each other to win the hearts of BCs with promises of allotting more seats in the 2014 polls, PCC president Botcha Satyanarayana mooted a new proposal of allotting seats to each caste across the state in proportion to their population for the general elections. Botcha demanded Naidu and...
12:51 PM, Aug 29, 2012
London: Pop star Lady Gaga has reportedly been recording vocals for her new album naked. The 26-year-old is currently working on ARTPOP, her third studio album and the follow-up to 2011's 'Born This Way'. A source said that the singer believes singing naked improves her vocal performance, reported Digital Spy. "Gaga has really taken to the idea of naked recording. She has been recording vocals while she's been completely starkers....
06:00 PM, Aug 28, 2012
