Bangkok: Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok - for a fake Rolex. The singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking an online uproar Thursday in Thailand where some fans called it offensive, insulting and bad for the country's image. It's the latest publicity-making turn of events as "The Born This Way Ball" travels through Asia. Lady Gaga's provocative lyrics and costumes have angered Catholic...
01:50 PM, May 24, 2012
Los Angeles: John Travolta's lawyer on Friday hit back at 'ridiculous' new claims of sexual advances leveled at the actor by a third man, as a first accuser backtracked on the date of an alleged Beverly Hills incident. Cruise ship worker Fabian Zanzi claimed on a Chilean TV show, 'Primer Plano,' that the Hollywood star offered him $12,000 to have sex while on a cruise in 2009. It was unclear...
05:00 PM, May 12, 2012
Kolkata: Eminent Bengali poet Sankho Ghosh says that launching Rabindranath Tagore's songs by bands can not be a taboo if it conforms to the spirit and basics. For instance "The Tagore song in Bangla band Dohar's 'Sahasro Dotara' album, rendered by 'bauls' (mystic minstrels from Bengal) have been a unique initiative," Ghosh told on Saturday evening. The Rabindra Puraskar (1989), Saraswati Samman (1998), Sahitya Akademi (1977) awardee stated "Dohar had...
12:23 AM, May 08, 2012
A never-seen-before interview with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will premiere next month. In the interview, Jobs speaks about how he pulled off a prank call to the Pope, saying he was US secretary of state Henry Kissinger. Jobs was interviewed by journalist Bob Cringely in 1995 for a Channel 4 series titled "Triumph Of The Nerds", the Daily Mail reported. The Apple founder - who died in October last year...
10:44 AM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger, the architect of the US' historic opening to China, has denied that that the US struck a secret pact with India to prevent an attack on West Pakistan in 1971. Known in India for unflattering comments on former prime minister Indira Gandhi, he sought to correct the picture, saying he always thought she was "an extremely strong and far-sighted woman". "India and the former...
12:09 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Rupa Ganguly won a National Award for her songs Dure Kothao Dure Dure and Aaji Bijan Ghare. But the director of the movie Abosheshey had to say that quite an amount of serious convincing was needed to get the actress to lend her voice for the songs. The Bengali film Abosheshey has already created quite a buzz by bagging the Best Female Playback Singer award at the National...
05:53 PM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Born on March 12, 1984, Shreya Ghoshal is one of the best known voices behind the Bollywood songs. The lady entered the limelight after winning the singing contest on Zee TV - 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' in 2000. Not many people remember that she had already won the children's version of the same contest earlier in her life. Shreya Ghoshal's singing career kicked off with Sanjay Leela...
07:24 PM, Mar 11, 2012
LOS ANGELES: 'American Idol' is down to the top 13 singers. Smooth 21-year-old pawn shop worker Phillip Phillips of Leesburg, Ga., quirky 22-year-old nonprofit organizer Heejun Han of New York, and spunky 18-year-old country crooner Skylar Laine, from Brandon, Miss., were among the finalists revealed Thursday on the Fox singing contest. They and seven others received the most viewer votes after the 13 male semifinalists performed Tuesday and the 12...
08:16 PM, Mar 02, 2012
New Delhi: Though deeply rooted in the classical and folk traditions of Assam, Angaraag Mahanta is a rock star in his own right. The singer, known popularly as Papon, aspired to be an architect before realising music was his true calling. Papon has a musical heritage by birth - his parents are doyens of Assamese music - but he always wanted to be a self-made artist. With his first Hindi...
07:36 PM, Feb 15, 2012
Whitney's downfall was so long and sad that, in an impatient public's mind, it overshadowed her accomplishments. ...
05:22 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: Born on February 8, 1941 Jagjit Singh was one of the most popular singers in the country. Ghazal industry was dominated by Pakistani singers when Singh entered the industry. Because of his golden voice and dedication, Jagjit Singh soon became one of the most loved ghazal singers. Apart from his music albums, Jagjit Singh lent his voice to many Bollywood songs as well. Singh suffered a cerebral hemorrhage...
06:43 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Karachi: India-born legendary Ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan was on Thursday put on a ventilator at a private clinic in Pakistan's Sindh provincial capital Karachi after he collapsed due to respiratory problems. Eighty-four-year-old Hassan has been ill for the last few years due to a serious lung condition that has led to complications and breathing problems. "He is still in the ICU and doctors are looking after him round the clock....
10:30 AM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Karachi after he had trouble in breathing, his son Arif Hassan said on Wednesday. The 84-year-old singer, the voice behind evergreen ghazals like 'Ab ke bichade' and 'Patta patta boota boota', has also stopped speaking. Hassan, who has been suffering from lung problems for the past twelve years, was rushed to...
10:54 AM, Jan 12, 2012
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