Do controversies around stars get overblown?

Do controversies around stars get overblown?

Shah Rukh Khan's scuffle with MCA guards comes just months after his brawl with director Shirish Kunder at a pub in Mumbai. ...
11:55 PM, May 17, 2012
From supporting actors to lead stars

From supporting actors to lead stars

Mumtaz, Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha have been star examples of supporting actors who took over as main leads in the past. But a look at a few recent and forthcoming releases, and you'll see more cases of character actors graduating into lead stars. And as Lasyapriya Sundaram found out, most don't hail from a filmy family. ...
01:35 PM, May 08, 2012

WWE Extreme Rules 2012: Cena beats Lesner

WWE Extreme Rules 2012: Cena beats Lesner New Delhi: The World Wrestling Entertainment Extreme Rules event was held at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois in US on Sunday. It was the fourth event under the Extreme Rules chronology. In the main event, John Cena defeated Brock Lesnar in the Extreme Rules match. The match lasted almost 18 minutes. Earlier, in the pre-show match, Santino Marella defeated The Miz, winning the Singles match for the WWE United...
12:09 PM, Apr 30, 2012
Mumbai gets its own 'Walk of the Stars'

Mumbai gets its own 'Walk of the Stars'

The landmark will have handprints of contemporary stars and signatures of late legends. ...
05:58 PM, Mar 29, 2012

Navratilova out of 'Dancing With the Stars'

Navratilova out of 'Dancing With the Stars' New York: Tennis star Martina Navratilova became the first casualty on 'Dancing With the Stars' 14th season on Tuesday, as judges and the TV show's fans gave her jive to 'Tell Her About It' the thumbs down. Navratilova, dancing with partner Tony Dovolani, was booted from the popular television ballroom contest show after their jive dance on Monday received the lowest scores from the judges in the second week of...
05:38 PM, Mar 28, 2012

Assertive women and macho men in Bollywood now

Assertive women and macho men in Bollywood now 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

Artists are not valued in our country: Kangna

Artists are not valued in our country: Kangna New Delhi: Actress Kangna Ranaut rues the fact that artists are not valued and stardom often overshadows the real actors. "I must admit that artists are not valued in this country and it's not just actors, it also includes painters, dancers, classical singers. They are not even paid well," Kangna said during the India Today Conclave 2012 here Saturday. "I started my career with theatre and my Guru kept telling...
12:53 PM, Mar 18, 2012

Review: 'Diary of a Butterfly' lacks a story

Review: 'Diary of a Butterfly' lacks a story New Delhi: A stale plot, coupled with unimpressive performances result in a movie like Diary of a Butterfly. Directed by Vinod Mukhi, the film stars Udita Goswami, Rati Agnihotri, Harsh Chhaya, Sofia Hayat, Rajeev Singh and others. The film revolves around a Jaipur girl Gul (Udita Goswami), who's hungry for success and shifts to Mumbai to pursue her career with a fashion house. Before you even realise, from a fresher...
11:07 PM, Mar 02, 2012

Seven new, promising stars of 2011

Seven new, promising stars of 2011 Aman Sethi He is a journalist who won the International Committee of the Red Cross award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues. His report covered police atrocities in Chhattisgarh villages, as the government finds it increasingly tough to fight the Maoists. Sethi's bond with those who remain invisible to the urban juggernaut extends to his debut novel A Free Man, the tale of a migrant labourer...
08:54 AM, Dec 24, 2011

2011: Malayalam filmdom failed to script success

2011: Malayalam filmdom failed to script success Thiruvananthapuram: The waning charisma of superstars, a drought at the box office and dearth of new faces...it was another bad year for the Malayalam film industry. Despite several releases, the three ageing Malayalam superstars - Mammootty, 60, Suresh Gopi, 54, and Mohanlal, 51, - seen as the saviours of the filmdom, failed to bail out the industry that was reeling under flops. Looking back on their hugely successful three decades,...
01:13 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Neutron stars declare the most accurate time: Study

Neutron stars declare the most accurate time: Study

Scientists believe the pulsar clock is more accurate than the modern atomic clock because the signal source comes from the most accurate source by pulsars - neutron stars. ...
02:53 PM, Nov 28, 2011

Won't fall in love with co-stars: Gerard Butler

Won't fall in love with co-stars: Gerard Butler London: Scottish actor Gerard Butler, who is looking for lasting love these days, says he is determined not to fall in love with movie co-stars after his previous on-set dalliances ended in "disaster". Butler, 42, who has been linked to a string of Hollywood beauties including his 'The Bounty Hunter' co-star Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz, admits it is too easy to become infatuated with an actress while at work,...
01:04 PM, Nov 24, 2011
Wanted Rajinikanth's blessings for RA.One: SRK

Wanted Rajinikanth's blessings for RA.One: SRK

Shah Rukh Khan talks about his upcoming release RA.One, his experience of working with Rajinikanth and other southern stars. ...
07:27 PM, Oct 11, 2011
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