Cannes: A man pretending to be South Korean rapper Psy talked his way into glitzy parties at the Cannes film festival and posed with fans until he was spotted drinking champagne by the real Psy's manager. Psy, in Singapore on Thursday night to perform at the inaugural Social Star awards, said that Scooter Braun spotted the imposter, took a photo and sent it to the musician. "He sent it to...
08:35 AM, May 25, 2013
Paris: Shiv Kapur ran into rough weather early in the final round to return a card of 73 and finish tied 23rd in the Alstom Open de France Golf tournament near here on Monday. Kapur's tied 23rd finish was rather disappointing after having been in the top 15 for the middle two rounds. Jeev Milkha Singh had a roller-coaster of a round with one birdie, one eagle, two bogeys and...
12:55 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Paris: Didier Deschamps is on the verge of being appointed France coach, a source on the executive board of the French football federation said on Sunday. "There are two or three details yet to be ironed out but there is no issue, Deschamps will be the next France coach," the source told Reuters. France's 1998 World-Cup winning captain recently left Olympique Marseille after a poor 2011/12 season and would replace...
10:48 PM, Jul 08, 2012
France: In the long history of bad industrial design, the flight attendant call button on commercial airlines takes a prominent place. Usually located next to the reading light button and often indistinguishable from it, the dreaded button causes flight attendants to make countless pointless trips down the aisles every day, only to hear embarrassed passengers say they were just trying to switch on the light. Not for much longer. The...
12:44 PM, Jun 23, 2011
Cannes: The 2011 Cannes film festival ended on Sunday with an awards ceremony where US director Terrence Malick's film 'The Tree of Life' won the Palme d'Or for best picture. Following were the main prize winners on the night: Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) for best film - 'The Tree of Life' directed by Terrence Malick (United States) Grand Prix runner-up prize - 'Once Upon A Time In Anatolia' directed by...
10:49 AM, May 23, 2011
Cannes: US director Terrence Malick won the Palme d'Or for best picture at the Cannes film festival on Sunday for 'The Tree of Life,' a meditative, metaphysical epic starring Brad Pitt and Sean Penn. Only his fifth feature, the two-hour 20-minute contemplation on the origins of life and where we go when we die was among the favourites to walk off with the coveted award, one of the most prized...
07:24 AM, May 23, 2011
Cannes: Saris swished, heaved and swirled on Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, as the rarified bastion of auteur cinema paid homage to the world's most popular movie industry, Bollywood. A montage of footage culled from nearly seven decades of Indian films, "Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told," bursts with the irrepressible energy and over-the-top exuberance of Bollywood, and India itself. Directors Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist, a...
11:51 PM, May 15, 2011
Cannes: The latest installment of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movie franchise laid anchor at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, bringing with it a crew of big stars including Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' is the fourth film in a series which has made a fortune for Disney with a combined global box office tally so far of $2.7 billion. Reviews of...
11:46 PM, May 14, 2011
France: Heated pools, massage salons and a-la-carte menus are de rigueur at luxury hotels across the world but in one exclusive Paris establishment the difference is the guests: they have four legs, and enthusiastically wagging tails. Actuel Dogs bills itself as France's first luxury hotel for dogs, and founders Devi and Stan Burun, a dog behavior specialist and lifelong dog-lover, also offer training programs unruly hounds and dog walks in...
10:51 AM, Feb 25, 2011
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