From a 21-year-old to a 65-year-old, Priyanka Chopra portrays almost every crucial stage in a woman’s life in her new thriller “7 Saat Khoon Maaf”. But she says stepping into the shoes of a 40-plus character was the toughest as she couldn’t connect to the age group. “The 20s was my age, so it was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Miss World’
Abhishek teaches Italians to wear dhoti
January 21st, 2011 |
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After the dhoti-clad look in his last period film “Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey”, Bollywood’s star actor Abhishek Bachchan has become quite a pro in tying one and displayed his expertise to Italians on a trip to Florence. “When Abhishek was in Florence, people requested him to show how to wear a dhoti (the wraparound [...]
Celebrate India-South Africa friendship, Bollywood style: Priyanka
January 6th, 2011 |
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Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra is kicked about performing with Shah Rukh Khan and Shahid Kapoor in Durban for celebrating the 150th year of India-South Africa friendship Saturday, and says she has a soft corner for the “friendly and inviting” people of that country. “I was approached for this event when the idea was being discussed. [...]
Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills in nude picture scandal
November 15th, 2010 |
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Newly crowned Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills from US has landed in a scandal after naked pictures of hers emerged. Mills, 18, had won the title at the 2010 Miss World pageant contest at the Beauty Crown Cultural Centre in Sanya, China, on October 30, the Daily Telegraph reported. She now joins celebs like Vanessa [...]
Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills Nude Photo Scandal
November 14th, 2010 |
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Miss World winner Alexandria Mills has gone from pageant underdog to star of the web’s latest naked snap scandal. The former Miss United States, 18, beat out projected winner Miss Norway to snatch a victory at the 2010 Miss World pageant contest at the Beauty Crown Cultural Center in Sanya, China on Oct. 30. Success [...]
Aishwarya in Kuala Lumpur to promote ‘Enthiranâ€â€g
July 31st, 2010 |
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will arrive in Kuala Lumpur today to promote her latest flick ‘Enthiran””. The latest Tamil blockbuster Enthiran (Robot) has been directed by famed south Indian filmmaker Shankar and produced by Sun Pictures. The audio launch for the eagerly awaited movie will be held at Putrajaya International Convention Centre. Bollywood superstar Rajinikanth had [...]
Bachchans and Shahrukh Attend the “Raavanâ€London premiere
June 16th, 2010 |
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Bachchans and Bollywood King Khan SRK attend the London Ravaan Premier with His Family.
The Hindi-language film, which stars Abhishek Bachchan and his wife, an actress and former Miss World, will be released in cinemas worldwide on Friday.
“India is the largest film industry in the world. We sell twice the amount of tickets that Hollywood does,” [...]
Friday Crunch Crumbs: Free Donut Day At Dunkin’ Donuts! David Carradine Widow Files Wrongful Death Suit; Oil Spill Threatens Florida Tourism
June 4th, 2010 |
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-“I want to scuba dive a sunken ship. I would like to sail around some part of the world and live on a boat. I have a love of Egyptology. I would like to go there and see the pyramids. [As a kid I wanted] to be Indiana Jones and dig for bones and find [...]
Manaswi Mamgai-The Winner of Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India 2010
May 1st, 2010 |
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On Friday, the Delhi girl, Manaswi Mamgai has won the Pantaloon’s Femina Miss India 2010 pageant.
Talking about her victory, Manaswi said, “I just want to sit back and cherish the moment. I have created history. Now I want to enjoy just that. And of course I want to hug my mom. She’s super [...]
Mornin’ Crunch Crumbs: “Grizz†Kidney Transplant; Catherine Zeta Jones Wows Broadway; Buju Banton Arrested
December 14th, 2009 |
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-Check out this 60 Minutes’ profile of Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais….
-Reggae legend Buju Banton has been arrested in Florida on drug charges…..
-Tiger Woods noted the importance of family in his final interview before his sex scandal exploded…
-Precious, The Hurt Locker, and Up are among the Top 10 Movies of the Year, according to the [...]
Piggy Chops as a judge at Miss World!
December 11th, 2009 |
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Mumbai: Now famous Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra had bagged the Miss World Crown nine years ago. This time she is going to the Miss World contest again but as a judge. Wow! You go girl!
Miss World contest will be held in Johannesburg on 12th December where Piggy Chops will be judging the final round.
Priyanka says, [...]
Piggy Chops as a judge at Miss World!
December 11th, 2009 |
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Mumbai: Now famous Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra had bagged the Miss World Crown nine years ago. This time she is going to the Miss World contest again but as a judge. Wow! You go girl!
Miss World contest will be held in Johannesburg on 12th December where Piggy Chops will be judging the final round.
Priyanka says, [...]
Letting a thousand flowers wither
October 20th, 2009 |
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The world will not halt the rate of reduction of biodiversity by 2010
SEEKING to alleviate poverty, reduce world hunger and protect biodiversity sounds, to your correspondent’s ears, like something a Miss World hopeful might have pledged in the 1980s. In fact, it was what a professor of soil quality at a lesser-known university in the Netherlands promised to a scientific conference that concluded on October 16th.
Addressing hundreds of biologists, ecologists and social scientists who were meeting in Cape Town under the auspices of Diversitas, an interdisciplinary group of researchers, Lijbert Brussaard of Wageningen University outlined progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals agreed by members of the United Nations in 2001. One of the targets was to achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction in the rate of loss of biodiversity. That has not happened. Neither will it do so next year. …
Indian Australian television starlet says racism alive and kicking in Australia
September 23rd, 2009 |
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Indian Australian Sabrina Houssami has said that racism is alive and kicking in Australia.
Houssami, who is also of Lebanese Muslim heritage and a former Miss World Australia, uses the soap box to make her point about an issue that she detests.
“I am born and raised in Australia and this is my country and I am [...]