The Original Pretty Woman is up for her darkest role yet: The Evil Queen in director Tarsem Singh’s Snow White, The New York Magazine’s Vulture Blog said this week. The movie is one of three versions of The Brothers Grimm fairytale headed to the box office in 2012.
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Raja arrested in alleged 2G scam
February 2nd, 2011 |
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DMK leader A. Raja was arrested here Wednesday for his alleged role in the controversial allocation of airwaves for second generation (2G) telecom services, three months after he was forced to resign as communications minister. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested him and two of his aides on primarily two counts — misuse of [...]
Decision review system won’t please all teams: Dhoni
February 2nd, 2011 |
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India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that the introduction of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in the cricket World Cup won’t make all teams happy. The debatable UDRS will make its debut in the World Cup from the quarterfinal stages and Dhoni said the Indian team has done its homework on the system. “We [...]
Chidambaram says didn’t mislead Sushma Swaraj on Thomas
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday denied allegations by opposition leader Sushma Swaraj that he “misled” the committee that selected P.J. Thomas as central vigilance commissioner (CVC) last year. “I take exception to the statement by Swaraj that I ‘misled the selection committee’ and told the committee that Thomas had been ‘acquitted’,” Chidambaram said in a [...]
Dhoni backs Chawla to perform in World Cup
February 2nd, 2011 |
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Wednesday defended the inclusion of Piyush Chawla in the World Cup squad saying the leg-spinner’s experience of playing consistently in the domestic circuit would help the team in the tournament. Chawla, 22, was one of the surprise inclusions in the 15-member squad as he had been out of the team [...]
Afghanistan president to visit India
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai is leaving for a two-day visit to India where he is to meet with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other senior officials, his spokesman said Wednesday. “President Karzai’s visit is aimed to discuss regional economic capacity development with the Indian authorities,” Seyamak Herawi said. “He will also meet with the [...]
Court pulls up government in Amar Singh tapping case
February 2nd, 2011 |
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The Supreme Court Wednesday pulled up the central government and other contenders in the Amar Singh wire tapping case for filing a “very casual and vague” affidavit and asked them to file a fresh one. The apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly said casual and vague affidavits have been filed by [...]
Google, Twitter offer Egyptians Speak to Tweet
February 2nd, 2011 |
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Hoping to circumvent the blackout of the internet and social networking in Egypt, Google and Twitter announced a new service Tuesday that allows anyone to send tweets over the phone. People can use the service by leaving a voicemail at one of three international numbers (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855). The service will instantly tweet [...]
Question of PMK-DMK alliance doesn’t arise now: Karunanidhi
February 2nd, 2011 |
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DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi Tuesday said the question of PMK being part of a DMK-led alliance to fight the ensuing assembly elections does not arise now. Karunanidhi’s remark came on his return from New Delhi. Asked if PMK would be a part of the DMK alliance, Karunanidhi told reporters that the [...]
PM concerned over women’s security
February 1st, 2011 |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed concern at violence against women in various parts of the country and asked the state governments to step up efforts to protect them. “Most of the women in our country also do not have a voice,” Singh said in his inaugural address at the fourth Chief Ministers’ Conference on [...]
New terror modules emerging: Chidambaram
February 1st, 2011 |
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Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said new terror groups were emerging and there was no room for complacency even though the internal security situation in the country had vastly improved in the past year. Addressing the fourth chief ministers’ conference on internal security here, Chidambaram said: “A number of modules (of terrorists) are active. New [...]
Serious challenges to internal security: PM
February 1st, 2011 |
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The internal security situation was by and large stable but serious challenges and threats remained, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Tuesday. Addressing a meeting of chief ministers on internal security here, the prime minister said there were “serious challenges and threats” from left wing extremism, cross border terrorism and fundamentalism. He said left wing [...]
‘Yeh Saali Zindagi’ about twisted tales of love
January 31st, 2011 |
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Known for making realistic and thrilling cinema with romance as an integral part, director Sudhir Mishra returns with “Yeh Saali Zindagi”, about the unpredictability of life and complexity in relationships. What happens when you are screwed in love? Irrfan Khan, Arunoday Singh, Chitrangada Singh and Aditi Rao Hydari will show you the quirky, romantic coincidences [...]
Jaime Pressly Divorce
January 30th, 2011 |
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Jaime Pressly and husband of 16 months attorney Simran Singh are calling it quits. The former My Name Is Earl actress filed for divorce from her entertainment lawyer spouse Simran Singh this month — confirming recent tabloid whispers, which dished that the pair were headed for Splitsville. Boy is Jaime experiencing a difficult start to [...]
Cash controversy: Karmapa quizzed, misses prayer meeting
January 29th, 2011 |
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Tibetan religious leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje has been questioned by the Himachal Pradesh police and other central government agencies over the recovery of currency worth nearly Rs.7 crore from the monastery. Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said Saturday he will take up the issue with the prime minister. The Karmapa, police sources said, was [...]
It’s tough to impress my dad: Shazahn Padamsee
January 28th, 2011 |
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Shazahn Padamsee managed to win praise from director Madhur Bhandarkar and her “Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji” co-star Ajay Devgn, but says it is difficult to impress her “perfectionist” father, theatre veteran Alyque Padamsee. “My dad is my biggest critic. It is very tough to impress him… he is such a perfectionist!” Shazahn told IANS [...]
Jaime Pressly Splits With Husband; Owes Over $600K In Unpaid Taxes
January 25th, 2011 |
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Things have gone from bad to catastrophic for out-of-work actress Jaime Pressly. Gurl, creepy mugshots are the least of her troubles. We’ve got the deets after the jump…. The former My Name is Earl star has been slapped with a lien from the Internal Revenue Service after failing to pay her taxes. Court documents obtained [...]
Return to Delhi, Chidambaram tells Sushma,Jaitley
January 25th, 2011 |
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley to respect the orders of the Jammu and Kashmir government and call off their planned flag-hoisting in Srinagar by giving up the “path of confrontation”. “I would request the two leaders of the opposition and their colleagues to [...]
China lauds Indian IT professionals
January 24th, 2011 |
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IT professionals from India are welcome to China “because they are very good”, said a Communist Party of China leader during an interaction here with Nitin Gadkari, the first BJP president to visit the country. Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai, told Gadkari that the Indian community [...]
Better set a precedent than follow, Yeddyurappa learns the hard way
January 24th, 2011 |
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The word precedent and its various forms will resonate across India in the coming days as Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s nod to prosecute Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa over corruption charges is hotly contested or defended. The legality or otherwise of Bhardwaj’s decision may also be decided by courts with unprecedented speed as compared to the [...]