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Some of the tickets for Oscar winner A.R. Rahman’s Chicago (USA) June 18 “Jai Ho Concert” are now selling for 1,050 dollars per person on his official website. This “Jai Ho Circle” ticket includes: no waiting in line – express entry, separate entrance on green carpet, and pre-show service of non-alcoholic ...

There were hardly any nominations of “Made in Asia” movies at the 82nd Academy Awards which were presented in Hollywood (USA) on Sunday. From 4 films that were nominated with Asia-focused topics, only a single film, The Cove could win the Oscar. The other three movies were- “Kavi”, “Burma VJ” ...

Hollywood production American Empire will have three-four Bollywood stars, according to reports. Filmfare nominated John Abraham (Dhoom), Filmfare winner Arjun Rampal (Rock On!!), and Ashmit Patel (Banaras) are reportedly starring in it and BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) is rumored to be in its cast. Directed by Andy Armstrong (Planet ...

The ex-lovers, Ranbir and Deepika are on a way to patch up. Actually the couple wants to come back to each other but they don’t want their patch up to as dramatic as their break-up. Ranbir and Deepika are in contact through sweet messages as of their busy work schedules ...

Sonim introduces its new phone known as the XP2.10 Spirit which is considered to be slimmer as well as more attractive if compare with its XP3.20 Quest. The screen of the handset supports a higher resolution, i.e. 320-by-240 pixels. One can see what is on the screen in daylight, it ...

Oscar winner composer A.R. Rahman is the “most trusted” Bollywood personality, according to a survey published in March edition of Reader’s Digest (India). He ranks number five on a list of 100 “most trusted” Indians of all categories. He is followed by National Award (NA) winner megastar Amitabh Bachchan (Black), who ...

Freida Pinto starrer Woody Allen’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger” will be released starting September 23 next, according to reports. Pinto is said to have completed her shooting for this romance film, which also stars Oscar nominated Naomi Watts (21 Grams), Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the ...

Frontiers Records Signs Alan Parsons, Releases Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid Alan Parsons Studio wizard Alan Parsons returns with a live concert recording, Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid to be released March 19 in Europe and April 6 in the ...

Self-appointed Miss Beverly Hills Lauren Ashley (who is actually a native of Pasadena) is defending herself in a brewing controversy over remarks she made about homosexuals. Last week, Ashley, 23, told FOX News’ 411 Column that same sex marriage goes against God and the Bible, and quoted a scripture ...

After Woody Allen’’s “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger”, BAFTA nominated Freida Pinto has now been reportedly picked up for epic “Dawn of War”. For this Montreal (Canada) based fantasy-action-drama film, she will reportedly play Phaedra, an oracle priestess who joins Greek mythic warrior hero Theseus (portrayed by “The Tudors” ...

Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone (Rocky) has been nominated for Hollywood Razzies equivalent “Golden Kela Awards” given annually for the worst performance in Bollywood. American actress-model Denise Richards (The World is not enough) has also been nominated. Both of them are nominated for what is called “BAAWRA ho gaya hai ke Award” ...

Twelve Indian or India related films will form part of ‘28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival’ (SFIAAFF) to be held from March 11 to 21. It will include: Today’s Special (David Kaplan), Love Aaj Kal (Imtiaz Ali), Cooking With Stella (Dilip Mehta), Diana (Aleem Khan), Scene 32 (Shambhavi Kaul), ...

Overreacting much? Scotty Lago, Olympic bronze medal winning half-pipe snowboarder of Team USA, volunteered to leave the Olympics on Friday after racy pictures of him were leaked online. Lago, who was awarded his bronze medal Thursday night, was at a party, wearing a Team USA T-shirt when somebody snapped a photo of ...

Bollywood legend Jaya Bachchan (Bhaduri) will be honored with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” in a special ceremony in London on March five. Award is for her “outstanding contribution to Cinema spanning over three decades”, which will be presented by “Tongues on Fire” film festival in a gala dinner at Sheraton Hotel ...

Team USA and gold medal-winning Olympians such as Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis and Shaun White helped the 2010 Winter Olympics trump American Idol in last night’s ratings. The popular TV talent show lost its time slot for the first time since May 17, 2004, according to NBC research.

Wanderlust Yoga and Music Lineups Announced The yoga and music lineups for the second annual Wanderlust Festival have been announced. The festival returns to Squaw Valley USA in Lake Tahoe, CA from July 29 to August 1, 2010. This four-day yoga and music experience offers a place to relax, unwind, ...

Brazilian model Maria Gomez is said to have created frenzy in Bollywood circles after her debut appearance in “Teen Patti” (Leena Yadav) and many filmmakers are reportedly trying to reach her after she left for Brazil. Her talent has been reportedly compared with Oscar nominated Salma Hayek (Frida) after she made ...

Pre-paid customers gained from the acquisition of Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA allows Sprint Nextel to cut its chronic customer loss problem. - Sprint Nextel managed to staunch its chronic subscriber loss problem in the fourth quarter, reporting Feb. 10 that it lost a net 148,000 subscribers during ...

Oscar winner A.R. Rahman’s music for “Sultan The Warrior” film will be released in the near future, according to reports. This computer-animation film, starring the animated version of Tamil megastar Rajnikanth (Chandramukhi), directed by his daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth, is expected to be released in April in 18 different languages, including English, ...

Simon Cowell’s rounded up superstars from the UK and USA alike for a new charity single, which features a documentary video of the devastation caused by last month’s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. The acid-tongued music mogul brought together 21 of the world’s most popular singing acts, including Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart, ...