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  • No high heels for Karishma Tanna on Grand Masti set

    Thanks to actress Karishma Tanna's towering look, she was banned from wearing high heels while shooting for upcoming movie "Grand Masti" as she looked taller than her co-star Vivek Oberoi. Karishma, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall is just only few inches shorter than Vivek, who is 5 feet 10 inches. With high heels, Karishma looked much taller! So, director Indra Kumar and producer Ashok Thakeria ...

  • Telugu industry to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema

    The Telugu film industry wants to highlight its contribution to Indian cinema and will kickstart the centenary celebrations here soon amongst the presence of the entire fraternity. "We have never highlighted how much has Telugu industry contributed to Indian cinema. We want to showcase the achievements of some of our luminaries who have made us proud over the years. The celebrations will start ...

  • Intellectuals call for support for Irom Sharmila

    A panel of intellectuals including actors, filmmakers and journalists have appealed to the people to join activist Irom Chanu Sharmila in her demand for annulling the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Manipur. "People know Irom Sharmila only as a lady with a tube in her nose. Even I for that matter got to know about her only five years ago. There is a need to raise awareness about ...

  • Cadbury ordered to pay Rs.30000 compensation

    A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company, an official said here Wednesday. "A man purchased a Cadbury chocolate on Dec 16, 2011, for his three-year-old daughter and found an iron pin inside the bar when the girl tried to eat it. Subsequently, he filed a complaint ...

  • Raveena enjoys busy life of an actor

    Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, who is making a comeback to the Telugu industry after a decade, is enjoying being busy on the sets of an untitled multi-starrer. This is Raveena's third film in Telugu after "Bangaru Bullodu" and "Akasa Veedhilo". "(I'm) up early, make-up hair and back to the grind! Literally! (Shooting a) song for the Telugu film with Mohan Babu. (It) has been super fun. ...

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Edtv

Ron Howard's "Edtv" is a satire masquerading as a romantic comedy (or is it the other way around?) about a man who willingly allows every moment of his life to be filmed and broadcast live to whoever wants to watch. At first, this premise might sound absurd (which it is), but in today's TV-driven world, it could easily become a reality. With the recent overload in "reality TV," ranging from Fox sp ... ...

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  • Sensex gains in pre-afternoon trade

    A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading 0.29 percent up in the pre-afternoon trade Wednesday. Good buying spree was seen in IT, technology, media and entertainment (TECK), and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) scrips, whereas oil and realty sectors' stocks plunged. The recent fall in rupee has made the technology firms more attractive. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) ...

  • Would love to direct film Neil Bhatt

    Unlike most TV actors who look at the big screen for acting projects, Neil Bhatt is keen on directing a Bollywood film. The actor is currently a part of Zee TV's "Sabke Jeevan Ka Adhar - Ramayan" and plays Lakshman in it. "I would like to direct a film for Bollywood," Neil told IANS. It's not that he doesn't want to act in films. "I do look forward to doing more television, but finally I ...

  • Manmohan is neither leader of party nor country BJP

    As the UPA got down to celebrating its fourth anniversary, the BJP Wednesday trained its guns on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said he was neither leader of his party nor the country. "For a coalition government, there is a need for a special leadership. I regret to say that in UPA Manmohan Singh is the prime minister but not leader. He is neither leader of his party nor the country," BJP ...

  • Bridegroom shot dead before wedding in Bihar

    A bridegroom was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a Bihar village late Tuesday, minutes before he was to be married, police said Wednesday. The incident took place in Pachmah village in Gaya district, about 100 km from here. The bridegroom has been identified as Ashok Mistri. "Soon after the marriage party arrived in the village, people accompanying Ashok stopped at a place to urinate, ...

  • Karthik fined 5 percent for dissent

    Mumbai Indians' wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik was fined five percent of his match fees for showing dissent during the first qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL) against Chennai Super Kings at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday night. "Dinesh Karthik from Mumbai Indians was fined 5% of his match fee for breaching the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) Code of Conduct during the match ...

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