March 11, 2010
Bollywood actor Preity Zinta, who was today (March 11) appointed as the goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS in India, will create awareness against AIDS along with the members of her Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab.
"All our players will sport red ribbons during their matches. In our first match against Delhi Daredevils, we will take an HIV positive person to the toss to convey our message against stigma and discrimination," Preity said in New Delhi.
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March 11, 2010
Director Prakash Jha is hell bent on making his forthcoming film, ‘Rajneeti’ a complete entertainer. He recently did a certain amount of spicing up by shooting some scenes with the lead pair Ranbir Kaporo and Katrina Kaif.
On Monday Ranbir and Katrina did some additional shooting for ‘Raajneeti’ at Mona Shourie's Future Studios long after their dates for the film had dried up.
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March 11, 2010
Puppies played superstars on the sets of ‘Paathshaala’. Thanks to their tantrums, it took director Milind Ukey one day to shoot a one-minute scene.
The puppies used to either doze off when the shot was ready or would run away in all directions.
Recalling the incident, Ukey said: "It was a really funny situation we faced that day. We'd never imagined that such a small thing would require so much struggle. But in the end, everyone, especially the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was all worth it."
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March 11, 2010
Bollywood actor Salman Khan Thursday appeared before the Special MCOCA Court to depose as a witness in a 10-year-old case involving the movie ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’ (CCCC), his family said.
"He had given a police statement regarding the persons he had met before the making of the 'CCCC' movie over 10 years ago. He was called to confirm the statements before the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act today (Thursday)," his father Salim Khan told IANS.
Salim Khan said the development comes a week after Salman received his pending fees for the 'CCCC' movie - Rs.2.5 million.
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March 11, 2010
Filmmaker Abbas Tyrewala has hired David Bryan, who was the supervising art director for multiple Oscar winning movie ‘The Hurt Locker’, to work on his next movie ‘1-800-Love’. The latter says working on a Bollywood movie is a great experience.
Bryan, who was widely praised for his life-like replication of the battle scarred streets of Iraq in Jordan for ‘The Hurt Locker’, is the production designer for ‘1-800-Love’ that stars John Abraham and Tyrewala's wife Pakhi in the leads.
Tyrewala wanted Bryan's help in depicting the "real London" through his film.
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March 11, 2010
The Julia Roberts starrer ‘Eat, Pray, Love’, which took the Hollywood star to India, Italy, and Indonesia for what she describes as the "acting Olympics", will release in India on August 27.
Directed by Ryan Murphy, the movie is based on Pushcart prize-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert's spirituality travel memoirs and features Roberts as Gilbert who travels to Italy, India and Indonesia in search of peace.
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March 11, 2010
Bollywood star Aamir Khan, whose recent release ‘3 Idiots’ took a critical look at India's education system, says that he gets inspired by stories of real-life heroes who go beyond their limitations to bring change in one's life and in society.
"When I see real heroes and listen to their stories, it really inspires me. I think we have, in different degrees, strengths and abilities," said Aamir presenting an award at the Real Heroes Awards of CNN-IBN and Reliance Industries Limited here Wednesday.
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March 11, 2010
LOS ANGELES – Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."
Lynche, a mountain of a guy who lives up to his nickname, performed last among the eight male semifinalists Wednesday and emerged as the star of the Fox TV show.
"You come out with an incredibly difficult song to sing, and you 100 percent nailed it," said Simon Cowell. "Not just the best performance of the night, it was the best performance of all these live shows so far."
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March 11, 2010
WASHINGTON – Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.
Speaking Wednesday at a ceremony where Mrs. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented the annual International Women of Courage awards, Witherspoon jokingly complained that Woods, the bubbly blonde from Los Angeles who discovers her inner strength at Harvard Law School and then takes on Washington politics, no longer held that title.
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March 11, 2010
LONDON – In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.
The prog-rock group sued the music label, saying its contract prohibited selling the tracks "unbundled" from their original album setting.
Pink Floyd lawyer Robert Howe said the band was known for producing "seamless" pieces of music on albums like "Dark Side of the Moon," "The Division Bell" and "The Wall," and wanted to retain artistic control.
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