Sahara Indian Sports Awards
Mumbai: Bollywood actresses Deepika Padukone perform at the Sahara Indian Sports Awards. afp
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Rihanna among high-profile ‘Women of the Year’
Rihanna joined US first lady Michelle Obama, British fashion designer Stella McCartney and nine others on Monday to be honoured as ‘Women of the Year’ after the R&B singer took a public stand on domestic violence. The annual Women of the Year Awards, published by Glamour Magazine for the past 20 years... 
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Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ voted ‘Decade’s Best’
Rihanna’s track ‘Umbrella’ has been voted the best of the decade in a new survey. British fans have picked the 21-year-old’s song and music video for ‘Umbrella’ as the best of the last 10 years, reports a news website. Following is a list of the winners.
1. Rihanna – ‘Umbrella’
2. taTu...
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Paltrow joins Kidman for gender-bending ‘Danish Girl’
Oscar-winners Gwyneth Paltrow and Nicole Kidman are to play husband and wife in an upcoming film about the world’s first transsexual, it was reported Monday. Paltrow, 37, and Kidman 42, will play artists Greta and Einar Wegener in ‘The Danish Girl’, newspaper Daily Variety reported. Einar Wegener, who...
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Aerosmith future uncertain after Tyler ‘quits’
The future of US supergroup Aerosmith was shrouded in uncertainty Monday after unconfirmed reports that flamboyant frontman Steven Tyler had quit the band. Tyler, 61, indicated he was parting company with the band after more than three decades in a recent interview with British music magazine Classic...
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Five days of fashion show flip side of coin that is Pakistan
Daily Times Monitor
In a country fighting a bloody war against itself, Pakistan organised its first fashion week, with an elite segment of society scoring a “victory of sorts” – as CNN described it – to assert itself to Pakistan and the world in bold colours and striking poses. The international...
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Mel was ‘too short’ for Bond role
Mel Gibson wanted to play the coveted role of James Bond but was turned down by legendary ‘007’ producer Cubby Broccoli, scriptwriter Tom Mankiewicz has revealed. Mankiewicz said Gibson’s 5ft 9in frame took him out of the race for the spy’s role. He said, “Cubby first of all had a thing about tall people....
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NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths
The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie. The latest big screen offering from Sony Picture, ‘2012,’ arrives in theatres on Friday, with a 200-million-dollar production...
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Miss World countdown starts ahead of South Africa show
The Miss World whirlwind whipped into London on Monday, with beauty queens from across the globe gathering to kick off the official countdown to next month’s grand final in Johannesburg. The 2009 Miss World Festival brought together 120 national winners from countries such as India, Thailand, Australia,...
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King Tut’s tomb to get a facelift
Restoration work will begin on the tomb of Egypt’s most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamen, Egypt’s antiquities department said. The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has partnered with the Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) to work on the conservation and management of the tomb and its wall paintings....
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Student’s expulsion over mini-skirt sparks debate in Brazil
A student’s expulsion from university for wearing a short mini-skirt judged too provocative has sparked a nationwide debate in Brazil, a strongly Catholic nation known for its skimpy beachwear. Brazil’s education ministry demanded the private Bandeirante University in Sao Paulo state explain its decision...
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Blackberry buddies up to game developers
Research In Motion (RIM) announced it is making Blackberry devices friendlier to game applications, as the business-oriented smartphones try to show a more playful side. The Canada-based mobile phone maker is enhancing Blackberry software to make it simpler for outside developers to craft 3D games and...
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Man is punchbag for stressed women
A Chinese man has launched a secret sideline - by renting himself out as a punchbag for stressed women. Xiao Lin, a gym coach in Shenyang, in northeast China’s Liaoning province, has not told his family about his new venture. He told the Liaoshen Evening Post, “It fits in well with my day job. I needed...
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Gun inventor, ‘happy man’ Kalashnikov turns 90
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the globally popular AK-47 assault rifle, declared himself a happy man with few regrets as he celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday. “Age is not significant. I have plenty of life left in me. But still, this is a special date and it needs to be celebrated,”...
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Michelle Obama gives dating advice to women
In a series of dating tips, US first Lady Michelle Obama has urged women to look beyond good looks and settle for a man with a good soul. “Cute’s good. But cute only lasts for so long and then it’s, “Who are you as a person? That’s the advice I would give to women - don’t look at the bankbook or the...
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Thai airport moves ‘unlucky’ demon statues
Thailand’s main airport is to relocate 12 giant ‘demon statues’ to boost the morale of staff who thought the figures brought bad luck, local media and officials said. The statues at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport will move from the arrivals area to the check- in zone at a cost of around 1.7 million...
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Dog ‘revives’ heart attack victim
A Polish man claims his pet dog revived him after he suffered a heart attack. Stricken Piotr Wagner, 50, collapsed with agonising chest pains as he watched telly at the family home in Kazimierza Biskupiego. But as Pearl - a two-year-old Jack Russell cross - turned a heart shaped patch on her flanks...
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