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Bollywood Couple Abhishek And Aishwarya Bachchan Asked To Help PETA

2009-07-09T22:33:00.000-04:00

Bollywood Couple Abhishek And Aishwarya Bachchan Asked To Help PETA
Date: 07/09/2009:
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai were approached by animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for a photo shoot with lovebirds to bring awareness about the plight of lovebirds. Lovebirds are small members of the parrot family.

Bandra-Worli Sea Link Open

2009-06-30T20:04:00.000-04:00

06/30/2009:
Sonia Gandhi , the head of the ruling Congress party, cut the ribbon to officially open the bridge to connect western suburbs of Bandra to Worli. The bridge took nine years of construction at cost of more then $400m. The bridge is over the Arabian Sea and has eight lanes and promised to reduce the travel time from 45 minutes to less then 10 minutes. The first of its kind in the country, the 5.6 km link was conceived in the 1990s. The two central towers that soar above the sea will change the city’s iconic skyline.

Luck (2009)

2009-06-28T22:05:00.001-04:00

Bollywood Movie Cinema Cast, Synopsis, Songs, and Reviews for Luck

Luck (2009)

*Release Date:*	July 24, 2009
Genre:	Thriller, Action
Directed By:	Soham Shah

Actors:	Imran Khan , Sanjay Dutt, Mithun Chakraborty, Danny Denzongpa, Ravi Kissen,
Actress:	Shruti Haasan , Rati Agnihotri
Other Star Cast:

Music By:	Salim Suleiman ()
Lyrics By:	Shabbir Ahmed, Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat ()
Ratings:
Shooting Locations:	South Africa
Movie Synopsis:
Movie Review:
Movie Songs: Aazma Luck Is The Key By Shruti K. Haasan, Clinton Cerejo Jee Le By Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat Jee Le Remix By Shruti Pathak, Naresh Kamat, D J Amyth Khudaya Ve By Salim Merchant Khudaya Ve Radio Mix By Salim Merchant, Sulaiman Merchant Khudaya Ve Remix By Salim Merchant, D J Amyth Laaga Le By Anushka Manchandani, Robert Bob Omulo Luck Aazma By Sukhwinder Singh, Satya Hinduja Luck Aazma Remix By Sukhwinder Singh, Satya Hinduja, D J Amyth

HTC Hero Android OS

2009-06-24T19:08:00.000-04:00

06/24/2009:
HTC Hero running the Android OS features new intuitive interface dubbed HTC Sense, 3.2-inch HVGA (320x480) TFT-LCD touchscreen, runs on Qualcomm's 528MHz MSM7200A processor and has 512MB ROM with 228MB RAM, microSD memory expansion slot, 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, digital compass, gravity sensor, built-in internal GPS antenna, Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, Bluetooth 2.0, first Android OS based phone that brings Adobe Flash support for web browsing, HTC Hero will be available for Europe in July 2009, Asia in late summer 2009 and North American version will arrive in late 2009.

Nokia’s touch screen multimedia N97 smartphone

2009-06-24T19:05:00.000-04:00

06/24/2009:
Nokia’s touch screen multimedia N97 smartphone was introduced in India last week through Vodafone and is being dubbed as yet another iPhone killer. The new N97 comes with a large 3.5-inch touch screen, slide out Qwerty keyboard, be able to play the Flash videos (which the Apple iPhone currently is unable to do so), supports instant-messaging and email on the go, five megapixel camera, and 48GB of memory, with one button, ‘always-on’ access to social networking sites such as Facebook, built-in GPS and cost of around Rs. 37000.

Sania Mirza Won First Round Match At Wimbledon

2009-06-22T19:12:00.001-04:00

Sania Mirza Won First Round Match At Wimbledon
06/22/2009:
The India tennis star, Sania Mirza beat Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 to advance to the next round at Wimbledon 2009. Mirza currently ranked World number 78 beat Groenefeld ranked 52 in one hour, 51 minutes. Mirza will now face 28 seed Sorana Cirstea of Romania in her second round match.

Shamita Shetty Maxim India June 2009

2009-06-19T23:29:00.001-04:00

Shamita Shetty On Cover Of Maxim India June 2009 Issue
Date: 06/19/2009:
Shamita Shetty is being featured on the cover of June 2009 edition of Maxim India . The photos will be part of the Maxim India June 2009 edition.

Olivia Wilde On Cover Of Maxim July 2009 Issue

2009-06-17T21:46:00.001-04:00

Olivia Wilde On Cover Of Maxim July 2009 Issue
Date: 06/17/2009:
Olivia Wilde is being featured on the cover of July 2009 edition of Maxim . The photos will be part of the Maxim July 2009 edition.

Trisha Krishnan Going From Kollywood To Bollywood?

2009-06-13T17:59:00.001-04:00

Trisha Krishnan Going From Kollywood To Bollywood?
Date: 06/13/2009:
One of the top actress of Kollywood (Tamil Film), Trisha Krishnan has been signed by director Priyadarshan to play a role opposite Bollywood's Akshay Kumar in movie Khatta Meeta (2009) . The director had introduced Trisha seven years ago to the Kollywood in movie Lesa Lesa in Tamil. The movie is schedule to start shooting in November 2009. Trisha has already worked with the best in the business like Rajnikanth , Kamal Hassan megastar Chiranjeevi.

Sania Mirza Enters Aegon Classic Semi Final

2009-06-12T12:41:00.001-04:00

Sania Mirza Enters Aegon Classic Semi Final
06/12/2009:
The unseeded Indian, Sania Mirza , was able to continue her good run at the Aegon Classic by beating 16th seed Hungarian Melinda Czink in straight sets 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Friday. Sania will now face winner of the other quarter final match between 13th seed Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova and unseeded Polish Urszula Radwanska. This event is a precursor to Wimbledon.

Apple Introduces iPhone 3GS

2009-06-08T18:58:00.001-04:00

06/08/2009:
At the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple introduced the next generation iPhone . The new iPhone will be known as iPhone 3GS and includes features such as more speed, 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and white balancing, ability to record and edit videos on the handset, built in voice controls for hands free operation, cut, copy, and paste capabilities, device tethering, HTTP streaming, auto-fill, multi language support, and built in compass. The new iPhone 3GS will be available on June 19 for $199 for the 16 GB version, and the 32 GB version will cost $299 with a new contract. And the iPhone 3G, 8 GB version now costs $99 with a new two year contract.

Bipasha Basu Opposite Hollywood Star Billy Zane

2009-06-07T16:39:00.001-04:00

Bipasha Basu Opposite Hollywood Star Billy Zane
Date: 06/07/2009:
Director Tapan Saha has signed Titanic star Billy Zane opposite Bipasha Basu in his upcoming movie Chimera (2009) . The director has also promised a passionate scene between Billy and Bipasha. Shabana Azmi will play Bipasha’s mother, and Anil Kapoor as Zane’s Indian friend. Earlier Bipasha has done love scenes opposite Saif Ali Khan and John Abraham .

Sonam Kapoor In Rakeysh Omprash Mehra Next

2009-06-06T20:33:00.001-04:00

Sonam Kapoor In Rakeysh Omprash Mehra Next
Date: 06/06/2009:
Director Rakeysh Omprash Mehra has signed Sonam Kapoor his upcoming flick which will be an adaptation of legendary love story Mirza Sahibaan. Sonam is going to play the role of Sahibaan but the search for the role of Mirza is still on. Sonam last worked with Omprash Mehra during the shooting of Delhi 6, Dilli 6 (2008) .

Bollywood Strike Ends Between Multiplex and Producers

2009-06-05T19:25:00.000-04:00

Bollywood Strike Ends Between Multiplex and Producers
Date: 06/05/2009:
A two month strike by the producers of Bollywood movies has now come to an end. The producers had gone no strike in April in regrads to the revenue sharing terms with the multiplex owners and not released any movie for the last two months. Now that the terms have been argreed to by both parties, Bollywood films would start to be on the big screen starting next Friday June 12. The first once out of the gates will be Vashu Bhagnani's Kal Kisne Dekha (2009) and Mithun Chakraborty starrer "Zor Laga Ke Haiya", followed by New York (2009) starring John Abraham and Katrina Kaif . The final settlement, 50, 42, 35 and 30 percent of collections in the first, second, third and fourth weeks respectively will be shared between the two parties.

Supermodel Adriana Lima is pregnant!

2009-05-31T11:30:00.001-04:00

Supermodel Adriana Lima is pregnant!
Date: 05/31/2009:
The Victoria's Secret supermodel Adriana Lima is expecting her first child with new husband, NBA player Marko Jaric, her reps confirms to Usmagazine.com. The Brazilian supermodel's baby is due in winter 2009. The wedding was held in Jackson Hole, Wyoming in a private civil ceremony on Valentine's Day.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan And Sonam Kapoor To Perform At IIFA 2009

2009-05-29T21:15:00.000-04:00

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan And Sonam Kapoor To Perform At IIFA 2009
Date: 05/29/2009:
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan , Sonam Kapoor , and Kareena Kapoor . are going to be performing on stage at the IIFA Awards in Macau on June 11, 2009. The IIFA awards will be hosted by Riteish Deshmukh , Lara Dutta and Boman Irani.

Sania Mirza knocked out of French Open singles

2009-05-29T21:07:00.000-04:00

Sania Mirza knocked out of French Open singles
05/29/2009:
Sania Mirza was knocked out of the singles match at the French Open by Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva in Roland Garros, score of 4-6 6-7 (3). Sania and her doubles patner Chia-Jung Chuang from Taipei, were able to defeat Ipek Senoglu and Yanina Wickmayer in straight sets to continue to the next round.
On a personel note, Sania will be engaged on July 10 to her classmate from her school days, Hyderabad based businessman, Mr. Muhammad Sohrab Mirza. With wedding date to be formalised later. Also, it is not clear whether Sania will continue playing tennis after marriage or not. Sania Mirza is the first Indian Woman to win a WTA Singles Title and break into the world's top 50. She won a Grand Slam Title this year, when she won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles Titles, with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi.

Neetu Chandra and Krishikha Gupta Racy Photoshoot Controversy

2009-05-22T21:42:00.001-04:00

Neetu Chandra and Krishikha Gupta Racy Photoshoot Controversy
Date: 05/22/2009:
A photoshoot for The Man June 2009 magazine outside a hotel lobby in the western Mumbai suburb of Juhu between Indian actress Neetu Chandra and model Krishikha Gupta got out of hand, when the hotel's customers objected to the photoshoot. The argument started to get ugly when the group started to chant 'Jai Maharashtra'. The group claimed to have connections Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Do you think such a big deal should have been made about the photoshoot or is this just another publicility stunt to get more reader to the magazine?

Dus Ka Dum Is Back For Season Two

2009-05-21T21:37:00.000-04:00

Dus Ka Dum Is Back For Season Two
Date: 05/21/2009:
The hit TV game show of 2008, Dus Ka Dum, host by Salman Khan is back for it's second season. Sony has also signed up guest celebrity Mallika Sherawat for s 50 lakh to appear on the show, which will be shot on May 24. On the show Mallika will most likly promote her next film, Hissss (Naagin The Snake Woman) (2009) directed by Jennifer Lynch, in which she play role of a vengeful snake woman. The movie is being backed by Endeavor Independent, which liked the promos of the film at a Special preview in Los Angeles. Endeavor Independent was also behind the worldwide distribution of Oscar winning movie, Slumdog Millionaire (Crorepati) (2008) .

Indian Films At Cannes International Film Festival 2009

2009-05-18T18:46:00.001-04:00

Indian Films At Cannes International Film Festival 2009
Date: 05/18/2009:
A couple of big Indian films are going to be showcased at the Cannes International Film Festival 2009 this weeks. Films like Teen Patti (2009) starring Amitabh Bachchan along with Richard Gere, R. Madhavan , Ajay Devgan , Irfan Khan , Siddharth Kher, Mahesh Manjrekar, Boman Irani, Jackie Shroff, Danny Denzongpa, Ben Kingsley, Sushmita Sen . Kites (2009) starring Hrithik Roshan , Kangna Ranaut , and Mexican actress Barbara Mori will also be showcased.

Sony’s New Bravia ZX1 Thinner Than A CD Case

2009-05-18T18:43:00.001-04:00

05/18/2009:
Sony unveiled a 9.9mm Bravia ZX1 a slim LCD TV in the Indian market. The new Bravia ZX1 is being touted as the thinnest range of LCD TVs, thinner than a CD case. The TV comes with the Bravia Engine 2 technology for crystal clear picture in both standard definition and full HD, HD display with 1920 X 1080 resolution, integrated speakers and a woofer, voice zoom, dolby digital plus, digital amplifier and S Force Surround, boasts of Xross media bar in the ZX1 hood, Bravia Theatre Sync, Live Color Creation, and 24p Cinema, Bravia 1080 high speed wireless connection and RF technology allows users to view HD pictures without cables and wires via HD media receiver, four independent HDMI inputs, RBG compatible SCART input, component inputs, PC input, composite inputs and USB connection.

Saffron may prevent blindness

2009-05-18T18:38:00.000-04:00

05/18/2009:
The high priced golden culinary herb saffron, made from crocus flowers, and used in cooking, may hold one of the keys to preventing the loss of sight in old age and could even help improve vision in people suffering from certain blinding eye diseases. A team found that saffron slows the loss of sight becuase the herb has remarkable effects on the genes which actually regulate the performance of the eye's key vision cells.

Nandana Dev Sen Maxim India May 2009

2009-05-17T12:43:00.001-04:00

Nandana Dev Sen On Cover Of Maxim India May 2009 Issue
Date: 05/17/2009:
Nandana Dev Sen is being featured on the cover of May 2009 edition of Maxim India . The photos will be part of the Maxim India May 2009 edition.

Madhuri Dixit Turns 42

2009-05-15T21:26:00.000-04:00

Madhuri Dixit Turns 42
Date: 05/15/2009:
Madhuri Dixit will celebrate her 42nd birthday with her son, Arin, visiting a museum. Her husband Dr. Sriram Madhav Nene, cardiovascular surgeon, will be away from home but the family plans for a weekend getaway upon his return. The dancing diva of Bollywood for almost two decades is now happyly settled in her homely life away from the world of Bollywood cinema.

India’s first 3D animated TV series

2009-05-14T22:14:00.001-04:00

05/14/2009:
On May 11, Nick India, started airing a new TV series based on Little Krishna. The 13 episode series, dubbed in Hindi and English, is India's first 3D animated TV series developed at the cost of 50 crore. It was developed by Reliance’s BIG Animation Studio in association with The Indian Heritage Foundation and was scripted by Jeffrey Scott, the man behind the Ice Age and Ninja Turtles television series. Parikshit Dasa of Lion King was in charge of art direction. The series created content that required 30 Terra Bytes of virtual space and was supported by gigabyte network through RX Foundry for smooth work flow process, while Blue Arc was used as the storage system.