Hrithik And Suzanne Roshan Parents Again
Date:
05/01/2008:
Suzanne Roshan
, wife of Bollywood superstar
Hrithik Roshan
, gave birth to a baby boy at on Thursday at 11:30 AM at the Lilavati hospital in
Mumbai
, India. This is their second child, the first one is Hrehaan, who was born on March 28 2006.
Abhishek Bachchan Opposite Vidya Balan
Date:
04/30/2008:
Director R. Balki has choosen
Vidya Balan
to play opposite
Abhishek Bachchan
in his next film called
Pa (2008)
. R. Balki's first feature film
Cheeni Kum (2007)
was a huge success and stars ab and
Tabu
, but now he is will have father and son duo of
Amitabh Bachchan
and Abhishek Bachchan opposite Vidya Balan.
This will also mark the first movie for
Abhishek Bachchan
opposite
Vidya Balan
.
Music Released For Dasavatharam
Date:
04/26/2008:
Jackie Chan arrived in Chennai to launc the music of Kamal Hassan's, Dasavatharam.
The movie stars
Asin Thottumkal
,
Mallika Sherawat
and the music director
Himesh Reshammiya
and is scheduled for release in June.
Jiah Khan Out Of Ken Ghosh film
Date:
04/25/2008:
Jiah Khan
has been removed from the upcoming movie to be directed by Ken Ghosh. The movie
is a musical film (probably named
Star (2008)
) and stars
Shahid Kapoor
. Reports have it that Jiah has been removed
from the movie cast after Shahid requested that she be replaced because Jiah wanted
to hang out with Shahid soon after they were introduced on the sets. Initially Jiah
apprehensive about signing with Ghosh because of her strict contract terms with
Aamir Khan
's
Ghajini (2008)
.
Aamir Khan Hurt While Shooting For Ghajini
Date:
04/18/2008:
Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan was hurt on the set of is upcoming movie
Ghajini (2008)
while shooting a fightling scene for the movie. The incident involved him lifting a person and
throwing him into the wall, but when Aamir limited the person his hamstring muscle tore up.
He was rushed to a local nursing home and received medication. Aamir will now
be resting until going back to finish the shooting for
Ghajini (2008)
. Now Aamir will use the rest and maybe finish up on the post production of
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008)
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na.
Shilpa Shetty Does An Item Number For Dostana
Date:
04/18/2008:
Shilpa Shetty
has shot for an item number on the beach in
Miami
for the forthcoming movie
Dostana (2008)
being directed by Tarun Mansukhani. She item number has already been
shot in which Shilpa is wearing a bikini. Initially this song was going to be picturized with
Priyanka Chopra
but she refushed and hence
Karan Johar
approached Shilpa. The movie stars include
Abhishekh Bachchan
and
John Abraham
along with
Priyanka Chopra
. The movie make be a remake of the 80s classic which starred
Amitabh Bachchan
, Shatrughan Sinha and Zeenat Aman in the lead role.
Arbaaz And Malaika Arora To Split?
Date:
04/17/2008:
Bollywood has again gone down one more notch. First it's copying movies, then
music and now taking a cherished unity of two people (marriage) and dragging it
into marketing. What will come next? This all is considered really cheap.
Now if Malaika came out and said something in the future, would you believe it?
There were reports that Bollywood's long standing couple Arbaaz and
Malaika Arora Khan
marriage was on the rocks and they are going to split. Then later it's found
out that it was just another publicity stunt to promote a product launch later in the day.
The launch of a skin cream the two celebrities were endorsing came out later
that day. Similar thing was done when romantic conversation between
Priyanka Chopra
and cricketer Sreesanth were floated to media to promote a soap brand.
Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan To Celebrate Anniversary
Date:
04/14/2008:
Next week Bollywood's most talked about couple
Abhishek Bachchan
and
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
will celebrate their first wedding anniversary, April 20. Currently Abhishek is in
Miami, USA
to shot for movie
Dostana (2008)
and hence the couple will celebrate their anniversary
in Miami. There anniversary will also mark the unveiling of their upcoming movie
Sarkar 2 (2008)
.
Hrithik Roshan Beats Out Dilip Kumar To Enter Wax Museum
Date:
04/07/2008:
Bollywood actor
Hrithik Roshan
will be the next Bollywood star to be waxed into the famous London wax museum
Madame Tussauds. Hrithik was probably choosen over the Bollywood icon Dilip Kumar
due to his current popularity to draw in more younger crowd. Hrithik will stand
next to some of the others Bollywood stars already featured at the wax museum,
of whom include
Amitabh Bachchan
,
Shah Rukh Khan (SRK)
,
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
and
Salman Khan
.
04/03/2008:
Smriti Irani
, the original Tulsi, of the famous Hindi TV show,
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
will be returning to the show after an absense of about nine months. Now
the show writers have to write the story to bring her back. When Smriti
previosly left, she was replaced with Gautami Gadgil and now Gautami
has to be written out of the story and replaced back with Smriti. Ekta Kapoor
will have to come up with something. This will also be the first time
Ekta Kapoor has taken back a star who had left her serial midway.
04/11/2008:
Toyota
plans to build a 2nd plant in India to produce low cost compact
passenger vehicles. The plant will be on the site of Toyota Kirloskar Motor
Private Limited (TKM), which is planned for 2010 opening. The plant at TKM
currently produces Corolla and the IMV series Innova minivan. Will the new Toyota
low cost compact be able to compete with the recently annouced
Tata's Nano?
Only time will tell.
04/10/2008:
The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) has Thursday threatened to
file a defamation suit against Kerala parliamentarian PV Abdul Wahab.
Abdul Wahab, a Muslim League Rajya Sabha member and Non Resident Indian entrepreneurs,
called the pilot a "glorified driver" and then was later asked to disembark
from a the Air India plane in Kozhikode.
04/09/2008:
Tata Motors Ltd, India's top vehicle maker, has announced plans to manufacture
trucks and buses in South Africa. The manufacturing plants will be setup in
Rosslyn, South Africa. This plant was acquired from Nissan Motor in 2006 by
Tata Motors Ltd.
04/03/2008:
India will take appropriate safety and security steps to ensure that
the Olympic torch pass thru India with no problem. External Affairs Minister
Pranab Mukherjee conveyed the assurance to Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi.
Issued were raised about the torch security, and India now has given
their assurance by reducing the route of the relay of the torch from
nine kilometres to three kilometres within India.
Gisele Bundchen Worlds Top Supermodel
Date:
05/02/2008 Gisele Bundchen
, a Brazilian model, earned an estimated $35 million during the past year which
put her a top the list of high earning models.
Heidi Klum
, came in 2nd with $14 million,
Kate Moss
with $7.5 million,
Adriana Lima
with $7 million and Doutzen Kroes with $6 million.
Gisele last year finished her contract with Victoria's Secret but still has
many other modeling jobs that she is juggling. Some of her contract include
work for Pantene, Disney, Nivea, Vogue eyewear and Aquascutum. She also has a
line of Grendene sandals, Ipanema by Gisele. She also has made news due to her
romance with New England Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady
.
Miley Cyrus Apologises For Vanity Fair Shoot
Date:
04/28/2008 Miley Cyrus
has come out and apologized for her partially clothed photos in Vanity Fair.
Miley is the 15 year old star of Disney's billion dollar Hannah Montana franchise
and star of Disney Channel show Hannah Montana. Miley has been pictured
apparently topless, with a satin bedsheet protecting her modesty. Miley initially
liked the shots as artist but now has reversed her eariler opnions about the shot
after the public lash back. Mothers now do not want their daughter to follow and look
up to her as a role model.
Money, Finance, Technology News:
04/28/2008:
Mars, the makes of the world famous M&M’s, announed on Monday that a deal
to acquire the chewing gum company Wrigley Jr. Company for about $23 billion.
The deal is being partly financed Berkshire Hathaway which has a famous financier,
Warren Buffett
. Mr. Buffett was also an early investor in Coca Cola.
04/21/2008:
The LCD monitors and TV are getting thinner by the day. When plasma TV first
came to the market, people were left wondering where did the big caboose
behind the screen go? Sony now has introduced the
Sony XEL 1 OLED TV
. A 11 inch widescreen television which is wafer thin with 1/8th of an inch deep.
The model uses new panel technology called OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode)
and hence is priced at $2,500.
04/01/2008:
Today at the CTIA, Samsung introduced the
Instinct
. The Instinct looks and may feel much Apple's
iPhone
but comes with many of the features missing from iPhone.
The phone will release in mid-June and be avaliable for Sprint users. Some of the
new features are 3G access, replaceable battery, expandable memory, a 2MP camera,
stereo Bluetooth and feedback for the touchscreen. The Instinct measures
4.6" by 2.2" by 0.49" and weighs 4.4 ounces.
World News:
04/23/2008:
World under rice shortage? The price for rice seems to be going up daily and now
there are countries putting limits on exports and also local stores in the US putting
limits on how much can be bought by an individual. As the world population and consumers
of rice grows, the supply seems not to be keeping up with the rise in demand. Price of
rice have gone up by more then 30 percent in the two years from 2005 to 2007. Of the
world rice 80 percent is grown in Asia. Major exporters of rice are India, Pakistan, Thailand,
Vietnam, and United States. Rice is being imported by Bangladesh, Brazil, Indonesia,
Iraq, Philippines, and the Arab world.
04/15/2008:
Today marked a big day for the airline industry where much anticipated merger
between Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. was finalized. The deal
is around $17.7 billion and would create the world's largest airline. The new
airline will have some $35 billion in revenue and more then 75,000 employees,
with access to more than 390 destinations in 67 countries. Delta will have
their executive offices in Atlanta, Minneapolis and New York, with
international executive offices in Amsterdam, Paris and Tokyo.
04/07/2008:
After 6 months of hearings and testimony from over 278 witnesses and 23 hours of
jury deliberation, the jury found that the death of Princess Diana and her lover,
Dodi al Fayed was caused by negligent driving of their chauffeur and
photographers who pursued the couple speeding Mercedes into a Paris underpass.
Sania Mirza To Undergo Surgery In Miami, USA 04/15/2008:
Sania Mirza
will have a surgery on her troublesome right wrist which will put her out of
action for about a month. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Bradia done in
Miami, USA
.
05/01/2008:
This summer Beijing, China will host the
2008 Summer Olympics
. The Opening ceremony will be held on August 8, 2008 and the Closing ceremony
will be held on August 24, 2008. The 2008 Summer Olympics will consist of
302 evebts in 28 sports with over 10000 Athletes participating. The
2008 Summer Olympics have been in recent news with nations calling for
boycotts due to some people being upset with China's involvement in the crisis in Darfur.
Other concern related to environmental and health issues in and around
Beijing have been raised due to the concern that it may potentially effect
athletes health.
Danica Patrick Wins One 04/26/2008:
Danica Patrick
finally won the big race. Danica is a race car driver and probably was not
favoured to win any race in which mostly men are race car drivers. Now she has
proved her critics wrong by capturing first place in Sunday’s Indy 300 race in Motegi, Japan.
Danica was the first female to hold a lead in the Indianapolis 500 three years ago
and has kept herself in the new since then. She is backed by sponsors like Motorola,
XM Satellite Radio and Go Daddy.
04/14/2008:
Washington
Wizards won their final game at home this season to solidify
their 5th slot in the playoff standings. The Wizards backups players played
really well to beat Indiana Pacers 117-110 to eliminate Indiana from playoff race.
Wizards Roger Mason scored 31 points to lead the team. Now the Wizards will face
Cleveland
Cavaliers in the first round of the playoff. Last year the Wizards were
swept by the Cavaliers in the playoffs. The Wizards will finish of the season by
playing the final regular game against
Orlando
.