Katrina Kaif Dominates Yuvvraj Posters
Date:
10/26/2008:
Katrina Kaif
great success at the box office has set a new wave in Indian cinema by
being the only star on the posters for Subhash Ghai's forthcoming film
Yuvvraj (2008)
, leaving the movies male star behind. The movie male stars are
Salman Khan
, Anil Kapoor and
Zayed Khan
.
Celina Jaitley Opposite Sean Connery
Date:
10/21/2008:
Celina Jaitley
former Miss India and Bollywood actress has been signed to appear opposite
Oscar winner Sean Connery and Orlando Bloom in an international project based on "Arabian Nights".
The film Quest of Sheherzade will start to shot in January. Celina next release
is going to be
Golmaal Returns (2008)
October 24, 2008.
Amitabh Bachchan Released From Hospital
Date:
10/17/2008:
Amitabh Bachchan
has been discharged from
Mumbai
's Leelavati Hospital after being in the
hospital for about a week for abdominal pains. It so happended that the day
he was admitted to the hospital the superstar was celebrating his 66th birthday.
He was accompanied by his son
Abhishek Bachchan
daughter in law
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
and daughter Shweta Nanda. This will bring a big relif to thousands of his fans across
the country who had been praying for a speedy recovery for Mr. Bachchan.
Now it seems that Aishwarya's father Krishna Raj Rai has also being admitted
to the hospital. Her father had been diagnosed with cancer last year and
is undergoing cancer treatment at Hinduja hospital.
Temptation Reloaded 2008 In Germany Cancelled
Date:
10/15/2008:
Shahrukh Khan
has decided to cancel the
Temptation Reloaded 2008
tour which was suppose to start this week. The tour was being promoted in Germany
by SensAsian Media Ltd, who are a little bitter about the last minute cancellation.
The tour has also been cancelled for Spain. The tour had some great success back
in 2005. The tour was going to feature stars from Indian cinema like
Aamir Khan
,
Priyanka Chopra
,
Malaika Arora
, and
Arjun Rampal
. Comedian Kaya Yanar will also be part of the tour.
Minissha Lamba In Bikini On Cover Of Maxim India October 2008 Issue
Date:
10/11/2008:
Minissha Lamba
is being featured in bikini phoots for the October 2008 edition of
Maxim India
. The photos will be part of the Maxim India October 2008 edition.
Minissha recently was seen in
Kidnap (2008)
oppsoite
Imran Khan
and
Sanjay Dutt
.
Karishma Kapoor To Be A Judge On Nach Baliye 4
Date:
10/10/2008:
Karishma Kapoor
has been out of the Bollywood film industry for a while and now is coming to the
small screen. Karishma, along with choreographer and director Farah Khan and actor
Arjun Rampal
to judge the season four of the dance show, which will air on Friday and Saturday
at 8 pm on Star Plus from October 10, 2008.
Shahrukh Khan Boulevard in Dubai
Date:
10/09/2008:
Over the weekend,
Shahrukh Khan (SRK)
announced that he has teamed up with a United Arab Emirates (UAE) real estate firm to build
a signature beachfront residential project in the gulf country with a budget
of 2.17 billion dollars (USD). The project will be located on the Dana Island in Ras Al Khaimah.
Shahrukh will work with a Los Angeles based architect Tony Ashai during the design
of the beachfront community comprising 10 residential towers along with
specially designed studios, and one and two bedroom apartments and townhouses,
piers and boardwalks besides marine sports and leisure facilities. The project is
scheduled to complete in 2012.
Hrithik Roshan And Kangna Ranaut Shoot In Las Vegas
Date:
10/03/2008:
Hrithik Roshan
is currently in the US shooting for his next movie,
Kites (2009).
The shooting is currently being finished up in Las Vegas, USA and then will
wrap up in LA. The movie also stars
Kangna Ranaut
opposite Hrithik and is being directed by Anurag Basu. Kangna has previously
worked with Anurag during Gangster and Metro and came with high recommendation
to the Roshans for this movie. During the shoot, Hrithik filmed a sensuous scene
with Mori for which Hrithik asked his dad to Rakesh Roshan to leave the set
for the take.
10/23/2008:
Ekta Kapoor's much popular TV show
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi
has received notice from Star TV that the show much conclude by November 10.
The shows producers Balaji Telefilms has taken the matter to court siting
that such a cancelation is a breach of contract.
10/17/2008:
Tonight was the start of the
Indian Idol 4
with as usual the girls were on deck first to sing the best they could. This year hopefully one of the
girl can make it to the end. There are some hopefulls that can and should
last until the end. Following is the list of the top 15 girls for this year:
Nirali Fozdar, Pooja Ghosh, Tullika Ganguly, Shini Kalvint, Sreejita Kar, Raina Lahiri, A
nanya Mishra, Priyanka Negi, Akanksha Palkar, Bhavya Pandit, Sunaikshi Raina, Torsha Sarkar,
Megha Sharma, Sourabhee, Purnima Vishwanathan.
Following is the list of the top 15 boys for this year:
Rajdeep Chatterjee, Charit Dixit, Remo Ghosh, Ali Hussain, Parashar Joshi,
Prosenjit Kosambi, Mohit Lalwani, Saurabh Mehta, Keshav Prasad, Bhanu Pratap, Roshan,
Kuldeep Singh, Pranav Srivastava, Kapil Thapa, and Sandeep Ubale.
I think Ananya Mishra has a good chance of making it, what do you think?
10/06/2008:
Tata Motors announced that the new home of the
Nano
will be Sanand in Gujarat.
Many local governments were interested in hosting the plant, but after reviewing
the offer from the Gujarat Government it was decided that it offered the
the best option for the project. The plant will require about 1100 acres and
will produce 250,000 cars per annum and will be expanded up to 500,000 cars per annum.
Until the Sanand plant’s completion, Tata Motors will have to look at
existing facilities at Pune and Pantnagar to manufacture the Nano,
and plans to launch the car in the last quarter of this financial year.
Victoria Beckham In A Sari
Date:
10/24/2008:
Victoria Beckham
has given a photo shot for Vogue India Bridal issue for November 2008.
Victoria is on the cover wearing the tradinational India sari. She has given
an exclusive interview to the magazine in which she talks about
her icon husband David Beckham and their three sons.
Money, Finance, Technology News:
10/30/2008:
Mitsubishi Digital Electronics announced the availability of the world's first,
laser powered television. The Mitsubishi
LaserVue
65 inch model will be sold for $6999 at specialty retailers across the US. The LaserVue line has been
introduced as the most energy efficient large format, high definition
television on the market today. LaserVue promises to provide two times the
color of many of today's HDTVs and will use less power than LCD and plasma TVs.
The LaserVue TV is designed for both wall mount as well as floor stand with a
full stereo range of sound capabilities with integrated speakers.
Mitsubishi L65A90 LaserVue is offered with a 65 inch screen diagonal with a
73 inch model to be coming later this year. The LaserVue works with a resolution of
1080p and is equipped with 4 HDMI connections.
World News:
10/13/2008:
Last week was one of the worst week in the history of US financial markets with
the Dow, SP and Nasdaq lossing a lot of ground, but today, the markets seems to
have turned a corner with biggest point gain ever for the Dow. The Dow
surged 936 points (11%), SP added 11.7%, Nasdaq added 11.8%. Has investors looked
for bargins or bet that the worst of the credit crisis is over. We will have to wait
to see if this is the start of a Bull market or just a one day shot up.
09/18/2008:
Bakugan Battle Brawlers made it's debut in India on 15 September, 2008 on Cartoon Network.
The action adventure animated series will telecast from Monday thru Friday
at 5:30 PM on Cartoon Network.
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
is an animated series about the lives of Bakugan and the
Battle brawlers. The series debuted in Japan on TV Tokyo on April 05, 2007. The debut
in the USA was on February 24, 2008 on Cartoon Network.
Some of the main characters are Dan Kuso, Runo Misaki, Marucho Marokuro, Julie Makimoto,
Shun Kazami, Alice Gehabich, Masquerade, Joe Brown and Hal G. There are many different types
of Bakugans like Dragonoid, Tigrerra and Preyas, Hydranoid, Gorem and Skyress to
mentioned a few.
Sania Mirza Retires Pulls Out Of US Open 08/22/2008:
Sania Mirza
has pulled out of the U.S. Open on because of a right wrist injury that
flared at the Olympic Games. Sania had surgery on the right wrist back in
April 2008 in Miami, Florida. This will leave India unrepresented in the singles
events at the U.S. Open because Prakash Amritraj and
Sunitha Rao
both failed to qualify for the main draw of men's and women's events.
The U.S. Open is scheduled to being Monday, August 25, 2008 in Flushing, New York, USA.
Sania Mirza Retires Hurts In Her First Round Match In The Olympic Games 08/11/2008:
Sania Mirza
had to retire hurt during her first round match in the Beijing Olympic Games because of
a wrist injury. Sania was trailing Czech Iveta Benesova 1-6 1-2. The injury
could also force Sania to miss her doubles first round match tomorrow. Sania
is scheduled to play along with her partner
Sunitha Rao
against the French pair of Tatiana Golovin and Pauline Permentier. Top seed,
Ana Ivanovic
also had to withdraw from the single match due to a thumb injury. American
Lindsey Davenport
also pulled out of the singles and
Maria Sharapova
did not even make the trip to China becuase of her shoulder injury.
Sania Mirza Exits Early From Nordic Open 08/01/2008:
Sania Mirza
is having some difficultly with coming back from her injugries. Sania has
hard some tough losses in early rounds of big tournaments. Today was no difference,
the Indian ace, Sania, lost in three sets to Czech Iveta Benesova in the second round.
Sania had won the first set 4-6 but could not finish the match and Iveta won the
last two sets 6-3, 6-3. The Hyderabadi girl had already lost in her doubles match
just in the first round.
10/20/2008:
The New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on October 6 had surgery
to repair a torn ACL and MCL. A follow on surgery was performed this week
becuase of some infection had developed. Brady who had a great 2007 season
by throwing a single season record 50 touchdowns suffered torn ACL and MCL
in the season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on September 7.
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo hurt his little finger during the
overtime against Arizona on Oct. 12 will be out till mid November. Romo will
miss the Sunday game at Tampa Bay and the following week at the rival New York Giants
and hopes to return after a bye week against Washington on Nov. 16.