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Madhuri to play Indira Gandhi (20 November 10:40) |
| Los Angeles: Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit is all set to essay the role of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in a two-part biopic by filmmaker Krishna Shah.
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Beware! Bosses can spot late-for-work excuses (20 November 10:40) |
| London: The next time you arrive late for work, don’t start giving excuses to your boss, for a new study has found that employers don’t believe excuses for not being in on time.
The stu... |
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Women use 515 chemicals on face and body every day (20 November 10:36) |
| London: Modern women apply over 500 chemicals daily on their face and body in the form of various beauty products every day to look beautiful, a new study claimed.
The beauty-conscious ladi... |
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Nicole Richie hospitalised for pneumonia (20 November 10:36) |
| New York: Nicole Richie has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital and is being treated for pneumonia. Her representative says she's doing well.
Publicist Nicole Perna said on Wednesday th... |
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Depp again is sexiest man alive (19 November 08:18) |
| New York: Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp is the sexiest man on the planet, People magazine said, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.
Depp, 46, headed a list of 15, catching ... |
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Heart disease is ancient show Egyptian mummies (19 November 08:17) |
| Washington: Hardening of arteries detected in Egyptian mummies as early as 3,500 years shows that heart attacks and strokes had ancient origins.
"Atherosclerosis... Despite differences... |
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Waheeda Mammootty guests at Iffi (19 November 08:16) |
| Age Correspondent
New Delhi
HINDI MOVIE star from yester years Waheeda Rahman and Malayalam star Mammootty will be the chief guests at the opening and closing ceremonies, respectively, in ... |
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Males have more pronounced personalities than females (19 November 08:16) |
| London: Males have more pronounced personalities than females — from humans to house sparrows, according to new research.
Consistent personality traits, such as aggression, are also more ... |
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Genetic love matches go cheek swab to cheek swab (19 November 08:16) |
| MEGAN K. SCOTT
NEW YORK
LOOKING FOR love? Try leaning in for a cheek swab.
A couple of genetic testing companies are promising to match couples based on the DNA testing, touting the benef... |
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Lisa Ray will undergo stem cell treatment (19 November 08:15) |
| Toronto: Indo-Canadian actress Lisa Ray will undergo a stem cell transplant to treat her multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer. The 37-year-old star was diagnosed with the canc... |
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Marriage brings men happiness worth £18K (18 November 08:40) |
| London: It seems that the true monetary value of happiness lies in marriage.
Yes, marriage brings £18,000 worth of happiness to a man and only half of that to a woman, a leading economist ... |
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Organisers clash over inviting Big B (18 November 08:39) |
| Panaji: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has become the bone of contention between the two organisers of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), with the Entertainment Society of... |
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Depp highest paid actor in Hollywood (18 November 08:39) |
| London: Actor Johnny Depp has inked a deal of more than $35 million for the fourth instalment of Pirates Of The Caribbean movie.
The actor will become Hollywood’s current highest-paid act... |
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Unfriend is word of the year in Oxford dictionary (18 November 08:38) |
| Washington: The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend", as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook — its word of the year on Monday.
Oxford... |
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Pattinson fears he might get killed by crazy fans (17 November 09:34) |
| London: He might be playing a blood-sucking vampire onscreen, but Twilight star Robert Pattinson is scared that he might get killed by his crazy fans in real life.
In a new book named Rober... |
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Iffi highlight on European Latin cinema (17 November 09:32) |
| Age Correspondent
New Delhi
THE PRESTIGIOUS International Film Festival of India will kick start on November 23 in Goa. The 40th edition of 10-day long festival will highlight cinema from ... |
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After Chandrayaan Nasa discovers water on moon (15 November 01:38) |
| Jean-Louis Santini
WASHINGTON
A SIGNIFICANT amount of frozen water has been found on the moon, the US space agency said on Friday heralding a giant leap forward in space exploration and bo... |
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Babies recognise shapes naturally (15 November 01:37) |
| Washington: Even if you don’t give your baby that ubiquitous shape sorter, he or she will perceive different shapes on his or her own, according to a new study. The study found that despit... |
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Leona Lewis refuses £1m Playboy offer (15 November 01:36) |
| London: Popstar Leona Lewis has turned down a £1-million offer from Playboy magazine to pose naked for them.
The Bleeding Love singer formally received the seven-figure contract offer earl... |
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Two earth-sized bodies with oxygen discovered (15 November 01:34) |
| London: Planetary scientists have discovered two earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres — however, they are not planets but are actually two unusual white dwarf stars.
The two wh... |
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DTC to run Trade Fair special buses in NCR (14 November 01:17) |
| New Delhi, Nov. 13: The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) will run special services from various locations in the capital and National Capital Region to cater to those planning to visit the ... |
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Cat Stevens on tour after 33 yrs (14 November 01:07) |
| Douglas MacLaurin
London
British folk singer Yusuf Islam takes the stage on Sunday on his first full tour since 1976, when he was still known as Cat Stevens and was famous the world over f... |
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Radcliffe seen smoking pot at party (14 November 01:05) |
| London: Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has been caught on camera smoking cannabis at a private party.
The reports are a far cry from the squeaky-clean image of the actor, who shot to in... |
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Queen is a big fan of The Kumars At No 42 (14 November 01:02) |
| London: The Queen is apparently a big fan of the hit BBC comedy series The Kumars At No. 42, which features a fictional British Indian family.
According to one of its stars, Sanjeev Bhaskar... |
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Cindy hubby threatened by extortionist (14 November 01:01) |
| Los Angeles: Former supermodel Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber have filed a criminal complaint against an extortionist, who has threatened to go public with a controversial photo... |
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Vatican gets lessons from Web executives (14 November 01:00) |
| NICOLE WINFIELD
VATICAN CITY
Vatican officials and Catholic bishops are getting a lesson on the Internet from Facebook, Wikipedia and Google executives as the church struggles to get its m... |
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Rare animation films to be screened at Iffi (13 November 08:10) |
| PAMELA D’MELLO
Panaji
Rare old Indian animation films will be screened at the upcoming International Film Festival of India, as part of a 30-film retrospective of Indian animation films.... |
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Ive not quit Aerosmith Steven Tyler (13 November 08:10) |
| London: Rocker Steven Tyler has blasted rumours that he has quit Aerosmith insisting that he will continue to sing with the legendary band.
Guitarist Joe Perry announced the shocking news o... |
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Rahman to play at Sydney fest (13 November 08:10) |
| Nevada: Oscar-winning musician A.R. Rahman will headline the world famous "Sydney Festival 2010" in Australia on January 16.
Rahman’s two-and-a-half-hour free and exclusive musi... |
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Fergie F1 boss most eligible (12 November 08:07) |
| London: The 79-year-old Formula One boss and 50-year-old Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson are said to be the oldest man and woman in the world respectively to make it to the list of most eligi... |
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Rihannas Umbrella is decades best (11 November 08:16) |
| Washington: 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 l... |
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India fascinates me says Goldie Hawn (11 November 08:15) |
| Indukant Dixit
Varanasi
Clad in white and with a vermillion on her forehead, Hollywood star Goldie Hawn performed "Ganga Aarti" at the Dashashwamedh Ghat and had only one word to... |
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Recession British middle class turns to shoplifting (11 November 08:14) |
| Age Correspondent
London
RECESSION IN Britain is turning middle class consumers into shoplifters to fund their luxury lifestyles, which they can’t afford.
Shoplifting in Britain has sur... |
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Kate grabs all roles I want Eva (11 November 08:14) |
| London: Eva Mendes is envious of her idol Kate Winslet because The Reader star grabs all the roles that the American actress wants to do.
The 35-year-old actress hopes her new role in thril... |
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I will never go back to Lee Pamela (11 November 08:13) |
| London: Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has vowed never to get back with her ex-husband, rocker Tommy Lee as she has spent the last decade mending her broken heart after their split in ... |
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Aerosmith looking for new singer (11 November 08:13) |
| Los Angeles: Who wants to become the new singer for Aerosmith?
The lead guitarist with one of America’s most successful rock groups said on Monday that he and his bandmates were "pos... |
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Slumdog nominated for 5 European film awards (10 November 09:46) |
| Los Angeles: Slumdog Millionaire has not yet finished its victorious run at award ceremonies as the Mumbai-based potboiler has picked up five nods at the 2009 European Film Awards.
While Br... |
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Kishore tried to help Uncle Ray financially (10 November 09:42) |
| Kolkata: Few people know that legendary playback singer Kishore Kumar had offered financial help to his maternal uncle Satyajit Ray, who was facing a financial crunch while shooting Pather P... |
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Mummy of priestess found in Peru (10 November 09:42) |
| Lima: An archaeological excavation has uncovered the mummy of a young priestess, a member of the elite, with several precious items dating from the period of 300-450 AD in Cahuachi, Peru.
A... |
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Winslet is national treasure (10 November 09:42) |
| London: Titanic star Kate Winslet is a national treasure after she became the first actress to be audited by the UK government.
The value of the Oscar-winning actress to the country has bee... |
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Jacko furious hes not buried beside Monroe (09 November 09:48) |
| London: King of Pop Michael Jackson’s spirit is furious that he was not buried alongside Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, according to a medium who contacted the pop legend on live televisio... |
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Hawns trip to Varanasi spiritual or professional (09 November 09:46) |
| Varanasi: Popular Hollywood star Goldie Hawn’s arrival on a two-day visit here on Saturday has sparked off speculation whether the purpose was a spiritual visit to the city she had known f... |
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Formula to predict fortune of film sequels (09 November 09:45) |
| London: In what could benefit filmmakers across the world, mathematicians claim to have come up with a formula to predict the fortunes of a movie sequel.
A team at Cass Business School in L... |
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Tyler quits Aerosmith might split (09 November 09:45) |
| Los Angeles: After entertaining music lovers for more than four decades, rock group Aerosmith might be on the verge of a break-up after the band's guitarist Joe Perry saying that frontman St... |
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Dev-Freida pair surprised Boyle (08 November 10:15) |
| London: Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle was surprised to know that Slumdog Millionaire actors Dev Patel and Freida Pinto were dating, as he had no hint about an impending romance while sh... |
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New Moon out in India December 4 (08 November 10:15) |
| New Delhi: Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart starrer New Moon, the much-awaited sequel to the vampire love-story Twilight, will be released on December 4 in India.
The film, which will r... |
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Bread dropped by bird brings collider to halt (08 November 10:14) |
| London: Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) found their plans to emulate the Big Bang postponed this week when a passing bird dropped a "bit of baguette" into the machine... |
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Beatles not that good says Macca (08 November 10:14) |
| Washington: Sir Paul McCartney has said that the Beatles were not that good when they first formed. The singer added that he understood the reason why record label Decca declined to sign the... |
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Joe wants allowance from estate (08 November 10:13) |
| London: "King of Pop" Michael Jackson may have cut out his father from his will but that has not stopped Joe Jackson from seeking an allowance from his son’s estate to help cover... |
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Key to social conduct finger length away (08 November 10:12) |
| London: A new study has revealed that the hormone which affects finger length is key to social behaviour. Researchers from Liverpool University and University of Oxford carried out the study... |
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