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July 01, 2009
'Michael was very caring and loving'
Deepak Chopra's daughter Mallika talks about Michael Jackson.

MJ: All I want is to be able to sleep
Suffering from debilitating insomnia in the months leading up to his shocking death last week, pop icon Michael Jackson was 'adamant' about receiving a powerful intravenous sleep aid called Diprivan, also known as Propofol, according to interviews with Jackson's former nurse and nutritionist Cherilyn Lee.

Will Ice Age 3 melt negative criticism?
Following relentless attacks on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen last week, the critics have turned their guns on another sequel, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Now it is to be seen whether the moviegoers, who so often reject the critics and embrace a film, will welcome Ice Age 3.

June 22, 2009
Sandra Bullock's Proposal works
The romantic comedy, which cost about $40 million, could earn over $200 million worldwide.

June 15, 2009
Hangover derails Travolta's Pelham
Looking at the US box office this week.

June 08, 2009
The top films at the US box office
Terminator Salvation is a big winner, after all.

May 25, 2009
Angels & Demons beats Terminator 4
Christian Bale proves with his newest film Terminator: Salvation that he is no Arnold Schwarzenegger.

May 07, 2009
Bob Dylan wants to work with Paul McCartney
The two rock titans may collaborate shortly.

March 19, 2009
Natasha Richardson: Truly a luminious actress
She was never a movie star but in the eyes of the Broadway audiences, who each pay something like $75 to see a hit play, she was a luminous actress.

February 13, 2009
Julia Roberts to shoot film in India?
Based on the international bestseller memoir, Eat, Pray, Love, which has been translated into at least 31 languages and sold over 7.5 million copies, the film will explore a divorced woman's journey in search of restoration of her body and soul --- and her quest for love.

February 12, 2009
Mira Nair, Abraham Verghese in conversation
On Wednesday, Nair and Verghese met at Asia Society in New York in a conversation discussing life and the arts.

January 29, 2009
Cancer-stricken Swayze gives up treatment
The Ghost star has reportedly given up all medical treatment after doctors gave him little hope of recovery.

January 08, 2009
Warner Bros eyes India, and Rajnikant!
Warner Bros realised years ago that Hollywood cannot sustain itself solely with the English language films. Though Hollywood movies gross a huge $10 billion outside North America, Fox feels that the days of concentrating on films conceived in Los Angeles and made in English language mostly with Hollywood stars and directors are over.

Will Gran Torino get Clint Eastwood an Oscar?
He has never won an Oscar for acting. Gran Torino may at least give him a nomination for his performance.

December 22, 2008
Is Michael Jackson dying?
Pop music icon Michael Jackson is near death, suffering from a potentially fatal genetic disease that has affected his lungs and stripped him of vitality, Jackson-biographer Ian Halperin has claimed in a recent interview.

December 19, 2008
Meryl Streep flies high with Doubt
With a number of top nominations, Doubt, could emerge as yet another triumph for Meryl Streep whose Mamma Mia! is ending its glorious worldwide with over $ 560 million.

October 31, 2008
Desperate over Shriya!
Jesse Metcalfe, whose appearances in the Desperate Housewives television series has made him famous, can spin off a dozen stories of shooting his newest film The Other End of the Line, in Mumbai.

October 29, 2008
New Bond film holds much promise
If the early buzz holds good, the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum Of Solace, could become the biggest money-making Bond film ever when it releases on November 7.

October 27, 2008
Cool DVDs out now in stores!
The last week of October and the next two weeks will see many more movie hits in DVD and, in most cases, Blu-ray versions.

October 03, 2008
Allah Made Me Funny : Next cult hit?
On Friday, along with his friends Bryant 'Preacher' Moss and Mohammed 'Mo' Amer, Usman will be seen in more than a dozen theatres in a new film, Allah Made Me Funny. The film being released by a small distributor could add more cities and theatres if the word of mouth is strong and the first week's collections hold promise.

Rachel Getting Married : Ready for Oscar race
A study of a dysfunctional family, Rachael Getting Married doesn't have the intensity director Jonathan Demmy's Oscar winning films like Philadelphia and The Silence of the Lambs offered. But this modestly budgeted film, which was one of the critics' favourites at the recent Toronto International Film Festival and endeared itself to the audiences too, has enough drama and a handful of excellent performances to be a hit with upscale audiences.

September 29, 2008
Cooking with Paul Newman, Ismail Merchant
We think back to the time when filmmaker Ismail Merchant and superstar Paul Newman worked together, and cooked together!

September 15, 2008
Slumdog Millionaire wins at Toronto film fest
Singh was not really the Kinng when it came to competing with Slumdog Millionaire, the underdog saga shot entirely in Mumbai, which won the People's Choice Award at the end of the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last weekend. Akshay Kumar's film was one of the 250 feature films from more than 60 countries, eligible for the award.

September 11, 2008
Directing Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Anil Kapoor
Danny Boyle, who has directed some of Hollywood's best known names like Leonardo DiCaprio (The Beach) and Cameron Diaz (A Life Less Ordinary), just directed Dev Patel and Anil Kapoor in Slumdog Millionaire.

September 01, 2008
Sing along with Mamma Mia!
While the hit musical Mamma Mia! released in the US in July, this week onwards, the film will have a sing-along version in the theatres as well. And that means, you may be sitting next to someone, whose singing can drive you nuts, as the subtitles for all the ABBA songs appear in the film.

August 20, 2008
Dave Matthews Band member dead
LeRoi Moore, the renowned saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band, died yesterday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident. He was 46.

August 05, 2008
Demi Moore turns director
The actress is set to make her directorial debut with one of the short films in Glamour magazine's fourth annual Reel Moments series.

July 25, 2008
The Cheetah Girls in India
For all they know the next Cheetah Girls movie could be shot in the Antarctica but right now the platinum selling recording artists and actors Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams would love to return to India and dance on the streets, joining wedding parties and getting to know more about Bollywood. The three starred in The Cheetah Girls One World, shot entirely in India.

July 17, 2008
Why you must watch The Dark Knight
Arthur J Pais tells us that it is a scary film in which the good guys have to fight hard to slow down if not conquer the Joker.

July 16, 2008
Why Meryl Streep took up Mamma Mia
The brooding and compellingly intriguing Dark Knight will surely light up the box-office over the weekend in America, Canada and many other countries.

June 23, 2008
Love Guru : Un-funniest movie of the year
The tagline for The Love Guru, the Mike Myers comedy which upset some Hindus, said: His Karma Is Huge but bad karma caught up with the $60 million film which had an anemic opening in North America with $14 million.

June 19, 2008
Mike Meyers to Bollywood: I'm your man
Mike Myers, the writer and actor in the outrageous comedy The Love Guru, which some Hindus have found to be offensive, wants to star in a Bollywood musical. And he is very serious about it.

April 29, 2008
Harold And Kumar 2 scores at the box office
Kal Penn, the most prominent actors in Hollywood with Indian roots following Ben Kingsley and Sabu, had a career-first over the weekend as his Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay became his highest grossing film in a lead role.

April 16, 2008
Mira Nair to direct Richard Gere, Hilary Swank
Mira Nair is set to direct Richard Gere and Hilary Swank in Avalon Pictures' Amelia Earhart biopic. The film revolves around the rocky relationship between the famed aviator and her husband, publisher George Putnam.

April 08, 2008
Naomi Campbell banned from British Airways
Naomi Campbell has been banned from British Airways for spitting at a policeman in a row over a missing bag. A source said that the decision was important because no ban would have sent a wrong signal.

March 18, 2008
English Patient director passes away
The British filmmaker who helmed films like The English Patient is no more. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Choa, a Hong Kong-born choreographer, and his son, Max, an actor.

March 13, 2008
Final Harry Potter book to be split into two movies
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book from J K Rowling's mega-selling series, will be split into two films. After months of speculation, Warner Bros. has confirmed that the last book in the Harry Potter franchise will be filmed as Part I and Part II.

February 26, 2008
Spinning in a man's world
The 24-year old of Gujarati descent whose real name is Kaajal Bakrania knows exactly what she wanted since the age of 12.

January 31, 2008
Heath Ledger 'refused help for heroin abuse'
A Us Weekly's report said that Williams drove Ledger to Promises, the Malibu rehab facility frequented by celebrities, in March 2006, because he was abusing heroin, cocaine, "a variety of pills," and alcohol. But Ledger refused to check in, and vowed, instead, to clean up on his own.

January 21, 2008
At the Oscars this year...
Here's a look at the Oscar favourites.

January 09, 2008
Cage's new National Treasure picking up steam
Book of Secrets on its way to be the highest grossing film of Nicolas Cage's career.

January 03, 2008
Adventure and intrigue in Golden Compass
Golden Compass is no Harry Potter; but the film is an interesting watch.

November 15, 2007
Meet Tom Cruise's desi assistant
The Madison-born actress has a small role in the political drama, Lions for Lambs starring (yes, you guess right) Robert Redford, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep.

October 29, 2007
'I felt dirty about it'
Writer Asra Nomani, a friend of Daniel Pearl's, tells Aseem Chhabra why she doesn't believe in A Mighty Heart.

October 24, 2007
Seven things Harry Potter fans didn't notice
Albus Dumbledore was gay. Here's why.

September 13, 2007
Led Zeppelin live, again!
The three surviving members of the iconic heavy rock outfit will belt out their first performance in 19 years on November 26 in London.

July 27, 2007
Tom Cruise blackmailed over photos
The FBI has announced the arrest David Hans Schmidt in the stolen photographs case of Tom Cruise.

July 26, 2007
'The cocaine was not mine'
All the dope about Lindsay Lohan and other Hollywood celebs.

Celebs sign up for gag orders on nannies
Ram Katalan, president of the Los Angeles based NorthStar Moving, is on the cutting edge of the latest winkle in the defense of personal privacy.

July 25, 2007
Rowling 'cried' after finishing final Potter book
All your Hollywood gossip right here!

July 24, 2007
Indian filmmaker gets Emmy nomination
British director Bharat Nalluri's HBO movie Tsunami, The Aftermath, has been nominated for an Emmy award.

July 23, 2007
'No more kids', says Heidi Klum
All the Hollywood gossip right here!

Why Harry Potter will not be a NYT bestseller
New book will be on the children's list, not the best sellers.

July 19, 2007
Ignore misinformation, says J K Rowling
The author pleads to Potter fans to preserve the secrecy of the last book.

July 18, 2007
New Harry Potter book leaked on the Internet
This, despite a 10-million-pound security operation featuring an army of guards, satellite tracking systems and legal contracts.

July 11, 2007
The truth about Marilyn Monroe
Clark Gable biographer reveals the real truth.

July 10, 2007
Rowling to write eighth Harry Potter book?
The author has said 'never say never' in response to a global campaign launched by fans to 'Save Harry.'

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