Filmmaker Jahnu Barua conferred Padma Bhushan

New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Assamese director Jahnu Barua has been named for the Padma Bhushan honour, announced on the eve of the 66th Republic Day. He will receive the award for his contribution to art over the years. Barua, who has made National Award-winning films like “And the River Flows” and “Aparoopa” in his […]

Ambanis, Amitabh, Sachin invited for Obama banquet

New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Industrialists Anil and Mukesh Ambani, actor Amitabh Bachchan and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar are among many celebrities invited for the ceremonial banquet to be hosted by President Pranab Mukherjee for US President Barack Obama. Officials said the banquet, to be held Jan 25, will also be attended by the three […]

HC notice over no censor certificate to two films

New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Delhi Court Wednesday issued notice to the central government and the censor board on two separate pleas challenging the refusal of certificate for screening of two films. Filmmaker Pankaj Butalia challenged the censor board’s refusal to clear his documentary “Textures of Loss” based on the violence in Jammu and […]

Tyra Banks puts her NYC apartment on sale for $3.8 mn

Tyra Banks puts her NYC apartment on sale for $3.8 mn

Los Angeles, Jan 9 (IANS) Supermodel Tyra Banks has put her two-bedroom apartment on the market for a whopping $3.8 million. “The Next Top Model” hostess is hoping to make a cool $1.7 million profit on her Nolita home in New York City after she gave $2.1 million for it back in 2005. Banks’s representative […]

Enjoy date with Mr. and Miss India

Enjoy date with Mr. and Miss India

New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Dating app Vee has launched a contest that gives its users an opportunity to win a coffee date with Mr.India Prateek Jain and former Miss India Vanya Mishra. The users need to install Vee and like their profiles, which in turn will be communicated to Prateek and Vanya. The duo […]

Arjun to adopt ‘one-film-at-a-time’ policy

Arjun to adopt ‘one-film-at-a-time’ policy

Mumbai, Jan 9 (IANS) Actor Arjun Kapoor, who’s film “Tevar” released Friday, says that now he wants to do only one film at a time, to put all his efforts into that project. Arjun was present along with his co-star Sonakshi Sinha to promoter their film here Thursday, when he was asked to comment on […]

Big B increases security for weekly fan session

Big B increases security for weekly fan session

Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s tradition of greeting his fans at his doorstep almost every Sunday morning has survived yet another year. The actor says now he has increased security to stop “mischief makers” from entering inside. “The police contingent has been increased. Mischief makers too find their way inside and have been […]

Preity Zinta doles out health tips

Preity Zinta doles out health tips

Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) At 39, Preity Zinta is fit and glowing. She says it’s easy to be healthy as long as one checks portions of food, drinks water and controls carbohydrate intake. The actress took to Twitter to share that it was last year that she sat up and took notice of the fact […]

Cumberbatch in no hurry to tie the knot

Cumberbatch in no hurry to tie the knot

Los Angeles, Jan 5 (IANS) Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is not in a hurry to marry fiancee Sophie Hunter. Cumberbatch made this confession to popsugar.com, reports dailymail.co.uk. When asked about his plans to marry, “The Imitation Game” star said: “One thing at a time. I’m playing Sherlock now, just about to start, so my main focus […]