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Jessica flaunts Liz Taylor’s jewels

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Actress Jessica Chastain was so nervous about wearing Elizabeth Taylor’s sapphire-and-diamond necklace at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cleopatra screening that she did not even ask its value.

Fan pays $1.55m to fly in space with DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio is going to get closer to stars of a different kind as he heads into space aboard the Virgin Galactic, and a well-heeled bidder at the Cannes Film Festival has paid £1.2 million to be his travel buddy.

Indian campaign ends as Pallikal loses to Massaro

India’s top ranked female player Dipika Pallikal put up a spirited display before going down 1-3 to second seed Laura Massaro of England in the pre-quarterfinals of the Allam British Open Squash Championships, here.

Genetic mystery of Bengal white tiger solved

The strikingly beautiful, milky coats of white Bengal tigers are caused by a single change in a known pigment gene, a new study has found.

Lokayuta order: BJP for criminal case against CM

The BJP on Thursday demanded initiation of criminal proceedings against chief minister Sheila Dikshit for allegedly misusing public funds on an advertisement campaign to get political mileage ahead of

Increased security, surveillance for Metro network, stations

Security agencies have decided to bring Delhi Metro stations under increased surveillance cover and share intelligence in case of any untoward activity to the facilities in the wake of recent incident

Kelly, jennifer to return as judges on IDOL?

Former American Idol contestants Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson are set to return to the show as judges.

US-Indian wins Nat Geo Bee

Sathwik Karnik, a 12-year-old Indian-American boy, has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee contest after getting all five questions right as the children of community members continue to domin

TWO COLLIDING GALAXIES CREATE ‘MEGA-GALAXY’

Two hungry young galaxies that collided 11 billion years ago are rapidly forming a massive galaxy about 10 times the size of the Milky Way, astronomers have discovered.

Gisele named most powerful model

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Gisele Bundchen has been named the most powerful model in the world by Forbes magazine.

The headlines said it all. The Man Booker International Prize had been awarded to Lydia Davis, the American author. But most Indian newspapers in English announced it as “U.R. Ananthamurthy loses out on Man Booker”. You could almost hear the collective sigh of millions of disappointed Indians.

Today, India’s prime actors who are making a bid for international visibility — in roles, major or minor — are amassing reams of publicity and flashbulb attention from the paparazzi. Amitabh Bachchan, despite a brief part in The Great Gatsby, stirred up news headlines and tumult at the extravaganza’s premiere in New York, and then on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet. Irrfan Khan and Tabu have received an unconditional thumbs-up from the Oscar-celebrated Ang Lee after Life of Pi, Anil Kapoor is a known factor in international enclaves after Slumdog Millionaire, a cameo in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, as well as the TV series 24.