Raveena's Sahib Biwi Ghulam
Mumbai:
After marriage Raveena's TV serial on Sahara Manoranjan
hit the small screen this week. Bimal Mitra's classic 'Sahib
Bibi Gulam', a 104-episode serial, will be aired four days
a week. The star cast includes Raveena, fresh from her marriage,
Ayub Khan and new-comer Rajesh Shringarpure playing the
pivotal role of Bhootnath, earlier played by the likes of
Guru Dutt and Uttam Kumar. The serial also features senior
and renowned artists like Rupa Ganguly, Arjun Chakraborty
and Mouli Ganguly, among others. Speaking on the occasion,
Raveena Tandon said, "It's a great pleasure working in a
serial like this. It's a great challenge as minute details
are to be taken care of." She added that the story and romance
of Bengal lured her into doing this serial and she enjoyed
every bit of it. After Karisma and Sridevi, Raveena is the
third actress to hit the small screen on Sahara Manoranjan.
Soon,
elephant-sized squids will rule the world (Go
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London:
Let your imagination run wild, with a world without
human beings and ruled by elephant-sized squid and sheep-
sized rodents. Well, the BBC in a new TV series has generated
this bizarre vision of Earth. According to The Independent,
the BBC is hoping its 5m series "The Future Is Wild" will
echo the success of its prehistoric epic "Walking With Dinosaurs"
which had 17 million viewers when it was shown in 1999.
A team of 15 scientists took four years to make the 13-part
series, which uses computer-generated images to explore
the development of the Earth over the next 200 million years.
The
show, to be shown on BBC2 this autumn, has already proved
a ratings success in the US where it was made. "Scientists
believe that in over 200 million years, all continents will
move together into one big landmass, so Antarctica will
move nearer to the equator and turn into rainforest," said
John Adams, the independent producer who devised the concept
seven years ago. "Birds will have disappeared and fish will
fill the airspace; not like today's flying fish but fish
that have developed wing muscles and live above the ocean
and in forest environments", Adams noted.
Another
of the series' creations is an eight-ton squid, the size
of an elephant that can walk on land. When "The Future Is
Wild" was shown in the US, it doubled the previous record
ratings for the Animal Planet channel, owned by the Discovery
Communications cable giant. Broadcasters in Germany, Spain
and Japan have also bought the series. A book of the series,
which has already been published in 18 languages, goes on
sale in Britain this year.
Prince
William has a bald patch (Go
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Sydney:
Prince William's lineage may have showered all the spotlights
on him but it also has it's drawbacks. William, the son
of Late Princess Diana may have inherited his mother's good
looks but it seems as if he has also got something from
his dad. According to news.com. , like his father and his
uncle Prince Edward, William is showing a distinctive thinning
of his hair on the crown of his head. This was revealed
during a photo shoot with his father Prince Charles while
they were taking a spring break at the Swiss mountain resort
of Klosters.
Spidey
will come calling before Independence Day (Go
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Washington:
This Independence day Americans may have one more reason
to celebrate. The release date of Spiderman- 2, the sequel
to the first Spiderman movie has been pushed forward to
June 30th, 2 days earlier than scheduled. Spiderman, starring
Tobey Maguire in the title role opposite Kirsten Dunst,
had a record 114.8 million dollar opening weekend and was
the top-grossing movie of 2002, with a 403.7 million dollar
haul in America alone. "We obviously had enormous success
with the first one, which we couldn't have predicted. And
we think we're going to do it again,"Teen Hollywood quotes
Maguire as saying. Director Sam Raimi adds, "We really put
everything we had into the second Spider-Man. We think it's
a great family picture and a great love story."
Gym
not essential to stay fit, claim experts (Go
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London:
Experts have opined that it is not necessary to pump
iron strenuously at the gymnasium in order to stay healthy.
According to a BBC news report, the Health Development Agency
(HDA) has said that physical activity that fits into people's
everyday lives is more effective. Experts opined that just
walking instead of taking the car or playing active games
with children can help. A new study has revealed that three
in four women and three in five men do not take enough exercise.
The agency believes there is an urgent need to make people
exercise more, as increasing levels of obesity risk growing
levels of cardiovascular disease and other forms of ill
health. The experts have advised people to take to the stairs
or walk up escalators, play active games with children,
dancing or gardening and getting active in the bedroom.
Active people have a 50 per cent lower risk of heart disease
and regular exercise plays a role in tackling obesity, diabetes,
osteoperosis and colon cancer.
Sarah
Jessica Parker to be crowned as style icon (Go
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New
York: 'Sex And The City' star Sarah Jessica Parker will
be the recipient of a special Fashion Icon award in New
York. According to the New York Post, the stylish actress
will receive the honour at the 2004 Council of Fashion Designers
of America (CFDA) at the city's Public Library for her innovative
fashion sense.
