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Tim Booth makes his debut
in 'Batman' (Go
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London:
Singing sensation Tim Booth is all set to make his debut
in the new Batman film. The 'Former James' singer, whose hits
include 'Sit Down' and 'She's A Star', will play an evil thief
in the movie, according to The Sun. The much-awaited movie
will also star Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and Michael Caine.
Soccer player plays for
20 minutes with broken neck (Go
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London:
Soccer player and fridge engineer Simon Robinson is lucky
to be alive and kicking after playing for 20 minutes with
a broken neck. The ex-Royal Marine, 30, did not realize that
he had seriously injured himself in a fierce game and that
the slightest jolt could have ended his life. Simon even went
for a drink after helping his team win the match but he decided
to go to the hospital after discussing the injury with his
teammates. He was put on a stretcher at the hospital and gently
driven 15 miles to specialists who fitted a support cage on
his head. "I heard a snap when I was playing and I did feel
a bit funny. It was as though my head was not attached to
my body. Doctors were amazed I hadn't dropped dead every time
I kicked or headed the ball after the injury," the Sun quoted
Simon as saying. However, Simon will take rest and recuperate
for three months but is hopeful of playing again for Wiltshire
Sunday league side Trowbridge Harriers.
Quentin Tarantino on a
love roll with Sofia Coppola at Cannes (Go
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London:
Guess who is giving Quentin Tarantino company at his Carlton
Hotel suite in Cannes? Well, it is his fellow American director
Sofia Coppola. And, the two, apparently have a lot to discuss
apart from films. According to the Mirror, Sofia, 32, divorced
Spike Jonze last December and has been spotted going out with
41-year old Quentin at a number of New York restaurants. She
won the Best Screenplay Oscar for Lost In Translation and
is the daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola. Quentin
is the president of the festival jury at Cannes and Sofia
is expected to be his guest of honour at his upcoming Kill
Bill Vol.2 party to be held at Cannes club Le Baoli. "It's
only early days between him and Sofia but they won't be able
to spend a lot of time together during the day when he's busy
watching movies, " a source was quoted as saying.
Brad Pitt is sick of scribes
probing his marriage (Go
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New
York: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston maybe Hollywood's
most beautiful couple, but it seems that their marriage is
affecting the promotion of Pitt's latest action flick, Troy.
Brad is being troubled by scribes who are more interested
in his marriage than his movie. Apparently, the sexy star
is tired of answering queries about his marital bliss. In
fact, he had to cancel a number of interviews that were scheduled
to promote Troy, according to Teen Hollywood. "The state of
his marriage has been making tabloid headlines. It's hard
to promote a film under those circumstances," an insider was
quoted as saying by an American gossip site, The Scoop. However
Pitt's spokesperson denied the report saying that he had to
call off the interviews only "because he was exhausted."
Lesbian Tatu singer is
pregnant (Go
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London:
It seems that Julia Volkova and Lena Katina of the pop
group Tatu may not be lesbians after all. According to the
Sun, Volkova is pregnant with the child of her long-time boyfriend,
Pasha Sidorov. Apparently, Sidorov is a karate expert and
already has a wife and a daughter. "Obviously we won't be
celebrating a wedding," Julia was quoted as saying. The band
plans to stage a comeback after she delivers the baby.
Strict parents contribute
to kids behavioural problems: Study (Go
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Washington:
A new study has found that parents who interact with their
children rather than regulate their children's behaviour are
less likely to have children with drug and alcohol abuse or
behavioural problems. It is often believed that parents can
prevent their children from going astray if they are strict.
Parents often keep a strict watch on their children's activities
and friends. However, the study hopes to debunk these myths,
and says that developing warm and friendly relationships with
children is a much better option for avoiding behavioural
problems. The study also says that parents seldom know the
truth about their children. The researchers studied three
methods usually adopted by parents to keep their child's behavior
in check. The first was parents maintaining close relationships
with children. The second was setting strict limits on children's
activities and friendships and lastly, try to be informed
about their activities and friendships. The first was found
to be the most effective of the three, and then the study
said that if parents are strict with their children, the impact
would only be for the short rather than the long term. The
study called "Parental Influences on Adolescent Problem Behavior"
was published in the third issue of Child Development.
Filmstars, cricketers pitch
in for football charity match (Go
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Mumbai:
Cricketers Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid will join
a jamboorie of Indian film stars in a much- awaited football
match at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards
at Singapore on May 21. The announcement was made by Bollywood
actors Sanjay Dutt and Anil Kapoor, who are also captains
of the two teams, at a news conference in Mumbai on Friday.
The charity match will be held to raise funds for the bereaved
families of film industry workers who died during the course
of shooting, while working behind the scenes. "We all thought
of creating a foundation to help our film industry workers
financially. It is important for the industry, and though
there have been many film stars interested in these activities,
such a forum had not materialised till now. I am very proud,
and I am happy that there are many like me who will like to
help the workers," said Sanjay Dutt. "More than anything,
it is just to collect funds...The easiest way to collect funds
is to get all the actors group together and to have a certain
kind of an event which people enjoy watching, so they watch
the event and pay for it. People watch it on television, and
the money we get from TV rights, we put it in funds for the
people who really deserve," said Anil Kapoor.
The
I.I.F.A. Foundation Celebrity football match will see an array
of other Indian film stars like Suniel Shetty, Rahul Khanna,
Zayed Khan, Fardeen Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan,
Arbaaz Khan, Shahid Kapur, Ajay Devgan and Australian cricketers
Brett Lee and Shane Lee. Besides the familiar film category
awards, there will be a separate category of technical awards
at this year's function. The films that would be showcased
to the global media this year include Dil Maange More, Musafir,
Rakht, Tango Charlie, Sarhad Paar and Lakshya. Premiere of
Mani Ratnam's "Yuva", and its Tamil version, "Aayitha Ezhuthu"
will also be held. Meanwhile, Bollywood superstar Amitabh
Bachchan will sign the book "To Be Or Not To Be", which chronicles
his life and acting career. Outfits from hits like Sholay
of the '70s to Kabhie Khushi, Kabhie Gham of 2001 will also
be auctioned. Attendance of Hollywood actors and pop stars
such as Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Kylie Minouge, Miranda
Richardson and Bo Derek over the years have already ensured
an international platform for the IIFA awards. The Sultan
of Brunei and the President of Singapore are the chief guests
at this year's awards.
Cameron Diaz demands royal
treatment for Timberlake at Cannes (Go
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Washington:
Cameron Diaz just can't do without beau Justin Timberlake
or so it seems. And now she is getting adamant about including
him in all her future endeavours. According to Imdb, when
bosses at the Cannes Film Festival failed to include Justin
in their plans, she threatened to back out of a major promotional
party for new movie Shrek 2. The actress demanded organizers
to not only provide him travel but also pamper him with VIP
treatment on his arrival. "Cameron made it clear that she
wasn't prepared to travel to France without Justin and she
insisted that he should get a good idea of the Riviera Hollywood
circuit. Organizers had to agree to Cameron's demands," a
source was quoted as saying.
Conan Doyle's memorabilia
up for grabs for 2 million pounds (Go
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London:
He is the one who made 221B Baker street go down in history
as the residence of the world's greatest sleuth, Sherlock
Holmes. And now, around 3,000 papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
are up for sale for 2 million pounds, reports the Mirror.
They include an outline of his first Holmes novel, A Study
in Scarlet, which was lost for nearly 40 years, letters from
Sir Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde and Sir Arthur's letters
to his relatives, in which he revealed that he cheated on
his first wife Louise Hawkins. The papers are believed to
have been taken from Conan's desk after he died in 1930. They
were stored at a London solicitor's office in the 60s and
only found this year.
Postcard delivered 96
years after it was dispatched (Go
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London:
The manager of the Royal Hotel in Ventnor, Isle of Wight,
has received a postcard requesting for a room 96 years after
the postcard was dispatched. According to the Mirror, the
postcard with a picture of an Oxford University college, was
sent by a German in 1908 and has a half penny stamp on it.
"The post has been late before, but never this late," said
Nigel Holland, the hotel's manager. "This is a mystery. It's
possible the card slipped out of an envelope sent between
postcard collectors and entered the system," said a Royal
Mail spokesperson, when asked for an explanation. In another
case of late delivery, Barbara Read, of Truro, Cornwall, has
just received a postcard from a friend that was sent to her
from Scotland in 1990. "The postman said, 'Well, we do deliver
them eventually'," she said.
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