Hollywood gets hitched to booming Bollywood The Guardian | Western producers and stars are lining up for a share in India's global box-office bonanza. Anushka Asthana meets Akshay Kumar, whose new film features his idol Sylvester Stallone | Akshay Kumar dressing up with Snoop Dogg in Singh is Kinng. Photograph: Sterling Communications | To half the world'...
Todt-ful way to pull in tourists The Star | Appointing Jean Todt as global ambassador for tourism might be beneficial for Malaysia. | IN her role as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie's visits to refugee camps all over the world are drawing global attention to the plight of refugees. | Likewise, Colombian singer Shakira is focusing ...
Meet the 'Armani of teddy-bear artists' Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – When he was a boy, Audie Sison had a teddy bear that was kept by his mother only for display. He yearned to hug and play with the soft toy, but that desire was never fulfilled. | Years later, that suppressed childhood longing ...
Haunting past, perilous future for informant San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-05) 04:00 PDT Beijing -- | Dozens of small white scars mark the inside of Li Yuzhou's left arm, where he slashed himself repeatedly with a piece from a broken teacup. The scars speak of his terror of being deported from Thailand back to China. ...
Push to weed out toxic fish in Asian markets San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-05) 04:00 PDT Westminster, Orange County -- | John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers. Images | V...
Hong Kong, Taiwan fans mourn Michael Jackson Syracuse | (AP) - HONG KONG - Michael Jackson fans gathered in Hong Kong and Taiwan to imitate their late hero's dance moves and watch his performances Sunday, as tributes to the American pop legend continued to pour in from Asia more than a week after his de...
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Sarah's Straight Talk The New York Times | Truly, Sarah Palin has come a long way. When she ran for vice president, she frequently became disjointed and garbled when she departed from her prepared remarks. Now the prepare...
Manhattan: An Island Always Diverse The New York Times | When I stand on top of a rock overlooking the Harlem Meer with Eric W. Sanderson, after seeing his exhibition, "Mannahatta/Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City" at the M...
Todt-ful way to pull in tourists The Star | Appointing Jean Todt as global ambassador for tourism might be beneficial for Malaysia. | IN her role as UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie's visits to refugee camps all over the world are drawing global attention to the plight of refugees....
The Traveling Circus Stops Here The New York Times | CHRISTINA GELSONE, a slender 36-year-old with delicate features and hair the color of a ripe eggplant, lay flat on her back on the bare parquet floor of her West Harlem apartment, an expectant look on her face. Skip to next paragraph More Habitats ...
Solution to a Longtime Mystery in Utah Is Questioned The New York Times | DENVER - The saga of Everett Ruess, an idealistic young wanderer whose disappearance in 1934 sparked one of the most enduring mysteries of the modern West, is not over yet. | Mr. Ruess's family said last week that because of questions raised by Uta...
I’ve done ridiculous films for money: Diya The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 0000 hrs IST, JAYA DRONA , TNN Text: Actress and former Miss India Diya Mirza talks straight – no cliches, no hang-ups. | “We live with concepts like ‘Our parents should be like this, friends should be like this’ and all this creates baggage. That takes away from the r...
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He's got it The Guardian | Get ready for funkyzeit as Austria's greatest fashionista arrives on the big screen this week. But how would Bruno advise Gordon Brown, style Obama and deal with the BNP? We found out | 'Message to Gordon Brown – lose ze grimacing' … Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP | Bruno – it's just Bruno – has four major loves...
