Friday, November 25, 2011

'The Muppets' true to absurdist, anarchic style

10:21 PM McGhori

LOS ANGELES: As someone who grew up on "Sesame Street," I often imagined that one day, I'd be able to go through the TV screen and live in a brownstone next to Ernie and Bert and Oscar and Big Bird. So when I saw Walter (voiced by Peter Linz), the new Muppet character from "The Muppets," have that same dream about following Kermit and Fozzie and Miss Piggy to the other side of the glass, I knew that the Muppets' return to the big screen was in loving and capable hands. Sure, the plot borrows heavily from "The Muppet Movie" (this time, Kermit has to reunite everyone rather than get the band together) and the TV movie, "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie," wherein an evil financier wants to steal the Muppets' theater....
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Jacqueline Against Horse Carriages

10:10 PM McGhori

Celebrities know how to keep themselves in the news and that is how they improve their promotional value in the market. Jacqueline Fernandez has remained in the news for many days now after she received good response for her Murder 2 performance. However, that has not stopped her from making more news. She recently did an advertisement for PETA where she clearly indicated that she is against horse carriages that horses have to pull for the entertainment of the people. Now this could be a good thing for the horses but it is definitely going to annoy some people who earn their living on horse carriages.  In her latest photoshoot for PETA ad Jacqueline Fernandez is posing in bikini and patting a dark horse...
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Randeep Taking Cricketing Lessons

10:08 PM McGhori

MUMBAI: We all know that Randeep Hooda is a class actor because he really delivers good performance no matter whatever role he is offered. However, all that performance only comes through better research and coaching that enables him to understand the mind and body of the character he is playing. He was first known for his role as Desu in D where he gave one of his best performances and recently we saw him delivering awesome performance in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster. Recently, Randeep Hooda replaced Arunoday Singh in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine where Randeep plays the role of a cricketer.  Hence, he decided to take some cricketing lessons from one of the best batsmans in the Indian side, Virendra Sehwag to understand...
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Bollywood’s Blossomed Love Stories: Saifeena

9:57 PM McGhori

MUMBAI: Saif-Ali Khan, The Nawaab of all nawaabs, Saif-Ali Khan (41). A true performer, a true style icon for all. . . He started his career in Bollywood in 1992 with the film Parampara; although he won the Filmfare Best Male Debut award for his second film Aashiq Awara. A year before entering the industry, 1991— Saif married Bollywood’s beautiful actress Amrita Singh; he spent 13 memorable years with her and had two beautiful children, Sara-Ali Khan and Ibrahim-Ali Khan. In 2004 the two got divorced because of some personal differences; the two children have been living with their mother since. Amrita seems to have kept a friendly gesture towards Saif; as sources say: “Saif is the father of our kids. He is...
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Siddique signs his next film

9:55 PM McGhori

MUMBAI: Siddique, the director of one of Bollywood’s most successful film Bodyguard, has signed his next film. Siddique will direct a film for producers Shyam Bajaj and Narendra Bajaj. A lot of proposals came his way post the huge success of the Salman Khan starrer, but he chose to direct a film for Shyam and Narendra Bajaj. Shyam Bajaj and Narendra Bajaj had produced Salman Khan starrer Love and are very close to the actor. Apparently, last year when Bodyguard was being shot, Bajaj who was looking for a good director asked Salman Khan about Siddique, who was directing the actor then. Salman had all good things to say about Siddique even before the release of the film. Shyam Bajaj confirmed, “Yes, I asked...
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Harry Potter author Rowling at UK press inquiry

9:52 PM McGhori

LONDON: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and British actress Sienna Miller testify about their experiences of media intrusion at Britain’s government-ordered press standards inquiry on Thursday. Former world motor-sport chief Max Mosley, who won damages in Britain and France from Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid after it published photographs of him`in a sadomasochostic orgy, will also give evidence. A mystery witness identified only as HJK and granted anonymity by a court order will meanwhile address the inquiry behind closed doors. The rest of the evidence is being broadcast live. Rowling, whose books about the boy wizard have sold more than 400 million copies and spawned a lucrative series of films,...
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Katrina plays guardian angel for abandoned kids!

9:51 PM McGhori

MUMBAI: If you thought `Sheila Ki Jawani…` is what goes with Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif, then you are completely mistaken.  There`s a very different side to the young and pretty Katrina which is kept under wraps. Indian Barbie doll, Kat is all set to play a guardian angel for a group of abandoned kids. Katrina Kaif is believed to lend her support to a group of under privileged abandoned kids. Kat is all set to appear in the BIG CBS Love`s India`s Glam Diva as a contender and it will be there that this trait of Katrina get’s revealed. Glam Diva is a platform that brings the most ravishing, talented and deserving divas to the fore. Some attribute Katrina’s Good Samaritan act to her genes for her mother is...
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Writer, actor, Rauf Khalid dies in road accident

9:19 AM McGhori

SHEIKHUPURA: Renowned television writer, director, artist Abdul Rauf Khalid Thursday died in a road accident at motorway while on his way to Sheikhupura. According to reports, the tyre of his car burst and it crashed into roadside fence, killing Rauf on the spot. The late actor was son in law of late provincial minister Syed Zafar Ali Shah and brother-in-law of Provincial Minister for Health Syed Zahir Shah. He left behind a wife two sons and a daughter. According to the family sources the Namaz-e-Janaza of the deceased will be held after Jumma prayer at the residence of Syed Zahir Ali Shah at Shami Road here. Rauf Khalid was the founder President and Chancellor of the National Institute of Cultural Studies,...
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