Sometimes, words fail you. When a musician is equally revered as a peace campaigner, when his songs become an anthem for anti-war groups, when he attains a place beyond the confines of musical history, then even exhaustive efforts at finding the right adjectives for him can be futile. Thirty years have passed since...
MUMBAI – Ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh is set to perform here Tuesday in a one of its kind ghazal concert. “It is an attempt to give the audience a whole new feel of ghazals. There will be 30 musicians playing live. They will play flutes, violins, guitars and other instruments,” Jagjit Singh told...
LONDON – Pop star Justin Bieber made the dream of a young British fan with the rapid ageing condition progeria come true by meeting her during his stay in London. Hayley Okines was able to meet her pop idol, owing to the efforts of a group of Bieber fans who launched a campaign...
LONDON – Singer Katy Perry has announced the second leg of her tour for late 2011 after her recently announced “California Dreams Tour” got sold out. The singer has had three British top 10 hits to her name this year, including “California Gurls”, “Teenage Dream” and latest single “Firework”, femalefirst.co.uk reports. The combined...
NEW DELHI – Meet “Mr 335″, the man behind the popular thin-line, arched-top semi-acoustic Gibson guitar. American legend and three-time Grammy award winner Larry Carlton says jazz will continue to grow as long as it maintains its core roots. “I think jazz will stay healthy and continue to grow as long as it...
NEW DELHI – Bhojpuri superstar Manoj Tiwari, the latest to be evicted out of reality show “Bigg Boss 4″, admits that his wife doubts his loyalty due to actress Shweta Tiwari, but clarifies that he knows her only professionally. “I do have issues in my marriage. My wife has always doubted my relationship...
MUMBAI – Tamil superstar Suriya doesnt seem to give undue importance to his Hindi debut this week in “Rakta Charitra”. Though director Ram Gopal Varma was keen to get Suriya over to Mumbai on the eve of the release for media interaction, Suriya cancelled the appointments at the eleventh hour. When contacted, Suriya...
LONDON – Organisers of this year’s Miss Great Britain competition are trying to make the event up-to-date. They have scrapped an outdated 65-year rule that banned single mothers from entering. The earlier rule said that entrants must be unmarried, but if you were a single mother you were also barred. Now, for the...
NEW DELHI – Celebrated designer Ritu Kumar brought royalty on the ramp as yesteryears’ heroine Sharmila Tagore and her actress daughter Soha Ali Khan walked as showstoppers for her couture line. As the melodious song “Chap tilak sab cheeni” played in the background, the mother-daughter duo looked stunning as they sashayed down the...
LONDON – Actor Ben Affleck and his wife Jennifer Garner were pulled over for speeding in Los Angeles. …. Source