LONDON – Singer Mariah Carey joined forces with her mother to perform a festive duet on a special Christmas TV show. The pregnant star who was hosting “Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To You” for US channel ABC at Los Angeles’ Orpheum Theatre Monday night invited her mother Patricia Carey to join her on...
LOS ANGELES – British royal drama “The King’s Speech” earned seven Golden Globe nominations Tuesday, to lead the race for Hollywood’s second most prestigious annual movie prize. Starring Colin Firth in the lead, the film shows how the Duke of York, a shy man afflicted with a dreadful stammer, goes through unorthodox treatment...
LOS ANGELES – Actress Eva Mendes, who made her directorial debut with “California Romanza”, feels this is the right time for women to turn director. Mendes showed her movie starring Christina Ricci at the annual Glamour Reel Moments event in Los Angeles earlier this year, reports aceshowbiz.com. “I loved the whole experience. I...
LONDON – Elizabeth Hurley’s mother has revealed that she didn’t know that her actress daughter has separated from her husband. Hurley announced it Sunday on microblogging site Twitter saying she and Indian-origin businessman Arun Nayar have split and that their family knew about it. But Hurely’s mother Angela contradicted her claim, reports contactmusic.com....
NEW DELHI – Nothing deters Tigmanshu Dhulia from shooting his film in real loactions — the writer-director just wrapped the filming of Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster in Gujarat despite being attacked by a swarm of bees. Shot across Gujarat in a 30 day back to back schedule, Dhulia with his cast and crew...
DUBAI – Movie buffs here seem to be enjoying Bengali actor-director Aparna Sens movie Iti Mrinalini as the two screenings of the movie at the Dubai International Film Festival went housefull. All the seats for Aparna Sens Iti Mrinalini got booked in advance. There was a long queue yesterday (Monday) and no tickets...
NEW DELHI – An Indo-jazz concert, a rock festival with performances by international bands and a jazz festival – young Delhi is on its feet this winter, rocking to quality music from abroad. The party began last month with a rare fusion Indo-jazz concert, Melange, featuring veterans Larry Coryell, Lily Hayden, Trilok Gurtu...
LONDON – Hollywood actor Colin Firth has revealed playing stammering monarch King George VI in “The King’s Speech” made him so tense he suffered headaches and trapped nerves. The 50-year-old actor stars in the new movie as the royal and found enacting his part so tense he felt as if he was in...
NEW DELHI – From grandeur to glamour, beauty to elegance — the launch of the fourth season of dance reality show “Jhalak Dikhla Jaa” had everything. Small screen Sunday night witnessed perhaps the first such mega opening show where Bollywoods “dreamgirl” Hema Malini, cabaret queen Helen and dancing star Govinda burnt the dance...
LONDON – British model Kelly Brook was left flustered when actor Colin Farrell began flirting with her in front of her then boyfriend. The “In Bruges” star left the model-and-actress, who has previously dated rugby star Danny Cipriani, and actors Billy Zane and Jason Statham, embarrassed when he tried to help her cool...