Archive for January, 2009
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Remember I told you Shahid Kapoor is thus far recession-free and cashing in on commericals? Well here’s a peak at his Pioneer advertisment doing what he does best. I bet so many of Shiamak Davar’s front-line dancers are hoping for his kind of hopping success.
And for the boys, the dance eye candy begins here. Aneesha [...]
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
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The Axis of Awesome performed a history of pop music using only 4 chords. (Recorded live at the comedy store Sydney.) The Axis comprises of Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis and it happens to be their two-year anniversary today.
P.S. They also have a funky and yet pointless little website (which seems like their [...]
Friday, January 30th, 2009
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I just came across a very interesting contest from the world of fashion that demands absolutely no prerequisite height, weight or hotness factor from the contestant. Interested?
Write on! (literally) since it’s Vogue’s talent contest for young Indian writers and what could be the perfect first step to a career in fashion. The contest for fashion journalism [...]
Friday, January 30th, 2009
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So it’s official. Harman Bhaweja and Priyanka Chopra are splitsville. Surprisingly though they’ve refrained from any mud-slinging and are keeping it “business as usual.” In fact Harman personally invited his now “ex” for the premiere of Victory at Cinemax Andehri, Mumbai last night while she was shooting in Jodhpur for an ad film and as [...]
Friday, January 30th, 2009
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So you’re probably well aware of the 10 Oscar nominations Slumdog Millionaire has bagged but get this, “Smile Pinki” a 39 minute short film in Hindi and Bhojpuri, directed by Emmy-nominated producer Megan Mylan has also been nominated in the ‘Best Short Documentary’ category.
Set in Varanasi, Smile Pinki revolves around a six-year-old girl from Mirzapur [...]
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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A friend of mine sent me this article from the New York Times today.
Dating a Banker Anonymous
“They shared their sad stories the other night at an informal gathering of Dating a Banker Anonymous, a support group founded in November to help women cope with the inevitable relationship fallout from, say, the collapse of Lehman Brothers [...]
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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The other day I was surfing channels and came across the most amazing thing. A Dido song with a video featuring an Indian girl driving a taxi around Mumbai with various people getting in and out. So I did my homework and found out that Dido actually started this very cool project asking short film [...]
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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On Wednesday night Carlsberg and Nisha JamVwal hosted a special dinner at Olive, Mumbai to ‘Celebrate India.’ (Something Nisha’s been passionately pursuing as her jig for the past three years now apparently.) So how do I feel about a beer baron using some patriotic pull to promote his brand? Actually I’m fine with it. Somehow [...]
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
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Yuvraj Singh has made his penchant for Bollywood belles fairly obvious by now, so here’s the latest addititoon to his hot hooks-ups. Yuvraj and Minissha Lamba were spotted locking lips at the lounge-bar Aurus (Juhu, Mumbai) Didn’t she have a boyfriend? Ah well, who can keep up anyway?
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
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Gautam Singhania Inaugurated the India Fashion Forum 2009 aside Kishore Biyani, CEO – Future Group earlier this week. Evidentally we’re taking the business of fashion pretty seriously this year with a Obama-esque refrain of “India Can and India Will.”
The highlight of the morning was that India is a land of immense opportunities with a young [...]
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
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