March 21st, 2010
Pune and Kochi have been announced as the two new franchises in the Indian Premier League. Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370m (£246m) and Kochi went to Rendezvous Sports World Limited for $333m at a Chennai auction. The two new franchises will join the IPL from 2011, taking the total number of teams to 10. Sahara and Rendezvous were competing with three other companies, including the Adani Group and VC Digital Solution. IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said: "We are absolutely delighted by the overwhelming response to our global Franchise Invitation to Tender process. I am also certain that the IPL fans in Kochi and Pune would be particularly excited with an IPL franchise for their respective cities. Given ...
Sunday, 21st March marks the fourth anniversary or 4th birthday of the social networking, information service that has taken the world by storm. Exactly four years since Twitter co-founder 
Shankar Mahadevan’s Rockstar won Amul Music Ka Maha Muqabla on Saturday night. The Grand Finale was organized at BPCL ground in Chembur in Mumbai. Shankar Mahadevan and Shaan were competing each other in Finale. Shankar Mahadevans Rockstar team won 50 lakh money prize and trophy which was given by Ustad amjad ali khan while Runners up Shaan’s team won 25 lakh prize. There were total 6 teams Himesh’s Warriors, Shaan’s Strikers, Mika’s Blasters, Shreya’s Superstars, Mohit’s Fighters and Shankar’s Rockstars competing for the Muqabala trophy. Shankar’s Team Rahul Vaidya Sharib Sabri Sanjeev Kumar Neetii Muhan Shaan’s ... 
Slumdog Millionaire fame Freida Pinto has landed a role as the new Bond girl. According to UK tabloid “The Mirror”, Freida Pinto is set to sign the deal worth £3 million, to feature alongside Daniel Craig in the 23rd instalment of 007 series, which will be directed by Sam Mendes. The new Bond movie, due to begin production later this summer, will be shot in Buckinghamshire's Pinewood studios and on location in the Afghan capital Kabul. Previous Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are set to write the screenplay, along with screenwriter Peter Morgan. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are producing the film. The film is fast tracked for a 2011 release, reports the New ... 
Milkha Singh did not handed his life story for free to filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, he charged him a huge amount of money which Mehra have had never paid and will never pay to anyone in his life. The amount is rupee one….shocking isn’t it, but it’s true. Milkha has his reasons for turning down the eight-figure sum offered to him. He said if 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' were to become a hit like 'Rang De Basanti', inspire our young people and result in India's first Olympic track gold, that's reward enough for me. The Flying Sikh says, "This is the year of the Commonwealth Games. I feel sad to say that 52 years after I won gold in the ... 
Priyanka Chopra looked stunning in a white sari as she received the National Award for best actress on Friday. President Pratibha Patil on Friday conferred the 56th National Film Awards for 2008 to the illustrious winners in a glittering function held at Vigyan Bhavan. Eminent cinematographer V.K. Murthy received a standing ovation and thunderous applause when the President decorated him with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2008. Murthy, who shot India’s first cinemascope movie Kagaz Ke Phool, is the first cinematographer to get the award since its inception in 1969. A total of 
PC’s stars are in her favour this year, she is having a rocking 2010. She is thrashing everyone - everywhere, be it on twitter or in the Twitter head quarters, getting a National Award, bagging the Fear Factor season 3 and now she is going to have blast with seven different husbands in her forthcoming movie Saat Khoon Maaf. Special thing about this movie is she gets to romance industry’s best actor and his son. Yes, Naseeruddin Shah and his younger son Vivaan have been signed for Saat Khoon Maaf. Also Vivaan will make his Bollywood debut opposite Priyanka Chopra with this movie. PC will have seven husbands in Saat Khoon Maaf, where Naseeruddin Shah play oldest husband and his ... 
England’s Kevin Pietersen playing for Royal Challengers in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) is under attack from our bold and beautiful cricket Ladies. Former Indian cricketer Diana Edulji called him a MCP (Male Chauvinist Pig). Diana also said that Kevin had obviously not seen the way the English girls play and termed him a "snooty character". She added "There is a lot of aggression when women play, there is sledging especially when we play England and Australia. Why he’s a Pig…? He said 'it's a man's game, not a game for girls'…referring to cricket. His statement didn’t go down well with our women cricketers. Kevin was defending England's aggressive approach in the first Test against Bangladesh, by ... 
Once again the process of owning the two new IPL teams has started, two weeks after the tender process was 
From the studio that gave us Sin City, comes the fifth film in the Predator franchise. There's no Arnold Schwarzenegger (Predator) or Danny Glover (Predator 2), but there is Laurence Fishburne and Adrien Brody looking very scared in new Predator. The gist of the plot is that a group of criminals have been abducted by the Predators and beamed onto a lush-green planet far out in space. It's essentially the thermal-vision-loving hunters' game reserve – and it's humans that are the game. They will not only be scrapping with the Predators we've become familiar with from previous films, but also an 'updated, nastier, meaner breed' according to producer Robert Rodriguez. So standby for lead and lasers flying in all directions! ... 
