Avatar actor arrested for punching photographer
MUMBAI: Sam Worthington, best known for his roles in Avatar, was arrested on Sunday, 23 February after getting into an altercation with a photographer, reports New York Police Department (NYPD).
The 37-year old Australian actor was accused of punching photographer Sheng Li in the face after Li allegedly kicked Worthington's 26-year-old female companion in the shins at 5:30 p.m. in Greenwich Village, according to NYPD Detective Kellyann Ort. The department refused to reveal any details in regards to the identity of Worthington’s female companion. However, no one succumbed to any injuries.
In addition to Avatar, Worthington also starred in Terminator: Salvation, Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans, Drift, Man on a Ledge, Rogue. He auditioned for the role of James Bond in Casino Royale, but lost to Daniel Craig
Kangana not disappointed with her films being shelved
Mumbai, Feb 24 (TE) Actress Kangana Ranaut has said that two of her films 'Ungli' and 'I Love NY' have been canned but she is not disappointed about it.
'I Love New Year', a romantic-comedy directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru, stars Sunny Deol and Kangana. The film was initially to be released in February last year, then it got pushed to April, to September and later December the same year, but did not hit the screens
Shahid Kapoor wraps up 'Haider' shoot
New Delhi, Feb. 24: Shahid Kapoor has completed the schedule of his upcoming movie 'Haider' that was being shot in Kashmir.
The 'Kaminey' actor tweeted that he has finished the entire schedule of his upcoming movie and had a great time in Kashmir and added that people there have big hearts and he will miss the local team specially.
'Haider', which is based on William Shakespeare's drama 'Hamlet', is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Tabu and is slated to release on 12th September, 2014
In the show, Aishwarya plays a simple girl Shikha, who falls for Sameer (Vikas Manaktala) and ends up marrying him. But Sameer, who had an ulterior motive behind marrying her, tries to kill her by pushing her off the cliff. She survives the accident, but it damages her face. Now post a plastic surgery, she is back and wants revenge a la Rekha in "Khoon Bhari Maang". "I can't even imagine that I can play this role to her (Rekha) level. Yes, comparisons have been drawn that this is just like the role portrayed by Rekha in 'Khoon Bhari Maang'," Aishwarya said here on the set of the show. "But such things happen with girls in real life - husbands burn them or throw them out and very few have the power to come back, stand for themselves and fight. This is what exactly we are trying to portray," she said and added that there's no intention of making it like Rakesh Roshan directed 1988 hit movie.
"Main Naa Bhoolungi", a weekly show, airs on Sony and Aishwarya says her glam avatar as Samaira is to surprise the viewers. "The whole get-up is new and the idea is to surprise the viewers," said Aishwarya, who became famous after playing Toasty in "Saas Bina Sasural". "So far, the audience has seen Shikha in a different way. She was just trying and trying to get away with all the wrong that happened to her, but nothing was working out for her. So in a way Shikha is now dead and Samaira has come," she added.
Birthday girl Jayalalitha makes mockery of parliament as she cuts parliament-shaped cake!
Chennai: The forthcoming Lok Sabha elections have intensified the ambience in the country. Leaders with the ambitions of becoming the next Prime Minister are doing their entire bit to gain public’s trust. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa Jayaram has recently joined the bash as she made her intentions clear about wanting to become the next PM.
The supporters of AIADMK’s Jayalalithaa took the celebrations of her birthday to the next level by bringing the whole parliament in form of cake for her at the party headquarters in Chennai. It is the 66th birthday of the politician.
The followers justified their move of selecting the parliament-shaped cake for the celebration as they wanted to show their commitment towards the goal and their Revolutionary Leader Jayalalitha.
A senior party leader Anwar Raja proudly stated that their leader will win the coming elections and that she will become the Prime Minister.
Ms Jayalalithaa has also announced the names the candidates from her party for all the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and declared that her national campaign will be kicked off from March third. The slogan for the party is " peace, prosperity and progress."
The 'Kaminey' actor tweeted that he has finished the entire schedule of his upcoming movie and had a great time in Kashmir and added that people there have big hearts and he will miss the local team specially.
'Haider', which is based on William Shakespeare's drama 'Hamlet', is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj starring Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Tabu and is slated to release on 12th September, 2014
'Main Naa Bhoolungi' sticking to reality, not aping anyone
Mumbai, Feb 24: The latest track in TV show "Main Naa Bhoolungi" reminds one of Rekha-starrer revenge drama "Khoon Bhari Maang", but Aishwarya Sakhuja, who plays the protagonist in it, says such things happens in real life too and they are just trying to portray the same.In the show, Aishwarya plays a simple girl Shikha, who falls for Sameer (Vikas Manaktala) and ends up marrying him. But Sameer, who had an ulterior motive behind marrying her, tries to kill her by pushing her off the cliff. She survives the accident, but it damages her face. Now post a plastic surgery, she is back and wants revenge a la Rekha in "Khoon Bhari Maang". "I can't even imagine that I can play this role to her (Rekha) level. Yes, comparisons have been drawn that this is just like the role portrayed by Rekha in 'Khoon Bhari Maang'," Aishwarya said here on the set of the show. "But such things happen with girls in real life - husbands burn them or throw them out and very few have the power to come back, stand for themselves and fight. This is what exactly we are trying to portray," she said and added that there's no intention of making it like Rakesh Roshan directed 1988 hit movie.
"Main Naa Bhoolungi", a weekly show, airs on Sony and Aishwarya says her glam avatar as Samaira is to surprise the viewers. "The whole get-up is new and the idea is to surprise the viewers," said Aishwarya, who became famous after playing Toasty in "Saas Bina Sasural". "So far, the audience has seen Shikha in a different way. She was just trying and trying to get away with all the wrong that happened to her, but nothing was working out for her. So in a way Shikha is now dead and Samaira has come," she added.
Birthday girl Jayalalitha makes mockery of parliament as she cuts parliament-shaped cake!
Chennai: The forthcoming Lok Sabha elections have intensified the ambience in the country. Leaders with the ambitions of becoming the next Prime Minister are doing their entire bit to gain public’s trust. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa Jayaram has recently joined the bash as she made her intentions clear about wanting to become the next PM.
The supporters of AIADMK’s Jayalalithaa took the celebrations of her birthday to the next level by bringing the whole parliament in form of cake for her at the party headquarters in Chennai. It is the 66th birthday of the politician.
The followers justified their move of selecting the parliament-shaped cake for the celebration as they wanted to show their commitment towards the goal and their Revolutionary Leader Jayalalitha.
A senior party leader Anwar Raja proudly stated that their leader will win the coming elections and that she will become the Prime Minister.
Ms Jayalalithaa has also announced the names the candidates from her party for all the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and declared that her national campaign will be kicked off from March third. The slogan for the party is " peace, prosperity and progress."
Implementation of first two phases of cable TV digitisation has taught valuable lessons: Tewari
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said the first two phases of digitisation of cable television provided a learning experience as far as implementation of the process was concerned.
Speaking at the 8th Indian Magazine Congress in the capital on the theme “Winning through Innovation”, he said these lessons would be incorporated while implementing the remaining two phases. The Minister reiterated that Digitisation was bound to be a game changer for the sector and would define contours of orderly growth.
While providing qualitative choices to the consumer, digitisation would also ensure that the subscription revenues and skewed business models are rectified. The Government has already decided to merge phases III and IV and complete the entire process by December this year.
While the first phase of digitisation covering the four metros had come into effect from November 2012 (though it was stayed in Chennai following a court order and was implemented marginally in Kolkata after initial reluctance), the second phase covering 39 cities was implemented by 31 March 2013.
The Government is still considering the proposal to merge Phase III covering all urban areas (Municipal Corporations/Municipalities) and Phase IV covering rest of India to 31 December 2014. The present dates for these two phases are 30 September 2014 and 31 December 2014 respectively.
Ministry sources told indiantelevision.com that if the government achieves its target, it will overtake countries like the United States and the United Kingdom which set long deadlines.
Speaking at the 8th Indian Magazine Congress in the capital on the theme “Winning through Innovation”, he said these lessons would be incorporated while implementing the remaining two phases. The Minister reiterated that Digitisation was bound to be a game changer for the sector and would define contours of orderly growth.
While providing qualitative choices to the consumer, digitisation would also ensure that the subscription revenues and skewed business models are rectified. The Government has already decided to merge phases III and IV and complete the entire process by December this year.
While the first phase of digitisation covering the four metros had come into effect from November 2012 (though it was stayed in Chennai following a court order and was implemented marginally in Kolkata after initial reluctance), the second phase covering 39 cities was implemented by 31 March 2013.
The Government is still considering the proposal to merge Phase III covering all urban areas (Municipal Corporations/Municipalities) and Phase IV covering rest of India to 31 December 2014. The present dates for these two phases are 30 September 2014 and 31 December 2014 respectively.
Ministry sources told indiantelevision.com that if the government achieves its target, it will overtake countries like the United States and the United Kingdom which set long deadlines.
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