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Kate Winslet gives tips to bare-all on screen
September 4th, 2010 | 
Author: London, Sep 5 (IANS) Hollywood actress Kate Winslet turns adviser to co-star Evan Rachel Wood on sets of their new film “Mildred Pierce”. Winslet gave tips to Woods on how to face the camera while filming a nude scene.
Wood admitted she was worried about baring all for her role in “Mildred Pierce” but was reassured [...]
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China launches new satellite
Beijing, Sep 5 (IANS) China successfully launched a new satellite into space Sunday, which will improve television and radio broadcasting signals in the country.
The “SinoSat-6″ was launched at 12:14 a.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The Long March 3B rocket took SinoSat-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes [...]
US drone attack kills seven militants in Pakistan
Peshawar, Sep 5 (DPA) A US unmanned aircraft fired two missiles into Pakistan’s tribal region along the Afghan border Saturday, killing seven militants, a Pakistani security official said.
The missiles targeted a mud compound and a vehicle in Datta Khel village, located some 45 km west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal [...]
Shammi Kapoor remembers wife’s death during ‘Teesri Manzil’
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Veteran actor Shammi Kapoor, who had enthralled audiences with his super-energetic performance in “Teesri Manzil” (1966), remembers his first wife, actress Geeta Bali, whom he lost while he was shooting for the film.
“There are many beautiful moments I spent during the making of ‘Teesri Manzil’. There are some sad moments of [...]
India to host Asian Nuclear Prospects conference in October
Chennai, Sep 4 (IANS) Around 250 nuclear scientists, technologists and industrialists are expected to participate in the three-day Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010 conference to be held near here in October, a top official of atomic research unit said Saturday.
“The 2nd International Conference on Asian Nuclear Prospects 2010 (ANUP 2010) will be held Oct 11-13 at [...]
I wish I was an actor in 1950s-60s: Aamir Khan
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is so fond of films of the 1950s-60s that he wishes he was an actor in that era, which he describes as the golden period of Indian cinema.
“To me the 1950s-60s were the golden period of Indian cinema. During that time the creative talents be it [...]
Kareena fit for my role in ‘Teesri Manzil’ if film remade: Asha Parekh
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Veteran actress Asha Parekh walked down memory lane Saturday as she recalled her blockbuster film “Teesri Manzil” and said if the film is remade today, actress Kareena Kapoor should play the role she essayed.
“Its very difficult to choose one actress to play my role in ‘Teesri Manzil’ because all of [...]
Aamir regards uncle Nasir Hussain as guru
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) On the eve of Teacher’s Day, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who made his debut in acting as a child artist in Nasir Hussain’s “Yaadon Ki Baarat” (1973), revealed that he regards his late uncle to be his guru as he had worked with him for four years as an assistant [...]
Orissa students to get helpline for grievances
Bhubaneswar, Sep 4 (IANS) The Orissa government Saturday decided to set up a students helpline soon to redress grievances of school children, a senior official of the school and mass education department said.
The helpline would be set up on an experimental basis this year to help children from class one to class tenth to lodge [...]
Orissa moves apex court against green nod for project (Lead)
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Sep 4 (IANS) The Orissa government Saturday moved the Supreme Court challenging a go-ahead given by the union environment and forests ministry to an irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh.
The state government feared that the project may lead to flooding of several parts of the state.
The state government’s move comes in the backdrop [...]