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Potter fans spot movie blunder  (Go To Top)

     Sydney: Numerous fans of Harry Potter worldwide have spotted two errors in a publicity image for Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire and have demanded Warner Bros take action on it. According to The Courier Mail, the producers have made blunders in a tombstone's inscription. The still shows Daniel Radcliffe, in front of a tomb whose inscription reads "Tom Marvolo Riddle 1915-1943". This was the birth name of Potter's arch-enemy, Lord Voldemort, who is still alive for he was born on December 31, 1926 if fans are to be believed. If the name refers to his father, whom they insist could not have had Marvolo as a middle name, he would have been only 11 years old when his son was born. Dozens of die-hard Potter fans have e-mailed The Leaky Cauldron website, one of author J.K. Rowling's favourite fansites, to point out the glaring mistake.

Britney Spears' public shoot-out (Go To Top)

    London: Britney Spears' baby party reportedly ended in chaos, when a photographer accused her bodyguards of shooting him. According to the Sun, snapper Brad Diaz was seen screaming and clutching a leg wound outside the LA mansion where the bash was held. He claimed security staff for the 23-year-old singer fired a lead air pellet that lodged in his left leg. He called cops and was taken to hospital. But doctors said the pellet was embedded too deeply to remove. The photographer now plans to sue for millions. "I can't believe it. I was on a public street," he said. However, a cop said: "We don't know where the pellet came from."

Vito Corleone voted greatest movie character (Go To Top)

     Washington: Marlon Brando's role as Vito Corleone in 1972 flick 'The Godfather' has been voted the greatest movie character of all time in a new poll by Premiere magazine. According to Contactmusic, Brando's Oscar-winning performance in the classic by Francis Ford Coppola beat Humphrey Bogart's Fred C Dobbs from 1948 movie 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. Vivien Leigh's Scarlett O'Hara from 1939 movie 'Gone With The Wind' and Anthony Perkins' Norman Bates in 'Psycho' got the third and fourth places respectively.

     The top 10 greatest characters are: 1. Vito Corleone - The Godfather (1972) 2. Fred C Dobbs - The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) 3. Scarlett O'hara - Gone With The Wind (1939) 4. Norman Bates - Psycho (1960) 5. James Bond - Dr No (1962) 6. Annie Hall - Annie Hall (1977) 7. Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) 8. Ellen Ripley - Alien (1979) 9. Jeff Spicoli - Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) 10. Gollum - The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)

Johnny Depp tops women's fantasy list (Go To Top)

    London: Hollywood hunk Johnny Depp is the star most women fantasise about, according to a survey. According to Fremalefirst, The 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' actor beat a host of other stars to take the top spot in the poll. Actors Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Orlando Bloom and Colin Farrell also figured in the list of top fantasy lovers. Depp had recently stated that he is mystified as to why women like him, and had put it down to the fact that they must be feeling sorry for him.

Harry Potter casts a spell on Jihadis (Go To Top)

     Washington: Harry Potter might be a favourite with kids, but strange as it may seem, he is also a favourite with Islamic terror suspects at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay. According to The Washington times, J.K. Rowling's tales are on top of the request list for the camp's 520 al Qaeda and Taliban suspects, followed by Agatha Christie whodunits. "We've got a few who are kind of hooked on it. A couple have asked if they can see the movie," said Lori, a civilian contractor at the center was quoted as saying. Lori is also compiling a list to provide to various lawmakers in Washington, who recently visited the prison at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a congressional delegation investigating accusations of torture.

'Kylie effect' doing wonders for breast cancer screening (Go To Top)

     London: Kylie Minogue seems to have become an example for women worldwide, for after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, more and more of women got screened for the disease. According to The BBC, a study conducted at the University of Sydney has shown that coverage of her case over two weeks caused an unprecedented increase in bookings for breast screening in Australia. The team led by Simon Chapman found that the number rose 40 percent. He looked at the numbers of booked mammograms as part of the government's BreastScreen programmes in the 19 weeks before, the two weeks during and the six weeks after the publicity surrounding Kylie's illness. Minogue's diagnosis led to a 20-fold increase in the news coverage of breast cancer on Australian TV as a result of which young women also got breast cancer and that early detection of the disease was critical for successful treatment. There was a 101 percent increase in bookings for women in the eligible age group for the BreastScreen programme - 40 to 69 - who had not been screened before.

'The Dukes of Hazzard' rules the US box office (Go To Top)

     Washington: Seann William Scott and Johnny Knoxville starrer new movie 'The Dukes of Hazzard' has grossed 30.5 million dollars at the box-office in first week of its release, according to preliminary figures. The adventure comedy by Jay Chandrasekhar, which earlier got poor reviews from critics, dusted 'Wedding Crashers', starring Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as the raunchy love-seekers, down to second place. According to E!Online, the third place went to Johnny Depp and Freddie Highmore starrer 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', which fell off 36 percent in its fourth week. The movie earned 10.5 million dollars from a 2,854 dollars average.

     Top ten estimates from Exhibitor Relations are: 1. The Dukes of Hazzard, 30.5 million dollars 2. Wedding Crashers, 16.5 million dollars 3. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 10.5 million dollars 4. Sky High, 9 million dollars 5. Must Love Dogs, 7.4 million dollars 6. March of the Penguins, 6.9 million dollars 7. Stealth, 5.8 million dollars 8. Fantastic Four, 4 million dollars 9. War of the Worlds, 3.5 million dollars 10. The Island, 3.1 million dollars

Spielberg criticised for 'War Of The Worlds' (Go To Top)

     London: Acclaimed Hollywood director Steven Spielberg has been blasted for alleged inapt treatment of his recent sci-fi movie 'War of the Worlds'. According to friends of HG Wells, the author would have been devastated by Spielberg's treatment of the 1938 book, because he has missed the point of the classic. "(Wells) was bitterly opposed to the British Empire. He thought it was a real disgrace. And that was really what War Of The Worlds was about: it wasn't just a great adventure story, it was about invasion," femalefirst quoted veteran politician Michael Foot, who is also friend and biographer of the late writer, as saying. "He would have seen terrible irony in the fact that Hollywood, this year, decided to make a film of his book while America and Britain are fighting in Iraq. He would have been horrified by the film, even though he loved seeing his books reach the screen," he said.

Jessica Simpson is a shy girl (Go To Top)

     London: Actress Jessica Simpson has said that unlike her character of Daisy Duke in new movie 'Dukes of Hazzard', she is a very shy girl in real life. Simpson said that she may have Daisy's hot looks but doesn't share her outgoing nature, and had to overcome terrible shyness as a girl. "I am very shy. There are things Daisy does that I could never do," femalefirst quoted her as saying.

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