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Katie' sex scene set to sizzle on screen

     London: Actress Katie Holmes' sex scene in her latest film "Thank You For Smoking" will be shown in cinemas despite reported opposition from husband Tom Cruise. In the film the former 'Dawson's Creek' star plays an investigative reporter who ends up in bed with tobacco lobbyist Aaron Eckhart. "It's humorous humping. It's Katie and Aaron gyrating back and forth," the Sun quoted Director Jason Reitman as saying. A spokeswoman for makers Fox Searchlight added: "The film has never been altered. It will be released with the scene." At the movie's premiere at the Sundance Festival the sex scene was cut, but it was included in the version shown at last year's Toronto Film Festival. This led to speculation that the sex scene won't be shown.

Floyd's Dark Side most life-changing song (Go To Top)

      Washington: Pink Floyd's 1973 classic album 'Dark Side Of The Moon' has been voted the most life changing music in a poll conducted in Britain. The poll called "Music To Change Your Life" was conducted by BBC Radio 2. Radio host Jeremy Vine invited listeners to choose the song with the most power as part of the station's new interactive music club. "Dark Side of the Moon won hands down. People just love it. For its mammoth sense of scale and all the invention, it's still wonderful," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. Pink Floyd vocalist and guitarist David Gilmour said, "It's fantastic. What can I say except be thrilled. It's a good combination of great music and great lyrics. "It's music for people who have a brain as well as a soul, I think. The themes are just as relevant today as they were 33 years ago." Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' came second and The Beach Boys 'God Only Knows' was third in the poll. Other songs in the running included REM's Everybody Hurts and John Lennon's Imagine.

    Music To Change Your Life list : 1. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd (23%) 2. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (17%) 3. God Only Knows - Beach Boys (16%) 4. Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves - Giuseppe Verdi (9%) 5. Everybody Hurts - REM (8%) 6. Imagine - John Lennon (8%) 7. Something Inside So Strong - Labi Siffre (7%) 8. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (7%) 9. Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland (3%) 10. Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin (2%).

Williams appeals to girls to sleep with him (Go To Top)

      London: Pop star Robbie Williams has launched an appeal for sex as his womanising reputation is discouraging potential lovers. The desperate singer admitted that he has struggled to find a mate for the past five years as his love 'em and leave 'em reputation means girls won't put out on dates as they don't want to be "like all the other girls." "Girls think that by being 'different' I'm going to want them more. But I'm not. This has happened for the last five or so years. Sleep with me!," the Sun quoted him as saying. "It's become a running joke how hard it is for me just to pull. I know people are 'just having sex' because it was going on in my house in the other bedrooms with boys that aren't famous. I see little honesty in the 'other girls' statement. To me it means, 'OK, so you've got a date with Robbie Williams. That's safe, are you going to gamble and see if you can go for Robbie's millions?, " he added The singer's frustrations peaked when models on his latest video Sin Sin Sin gave him mixed signals. "All the ones I fancied had boyfriends and, over the three days of shooting, led me a merry dance," the fuming star said.

Has Kidman turned Catholic again? (Go To Top)

      London: It is being speculated that Nicole Kidman has turned Catholic again, after she was spotted attending mass at her old church, Sydney's Mary McKillop chapel, with her parents. Kidman who abandoned the faith when she wed Tom Cruise in a Scientology ceremony, is reportedly back to the catholic religion on the eve of her marriage to country singer Keith Urban. "For Nicole, you know, this is a spiritual homecoming, coming back to the church and her faith in her old parish," Female First quoted the chapel's priest, father Paul Coleman, as saying. It is further being claimed that the Hollywood actress hopes to secure the church for her wedding to Urban later this month, after being granted an annulment for her previous marriage.

German paper blitzkrieg on Beckham (Go To Top)

      London: In what is being described as an attempt to distract English football captain David Beckham's concentration in the ongoing World Cup, leading German newspaper 'Bild' called his family members - mother Sandra, sister Joanne and his two sons - by different names. According to The Sun, the Bild launched a 'vicious attack on Beckham's family' branding his sister 'fat', his mom having a smile of a 'peasant', and his two sons 'dwarfs'. Accusing Joanne of not being a "professional sister", the German paper reportedly said: "Dear me, she is chubby. Arms, bust, bum, all very British. Joanne is the sort of girl who drinks sangria on the beach in Majorca. And then dances on a table with her top off." About his mum, the paper said she had a peasant smile, and added: "Mama-ham, Sandra, 50 - the superstar mother with the peasant smile. Ex-hairdresser, a Robbie Williams fan. After the divorce from Beckham's dad Ted a kitchen fitter, she's single again." Following the German paper's 'vile' report, Beckham is said to be fuming but keeping a dignified silence. Strongly reacting to the Bild report, The Sun said: "Journalists at Bild produced their vile piece in an unsporting bid to unsettle England's bid for World Cup glory." Those close to the English skipper said that he was fuming but won't say anything publicly.

Jolie blocks Aniston's congratulatory call to Pitt

      London: Stay away from my lover! It seems that this is the message Angelina Jolie wants to give out to Jennifer Aniston, for she blocked her congratulatory call on the birth of their daughter, Shiloh. 'The Break Up' actress wanted to congratulate ex husband Pitt on the birth of his daughter, and wanted to show that she had no hard feelings towards her former spouse. But Jolie reportedly didn't let the call reach her lover and prevented him from taking the call. "She thought it was the right thing to do. But she couldn't get her call accepted. Jen thinks Angelina has changed Brad and made him as insensitive and uncaring as she is," Female First quoted a source, as telling Britain's Grazia magazine. "As far as Jen is concerned, not taking her phone call was the last straw. She had intended to be civilised and be nice but Brad and Angelina don't seem to want to do that," the source added.

Marilyn's unseen golf movie surfaces (Go To Top)

     Washington: A forgotten 1950s' home movie footage of actress Marilyn Monroe playing golf, which had been produced by a girl she had befriended, has surfaced. The screen icon lived with her husband with little Dolores Hope Massey and her family in California when they were first married. The girl, Massey who became "like a daughter" to Monroe is offering up eight-millimetre home movie footage to news channels in the US in the hope of showing the actress at her happiest. The never seen footage shows Monroe learning to play golf with DiMaggio and the Masseys. "Marilyn was an incredible person to be with... She was just like another mom to me. Massey admits she always knew of the existence of the candid footage, shot by her father, but she never thought it would interest anyone until a friend told her she should offer it to TV networks," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Connery scripted into Indiana Jones 4 (Go To Top)

      Melbourne: Screen icon Sir Sean Connery who supposedly retired from the movie business last year saying he can't take the "idiots" working in Hollywood, now has none other than George Lucas wanting him to join the cast of Indiana Jones 4. The 'Star Wars' director said that Connery is needed to reprise his role of Henry Jones, the wise-old dad of Indiana. Lucas, explained that Connery has been written into the script, so now it's just a matter of coaxing him into doing it. "I would love him to be in the next Indiana Jones...maybe I can push him into it. We are writing him in whether he wants to do it or not," Moviehole quoted Lucas as saying. Sean Connery was recently given a lifetime achievement award by the American Film Institute. Lucas gave a gushing tribute to the 72-year-old actor at the event. Director Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford were also present at the function.

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