Miss Venezuela becomes Miss Universe 2008
Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza has won the Miss Universe pageant. The 22 years old stunner beats runners-up from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Russia & Mexico to clinch the diamond-studded golden crown.
Miss Universe 2008: Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza.
1st Runner Up: Taliana Vargas (Columbia).
2nd Runner Up: Marianne Cruz Gonzalez (Dominican Republic).
3rd Runner Up: Vera Krasova (Russia).
4th Runner Up: Elisa Najera (Mexico).
Judge orders Google to give YouTube user data to Viacom
U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. & other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than amateur clips. Judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips & when.
The data would not be publicly released but disclosed only to the ….
Chandrakant Gokhale passes away
Chandrakant Gokhale, Veteran actor, passed away in a private hospital following a cancer in Pune on Friday. He was 87 years old. He was died at 8: 45 a.m. on Friday.
Gokhale acted in 68 Marathi & 16 Hindi films besides 64 Marathi plays & several Marathi TV serials over a span of 75 years.
He remained active despite illness & featured in this year’s award winning Marathi film “Walu”.
Saif-Kareena will attend Shahrukh’s reality show
Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor will make a special appearance on Shah Rukh Khan’s “Kya Aap Panchvi Pass Se Tez Hai”. The very much in love couple will attend Bollywood Badshah’s pathshala to test their intelligence. The episode will be telecast on Saturday & promises to be a complete riot.
This couple will also share some of the secrets about their much talked about relationship during the episode. The classmates also had a rollicking time with the celebrity couple. Saif ….
54th National Film Awards announced
The country’s most prestigious film awards, the National Film Awards for the year 2006 have been announced in Delhi on Tuesday & Sanjay Dutt starrer “Lage Raho Munnabhai” has bagged the maximum number of four awards. Among the big winners was Pulijanmam, Priyanandan’s Malayalam film. It bagged the National Award for Best Film.
Details:
Best Film: Pulijanmam.
Best Hindi Film: Khosla Ka Ghosla.
Most Popular Film: Lage Raho Munnabhai.
Best Director: Madhur Bhandarkar for Traffic Signal.
Best Actor: Soumitra Chatterjee for Podokkhep.
Best Actress: Priyamani for Poruthiveeran.
Best ….
Legendary songwriter Bo Diddley passes away
Legendary rock-and-roll singer & songwriter Bo Diddley has passed away on Monday (IST) in Florida. He was 79 years old. Accoring to reports, Diddley died of heart failure on Monday. He had suffered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa.
Doctors said that the stroke affected his ability to speak & he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation. Diddley was known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses & black hat.
His ….
Oscar winning actress Tatum O’Neil arrested on drug charges
Tatum O’Neil an Oscar winning actress has been arrested on drugs charges. The 44 years old actress was seen buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan yesterday.
Tatum O’Neal, daughter of actor Ryan O’Neal, became the youngest person to win an Oscar for her role in 1973’s Paper Moon. She chronicled her struggles with addiction in her memoir A Paper Life.
Upon her arrest, Tatum is believed to have pleaded with police, saying: “Can’t we just forget about this?”
50 Cent accused of trying to kill ex-girlfriend, son
Curtis James Jackson III better known as 50 cent an American rapper has been accused by his ex-girlfriend of trying to kill her & his own son. Ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins said that the singer tried to kill them in a fire, which has burned his mansion to the ground. The 31 years old & her 10 years old son Marquise were at the 1.2 million pounds home in Dix Hills, New York State, when it erupted in flames on Friday ….
Read More: 50 Cent accused of trying to kill ex-girlfriend, sonFashion icon Yves Saint Laurent passes away
Yves Saint Laurent an International fashion icon passed away on Sunday night at his home in Paris. He was 71 years old. Saint Laurent was the last of an era of fashion designers that included Coco Chanel & Christian Dior, for whom Saint Laurent worked until Dior’s death in 1957.
Saint Laurent’s became synonymous with the glamour of the Paris catwalk and the elegance of haute couture. Saint Laurent was born on August 1, 1936, in Oran, Algeria. After winning ….
“Carol Burnett” star Harvey Korman passes away
Harvey Korman the Legendary comedic actor has passed away on Friday (IST). He was 81 years old. The actor, possibly best known for his stint on the “The Carol Burnett Show” & in the film “Blazing Saddles”, died at UCLA Medical Center after suffering complications from the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm four months ago.
Burnett was devastated by the news, but she has not yet released a statement. He is survived by his wife & four children
Sanjay Dutt & Manyata’s marriage is valid
A Mumbai session court has on Monday overruled the previous order by a lower court & upheld Sajay Dutt & Manyata’s marriage. The lower court had earlier ruled that Manyata had not obtained a divorce from her first husband –Meeraj-ur-Rehman–& therefore could not marry Sanjay Dutt. Mumbai Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Meraj, who is Manyata’s ex-husband, asking for take Sanjay-Manyata’s marriage as illegal.
Contrary to the lower court’s ruling Mumbai sessions court has declared their marriage valid. ….
Director Sydney Pollack passes away
Hollywood Producer-director Sydney Pollack passed away on Monday local time at his home in Los Angeles. He was 73 years old. The cause of death was cancer, said a representative of the family. Pollack’s illness came to public attention after he withdrew in August 2007 as the director an HBO television movie for unspecified health reasons.
Among Mr. Pollack’s survivors are daughters, Rachel & Rebecca & his wife, Claire Griswold, who was once among his acting students. The couple married in ….
Bollywood financier Jhamu Sugandh passed away
Well known Bollywood financier & producer Jhamu Susandh has passed away on Monday in Mumbai following cardiac arrest. Family members said that he was rushed to the Life Criticare Hospital in Juhu following breathing problems. He passed away a little later around noon.
Jhamu Sugandh had produced movies like Filhaal, Aks, Chachi 420 & Rangeela. His company Jhamu Sugandh Productions also produced non-commercial movies like Buddhadeb Dasgupta’s Kaalpurush & Earth.
Bhojpuri actor Manoj Tiwari attacked for supporting Raj Thackeray
Manoj Tiwari the Bhojpuri actor & singer had been stoned in Bihars Nalanda district after he voiced support to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, police said today. Tiwari faced a hostile crowd during his musical programme on Friday night at the Nalanda College in Biharsharief, the district headquarters of Nalanda, about 90 km from Patna.
The MNS anti-north Indian campaign in Mumbai & other places in Maharashtra in February had sparked incidents of violence against migrants from Bihar ….
Kailash Kher got engaged
Kailash Kher got engaged to Sheetal Bhan, who is the niece of social worker & movie director Ashok Pandit & is daughter of an employee in ONGC.
The girl was selected by parents of Kailash Kher, who is currently busy in taking auditions of contestants for the Indian Idol Show.
Jessica Alba marries long-time boyfriend Cash Warren
Jessica Alba & her fiance Cash Warren quietly got married on Monday afternoon. They were married in the Beverly Hills courthouse’s ceremony room under an arch of green silk foliage & white flowers. They were casually dressed, with Alba wearing a long blue dress & her hair back in a ponytail.
Jessica & Cash arrived a courthouse in Beverly Hills around 11:30 AM and were married ….
Nitin Mukesh gets Lata Mangeshkar Award in MP
Nitin Mukesh a noted playback singer was conferred with Lata Mangeshkar Award by Madhya Pradesh government at an impressive function in Indore. Instituted by the department of culture, the Award carries a cash prize of Rs two lakh & a citation. The award was handed over to the singer by state culture, mines & public relation minister Laxmikant Sharma on Monday in Indore.
Nitin Mukesh is the 24th recipient of the prestigious award instituted in honour of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, ….
George Takei will marry Brad Altman in California
George Takei has announced that he & his longtime partnet Brad Altman will marry this summer in California. This announcement, like that from talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, comes on the heels of the California Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage is now legal.
George Takei has written in his blog, “He is my love & I can’t imagine life without him. Now, we can have the dignity, as well as all the responsibilities, of marriage”.
Dennis Farina arrested for loaded gun at Los Angeles airport
Dennis Farina a Hollywood actor has been arrested after gun found in his luggage at Los Angeles on Sunday local time. Dennis Farina was charged with a felony Sunday at Los Angeles International Airport after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on luggage.
A senior official of Police said that when the weapon was found at a security checkpoint, the 64 years old Dennis Farina said that he had forgotten the .22-caliber handgun was in his luggage.
Farina was booked for ….
Joyce “Dottie” Rambo killed in bus crash
Joyce “Dottie” Rambo a gospel songwriter killed after the bus she was in ran off a road in southwest Missouri & struck an embankment on Sunday (IST). Rambo was 74 years old. Rambo, of Nashville, Tenn., killed in the crash about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44.
Seven other people in the bus were injured & were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries. It was unclear if the accident which occured about 12:00 pm on ….