The starlet, who became the first Indian to feature on the cover of Playboy magazine, shares her experience.
It's like digging into a scrumptious chocolate croissant. Take out the sinful goodness of the rich Tom Cruise filling and you're left with only bland crumbs of bread.
A late three-pointer by Kevin Durant capped a dramatic fightback by the Oklahoma City Thunder as they pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of playoff elimination with a 103-100 win in Game Four on Saturday.
One of the reasons the film did not generate hyper interest was that it came a couple of decades after hugely successful films of the same type.
'The public are being told to consume more, even in China and India. A part of the global problem is being attributed to the saving patterns of people in Asia and we are being told that greater demand and consumption in BRIC countries can help ease the pain of the developed world,' says B S Prakash.
NBA players rejected the league's latest contract offer on Monday and will disband as a union, a move that could wipe out the entire NBA season with the sides taking their labour dispute into the court of law.
Bheja Fry 2 producer Mukul Deora talks about his film.
The fourth edition in the Pirates of the Caribbean series is all set to make new records at the box office.
Satya M Akula, co-founder and chief operating officer, Amyx, Inc and partner, New Angel Capital LLC, has taken over as president of The Indus Entrepreneurs, DC-chapter - the most influential Indian-American entrepreneur organisation in the country - for 2011.
Three weeks after Election Day the see-saw battle between Democrat Kamala Devi Harris and Republican Steve Cooley for the post of Attorney General of California came to an end on November 24 when Cooley conceded the race in perhaps one of the closest statewide elections in the history of this state.
For San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Devi Harris -- the first African-American and the first Indian-American to do so, who is seeking to create history by becoming California's first lady -- her mother is her mentor.
In a bid to further speed up student visas and offload Indian students' fiscal worries while studying in New Zealand, the country's High Commission in New Delhi has come up with the Funds Transfer Scheme.
Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has announced the launch of Next Big Idea, a business plan competition.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty and created a goal for Gonzalo Higuain to inspire Real Madrid to a lethargic but ultimately comfortable 3-0 La Liga win over Espanyol on Tuesday.
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion said it is hopeful that its dispute with India and the UAE over the issue of data security will be resolved successfully, but reiterated that it "cannot compromise the security architecture of its enterprise solution."
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There is little hope of any justice in the Bhopal gas leak case. If the tragedy and the shock its finale has created awaken us to work on newer laws on corporate responsibility and accountability, it would be a gain, writes Kandaswami Subramanian.
Iron Man 2 boosts the early summer season with a huge opening.
Base metals have recorded a sharp rise in prices as global demand picks up. Rising alongside are the share prices of the leading metal companies in the country like Sterlite, National Aluminium Company and Hindustan Zinc.
Two attorneys in San Francisco, Sheila Bapat and Neha Shah, and a writer/producer in Los Angeles, Saurabh Kikani, have formed South Asians for Kamala Harris to help get San Francisco District Attorney Harris elected as California's next attorney general.
Prosecutors said on Thursday they did not have enough evidence to charge boxer Mike Tyson over an altercation with a paparazzi photographer at Los Angeles airport in November. The photographer, who went to the hospital that day with a cut to his forehead, will also not be charged.
Analysts feel green shoots like recovery in economic growth and return of stability in the financial systems have led to a revival in confidence and risk appetites.
The 2008 hit vampire film walked away with best movie drama gong, while lead stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart won the best actor trophies.
Special Father's Day messages from our readers.
When acclaimed-director Ron Howard's Angels & Demons releases in India two weeks on May 29, audiences here will get their first taste of actress Ayelet Zurer.
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican in the adaptation of Angels & Demons, a prequel to the 2006 smash hit Da Vinci Code.
Taking immediate corrective action and lessons from the US experience would help in restoring investor confidence.
Expect markets to remain volatile as the poll dates come closer as well as if uncertainty prevails post-May 2009.
As much as the Oscar voters loved Slumdog Millionaire, the film could not have won eight Oscars including the best picture and best director nods had it not been a consistent box-office performer, Hollywood insiders say.
With two of the three Oscar-nominated songs being in Hindi and performed with colourful and vigorous Bollywood dances, and with Rahman invoking in Tamil a saying about divine greatness, the proceedings at times looked like a Bollywood event held in Los Angeles.
Major League Soccer (MLS) has given Los Angeles Galaxy a Friday deadline to resolve David Beckham's request for a permanent move to Italy's AC Milan, MLS said on Wednesday. Beckham, who joined the Galaxy midway through 2007, is on loan to Milan and has expressed his desire to stay in Serie A to help him in his bid to play one more World Cup with England in South Africa next year.
A Rand Corporation study on the November 26 terrorist attacks on Mumbai has concluded that India will remain a target of Pakistan-based terrorism for the foreseeable future because of the inability of New Delhi and the international community to compel Islamabad to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in that country.
Los Angeles Galaxy have rejected AC Milan's first offer for David Beckham, the Italian club's chief executive Adriano Galliani said on Saturday. The 33-year-old England midfielder is on loan at Milan until March 9 but has said he wants to stay with the Serie A team permanently.
Now fraudsters may log on as your "friend." How Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social networking sites are fighting a rise in scams
In a down economy, Qantas starts service of its perk-filled A380 aircraft.
Paramount Pictures which had a strong summer season -- with Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Kung Fu Panda -- is enjoying an extraordinary success with the multiple versions DVD sale of Iron Man. According to the box-office tracking The-numbers.com, the DVD sets grossed $93 million in North America in the first week.
The decision to go abroad for the MBA was made, but when the time came to decide where exactly to go, the number and variety of options was baffling me, to say the least!
Sun Pictures' and Atlantic Movies' Kadhalil Vizhundhen, directed by P V Prasad and starring Boys' Nakul, is a angsty romantic story that brings a lump into your throat and is definitely worth a watch.
Dr Mohinder Sambhi, a promiment California physician, who has spent his entire career teaching at American and Indian universities, has kicked in $2 million to the South Asia Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, in the hope that it will help catalyse an India Studies Center at this prestigious university that has produced several leading diplomats, policymakers and academics.
Yale and Harvard-graduate Saru Jayaraman, a professor and an advocate for low-wage restaurant workers, has been named to Crain's annual '40 under 40' list. She co-founding the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York to help former employees of Windows on the World get back to work after September 11, 2001. Her battles with powerful restaurateurs like 'Daniel Boulud' and 'Alan Stillman' have netted workers $5,80,000 in back pay.
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