Former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage firmly denied making any such threat.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm used to ranting about the results. However, this year the Academy's likely winners and my who-should-win picks are uncannily mirroring each other, a fact displayed in this list of the nominees. The Academy picks are marked by the [A] sign, my picks are marked by the [R] sign.
The Westerner may just grab some Oscar nominations.
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A Marvel film so good it makes all the others feel like a prologue, gushes Raja Sen. (Also, stay for the two end-credit scenes.)
Penpix of the New Zealand squad for the cricket World Cup which they will co-host with Australia.
'As I became a citizen of the United States of America, I knew I was supposed to be shedding my Indian citizenship, but at the end of the day, Mera dil hai Hindustani,' says Roopa Unnikrishnan, Rhodes Scholar, Commonwealth Gold Medalist and Arjuna Award winner.
On his first visit to India, former three-time NBA champion Brian Shaw talks of potential that Indian youngsters possess to make the cut in the NBA and shares his views on the sensational Stephen Curry and his partnership with Shaqueille O'Neal.Norma Godinho/Rediff.com listens in.
The DVDs have a cool range of extras as well.
Nick Dougherty fired a two-under-par 68 to forge one shot clear in the US Open first round.
Bollywood's Badshah turns 50 on November 2, and it's time to celebrate his life and movies.
Golden Globe winners The Descendants and The Artist lead with maximum number of nominations.
Pepsi, who was all set to become the official sponsor of the upcoming India-New Zealand series may now lose the opportunity.
The film will soon get a new release.
Wrestling komodo dragons, ethereal egrets and thirsty squirrels are amongst some of the incredible images captured for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
'The government's proposal to store citizens' data including Aadhaar data under its Digital India initiative on cloud is violative of the citizens' human rights because the cloud is admittedly beyond India's jurisdiction.'
Aseem Chhabra celebrates 40 years of the prestigious Telluride Film Festival.
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The ATP issued the latest men's tennis rankings on Monday and the top 10 list remains unchanged with Serbian tennis ace Novak Djokovic still leading the rankings.
The King's Speech and Black Swan aren't the only great work they've done.
An expected reduction in import duty for such devices in the coming budget session is expected to almost halve the prices of PNDs that currently sell for around Rs 20,000 on an average -- the import duty of over 30 per cent accounting for a major chunk of the cost.
My Name Is Khan is a film that will have the galleries cheering and making sure there aren't many dry eyes in the house.
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The film won rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Here's looking at the winners of the 83rd Annual Academy Awards