Kerala Boatrace

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate the 57th edition of Nehru Trophy boat race, the country's biggest and popular water sporting event at Alappuzha in Kerala on August...

Polanski will be out of jail tomorrow

Filmmaker Roman Polanski is expected to be released from jail on Friday and put under house arrest, say Swiss authorities. The 76-year-old director has been in Swiss custody since his arrest in......

Switzerland regrets not arresting Polanski earlier

Switzerland has regretted not arresting Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski on his earlier visits to the country, a media report said. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf has claimed that......

Polanski refuses US extradition bid: Lawyer

Filmmaker Roman Polanski has refused to get extradited from Switzerland to the United States where he is wanted on charges of unlawful sex with a minor, even as the issue snowballed into an......

The 100 Best Films, RANKED

My exposure to cinema was by watching mainstream Hindi films, with occasional big budget Hollywood products thrown in. It was not until I was in my late teens that I was introduced to world cinema,......

PIX: Jessica Chastain, Irina Shayk in Cannes

American actress Jessica Chastain looked electrifying in her purple Givenchy gown that looked quite similar to Sharon Stone's cobalt number from a day earlier, as she attended the All Is Lost......

Mila Kunis top favourite for Fifty Shades role

Get your lowdown on what's going on in the world of Hollywood, right here!Mila Kunis, who was recently crowned as the Sexiest Woman Alive by men's magazine Esquire, has emerged as the front runner......

The Newsmakers of 2009

It's been a big year. From victories to deaths, 2009 has seen its share of headlines, some great and some depressing. Here's a look at the year's most......

Senna, Ali hog limelight at Cannes Film festival!

Three years after Senna, the hit film biography of the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, sporting documentaries about Jackie Stewart, Muhammad Ali and Pele are competing for attention at......

Prakash, Yuki advance in Chennai Open qualifiers

A few years back eminent filmmaker Roman Polanski couldn't enter the United States, even if it was to receive the much sought after Best Director Oscar. On Sunday, his namesake Peter Polansky was......