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Gay and proud: When the world turned into a rainbow

Rainbows and signs with messages of love dotted parade routes around the world as millions took part in gay pride events from Toronto to San Francisco to Seoul. In the United States, pride parades......

Rushdie receives knighthood from British Queen

Controversial India-born British author Salman Rushdie was knighted by the Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday for his "services to literature." Muslims around the world had condemned the award when it......

Hamlet chosen Shakespeare's best play

Hamlet has been voted Shakespeare's finest play in a poll conducted by the Royal Shakespeare Company among its actors and actresses.The play beat King Lear into second place and Antony and......

Anti-war activists set for showdown with Blair

The only Indian whose name appears in a published list of more than 300 London luminaries opposed to the war against Iraq says he has a passion to change the world 'by creating a better world' for......

Sea link: Traffic jam on Day One!

The Bandra-Worli sea link, which was just thrown open for public, on Wednesday experienced huge traffic snarls with vehicles moving at a snail's pace on the bridge. "There was traffic congestion......

Johnny Depp moving to Suffolk?

Johnny Depp is rumoured to be moving to an English village. The Pirates of the Carribean star was seen at a pub in at Rougham, Suffolk. Locals also admitted that they saw him driving a white van......

PIX: Sir Ian McKellen, Sonam Kapoor inaugurate 7th Kashish Film Festival

It's been a whirlwind trip in India for Sir Ian McKellen, who celebrated his 77th birthday on May 25. The Lord Of The Rings (Gandalf) and X-Men (Magneto) actor is on the first leg of his......

Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen in Da Vinci Code!

Sir Ian McKellen (who played Gandalf in Lord Of The Rings) has reportedly signed up for the movie version of Dan Brown's bestseller, Da Vinci Code, to be directed by Ron Howard.According to Fox......

It's a sweep for 1917 at Baftas!

IMAGE: Callum McDougall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns and Jayne-Ann Tenggren with their awards for Outstanding British Film for 1917. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Sam......

Pix: When Magneto met Aamir

If you are not a Hollywood buff, the name Sir Ian McKellen might not ring a bell. But Magneto of X-Men fame? Or Gandalf of The Lord Of The Rings? Aah! Now, that's a different story, isn't it? But......

What Was Sonam Kapoor Doing At Wimbledon?

IMAGE: Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and her husband Anand Ahuja at the Wimbledon men's final. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sonam Kapoor/Instagram In an extraordinary showdown, 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz......

First Look: Indian umpires at US Open 2009

It is not only the Indian players who are creating a flutter at the US Open, but also umpires from the country, who seem to be everywhere at Flushing Meadows. There are five umpires of Indian......