“Slumdog” child star gets a new home in Mumbai
Mumbai, July 4 (ANI): Azharuddin Ismail, child star of the Oscar-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire” got his new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb on Saturday. Ismail, who played the youngest Salim in the movie Directed by Danny Boyle, was exuberant about his newly allocated apartment.
Elephant rescued from a mud pit in Kerala
Wayanad, (Kerala) July 4 (ANI): Locals in Wayanad district of Kerala rescued an elephant from a mud pit on Saturday.
Lady Liberty statue reopened to freedom tourists
New York, July 4 (DPA) The first people in eight years to climb the narrow inner spiral up to the Statue of Liberty’s crown were seven US immigrant soldiers who became US citizens under sparkling skies Saturday morning on the US Independence Day.
Lady Liberty, which has greeted millions of immigrants to the US as they entered New York Harbour, welcomed visitors again following years of closure after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Penn to play Nazi hunting rockstar in new film
London, May 19 (IANS) Oscar winning actor Sean Penn is set to play a Nazi-hunting rockstar in a new movie.
The “Milk” star is in talks to headline Italian director Paolo Sorrentino’s first English-language film “This Must Be the Place” and is slated to play a wealthy, retired rocker who embarks on a quest to find the German officer who executed his father, reports contactmusic.com.
Hilton to name her kids after Beckhams
London, May 19 (IANS) Socialite heiress Paris Hilton is so fascinated by David and Victoria Beckham that she wants to name her children after the superstar couple.
Contactmusic.com reports that the controversial queen has become friends with the pair after dining with the former Spice Girl and her soccer star partner in California and she was so impressed by the British celebrities that she is planning to give her future babies the Beckham’s first names.
Is Mel Gibson’s girlfriend pregnant?
London, May 19 (IANS) Is Hollywood star Mel Gibson’s girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva pregnant with the couple’s first child?
The actor’s wife Robyn filed for divorce last month after 28 years of marriage amid rumours the actor had been dating the 39-year-old Grigorieva. Rumours are rife that Gibson has already told his estranged wife and their children that she is in her second trimester of pregnancy, reports thesun.co.uk.
Pitt brothers donate $600,000 to university
London, May 19 (IANS) Hollywood star Brad Pitt and his brother Doug have donated $600,000 to a university in Missouri to boost its sporting arena’s green credentials.
Contactmusic.com reports that the “Troy” star and his younger brother handed over the money to Drury University in their childhood city of Springfield to help the institution’s O’Reilly Family Event Center earn a Gold Leadership in Environmental Energy and Design (LEED) certification, making it the first arena in the US to land the eco-friendly title.
Resul Pookutty highlights plight of homeless children
Ghaziabad, May 19 (IANS) Post “Slumdog Millionaire” success, Oscar-award winner Indian sound designer Resul Pookutty is going places to highlight the plight of homeless kids.
Pookutty, who won an Oscar for best sound mixing for the Danny Boyle multiple award winning underdog drama, was here Tuesday to highlight the plight of homeless children in the capital, at Store 99, Pacific mall, in Vaishali, Ghaziabad.
