London, Dec 31 – American comedienne and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been named woman of the year by animal rights organisation, People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), for promoting a lifestyle which is friendly to nature.
Tim Gunn, who appears on fashion programme ‘Project Runway’ in the US, was named man of [...]
London, Dec 31 – British actor Tim Roth is urging movie bosses to resurrect ‘The Incredible Hulk’ for a sequel, because he would love to reprise his role for a second instalment in the comic book blockbuster franchise.
Roth tackled Edward Norton as the green giant in the 2008 movie and the star admits he has [...]
Islamabad, Dec 31 – The UN said Thursday it was planning to temporarily relocate some of its international staff out of Pakistan to ’safer places’ due to security reasons.
Ishrat Rizvi, the UN information officer here, said ’some percentage’ of the organization’s foreign workers will be relocated to other countries in accordance with the ‘re-alignment of [...]
Kolkata, Dec 31 – The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and the city police seem on a collision course over fixing responsibility for the Dec 24 light fiasco during the India-Sri Lanka one dayer at the Eden Gardens.
While CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya virtually rubbished the report of a seven-member committee probing the matter, saying it [...]
London, Dec 31 – Singer Rihanna has made new year resolutions to give up all bad habits.
The Barbados beauty, who had a difficult 2009 after being assaulted by then-boyfriend Chris Brown in February, plans to get rid of as many of her bad habits as possible next year, reports fashion.ie.
‘I want to stop shopping, being [...]
Washington, Dec 31 – AT&T announced Thursday that it is to end its sponsorship deal with scandal-tainted golfer Tiger Woods.
‘We are ending our sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods and wish him well in the future,’ the company said in a statement.
Accenture and Gillette have already pulled out of sponsorship deals with Woods after he admitted [...]
Brussels, Dec 31 – A total of 137 journalists were killed in 2009, one of the most lethal years for media workers on record, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Thursday.
The Brussels-based organization said that 113 of the journalists had fallen victim to targeted killings, overshadowing the decrease to 109 killed in 2008.
IFJ President [...]
London, Dec 31 – Music star Simon Cowell has confessed he is envious of the success of popular US animated series ‘The Simpsons’ and says he wants to create a rival show.
Cowell, who earned an estimated $75 million in 2009, has revealed despite being a fan of the animated series, he is jealous of its [...]
Islamabad, Dec 31 – Pakistan said Thursday that the US-led international forces should not leave war-torn Afghanistan until the country was strong enough to take care of itself.
‘As a matter of fact what we say is that a hasty withdrawal would not be desirable,’ the country’s foreign ministry spokesman Abdul Basit told a press briefing [...]
New Delhi, Dec 31 – As a New Year gift, the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Thursday declared that it will provide free education to prisoners henceforth.
‘All jail inmates in the country will now be able to access free and quality education according to their choice,’ a senior administrator of IGNOU said.
In a notice [...]
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