“It will be the biggest star of the park,” said Mayor Elorde. “The villagers, of course, are very happy that they have been able to turn this dangerous crocodile from a threat into an asset.” But the 37,000 people who live in the region have been told not to rest on their laurels. Many other large crocodiles remain in the rivers and people have been told not to venture into marsh areas alone at n…
Sundance Film Festival 2012 started on Thursday night, January 19, in Park City ski resort, Utah. It will run until January 29, and it will have shows in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden. This 28th edition will introduce 117 feature films from 30 countries, including 45 first-timers (24 in competition) and 91 world premieres. Featured in four different competition categories are 58 individual…
China has become the world’s second-biggest movie market, after Japan lost the place, underscoring its importance as a key market for Hollywood’s moviemakers. China’s box office revenues surged 36% to $2.7 billion in 2012, the Motion Picture Association of America said. The surge came after China eased some restrictions on the number of foreign films allowed to be screened. In 2…
…lished the international reputation of Indian cinema. Yash Chopra started his film career working for his brother before establishing Yash Raj Films and going on to produce more than 40 movies – 12 of them as director. Yash Chopra was behind major hits including Deewar (Wall), Dil To Pagal Hai (Heart Is Mad) and Chandni (Moonlight). On his birthday last month, he said Jab Tak Hai (Till I am…
Walt Disney expects to lose $200 million on its new movie John Carter, making it one of the biggest flops in cinema history. The John Carter film, about a military captain transported to Mars, could result in an $80-120 million loss for Disney’s movie business during the current quarter. Disney shares fell 1% in after hours trading after the announcement. The company is still likely to make…
Ziona Chana, a man from India, has the largest family in the world. Ziona Chana, 67, has 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandchildren living under the same roof, in a house of 100 rooms. Their home is a four-storey house set in the village of Baktwang, state Mizoram, India. Even then, some of his wives sleep top-to-tail in communal dormitories. Ziona Chana doesn’t appear phased…
…napped in Mexico • Domino (2005) – Keira Knightley stars as a bounty hunter in LA. Panned by critics • Déjà Vu (2006) – A science fiction thriller starring Denzel Washington • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) – Denzel Washington and John Travolta play opposite each other in this terrorism-related thriller. • Unstoppable (2010) – Tony Scott again turned to Denzel Washington. The critics enjoyed it…
d the third biggest UK opening of all time. However, Skyfall failed to smash the record set by last year’s Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2. The final film in the wizard franchise, in 3D, took $35 million in its first weekend. It is also just behind Toy Story 3, which took $32.5 million in its opening weekend according to Screen Daily, although the animation also benefited from fo…
A coalition of 15 states, members of European Union, has announced plans to build the biggest telescope in the world. The mirror inside the telescope will measure 39 metres across – four times wider than today’s biggest telescope – and it will be so powerful that astronomers will even be able to observe dark, rocky planets far beyond our solar system. The European Southern Obser…
…device. “But ignoring the phone functionality, as far as the rest of the smart device goes it looks quite phenomenal.” Samsung was the most popular smartphone maker in 2012 accounting for 30.3% of all shipments, according to analysts at IDC. Its rival Apple – whose largest handset has a 4 in screen – came in second with a 19.1% market share….
The 69th Venice International Film Festival, organized by La Biennale di Venezia, has run at Venice Lido August 29th through September 8th, 2012, directed by Alberto Barbera. The aim of the Festival is to raise awareness and promote all the various aspects of international cinema in all its forms: as art, entertainment and as an industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. The Festival include…
Iron Man 3 has triumphed at the US box office, with the second biggest ever opening weekend in the US. Comic book sequel Iron Man 3, starring Robert Downey Jr., took an estimated $175.3 million across the weekend. Only 2012′s The Avengers, which united Iron Man with fellow Marvel characters, had a bigger opening, taking $207.4 million when it opened last May. Iron Man 3 is the final episode…
Ajay Rochester, former host of Australia’s Biggest Loser, has revealed she has gained a staggering 105 lbs. Ajay Rochester, who hosted the weight-loss television show for four series between 2006 and 2009, said in a radio interview that she makes daily trips to fast food restaurants and admitted she is eating herself to death. She was pictured on Tuesday picking up two Subway sandwiches and…
by just one pound. Danni Allen went from 238 lbs to 137 lbs, meaning that she lost 46.9% of her body weight, and 121 lbs in total. Jeff Nichols on the other hand shed a staggering 181 lbs, going from 388 lbs to 207 lbs. This meant he had lost 46.6% of his body weight. Had Jeff Nichols managed to drop just one more pound, the percentage of his body weight lost would have exceeded Danni Allen’s and…
Film studio Lionsgate announces that the final installment in bestselling book trilogy The Hunger Games will be split into two films. According to Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will be released in November 2014, with Part 2 to follow 12 months later. The film franchise is based on the teen science-fiction books by Suzanne Collins. The first movie, starring Jennifer Lawrence, smas…
Sundance Film Festival 2012 took place from Thursday, January 19 to Sunday, January 29 in Park City, Utah. The 28th edition of the festival presented about 118 independent films from 30 countries, including 45 first-timers (24 in competition) and 91 world premieres. Featured in four different competition categories were 58 individual films. Parker Posey was the host of the closing awards ceremony…
The 65th Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes) opens today on the French Riviera with US director Wes Anderson’s film Moonrise Kingdom. Wes Anderson’s movie, which stars Bill Murray, is one of the 22 movies selected to compete for the festival’s biggest prize, the Palme d’Or. However, the celebrations have been marred by criticism that no female directors will be in competit…
ns, saying Deanna Durbin died “a few days ago”. In 1947 Deanna Durbin was the highest-paid star in the United States. But she retired from the business the following year when she was just 27. Deanna Durbin made her film debut in the 1936 MGM short Every Sunday, in which she appeared alongside Judy Garland. Deanna Durbin was one of Hollywood’s biggest box-office stars in the 193…
…8220;If you aimed this at Downing Street they would be down instantly,” he said. “They would be completely off the internet.” Steve Linford added: “These attacks are peaking at 300 gb/s (gigabits per second). “Normally when there are attacks against major banks, we’re talking about 50 gb/s.” Spamhaus is able to cope, the group says, as it has highly distri…
…ready to unveil at the show. Besides Asus, other Taiwanese computer manufacturers, such as Acer and Micro Star International, have said that they will demonstrate products running Windows 8. Computex 2012 organizer, The Taipei Computer Association, said that the convertible notebook-tablet computers will be the “reinforced battle power of Windows 8″. The new operating system is touch-…
e National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s storm scale of “severe” and “extreme”, space weather centre physicist Doug Biesecker said. This storm is the strongest for radiation since May 2005. The radiation – in the form of protons – came flying out of the sun at 93 million miles per hour. “The whole volume of space between here and Jupiter is just filled with protons and…
…vision, was welcomed by her cabinet and Argentine governors. Spain and the EU have already expressed concern at such a state takeover of YPF, in which Repsol has a 57.4% stake. Shares in YPF fell some 18% on Wall Street following the announcement. YPF has come under sustained criticism from the Argentine government, which accuses it of failing to invest enough in local oil fields. Argentina has d…
Astronomers say the moon will go “super” this weekend, but that will mean bad news for the meteor shower watchers. The Super Moon, or the year’s biggest full moon, will delight all on 5th of May, 2012, starting from 23:35 EST (or 03:35 GMT on May 6th). Even though the moon will be at its biggest for just a few hours, the full moon will appear to last for a full three days starting on 4th Ma…
Lottery officials has announced that three ticket holders have got all six numbers in the $640 million Mega Millions lottery draw – putting them in line to receive $154 million each as a lump sum. Lottery players in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas hold winning tickets, according to lottery organizers. The winning numbers were 46, 23, 38, 4 and 2, while the Mega ball was 23 in last night’…
The draw for the biggest lottery jackpot in world history took place Friday night place, as Americans bought 1.5 billion Mega Millions tickets in the hope of landing the $640 million prize. The numbers drawn on Friday night were 2, 4, 23, 38, 46, Mega Ball 23. Forty-two states took part in the draw. It emerged two hours after the draw that at least one person will lay his hands on the jackpot, a…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
Rome: Thousands rally to oppose Italy's austerity measuresThousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy’s new coalition government. Wielding red flags and placards, they urged…
Pope Francis condemns money cult in his first major speech on financial crisisIn his first major speech on the financial crisis, Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the "cult of money" and to do more for the poor. Free market economics had…
Steven T. Miller: Acting IRS commissioner resigns over targeting conservative groups for special scrutinyActing head of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Steven T. Miller has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President…
France enters its second recession in four years France has entered its second recession in four years after the economy shrank by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The country’s economy…
Nawaz Sharif claims victory in Pakistani parliamentary electionsFormer Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is celebrating with his supporters, amid early signs that his party will be the largest after parliamentary elections. Media…
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