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What's on your iPod? I'm listening to DJ Armin Van Burren's soundtrack In and out of love.
What's your DVD pick? It's the new film Twilight that everyone is talking about.

Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the very outset had made it clear that the 15th Kolkata Film Festival will be a lukewarm affair due to the budget cut.

It's the mool mantra of celebrated artist Arpana Caur's life
Seven am to one noon. "It's the best time of the day for me, a creative period when I paint while listening to spiritual music...it's a nasha for me," artist Arpana Caur unleashes the visual imagery captured in the crevaces of her mind and creates a masterpiece.

City's RJ Satya is raising social awareness once again but in a style that's uber cool! It's bumper-to-bumper traffic and as we wind our way to work, oblivious to what song is playing on the radio, a certain programming twist on-air gets all our attention.

Sony's back with its spooksville. Starting Friday the 13th, the channel is bringing an all new series of the horror show Aahat. Launching on Friday, November 13, at 11 pm and every Fridays at 11.00 pm on Sony, the show aims to capture the inherent connection between the natural and the supernatural.

Corporate CallShe's one gal who has something up her sleeve. First, it was a line-up of her designer sarees, then we came to know of her 'flying' potential, then came PETA followed by brand ambassador-ship for Egypt tourism and finally, a gay rights activist.

Seven days, six teams and one gruelling SUV driving adventure series! Dangerous curves, sinking sand dunes, murky mud pits, rough terrains and lots more.

Acting on a complaint by Shruti Sharma, an aspiring actress, the Juhu police arrested a 40-year-old man on Tuesday evening for allegedly promising her roles in films in return for sexual favours.

The classic sari gets some quirky makeovers Back in the 1980s, when British designer Zandra Rhodes visited India to judge the Miss India contest, she reinvented the sari by giving it a crinoline skirt trim and adding arm holes to the pallu to let it slip through without having to worry about getting the drape right.

Seven decades after her father was killed in one of Stalin's concentration camps, Hungarian Marta Meszaros took centrestage at the Kolkata Film Festival, a cultural venture of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.

Abhishek Bachchan cannot stop raving about his father's performance in Paa When and how did you decide on doing Paa?Balki came to us with the script, which I have not read so far, and told us that I want you to play father and son.

The sound is Punjabi, but the setting & look of most Punjabi music videos is Western... When Bollywood wants to show you Punjab, they take you to fields with golden wheat, tractors, and girls in suits and flowing phulkari dupattas.

Oversized 'boyfriend' jackets, chunky watches, laced-up shoes...the 'masculine' look of the '80s is back in fashion The look is all over the place.

While she waits for her next Bollywood project, actor Rani Mukerji is hopeful that her small screen appearance will keep her visibility going  Those who know Rani Mukerji well, will vouch for the actor's irrepressible spirit and her witty one-liners.

A cause celebreIt was a night of merriment at the Grand Ballroom of Leela Kempinsky on Thursday as Alert-India, a volunteer organisation committed to the cause of leprosy control, celebrated 30 years of hard work.

The actor opens up about going back to past lives and about his future Bollywood projects Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka marks your second TV project, after Bigg Boss.

The Honorary Bronte Sister RecognitionVidya Balan at a Paa promotional eventVidya seems to be channelling a Victorian-era heroine in her attempt to move away from her boring old kurtas.

Arthur Dent is hitchhiking through the galaxy again, Dracula glides through the London fog once more, and Winnie the Pooh is back to toddling around the Hundred Acre Wood.

Gabbar on your jacket, Anarkali on the coffee table and filmi bric-a-brac everywhere. The market for Bollywood kitsch has something for everyoneBasanti is a sunny yellow Ambassador with a blockbuster star cast. She has a babe on her bonnet (Rekha, in Umrao Jaan finery, hand raised in an aadaab) and an angry young man on her luggage rack (Amitabh Bachchan as, but of course, the Coolie).

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