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Washington, July 4 (ANI): Spider-Man has found life outside of comic-book pages, says an associate humanities librarian for Texas Tech University Libraries.

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) As U2 kicks off its world tour, the Irish rockers are turning a spotlight on Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Director Kabir Khan film Kambakht Ishq, starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor failed to open with a bang on the big screen.

New Delhi, July 03 (ANI): Dusky beauty Bipasha Basu is all set and raring to go for her forthcoming flick All the Best. Interacting with the media during the promotion of a shoe brand in New Delhi, the bong bombshell said that she really enjoyed shooting for the film.

London, July 3 (ANI): It's not just the women who worry about body image and are reluctant to bare it all, for men too feel uncool about stripping off, according to researchers.

Washington, Jul 4 (ANI): Late singer Michael Jackson's long-time costumers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush will be designing the burial suit the star will be buried in.

London, July 4 (ANI): Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, is apparently drawing up plans to gain custody of the children.

Washington, July 4 (ANI): Ryan O'Neal's son has slammed his estranged father after being denied permission to attend Farrah Fawcett's funeral on June 30.

New Delhi, July 4 (ANI): Late King of Pop Michael Jackson, who died of a suspected cardiac arrest last week, had reportedly employed a "day team and night team" of nannies to look after his eldest son Prince Michael.

London, July 4 (ANI): 'Led Zeppelin' have apparently been approached to alternate shows with Abba, and fill in for the 50-show run previously planned for Michael Jackson at London's O2 arena.

Film: 'Kabaddi'; Director: Narendra Babu; Cast: Naveen, Priyanka Naidu, Kishor, Dharma, Avinash and Ramesh; Music: Hamsalekha; Rating: ****

Film: 'Ice Age 3'; Directors: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier; Voices: Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Simon Pegg; Rating: ***1/2

Film: 'Kambakkht Ishq'; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor; Director: Sabbir Khan; Rating: ***

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) His father is a music legend and he too has carved a niche for himself as a Santoor player. Rahul Sharma, son of Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, is now all set to entertain music buffs with his new album 'A Meeting By The Nile', a fusion of Indian and Egyptian music.

Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) If the original cast of 'Short Kut - The Con Is On' would have remained intact, audiences would have seen Anil Kapoor playing the role that Akshaye Khanna now essays. Also, Arshad was a late entry into the project as he finally got the part written for Akshaye.

International fashion is still digging into the treasure trove that is India to seek fresh inspiration. The latest discovery seems to be the high-waisted British era gurkha shorts, also known as 'Bombay Bloomers'. New-age versions have popped up in various international fashion shows, including the recent Milan Menswear Fashion Week.

From creating the zippered sari to marrying a most eligible bachelor - former model Amar Bedi who has walked the ramp with actress Rekha - designer Rohini Bedi has had it good. Once based in Delhi, she moved to the US nearly 12 years ago, quitting her label Rohini Gopa, but she found her feet in far-flung Orange County, thanks to Indians and Indophiles who loved her designs.

One of the most cosmopolitan cities in West Asia, Dubai saw a reflection of this thriving multi-culturalism on the runway of the Dubai Fashion Fiesta 2009, presented by Emirates Vision.

Looks like all hands that hold scissors will now concentrate which fabric to cut rather than whose neck to snip. With the understanding reached between the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), Fashion Foundation of India (FFI) and the Fashion Design Promotion Council (FDPC), now it seems that more or less things are falling in place.

You read it here first. And now it is confirmed. Delhi will have only one fashion week. Though the tentative dates are out (see box), the name of the event and the sponsors are yet to be finalised. Sunil Sethi will be the director general of the Fashion Design Promotion Council (FDPC). Sumeet Nair will take care of the events for FDPC. Leena Singh will be a part of the governing council.