The Berlin Film Festival will open on February 11 with Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar! This will be the second time that the Brothers will get the opening night Red Carpet honour. In 2011, their True Grit — an American Western, based on Charles Portis’ novel with the same title, opened Berlin. True Grit was first adapted to the screen in 1969 with John Wayne playing the lead. Hail Caesar! has […]
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees, according to survivors and soldiers at […]
If you did check my blog because you love dogs, say hello to Rocko, a Great Dane hoping to set the Guinness World Record as the tallest dog in the world. Only two-years-old, Rocko is already 7-feet-tall and weighs about 167-pounds, according to reports. “We had no idea he was going to be this freakishly large,” says Jessica Williams, Rocko’s human, on the CCTVNews Facebook page. She and her boyfriend […]
Former One Direction band member Zayn Malik has released the first song from his debut solo album ‘Mind of Mine’. Malik released the video of his song titled ‘Pillowtalk’ from the album, reports mirror.co.uk.”‘Pillowtalk’ is so pure, so dirty and raw,” Sunday Times Culture magazine quoted Malik as saying. “I think I’m pretty black and white about what it’s about. Everybody has sex, and it’s something people want to hear […]
Colombian superstar Shakira’s hit song “Waka Waka” has passed the one billion views milestone on YouTube. The official 2010 FIFA World Cup theme has helped Shakira become only the third Latin artist to achieve the impressive feat, following in the footsteps of Bruno Mars and his “Uptown Funk” collaboration with Mark Ronson, and Enrique Iglesias and his 2014 single “Bailando”. “Wow! Waka Waka now has more than a BILLION views! […]
A statuette of Lord Hanuman is among few items that US President Barack Obama always carries in his pocket and seeks inspiration from whenever he feels tired or discouraged. President disclosed this on a YouTube interview which the White House scheduled as a way to reach younger audiences as it promotes Obama’s final State of the Union address on Tuesday. Asked to show off an item of personal significance during […]
Travel: How a trip to Dharali changed my life For many months, the following words of Zen Master Eihei Dogen had been reverberating intermittently in my ears: ‘From time immemorial, the mountains have been the dwelling place of all the great sages. Wise ones and sages have all made the mountains their own chambers, their own body and mind, and through these wise ones and sages, the mountains have been […]
The Revenant has triumphed at this year’s Golden Globes, winning the night’s most coveted prize for best dramatic film. Leading man Leonardo DiCaprio won best actor in a drama, while Alejandro G Inarritu won for its direction. Ridley Scott hit The Martian was named best comedy or musical film, winning a further Globe for star Matt Damon. Room star Brie Larson was named best actress in a drama, while Jennifer […]
Throughout your life, periodically, two questions will haunt you: Who am I? Why am I here? I have found that these two questions become more distinguished as you get older. Why, because we are beginning to understand the significance of our mortality. But sometimes all we need to do is change our minds. This Mindshift video drills into you, “There is nothing more powerful than a changed mind.” By changing […]
The man threatening Britain in the latest Islamic State video – dubbed “New Jehadi John” – is suspected to be ,Siddhartha Dhar a British Indian who converted to Islam and moved to Syria in 2014. However, there is no official confirmation of his identity yet. His sister, Konika Dhar, told the media on Monday that if indeed the man is her brother, “I am going to kill him myself. He […]
