WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress’ deep reservations about President Barack Obama’s push to train and arm vetted Syrian rebels were on full display Thursday as Democrats and Republicans on a Senate panel grudgingly backed the administration’s plan.
By Ronald Grover and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp intends to wind down Xbox Entertainment Studios, a source familiar with its plans said, becoming the first major tech company to give up on making original shows in a battle for the living room couch. The studio, set up in 2012 under then-Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, said in April it had committed to several projects including “Humans,” a drama co-produced with UK broadcaster Channel 4, and “Halo,” a digital feature based on the best-selling Xbox game. Hollywood director and producer Ridley Scott is making “Halo” and it will survive the cutback, according to the source familiar with Microsoft’s plans who was not authorized to speak on the record. Microsoft was among several tech companies that raced to add original TV-like content after the release in February 2013 of Netflix Inc’s “House of Cards,” a political thriller that built buzz for streaming video and earned the first Emmy nominations for a show delivered exclusively online.
Elaine Stritch, a husky-voiced actress whose performances over six decades lit up New York’s Broadway and London’s West End and brought a touch of the profane to the stage with her brassy personality, died on Thursday at age 89. Stritch, who also had Emmy-winning roles on the television shows “30 Rock” and “Law & Order,” died at home in Birmingham, Michigan, a suburb of her native Detroit, from natural causes, her spokesman said. Stritch worked with some of the stage’s greatest composers – from Noel Coward, who called her Stritchie, to Stephen Sondheim, who wrote what became her signature song, the show-stopping “The Ladies Who Lunch,” from the 1970 musical “Company.” Her performances were not the only things that made Stritch a Broadway legend. In a May 2013 interview with actor Alec Baldwin, Stritch agreed with his assessment that she was a “legendary pain in the ass.” She played the mother of Baldwin’s “30 Rock” character, TV network boss Jack Donaghy.
Just when we thought no genre is left to be explored by Ram Gopal Varma, he surprised us all over again by coming up with the unexplored “erotica” genre in his upcoming film ‘XES‘.
Ram Gopal Varma unveiled the exclusive first look posters of his upcoming film ‘XES‘ on Facebook followed by a caption “Ever since I have started my career I have done films in almost every conceivable genre as in ‘Shiva’ (2006) (student politics), ‘Rangeela‘ (love story), ‘Bhoot‘ (horror), ‘Satya‘ (gangster), ‘Daud‘ (caper), ‘Sarkar‘ (2005) (Drama), ‘Kaun‘ (psychological thriller), ‘Attacks of 26/11’ (terrorism) to name a few.. But one genre that I have never tried my hand at is Erotica… I primarily decided to now do films in genres I have never done before and ‘XES‘ will be the first Hindi film I am going to do in my attempt to travel in that direction…”
Through ‘XES‘, he will be exploring the facet of the human mind to its upper limit by placing an assortment of characters in six different sexual situations which will be all connected through one central story line. In an erotically charged atmosphere, the film will bring out the emotions of guilt, betrayal, helplessness, embarrassment, hurt and above all empathy.
Now going by the ‘XES‘ title’s reverse, it is but obvious that the film will be bold enough to turn the heads around. Hope, this genre will prove RGV’s comeback to the success!
Los Angeles, July 18 (IANS) Mixed Martial Arts expert Ronda Rousey, who stars in “Expendables 3”, says Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone took her under his wings and helped her sail through the film’s shoot. “The Expendables 3” is gearing up for release in August, and recalling the time when she was cast by Stallone, she confessed that when she felt clueless about what she was doing and was confused, the veteran actor came to her rescue. The world premiere of ‘The Expendables 3’ will take place in London.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Prospects for action on the nation’s border crisis faded Thursday as lawmakers traded accusations rather than solutions, raising chances that Congress will head out for its summer recess without doing anything about the tens of thousands of migrant children streaming into South Texas.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans chastised the Justice Department on Thursday for failing to share information with Congress about its investigation into the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service. Lawmakers called anew for a special prosecutor to look into the matter.
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Barack Obama announced a new program Thursday to attract more private money to help pay to build new roads and bridges as he criticized Congress for refusing to approve a more lasting source of funding.
Working in the action genre is like a child’s play for our action king Akshay Kumar. He has been loved by one and all for it and the star is going to play with it again. Akshay Kumar is soon going to team up with Siddharth Raj Anand for an out and out action-thriller, reportedly. Currently, the director Siddharth is busy filming for Hrithik Roshan, Katrina Kaif starrer upcoming ‘Bang Bang!‘. Nevertheless, Siddharth has started working on plans for this action-thriller.
The director narrated to Akshay and the star instantly gave a nod to it. The shooting of this action-flick is expected to take place around the world, as per the report. Akshay will be working with Siddharth for the first time in this film. Siddharth earlier was known to direct romantic films, but this time he has donned a different hat by helming a high-octane action-drama like ‘Bang Bang!‘. It seems like the director has loved the genre and is keen to taking it further with his action-thriller with Khiladi Kumar.
Even though she hails from the small-town of Himachal, Kangana Ranaut possesses an excellent fashion sense. She is the favourite actress of the critical style-gurus, who know to carry off clothes with utmost elegance. Therefore, these all things make her perfect to be the face of Myntra.com’s new range, Dressberry.
Dressberry is the exclusive range by Myntra, meant for the girls of today’s time. It has the beautiful collection of apparels like tops, skirts, pants, and jackets along with accessories at a reasonable price.
As per the sources, Kangana readily agreed to endorse the brand, as she herself liked the Dressberry collection. She found those apparels to carry off “fun, flirty and feminine” attitude with it. She believes that brands like Myntra will help the girls and women of small towns to stay in fashion.
Earlier, Myntra had roped Ranveer Singh to endorse the macho and rugged Roadster collection.
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