Month: October 2014

Exclusive – Amazon buys comedy service Rooftop Media to expand digital content

October 27, 2014 0
Two freshly delivered Amazon boxes are seen on a counter in Golden, Colorado

By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is buying online comedy service Rooftop Media, a small deal that underscores the Internet retailer’s broader ambition of becoming a media and entertainment powerhouse. Amazon is persisting in buying content to round out its service, with designs to take on Netflix Inc and other online digital media services. Audible founder and Chief Executive Donald Katz said in a statement on Monday the company had been attracted by Rooftop’s content as well as its pool of comic talent. The company’s media partners include Apple Inc and Yahoo, and it also works with streaming services such as Sirius XM, Spotify and Pandora.

Pentagon isolates soldiers, nurse quarantined in N.J. to go home

October 27, 2014 0
NJPD officer patrols inside the University Hospital where a nurse is hold in isolation for Ebola symptoms in Newark, New Jersey

The decision by the Pentagon goes well beyond previously established military protocols and came just as the White House pushed to roll back steps by U.S. Dozens more will be isolated in the coming days as they rotate out of West Africa, where the military has been building infrastructure to help health authorities treat Ebola victims, the Pentagon said.

Govts must not deter Ebola workers, quarantine must be rational – U.N

October 27, 2014 0
U.N. Ebola mission chief Anthony Banbury (on Screen) speaks to members of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on the Ebola crisis at the U.N. headquarters in New York

Governments must avoid doing anything to deter desperately needed health workers from coming to West Africa to fight Ebola, the head of the U.N. mission battling the virus said on Monday, adding that quarantine decisions must not be based on hysteria. “Decisions (on quarantine) should be based on science and fact and not hype and hysteria and decisions should be taken in a way that will promote the most rapid, effective response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa possible,” Anthony Banbury, head of the U.N. Ebola Emergency Response Mission (UNMEER), told Reuters.

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What Bollywood Heroines Can Learn From Alia Bhatt

October 27, 2014 0

She may be the newest kid on the block, but Alia Bhatt sure knows how to keep the media and audiences interested in her. The spunky SOTY star can teach a lesson or two to Bollywood’s leading ladies. Here are five such gems the Deepikas and Katrinas can pick up from the Bhatt babe. Read on…

It’s okay to laugh at yourself:

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Team Action Jackson on the finale of Kaun Banega Crorepati

October 27, 2014 0

The most popular game show on TV- Kaun Banega Crorepati is all set to bid farewell once again with the season wrapping up next month. The eight season of the show was launched on Sony Entertainment Television on 17 August.

And to make the finale a grand affair, the team of the upcoming Action Jackson will be present to play the game. Actors Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha and Prabhudheva will be present in the finale.

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SRK wants PM Modi to see Happy New Year

October 27, 2014 0

Among the many delightful moments that Happy New Year (HNY) showcased, one of them certainly was a snapshot of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s look alike lending his support to Team Indiawaale and asking people to vote for them. Interestingly, SRK met PM Modi a couple of days back at an event in the city and pictures of them engaged in a conversation soon started doing the rounds in media.

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Abhishek's fanbase makes dad Bachchan proud

October 27, 2014 0

Amitabh Bachchan gets a sea of fans at his doorstep every Sunday, but he felt a unique sense of pride when he saw his son Abhishek’s well wishers.

Since years, the Big B steps out of the closed doors of his house to greet his fans in Mumbai every Sunday. This time, there was a double bonanza with Abhishek accompanying him as well.