Cultural changes in attitude toward TV

August 8, 2014 0
In this image released by PBS, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Grantham, is shown in a scene from the second season on "Downton Abbey." (AP Photo/PBS, Carnival Film & Television Limited 2011 for MASTERPIECE, Nick Briggs)

NEW YORK (AP) — Manjula Stokes has twice sworn off television, once throwing a set off her deck in a fit over an ex-husband’s sports obsession. Now she’s a devotee of programs like “Downton Abbey,” ”Mad Men,” ”Survivor” and “Masters of Sex.”

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Criticism makes me work harder: Anil Kapoor

August 8, 2014 0

Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Actor-producer Anil Kapoor, whose career in the filmdom spans over three decades and who has garnered fame in Hollywood as well, says criticism motivates him to work harder and that’s why sometimes he waits for people to make fun of him or criticise him. The 57-year-old shared his thoughts while speaking at a panel discussion organised for the Hollywood film “The Gentleman’s Wager” here.

George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin post legal notice of Italy wedding

August 7, 2014 0
Director and actor George Clooney arrives at Omega's dinner party in Shanghai

Hollywood actor George Clooney and human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin have posted legal notice in London of their plan to marry in Italy, a spokesman for the borough of Kensington and Chelsea said on Thursday. News of the couple’s engagement was confirmed in April when Alamuddin’s legal practice in London issued a statement congratulating them. The banns, or formal notice of the wedding, were posted at Kensington and Chelsea Register office in southwest London from last month until Thursday, the spokesman said.

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I want to be paid highest in Hollywood, says martial arts champ Ronda Rousey

August 7, 2014 0

London, Aug 7 (ANI): ‘The Expendables 3’ star, Ronda Rousey, who’s also UFC women’s champion, confessed that she wishes to be the “highest paid star in Hollywood” eventually. The 27-year-old martial arts champ, who’s now trying her hand in acting business, told ESPN magazine that though she had never planned for Hollywood, if “The Rock” aka Dwayne Johnson could become world’s highest-grossing actor, so could she, the Mirror reported. Rousey, who’s starring alongside Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenneger and Mel Gibson in ‘The Expendables 3’, would also be seen in ‘Entourage’ and ‘Fast and Furious 7.’ The blonde beauty, who was the youngest Judo player to compete in Olympic Games in 2004, had become the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the martial art in 2008’s Games in Beijing.