Hollywood star Julia Roberts says optimism and a sense of humour are the keys to looking beautiful. The 44-year-old actress, who is married to cameraman Danny Moder, said she always feels better about her looks when she is happy with her personal life, reported Femalefirst. "I think optimism and having a sense of humour definitely help but happiness is something you cultivate. Once you find it, that's the key to looking beautiful. While Roberts is feted for her looks, she says it takes a lot of work to to make her look like a movie star. "I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity. I'm perfectly aware of how many people it takes to put this movie star
I won’t change my Bold image ever – Emraan Hashmi:
 The boldest hero and the film industry’s very own serial kisser Emraan Hashmi says he will never change his Bold image. “I feel my audience relate with the bold shade of my image so I won’t change it”, says Emraan. Source: Article. Image: flickrLink1, flickrLink2. Kareena's Got A Great Sense Of Humour: Kajol: The phrase "a rare talent" describes Kajol to a tee. In her case, it shows: there's a zest and verve to her work that not only suits her, but clearly suits her fans as well. It's a rare talent who finds herself at the zenith of her popularity at the age 
when Indian actresses have either vanquished in the oblivion or have stopped getting the main lead offers. Given the traditional paucity of fine roles for more mature women, this is proof positive that Kajol's talent can often turn manure into gold-dust. She may not have earned the tag of 'The highest paid actress' today but everyone recognises that a Kajol movie will be worth its weight in gold and worth an investment. Everyone knows this about Kajol: that the mantle of the most acclaimed film actress of our time could not be worn with such grace and humility. But everyone already knows that. What people don't know is her kindness, her collaborative nature and her great humour. It is however, these unknown things which Kajol brings to her matchless performance. So much so that you forget being her co-actor and stand in one tight corner observing the magic she's been spreading on the celluloid since 1992. Here is a take from the woman who can fittingly be described as 'seamless'. Siddharth wasn't the only one who gave us suggestions: Well that is not true. Altogether, there were other members in the crew as well; I was not the only one. If you are dealing with children in your real life, to an extent it helps you play a parent. You get the hang of the body language; you know how moms react, so your job gets slightly easy. Well, inputs can come from anyone and you needn't really have a family to visualize something. So yes, we did have our fair share of brainstorming as any other film. Ajay and I never talk work at home No, we don't inherently talk shop at home. We leave our work back on the sets. Arjun was a good reel life husband: He was very accommodating. Arjun is a very nice person and a thorough gentleman. He was a good husband on the sets (laughs). He is a parent in real life too but I didn't get a chance to sit down with him and discuss about parenting. I didn't think it was needed to help the film. We both were natural in the film just like off it, as we both know what goes in the making to be a parent. I haven't got Elvis Presley out of his grave, have I? Of course I have danced, and not just on 'Jailhouse Rock' but on quite a few numbers too. I'm a huge Elvis fan, grew up on rock n roll. I loved that retro era and listen to it a lot even today in my car. Kareena's got a great sense of humour: Lethal or not I can't say. We have not killed each other (laughs); in fact we could have in this film as per the script's demand. On a serious note, now she is a delight to work with, we had awesome fun and she has a sense of humour which helps when you work long hours. I don't understand why people compare me with other actresses: Kareena is undoubtedly a talented girl and very hardworking too. In fact she has come a long way from K3G. Kareena has matured as a person and a professional. I think it would be unfair to draw comparisons as it was a different era, the scripts she and I have been offered are all very different so I don't see a fulcrum to hinge the comparison on. The little girl reminded me of Nysa a lot: The kids were fabulous, brimming with energy and very smart. They were all well behaved and an absolute fun. The girl who plays my youngest child in the film reminded me of Nysa in a strange way. I wish Karan had merchandised We Are Family tissue rolls: I hope realms and rolls of it (laughs). In fact Karan should have merchandised it. Imagine We Are Family branded tissue rolls? We Are Family will transcend beyond Stepmom: It is very different. After all it is an Indian product, largely for the Indian diaspora. The premise of the film is Stepmom but it is smartly Indianized with Indian values and at the same time it is very contemporary. I quite believe that We Are Family will transcend beyond stepmom and carve its own identity. I don't know how much of Karan's inputs were there in scripting the film: I really would not know that as I got a ready-made bound script to read. Honestly, I really don't know what went into weaving it. I'm sure Siddharth will be able to give you better inputs on this one. Karan was obviously involved in the capacity of a producer but he has a strong team in place now so he did not even need to frequent the sets. I play a mother, and that is the only common thread in MNIK and WAF: Well, I can't even remotely compare both the films and my characters. They are absolutely different story lines, different situations and individuals; of course the only common thread is that the woman in My Name Is Khan had a kid and in We Are Family has kids. I am open to new scripts and new directors: I have always been open to new talent, but of course I need the right script in hand and somewhere down the line, there has to be one function in the unit which would be experienced to pad up the newcomer or else it is difficult to get the right product. A certain amount of strength is required in the form of experience for good work, which should reflect somewhere in the project. I have worked with so many new directors in my career. So the fact remains that I am open. But the script should sweep me off my feet and of course comes at the right time, Source: Indian Express
Shakespeare could help docs understand mind-body connection better: Washington, (ANI):
Shakespeare was a master at portraying profound emotional upset in the physical symptoms of his characters, and many modern day doctors would do well to study the Bard to better understand the mind-body connection, a researcher says. Kenneth Heaton, a medical doctor and extensively published author on William Shakespeare's oeuvre, systematically analysed 42 of the author's major works and 46 of those of his contemporaries, looking for evidence of psychosomatic symptoms. He focused on sensory symptoms other than those relating to sight, taste, the heart, and the gut and found that Shakespeare's portrayal of symptoms such as dizziness and blunted or
heightened sensitivity to touch and pain in characters expressing profound emotions was significantly more common than in works by other authors of the time. "Many doctors are reluctant to attribute physical symptoms to emotional disturbance, and this results in delayed diagnosis, overinvestigation, and inappropriate treatment," Heaton said. "They could learn to be better doctors by studying Shakespeare. This is important because the so-called functional symptoms are the leading cause of general practitioner visits and of referrals to specialists," he said. Vertigo, also known
as giddiness or dizziness, is expressed by five male characters in 'Taming of the Shrew', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Henry VI' part 1, 'Cymbeline' and 'Troilus and Cressida'.The nearest approximation in the work of contemporaries was one incident in John Marston's 'The Malcontent'.There are at least 11 instances of breathlessness associated with extreme emotion in 'Two Gentlemen of Verona', 'The Rape of Lucrece', 'Venus and Adonis', and 'Troilus and Cressida' as compared with just two in the works of other writers. Fatigue as a result of grief or distress is a familiar sensation among Shakespeare's characters, most notably in 'Hamlet', 'The Merchant of Venice', 'As You Like It', 'Richard II' and 'Henry IV' part 2. Disturbed hearing at a time of high emotion occurs in 'King Lear', 'Richard II' and 'King John' while blunted/exaggerated senses are portrayed in 'Much Ado about Nothing', 'Venus and Adonis', 'King Lear', 'Love's Labour's Lost' and 'Coriolanus'. "Shakespeare's perception that numbness and enhanced sensation can have an emotional origin seems not to have been shared by his contemporaries, none of whom included such phenomena in the works examined, Heaton said. Source: newstrackindia.com
Its important to maintain innocence in adult comedy: Riteish Deshmukh: Actor Riteish Deshmukh, who would be next seen in adult comedy, 'Kya Super Kool Hai Hum', says it is important to maintain some kind of innocence in such
films without going overboard. After the success of 'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' in 2005, Riteish is again pairing up with Tusshar Kapoor in this sequel to tickle the funny bone of the audience. Tusshar plays a struggling actor, while Riteish is a struggling DJ. The duo play innocent men, who inadvertently get into trouble doing things. Also, both the actors are set to get dirtier with their acts in the sequel. "While we were enacting few scenes for 'Kya Kool Hai Hum', we had no idea how the audience would react to those scenes, as we were attempting something new and different. We were trying to maintain the innocence. What happens is when you have a film like this, an adult comedy to maintain innocence in it is important," Riteish told reporters last evening, after unveiling the first look of the sequel. "That time when we were working we were thinking how we would maintain things rightly," he said. And it was the storyline that forced him to do the film. "Tusshar and I had read one-two scripts, for this sequel, but nothing interested us that time. But this time around, Sachin came up with this script and it was accepted by Ekta Kapoor (producer), even when I read it I also liked it. Script was the main reason for me to do this sequel," he said. "There is uniqueness and newness to the storyline, it takes from where the two characters left..humor is also of new kind. The humor quotient and the way of presenting it is also different." The film directed by Sachin Yardi, besides featuring the duo - - Tusshar and Riteish -, stars Neha Sharma and Sarah Jane Dias, who are the new additions to the second installment. The trailer, available on the web, opens with the signature tune and some shots from 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham'. It further shows that how Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol and Jaya Bachchan are being shown as thoroughly disgusted with the obscene acts of Tusshar and Riteish. "When we use any footage of other film it cannot be given without the permission of the filmmaker. I must say, hats off to Karan, who has a great sense of humor. `Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham - - is a cult classic family movie, not many people would have the guts to make fun of their film. But to understand and have a sense of humor is important," Riteish said. "It ('Kya Super Kool Hai Hum') is not a family film and we are trying to say that through by using Karan's film. We are not making fun of his film, instead we are making fun of our film by saying it is not a family film. but having fun and enjoying," he said. Source: Article
Kylie Minogue Likes Guys With Good Sense Of Humor: Singer Kylie Minogue, who is dating Spanish model Andreas Velencoso, values humor and creativity in her boyfriends. The 43-year-old believes looks are important in relationships but they are not enough for long-lasting love, reported Showbizspy. "You
definitely have to be able to laugh. I can't imagine a relationship where you don't get each other's humor. Looks are lovely but I think if you are attracted to someone you find what's attractive in them anyway. "In recent times, let's say I've gone for the Latio type. Andreas is Spanish, Olivier (Martinez) was French and I had another director boyfriend (Stephane Sednaoui) who was French. The common denominator is being creative and artistic," Minogue said. The "All the Lovers" hitmaker also revealed she & Velencoso bond by playing golf together. "My boyfriend is a keen read borderline obsessivegolfer so I was roped in. Actually, I liked it, getting fresh air & spending time together, Image: flickr.com, Source:Indian Express, I am giving Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, all these guys a chance in Hollywood: Salman Khan: Have you ever wondered why Salman Khan has never opted for Hollywood? Well, the actor
himself has revealed the reason. Just for a brush up, in the year 2004, Salman Khan was named the seventh-best-looking man in the world and the best looking man in India by US’s People magazine. So why didn’t Sallu think about Hollywood? Putting on his funny shoes, the actor said, “All my friends who have gone to America, they don’t even want to come back for a holiday, wonder why. I am an actor, those guys were the ‘sensible’ ones, educated – engineers, doctors, scientists. These guys went there and made a lot of money, respect,” he said. “Me, I am giving Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, all these guys a chance. Otherwise…poor guys,” the 46-year-old added. Salman Khan was at an event organized by Indo-American Chamber Of Commerce (IACC). Targeting Hollywood films, Salman said, “Amazing movies, they make anything look good. Like for example the names I took, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise. We just go on emotions and heart. We overdo anything, I mean guys like us also look really bad,” said Salman. He concluded his response with his arch-rival’s dialogue from “My Name Is Khan”: “I mean my name is actually Khan and I actually am not a terrorist.” Source: Link
'It's rare a man can be that tough on the field and also have his own line of underwear!' President Obama roasts David Beckham at White House ceremony: Over the hill: Barack Obama cranked out the David Beckham
jokes at the White House today as LA Galaxy were honoured, but Goldeballs (holding a golden and silver ball) took it all in his stride It was supposed to be a thank you for winning the Major League Soccer Championship. But David Beckham’s trip to the White House turned into an unexpected comedy roast - at the hands of Barack Obama. The U.S. President mocked Mr Beckham for being over the hill and said that at the age 37 ‘half his teammates could be his kids.' He also teased the soccer star as a ‘young up and comer’ before joking about his other career as a model. To laughter from the crowd Mr Obama said: ‘He is tough. It is rare a man can be that tough on the
field and also have his own line of underwear’. Who's the funnyman? Obama turned the ceremony into an impromptu Beckham roast Mr Beckham and his team the LA Galaxy were shown around the White House to congratulate them for winning the Major League Soccer Championship last season. Mr Obama, 50, posed for a picture with them and stood next to Mr Beckham whilst holding a football shirt with his name
on it. Good sport: Beckham has never been afraid of taking the mickey out of himself, or letting others do it... so it was quite an honor from the president Good natured
ribbing: David Beckham was President Obama's comedy foil today at a ceremony to honour LA Galaxy for winning the Major League Soccer Championship On the team: Barack looked as pleased to be meeting the team, and of course, Golden-balls himself, as they were to be at the White House But before doing so he gave a speech in which he
said: ‘We have young up and comer on the team, a guy named David Beckham. ‘I gave David a hard time, I said half his teammates could be his kids. We’re getting old David, though you’re holding up better than me’. Mr Obama added that Mr Beckham was tough because he had been a crucial member of the team despite fracturing his spine halfway through the last season and injuring his hamstring. After the speech Mr Beckham and his teammates were due to take part in a football clinic for children with
First Lady Michelle Obama on the South Lawn. In awe: The father-of-four looked excited to see the First Lady speak Due to bad weather it was reportedly moved inside and became a question and answer session for the young people. Mr Beckham joined the LA Galaxy in 2007 for a reported $250 million but only won his first league championship this year. He has been credited with giving football in America a major boost and bringing in huge crowds wherever he plays. Mr Beckham and his fashion designer wife Victoria, 38, count Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Eva Longoria among their friends, but a chance to go to the White House would have impressed even
him. Quite an honour: It's doubtful the boy from Leytonstone, east London ever dreamed he'd one day be shaking the President of the United States' hand The whole
gang together: The team were honoured for winning the league He last met the Obamas in May 2011 during a dinner they put on at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in London for the Royal family. Opening the ceremony Mr Obama said: ‘I’m not going to flatter myself by assuming these cameras are here for me’ and praised the LA Galaxy for ‘pulling off one of the toughest feats of team sports’.In reference to his
own Irish heritage Mr Obama also joked that Robbie Keane, who plays for the LA Galaxy, was ‘a cousin of mine.' Quite a scene: Beckham meets students from across the country, who are part of the Let's Move! scheme, as Michelle looks on Nervous: Beckham looked concerned as Galaxy left their hotel to attend the White
Housefunction Mr Obama stood with Mr Beckham - dubbed Goldenballs - on his left for the photograph whilst the footballer held the golden ball he had been given as a gift. On his right stood team captain Landon Donovan holding their trophy they were awarded for winning the U.S. soccer league. As he made his way out Mr Obama shook hands with all the LA Galaxy players but spent a few minutes extra talking with Mr Beckham, who was wearing a grey suit, yellow tie and was sporting a beard. 'Source: Travelfwd, I am dating an invisible man, says Kangana: Kangna Ranaut never fails to make news. If not for her films, she
attracts attention for her fashion sense and her relationship status. Here we get the powerhouse performer talk about movies and more. There is a lot of news about her invisible boyfriend in the UK. She says, “I am dating an invisible man. He is mysterious. He gets invisible and doesn’t want to come in front of camera. If an actor is dating or even having a small time affair, the media gets so deep into it that I have
decided I don’t want to talk about my personal life at all.” Kangana clarifies, "I refuse to talk about my personal life because things are blown out of proportion. Ask me about my roles, films and career." When asked about her future projects Kangna says, “I have been lucky to get a vast variety of roles from comedy to drama. I am very excited to be part of such franchises. In 2012 I have Dedh Ishqiya, Tanu Weds Manu 2, Krrish sequel and Tezzz directed by Priyadarshan. In Dedh Ishqiya, I will play a totally different character. I am very excited to work with Vishal Bharadwaj. He is a marvelous director and one gets polished after working with him. Dedh Ishqiya will be a turning point for me.” Source: Article
British Royal family a great source of comedy-Rowan Atkinson: Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson considers the British royal family to be a great source of inspiration and comedy. The 56-year-old comedian, who is a friend of Prince Charles -
 insists his love of making fun of the monarchy is born out of love and respect for them, but he wouldn't ever want his work to be seen as 'discrediting' them, reported Contactmusic. “In 'Mr Bean' there was a 'thing' at the time about nutting the Queen Mother. We've inflicted violence on members of the royal family on a regular basis so it seems silly to stop now. But it's undoubtedly born out of love and respect and wanting them to carry on. The last thing I would wish is for it to discredit the British establishment or the monarchy because I need it there as a source of inspiration and as a source of comedy,” he said. But Atkinson said that he is slightly concerned about a scene in his forthcoming comedy movie 'Johnny English Reborn', in which he plays a flawed secret agent, that sees his alter-ego knock the queen to the ground after mistaking her for an assassin. “Yes, I\'m slightly concerned about that scene. It was a last-minute addition because we didn\'t have an ending and we thought that this was as good an idea as any but, you know, I\'ve been making jokes about the Queen for 30 years,” he said. Source: Express India, Daily-Protein, Humor in the army of 1812: Although the early 19th century was a time of war, people were not only suffering and dying, but they lived their lives to the full. We have already touched upon such subjects as “love” and “friendship” in that epoch and now we will talk about the humor in the Russian army of that time. For example, Denis Davydov, one of the heroes of the Patriotic War, remembering the Battle of Borodino and his commander general Bagration wrote: “The Prince did not look discouraged, on the contrary, he was joking more than usual, which he always did in the minutes of greatest danger”. Fyodor Glinka, a famous writer of that time, noted a similar quality in the character of Field-Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov: “He was joyful, joking even in the gravest situations”. Glinka stressed that Kutuzov who dedicated 50 years of his life to military service regarded “merriment” as an essential component of his job: “Once Kutuzov was asked why he wouldn’t order the tavern, located right under his windows “ off limits” to his officers who were gambling, joking and making a noise. “Leave them alone” – the Prince replied – let them have a good time. I like to hear it. The people who liberated the Fatherland deserve respect. I don’t want my headquarters to look like a monastery. Merry-making in the army proves that the army is ready to go ahead!” Merriment in the army was regarded as an “honorable thing” which did not allow the officers and men to “admire the coward”. Humor was also widespread in the army thanks to the religious consciousness of the Russian people who believed that their fates were in the hands of God. The Polish Countess Anna Pototskaya wrote in her memoirs:“They believed in a disposition of Providence and this made their lives easier”. By the way, “faithless and air-minded” Frenchmen, (this is how the Great Russian Commander Alexander Suvorov called them) also believed in the Hand of God. The soldiers of Napoleon’s Grande Armee took the events of those days not as an “objective logic of social development” but relied mainly on their fate and the luck of their Emperor. In general, all military men of that époque had a lot in common and their vision of the world was bright and lively. Both Russian and French troops did not change their colorful uniforms for battlefield grey: the children of Mars of the Napoleonic epoch did not want to die unnoticed; their looks matched their behavior, whose goal was to draw attention to themselves. They lived as if they were always at their peak and considered that everything they did was a national asset for their descendants. The right word said in the right time just like an act of bravery was a chance to leave a mark on Earth. They feared obscurity more than death. In that heroic epoch the French writer Stendhal wrote: “It is impossible to imitate two things: courage on the battlefield and wit in a conversation”. Those who managed to combine those two qualities were the heroes of their time, men of destiny. The best example is Denis Davydov, a hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, a guerilla warrior and a poet who always a had a ready reply. Infantry general Alexei Yermolov also had a good sense of humor. His contemporaries used to ask him why he had a portrait of Napoleon hanging on the wall in his study. The answer of this Russian gentleman, Yermolov, was simple and laconic: “Because during his life he saw only our backs”. The general who entered Paris in March 1814 as a victor could afford such an outrageous saying. Generals Alexander Langeron, Mikhail Milaradovic, Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy were also known for their wit. They found time for joking even in the gravest situations on the battlefield supporting the spirit of soldiers. However, sometimes the humor of commanders was not the consequence of their cold-blood but the consequence of their irritability. For example, during the Battle of Leipzig when the Russian troops were under the gun of the enemy general Fabian Osten-Sacken suddenly noticed the absence of his young adjutant and suspected him of cowardice. When the young officer returned and said that he was absent because he had left his glasses in his pack, the general said ironically: “You won’t need your glasses here. You’ll see everything double here anyway, even without glasses” Source: Voice Of Russia
Hitler has had it with Tesla and the EV Industry:
Nazi Germany in 1945, the folks over at EVCast created a short parody with Hitler blowing a fuse on Tesla and the rest of electric-car industry. If you're looking for a quick laugh, then just hit the jump and enjoy. Via: Autoblog Green , Source: EVCast, Carscoop, Women snub men with 'great sense of humour': London,
(ANI): Women prefer adventurous men rather than those with a great sense of humour when looking for love online. Over a third of females put adventure top of their list, with only 29 percent going for laughs, the Daily Star reported. Ian Linaker of grooming brand Scaramouche 'n' Fandango, who carried out a nationwide poll, said: "It seems women may want to be friends with the funny man, but they do not want to date him." (ANI), Source: News-Track-India, I’m not Bollywood’s only ‘tiger’ of marriageable age: Tusshar Kapoor:
Actor Tusshar Kapoor, 35, says he may be a bit old, but when it comes to marriage there are older ‘tigers’ in the industry waiting to get hitched. “There are older people than me in the industry who have not got married yet. I wouldn’t like to name anyone, but I am not the only tiger in the industry,” Tusshar said here, perhaps taking an indirect dig at “Ek Tha Tiger” star Salman Khan. For now, the actor is just happy teaming up with younger actresses on the big screen. In his latest release, adult-comedy “Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum”, he has been paired opposite Neha Sharma. And he says he would love to work with her again. “Next film with Neha for sure. I think she is beautiful, she is lucky and she is pleasant to work with. I like working with young girls because I think it makes me feel younger,” said Tusshar. Most of the actor’s films have been produced by his sister Ekta Kapoor. He says she is the only producer who knows his true value. “Ekta pays me the most of all my producers, she knows my true value. I get my full price for all her films,” said Tusshar. – IANS, Image: wikimedia.org Source: Bollywood World, I love doing comedy: Megan Fox:
Hollywood actress Megan Fox says she is tired of playing mean characters onscreen and would like to try her luck in comedy. The 25-year-old, who is playing a cameo in actor Sacha Baron Cohen's new comedy film 'The Dictator', said public will relate to her more easily if she does some light hearted films, The Sun online reported. "When I first started acting I was always playing the bitchy or mean girl, then I was playing these cool, robotic women. I was growing tired of playing those kinds of characters and reinforcing this stereotype of me and having to play up to that when I was doing interviews."Now I feel I can be myself again. It's given me the chance to get away from that sexy, icy image that I've been stuck with. I think the public can relate to me more easily in these kinds of movies," she said. Image: flickr.com, Source: Screen India
New BBC drama portrays Alfred Hitchcock as lecherous, sadistic sex maniac?: Alfred Hitchcock is portrayed as a lecherous and sadistic, utterly loathsome sexual predator in a new BBC drama about the relationship of the English film director and a young actress who starred in the iconic movie “The Birds”. “The Girl”, the BBC drama, shows a lascivious Hitchcock, played by Toby Jones, developing a sexual obsession with Tippi Hedren (star of The Birds and Marnie, played by Sienna Miller) and subjecting her to months of psychological abuse and unwanted physical attention. He subjects her to sexual harassment, threatens her with broken glass, forces himself on the girl in the back of a car, and bombards her with telephone calls and fantasies about leaving his wife for her. The Girl was heavily criticized after a preview screening that was held at the British Film Institute. Audience members claimed the film “seriously undermines Hitchcock’s reputation as an English hero”. Those who worked with Hitchcock say that the drama mangles facts about his personality. They claim that Mr. Hitchcock is “wonderful, a great director and a good friend” with a good sense of humor, he was “a perfectionist, and didn’t make any short cuts”. He was a gentleman who “would be saddened by the image portrayed” in the drama, and would never have said “any negative comments” about it. Gwyneth Hughes, who wrote this screenplay on Hedren’s own testimony and that of Jim Brown, Hitchcock’s assistant director on The Birds, said, “I hope we haven’t portrayed him like that. Hitchcock was a man who suffered profound loneliness and unhappiness and I feel terribly sorry for him.” Nora Brown, the widow of Jim Brown, assistant director on both The Birds and Marnie, said that her husband had agreed to be interviewed on the understanding that it would be an affectionate portrayal of Hitchcock. She added, “He had nothing but admiration and respect for Hitch, understood his clever Cockney sense of humour and thought the man a genius.” Tippi Hedren, 82, attended the screening and said the film was a truthful account of a “horrible and frightening experience”. There weren’t any sexual harasssment laws in 1960s, so she couldn’t file a lawsuit against the director, the actress said, adding, “Today if this happened I would be a very rich woman.” She also claimed that Hitchcock “ruined my career but he didn't ruin my life, not at all. Because of those two films he has given me a celebrity I have been able to use in so many ways." Voice of Russia, the Telegraph. Source: Article
Kate Hudson not fussy about make-up: "Bride Wars" star Kate Hudson says she is a no-fuss woman when it comes to make-up. The 33-year-old actress said that she is similar to her mother, veteran actress Goldie Hawn and does
not spend too much time in front of the mirror, reported Us magazine. "I just remember seeing her put on makeup fast, and without a mirror, in a car," Hudson said. "My mom's no-fuss... I've never been a crazy makeup, spend-two-hours-in-front-of-the-mirror kind of girl. I have never been fussy. I have moments when I get girly if I'm going out with my friends, but I'm about five," she added. The actress is currently playing the recurring role of Cassandra July in the musical comedy series 'Glee'. IImage: flickr.com, Source: Screen-India. Penelope Cruz loves acting challenges: Penelope Cruz says she loves taking on different acting challenges and wants to continue working in Spanish films. Topping her wishlist are films in which she can experiment with her accents. Spanish actress Penelope Cruz said at the Toronto International Film Festival that she will never stop making films in Spain and in Spanish, but that she also would like to play a character with a British accent and take on the role of a stereotypical California "valley girl". Cruz presented her latest film "Venuto al mondo" (Twice Born), an Italian-Spanish co-production directed by Sergio Castellitto and also starring Emile Hirsch, Adnan Haskovic and Saadet Aksoy, Thursday at the TIFF. "I love being part of projects like this, although I'll always want to keep working in my country and in Spanish. I'll never stop for many reasons. It's also quite refreshing to go back and work in my own language," Cruz said. "Because in this (film), as much as I loved it, it was a big challenge to shoot 70 percent of the film in English and the rest in Italian. But the English had to have an Italian accent. I love those challenges, but I can't say it was easy," she added. Penelope Cruz, whose upcoming projects include British director Ridley Scott's The Counselor and Spanish filmmaker's Pedro Almodovar's "Los amantes pasajeros" (I'm So Excited), said she has a passion for accents. "I love accents. Now that I'm more comfortable in English, I'd like to play (a role with) a British accent. I have a character. She's really fun, but I can't talk about her. But it's a character with a British accent," she said. "And I'd also like to play a 'valley girl'. One day," the actress said laughing. In an interview published last Saturday by Italian daily La Stampa, Cruz said that she plans to produce at least two films a year in her homeland to create jobs amid sky-high unemployment. "I want to bring jobs to my people ... I'll use my privileged position. It's what interests me the most right now. I know it's a grain of sand in the desert, but it's a responsibility I think I have," Cruz said. "I'll produce a couple of films a year. A way to give work to hundreds of people. It's a set idea I have." Cruz, winner of a best-supporting actress Oscar for her role as an unstable artist in Woody Allen's 2008 comedy-drama "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", said she has worked hard but also has had a lot of opportunities in life. The talents of "an entire generation of highly trained young people" in Spain are being wasted, Cruz said, adding that though they have lots to offer there is nothing for them to do but "bang their heads against the wall or go out in the street and protest." Spain's economy has been battered in recent years by the collapse of a massive real-estate bubble in the context of the 2008-09 global recession. The country's unemployment rate stands at nearly 25 percent and at more than 50 percent among young people. Despite the high joblessness, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government has opted for a series of austerity measures in recent months to bring a high budget deficit into line with European Union mandates. Those measures have been harshly criticized by unions and sparked large-scale street protests. Cruz told the Italian daily that her role of a single mother who brings her teenage son to Sarajevo in "Venuto al Mondo" and the character she played in Almodovar's "Volver" (To Return) have been the two most challenging of her career thus far. Source: http://apunkachoice.com
It's official: Mr Perfect does not exist: London: Most women rank their partner as only 69 percent perfect, a new poll has found. According to the poll of 2,000 women commissioned by Remington, not even one woman was  found to be completely happy with her man. When asked what would make the perfect man, a good personality came top, followed by a sense of humour and looks. “The average guy may not be able to compete with the image of a David Beckham, but there are still a number of small changes they can do to make a big difference,” the Daily Mail quoted Nikki McReynolds, the marketing director for Remington as saying. When asked about the imperfections in men, failing to make an effort with their partner’s friends, criticising their driving and the inability to multi-task were included in a list of 20 common shortfalls Other male failings included leaving the toilet door open, watching too much sport and poor personal grooming. “It seems women are quite realistic on what they look for from their partner. “While they might happily overlook a few common flaws, there are certain behaviours that men just won’t get away with,” she said. Leaving out nail clippings, growing a scruffy beard or being too much of a mummy’s boy are other sure fire ways to guarantee ‘imperfection’. Source: Indian Express, Are hugs the new drugs? Research is showing that compassion meditation -- focused, warm thoughts about yourself and others -- may have positive effects on  mental and physical well-being. Credit: iStockphoto.com eScienceCommons: both your By Carol Clark : Basic empathy is a biological given. “If you talk with a sad person, you are going to adopt a sad posture, and if you talk to a happy person, by the end you will probably be laughing,” said Emory primatologist Frans de Waal. He explained that evolution has programmed us to mirror both the physical and emotional states of others. De Waal gave the opening remarks at a conference bringing together the Dalai Lama and scientists studying effects of compassion meditation on the brain, physical health and behavior. “Empathy is biased – it’s stronger for those that are close to you than those that are distant,” De Waal said. “Nature has built in rewards for the things that we need to do, and being pro-social is something that we need when we  live in groups.” In order to get from empathy to compassion and altruism, you need to identify others as distinct from you. While it used to be assumed that altruistic tendencies were only possible in humans, de Waal said that targeted helping of others has recently been observed among apes and elephants. Photo by Frans de Waal shows a young chimpanzee consoling an adult male that just lost a fight. Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist from the University of Wisconsin, recalled when he first began studying the effects of compassion meditation in 1992. He traveled to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery and attached electrodes to the head of an expert practitioner. The other monks began laughing. “I thought it was because he looked so funny with the electrodes,” Davidson said. But it turned out the monks were amused that he was trying to study the effects of compassion by attaching electrodes to the practitioner’s head, rather than to his heart. Years later, Davidson is finding that the monks’ view may be on target. New research shows that the heart rates of expert practitioners beat more quickly while they are meditating than the hearts of novices. “We  the heart and the mind,” Davidson said. Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill cited her research into the effects of “love and kindness meditation,” or LKM, on the vagus nerve. The nerve, which extends from the brain stem to the heart, helps regulate emotions and bodily systems. The effectiveness of the vagus nerve is measured by its tone, or fitness. The higher the vagal tone, the better the vagus nerve performs as a regulatory pathway. “With just six weeks of LKM training in novices, we see improvements in resting vagal tone,” Fredrickson said. “Just like physical exercise improves muscle tone, emotion training improves vagal tone.” High vagal tone is related to both a person’s physical health and their ability to feel loving connections with others, Fredrickson said. “In a way, our bodies are designed for love, because the more we love, the more healthy we become.” Emory researchers Charles Raison and Geshe Lobsang Tenzin Negi described their ongoing research into the effects of compassion meditation and depression. Negi developed a secular form of meditation for the research, based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice called “lojong.” Lojong uses an analytical approach to challenge a person’s thoughts  and emotions toward other people, with the long-term goal of developing altruistic behavior. The pair collaborated on a 2005 study that showed that college students who regularly practice compassion meditation had a significant reduction in stress and physical responses to stress. They recently launched the Compassion and Attention Longitudinal Meditation Study (CALM), to explore the physical effects of different forms of meditation. “We’re trying to zero in on what is it about meditation that is useful for people’s health,” Raison said. Emory researchers are also getting positive preliminary results in compassion meditation studies involving schoolchildren ages six to eight and adolescents in the foster care system. “This seems like the dawning of a new day,” the Dalai Lama said. “We’ve heard about the benefits, and now we need to act to cultivate compassion from kindergarten to universities.” Source: eScienceCommons Drew loves the idea of happy endings: Actress Drew Barrymore says she loves happy endings in movies. The 36-year-old, who is reportedly engaged to art consultant Will Kopelman, admits she just cannot resist the feel-good feeling when everything works out for the best, reports showbizspy.com. “I really love action and I really love comedy and action. I also like it when girls have energy, or kicking-ass or passionately believing in,” said Barrymore. “Adventure movies don’t necessarily have to be action but they have to have that energy of ‘I can do this.’ It is such a wonderful, whimsical, invigorating feeling. I am a romantic. I love the idea of happy endings. Cheesy as that is, I just love it,” she added. Image. Source: Asian Age By Graham Beattie: When I told people what I'd done, they were aghast. "I could never give them up," was the most common reaction. "I like the touch and feel, the smell." "How are you going to clean your barbecue?" one friend asked. Indeed, I found I did not know how to dispose safely of a glass that smashed during our Christmas lunch. Or what to do with the recently shelled prawn-heads. Plastic just doesn't do it. It's not until you get rid of them that you appreciate all the things that newspapers are good for. And I am not even talking about the contents. Nor were my friends. Just before Christmas I cancelled all our newspapers. For someone who has had a four newspaper a day habit for most of her adult life this was a huge decision, taken with considerable trepidation. There were practical reasons for this drastic action. Our newsagent changed hands resulting in irregular deliveries. This was due partly to "production problems" at both News Ltd and Fairfax but there was also the mysterious disappearance of our papers, particularly on Sundays, despite assurances that they had been delivered. Wouldn't happen with the iPad, I muttered to myself. And we were also having problems getting the papers taken away. The vagaries of the City of Sydney's recycling collection policy sat uneasily with a household that had 28 newspapers a week to dispose of and where there was no backyard to store the wheelie bins mandated by the council. For a while we benefited from a personally negotiated solution that allowed us to use black plastic crates that could be stacked on our back balcony. But council workers would collect the crates as well as their contents and, the last time this happened, we decided it was time to jump on board the digital express. I took out digital subscriptions to the Fairfax papers, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review, and to News Ltd's The Australian. Now we sit down to breakfast with iPads open. Unlike the printed papers, you can't scan the front pages to decide which one to read first so you have to randomly choose - then the frustrations begin. Printed papers are the same format. With digital, every publication is different. Learning the different formats and, navigating them takes time. There are moments as I stumble around this strange environment I feel a bit like the monk in the hilarious Norwegian YouTube clip, ''Medieval Help Desk''. The middle-aged monk was having trouble adjusting from scrolls to books and needs help from a geeky young brother in learning how to turn pages Source: Beattie's Book Blog Remark: Copy images and paste to find it’s source of sharing, also get connect with each source of sharing articles via specified links. Our Sites unique and other links (if there will be any) are available just for the requirement of the subject not for increasing circulations, as we are not in the promotion of any kind its all for very special issues, personalities etc.
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