Archive for category: life and style

  • Watch 'Tezz' for fast paced action

    Watch 'Tezz' for fast paced action

    life and style April 25, 2012 9:55 am 5 comments

    NEW DELHI: After entertaining people with comedy capers like “Hera Pheri” and “Bhool Bhulaiya”, filmmaker Priyadarshan is set to regale audiences with some high octane stunts in his forthcoming multi-starrer “Tezz”. Made on a budget of approximately Rs.40 crore, the film features an ensemble cast of Anil Kapoor, Zayed Khan, Ajay [...]

     
  • Madonna’s naked photo to fetch 5,000 pounds?

    Madonna’s naked photo to fetch 5,000 pounds?

    life and style April 25, 2012 9:38 am 2 comments

    NEW YORK: A naked picture of Madonna is expected to fetch 5,000 pounds as it goes under the hammer at Bonhams’ auction house next month. The black-and-white image taken by photographer Steven Meisel, shows a topless 32-year-old Madonna reclining in bed while smoking a cigarette. The photograph was a part of [...]

     
  • Pornography linked to mental illness among kids

    Pornography linked to mental illness among kids

    life and style April 25, 2012 9:31 am 2 comments

    LONDON: Online porn is linked to a quarter of mental illnesses among kids, British researchers have claimed. The figure was revealed as Prime Minister David Cameron Sunday signalled his support for a web clampdown on extreme images. According to London’s Portman clinic, a National Health Survey (NHS) outpatient psychotherapy clinic, use [...]

     
  • Kazakhstan thanks Borat for boosting tourism in country

    Kazakhstan thanks Borat for boosting tourism in country

    life and style April 25, 2012 12:34 am 3 comments

    Kazakhstan warmed up to controversial British actor Sacha Baron Cohen on Monday when its government thanked the actor for helping boost the former Soviet nation’s tourism industry, the BBC reported. The country had threatened to sue the actor in 2005 for his outrageous comedy flick Borat: Cultural Learnings of America [...]

     
  • One by Ensemble: A fashionista’s wonderland

    One by Ensemble: A fashionista’s wonderland

    life and style April 24, 2012 9:01 pm 1,079 comments

    KARACHI:  If you’ve ever doubted the magical powers of retail therapy, the opening of a store called ‘One by Ensemble’ at Dolmen City Mall in Karachi, is bound to turn you into a firm believer. Their collection of perfectly pret, prudently priced and stylish casuals under Rs10,000, is sure to [...]

     
  • Weight loss: Melt the pounds away

    Weight loss: Melt the pounds away

    life and style April 24, 2012 9:01 pm 2 comments

    Summer is here and while we don’t have the pressure of squirming into our last year’s two-piece, we do want to look good for all those summer parties and beach fiestas coming up. Many experts believe that the hot season is best to shed some extra pounds and go from [...]

     
  • Rabani & Rakha: Blending cultures

    Rabani & Rakha: Blending cultures

    life and style April 24, 2012 8:57 pm 1 comment

    KARACHI:  It might not be in the same league as fashion houses JJ Valaya, Tarun Tahiliani or Rohit Bal, but the Delhi-based label Rabani & Rakha — run by husband and wife duo Rahul and Shibani Rastogi and Gautum Rakha — is certainly making waves. The designers, who have been [...]

     
  • Man buys island to be buried with wife

    Man buys island to be buried with wife

    life and style April 24, 2012 9:38 am 1 comment

    LONDON: A man in Britain has purchased a tiny island to ensure he and his wife have their final resting place. Piers Casimir-Mrowczynski, 50, snapped up the tiny Mackenzie Island, near the isle of Islay, to be his final resting place, the Daily Mail reported. Head of Information Communications Technology (ICT) [...]

     
  • After 14 years, Lollywood superstar Shabnam returns to Pakistan

    After 14 years, Lollywood superstar Shabnam returns to Pakistan

    life and style April 23, 2012 10:05 pm 2 comments

    KARACHI: After over a decade, famous silver screen actor Shabnam returned to Pakistan from Bangladesh on Monday night. She was warmly welcomed by hordes of excited fans and media personnel. Shabnam, accompanied by her husband, renowned music composer Robin Ghosh, expressed her joy at coming back to the country that brought [...]

     
  • Beckham turns designer hand to cars

    Beckham turns designer hand to cars

    life and style April 23, 2012 8:50 pm 2 comments

    British fashion designer Victoria Beckham had her soccer-superstar husband “David in mind” when helping create a new special edition of Range Rover’s off-road vehicle, the Evoque, according to Reuters. “I’ve stayed very true to myself. I’ve designed a car that I want to drive, a car that I think David [...]