"Aftershock," a film based on an earthquake that was released in China sometime this year has quickly became the nations box-office leader of all-time

Toronto Fest Feels The ‘Aftershock’
September 21st, 2010


September 21, 2010: "Aftershock," a film based on an earthquake that was released in China sometime this year has quickly became the nation’s box-office leader of all-time. It has done amazingly well for itself for a domestic movie. The movie was played as an afterthought this weekend in the Toronto Film Festival.

The Chinese release of the film was scheduled to happen at the 34th anniversary of the dreaded Tangshan earthquake that took place in the year 1976. The Tangshan earthquake took over 240,000 lives.

The making of the film costed a whopping $76 million. However, Hollywood’s "Avatar" still remains the leader at the Chinese movie box office and has made more than $200 million in China. "Aftershock" the movie is also the first ever Chinese film that has been made in conjunction with IMAX. The movie is presently devoid of any U.S. distributor.

This film is directed by Feng Xiaogang. The director couldn’t attend the Toronto International Film Festival as he had prior shooting commitments.

This is one film that is bookended by almost real-life depictions of the Tangshan earthquake that devastated the entire region in 1976. It also draws inspiration from the Sichuan earthquake in 2008.

The story as depicted in the movie follows the lives of twins, a boy and a girl. The two are estranged by the first earthquake and then are reunited in the repercussion of the second one. The movie beautifully tracks their personal changes as the nation of China proceeds further away from its days of Cultural Revolution to its more capitalist embodiment of today.

The first episode of the wildly popular sitcom ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Season 6 was aired on Monday.

How I Met Your Mother Season 6 premieres
September 21st, 2010



September 22, 2010: The first episode of the wildly popular sitcom ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Season 6 was aired on Monday. The premise of the show as we already know is about Ted Mosby an Architect on the wrong side of 30 who is looking for the perfect woman. Ted’s friends include Marshall, Lilly, Robin and last but definitely not the least Barney. Wait for it … Stinson.

The crew is back with another season of the hilarious sitcom, the first episode of Season 6 suggests that Ted might be very close to finding the mother of his future kids. On Monday’s episode we saw Ted running into Cindy who is the girlfriend of his future wife. The season opens with Robin still coping from her break up with Don. Marshall wants to start a family and Lilly is upset with Marshall’s father. Barney definitely gave us some Aww! Moments when he got starry eyed after seeing Robin.

The episode was not that high on laughter but it served its purpose by giving the audience an update on everyone’s life. The episode also managed to take the story to the next level. Something was mentioned about Ted being the best man at someone’s wedding; we don’t really know whose wedding we are talking about here. The biggest twist will be if Barney and Robin decide to get married.

Speculations aside, the show to be a laugh riot and we hope it delivers on that promise.

Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who has been acting in Bollywood films since 1975, has worked in numerous films till today,

Naseeruddin Shah Has Over 30 Unreleased Films!
September 21st, 2010


September 22, 2010: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who has been acting in Bollywood films since 1975, has worked in numerous films till today and is still counted as one of the finest actors in the industry.

In his over thirty year long Bollywood career, the actors would have 30 more films if there were no distribution problems. The 60 year old Shah was quoted saying that he could probably make the world record of maximum number of unreleased movies.

Naseer added that some of these unreleased movies were not very good but even a bad films involves lots of hard work. He informed that these movies have finished dubbing, mixing and even they are ready with the prints. So the veteran thinks they deserve to be released.

The oldest unreleased film of Shah was made by renowned director Mrinal Sen. The film also starred two other veterans Om Puri and Shabana Azmi. Speaking about this, Shah said that it was shot in Jaisalmer 25 years ago and he and Om grew beards for over a year to get into the skin of their caveman-like characters.

One of his action-adventure films titled Valley of Flowers was also not released even after four years of completing it.

Speaking about the solution of this, Shah said that the makers should think of this from the beginning. The filmmaking process faces so many problems during the post production stage that sometimes they forget about how to release it, Shah added.

We hope, the distributors are listening to the veteran and some of them come out to release those long pending films!

Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly in negotiations to star in musical TV show ‘Glee’.

Gwyneth Paltrow to star in ‘Glee’
September 21st, 2010

London, Sep 22 – Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly in negotiations to star in musical TV show ‘Glee’.

The part was written specifically for the ‘Iron Man’ actress as she is a close friend of ‘Glee’ creator Ryan Murphy, reports dailystar.co.uk.

Gwyneth will play the role of a substitute teacher in two episodes and is said to step in to take over the glee club when Schuester falls ill.

However, Gwyneth’s character complicates Schuester’s relationship with quirky guidance counsellor Emma (Jayma Mays) when he starts to fall for her.

Gwyneth who will have an all-singing, all-dancing role in the show is not the only Oscar-winning star set to make a guest appearance in season two of the Fox series.

Academy award winning actress Sophia Loren, who celebrated her 76th birthday Monday,a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association.

Sophia Loren celebrates 76th birthday with award
September 21st, 2010



London, Sep 22 – Academy award winning actress Sophia Loren, who celebrated her 76th birthday Monday, has been chosen to receive a prestigious Japanese award for her work in cinema.

Loren will receive the ‘Praemium Imperiale’ award – a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. It carries with it a sum of $169,000.

She will be given the award along with sculptor Rebecca Horn, artist Maurizio Pollini, architect Toyo Ito, and painter Enrico Castellani, at the ceremony in Tokyo Oct 13, reports contactmusic.com.

Loren became an international star after signing a five-picture contract with Paramount Pictures in 1958. Later, she did films like romantic comedy ‘Houseboat’, and she went on to feature in a series of major motion pictures, prodding the American Film Institute to name her as one of the top 25 screen actresses of all time.

In 1960, she won the Oscar for best actress for her role in the Italian film ‘Two Women’. She also featured in the 2009 hit ‘Nine’.

Katy Perry plays on ‘Sesame Street’
September 21st, 2010

London, Sep 22 – Singer Katy Perry made a guest appearance on popular show ‘Sesame Street’, and chased Elmo, the muppet on the show.

The singer tries to get Elmo involved in a game of dressing-up, but ends up chasing him while singing her song ‘Hot ‘N’ Cold’, reports thesun.co.uk.

Perry had a hen part with her friend, singer Rihanna and 25 other friends, in the run up to her wedding to fiancee Russell Brand in a glittering ceremony in India.

Singer Kelly Osbourne admits she fears she might turn into the fictional character of Bridget Jones in real life.

Size six too big for me: Kelly Osbourne
September 21st, 2010



London, Sep 22 – Singer Kelly Osbourne, who has lost considerable weight since her split from model Luke Worrall admits a size six dress has become too big for her.

‘It was a UK size 6 but, incredibly, it was too big for me! I couldn’t believe it – I thought was a size 6 for goodness sake! I had to be taped into the dress because it was falling down,’ femalefirst.co.uk qouted her as saying.

The 25-year-old admits she fears she might turn into the fictional character of Bridget Jones in real life.

‘Watching Bridget Jones and facing the harsh reality that I am her,’ Kelly posted on her Twitter account.

Socialite Kim Kardashian has slammed rumours that she is dating singer Chris Brwon.

Kim Kardashian denies dating Chris Brown
September 21st, 2010


London, Sep 22 – Socialite Kim Kardashian has slammed rumours that she is dating singer Chris Brwon.

The duo have been in contact since the TV star’s brother shared her number with Brown. But Kardashian, who has reportedly split from footballer Miles Austin, has denied any relationship with Brown, reports contactmusic.com.

‘As much as I’d love to dispute every rumour, some are so ridiculous I just can’t give them attention! I’d be on here all day tweeting! But I have to say, I literally laughed out loud at these dating rumours today! Come on now. I literally can’t keep up anymore, not true!’ Kardashian posted on her Twitter page.

Shakira wants to get up, close and personal with lucky audience members during each show of her tour,

Here’s your chance to dance with Shakira
September 21st, 2010



London, Sep 22 – Singer Shakira is offering her fans a chance to win two special tickets for a chosen live performance which will also let them match steps with her on stage.

The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ hitmaker has planned the competition for her North American tour, reports contactmusic.com.

The competition has been launched on her official website.

A post on the site reads – ‘The 2010 The Sun Comes Out Tour kicked off in Montreal and is headed to cities across North America! We’d like to celebrate with Shakira fans in the US and Canada by giving you a chance to get loca on stage and dance with the queen of shakin’ it herself!’

Shakira wants to get up, close and personal with lucky audience members during each show of her tour, which she started in Canada last week.

The 24-year-old is said to have moved back to Los Angeles from London due to their break-up,

Mischa Barton splits from beau
September 21st, 2010

Los Angeles, Sep 22 – Actress Mischa Barton has split from her boyfriend, British DJ Ali Live, due to extensive media intrusion.

The 24-year-old is said to have moved back to Los Angeles from London due to their break-up, reports showbizspy.com.

‘He wasn’t ready to be a celebrity. He was expecting they’d get some attention, but he never imagined it would be as bad as it was. He values his privacy and couldn’t deal with photographers following them around or the nasty comments people would make on blogs. So he finally told Mischa it would be better if they stopped dating,’ said a source.

However, there is a possibility that the former ‘O.C.’ star might reconcile with him.

‘She’s trying to forget about him and move on, but they might give it another go. Mischa has always had on-off relationships. But she’s not reaching out to him at this stage,’ the source added.

The couple went public about their short relationship in July.