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Mario Bros ‘Greatest Video Game Ever’

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Super Mario Bros has been named the ‘Greatest Video Game Ever’.
In the game, Italian plumber Mario and brother Luigi must negotiate the Mushroom Kingdom to rescue Princess Toadstool from the clutches of evil Bowser.
The game topped a top-20 list compiled by a poll of 2,000 gamers.
More than 40 million copies have [...]

Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon expecting first baby

London, Aug 26 (ANI): ‘Hero’ singer Mariah Carey and hubby Nick Cannon are expecting their first child.
The 40-year-old pop diva is four months pregnant and she and husband Cannon, 29, are “overjoyed”.
“Nick and Mariah have been telling friends how excited and happy they are,” the Daily Star quoted a source as saying.
“But she wants to [...]

Now British ‘garbage girl’ to clean Shiva’s abode

Shimla, Aug 17 (IANS) This Briton is known as the ‘garbage girl’ of the mountains in Himachal Pradesh. And she is now set to clean the huge piles of trash left behind by devotees of Lord Shiva at the Manimahesh Lake in Chamba district.
Jodie Underhill, who was honoured with a ‘Green Hero’ award at [...]

‘Euphoria’ way to narrow differences between regions: Enrique Iglesias (Interview)

Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Spanish pop icon Enrique Iglesias hopes his first album in three years, ‘Euphoria’, which has both Spanish and English songs, will narrow differences between regions.
‘The USP of ‘Euphoria’ is that it has both English and Spanish songs. It’s a great way to narrow the differences between regions by bringing these [...]

Get a glimplse of Shakira’s life on reality show

Toronto, Aug 16 (IANS) Colombian singer Shakira is set to give fans a peak into her life through a new reality show.
The ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ hitmaker has been roped in to feature in comedienne Katy Brand’s new reality show ‘Katy Brand Meets’, going on air in Britain in autumn, reports torontosun.com.
‘We’re planning on taking [...]

I don’t believe I need a son to complete my family: Kajol

Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Actress Kajol, who is expecting her second child, is not praying for a son. She says she is equally enthused by the idea of having another girl child in her family.
The actress has a daughter with actor husband Ajay Devgn.
‘I’m just hoping for a healthy happy baby and a healthy [...]

Ex-Brit soldier breaks marathon world record

London, Aug 6(ANI): A former British soldier has broken a world record – half way through his aim of running 100 marathons in 100 days.
Mike Buss completed his 51st marathon in 51 days at a shopping centre in Ashford, Kent, breaking the previous record of 50 marathons in 50 days.
The 36-year-old has been running on [...]

When Irrfan wanted to throw punches in ‘Knock Out’

Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) ‘Knock Out’ director Mani Shankar had a tough time stonewalling Irrfan Khan’s insistent requests that he be allowed to throw some punches in the film, a la the leonine Sanjay Dutt. It was Sanjay who finally convinced Irrfan that the toughie look would not fit his role of an investment [...]

WC hero Paul the Octopus ‘to become silver screen legend’

London, July 24 (ANI): Paul the Octopus, who rose to fame with its incredibly accurate predictions of World Cup 2010 match results, is all set to become a part of the showbiz.
Filming of ‘The Murder of Paul the Octopus’ has already finished in South Africa and post-production work is well under way.
The film, which is [...]

New Zealand’s Karl Urban in ‘Judge Dredd’ sequel

London, July 24 (IANS) Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone has been replaced by New Zealand’s Karl Urban in the upcoming ‘Judge Dredd’ sequel.
The comic book anti-hero is to return for a sequel 13 years after Stallone’s original 1995 movie, with a script written by novelist/screenwriter Alex Garland, reports exoress.co.uk.
Stallone won’t feature in the new 3D [...]

Lionel Messi to start his own clothing range

London, July 19 (ANI): Footballer Lionel Messi is all set to take over the fashion world, as he is planning to launch his own clothing range.
And the Barcelona and Argentina hero is counting on some famous pals to help him make it a success.
His idea is to sign a sport, movie, or music star as [...]

Mariah Carey burned by curling iron

London, July 15 (ANI): Mariah Carey has revealed that her hairstylist has burnt her hair with a curling iron.
The ‘Hero’ hit maker was being styled when one of her assistants accidentally caught her with the hot tong.
“Just now hairstylist (who shall remain nameless) abused me w/a (with a) curling iron while trying to curl and [...]

Now, get to know a sporting hero without legs

London, July 15 (ANI): Callum Truscott plays football and cricket, but believe it or not, he plays both games without legs.
The inspirational 12-year-old uses prosthetic legs, and also trains with the rugby team and has dance classes, The Sun reports.
That’s not all! he beat most of his classmates in a 1,500-metre swim and even refuses [...]

WC hero Psychic Paul boosts octopus consumption in Chinese restaurants!

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Paul the psychic octopus is popular for different reasons these days, even though the World Cup is over.
The octopus has boosted consumption of octopus in Chinese restaurants and has even become popular on the Web.
By Tuesday, vendors had released more than 150 ‘Paul the octopus’ products on taobao.com – including [...]

Footie star helps Brit teen out of coma

London, July 10 (ANI): A Brit teen emerged from a coma for a kickabout following a wake up call made by his Premiership hero.
Sixteen-year-old Thomas Buckett had been in a coma for two weeks after he fell from a roof trying to fetch his football.
The boy suffered 10 skull fractures in the May 30 incident.
Since [...]

Tony Blair meets Kosovo’’s Tony Blairs!

London, July 10(ANI): On a visit to Kosovo, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair met nine boys who were named after him.
Parents named their newborns after Blair to thank him for his role in leading the international community to intervene to stop repression of the ethnic-Albanian majority.
The group of young Tony Blairs sang Michael Jackson [...]

Violent scene from Sly’s ‘The Expendables’ axed

London, July 7 (ANI): An extremely violent scene in Sylvester Stallone’s new blockbuster ‘The Expendables’ has been axed by the movie bosses in order to secure the film’’s U.K. release.
Due to the gory scenes and use of strong language in the flick, executives at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) gave movie an adults-only [...]

Six-yr-old schoolgirl breaches security for ‘hero’ Tiger Wood’s autograph

London, July 6, (ANI): A schoolgirl broke through heavy security around Tiger Woods to get her hero’’s autograph during a rare public outing.
According to The Sun, six-year-old Ava Mulhall, barged into the boundary fencing and ran on to a fairway after the golfer.
Woods was playing the eighth hole at Limerick’’s exclusive Adare Manor course as [...]

Mariah Carey to fight lawsuit filed by vet

London, June 27 (ANI): Mariah Carey’’s lawyer has dismissed claims that the singer owes almost 20,000 pounds in medical fees to a veterinarian who treated her pet pooches.
Veterinarian Cindy Bressler has sued the Hero hitmaker, accusing her of paying just 5,487 pounds of a 25,193-pound bill for providing ‘extraordinary services’ for her dogs.
However, Carey’’s attorney, [...]

Keeper James wants to be England’s penalty shootout hero

London, Jun 26 (ANI): England goalkeeper David James wants to be the penalty shootout hero by scoring against Germany.
James said he is willing to take a spot-kick if needed tomorrow as well as trying to keep the Germans out.
“Of course I’ll take one because if the situation occurred, there would be certain players who would [...]