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There was no
question of
discomfort
with Karan:
Bipasha
Brangelina were
married before
their France
wedding?
Los Angeles : Actress-director Angelina Jolie has said that
she and her husband
Brad Pitt were actually married before
their secret nuptials
in August last year.
"Before the wedding
in France with the
kids, Brad and I were
already married in California. As Americans,
we couldn't marry legally in France," she
told Italian magazine
Io Donna, reports
usmagazine.com.
The "Unbroken"
director
also
shared how the
Sunny Deol's Punjabi
class for Ruhanika
Mumbai : Actor Sunny Deol,
who is recognised as an action
hero with a 'dhai kilo ka haath',
is playing an off-screen teacher
to child artist Ruhanika Dhawan,
to whom he's giving lessons in
Punjabi. According to a source,
Ruhanika, who is connected to
Deol family, went to their place
with her parents this week to meet
Sunny. Sunny gave some tips to
Ruhanika, who plays Ruhi in TV
show "Yeh Hai Mohabbatein". The
“Gadar - Ek Prem Katha” actor
asked her about her role in the Star
Plus show, which highlights two
Indian cultures -- South Indian
and Punjabi. Ruhanika shared that
she only knows English and Hindi, which compelled the actor to
teach her some basics of the Punjabi language. “Sunny said 'you
should know your mother tongue'
and gave her Punjabi lessons. The
actor also asked Ruhanika to come
again for more information,” the
source added. -*- Bhandarkar
finds solace at Golden Temple
Most of the stars or directors
throng at the doors of shrines or
temples before film's release, but
filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar
paid obeisance at Golden Temple,
the holiest of all Sikh shrines, for
its divine tranquility in Amritsar.
“Had the most divine darshan
amidst peace & serenity at #GoldenTemple. Feeling blessed! #Satnam Shri Waheguru,” Bhandarkar tweeted. Bhandarkar posted
two photographs around the 'sarovar' within the premises of the
Golden Temple too.
wedding really went down.
"One day I said to Brad, 'Let's meet up at
4:30 p.m.?' I called a justice of the peace
and we signed the documents," she
said. Later on, the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
co-stars exchanged vows inside an ancient stone chapel at Château Miraval,
the Jolie-Pitt family's estate in Correns,
France. Their 20 guests, which included
Jolie's brother James Haven, hummed
the traditional processional tune "Here
Comes the Bride" as the brunette beauty
made her entrance. The groom kept up
with tradition and didn't get a glimpse
of his bride's Atelier Versace gown until
she walked down the aisle with their eldest sons, Maddox and Pax. The A-list
actors' complementary wedding bands
were designed by Robert Procop and
carried by ring bearers Shiloh, 8, and
Knox, 6.
By Troy Ribeiro
an unhappy marriage behind her
and a grim future before her, Margaret happily accepts Walter's proposal for marriage. After a short
honeymoon in Hawaii, high on
romance Margaret simply signs
off her latest work with her newly acquired surname 'Keane'. In
the meanwhile, Walter manages
to display her work along with his
in an upmarket nightclub owned
by Enrico Banducci. Disgruntled
with the location of the display
area, a fight with Enrico leads to
Basu says shooting steamy
scenes with Karan Singh Grover in "Alone" was not an uncomfortable experience for her
thanks to the friendship the duo
had struck up before the shoot.
than 5,100 adults. Participants' cardiovascular health was assessed using seven metrics:
blood pressure, body mass index, fasting
plasma glucose and serum cholesterol
levels, dietary intake, physical activity
and tobacco use. They also completed
surveys that assessed their
mental health, levels of optimism and physical health.
People who were the most
optimistic were twice as
likely to have ideal cardiovascular
health,
and 55 percent more
likely to have a total health score
in the intermediate
range,
the
researchers found.The
study appeared
in the journal
Health Behavior
and Policy Review.
'Big Eyes' a fascinating
tale told simply
Film : "Big Eyes"; Cast: Christoph
Waltz, Amy Adams, Madeleine
Arthur, Delaney Raye, Terence
Stamp, Danny Huston, Jason
Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter and
Jon Polito; Director: Tim Burton;
Rating: ***1/2 Based on a true
story that made headlines in the
early 1970 in the US, "Big Eyes"
is the tale of deceit and exploitation in the matrimonial sphere of
an expressionist artist, where the
husband takes credit for his wife's
work. Narrated through the point
of view of Dick Nolan, a senior
columnist of a leading daily, director Tim Burton unveils the turbulent ten-year period in the life of
the stifled artist and housewife,
Margaret Ulbrickm, who painted
portraits of sad, saucer-eyed waifs.
After a failed marriage in 1958,
Margaret travels along with her
young daughter from North Carolina to North Beach in San Franciso where she meets a smooth
talker and fellow struggling artist
Walter Keane, who woos her. With
Mumbai :
Actress
Bipas h a
Be optimistic to have
a healthy heart
New York : The more optimistic you are, the better it is for
your health. Those who have
an upbeat outlook on life have
significantly better cardiovascular health than that of the pessimists, new research has found.
Optimism boosts overall health
but its positive impact on the
heart is even greater, the findings showed. "Individuals with
the highest levels of optimism
have twice the odds of being
in ideal cardiovascular health
compared to their more pessimistic counterparts," said lead
author Rosalba Hernandez, a
professor of social work at the
University of Illinois. "This association remains significant even
after adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics and poor
mental health," Hernandez added.
The study examined associations between optimism and heart health in more
headlines and interest in the paintings. And soon Walter sells Margaret's work as his own.
He cajoles her with "People do not
buy lady art. There is no market
for it." He also assures her that now
that they are one, the sale benefits
"the family". Margaret, though
hurt, gives in. Walter steadily
builds an empire marketing her
paintings and posters as his creations. And then when things
go out of control, he blackmails
her with, "We have committed a
fraud". Now guilt-ridden and subjected to Walter's tyranny, she flees
San Francisco to Hawaii, where
she joins a cult that call themselves Jehovah's Witness and one
fine day on a radio programme,
she reveals to the world that she
is the only artist in the family.
The script subtly brings the underdog story to the forefront with
issues of subjugation of women,
intellectual property theft and the
role of the media in manipulating
public opinion. Burton handles
the compelling subject deftly and
delicately. And his two lead actors
do full justice to their role. Christoph Waltz, as the talentless Walter
Keane is energetic and far-reaching. He goes to absurd lengths
with his performance that reveals
the sleaze and sliminess of the
character. It is a treat to watch him
defend himself at the trial. Similarly, Amy Adams shines as Margaret. Her transformation from a
shy person to a guilt ridden slave
working on canvas after canvas
and then gradually shifting gears
to an obstinate and forthright person, is subtle and evoking.
Bipasha calls Karan a "brat and
a chatterbox". "It's a good thing
because all the ice broke on day
one. The question of discomfort is not there as you already
have a rapport. Both of us had
developed a friendship before
we went to Kerala to shoot the
intimate scenes and the 'Katra'
song," she said. The sensual
scenes between the two have
raised quite a few eyebrows, but
the trailer and the film's songs
have grabbed eyeballs before
the movie's release Jan 16.
Directed by Bhushan Patel,
"Alone" will see Bipasha in
the role of conjoined twins.
The shooting was tough for
her. "The shooting was difficult as I had to be joined with
my body double; first as Sanjana, and after a change of hair
and make-up as Anjana. Shooting for 'Alone' was a unique experience as we had to take care
of the distances and other technicalities while shooting the
conjoined twins," she added.
80 percent people own smartphone worldwide: Report
New York : Nearly 80 percent
of people worldwide now own a
smartphone while almost 50 percent have a tablet, a report from
market research firm GlobalWebIndex says. Almost all smartphone owners are using their devices to access the internet, with
75 percent saying they have gone
online via a mobile in the last
month - a rise from 49 percent in
2011, the findings showed. On an
average, internet users now say
they spend 1.85 hours online via
a mobile each day, up from 1.24
hours in 2012. "There is a slightly
bigger gap between ownership and
online access for tablets, though
with just 37 percent going online
via these devices. Nevertheless,
they have seen the fastest rise of
all since 2011 - having grown from
eight percent," the report read.
For both devices, the figures peak
Sunbathing affects fertility across generations:
London : Norwegian researche r s
have
found
that
children
born
i n
years
w it h
lots
o f
solar
activity had
a higher
probability of dying
compared to
those who were
born in the years
with less sunlight.
On average, the lifespan of children born in
years that had a great deal
of solar activity was 5.2 years
shorter than other children.
The largest difference was
in the probability of dying
during the first two years of
life. "There are probably many
factors that come into play but we
have measured a long-term effect
over generations. The conclusion
is that you should not sunbathe if
you are pregnant and want to have
a lot of grandchildren," said lead
researcher Gine Roll Skjaervoe
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from the Norwegian University
of Science and Technology's
(NTNU) department of
biolog y.
The
team
also
found that children who were
born in years with lots of sunshine
and who survived were also more
likely to have fewer children, who,
in turn, gave birth to fewer children
than others. The finding shows that
increased ultraviolet (UV) radi-
ation during years of high solar
activity had an effect across generations. For the findings, Skjaervoe
studied church records from the
period 1750-1900 involving 9,000
people. Skjaervoe used information on the number of sunspots
as an indication of the amount of
UV radiation in a given year. The
number of sunspots reaches a maximum every 11 years on average,
which results in more UV radiation on Earth during years with
high sunspot and solar activity.
UV radiation can have positive effects on human vitamin
D levels but it can also result
in a reduction of vitamin B9
(folate). It is known that low
folate levels during pregnancy are linked to higher child
mortality. The
study also
showed
that
families
from
t h e
lowest socio-economic groups
were most affected by UV radiation. Women who worked in the
fields were more exposed to the sun
than other women.