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Renowned artist Jameel Fakhri passes away

 

LAHORE: Renowned film, TV and stage artist Jameel Fakhri died here on Thursday after protracted illness, he was 65.

The leading artist was in a state of shock since his eldest son was shot dead in the USA a few months ago. The artist had in his credit a large number of TV plays, stage appearances and also in some movies.

But, he could be remembered for his extra-ordinary performance in of the most popular TV series 'Andhera Ujala' where he appeared as Jaffer Hussain.

Jamee Fakhri who was banker by profession, started his artistic career from a TV drama 'Thanda Bokhar'.

The late had survived a widow and three sons as bereaved family.

His funeral prayers will be offered at his Ravi road residence on Friday morning.

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Video of SRK item song ‘Antenna’ released

 

MUMBAI: The video of long awaited song ‘Antenna’ featuring Bollywood icon Shahrukh Khan has been released.

Amidst magnanimous projects like 'Ra.One' and 'Don 2', Shah Rukh Khan was so pressed for time to get more involved into his home production's next offering 'Always Kabhi Kabhi' that the superstar wanted to in a way gift something to the movie that would bear the renowned SRK trademark and that was how the promotional song of the film "Antenna" was born.

In spite of having a packed schedule and being busy with the post production work of his films Shah Rukh Khan was involved with the song right from its nascent stages - from coming up with the beats and approving the lyrics,to going over various compositions for the song to even shooting for the video in a record breaking time.

Sources say that Shah Rukh Khan was present for almost all of the music sittings that Roshan Abbas and Pritam had arranged for he was completely involved in the making of the song from the lyrics composition, the visualizing of the music video and the likes. He even shot for the song in a flat 3 hours. SRK has always wanted to gift something to the film and "Antenna" seemed appropriate.

Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller’ jacket up for auction

 

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson's red jacket, worn by the late singer in his "Thriller" video, is going on the auction block.

The black and red leather jacket is expected to fetch $200,000 to $400,000 in its debut sale by Jackson's longtime costume designers Dennis Tompkins and Michael Bush, who were given the item by the singer, Julien's Auctions said.

The 14-minute "Thriller" music video, featuring dancing zombies, was released in 1983 and is regarded as one of the most influential pop videos of all time. In 2009, it was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for its cultural and historical significance.

Other Michael Jackson items offered at the two-day sale on June 25 and 26 at Julien's Auctions Gallery in Beverly Hills include the singer's American Music awards glove (estimate $20,000-30,000), a wig he wore at the 2009 London press conference announcing the "This Is It Tour," (estimate $4,000-6,000), and a fedora he wore on stage (estimate $2,000-4,000).

Jackson, 50, died in June 2009 from an overdose of the powerful anesthetic propofol and prescription painkillers, just weeks before a series of planned comeback concerts.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the "Thriller" jacket will benefit The Shambala Preserve current home to tigers who used to live at Jackson's Neverland Ranch, Julien's said. (Reuters)

Salman wish well for Shahrukh’s ‘Ra One’

 

MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has wished well for the success of his rival superstar Shahrukh Khan’s new movie ‘Ra one’.

Salman Khan, on the sideline of a function being held for the promotion of his film ‘Ready’ in an interview, told that his best wishes were with the Shahrukh Khan’s new film ‘Ra One’ that it turns out a hit.

To a question about showing film ‘Ready’ to Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan said that the producer of this film Bhusan Kumar and heroin Asin were interested in showing this movie to Shahrukh and he has no objection to it.

The Royal Wedding drives record traffic to Yahoo!

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo! on Monday said that online interest in the royal wedding led to record high traffic at its websites.

Preliminary figures released by the California-based Internet pioneer indicated that it handled a record-setting 50,000 requests per second for wedding-related content.

Requests-per-second peaked at 33,000 after the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan and topped out at approximately 40,000 after word broke of US military forces killing 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on Sunday.

Yahoo! served up 400 million page views on Friday, when Prince William married his bride Catherine.

There were reportedly 27 million video streams and 2.6 million live video streams at Yahoo! web pages on Friday.

Skyrocketing online interest in Prince William's wedding had prompted Yahoo! to launch websites spotlighting the April 29 ceremony at Westminster Abbey.

Versions of Royalwedding.yahoo.com websites were tailored for 10 countries, including Britain, France, and the United States.

Yahoo! released the figures on the same day it announced that it hired Jai Singh away from the Huffington Post to be editor-in-chief of its Media Network.

Singh was considered a top editor at news website Huffington Post.

"Jai's appointment comes on the heels of one of the most event-filled news weeks in Yahoo! history, which underscores the importance of our editorial operations," said Media Network head Mickie Rosen.

Singh was in charge of day-to-day news management at the Huffington Post.
He is to begin at Yahoo! at the end of May.

Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo! has been reinventing itself as a digital media company after being eclipsed by Google in the online search market. (AFP)

Bollywood sequels: a recipe for success?

Bollywood studios are increasingly desperate for a money-spinner, with box office takings in the Indian film industry as a whole down for the last two years and the lack of original, quality script-writing a common complaint. - AFP (File Photo)

MUMBAI: A glut of Bollywood sequels are due out in the coming months, prompting questions about whether the industry has run out of ideas or is just milking a successful formula in troubled times.
More than a dozen follow-ups are in the pipeline, including “Bheja Fry 2”(Brain Fry), a second “Dabangg” (Fearless), a third in the “Dhoom” franchise and another installment of the “Golmaal” series.
Shah Rukh Khan is also getting in on the act, with a sequel due out by the end of the year of his hit “Don”. The action film, in which the actor reportedly does his own stunts, is currently in post-production.
Bollywood studios are increasingly desperate for a money-spinner, with box office takings in the Indian film industry as a whole down for the last two years and the lack of original, quality script-writing a common complaint.
But “Bheja Fry 2” director Sagar Ballary rejected the notion that follow-ups are an easy option – and said success was not guaranteed.
“I didn’t rush to make the sequel immediately after the first film came out in 2007. We waited for the right script to make this part two,” he said.
“Every film stands on its own. Whether it’s a sequel or not, the film has to be good to work.” “Bheja Fry,”, starring comedian Vinay Pathak, is based on the popular 1998 French comedy “Le Diner de Cons” (The Dinner Game), which was also made into a Hollywood movie, “Dinner for Schmucks”.
Follow-ups are an established part of Hollywood. Some films, like those in the “Godfather” trilogy, are arguably better than the original. Others, like the Star Wars prequels, fail to find favour with fans or critics.
Bollywood, which is increasingly following Hollywood trends in filmmaking and marketing, has not been averse to sequels in the past.
Notable franchises include the crime comedy “Munnabhai” series, starring Sanjay Dutt.
The “Golmaal” series, which came out in 2006, 2008 and 2010, were all popular.
Director Rohit Shetty will be hoping the fourth, starring Kareena Kapoor and Ajay Devgn, will be just as successful and has no qualms about doing another follow-up.
“If I have created a brand, why should I be apologetic about making money on it? You reap what you sow, right?” Shetty was quoted as saying in the Hindustan Times newspaper recently.
The “Dhoom” series has equally been a box office winner throughout the last decade.
Bollywood producer Arbaaz Khan, who will direct “Dabangg 2”, said the film was at the scripting stage and hopes that it will live up to audiences’ expectations.
“Dabangg”, a corrupt cop romp starring Salman Khan, was one of the few hits last year, winning a host of awards including Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at last week’s National Film Awards.
Arbaaz Khan said a sequel is justified given the film’s following.
“It was the biggest mass entertaining film of the last year that did extremely well at the box office. So, the sequel, too, will hopefully work like the first one,” he said.
For all their insistence on artistic integrity, Khan, Ballary and other filmmakers admit that financial factors are important.
With the “brand” already known, less has to be spent on marketing and success is more likely, the argument goes.
“Producers are demanding because for them it’s good business,” said Ballary. “They know sequels will surely recover the cost of the box office because of the success of part one and there’s not much to lose.”
“There are many scripts and good story ideas in the market but producers don’t want to risk new ideas and they feel it’s safe to work with a sequel because audiences like it.”
Khan added: “The pressure to deliver a hit is bigger because people will surely have greater expectations.”

Shakira considering album in Arabic

 

RABAT: Colombian pop singer Shakira said Saturday she would one day like to sing pop songs, if not an entire album, in Arabic.

The native Spanish speaker, who also has global hits in English, was speaking at a news conference in Morocco, where she was headlining the Mawazine World Rhythms music festival.

"It would be a challenge to do an album in Arabic. I would first have to learn Arabic," she said. "I am completely open to that experience. ... At some point I would love that to happen in my life."

Born in Colombia of Syrian origin, Shakira said she grew up listening to the Arab world's premier divas of the 20th century, Egyptian Umm Kalthum and Lebanese Fairuz.

Shakira often uses eastern dance, also known as belly dancing, in her acts, and her hit Spanish language single "Ojas Asi" relies heavily on a Middle Eastern melody. Her eastern origins and musical influences have made her popular throughout the Middle East.

She admitted, however, that she only speaks a few words of Arabic, including "ateeni boosa" or give me a kiss, provoking laughter among the mostly Moroccan crowd of journalists.

Morocco's 10th-annual Mawazine festival of world music concluded Saturday after eight days of music that saw bands from 60 countries, including Kanye West, Lionel Ritchie, Egypt's Amr Diab and Senegal's Youssou N'Dour. (AP)

Karishma ready for a comeback

 

MUMBAI: There is a reason why Karishma Kapoor is looking her best these days. Sources have revealed that the actress is busy meeting with the producers over the last few weeks.

A source has also informed that the actress-turned-homemaker has finally signed and decided on her comeback film.

While details are awaited, it is expected that these projects will have either Akshay or Salman as male lead.

Salman Khan wants a homemaker

 

Mumbai: The 40 something superstar of Bollywood, Salman Khan still tops the list of the most eligible bachelors in the country. He might have had a number of love stories to his credit, but Salman’s search for an ideal spouse is on full swing.

While talking to a daily, Bhai, who otherwise prefers to remain silent about his love life, candidly said, "I want someone who is very efficient with good qualities of a homemaker."

The hunk belongs to a well-knit family that has been a cohesive unit thru thick and thin. And family values are something that holds great importance in the actor’s life.

“In today’s times when family values have become trivial and human bonding is breaking down, everyone must remember that a man is a success only if he has good family values. I would rate family values as something more important than success,” said Sallu.

For someone who believes in shouldering his siblings` responsibility even at this age said, “I will be a finished man tomorrow if I do not respect what my family wants. Family is the biggest support system you have."

The flamboyant star does earn in crores but he believes in a simple lifestyle, for he knows how his father moved to Mumbai from Indore with just Rs60 in his pocket!

Drunk Ali Saleem Arrested for Breaking his Mother’s Nose

Ali Saleem or Begam Nawazish Ali known for his controversies including Sex and Alcoholic Scandals is in another terrible situation of life after torturing his own mother in drunk situation.
As per news Ali Saleem yesterday night when came back from partying he was drunk he asked money from his mother and she refused at this Ali Saleem tortured his own mother and broke the bone of mother. Ali Saleem is still in Lockup since morning 6:00 O Clock where his mother submitted an application against him to Police. As per Medical report its being confirmed that he was drunk and the nose bone of his mother is broken by his torture but police is still not registering FIR against him. In morning when his brother was trying for his bail both fought again each other and Police separated both to different rooms.

Kaif rejects item number

MUMBAI: Aamir Khan is reportedly having a hard time getting Katrina Kaif to star in Delhi Belly.

His name carries enough clout to lure the crowds into theatres, but Aamir Khan is having a surprisingly difficult time roping in an actress for an item number in his home production Delhi Belly.

According to sources, the Bollywood titan approached as many as three women including Katrina Kaif, Deepika Padukone and Malaika Arora Khan. But all of them have bowed out citing shooting plans or scheduling conflicts.

While Padukone is in London shooting for her next film, Kaif has reportedly turned it down saying she has enough dancing to do in her upcoming romantic comedy ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan.’ The Sheila Ki Jawani star also fears that signing up for a racy song opposite Imran Khan in Delhi Belly will kill the novelty factor behind the Khan-Kaif pairing.

Items songs are racy tracks in which the hero essentially matches steps with a sexy siren. The songs rarely have a bearing on the screenplay. Delhi Belly is slated to release on June 30.

A dreamlike, ambitious `Tree of Life'

 

Gorgeous and ambitious, pretentious and baffling, tightly controlled yet free-flowing, "The Tree of Life" is unlike anything you've ever seen before. And yet it's very much the culmination of everything Terrence Malick has done until now - all four features he's made over the past four decades.

All his thematic and aesthetic signatures are there from earlier films like "Badlands" and "The Thin Red Line": the dreamlike yet precise details, an obsession with both the metaphysical and the emotional, an ability to create suspense within a languid mood.

It is simultaneously mesmerizing and maddening as it encompasses nothing less than the nature of existence itself. As writer director, Malick ranges far and wide, from intimate moments with a growing family in 1950s Texas to the dawn of time - complete with awesome images of the cosmos and, yes, those dinosaurs you've surely heard about - and back again.

"The Tree of Life" is deeply spiritual, but Malick isn't one to preach. Instead, he gives you the sense that he's genuinely asking questions to which the answers may be unknowable - he's putting them out there for himself, and for us all. Of course, we'll never know his intentions: Malick is notoriously elusive, which is admirable from an artistic perspective but probably frustrating for those who'd like to know what the hell he means by all this.

But if you're open to letting the imagery wash over you, to allowing yourself to get sucked into the film's rhythms and fluidly undulating tones, you'll be wowed. And even if you're not a spiritual person yourself, given to the kind of seeking that frequently marks the characters' voiceovers in "The Tree of Life," you're unlikely to find the film's religious themes alienating.

"Lord, why? Where were you?" wonders the mother in the family, played as an idealized vision of nurturing womanhood by Jessica Chastain. "Who are we to you? Answer me."

Malick offers an intriguing contrast between these heavy, eternal concepts and prosaic childhood memories: light, wispy snippets of sight and sound, of trees and sky and grass, of a mother's voice. (The technical elements here are just stunning, including Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography, Jack Fisk's production design and Alexandre Desplat's score). These moments are intentionally impressionistic - and "The Tree of Life" feels defiantly plotless and, sometimes, self-indulgent - but they all represent an accurate depiction of how our early recollections can come back to us in fragments. Some are idyllic, while others are frightening.

Eventually, "The Tree of Life" becomes rooted in the reality of the O'Brien family: a father (Brad Pitt), mother (Chastain), and three little boys. Pitt makes the character an intimidating figure, a capricious mix of toughness and tenderness, and it's probably the best work of his career. Chastain, a relative newcomer to the screen, balances him out with sweetness and grace but also with a playful nature and an open, expressive face; you get the sense that she only wants happiness for her children, in whatever form it comes to them.

But Hunter McCracken, the young actor playing Jack, the eldest of the three sons, has a startlingly confident and commanding presence, especially given that this is his first film. McCracken more than holds his own opposite Pitt, with whom he repeatedly clashes: He's truly the star. Jack will grow up to be played by Sean Penn, a Houston architect who's still shaken by a family tragedy decades later. This is one of the chief weaknesses here: Malick has Penn available to him, and all he does is ask him to walk around moping in Armani suits.

Still, "The Tree of Life" changed my mood for the rest of the day, too - and when you see a lot of movies, most of which tend to flee your memory leaving nary a trace on your heart or mind, that's rare. And it can't easily be dismissed. (AP)

Hollywood deal for film of bin Laden killing

US director Kathryn Bigelow - AFP Photo

LOS ANGELES: US film giant Columbia Pictures said Tuesday it has won the US distribution rights for a film about the killing of Osama bin Laden, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow.
Bigelow and journalist-turned screenwriter Mark Boal, who won Oscars for Iraq bomb squad movie “The Hurt Locker” in 2010, had already been working on a project about the Al-Qaeda chief’s capture or killing, before his death on May 2.
Immediately afterwards there were reports they were scrambling to decide what to do with the project, but Tuesday’s announcement by Amy Pascal of Columbia’s parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed the plans.
“Bigelow and Boal have been developing the project since 2008 and plan to incorporate recent events into the film,” said a statement, adding that the film will focus on “the black ops mission to capture or kill” bin Laden.
Pascal added: “With the death of Osama bin Laden, this film could not be more relevant. Kathryn and Mark have an outstanding perspective on the team that was hunting the most wanted man in the world.
“Mark is second to none as an investigative journalist, and Kathryn will bring the same kind of compelling authenticity and urgency that distinguished The Hurt Locker and made that film so memorable and special.” Boal and Bigelow will produce the as-yet unnamed movie with Annapurna Picture’s Megan Ellison, and executive producer Greg Shapiro. Filming will start in late summer, with the film to be released in the last quarter of 2012.
There is a long history of movies based on real events, from “JFK” to “Titanic,” or more recently “United 93” about the heroism of passengers who prevented a fourth plane from hitting its mark on 9/11.
Bigelow has built her career via movies notable for their macho characters, whether it’s bank-robbing surfers in “Point Break” to adrenaline-addicted bomb squads in “The Hurt Locker.” She became the first woman to win the best director Oscar last year for “The Hurt Locker,” a nerve-jangling movie about a US Army bomb disposal squad in Baghdad.
The low-budget drama, based on a screenplay by Boal after he was embedded with a bomb squad in 2004, beat dollar 500 million sci-fi epic “Avatar,” directed by her ex-husband James Cameron, at the 2010 Academy Awards.

US company plans to offer trips around moon

 

WASHINGTON: A US private space exploration company has recently announced its plan to offer trips around the moon to space tourists.

The tourists willing to pay the $150 million ticket price would launch into space aboard a three-seat Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

The Space Adventures expects to begin launching their trips around the moon within the next five years.

'Pirates' is box office gold

 

LOS ANGELES: The fourth installment in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series captured $90 million in box office treasures as Jack Sparrow's latest adventure debuted at number one, Sunday estimates said.

In "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," Johnny Depp's character looks to get "savvy" with the Fountain of Youth. Penelope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush and Ian McShane co-star in the Disney romp, which has earned mixed reviews from critics.

The $90.1 million North American take was enough to knock "Thor" off its throne, according to estimates from industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The surprise hit "Bridesmaids" held onto the second spot, grossing $21 million in its second week. The comedy about an oddball group of women preparing for their wedding day supporting roles has earned $57.5 million total.

After two weeks on top, "Thor," starring Chris Hemsworth as the epic hero banished to Earth from the mystical world of Asgard, slipped to third, earning $15.5 million and raising its three-week total to $145 million.

"Fast Five" kept its engine revving by picking up $10.6 million. The fifth volume in the high-speed car chase series, which added action star Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson this time around, has grossed $186 million in a month.

In the fifth spot was "Rio," a family-friendly tropical bird comedy which took $4.65 million for a total of just over $131 million over its six-week run.

Horror flick "Priest" starring Paul Bettany on the hunt for vampires who kidnapped his niece fell two spots to number six. It grossed $4.6 million in its second week.

"Jumping the Broom," about two African-American families meeting for a wedding, earned $3.7 million, slipping one spot to seventh.

Next was romantic comedy "Something Borrowed" with $3.4 million, followed by Depression-era romance "Water for Elephants" with $2.1 million. Rounding out the top 10 was "Madea's Big Happy Family," which took in just under $1 million. (AFP)

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