Adele clinches major awards at 2017 Grammys
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Singer Adele bagged all the top honours including Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Song Of The Year at the 59th annual Grammy Awards for her album…
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Adele ‘can’t possibly accept’ top honour at Grammys
Los Angeles, Feb 13 (IANS) Singer Adele, who was honoured with the Album Of The Year award at the 59th annual Grammy Awards for “25”, refused to take the trophy. The English singer-songwriter said that…
Twitter war erupts between Trump, Mark Cuban
New York, Feb 13 (IANS) A Twitter war spurred between US President Donald Trump and American businessman and TV celebrity, Mark Cuban after the latter cautioned the CEOs in a newspaper article “not to cozy…
‘La La Land’ wins big at ‘politically charged’ BAFTA
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Hollywood romantic musical “La La Land” on Sunday won five awards out of its eleven nominations at the 70th BAFTA Awards. The ceremony, where Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel bagged the…
Mexico demands respect from Trump with huge marches
Mexico City, Feb 13 (IANS) Tens of thousands of Mexicans took to the streets on Sunday in at least 18 cities around the country to demand “respect” from US President Donald Trump, shouting slogans for…
North Korea claims successful test-firing of medium-to-long-range ballistic missile
Pyongyang, Feb 13 (IANS) North Korea on Monday claimed it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface medium-to-long-range ballistic missile Pukguksong-2 and its top leader Kim Jong Un guided the test firing, according to the state news agency…
BAFTA Awards: Emma Stone, Casey Affleck win Best Leading Actors
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Emma Stones performance in La La Land and Casey Afflecks work in Manchester By The Sea won them the Best Leading Actress and Actor honour respectively at the 70th BAFTA Awards…
Immigration raids fulfil campaign promise: Trump
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Sunday on Twitter that the recent increase in immigration raids to detain undocumented foreigners comes in fulfilment of his campaign promises, adding that the majority…
Stephen Fry takes jibe at Trump at BAFTA Awards 2017
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Comedian Stephen Fry, host of the 70th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, took a dig at US President Donald Trump at the gala here on Sunday, calling…
Viola Davis wins BAFTA Award, speaks up for African-Americans
London, Feb 13 (IANS) Viola Davis, who on Sunday won the Best Supporting Actress honour at the 70th BAFTA Awards for “Fences”, finds it an anomaly that the awards season has diverse nominees this year….
Pay drivers $4,400 to scrap polluting diesel vehicles, says London mayor
London, Feb 13 (IANS) A radical scheme to drive the most polluting diesel-engine vehicles off the streets of London was proposed on Sunday by mayor Sadiq Khan. The British capital’s mayor has called on the…
More MPs support Panneerselvam, Sasikala asserts not scared of threats
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) The power struggle in Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK continued on Sunday with more MPs joining acting Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam, even as party chief V.K. Sasikala said that legislators with her…
India thump Pakistan to retain blind World Cup title
Bengaluru, Feb 12 (IANS) A spirited fielding performance coupled with some excellent batting by Prakash Jayaramaiah helped India thrash Pakistan by nine wickets in the final of the cricket Twenty20 World Cup for Blind at…
Trump People’s Court – SNL
It’s President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) versus the Ninth Circuit Court judges (Kyle Mooney, Vanessa Bayer, Pete Davidson) on a new People’s Court. Get more SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live Full Episodes: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-liv… Like SNL: https://www.facebook.com/snl Follow SNL:…
Sean Spicer Press Conference Cold Open – SNL
Sean Spicer (Melissa McCarthy) and Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon) take questions from the press (Bobby Moynihan, Mikey Day, Vanessa Bayer, Sasheer Zamata, Cecily Strong, Kyle Mooney). Get more SNL: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live Full Episodes: http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-liv… Like SNL:…
Bangladesh 103-3, need 356 runs to beat India in one-off Test
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Bangladesh face a big test of saving the one-off cricket Test as they reached 103 for three in their second innings after India set them a target of 459 on the…
Modi inducted corrupt leaders in BJP: Rahul
Haridwar, Feb 12 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had embraced corrupt leaders who were kicked out of the Congress. “Modiji says he is fighting against corruption. However,…
Telangana youth shot dead in US
Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot dead a youth from Telangana in California in the US. V. Vamshi Reddy, 27, was killed near his apartment, according to information reaching his family in Warangal Urban…
‘Si3’ Review: Suriya’s Singam act falls abysmally short (Rating: *1/2)
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “SI3(Singam 3)” Language: Tamil Director: Hari Cast: Suriya, Anushka Shetty and Shruti Haasan Rating: *1/2 Don’t let the agitated agile ambience of unlimited energy fool you. This is a work…
Nine AIADMK Lok Sabha members back Panneerselvam
Chennai, Feb 12 (IANS) The number of Lok Sabha members of the AIADMK supporting Tamil Nadu’s acting Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Sunday swelled to nine. Five Lok Sabha AIADMK members on Sunday extended support…