Hollywood actor Russell Crowe will be honoured with the 2,404th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The Oscar winner will unveil the pavement plaque in front of the Kodak Theatre April 12, reported hollywood.com
Filmmaker Ron Howard will be among the celebrities paying tribute to Crowe at the event.
Pop diva Madonna’s son David showed off his new Mohican haircut as the family arrived in London.
The five-year-old and sister Mercy held the singer’s hand as they went to find their luggage at Heathrow, reported mirror.co.uk
Madonna and her family are spending a week in Britain. On Monday, they headed to Malawi so that adopted kids David and Mercy can visit their relatives.
The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians at the Brabourne Stadium here Tuesday.
Kings XI Punjab:
Ravi Bopara lbw Khan 1 (4 balls)
Shaun Marsh b Malinga 57 (47 balls, 4×6, 6×1)
Manvinder Bisla c Khan b Malinga 11 (10 balls, 4×1)
Mahela Jayawardene run out (Malinga/Rayudu) 20 (18 balls, 4×2)
Yuvraj Singh c Harbhajan b Bravo 2 (3 balls)
Irfan Pathan c Harbhajan b Malinga 18 (14 balls, 4×1)
Brett Lee c Pollard b Khan 3 (3 balls)
Karan Goel b Malinga 1 (3 balls)
Piyush Chawla run out (McLaren) 22 (13 balls, 4×3)
Vikramjit Singh Malik b Khan 6 (5 balls)
Shalabh Srivastava not out 1 (1 ball)
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 10, nb 1) 21
Total (all out in 20 overs) 163
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Bopara, 1.2 overs), 2-40 (Bisla, 4.4), 3-89 (Jayawardene, 10.4), 4-92 (Yuvraj, 11.2), 5-124 (Pathan, 15.5), 6-124 (Marsh, 15.6), 7-129 (Lee, 16.4), 8-133 (Goel, 17.2), 9-150 (Malik, 18.6), 10-163 (Chawla, 19.6)
Bowling:
Ryan McLaren 3-0-29-0
Zaheer Khan 4-0-34-3
Lasith Malinga 4-0-22-4
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-26-0
Keiron Pollard 2-0-20-0
Dwayne Bravo 3-0-22-1
Mumbai Indians:
Shikhar Dhawan c Marsh b Bopara 50 (40 balls, 4×6)
Sachin Tendulkar c Pathan b Chawla 11 (15 balls, 4×2)
Keiron Pollard c Bopara b Pathan 20 (13 balls, 4×2, 6×1)
Saurabh Tiwary c Goel b Bopara 31 (23 balls, 4×1, 6×2)
Ambati Rayudu c Yuvraj b Srivastava 9 (12balls, 4×1)
Dwayne Bravo c & b Bopara 8 (4 balls)
Rajagopal Sathish not out 17 (9 balls, 4x 2)
Harbhajan Singh not out 1 (1 balls)
Extras (lb 2, w 15) 17
Total (for six wickets in 19.3 overs) 164
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Tendulkar, 5.2 overs), 2-82 (Pollard, 9.6), 3-91 (Dhawan, 11.4), 4-122 (Rayudu, 15.5), 5-133 (Bravo, 16.6), 6-158 (Tiwary, 18.6)
Bowling:
Brett Lee 2.3-0-24-0
Shalabh Srivastava 4-0-27-1
Irfan Pathan 3-0-20-1
Vikramjit Singh Malik 2-0-21-0
Piyush Chawla 3-0-32-1
Karan Goel 1-0-7-0
Ravi Bopara 4-0-31-3
Toss Mumbai Indians, who chose to field
Points Mumbai Indians 2, Kings XI Punjab 0
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Shavir Tarapore
TV umpire: S Ravi
Match referee: S Venkataraghavan
On Tuesday, Google has introduced the latest tool for online shopping in India where the users can find details about different products along with their prices.
Google’s Indian official said, “Google users can access information on product names, prices and images from about 30,000 Indian websites and portals with a new tool through its search engine.”
Google’s new shopping tool has the capability to collect the information about products and their prices automatically. The system would scan millions of Indian Web pages and then displays product names, prices along with their images.
In order to use this tool, you just need to input the product’s name in the search column at www.google.co.in. Then click on the “Show Options …” link and choose the “Shopping” option. Then you will get the desired results that you can filter according to your requirements.
The products can be of any variety including mobile phones, household goods, washing machines, etc.
Google India products’ head Vinay Goel said, “The tool also helps users to select a price range from the listings with specific information on diverse products.”
The tool has been designed observing the latest trends of shopping online in India and it would help the users to decide faster and better deals online.
Super model Kate Moss and British singer Natalie Imbruglia reportedly swapped dresses in the bathroom at a charity event.
“Both women looked stunning but everyone was taken with Imbruglia’s outfit, so when Moss and Imbruglia were in the bathroom, they decided to exchange outfits,” imdb.com quoted a source as saying.
“Moss was so impressed with Imbruglia’s dress, she didn’t want to swap back and begged her to let her stay in it. However, Imbruglia declined the offer and they soon went back to wearing what they arrived in.”
Singer Kylie Minogue has stripped off for a new cancer awareness campaign, five years after she was diagnosed with the disease.
“It means so much to me to be part of this year’s campaign for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. I wholeheartedly support their effort to raise funds for the vital work undertaken by Breakthrough Brest Cancer,” contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.
The “Spinning Around” hit maker poses in just a bedsheet in the saucy shoot for the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer 2010 fund raising initiative.
Along with Minogue, Sienna Miller and Claudia Schiffer have also been snapped for the promo.
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie is turning to the dark side, as she’s in talks to play the wicked fairy godmother in a live action remake of “Sleeping Beauty”.
Contactmusic.com reports, filmmaker Tim Burton will direct the modernised version of the Disney classic, and Jolie will add her star power to the project as famous villain Maleficent.
Jolie is currently shooting “The Tourist” with Burton’s frequent collaborator and “Alice In Wonderland” star Johnny Depp.
Delhi Daredevils captain Gautam Gambhir said that David Warner’s century was one of the best Twenty20 knocks he has seen as it came on a difficult track.
Warner struck 107 off 69 balls with nine fours and five sixes as Daredevils beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 40 runs here Monday.
“It was one of the best Twenty20 innings I have seen as it came on this kind of a track. He played an incredible innings. He played his shots and gave Paul Collingwood a lot of time to play his game,” Gambhir said after the match.
Gambhir said the slow nature of the wicket made it difficult for the batsmen to score and his bowlers did a great job.
“We know how to play on this kind of wicket because it is our home turf. The bowlers are used to the conditions so they were mixing it up for the batsmen. It could be difficult for other teams to come and adjust to the conditions.”
Gambhir, who returned after missing three matches with a hamstring injury, said the presence of Collingwood has added to the strength of the side.
Colingwood, who joined the team two days back after England’s series against Bangaldesh, and Warner shared a 128-run stand after Daredevils lost three early wickets.
“It is very important to have a player like Collingwood. He can contribute in all the departments. His partnership with Warner set the game for us.”
Gambhir also had words of encouragement for young fast bowler Umesh Yadav who took two wickets.
“He is a very good prospect and quality bowler who can bowl with pace. If he works hard he can play for the country. India might get a bowler who can bowl at 145-150 km.”
Warner, on his part, said he wanted to play crucial knocks for his team.
“We have world class players and whoever comes in the side will have to fight for the place. I am happy to have scored my first IPL century and would want to continue in the same fashion.”
“We have a good coach in Greg Shipperd. He is the best batting coach.”
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly said Warner’s knock made all the difference.
“We got early wickets but Warner took the game away from us. We will have to improve our batting. We also need bowl better.”
Scoreboard of the Indian Premier League match between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders here Monday.
David Warner not out 107 (69b, 9×4 5×6)
Virender Sehwag st Saha b Gayle 8 (3b, 2×4)
Gautam Gambhir lbw b Langeveldt 1 (2b)
Dinesh Karthik b Sharma 0 (1)
Paul Collingwood c Hussey b Langeveldt 53 (45b, 3×4, 2×6)
Kedar Jadhav not out 4 (1b, 1×4)
Extras (w 3, nb 1) 4
Total (for four wickets in 20 overs) 177
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Sehwag, 0.6 overs), 2-21 (Gambhir, 1.6), 3-38 (Karthik, 2.6), 4-166 (Collingwood, 19.2)
Bowling
Chris Gayle 4 0 38 1
Charl Langeveldt 3 0 35 2
Ishant Sharma 1 0 17 1
David Hussey 4 0 24 0
Angelo Mathews 2 0 11 0
Murali Kartik 4 0 26 0
Ajit Agarkar 2 0 26 0
Kolkata Knight Riders
Chris Gayle c Mishra b Bhatia 30 (21b, 2×4, 2×6)
Sourav Ganguly b Nannes 5 (10b, 1×4)
Mandeep Singh st Karthik b Mishra 0 (4b)
Manoj Tiwary b McDonald 0 (3b)
David Hussey c Gambhir b Yadav 29 (32b, 2×4, 1×6)
Angelo Mathews b Yadav 24 (18b, 3×4)
Wriddhiman Saha not out 20 (17b, 2×4)
Ajit Agarkar c & b Collingwood 17 (13b, 1×4)
Murali Kartik stumped Karthik b McDonald 1 (2b)
Charl Langeveldt b McDonald 0 (1b)
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 11
Total (for nine wickets in 20 overs) 137
Fall of wickets 1-19 (Ganguly, 2.5 overs), 2-20 (Mandeep Singh, 3.4), 3-21 (Tiwary, 4.2), 4-50 (Gayle, 8.1), 5-85 (Hussey, 13.3), 6-102 (Mathews, 15.2), 7-134 (Agarkar, 18.6), 8-137 (Kartik, 19.5), 9-137 (Langeveldt, 19.6)
Bowling
Dirk Nannes 3.1 0 15 1
Andrew McDonald 4 0 37 3
Amit Mishra 4 0 18 1
Rajat Bhatia 4 0 28 1
Umesh Yadav 4 0 27 2
Paul Collingwood 0.5 0 7 1
Vivek Oberoi has done many daring stunts for his film “Prince – It’s Showtime”, but when it came to intimate scenes, it was his three leading ladies in the film who took “care” of him.
“It’s been a dream to work with three lovely ladies together. I had a really good experience working with them but, while shooting the intimate scenes, I was way too shy and felt awkward,” Vivek told IANS in an interview.
“All through the movie you will see me doing brave stunts. While shooting the action sequences, when they were scared I took care of them, but while sharing intimacy I was taken under confidence by them saying: ‘Don’t worry, we will take care of you’. Which left me embarrassed but it was sweet of them to help me get through,” he added.
The 33-year-old, who shares an intimate kissing scene with model-turned-actress Aruna Shields in the film, says he had to do several retakes to get it right.
“It was our first ever intimate kissing scene and both of us were jittery, which led to too many retakes as it was not looking natural,” he said.
Directed by debutant Kooki Gulati, the film is about a quick-witted thief who wakes up one morning to realise that he has a gunshot on his arm and has absolutely no clue about how he got it because he has lost his memory.
Vivek, who has lost 12 kilos for the film, will be seen doing daring stunts in the film that needed rigorous physical training.
“I was a bit nervous doing some daredevil stunts in my film, which I had never done before. ‘Prince…’ is my first action film and will showcase me in a new avatar. It’s a story that could be every man’s fantasy and every man’s nightmare,” he said.
“I have given my life, literally, for getting myself prepared for the stunts that are all done by me without substitutes and it increased the risk factor. I had to undergo five months’ physical training, which included skate-boarding, stunt biking, cable training, marshal arts, kicks and punches. I have jumped from a 32-storied building to a 28-storied building and that too on a bike,” he said.
“All the action scenes have been shot in Hollywood style which the audience will see for the first time,” Vivek added.
Even though the cast and crew of the film boasts of a number of newcomers starting from the director, the three female actresses, Aruna Shields, Nandana Sen and Niroo Singh, to music composer Sachin Gupta, Vivek doesn’t take it as a baggage but instead as an opportunity.
“Yes you can say I am carrying the film on my shoulders with all the others being newcomers. But I don’t take it as a burden; instead it’s been an opportunity to nourish, explore myself better,” he said.
Vivek said that the change in appearance and choice of roles are a deliberate effort on his part.
“My look and role in movies like ‘Kurbaan’, ‘Shootout At Lokhandwala’, ‘Prince’ and even in future projects are very different from the other and that is my effort to evolve as a versatile actor and not get tagged in one genre,” he added.
Vivek is currently working on Ram Gopal Varma’s “Rakta Charitra” and has two other films in the pipeline.
