Coppola, father and friends lost in celebration

LOS ANGELES: By most accounts, it was even bigger than the premiere. Lost in Translation, which counts a best-picture bid among its four Oscar nominations, debuted on DVD on February 3 with a sushi and karaoke party reminiscent of the Tokyo bar where...

Travel Abroad 06 Feb, 2004

Spielberg to present Oscar

LOS ANGELES: Legendary Hollywood movie director and producer Steven Spielberg will join the line-up of Oscar presenters at this month’s awards ceremony.Spielberg, himself a previous Oscar winner, will join a growing number of stars who signed up to...

Travel Abroad 06 Feb, 2004

Jackson’s nipple-gate most watched TV moment

Agence France PresseLos AngelesPop star Justin Timberlake’s baring of Janet Jackson’s breast in front of nearly 100 million US viewers has become one of the most watched television moments in history, industry players said on Tuesday.Outrage and...

Travel Abroad 05 Feb, 2004

Nepal wins multiple philately awards

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, February 4Nepal Philatelic Society participated in the Hong Kong 2004 philately exhibition held on January 31. Shankar Shrestha was the commissioner for this event. He left on January 28 with six entries from Nepal.On...

Travel Abroad 05 Feb, 2004

Colin Farrell to hand out Oscar Award

Agence France PresseLos AngelesIrreverent Irish movie star Colin Farrell, one of Hollywood’s hottest properties, will do a turn as an awards presenter at next month’s Oscars ceremony organisers said.Farrell, 27, will hand out one of the coveted...

Travel Abroad 04 Feb, 2004

Gufsuf

Govinda’s Sukh in SevaMUMBAI: Well, we had just reported how Govinda completed the shooting of Sukh in 27 days flat and will soon begin the post-production work of the film. But even before Sukh hits the theatres, the...

Travel Abroad 04 Feb, 2004

Tom Hanks to present Oscar

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks will make an appearance on stage at Oscars ceremony, presenting one of the golden statuettes to a winner, organisers announced on January 30.The 47-year-old double Oscar winner, who won back-to-back best actor...

Travel Abroad 02 Feb, 2004

Age is but a number

Brooklyn-born (January 16, 1979) and Detroit-raised R&B singer Aaliyah Dana Haughton hit the big time in her early teens with a spate of hit records before she embarked at 20 on a film-acting career. A losing appearance on Star Search at age 11 failed...

Travel Abroad 25 Jan, 2004

Legend sings to spellbind

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 23On the occasion of the approaching 55th Republic Day of India, Embassy of India presented musical maestro Pandit Jasraj. Sponsored by Telecommunications Consultants India Limited and supported by Hotel Yak and...

Travel Abroad 24 Jan, 2004

Richards on a roll

The GuardianLondonKeith Richards admits he went ‘berserk’ when Mick Jagger accepted a knighthood on the eve of the singer’s 60th birthday last year — an honour bestowed by “the same establishment that did their very best to throw us in jail...

Travel Abroad 23 Jan, 2004

Get ready for a dark, dramatic Kutcher

Associated PressIt’s a tradition, actors best known for playing the goofball taking their shot at serious thespian status. Tom Hanks. Robin Williams. Bill Murray. Steve Martin... Ashton Kutcher. Yes, even the lovable dimwit from ‘That ‘70s...

Travel Abroad 21 Jan, 2004

Studying British style

British education has long attracted and welcomed high calibre students of different nationalities and backgrounds and today builds on hundreds of years of experience in providing quality education to international students. To ensure that the quality...

Travel Abroad 21 Jan, 2004