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Friday, May 24 2013
Nigerian Spirit
IF I were to write a book about the almost perverse will of Nigerians to find a way, I would call it 'What to do when Nigeria Happens'. In chapter 18 - 'What To Do When There Is a Power Cut During an Operation' - I would advise you to follow the example of a surgeon who asked his attendants to turn on their ...
THE FEAR FACTOR
IF there is one thought that summarises the strength and weakness of the Arab awakenings, it's the one offered by Daniel Brumberg, a co-director of the democracy and governance studies program at Georgetown University, who observed that the Arab awakenings happened because the Arab peoples ...
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Motion capture tech debuts in movies with Seth Macfarlane

THE only way to arrive at Semsi Pasha Mosque is by water,´´ my guide said as our little boat dodged two tankers on the Bosporus. On every shore around us, the domes and minarets of some of Istanbul´s nearly 3,000 mosques delineated ...

Bollywood has no dancing style of its own: Madhuri Dixit
THE Hindi film industry is devoid of a distinctive style of dance, says dancing queen Madhuri Dixit, who feels Bollywood has become a melting pot of all forms of the art. "I think Bollywood is an amalgam of all dance styles. Bollywood has no style of its own. The style is a cliche. There are so many dance styles all over the world and we get to see them all in one song itself. So this is Bollywood´s specialty," Madhuri said. "As soon as new styles come in, like hip-hop is becoming popular now, you see dancers amalgamating it into our own dancing. The dance forms get a Bollywood twist and it becomes a new style. So Bollywood is always incorporating not just Indian and folk, but western dances too," she added. Madhuri...
Russell Brand back to stand-up with Brand X
HE´S played an out-of-control rocker in Hollywood movie Get Him to the Greek and a drunken playboy in Arthur, but in his first US television show, Americans will see raucous British comedian Russell Brand as they haven´t before - doing stand-up. Brand returns to his roots in new show Brand X, a late-night, once-a-week programme debuting on the FX network. It shows off the comedian´s charged humour, as well as his more serious take on spirituality, consumerism and celebrity culture in front of a live audience. "I love doing stand-up because you have a direct interaction with the audience. There is no mediation, no script, no direction. It is my great love. What is it other than telling the truth to human ...
Angel and Phil now officially on
PHIL Younghusband has finally confirmed that he and actress Angel Locsin are "officially boyfriend and girlfriend." The popular Azkals striker made the announcement during a recent press conference revealing that they became a couple only on May 27 this year. "We´re happy. We fall more and more in love with each other," ABS-CBN News quoted him saying. "Love and happiness are really the words to describe our relationship." Locsin also corroborated the matter to PEP saying via text message, "Yupyup! It´s official May 27" Still, the 24-year old Younghusband clarified that he is not yet ready to become husband to the 27-year old Locsin. "It´s too early to plan that," he was reported as saying in the same ABSCBN report.

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