Start-ups see new beginning for video games around world

SAN FRANCISCO - That spanking new Nintendo Wii that’s gracing your living room may seem like the greatest thing to hit video games since the evolution of the human thumb.

Lara Bingle to present gong at 2009 MTV Awards

MELBOURNE - Lara Bingle, fiance of Australian cricket team’s vice-captain Michael Clarke, has been signed as a presenter at the 2009 MTV Awards.

Lily Allen throws up after boozy gig in Scotland

LONDON - British singer Lily Allen was recently spotted throwing up after a gig in Scotland, the results of drinking during the show.

Rihanna ‘denies talk of The Bodyguard remake’

WASHINGTON - R andB star Rihanna has dismissed reports she is in negotiations to star in a remake of Whitney Houston’s 1992 classic ‘The Bodyguard’.

Spiderman 4 director wants Kirsten Dunst to reprise her role

MELBOURNE - Spiderman director Sam Raimi is keen to once again cast Hollywood actress Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson the love interest in Spiderman 4.

Paltrow doubts Phoenix’s ‘hip-hop act’

WASHINGTON - Gwyneth Paltrow suspects that Joaquin Phoenix’s plan to become a rapper is “a hoax”.

Kerry Katona announces split from hubby changing Facebook status to ’single’

LONDON - Kerry Katona has announced that her marriage to Mark Croft is over, by changing her Facebook status to “single”.

Tinsel Town to invade staid Washington on Obama inauguration

LOS ANGELES - Ever since Republican presidential candidate John McCain used a sarcastic video to mock Barack Obama as the world’s biggest celebrity, the US president-elect has scrupulously kept a respectable distance from his closest Hollywood supporters.

Shyam Benegal told me ‘Tingya’ is like a poem: Director

NEW DELHI - Marathi film ‘Tingya’ might have lost out to Aamir Khan’s ‘Taare Zameen Par’ as the official entry to the Oscars, but the film has no dearth of critical acclaim with ace filmmaker Shyam Benegal appreciating it and comparing it to a poem.

Fans chat with Raghu of MTV Roadies online

NEW DELHI - Fans of MTV ‘Roadies’, the adventure reality show flagged off by Akshay Kumar, caught roadie Raghu Ram on his first ever live chat on In.com Thursday.

Akshay Kumar flags off MTV ‘Roadies’ show

NEW DELHI - Bollywood star Akshay Kumar flagged off the sixth season of MTV’s adventure reality show ‘Roadies’ by assigning the 20 participants their first task - a commando obstacle race.

Unidentified gunmen attack private TV station in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO - A group of unidentified gunmen Tuesday torched a leading Sri Lankan private television and radio station on the outskirts of the national capital, drawing strong condemnation from the US, rights groups and media organisations.

Suniel Shetty says I’m India’s Goldie Hawn: Sophie Chaudhary

NEW DELHI - Singer-actress Sophie Chaudhary is working with Suniel Shetty in Inder Kumar’s comic caper ‘Daddy Cool’ and says her co-star feels she is like Oscar award-winning actress Goldie Hawn.

Change was buzzword for TV industry in 2008 (Yearender-11)

NEW DELHI - Change, they say, is the only constant in life. The saying may not have been true for India’s Rs.226 billion/ Rs. 22,600 Crores television industry for the past seven years but it certainly seemed apt for 2008.

Sunburn music fest gets conditional go ahead

PANAJI - In a late night development, the Goa government Friday granted a conditional go-ahead to the Sunburn 2008 music festival, touted as the biggest in Asia, notwithstanding the ban on beach parties.