Shah Rukh to receive honorary doctorate from British university New Delhi, June 27 : Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been nominated to receive an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain’s University of Bedfordshire. Shah Rukh, the first foreign actor to be conferred the Malaysian title of Datuk – akin to a British knighthood – last year, will receive his first doctorate July 10. The actor was chosen for the doctorate by NGO Routes to Roots, a member of the World Association of Non-Governmental Organization (WANGO) that works …

Jodhaa Akbar
, a historical epic about the romance between a Mughal king and a Hindu princess, dominated the 10th International Indian Film Academy awards on Saturday, winning six awards including best picture and best actor for heartthrob Hrithik Roshan.
Two Montreal English bands may be dropped from a bilingual St-Jean-Baptiste concert after one of the backers threatened to pull out over language issues.
The bilingual concert on June 23 in Montreal was to have showcased English bands Lake of Stew and Bloodshot Bill along with Quebec artists Malajube, Vincent Vallieres and Marie-Pierre …

Last year, Parvathy Omanakuttan was the first runner-up in Miss World. Reita Faria (1966) was the first Indian to win this crown and after that Aishwarya Rai (1994), Yukta Mukhi (1999), Priyanka Chopra (2000) achieved success.
Who is Pooja Chopra?
Pooja Chopra is Miss India World 2009, Ekta Choudhury is Miss India Universe 2009 and Shriya Kishore is Miss India Earth 2009.
Pooja Chopra was one of the contestants of Femina Miss India East 2009, organized by Femina, a women’s magazine, held on Feb 17, 2009 in Kolkata. She was crowned with the …

Amitabh Bachchan via last.fm

ollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has reacted to racial attacks on Indian students in Australia by rejecting an honorary doctorate offered to him by an Australian university.
The Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane had offered the 66-year-old veteran a doctorate for his contribution to the world of entertainment and Bachchan had earlier accepted the title.
The honour was to be conferred on the star in July as a part of celebrations to commemorate a retrospective of his films to be inaugurated in the city.
“I have been witnessing with great dismay …

Himesh Reshammiya, the composer cum singer cum actor performed live concert to promote his film Karzzz. Himesh in his new avatar with a fitter body and without a cap sporting his newly weaved hair enthralled audiences with his performance.
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On January 14, Bollywood turned out in full force for the first awards night of the season.
The Star Screen Awards has been the only Awards ceremony in India which has involved the Executive Director and the Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.The Screen Awards, initiated by the chairman of The Express Group, Mr. Viveck Goenka in 1994, is focused on films in India. The awards attempts to position themselves as India’s first awards that are given by the film fraternity to the film fraternity by way …

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