Big B takes to voice blogging now
Sharman Joshi takes the bride!
February 8th, 2010 more imagesFeb 8, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Tips Production ‘Toh Baat Pakki' is a comedy-romance drama, which is all set to arrive soon and stars diva Tabu, Sharman Joshi, Yuvika Chaudhary and Vatsal Sheth in principal roles. the film revolves around the groom finding his bride amidst lots of twist and turns.
December 3rd, 2009 more imagesTollywood beauty Madhu Sharma is the latest celebrity to join the blogging bandwagon! the gorgeous actress is probably the first Tollywood actress to have had started an online blog, where she would be connecting with fans and also updating them about her life. the first blog post is already up on the blog.
Kidman hates To Hear Herself Singing
November 19th, 2009 more imagesmore imagesNICOLE KIDMAN hates her singing voice because she can never reach the high notes she thinks her musical characters should hit. the Oscar-winner, who sang in in Moulin Rouge, is set to wow fans again in upcoming movie musical Nine, but says she can't listen to her singing voice, reported imdb.com.
Boyzone to pay tribute to late band member
November 9th, 2009 LONDON - the boy band Boyzone is set to release a tribute to late band member Stephen Gately which will feature him singing the lead vocals. Band mate Ronan Keating is planning to remix the song to showcase Gately's voice, thesun.co.uk reports.
I had a voice like a goat: Shakira
October 10th, 2009 LONDON - Colombian pop star Shakira has revealed she used to sing like a goat as a teenager and her music teacher was unimpressed by her fledgling talent. the "She wolf" songstress has revealed her musical talents went unnoticed when she was a teenager because her singing voice had an uncanny resemblance to the bleating of a goat, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
Houston turns to god when drugs tempt her
September 16th, 2009 LONDON - Troubled singer Whitney Houston admits that she still fights the urge to take drugs but turns to god whenever the temptation becomes too strong. "Don't think I don't have desires for it.
Lohan's troubled image cost her film role
August 21st, 2009 LONDON - Author Allison Burnett has refused to cast Lindsay Lohan in the celluloid adaptation of her novel because she feels the actress' troubled image will work against the movie. the mean Girls star had been lined up to play the lead in the adaptation of acclaimed novel "Undiscovered Gyrl", about a teenager blogging about her sexual coming-of-age.
August 18th, 2009 Blogs have captured the interest of many B-towners. Another blogger on board is Ranbir Kapoor.
Gowariker's sister sings for Priyanka in 'What's your Raashee?'
July 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker has roped in his sister to croon a song that will be picturised on Priyanka Chopra in his forthcoming movie "What's your Raashee?" he hopes audiences appreciate her voice. "My sister Aslesha sang the song 'Aa le chal' for my film.
Shreyas Talpade becomes the voice of junta!
July 28th, 2009 Shreyas Talpade has something intense about him. If you haven't seen that already in spite of his funny roles in films, you've got to check out this ad he has done recently.
Priyamani waiting to dub her films in her own voice
July 27th, 2009 BANGALORE - She lost Kerala state government best actress award for "Tirakatha" because she didn't dub it in her own voice. Southern actress Priyamani doesn't regret it, but at the same time she is keen to dub in her own voice.
Prakash Jha launches TV channel, says it'll be voice of Bihar
July 19th, 2009 MUMBAI - Filmmaker-turned-politician Prakash Jha has launched Maurya TV in Bihar because he felt the state badly needed its own voice. But he denies he started the channel to counter the rosy-picture Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's government is trying to create.
Neil Patrick Harris to host Emmy Awards
July 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Neil Patrick Harris, known for his role in "How I Met your Mother", will host this year's Emmy Awards. the actor-comedian is good at mimicry but doesn't know which voice he will use while conducting the ceremony.
Demi Moore pokes fun at herself
May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Demi Moore has posted unflattering photos of herself on micro-blogging site Twitter, poking fun at herself. the 46-year-old star shared with fans her pictures on a dentists chair with her front tooth missing and later joked about it online, reports dailymail.co.uk.
No more blogging for Mammootty
May 3rd, 2009 Mammootty fans were very happy when the superstar inaugurated his blog on the location of his new film Ee Pattanathil Bhootham at Thammanath near Kochi. Pretty soon 1436 fans started logging in to get close to their favourite actor and interact with him.
Motorists now have Haven from trains
ONE YEAR, $28 million and innumerable headaches for motorists later, the newly constructed Haven Avenue underpass in Rancho Cucamonga opened Wednesday.
Dignitaries gathered for a ceremony on the pavement before the street was opened to traffic. and where dignitaries gather, yours truly is sure to go.
Noting that the underpass was completed ahead of schedule, Mayor Don Kurth declared cheerfully: "Santa came early for Haven Avenue commuters."
(Who writes his material, Paul Leon?)
The new bridge is, in all seriousness, a fine piece of work and - with its fluted columns, burnt-orange paint, grape-cluster relief and arches over the traffic lanes - it's almost certainly the most aesthetically pleasing underpass in the Inland Valley, for anyone who follows that sort of thing.
Some 38,000 cars a day use Haven's six lanes of traffic. with the underpass, cars will no longer idle to wait for trains to pass 40 times per day, enough to cut 14,000 tons of emissions per year, Kurth said.
Creating an underpass was quite an undertaking. The roadbed was lowered by 28 feet, which City Engineer Mark Steuer said required excavating 150,000 cubic yards of dirt, "the equivalent of 10,000 dump trucks."
Huh. how much pollution was emitted by 10,000 dump trucks?
(Not to mention by Wednesday's half-hour of speeches.)
Construction also necessitated a detour road that looped through vacant land to the west. this displaced the
log that for years had borne an uncanny resemblance to the Loch Ness monster. perhaps I'm bitter, but Nessie's loss was a high price to pay for convenience.
After the ceremony, Councilman Sam Spagnolo tried to picture how the bridge and its arches, with the mountains rising in the distance, will look to northbound motorists as their cars dip for the below-grade passage.
"Often we don't appreciate the beauty of the area. We're too busy thinking about the traffic and the train and whether we're going to catch it or not catch it. Now we'll be able to absorb the view," Spagnolo said.
I always knew he had the soul of a poet.
Some remembered when the valley was so unpopulated, Haven was one lane in each direction. Now both sides are lined with office buildings, many completed or in the latter stages when the economy collapsed.
There was some quiet joking as to how long it would be until the bridge saw its first graffiti.
Asked that question, Councilwoman Diane Williams jokingly held up her wrist to see what time it was. but city employees will be vigilant, she said.
"The graffiti truck is going to come by every morning," Williams said.
Uh-oh. more emissions.
IN ONTARIO, you may remember our recent front-page feature about hairdresser Mona Vasquez, the last remaining tenant of the Granada Theater's storefronts.
Vasquez was married Dec. 5 - to Councilman Jim Bowman.
"We traveled to Italy for the wedding," Bowman told me. "We were married on a gondola in Venice outside St. Peter's Square."
"Actually," Bowman clarified, "it was at the Venetian in Las Vegas."
But the couple was indeed married on a gondola, a minister in the boat with them, floating on a manmade waterway near a replica of St. Peter's Square, as strangers on the shore applauded.
Bowman, by the way, lately has been sporting a goatee and darkened hair, a reflection either of a new phase in his life or a close acquaintance with a hairdresser, or both.
Of Vasquez, Bowman said, beaming: "She's just an absolute sweetheart."
Sounds like she has his vote of approval.
David Allen writes Friday, Sunday and Wednesday, three votes of disapproval. E-mail david.allen@inlandnewspapers.com, call (909) 483-9339 or write 2041 E. Fourth St., Ontario 91764. Read his blog at dailybulletin.com/davidallenblog