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New Jersey remembers Houston before she was a pop queen

Reporting from East Orange, N.J.— Outside the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts, the flag flew at half-staff in the icy wind as Principal Henry W. Hamilton remembered the gangly 15-year-old who lived up the [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

Bethenny Frankel Addresses Show Controversy, Real Housewives...

You know Bravo's tagline "Watch What Happens"? That's exactly what we're going to have to do when it comes to the recent controversies surrouding Bethenny Frankel. The former Real Housewives star, whose solo show Bet [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

`Fatwa` issued on Veena Malik by Indian Muslim body

Mumbai: Pakistani starlet Veena Malik, who has stirred a storm in Pakistan by posing nude for a magazine cover, is now facing the whip of Indian Muslim bodies as well. The All India Muslim Tyohar (Festivals) Committee in Bhopal issued a ` [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

US tabloids highlight photo controversy

Pakistani actress Veena Malik’s alleged nude photo shoot for an Indian magazine has hit the headlines in American tabloids and even taken note of by major national newspapers. ‘Pakistani actress Veena Malik sues FHM magazine o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

New Zealand, Australia through to Rugby World Cup semi-final...

Australia’s desperate two-point win over defending champion South Africa and the All Blacks’ grinding 33-10 win over Argentina on Sunday completed a World Cup semifinal lineup with a familiar feel for New Zealanders. Archri [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

More to Shoaib than just controversies

"Given a chance, I'd like to be the man who lived quietly, never involved in any controversy."Somehow, it's hard to believe Shoaib Akhtar meant these words. After all, this is a man whose controversies have always oversh [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Waqar to undergo rehab programme in Australia

Waqar Younis' decision to resign as coach and end his tenure after the Pakistan team's tour to Zimbabwe was solely because of his health issue. "He is facing some liver problem and specialists in his now adopted hometown [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

NFL Preseason QB Controversies: Cam Newton vs. Jimmy Clausen...

Cam Newton was drafted No. 1 overall in this season’s NFL draft. He also has a number of key intangibles that highlight his case for winning the starting quarterback position in Carolina. Newton’s buzz reminds me of anoth [...]

Posted On : Aug, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Arsenal's Adebayor Causes Controversy

Emmanuel Adebayor of Manchester United caused controversy during the football game against Arsenal with his inflammatory goal celebration and stomp on former teammate Van Persie. Adebayor had left Arsenal in July after [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Maria Susairaj in Bigg Boss 5?

Released from jail but wanted in Bigg Boss, she might just become a reality TV star. Maria Susairaj, the Kannada starlet, has caught the fancy of Bigg Boss producers who are contemplating offering the show to her. “The moment she [...]

Posted On : Jul, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Dus Ka Dum

Salman Khan is on an all time high post Dabangg and Ready. And the crest is only growing taller. If the buzz in the trade is to be believed, the actor might have just created a new record as far as the signing amount for a film goes. A [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

MF Husain: A life mired in controversies

MF Husain was both loved and loathed in equal measures. Husain was a great modern artist, but he was always more than just his art. In the last years of his life, controversy followed him almost at every step. For right-wing Hindu groups, [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

The controversies of Alessandra Mussolini

Miss Mussolini, a right-wing politician and former actress and model, resigned from the Italian political party National Alliance in 2003 following a visit of the party leader to Israel where he denounced fascism as "the absolute ev [...]

Posted On : Apr, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Rahat just another Pak artiste to get in trouble

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is not the first Pakistani artiste to have been embroiled in a controversy with the Indian authorities. The singer who has voiced some of Bollywood's biggest chartbusters finds his name added to the list of contr [...]