Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won the Oscar for Art Direction at the 80th Annual Academy Awards. One of the finest movies we’ve seen, Sweeney Todd starring Johnny Depp is a work of genius. Other contenders for the Art Direction Oscar were American Gangster, Atonement, The Golden Compass and There Will Be […]
Alexandra Byrne, costume designer for Shekhar Kapur’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age won the first Oscar at the 80th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles Sunday evening for Best Costume Design. Alexandra Byrne was also the costume designer for Shekhar Kapur’s previous movie Elizabeth.
Watching George Clooney on screen after seeing our Bollywood bozos like Ajith, Vijay, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra et al prance around like hippopotamuses in heat in movie after movie is like the sight of water to a lost traveler in the vastness of the merciless Sahara. “Do I look […]
Tata Consultancy Services has won a multi-year contract to provide IT services to ailing U.S. car company Chrysler. The value of the deal was not disclosed. TCS will provide application maintenance and support services to Chrysler. TCS said the IT services contract would include functional areas within Chrysler such as sales and marketing and shared […]
For over six years, we stood steadfast in our determination not to join the hordes who fell under the sway of Apple’s iPod music player. Launched in October 2001, the iPod has achieved iconic status in the U.S. It’s everywhere – in the subway, in the bus and in the mall. Apple claims to have sold […]
At the U.S. box office, the Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai combo has proven to be a lesser draw than the Shahrukh Khan-Deepika Padukone duo. According to U.S. box office numbers, Jodhaa Akbar came in at No-19 with a weekend gross collection of $1.3 million although it was a four-day weekend because of the President’s Day holiday […]