Latest: 2010-06-27

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Sherlyn Chopra Smoking in Toilet

Sex siren Sherlyn Chopra stormed into a men's loo at a city event last night

Be it the sexy dance on the Big Boss show or posting her nude pics on.....read more

Poonam Jawhar Spicy Gallery

Kareena Arranging Books, Stationery for Donation

Kareena Kapoor, who has been busy with her back-to-back shooting schedules, is taking time out to arrange books and stationery items for donation to NGOs to encourage education.

A source revealed Kareena is arranging these things for a couple of non-profit learning institutes. The actress is currently shooting for beau Saif Ali Khan's "Agent Vinod" in Morocco.

"Kareena feels very strongly for the cause (of educating children) and in spite of being in Morocco she is constantly making calls to India to co-ordinate books she wants sent to some orphanages and learning institutes," the source said.

Kareena recently joined the team of the Global Campaign for education-1Goal as their Indian ambassador. The campaign backs the cause of education for 72 million children out of school.

Aishwarya Rai is Not Mumtaz Yet.

Talking of Raavan, how can the conversation be complete without any mention of Sita, remarks Rapchik Rajni as she saunters into my boudoir. Matlab? Meaning, she says that she has some scooplet on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

And the point is that the actress hasn't yet been finalised for Sir Ben Kinsley's magnum opus on Taj Mahal. Never mind if Akbar Khan has tried and failed with his hocus-focus, Kinsley sir will be playing Shah Jahan in his costume extravaganza and was reportedly keen on Ashji to play Mumtaz Mahal.

Rajni claims to have got it from Ben saab himself that he's only confirmed the casting for Zardari Begum so far, but isn't telling yet. So whether Ashji will play his Mumtaz Mahal or not is something we're all waiting to watch.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Obama ranked 15th best US President

Barack Obama has been ranked as the 15th best president of the United States, two ranks below Bill Clinton, in a new poll which is topped by Franklin D Roosevelt.

Obama's immediate predecessor, George W Bush, has been ranked at 39 out of 43 presidents of the US listed in the Siena College poll that surveyed 238 presidential scholars at colleges and universities.

The poll had asked scholars to rate the nation's 43 chief executives on 20 attributes ranging from legislative accomplishments to integrity and imagination, a media release said.

Incidentally, Obama is ranked three places above Ronald Reagan, who is placed at 18th spot in the ranking. For the fifth time since its inception in 1982, the Siena College Research Institute's (SRI) Survey of US Presidents found that experts rank Franklin D Roosevelt as the top all time chief executive.

The 238 participating presidential scholars round out the top five in order with Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Teddy Roosevelt had, more than any other president the "right stuff", and tops the collective ranking of a cluster of personal qualities including imagination, integrity, luck, intelligence, background, and being willing to take risks.

Lincoln, according to the experts, demonstrated the greatest presidential abilities while FDR ranks first in overall accomplishments, it said. "In nearly 30 years, the same five presidents have occupied the first five places with only slight shuffling.

Despite decades of new research on former presidents and the accomplishments or lack thereof of the current chief executives, scholars display amazingly consistent results," according to Douglas Lonnstrom, Professor of statistics at Siena College and one of the study's directors.

"Only eight names have appeared in the second five over the years. Wilson and Truman hold onto membership in this club while Kennedy, John Adams and Jackson fell, Eisenhower holds on and Madison and Monroe have seen their stock rise," he said.

Obama, while highly rated on imagination (6), communication ability (7) and intelligence (8) scores poorly on background (family, education and experience).

George W Bush, had entered the survey at rank 23 when the study was last conducted one year into his first term.

Just one year after leaving office, the former president has found himself in the bottom five at rank 39 rated especially poorly in handling the economy, communication, ability to compromise, foreign policy accomplishments and intelligence.

Rounding out the bottom five are four presidents that have held that dubious distinction each time the survey has been conducted: Andrew Johnson, James Buchanan, Warren G Harding, and Franklin Pierce.

Andrew Johnson leads the 'worst ever' in both abilities and accomplishments finishing below both Buchanan and Harding, but Harding tops the worst in personal attributes including integrity where he finishes just slightly ahead of Richard M Nixon.

Bill Clinton moved upwards in the rankings from rank 18 overall in 2002 to 13. Clinton moved up the list based on improving ratings of his background and his executive appointments but continued to be haunted by his integrity and failure to avoid critical mistakes.

Though Ronald Reagan dropped two places from rank 16 overall in 2002 to 18, he still remains highly regarded for his luck, party leadership, communication ability, relationship with Congress and his leadership ability.

Jimmy Carter, despite continuing visibility and philanthropic efforts, dropped from rank 25 in 2002 to 32 in 2010.

Among other historically recent presidents, Gerald Ford held steady at rank 28, Richard Nixon dropped four spots from rank 26 to 30, Lyndon Johnson, rated number one for his relationship with Congress, fell one place from rank 15 to 16, and John Kennedy climbed three spots from rank 14 to 11.

Kennedy continues to be highly regarded for his communication (4), ability to compromise (6), executive appointments (6), imagination (7) and his handling of the US economy (7).

A fake sex video to blackmail Sri Sri Ravishankar?

A day after the Art of Living (AOL) Foundation was accused of grabbing land, the AOL chief Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has claimed that he is being blackmailed with a 'fabricated video of a woman'.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar urged his followers to be patient and not take law into their hands.

A don-turned-journalist Agni Sridhar had earlier alleged that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's AOL had encroached upon land that belonged to Dalits and poor farmers. (Read: NRI accuses Sri Sri Ravishankar of grabbing land)

"An extortionist cannot hide under the garb of someone helping the downtrodden. This exercise of false propagation and instigation will not work. Sridhar has threatened to malign us by using fabricated video of women and then moved on to a non-existent land issue," said Ravi Shankar.

"AOL spends crores on the welfare of the poor and can never think of doing injustice to anyone ever," Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said. "We are compassionate but are very firm in dealing with anti-social elements.

We will not budge or fall into the trap of miscreants. These tactics of threat and hiding behind fictitious stories will not work," he added.

"Incidentally, the gentleman who we purchased the land from happens to be a Brahmin and not a Dalit as Sridhar has alleged. The police should take action against such forces who spread disharmony and thrive on false propagation. We will continue to reach out to the masses with our development projects and stress-elimination programmes as we have for the last 30 years," Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said.

Prasanna Prabhu, the AOL spokesperson, said the blackmailer had started calling AOL faculty members and demanding a ransom of Rs 42 crore. "He said he would expose us by distributing videos of women from the ashram to the press."

"When we decided to file a complaint, he took a U-turn and began alleging that we are involved in land grabbing. I think he is using such diversion tactics to escape," he added.

Sridhar however says he had not mentioned any video during his discussions with AOL.

Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal Audio Launch

Monday, June 28, 2010

Nityananda Swamy Fears About YouTube

After 53 days of prison life on charges of rape, Swami nityananda is back in his ashram. Again he says that purported video footage of him with actress Ranjitha has....read more