American gives homeless Indian kids shelter

                                                             In midst of this city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, a booming hub for information technology and software industries, is a little home for street children. The Ashraya (shelter) Initiative for Children (AIC) is distinct from other nongovernmental organizations, for it is run by a young American woman who was a college freshman when she launched it in 2004.

The Making of Spider-Man 3

Filming of the Movie

Spider-Man 3 has the second largest budget of all time, $258 million. You can get a whole lot of visual effects with that kind of money. It is reported that $58 million was spent on visual effects in Spider-Man 2 so it is probably even more this time around.

Lets Dance!

Dubai tower is now ‘world’s tallest’

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Developers of a 1,680-foot (512 meters) skyscraper still under construction in oil-rich Dubai has claimed that it has become the world’s tallest building, surpassing Taiwan’s Taipei 101 which has dominated the global skyline at 1,667 feet (508 meters) since 2004.

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The Burj Dubai is expected to be finished by the end of 2008 and its planned final height has been kept secret. The state-owned development company Emaar Properties, one of the main builders in rapidly developing Dubai, said only that the tower would stop somewhere above 2,275 feet.

Life in Japan: The good, the bad and the ugly

You’ve got to love what you hate

Japan is a country of juxtapositions: East meets West, ancient tradition versus modern technology. I love the technology — the keitai. I hate the lack of house insulation, taking my damn shoes off every time I enter somewhere, or wearing toilet shoes

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While on the subject, I love the heated toilet seats, hate the Japanese-style squatters, though you do get used to them. Japanese people can be very friendly, super helpful, but then extremely reserved, refraining from expressing their opinions because one should be able to know how they feel through mental telepathy! Right?

Brit Says Okay to “OK!”

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“Toxic” trainwreck Britney Spears’ crazy really has hit the fan. TMZ has learned that the pop tartlet recently called up “OK!” magazine’s main number and asked for “OK!” Editor-in-Chief Sara Ivens. Miraculously, the mag’s receptionist believed it really was Brit-Brit, and she was patched through to Ivens.

MOST HOURS ON LIVE TV IN A WEEK

Guinness World Records’ Chief Operating Officer, Alistair Richards, pays a rare visit to Japan and meets TV’s most prolific live host, Mino Monta.

Norio Minorikawa, better known to millions of Japanese TV viewers as Mino Monta, received his official Guinness World Records certificate today for the Most hours on live TV in one week. In a ceremony held at the studios of TBS in Tokyo, GWR’s Chief Operating Officer, Alistair Richards, handed over the framed diploma to recognize Mino Monta’s gruelling schedule of live television broadcasting.

Indian actress Shilpa Shetty’s Bollywood musical to tour Britain, Germany

 

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MUMBAI, India (AP) — Indian actress Shilpa Shetty will be giving Britain and Germany a taste of Bollywood when she takes a new musical stage show there later this year.

Strangely enough that’s also the plot of “Miss Bollywood.”

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New Titanic Film Told From Iceberg’s Point Of View

LOS ANGELES—Director James Cameron told Variety yesterday of his intentions to write and direct the Academy Award–winning Titanic‘s companion film, Iceberg, which will be told completely from the infamous chunk of frozen water’s point of view.