It was yet again an Indian born American who won the 2011 Scripps National Bee Championship in the US. The winner is a 14-year-old Sukanya Roy. She is in the 8th grade in Abington Heights Middle School, Pennsylvania. Sukanya participated in the 2009 and 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bees, tying for 12th place in 2009 and 20th […]
I heard about this amazing concept – The Divorcée Sale that took place in The Mondrian Hotel at the Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles last month. Jill Alexander—who was once the west coast brand manager for Tory Burch—is the creator of this ecclectic vision that brings in unwanted designer pieces from divorcées around the country. […]
“I am shocked. It’s upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humor in this. It is insulting and hurtful,” said the uber model Naomi Campbell. Obviously she was referring to the new Cadbury Ad to promote its new Bliss chocolate […]
Splitsville... yet again! High-Flying industrialist Atul Punj, better known as Mickey Punj of Punj Lloyd and his long time companion Bindu Vadera are no longer a Couple. Guess people run out of love and that seems to have happened between Mickey and Bindu. Now Mickey Punj is spotted with a pretty woman who most likely […]
Cocaine and partying are definitely no strange bedfellows. But I was stumped by this Promo on Facebook by some Club Promoter that read – ;;: COCA:;;:THE WHITE SENSATION PARTY:;;: Now that is definitely not subtle, rather it’s like shouting shouting over loudspeakers. There isn’t an iota of doubt that the promoters of the ‘Theme Night’ are […]
Marilyn Monroe sent men’s hearts a-flutter when she stepped out of the cinema – and onto a Subway grate – in her beautiful white dress in The Seven Year Itch. And a movie memorabilia collector is giving you a chance to do the same provided you have $2 million laying around. The pleated halterneck dress is being […]
There are different styles of taking a shower or a bath. The typical Desi style is to squat and pour mugs of water from a bucket. Some who find it difficult to squat, use a low height plastic stool to sit on it. The urban style is usually to step under a shower. I was […]
Post the split with his wife, Bandana Tewari news comes now that Ravi Krishnan has quit IMG. This was Ravi’s secont stint at IMG as MD, South Asia when he rejoined the group post a s brief stint as Advisor to the Rajasthan Royals Team in IPL. It’s not known if the split with Bandana […]
I was intrigued by this story that appeared in The Guardian. Mexican drug traffickers in Ralph Lauren Polo shirts have become unofficial promoters of the label among disaffected youth, much to the distress of the authorities. The trend came to light in August 2010 with the capture of the capo Edgar Valdez Villarreal, aka La Barbie, who […]
As part of the auction at this year’s amfAR Gala in Cannes, Gwen Stefani put her evening’s attire — a lacy black dress that she’d also worn earlier in the day for a L’Oreal photo shoot — up for auction, raising over $125,000. The gown was billed as “a creation of her own, by L.A.M.B.,” […]