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Scientists sneak Bob Dylan lyrics into articles
Five Sweden-based scientists have been secretly inserting lyrics to Bob Dylan songs into their research articles, as part of a long-running gag between them. After 17 years in the discipline, the...
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The Fault in Our Stars banned in schools
John Green’s bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars, which was adapted into what became one of the year’s most profitable films, has been banned from the Riverside Unified School District middle...
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Fashion meets philanthropy
KARACHI: Fashion and philanthropy are often considered to be at loggerheads with each other. With the glitzy world of fashion signifying lack of material restraint, many deem it insensitive towards...
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To screen or not to screen, that is the question
KARACHI: It seems that after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s empathic call at the 69th United Nations General Assembly for resolving the Kashmir issue was slammed by his Indian counterpart Narendra...
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Fawad Khan’s nascent Bollywood career
MUMBAI: Fawad Khan is riding high on the success of his Bollywood debut Khoobsurat. With a growing fanbase on both sides of the border, the actor aims at broadening his horizons. He is reportedly in...
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Na Maloom Afraad: the game-changer
KARACHI: It’s colloquial, well-paced and engaging. Na Maloom Afraad is, perhaps, the only Pakistani film to come out in recent years, which is an out-and-out entertainer. We are certainly not...
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Memorable film costumes find a home in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES: Dorothy’s famous ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz have found their way home yet again. The famous slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 musical fantasy are one of the...
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Hrithik Roshan: Mind over muscle
NEW DELHI: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara star, Hrithik Roshan, doesn’t like crying over spilt milk. He witnessed his father Rakesh Roshan stumble as an actor and producer, and survive a gunshot wound, saw...
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Dolby Atmos: From movie to home theatre
KARACHI: Having revolutionised the sound experience in cinemas over the last two years, Dolby Atmos technology will now foray into the home entertainment space with its latest technology. Cinephiles...
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#ThrowbackThursday: Mehreen Jabbar recalls shooting for Dhoop Mein Sawan
Director Mehreen Jabbar took to Facebook to give her fans a blast from the past, as she shared this vintage picture of the cast of her first mini-series, Dhoop Mein Sawan. Jabbar served as producer...
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Pakistani filmmaker wins Emmy
KARACHI: Two years after Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s documentary Saving Face won an Academy Award, another Pakistani filmmaker has brought Emmy fame to the country. Co-directors Habiba Nosheen and Hilke...
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PLBW 2014 Day 1: Black carpet breakdown
As bigwits from the entertainment and fashion industry made their way to the PDFC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week (PLBW) 2014, we spotted a series of different looks — some, good, some, not so good. From...
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PLBW 2014 DAY1: Better play it unsafe than be sorry
LAHORE: As the first day of the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week (PLBW) 2014 went into fashion overdrive, we witnessed a myriad of trends and colours that are set to dictate the impending wedding season...
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Don’t fear feeding on fats
LONDON: There is a fat chance that you think eating fat is bad for health and the waistline. But leading health and nutrition experts have come together to dispel common myths about what you have been...
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Tony Bennett: 88 and still rocking
LOS ANGELES: At 88, veteran crooner Tony Bennett broke his own record as the oldest living artist to land a No 1 record on the weekly US Billboard 200 album chart with his latest compilation of duets...
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Priyanka Chopra lauds queen of the ring
MUMBAI: Actor Priyanka Chopra and Omung Kumar, the director of Mary Kom, have lauded their film’s inspiration, Indian boxer MC Mary Kom, for winning India’s first women’s boxing gold at the 17th Asian...
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Junooni gets into the ‘rhythm’
KARACHI: Salman Ahmed, the lead guitarist of Junoon, has always been recognised for his embodiment of bravado and rebellious ways but very soon he will be making his Bollywood debut in Vicky Kumar’s...
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PLBW 2014 day 2: Black carpet breakdown
The tango between fashion and fusion continues at the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week (PLBW) 2014. Among those present on day two were celebrity A-listers, fashion journalists and bloggers. The evening...
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Did you know? Operation O21 will be Shaan’s 576th film!
KARACHI: Many have come and gone but over the past two-and-a-half decades, one thing that has remained consistent in Pakistani cinema has been the presence of Shaan Shahid. The upcoming film Operation...
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PLBW 2014: For better, not for worse
LAHORE: The heart of Pakistani fashion beat faster on the second day of the PFDC L’Oréal Paris Bridal Week (PLBW) 2014. With showcases that were streets ahead of those from day one, the ramp was lit...
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