Women Directors Are More Efficient: Amitabh Bachchan

MUMBAI INDIA: In his 40 year long showbiz career, mega star Amitabh Bachchan has worked with some of the best directors but the actor believes that women do a better job behind the camera.

The superstar is playing a mathematics genius in his upcoming film `Teen Patti`, where he has been directed by Leena Yadav. Interestingly, in his entire career the veteran has worked only once with a female director before, that was Honey Irani, who helmed `Armaan`.

“There is not much difference. But I think women are more efficient directors than men,” the 67-year-old told reporters.

The actor leads a cast of newcomers in the film including Shakti Kapoor`s daughter Shradda Kapoor, but when asked whether he gave any tips to the youngsters, Bachchan said, “They have done a great job in the film. You won`t believe that it is their first movie. I did not teach them anything, on the contrary it is I who learnt from them.”

The actor, who shares the screen with Academy award winner Ben Kingsley for the first time in the film, said working with the `Gandhi` actor was an amazing experience.

“He is a great artiste and a very good human being. He was very down-to-earth and normal,” Bachchan said. The film, which revolves around gambling, will hit theatres on February 26.

“I am a mathematics professor working on the theory of probability. Once while playing a computer game I discover that my theory can be applied to the game of cards and we start playing to win,” the actor said about his role.

Chris Golightly

Chris Golightly, “American Idol” contestant Chris Golightly has been disqualified from the Top 24 only to be replaced by Tim Urban at the last minute. Some may remember him from the audition round in Los Angeles as the guy who has been in 25 foster homes since he was 18 months old.

Ryan Seacrest made it official with his tweet on Wednesday, February 17 after the revelation of Top 24 went on air. He wrote, “been determined that Chris Golightly is ineligible to continue on IDOL, contestant Tim Urban has replaced Golightly as part of the Top 24″. He however, remained shady on the reason of the disqualification, writing “must have broken a rule or maybe had previous deal”.

Fellow contestant of season 9 Samantha Musa who has also been cut, provided more insight to the situation, saying “Just got off the phone with Chris GoLightly. He was disqualified yesterday, after already being told he was in the top 24, over some bogus old contract. The contract expired, but they disqualified him for not telling them. He is talking to lawyers, but doubt they can do anything.”

Chris’ disqualification becomes a big issue since Michael Lynche is allowed to stay although he also broke a rule when his father told local paper that Michael is in the Top 24 before the show went on air. “He is upset cause he says it was a misunderstanding, yet they let Michael Lynch stay in the top 24 even though he broke contract when his family spilled the news about idol to the papers,” Samantha said. “So really, it’s pretty messed up that they pick and choose which ‘Breach’ to ignore and which to use as grounds for disqualification!”

The latest report said Chris had a management contract that expired in June last year. Producers kicked him out simply because he did not tell them about the contract.

Alexander Mcqueen Spring 2010

Alexander Mcqueen Spring 2010, It could be that Alexander McQueen—oh, and Lady Gaga, remotely—crashed through a whole new frontier in the projection of fashion shows as worldwide live entertainment Tuesday night. McQueen’s collection, Plato’s Atlantis, was live-streamed on Nick Knight’s . intercut with the photographer’s premade video footage. That was the plan anyway, until 30 minutes before the show, Gaga Twittered that McQueen was about to premiere her new single. She has a million followers. Inevitably, before the crashing of the frontier could quite come about, SHOWstudio itself crashed. Which may have replicated, in a whole new audience, the sensation of a young hopeful stuck outside a McQueen presentation, waving a standing ticket and being unable to get in.

Seen from on the spot, it was a big-budget production, for sure. There was a sparkling, illuminated runway in which two sinister, robotic movie cameras on gigantic black booms ran back and forth, while a screen played Knight’s video of Raquel Zimmermann, lying on sand, naked, with snakes writhing across her body.

Then the models came out, dressed in short, reptile-patterned, digitally printed dresses, their gangly legs sunk in grotesque shoes that looked like the armored heads of a fantastical breed of antediluvian sea monster. McQueen, according to an internal logic detailed in a press release, was casting an apocalyptic forecast of the future ecological meltdown of the world: Humankind is made up of creatures that evolved from the sea, and we may be heading back to an underwater future as the ice cap dissolves.

The consequences, in fashion terms? Well, it was a one-note, unmissable formula of the kind several other designers have decided is the way to communicate this season. McQueen’s message throughout was essentially sunk into the short dress—a steady development of his engineered sea-reptile prints, worked into a nipped-waist, belled-skirt silhouette. The colors—first green and brown, moving to aqua and blue—were exceptionally executed and swagged, and molded across panniered structures. Each dress was a work of computer-generated art crossbred with McQueen’s couture-based signature cut.

In a section in which it looked as if McQueen was envisaging a biological hybridization of women with sea mammals, there were trousers whose bulbous flanks mimicked the skin of sharks or dolphins. A reminder of his taste in Savile Row tailoring came via a few looks in which formfitting gray men’s fabric was cut away to reveal “portholes” filled with turquoise (an effect akin to the view from a glass-bottomed boat). Finally, then? Although there was nothing to show McQueen breaking out from his set design mold, the way he’s embracing new computer technologies and the drama of the moving image puts him at the leading edge of change.

Heidi Klum runway after baby

Heidi Klum runway after baby, Heidi Klum made a surprise appearance on the runway at last night’s annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The German supermodel wowed the audience as she took to the catwalk just six weeks after giving birth to her fourth child, Lou Samuel. Despite feeling a little unwell before the show, Australia’s Abbey Lee Kershaw left a wonderful impression on the runway with Jak and Jil Blog claiming hers the “best runway presence” of the night. British model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley made her VS debut also helping to close the show, before the rest of the models including Chanel Iman, Doutzen Kroes and Miranda Kerr reappeared on stage for finale and a bit of a boogie. Featuring five different sections with 12 outfits each, live performances were provided by Black Eyed Peas, with Fergie bringing down the house in an emerald green ensemble.

101 Ways To Get Kicked Out Of Walmart

101 Ways To Get Kicked Out Of Walmart: This is just a little game to play. List ways get kicked out of wal-mart.

101 Ways To Get Kicked Out Of Walmart:This is just a little game to play. List ways get kicked out of wal-mart. Also, every fifty ways I’ll post a funny video or Lolcat. Now, commence with the ways of getting kicked out.

(NOTE: Please number your ways, or else I can’t keep track)

1.Ask to get kicked out/banned

2.Walk in wearing a chicken costume and harass people

3.Walk up to any one in the store, and say “Your a wizard Harry.”

4.Stand up on a clerk counter and sing Freebird

5.get a friend to stand on the clerk counter and sing a song while you chant “Freebird!
6. Run around nude?

7. Bomb threat.
8. Re-dress the mannequins as you see fit.

9. When there are people behind you, walk REALLY SLOW, especially thin narrow aisles.

10. Walk up to an employee and tell him in an official tone, “I think we’ve got a Code 3 in Housewares,” and see what happens.

11. Get several of those frogs (that croak when somebody walks by) from the Garden Dept. and place in strategic locations throughout store.

12. Play with the automatic doors.

13. Walk up to complete strangers and say, “Hi! I haven’t seen you in so long,” etc. See if they play along to avoid embarrassment.

14. While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself loud enough for all to hear, “Who BUYS this junk, anyway?”

15. Repeat Number 14 in the jewelry department.

16. Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you’re taking it for a test drive.

17. Follow people through the aisles, always staying about five feet away. Continue to do this until they leave the department.

18. Play soccer with a group of friends, using the entire store as your playing field.

19. As the cashier runs your purchases over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, “Wow. Magic!”

20. Put M&M’s on layaway.

21. Move “Caution: Wet Floor” signs to carpeted areas.

22. Set up a tent in the camping department; tell others you’ll only invite them in if they bring pillows from Bed and Bath.

23. Test the fishing rods and see what you can “catch” from the other aisles.

24. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.

25. Drape a blanket around your shoulders and run around saying,”I’m Batman. Come, Robin, to the Batcave!”

26. TP as much of the store as possible.

27. Randomly throw things over into neighboring aisles.

28. Play with the calculators so that they all spell “hello” upside down.

29. When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask, “Why won’t you people just leave me alone?”

30. Make up nonsense products and ask newly hired employees if there are any in stock, i.e., “Do you have any Shnerples here?”

31. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men.

32. Take bets on the battle described above.

33. Hold indoor shopping cart races.

34. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from “Mission: Impossible.” 35. Run up to an employee (preferably a male) while squeezing your legs together and practically yell at him ” I need some tampons!!”

36. Try on bras in the sewing/fabric department.

37. Try on bras over top of your clothes.

38. Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.

39. Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags.

40. Say things like, “Would you be so kind as to direct me to your Twinkies?”

41. Set up a “Valet Parking” sign in front of the store.

42. Two words: “Marco Polo.” 43. Leave Cheerios in Lawn and Garden, pillows in the pet food aisle, etc.

44. “Re-alphabetize” the CD’s in Electronics, while headbanging & playing air guitar to Willie Nelson demos. (Bonus: Braid hair & tie bandanna around head).

45. Make a trail of orange juice on the ground, leading to the restrooms.

46. When someone steps away from their cart to look at something, quickly make off with it without saying a word.

47. Relax in the patio furniture until you get kicked out.

48. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, assume the fetal position and scream, “No, no! It’s those voices again!”

49. Pay off layaways fifty cents at a time.

50. Drag a lounge chair on display over to the magazines and relax. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don’t get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it.

51. Try putting different pairs of women’s panties on your head and walk around the store casually.

52. Turn on toys that make noise or talk at random intervals, and leave them in strategic locations.

53. Leave small sacrifices or gifts in the hands of the mannequins.

54. Nonchalantly “test” the brushes and combs in Cosmetics.

55. When two or three people are walking ahead of you, run between them, yelling, “Red Rover!”

56. Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.

57. Set up another battlefield with GI Joes vs. Barbies. (Red lipstick might give an interesting effect!!!)

58. While handling guns in the hunting department, ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are.

59. While no one’s watching quickly switch the men’s and women’s signs on the doors of the rest room.

60. Fill your cart with boxes of condoms, and watch everyone’s jaws drop when you attempt to buy them.

61. In the auto department, practice your “Madonna” look with various funnels.

62. Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like “the fat man walks alone,” and scare them into believing that the clothes are talking to them.

63. Beg the greeter for those happy-face stickers. Stick them on your face, then stand next to him and copy whatever he says when customers walk in.

64. Go to an empty checkout stand and try to check people out.

65. Get a stuffed animal and go to the front of the store and begin stroking it lovingly, saying “Good girl, good bessie.”

66. Try on every pair of shoes in the shoe department. Take the paper from the boxes and throw it in various aisles.

67. Ask other customers if they have any Grey Poupon.

68. If you’re female: Take some men’s clothes to the mens fitting room and ask to try them on. Act shocked and insist “But I AM a man” if the attendant says anything. If you’re a man, vice versa.

69. Get boxes of condoms and randomly put them in peoples carts when they aren’t looking.

70. Lurk in the cosmetics department and spray people with a bottle of strong perfume as they walk by. Lean in and sniff the, then wave your hand in front of your nose and saying “P-eeew! That perfume stinks!”

71. Plastic fake-vomit and fake-dog doo can be utilized effectively here.

72. Go outside to the payphones, call the store and ask them to page customer “Mike Hunt” (or “Harry Butz”, etc.)

73. Stand in front of the Preparation H. Ask everyone who walks by which hemmorhoid remedy they prefer, then launch into a detailed description of your own problem.

74. While you’re doing that, have white-out & markers handy. Modify the boxes of “Anusol” by covering up the “OL” on the logo.

75. Crawl around on the ground and pretend that your a cat. Meow when people walk by, rub up against their legs, etc.

76. Take a chair to Electronics, tune in all the TV’s to Young & the Restless, and watch while sobbing loudly.

77. Chase your friends up and down aisles with those electric cars. Make sure to tell your friends to act like they don’t know you.

78. Ride the little rides for toddlers. Fit the character; if on a horse, act like a cowboy, etc. If a little kid comes over wanting to use it, start crying.

79. One word: STREAK!

80. Excesively use anything thing that says “Try Me”.

81. Start pocketing any and all free samples.

82. Draw mustaches on all the pictures and mannequins.

82. Walk up to the customer service and say “Hello, I’ll have a Quarter Pounder with cheese, large fries and a diet coke.” Then go to Mc Donald’s and try to return a toaster.

83. Start to madly scratch yourself and walk up to people asking where the rash cream and lice remedies are.

84. When alone, have loud conversations with your “multiple personalities”.

85. Tune all the radios to a polka station; then turn them all off and turn the volumes to “10″.

86. Try on crazy costumes and walk casually through the store.

87. Act suspicious and stick your arm in your jacket when leaving store. As you’re walking through the doors act like you’re expecting the alarms to go off. Then quickly look around you to see who’s watching and run away as fast as your can.

88. Balance EVERYTHING you see on the tips of your finger, your nose, your forehead, and the top of your head while singing the circus song.

89. Put jockstraps in the lingerie department.

90. Put lingerie in the men’s department.

91. Put super sexy women’s lingerie in old men’s carts when they turn around.

92. Stand in the sock aisle, and give each package a stern lecture.

93. Spend hours staring at a little blinking light and say “blink” each time it blinks. Don’t look away, just stay mesmerized.

94. Put condoms in the mannequin’s hands, and cigarettes in their mouths.(Safety warning: Leave cigarettes unlit.)

95. In the Garden Dept., skip through the flowers while holding your arms out and “buzzing”.

96. With friends, stage a “sit-in” in all the bean-bag chairs in Furniture Dept.

97. Walk up to a guy and say “It’s YOU!!! I haven’t seen you in so long!!!!” and kiss him, then say “Why didn’t you ever call me?” and walk away. Much more effective if you’re also a guy.

98. Stand next to a mannequin and pretend to be a mannequin too. Try to hold the same position for as long as possible.

99. Start singing oldies songs in the megaphone.

100. Ask everyone in “Electronics” “Do you know what CD this song is on? I don’t know the name but it goes like this:”. Then sing loudly, and don’t stop until somebody throws you out.

101. Bark while trying on dog collars. Have a friend lead you around on a leash. Better yet, whinny while trying on horse tack and a friend holds the reins.

Uss New York Commissioning

Uss New York Commissioning :Unless you are a VIP  with a ticket, you won’t be able to attend in person Saturday’s commissioning of the USS New York into active Navy service, but it will be streamed live on navy.mil. The 11 a.m

Uss New York Commissioning:Unless you are a VIP  with a ticket, you won’t be able to attend in person Saturday’s commissioning of the USS New York into active Navy service, but it will be streamed live on navy.mil.

The 11 a.m. ceremony will be at Piers 86 and 88 in Manhattan, where the new amphibious assault ship is docked, along with the retired aircraft carrier Intrepid.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the event’s keynote speaker.

The ship was built with 7.5 tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow.

The ship, which arrived in its namesake state on Monday after a two-week trip from a Louisiana shipyard, leaves for its home port of Norfolk, Va., on Thursday.

The public can tour the ship at Pier 88 at 12th Avenue and West 48th Street on Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon; Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sammy Sosa Skin,Sammy Sosa

Sammy Sosa Skin,Sammy Sosa: Did something happened to Sammy Sosa ? Here are pictures of Sammy Sosa’s skin , eyes, and face then (above) and now. Sosa’s eyes and skin turned others’ eyes this week.

Sammy Sosa Skin,Sammy Sosa:Did something happened to Sammy Sosa? Here are pictures of Sammy Sosa’s skin, eyes, and face then (above) and now. Sosa’s eyes and skin turned others’ eyes this week.

The Latin Grammys held in Las Vegas this week may have hardly turned up on the media radar (except a brief mention on LALATE). But it was there the night before the show that Sosa showed up to a red carpet event reportedly. The event was the pre-telecast honor of music great Juan Gabriel (previously profiled here).

Now Saturday, press are chattering not about the Latin Grammy but about pictures of Sammy Sosa’s face. Above is Sosa in the past. Here is Sosa this week..

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