Salman’s fan paints his portrait in zero-gravity

Salman Khan has often made paintings of his close industry friends and gifted it to them. But for a change here is a woman who has painted Salman Khan. And this is no common painting since it has been done in space in zero-gravity conditions. The lady who has managed this rare feat is Ankita Joshi who thus becomes the first woman in the world to paint in zero-gravity and Salman Khan happens to be the first personality being painted in space.

Ankita’s fascination for Salman Khan goes back a long way and when she had a chance to paint in zero-gravity she decided to paint Salman in his popular ‘Chulbul Pandey’ avatar from Dabangg. She has even applied to the Guinness Book of World Records for her exceptional feat.

Wonder what Sallu’s reaction would be when he hears of this rare feat by a die-hard fan of his?

Britain extends flight ban until 1200 GMT Sunday

LONDON: Britain has extended a ban on most flights in its airspace until at least 1200 GMT Sunday due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, air authorities announced.

“The volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is moving around and changing shape,” the National Air Traffic Services said in a statement Saturday.

“Based on the latest information from the Met Office, NATS advises that the restrictions currently in place across UK controlled airspace will remain in place until at least 13:00 (UK time) tomorrow.”

“We will continue to monitor Met Office information and review our arrangements in line with that,” it said.

Sarkozy cancels trip to Kaczynski funeral: office

PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not attend the funeral of Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski due to the disruption caused by the huge cloud of volcanic ash over Europe, his office said Saturday.

“Because of the exceptional weather conditions which are disrupting air traffic over most of Europe the president will not be able to travel to Krakow to attend the funeral of president Kaczynski and his wife, as planned,” the Elysee palace said in a statement.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President Barack Obama, Britain”s Prince Charles, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other leaders have also cancelled their planned trip.

Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other people died in a plane crash in Russia on April 10.

Deepika Padukone to endorse Sony’s Cyber Shot digital cameras

She is not just super hot and but also mint fresh. Hers is a smile that can even give all the Mona Lisas a huge inferiority complex. She is none other than Deepika Padukone; the pretty lass who has, with her exceptional talent set the silver screen on fire from the word go!

After having endorsed many superhit films and launching a million products with her trademark smile (as they say in Bollywood …Sirf Smile hi kaafi hai!), the ultra gorgeous Deepika Padukone is now all set to become the Brand Ambassador for Sony’s Cyber Shot digital cameras. Sources close to Bollywood Hungama said that ‘Deepika was the obvious choice to become the said company’s brand ambassador due to her persona plus her instant appeal and connect with everyone alike. In addition to this, the company officials were also looking at someone whose personality could mirror the effervescence of a free spirited bubbly young girl, who, at the same time, is also extremely talented and a professional. And needless to say that Deepika fitted the bill to a ‘T’.

With Deepika at the helm of things, shooting pictures will never be the same again! What say, Deepika?

India Vs Australia: 7th ODI Today

India Vs Australia: 7th ODI Today: India vs Australia 7th ODI of the Hero Honda India Australia 2009 series will be played on Wednesday, November 11 at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. India having already lost the series will be playing the seventh one-day international for pride.

India Vs Australia: 7th ODI Today:India vs Australia 7th ODI of the Hero Honda India Australia 2009 series will be played on Wednesday, November 11 at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.

India having already lost the series will be playing the seventh one-day international for pride.

Before the start of the series India hoped and were confident of beating the Australians and clinching the top spot in the ICC rankings.

Australia having won the series is leading by 4-2 and would hope to make it 5-2.

Whereas, India will try its level best to win the last ODI to save itself from embarrassment.

Team India have lost three successive matches at Mohali, Hyderabad and Guwahati and a much needed victory may provide them a boost in their confidence ahead of the Test, ODIs and twenty20 matches against Sri Lanka.

Australia’s Shane Watson and fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will not be playing the 7th One day international as they will be flying back to Australia and take some rest and prepare themselves for the series against West Indies and Pakistan.

The Mumbai pitch would assist the pacers and overcast conditions would further encourage the fast bowlers.

However rain is forecast for tomorrow and even the practice session on the eve of the game had to be cancelled because of persistent showers.

Shay Biggest Loser,Shay Biggest Loser Weight

Shay Biggest Loser,Shay Biggest Loser Weight: Tonight’s episode of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, Second Chance, opens with our contestants talking about how far they have come and how they must all put on their best game from here on.  Then they join  Alison who announces that this week two players will be eliminated.  She explains that this week there will be not only a yellow line, but also a red line… the person below the red line will go home – no vote, just gone. The Pop Challenge Alison announces that the winner of this week’s Pop Challenge will win a one pound advantage.  There are boards with their colors and have 50 tennis balls.  They will have to jump up, get the ball and put it in a container.  Shay worries that she is screwed because she is so much heavier than all the others.  Liz and Amanda will have to sit this one out due to, you guessed it… medical reasons.  They are off, Allen takes an early lead.  Rudy is right behind him, followed by Daniel.   After five minutes, it gets harder because they must take a running jump to get to the top row.  Allen maintains his lead followed by Daniel, Rudy and Rebecca.  Allen and Rebecca are down to four balls, Rudy has six.  Allen jumps, misses, jumps again as Rebecca arrives for her last ball.  Allen gets it on the second jump and wins the challenge.

Shay Biggest Loser,Shay Biggest Loser Weight:Tonight’s episode of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, Second Chance, opens with our contestants talking about how far they have come and how they must all put on their best game from here on.  Then they join  Alison who announces that this week two players will be eliminated.  She explains that this week there will be not only a yellow line, but also a red line… the person below the red line will go home – no vote, just gone.

The Pop Challenge
Alison announces that the winner of this week’s Pop Challenge will win a one pound advantage.  There are boards with their colors and have 50 tennis balls.  They will have to jump up, get the ball and put it in a container.  Shay worries that she is screwed because she is so much heavier than all the others.  Liz and Amanda will have to sit this one out due to, you guessed it… medical reasons.  They are off, Allen takes an early lead.  Rudy is right behind him, followed by Daniel.   After five minutes, it gets harder because they must take a running jump to get to the top row.  Allen maintains his lead followed by Daniel, Rudy and Rebecca.  Allen and Rebecca are down to four balls, Rudy has six.  Allen jumps, misses, jumps again as Rebecca arrives for her last ball.  Allen gets it on the second jump and wins the challenge.

After the challenge, Amanda and Rebecca take a quick walk and talk about how it’s down to old against young.  They group themselves as young with Daniel and Shay.  We are then treated to Danny talking about how the red line is now the cliff.  Liz is having problems with her knee and feels she will be easily picked off.  Danny is on her butt telling her she can not fall below that red line.” target=”_blank”>click here

” target=”_blank”>Bob and Jillian arrive in the house at lunch time and Jillian notes that Tracey is gone.  Allen tells them that there will be two lines this week, a red and a yellow one… and how the person below the red line will instantly go home.   Bob and Jillian are shocked and invite them for a workout in the gym.  But first, they take a minute away from the contestants to talk about Shay.  Jillian is worried that Shay needs to stay at the ranch and Bob agrees, but feels they all deserve to be there.  They agree that they will work with her to give her every possible chance to stay.

Off to the gym and everyone gets a turn on the treadmill.  Danny complains of pain in his hip, Jillian puts him back on the treadmill to walk it out.  One mention of the red line and they push themselves even harder, to the point of exhaustion.  Danny again says he is not feeling well, but returns to work out.  He is close to collapse when Jillian tells him he has to quit.  She then turns her attention to Shay.  She says she is in pain, Jillian reminds her of the red line, Shay pushes herself harder until she is crying.  Jillian is relentless.  She tells her no more tears, no drama, only focus.  Jillian wants to insure she doesn’t go below the red line so she will at least have a chance to fight to stay.

Allen, Danny, Rudy and Liz are talking strategy.  Allen realizes that he will now have to start to play the game, even though he has avoided it.  Liz says she will not go down without a fight.  Meanwhile back in the gym, Jillian has turned her attention to Rebecca, who says she needs to stop.  Jillian refuses to allow her to stop.  Rebecca refuses and says that it is too much and she can’t do anymore.  She says she is physically and mentally exhausted.  She tells Jillian this is not about life, this is about right now.  Jillian reminds her that this IS about life and it begins now.  Rebecca walks out of the gym.  She and Amanda talk in the bedroom.  She tells her that it is a fight just to get out of bed everday.  Amanda reminds her they only have to worry about being two of the people above the yellow line.  She assures Rebecca that she will be there for her, every step of the way.if want to weight loss ” target=”_blank”>click here

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Bobby’s World

Bobby’s World: the best episode so far of this exceptional second season of “ Sons of Anarchy ,” comes along at a perfect time. “Mad Men” has just gone on hiatus. “ Breaking Bad” won’t be back until sometime in 2010

Bobby’s World:the best episode so far of this exceptional second season of “Sons of Anarchy,” comes along at a perfect time. “Mad Men” has just gone on hiatus. “Breaking Bad” won’t be back until sometime in 2010. If you don’t have DirecTV, “Friday Night Lights” won’t be on TV until next summer. So “Sons of Anarchy” is, at the moment, the best drama on television, and an episode like “Balm” makes it clear the title shouldn’t just be by default. Pound-for-pound, this series is as engrossing, as funny and as moving as all those others.

And what’s incredible about “Balm” is that it manages to be as gripping as it is even though the season’s chief villain (Ethan Zobelle) doesn’t appear; even though the B-story hangs on a character (Chibs) who’s been absent for a while, and a glorified extra for much of the series; and even though the big emotional moment of Gemma’s confession plays out subdued, rather than as heated as we all expected it to be.

Or, really, the last part is so brilliant because it’s not what we expect. Look, I love this show and all the violence and sheer bad-assery that comes with it. So I’m not ashamed to admit that when Gemma told Clay and Jax about her rape, things got very, very dusty in the Sepinwall living room. The genius of that scene – as written by Dave Erickson and Stevie Long, directed by Paris Barclay (from “In Treatment,” but also someone Kurt Sutter worked with several times on “The Shield”) and played by Katey Sagal, Ron Perlman, Charlie Hunnam and Maggie Siff – is that it’s not about everyone getting upset and flipping over tables and swearing revenge. (Though Jax does pound his fist once before realizing that’s not what his mother needs at the moment.) This is Gemma quietly, simply, telling the two men in her life about the worst day of her life – not because she wants them to go out and kill Zobelle and Weston and the others (though she wouldn’t mind that), but because letting go of her pride and telling them about the rape is the best, and only, way she knows how to keep both her family and the club (which to Gemma are one and the same) from falling apart.continue