Eminem and R&B singer Bruno Mars lead Grammy nominees
December 3, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Entertainment
LOS ANGELES: Rapper Eminem, riding high on the comeback trail after spending several years battling drug addiction, led the field of Grammy contenders on Wednesday with 10 nominations.
The 38-year-old hip-hop star will compete for the three big awards of album, song and record of the year, as well as in a host of rap categories.
Other leading nominees for the major music awards included rising RB star Bruno Mars with seven nods, while rapper Jay-Z, flamboyant pop star Lady Gaga and country group Lady Antebellum picked up six nominations each.
Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber, mobbed by young girls everywhere as one of the hottest new commodities in the music world, led a strong international field for best new artist. He will compete for the coveted award alongside a compatriot, rapper Drake; two British bands, Florence The Machine and Mumford Sons; and American jazz singer Esperanza Spalding.
Winners in all 109 categories will be announced during ceremonies in Los Angeles on February 13.
Rock bands were largely missing from the leading categories, as pop, hip-hop and country artists grabbed the spotlight.
Indie Montreal-based band Arcade Fire will fly the flag for the rock genre in the album of the year race. Its third release, “The Suburbs,” will vie for the Grammys” top honor with Eminem”s “Recovery,” Lady Antebellum”s “Need You Now,” Lady Gaga”s “The Fame Monster” and pop singer Katy Perry”s “Teenage Dream.”
Songs nominated for record of the year, a category that honors the artist and the producer, were “Nothin” On You,” by rapper B.o.B featuring Bruno Mars; “Love The Way You Lie,” by Eminem featuring RB singer Rihanna; “F*** You,” by funk singer Cee Lo Green; “Empire State Of Mind,” by rapper Jay-Z RB singer Alicia Keys; and “Need You Now,” by Lady Antebellum.
Three of those songs — Eminem”s “Love the Way You Lie,” Green”s “F*** You” and Lady Antebellum”s “Need You Now” — were also cited for song of the year, a songwriter”s award. The field was rounded out by “Beg Steal Or Borrow” performed by singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne, and “The House That Built Me,” performed by country singer Miranda Lambert.
EMINEM COMEBACK STRIKES CHORD
Grammy voters love to reward artists making career comebacks, especially if they have overcome an addiction or other personal setbacks along the way, and Eminem fulfills those criteria.
The rapper, whose real name is Marshall Mathers, went almost five years between studio albums. He spent much of his time holed up in his Detroit home battling an addiction to prescription medication, and nearly died of a methadone overdose in 2007.
Eminem returned to the limelight in May 2009 with “Relapse,” one of the biggest sellers of the year. It also won two Grammys in January, bringing his career tally to 11.
He returned in June this year with “Recovery,” which spawned two chart-topping singles, “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way You Lie.” The latter tune revolved around a dysfunctional relationship and struck a chord with women, a demographic hitherto underrepresented among Eminem”s fan base. It spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart during the summer.
He has never won the album of the year award, and famously lost the race in 2001 to an unheralded album by veteran rock duo Steely Dan.
Bruno Mars, whose real name is Peter Hernandez, reached the top of the Hot 100 with “Just the Way You Are” in September, days after he was arrested on a cocaine charge in Las Vegas. The song marked his first charting single as a lead artist and it spent four weeks at No. 1. He previously went to No. 1 in May as the featured artist on B.o.B”s “Nothin” On You.”
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Shahdadkot on red alert as flood hits dike
August 20, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Staff Report
SHADADKOT: Authorities have directed the residents of District Shahdadkot to move to safe areas, as flood water hit the city’s major preventive embankment.
It is being feared that the water could swallow the entire district after bursting the dike.
The flood struck the embankment today, prompting the administration to issue orders for immediate evacuation of the city. SAMAA
Stampede in Jatoi relief camp kills four
August 20, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Staff Report
MUZAFFARGARH: A stampede at a relief camp in Tehsil Jatoi of Muzaffargarh left four people dead and over a dozen injured.
Two women are also among the victims.
This untoward incident took place during the distribution of relief goods in Jatoi.
Meanwhile, floods continued to cause widespread devastation in southern Punjab on Friday.
After wreaking havoc in Shehr Sultan and Rohilanwali, the deluge submerged several villages of Tehsil Khangarh and left dozens of villagers stranded.
However, rescue operations are underway to pull the stranded people out of flooded villages.
In another incident, unknown people robbed two trucks carrying relief goods. In the process, the truck driver and five other people sustained injuries.
Israeli restrictions on Ramadan worship continue
August 20, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Palestinians lined up at West Bank checkpoints early on Friday morning, waiting to be granted access to the holy city of Jerusalem for prayer on the second Friday of Ramadan.
Visits to the Noble Sanctuary, which houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem remain restricted.
Pilgrims that made it through the West Bank separation fence were greeted by heavy Israeli military and police presence around the Old City, and had to pass through dozens of secondary checkpoints installed in the area. The secondary points double check documents of Palestinians heading for worship, preventing all men under 50 and women under 45 without special permits from entering the area.
The policy of limiting Palestinian and Muslim access to the mosque was marked, as worshipers observed the
pants on the ground
May 27, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Wednesday night was more about Simon Cowell relationship with Paula Abdul than about the finale of American Idol of Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze.
The most delightful moment was when “Pants on the Ground” was done for us. I just love that man General Larry Platt. He belted it out for us, and then, back to Simon Cowell’s tribute. The tribute took up most of American Idol tonight, and made what should have been a 30 
minute show, a two hour lesson in boredom.
However, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell had a great time riding down memory lane with us dragging behind. Randy Jackson stood and applauded for Simon Cowell as ridiculous Ryan Seacreast told him to sit down. I’m not kidding.
Paula explained she wasn’t having fun anymore, but I have to admit, the re-runs of her fighting with Simon were funny. Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul are a wonderful team, and after tonight, I have no doubt why “American Idol” is falling pants on the ground
alice cooper
May 27, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
POISON frontman Bret Michaels performed live for the first time after a triple health crisis on tonight’s (Wednesday, May 26) “American Idol” finale. He joined talent show finalist Casey James for a rendition of the POISON classic “Every Rose Has Its Thorn”. In addition, legendary rocker Alice Cooper kicked off the finale by performing his rock anthem “School’s Out” with a stage full of schoolboys and schoolgirls. The “Idol” finalists joined Cooper, dancers and singers all dressed up in school uniforms.
Amar Mohile nominated for English Film
Amar Mohile, one of the leading background music composers who has done a lot of Ram Gopal Varma films like Rann, Sarkar Raj, Sarkar, Naach, Road, Agyaat, Vaastushastra, Nishabd and Contract besides Acid Factory, Ek Chalis Ki Last Local, Musafir, Luck, Love Story 2050, Shootout At Lokhandwala, Dus Kahaniyan, Mission Istaanbul and many more, has been nominated in the category of Best Feature Film Soundtrack for the English film Land Gold Women at the prestigious East End Film Festival 2010. This film festival is considered to be one of the biggest in Britain.
A rock singer’s ‘devotion’
Reliance Media World’s radio arm, 92.7 BIG FM, which pioneered the offering of a devotional band on radio with its show Seher way back in 2006, is bringing back the show in an all new avatar. Being hosted by contemporary spiritual guru and programming director of Art Of Living, Vikram Hazra, the show will wake listeners to a spiritual start each morning Mondays to Fridays across 36 stations. Seher will be more than just about devotional songs.
Vikram is a new-age spiritual teacher and as a prolific rock singer himself, he and his teammates have started the Rock Satsang for Art of Living under the guidance of Sri Sri Ravi Sankar. Vikram’s bhajans and devotional songs are known to take followers to a different level of consciousness. Seher will see Vikram explaining spirituality as he translates the mysteries of the soul and human behaviour in various situations and tries finding answers to the chaos in life. He is the new soul jockey on 92.7 BIG FM.
Daler Mehndi goes devotional
The man who took bhangra pop to every music buff from the ’90s and also dabbled in films like Mrityudaata, Khauff and Rang De Basanti is now out with Mere Raam on Times Music.
“Music is a divine gift from the Almighty. He gives it to us to make this journey of the soul more soulful, happy and serene. I feel it’s a big responsibility. Life is a celebration and it’s easy to forget that with our limiting mindless running. But He is benevolent and through His incessant shower of gifts, God makes us realise every now and then that it’s time to celebrate Him,” says the singer.
The album is available for Rs 150.
NCPA offers varied musical fare
The National Centre for the Performing Arts, India’s premier arts and culture institution, presents Music Mirror-Documentary Films on Music, a new offering from the Indian Music vertical of the NCPA. This series of documentary films on the lives of great musicians, their art, musical instruments and other related topics began this month with a film on celebrated vocalist Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur on May 14. The documentary is made by the Films Division and directed by Prajna Parimita Parasher, on the life and music of Pandit Mansur, whose birth centenary is being celebrated this year.
In their Umang Series, Brajeswar Mukherjee presented a Hindustani Vocal Recital on May 7 under the aegis of the Pu. La. Deshpande Foundation. NCPA. ITC – Sangeet Research Academy (Western Region) will present Umesh Chaudhari (Vocal) and Manju Mehta (sitar) in a Hindustani Music Recital on May 28.
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Study Ahows More Evidence Of Water On Moon And Mars
April 20, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Technology
Ice deposits at least 6 feet thick can be found in some small craters on the moon, researchers reported in one of two studies showing more evidence of water on the moon and Mars.
The second study suggested that ice has recently melted and re-frozen on Mars, widening some of the characteristic gullies on its surface.
In one of the two studies, Paul Spudis of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston and colleagues analyzed measurements from India’s Chandrayaan spacecraft to find evidence of thick ice deposits in some permanently shaded craters on the moon.
“As the moon has been bombarded with water-bearing objects such as comets and meteorites and implanted with solar wind hydrogen over geological time, some of this material must have made its way into these cold, dark areas,” they wrote in Geophysical Research Letters.
They measure something called circular polarization ratio to show either the surface there is unusually rough, or there are between 6 and 10 feet of ice there.
The second study showed that 6-foot (2-meter) wide gully on Mars had become nearly 400 feet longer over two years.
Dennis Reiss of the Institute for Planetology at Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat in Munster, Germany, and colleagues said the best explanation is the melting of small amounts of water ice.
Photographs show dark patches in the gully, as well as some smaller, new channels, they reported in the same journal. It may get warm enough at the surface to melt water on Mars, they added.
In September, several teams reported clear evidence of water, likely frozen, on the desert surfaces of both the moon and Mars and researchers have also seen it snow on Mars.
Study Ahows More Evidence Of Water On Moon And Mars was first posted on April 19, 2010 at 11:44 am.
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14 Tombs And A Mummy Found, Dating Back To The 3rd Century BC
April 20, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under Technology
Egyptian archaeologists carrying out excavations at the site of a planned youth center have found 14 tombs dating back to the third century BC, including one with a female mummy adorned with jewelry.
The Greco-Roman tombs, in Bahariya Oasis, 300 km (190 miles) southwest of Cairo, were discovered during probes that indicated they may be part of a much larger necropolis, Egypt’s Culture Ministry said in a statement Monday.
A 97-cm (38-inch) tall female mummy, found in the stair-lined interior of one of the rock-hewn tombs, was cast in colored plaster inlaid with jewelry and eyes.
Archaeologists, who dug at the site ahead of the planned construction of a youth center, found the tombs contained other treasures as well. The area has now been turned over to Egypt’s antiquities authority.
“Early investigations uncovered four anthropoid masks made of plaster, a gold fragment decorated with engravings of the four sons of Horus, and a collection of coins, and clay and glass vessels,” the ministry’s statement quoted Egypt’s chief archaeologist Zahi Hawass as saying.
The four sons of Horus — Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi and Qebehsenuef — were ancient Egyptian gods. The engravings show the influence of Egyptian religion well into the Greco-Roman period.
The gods were believed to protect the stomach, liver, intestines and lungs of mummified bodies.
Bahariya Oasis is home to Egypt’s famed Valley of the Golden Mummies, where a collection of 17 tombs with about 254 mummies was discovered in 1996.
14 Tombs And A Mummy Found, Dating Back To The 3rd Century BC was first posted on April 19, 2010 at 11:52 am.
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george lopez
April 12, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
Late-night mainstay Conan O’Brien is headed to TBS to resume his comedic duties with a talk show expected to debut in November, the network said Monday.
The program will air Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m. Eastern, shifting TBS’ “Lopez Tonight,” starring George Lopez, to midnight.
O’Brien quickly fired out a celebratory tweet.
“The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I’ll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show,” he posted Monday on Twitter.
The surprise announcement hit the same day O’Brien starts a two-month, nationwide comedy tour in Eugene, Ore., amid persistent reports that he was likely to claim Fox as his new late-night home.
Barring Fox, syndication was widely considered O’Brien’s most likely option. Few if anyone mentioned TBS as a plausible destination.
O’Brien began serious talks with TBS just last week, the network said.
“In three months, I’ve gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I’m headed to basic cable,” O’Brien said in a tongue-in-cheek-toned statement. “My plan is working perfectly.”
O’Brien left NBC in January after hosting “The Tonight Show” for just eight months, as his ratings plunged from those of his longtime “Tonight” predecessor, Jay Leno, who reclaimed the hour. Until last June, O’Brien had followed Leno as host of “Late Night” since 1993.
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After giving O’Brien “Tonight,” NBC sought to keep Leno on board with a prime-time show that quickly flopped. An attempt to move O’Brien to a post-midnight slot drew O’Brien’s ire, and he walked away with a $32 million settlement package.
Although that put him in play for other networks, the deal barred him from appearing on TV until September
