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Fashion’s First
For Michelle Obama, the task of dressing to please a nation will not be easy, especially a nation with a population as diverse, as judgmental and as addicted to YouTube as ours. But as a First Lady, that is Obama’s challenge. That superficial fascination with style combines with the stature of the First Lady’s position, the personal stake that so many folks have in the way in which this first African-American First Lady will be perceived.
“With around-the-clock TV, people are more aware of their style and what they have on,” says Ann Stock, who worked as White House social secretary during the Clinton administration.
Michelle Obama’s style at the inuaguration will determine how the first African-American First Lady will be perceived
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The vote goes to…
Today is the day when all eyes will be on fashion's First Lady, Michelle Obama. As fashionistas the world over are assessing her style quotient, we at Lifestyle too check up with our fashion gurus, models and netas on their choice of the best dressed First Ladies and the most stylish women in Indian politics.
Making melodies
After a long and eventful career, Arvinder Singh is back with his new music album ‘Jab Tak Hai Jee Jee Bhar Ke Pee’ releasing January 23 by Kuber Music. And he owes it to his unflinching dedication. He says, “It is a career that has been built meticulously, brick by brick, over the years. It is a career that began at the bottom run of the musical ladder and has now reached a status where his name is respected not only in India but also across the world”.
Have pen, will write
Words giving vent to emotions, flowing freely into expressions just like rivulets and in the process painting pictures open to readers’ interpretation. Hold on! We are talking of creative writing. Next, perhaps only to imagination in its limits. “Words have got no meaning of their own, they behave differently under different situations,” says D. S. Gupt, vice-chairperson, Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, while taking the creative writing workshop, organised by the Akademi at Guru Gobind Singh College for Women-26.
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Vintage vanity
Levi’s® presents its range of winter wear options—from the classic to the contemporary, from the original to the most trend defining styles in jeans wear. Gleaned from a rich diversity of sub-brands within the Levi’s® portfolio, these products offer consumers in India various options to dress themselves as the cold of winter sets in around us.
Animated talk
Other than perfumes and architecture, what else is characteristic to France? The answer is its animation industry. We know it is not something people are aware of. But the fact that almost half-a-century back, when the meaning of animation here was limited to comics like Chahcha Chaudhary and Champak, France was already running a full-fledged animation film festival.
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Paris Hilton poses with her customised Nintendo DS handheld game during the Sundance Film Festival at the Sephora Lounge in Park City, Utah |
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The inter play of light and shade created by a cyclist in the
city. Photo: Vinay Malik |
Just SMS
Satish, a city-based banker, is late for the movie, thanks to the stretched beyond-imagination board meeting. And, he still has to pick his wife from home, who is frantically calling. Now, if he dares to miss the movie, he is dead.
Tech travel
The idea of a 'space elevator' could become more than sci-fi fantasy, courtesy the efforts of British scientists. A team of UK researchers has taken the first step on what could be a
stairway to heaven.
Travel green
Kanishk Sinha, 30, and his wife Lipika, 25, chose to do something different from looking for jobs - they invented a fuel-less environment-friendly auto engine.
"This engine is switched on by a chemical reaction between zinc and oxygen; hence it is pollution-free.
GEEK SPEAK
Laptop life
Laptop computers are everywhere these days. You can't sit in a coffee shop or travel on a plane without seeing at least a couple of people typing away on their laptops. The immense popularity of laptop computers and the demands of consumers have driven innovation and development in the technology for both laptops and the batteries that power them.
Heal the world
Filmmaker Sajid Nadiadwala, who has collaborated with Hollywood biggies Sylvester Stallone, Brandon Routh and Denise Richards for his forthcoming film Kambakht Ishq, has invited them for a grand premiere of the film in India later this year. He hopes it will help wipe away the traumatic memories of the Mumbai terror strikes from the tourists' mind.
Pretty poised
Bollywood beauty Preity Zinta, who owns IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab, has been bowled over by the Aussie star. The player's partner is aware of the hot gossip and is said to be furious.
But according to a realbollywood.com report, Preity and her beau Ness Wadia were in Canada on a holiday.
But unlike other B-Town couples like Saif-Kareena, Ranbir-Deepika and
even Abhishek-Aishwarya, they are not all over the place and keep quite
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Slumdog messiah
Veteran Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, who enacted the role of a game show host in the internationally acclaimed film Slumdog Millionaire, has donated the remuneration he received for the film to a Delhi based NGO working for child development.
Reality check
Known once as the Mast Mast girl of Bollywood, Raveena Tandon has been on a long sabbatical from movies after marriage and motherhood. She now faces the arc lights for Revathy's Just Aap Ke Liye and says she will accept films only if the roles suit her age.
"I am very realistic and do a reality check always. So, I want to do something that suits my age because now I cannot see myself doing some silly stuff," Raveena said in an interview. |
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SRK the saviour
Two child victims of a grenade attack in Srinagar are undergoing treatment at the Nanavati hospital with the help of superstar Shah Rukh Khan who is bearing the entire cost of treatment.
Talent hunt
Always dreamt of becoming a popular RJ? Well, here is a chance for the city youth to display their talent, wit and humor and entertain the listeners of Chandigarh. BIG 92.7 FM is hosting RJ hunt Big ki Aawaz.
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