Girlie mix
Goes without saying…a discotheque is indeed looked upon as the most happening place. And if the DJ behind the console is a pretty looking girl, "It becomes good and happening then," giggles Delhi-based DJ Sanjana, who played on a Saturday night for Voodoo's pre-Friendship Day Affair.


Girl DJs at discotheques are more accepted now

Whoever dares, wins
How do we justify a long weekend? Sleep through the day, catch up with old buddies, go on a romantic date, better your cooking skills, or catch with members of your club. This could be any club, the go vella club, the wine club, the adventure club, the cool kitty club, and for the city folks, well, they have an option to join and take part in the activities of Dare Club, a premier family entertainment club.

Pravesh Rana poses with his fans at the Chandigarh Press CLub-27

Friends forever
I'll be there for you, runs the title track of the famous series F.R.I.E.N.D.S. With American Comedy Award, Golden Globe Award, Logie Award, People's Choice Award, Satellite Award and 63 nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards (six-time winner) in its kitty, F.R.I.E.N.D.S is the ultimate ode to friendship. With 6,03,910 members on its community on Orkut and countless sites offering all episodes, discussions, pictures, quotes, quizzes and trivia, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, despite its re-runs, finds favour with millions around the world.

Extraordinary life
Canada-based Lisa Ray is in no hurry to act and is instead keen to spread cancer awareness and write a book. "I am engaging with the world, but with a different quality now," says the model-actress who is leading a healthy life after fighting a rare cancer of plasma cells. "My disease, multiple myeloma, is in remission. We don't take the attitude that it is ever gone completely, but we monitor regularly and now I'm leading a particularly healthy life," Lisa, 38, told in an e-mail interview.

Emma Again
Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor has described her upcoming flick Aisha as a fun-filled romantic film. Sonam, who promoted the movie along with Cyrus Sahukar here on Thursday, said: "I think it's a fun romantic film and it's also based on a classic love story Emma. Everybody loves love stories." Cyrus Sahukar, one of the actors of the film, said the whole cast and crew of the film is very young and that reflects in the film as well.

Bloke’s choice
Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt has topped a new ‘Men Who Men Love’ poll. The 46-year-old actor is the man most British blokes admire.

All’s well
Hollywood actor Eva Mendes' luxury car has been damaged by her dog who went ballistic at the sight of a coyote and smashed her windshield. The Hitch star owns a burly Belgian Malinois named Hugo, which she describes as a really sweet attack dog'. But Hugo damaged her car during a drive back to Mendes' California home, when a coyote caught his eye from the backseat of the car, prompting him to try and muscle his way through the glass.


Eva Mendes

Reel vs real
Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston says she wouldn't have a baby via artificial insemination like her character in her latest movie The Switch. The 41-year-old actor, plays a singleton who decides to use a friend as a sperm donor in the movie, but in real life she prefers the traditional way to conceive a child.

New Love
Hollywood actress Jennifer Love Hewitt, who is reportedly dating actor-director Alex Beh, says being in a relationship makes her feel secure.

Picks & piques
Retro cut
The solitary release this week is a flight of fancy that has its basic core enmeshed in the lives and times of two of Mumbai’s most infamous dons - Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim. Milan Luthra’s much-awaited  Once Upon a time in Mumbaai has the perfect moniker, one that lends credence to the claim that it’s overly fiction with very little fact. It’s an expansive and inveigling tale and provides all the entertainment that one could desire in a stylised, exciting one-of–a-kind mould.

Plant by plant
Lions Club Chandigarh Harmony organised Tree Plantation Drive and planted about 50 saplings of different types of Shady and Flowery Trees at Govt Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, Chandigarh. Principal Ravi Raj Kaur along with teachers and NSS volunteers  participated in the Plantation Drive. The Club also planted about 50 Herbals Plants with medicinal value at  Shri Dhanwantry Ayurvedic College and Dabur-Dhanwantry Hospital, Sector 46-B, Chandigarh.

Spice etc
Spice Digital, one of the leading VAS players in India announces its partnership with the Sangam Kala Group (SKG) to sponsor their annual National Singing Talent Hunt contest- Spice Surtarang. This would provide a national platform to aspiring professional singers all over the country.

Little genius
An encounter, an online competition, ten questions and its hip hip hurray for Akshit Gureja, a Class III student, St. John’s high School. “When I’ll be going there, I’ll be shopping, watching the twin towers, then the Baltu caves, Genting caves….” he shares the excitement. “I won the first prize and am very excited.”

Zip Drive
The announcement of Miss TVS Scooty – City Beautiful was made in the city on Friday. The contest with a difference will try to find out socially responsible volunteers who posses qualities of beauty, confident, intelligence and responsibility. “In this contest we will try to reach every nook and corner of the city to find out suitable candidate for the title Miss TVS Scooty,” says Anshul Chopra, area manager, TVS Motor company.

Blind date
Vista, a well known brand of Alps Industries Ltd has recently added a unique blind in their world class range of interior products basket; multi-way panel track blind, an innovative blind which gives a solution to the consumers’ ever-changing taste & convenience for window dressing aesthetically. Multi-way panel blinds also known as sliding window panel made up of desired fabric, glides smoothly on its own track.

Right click
Nikon India, leaders in imaging technology, announced the launch of its first Nikon Coolpix Zone in the city . With an aim to grow closer to its customers’ base, the company has adopted the shop-in-shop retail concept in the month of February last year to enable access to its products and services. Photography lovers in Patiala can now have an easy access to the entire range of Coolpix and make an informed choice.

Matka chowk
Bafana Bafana
I watched a group of boys kick around an old football on a water logged field in Karnal the other day — an unusual sight, but something that made me nostalgic. Chandigarh youth is a shining example of physical energy, good health and drive — attributes that should empower them to hold those winning trophies high up in the air, amidst thundering applause and billowing national pride. However, no one tells them that sports can be a part of nation building. They are submerged in pedagogic education, because very little else can make their parents proud, very little else can the parents trust — especially not a future in sports.

Tarot Talk
ARIES: The Temperance inspires you to climb new heights and actualise creative ideas. A small sum spent now will allow you to make big profits later. Recent professional setbacks can easily be turned into triumph. Don't yield to temptation; be responsible. You will not get away with wrongdoings, so don't even try. Tip of the week: Don't forsake a new learning opportunity because of pride. Lucky colour: Peach.