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Every inch an Indian
At hotel Western Court, Sector 43, Chandigarh, to promote his album, the singer is every inch of what you see of him on Google —those dreadlocks seem to have grown longer and thicker too! He saw us noticing. "They have become longer, haven't they," Apache touches the thick, twisted and tweaked crop of hair. For you or any other youngster it could be a style statement, but not for him. Here again it has to do with the longing of being home. "Dreadlocks actually come from India. Lord Shiva had them and so do many sadhus. In fact, Bob Marley had it and he sang bum bholey nath. This is my way to connect to my roots, my way of reminding myself that I am not all a foreigner; I carry the India in me or on me," he smiles. You can look at his face for long and create a chronology of events. The face scripts the story of success, a young boy who started as DJ Steven Kapoor, a boy who tasted success, but did not cling on to it; the boy who kept the India alive in him and the boy who couldn't stop dreaming! His album Home Run is the result. "It is a different kind of an album with 11 songs. I have done a collaboration with Miss Pooja, it is a very R&B kind of number. There are five new and five of my favourite old songs, which have been sung by me," shares Apache. Promoting his album in Punjab, Apache can't wait to be home in Jalandhar. Back home, our Punjabi singers would do anything to go to UK or Canada. Would he explain? Apache has an immediate answer. "The grass is greener on the other side. I don't say that they should not expand their horizons, but they should also know that there are loads of problems they would have to face in foreign countries. Till today, I am a foreigner in the land where I made my career and back home, they still call me a foreigner," he shares. His remark is not a comment or a nice quote for the newspapers; it is a reality he has lived with. This is precisely why he wants to settle back in India, in Punjab. "I want to come back home with my parents and kids. My kids would not want to settle here, but they would always have an option," says the singer, whose genre Bhangramuffin reggae became a trend. Boomshackalack, a number by him, featured in five different Hollywood movies. This is what we call popularity, and then we have another name for instant popularity called Kolaveri Di! The name rings a bell. "I have heard the song. It is not the usual kind, it is a little obscure but why not like it. It's different. It's very his home kind." The word for Apache is home, and he is more than welcome!
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success mantra
If only there was a single formula for success; Arun Grover, the chairman-cum-managing director of Amartex Industries Ltd, would have overruled it and created his own! "Exactly, what is the fun in treading a path created by someone else; the joy of life lies in creating your own milestones, creating your own challenges and then overcoming them; creating your own success mantras and then following them." His mantras of success are distinct and come very much from the experiences of his life in general. Amartex today is an integrated manufacturing company with a state-of-the-art modern textile manufacturing plant and all in-house facilities, from weaving to processing. It is the largest manufacturer of fabrics and readymade wear in North India. Arun Grover shares his success mantras.
Help yourself People often ask what makes me a successful businessman, and I tell them that the only difference between me and the others would probably be that I did not wait for anyone to come and give me a push. In all totality I pushed myself; in a way I was helping myself. One must always have strength and courage to create his or her own success chart in life. And trust me - god helps those who take up their own battles. I was in Mumbai, a city which has all chances of creating successful ventures, but my parents wanted me to come back and start something at our plot in Panchukla. I started Amartex in 1984 with only four people that I got along with me from Mumbai. It was a time when I did not have any skilled labour, no raw material; dyeing and finishing unit. But I had faith, and this is what got me through. Never say never The minute one says yes to a thing, everything will fall in place. This holds true for work as well. When I started this venture way back in 1984, not even once I thought it wasn't achievable. I knew there would be hurdles, loads of challenges; there were chances of things falling flat, but I had to do it. I said 'yes' first to myself and then in the belief that I could take this venture to great heights. Remain committed If you are not committed to your work, then no matter whatever wealth you have made, it is of no use. Dedication to work and respect for it - is what can make any man successful. There were times when I could have given up but I was committed to myself that I wanted to make my company work. The perseverance paid. I still work for 18 hours a day, but with complete transparency. And when there is transparency there is nothing to worry. Maintain your zeal As I said, we did not have the required infrastructure when I started the venture. All I had was a plot, my degree in the field, four people and a lot of zeal. I would often think about new and different ways of taking my venture forward. My work was my passion. Look outside the well I knew if I had to take my venture forward, I would have to acknowledge global phenomenon. Looking at the scenario, we have created our head office in Gurgaon, so we know the global trends. We have a market in China and would be soon entering Bangladesh. Listen carefully The day you say you know enough of your business, you are finished. If you are humble, ready to listen and take note of what others have to say, you would always end up learning. I always tell my office staff to take part in the brain-storming sessions. The end result is new ideas and they always take a venture forward. My work is my playground Stress always leads to wrong decisions. For me, if work is worship, it is also fun. I look forward to coming to the office. This is because whatever I do in my work and life is transparent. I don't want to gain everything in life. I believe in giving my best shot and then leave everything to god as well as destiny. Dhirubhai is the man My father is my guru. I am here because of his faith in me. In addition to him, Dhirubhai Ambani has always inspired me. When people talk about brain-drain, I tell them about this man who despite so many problems in India, in the business industry, created his own place and a success story. Knowledge is power Studies never fail us at any point of time. A good business is definitely run on many different factors,
but knowledge of it is certainly a bonus. jasmine@tribunemail.com
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Leading Ladies
Women sure are difficult to deal with, but are they equally difficult when they take on the role of a 'boss'? Well, a survey by the British Association of Anger Management claims, 'An increasing number of women in positions of power are bullying colleagues and employees'.
Senu Duggal, additional director, Department of Information and Public Relations, Punjab, works both in capacity of a boss as well as under a woman boss and finds the situation entirely comfortable. "When I began working, I could sense some prejudice. But over a period of time, I have realised that if a person has thorough understanding of the work, gender is secondary," says Senu. "Women are sincere by nature. They work hard and expect those under them to do the same, which may make them 'difficult'. There is nothing else apart from this, which makes them a different boss than men," she adds. Today, when almost half of the work force comprises women, they are increasingly making it to the top. "And, why shouldn't they," says Harpreet Singh, chief manager at a bank. "Well, in my experience (though there are fewer women in public sector banks) women make for a sincere lot. They have talent and are ready to work hard, so there is no stopping," he adds. Different working of bosses depends more on their temperament than gender. Men or women, whether they make for a difficult boss is entirely up to their mental make-up. "I have worked under male and female bosses, but I really cannot pin-point any differences," says Kushik Sharma, senior engineer, IT. "So far neither professional nor personal equation has been influenced by a superior's gender," he says. Rather than the much-talked-about 'Queen Bee Syndrome' that refers to females bosses as - 'alpha female who tries to preserve her power at all costs. Instead of promoting her younger counterparts, she feels threatened by them, judges them, talks about them and, in many cases, ends up obstructing their attempts to climb the corporate ladder' - we came across women who feel more secure in the company of women. "Women empathise more with their subordinates," says Sushma Gupta, school administrator who not only heads a team of women, but also reports to a female boss. “There are many such issues that are better handled by a woman boss than male," she says. It's Anvita Grewal, branch manager ING Vyasa, Ludhiana who puts all doubts to rest. "Women make for more considerate as well as understanding bosses. Relationship-building is much stronger in women," says Anvita, who has not only had women as bosses but has had no problems in her four-year tenure with the bank. Way to go girls! mona@tribunemail.com
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Courting the coat
The thumping fashion statement in coats this season is the military-look. From jackets to coats, the military trend has loads to offer. “The military style coats and jackets are a definite trend for the season, but it’s more stylish and tailored; it has evolved from the Georgian or the Victorian trend,” says Geeth Sethi, consultant and training head, India, Espirit. She adds, “The key element of these coats and jackets is the double-breasted style with symmetrical military buttons. The look is intended for modern women and is more functional as well as stylish. For the colours the designers have played with the traditional hues of black, beige, khaki, blue, red, yellow and even grey.” Well, these military-style jackets and coats can be very well teamed with skirts, trousers, opaque tights and leggings. Boots go well with them. Following close on the heels of military look is the aviator style and since leather has made a comeback this season, it is typically charactrised by leather jackets with high collars. Though it’s more of a biker look, you can make it more feminie with a handbag, scarf, long or short skirt or with colourful tights. Looking for more styles in coats, then 2011 is also about the Femme Fatale style. Says Akhil Duggar, creative head, Madame, “This season it’s the tweed look that is in. For styles, it’s more of the aviator style coats that are a hit. Check is out and it is the hamster tweed that is in. Double-breasted style coats and jackets have also made a comeback this season and the length in coats has gone a bit longer than the knee. The colours red and magenta are surprisingly doing very well, other than royal blue and purple.” “Fur being a hot trend is seen almost everywhere. Puffer jackets are picking up fast and so are the calf-length coats,” says Rajnish Jain from Meena Bazaar. When we are talking about winter stuff, how can we forget the capes! Capes this winter are highly visible and you’ll find plenty of them. “Fortunately, this year’s capes are highly practical; with relatively short length and often have vents for the arms,” says Rajnish. Now with almost all the hot trends listed for the season, what are you waiting for?
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Design with a Difference
The word ‘overkill’ was created perfectly for the fashion industry. A designer has to come up with something and others have to follow it to the grave! To bring in the much-needed change, Chandigarh-based designer Honii Sandhu unveiled her collection with a fashion show at the Gold Club on Sunday. Since it is about being different; Honii has come up with odhnis with combination fabrics. “I have made odhnis in chiffon, velvet and net. They look really elegant and stylish.” Velvet is the fabric for Honii. It is winter and she finds this just the material to be used. “This is a rich fabric and I have done a lot of gotta work on it. Other than this, I have designed my bridal collection keeping in mind that bridal dresses are expensive and they should be wearable. Morning and evening dresses are very wearable and made keeping in mind the jewellery to be worn with them,” says Honii, who also designed capes for youngsters. This is definitely a refreshing change. With tweed and lace work on the warm woollens, the capes look stylish and can easily be teamed up keeping in mind various occasions. Winter does not mean dull and drab colours - bright red, royal blue and fuschia colours bring life to this season. “This is what I wanted for my collection, brightness and a dash of bright colours.”
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Par Excellence
On these days we are playing sub-consciously. Dave Pelz did a study on the way people would read a green. He tracked the players ball curvature on video and found that when a player said he is aiming two inches right of the hole on a right to left putt he actually aimed on an average three times as much right (six inches) and holed the putt. Consciously the player kept reading the line as two inches right but his sub-conscious knew that the putt would break more and therefore he corrected his aim and holed his putt. He did this survey on thousands of golfers and came to the conclusion that most golfers aim three times more left or right than what they consciously say they do! To improve the work of the sub-conscious mind build your competence and then learn to trust it. Follow the three P’s of the course – practice, patience and perseverance. During a round of golf work on the three C’s – concentration, confidence and composure. The only thing which a golfer be it a professional or a club golfer is not in control of is the score. When we stand on the first tee we cannot predict or control the score. Therefore we have to get our mind off controlling the ‘result’. What we can be in control of is the ‘process’. The process is your visualisation, routine, course management and decision making etc. While putting we often think of the putt based on the result e.g. when we are putting for a birdie we consciously try harder! A putt of 10 feet does not change whether it is for a birdie, par or double bogey. Just stay out of the result – read the putt well and execute it. One of the most important components of our game is short game. Most of the top golfers who play confidently are the ones who have great short game. It is your back-up in golf. If a professional is playing well he would hit around 15 regulations which would really reduce his game to the long game and putting. The day he is playing badly is when the short game helps him score well and recover. They hit their approach shots aggressively at the flag even if it is tucked into a corner of the green as they know that even if they miss the green they would be able to make an up and down. A golfer with a poor short game plays his approach shot defensively as he knows that he will miss par if he does not hit the green. This puts pressure on his shot and forces him to make an error. Practice hard on your short game and build a plan for the rest of your golf – from the long game, to putting, fitness and building a strong mind! (Grewal has coached several national champions and professionals and is currently Director, National Golf Academy of India and CGA Hero Honda Golf Academy. If you have any queries get in touch with him at parexcellence@tribunemail.com)
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DOC TALK
Winter brings with it problems like dryness, cracked lips, stretched skin, dry hair and more. It is time to be careful and follow certain tips .
Skin Pamper you skin with a little coconut oil before bath to heal dryness and chaps. A non detergent bathing moisturising bar or liquid body wash while bathing will keep your skin soft and supple. Moisturisers and emollients for the body are a must in the winters. Hydrate your skin with a good moisturiser or a hand and body lotion. Add a few drops of oil to the water that you are using to bathe. This will help retain the moisture lost when bathing. Avoid using very hot water during winter as it can decrease the natural oils of your skin. Instead shorten your bath time. Hair Before the winter winds can work havoc with your hair, treat your hair to deep conditioning. Since the cold weather tends to dry your hair, a gentle oil massage will help your hair restore its softness. You can treat your hair with oil massage once or twice a week.Olive oil can work wonders in reinforcing moisture to hair. Heat the oil before using and allow it to soak for a while. Style your hair with a braid, twist or a knot. If you keep your hair loose, it will be exposed to cold winds and environmental damage. Avoid exposing your hair to frequent colouring, streaking, or ironing as they can rob off its moisture and it is advisable to avoid using heating appliances on your hair, especially in this season. Expose your hair to natural drying. Keep away from blow dryers. If you have to use, use one with a hood. Hands, legs and nails When treating your legs add a few drops of oil in the water that you use to soak them. With regard to your hands, use a hand cream to replace the moisturiser, especially after using soaps and detergents. Use a base coat over your nails to counter the cold weather. Lips A good petroleum jelly will be an effective cover for your lips against the cold weather. Never lick lips repeatedly when they are dry as the inner acidic secretions will cause darkness and pigmentation around lips. Face Use a mild cleanser or face wash (non scented and non detergent based) to prevent excessive dryness. It is still necessary to use a sunscreen on top of the moisturiser as even though it is cold, there is sun exposure. Regular use of under eye creams is equally important to ensure a healthy look and prevention of fine lines and wrinkles. So get ready to shield your body against the winter and embrace a great season gracefully. (Dr Sharma is a dermatologist & dermato-laser surgeon at National Skin Hospital, Mansa Devi Complex)
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Master Chef
Christmas means plum cakes. Nobody can celebrate this festival without relishing a piece of plum cake, with ingredients being prepared over a month before. Plum cakes are always made in bulk. So, here is the recipe to bake quiet a few of them together.
Ingredients Cashew nuts 500gm Raisins 500gm Walnuts 500gm Dates 500gm Black currants 250gm Ginger peels 200gm Orange peels 200gm Lemon peels 200gm Plums 500gm Tutti frutti 1kg Mix all the fruits and soak them in 750ml of rum, 750ml of brandy and 250ml whiskey for one month. For cake mixture 3 kg butter 3 kg icing sugar 60 eggs 3 kg refined flour 30 gm baking powder 10 gm mace and nutmeg powder(less), big and small cardamom, cloves, cinnamon 200 gm coco powder 1/2 kg dark chocolate sauce Mix soaked dry fruits in cake mixture. Bake in tray as double boiler for one hour at 175 degrees. (Khanna is an executive chef with Geoffrey's at Ansal Plaza) (As told to Poonam Bindra)
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Star track
Directorate of Film Festivals is organising a seven-film retrospective of Shammi Kapoor as a tribute to the endearing Bollywood legend who changed the face of the Hindi film hero.
Besides film screenings and poster exhibition, the three-day event (Dec 16-18) at the national capital, will also include conversations between noted film and cultural personalities, drawing out lesser-known attributes of the actor, who breathed his last on August 14 this year. Films to be screened at the retrospective are Kashmir Ki Kali, Rajkumar, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, Professor, Prince, Brahmachari and Andaz. Veteran actress and Kapoor’s co-star in many films, Sharmila Tagore, noted film maker Umesh Mehra, renowned fashion designer Satya Paul, classical dancer Pratibha Prahlad, film critic and cine historian Rajiv Vijayakar, choreography queen Saroj Khan will also grace the event. A film poster exhibition of Shammi Kapoor films will also be organised by National Film Archive of India (NFAI). —
PTI
Jessica was a shy teen
Hollywood star Jessica Biel says she wasn’t popular with guys when she was young because they mistook her shyness for being aloof.
The 29-year-old actress, who is in a relationship with Justin Timberlake, says her insecurities made her seem reserved. “I never (got chased by guys) as much as people might think. I’m quite shy, so sometimes guys would find me aloof because they’d think I was acting cool when it was just my nerves. It always takes me a while to feel comfortable in social situations or when I’m with new people,” she said. As well as her shyness, Biel also admitted guys didn’t think she was pretty when she was younger. “I wasn’t considered attractive at all as a teenager. I was kind of an ugly duckling. But when I did Pilates competitions, I started to work on my appearance and body and was determined to make some of the nasty girls who tortured me feel jealous,” she added. —PTI
Don all set to destroy
Shah Rukh Khan is very excited about his Christmas release Don 2: The Chase Continues because he says it’s the first time that the bad guy is getting a movie sequel. The ‘King Khan’ is no stranger to negative roles and is among the few Bollywood leading men who have delivered hits, like Darr and Baazigar, while playing the anti-hero.
“I think it’s the only film in the world where a bad-guy sequel is being made. In Don 2, he’s not trying to save the world, he’s trying to destroy it,” said Khan in an interview. “When I did Darr or Baazigar, there was a justification to his evil nature. He was either killing his dad’s killer or something went terribly wrong in his childhood,” he said. “But Don is just a bad guy. No repressed childhood issues or justification there,” he added.
— ANI
Sweet and simple
Indian cinema today offers a lot to reflect upon and the cinematic content fills a gap in literature in modern society, says veejay-turned-actor Vinay Pathak. “I think we are making many more movies than what we used to. I feel today in our industry, we have different storytellers, different kinds of filmmakers and different kinds of visionaries. It is a wonderful time for new storytellers to come up and tell their stories in different ways,” Pathak said in an interview. In his career of over a decade and a half, Vinay has made a mark for himself with off-beat films like Khosla ka Ghosla, Bheja Fry and Dasvidaniya and won accolades for his distinctive performances.
Before entering films Vinay, along with Ranvir Shorey, used to anchor Channel V’s popular show OYE. “Considering the wonderful nation that we are, we don’t have much in the name of modern literature. Nobody is writing contemporary literature. The last of the writers that I remember were Kamleshwar, Rajendra Awasthi or Manohar Shyam Joshi,” Vinay said. “It’s not that we don’t have littérateurs, but every generation has had its own literature. Keeping that in mind, our cinema is the closest to having a literature for this nation today. What happened in the 1970s in French cinema, I think that is happening in today’s Indian cinema,” he added. The small budget films always have creative space for actors like Vinay and his next Pappu Can’t Dance Saala with Neha Dhupia falls in the same category. Directed by Saurabh Shukla, the romantic comedy is coming out on Dec 16. He considers himself lucky to be part of what he calls the “metamorphosis” of new age cinema. “It is this metamorphosis that I am so fortunate to be part of and somehow being instrumental ever since we started this kind of cinema with films like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Mithya, Bheja Fry and Dasvidaniya, A Wednesday and Dev D. This new cinema is here to stay,” said Vinay, known for his impeccable comic timing with actor friends Rajat Kapoor and Ranvir Shorey. While describing the current scene, Vinay got little philosophical and said: “It’s the signature of our new image, new storytellers and
new story-makers and new heroes of society. They may not be high on morals, but they
are high on compassion and that’s who we are today. We are one of the world’s strongest nations because of
our compassion. “So I think Indian cinema has a lot to reflect upon when it comes to compassion, to the literature of today and the Indians living in India today. They (filmmakers) are saying their things and there is a statement from each one of us individually, community-wise and other groups. “I am happy with the fact that the wheels are moving. It might be slow, but the fact that it is in motion is wonderful,” he added. Vinay has done only one commercial film so far — Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, in which he played Shah Rukh Khan’s buddy. He, however, clarifies that he has nothing against commercial films. “I don’t discriminate. It is the story that comes first always. I feel if the story is good and is written well, no character can go wrong. “My philosophy is —keep it simple and sweet. That is why I am drawn to a story, something that I could tell my kids and my friends,” he added. — IANS
Memorabilia goes under hammer
Prized Hollywood memorabilia including Marylin Monroe’s wedding ring and ruby slippers from Wizard of Oz are set to go under the hammer this month. Also, up for auction are a DeLorean from Back to the Future III and The Central Perk couch from Friends as well as rare material belonging to Steve McQueen and John Wayne. The items will be auctioned off on December 15-16 at Profiles in History’s Icons of Hollywood Auction at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills. —
PTI
Bonding through weather
Hollywood star Owen Wilson, who plays a writer time travelling in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, says initially he was nervous to encounter the legendary director but started bonding with him through weather updates.
The film, about a Hollywood screenwriter struggling to write his first novel in Paris and encountering people like Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Scott Fitzgerald, deals with themes of nostalgia and modernism. Wilson, who is mostly known for his commercial films like Wedding Crashers and Shanghai Noon, says he got a nice letter from Allen asking him to star in the movie. “He wrote me a nice letter saying ‘you may find it more intellectual than the characters you normally play but if it interests you we can spend six weeks in Paris’, and it did interest me,” said Wilson, who was given Variety’s International Star of the Year award at the ongoing Dubai International Film Festival here. The 43-year-old actor, however, admitted that he initially found it a bit unnerving to be with the famed director.
“He is a real gentleman, very polite and I arrived three days before the filming in Paris. He did not talk to me much about the role so there was not much of pressure. But I was nervous like you would be to be with a legendary teacher. He would check weather all the time on his iPhone and we bonded on it.
— PTI
Gary bites into a ‘delicious’ part
Actor Gary Oldman says he was pleased to star in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy because he wanted to play an Englishman again.
The 53-year-old British actor is best known for his eccentric roles including Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series and Commissioner Gordon in the latest Batman films. He said that he was delighted to leave his Hollywood home to head to the UK to work on the project because he felt like it was proper. “It is always a lot of fun coming back to England and doing things like Harry Potter and Batman, but really they are fantasy worlds, so it is nice to come and do something like Tinker Tailor, something proper. Actually, it was also nice to come back and play an Englishman,” he said. Oldman also said that another reason he was glad to play the role of spy George Smiley in the film was because of the all-star cast. “I was just very flattered to be asked to play George Smiley at all. I mean, really, just to be involved in a film like this would’ve been fantastic. You’ve got John Hurt, Colin Firth, Kathy Burke, all these terrific actors, and it’s just a delicious part,” he added. —
PTI
Prayers for Rajnikanth
Tamil superstar Rajnikanth turned 62 on December 12 and his fans organised special prayers and various welfare activities to mark the birthday of their ‘thalaivar’ (leader). The actor, recuperating from a kidney ailment, was away from the city and taking rest at an undisclosed location, sources close to Rajnikanth said.
The Sivaji star, who started as a bus conductor and discovered by veteran director and Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient K Balachander, Rajnikanth later scaled new heights in Tamil cinema. While the early part of his career was marked by negative roles, the actor proved his acting mettle in challenging roles too, such as in Aarilirinthu Arubathu Varai and Mullum Malarum. Originally named Sivaji Rao Gaekwad, Rajnikanth later took to the action route, with his inimitable style and gimmicks striking an instant chord with the younger audience. Rajnikanth has churned out some of the biggest hits of Tamil cinema and has worked with biggest stars and directors like Kamal Hassan, Mammotty, Maniratnam and Balachander. However, this year the actor faced a health scare in the form of kidney ailment following which he flew to Singapore for treatment. He fell ill during the shoot of Raana and was admitted to two different hospitals in Chennai earlier. His only appearance in a film this year was in the Shahrukh Khan-starrer Ra.One. His upcoming film is Kochadaiyan. Die-hard fans of the star organised special prayers to celebrate his birthday today.
— PTI
Jeremy is big brother yet again
Hurt Locker star Jeremy Renner has become a big brother at the age of 40 as his father has welcomed another baby into the family.
The actor said that his dad Lee recently celebrated the birth of a new son called Theo and Renner is still adjusting to life as the eldest of now six siblings. “My dad’s still making it happen. I’m 40 and I’ve got a six-month-old baby brother. I think he might have been disappointed that I haven’t done anything (had kids yet) so you know...! His name’s Theo. “I got to see him at my sister’s wedding. He was hanging on my dad’s little papoose or something, whatever he was wearing,” Renner added. — PTI
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chatter box
Not everyone has the same body and appetite which is why everybody’s diet differs from each other. The same is the case with varying body types. We called up TV actors and quizzed them about their different body types and diet.
Natasha
Sharma Admirable cuts
Anas Rashid
Knowing his body Gaurav Chopra Packing
up Vishal Karwal Light meals Angad Hasija
True non-vegetarian Alisha Khan
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Astro turf
ARIES: You will be free to operate as you feel. Relatives will prove to be helpful. Speculation is not favoured. Those on a business trip will find comfortable accommodation. Tarot message: You should realise that even vague ideas can be put into practice if you have sufficient common sense. Lucky
colour: Ebony. TAURUS: Conditions will be rather worrying today. The atmosphere will not be conducive to achieve good results. Don’t react to provocation. There may be time to finish certain pending tasks. Tarot message: Nobody can deliberately let you down so keep up with your confidence. GEMINI:Leave stress behind and enjoy yourself. Artistic and cultural experiences such as visibility and galleries, museums, movies or concepts will be satisfying. At home life will not be much better. Loved ones will be sensitive. Tarot message: A positive and caring attitude should be practiced. Lucky colour: White. Magic number: 51. CANCER: The Knight of Wands promises you a high profile day. Expect to be on the receiving end of generosity from those who genuinely like and appreciate you. Give way to minor issues. Tarot message: If you play your cards right you’ll be able to reinforce your current position. LEO: Your card “the Fool” reveals deception in your profession. Keep your wits about you and you will come out for the better in a deal. If a beautiful person grabs your attention then strike up a conversation. Tarot message: You have to push to succeed. VIRGO: Improve your health by paying more attention to diet. Today you should be able to surprise the boss by showing the adaptable side of your nature. Reacting to aggressive taunts is a waste of time . LIBRA: Today money may come from unexpected sources. Parents may find that this is a good time for dealing with youngsters. Crazy suggestions for entertainment can intrigue . A positive mood can quickly turn to negative vibes. Tarot message: Balance in all aspects is recommended. Lucky colour: Aqua. SCORPIO: Do not be so aggressive with friends. There is a possibility of windfall in the afternoon. Students should think about a part time job involving hobby. Detachment does not mean indifference. Tarot message: Do not swing away from the course you have charted so far. Lucky colour: Black. Magic number: 64. SAGITTARIUS: Today fear of loss of reputation or slander could grip you. Be courageous about a new investment opportunity. Housewives may develop interest in social activities. Urgent demands on the domestic front need immediate attention. Tarot message: Your efforts would gain momentum. Lucky colour: Saffron. Magic number: 48. CAPRICORN: The card “The Devil” suggests that your relationships are on a weak mode. Start worrying about what can go wrong. Financing for the purchase of a home is likely to be approved. AQUARIUS: Follow a good routine of exercise to make sure you’re keeping fit. Focus on the little things that need to be done, and stick to routines. Speculate only if you are ready to lose. PISCES: You could have accidents simply because you forget to look before you leap. Be careful with your financial situation. It could be easy to borrow more than you need. Working women should take complete rest today. Tarot message: Work could pose certain minor difficulties.
The year ahead
If your birthday is December 13...
Celebrating birthday in 2011 on the 13th day of the 12th month that too on a Tuesday should help make you a better manager and organiser, but it may also give you a tendency to dominate people a bit. You may be more responsible and self-disciplined. A stagnant phase of 2011 will be over now. Do not let this get you down as things will go on smoothly once more. You’ll be very attentive to things which seem significant and you’ll try to take the right measures to improve your relationships. A situation that you’ve been passing over deserves a closer look. If something seems a little extra-ordinary to you, mention it to your partner. If they don’t have an answer, dig a little deeper. Studying a subject you love gives you a new lease on life. Although you’re not a fast learner, you never forget a skill once you’ve acquired it. Right now, using your artistic talent to create beautiful environment is your greatest passion. The important thing is you find an outlet for this impulse. You can land a lucrative career, or at least a very enjoyable hobby. Do not get upset and bide your time as very soon you will get an opportunity to present your bright side to the seniors. Many people lose their appetite in the winter. You will become slimmer. Regular health checkups and evening walks will keep you fit. The language of love is not words; its touch and gestures and eye contact. This subtle approach requires sensitivity, but operating in a more gentle way can reward you with the feeling your heart desires. Regarding property, by 2015 you will build your own house. Mood: Excited and pumped. Compatible signs: Libra, Leo, Aquarius. Lucky colours: Crimson, Dark grey. Lucky days: Wednesday. Lucky numbers: 4, 15, 24, 40, 45 Lucky gem: Opal, Firoza.
Amy Lynn Hartzler (née Lee; born December 13, 1981), best known as Amy Lee, is an American singer-songwriter and classically trained pianist. She is the co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Evanescence. She cites influences ranging from classical musicians such as Mozart to modern artists like Björk, Tori Amos, Danny Elfman and Plumb. Along with her contributions to Evanescence, Lee has also participated on numerous other musical projects including Walt Disney Records’ 2008 release of Out of the Shadows. Revolver Magazine named Lee the Hottest Chick in Hard Rock for their 2011 annual issue and she appeared on the front cover.
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