4 April 2006

media

Da Vinci Code: the debate rages
Da Vinci code has spawned off a whole set of spin-off positioned for or against the book.

Astonished Dan says I'm not your man
Dan Brown has refuted allegations that the ideas and material used in his best-selling book The Da Vinci Code has been plagiarized from the work of historians Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh.

American Idol Season 5: Contestants pared down to a dozen
Four contestants, Kinnik Sky, Will Makar, Ayla Brown, and Gedeon McKinney, were eliminated last week in the American Idol Season 5.

Frankfurt Book Fair 2006 to feature India
The Frankfurt book fair 2006 will showcase Vikram Seth, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Mahasveta Devi, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Javed Akhtar, and K. 

 Macaulay Culkin’s new novel titled Junior
The out-of-work, former Home Alone star tries his hand at writing. But critics are already panning Junior.

Author of longest-running literary column is dead  

M Krishnan Nair, author of Sahityavaraphalam, a Malayalam literary column that ran for more than 35 years, is no more.
 

The right to free speech is also the right to freely listen  
A counterpoint to the DWSReview viewpoint.

Mustafa, Mustafa – Do Worry Mustafa!
Manisha Koirala's dog's name offends some - even though the dog doesn't seem to exist. From the Prophet Mohammed cartoon controversy to MF Hussain's nude drawings of goddesses, the range of perceived offensive behavior leaves nothing untouched. We, therefore, invite everyone to tell us exactly what their list of don'ts are.

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Indian Idol 2 final contestants: Anuj Sharma, NC Karunya and Sandeep Acharya

The Lord of the Ring’s on stage  

The Sopranos are back
The sixth and final season will tie all the loose ends of the fifth season in the next 12 episodes.

Infotainment Arrives  
SR TV launched the world's first satellite interactive infotainment channel in Chennai.


Batman: Year 100 to feature the masked crusader in AD 2039  

Khushboo battles twin demons  
Tamil actress Khushboo files lawsuit against Maxim for publishing her morphed pictures in a bikini.

 

 

Ponds Femina Miss India 2006 icon hunt begins
talent hunt to spot icons who will represent India at international pageants this year.

Oscar Best Picture nominations
311 movies contest for Best Picture


Free speech or Foul?

 Koran verses on woman's back in Mumbai Mirror Buzz offend Muslims  
Right when the Prophet Mohammed's offensive cartoons lead to diplomatic breakdowns, Mumbai Muslims had their small battle with a newspaper

  
Jaws Author Peter Benchley passes away  

 
Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince  paperback edition on July 25th


CNN-IBN: Old wine in new bottle...
...and new language too. Rajdeep Sardesai's channel takes the path well-trodden by Hindi news channels.

Times Now TV channel set for launch


American Idol 2006 final 24 contestants announced  
American Idol season 6 beat the Winter Olympics comprehensively in viewership

Indian Idol 2 loses another girl  

24 hour private FM news channels in India cleared by ICE

CNN-IBN beats Nasa to space!  
Sometimes, the media is better at it than NASA. All behold the power of the pen!

Da Vinci Code trailer hits the Net  

Is Harry Potter going to die in Book seven?

Harry Potter final book: Rowling gets down to work

Ten movies shortlisted for Animated feature film prize at Oscar Awards 2005-06