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I am a large Sachin Tendulkar fan, states Daniel Radcliffe

Harry Potter fans can more than just watch their favourite hero’s final battle against Lord Voldemort. They can take heart in the fact that Daniel Radcliffe, known for most of his 22 years of life as Harry Potter, is an unabashed Indophile and plans to visit India soon. For one, he is a large fan of cricket and Sachin Tendulkar and not necessarily in that order. Daniel cherishes an autograph of the Master Blaster. “My friends and I were thrilled to meet Sachin and get his autograph. I am a large fan, he is truly a legend.” “I wanted to ...

Controversial IPL cheerleader on B’wood!

Mumbai Indians cheerleader Gabriella Pasqualotto, who was sent home midway through IPL 4 for exposing the antics of some of the top players on a blog, has been offered a role in a major Bollywood motion picture and also been invited to the inaugural India Grand Prix in October. According to a report in a South Africa newspaper, the 22-year-old has been flooded with media requests from all over the world since her return to her native country. America’s NBC channel and top radio DJs from Australia have also requested for interviews of her.

Home Alone house on sale for $2.2m

THE red-brick Winnetka, Illinois, house where Macaulay Culkin was famously left Home Alone went up for sale this day for $US2.4 million ($2.2 million) Homeowners John and Cynthia Abendshien are empty-nesters who no longer need the 4250-square-foot, 14-room home that sits on a half-acre lot about 20 miles from Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reported. The couple, who purchased the red-brick Georgian in 1988 for $875,000, stated they hoped the property’s attributes and its role in John Hughes’ hit 1990 film could defy the current housing market slump to net them a buyer.

Mummified body of Playboy model found

Yvette Vickers made her name as the giant femme fatale in the B-movie Attack of the 50-Foot Woman. Poster courtesy of Allied Artists Pictures Source: Supplied Fears body lay undiscovered for a year Star lived as a recluse after film career Still receiving fanmail at the very end THE mummified remains of an ex-Playboy model who played the lead in the cult motion picture Attack Of The 50-Foot Woman have been found in her rundown Hollywood home. The say of the remains suggests that Yvette Vickers, 82, may have lain there for a year.

Flavor Flav Arrested in Las Vegas

Rapper and reality TV star Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday night  for charges stemming from four separate vehicle violations, the Las Vegas Metro Police Department confirmed to Billboard.com.  Flav (real name: William Drayton Jr.) was pulled over for a routine traffic violation, upon which police discovered that the Public Enemy MC had outstanding warrants for driving without a license, driving without insurance and a parking violation. TMZ was the first to report on the arrest.

Radio head | The 4 O’Clock Show

Who is listening to The 4 O’Clock Show? Maybe it’s meant to be enjoyed with milk and cookies before homework sets in, states Elisabeth Mahoney Who is meant to be listening? The school run is the most obvious constituency, except that most people do not have digital radio in their cars. Maybe it’s meant to be for getting home after school, enjoyed with milk and cookies before homework sets in (I do not actually know any households that luxuriate in an idyll of this sort from 4pm-5pm, but they may exist): a sort of older, broader Listen with Mother idea.

Twitter updates (04/19/2011)

Your regular dose of celeb tweets! Arshad Warsi Good morning n I thank u all for remembering my Birthday…. Gonna be home enjoying the day with my 3 monsters… Shruti HaasanWatched the kings speech last night!it was super duper to state the least Sushmita Sen My deepest gratitude to all 34 artists..a special mention for Paresh Maity who has so graciously contributed a 100 percent of d proceeds.. Rahul Bose The west bengal govt should hang its head in shame. But perhaps that is asking for too much.

Miley Cyrus Will Not Tour the United States

Miley Cyrus has no plans to visit the United States during her upcoming international tour. The pop singer told the Associated Press that now that her home life has settled down, she is ready to kick off her Gypsy Heart Tour — but she will not be stopping in her native country. “I just think right now America has gotten to a place where I do not know if they want me to tour or not,” she said. “Right now I just want to go to the places where I am getting the most love and Australia and South America ...

Musician Gil Robbins Dies at 80

Folk singer Gil Robbins died Tuesday at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico. He was 80. The cause of death was prostate cancer, his wife Mary told the New York Times. Gil Robbins was a member of folk band The Highwaymen in the 1960s and the dad of actor and director Tim Robbins. In a statement to the Associated Press, Tim Robbins called his dad “a fantastic father,” “a great musician” and a “man of unshakeable integrity.” “His commitment to social justice was evident to us from an early age, as was his infectious mischievous sense of humor,” Tim Robbins ...

Gone Too Soon? Ruminations on Karen Rodriguez’s Early ‘Idol’ Exit

Ryan Seacrest and Karen Rodriguez On Wednesday night, about an hour after Jacob Lusk held his last sustained note, the Top 12 looked tired, deflated and depressed. It wasn’t just the long days or the illnesses (flu-stricken Lauren Alaina was being put up in a hotel so as not to infect her fellow finalists), it was the beat-down by the judges who are starting to put a bit of bite into their critiques. And, of course, the harsh reality that someone was going home. Or, as Casey Abrams calls it, “scare-dom.” So why was it Karen Rodriguez, who no less ...