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Posts Tagged ‘Hollywood’

Hari Puttar versus Harry Potter

By Altaf Khan • Aug 31st, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Indian bollywood film industry which is based in Mumbai has always been plagiarizing the works from Hollywood, Lollywood and from other parts of the world. Indian film industry has got immense talent, no doubt about that, and even then they steal is beyond comprehension and logic. There have been many cases where the elements of […]



Most Expensive Celeb Baby Photos!

By Fauzan Sohail • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Note: Republished with approval from Selina Haider of The WeCite Blog (original news post)
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Forbes has recently published a news article listing down the most expensive celebrity baby photos ever. It is ridiculous how much money these stars can make from showing off their kids I swear! In my next life, I would want to be […]



Big B vs King Khan of Bollywood

By Gul Raiz • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Indian movie actor Amitabh Bachchan has apologised for having compared the “Kaun Banega Corepati” (KBC) edition hosted by him and the one hosted by Bollywood’s current top leading man Shah Rukh Khan. KBC is the Indian version of the British television game-show, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Bachchan is in Cannes these days to […]



American Sitcoms in Pakistan

By MK • Mar 10th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

I know this is not a crisp topic to discuss at TPS, but it is still worth a mention. America is well known for its hollywood cinema. Hollywood’s influence spans a world wide audience. But American public is really more addicted to the sitcoms that are produced for cable TV. Some […]



Meera : Bridge to Bollywood and Hollywood

By Amna Gilani • Jan 18th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

First time Meera was in the Indian town of movies, she returned with numerous scandals supported by her leaked clips depicting her in some embarrassed moments.  She was thoroughly exploited by Mashesh Bhatt in her first movie, and Mahesh intends to do it again. Mahesh Bhatt wants to use Pakistani actress Meera more for […]



Bollywood Takes Aim at Hollywood

By Amna Gilani • Jan 12th, 2008 • Category: Entertainment

Ronnie Screwvala is the front runner in the race to become Bollywood’s Jack Warner—the man who transformed parochial American cinema into its modern global form. Yet Screwvala is rarely picked out of a crowd in India, let alone in the United States. Still, Hollywood insiders know him well for producing the “The Namesake,” the […]



Whose the Hitler now??

By Ammar Yasir • Dec 23rd, 2007 • Category: Politics

How many of you have seen Godzilla? I can still recall the scene where the French spy was distributing weapons and uniforms of the American army among his fellow Frenchmen. He also gave chewing gums to every soldier. So that they appear hip or cool or fly Yes, that’s what we all have learn […]