Emraan Anwar Hashmi born 24 March 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor.
Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. His father was a Muslim while his mother a Catholic. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his original name. He studied graphics and animation from Sydenham College in Mumbai
Hashmi made his film debut in 2003 with the film, Footpath, which did not do well at the box office.He and co-star Mallika Sherawat shot to fame with the thriller, Murder (2004), which went on to become a super hit at the box office. In 2005, he appeared in several films such as Zeher, Aashiq Banaya Apne and Kalyug,which did moderately well at the box office. In 2006, his film, Gangster was a semi-hit, while AksarThe Killer were flops. In 2007, Hashmi had three back to back releases, while Good Boy Bad Boy and The Train both failed at the box office, the big budgeted, Awarapan did moderately well. In 2008, Hashmi's first release, Jannat had a 100% opening making it a critical and commercial success. His first release in 2009, Raaz - The Mystery Continues, opened well and became the first box office success of the year.His second film of the year, Tum Mile, opened to mixed reviews and was rated a box office failure. In 2010, he appeared in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, which opened to positive reviews and was declared a hit at the box office. and
Hashmi graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai, India. Pooja Bhatt, an actress turned director, is his cousin, while Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt are his uncles. They are both producers, while the former is also a writer and director. Hashmi married his long time girl friend, Parveen Shahani in December 2006. He became father to a baby boy on 4 February 2010 and named him Ayaan.
Gloria Stuart, best known for her role as 100-year-old survivor of the sinking Titanic in the 1997 movie of the same name, passed away September 26th.
The Washington Post reported that Stuart's daughter Sylvia Thompson confirmed that her mother, who had been diagnosed with lung cancer a few years ago, died at her home in West Los Angeles at the age of 100.
The Santa Monica-born actress was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Titanic and was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
At least four men were killed and another four suffered injuries as two trawlers collided near Excise Checkpost on National Highway in Nawabshah, Geo News reported Tuesday morning.
According to police sources, a trawler was parked for searching purpose at a checkpost when all of a sudden, another trawler hit it from back, which resulted in killing of four persons and injuring another four.
Those died included Siraj Khan, Mohammed Qasim, Khalid Pervez and Mohammed Ismael.
Meanwhile, injured men have been transported to hospital where doctors declared their condition ‘out of danger’.
Sakrand Police said they are thoroughly investigating into accident.
OAXACA: Residents of a remote Mexican town launched a desperate bare-handed effort Tuesday to rescue an estimated 100 people missing after a landslide buried hundreds of homes overnight.
A preliminary death toll was put at seven, but there has been confusion over how many people may have been killed.
Military units and rescue crews with ambulances and helicopters were prevented from reaching the town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec by additional landslides that blocked roads and bad weather in the mountainous region, hours after the first wall of mud was unleashed at 3:00 am (0800 GMT).
But the first group of rescue crews led by army troops finally made it through over 12 hours after disaster struck the town of 10,000, located about 130 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Oaxaca City.
At least seven people were confirmed dead in the disaster, which occurred when a hillside 200 meters (660 feet) wide collapsed in the rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca, authorities said.
Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz initially told Mexican television that the landslide buried between 100 and 300 homes and that "as many as 1,000" people were feared dead in a region already hit by deadly flooding in the wake of Tropical Storm Matthew.
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TOKYO: A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's main island of Honshu about 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of Tokyo Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of injuries. No tsunami warning was issued.
The quake hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) according to the US Geological Survey, causing relatively strong jolts, at 4:59 pm (0759 GMT) in Fukushima prefecture.
Around 20 percent of the world's most powerful earthquakes strike Japan, which has developed one of the most sophisticated tsunami warning systems.
On the 5th day of September, a number of prominent faces of Pakistan joined hands with Ambience Films to awaken hope in the hearts and minds of the nation... With a simple plea, seeking for more hands to join in and help the flood victims as winter zooms in.
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal."
Let's come together as one and help us.
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Julia Roberts said Monday she is uncomfortable with the praise heaped on her trademark wide smile as she presented her latest film "Eat Pray Love" at the San Sebastian film festival.
"Its strange being appreciated for something that is not a skill, that is something that I don't have any control over," the Oscar-winning US actress told a news conference.
"People say: 'where did it come from?'. And I say, well my parents!'," she added. "Its always a funny little thing to talk about, my smile, because it's just part of me like my ears or my toes or anything".
Roberts, a married mother of three, attended the news conference alongside her Spanish co-star Javier Bardem, who plays her doting love interest in the movie.
"It is in every contract that I have that in films men must satellite and follow me, worship me in an every imaginable, conceivable way," she joked.
"Eat Pray Love," based on Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir of a globe-trotting quest for meaning after divorce, follows Roberts' character Liz to Italy, India and Indonesia as she searches for life's lessons.
Roberts, 42, who won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2001 for her role as a single-mom-turned-legal-crusader in "Erin Brockovich", was to collect the San Sebastian festival's honorary Donostia Award later Monday.
"Eat Pray Love" is being screened out of competition at the festival, the oldest and most prestigious event of its kind in the Spanish-speaking world.
MILAN: Milan's designers will strive to bring their catwalk collections closer to the average shopper with a range of public shows and electronic offerings as Milan Fashion Week kicks off on Wednesday.
Aiming to overcome the calendar woes that squeezed February's womenswear edition into four days and lure cash-strapped shoppers, organizers have spread around 170 shows and presentations over a week, arranged open-air viewings, streaming videos to giant screens and smartphones.
"We are spreading around, we are getting closer to people," Mario Boselli, president of Italy's National Chamber of Fashion, said on the sidelines of an exhibition on Monday.
Thousands of journalists and buyers are expected to add to the hustle and bustle in the heart of Italy's fashion capital, where organizers moved their hub for the first time in 30 years.
The decision to leave a less central fair center was made to help buyers, models and reporters move around Milan's crowded streets, after complaints over delays and traffic jams.
"The calendar is more balanced, we will see more punctuality at the shows," Armando Branchini, secretary general of Italian luxury goods association Altagamma told reporters on Tuesday.
Unlike past editions, names such as Gucci and Armani will not jam pack the days in the middle of the schedule, while underwear, swimwear and oversize brands have been left out.
Shows will be streamed on giant screens and news will be delivered on smartphones to bring the catwalk to the average Milanese shopper, as the industry strives to fully recover from the crisis.
"I think a true recovery is under way, but it's not a big recovery," Michele Tronconi, President of Italian textile and fashion federation Sistema Moda Italia (SMI), said.
"The fashion market is bouncing up and down," he said.
According to SMI, Italian textile industry's turnover is expected to rise 4.5 percent this year, partially offsetting a 15 percent fall to 56.5 billion euros ($74 billion) in 2009.
Milan's popular swing reflects a trend seen among fashion brands such as Lanvin and Valentino, which have announced fast-selling capsule collections for clothing retailers Hennes & Mauritz and Gap respectively.
Costume National -- which will parade in Milan's picturesque Duomo square, close to Gap's upcoming flagship -- will design a collection for Italian retailer Coin's Oviesse stores.
However, the Milan fashion week will not lack glamour. Roberto Cavalli will celebrate the maison's 40th anniversary with a star-packed open-air show in Milan and an exclusive party in Paris, where the fashion caravan will end its run started in New York and London.
