Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan most active on Twitter; Aamir Khan the biggest gainer in 2014.

           
Be it connecting with their beloved fans, or sharing news, pictures and videos for self promotion as well as of their films and work, Twitter has taken over all the media tools for the BTown stars and how.

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Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan and Baby Aaradhya meet Santa Claus on Vacation [PHOTO]

                            
The youngest member of the Bachchan family, Aaradhya Bachchan has been the paparazzi's favourite. The three-year-old has been managing to turn many heads with her frequent public outings with gorgeous mother Aishwarya Rai.

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Prachi Desai to do more than one film in 2015!

                                         
Here’s what the Awari item girl had to say about her New Year’s resolution
Actress Prachi Desai, who made her Bollywood debut in 2008 with Rock On, says she will do more than one film in the coming year.
Prachi was addressing a press meet to announce her New Year performance at Country Club.

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Recent News: Baby Aaradhya Meets Santa Clause On Christmas With Mom And Abhishek Bachchan, Adorable PICTURE.

                                             
After being out of the Bollywood scene for about three years after getting married and having baby Aaradhya, the former Miss World is ready to get back into it. However, before she starts filming for her comeback film, she is spending a lot of quality time with her family during the holidays.

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'Shamitabh': 'My Piddly Loo' tweets Amitabh Bachchan!

                                 
Zee Media Bureau/Ritika Handoo
New Delhi: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is a visibly active man on social media platforms. The thespian took to micro-blogging site Twitter and mentioned about the upcoming song from his movie 'Shamitabh'.

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Salman Khan's 49th birthday bash.

                       
At his 49th birthday bash, Salman Khan was seen in a philosophical mood, but co-stars Priyanka Chopra and Sonakshi Sinha ensured that there was plenty of fun too. According to a Mumbai Mirror report, at Arpita's secluded farmhouse in Panvel, Salim Khan fired three shots in the air at midnight on Friday to mark Salman's birthday.

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Did Katrina Kaif Give Aishwarya Rai Bachchan the Cold Shoulder?

                                         
At a party recently thrown by Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif at their new Bandra flat, Kat apparently seemed a little unhappy! Although the lovebirds had eyes only for each other, there was someone at the party that Kat was apparently trying to avoid!

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Amitabh Bachchan Receives ANR Award; Nagarjuna Thanks Him for Accepting Honour [PHOTOS]

                              
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with ANR Award at a glittering ceremony held at the Annapurna Studios in Hyderabad on 27 December. The Akkineni International Foundation presented the prestigious award to the Big B for his decades of contribution to Indian cinema.

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Alia Bhatt No Longer On Varun Dhawan's Blackberry Messenger?

     
Alia Bhatt, who was earlier rumoured to be dating Varun Dhawan seems to be off the latter’s Blackberry Messenger list. Rumourmongers suggest that he has deleted her after being persuaded to do so by his girlfriend Natasha Dalal!

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan covers Asiavision.

                                   
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has featured on the cover of Malayalam magazine Asiavision for their December issue.
She is wearing a red anarkali suit for the cover.

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Amitabh Bachchan received second Yash Chopra Memorial Award.

                           

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was conferred with the second Yash Chopra Memorial Award on December 25, 2014 in Mumbai, India.

Bachchan, 72, has delivered his career's many blockbusters films with the ace filmmaker right from his first collaboration in 'Deewar', 'Kabhi Kabhie', 'Trishul', 'Kaala Patthar'. 'Silsila', 'Mohabatein' to 'Veera Zaara' and 'Bunty Aur Babli.'

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Gautam Rode on playing the mighty Rudra in “Mahakumbh”

                                                       
After playing Saras in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saraswatichandra, Gautam Rode is playing the mighty Rudra in Arvind Babbal’s contemporary mythological thriller, Mahakumbh on Life OK.

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EXCLUSIVE Inside pictures of Salman Khan’s midnight Birthday bash at Panvel farmhouse.

                                      
Bollywoodlife is the first one to bring in some exclusive pictures from the birthday bash that was held last night.
Salman Khan is celebrating his 49th birthday today which in itself is big news. But what’s even more exciting to this is the midnight surprise that shot up to ring in Mr Khan’s birthday.

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Sanjay Dutt gets 14-day furlough: Are Maharashtra jail authorities being extra liberal with the actor?

                                            
Mumbai: Even as the actor Sanjay Dutt has got the 14 day furlough, questions are being raised whether the state prison authorities are being ‘extra liberal’ in granting the leave to the actor compared to other convicts. Dutt was granted a 14 day furlough on December 23.

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Bollywood Celebrities’ Greetings on Christmas Day: Big B Leads the Flock.

                                
Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Neha Sharma have reached out to family, friends and fans via the online medium to wish them a merry Christmas, love and happiness.
While some stars are excited about the food and gifts, others have wished for peace and happiness.

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GV, Vishakha to cut a single for Team India.

                                   
Music composer GV Prakash is all set to come out with a single for Team India, wishing them luck for the upcoming World Cup. The anthem will be shot in Chennai, and will also feature Vishakha Singh along with the 'Ugly' composer.

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2014 protests: From Ferguson to Hong Kong, impact unclear

Although it might have seemed 2014 was a banner year for protests, it really wasn't. And there were many reminders of the limits – and frequently, the failures – of earlier political mass movements. 

True, people in the USA marched to protest grand juries' failure to indict white policemen in the deaths of unarmed black men, in Hong Kong to demand democratic elections, in Ukraine to oust an unpopular regime. 

Huge crowds gathered in Mexico to demand investigation into the disappearance of 43 student activists, and in Hungary to oppose an Internet tax. There also were big demonstrations in Venezuela, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Thailand and Burkina Faso. 

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On Christmas, Obama marks end of Afghan combat

President Barack Obama marked the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America's military, telling troops on Christmas Day that their sacrifices have allowed for a more peaceful, prosperous world to emerge out of the ashes of 9/11. 

At an oceanfront Marine Corps base in Hawaii, Obama told troops that while tough challenges remain for the U.S. military in hotspots like Iraq and West Africa, the world as a whole is better off because American troops put country first and served with distinction. He said Americans and their president could not be more thankful. 

"Because of the extraordinary service of the men and women in the American armed forces, Afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country," Obama said to applause from Marines and their families. "We are safer. It's not going to be a source of terrorist attacks again." 

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Christmas in Cuba

Gloria Gomez remembers the day she lost out on a job because she showed up to the interview with a cross hanging from her necklace.

It was 1970, at the peak of Cuban leader Fidel Castro's crackdown on Catholic Church institutions around the island. Gomez said she not only lost the secretary job, but also friends who either renounced their religion to appease the communist government or didn't want to be associated with her being so outspoken about religion. 

Gomez, 72, never backed down. She kept going to church. She brought out a Nativity scene and a small, plastic Christmas tree in her home each December. She watched as Castro's government slowly allowed Catholics to practice their religion more freely and as Pope Francis helped broker last week's deal to restore diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. 

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iPhones 6 and 6 Plus are a very big deal

Are the bigger iPhones worth all this big time attention? The answer is a resounding yes, a point emphasized by consumers who've preordered the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus in record numbers. These are the phones Apple devotees have been waiting for: iPhones that measure up to what's fast becoming the new normal — the large, modern smartphone display. Count me among those glad they're here. 

People have preordered on faith, since they haven't seen these super-sized iPhones up close or experienced what they feel like in pockets and handbags. I have and let me be reassuring — you won't regret your decision, though going big may require a small adjustment, and my experience wasn't totally trouble-free. 

The new phones are enclosed in sturdy anodized aluminum. And though the handsets are bigger and heavier their predecessors, they're also thinner. The sleep/power button has moved to the side. Each has the Touch ID fingerprint scanner introduced on the iPhone 5s. 

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-Katrina Kaif Still at Cold War? Actresses Maintain Safe Distance from Each Other

                                           
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Katrina Kaif's cat-fight is quite famous in B-town and the two have managed to stay away from each other until now.
But at a recent party, Aishwarya and Katrina ran into each other.

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Watch: Impressive Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush in new 'Shamitabh' audio trailer!

                     
New Delhi: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is known for doing films which leave indelible impact on the audiences. This time, the thespian is ready to enthrall all with his upcoming venture 'Shamitabh'.

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Mohit Marwah Trains With Top Stars.

                               
Upcoming actor Mohit Marwah is taking his acting career seriously, and hopes to make maximum impact with his second film. Apart from carefully sifting through scripts for the right role, Marwah is training to get a super fit body.

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Australia anti-terror police arrest two in Sydney

Australian police said they did not believe an attack was imminent 

Counter-terrorism police in Sydney have arrested two men, charging one with possession of documents designed to facilitate a terrorist attack. 

The other suspect was charged with breaching a control order. 

The arrests were related a series of counter-terrorism raids in September, officials said. 

They come after Australia's prime minister said there had been heightened "terror chatter" since a cafe siege in Sydney last week. 

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Global arms trade deal takes effect

Enforcing the treaty will not be easy, as Russell Trott reports 

A global arms trade treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar business has come into force - a move hailed as "a new chapter" by UN chief Ban Ki-moon. 

He said he hoped the treaty would help prevent the transfer of weapons to "warlords, human rights abusers, terrorists and criminal organisations". 

The deal also bans arms supplies if this promotes war crimes or genocide. 

So far 60 nations have ratified the accord, but not the US - the world's top arms exporter. 

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The Interview: Obama hails move to screen North Korea film

The Interview includes a fictional plot to assassinate North Korea's leader 

US President Barack Obama has welcomed a decision by Sony to screen a comedy about North Korea in some US cinemas. 

Sony initially pulled the film following a cyber-attack and threats against cinemas, but reversed that decision in the face of criticism. 

The US has accused North Korea of being behind the cyber-attack. 

The film is expected to show in 200 mostly independent and art-house cinemas on Thursday. Hackers have threatened fresh attacks. 

Mr Obama was one of those to criticise Sony's earlier decision to cancel the film's release, calling it a "mistake". 

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Dear Big B and Vidya Balan, it’s compulsion, not choice, that makes people go without toilets.

                                             
Noted Bollywood actors -- Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan -- were roped in a few months ago by the rural development and sanitaion ministry to spread awareness on a cleanliness and sanitation in rural India.

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Shahid Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor – who is your favourite new age angry young man? Vote!

           
Bloodshot eyes. Intimidating body language. Clenched fists. Majestic gait. And of course powerful baritone. These were the characteristics which made superstar Amitabh Bachchan as the the angry young man of Bollywood in late 70s and 80s.

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Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan party at Ranbir Kapoor- Katrina Kaif’s house- view pics!

                                     
Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif threw a pre-Christmas and New Year’s bash last night at their residence in Bandra. The lovebirds won’t be in town either for Christmas or the New Year’s eve as they are flying out to celebrate the holiday season with each other in New York!

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Tunisia election: Essebsi claims historic victory

Tunisia's Beji Caid Essebsi has claimed victory in the country's first free presidential election, with exit polls suggesting he won 55.5% of the vote. 




Supporters of the 88-year-old celebrated in the capital Tunis. 

Campaigners for his rival, caretaker President Moncef Marzouki, say the results are too close to call. 

Critics say his success marks the return of a discredited establishment but Mr Essebsi says he is a technocrat who will bring stability. 

Tunisia was the first country to depose its leader in the Arab Spring and inspired other uprisings in the region. 

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Antarctic photo science archive unlocked

The photo expeditions were run out of Deception Island, a flooded caldera in the peninsula's north 



UK scientists are comparing the images with newly acquired data sets to assess the changes that have occurred in some of the region's 400-plus glaciers. 

The old and modern information has to be very carefully aligned if it is to show up any differences reliably. 

And that is a big challenge when snow and ice obscure ground features that might otherwise act as visual anchors. 

But the researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Newcastle University and University of Gloucestershire believe they are cracking the problem. 

"We want to use these pictures to work out volume and mass-balance changes in the glaciers through time," explained Dr Lucy Clarke from the University of Gloucestershire. 

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Cristiano Ronaldo's Incredible 2014 Campaign Must Lead to Ballon D'Or Glory

Real Madrid's 2-0 win over San Lorenzo in the final of the Club World Cup means Los Blancos will end one of the best years in recent club history with another trophy, and with the Ballon d'Or ceremony just weeks away, star forward Cristiano Ronaldo has to be the strong favourite to win this year's award. 

Now, let me start off by saying all three nominees—Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer—are phenomenal players, and each would be deserving of this tremendous honour. 

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Sony Hacks An Act Of War, Say Key Republicans — President Obama Disagrees

Earlier today, both President Obama and key Republican leaders responded to the recent Sony Hack attacks allegedly committed by North Korea. 

In an interview conducted by Candy Crowley on CNN’s State of the Union, President Obama was asked about the Sony hacks, and how he thought the United States should respond. 

“I don’t think it was an act of war. I think it was an act of cyber vandalism that was very costly, very expensive. We take it very seriously. We will respond proportionately…” 

Republican Senator John McCain appeared later on the broadcast and gave his opinion of the Sony hacks, as well as what he thought of how the president was reacting. 

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Madonna: I did not say, ‘Hey, here’s my music, and it’s finished.’ It was theft

Madonna has defended her description of the leak of 13 unfinished demos from her forthcoming album as “a form of terrorism” and “artistic rape”. 

Speaking to the Guardian on Sunday, the singer said she was “living in a state of terror” following the leak, adding that there was “a big possibility” they were the result of her personal computer being hacked. 


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Freida Pinto: 'I don't want to be an Indian stereotype in Hollywood'

       
Freida Pinto has said she will not take on roles that portray a stereotypical image of an Indian woman.

The actress first made her mark in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and went on to win roles in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger and Trishna.

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Celebs Attend Actress Richa Chadda Birthday's Celebration: Ayushmann Khurrana, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nimrat Kaur and Others [PHOTOS].

       
"Gangs of Wasseypur" fame Richa Chadda celebrated her 26th birthday on Wednesday in Mumbai with her B-town friends.

Aditi Rao Hydari, Swara Bhaskar, Kunal Kohli, Ritesh Sidhwani, Cyrus Sahukar, Sonu Nigam, Anurag Kashyap, Sreesanth, Nimrat Kaur, Manish Malhotra, Ayushmann Khurrana and many other celebrities were present at the actress birthday bash.

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From Aishwarya Rai to Ranbir Kapoor: Bollywood Celebs who were in News without any Films in 2014.

                                
The year 2014 witnessed a bunch of Bollywood's popular celebs who had no films releasing this year, yet managed to grab headlines.
Have a look at some of the popular celebs who have been in the news this year.

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Vladimir Putin Invites Kim Jong Un to Moscow

Amid U.S. and European sanctions that are driving Russia into the arms of its Asian neighbors, President Vladimir Putin has invited the North Korean leader to Moscow next year to mark the 70th anniversary of the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. 

The invitation may figure into the high-stakes geopolitical and economic game Russia has found itself in after the imposition of U.S. and European sanctions and other global changes that have destabilized the Russian economy. 

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Stephen Colbert Signs Off From the Final ‘Colbert Report’ by Singing ‘We’ll Meet Again’ With a Few Famous Friends

After a nine-year run on Comedy Central, host Stephen Colbert signed off from the final episode of The Colbert Report by singing “We’ll Meet Again” with a truly impressive list of friends including Jon Stewart, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Big Bird, and Cyndi Lauper just to name a few. 

Colbert then got into Santa’s sleigh with Abraham Lincoln and Alex Trebek to fly off into eternity. 

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Cyberwar: Obama calls out Sony as FBI confirms North Korea was behind hack

President Obama has called out Sony for craven censorship on a day the Federal Bureau of Investigation formally announced that North Korea was behind the hacking of Sony Corp. 

In a statement the FBI said that it has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions. 

The bureau said that its investigation revealed links to other malware that it knows North Korean actors have used previously developed; that there was an observed significant overlap between the infrastructure used in this attack and other malicious cyber activity the government has previously linked directly to North Korea, and that the tools used in the Sony attack have similarities to a cyber attack in March of last year against South Korean banks and media outlets, which was carried out by North Korea. 

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Rand Paul Trolls Marco Rubio in #Cuba Row

The Republican split over Cuba is heating up. 

A day after Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul broke with the majority of the GOP to back President Barack Obama’s shift in U.S. policy toward Cuba, he has become embroiled in a spat with fellow Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, a potential rival for the GOP nomination in 2016 who opposes the thaw in relations between the two countries. 

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Rand Paul just picked a Twitter fight with Marco Rubio over Cuba

With Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a potential 2016 candidate, serving as the Republican Party's point man in criticizing President Obama's normalization of relations with Cuba, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), another possible 2016 candidate, has seized the opportunity to draw a distinction between himself and others in his party. He took to Twitter today to challenge Rubio on the issue: 

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Obama Calls James Franco "James Flacco" in Latest Interview Disaster

After he criticized Sony's decision to cancel the release of The Interview during his press conference earlier today, President Obama briefly mentioned the film's two stars, Seth Rogen and "James Flacco." 

"I think it says something interesting about North Korea that they decided to have the state mount an all-out assault on a movie studio because of a satirical movie starring Seth Rogen and James Flacco," Obama said. "I love Seth and I love James, but the notion that this was a threat to them gives you a sense of the kind of regime we're talking about." 

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T-Mobile pays $90 million to settle claims it profited from texting scams

T-Mobile protested its innocence after the Federal Trade Commission accused it of letting text message-based scams run amok in the name of profit, but it's not going to fight that complaint to the bitter end. The UnCarrier has agreed to a settlement that will have it paying "at least" $90 million in fines to the FCC and all 50 states. Moreover, it'll have to both offer full refunds to victims and require explicit permission for third-party charges. 

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Huma Qureshi celebrates her first award this season.

                                 
Huma Qureshi's team threw her a small party to celebrate her victory.

The actress won the award for breakthrough performance in a supporting role for Dedh Ishqiya at the Stardust Awards.

Huma is very talented as an actor and her performance in the film got her appreciation from all quarters.

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Tabu, Mallika Sherawat, Surveen Chawla at Big Star Entertainment Awards 2014.

                                  
Tabu is seen here attending the Big Star Entertainment Awards 2014. Tabu's performance in 'Haider' was much appreciated by the critics and the audience alik, this year. The power house actress attended the ceremony in a Abu Jani - Sandeep Khosla saree and she looked stunning as usual.

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Peshawar school attacks: Bollywood condemns the bloodshed.

                            
More than 155 kids were killed in the dastardly terrorist attacks on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Everyone is in a state of shock, including Bollywood celebrities, who are expressing their sorrow over all the bloodshed, on social network. According to a report in PTI, Amitabh Bachchan took to his blog to express his sorrow over this brutal killing of innocent kids.

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Mount Sinjar: Islamic State siege broken, say Kurds

Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are claiming their biggest victory yet against Islamic State (IS) militants. 


They say they have broken the IS siege of Mount Sinjar, where thousands of Yazidis and other displaced Iraqis have been trapped since August. 

IS controls a swathe of Iraq and Syria, where it has declared a caliphate. 

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President signs legislation ending Nazi benefit checks

A man looks at exhibit showing the Nazi flag during a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Friday, Jan. 26, 2007. Yad Vashem is holding events around the world as part of the annual United Nations… 

President Barack Obama on Thursday capped a swift and forceful response to an Associated Press investigation by signing into law a measure that bars suspected Nazi war criminals from receiving U.S. Social Security benefits. 

AP's investigation, which was the impetus for the No Social Security for Nazis Act, found that dozens of former Nazis collected millions of dollars in retirement benefits after being forced to leave the United States. Recipients ranged from the SS guards who patrolled the Third Reich's network of camps where millions of Jews died to a rocket scientist who helped develop the V-2 rocket that Nazi Germany used to attack London. 

The speed with which the legislation moved underscored the outrage AP's findings triggered among lawmakers on Capitol Hill — and American taxpayers. The House unanimously approved the bill Dec. 2 and the Senate passed it by voice vote just two days later. 

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8 children killed in northern Australian city

A police car blocks a street at an address in Manoora where up to eight victims have reportedly been stabbed to death, near Cairns, Australia, Dec. 19 2014. It is believed seven of the victims are children, while it's understood a woman has been… 

Eight dead children and a woman suffering from stab wounds were found inside a home in a northern Australian city on Friday, police said. 

Queensland state police said they were called to the home in the Cairns suburb of Manoora on Friday morning after receiving a report of a woman with serious injuries. 

When police got to the house, they found the bodies of the children inside. The victims range in age from 18 months to 15 years. 

A 34-year-old woman found inside the home was suffering from stab wounds to the chest, a Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said. 

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