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This is a clever book masquerading as a stupid book - a relief considering all those naked emperors strutting through the literary pages. The cover shows a bikini-clad figure in a big pink hat in front of some vaguely Islamic towers. There is even some gold sprinkled hither and thither. The blurb is no more promising, telling us the novel is about a single mother with family problems and a challenging ex-boyfriend (now a movie star). Yet it was this book, between its chick-lit covers, which caused all the fuss when Margaret Atwood boycotted the first International Festival of Literature in Dubai in February over allegations of censorship. Annie, a widow with three sons, lives in the tiny emirate of Hawar. As the book opens, she is preparing for the wedding of her oldest boy, Will, to his childhood sweetheart. Then, a bombshell - the bit of the book that upset the Dubai festival organisers: Annie discovers her other son, Matt, is gay. This is handled brilliantly, with just the right deg

NORWAY won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow with the upbeat ballad Fairy Tale composed and sung by Alexander Rybak.

NORWAY won this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow with the upbeat ballad Fairy Tale composed and sung by Alexander Rybak.

Web Exclusive: Projects to bring Indian, Western talent together -- Indian shingle Serendipity Films is aiming to join the big leagues by putting up $50 million over the next three years to produce international projects bringing Indian and Western talent together.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Norway won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday in Moscow, when singer Alexander Rybak beat 24 other contestants with his song Fairytale.

bollywoodhungamaKingsley plays the Bollywood cardTimes Online, UKMORE than a quarter of a century after he was feted for playing Mahatma Gandhi, Ben Kingsley has returned to his Indian roots to become the first Oscar-winning actor to star in a Bollywood movie. Kingsley, 65, who was propelled to fame for his ...Sir Ben Kingsley no more Telegraph.co.ukAmitabh starrer Teen Patti at Cannes OneindiaSir Ben Kingsley gives approval to South Tyneside film Journal LiveTotal Filmall 15 news articles

New Delhi News.Net Saturday 16th May, 2009 With a surprise tally of 21 in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress stumped its key political rivals - Bahujan Samaj Party , Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party - that had decided to nearly write off the party in the Lok Sabha elections.

Four former winners and two popular finalists talk about what happens backstage, who will win this year and the singers who influenced them the most.

Fresh NewsBollywood is obsolete now, says HrithikDaily News & Analysis, IndiaThere is no Bollywood song-and-dance. There is dance, but it is realistic, not Bollywood style. In Bollywood, if an actor has to sing, there is playback, and there are dances out of nowhere -- and that's obsolete now. ...It was Barbara who insisted on the kiss, says bashful Hrithik Roshan SpicezeeHrithik Roshan's KITES could open global doors for Bollywood Bollywood Popat?Kites? : Big Plans At Cannes For The Hrithik, Barbara Mori, Kabir ... Planet Bollywood.comIndian Express - Oneindiaall 164 news articles

'Bright Star' gives actor Ben Whishaw a chance to shine. Jane Campion's film about the love affair between poet John Keats and his neighbor Fanny Brawne is a critics' favorite at the Cannes Film Festival and could win Campion a second Palme d'Or to put next to the one she took home in 1993 for 'The Piano.'