Wednesday, January 27, 2010

'Avatar Sinks 'Titanic'




LOS ANGELES - James Cameron is king of the world again.

20th Century Fox said Tuesday that the director's sci-fi spectacle, "Avatar," has passed his shipwreck saga "Titanic" to become the highest-grossing film worldwide.

As of Monday, "Avatar" had brought in $1.859 billion at the box office, passing the $1.843 billion worldwide record set by 1997's "Titanic."

"Titanic" remains the highest-grossing film domestically at $600.8 million.

"Avatar" has been No. 1 at the box office for six straight weeks with a domestic total of $554.9 million. It shot down "The Dark Knight" on Saturday to become the second highest-grossing film domestically.

"Avatar" has also mined $1.3 billion in international ticket sales, smashing the $1.24 billion mark previously set by "Titanic."

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Yoga Helping Hollywood celebrities to age “backward”

Thanks to yoga, which is contributing to some Hollywood celebrities to age “backward”. According to People magazine:”They’re Aging Backward! With the Help of Yoga, Caviar Facials and Organic Diets, the Older These Stars Get, the Younger They Look”.It lists stars who are “Aging Backward” as: Demi Moore, Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Courteney Cox, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Nicollette Sheridan. It calls Demi Moore “47 and fabulous”. About Jennifer Aniston, it says: “Getting her body yoga-fit …helped turn back the clock…After her 2005 split from Brad Pitt, Aniston started doing yoga at least three times a week and adopted an organic diet”. Regarding Jada Pinkett Smith, it points out: “Smith keeps her body ageless with a mix of yoga, hiking and weight training.”
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that yoga was a mental and physical discipline by means of which the human-soul (jivatman) united with universal-soul (parmatman).Zed suggested celebrities to explore the spiritual dimension of yoga also besides its physical benefits.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, further said yoga was one of the six systems of orthodox Hindu philosophy and urged celebrities to take a look at the rest of the five schools also.Some sages had described yoga as the silencing of all mental transformations, which lead to the total realization of the Supreme Self, Zed added.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

IPL Season 3 with Direct TV

Hello Guyz, the IPL season 3 is out and is nearing. This time it's a clash of titans and I don't want to miss this wonder full opportunity. The last season was very worse.

I don't want to remember that disaster. The local cable channels charged me a lump sum and did not rely the channels properly on time. I missed most of my favorite matches.
This time I am going to change to Direct TV.I was searching for the best possible option in our locality and I got this website. Wow!! This had the best options we were looking for. It had all the options, we just have to choose what are the features do we need like , HD, Sports, Local and also we must give the preference for them. Then we need to enter the Zip code and that's it. The website would return back with the best option which we will have and also their contact numbers.

We just need to select the category we would like to watch, for ex Movies, HUD channels, sports and they would suggest the best suitable Direct TV packages, they are really cheap. They provide an option to get a Directtv connection for maximum up to 4 rooms.

This time I am going to enjoy my blast with IPL Season 3!!! Hail Direct TV!!!