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Why Marilyn Monroe wanted to sleep with Albert Einstein
News East West NEW YORK: It is June 1. Happy birthday, Marilyn Monroe. Hollywood’s iconic blonde bombshell, who was born Norma Jeane in a Los Angeles hospital on this day (June 1, 1926) and died of a drug overdose at the age of 36 in August 1962, was much more than the sex symbol that…
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Change in oath of citizenship for new Canada immigrants
TORONTO: Canada is changing the oath for new citizens. The oath of citizenship will now have these words, “I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada, including…
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Dhanush’s The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir opens in Canada on June 21
By Rohan Rai TORONTO: A-Z Films has picked up The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, a comedy adventure by Quebec director Ken Scott (Starbuck, Delivery Man, Unfinished Business, La Grande Séduction), starring well-known Indian actor Dhanush and featuring Bérénice Béjo (The Artist), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), Erin Moriarty (Blood Father), and Abel Jafri (Timbuktu). Rounding out the cast…
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New Yorker Shiv Chopra wins debut ESPN championship, $9000 prize money
NEW YORK: When Shiv Chopra was 10 years old, he told an Indian community paper in New York that he wants to be Zill (Zill as in zillion) Gates when he grows up. So far the Hicksville, Long Island boy is doing very well in his studies having started on his fourth year computer engineering bachelors…