Category: Entertainment

  • When the Beatles were straight and clean before Bob Dylan turned them to marijuana

    When the Beatles were straight and clean before Bob Dylan turned them to marijuana

    TORONTO: When I was in school at Pune in India the 60s,  the Beatles (Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison) were chart-toppers along with Cliff Richard and Elvis Presley. We would eagerly await the Binaca hit-parade every week on the radio to listen to their songs and even bought their 45 rpm single…

  • Priyanka Chopra’s father Ashok Chopra is dead

    Priyanka Chopra’s father Ashok Chopra is dead

    News East-West MUMBAI: Priyanka Chopra’s father Dr. Ashok Chopra, who has been suffering from cancer, died at the Kokilaben Ambani hospital here on Monday. He was later cremated at Oshiwara crematorium here The actress had performed Mahamrityunjay pooja at her home on Friday to pray for the recovery of her dad. The last time he…

  • Drinking habit damaged my Bollywood career, says actor Dharmendra

    Drinking habit damaged my Bollywood career, says actor Dharmendra

    Actor Dharmendra says drinking habit damaged his career in Bollywood. “I don’t drink these days. I had destroyed myself as an actor with my drinking habit in the past. I believe in humanity now and have learnt the business of filmmaking,” the actor said at the promotion of  his family franchise action-comedy Yamla Pagla Deewana…

  • Bollywood actress Jiah Khan commits suicide

    Bollywood actress Jiah Khan commits suicide

    News East-West MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Jiah Khan committed suicide on late Monday night by hanging herself in her Juhu residence, according to police. The cause of the suicide is not known. Police said they were questioning her domestic help and the watchman. The 25-year-actress had moved from England to Mumbai with her mother to act in…