Spielberg's dislike for garlic cost him romance with Valerie Bertinelli

ANI Friday 29th February, 2008


Washington, Feb 29 : Oscar wining director Steven Spielberg's hatred for garlic cost him his relationship with TV actress Valerie Bertinelli.

The pair dated for three months after she auditioned for Raiders Of The Lost Ark, directed by Spielberg.

But the relationship broke off when the 19-year-old actress realised that Spielberg didn’t like garlic.

"I was making dinner for him one evening and I was getting ready to chop up the garlic and he saw it. He said, 'No, no, no, no garlic!' I went, 'Really? OK,'" Contactmusic quoted Bertinelli as saying.

"In my head I'm thinking, 'I can't be with someone that can't eat garlic'," she added.

Lindsay Lohan opens up about her troubled life

ANI Friday 29th February, 2008

Washington, Feb 29 : Hollywood actress Lindsay Lohan for the first time has spoken out about her troubled past year - from legal hassles to her stint in rehab.

The 21-year-old actress revealed that she had lot of things going on in her life that pushed her into drugs and hard-partying ways.

"I had a lot going on in my life and that was a way of hiding from it," People quoted Lohan as saying.

"I hadn't seen my dad; I had a lot of work stress 'cause I was constantly working and never took time to stop.

"Everything was go-go-go, and the easiest thing was to run away from it, going out and drinking at night.

"You know, you don't have to think when you let go sometimes.

"But I didn't realize it was getting in the way of my work - what I've worked for my whole life," she added.

Now, the 'Mean Girls' star is looking for a good script and a great role.

"Right now I just want to find a great script, a great role," she said.

"I was so used to working and working and working, and for a good few months there was nothing for me to do. Now I know what it's like to be an out-of-work actor, and how much it scares me," she added.

Prince Harry deployed in Afghanistan

Big News Network.com Thursday 28th February, 2008

It has been revealed by British Army sources that Prince Harry has been secretly serving in Afghanistan with British troops since December.

The UK Ministry of Defence decided to made the announcement after several media organisations published the story after agreeing not to.

Harry, 23, the son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and third in line to the British throne, is in Helmand, a dangerous region of southern Afghanistan.

Harry has been working as an air controller helping to coordinate air support and general aviation.

UK Army representatives say he has also conducted dangerous foot patrols and been involved in firing on suspected enemy combatants.

The prince has already spent two months in Afghanistan and may be there for four months or more.

Last year, plans to send him to Iraq were scrapped following threats from Iraqi militants to kidnap or kill him.

The army posted him to Afghanistan only after the British and selected members of the international media agreed not to report his presence until he had returned from his deployment.

But a German newspaper, an American website and an Australian magazine ran the story concurrently on Thursday.

Pregnant Kidman 'can't ask for anything more except big boobs'

ANI Thursday 28th February, 2008

London, Feb 28 : Nicole Kidman is thrilled to be pregnant as it is giving her what she always craved for - big boobs.

The Australian actress' first child with hubby Keith Urban is due in July and she is excited at the prospect of gaining weight on her chest.

"I'm so happy. I can't ask for anything more except big boobs. I've wanted Marilyn Monroe curves all my life," The Sun quoted Kidman, as saying.

And as Kidman eagerly awaits the arrival of her first biological child with Urban, punters have already started betting on the name of their kid.

An Irish betting agency, Paddy Power, is a taking bets on what name will the couple give to there soon to be born baby.

Kate is comfortable in the nude

Kate Hudson loves walking round her house naked.

The 28-year-old actress says her mother Goldie Hawn and stepfather Kurt Russell brought her up to feel comfortable in her own skin and she finds shedding her clothes liberating.

She said: "My mother and father never gave a big deal about nudity in our house.

"I often walk around naked or just wearing panties."

The Almost Famous star - who has a four-year-old son Ryder with her rocker ex-husband Chris Robinson - also insists she has no qualms about stripping on screen. top.


She added to Fabric magazine: "Actors are all supposed to be emotionally naked anyway."

Kate is not the only star to enjoy baring all when at home.

Last year, Christina Aguilera revealed she and her husband Jordan Bratman spice up their marriage by getting naked every Sunday.

The 27-year-old singer confessed: "We have to be the cosiest couple around. We have something called naked Sundays. We just do everything in the house naked. It's important to keep the marriage alive, to spice it up a little."

Visa card to go public....

Big News Network.com Tuesday 26th February, 2008

Visa, the world's largest credit card network, has said it will raise up to US$18.8 billion, amid concerns that the global credit crunch could eat into transaction volumes.

The eagerly-awaited offering calls for Visa to sell 406 million Class A shares.

Visa, based in San Francisco, services consumers worldwide who rely more on credit and debit cards instead of cash and cheques to make payments.

While it is not clear when Visa plans to go public, there is fear within the company that as credit deteriorates, consumer spending will go down, and volumes will go down for the card networks.

Paris romanced by rocker

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Paris Hilton and Benji Madden spent a romantic weekend together in St Louis.

The hotel heiress and Good Charlotte rocker travelled together to the Missouri town where Paris promoted her new perfume.

They later partied at local nightclub Home on Saturday night.

The pair - who met through Paris' best friend Nicole Richie, who is engaged to Benji's brother Joel Madden - were first spotted together at Los Angeles club Villa on Thursday night.


An onlooker said: "Paris only had eyes for Benji. As soon as she saw him she walked over and gave him a huge slobbering kiss.

"Then they snuggled down in a corner booth. She stroked his arm and his leg while whispering sweet nothings in his ear."

Paris has recently been romantically linked to Jared Leto.
Benji split from Sophie Monk, his Australian fiancée of 18 months, earlier this month.

Natalie Portman stunned by Johansson's boobs!

ANI Tuesday 26th February, 2008

London, Feb 26 : Hollywood actress Natalie Portman is smitten by her 'The Other Boleyn Girl' co-star Scarlett Johansson's boobs.

The Oscar nominated actress got a glimpse of Johansson's twin assets during filming of the film and is now a fan of her boobs.

"Seriously, I would really want to grab Scarlett's breasts, The Sun quoted Natalie, as saying.

"She's got beautiful ones," she added.

The Other Boleyn Girl was recently premiered in London and was attended by Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall

Australian teacher goes to jail for having Explosives

An Australian school teacher has been sent to jail for six years for possessing explosives.

Forty-two-year-old John Howard Amundsen was arrested in 2006 after sending a threatening email to a police counter-terrorism unit.

Amundsen claimed to be an al-Qaeda operative.

While the court heard Amundsen had suffered from autism and was known to be a fantasist, the judge ordered a custodial sentence but made him eligible for parole after serving three years.

Amundsen told the court he was sorry for his actions and felt humiliated.

Marion Cotillard wins best actress Oscar

IANS Monday 25th February, 2008

Marion Cotillard has won the Academy Award for best actress in a leading role for her performance in 'Mome, La'. She played legendary French singer Edith Piaf, who rose to international fame from her beginnings on the streets of Paris.

After winning the award, an excited Cotillard thanked director Olivier Dahan, saying: 'Maestro Olivier Dahan, you rocked my life. You truly rocked my life.'

This was the first Oscar nomination for Cotillard.

Tilda Swinton walked away with the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for 'Michael Clayton' and Javier Bardem won the award for best performance by an actor in a supporting role for 'No Country for Old Men'.

Best writing, screenplay based on material previously produced or published went to Joel Coen, Ethan Coen for 'No Country for Old Men'.

Eddie Murphy, Lindsay Lohan named worst at Golden Raspberries

ANI Sunday 24th February, 2008

Melbourne, Feb 24 : Hollywood stars Eddie Murphy and Lindsay Lohan were crowned the worst actor and actress of 2007 at the 28th Golden Raspberry Awards on Feb 23.

Murphy and Lohan won three gold spray-painted Razzie trophies worth 4.89 U.S. dollars respectively and neither showed up to accept the spoof Oscars.

The annual honors were announced by the Golden Raspberry Foundation.

Murphy won the Worst Actor, the Worst Supporting Actress, and the Worst Supporting Actor awards for several parts in the comedy "Norbit," setting a record by winning three of the four worst acting categories, reports News.com.au.

Lohan won two worst actress awards for playing twins in 'I Know Who Killed Me."

Lohan also won worst screen couple for a scene in which she appears opposite herself in the tale about psychically linked siblings stalked by a serial killer.

'I Know Who Killed Me' won eight of nine Raspberries for which it was nominated, breaking a record of seven wins previously held by Showgirls and Battlefield Earth.

A.R. Rahman may get three years imprisonment

A.R. Rahman – the proud Indian he has always been, had released Vande Mataram on the occasion of the 50th year of independence and in the 60th year he came up with an album "Jana Gana Mana".

Even though the intentions were good, he seems to have forgotten that there is a law that the national anthem should be sung in a specific way and should be finished within the stipulated seconds.

And if done otherwise it is deemed as disrespect to the national anthem and could attract a sentence of a maximum of three years imprisonment. And now many people are ready to sue Rahman for this action.

Britney Spears has apparently been banned from all pre-Oscar parties.

IANS Sunday 24th February, 2008

Troubled pop singer Britney Spears has apparently been banned from all pre-Oscar parties.

According to mirror.co.uk, most of the silencers have not bothered to invite Spears for any of the parties.

'While Britney is certainly a name in Hollywood - it's for all the wrong reasons. She's a car crash waiting to happen and organisers don't want to take the risk of her showing up and creating a scene,' an informed source said.

'Her presence at any party would instantly generate lots of publicity but while it's tempting to send out an invite, it's a hassle that they don't really want,' the source added.

Shakira all set to launch her cosmetics range

ANI Friday 22nd February, 2008

Shakira Pictur Gallery Washington, Feb 22 : Shakira is the latest to join the list of celebrities with their own cosmetics lines.

The Columbian pop star will be soon launching her own beauty line and will be teaming up with Puig bosses for the same.

The 31-year-old singer will be conceptualising a cosmetics range including a new fragrance and beauty products collection.

The 'Hips Don't Lie' insisted that she was really excited to reflect herself through another creative medium.

"I'm very excited to be able to express myself through another creative medium. My feeling is that personal care and beauty should be effortless and accessible for everyone," Contactmusic quoted her, as stating in a statement.

Marathon kid Budhia Injured Spends More than 12hours in hospital after injury Hospital

Six-year-old marathoner Budhia Singh spent more than 12 hours in a hospital after sustaining a minor head injury while playing a cricket match with friends at a sports hostel complex here, officials said Friday.

Budhia shot into limelight in 2006 after creating a world record by running 65 km in seven hours and two minutes.

Rajesh Singh, the sports hostel in-charge, said Budhia was injured Thursday when he accidentally fell down while running between wickets.

'He was playing cricket along with his friends soon after lunch. He accidentally fell down while taking a run after hitting the ball. We took him to the hospital after he vomited twice,' Singh told IANS.

'Budhia sustained a minor injury on his forehead near his right eye. Although the injury was minor, we kept him in the hospital for over 12 hours for observation,' said C.R. Das, surgical specialist of the hospital where Budhia was treated.

'He seems to be perfectly all right now and will be allowed to go after a routine CT scan,' Das added.

The state government placed Budhia in the sports hostel last year after differences between his mother and former coach Biranchi Das.

Outsourcing not causing US unemployment: India Inc reacts

Chicago, Feb 20: India Inc, which is facing the heat from US Presidential candidates who blamed 'shipping jobs' to China and India for rising US unemployment, has launched a counter-offensive here telling Americans that the industry is creating new work opportunities for them.

A full-page advertisement in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, by industry body FICCI and the Commerce Ministry, gives an elaborate account of how the legendary Tata Group, along with several others like Ranbaxy, Mahindra USA, Bharat Forge, ITC Kitchens of India and HCL America have created thousands of jobs in America by investing in different sectors of the US economy.

The FICCI ad insertion in the leading US paper coincided with Barack Obama, who is engaged in a tight race with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic Presidential nomination, making a strong pitch to Ohio's blue-collar workers with a plan to reward American firms that do not ship jobs overseas.

"This is a six-month roll out before the Presidential elections. We will be talking to the US Congressmen and other opinion-makers about the positive impact of the increasing Indian investment in the US," Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Amit Mitra said.

The Tata Group that operates 16 companies in the US -- from luxury hotels and beverage business to manufacturing, telecom and IT consulting -- employs over 5,000 Americans.

Likewise, Ranbaxy is creating jobs and stimulating the economy in North Carolina, New Jersey and Florida, FICCI said.

"Where is the job loss? We are creating jobs for them," Washington-based Ranjan V Khanna, who heads the chamber in the US said.

At a lunch hosted by the executive' club of Chicago, Rajinder Bedi, managing director, office of trade and investment, state of Illinois, US, said the exports from Illinois alone to India have doubled in the last four years. "That way, you (India) have created jobs for the people of the Illinois state," Bedi said.

While outsourcing has become an election issue here, the US exports account for 40 percent of the country's GDP and are growing at 12 percent per annum.

"Opening markets ultimately is the best thing we can do for the Us economy," US trade representative, Susan Schwab said at the luncheon meeting in honour of Commerce and Industry minister Kamal Nath.

Expressing hope that a global trade deal under the Doha round can be worked out within this year, Nath also raised concern over the unfolding the "protectionist" political environment. "I do hope that we complete the round this year-end, especially with the domestic political situation becoming more protectionist," he said.

The counter-campaign by the Indian industry to the election slogan of 'job-shipping' also talks about how several American firms, which went down under and were even facing bankruptcy, have been revived by groups like Bharat Forge.

The Pune-based group had acquired in 2005 bankrupt federal Forge Inc in Lansing, Michigan and opened its plant without downsizing. "By stepping in and maintaining the Michigan plant, the newly-named Bharat Forge America protected the jobs of 150 skilled American auto workers -- the jobs that otherwise would have been lost," the apex Indian chamber said.

Likewise, the Eight O'clock coffee firm acquired by Tata coffee division for USD 220 million in 2006 has been modernised and its manufacturing facility at Maryland is able to compete with big coffee players in the us market and abroad, it said.

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Mr. Sunil Mittal Honured JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award

Mr.Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Group CEO, Bharti Enterprises, has been awarded the prestigious JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award. Mr.Mittal has been given this Award for his outstanding contribution to the Indian industry and for being a distinguished Corporate Leader who has consistently maintained exceptional standards in professional management.

The Award was presented to Mittal by Union Minister of Power, Sushil Kumar Shinde, at a function in Bangalore on February 21, 2008.

Commenting to the Award, Mittal said, “I am delighted to receive this Award named after one of the historic leaders of the Indian industry. This Award is testimony to the key transformational projects that we have undertaken, which have served the nation in a meaningful manner. I am sure this Award would inspire many of today’s budding entrepreneurs to pursue their business visions with single-minded focus and persistence to make an impact on the society and people.”

DHONI GETS ALL

Dhoni goes for 1.5m dollars, no takers for McGrath: Cricket Next: "Chennai Super Kings seized India skipper Mahendra Dhoni and Sri Lanka’s wily spinner Muttiah Muralitharan in the initial round of auction of players for the Indian Premiere League (IPL) here on Wednesday. Dhoni went for a whopping 1.5 million dollars (six crore rupees) while Murali was taken for 6,00,000 dollars in what seemed to be big gains for the team from southern India.

The IPL, which promises to take cricket to a different level, gave a glimpse of what to expect in the unique tournament that is scheduled to get underway about two months from now. Cine stars Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta, who own the Kolkata and Mohali teams, respectively, were among the bidders as the much awaited event commenced at a five star hotel.

Dhoni, the only top Indian player not to figure among the icon players (who are not up for bids and will play for their home teams) was a prime property and was lapped up in what was the highest bid in the first list of players and gave the team the big name that they missed because of not having an icon player.

Australian Adam Gilchrist was another star in the starting A list of players, who went for 7,00,000 to Hyderabad. Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar was taken by the Kolkata team for 4,25,000 dollars, Aussie spin magician Shane W"

INDIAN PROFFESIONAL PLAYER AUCTION

Mumbai entered the fray in the second round of bidding, picking up Sanath Jayasuriya for US$975,000 (his base price was US$250,000) and Harbhajan Singh for US$850,000 (base price US$250,000). The other players who were picked in the second round of bidding were: Anil Kumble by Bangalore for US$500,000 (base price: US$250,000) and Kumar Sangakkara by Mohali for US$700,000 (base price: US$250,000). So Sanga joins his friend and national captain Mahela Jayawardene - and their former coach Tom Moody.

Glenn McGrath and Mohammad Yousuf haven't found any takers so far, so they have gone into the reserve pool and will be picked later.

Everyone's now broken for lunch, back at 13-35 p.m.

Squads as of now:

Jaipur Shane Warne (US$ 450,000)

Chennai MS Dhoni (US$ 1.5 million), Muttiah Muralitharan (US$ 600,00)

Mumbai Sachin Tendulkar (icon), Sanath Jayasuriya (US$ 975,000), Harbhajan Singh (US$ 850,000)

Bangalore Rahul Dravid (icon), Anil Kumble (US$ 500,000)

Hyderabad Adam Gilchrist (US$ 700,000)

Mohali Yuvraj Singh (icon), Mahela Jayawardene (US$ 475,000), Kumar Sangakkara (US$ 700,000)

Kolkata Sourav Ganguly (icon), Shoaib Akhtar (US$ 425,000)

Castro Resigns as cuban President

BBC NEWS | Americas | Castro steps aside after surgery: "Veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro has temporarily handed power to his brother Raul because of illness.

A statement written by the president and read out on TV by his personal secretary said Mr Castro had undergone surgery to halt internal bleeding.

The Cuban leader, who turns 80 this month, said a punishing schedule in recent weeks had affected his health.

This is the first time Mr Castro has relinquished any of his duties since he came to power in 1959.

Raul Castro, the defence minister, has long been designated as his successor should he become incapacitated.

Cuba has a communist, one-party system."

Walt Disney to increase stake in UTV Software to 32 %

The Walt Disney Company, has announced its plans to increase its stake in UTV Software Communications to 32.1 per cent. The company will be investing nearly Rs 805 crore in UTV Software.The company is also investing Rs 119 crore to acquire a 15 per cent stake in UTV Global Broadcasting. The investments of The Walt Disney Company, Southeast Asia, in UTV and UTV Global, together with the warrants to be issued to Ronnie Screwvala’s Promoter Group of Rs 390 crore after excise, makes this total deal worth Rs 1,314 crore.

Andy Bird, Chairman, Walt Disney International, and a board member of UTV, said, “We are pleased with our initial investment in UTV, which has strong local brands and media properties that provide complementary growth platforms to Disney’s existing branded efforts. The UTV management team is proven and well-respected, and we look forward to continue to work with them.”
Ronnie Screwvala, Founder Promoter and Group CEO of UTV, commented, “This partnership across movies, TV content, interactive and broadcasting endorses our leadership position in India and South East Asia and propels our already growing global story. Over the last year, we have learnt to work well together and the speed at which this collaborative deal was put together is testament to the strong working relationship we have built.”

Tarun Rai new CEO of World Wide Media

Worldwide Media has appointed Mr.Tarun Rai as its new CEO. He will take charge his new positione from today. Mr.Tarun Rai moves in from JWT India, where he had worked as Managing Partner. He was with JWT India for 17 years. Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd is a 50:50 joint venture between BBC Worldwide and The Times of India Group and publishes magazines such as Filmfare, Femina etc.,

Commenting on the new appointment, Rai said, “India is a high-growth market and Worldwide Media is well positioned to exploit this potential with some of the world’s best magazine titles. I’m incredibly excited to be working on leading brands such as Filmfare, Femina, Hello! and Top Gear, and launching many new titles.”

Peter Phippen, MD and Chairman-BBC Magazines, Worldwide Media, said, “Worldwide Media is the magazine gateway to India. This meant that we were looking for an outstanding leader for the CEO’s post. Tarun has a great combination of commercial and creative expertise that will grow the company’s position as one of India’s largest magazine publishers in a rapidly expanding marketplace.”

Rai has over 18 years’ experience in the advertising business helping build some of the world’s most reputed brands. His clients at JWT included Unilever, Diageo, GlaxoSmithkline, Pizza Hut, Reebok, DeBeers, Nestle, Kellogg and Merill Lynch. Rai has worked across several JWT offices and has a very successful record of building strong teams and achieving aggressive business targets.

Tarun Rai new CEO of World Wide Media

Worldwide Media has appointed Mr.Tarun Rai as its new CEO. He will take charge his new positione from today. Mr.Tarun Rai moves in from JWT India, where he had worked as Managing Partner. He was with JWT India for 17 years. Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd is a 50:50 joint venture between BBC Worldwide and The Times of India Group and publishes magazines such as Filmfare, Femina etc.,

Commenting on the new appointment, Rai said, “India is a high-growth market and Worldwide Media is well positioned to exploit this potential with some of the world’s best magazine titles. I’m incredibly excited to be working on leading brands such as Filmfare, Femina, Hello! and Top Gear, and launching many new titles.”

Peter Phippen, MD and Chairman-BBC Magazines, Worldwide Media, said, “Worldwide Media is the magazine gateway to India. This meant that we were looking for an outstanding leader for the CEO’s post. Tarun has a great combination of commercial and creative expertise that will grow the company’s position as one of India’s largest magazine publishers in a rapidly expanding marketplace.”

Rai has over 18 years’ experience in the advertising business helping build some of the world’s most reputed brands. His clients at JWT included Unilever, Diageo, GlaxoSmithkline, Pizza Hut, Reebok, DeBeers, Nestle, Kellogg and Merill Lynch. Rai has worked across several JWT offices and has a very successful record of building strong teams and achieving aggressive business targets.

Tata 's Now Want to make air-car

Tata Motors Ltd has confirmed that it is collaborating to develop an air-powered car with French inventors, a newspaper reported.

Tata Motors Managing Director Ravi Kant told a leading financial daily that his group last year signed an agreement with MDI, a private French company developing cars driven by compressed air.

"It's a very exciting concept, this way of running a car. We hope something will come out of it," Kant said. He confirmed Tata Motors had the technology rights for India and was "studying whether it can be used".

Rajeev Chandrasekhar new FICCI President

Mr.Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP and Chairman, CEO of Jupiter Capital, has been elected the new FICCI President at the conclusion of the 80th Annual General Meeting of FICCI, which was held on February 16. Harsh Pati Singhania, Managing Director, JK Paper Ltd, has been elected as Senior Vice-President of FICCI, while Rajan Bharti Mittal, Managing Director of Bharti Enterprises, has been elected as Vice-President of FICCI.

Small Background:

• Mr.Rajeev Chandrasekhar is currently a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), representing Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been:

• Member of Prime Ministers Council on Trade & Industry - 1999-2003
• Member of Advisory Committee in the Ministry of Information
  Technology, Government of India - 1999-2002
• Chair Person of Government of Karnataka, Infrastructure Task Force 1999-2002
• Director, Karnataka Power Corporation Limited

New CEO of Times Global Broadcasting

Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd has got new leadership in place with Chintamani Rao taking charge as CEO. Rao replaces Sunil Lulla, who had been associated with the company since its inception in 2005.When questioned on the new role, Rao replied that he was already looking forward to the task ahead. He said, “Times Global Broadcasting presented an opportunity to do something further in the news space and that attracted me here.”Rao has 30 years of experience in the advertising industry.
“Times Now is a leading English news channel, and in that sense, the challenges of a market leader are different. I am looking forward to handling that. The company’s intention to launch an English business news channel has been announced, and that clearly is another area that would be interesting to work at,” added Rao.

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Katherine Heigl: Most Desirable Woman of 2008

Katherine Heigl the most desirable woman in the world, according to AskMen.com.
Katherine Heigl plays a girl who's always the bridesmaid and never the bride in her new movie, 27 dresses. But off the silver screen, the actress is not only a blushing newlywed, she also seems to have captured the hearts of American men.

The site — which boasts seven million readers a month — said it polls users annually for a list of 99 women who best embody the qualities of an ideal girlfriend or wife, as judged by intelligence, humor, charisma and ambition.

"This year's list really goes to show who our users relate with and find beautiful, charming and personable," Editor-in-Chief James Bassil says.
It's been an amazing year for Heigl, 29. She received acclaim for her role in last year's runaway hit Knocked Up and won a Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her work on the television series hit Grey's Anatomy. Heigl's personal life has also played out like a fairy tale. Her wedding earlier this month to musician Josh Kelly — featured exclusively on the pages of OK! — was set in a romantic Christmas-themed ceremony.
Those who also made the AskMen.com list was model Alessandra Ambrosio, who came in at no. 2, followed by British actress Kate Beckinsale, Eva Mendes, Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Rihanna and Marisa Miller.

Saatchi Opens Green Consultancy - Advertising Age - Agency News

Saatchi Opens Green Consultancy - Advertising Age - Agency News: "Making a play to reach more environmentally-conscious consumers, Publicis Groupe today announced its acquisition of green consultancy Act Now Productions.

Under the deal, San Francisco-based Act Now will join the Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide network, and will be redubbed Saatchi & Saatchi S -- not to be confused with Saatchi & Saatchi X, the agency network's shopper-marketing unit, with which the new green consultancy will work in tandem."

Teens Who Attend Most Movies Also Consume Most Media - Advertising Age - MediaWorks

Teens Who Attend Most Movies Also Consume Most Media - Advertising Age - MediaWorks: "Published: February 01, 2008
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- For teens and young adults looking for entertainment, too much of a good thing is never enough. A new study put out by Integrated Media Measurement Inc. found that American moviegoers aged 13 to 24 consumed at least twice as much TV and radio as non-moviegoers in the same age range.

IMMI collects and analyzes data from a nationwide panel of 3,000 consumers, aged 13-54, on a daily basis. According to Steve Walsh, senior VP-director of sales for IMMI, the company equips each panelist with specially coded cellphones that also digitize every audio source that the panelist is exposed to. A large team of analysts collect and analyze the data, advising IMMI's clients on trends and the best means and methods to reach consumers. This particular grouping of data focused on high school and college-aged youth, perhaps the most sought-after group by digital advertisers.

IMMI divided the subjects into two groups: moviegoers and non-moviegoers. While the theory might hold that people who went to fewer movies had more time to listen to the radio or watch TV, the data found that moviegoers were the ones who consumed the most radio and TV. In addition, those who went to the movies most frequently (at least 24 movies a year) also listened to the most radio."

Kohler set for $75 Million Global Media Account

Kohler Co. has begun a review for its estimated $75 million global media account.


Kohler Co. is a privately held 135-year-old company with a global media account estimated at $75 million.
Kohler Co. is a privately held 135-year-old company with a global media account estimated at $75 million.


A spokesman said the family-owned, privately held 135-year-old company hired Select Resources International, Santa Monica, Calif., to handle the search. He declined to discuss a decision date or further details of the review.
ohler spent $36.4 million in U.S. measured media in 2006 and $34.4 million for the first nine months of 2007 in the U.S., according to TNS Media Intelligence.

Microsoft Makes a Open Offer to Yahoo

Microsoft has targeted the slumping Internet icon Yahoo
with an hostile takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.'s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.
With profits steadily on decline, Yahoo's stock slipped to a four-year low earlier this week and a new management team has been trying to steer a turnaround but sees more difficult times through 2008.

The announcement sent Yahoo's share price buzzing up 60% in premarket trading, while Google fell 8%, weighted down by a fourth-quarter earnings report that missed Wall Street expectations.

In a letter to Yahoo's board of directors, Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer indicated that the world's largest software maker is determined to bring the two companies together.