The many shades of Talat
Veteran artiste Talat Hussain continues to work both in Pakistan and abroad, mostly enacting roles of a Pakistani living abroad or one of South Asian descent....
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Mai tells her tale in ‘Shame’
Far from shrouding herself in a cloak of victimhood, taking a vow of silence or committing suicide — which would have been in keeping with the fate of other victims of this bizarre punishment before....
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Star gazing
Hollywood’s hottest couple is in the western Indian city of Pune these days for the shooting of the film telling the story of the last days of the slain Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl....
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A whole new look for Shoaib
A stack of international fashion glossies sprawled neatly at stylist Nabila’s simple yet chic self-titled salon in Lahore seems to make a statement. The covers of these magazines glaze and glint...
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Naqvi’s strong sense of multi-culturalism
Still reeling from the fact that his film Shame premiered as a work-in-progress at the recent 31st annual Toronto International Film Festival — one of the most renowned and competitive film...
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To Norway and back
Norway, which has a very large desi community, has always been somewhat receptive when it comes to having local musicians perform for them. Looking back, Junoon was the first Pakistani band...
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Penning the role of a politician
Within a film like All the King’s Men linger several moral and ethical questions about hypocritical power-mongers draped in populist overalls, civil rights movements....
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Musicbox
Columbian heartthrob Shakira, the world’s most admired belly dancer, made it to the top through Wherever Whenever eons ago. She is back with her new album, Hips Don’t Lie. Unfortunately...
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Reviewspreviews
Bruce Willis shines as John McClane in Die Hard — the Collection, and blasts his way through the trilogy. Made available on DVD recently, McClane is always at the wrong place, at the wrong time...
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Starbuzz
Dubai seems to be the new haven for our local lot of designers these days, with more and more of them making a beeline for the desert paradise and the bounties it has to offer in terms of clients...
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