In the last three months, there has been a 92% increase in the number of women appointed to non-executive director (NED) roles in the U.K. Of these, 38% have been first-time NED appointments at publicly listed companies, showing that new talent is coming through the pipeline. – Source
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marital sex issues, body insecurities and sexual confusion are explored beneath the facade of an intimate independent comedy of two couples in a hipster neighborhood of Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marital sex issues, body insecurities and sexual confusion are explored beneath the facade of an intimate independent comedy of two couples in a hipster neighborhood of Los Angeles.
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will try to bring more to the table in negotiations for a debt deal and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will probably speak with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker by phone on Saturday to try to end the deadlock, a Greek minister said.
After Priyanka Chopra, it’s Shraddha Kapoor for Farhan Akhtar. And, we are not only talking about sharing screen space, but also ‘scream’ space between the two.
That’s right. Farhan and Shraddha will be belting out at least 3 songs in Rock On 2. The numbers composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are already being planned, conceived and recorded.
Despite attempts to thwart the project, Rock On 2, the sequel to Farhan Akhtar’s production of the 2008 trendsetting musical Rock On is very much on.
Says a source close to the project, “Gattu (Abhishek Kapoor) has gone legal on the project, claiming creative rights over the project. But the Rock On team is rocking on. They’re all set to roll in September. Shraddha, who comes from a family of singers, is getting ready to share the rock-stadia stage space with Farhan.” – Source
If there’s one man one a roll in Bollywood, then, it has to be Anil Kapoor. While on one hand, his performance in Dil Dhadakne Do has garnered him rave reviews from everyone alike, on the other hand, Richard Branson’s Virgin Produced India has announced its first Bollywood project in partnership with Anil and his daughter Rhea Kapoor.
The said film, which is an untitled comedy will be co-produced by Anil’s banner, ‘Anil Kapoor Film Company’, also will mark the directorial debut of Karan Boolani. The film is said to be revolving around the lives of teenagers who meet during their freshmen year at an American university. The film will also feature the Oscar-winning music maestro A. R. Rahman.
Speaking about the film, Anil Kapoor said that with this film, they look forward to taking Virgin Produced’s unique and successful business model and also expand the same in Bollywood.
Watch this space for further developments. – Source
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s exiled government and Shiite rebels who control the capital failed to agree on even a temporary cease-fire Friday as they wrapped up U.N.-brokered talks aimed at ending a conflict that has killed over 1,000 civilians and displaced more than a million since March…. – Source
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that economic reforms in the legislative pipeline can push India’s growth rate above the 7 to 7.5 percent range.
MUMBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – India is planning to issue sovereign bonds linked to the bullion price in an effort to divert some of the estimated 300 tonnes of annual demand for gold bars and coins, and reduce bullion imports that can push up the trade deficit.
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Bonds and rupee rallied on Friday on media reports the central bank had proposed to set the limit for foreign investments for government debt in rupees instead of dollars, effectively allowing increased purchases from overseas.
DHAKA (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Bangladesh paceman Mustafizur Rahman have been fined for a collision during Thursday’s first one-day international at Mirpur, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.
In a video, several players address prejudices about women’s soccer by admitting — with deadpan humor, and sometimes profanity — that they are all true.
