Rampal launches Facebook page
Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal has extended his digital presence by launching his official page on social networking site Facebook. It shares the highlights of his career and personal life starting from 1996.
The model-turned-actor, who is active on microblogging site Twitter and has over 1.3 million followers on the digital platform, is excited about the official Facebook page.
“I am really looking forward to interact with my audience here. The page has many interesting things about me that people might not have known before,” Arjun said in a statement. His Facebook timeline dates back to 1996. It is aimed to be a ne-stop platform for all his fans on Facebook with all the information and updates about him.
Indian-American novelist Jhumpa lahiri lost out on the Man Booker Prize to Eleanor Catton, who has become the youngest writer to win the prestigious literary prize in london. At 832 pages, Catton's The luminaries was the longest novel and described as an “extraordinary” 19th century gold rush murder mystery. “I thank the Man Booker Prize for providing value and worth jointly with this extraordinary prize,” the 28-year-old New Zealander, who began writing the novel when she was just 25, said.
She was presented with the coveted award worth 50,000 pounds by Camilla Parker-Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, at a glittering ceremony in london's Guildhall. This year's chair of judges, writer and critic Robert Macfarlane, admitted readers needed to make a “huge investment” in the huge tome, which is challenging with a slow start but the dividends were more than worth it. “We have returned to it three times. We have dug into it and the yield it has offered at each new reading has been extraordinary,” he said.
Pakistani Singer Adnan Sami, who has been in the news for reportedly getting a notice from Mumbai police for overstaying in India, says he is a law abiding citizen and has followed due procedure and applied for extension for his visa on September 14.
“This is to inform all concerned that my visa did expire on Oct 6, 2013. As per standard rules, I had made an application for extension of my visa to the concerned department of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in New Delhi on Sep 14, 2013,” Adnan said in a statement.
“This is a standard procedure that is followed by all foreigners and I have been following it for the past 14 years. Hence this year is no different,” he added.
Coldplay bags award for Atlas
British rock band Coldplay will be honoured at the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards with the Hollywood song Award for their hit number Atlas from the sci-fi film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
lead singer Chris Martin will accept the award on his band's behalf at the ceremony to be held October 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Atlas is the first song the band has ever written and performed for a motion picture.
“The Hollywood Film Awards is thrilled to present the Hollywood song award to a band as globally respected and prolific as Coldplay,” Carlos de Abreu, founder and executive producer Hollywood Film Awards, said in a statement.