Why is it that even top Indian movie stars, when they rarely ever land a role in a Hollywood film, get only tiny, inconsequential parts. If you thought Anil Kapoor’s role in the last installment of Mission Impossible was a joke and Anupam Kher’s brief appearance in Lust, Caution an insult, it gets worse with Amitabh […]
Special Agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have recently charged nine persons in New Jersey with alleged involvement in Foreign Students Visa fraud. Of the nine people charged, eight have been arrested by federal agents. U.S. immigration officials charged the defendants with conspiracy to obtain and use phony visas and conspiracy to conceal […]
Never let it be said that Hindi movies can’t plumb new lows. The biggest, latest calamity to befall the already lowly Bollywood is the Southern invasion in the form of remakes and arrival of directors like Prabhudeva. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times. Tamils and Telugus cannot make watchable movies, […]
My bosom pals on SI know I greatly relished French director Jérôme Salle’s Anthony Zimmer (Sophie Marceau, Yvan Attal). Anthony Zimmer is a classy film, far superior to the crude Hollywood remake The Tourist featuring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. Between Sophie Marceau and Angelina Jolie, I’d take Sophie in a heartbeat. Sophie oozes class […]
Tamil youth Dharun Ravi will be an unhappy, unwilling guest of the American jail system for 30-days following his sentencing today in the Tyler Clementi webcam spying case. Victory for Dharun Unswayed by arguments made by Dharun’s attorney Philip Nettl that there had been a “miscarriage of justice,” Judge Glenn Berman today sentenced 20-year-old Dharun […]
Frank Gonsalves’ lawyers are mad at Infosys. So hopping mad that they’ve recently written to the judge requesting an immediate status conference in Gonsalves’ lawsuit against Infosys. Frank Gonsalves – Bigger Threat for Infosys While much attention has been focused on Infosys’ alleged violation of U.S. Visa rules, the bigger threat for the Indian software […]