Here's a look at ten films of the year; 5 "indie" movies which featured art house and well-received satire, vis-a-vis 5 of their their glitzy cousins, made on lavish budgets and with tremendous expectations that tanked miserably. Clearly, this was the year of the story-teller and not the filmmaker.
Friday, December 31, 2010
2010 Review Bolly Wood
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Priyanka Chopra arrives
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Priyanka Chopra signed on to play Krrish 3
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Bubbly business of wine tasting
As anybody knows, Champagne houses producers and growers who booty pride in their profession and consistently authority wine tastings. "Champagne growers and winemakers- whether they're allotment of a Champagne abode or producers-take pride in their abilities and bouncer their winemaking secrets passionately.
It is not aloof about the wines. It's about a 300-year-old tradition, values, culture, philosophy; it's a complete way of life. None of which is taken agilely by Champenois," says Lorson. One cannot absorb an black discussing Champagne and its offerings after a tasting of the wares. And so we get to the job at hand. At a tasting, my experts acquaint me, it's the wines with the atomic balance amoroso agreeable (or dosage) that charge be opened first. The sweeter the wine, the after it is opened. On this baroque evening, I aftertaste six arresting bottles of Champagne as my hosts ample me in on the drink's alluring history.
The aboriginal is Ayala's Brut Nature with aught dosage, which agency beneath than three grams of amoroso were added to the wine afore bottling. The acumen of this wine lies in the actuality that the fruity addendum and aerial aromas are not masked by sugar. It is ideal as an antipasto and pairs altogether with sea food: caviar, scallops, lobster, crab, salmon, sushi, and added ablaze Asian preparations.
Next we try the Philippe Gonet Blanc de Blancs, fabricated application the Chardonnay grape. A dry but not acerb wine with able acidity, the Gonet has acceptable anatomy and body, an affected aftertaste with an agreeable floral boutonniere that goes able-bodied with lobsters and oysters.
I apprentice how to analyze the clear paleness of a adolescent wine from the abysmal aged gold of a complete one, and how to detect out woody, citrusy, floral and mineral aromas. My aficionado adventures the breach and creep of bubbles that completes a wholesome acoustic experience.
Next up is a Rosé wine: Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut NV. The antecedent aromas are of beginning red berries (think raspberry, agrarian strawberry, blooming and blackberry), arch on to broiled fruits and gluttonous addendum like almond, apricot and brioche. The Taittinger Brut comes abutting with a ablaze aureate harbinger chicken colour, accomplished bubbles and a mousse (froth) that's both alert and persistent. The wine is fruity and has aromas of peaches, white flowers and vanilla.
Friday, December 10, 2010
India Seal Seris 5-0
Indian spinners took 7-40 amid them in 13 overs afterwards Praveen Kumar and Ashish Nehra had provided three new-ball strikes. New Zealand's spinners fabricated things absorbing by abbreviation India to 10-2. But Parthiv Patel's additional fifty in as abounding amateur and Yuvraj Singh's much-needed 42 took India home.
The umpiring from Amish Saheba and Richard Kettleborough had been beneath than perfect, and New Zealand, who benefitted from Gautam Gambhir accustomed bent abaft possibly wrongly, were denied a aboveboard LBW bark adjoin Parthiv. India steadied up with Parthiv and Yuvraj animadversion off the actual runs.
New Zealand had been aggressive in the Test series, and a closely-fought ODI alternation was expected. Instead, alike admitting India adequate best of their chief batsmen, a biased alternation resulted.
Electing to bat, things began abominably for New Zealand. Praveen Kumar begin beat in the aboriginal over. Martin Guptill poked at a affable away-swinger additional brawl and India were on their way.
Brendon McCullum was on a one-point mission --- to advance aggregate aural his reach. He burst three boundaries in Ashish Nehra's aboriginal over. For the aftermost one he had absolved bottomward the clue to attic Nehra over extra-cover. In Nehra's abutting over, McCullum absolved too far beyond the stumps and fell LBW.
Nehra again afraid Ross Taylor with a abbreviate ball, which seemed to accept hit the cuff on its way to the keeper. Taylor waited about to see the replays on the behemothic screen, but the accident had been done.
The blow of the Kiwi agency cut a apologetic figure. R Ashwin's aboriginal brawl spun and as has been Gambhir's captaincy appearance through the series, he set advancing fields. In the abutting 11 overs, six of the seven wickets that fell were at the wicket --- LBW, bowled or bent at blooper or short-leg.
In three overs, Yuvraj and Ashwin removed Jamie How, Scott Styris and Grant Elliot. Having recovered to 69-3 in 17 overs, New Zealand were aback bowled out for 103.
New Zealand opened with Nathan McCullum and Vettori. Gambhir capped a acknowledged alternation with a avoid as he played aback to cut McCullum. Kettleborough initially befuddled his arch to abate the appeal. But McCullum started back-pedalling with his connected shout. Suddenly, Kettleborough pursed his aperture and gave it out. Gambhir reacted with disbelief, walking aback afraid his head.
Parthiv survived the LBW off McCullum but Kohli's adjournment was straightforward: Vettori got one to animation alfresco off-stump and the in-form right-hander belted it to slip. Vettori still appealed, possibly in an attack to apish Saheba.
Earlier in the day, Saheba had accustomed Nathan McCullum out bent back the brawl had gone off his forearm. That was inconsequential in the beyond news which is that New Zealand had mentally burst as their bout of the sub-continent had gone on. Instead of assuming signs of bit-by-bit improvement, they've accomplished this cruise with their affliction performance.
How they accomplish at the World Cup charcoal to be seen. One thing's for sure: they can alone go up from here.