Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Three Khans of Bollywood get together for 3 Idiots

Actors and often termed rivals, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan may come together under the same roof at the premiere of Aamir’s film 3 Idiots.

Sources close to Aamir told a magazine that the actor personally called up Shah Rukh Khan, his toughest competitor in tinsel town, to be present on the occasion and King Khan, confirmed his presence.

Salman Khan, who has been closely bonding with Aamir Khan, too, gave his consent about his presence at the grand event.

To make the premiere one of the most memorable events, even Amitabh Bachchan, has accepted Aamir's invitation and will be registering his presence at the premiere of the flick.

Aamir and SRK were last spotted together at the star studded premiere of Paa. (Agencies)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Twitter named 'top English word'

November 30 (ANI): Twitter, the popular phenomenon of social networking, has been named the top English word this year in a survey.

Texas-based Global Language Monitor put together a list of the top words and phrases and found that the word was more popular than Obama and H1N1, commonly known as the "swine flu".

Wrapping up the top five words were 'stimulus' and 'vampire', reports the Telegraph.
Founder Paul Payack said: "In a year dominated by world-shaking political events, a pandemic, the after effects of a financial tsunami and the death of a revered pop icon, the word Twitter stands above all the other words.

"Twitter represents a new form of social interaction, where all communication is reduced to 140 characters. Being limited to strict formats did wonders for the sonnet and haiku.
"One wonders where this highly impractical word-limit will lead as the future unfolds."

The top 15 words were:
1. Twitter
2. Obama
3. H1N1
4. Stimulus
5. Vampire
6. 2.0 - as in suffix attached to the next generation
7. Deficit
8. Hadron
9. Healthcare
10.Transparency
11.Outrage
12.Bonus
13.Unemployed
14.Foreclosure
15.Cartel (ANI)