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  • Winfrey, Knowles, Shakira in Forbes list of powerful women

    Winfrey, Knowles, Shakira in Forbes list of powerful women

    NEW DELHI: Actor-presenter Oprah Winfrey and singer Beyonce Knowles have once again made it to the Forbes list of ‘The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.’

     

    While Wifrey is at number 14, Knowles is at number 17, just ahead of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer at 18.

     

    PepsiCo chairperson and CEO Indra Nooyi is placed at 13 (as against 10 last year) while Cisco Systems chief technology and strategy officer Padmasree Warrior is at 71 (against 57 last year).

     

    Actor Angelina Jolie is at number 50 and has fallen from last year’s ranking of 37.

     

    Other prominent women from the media and entertainment industry in the list are Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairperson Amy Pascal at 28, actress Sofia Vergara at 32, NBC Universal chairperson Bonnie Hammer at 42, TV Personality and comedienne Ellen DeGeneres at 46, Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington at 52,  singers Shakira Mebarak at 48 and Lady Gaga at 67 and Chinese actress Yao Chen at 83.

  • Beyonce Knowles to direct documentary on her own life

    Beyonce Knowles to direct documentary on her own life

    MUMBAI: Following in the footsteps of Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber and The Jonas Brothers, songstress Beyonce Knowles is in plans to direct, produce and star in a feature film documentary on her life and career. 

    The singer and her representatives have been pitching the idea to Hollywood studios of a non-fiction film about the celebrity‘s life and career.

    The star has already released a mini documentary entitled 4, which showed the making of her successful album and gave a rare glimpse into an otherwise very private life.

  • BBC Sport to broadcast Super Bowl

    MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that BBC Sport will broadcast the Super Bowl live, over the next two years, having signed an exclusive free-to-air deal with the NFL.

    The two-year deal will also include free-to-air highlights of the NFL London game on 28 October 2007 between the Miami Dolphins and the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium, plus any other NFL London games that may be scheduled for next year.

    Super Bowl XLII will be broadcast live from Arizona on 3 February 2008 and Super Bowl XLIII will be broadcast live from Tampa, Florida in 2009.

    BBCSport’s Philip Bernie said, “The Super Bowl is one of the world’s great sporting events and we are delighted that, after many years of covering it on BBC Radio 5 Live, we are now also going to be showing it on BBC Television.

    “The Super Bowl always attracts great interest and we are really looking forward to providing a new showcase for this huge occasion.”

    NFL UK MD Alistair Kirkwood says, “We are thrilled to be announcing a partnership with the BBC. This represents a major landmark in the growth of our sport in the UK and will help us to establish the NFL as a significant part of the sporting landscape here. The BBC’s reputation in the presentation of televised sport is unrivalled and we are very excited about working closely with them.”

    In February 2007, Super Bowl XLI reached an estimated worldwide audience of nearly one billion in more than 220 countries as the Indianapolis Colts overcame the Chicago Bears in Miami.

    As well as being one of the biggest events in world sport, the Super Bowl is renowned for its spectacular entertainment line-up, featuring performances in recent years by the Rolling Stones, Sir Paul McCartney, Prince, U2, Sting and Beyonce Knowles.

  • MSN India streams ‘Showgirl’ Kylie’s Homecoming Tour

    MSN India streams ‘Showgirl’ Kylie’s Homecoming Tour

    MUMBAI: MSN India will stream Kylie Minogue’s Showgirl Homecoming Tour on 24 January at 11 am. The tour will streamlive from Melbourne where Minogue is performing and can be viewed on its website.

    Showgirl- The Homecoming Tour is the comeback tour of the Australian-pop singer who cancelled the orginal Showgirl- The Greatest Hits Tour on 17 May after her diagnosis of breast cancer. The concert features “Got to be certain”, Minogue’s second top five hit at the single charts.

     
    “MSN India has always aimed at bringing the best of international entertainment to Indian users. Through MSN Control Room we have already featured leading international artists like Beyonce Knowles, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, John Legend, Rod Stewart and Pink. Kylie Minogue is an artist who continues to make waves worldwide for her exciting music and her Homecoming Tour will simply take your breath away.” said, MSN India executive producer Krishna Prasad. 

    MSN has in the past brought to users international artists like Beyonce Knowles, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, John Legend, Rod Stewart and the latest Pink’s “I’m not dead’ Concert.
     

    MSN India had announced its association with Control Room in October last year. The partnership will see MSN as the exclusive online worldwide destination for Control Room’s live music programming via live and on-demand video streaming.