ZAGREBUS three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone has received a lifetime achievement award at a film festival in Croatia that hosts debate on social issues.Stone became the first person to receive a “Wild Dreamer” award at the sixth annual Subversive Film Festival in Zagreb late ...

NEW YORK: Emma Stone is reportedly in talks to play Sally Bowles in a Broadway revival of Cabaret. According to the New York Times, Alan Cumming will reprise his part as the Emcee in early 2014.The Wrap suggests that Stone is in the frame to take the role previously played by Liza Minnelli, Natasha ...

PRAGUE: Three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone will be awarded a top prize at the Czech Republic’s Karlovy Vary international film festival this year, organisers said Tuesday. The US director is set to receive the Crystal Globe award for his contribution to cinematography at the 48th ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Sharon Stone has counter-sued her Filipina former nanny, who is pursuing the actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment including racist abuse.In a breach-of-loan-agreement action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week, the “Basic Instinct” star says ...

RAWALPINDI - The closing ceremony of three-day “Stone Craving” workshop was held at the National College of Arts (NCA) here here on Thursday.District Coordination Officer (DCO) Rashid Mehmood was the chief guest on the occasion whereas Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Managing ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Federal Minister for Industries & Production Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Sheikh has said that marble stone industry should be promoted in Balochistan and FATA to create employment opportunities.He said this while chairing the briefing session about the Pakistan Stone Development ...

Every other day the government suspends cellular services citing terrorism as the reason. If one goes by logic, the only way to track down the terrorists is to let the mobile services remain open, thus providing our law enforcing agencies the chance to nab them red handed with solid evidence. ...

ISLAMABAD – The Margalla Hills National Park is facing many threats, including stone crushing, forest fires and tree cutting, which will ultimately result in squeezing of the actual core habitat and concentration of animal and birds in certain pockets.Ever-increasing human settlements, ...

LOS ANGELES (AGENCIES) - Emma Stone has been added to the list of presenters at the 84th Academy Awards. Producers Brian Grazer and Don Mischer announced the news today. Stone, who will be presenting at the Oscars for the first time, joins previously announced stars Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Cameron ...

Sharon Stone broke down in tears as she accepted a lifetime achievement prize from Martin Scorsese on Monday. The veteran star became emotional as her Casino director presented her with the trophy at the 11th Annual AARP Magazine Movies for Grownups Awards in Beverly Hills.Fighting back tears, ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP)- Renowned jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela and heavy metal in Botswana feature in Rolling Stone’s take on music in its new South African edition, which hopes to fill a conspicuously empty niche. The American title launched its latest international edition in S Africa in ...

MINA (AFP) - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims stoned Satan after massing on Sunday in a valley near the holy city of Mina, the last and most dangerous rite of the annual Haj. Hundreds of people have been trampled to death in stampedes which have blighted several previous pilgrimages when ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday said that foundation laying stone of Diamir Bhasha dam will be held on October 18. He said that it was a mega project and the government brought it in the Council of Common Interest (CCI) to take approval of all the stakeholders so that it could not be ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER VEHARI - Knowledge and education is key to the progress and development of any nation and the libraries play a vital role in this regard. The provision of education is the constitutional responsibility of the state. Vehari is a beautiful city and biggest cotton producing city in ...

SRINAGAR (AFP) Indian-occupied Kashmir has declared an amnesty for more than 1,000 youths alleged to have attacked security forces during pro-independence protests last year in which more than 100 civilians died. Kashmir was rocked for months last summer by clashes between stone-throwing ...

The 49-year-old actor has filmed a video blog in which he confesses he has a huge crush on 'The Amazing Spider Man actress - who is 27 years younger than him. In the comic video posted on his official website, he says: Emma, I think youre all the way beautiful. Not just pretty, but smart and ...

LAHORE - The foundation stone was laid for the Machekey (Sheikhupura) oil terminal on Tuesday. The project is a joint venture of Overseas Oil Trading Company Pvt Ltd (OOTCL) and Bakri Trading Company Pvt Ltd (BTCPL), says a press release. The terminal will be built on 12 acres of land and will be ...

The West Indies cricket squad bus was attacked by angry Bangladesh fans on Friday after the home team crashed to a nine-wicket defeat in the World Cup. Two windows of the bus were shattered as it was leaving the Sher-e-Bangla stadium after the match, a police official said, adding that no player ...

LAHORE - Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a mosque within the premises of the Assembly. The mosques upper portion would accommodate 250 faithful while the lower portion would have a capacity of 250 people. According to initial estimates, Rs 12 ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (PAK-EPA), an attached department of the Ministry of Environment, has served notices on owners of 11 stone crushing machines installed at Margalla Hills in the jurisdiction of the Capital for causing serious environmental degradation, it is ...

NEW DELHI (APP) A group of people on Saturday morning pelted a stone on Lahore-bound bus near Kashmiri Gate, a police official said. However, none of the 35 passengers was injured in the unpleasant incident. According to details, when the bus reached the Kashmiri Gate at around 06:30 am, soon ...

JOSS Brown likes older guys. The Super Duper Love singer says shed rather be in a relationship with a 40+ man because they tend to get her better than younger fellows. Ive been out with young guys and Ive dated guys in their forties and I think they get me better, Joss blabbed to Britains You ...

SHARON Stone nearly killed herself making 'Casino. The actress didnt eat for a week before filming a crucial scene because she was so desperate to impress director Martin Scorsese by looking skinny and out of it. Recalling her preparation for the role - which saw her nominated for the 1995 Best ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS in southeastern Turkey have discovered an Iron Age chiseled stone slab that provides the first written evidence in the region that people believed the soul was separate from the body. University of Chicago researchers will describe the discovery, a testimony created by an Iron Age ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pledged Tuesday to leave "no stone unturned" in her quest for a Palestinian-Israeli peace deal by Jan 20 when President George W Bush steps down. As time draws near "for the end of this administration, I still believe that we must make ...

SHARON Stone has lost the latest round of the ongoing custody battle over her eldest son. The 'Basic Instinct' star had requested primary custody of Roan - who currently lives with her ex-husband Phil Bronstein - but a San Francisco judge ruled the eight-year-old should continue living with his ...

THE largest Stone Age graveyard found in the Sahara, which provides an unparalleled record of life when the region was green, has been discovered in Niger by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno, whose team first happened on the site during a ...