Quelle douce  64th birthday present for AB père: he’s going to receive  France’s highest award, the Legion d’honneur.   Story here.

I hope AB 2.0’s only wearing this as part of a movie wardrobe. And in Paris of all places! UPDATE: It turns out it was part of his costume as Rikki Tukral in JBJ.

  Today would have been Daniel Pearl’s 43rd birthday had it not been for a very nasty deed done to him. As always, there are Daniel Pearl music days celebrated all over the world in his memory.   Among the dozens of events, composer Steve Reich’s Daniel Variations premiered this week in London. And tonight […]

Is it just me, or does anyone else find this photo of SRK eerily suggestive of a certain artiste formerly know as His Purple Highness?

  I’ve been tagged by a certain Bombay boy.   (The times anyone’s  tagged me previously, it usually happens when  things are so hectic that by the time I get around to doing whatever the  task is, the moment’s passed.)   This fella –  who seems to spend such amazing amounts of time partying and […]

Looks like the lucky citoyens of the dearly departed Jacques Brel’s native city are in for quite a treat over the next four months. Launching on October 7th, and running through to January 21st of next year, the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles will host an India Festival, with performances by Talvin Singh (whoo hoo!), […]