London, November 5 : ‘X Factor’ supremo Simon Cowell was annoyed when the lyricist he had lined up for Leona Lewis’ comeback single took the song to Beyonce.
Cowell wanted ‘Bleeding Love’ writer Ryan Tedder to write for Leona.
They had agreed that the song ‘Halo’ would be Leona’s.
However, Leona was so busy that she could not record it at the moment.
Ryan kept waiting and got fed up, and finally took the song to Beyonce.
New York, November 5 : A controversial episode of ‘Hannah Montana’, dealing with diabetes, has been withdrawn by the Disney Channel after it received complaints from worried parents.
The episode sees teen actress Miley Cyrus’s character Hannah dealing with her buddy Oliver, who is diagnosed with diabetes, and giving a feel-good message to the audience that the disease can be successfully dealt with.
The latest report of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 3, 2005-06) presents the grim picture for the state of Karnataka. The survey predicts that nearly 70 percent of women and 87 percent of men in Karnataka had never heard of HIV/AIDS.
The report released by Madan Gopal (Secretary of the Health Department) stated that most men and women supported the inclusion of HIV/AIDS in the school curriculum in Karnataka.
London, November 5 : Sir Mick Jagger and veteran director Martin Scorsese are set to team up for a movie after having already worked together for a 2008 documentary film.
The ‘Rolling Stone’s lead vocalist, whose ‘Shine A Light’, was directed by the 65-year-old film historian, is set to produce the movie, reports the Sun.
The English rocker, who was acclaimed for his performance as Australian bushranger ‘Ned Kelly’, also runs his movie company, ‘Jagged Films’, with producer Victoria Pearman.
Baghdad - People heading to work in Baghdad on Wednesday morning knew that this day was different than any other; it was the morning after the first black president, Barack Obama, was elected.
While parents were dropping their kids off at school or rushing to work, a feeling of optimism spread on the street. Iraqis, who blame President George Bush for the chaos in their country since the fall of Saddam Hussein, were anticipating how a black Democrat president will "fix things in Iraq".
Washington, Nov 5: A new genetic research has suggested that the extinction of the native rat species of Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean in 1908, was caused by a pathogen carried by Eurasian black rats.
The pathogen was unleashed when Eurasian black rats jumped ship onto the island at the turn of the 20th century, causing extermination of two endemic species, namely Rattus macleari and R. nativitatis.
This study is the first to demonstrate extinction in a mammal because of disease, supporting the hypothesis proposed a decade ago that “hyperdisease conditions”—unusually rapid mortality from which a species never recovers—can lead to extinction.
London, November 5 : ‘X Factor’ supremo Simon Cowell was annoyed when the lyricist he had lined up for Leona Lewis’ comeback single took the song to Beyonce.
New York, November 5 : A controversial episode of ‘Hannah Montana’, dealing with diabetes, has been withdrawn by the Disney Channel after it received complaints from worried parents.
The latest report of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS- 3, 2005-06) presents the grim picture for the state of Karnataka. The survey predicts that nearly 70 percent of women and 87 percent of men in Karnataka had never heard of HIV/AIDS. 
London, November 5 : Sir Mick Jagger and veteran director Martin Scorsese are set to team up for a movie after having already worked together for a 2008 documentary film.
Baghdad - People heading to work in Baghdad on Wednesday morning knew that this day was different than any other; it was the morning after the first black president, Barack Obama, was elected.
