Wedding bells ring out for Federer

PARIS (AFP) – Men's world number two Roger Federer on Saturday married his fiancee Mirka Vavrinec in his home town of Basel, Switzerland, he announced on his website.

Last month, Federer had revealed on www.rogerfederer.com that Vavrinec, a former top 100 player whom he met in Sydney in 2000, was expecting the couple's first child this summer.

Federer will next week take part after all in the opening claycourt tournament of the season, the Monte Carlo Masters, having originally planned to play less in claycourt competition in 2009 than in past years even though the French Open remains the only Grand Slam he has yet to win.

Federer, 27, is struggling to wrest top spot back from Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who denied him a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title in the Australian Open final.

Last year, the Mallorcan ended Federer's five-year hold on the Wimbledon trophy and then also deposed him as world number one.

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Billy Bob Thornton's band cancels Canadian tour

TORONTO – Billy Bob Thornton's band has canceled the rest of its Canadian tour after the actor compared the country's fans to mashed potatoes with no gravy in a testy interview that caused a sensation online.

The Boxmasters opened for Willie Nelson on Thursday in Toronto, where they reportedly were booed and met with catcalls of "Here comes the gravy."

A note posted on Nelson's Web site Friday said the Boxmasters were canceling the rest of their Canadian dates "due to one band member and several of the crew having the flu."

The cancellation came two days after Thornton made world headlines with a belligerent appearance on CBC radio's "Q."

The actor apparently didn't like that host Jian Ghomeshi started the interview with references to Thornton's Hollywood career.

Thornton refused to answer many of Ghomeshi's questions directly, mumbling: "I don't know what you're talking about." He later said Ghomeshi's producers had been told ahead of time not to talk about his film career.

Thornton also had some unkind words for Canadian crowds.

"Canadian audiences seem to be very reserved," he told Ghomeshi. "We tend to play places where people throw things at each other. Here, they just sort of sit there. And it doesn't matter what you say to 'em. ... It's mashed potatoes but no gravy."

Before his Thursday night gig, Thornton tried to clarify those remarks, saying he loved Canada and his "mashed potatoes" comment had been aimed at Ghomeshi.

Media around the world delighted in the story. Entertainment Weekly's Web site ran the headline, "Billy Bob Thornton: What's his problem?"

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Ghajini (2008)

Gajhini ,a name which symbolizes the Path Breaking Cinematic Achiever of the year and of all times, is a cinematic Genius in it’s own Right. Yet I would beg to differ on certain points which makes it short on making the Most of the Sources. Why? Here is the answer

Story and Screenplay : Well. Mr. Murugadoss didn’t have to do much for this as “Memento “ would have already provided the help Needed. Come on, If you are adopting (Here I mean COPY) the Story and Screenplay then give the original Writers some credit by Displaying their names in the Credits… The Story is Copy of the French Hollywood Flick “Memento”.so One Star for finding such a movie to copy. Screenplay is good and bad Simultaneously coz the Story makes it look good but the Length of the scenes makes it look really awful.

Direction : A.R. Murugadosss must have thought Priyadarshan makes huge money out of making the tamil versions of their movie into hindi and casting Who’s who of Bollywood. But He failed to make an impact as to Originality. Some of the Scenes are masterfully Presented but overall., Direction Looses Strength in terms of the Movie has been Given a Typical South Indian Look which makes it hard to Swallow.

Cast and Performance : Well the Most Pathetic Part of the Movie was It’s Casting Excepting the Case of Aamir Khan.and Jiya Khan And to an extent Asin. Pradip Rawat is Horrible as the central Character of Ghajini..Khalid as Aamir’s manager looks a bit Odd in terms of Reality. Tinu Anad makes a good Impact as Asin’s boss. Who came up with an idea of casting That Inspector as the Inspactor in the Movie?... he is full of typically south masal Acting. He makes the Movie So UN REAL yaar. I wished if I had got a chance I would have killed him if didn’t meet with an accident. :D

But Aamir tells the world at large why he is known as “The Perfectionist”. He delivers Career Best Performance in the Movie. Jiya Khan Looks Authentic as the Medical Student except in the A Song.

Asin is photogenic but she clearly gives the image that she is new to the world of Authentic acting.

Music : Well A R Rahman Disappoints in terms of totality. Only Two of the songs (Behka and Kaise Mujhe) of the entire Album sounds like Composed by the magician Known as Rahman. Gujariush might have become the Chart Toppper but it is Not Rahman’s Music.

Technicals : Well if you look at technicals overall. The Movie Gives a Nice and Easy Hollywood Flick Looks. But some of the Ares could have been Better. Back Ground Music was Too Lousy. Sometimes it goes into ears like Train is passing through your Head. Editing is Superb. Action Sequences Although look a bit over ambitious but are spectacular. Cinematography is Excellent.

Nonw the Best Part of the Movie was…… Guess??? Well it’s not Aamir Khan. It’s Rahul and Himanshu Nanda, for H R Enterprise. Surprised?... wel they were the publicity Designers of the Movie. And lemme tell you no one would have done the marketing like this movie was Promoted in the entire year. Aamir had to come right down on the Streets and Cut Peoples’ Hair. How Much you can Bend yaar?.. And Guess What?.. the strategy Worked. The Movie Got the Biggest Opening anyone could ever imagine. And still doing Business. It has Broken all the Records so far the Box Office returns are concerned. But Personally I didn’t like the movie that Much.

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