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Barack Obama with his wife, Michelle, at his side, takes the oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States at the US Capitol in Washington.


US President Barack Obama kisses his wife First Lady Michelle Obama after taking oath of office to become the 44th president of the United States.


President Barack Obama, right, is congratulated by daughter Sasha, lower left, as First Lady Michelle Obama looks on.


President Barack Obama rests his hand on President Lincoln's Inaugural Bible as his wife Michelle Obama holds it as he takes the oath of office.


The First Family of America waves to the world


Michelle Obama, left, and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden, arrive for the inauguration ceremony.

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US President Barack Obama shakes hands with outgoing President George W Bush after taking the Oath of Office to become the 44th President of the United States. Obama became the first African-American president in US history.


Former US president George W Bush (R) embraces President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, after Obama's inaugural address in Washington on January 20, 2009.


US President Barack Obama (2nd L) and first lady Michelle Obama (L) ---- with former President George W Bush (2nd R) and his wife Laura during the departure ceremony at Obama's inauguration in Washington.


Unfazed by his unpopularity, Bush smiled and waved throughout the day's activities. He blew a kiss out the window of his limousine as he left the White House with Obama.


US Vice President Joe Biden (L) salutes former President George W Bush's departure by helicopter from the US Capitol, as his wife, Jill (2nd L), First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd R) and President Barack Obama (R) look on after the inauguration ceremony in Washington.


Obamas and Bidens wave as Bush leaves Capitol Hill in a helicopter.


President Obama alongside his wife Michelle and Vice President Biden and his wife Jill look on as the presidential helicopter carrying former president Bush and his wife Laura leaves the US Capitol.

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Year 2008 was the year of small budget movies with different subject and storylines. The trend started with 'Jannat' followed by 'Aamir', 'A Wednesday', 'Rock On', 'Welcome to Sajjanpur', 'Oye Lucky Lucky Oye'. They drew in the audience on basis of a varied story line and content. Even horror flicks, Vikaram Bhatt's '1920' and Ram Gopal Varma's 'Phoonk' rated satisfactory. According to performance wise following are the top 5 small budget movies:

A Wednesday


Welcome To Sajjanpur


Rock On


Aamir


Jannat

Cast: Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Ranvir Shorey, Gordon Liu, Mithun Chakraborty
Director: Nikhil Advani

Sadsack Sidhu lives in Chandni Chowk, peels potatoes for a living, and prays to Ganapati Bappa to release him from his daily drudge. And then one day, everything changes : adventure beckons, and Sidhu takes off to China.

Smart basis for a film, because Akshay Kumar's humble Old Delhi roots and his travels to Oriental hot spots where he picked up his killer karate moves, is part of urban legend. But instead of mining his past experiences, the script is forced into being a vehicle for its star, not the story, so what you get is an overlong Akshayrama, which perks up only in fits and starts, and is never more than mildly entertaining in its best moments.

`Chandni Chowk To China' is more a patchily-executed combo of a ---- `Kung Fu Panda', and `Karate Kid', than an exhilarating transcontinental journey. It's spiked with a Manmohan Desai-ish lost-and-found side plot. It also lifts from chop-suckey Hong Kong clunkers where the hero mows down a million bad guys, sending them flying through the air in familiar choreographed arcs. Where is this film, a lax mish-mash of genres and styles, coming from?

In his zeal to prove that he can do more than being a buffoon, Akshay gets to cry, as well as laugh, and fight and dance and sing, occasionally letting in his leading lady (Deepika, in a double role), who is only required to dress in Mandarin collars, and kick butt (as the bad girl), and whip out a ----- of her missing father, and shed a few tears (as the good one). Ranvir Shorey, who's called Chopstick, roams around looking for something to do, and the Chinese characters, including chief villain Hojo (Gordon Liu) who gets his jollies by beheading people, are mere ciphers.

The result is a classic case of missed opportunities. For Akshay, who's been busting the box office with his gormless local yokel acts, this mega-budget, actually-shot-on-location-in-China, backed-by-a-Hollywood-giant film would have been the start of a glorious new year. For director Nikhil Advani, it would have been the chance to forget his last disastrous outing `Salaam-e-Ishq'. And for producers Warner Bros, a signal to amp up its India plans, as well open doors to other American studios.

Right in the beginning, a minor character asks Sidhu : are you stupid? He nods. That's prescience.

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The prestigious Golden Globe Awards ceremony to honour the best in the world cinema has begun in Los Angeles.

India-based story of an underdog, the Danny Boyle-directed Slumdog Millionaire in on a winning spree, first bagging the award for the Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Screenplay category (Simon Beaufoy), and the Best Original Score (A R Rahman).

"Your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated," said director Danny Boyle.

The story of a slum kid who participates in popular reality game show Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who Wants to be a Millionaire) and ends up winning Rs 2 crore, the protagonist Dev Patel won the most promising newcomer award at the British Independent Film Awards recently as well as the Best Young Actor Award at the Critics' Choice Awards.

Shot in Mumbai, the film has also been nominated in the Best Director Category (Danny Boyle) and Best Original Score category (A R Rahman)
The Indian connection does not end here. Bollywood's King Khan, Shah Rukh Khan will present an award at the ceremony.

The other winners

Wall E has grabbed the best animation film award while Sally Hawkins has got the best actress in a motion comedy.

British actress Kate Winslet has been named best supporting actress at the Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles.

The star - who won the award for her role as a Nazi prison guard in The Reader - said she was "shocked" as she had "a habit of not winning things"

British actor Tom Wilkinson was named best supporting actor in a miniseries for his role as Benjamin Franklin in HBO period drama John Adams.

The awards are widely seen as a precursor to the Oscars.

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Saif Ali Khan in his tentatively titled home production, Aaj Aur Kal shall be romancing British actress Florence Brudenell-Bruce alongside Deepika Padukone. Ali states, "While I really can't really reveal what role Florence is playing, I would like to say that it's an important role and her character will revolve around Saif and Deepika. The film is about modern relationships and the British actress will be seen in the first half of the film."

Florence was recently in the news for dating F1 driver Jensen Button. She is also known to be a major Bollywood fan and has loved Bollywood films like Race, Om Shanti Om, and Guru which she rates amongst her favourite. Bollywood it seems attracting a lot of foreign actresses and all of them bagging top A list projects such as Kites (Barbara Mori) and Veer (Lisa Lazarus).

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That’s what Akshay Kumar seems to be humming these days. The actor who raised a realm of his own in the last two years is reluctant to stop right there. Akshay is far from satisfied with the kind of response he’s generated in desi circles. He now wants to overcome the overseas market as well. And to achieve the feat, he’s shortly going to set out on a promotional journey of his latest flick Chandni Chowk to China. Akshay’s schedule in the next few days is choc-a-bloc with premiers of the film in as many as seven cities across the world. Akki has chartered a flight worth crores of bucks to various destinations.

The actor will attend each of these screenings personally, with wife Twinkle and co-actress Deepika Padukone by his side. The CC2C team will first stop at Los Angeles, USA on the 7th of January, after which they’ll head to New York on the 9th. Toronto, Canada on the 10th, London on the 11th, Dubai on the 12th, Bangkok on the 13th and finally New Delhi on the 14th of January will sum up their itinerary.

The market for Bollywood outside India has developed strappingly in the last two decades or so. And Shah Rukh Khan has apparently contributed extensively to the popularity it enjoys. The Badshah is known to be a huge favourite with the NRI population. Akshay’s enthusiastic new promotional strategy seems to be an encroachment on SRK’s territory. Will it work in the Chandni Chowk lad’s favour? We’ll wait and watch.

source:zoomtv.in