Monday, June 15, 2009

Bollywood blockbuster

Jodhaa Akbar, a historical epic about the romance between a Mughal king and a Hindu princess, dominated the 10th International Indian Film Academy awards on Saturday, winning six awards including best picture and best actor for heartthrob Hrithik Roshan.

Two Montreal English bands may be dropped from a bilingual St-Jean-Baptiste concert after one of the backers threatened to pull out over language issues.

The bilingual concert on June 23 in Montreal was to have showcased English bands Lake of Stew and Bloodshot Bill along with Quebec artists Malajube, Vincent Vallieres and Marie-Pierre Arthur.

Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota woman who became America's only music file-sharing defendant so far to go to trial, is getting a replay two years after losing the case.

Thomas-Rasset will be armed with aggressive new lawyers when her retrial begins in federal court today.

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