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10.03.10 |
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Style Check
The city struck a pose for Lakme Fashion Week Resort 2010. Presenting the clicks up our sleeve.
 bpb's pick-tionary of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/ Resort 2010.
Anita Dongre’s all-white collection, confusingly, is named after the Pink City. Still, a pretty show.
Babita Malkani’s Bhutan-inspired rompers, drafted from durris, are super cute. Don’t bale on this one!
Christopher Kane tells a tabloid that he likes Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, but can’t quite remember his full name. This year’s biggest fashion malfunction.
Front Row: Urmila Matondkar, Raveena Tandon, Dino Morea, Celina Jaitley, Neha Dhupia attend. Freida Pinto, however flies down from Montreal exclusively for Brit designer Christopher Kane. No slumming it out in the desi shows for her.
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04.03.10 |
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Moon Over
From here to the moon and back, Mumbai goes places this week.
 Our weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings.
Celeb(ate) Talk: Megan Fox claims she has had only two lovers, Jessica Simpson upset at being called “sexual napalm” by John Mayer, Lady Gaga is abstaining, and Robert Pattison allergic to vaginas. Seriously?!
Chandrayaan – 1 scores “finding of the millennium”, discovers water, ice on the moon. Satellite (c)able!
Crash of naval aircraft during Hyderabad air show kills pilot and co-pilot, four others dead. R.I.P
Hockey Score: India thrashes Pakistan, loses dismally to Australia in Hockey World Cup. Stick with it, guys!
Leaser Known Fact: New data indicates that office space in Mumbai is among the five most expensive in the world, ahead of New York, Paris and Milan.
M F Husain: After being harangued by right-wing hooligans, the famous artist accepts Qatari citizenship, claims he “enjoys complete freedom” there. Qatar more free than India? Bizarre picture!
Pagdis in Paris: Umang Hutheesing commissions an exhibit of Indian royal costumes in the French capital, collaborates with the Pierre Berge-Yves Saint Laurent Foundation.
Oil Sports: As opposition reaction to Budget 2010 cools, fuel prices in India are on the rise.
Quake of 8.8 magnitude rocks Chile, killing over 800, affecting millions and shifting the Earth’s axis by about 3 inches. Click here to help.
Sexy Six: Elle picks Mumbai’s hottest models ahead of Lakme Fashion Week, which kicks off on Saturday. Who’s your favorite?
Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland releases over the weekend. Remember: we’re all mad here!
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24.02.10 |
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Stroke Out!
Highest runs and accidents: we tally Mumbai's record this week.
 Our weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings.
Batsman extraordinaire! Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricketer in the world to score a double century in ODIs. Son of the soil, you make us proud! Bengaluru skyscraper fire injures over 50, nine dead. R.I.P. Burberry live streams first 3D fashion show ever, from London Fashion week to custom-designed spaces in New York, Tokyo, LA and Dubai. Style’s new “Avatar”? Fashion designer Rohit Bal suffers major heart attack on Tuesday, recovering after angioplasty surgery. Get well soon! Hrithik Roshan steams up the pages with Katrina Kaif in the anniversary issue of Harpers Bazaar. Take what you can get girls, as all the “bold scenes” between Hrithik and Barbara Mori are rumored to have been edited out of Kites. HSC board exams kick off today with over 11 lakh students taking the test amid reports of flooded help lines, copy cats and shrinking chairs. Good luck, book worms! IPL is not only a potential terror target, it may also be an agent of global warming: NGO to Supreme Court. Tricky pitch! National Death Capital? Mumbai has the highest number of accidental deaths in India, new research shows. Case in point: stray bullets from a police firing range hit a parked car and building wall in Powai yesterday. Comforting aim our cops have. Padma Lakshmi gives birth to baby girl, while lingerie model Angie Valencia is accused of heading one of the world’s biggest drug gangs. Models are the new moms – and mobs! Rail Budget 2010: No hike in fares, 101 new local train services for Mumbai. Mamata (finally) on the right track? Say cheese: Indian Memory Project by Swa seeks to preserve national history through old family pictures. Send in your photos here.
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22.02.10 |
Garden
State
Don't be surprised to see Malabar Hill's giant shoe tapping along with Something Relevant this Saturday.
 Dancing Shoe
If you see the big old shoe at Hanging Gardens tapping in time to the music this Saturday, don’t be surprised. That’s just the effect the terrifically talented (and cute) boys from Something Relevant, one of the hottest bands around, have on their audiences.
This rock band, along with 24 other musical acts will perform at Malabar Hill’s renowned garden as part of the Space Cadet project. They play this Saturday, soon after their gig at Sula Fest last weekend: we’re sure they’ll be farm fresh and bursting with flavor.
Out of This World
Mumbai has recently begun taking better advantage of its open-aired spaces, but the super pretty Hanging Gardens have until now gone largely unexploited. Something Relevant’s Stuart DeCosta, in partnership with the Bombay Electrik Project and the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are set to change that with the Space Cadet project.
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So gather up your blanket, break out the picnic basket and get set to rock out. For a small taste of the music to come, we bring you Something Relevant’s top ten track list, exclusively for bpb readers’ listening pleasure. And don’t forget your dancing shoes!
Cat Empire - Days Like These
Dave Matthews Band - Jimi Thing
Fat Freddy’s Drop - Wandering Eye
Amos Lee - Soul Suckers
John Mayer featuring Herbie Hancock - Stitched Up
Jessice5 – Don’t Stop
John Butler Trio - Zebra
Black Eyed Peas featuring Macy Grey - Request Line
Junkyard Groove – It’s Ok
Something Relevant - Eddy on a Roll
Getting there: The Bandstand at Hanging Gardens, Malabar Hill on Saturday, February 27 at 5.30 pm.
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18.02.10 |
 What: International culinary workshops, Le 15 Central Kitchen, shop 2, B wing, Rajgruha Co-Op, VM Marg, near India Bulls Building, Lower Parel, call 9820487727 or email
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, Rs 2,000 per class (Rs 1,500 for the cupcake workshop), 10% off for bpb!
Why: In less time than it takes to scope out a good caterer, you can learn how to whip up your own Parisian tarts, cream cheese cupcakes or breakfast complete with waffles and French toast. Next week, Le 15 Patisserie is getting chefs from Korea to France to conduct three-hour gourmet cooking workshops in the city. Pot luck!
When: March 3 to 8, see full schedule here.
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Weekend Quickie: Silent outdoor party at Blue Frog on March 12; Green beer at Bonobo on March 17 for St Patrick’s Day; booze deals for IPL III at Olive Bar and Kitchen (Bandra and Mahalaxmi). 
