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Timely help
Finally, an awards show with some surprises and spontaneity. The Screen Actors Guild Awards featured some unexpected winners, including The Help for best overall cast performance and French actor Jean Dujardin for best actor in The Artist alongside some of the longtime favourites in movies and television. But there was a looseness and a playfulness that permeated the Shrine Exposition Center on Sunday night — maybe because it was a room full of people who love to perform, without the rigidity of one single host to lead them. Unlike the great expectations that came with the sharp-tongued Ricky Gervais’ reprisal at the Golden Globes a couple weeks ago or the much-anticipated return of Billy Crystal
 
Colours of the Republic
 
The 63rd Indian Republic Day, celebrated in Dubai at the Indian High School premises on Jan. 26, was an occasion when seriousness and fun contented for equal honours. Both came out trumps. The event took off when Consul General of India in Dubai (CG) Sanjay Verma unfurled and saluted the Indian tricolour. 
 
Blowing a kiss
 
Paul McCartney’s new album Kisses on the Bottom will see the legendary Beatles’ singer harking back to the golden era of Hollywood, bringing both old favourites and new compositions to his latest musical offering. Kisses on the Bottom, named after the lyrics on the album’s first track I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and
 
A woman of substance
 
The upcoming 84th Academy Awards ceremony could be truly special for Pakistan. Yes, you’ve read that right. For the first time ever, a Pakistani filmmaker will be up for an Oscar on Hollywood’s big night. What’s more, the nominee is actually in with more than an outside chance of going the distance.
 
Lights out
 
For Daniel Radcliffe, it’s time to forget Harry Potter.  The 22-year-old actor, inextricably linked to the boy wizard he played throughout the movie franchise, takes on his first adult role in Victorian-era horror film The Woman in Black. Hitting theatres in Britain on Feb.10 and a week earlier in the United States,
 
 
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