Tag: Role

Anne Hathaway's 'Glee' dream came true at the Golden Globes on Sunday - the show's creator Ryan Murphy approached the actress and offered her a role in the hit TV series.
The 'Devil Wears Prada' star is a longtime fan of the all-singing, all-dancing programme, and last year revealed she wants to play a long lost relative of Chris Colfer's gay character Kurt Hummel. In an interview, she said, "In my head, I've cast myself in 'Glee' and I know what song I'm going to sing! I would

ISLAMABAD - The Indo-Pak parliamentarians' dialogue in Islamabad concluded on Friday, with both sides issuing a joint declaration that recognised the parliamentarians' importance in removing the trust deficit between the two countries.
The parliamentarians held constructive, candid and comprehensive dialogue, agreeing that the trust deficit could be removed by building on commonalities and positives, with a view to resume bilateral dialogue and promoting a people's movement for

January Jones was reluctant to sign up to play a sexy mutant in 'X-Men: First Class', because the film is set in the same era as her TV show 'Mad Men'. The actress has become one of Hollywood's hottest properties since landing her role as Betty Draper in the retro series,
which is set in the world of 1960s advertising. And Jones admits she was fearful about heading back to the past again to play telepathic Emma Frost in the comic book prequel, because the X-Men role is set in

Jennifer Lopez is so desperate to land a guest slot on 'Glee', she pesters Matthew Morrison at parties and asks him to recommend her to the show's creator Ryan Murphy.
Hollywood A-listers are queuing up to appear on the U.S. TV hit, with Anne Hathaway and Javier Bardem both recently expressing their desire to be part of the series. And Lopez is so determined to land a cameo role, she always targets lead star Morrison at celebrity parties and begs him to speak with his boss in a

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-N in 2010 kept on wandering from one pole to another in search of its identity as an opposition party or a ruling one while PML-Q made many botched attempts to enter the power corridors with the fractured body.
After posing an aggressive posture in the first quarter of 2010, PML-N succeeded in achieving its goal of getting 18th Amendment bill passed by the parliament in April which removed the constitutional bar in the way of Nawaz Sharif to

ISLAMABAD: Besides political means, the Pakistan People's Party government also used other channels to persuade Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain to stay a part of the coalition government. A source privy to this development told Pakistan Today that the government had also involved Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General (DG) Waseem Ahmed - considered to be close to the MQM as he has worked as the city police officer in Karachi - to help explain the joint

HAFIZABAD - DCO Abrar Ahmad Mirza has lauded ulema, journalists, elected representatives, traders, citizens and the members of peace committees for maintaining law and order situation on Yaum-e-Ashur.
Talking to journalists at the press club, he said the people of the district had set an example of religious harmony, brotherhood, tolerance and unity among all the segments of the society and proved that they were peace-living citizens of the country.
DDPO Muhammad Tariq

JOHANNESBURG: India captain MS Dhoni downplayed the role of batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar Monday ahead of a three-Test series against South Africa.
Much of the media hype before the first Test from Thursday at Centurion Park centres on the showdown between Tendulkar, seeking his 50th Test ton, and South Africa pace ace Dale Steyn.
But Dhoni told a media conference at the match venue that the clashes between the Tests sides ranked first and second in the world with India

Actress Amy Adams stepped into the boxing ring in preparation for her role in 'The Fighter' - to prove she was rough enough to play the girlfriend of Mark Wahlberg's brawler character Mickey Ward.
Director David O Russell wanted the 'Enchanted' star to appear as Wahlberg's love interest in the legendary boxer's biopic, but he wasn't entirely convinced she could pull off the part as tough-talking Charlene Fleming.
So she pulled on her boxing gloves and learned how to throw a

LAHORE: Former PCB COO Wasim Bari has been appointed as Director Education and Training on contractual basis. He will be based at National Stadium Karachi. This is a new position created to implement PCB's new code of conduct and anti corruption programme.
After taking over he said, "Cricket is facing new challenges but as custodian of the game we are committed to fight for its integrity and survival. Players need to be trained and educated on problems they may face while

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights on Friday split over the point whether intelligence agencies were to be included in a list of law enforcement agencies that should be asked not to violate basic rights of the common man.
Sardar Mehtab Khan Abbasi was of the view that intelligence agencies of the country, including the ISI and MI, specifically be named in the draft as the committee passed a resolution to appeal to the law enforcing agencies not

LOS ANGELESS: Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, who has done select roles in Hollywood, is planning to star in a feature adaptation of Lynn Nottage`s Pulitzer-award-winning play `Ruined`.
HBO is developing the project as a potential TV movie and a starring vehicle for Winfrey with her Harpo Films production. Nottage is developing the screenplay. Loosely inspired from by Bertold Brecht`s `Mother Courage and Her Children`, the story centres on an independent businesswoman, Mama Nadi,

Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh has jetted into Burma to shadow recently released political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi as she prepares to play the democracy campaigner in a big screen biopic.
The actress spent Monday with Suu Kyi, the leader of the National League for Democracy in Burma, who was freed from house arrest in the country last month. The democracy icon had been detained for 15 of the past 21 years because of her political views.
'Tomorrow Never Dies' star Yeoh

ISLAMABAD: A new WikiLeaks diplomatic cable has revealed the details of the Saudi Arabia-backed reconciliation process to bring peace in Afghanistan, quoting Afghan president's brother Abdul Qayyum Karzai saying that Mulla Omar could not survive the talks' process, as he had no role to play and exile was perhaps an option for him.
"I see no way for Mullah Omar to survive the process - he didn't have the intelligence or popular support to emerge on top. He (Omar) and Mulla Barader

KARACHI: The founder and President of Pakistan Federation of Business and Professional Women's Organization Dr Salima R Ahmed also spoke to Pakistan Today.
She indicated that the BPW established itself in Pakistan in 1954, at the time there were very few a venues for professional growth for women, the situation has improved greatly, but there remains a lot of room for improvement in the local economy.
She revealed that some like-minded women in London banded together to

There are innumerable stories about stars drawing inspiration from various sources. But, this would be a first instance when an actress has been motivated by an animal! Katrina Kaif disclosed that she was inspired by a cat for her role in Farah Khan's entertaining pot-boiler 'Tees Maar Khan'.
Sounds strange, but the fact is Kat is very fond of Walt Disney Productions' 'The Aristocats' - an animated feature of the 70s and admits that she likens her role of Aliya Khan to that of a

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that Pakistan's 'Vision East Asia' policy was not driven by economic impulses only but also by its commitment to play a constructive and meaningful role in South and South East Asia.
According to a press release issued by Pakistan High Commission in Singapore, Qureshi expressed these views in a lecture on 'Pakistan in the Next Decade, Prospects and Challenges' at Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in