Review: Rebel is for the masses

Radhika Rajamani says Rebel has the regular masala which will be enjoyed by the mass audience. 

When the Telugu film Rebel begins, one gets the impression that it's going to be an action film. But as the film progresses, it turns into a revenge drama like so many others.

Working with hardly any storyline, director Raghava Lawrence had made a film that is arduous to watch.

Liam Hemsworth Wants Miley Cyrus to Quit Twitter?

Miley Cyrus got the rumor mill going a few weeks ago with a series of sad posts on Twitter. Immediately, the Internet was abuzz with gossip that there was trouble between Miley and fiancé Liam Hemsworth.
On Sept. 13, the actress tweeted, “Thought of the day: maybe it's not that they love you less, they just love you the most they are capable of loving.” After fans got concerned, she followed up with “& no there is not trouble in paradise.... just thoughts.”

Ryder Cup Match 6: Mickelson/Bradley defeat McIlroy and McDowell

Phil Mickelson has hit a few career-defining shots on his resume. There's the the putt on the 18th hole to win his first green jacket; the are-you-kidding-me shot from the pine straw on the 13th hole at the 2010 Masters; and the flop shot from the deep rough that secured the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol.

After London Olympics Debacle, Security Firm Shuffles Top Managers

LONDON — A British company that failed to provide promised security staff for the London Olympics, forcing the army to deploy troops to make up the shortfall, on Friday announced a partial purge of its senior management. 

In a statement after an internal investigation, the company, G4S, said David Taylor-Smith, the chief operating 0fficer, and Ian Horseman Sewell, the managing director global events, had resigned. But the chief executive, Nick Buckles, who acknowledged his company’s shortcomings to a parliamentary panel before the summer games, kept his job.

Ousted From Party in China, Bo Xilai Faces Prosecution

BEIJING — Chinese leaders announced on Friday that Bo Xilai, a disgraced Communist Party aristocrat, had been expelled from the party and would be prosecuted on criminal charges, as the date for the 18th Party Congress, climaxing China’s once-a-decade leadership transition, was scheduled to start on Nov. 8. 

Europe’s Austerity Madness

So much for complacency. Just a few days ago, the conventional wisdom was that Europe finally had things under control. The European Central Bank, by promising to buy the bonds of troubled governments if necessary, had soothed markets. All that debtor nations had to do, the story went, was agree to more and deeper austerity — the condition for central bank loans — and all would be well. 

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