If like us, you find it too cold to step outdoors to do something adventurous, here’s a fix! Let actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Hemsworth, Felicity Jones, Mark Ruffalo and many more entertain you this month in a cosy cinema hall near you.
Michael Mann’s ‘Blackhat’ starring Chris Hemsworth, Tang Wei, Viola Davis and Holt McCallany in lead roles is all set to hit the silver screens on 16th January. This action-thriller depicts American and Chinese agencies trying to track a cyber criminal who is out to hack the international banking network.
A biographical drama, ‘Mr. Turner’ is about the life of the famous British painter J.M.W. Turner and the experiences that inspired him to paint. Featuring Timothy Spall as J.M.W. Turner along with co-stars Dorothy Atkinson, Paul Jesson, Marion Bailey, Lesley Manville and Martin Savage; the movie will be out on 16th January.
Also releasing on the same day is ‘The Imitation Game’ starring the British heartthrob Benedict Cumberbatch, Kiera Knightley, Matthew Goode and Charles Dance. This historical thriller takes inspiration from the life of British mathematician and logician Alan Turing and showcases his contribution in cracking the Enigma code during World War II.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5CjKEFb-sM
Competing with Alan Turing’s exhilarating life story is a biographical drama inspired by physicist Stephen Hawking’s life, ‘The Theory of Everything’. Starring Eddie Raymond as Stephen Hawking with co-stars Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox and Emily Watson, this romantic-drama is also set to release on 16th January.
Adding to the list of biographical dramas set to entertain you this month is ‘Foxcatcher’ starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, and Vanessa Redgrave. The crime drama revolves around the true story of Olympic Wrestling Champion brothers Mark and Dave Schultz and their relationship with multi-millionaire John Du Pont. The movie will hit screens on 23rd January.
Hitting the screens on the same day is ‘Mortdecai’ starring Johnny Depp in a rather unusual role of an art dealer who travels the world to find a stolen painting that is believed to be hiding the code of a bank account full of Nazi gold. The movie also stars Olivia Munn, Ewan McGregor and Gwyneth Paltrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTAz8lTDCmk
Releasing on 30th January is ‘Birdman’ (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). This American black comedy revolves around the story of a washed-up actor who was famous decades ago for essaying the role of the Birdman in iconic superhero blockbusters. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritum, the movie stars Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis and Edward Norton.
Bass, beats and energy are the things you need to keep in mind when zeroing in on the music that will keep your party pumping. With all the New Year parties round the corner, we’ve got together the hottest tracks released in 2014 that must make it to your party play list! Take a look and thank us later!
Calvin Harris – Blame ft. John Newman
Ariana Grande – Problem ft. Iggy Azalea
Calvin Harris – Summer
Pitbull – Time Of Our Lives ft. Ne-Yo
Waze & Odyssey vs R. Kelly – Bump & Grind
Avicii – The Nights
Pharrell Williams – Happy
David Guetta & Showtek – Bad ft. Vassy
The Chainsmokers – #SELFIE
Jason Derulo – “Wiggle” feat. Snoop Dogg
The Chainsmokers vs. Tove Lo – Habits
Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs W&W – Waves (Tomorrowland 2014 Anthem)
Maroon5 – Maps
Iggy Azalea – Black Widow ft. Rita Ora
Hardwell – Everybody Is In The Place
Video Source: All video’s sourced from their Official Youtube channels
As the year wraps up, let us remind you of these top 25 stories of 2014 that probably made you scan Google for more scoop ‘coz the headline just wasn’t enough! Take a look.
1. The ‘Sanskaari man’
Yes Alok Nath did get his due fame in the end of 2013 but the memes continued till early this year! This 58 year old ‘Babuji’ was one of the hottest internet sensations inspiring the multiple rib-cracking memes hovering around online.
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2. Ellen DeGeneres’s Oscar selfie
The most epic selfie of all times was taken at the Oscars early this year! Nothing can break the record of over 3 million retweets of this picture within a year! And then our Indian celebs jumped on the bandwagon too, legitimising selfies all over the country forever!
Source: www.nydailynews.com
3.Kevin Spacey’s ‘Lungi Dance’
Bollywood made us proud! Thank you Deepika and Shahid.
4. The Flappy Bird addiction
If you didn’t get your hands on the most-downloaded game of the year 2014, all we gotta say is – there’s nothing you can do now! The game was discontinued because the creator of the game Dong Nguyen thought it was ‘too addictive’ for the users and the success of the game ruined his simple life. Oh Well!
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5. Kim & Kanye’s glossy affair Step 1. North West Step 2. Let’s be on the cover of Vogue Step 3. Let’s get married! Step 4. THAT!
Source: www.nydailynews.com
6. Sarthak Agarwal scored 99.6% in CBSE in the year 2014!
Looks like Alok Nath’s aashirwaad worked for this wonderboy and the world agrees!
Source: www.deccanchronicle.com
7. When King Joffrey Baratheon was poisoned
One of the top 25 stories of 2014 was the death of King Joffrey Bratheon! Finally! The good did triumph over evil in Game of Thrones! And we thought this day would never come. Could Jon Snow be the next king now? Please?
Source: www.reddit.com
8. How I Met Your Mother finally got its disappointing ending – And we were so mad!
Source: www.radiotimes.com
9. When Fifty Shades of Grey released its first trailer
The fans of the famed book got their first glimpse of what Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele would look like in real life! Disappointing for some, exciting for many others, the trailer managed to work its magic and make it through our list of the top 25 stories of 2014! #MrGreyWillSeeYouNow
10. When Beyonce’s Sister Solange Knowles attacked Jay Z in an Elevator – Well that’s some family bonding!
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11. When ISRO made us proud with the Mars orbiter
Another reason to feel proud about being Indian. How our country made it to the Red planet in the first attempt. Way to go Managalyaan! One of the very important things that happened in 2014, Mangalyaan created history like never before! #NeverHappenedBefore
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12. When nude celebrity pictures raided the internet
That was unfortunate. Not cool. We love all the actors especially you JLaw #RespectPeoplesPersonalProperty #Karma
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
13. When Flipkart had their biggest sale ever
E-commerce giant Flipkart.com had its biggest sale ever in October this year. ‘The Big Billion day’ was supposed to be a milestone event for the company. The ‘aam aadmi’, however, had a different story to tell. Perhaps these twitter feed below can give us an idea.
Source: e27.co
14. (Talking about Aam Aadmi) Our very own Muffler man is set to make a comeback
After being in power for 49 days this year, Mr. Kejriwal is all set to make an iconic comeback in the upcoming Delhi elections in the year 2014. Let’s see what’s in store for us this time!
Source: www.theunrealtimes.com
15. Alia Bhatt came back with a comeback!
For all those internet bullies who tried to get their 5 minutes of fame by coming up with Alia-Bhatt-is-so-dumb jokes, the actress featured in a comeback video along with All India Bakch*d and won our hearts! Well done Alia! #GeniusOfTheYear
16. When the Apple CEO said these words “I’m proud to be gay”
We love Apple and we love how Tim Cook encouraged people all over the world to accept themselves as they are.
Source: liberty247.net
17. When George Clooney tied the knot with Amal Alamuddin
It may be his second time at the altar but there’s no other couple THAT gorgeous. Sorry ladies, September 29th 2014 took away Hollywood’s most eligible bachelor from ya’ll!!
Source: www.panorama.it
18. And if there were any unshattered hearts left in the world then they were broken into bits when British heartthrob, Benedict Cumberbatch announced his engagement to actress Sophie Hunter in The Times of London. The Cumber… ahem… Collective literally tore the internet apart. The cute, traditional announcement did nothing to make the pain less bitter-sweet!
Source: www.hollywoodlife.com
19. And the next day Google pulled the plug on Orkut
After living a popular life for 10 years, Google’s first social networking site Orkut was shut down. RIP Orkut, you’ve been so kind and supportive to us through our entire childhood!
Source: www.orkut.com
20. When our PM, Narendra Modi, rocked Central Park with Hugh Jackman
Quoting the famous dialogue from the Star Wars movies ‘May the force be with you’ with all his passion while standing next to Wolverine, proves that PM Modi is way cooler than you think he is! #Maytheforcebewithyou
Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival
21. When PM Modi launched the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’
PM Modi launched The ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ nationwide to focus on sanitation, hygiene and waste management. Not just the PM, biggies like Anil Ambani, Big B, Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan also joined the bandwagon and contributed their bit in keeping the country clean.
Source: www.dnaindia.com
22. When blue ticks ruined our lives
2014 will also go down as the year of those evil blue ticks that Whatsapp introduced, making lives difficult the world over! Why Whatsapp? Why?!
23. When Salman Khan’s sister got married
Known as the biggest B-town event this year, this 65-crore big fat wedding witnessed an assemblage of the most sought-after people of the country and some people buried the hatchet. Wonder why we weren’t invited?!
Source: www.indiatvnews.com
24. When Gauhar Khan was slapped for wearing skimpy clothes
On the set of India’s Raw Star, the ex-Big Boss winner was slapped by an audience member for wearing…ugghhh not-very-modest clothes!
25. DDLJ completes 1000 weeks
The epic romantic saga of the 90’s Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge entered its 1000th running week at the Maratha Mandir in December and the movie still manages to warm the cockles of our hearts. To celebrate this milestone for the movie that defined an era in Bollywood, YRF produced this new trailer that had us going for the tissues. #DDLJForever
Bhopal: A prayer For Rain, Exodus, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Night at the Museum 3 and The Interview are the Hollywood movies set to entertain you throughout the month of December! Watch to find out what to expect from these films.
Hitting the screens on December 5th is the Ravi Kumar directorial venture Bhopal: A prayer for rain. Starring Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton and Kal Penn, the movie is a retelling of the shocking tragedy of the poisonous-gas leak from a pesticide factory in Bhopal.
On December 12th is the Christian Bale and Aaron Paul starrer ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’. Directed by Ridley Scott, the Biblical-inspired movie revolves around Moses and his courage to set 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from an empire led by the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses.
Releasing on the December 17th is the third and the final installment of The Hobbit series, ‘The battle of the five armies’. Directed by Peter Jackson, the movie has British heartthrobs Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch starring along with Iam Holm and Ian McKellen.
Competing for attention in the same week on December 19th is the American comedy – Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. Directed by Shawn Levy, this sequel to the 2009 flick, stars Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson and Ben Kingsley.
Next in line is The Interview. Releasing on December 25th, the movie’s highlight is the popular leading duo James Franco and Seth Rogen. Directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, this action-comedy is a must-watch this Christmas!
As Johnny Depp turns 52, yes 52, we show you how he’s managed to look incredibly hot all along. Here are some tips that all you men out there can use!
Besides being Hollywood’s highest paid actor Johnny Depp has also been voted the Sexiest Man Alive and not just once, twice. On his birthday, we get you a lowdown of the trends inspired by this gorgeous man.
Johnny Depp’s style is characterized by his many hats that he carries with effortless oomph. From fedoras to beanies, this star can make hats look like they belong to the right place.
Short, long, messy, curly, if there’s one actor who can manage to look good in every kind of hair style, it’s Johnny Depp.
Don’t think you are an eyewear person, turn to Depp for inspiration; coloured, nerdy or traditional he can rock all these looks with his special brand of charm.
If you feel accessories were not meant for guys, think again. Here’s how Johnny dons the jewels and makes us swoon.
Lastly, the right attitude. There aren’t a lot of men who would sport their fiancée’s wedding ring with such ease in public.
