Michael Jackson's New Record: Iconic Glove Sold for $330,000 at Auction

Michael Jackson's "Bad" tour glove is seen during the preview day of the "Icons and Idols" auctions at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Nov. 19. 2010.(Credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

When it comes to celebrity auctions, Michael Jackson memorabilia is the "baddest."

So when one of the sequined gloves the King of Pop wore during his "Bad" Tour went up for bid at an auction of celebrity memorabilia in Beverly Hills, Calif., there was a frenzy surrounding the hot item.

The furious bidding took place at Julien's Auctions, where the lone glove worn by Jackson in the late 1980s sold for $330,000 at the "Icons & Idols" auction Saturday night.

More of Jackson's duds from his stage wardrobe went up for auction, including a jacket signed by the icon, which brought in $96,000 and a fedora he wore on stage, which went for $72,000.

There were also some unusual items from Hollywood legends up for bid -- an x-ray of Albert Einstein's brain, which brought $38,750, and a pair of Marilyn Monroe's empty prescription bottles, sold for $18,750.

Competing with the price of Jackson's glove was a military-style jacket worn by John Lennon for a 1966 Life Magazine photo shoot, which sold for $240,000.

According to Julien's Auctions, the two-day event brought in more than $3 million.

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Another war in TELUGU FILM INDUSTRY

Mega brother Nagababu’s outburst at Mirapakay audio launch has been the most talked about topic in Tollywood today. Nagababu’s disappointment and agony was about Orange movie budget.

Already the industry buzz says that, Chiranjeevi made hard comments about the budget of Orange movie that ''whats the need of spending a huge budget for a simple love story" and he too express angry about director that the film zoomed up due to Bhaskar’s confusion over the script.

Even though Nagababu didn’t mention Bhaskar’s name on Mirapakay stage, anyone who has little knowledge about the happenings in Tollywood could assume who he is referring to. Nagababu is usually a calm going, soft spoken person. Its the first time that he reacts that hot that to in Mirapakay function.

Nagababu’s outburst and calling few directors as virus (supposedly Bhaskar) has hurt the Orange director to the core. There is a buzz that Bhaskar wasn’t pleased with Nagababu’s remarks. Bhaskar is getting irked as many of his friends and colleagues are calling him and expressing their concern about Nagababu’s emotional speech. Definitely a sad state to be in, isn’t it?

He also added that "Directors of this modern age must try and learn the skill from astute filmmaker like Ram Gopal Varma who normally concludes a movie in one month. A brilliant example is 'Sarkar' which was finished in one month of time. Our Telugu directors are a total contrast, wasting years of working days, burning huge negative and crores of rupees in handing over a below average result movie. Calculations of Varma must be learnt by our directors. I sincerely express my desire to Varma not to leave the Telugu industry before our directors learn something from him," said Naga Babu praising RGV.

Now every tollywood cine follower can analyze his comments.

The topic he raised is the right one. But why the producers are not controlling the directors on the initial stages like at the script or on the filiming time itself.

Cine lovers are also saying that "Everyone in the film industry has forgotten their role." Then whats the use of out-bursting about some one depending on the movie result.

Some says with laugh "Late wake-up, better luck on his next project that too his family person project." "If the hero isn't Ram charan then he too got what bhasker got indirectly"

On the audio launch Nagababu told that "Bhaskar gave fabulous script." May be if the film is hit and he got his money then those words in audio launch are perfect. Now when the result turns to flip side poor director is facing all the bad remarks.

So the unknown answers that cine lovers asking are"What the producer role. Whats the Directors role and what the So GREAT HERO role in making the movie

‘Shakti’ the next industry record hit for Jr NTR

Jr. NTR resumes shooting Shakti Telugu Movie today. After the success of Brindavanam Jr. NTR is now al poised to carry on Shakti shooting. The unit Wrapping up a fight sequence in a specially Designed set by Art Director Anand sai in Annapurna Studios, Hyderabad.

Shakti is a socio-fantasy film directed by Meher Ramesh and produce d by Ashwini Dutt under Vyjayanthi Movies banner. Ileana is playing heroine in Shakti opposite NTR. And this is the second time NTR Meher Ramesh are coming together after Kantri.

Bollywood actors Sonu Sood, Jackie Shroff and Pooja Bedi are also playing important roles in this movie. Shakti was already shot in locales like Jaipur, Ladakh, Kulu Manali, Egypt, etc.

Hrithik Hrithik Hats-off: applaud form Indian film industry

The Twitter world is quite a busy one, congratulating Hrithik

Hrithik Roshan's performance in Guzaarish seems to have stunned his fellow actors.

Preity Zinta tweets, 'Guzaarish is BRILLIANT ! Hrithik is beyond it all, beyond PERFECT ! Ash is amazing and Sanjay pls take a bow ... BRAVO ! A must see ! WOW !'

Dia Mirza, who promised Hrithik she would watch Guzaarish, tweeted, '@iHrithik watched Guzaarish! Your silences moved me to tears n your voice made me feel a pain n happiness that I believe only u can. RESPECT.'

Sonam Kapoor, who is Bhansali's protege tweeted, 'Just saw #guzaarish, a brilliant movie. Outstanding performances.. A must watch!'

Hrithik's Kites heroine Barbara Mori also wished him love. She said, 'All the best for GUZAARISH is a beautifull film and an amazing acting of @iHrithik all the LOVE i'm sure the movie will rock!!!'

The women were not the only ones showing the actor love. Fellow actor Riteish Deshmukh tweeted, 'HRITHIK ROSHAN in GUZAARISH-Whatta performance-he is truly magical.'

Kunal Kapoor, shooting for Don 2 in Berlin, couldn't wait to watch the movie. He said, 'All the luck to Hrithik and the team of guzaarish!! Heard its a super film, with incredible performances.. Really looking forward to watching it.. Hope its playing in Berlin, even if its a german version :)'

Arjun Rampal also tweeted, '@iHrithik beyond genius,stunning,beautiful performance his best.Ash, gorgeous fabulous, the rest as fab. Sanjay take a bow. Guzaarish.5stars!'

Seems the Tollywood also inspired by roshans performance, but the first one to admire him is prince Mahesh Babu

Mahesh Babu is a great actor himself but never seizes to appreciate when other actors comes up with best performances. He always says good things about other films and actors if he feels they are worth it.

Mahesh Babu recently watched Hrithik Roshan’s Guzaarish in Dubai. He was totally bowled over by Hritihik’s performance in that film that he said “5star performance by Hritik. Makes me very happy when I c performances like that. Outstanding!!”

Very few actors have the heart to applaud other actor’s greatness and Mahesh definitely has a big heart than many. Kudos to Mahesh as well as Hrithik!

Watch 'Mahesh Khaleja' for Mahesh Babu's charisma

Mahesh Babu's 'Mahesh Khaleja', which releases after a three-year gap, hasn't really lived up to the huge expectations built around it. But Mahesh Babu has given a splendid performance and his screen presence is terrific.

Everything looks perfect when Mahesh Babu is around though the script and narration could have been much better. For those who expected another film like 'Okkudu' or 'Athadu', 'Mahesh Khaleja' is certainly a let-down.

The film, however, has its positive points apart from, of course, Mahesh Babu's performance. The cinematography is mind-blowing and the comedy has a classic touch.

Director Trivikram Sreenivas, who has always been a great script and dialogue writer, fails to excel in his core strength this time. What we see on screen is just a couple of hilarious dialogues and some funny situations, but the film lacks the punch seen in Mahesh Babu's previous film 'Athadu', which was also directed by Sreenivas.

In all his hugely successful films like 'Pokiri', 'Athadu' and 'Okkudu', Mahesh always had a few dialogues that had a lot of force and punch. But here Sreenivas has tried to experiment and has given Mahesh too many dialogues and they fail to make an impact.

The first half of the film is dull. It does pick up pace in the second half but the narration is inconsistent and tedious. The climax is little better. The audience may come back feeling that something was surely amiss somewhere.

Moive Review:

After taking three long years and raking lots of controversy, Mahesh Babu’s Khaleja finally hit the screen. However, the film appeared not so impressive despite Trivikram’s efforts to portray Mahesh Babu in a different manner. The storyline is very delicate and the screenplay is zigzag, which ultimately made the film a damp squib.

Story:
Raju (Mahesh Babu) is a taxi driver. Whenever he meets Subhashini aka Subbu (Anushka) suffers huge loss. After one such encounter, Raju gets hospitalised. After his return from hospital, he takes two persons in his taxi to some place and one among them is a geologist. But geologist forgets his wallet in taxi. Raju goes inside to return and gets shocked when some one shoots the geologist. His assistant in a bid to escape jumps from the window and destroys his taxi. Later cirmustance leads Raju to visit Rajasthan.

Meanwhile, Subbu’s father looks for an alliance and finalises the match with the son (Amit) of GK (Prakash Raj), who is a billionaire as they both wanted to join hands in business. After finding some condoms with him, Subbu runs away from him, when he takes Subbu to Rajasthan in a helicopter. There again, Subbu meets Raju. When they wanted to return, GK’s men attack Raju and stab him. However, some villagers, who where suffering from a typical disease due to water contamination and finds Raju as a a saviour. Some coincidences prove that he had the divine powers. How Raju cracked the mystery behind the water contamination? Why GK wanted to contaminate the water and eliminate people from the village? How Raju taught a lesson to GK forms part of the climax.

Performance:
Mahesh Babu’s performance is the sole attraction of the film. He shouldered the entire responsibility to run the movie on his own. He changed the style of dialogue delivery and maintained good comedy timing. He has given a stylish touch to the action scenes and romantic scenes. Anushka is okay as heroine and her character has no scope for performance and she has filled the glamour slot by shaking her legs with the hero. Shafi has given an good performance in the film and has all the chances to bag best supporting actor award. Prakash Raj’s role is very limited and in fact, there is no need for such a big artiste for the villain’s role as the antagonist appeared only in a few scenes in the entire film. Other artistes including Rao Ramesh, Tanikella Bharani and Subbaraju have done justice to their roles and Veda appeared in only one scene. Comedy by Suni, Ali is okay but Brahmanandam is wasted.

Technical:
Dialogues are terrific and most of them are in colloquial language. They appear as if someone is talking casually. Mahesh Babu’s character has got a comedy touch due to the different kind of dialogues. Definitely it would attract the mass audiences. Trivikram has experimented a different screenplay because the story is quite delicate. Music by Manisharma is good to listen. The music overshadowed the lyrics in some of the songs, while some are melodies which are good to listen. Choreography of songs are good in parts. The selection of costumes in some songs are of poor taste. However, the song ‘Om Namo Siva Rudraya’ picturisation is extraordinary and Shafi should be commended for giving an excellent performance in that song. As a whole, the film lost the magical touch of Trivikram.

REMARKS:
The first half an hour of the second half is little boring as the director lost grip on the screenplay. Audiences loses their patience. But, Trivikram has tried to invoke the action drama to capture the attention of mass audiences. Action scenes in the film are quite stylish. Watch the film for Mahesh Babu’s performance and the witty dialogues by Trivikram

Source : entertainment.oneindia

loud cheers at gamesCWG

Rahul by her side, Sonia rises to her feet to cheer the Indian hockey team during the match against Pakistan on Sunday. India beat Pakistan 7-4.

New Delhi, Oct. 10: The Commonwealth Games got its first big turnout today, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi leading the charge of the fan brigade to put a smile on the faces of organisers complaining about the capital refusing to see beyond cricket.

India’s 7-4 defeat of arch-rivals Pakistan in hockey may have been the story of Day 8 of the Games but it was the sight of spectators lining up to enter the various venues that made for the defining picture.

At the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, an unusually animated Sonia in salwar-kameez and son Rahul in orange kurta sat among the sell-out crowd and cheered every move by the home team.

The security was strong, as usual, but unobtrusive. Three Special Protection Group personnel and plainclothes police watched over mother and son and a couple of their guests from a distance.

Manish Dikshit, seated a few rows away along with his 16-year-old nephew Dhruv, said he was “taken aback” by the presence of Sonia and Rahul in the stands.

“Only those in the rows close to where they were seated noticed them at first. The rest did not have a clue that they were around. But once word spread, spectators around us were looking more at mother and son cheering the team loudly than following the action on the field,” Manish said.

Several spectators said Sonia seemed more excited about the Indian victory than Rahul, standing up every few minutes to cheer and clap.

For Manish, the game brought back memories of another Sunday at the same stadium 28 years ago.

“I was inconsolable that day. Pakistan had just thrashed India 7-1 (in the 1982 Asiad final) and I promised never to watch an India-Pakistan hockey match again. I am happy I did today,” he said.

With India doing well in boxing, wrestling, tennis and hockey, similar sentiments surged in the stands at the venues where these events are being held.

Apart from the hockey stadium, the Dr S.P. Mukherjee swimming complex, the Talkatora indoor boxing and Indira Gandhi wrestling arenas, and the R.K. Khanna tennis stadium attracted large crowds.

Those planning to watch the long-distance cycling event were, however, disappointed as overzealous security officials prevented them from going anywhere near the barricaded 13.7km route.

“We know that people feel deprived but we cannot compromise on security,” Rajan Bhagat, a spokesman for Delhi police, said.

Rakesh Sharma, who spent the day visiting a couple of venues along with his wife and children, said the security was proving a killjoy.

“My children wanted to watch cycling but the cops did not allow us even a glimpse. The ticketing system isn’t good either,” he said.

A Games official said that the Delhi police did not want the larger arenas like Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium to be filled to capacity, apart from at the opening and closing ceremonies, because of security concerns.

“They have worked out a ratio of spectators to security personnel at each stadium. While the police can handle packed spectator stands at the smaller stadiums, they have reservations about a big arena like the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium that can seat 60,000,” he said.