Celebrity Maknyus

(Trailer) 10,000 BC

An epic tale that centers on the development of primitive man, as seen through a 21-year-old hunter from a primitive tribe who must hunt mammoth to survive.

Starring: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Omar Sharif, Marco Khanlian, Cliff Curtis. Releasing: March 7th, 2008. Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence.

Miss India Worldwide 2008 - Shagun Sarabhai

Shagun Sarabhai, a 20-year-old Mumbai homeopathy student who was crowned Miss India Worldwide at a gala banquet. (Click to enlarge images)

Sarabhai, beat contestants from 17 other countries in the diaspora as a panel of judges rated their talent, dress sense in Eastern and Western wear, and answers to questions.

Miss India Canada, Uppeka Jain, 24, was the first princess and Sabiha Hussain, 21, from the host country, was crowned second princess.

With several winners of the 17-year-old pageant started by Dharmatma Saran of New York having gone on to Bollywood, Sarabhai is now also excited about that prospect.

"If offers come my way from Bollywood, I'm going to accept them, yes, but I'm also studying medicine and I'll definitely try to blend both," the winner said.

"It was a little harder for me because I arrived a bit later, but I've always said that hard work pays off and this has proved true," said Sarabhai, whose only nervous moment on stage was when the top three were about to be announced from a shortlist of ten finalists.

"The question and answer round is when you're so nervous because you're faced with so much uncertainty about what question the judges are going to throw at you and what sort of answer you're expected to give. The other parts I was quite confident about."

Crying uncontrollably for the first few minutes after being named the winner, the new Miss India Worldwide quickly regained her composure to pose for the large media contingent as her parents who had flown in specially to support her waited in the wings.

Her mother Bella, a psychologist, and dad Pratesh, a homeopath were overjoyed at their daughter's success.

Commenting on the dance item that she performed, Sarabhai said: 'The song that I chose was done by Bipasha Basu in 'Omkara'. It's actually something that the women have to do in the villages in India to make a living. They have to dance in these bars in cholis and ghagras just to make a living.'

'It was Shagun's charm, poise and grace that epitomises the essence of the culture of an Indian woman that won the day for her,' said the organiser of the event, Farook Khan.

Sarabhai will be taking home with her a package of prizes that includes $5,000 in cash, gold and diamond jewellery, exclusive garments and a laptop computer.

Gabriela Spanic (Galeria 2)

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Justo en la Mira

Justo en la Mira (Vantage Point, 2008) es una película dirigida por Pete Travis y estelarizada por Dennis Quaid, William Hurt y Forest Whitaker, con una actuación especial de Sigourney Weaver. Tal y como sucede en la película Rashomon (1950) de Akira Kurosawa, Justo en la Mira cuenta la historia distintas personas (con puntos de vista diferentes) tras el intento de asesinato del Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América durante una reunión cumbre en Salamanca, España. Los personajes involucrados son: Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) y Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), agentes del servicio secreto asignados para proteger al Presidente Ashton (William Hurt); Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker), un turista norteamericano que ha captado algunas escenas previas al atentado con su videocámara; Enrique (Eduardo Noriega) un policía encubierto español, quien luce como sospechoso y la productora de televisión Rex Brooks (Sigourney Weaver), cuyo noticiero de Global News Network capta la escena del atentado. Tras ser herido de bala en un par de ocasiones, el Presidente es transportado en ambulancia, pero sucede una explosión en la plaza, que deja numerosas víctimas. Thomas Barnes, instantes después de la explosión, trata de hallar a los responsables mediante la grabación de Howard Lewis y la filmación de los reporteros de Rex Brooks. Todo aparece apuntar como responsable a Enrique, quien por su parte ha identificado a su ex-novia Veronica (Ayelet Zurer) como la portadora de la bomba. Ella ha huido del lugar simulando ser un paramédico, junto a Sam Suarez (Saïd Taghmaoui), quien es el cerebro de la operación. Los terroristas tienen conocimiento de que el Presidente (William Hurt)ha enviado a un doble a la plaza, por lo que Javier (Edgar Ramirez), soldado de fuerzas especiales que colabora con los terroristas (debido a que éstos tienen prisionero a su hermano) acude al hotel donde se encuentra realmente el Presidente para secuestrarlo. Tras una detonación que mata a muchos agentes, Javier mata al resto de los guardaespaldas y secuestra con ayuda de Sam y Veronica al Presidente, el cual es conducido a una ambulancia. Thomas Barnes hará todo lo posible por rescatar al mandatario, a pesar de la traición de uno de los agentes del Servicio Secreto.

Justo en la Mira establece una premisa interesante al llegar al fondo de los hechos mediante el rompecabezas que se forma con los elementos aportados por diferentes testigos del atentado. Sin embargo, pronto cae en cierta repetitividad al mostrar los mismos hechos con pocas y nuevas variantes. Al final la historia da un vuelco cuando el protagonista tiene la imagen completa del suceso y entonces veremos algunas secuencias de acción donde destaca la persecución de Barnes en automóvil tras los sospechosos. De cualquier manera, se agradece el esfuerzo de presentar de manera diferente una película de acción convencional.

Justo en la Mira: *** (Buena)

Maria Sharapova on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle

Maria Sharapova of Russia poses with her trophy on a new Harley-Davidson motorcycle after winning the final tennis match of the 2.5 million US dollar Qatar Open WTA tournament against Vera Zvonareva of Russia in Doha on February 24, 2008. Sharapova won the match 6-1, 2-6, 6-0. (Click to enlarge images)

Sharapova will be hoping for some extra baggage allowance as she flies from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates for next week's Dubai Championships, after picking up two gold trophies, a cheque for $414,000 and a Harley Davidson motorcycle for winning in Doha.