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Cirque du Soleil takes its act to sea on new Mediterranean cruises as a new cruise ship hosts two Cirque productions, six nights a week.

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When the MSC Meraviglia is christened June 3 in Le Havre, France — receiving a blessing from Italian actress Sophia Loren, no less — a group of 15

performers will have already spent more than a month on the docked ship flying through the air, juggling, perfecting acrobatics and, just as important, getting their sea legs on new Medi-terranean cruises. As Cirque du Soleil takes its act to sea through a new partnership with MSC Cruises, there’s no use rehearsing on solid land.

The maiden trip leaves today (June 4) from Marseille to Genoa, Naples and Messina in Italy; Valletta, Malta; and Barcelona. Fares start at $589.50. The seven-day cruise will be a two-ring circus of sorts: The 5,700-passenger ship will be the first to host not one but two distinct Cirque du Soleil shows six nights a week in a $22m theatre called the Carousel Lounge, which was designed specifically for aerial feats. “Viag-gio” is the first show; “Sonor” will not begin until June 18. While the entertainment company has performed on cruises before, these are the first original Cirque du Soleil productions at sea, in the first such venue built specifically for the needs of circus performers.

Over the next three years, six more Cirque du Soleil at Sea shows will launch in custom-designed theatres on three sister ships of the Meraviglia, thanks to a long-term partnership between the Montreal-based performing com-pany and MSC Cruises, which is based in Geneva.

Creating a cruise show brings up some unconventional theatrical considerations. “You

have to keep that high level that Cirque offers of acrobatic performance, but you’re not on flat unmovable land,” said Susan Gaudreau, show director of Cirque du Soleil at Sea. “It upped the level for us a little bit.”

Plus, space on a cruise ship is limited. The intimate Carousel Lounge can accommodate 413 spectators, a fraction of the big-top settings that can seat up to 2,500. The setting called for added creativity. “The trapeze wouldn’t work because the ceiling is a lower height than what a big top is,” Gaudreau said. They had to find other ways to move performers through the air, such as using aerial tracks and creating a car-ousel that transports them.

That wasn’t the only challenge. Gaudreau and Marie-Hélène Delage, creative director of Cirque du Soleil at Sea, knew that they were lim-ited to one theatre, one cast and one crew, but they needed to create two unique shows with their own costumes and concepts.

“We wanted them to be as different as possi-ble,” Delage said. “Not only in aesthetics but also in the acrobatic performance.”

That meant they needed to find a range of

abilities in anyone they hired, so that they could call on a particular circus talent in the first show

— say, juggling — and then another in the next show — say, aerial work — to keep the produc-tions distinct and audiences enthralled.

“If you came to both shows you would not even recognise the same artists; you wouldn’t even know it was the same team of designers that created the two shows,” Gaudreau said.

She said that the shape and size of the venue helped her dream up each show. “Viaggio” is the tale of a painter following his muse and discov-ering a world of color and imagination, and Gaudreau was inspired to use the Carousel Lounge’s expansive LED screen as a blank can-vas to paint his masterpiece.

The story of “Sonor” was inspired by the the-atre’s immersive sound system, and the narrative about a hunter pursuing his prey is driven by rhythm and music.

“The sound system was so amazing I was like, ‘Wow, I’ve got to do something with sound.’ That was my main trigger,” Gaudreau said.

The Carousel Lounge isn’t just the stage for the show. By day, the space will be open to pas-sengers, who can drink coffee and gaze out the lounge windows that give way to 180 degrees of horizon views. In the afternoon, the lounge will close so that artists and crew members can rehearse before each 40-minute production. The show packages, for which passengers will pay a surcharge, include either a three-course-meal (at roughly $39 to $43) or cocktail (at about $16 to $19) and are tailored to each production.

While audiences shouldn’t expect any heavy nautical themes at the shows, Gaudreau says they should look for a wink to the unique set-ting: “We call it ‘a little kudos to life at sea.’ “

Watch circus at sea on Mediterranean cruises

CAMPUS SUNDAY 4 JUNE 201704CBSE CLASS X TOPPERS - BIRLA PUBLIC SCHOOL

Hamna Fathima

Adithya Ajeet Aditya Krishna Afeef Abdul Rahman

Aleena Mary Ameen Ayash Amisha Anish Amogh Nafde Angela Antu Aravind Kannan Ashna Maria

Ayisha Firdhawsi Benett Benny Carol Joseph Chinmayi Suresh Chrispa John David Jayan Dhwani Ramasami

Erin Susan Thomas

Abigail Treesa

Hrisheekesh Ishita Sameer

Aaron John Thomas Abel Sam Thomas

Hafeez Hameed

Adhithya Anil Alby Varghese

Athul Shankar

Diksha Rathuri

Jeremy Sam Anil Jeremy Sam Geroge Jittin Varghese

Joann Fay Dsouza Joshma Thomas Joshua Fernandez Julia Anna Joseph Kevin Johnson Krupaa VaniJyothis Mathew Karthik Vasu

Mahek Mekha S Mitali Haridas Mohammed Anzar Muhammed Amjad Nandana Nasla Mashoor Neha Biju

Niamah Aisha Niranjana Nishitha Saravanan Pooja Jayachandran Pranav Illikel Prathyusha Bharath Presida Priya Cecilia

CAMPUSSUNDAY 4 JUNE 2017 05

Rupak RaviRenu Geogy Roshna Elza Alex Sai Prajwal Saji AnietaRuchiraRimsha Zubair Sakshi Sunil

Sania Rahman Sanjana Sanoj Shamitha ReddySara Joseph Shivani Harish Shivani KujuluaSarthak Behal Shrivatshan

Sifarath Salim Sneha Karthik Taneshqa JSuvedha RameshSophia Ann Sajan Subhanshi Rawat Swetha Maria Treesa Jijy

Vaishnavi C Vandana P Vijairam Ganesh Vinaya Rajesh Vishnu Rajesh Vishwesh P Yashi Sinha

Muhammed Jaseem

Pallikal

Agna A Soni Alna A Soni Aman Sadath Dhivyashri Ramesh Evanna Susan Sajeeve Gopika Chandran Ishika Dhaka

Megha Mariam George Nabeel Najeeb Nida Fathima

Cl a s s X N a t i o n a l Curriculum

results were announced by the CBSE and as usual Birla Public School has earned hundred percent pass.The tenth batch consisted of 327 students. Among

In Doha Mod-ern Indian School, 15 out

of 66 Students scored Cumula-tive Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 10.

P r i n c i p a l , Staff and School M a n a g e m e n t

Michelle Mariam Varghese

Joshni Maureen J

Ridhika K Reji Rishi Nair

DOHA MODERN INDIAN SCHOOL

them 87 students scored A1 grade in all the subjects, thereby having a Cumu-lative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 10.

• The CGPA of 114 students is between 9 and less than 9.99. • The CGPA of 69 students is between 8 and less than 8.99.

• The CGPA of 57 students is between 6 and less than 7.99. The School CGPA is 8.98 and the school average in term of percentage is 85.31%.

congratulated all students, teachers and parents for the wonderful and high result once again this year.

The percentage of students scored 10

CGPA is 22.72% and the percentage of stu-dents scored 9.8 and above CGPA is 39.39%. 60.60% of students scored 9.6 and above and 78.78% students scored 9 and

above CGPA. 92.42% of students scored 8 and above Cumulative Grade Point Aver-age and 11 students scored CGPA of 9.8 and above.

CAMPUS SUNDAY 4 JUNE 201706

Fuaad Ansaruddin

Isha Sanjaykumar Maisuriya

Mihir Mangesh Ketkar

Pratik Manish Gore

Harinishree Ganesan

Kaushik Ramesh Kumar

P Harish Ragavendhra

Riyah Mehnaz Ayinikunnan

Gautam Venkatesh Ambaty

Jade Deborah D Mello

Mohammad Jauwaad Shams

Punam Santosh Deshpande

Haritha Koorkkaparambil

Keerthi Venkatesh Thota

Palak Barman

Rohit Vasudevan Chari

Hamda Arif

Jaideep Singh Soodan

Mohammed Jassim

Ramsubramanian Chinnakannan

Hemant Suresh

Kunal Srinivas

Pavithra Sundararajan

S Priyatharshan

Hamza Ahmed Khan

Karthika Sreeja Suresh

Monisha Chitra Vasimalai

Rehan Fauzi Ansari

Hridey Batra

Malhaar Deepan Thakore

Pradipta Paul

Sabyasache Sarker

Harini Prabakar

Kathan Jani

Neelima Jestin

Reuben Suju Varghese

Iman Abdul Latheef

Manaal Shamsudeen

Prasoon Parashar

Sai Sriram Yannamani

DPS-Modern Indian School

Aswath Sudheendran

Devangini TalwarAustin Sebi Chalakkal

Dhwani Pratik ShahAyushi Mohanty Dibyendu Trinanjan Gupta

Beenish Khan Elsa Mary PhilipDeema Jahan Sakeer Eshita Saxena

A Shanmuga Sundaram

Amal Najeeb

Aditya Bansal

Ansari Mohammed Ishaq

Aadharsh Roshan Nandha Kumar

Ananya Salian

Afreen

Ansari Mohammed Yaqoob

Aakash Jain

Ananya Sharma

Ahmed Raza

Anshuman Roy

Abdul Mohi Mohammed Siddiqui

Andrea Anne Miranda

Aleena Jomon

Aravind Narayanan

Abhimanyu Sanjaykumar

Aniket Kabra

Amal Fareed

Arun Mahadevan Prabu Sankar

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CBSE CLASS X TOPPERS - SHANTINIKETAN INDIAN SCHOOL

Fathima Najeeb Haya Yasmine Shaheeen

Hiba Mohammed Ashraf

Josu Mariam JobyMahmooda Choudhury

Montaha Ahmed Elbadwi Mohamed H

Naja Hameed Nida Ismail Noora Hussain Nuha Mohammad Shareef Koya

Reshma Subaraj Rifa Pandarapetti Kalathingal

Roshni Subaraj Sanuja Sulaiman Puthiyaveetil

Sharlet Feba Thomas Suraya Omer Osman Vimal Joshy

Crisella Divina Fernandes

Students of Shantiniketan Indian School have excelled once again in the Class X Board examinations conducted by CBSE in March 2017. School attained 100% pass with 21 students (16.15%) scoring 10 CGPA (A1 Grade in all subjects). 23.08% got CGPA 9 and

above while 24.62% of students got CGPA 8 and above. Abdul Latheef, President, School Management Committee, and Dr Subhash B Nair, Principal, congratulated students and staff for their hard work and parents for their support.

DPS-MIS Doha recorded another magnificent per-formance in the CBSE-AISSE for the session 2016-17.

“It’s a great moment of pride for our performance in CBSE AISSE Grade X - 2016-17 which is extremely com-mendable. The entire DPS-MIS Family congratulates all our students for their distinguished achievement. Keep up the good work going,” the school said in a statement yesterday.

Out of 289 students appeared for the examinations, 93 students have scored A1 in all subjects (CGPA 10) and 202 students have secured CGPA between 9 and 10.

The school average is 9.19 and the school has attained 100% pass.

Abdullah Aditya Kumar Bhagat

Derry Wilson

Sakar Baral

Sudheera Karingamadathil

Aditya Dalal

Shanmathi Mahesh

Vardhah Anees Moidu

Sameeha Mehreen

Syed Ali Zahiruddin Ahmad

Anusha Suresh Kumar

Sheetal Sampath

Vardini Ganesh

Samiksha Arora

Syed Hamad Abbas

Anushka Rajesh

Shourya Agrawal

Varghese GeorgeTamminana Bhavyasri

Shristi Dass

Varun Srinivasan

Saptanshu Mishra

Tony Sibin

Sreyeskrishnan Shajeev

Yengkhom Hojai Naomi

Sanjana Somanath Sannamari

FOOD SUNDAY 4 JUNE 201708

The dinner salad you could eat this summerBonnie S Benwick The Washington Post

Just the look of this salad is enough to make you want to dig right in, isn’t it? It features the interplay of warm and cool,

roasted and toasted, soft and crisp.There’s minimal prep work and

one-pan ease for the oven-browned chunks of zucchini and tender yel-low-fleshed potatoes. I especially like the mix of different greens: Dandelion greens, mache and basil work well here, but keep the com-bination of watercress, purslane and butter lettuce in mind for another time.

You don’t even have to make a dressing — drizzles of extra-virgin olive oil and sherry vinegar do the trick.

Roasted Zucchini, Potato and Burrata Salad

Ingredients8 ounces burrata cheese (may

substitute fresh mozzarella)2 or 3 medium zucchini (11 to 14

ounces total)1 pound small Dutch gold or

Yukon Gold potatoes3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive

oil1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus

more as needed1/2 teaspoon freshly ground

black pepper, plus more as needed1/4 cup pine nutsAbout 12 ounces mixed greens,

such as watercress or dandelion, plus mache (lamb’s lettuce; about 6 cups total)

1/4 cup packed basil leaves2 tablespoons sherry vinegar

4 servingsStepsPreheat the oven to 400

degrees. Let the burrata come to room temperature.

Meanwhile, trim the zucchini, then cut crosswise into 1 1/2-inch-long rounds or half-cylinders. Cut the potatoes into halves or quarters, depending on their size.

Place the vegetables on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the oil and season with the salt and pepper, tossing to

coat and making sure the cut sides are facing down. Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, until tender. When you turn the zucchini pieces and pota-toes over, they should be nicely browned on the cut sides.

While they’re in the oven, toast the pine nuts in a small, dry skillet over medium-low heat for a few minutes, shaking it to avoid scorch-ing, until they are fragrant and golden brown. Let cool.

Arrange the greens on a platter. Tear the basil leaves, letting them

fall on the greens. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Add the roasted zucchini and potatoes and toasted pine nuts. Cut or tear the burrata, arranging dollops of the cheese around the platter.

Drizzle the salad with the vin-egar and the remaining tablespoon of oil. Serve right away.

Nutrition: Per serving: 420 cal-ories, 17 g protein, 29 g carbohydrates, 29 g fat, 10 g satu-rated fat, 40 mg cholesterol, 380 mg sodium, 5 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar.

SUNDAY 4 JUNE 2017 09Joe Yonan The Washington Post

Ingredients1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion

or shallot4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

(from 1 to 2 lemons)2 bunches quick-cooking

greens (such as beet, chard, kale, mustard or watercress), washed and dried

6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

2 teaspoons ground cumin2 teaspoons ground sumac4 cloves garlic, thinly slicedTwo 15-ounce cans no-salt-

added chickpeas, rinsed and drained (or 3 cups cooked chickpeas)

2 to 4 tablespoons warm water, plus more as needed

1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more as needed

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon Aleppo pepper or other medium-heat ground chile pepper

1/2 cup feta cheese, sliced, for serving

1/2 cup halved cherry tomatoes, for serving

1/2 cup sliced cucumber, for serving

1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro or mint leaves, for serving

4 servings

StepsCombine the red onion or shal-

lot and 2 tablespoons of the lemon juice in a small bowl, making sure it is submerged; this will mellow the bite and make the allium easier to digest.

Remove the center ribs of the greens with a knife, or use your hands to strip off the leaves. Stack

the leaves into short piles and roll up tightly; cut into 2-inch pieces.

To make the chickpea smash, heat a 10- or 12-inch skillet over medium heat.

Add 4 tablespoons of the oil, tilt-ing the pan to coat. Once the oil shimmers, add the cumin and sumac along with half of the garlic, stirring constantly to prevent burning.

Add the chickpeas, stirring to coat with the spices and garlic. Cook until the chickpeas are heated through, about 8 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of the warm water; use a fork or potato masher to coarsely mash the chickpeas.

The mixture will be both pasty and textured. If it seems dry, add

the remaining warm water. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and the black pepper. Taste, and add more salt if needed. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and cover to keep warm.

Carefully wipe the skillet clean with a paper towel, then place the pan over medium heat. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, tilt-ing the pan to coat.

Once the oil shimmers, add the remaining garlic, and then add the greens in batches, turning with tongs until coated with the oil. Cook the greens until wilted and tender, 3 to 5 minutes, adding a few table-spoons of water if the mixture seems dry.

Season with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon of salt and the Aleppo pepper. Taste, and add more salt if needed.

To serve, spread the warm chickpea smash evenly in the center of a large plate or serving platter. Top with the marinated onion or shallot and lemon juice.

Arrange the greens around the perimeter. Garnish with the feta, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and cilantro or mint.

Nutrition | Per serving: 490 cal-ories, 18 g protein, 48 g carbohydrates, 28 g fat, 6 g satu-rated fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 590 mg sodium, 14 g dietary fiber, 10 g sugar.

FOOD

Warm chickpea smash withskillet greens

HEALTH SUNDAY 4 JUNE 201710

Malaria infection may result in bone loss as a result of chronic inflammation induced by accumulated by-products

in the bone marrow left by the parasite that causes the disease, say researchers.

Malaria caused by Plasmodium parasites is a life-threatening infectious disease that kills at least half a million people annually while causing over 200 million new infections. In some cases, complications can quickly develop such as cerebral malaria, respiratory distress and severe anemia, often leading to death.

The majority of patients recover from the disease; however, there is increasing evidence to suggest that survivors experience long-term

‘hidden’ pathologies due to infection that are as yet poorly defined. The new research uses mouse malaria models to show that robust immune activation and invasion of parasite by-products into the bone marrow during and after malaria infection lead to bone loss.

“Even after a one time malaria infection (it

does not matter if the disease is completely cured or chronic low level infection continues), substantial chronic bone loss occurs,” said Cevayir Coban, Professor at Osaka University in Japan and corresponding author of the study.

One may think that the infection has been completely cured by anti-malarial treatment, and be feeling fully recovered, however, sus-tained long-term accumulation of parasite by-products leaves the bone in a state of chronic inflammation, leading to long term bone loss, according to the study published in the journal Science Immunology.

“We found that Plasmodium products con-tinuously accumulate in the bone marrow niche which turns the bone noticeably black in col-our, and results in it being ‘eaten-up’ by bone resorbing cells known as osteoclasts, eventu-ally disrupting bone homeostasis,” first author of the study Michelle Lee from Osaka Univer-sity said.

“Although chronic inflammatory conditions are known to facilitate bone disorders, our study

-for the first time- shows that malaria can do the same thing, with hallmark ‘signatures’ left in the bone tissue, a very unique feature of malaria infection,” Coban explained.

Eating late at night could cause several health problems including weight gain and increase in insulin and cholesterol levels,

show the initial results of an ongoing study.The findings suggest that eating the last meal

of the day before 7pm could help you stay in bet-ter health. “We know from our sleep loss studies that when you’re sleep deprived, it negatively affects weight and metabolism in part due to late night eating, but now these early findings, which control for sleep, give a more comprehensive picture of the benefits of eating earlier in the day,” said lead author of the ongoing study Namni Goel, Research Associate Professor, Perel-man School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in US.

“Eating later can promote a negative profile of weight, energy, and hormone markers — such as higher glucose and insulin, which are impli-cated in diabetes, and cholesterol and triglycerides, which are linked with cardiovas-cular problems and other health conditions,” Goel said. The new findings, scheduled to be presented at SLEEP 2017, the 31st annual meeting of the Asso-ciated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS) in Boston, offer experimental evidence on the met-abolic consequences of consistent delayed eating compared to daytime eating.

In the study, nine healthy weight adults underwent two conditions, one of daytime eat-ing (three meals and two snacks between 8am and 7pm) for eight weeks and another of delayed

eating (three meals and two snacks eating from noon to 11pm) for eight weeks.

There was a two-week washout period between conditions to make sure there was no carry over effect. The sleep period was held con-stant, between 11pm to 9am.

The team found that when participants ate later, compared to the daytime condition, weight increased. Respiratory quotient — the ratio of carbon dioxide produced by the body to oxygen consumed by the body that indicates which

macronutrients are being metabolised — also rose during the delayed eating condition, indi-cating later eating led to metabolising fewer lipids and more carbs.

The researchers also found that a series of other measures reflecting negative metabolic profiles increased in the delayed condition, including insulin, fasting glucose, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels. The researchers also found that eating earlier may help prevent overeating in the evening and at night.

Late night meals can increase weight & cholesterol levels

Malaria infection may cause bone loss too

Malaria parasites (green) are killing this red

blood cell, but a new study suggests they

also damage bone.

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Veteran actress Sridevi, who is gearing up for her forth-coming film “Mom”, says

that she is totally a director’s actor.“I am totally a director’s actor. I

surrendered totally to my director Ravi Udyawar. I followed his vision. I trusted him and it has been amaz-ing. He did a wonderful job” said Sridevi at the trailer launch of the film. Present also were her daughters Jhanvi, Khushi, producer-husband Boney Kapoor, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the entire team of the film “Mom”.

Sridevi will be seen working for the first time with Nawazuddin and Akshaye Khanna. She says work-ing in the film has been a beautiful experience for her.

“I’m working for the first time with a lot of people in this film. It’s really wonderful to see Nawazud-din on screen. He is a gifted actor. I’m huge admirer of his work. I have

so much respect for him as an actor. Akshaye is such a powerful per-former,” she said.

Sridevi also spoke about the “script” being the most important criteria for her and the script of

“Mom” moved her. Sridevi said: “For me the first

thing is script. When I heard Mom’s script, it really touched me and moved me. I felt really nice about the story. That’s the reason I did the movie.”

The movie is set to release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malyalam. Sridevi says it is difficult to dub in all the languages.

The film is being helmed by director Ravi Udyawar and pro-duced by Boney Kapoor, Sunil Manchanda and Zee Studios. Musi-cal maestro A R Rahman has been roped in to do the music for the film.

Boney Kapoor says the story of the film is very hard hitting. “I

sincerely hope that the film reaches a wider audience and they feel the essence of the story. The story is an emotional journey, it is quite hard hitting and very apt for today’s time. I hope people like it,” Boney said,

Boney believes that though peo-ple talk about the box office numbers more these days, the utmost concern of a producer is box office success.

“I think box office always mat-tered the most in the movie business, nowadays people (com-mon) are more openly talking about it. Having said that, I think when I choose a script to produce a film, I go by conviction,” he said.

Asked about how casting was important, Boney said: “ Well, the story is about the emotional jour-ney of a mother. Of course, she (Sridevi) is one of the USP of the film but also I think Akshaye Khanna, Nawazuddin and the rest of the

actors of the film also played an equally important role to narrate the story. But most importantly the film has turned out much better than what I had imagined in the beginning.” Directed by Ravi Udya-war, “Mom” is releasing on July 7.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, son of veteran screenwriter Salim Khan

and Sushila Charak, says he loves staying close to his parents in his Bandra flat and wont leave them for a luxurious bungalow.

Salman alongside his brother Sohail Khan appeared on popu-lar children singing reality show

“Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs Sea-son 6” to promote his forthcoming film “Tubelight”.

On the show, a contestant, named Dhroon Tickoo, asked Salman why he still lives in a flat even when he can afford a bungalow.

“I love staying at my flat in Bandra over a big, luxurious bun-galow because my parents live in the flat above mine. Ever since I was a child I have taken the same left turn or right turn and I would not have it any other way,” Salman said in a statement.

“The entire building is like one

big family. When we were little, all the kids of the building would play together in the garden below and sometimes even sleep there.

“Back then, there weren’t dif-ferent houses, all the houses were treated as our own and we would go into anyone’s house to eat food. I still stay in the same flat because I have countless mem-ories attached to that house,” he added. “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs Season 6” is aired on Zee TV.

Amitabh Bachchan and his actress-politician wife Jaya Bachchan yesterday com-

pleted over four decades of togetherness. The megastar has thanked all his fans and followers, whom he fondly calls his

“extended family” or “Ef” for all the love and good wishes.

“June 3, 1973, 44 years of mar-riage...Thank you all for the wishes you send. Grateful and filled with love,” Amitabh tweeted.

The 74-year-old thespian went down memory lane and shared some details about his marriage.

“And as I set out from ‘Mangal’ a rented house of mine in JVPD scheme, 7th Road...in my newly acquired second hand Pontiac Sports, two door, with ma and babuji with me...My driver Nagesh, now passed away, insisting on driving me to an apartment of Jaya’s family friend at Malabar Hill,” Big B wrote on his blog.

He added: “On June 3, 1973, a few drops of rain began to fall...Our

neighbour ran out of their house and excitedly screamed to us...‘hurry to the wedding, its rain-ing, a good omen’. It’s been 44 years since.”

On the acting front, Amitabh currently has two films in his kitty

— “Thugs Of Hindostan” and “102 Not Out”. Big B will be sharing screen space with superstar Aamir Khan for the very first time in “Thugs Of Hindostan”. It also features “Dan-gal” fame Fatima Sana Shaikh. In

“102 Not Out”, he will be seen with veteran actor Rishi Kapoor after two decades on the silver screen.

I’m totally a director’s actor: Sridevi

Amitabh & Jaya complete 44 years of marital bliss

Salman Khan won’t leave parents for ‘big and luxurious bungalow’

HOLLYWOOD SUNDAY 4 JUNE 201712

AFP

Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequel sailed to the top of the North American box office during the four-

day Memorial Day weekend, raking in nearly $78.5m, industry figures showed.

“Dead Men Tell No Tales,” the fifth install-ment in the wildly popular franchise starring Johnny Depp, sunk another major new stu-dio movie — “Baywatch” — which came in third place and only managed to bring in a disappointing $23.1m in ticket sales, Exhibi-tor Relations said. Another Disney offering,

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” placed sec-ond with $27.2m in its fourth week out. The lighthearted story of a band of misfit space adventurers — played by Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel — has taken in $340.5m domestically since it opened on May 5. “Dead Men Tell No Tales” also scored big internationally, collecting $247.8m in ticket sales, with China the top foreign mar-ket ($92.3m), Disney said. “The $326m earned by ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell

No Tales’ means that The Walt Disney Stu-dios has now crossed $3bn globally in 2017 to date, with international grosses at $1.903bn and domestic grosses at $1.102bn,” it said.

Ridley Scott’s “Alien: Covenant,” last week’s box-office leader, dropped off sharply to fourth place during the Memorial Day weekend. The Fox film, starring Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Billy Crudup in the tale of a space-ship landing on a planet that seems idyllic

— until aliens attack — netted $13.4m.In fifth was “Everything, Everything,” a

romantic drama from Warner Bros., at $7.7m. The film tells the story of a young woman (Amandla Stenberg) who is told she must spend her life indoors in a sterile environ-ment due to a genetic disorder, but later learns she may have been deceived.

Rounding out the top 10 were:“Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” ($6.1m)“Snatched” ($5.1m)“King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” ($4.3m)“The Boss Baby” ($2.5m)“Beauty and the Beast” ($2m)

Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie is report-edly still stuck in the past while actor Brad Pitt is ready to start a new life. Jolie is still

hurt and angry at Pitt for leaving her and their children, but Pitt is ready to start dating again, reports hollywoodlife.com.

“She’s still hurt by how Brad’s friends seem to dislike her - and she’s confided to her own friends that Brad broke her heart, and that she’s still angry at him for throwing his family away. The past eight months have been the toughest time of her life, but Angie’s finally feeling strong enough to talk about her ordeal,” said a source.

“She has started to tell friends about how things fell apart because of Brad’s drinking and his failings as a father - and what really hap-pened between him and Maddox on that airplane,” the source added.

According to another source, the “Ocean’s Thirteen” actor is ready to put the past behind.

“Make no mistake about it, Brad’s priority is absolutely his kids right now. They are his life and he’s making sure they are happy, safe, and surrounded by love. Saying that, Brad does real-ise he doesn’t want to be alone forever and having someone to love again is appealing.”

“Brad is a passionate, emotional guy who

loves being in love so it will definitely happen. After a lot of work on himself, he’s finally open to it - down the road. For now he still needs to put in more time working on himself and his new healthy life,” the source added.

Meanwhile, Jolie might join the cast of “Bride of Frankenstein”, which has actors like Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Johnny Depp and Javier Bardem already on board.

Universal Studios wants Jolie to star in the

film, which will be directed by “Beauty and the Beast (2017)” helmer Bill Condon. It is said that the studio is eyeing her to play the Bride, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

However, the negotiations with Jolie haven’t begun yet, despite “Bride of Frankenstein” being the only Dark Universe film after “The Mummy” which already has a release date. “Bride” is scheduled to hit US theatres in February, 2019.

For authenticity, ‘Cars 3’

director consulted four

Nascar champions

American director Brian Fee says he con-sulted four Nascar champions to get to the authenticity of forthcoming film

“Cars 3”. “We looked at athletes in other sports, but really focused on Nascar drivers. They start at such an early age and their lives are cen-tered around driving,” Fee said.

He added, “We even talked to a sports psy-chologist who explained that many of these drivers don’t know anything else. They can’t imagine doing anything else.” Fee is making his directorial debut with Disney-Pixar’s “Cars 3”, the third part in the “Cars” franchise. The first one came out in 2006 and the second in 2011.

The film brings a fantasy world of cars where they are not just metal bodies but talk and feel like humans. It narrates the story of racing car Lighting McQueen, and how he over-comes all the challenges.

Fee consulted Nascar veterans, including four-time Nascar champion Jeff Gordon, and Ray Evernham, who served as Gordon’s crew chief for three of his championships. The film is slated to release in India on June 16.

Jolie still heartbroken; Pitt ready to date again

‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ sequel sails to top of box office

TECHNOLOGYSUNDAY 4 JUNE 2017 13

Microsoft has apologised for accidentally releasing builds from some of its internal branches for PC and mobile that were

rolled out due to the “inadvertent deployment” to the engineering system that controls the release of builds to the Windows Insiders.

Microsoft was forced to apologise after some confidential and internal Windows 10 builds were leaked and it has now reverted the issue to ensure these development builds do not reach more peo-ple, Dona Sarkar, Microsoft’s head of its Windows Insiders programme, wrote in a blog post.

“We apologise for this inconvenience and thank you for being a Windows Insider,” Sarkar added, saying Microsoft will not release any new builds this week. The Windows Insider by Microsoft is a programme that allows users who own a valid Win-dows 10 license to sign up for early builds of the

operating system previously only accessible to developers.

The term build refers to the process by which source code is converted into a stand-alone form that can be run on a computer.

Microsoft said although it has put blocks in place to check the dissemination of the build, a

“small portion” of Windows 10 users still received them. What is worrisome is that Windows 10 test-ers who installed the mobile build, had their phones into a reboot loop which led the devices to crash.

To come out of this problem, testers will have to recover and wipe the device using the Windows Device Recovery Tool.

Meanwhile, Windows 10 testers who installed the PC build will have to wait for Microsoft to pub-lish a newer build or roll back using the recovery option in Windows 10 settings.

IANS

Days after a malware called “Judy” hit over 36.5 million Android-based phones,

Google has now increased the bounty for finding a bug in Android OS to as much as $2,00,000, a media report has said.

According to cyber security firm Check Point, dozens of

malicious apps were downloaded between 4.5 million to 18.5 mil-lion times from the Play Store. Some of the malware-affected apps have been discovered resid-ing on the online store for several years.

“Judy” is one such case of how an open and free mobile operat-ing system (OS) can be exploited by malicious app developers.

Most security flaws we hear

about now affect old builds of the OS or require clever social engi-neering to get the user to weaken device security, technology web-site extremetech.com reported.

The versions of Android being released now are more secure than what Google was putting out years ago and as a result no one has managed to claim Google’s largest bug bounties for Android. Hoping to attract more

researchers and engineers to the bug bounty programme, the com-pany has increased the rewards to up to $200,000.

Google started the bug bounty programme for Android about two years ago in which the secu-r i t y r e s e a r c h e r s , w h o demonstrate an exploit, get a cash prize -- the amount of which varies based on the sever-ity of the hack.

Google will now pay up to $200,000 for finding bug in Android

Microsoft accidentally releases internal Windows 10 builds and apologises

New iPhone 8 leaks reveal large display, rear Touch ID

With each passing month, the details on Apple’s 2017 iPhone are becoming

clearer and if the latest leaks are to be believed, this year’s device will have an all-display front with fingerprint scanner moved to the back.

According to a new revelation by Chinese site iPhoneros, the iPhone 8 will compete with the likes of Sam-sung Galaxy S8 and LG G6 displays with an elongated 18.5:9 aspect ratio screen. The move makes sense as this aspect ratio allows manufacturers to increase the size of a smartphone dis-play while keeping it narrow enough to hold one-handed and still use the keyboard comfortably.

However, for this, the app mak-ers will have to redesign their user interfaces while navigation at the top of the display (like the back button in iOS) becomes harder to reach.

The handful of images also showed the upcoming iPhone 8 with rear-placed Touch ID placed directly below the Apple logo. The placement matches earlier leaked drawings, showing the vertical camera design, camera flash placement, among other design infor-mation. As for the legitimacy of these leaks, iPhoneros claimed that the pic-tures that came from a Chinese source have provided correct images in the past and “never sent us false information.”

BABY BLUES

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

Siblings Natasha and Kabir Merchant investigate an

allegedly haunted mirror in their parents’ home. This movie

is an official adaption of ‘Oculus’.Note: Programme is subject to change without prior notice.

NOVO — Pearl ROYAL PLAZA

MALL

LANDMARK

Winter’s Dream (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00, 8:00, 10:00pm & 12:00midnightDeep (Animation) 3D 11:00am, 3:00, 7:00 & 11:00pm 2D 1:00, 5:00 & 9:00pmThe Exception (2D/Drama)11:00am, 1:10, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, 9:50 & 12:00midnight Fireman Sam: Alien Alert (2D/Animation) 11:00am, 12:20, 1:40, 3:00, 4:20 & 5:40pm Dear Other Self (2D/Tagalog) 7:00, 9:15 & 11:30pm Gifted (2D/Drama) 11:15am, 1:15, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15 & 11:15pm Guardians of The Galaxy 2 (2D/Action) 12:00noon, 2:45, 5:30, 8:15 & 11:00pmStratton (2D/Action) 11:30am, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30pmKing Arthur:Legend of The Sword (2D/Action) 11:00am, 1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9:00 & 11:30pm Alien Covenant (2D / IMAX/Thriller) 11:30am, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30pm & 12:00midnight Winter’s Dream (2D/Action) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 & 11:00pm

Deep (2D/Animation) 1:30, 3:30 & 11:00pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 1:30pm Fireman Sam: Alien Alert (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 3:30pm The Exception (2D/Drama) 3:30 & 8:30pm A Family Man (2D/Drama) 8:30 & 11:00pm Dear Other Self (2D/Tagalog) 8:30 & 11:00pm

Dobaara (2D/Hindi) 1:30 & 8:30pm Deep (2D/Animation) 1:30 & 3:30pm Fireman Sam: Alien Alert (2D/Animation) 2:00pmThe Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 3:30 & 8:30pm A Family Man (2D/Drama) 3:30pm Dear Other Self (2D/Tagalog) 8:30pm Hindi Medium (2D/AHindi) 10:30pm The Exception (2D/Drama) 11:00pm Winter’s Dream (2D/Action) 11:00pm

Hindi Medium (2D/Hindi) 1:30 & 8:30pm Deep (2D/Animation) 1:30pm The Boss Baby (2D/Animation) 2:00 & 3:30pm Fireman Sam: Alien Alert (2D/Animation) 4:00pmA Family Man (2D/Drama) 3:30pm Winter’s Dream (2D/Action) 3:30 & 11:00pmThe Exception (2D/Drama) 8:30pm Dear Other Self (2D/Tagalog) 8:30 & 11:00pm

SUNDAY 4 JUNE 2017

VILLAGGIO & CITY CENTER

CINEMA PLUS14

AL KHORSachin: A Billion Dreams (Hindi) 12:00noon, 3:00, 9:00pm & 12:00midnight Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam (Telugu) 10:30am & 9:15pm Sakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 11:45am & 11:45pm Godha (Malayalam) 1:15pm & 12:15am Thondan 2:45& 8:45pm

DOBAARA

ASIAN TOWNGodha (Malayalam) 8:30 & 11:30pm Sakhavu (2D/Malayalam) 11:00pm Rakshadhikari Baiju (Malayalam) 8:00pm Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam (Telugu) 8:00pm & 02:00am Thondan (Tamil) 8:30pm

CROSSWORD CONCEPTIS SUDOKU

ALL IN THE MIND

10:10 American Pickers

11:00 Alone 11:50 Duck Dynasty12:40 Swamp

People 13:30 Ax Men 14:20 Mountain

Men 15:10 Lost In

Transmission 16:00 Storage

Wars 16:50 Pawn Stars 18:30 Big Easy

Motors 20:10 American

Pickers 21:50 Gold Hunters:

Legend Of The Superstition...

22:40 Time Team 23:30 American

Pickers

13:05 Star Darlings

13:10 Good Luck Charlie

14:55 The Zhuzhus

17:30 Bunk’d 18:50 Best

Friends Whenever

19:15 Star Darlings

19:20 Liv And Maddie

20:35 Cracke 21:05 Bizaardvark 21:30 That’s So

Raven 21:55 Tsum Tsum

Shorts 22:00 Shake It Up 22:25 Sabrina

Secrets Of A Teenage Witch

10:05 Dog Rescuers

11:00 Wildest Africa

11:55 Animal Cops Miami

12:50 Wildest Islands

15:35 Dr. Dee: Alaska Vet

18:20 Deadly Islands

19:15 Lone Star Law

20:10 Pit Bulls & Parolees

21:05 Lone Star Law

22:00 Deadly Islands

22:55 Tanked01:40 Wildest

Islands

13:05 How Do They Do It?

13:30 Garage Gold

14:20 Gold Rush15:10 What On

Earth?16:00 Gold Divers16:50 Misfit

Garage17:40 Street

Outlaws18:30 How Do

They Do It?19:20 What On

Earth?20:35 Garage

Gold21:00 What On

Earth?21:50 Salvage

Hunters22:40 Todd

Sampson’s Body Hack

King Features Syndicate, Inc.

BRAIN TEASERSSUNDAY 4 JUNE 2017 15

Yesterday’s answer

Conceptis Sudoku: Conceptis Sudoku

is a number-placing puzzle based on a

9×9 grid. The object is to place the

numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so

that each row, each column and each

3×3 box contains the same number

only once.

ANNE MURRAY, BARBARA

MANDRELL, BRENDA LEE,

CHARLEY PRIDE, CHET

ATKINS, CRYSTAL GAYLE,

DOLLY PARTON, DON

WILLIAMS, EMMY LOU HARRIS,

GLEN CAMPBELL, HANK

WILLIAMS, JOHNNY CASH,

KENNY ROGERS, LORETTA

LYNN, MARTY ROBBINS,

MERLE HAGGARD,

PATSY CLINE, ROGER MILLER,

TAMMY WYNETTE, WAYLON

JENNINGS, WILLIE NELSON.