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Don't Miss: The interesting videos this week!

Last updated on: March 16, 2013 09:57 IST


Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been named new pope. Bergolio, who is of Italian descent, is currently the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. His new name will be Pope Francis.
The announcement is definitely a surprise, last we saw he was getting odds of 33/1 on Paddy Power. For one thing, he's 76 years old — considerably older than many of the other candidates, and many had thought that the papal conclave would favor a younger candidate given Pope Benedict XVI's early resignation.
However, he is the first pope from the "New World," and the first from Latin America — an important change given that 40 percent of Catholics currently live there. Bergoglio has spent almost his entire life in Argentina.
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Steven Spielberg in conversation with Big B



Amitabh Bachchan's meeting with acclaimed Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg, whom he calls an "institution", was one full of talks on the state of Indian cinema and the future of cinema at large.
"An evening with an institution... an evening spent in conversation in the presence of select fraternity and press... an evening of sharing cinema with the prolific maker, inventor, story teller, innovator and one who continues to surprise us with his genius," the 70-year-old posted on his blog, after meeting Spielberg on Monday evening.Amitabh is particularly in awe of Spielberg's 'E.T. Extra Terrestrial', which he feels was "endearing".
Spielberg, who is in India to celebrate the success of his Oscar-winning film 'Lincoln', Monday interacted with as many as 61 personalities from Indian cinema and shared tips on filmmaking.'Lincoln' is a co-production between Spielberg's DreamWorks and Indian business tycoon Anil Ambani's Reliance Entertainment.
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Steven Spielberg mesmerizes Bollywood fraternity



The Steven Spielberg event was attended by filmmmakers like Rajkumar Hirani, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Anurag Kashyap, Ramesh Sippy, Shyam Benegal, Ashutosh Gowariker, Sudhir Mishra, Nagesh Kukunoor, Madhur Bhandarkar, Zoya Akhtar, Kiran Rao, Reema Kagti, Rajshree Ojha, Gauri Shinde, Homi Adajania, Abbas-Mustan, Rohan Sippy, Prabhu Deva, R. Balki and Kunal Kohli.
In the interview where Bachchan posed questions to him regarding his life and film career. Talking about his early career, Spielberg said he had travelled across India in the 1970s while particularly working on his films like 'Close Encounter with the Third Kind' and 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.'
While describing his travels back then, he termed those tours as one of the best moments of his life.Spielberg believes that the digital character of cinema will be reinvented in his lifetime to provide a new immersive gold standard in viewing experience.
He argued that virtual reality will replace 3D. The master was scintillating and intellectually stimulating as he gave vent to his cinematic journey, finely detailing everything from Jaws to Lincoln.
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Top 5 Films Where You Could Have Seen AAMIR KHAN



We have seen ace Aamir Khan in various hit movies, but do you know there were many other hit films where Aamir could have been the lead hero, but was not.
Take a look at those blockbuster movies in which we missed Aamir Khan.
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Sherlyn Chopra sets a NEW RECORD!



Publicity starving lady, Sherlyn Chopra has done it yet again.
This time the Playboy girl has broken a record of sorts for remaining naked as she went nude for 22 hours while shooting for her upcoming flick "Kamasutra 3D".
The sultry siren was actually sporting body paint all over. Now with Sherlyn being super professional when it comes to matters of stripping, she readily agreed to remain nude for the entire 22 hours.
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