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 100 Defining 
 Moments 
 of the '00s 

The iPod, Guitar Hero, Twitter—and some serious moments, too

Oct 30, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - From the tragic (World Trade Center attacks, Hurricane Katrina) to the seemingly trivial (Stephen Fry's first Tweet), the Telegraph lists the top 100 defining cultural moments of the decade so far:
  • April 2000: Metallica sues music-sharing service Napster.
  • October 2001: The iPod is released.
  • February
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Barack Obama • Hurricane Katrina • James Cameron • YouTube • Academy Awards • Al Gore • World Trade Center • iPod • September 11 • An Inconvenient Truth • Michael Moore • Michael Jackson • Napster • Metallica • Guitar Hero • Sacha Baron Cohen • Dreams From My Father • George W. Bush • Twitter • 9/11 attacks • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • PlayStation 2 • Stephen Fry • tweet • Jay-ZTV • Avatar (film)

 Slumdog Kid Gets New Home 


Jul 4, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Azharuddin Ismail, the child actor who played the main character’s brother in Slumdog Millionaire, moved into a new home in an upmarket Mumbai suburb today, the BBC reports. A trust set up by the film’s producers paid for the house and is hunting for a similar abode... More »

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India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • women's issues

(Newser) - The makers of Slumdog Millionaire have bought a home for one of the film’s Indian child actors whose real-life shanty was demolished by the Mumbai government, Reuters reports. Azharuddin Ismail is now living in a “comfortable” apartment “in a good neighborhood near his school,” an... More »

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India • homeless • Mumbai • Danny Boyle • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • shanty • Christian Colson

 Second Slumdog 
 Kid's Home Torn Down 

Ali's father beaten by police in demolition

May 20, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(AP) - The shanty home of another Slumdog Millionaire child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities today as they demolished part of a city slum where she lived. The stepmother of 9-year-old Rubina Ali, who portrayed a young Latika, the Oscar-winning film's heroine, said her husband was beaten by police who... More »

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film • India • Mumbai • demolition • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Star's 'Illegal' 
 Home Demolished 

Family had lived there 15 years

May 14, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mumbai officials tore down the home of Slumdog Millionaire child star Azharuddin Ismail, calling the slum dwelling illegal construction. Ismail’s mother says the family lived there 15 years before police arrived unannounced. “We didn’t even get a chance to remove our belongings,” she tells the Telegraph.... More »

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India • Mumbai • child star • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail • Jay-ZTV

 Slumdog Star's 
 Mom, Stepmom 
 Lock Horns 

Stepmom says biological mom had no interest in Rubina Ali until the Oscars

Apr 20, 09 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mother and stepmother of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali slapped and tore at each other in a Mumbai slum today, the Daily Mail reports. The mother started the catfight after Ali's dad, Rafiq Qureshi, was arrested for allegedly trying to sell the 9-year-old for £200,000. “You... More »

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India • children • fight • Mumbai • slavery • Slumdog Millionaire • Rubina Ali • Rafiq Quresh

 Slumdog 
 Dad: I'm Not 
 Selling My Kid 

Rumors part of a 'dirty' media scheme, he says

Apr 20, 09 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali tells the BBC he’s not selling his daughter, contrary to a News of the World report he called a “dirty” scheme. The media “made fun of our poverty,” Rafiq Qureshi said. “They tricked us into this... More »

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adoption • India • Mumbai • child star • sale • Slumdog Millionaire • Rubina Ali • Rafiq Quresh

 Dad Wants to Sell 
 Slumdog Child Star 

Rubina Ali's dad asks for $300k to adopt 9-year-old

Apr 19, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The family of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali really is stuck in the slums of Mumbai, and her father may be trying to trade her in for his ticket out, the News of the World reports. The tab contacted Rafiq Qureshi, posing as a rich Dubai couple interested in... More »

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entertainment • adoption • India • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali

 Slumdog Makers Give 
 $740K to Educate Poor 

Fun intended to hush critics who call film 'poverty porn'

Apr 17, 09 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - To combat accusations that Oscar sensation Slumdog Millionaire is a form of “poverty porn,” the filmmakers have donated about $740,000 toward a health education initiative in Mumbai’s slums, the Times of London reports. The funds are in addition to trusts set up for the movie’s... More »

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philanthropy • entertainment • charity • donation • poverty • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • slums • Rubina Ali • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Angie to Slumdog Star: 
 Indian Baby Is Next 

Jolie, Pitt visited Indian orphanage in 2006

Mar 31, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angelina Jolie’s latest plan for her ever-growing brood? Adopt an Indian baby, the Sun reports. Jolie, charmed by one of the young Slumdog Millionaire stars at the Oscars, let him in on “a little secret” about her plan to adopt from his native country “soon.” Jolie... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • adoption • India • Slumdog Millionaire

(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire is a hot topic of conversation in India, where it’s alternately viewed with pride and scorn, and few have a more interesting perspective on it than Harshvardhan Nawathe—the real slumdog millionaire. Nawathe is the only person to ever win it all on India’s version... More »

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India • game show • movies • Slumdog Millionaire

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Watchmen Sees 
 Tepid Weekend Win 

Blockbuster doesn't live up to opening-weekend projections

Mar 8, 09 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who watches the Watchmen? Too few moviegoers to live up to box-office projections, says the Hollywood Reporter. The much-hyped flick earned only $55.7 million this weekend as Madea Goes to Jail locked in $8.8 million, Taken took $7.5 million, and Slumdog Millionaire kept riding its Oscar wave... More »

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film • box office • Slumdog Millionaire • Watchmen • Taken

 Jonas Bros Lose 
 Beat at Box Office 

Oscars help Slumdog to third

Mar 1, 09 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Madea Goes to Jail kept the Jonas Brothers at bay this weekend, Entertainment Weekly reports. Madea banked $16.5 million to the highly anticipated Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience's mere $12.7 million. Slumdog Millionaire enjoyed an Oscar boost, earning $12.2 million, while Taken continued its hot streak... More »

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film • box office • Jonas Brothers • Slumdog Millionaire • Taken • He's Just Not That Into You

 Slumdog Star 'Very' Sick 

Social worker worries about emotional effect of US tour

Mar 1, 09 3:18 PM CST
(Newser) - One of Slumdog Millionaire’s child stars is severely ill after returning to India from his whirlwind American tour, the Telegraph reports. Ten-year-old Azharuddin Ismail developed a temperature of 103 and started vomiting after arriving at his Mumbai slum home. His illness comes as critics slam the psychological effects of... More »

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Hollywood • illness • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums

(Newser) - Angered that his son wouldn’t play to a crowd welcoming 10-year-old Slumdog Millionaire actor Azharuddin Mohammed back to Mumbai, the boy’s father administered a public beating today, the Sun reports. Azharuddin arrived home yesterday following the film’s Oscar triumph, and had the day off school; when he... More »

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domestic violence • award show • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums • abusive parents • Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail

 Slumdog Kids Back in Slum 

Child actors receive heroes' welcome in Mumbai

Feb 27, 09 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - No more red carpet: The two child stars of Slumdog Millionaire have returned from Hollywood to their now-infamous Mumbai slum, CNN reports. The pair, excited from the trip but exhausted from the media attention, were greeted by enthusiastic crowds. Rubina Ali, 9, says she has heard rumors of new homes... More »

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Hollywood • child actors • India • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire

 Slumdog Kids 
 Promised New Digs 

Indian government vows to upgrade housing for kids 'who have brought laurels' to nation

Feb 25, 09 1:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The two key child actors in Oscar-sweeping Slumdog Millionaire will receive new homes in Mumbai, compliments of the Indian government, Reuters reports. The children, who played the younger versions of the movie's main characters, "have brought laurels to the country, and we have been told that they live in... More »

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Hollywood • India • Mumbai • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • slums

 Slumdog's 
 Pinto Joins 
 Woody Flick 

Naomi Watts takes part in forthcoming Allen picture

Feb 24, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire’s leading lady is set to be Woody Allen’s next muse in his next project, Variety reports. Oscar sweetheart Freida Pinto will play an ingénue in the untitled picture, which will also feature Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, and Anthony Hopkins; it will be the first post-Slumdog... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Woody Allen • Naomi Watts • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • Freida Pinto

 Slumdog Kids Hit Disneyland 

Child actors celebrate win with Mickey

Feb 24, 09 9:22 AM CST
(Newser) - What better way to celebrate your Oscar win than by going to the Happiest Place on Earth? That’s where the child actors from Slumdog Millionaire headed the day after their film won Best Picture. For some, the whirlwind trip to California marked their first time on a plane—or... More »

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child actors • Academy Awards • Disneyland • movies • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

(Newser) - Children broke into Bollywood dance numbers in the narrow lanes of a teeming Mumbai slum today, as they gathered to watch Slumdog Millionaire's domination of the Oscars. Two of Slumdog's child actors, Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, hail from this desperately poor neighborhood, and their every appearance elicited squeals... More »

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Academy Awards • India • poverty • Mumbai • Slumdog Millionaire • Best Picture

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