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...Bhagwan's Tantric tryst is a thinly veiled allusion to one of the more bizarre nooks of modern Indian history. Years after Nehru's death, one of his close aides made the sensational claim that he had had a secret affair with a Hindu godwoman. Singh says he met the godwoman late in her life, and was convinced?whatever the veracity of her story?that she at least possessed the physical charms necessary to bowl over a Prime Minister. "What she must have been in her 20s, I can only imagine," says Singh, with a hint of longing...
...soccer star DAVID BECKHAM'S My Side has sold more than 1 million copies, earning it a special prize for popular success at the awards last week. Beckham couldn't quite savor the victory, however, as he was also getting kicked around by the British press for an alleged affair with his assistant, which he denies. But hey, that's all the more fodder for My Other Side: The Late...
...parents. Phoebe's mom (not, we later learn, her biological mother) committed suicide, and her dad ran out. When Chandler was 9, his parents announced their divorce at Thanksgiving--Dad, it turned out, was a cross-dresser, played by Kathleen Turner. Joey discovered his father was having an affair. Rachel's mom left her dad, inspired by Rachel's jilting her fiance at the altar...
...millions of Indians garb themselves daily in cloth made by the Ambanis or Wadias. Residents of Hong Kong can barely avoid contributing to the coffers of billionaire Li Ka-shing and his sons, who control office towers, supermarkets, electronics outlets and telephone companies. Business in Asia is a family affair, and the most accurate picture of an Asian economy remains a diagram of an extended family tree connecting clans that make things to those that finance them, with dotted lines sometimes leading to the government. The payoff for decades of commercial consanguinity has varied from nation to nation. For more...
...standard for other French directors who are giving Hollywood a Gallic accent. Far from a car crash, his career has just shifted into high gear. Eternal Sunshine tells the story, in real time and through flashbacks, of lovers Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) and Clementine Kruczynski (Kate Winslet). When their affair fails, Clementine signs up with Lacuna Inc. for a brainwashing process that wipes away all memories of Joel. He finds out and tries to do the same of Clem. But what happens when, midwash, he decides he doesn't want to erase her after all? Gondry got the idea from...