The hottest cars of 2011

Chevrolet Corvette

When: April 2011
How Much: Rs 50 lakh approx

The 2011 Chevrolet Corvette that will be introduced in India will be based on the upgraded model from 2008, where improvements were made to the exterior styling, interior design and engine specifications.

The 2011 Chevrolet Corvette is one of the fastest sports cars around and packs a mammoth 6.2 liter, V8 engine under its hood. The V8 powertrain uses some of the most advanced technologies in an engine that allows it to produce a maximum power of 430 horsepower and impressive 424 Nm torque. The Chevrolet Corvette is mated to a 6-speed manual and also comes with the option of a 6-speed automatic gearbox that does all the work of the driver and in my opinion is the less fun version to drive. There is a dual exhaust system available with the Chevrolet Corvette that gives it an increased power of 436 horsepower as well as improved torque of 428 Nm.

Ford Mondeo

When: April 2011
How Much: Rs 14 lakh onwards

Global Automotive company Ford Motors has decided to re-launch Ford Mondeo which was released in India in 2002. The new Mondeo is looking to compete with the likes of the Accord, Sonata & Camry.

The Mondeo will be packed with a powerful 1999cc, 16 V Duratec engine in petrol with refined sequential Electronic Fuel Injection System that has the competency to offer a spectacular performance on any road condition. It has the calibre to generate the utmost power & torque of 142.7 PS at 6000rpm & 185Nm at 4500rpm respectively.

Nissan NV200

When: May 2011
How Much: Rs 7 lakh onwards

Nissan plans to manufacture the NV200 in a joint venture with defence and commercial vehicle manufacturer Ashok Leyland.

The Nissan NV200 is built on the modified Renault-Nissan B-Alliance platform and will have the 1.5dCi engine (the same engine block used on the Renault Logan). However, the NV200 will produce more power than the Logan. This MPV could compete with the Toyota Innova and Mahindra Xylo.

Nissan Qashqai

When: May 2011
How Much: Rs 21 lakh onwards

The Nissan Qashqai has seen a lot of makeovers in the recent past and it is now available in both petrol and diesel engine options in overseas market; both have two variants each. The diesel engine range comprises of of 1.5 dCi and 2.0 dCi while the petrol variants are powered by a 1.6 litre and a 2.0 litre engines. One can also get a 4X4 drive top end variant with both the engines. The company had launched a larger seating capacity variant of Nissan Qashqai globally that is christened 'Qashqai+2' and has a 7 seater option while the older version is only a five seater.

Volkswagen Golf

When: May 2011
How Much: Rs 8.5 lakh

There are a good number of engines and trims of the popular Volkswagen Golf world over, but in India the most anticipated variant is Volkswagen Golf GTD. This model of the Golf is powered by a 2.0 litre, TDI powertrain that churns out a top power of 170 hp at 4,200 rpm and a peak torque of 350 Nm between 1,750 and 2,500 rpm. The hatchback comes with standard six speed manual transmission while you can opt for an automatic 6 speed gearbox as well. The stylish four wheeler covers 0-100 kmph in 8.1 seconds, you can speed it up to 220 kmph.

Chevrolet Orlando

When: June 2011
How Much: Rs 10 lakh approx

General Motors introduced the Orlando, a concept MPV, at the Paris Motor Show, 2008; the production version of the MPV was showcased at the 2010 Paris Auto Show and reports say that it will commence sales in early 2011. The concept version was a seven seater affair and possessed a crossover like build. The Orlando shares the same platform of Chevrolet Cruze.

If media reports are to be believed, the Chevrolet Orlando is supposed to replace Chevrolet Tavera. After discontinuing the Tavera in most of the BS III cities, there remains a void from Chevrolet side. The Orlando will be competing with the likes of Toyota Innova, Mahindra Xylo and other India bound mini MPV like Maruti R3, Nissan NV200, Hyundai ic25 and Ford B-Max. This yet-to-be launched Chevrolet MPV would be loaded with a 1.8 litre petrol mill and a 2.0 litre diesel powertrain. The 1.8 litre petrol engine is expected to produce a top power of 141 bhp while the 2.0 litre diesel engine would churn out maximum power of 131 bhp via either a 4 speed automatic, 5 speed or 6 speed automatic gearboxes.

Ford Kuga

When: July 2011
How Much: Rs 16 lakh approx

The Kuga looks bold and intimidating and is marked by sharp lines all through its body. The engine that will make most sense for India will is a 2-litre TDCi engine that breathes through four valves per cylinder and produces a healthy 136PS and 320Nm of turning force. This 4-pot turbo engine sees the Kuga reach 100 clicks in less than 11 seconds while the top whack should be a shade less than 200kmph. The all-wheel drive system will ensure that it is capable enough to handle the rough with aplomb, like the Endeavour. The Kuga could undercut the 20 lakh mark by a fair margin.

Hyundai Genesis

When: Mid-2011
How Much: Rs 35 lakh

Hyundai is all set to bring the Genesis to India. Voted "North American car of the year 2009", "Canadian car of the year", "2009 car of the year award" by china's Autoworld magazine, "top 5 luxury car for 2009" by the U.S. National Autombile Dealers Association, and "2009 ward's best engine award", the Genesis will be a great buy.

The new Hyundai Genesis coupe is expected to offer two engines the base 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder and 3.8L lambda V6 petrol engine, the variant of the car will be equipped with the engine which has a maximum power of 210bhp with a maximum torque of 302Nm.

Nissan Murano

When: Mid-2011
How Much: Rs 35 lakh onwards

The name 'Murano' originates from the region of Venice, Italy which is known for hand blown glass production. The Murano was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award for 2003 and even named the best premium mid-size SUV by AutoPacific. The Murano, when launched, will be one of the most unique crossover designs ever sold in India. The Murano has a powerful 3.5litre V6 engine that produces a potent 245bhp. The car is a front wheel drive (FWD) vehicle and is available with all wheel drive as an option. The Murano is the largest vehicle to have a CVT (Continuously variable transmission).

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Halle Berry

Name : Halle Berry
Gender : Female
Date of birth : Aug 14, 1966
City : Cleveland
State/Region : Ohio
Country : United States

Halle Berry in the present Hollywood is regarded as the perfect embodiment of the amalgamation of beauty queen, successful model and an actress. As an actress she is the proud winner of Emmy, Golden Globe and Academy Award and also a former renowned fashion mode.











It was for her astounding role in the film Monster’s Ball in 2002, when she was awarded the Best Actress Academy Award and is still now the only woman of African America descent to win the Academy Award for Best Actress. It was in the late 1980s, when she went to Chicago to pursue a modeling career as well as acting and acted in a television series for the local cable by Gordon Lake Productions called Chicago Force.

In 1992, Berry was cast as the love interest in the video for R. Kelly's seminal hit, "Honey Love". Berry auditioned for a role in an updated Charlie’s Angels television series by producer Aaron Spelling. She became successful in impressing Spelling and he encouraged her to continue acting. 171 In the 1999 film Introducing Dorothy Dandbrige, she was portrayed as the first black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. In this HBO biopic, Berry's performance was recognized with several awards including an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

Berry is at present busy in making the transition to working on the production side of film and television. She is working with the noted author Angela Nissel to executive produce a comedy series based on Nissel's two memoirs, The Broke Diaries and Mixed: My Life in Black and White. In her modelling life Berry has served many years as the face of internationally famous Revlon cosmetics, and was recently named the face of Versace.. She is featured in Maxim Magazines’s Girls of Maxim gallery.

Being an African American decent sh e has faced several obstacles that has made her identity conscious. Halle Berry has stated that the manner in which people have reacted to her is often the result of ignorance. Her own self-identification has been influenced by her mother. In her own words,"I was raised by my white mother and every day of my life I have always been aware of the fact that I am bi-racial.

However, growing up I was aware that even though my mother was white, I did not look or 'feel' very white myself...Many times my classmates did not believe me when I said my mother was white. I soon grew tired of trying to prove that I was half-black and half-white and learned not to concern myself with what others thought.

I began to relate to the other 'all black kids' at my school more because quite simply...I looked more like them... If people would just learn to look at everyone equally and stop trying to label one another the issue of what we are all made of would be null and void...We are all members of the same race, the human race!"

Gwyneth Paltrow

Name : Gwyneth Paltrow
Gender : Female
City : Los Angeles
State/Region : CA
Country : United States

Gwyneth Paltrow, who is a famous hollywood actress,was born as Gwyneth Kate Paltrow in Los Angeles, California, USA on September 28, 1972. She did her schooling in
Spence School in New York City, New York (graduated in 1990) and studied at University of California at Santa Barbara (attended for one semester). She is married to Chris Martin (musician; born on March 2, 1977; married on Dec 5, 2003).










Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow have a Daughter, Apple Blythe Alison Martin (born on May 14, 2004 in London) and a son, Moses Bruce Anthony Martin (born on April 8, 2006 in New York City.

She has acted is several movies as listed below.

* 2007 : Dirty Tricks
* 2006 : The Good Night
* 2006 : Running with Scissors
* 2006 : Love and Other Disasters
* 2006 : Infamous
* 2005 : Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series)
* 2005 : Proof
* 2004 : Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
* 2003 : Sylvia
* 2003 : View from the Top
* 2002 : Possession
* 2002 : Austin Powers in Goldmember
* 2001 : Shallow Hal
* 2001 : The Royal Tenenbaums
* 2001 : Pootie Tang
* 2001 : The Anniversary Party
* 2000 : Bounce
* 2000 : Duets
* 1999 : Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
* 1999 : The Talented Mr. Ripley
* 1998 : Shakespeare in Love
* 1998 : A Perfect Murder
* 1998 : Hush
* 1998 : Great Expectations
* 1998 : Sliding Doors
* 1998 : Out of the Past
* 1996 : Emma
* 1996 : The Pallbearer
* 1996 : Sydney
* 1995 : Moonlight and Valentino
* 1995 : Seven
* 1995 : Jefferson in Paris
* 1995 : Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
* 1994 : Higher Learning
* 1993 : Flesh and Bone
* 1993 : Malice
* 1993 : Deadly Relations (TV)
* 1992 : Cruel Doubt (TV)
* 1991 : Hook
* 1991 : Shout

Glenn Close

Name : Glenn Close
Gender : Female
City : Greenwich
State/Region : Connecticut
Country : United States

Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is a five-time Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actress. Her success, which has been abundant over the span of her career, has not only allowed her to become a one time Emmy Award- winning TV movie actress, but also a three time Tony Award-winning stage actress. Apart from winning those awards Glenn Close has received nominations for seven Emmys, seven Golden Globes and five Oscars.









Close was born in Greenwich, Connecticut to Bettine (née Moore) and William Taliaferro Close,[1] a doctor who operated a clinic in the Belgian Congo and served as a personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko.[2] Her parents came from upper-class families; her paternal grandfather, Edward Bennett Close, a stockbroker and director of the American Hospital Association,[3] was first married to Post Cereals' heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post, making Glenn Close a relative of screenwriter/director Preston Sturges and actress Dina Merrill.

Close is also a second cousin once removed of Brooke Shields. Shields's great-grandmother Mary Elsie Moore (wife of Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi) was Close's great-aunt, a sister of Close's maternal grandfather, Charles Arthur Moore.

Close attended Choate Rosemary Hall, a private boarding school in Connecticut. Michael Douglas, her co-star in Fatal Attraction, also attended Choate Rosemary Hall. Glenn also attended the College of William and Mary, becoming a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Career
Close has had a lengthy career as a versatile actress and performer. Close is remembered for her chilling roles as the scheming aristocrat Madame de Merteuil in Dangerous Liaisons and as the psychotic book editor Alex in Fatal Attraction. She has been nominated for 5 Academy Awards, for Best Actress in Dangerous Liaisons and Fatal Attraction and for Best Supporting Actress in The Natural, The Big Chill and The World According to Garp. She played the role of Sunny von Bülow in the 1990 film Reversal of Fortune to critical acclaim.

In the 1990s, Close took on challenging roles on television as well. She starred in the highly rated presentation of the 1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame drama Sarah, Plain and Tall (and its two sequels) and also in the made-for-TV movie Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995); from these roles she was nominated for 8 Emmys (winning one) and 7 Golden Globes (winning one 2005). She also appeared in the newsroom comedy-drama The Paper (1994), the alien invasion satire Mars Attacks! (1996, as The First Lady), the Disney hit 101 Dalmatians and 102 Dalmatians (1996, as the sinister Cruella de Vil) and the blockbuster Air Force One (1997), as the trustworthy vice-president to Harrison Ford's president.

In 2001 she starred in an elaborate production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific. In 2005, Close joined the FX crime series The Shield, in which she played a no-nonsense precinct captain. She only appeared in one season, choosing to work on the series Damages (also on FX) instead of continuing her character on the Shield.

Close has had an extensive career performing in many Broadway musicals. One of her most notable roles on stage was Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard where Close won a Tony award playing the role on Broadway in 1994. Close was also a guest star, at the Andrew Lloyd Webber fiftieth birthday party celebration, in the Royal Albert Hall in 1998. She appeared as Norma Desmond and performed songs from Sunset Boulevard. Close will reprise the role of Norma Desmond in the 2008 film Sunset Boulevard, based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. As of February 2007, the film has not started production.

Personal life
Close is a life-long baseball fan of the New York Mets and has sung the National Anthem before Mets games several times, including Game 1 of the 1986 World Series. In February 2006, Close married her longtime boyfriend David Shaw. The couple reside in Maine. Close was previously married to Cabot Wade (1969–1971) and James Marlas (1984–1987). Her only child is her daughter, Annie Maude Starke (Born April 26, 1988), from her previous relationship with John Starke that ended in 1991.

She has donated money to election campaigns of many Democratic Party politicians, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Howard Dean and John Edwards.