For a handful of stardust
How does an actor become a star? It could be due to talent, good looks, family connection or sheer luck. Randeep Wadehra puts his finger on what makes for a winning shot as he brings out the USP of different actors
Some earn love, adulation and respect of the masses as well as the classes and thus bask in stardust’s tinsel glory for life, while others, treated with amnesiac indifference, fade into oblivion. If one looks at the routes to success taken by different actors, one discovers that there really is no cut and dry formula for success.

Bono rocks
A poll commissioned by music channel MTV as part of its 25^th anniversary celebrations has found that of all the pop stars in the world, U2 frontman Bono is the most influential of them all.

Streets creates longest-ever music video
The Streets frontman Mike Skinner, is set to enter the Guinness World Records book for creating the longest-ever music video. The British rapper is teaming up with MTV to make the 20-minute promo to displace the record set by Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit Thriller. The video, which features footage shot by five MTV viewers, will be aired for the first time on August 1.