{"id":98745,"date":"2013-02-28T11:07:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T05:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=98745"},"modified":"2013-02-28T11:07:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T05:37:34","slug":"vanity-fair-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/vanity-fair-174\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanity Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Invisible hero<\/strong> MS Dhoni Photo:<\/strong> Fotocorp<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nOut of the Picture<\/strong><\/span>
\nIt\u2019s Tunbridge Wells all over again. Well, almost. A BBC strike means that no video footage exists of Kapil Dev\u2019<\/strong>s magnificent 175 \u2014 then the highest ODI score by an Indian \u2014 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. MS Dhoni\u2019<\/strong>s match-winning 224 against Australia this week faces a similar fate, as a Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) directive to ban independent photo agencies and retain photo rights meant that newspapers around the world (and posterity) were denied any images of the iconic innings. Also, Australian fans could only hear their team\u2019s destruction, as the ABC pulled out of the series because of the BCCI\u2019s astronomical broadcast fees.
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\n\"Veena<\/a>Kiss and Tell<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe liplock that rakes in big moolah<\/strong>
\nVeena Malik<\/strong> has proven herself adept at being famous for being famous. Now, she\u2019s gone legit by breaking a Guinness World Record, baby! It\u2019s not a made-up record that is a record because nobody else would ever think of doing it, this one\u2019s bona fide. So, on her 29th birthday, the Pakistani actress got the contestants of the reality show The City that Never Sleeps \u2014 Bollywood Hunt<\/em> to kiss her hand over a 100 times in one minute. Talk about getting real, eh!
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On guard<\/strong> MC Hammer<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nUnder the Hammer<\/strong><\/span>
\nRapper MC Hammer<\/strong> was arrested for obstructing and resisting a police officer which, he says, was a case of racial profiling. The \u201cchubby Elvis-looking dude,\u201d as he describes the cop, asked him if he was on probation or parole, a question Hammer claims he was asked because he is black. \u201cOnly thing more dangerous than a scared man with a gun,\u201d he tweeted, \u201cis a scared man with an agenda, a gun and a badge.\u201d The policeman then tried to haul Hammer out of the car, \u201cbut forgot he is on a steady donut diet.\u201d
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\n\"Seth<\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2018Our next presenter needs no introduction\u2019<\/strong>
\nSeth Macfarlane<\/strong> (Who then promptly left the Oscars stage. To be fair, Meryl Streep doesn\u2019t need one<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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