Weekend Quickie: DJ Pearl at Valhalla tonight at 10 pm; Mudra Dance Week at NCPA until April 30; three nights of Beatboxing (UK's The Boxettes in image) at Blue Frog from April 27 to 29.

bpb's weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai (and beyond) happenings.

Deja Vu: This week-old Shivaji Park café is entirely forgettable. Read the bpb review here.

Encore: Speaking of déjà vu, Gauri Khan repeats a Jean Paul Gaultier dress at a recent IPL match, and Lady Gaga looks like a giant doily at her live performance in Tokyo.

Faculty vacancies at IITs and IIMs, despite substantial pay and perks. Another report claims that students would rather be engineers than doctors. New nerd mentality?

Forbidden fruit: Apple software engineer leaves next gen iPhone at a bar. Gizmodo buys it for $5,000, and picks it apart for your viewing pleasure. In other tech tales, Kylie Minogue’s fans crash her site as scores log in at the same time to view 30-second clip of her much anticipated new video, All the Lovers.

Weekend Quickie: Paan Vodka Float, Tulsi Martini and other desi cocktails at Out of the Blue until May 14; DJ Johnny Deep spins at Bonobo tonight at 10 pm; attend short film club Shamiana’s screening at the Eros  Preview Theatre on April 17 from 6.30 to 8.30 pm.

Our weekly pick-tionary of happenings from Mumbai and beyond.

Busted! Sex siren Marilyn Monroe’s chest X-ray is up for auction in Las Vegas and Catherine Zeta Jones goes nude for the first time, in Allure magazine.

A Career advice website claims that according to their study, 80% of jobs are secured through networking at the right places, like the gym. Tread (mill) carefully.

Disaster: A storm kills At least 30 people in West Bengal; hundreds die in North West China Earthquake. R.I.P

Fashionista Sonam Kapoor does yet another yummy photo shoot for Filmfare magazine, dressed in Prashant Verma’s Spring Summer 2010 collection.

After a hiatus of two weeks when Cutting was hijacked by our guest Scouters, bpb returns with its weekly pick-tionary of Mumbai happenings

Bollywood goes West: KJO makes SRK dub a re-edited and shorter version of My Name is Khan in English. Rub-a-dub-dub. We wonder who’s the third man in the tub.

Hitchhacker’s guide to the cyber galaxy: Chinese spies break into Indian Defense Ministry databases and the Dalai Lama’s email, according to Canadian report.

Hurt Locker, winner of six Oscars, releases in Mumbai this weekend. Must watch!

Maoists slay 75 members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in a single day. R.I.P.

(P)Addle brained: Brown water kayaking is apparently the newest way for Mumbaikars to take advantage of the ocean. Don’t fall into the water, though. You may turn into a mutant!

Pitcher Perfect: bpb conducts a chalice-check of the best sangrias in town, for your tasting pleasure. Read our story on CNNGo.com!

(Sc)rabble rousers: SSpelling bees generate quite a buzz over news that the beloved board game will now allow the use of proper nouns. Turns out that’s only for one version, being released in the UK for limited time.

Shoaib Malik admits to marriage, divorces Ayesha Siddiqui. This is after his first wife gives cops clothes allegedly stained with Malik’s fluids proving the couple had consummated their marriage. Talk about (not) washing your dirty linen in public!

Sins of the fathers: Amidst the charges of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church comes another accusation against a Father, this one of our nation. Jad Adams’ new Gandhi biography makes some seriously cringe-worthy claims.

Terrorists killed in 26/11 attacks buried outside Mumbai more than a year later. Does the issue of our city’s security go to the grave with them?

World Health Day celebrated yesterday. We hope you too stay healthy and happy, until we meet again. Santé!

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Weekend Quickie: The London Philharmonic Orchestra on April 3 at Tata Theatre, NCPA; buy cool canvases at Stimuleye Kanvas India’s launch exhibit on April 4, 11 am to 10 pm at Cozi Home lawns, Bandra; BBC Soundsystem at Blue Frog tonight at 9.30 pm.

Weekend Quickie: Her Work is Never Done (Part II) at Gallery BMB from March 27 to April 17; BBQ Nights at Elbo Room every Tuesday, 8 pm onwards; Israel’s Atomic Pulse rocks Blue Frog on March 26, 10.30 pm onwards.

Our weekly pick-tionery of Mumbai happenings.

Alcohol is more harmful for Indians than westerners, a study claims. News like this drives us to drink!

Bees and Bonds: Mayawati is greeted with a massive garland of currency and a swarm of bees at Lucknow rally. The Dalit queen sure knows how to cause a buzz.

Facebook comes to Asia with offices in Hyderabad, Bengaluru scores India’s first Taco Bell, and best of all, Punjab hosts Kabbadi World Cup premiere. Maximum City, catch up!

Golden Kela Awards, Indian version of the Razzies, recognize the performances of Kareena Kapoor, Harman Baweja and Deepika Padukone. Members of the new banana republic?

Michelin-starred chefs, fondues and Swiss wines replace the regular menu at Indigo's ten year anniversary Swiss cuisine festival. Say cheese!

Mumbai Indians kick ass, defeat Delhi Daredevils by 98 runs. Capital!

M.J’s bizarre saga continues: news reports claim that the syringe used on the star just before his death will be auctioned off by the owner for over five million dollars. Quite a prick!

Panick(er) Attack: Air your views on the IPL at this online chat room, set up and headed by cricket journalist and Yahoo! Managing Editor Prem Panicker.

Porn may be good for society as it reduces the rate of sex crimes, argues Asylum. An impossible stretch?

Royalty, Shilpa Shetty’s new club, opens to the public today. Glad to see the starlet is putting her husband’s money to good use.

Tiger Woods announces his return to golf with the Masters at Augusta next month. This is when you remember the Wood joke and the hole joke and the swinger joke….

Weekend Quickie: Silent outdoor party at Blue Frog on March 12; Green beer at Bonobo on March 17 for St Patrick’s Day; booze deals for IPL III at Olive Bar and Kitchen (Bandra and Mahalaxmi).

bpb's pick-tionary of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/ Resort 2010.

Anita Dongre’s all-white collection, confusingly, is named after the Pink City. Still, a pretty show.

Babita Malkani’s Bhutan-inspired rompers, drafted from durris, are super cute. Don’t bale on this one!

Christopher Kane tells a tabloid that he likes Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, but can’t quite remember his full name. This year’s biggest fashion malfunction.

Front Row: Urmila Matondkar, Raveena Tandon, Dino Morea, Celina Jaitley, Neha Dhupia attend. Freida Pinto, however flies down from Montreal exclusively for Brit designer Christopher Kane. No slumming it out in the desi shows for her.