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Kate Winslet Red Carpet

Kate Winslet at OScars 2009 – 81st Annual Academy Awards.

Kate Winslet on the red carpet. Her dress is Atelier Yves Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati. Her jewels are by Chopard.

LOS ANGELES: British actress Kate Winslet won her first best actress Oscar for her performance in “The Reader”, an adaptation of a German novel about a law student’s love affair with an older woman post World War II.

“I’ll be lying if I say that I have not prepared a version of this speech since the time I was eight and in the bathroom and this trophy was a bottle of shampoo. But it’s not a shampoo bottle anymore. I feel very fortunate to have made it from there to here,” Winslet said after receiving the award here Sunday. (more…)

Angelina Jolie at Oscars 2009 – 81st Annual Academy Awards

Angelina Jolie is in a dress by Elie Saab, Lorraine Schwartz jewelry, Ferragamo shoes and a Lana Marks bag.

Some people might think that Angelina Jolie is better than Jennifer Aniston. But both Actresses are awesome. Why people might think that Angelina Jolie is better good looking or better actress just because she got married with Brad Pitt. Why Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are separated? No one really knows the real reason.

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Cate Blanchett Date of Birth: 14 May 1969, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cate Blanchett Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)

According to news.com.au Australian movie star Cate Blanchett would be the best to play One Nation founder Pauline Hanson in

a new movie.

Cate Blanchett is a good Actor who can play Pauline Hanson in a movie. She would be awesome in this movie.

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Megan Fox Pictures

Date of Birth: 16 May 1986, Rockwood, Tennessee, USA

Birth Name: Megan Denise Fox

Nickname: Mega Fox, Foxy Megan

Megan Fox Height: 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

Megan Fox Biography

Megan Fox was born May 16, 1986 in Tennessee. She has one older sister. Megan began her training in drama and dance at the age of 5 and, at the age of 10, moved to Florida where she continued her training and finished school. She now lives in Los Angeles. Megan began acting and modeling at the age of 13 after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Megan made her film debut as “Brianna Wallace” in the Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen movie, Holiday in the Sun (2001) (V). (more…)

PALANPUR: He has ruled out ruling the country if Congress wins the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. And, he hates to hazard any guess whether he would be the prime minister five years later when country goes to polls again.

“No way… Congress has already projected Manmohan Singh as the next PM. And, as far as 2014 is concerned, I can’t say. It’s too distant a future,” said Rahul Gandhi, scion of Gandhi-Nehru family, while replying to a question by an advisasi youth Ajay Dabhi, in temple town Ambaji.

After fascinating young women and students in the state, Gandhi brought smiles to hundreds of tribals in north Gujarat and exhorted their youth to join Congress. (more…)

If sources are to be believed a new online love story is brewing between Priyanka Chopra and Shahid Kapur. The duo is romancing on internet, created facebook account and with nicknames, they are addressing one another. Shahid and Priyanka are so much addicted to the site that whenever they get time, they flirts exchanging funny messages. In fact, they now communicate more via net than through phone. But things took a reverse turn when their account got leak in media. Shahid who used to refer Priyanka with the name Sir Pranks suggested her to change her name to Lady Paradox as it is disclosed to the world and Priyanka accepted his proposal and changed her name to a new one. (more…)

Finally Slumdog Millionaire has walked away with eight Oscar gongs. Anthony Dod Mantle has bagged Oscar Award For Best Cinematography for Slumdog Millionaire, while Simon Beaufoy won Best Writing & Screenplay, Resul Pookutty, Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke won Award For Best Sound and Chris Dickens won Best Editing. AR Rahman has bagged Best Original Score and Best Original
Song. (more…)

New Delhi: The economic slump has a silver lining for the officer-strapped Indian Army. Officers planning to seek premature retirement are having second thoughts and those who had applied have begun withdrawing their applications.

In comparison to the situation some months ago, when many army officers were leaving the force for greener pastures in the corporate world, now one official is withdrawing his application for premature retirement every third day, according to army sources. “In the past six months 65 officers have withdrawn their applications for premature retirement,” a senior army official said, requesting anonymity. (more…)

ALLAHBAD: This year’s Holi would be sweeter for around 800 teachers of the Allahabad University and its constituent colleges as the authorities of the varsity have released an order regarding disbursement of 40 per cent of their Sixth Pay Commission arrears.

“The orders have been signed on February 21 and the amount of arrears would be transferred to respective accounts in the first week of March,” said JN Mishra, officiating finance officer, AU. “The new pay scales, recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission, are effective from January 1, 2006,” he added. (more…)

Oscars 2009 Winners

Following is a complete list of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards.

Best Picture

“Slumdog Millionaire” (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production, Christian Colson, producer

Lead Actor

Sean Penn in “Milk” (Focus Features)

Lead Actress

Kate Winslet in “The Reader” (The Weinstein Company) (more…)