London: Pop singer Britney Spears has reportedly broken up with her boyfriend Jason Trawick.
The couple had parted ways in February after about a year of dating. “They were fighting a lot and have not been getting along,” the source said. However, the singer’s representative has yet to confirm the reports.

New Delhi: Leading modernist painter H.S. Raza, whose geometric abstracts set auction records, plans by 2010 end to return to birthplace India from France where he has been living for the past six decades.
“I hope to come back... I hope to sell my houses in France and wind up everything and return by December or beginning of next year,” Raza, the Indian artist who had popularised the bindu worldwide said.

LONDON ,BRITISH ACTRESS Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes announced their separation after nearly seven years of marriage on Monday.
Their lawyer, Keith Schilling of legal firm Schillings, which specialises in safeguarding the reputations of international corporations, brands, celebrities and high-profile business people, said the couple had separated earlier in 2010. “Kate and Sam are saddened to announce that they separated earlier this year.

Paris: Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard gasped in pain after France’s culture minister accidentally stuck a pin into her chest as he decorated her with the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday.

London: Hollywood celebrities Jessica Biel, Gwen Stefani and Megan Fox head a list of top Hollywood bodies.
The survey was conducted by a fitness magazine, the readers of which voted for the stars with the best abs, bottoms and style, imdb.Com reports.

New York: “King of Pop” Michael Jackson’s estate has signed the biggest deal in music history worth $250 million.
The late Thriller hitmaker’s estate has inked a recording deal with Sony Music Entertainment worth up to $250 million with a guarantee of $200 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.

New York ,HOLLYWOOD ACTR-ESS Angelina Jolie has unseated Oprah Winfrey as the most powerful celebrity of 2009 but the talk show queen is still raking in big money with an earning of $275 million a year.
The Forbes list of most powerful celebrities have five men and women in the top ten but the women take the top four positions in the order of Jolie, Winfrey, Madonna and Beyonce Knowles with Jennifer Aniston at number eight.
Despite the sex scandal that exploded at the end of the year, golf champion Tiger Woods led the men at the number five position followed by singer Bruce Springsteen and Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.

Los Angeles: “Pandora” from James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar has been adjudged the number one word from Hollywood that influenced the English language in 2009.

London: Selective hearing? It’s all in the brain, and not ear, say scientists. A new study has revealed that selective hearing — the ability to filter out unwanted noise and conversation — exists and it is the brain that “zooms in” on sound acting like radio by tuning into certain noises while ignoring everything else.

New Delhi ,THE DADAsaheb Phalke Award for the year 2008 will be awarded to ace cinematographer V.K. Murthy.
The award will be presented by President Pratibha Devisingh Patil in the capital on March 19 during the 56th National Film Awards ceremony. The cinematographer’s name for the prestigious award was announced on January 19.
Anirudh Roy Choudhury will receive the Swarna Kamal Medal and a cash prize of Rs 2.50 lakh for direction of film Antaheen (Bengali).