Los Angeles: Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman ever to win a best director Oscar on Sunday for her hard-nosed work on The Hurt Locker, the Iraq war film about a team of US soldiers who defuse bombs. In a true Hollywood twist, Bigelow edged out her ex-husband, Avatar filmmaker James Cameron, and both were widely considered the front-runners for the honour.

LOS ANGELES, COMEDY STARS Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, the first duo to share the Oscar stage as co-hosts in the television age, traded punch lines and barbs as they gently roasted the Oscar 2010 nominees.

LOS ANGELES, TWELVE YEARS ago, James Cameron declared he was “king of the world” when Titanic won the Oscar for best picture. But on Sunday, his hopes for a repeat with Avatar were blown up by The Hurt Locker, a low-budget war movie directed by his ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow.

MUMBAI ,DAY 3 of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer-Resort 2010 kicked off to an “inspired” start on Sunday. Amalraj Sengupta was up first, showcasing his collection inspired by the movie Transformers.
Sling bags turned into hooded jackets, shirts turned into dresses at the flick of a zip and jackets worn in different ways to create two different looks. Linen appeared at its best in the grey, black and off-white tones of Sengupta’s first showing after his debut at the Gen Next show at LFW in 2009.

Los Angeles: The 82nd Academy Awards will see a battle of the exes with James Cameron’s sci-fi blockbuster Avatar and his former-wife Kathryn Bigelo-w’s Iraq war drama Hurt Locker fighting it out for top honours after receiving nine nominations each.

Kathmandu: Vatsala Sharma has emerged the winner of the first ever Miss India Worldwide Nepal Pageant 2010.
The Nepalis Council had organised the event in Kathmandu on Saturday, to promote peace and friendship between India and Nepal and to support a charitable cause for children.

LOS ANGELES ,SANDRA BULLOCK warmed up for the Academy Awards with a stop at the Razzies to collect a dubious honour: A worst-actress prize for her romantic comedy flop All About Steve. Bullock swung by the Razzies on the eve of her expected triumph at Sunday’s Oscars, where she is considered the favourite to win best actress for The Blind Side. If she wins, Bullock will be the first person to win an Oscar and a Razzie over the same weekend.

Mumbai: Dimpy Ganguly, who married Rahul Mahajan on a highly-watched and much talked about reality show, wants her husband to pursue a political career like his late father, Pramod Mahajan, rather than be in show business.
“I really want him (Rahul) to pursue a political career,” Dimpy told reporters here Saturday night after exchanging wedding vows with Rahul on Imagine TV’s Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega. To this, 35-year-old Rahul said: “I’ll first manage my home. Once that is settled, I’ll manage the country.” Rahul has earlier participated in reality show Bigg Boss too.

MUMBAI, With muted shades the norm on day 2 of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort 2010, the occasional splashes of colour really stood out. Designer Sabah Khan’s bright patchwork skirts and shirts had digital images of women and girls from Dharavi superimposed on the backs. Sabah, a final-year graduation

Los Angeles: He may be playing the Mad Hatter in his latest film Alice in Wonderland but Hollywood heartthrob Johnny Depp would not mind stepping into the shoes of Alice, had his director asked him to do it. The 46-year-old actor that he