London ,IT’S HOLLYWOOD vs Hollywood at Sunday night’s British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London. Hollywood heavyweights James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, a film about the Iraq war, are the favourites to win at the glittering and star-studded ceremony to be held at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

Sydney: Women will soon be able to tell how many eggs they have in their ovaries in a simple hormone test that Australian researchers said on Sunday could revolutionise family planning and fertility treatment.
The so called “egg timer” blood test would be able to accurately predict ovum levels based on the concentration of a specific fertility hormone, said conception specialist Peter Illingworth. “I think this is a big step forward,” said Illingworth, medical director of IVF Australia.

London: An American couple, obsessed with Apple products, has tied the knot inside the technology giant’s store in New York.
Josh and Ting Li became man and wife at the city’s Apple store on Fifth Avenue on Valentine’s Day in a ceremony filled with the company’s products.

London: Controversial Indian-origin author Salman Rushdie has accused Amnesty International of “moral bankruptcy” for working with a former terror suspect from Britain.

Jennifer Lopez performs during the Festival di Sanremo Italian song contest at the Ariston theatre in San Remo, Italy, on Friday. PHOTO: AP

London: A British woman, who was unaware of an enormous ovarian cyst she was carrying, lost over 25 kg and dropped six dress sizes in a day after being operated for the cyst.

Los Angeles: Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn was slapped with criminal charges on Friday after allegedly attacking a photographer in Los Angeles last year, city prosecutors said.

Los Angeles: Teen star Kristen Stewart is urging movie bosses to split the final Twilight movie into two parts because the story "absolutely warrants two films."

LOS ANGELES, An online survey of 895 Web users and experts found more than three-quarters believe the Internet will make people smarter in the next 10 years, according to results released on Friday.

London: Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has revealed he can no longer move his left hand following his car crash in two years ago. The Invictus actor was involved in a car crash in August 2008 and said that his left hand has never fully recovered, leaving him unable to move it, Contactmusic reported.