London: British author of Indian origin Shiva Naipaul, who was younger brother of Nobel laureate Sir Vidia Naipaul, is among longlist of 22 authors for a special Lost Man Booker Prize, which was launched here on Monday.

Los Angeles: Country-pop starlet Taylor Swift, who rocketed to stardom with ballads of teen love that she wrote on her bedroom floor, Sunday became the youngest artist to win the coveted Grammy for album of the year.

London: British science fiction author Terry Pratchett, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, on Monday called for assisted suicide to be legalised, reports our London correspondent.

London: Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas’s son Cameron may have to face an imprisonment of at least 10 years for running a “large-scale” drug racket.

LONDON, A new book on celebrated novelist Charles Dickens puts to rest false notions of the straight-laced Victorians and places him at the heart of nineteenth century understandings of homosexual desire.

London: Beauty guru Leslie Kenton has revealed in her new memoir Love Affair for the first time that she was raped by her own father when she was 11 and that the secret incest lasted until she was 13.

Los Angeles: Hollywood’s hottest couple says they have not broken yet.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have apparently denied reports that they’re about to split, while friends insist the media have mistaken a pre-nuptial agreement as a signal of their separation, Life & Style magazine reported.

London: Will Smith, most bankable star in Hollywood, is apparently planning a career in politics and his ultimate goal is becoming the US President.

Los Angeles: The curtains will come down on Ugly Betty, the popular American drama which has been copied the world over, in April after ABC network decided to cancel the show.

London: Unravelling the true colours of early feathered dinosaurs, the ancestors of birds, British scientists have claimed that the prehistoric creatures were covered in yellow and white stripes.