Music maestro A.R. Rahman bagged the best original song trophy at the 16th Critics’ Choice Awards for his number If I Rise in Danny Boyle’s film 127 Hours.

The Los Angeles police says that actor Peter Fonda discovered a dead body in a car and they are investigating the death.
Sgt. Carlton Cook at the West Los Angeles community police station says the Easy Rider actor called the police on Wednesday after he spotted a car parked on the side of Sunset Boulevard.

Conrad Murrey, who treated Michael Jackson during his last days, has been ordered by a judge to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges in the pop star’s death. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor also revoked Murray’s medical license till the trial.

Filming on the latest James Bond movie will start later this year for release in November 2012, its producers said on Tuesday after debt-ridden studio giant MGM was saved from financial oblivion. The project, starring Daniel Craig as 007, was put on ice April 2010 after Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was offered for sale to resolve its debt problems and stave off bankruptcy.

Ian McKellen is all set to reprise his role of wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit.
McKellen has signed on the project, which is a prequel to the award-winning Lord of the Rings series and a two-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s novel.
A lot of stars from the Ring series are staring in The Hobbit.

Popstar Shakira is single after splitting from her partner of 11 years, Antonio de La Rua.
The Colombia-born singer announced her split from de la Rua, her agent and the son of former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua, on her website and said that it was “temporary.”

Actress Denise Richards has reportedly parted ways with rocker Nikki Sixx. Richards, 39, began dating 52-year-old Motley Crue bassist in December. According to insiders, the romance was never that serious.

The Kardashian sisters are facing a tough time after a $75 million lawsuit has been filed against them for breaching a contract stemming from a credit card scheme aimed at kids.

A cocktail waitress recounted on Friday how she was called by Michael Jackson’s personal doctor the day the pop icon died and heard a “commotion,” apparently as the medic struggled with the crisis.

Michael Jackson was already dead well before paramedics got to him, and his personal doctor said nothing about having given the star a powerful sedative that killed him, medics said.