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Play model and former Baywatch star-babe Pamela Anderson gave an amazing eyeful to those attending the Vivienne Westwood fashion show when her boob popped out of her dress. The Canadian-born actress strutted down the ramp while modeling for the designer’s 2009-2010 ‘ready-to-wear’ collection in Paris. She was a surprise star-celebrity model on the catwalk at the Vivienne Westwood show at Paris fashion week last Friday afternoon.

According to contactmusic.com reports Anderson “accidentally” did some exposing on stage while walking the ramp for the Fashion Week. However, she quickly covered up and continued on the ramp. “It was hilarious and Pam didn’t seem to mind a bit that everyone had seen more than they were supposed to. I guess when you have bared all for s*x tapes and magazines, something like this is nothing,” said a catwalk watcher.

It is not the first time for the show girl that has ‘accidentally’ shown more than she intended to. The star popped out of her figure hugging red dress at a Virgin Atlantic airway bash in June 2005. Pam exposed herself once on the red carpet while being interview by a TV crew as well.

The blonde bombshell showed off with different dresses such as an angel, pink wings, in a tutu, football socks and platform shoes. Once her hands were tied behind her back in a reference to the world’s apparent inability to halt global warming. The busty blonde modeled at New York Fashion Week for designer Richie Rich last month.

Recent Oscar ceremony event was the show of victory of “Slumdog Millionaire”

81st Academy Award Ceremony
Date: February 22, 2009
Venue: Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California
Host: Hugh Jackman
Winner is determined by the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Oscar ballots due by February 17, 2009
Produced by Laurence Mark
Executive Producer: Bill Condon
Winner tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers

1. Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire

2. Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

3. Best leading Actor: Sean Penn, Milk

4. Best leading Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader

5. Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
6. Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

7. Original Score: A.R. Rahman for Slumdog Millionaire
8. Original Song: “Jai Ho,” A.R. Rahman and Gulzar for Slumdog Millionaire
9. Original Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

10. Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

11. Animated Feature Film: WALL-E

12. Foreign Language Film: Departures from Japan

13. Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle , Slumdog Millionaire
14. Costume Design: Michael O’Connor, The Duchess

15. Art Direction: Victor J. Zolfo and Donald Graham, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

16. Makeup: Greg Cannom, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

17. Film Editing: Chris Dickens, Slumdog Millionaire

18. Documentary Feature: Man on Wire

19. Documentary Short Subject: Smile Pinki
20. Animated Short Film: La Maison en Petits Cube

21. Live Action Short Film: Jochen Alexander Freydank, Spielzeugland Toyland

22. Sound Editing: Richard King, The Dark Knight

23. Sound Mixing: Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty; Slumdog Millionaire

24. Visual Effects: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron ;The Curious Case of Benjamin Butto

25. Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jerry Lewis

Indian film actress and model Shilpa Shetty (born 8, June 1975) who joined the IPL league after her peer Preity Zinta, mow she is set to make a super exclusive music video to promote her cricket team. Shilpa bought stake of Rajasthan Royals. The sizzling music video will get an evocative Rajasthani-folk number entitled ‘Halla Bol’. It is composed by Anand Raj Anand. On the other hand, it will be choreographed by Ken Ghosh. He stopped doing music videos after turning feature filmmaker. “I’m so glad Ken is making an exception for me. We chose Anand Raj Anand because he’s an expert at catchy folk songs. I first worked in a film with his music when he scored for Pardesi Babu. I was simply bowled over by the numbers. Today when I hear the song he has composed for our team I feel deeply enthused,” says Shilpa.

Celebrity Big Brother winner Shilpa’s current beau and co-partner Raj Kundra is too much excited by Anand Raj Anand’s Rajasthani song. To shoot the song featuring Shilpa, apparently he has decided to shell out a mini fortune close to Rs. 1 crore. But the inside buzz is that the new video will be better than anything that Shilpa has done before because the word is that nearly a total amount of Rs. 3 crores is expected to be spent. So, you may easily guess how will be that music video.

It is assumed that “From ‘UP Bihar Lootne’ to ‘Shut Up And Bounce’…Shilpa’s item songs have always been special and different. Especially she wants now her IPL music video to be best item song ever and can make a noise in the people mind. For this, she is working on the costumes, accessories everything in advance in order to shoot the video in March. Shilpa hopes she’ll sizzle in the video like never before. To judge her hope people are waiting; so, Shilpa do hurry up.

Grammy award winner Welsh singer-songwriter Aimée Anne Duffy (born 23, June 1984) had never dreamt of being a singer as she was very shy in her childhood. Duffy said, ‘As a kid, I never wanted to be a singer – I was far too shy – but I needed a way of externalizing my thoughts and singing was one of the best options to say what I believed in.’ she added ‘I used to be a good swimmer so if not a singer, I would have been a swimmer.’ The singer is professionally known as Duffy.

Her debut album Rockferry was released in March 2008. That time the album got the number one position at UK Album Chart. In 2008 it was the best selling album in the United Kingdom. She has already established herself on the world music scene. Recently the 24 years old pop star had revealed that she would like to swap her retro 60s sound and want to make a more modern record. She wants to be more popular than ever.

1. Song of the Year: Coldplay – ‘Viva la Vida’
2. Record of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – ‘Please Read the Letter’
3. Album of the Year: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss – ‘Raising Sand’
4. Best New Artist: Adele
5. Best Male Pop Vocal Performance: John Mayer – ‘Say’
6. Best Female Pop Vocal Performance: Adele – ‘Chasing Pavements’
7. Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – ‘Rich Woman’
8. Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Coldplay – ‘Viva la Vida’
9. Best Dance Recording: Daft Punk -’Harder Better Faster Stronger’
10. Best Male R&B Vocal Performance: Ne-Yo – ‘Miss Independent’
11. Best Electronic/Dance Album: Daft Punk – ‘Alive’
12. Best Female R&B Vocal Performance: Alicia Keys -’Superwoman’
13. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Al Green (featuring John Legend) – ‘Stay with Me (By the Sea)’
14. Best Urban/Alternative Performance: Chrisette Michele (featuring will.i.am) – ‘Be OK’
15. Best R&B Album: Jennifer Hudson – ‘Jennifer Hudson’
16. Best R&B Song: Ne-Yo – ‘Miss Independent’
17. Best Rap Solo Performance: Lil Wayne – ‘A Milli’
18. Best Contemporary R&B Album: Mary J. Blige – ‘Growing Pains’
19. Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group: Jay-Z & T.I. (Kanye West & Lil Wayne) – ‘Swagga like Us’
20. Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Estelle (featuring Kanye West) – ‘American Boy’
21. Best Rap Song: Lil Wayne – ‘Lollipop’
22. Best Rap Album: Lil Wayne – ‘Tha Carter III’
23. Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance: John Mayer – ‘Gravity’
24. Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals: Kings Of Leon – ‘Sex on Fire’
25. Best Hard Rock Performance: The Mars Volta – ‘Wax Simulacra’
26. Best Metal Performance: Metallica – ‘My Apocalypse’
27. Best Rock Song: Bruce Springsteen -’Girls In Their Summer Clothes’
28. Best Rock Album: Coldplay – ‘Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends’
29. Best Alternative Music Album: Radiohead – ‘In Rainbows’
30. Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman: ‘Down To Earth’
31. Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media: Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman – ‘Juno’
32. Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media: James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer – ‘The Dark Knight’
33. Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Rick Rubin
34. Best Short Form Music Video: Weezer – ‘Porl and Beans’
35. Traditional Blues Album: B.B. King – ‘One Kind Favor’
36. Contemporary Blues Album: Dr. John and The Lower 911 – ‘City That Care Forgot’
37. Contemporary Jazz Album: Randy Brecker – ‘Randy in Brasil’
38. New Age Album: Jack DeJohnette – ‘Peace Time’
39. Jazz Vocal Album: Cassandra Wilson – ‘Loverly’
40. Jazz Instrumental Album Individual or Group: Chick Corea and Gary Burton – ‘The New Crystal Silence’
41. Jazz Instrumental Solo: Terence Blanchard – ‘BE-BOP’
42. Large Jazz Ensemble Album: The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra – ‘Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard’
43. Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O’Farrill and The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra – ‘Song for Chico’
44. Gospel Performance: Mary Mary – ‘Get Up’
45. Gospel Song: Kirk Franklin – ‘Help Me Believe’
46. Traditional Gospel Album: The Blind Boys of Alabama – ‘Down in New Orleans’
47. Contemporary R&B Gospel Album: Kirk Franklin – ‘The Fight of My Life’
48. Southern, Country, Bluegrass Gospel: Gaither Vocal Band – ‘Lovin’ Life’
49. Rock or Rap Gospel Album: TobyMac – ‘Alive and Transported’
50. Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album: CeCe Winans – ‘Thy Kingdom Come’

Rajasthan Royals, Indian Premier League champions have sold a percentage share to the former Big Brother winner and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.

Shilpa Shetty won Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 and is one of Bollywood’s leading actors. After Preity Zinta, Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla, Shilpa is the 4th Bollywood name to bond this sports event, the Indian Premier League (IPL) bandwagon, which is now India’s one of the biggest the cash-rich event. Shilpa Shetty and her boyfriend and business partner Raj Kundra bought 12 percent stake in Rajasthan Royals owners Emerging Media group for 75 crores Rupees, which is now the new brand ambassador for defending champions of the Twenty20 tournament. On this Friday’s auction, Shilpa Shetty joins there and bet for buy players for her team. Shilpa said,

“Well I am not going to fool myself into believing I’ve been brought in for my business acumen. The team had it all. They needed the glamour quotient and for that I am here.”

But please, I am not going to be one of the pom-pom girls on the field, if that’s what the spectators expect. I’m certainly not going to be the eye candy of the venture. I completely relate to Rajasthan Royals. My story is similar to the team’s journey to the top. It is an honor to be a part of Rajasthan Royals, she added.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) to come out trumps amidst the odds. In the first event of the IPL, they won the championship when everybody thought they were a hopeless bunch led by an ageing, retired superstar. Nobody has any hope for the team. But after winning the first competition now, just before the second season, amidst the recession gloom, they have managed to pull off the deal that should help them sail through the rough weather. The deal provides evidence the IPL may be weathering the economic slump after Shilpa Shetty and Kundra paid $15.4 million for their stake, which values the Rajasthan franchise at around $140million, a major increase on the $67 million its owners, Emerging Media, paid for it a year ago.

Star actor Heath Ledger’s lawyer William Shernoff sued US firm ReliaStar Life Insurance claiming it was refusing to pay death benefits to his 3-year-old daughter Matilda. He claimed the insurer refused to pay as it wanted to investigate whether Ledger’s death was a suicide.

The actor died last January due to an accidental prescription drug overdose. According to the insurance policy, if the star’s death had been suicide, it would have invalidated the policy.

Ledger’s lawyer William Shernoff said, “The parties are pleased that they were able to reach an amicable settlement and solve the dispute,” However, Ledger’s lawyers are now seeking a closed hearing next month to establish a court guardian to represent the actor’s daughter.

The Hollywood actor won a posthumous Golden Globe earlier this month for his outstanding role as The Joker in the Batman movie The Dark Knight. His father Kim said the trophy will be handed to Matilda. Ledger is also nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for the same part.

Matilda is the daughter of Ledger and American actress Michel Williams. But the couple separated a few months before his death and she is being raised by Williams.

US famous film actress and fashion model, Julia Fiona Roberts (born 28, October 1967) is being praised by US leading Hindus for showing them respect by sporting the traditional ‘bindi’ on her recent excursion to the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. The ‘Pretty Woman’ star, Roberts and her husband Danny Moder were spotted visiting the Taj Mahal, famous tourist attraction last week. She was photographed sporting a bindi mark on her forehead at the time and she was very delighted.

Contactmusic quoted Nevada-based Hindu statesman Rajan Zed as saying “Julia Roberts honoured the traditions of India by sporting a bindi on her forehead during her recent trip to India, and we are very happy she did. It was a mark of respect that has not gone unnoticed.” He added, “I would personally like to extend an invitation to Ms. Roberts and her family to visit with me if the trip to India has sparked an interest in Hinduism, and other Hindu leaders here in America would be glad to share their knowledge.”

More to the point, Julia Roberts isn’t the first non-Hindu Hollywood celebrity to wear a bindi in public. There are many other stars like Madonna, Nelly Furtado, Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Shakira, and Shania Twain have turned the religious sign (bindi) into a fashion statement in the past as well.

The President of the Universal Society of Hinduism, Rajan Zed, also said that he had been quite aware of Roberts’ interest in Hinduism for years. He noted “She has a production company called Red Om Films, and Om in Hinduism is the mystical syllable containing the universe, which is used to introduce and conclude religious work.”

Additionally, He has urged other top stars, especially bollywood, to follow Roberts’ example, in order to show the Hindu faith more respect on film, TV, and in music videos so that next generation encourage to use it.