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'Slumdog Millionaire' sweeps eight Oscars at the 81 st Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound Mixing, Film Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Direction and Motion Picture. Indian music maestro A R Rahman brings home two awards with his Jai Ho... composition.

In a choppy trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index (Sensex) tested the 10000-level before ending at 9958.22 on Friday with a gain of nearly 55 points over Thursdays close of 9903.46 as investors bet on a stimulus package to revive the economy, slowing faster than expected.

The cast and crew of Slumdog Millionaire were on top of the world at the film's premiere last night in Mumbai, after the 81st Academy Award nominations were announced in Los Angeles. Slumdog... has got a whopping 10 nominations for the Oscars. Danny Boyle, the film's director, danced to Bhangra beats along with Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Freida Pinto, Dev Patel and the rest of the team. The only person missing was AR Rahman, who was out of town. All the big stars of Bollywood walked in to see the filmy. Read on to see who came and what they said about the film's triumph.

Rags-to-riches story Slumdog Millionaire (Special) continued its fairy-tale journey by winning seven prizes including Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards and sealing its place as favourite for the Oscars later this month.

Sunday night`s Oscars host, Hugh Jackman, is sure to shake things up. For one thing, he`s not a professional comedian like most previous hosts. For another, he tells a news channel that he plans to do the entire show naked and inebriated.

Sri Lanka will host the 11th International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards and a 20Twenty match between Bollywood stars and Asian cricketers during the three-day event.

Aamir Khan-starrer ‘3 Idiots’ has bagged maximum number of nominations at the 2010 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards to be held in Colombo from June 3.

On the eve of a key vote, President Barack Obama privately promised Republicans he stands ready to accept changes in the $825 billion economic stimulus legislation, invoked Ronald Reagan to rebut conservative critics and urged lawmakers to "put politics aside" in the interest of creating jobs.

Sitara Awards 2008, instituted by Asianet (Telugu) were held recently. Many luminaries of the Telugu film industry were present at the glitter-filled function. Filled with songs and dance, the ceremony was breathtaking and very colouful. The Awards were decided by a panel of judges and by online/ SMS public vote.