Ace story teller Tapan Sinha, who won 19 National Awards under different categories, and was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime achievement last year, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness.

According to hospital sources, “Sinha died early Thursday at the hospital. He was suffering from acute bronco-pneumonia and was on life support system.”

“His pulse rates were very low and he had stopped responding to medication since Wednesday night,” the sources added.

Music maestro A R Rahman has really made India proud by winning the high-status Golden Globe Award for Danny Boyle’s Mumbai based saga ‘Slumdog Millionaire’.

But 2007’s highly-acclaimed film ‘Taare Zameen Par’ (TZP) has failed to make it to the Oscar nomination list.

Aamir Khan’s directorial debut TZP, which was India’s official entry to Oscar, did not figure among the nine films (short listed in the foreign language film category) competing for the 81st Academy Awards.

Multi-talented actor and TV personality Shekhar Suman has presented a lavish BMW 7 series to his son Adhyayan on his 21st birthday.

The proud dad told that Adhyayan is passionate about cars and desired this model for a long time.

Buoyed by hefty box-office collections of 2008 blockbuster ‘Ghajini’, ace Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan said it shows the success of a movie.

Mr. Perfectionist said, “For me, the feeling that my hard work has been appreciated is priceless as I go by my instinct while choosing a script. When I hear a script, I react as an audience.”

He also said that it is not easy to define the potential of any film.

Ghajini has become Bollywood’s biggest money earners ever, raking in a surprising Rs 200 crore in just 14 days.

Washington, Jan 13 : Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has been granted a restraining order against a 62-year-old man, who has allegedly been stalking her.

David Nolte has been ordered by the court to stay away from Love Hewitt, her mother and her ex-fiance, Ross McCall for three years, reports Contactmusic.

The Ghost Whisperer star filed a petition against him in December (08) at Los Angeles Superior Court stating she feared for her physical safety after Nolte turned up at her mother''s house bearing letters and flowers.

Umm…………it seems that southern beauty star Asin is truly on song.

After working with the perfectionist Aamir khan in ‘Ghajini’ (the biggest movie of the year 2008), Asin is all set to drive her fans crazy with none other than Salman Khan in her next film ‘London Dreams’.

However, the big news doing the rounds in the B-Town is Asin’s chemistry with Salman Khan.

According to the grapevine, Asin and Sallu have got along well with each other and it has created problem for Katrina Kaif.