Girish Kasaravalli directed ‘Gulabi Talkies’, a film based on a short story written by renowned feminist Kannada writer Vaidehi, has won the best state film award for 2007-08, while its leading lady, Umasri got the best female actor award for its superb performance in the film.

The jury selected the yet-to-be released Ramadas Naidu’s ‘Moggina Jade’ and Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar’s ‘Mathad Mathad Mallige’ for the second and third best films respectively.

Washington, Jan 12: Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is reportedly planning to team up with her `new boyfriend' to open a nightclub in Dubai.

Rumours are abuzz that the singer is dating nightclub entrepreneur Nick House, who owns exclusive London venues Mahiki and Whisky Mist.

And Halliwell reportedly wants to collaborate with him to build an exclusive superclub in the city frequented by the rich and famous.

Multi-talented actor Akshay Kumar has topped the list of income tax payers in the Bollywood industry.

Akki, who has pushed King Khan to the No. 2 position, paid Rs 19 crore in taxes, and turned the highest taxpayer in the country this year.

On the other hand, Shahrukh Khan has paid around Rs 15 crore in income tax.

On the celebrity tax payer list, the third position goes to Hrithik Roshan with a payment of Rs 8 crore, while Aamir Khan is on fourth place, who paid Rs 7 crore as income tax.

London, January 11: Mischa Barton has reportedly uploaded her bikini photographs shot in Goa, where she is presently filming for her new movie, on her official website.

The Brit actress, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the American TV series The O. C, was said to up her profile visits with the pictures taken in Goa.

Barton is presently shooting for her `Bhopal: Prayer For Rain in India' based on real-life Bhopal industrial disaster.

Bollywood's Munna Bhai would be the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow for the poll expected in May this year.

But there are still uncertainities that surround his prospects of actually contesting the Lok Sabha polls, because Sanjay Dutt is out on bail after being sentenced to six years rigorous imprisionment by a TADA court for being in illegal possession of arms including an AK-56 automatic rifle and point 9 mm pistol.

London, January 10 : 50 Cent may have taken a dig at fellow rapper Kanye West for dumping rap for soft love songs - and even suggesting that the latter was gay. The singer, who rose to fame with the release of his albums `Get Rich or Die Tryin'' (2003) and `The Massacre' (2005), had allegedly launched the accusation after Kanye released his latest album, `808s and Heartbreak'.

50 Cent was said to be so enraged "that a hardman rapper is singing ballads, he was moved to parody his rival in song," from his new album `Before I Self-destruct' set to be released in February, reports the Mirror.