With gorgeous red carpets, blinking cameras and a thrilled deluge of global stardust – Hollywood's biggest night has finally arrived!!!

Ace British director Danny Boyle shepherded the extended ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ cast members down the red carpet Sunday to the Kodak Theatre for the star-studded 81st Annual Academy Awards.

London, February 22: Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto's fiancé has the movie, and film's star Dev Patel, to blame for putting an end to his relationship with the actress.

Dumped Rohan Antao revealed that Pinto not only compelled him to stay mum about their engagement, for the benefit of the movie, but also snubbed him to be with her onscreen lover.

The 24-year-old further said that his former love gave him the thumbs down in a phone call while she was promoting the film with her 6-year-junior co-star.

Presence of Slumdog Millionaire stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto in a jeweller's shop on Valentine’s Day has strengthened rumors of increasing closeness between the two stars.

Earlier their co-star Anil Kapoor revealed he could feel “the beginning of something exciting” between the two.

According to an onlooker, Dev and Frieda seemed completely smitten with each other.

London, February 21 : `Slumdog Millionaire' stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto have fuelled dating rumours after being spotted shopping for a ring on Valentine's Day.

The report comes after their co-star Anil Kapoor recently revealed he could feel "the beginning of something exciting" between the two.

The 18-year-old lad was seen taking his six-year-senior "lady love" to a High Street jeweller's on Oxford Street - and left without purchasing anything.

New York, February 7: A medical emergency was reported to have brought the filming of to "The Tyra Banks Show" to a standstill, just minutes before `Slumdog Millionaire' stars Dev Patel and Freida Pinto were to go on air.

A woman in the audience was said to have suffered a seizure, and was later rushed to a hospital.

"A young woman in the audience went into a seizure and started convulsing. Paramedics rushed to the scene and began working on her," the New York Post quoted a source as saying.

London, Feb 04 : `Slumdog Millionaire' star Dev Patel's mother has revealed that she encouraged him to strip off for his first TV show.

Anita Patel, 45, said that her 18-year-old son was nervous about baring all for his breakthrough role in Channel 4 teen drama Skins.

However, the star''s mother made sure he didn''t turn down the chance of a lifetime.

She said she did not mind him appearing nude in the show, which featured frequent storylines about sex and drugs.