Melbourne, Dec 1: American actor Leonardo DiCaprio is selling off his Malibu estate and has priced it at almost 9 million dollars.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the house is situated on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean and it also has a stairway-to-the-sea, which leads to a secluded cove, the Daily Telegraph reports.

The main house has two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 2,374 square feet, with the master bathroom having marble fixtures and a steam shower.

Melbourne, Dec 1: Lead vocalist for the Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger has finally shed her inhibition about dressing up in raunchy clothes after she posed topless for Maxim Magazine.

Scherzinger, 30, who had been shy while growing up and had also led a sheltered upbringing, was uncomfortable with the bands raunchy costumes and dance routines, according to Now Magazine.

“The image side of the Dolls was never seedy or sleazy but it was sexual,” the Daily Telegraph quoted her as saying.

“At first I wasn''t comfortable with that.

“I’d always be worried about what other people were thinking about me. I was afraid of upsetting my family,” she added.

Melbourne, December 1: The theme of C. S. Lewis’ ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ is based on the seven planets forming the heavens in medieval astrology, says a scholar whose theory has been examined in a BBC documentary.

The theory, proposed by Reverend Dr Michael Ward, has come after more than 50 years of literary and theological speculation arguing whether Lewis formed the classic children literature bearing a particular pattern in mind or painted his characters and incidents randomly, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Melbourne, Dec. 1: Given the frequency of terror strikes in both India and Pakistan and the unstable political situation in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, there is a possibility of the International Cricket Council (ICC) seriously considering a proposal to shift the 2011 cricket World Cup to Australia and New Zealand.

India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are scheduled to stage cricket''s marquee tournament in February and March of 2011, but a meeting of ICC CEOs in South Africa next weekend is likely to consider putting another country or countries on standby to host the event.

MELBOURNE,  Nov. 30 -- Rod Pampling beat fellow Australian Marcus Fraser on the third playoff hole Sunday to win the Australian Masters golf tournament in Melbourne.

Both players finished 72 holes with totals of 2-under-par 276.

After his birdie at 14, Fraser parred the final four holes, and Pampling made pars at the final three holes after a birdie at the 15th.

Fraser, who birdied five of the first six holes, shot 7-under 65 and reached the playoff after beginning the day in tenth place, five shots back of co-leaders Michael Sim and Robert Allenby, both Australians.

Pampling was alone in fourth place.

Melbourne, November 30 : ''Britney Spears'' is the most searched term on Australia’s internet, according to Yahoo! 7.

The second most popular search engine in Australia, which records around two million users a month, found Britney beat Heath Ledger, the Olympics, Angelina Jolie, the global economic slump, the US election, to name a few, to claim the title.

The ‘Toxic’ hit maker’s rebound, from her pair of hospitalisations and a series of erratic behaviour, including her infamous head-shaving in 2007, made her the popular search topic.

The Couriermail reports, that the pop singer was the most favoured search term after her “stunning comeback from an absolute low point”.