Washington, December 31: A murder indictment has been issued against Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law, the main suspect behind the family murders of the actress.

William Balfour had been arrested on charges of first-degree killings of the Oscar-winner's mother, brother and his 7-year-old stepson on December 1.

A Chicago court heard the 27-year-old pleading not guilty to the October murders with his lawyer making a request that his client be shifted from a state prison to Cook County for easier communication.

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London, December 31: Bosses of British reality show `Celebrity Big Brother' have ordered their new contestants to watch the last series, which was inflicted with racism row, to tutor them against offending viewers.

The previous series had been cancelled following the storm in 2007 when Jade Goody, Danielle Lloyd and Jo O'Meara were accused of bullying Bollywood housemate Shilpa Shetty.

The alleged undertones of racism against the Indian actress had attracted 50,000 public complaints to the UK broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.

Washington, Dec 31: American rapper Kanye West, 31, will be welcoming the New Year "quietly" by spending time at home.

He has revealed through his blog that he will have a quiet New Year''s Eve at home for the first time in five years.

After the busy 12 months he has been through, performing almost 100 concerts, he just wants to take it easy on December 31.

London, Dec 31: American actress Eva Longoria Parker has scotched rumours of tension flying around on the set of Desperate Housewives, insisting that the cast are all her "dear friends".

Rumours had been going around that the stars, including Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Nicollette Sheridan and Felicity Huffman, had been fighting amongst themselves.

However, 33-year-old Longoria Parker dismissed the rumours by saying that she felt "gifted" to be onset with the other actresses.

London, Dec 31 : Elbow''s "The Seldom Seen Kid" has been chosen as the best album of 2008 by music critics in the UK, according to an aggregate poll of polls.

The survey was conducted by retail chain HMV which took into account votes from media critics as well as the firm''s staff and online customers.

The Mercury Prize-winning album was nominated by 18 out of the 35 outlets polled, with Portishead''s Third coming second on 17.