Melbourne, Dec 28 : A new book by author Jeff Apter has revealed how Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman met.

According to the book, apparently back in 2005 there was a big party to celebrate Australia and Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, and Keith Urban were all set to be honoured, reports the Daily Telegraph.

An excerpt from the book:

The press release was appropriately grand. "Urban joins Gibson and Kidman to celebrate Australia,'''' it read.

New York, December 28 : The New York Post has compiled a list of the most provocative online rants made by divas on their MySpace Celebrity.

Many Hollywood A-listers decided to turn towards the Internet to vent their their confessions, complaints and respond to criticism from fans, friends and even family.

* "I think she should have thought about what kind of press she was gonna get when she slept with her friend''s famous father" - Brooke Hogan slammed at ex best friend Christiane Plante, after she confessed to having an affair with Hulk Hogan.

London, Dec 28 : `Marley and Me', starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, was reportedly the highest-grossing film in North America on Christmas Day.

20th Century Fox has claimed that the movie, about a puppy acquired by newlyweds, took an estimated 14.8 million dollars, reports the BBC.

Bruce Snyder, distribution president at 20th Century Fox, said the takings for `Marley and Me' were "phenomenal holiday numbers".

He described the film, inspired by a memoir by US journalist John Grogan, as "the definition of a ''feel-good movie''".

London, December 28  Hollywood's first female action hero Sigourney Weaver has been in talks with director Ridley Scott to reprise her role for a fifth `Alien' film.

The two-time Oscar nominee, who first appeared in as Lt Ellen Ripley in the movie in 1979, confessed she would not mind returning as a pensioner, reports the Sun.

She said: "I would definitely do another Alien film if I had a director like Ridley Scott and we had a good idea. Ridley is enthusiastic about it. If it happened, I would be happy."

She continued: "It really didn't bother me being 50 and I don't think it will at 60 either. I really feel good every time I start a new decade.

London, December 28 : Opera singer Katherine Jenkins was booed by anti-fur protestors as she stepped of horse-drawn carriage out to open Harrods' winter sale.

The award-winning mezzo-soprano heard "shame on Katherine" slogans as she arrived after singer Leona Lewis reportedly declined to open the sale owing to the store's policy of selling fur.

The Welsh musician had been escorted into the store by owner Mohamed Al Fayed, reports the BBC.

Campaigners alleged that Harrods was the only major UK store to offer imported fur for sale.

Washington, Dec 28 : Indian-born, Maryland-raised director Shilpa Priya Jagadeesh says she wants to portray what life is actually like for 20-something Indian immigrants in the United States.

"I want to portray what life is actually like for 20-something Indian immigrants here," said Shilpa, who is known to her Indian audiences as Priyabharati Joshi.

"The romantic struggle of not wanting our parents to arrange a marriage for us because that''s not the environment we grew up in, but also of not having a lot of experience finding someone on our own because our parents restricted our dating when we were younger. . . . It''s kind of ''Bridget Jones meets Bollywood,'' " she added.