London, Dec 23 : Hollywood actress Kate Winslet has gone topless for her new movie `The Reader'.

Washington, Dec 23 : Danny Boyle's `Slumdog Millionaire' is among the `10 Best Movies Of 2008'.

Despite its cast of relative unknowns, Danny Boyle's `Slumdog Millionaire' has become this season's buzz film and is now being tipped as a frontrunner for an Oscar.

`Slumdog Millionaire' is a fictitious story about an 18-year-old Indian, who wins India''''s version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Meryl Streep's `Doubt', a 2008 film adaptation of the John Patrick Shanley play of the same name, was also included in the list.

London, December 23 : Madonna has reportedly shelled out 5,000 pounds to buy herself a bubbly wine laced with silver for Christmas.

The `Material Girl' hitmaker, who is presently locked in a bitter divorce settlement with ex-hubby Guy Ritchie, was said to have paid for 25 bottles of the sparkling Spanish drink.

"It's made by mixing a liquor containing silver dust into a sparkling rosé," the Sun quoted Alberto Fernandez, director of Artesanos del Vino which produces 24K Silver in Valencia, as saying.

Los Angeles  - Robert Mulligan, the director of the movie classic To Kill a Mockingbird which brought the issue of entrenched racism in the US South to the screen, has died aged 83.

Mulligan died Friday of heart disease at his Connecticut home, according to an announcement by his family Monday.

Though he never won an Oscar himself, he directed five different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gregory Peck and Mary Badham in Mockingbird, Natalie Wood in Love with the Proper Stranger, Ruth Gordon in Inside Daisy Clover and Ellen Burstyn in Same Time, Next Year.

Los Angeles - Former pop idol Michael Jackson is fighting for his life and will die if he does not receive a lung transplant, his biographer has told US gossip magazine In Touch.

Author Ian Halperin said that Jackson, 50, is suffering from the rare genetic illness, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, as well as emphysema and gastrointestinal bleeding. Halperin also claimed that the singer can barely speak and is 95-per cent blind in his left eye.

Los Angeles - Warner Music has begun pulling the videos of its recording stars from YouTube, after negotiations with the Google-owned video website stalled over the weekend.

The move could affect clips from artists like Madonna, Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but as of Monday morning fans could still find plenty of material from those stars available.