Washington, Dec 13 : Irish rocker Bono has been honoured with the annual Nobel Man of Peace prize for his efforts to tackle African debt, poverty and disease.

The event, which was held on December 12, was hosted by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, report Contactmusic.

After receiving the accolade, the U2 star said: "This is a very big award for me, because let''s be honest this is as close as I am going to get - as close as a rock star is ever going to get to the Nobel Peace Prize.

New York, Dec 13 : Rumours are abuzz that Gwyneth Paltrow has had breast augmentation surgery.

The rumour emerged after the actress flaunted her cleavage on the cover of Gotham magazine.

"She didn''t use to have anything up top. Now she does, and they are perky," the New York Post quoted an expert, as saying.

In "Two Lovers," Paltrow's upcoming movie with Joaquin Phoenix, the actress has flashed one of her breasts.

A fan who''s seen it said: "It''s like the boob of a 15-year-old girl."

New York, Dec 13 : Guns N'' Roses singer Axl Rose reportedly suffers from "anthropophobia" - fear of people.

According to music industry insiders, the 46-year-old star is afraid of people.

The new Guns album, "Chinese Democracy" - which Rose took 15 years to complete and release - dropped on Nov. 23, and since then, "he has fired his management company, Front Line, three times in four weeks," said a source.

Following the fear, he even refuses to promote his album.

Washington, Dec. 13: Infiniti Entertainment has begun the filming of “e-Preeti,” the first Bollywood movie set exclusively in Washington D. C.

The movie is the first to be directed by a second generation Indian-American!

The comedy film will shoot in December, January and February at several locales in the Washington , DC metropolitan area.

Los Angeles  - Actor Van Johnson, who was one of Hollywood's top stars during World War II, has died aged 92 in a New York nursing home, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

Johnson played a succession of all-American military heroes in movies such as A Guy Named Joe and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo when many more-established stars were serving in the armed forces. He was exempted from military duties because of a car accident in 1943 that left him with a metal plate in his head.

Los Angeles  - The light sabre used by Luke Skywalker in the movies Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back has sold for 240,000 dollars at a Hollywood auction.

The item topped the bidding at a Profiles in History auction held Thursday, according to a press release Friday. In total bidders paid around 3.5 million dollars for more than 500 items of Hollywood memorabilia.

The second most expensive item in the auction was a droid helmet from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi which sold for 120,000 dollars.