London, Dec 10: JK Rowling''s latest offering `The Tales of Beedle the Bard' has broken all records to become the fastest selling book of 2008.

The 109-page collection of short stories, sold almost five times as many copies in its first few days after publication as its nearest rival, Guinness World Records
2008.

The latest book in wizard boy series sold 367,625 copies in the first three days after publication on December 4.

Guinness World Records 2008 sold 73,000 over the same time period, according to market analysts Nielsen BookScan.

London, Dec 10 : Bollywood bosses are planning a remake of 1968 film `The Italian Job'.

The cult movie, which starred Michael Caine, will be shot again with "lots of singing and dancing", according to Hindi filmmakers.

And Indian motors will take the place of Minis in the car chase through Turin.

According to Indian film bosses, the new flick would take elements from the original film and the 2003 remake, reports the Sun.

Sandeep Bhargava, of the Indian Film Company, said: "They are both very adaptable for Indian audiences, who like excitement."

Bhargava is also planning new versions of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Mamma Mia!

Washington, December 10: Here’s some good news for men who drool over Kate Hudson – the Hollywood beauty says that when it comes to dating she never allows her ego come in the way.

The ‘Almost Famous’ actress, who split from rocker hubby Chris Robinson in 2006, said that she believed in ego-free relationships and was not amongst those following a do’s and a don’ts list while on a date.

London, Dec 10 : Television's longest running comedy, The Simpsons the most nominated show for the 2009 Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards

The animated series has five nominations for the prestigious awards, with its first-ever inclusion in the best comedy series category.

The comedy was one of five nominees for best comedy series, along with `Entourage', `Weeds' and previous winners `30 Rock' and `The Office'.

Four episodes of The Simpsons, which has been running for 19 series, were also nominated separately in the best animation category.

Los Angeles  - The influential Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Tuesday named the animated movie WALL-E as the best film of the year, the first time the it has honoured an animated feature with its top award.

Runner up for best picture was Christopher Nolan's Batman sequel, The Dark Knight. Danny Boyle was given the best-director award for Slumdog Millionaire, with the runner-up going to David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Berlin -  Key members of the cast of the fantasy movie Inkheart attended its premiere Tuesday in Berlin as distributors prepared for worldwide release of the juvenile-fiction story.

The US lead, Brendan Fraser, was there, along with Eliza Hope Bennett, the British actress who plays his daughter in the film.

Director Iain Softley, also British, also took plaudits, but much of the attention at the cinema on the prestigious Potsdamer Platz went to Cornelia Funke, the Los Angeles-based author of the book the movie is based on.