Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas who has always been credited for his work for humanity was honoured by the Hollywood fraternity at a ceremony, which was conducted in Los Angeles.

The famous Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, who is also the founder of the association, Shoah Foundation’’s Ambassadors for Humanity in 1994 appreciated the American actor for his contribution in saving many lives not only through his art but also by his humanitarian contributions. The foundation was formed in order to collect and preserve stories for the survivors who suffered the Holocaust.

It was recently reported in a British daily that the Booker award winner ‘Aravind Adiga’ sacked his agent who helped him in winning the august prize. The 34 year old Aravind recently bagged the most coveted award in literary arena for his debut book, 'The White Tiger'.

Comedian Jerry Lewis, 82 currently in Australia for a stage show that takes a retrospective look at his career, has gone and done it again.  Mr. Lewis after a news conference last Friday, asked to comment on Australia’s most popular sport while miming swinging a cricket bat effeminately, responded: ‘Oh, cricket?  It’s a fag game.’  This comes hard on the heels of his last year’s anti-gay comments made during his annual telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

The comment and gesture broadcast on Australian channel Network Ten’s telecast last night has The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the Australian Coalition for Equality calling for an apology.