Melbourne, January 7 : Director Baz Luhrmann's epic romance film `Australia' has earned itself an Oscar nomination in the visual effects category.
According to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the film would compete against The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, for the same award.
Washington, January 7: Cindy Crawford has revealed that she had been a victim of high school bullies, who were jealous of her budding modelling career.
The supermodel said that few green-eyed girls sought to put down her fame by playing pranks.
"I was introduced to the local photographer who took some cheesy test shots of me," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.
"Some girls at school found out, called me and said they were from a local store in our town, saying they wanted me to model for them.
"I showed up for the interview, and the woman there said she knew nothing about it.
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Chennai, Jan 7 : The three-day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) 2009 will begin here today.
About 1500 delegates from across the world are expected to take part in the PBD.
The 7th Indian Diaspora convention is being organised by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in partnership with the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The theme of PBD 2009 is `Engaging the Diaspora - The way forward'
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the PBD convention tomorrow.