Washington, Jan 12: Late Heath Ledger's family is delighted after the actor won the Golden Globes Award for his portrayal of the `Joker' in Dark Knight.

The late actor won the award in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category.

"We are overjoyed for him," People magazine quoted his father Kim Ledger as saying.

"It''s wonderful" that Heath was honoured for his role in the action flick," he added.

Ledger was unable to make to the award ceremony due to personal reasons.

New Delhi, Jan. 12 : Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Gerry Ritz, and his Indian counterpart, Minister for Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Sharad Pawar, will meet in New Delhi on January 13, 2009, and sign the first comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on agriculture between Canada and India.

The bilateral MoU on agricultural cooperation encourages sharing of knowledge on emerging technologies, agricultural marketing, and animal development. This cooperation will lead to increased exports between the countries by creating new marketing opportunities for farmers from both countries.

New York, Jan 12 : Girl Next-Door star and Hugh Hefner's ex Bridget Marquardt recently moved out of his Playboy mansion.

"I was actually thinking about it for awhile," the New York Daily News quotes Marquardt, as telling US Weekly.

"Hef and I have a really special relationship, This all has nothing to do with my feelings for Hef. I care about him very much. It''s just a good time for me to become my own person," she added.

Although Marquardt's decision to leave the Playboy mansion was solely hers, she revealed that she is going to be homeless post the move.

"I''m going to be homeless, I''m a gypsy," Marquardt said.

London, Jan 12: Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole has been voted the celebrity women would most like as their best friend in a new poll.

The 25-year-old won the votes after her successful stint as an X Factor judge, reports the Telegraph.

A spokesman for Internet market research company www. onepoll. com, which carried out the poll, said: "Cheryl would make a great best friend.

London, Jan 12 : Pop star Leona Lewis and Justin Timberlake will soon be teaming up to belt out a duet, penned by Dolly Parton.

Leona and Timberlake, who have a mutual admiration for each other, are delighted to breath fresh life into Dolly's ballad.

"They will record the track in the next few months and are just waiting for a period when they're both free to go into the studio. Leona and Justin are huge fans of each other's music and are raring to go," the Sun quoted a source, as saying.

On the other hand, Leona's mentor Simon Cowell feels that although she has the talent for singing a duet, she does not have the capability to thrill millions of fans on tours.

London, Jan. 12 : England and Wales Cricket Board Managing Director Hugh Morris and ECB vice-chairman Dennis Amiss have said that when former skipper Kevin Pietersen declared in an e-mail he could not work with coach Peter Moores, Morris took the e-mail to be KP's resignation, but suggested that he take some time off to think about it.

Several people could probably have saved KP - including Morris, Flintoff and other team-mates if they had been more supportive - but ultimately the strongest drive for his removal came from ECB chairman Giles Clarke.