Washington, Nov 3 : Pop singer Kylie Minogue has her sights set on a career as a comedy actress.

The Aussie singer rose to fame in Australian day-time soap opera ‘Neighbours’ and has returned to her thespian roots several times throughout her career, with a cameo role in 2001''s ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and on the small screen in a ‘Dr. Who’ Christmas special last year.

She was recently tapped to appear in a new movie by ‘The Edge of Love’ director John Maybury.

Washington, Nov 3 : Simon Cowell''s mother holds him responsible for the breakdown of his relationship with long-term girlfriend Terri Seymour - and is urging the pair to give their romance another chance.

Seymour, who dated the Cowell for more than six years, is alleged to have dumped him two months ago over his refusal to marry and settle down.

And now the American Idol judge''s mum Julie is hoping that Cowell and Seymour will get back together.

"Everyone in our family loves her. She''s like part of the family and always will be. At the end of the day, Simon doesn''t want a family and I think that''s got a lot to do with it,” Contactmusic quoted Julie, as saying.

London, November 3 : Colin Farrell, who had earlier confessed that his alcoholic addiction almost killed him, has now revealed he has barely any memories of the last 10 years.

The Irish actor, who lay the blame on drink, drugs and excess partying for his riotous way of life, said that his life was now much better without them, reports the Sun.

“There are probably more moments in my life that I can''t remember than when I can,” British tabloid The Sun quoted him as saying.

“The last ten years are pretty sketchy. But as soon as I gave up certain things and put them to one side in my life then everything became a lot clearer,” the 32-year-old added.

Bodh Gaya (Bihar), Nov 3 : Monks from Thailand offered prayers for world peace and sculpted out an idol of Lord Buddha in Bodh Gaya on Sunday.

The 33-member delegation offered prayers for the well being of the people of the entire world.

"We have come from Thailand to build Lord’s Buddha idol," said Payap Shinawatra, a monk from Thailand.

Later, the monks got together and worked continuously for 12 hours to sculpt out a statue of Lord Buddha.

London, November 3 : Singer Lily Allen has likened Madonna’s estranged hubby Guy Ritchie, who ‘bagged’ 150 million pounds in the couple’s divorce settlement, to former model Heather Mills

The English TV presenter, compared the Brit director to Mills who was publicly criticized for taking away 25.4 million pounds from Sir Paul McCartney’s fortune when the duo split.

“I can’t help but wonder why the press haven’t attacked Guy Ritchie for walking away with 150million quid of Madonna’s,” the Daily Star quoted her as writing on her blog.

Guwahati, Nov 3 : The All Assam Students'''' Union (AASU) called for an 11-hour shutdown on Monday to protest against the failure of the Assam Government to protect the people from the recent serial blasts.

The union shortened its proposed 24-hour shutdown to 11-hours to reduce inconvenience to the family members of the injured who have to commute to the hospitals.

The shutdown began from 6:00 a. m..

" We cannot tolerate such barbaric acts. It is the handiwork of the fundamentalist groups and the government is aware about these fundamentalist groups,” said Sammujal Bhattacharya, advisor, AASU.