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Are Benji Madden and Katy Perry an item?

Washington, Feb 16 : Pop star Katy Perry seems to have found her new love in musician Benji Madden, as she was spotted canoodling with him on Valentine's Day in Las Vegas.

Paris Hilton’s ‘pink’ pre-birthday bash

Paris HiltonWashington, Feb 16 : Paris Hilton, who is set to turn

Justin Timberlake named ‘Most Stylish Man in America’

Justin TimberlakeNew York, Feb 16 : Singer Justin Timberlake has been named the Most Stylish Man in America by men''s magazine GQ.

The 28-year-old Grammy winner heads his own clothing line, William Rast, producing items like skinny jeans, vests and graphic T-shirts.

Timberlake revealed that he got his sense of style from his stepfather, Paul Harless, a banker who laid out his suit for the next morning every night and went to work looking "like Richard Gere in ''[American] Gigolo.''"

Trial opens in case pitting file-sharing website, Hollywood

Internet piracyStockholm - Four men Monday refuted charges that they were accessories in violating copyright law as operators of a popular website that allegedly acts as a hub for illegal file sharing.

Prosecutor Hakan Roswall presented the charges against the four, alleging they helped others "breach copyright laws" and made illegal gains by selling advertisements on the Pirate Bay website.

Recession linked to increased victimization of minorities

Washington, Feb 16 : A new study has revealed that the victimization of both female and male blacks and Latinos increases during or after periods of economic recession.

The study has bee conducted by researchers Karen Heimer of the University of Iowa and Janet Lauritsen of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

They said that heir research is the first of its kind to estimate trends in serious, non-lethal, violent victimization for non-Latino white, non-Latino black, and Latino males and females using data from the 1973-2005 National Crime Victimization Surveys.

Ryan Phillippe says divorce with Reese Witherspoon wasn’t out of jealousy

Ryan PhillippeWashington, Feb 16 : Actor Ryan Phillippe has slammed reports that he split up from his ex-wife Reese Witherspoon because he was jealous of her blossoming Hollywood career.

The couple parted ways in 2006, soon after Witherspoon won her first Oscar, while Phillippe just got some critical acclaim for films like `Crash' and `Stop-Loss'.

Recently, rumours were rife that the pair drifted apart because the actor couldn''t handle his wife''s success.

However, the actor has insisted that he was proud of her, and was never jealous of her success.

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